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In early March, Jiang Heng's long-awaited new film finally started filming.

The China Film Group, especially Han Sanping, was very excited. They had waited too long.

For this reason, a grand new film launch conference was held in Beijing, and hundreds of domestic media attended.

As for the fairy tale drama, everyone was not very excited.

But Jiang Heng's new film, especially the "Journey to the West" theme, was too exciting.

At the venue, the early reporters talked about the shock of "Lion Camel Ridge" when it was first released. It was definitely a memory of a lifetime!

"I went to the cinema and watched it three times. Really, I was shocked every time, especially when the Monkey King broke through the seal of the Buddha and killed the demons in Lion Camel Ridge. It was so cool that I burst into tears!"

"Me too. It is definitely the best mythological movie. "Splitting the Mountain to Save Mother" is completely incomparable!"

"I feel that Yang Jian is quite miserable. His mother wants to go down to the mortal world, and so does his sister!"

"But Director Jiang's is quite cool!"

"It is quite cool, but the sense of substitution is a little worse. Who would like to substitute such a pitfall plot? The Monkey King's plot is still more exciting!"

"That's right. I feel that Director Jiang doesn't need to shoot those messy ones. He just shoots Journey to the West well, which is better than anything else!"

The reporters talked a lot and quickly picked up their cameras because the host came on stage.

After giving an opening speech, Han Sanping was invited to the stage.

Han Sanping knew that he was not the protagonist today. After a few simple words, he invited Jiang Heng to the stage.

"Director Jiang, what do you think about making this new film?"

"I feel like I have a great responsibility!"

"Oh, why do you say that?" Han Dong asked like a supporting actor.

Jiang Heng said: "Movies are the leader of the cultural industry and the best way to export culture. Back then, Mr. Bruce Lee's four and a half movies made Chinese Kung Fu famous all over the world. Now, Hollywood blockbusters sell American values ​​to the whole world. If Chinese-language movies don't rise, it will be very dangerous...!"

Jiang Heng said a lot, and the general meaning is that we can't just make award-winning films that reflect suffering, but also make more blockbusters that reflect Chinese culture.

Especially mythological blockbusters, iQiyi, Tencent Pictures has recently launched a "10 billion plan", intending to spend 10 billion in ten years to create a "mythological movie universe".

Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Monk in "Journey to the West", and Nezha and Lei Zhenzi in "Investiture of the Gods" will all have their own movies released, which made the media reporters stunned.

10 billion?

For the mainland movie market in 2004, this is an astronomical figure.

If someone else had said these words, the reporters would have definitely thought he was bragging.

Jiang Heng's words also sounded like bragging, but at least they were feasible.

This half-truth, half-false, is hard to describe.

But this "10 billion plan" sounds really intimidating. I'm afraid this time it will not only make the headlines of entertainment media, but also be reported by financial news!

In comparison, the plot of the new film is not so attractive. We only know that it is the plot of the Golden Horn and Silver Horn King of Pingdingshan in "Journey to the West".

In order to retain a little mystery, Jiang Heng did not reveal the role of "Green Bull Spirit", and Kou Zhanwen, who played the role, did not even come to the press conference.

After the event, Jiang Heng really received a call from the leader of the industry department, asking if his "10 billion plan" was true?

If it is convenient, it is best to go there.

Jiang Heng went there with Han Sanping. After arriving, the leader asked very detailed questions, fearing that Jiang Heng was talking nonsense for the promotion of the film.

Mainly, some real estate businessmen always like to do this, saying that they will invest hundreds of millions of billions, and that they will build it in this way and that way. In the end, it will be good enough if they can build a community building.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Heng talked about it in detail. He first explained what the "movie universe" was, and then briefly talked about the shooting plan. The leader was very satisfied and said that the bureau would definitely support it with all its strength.

After leaving, Jiang Heng went home to rest.

The next day, he came to the China Film Digital Base to start shooting a new film.

Since it is the world of Journey to the West, or the land outside the Tang Dynasty, the film is basically shot in the studio using green screen, motion capture and CG.

For example, the blue bull spirit, the nine-tailed fox, etc., all have shots of their original form.

The original form of each monster is extremely huge and shocking, and special effects technology must be used to shoot it.

Wu Jing, Ding Haifeng and others have already seen it, and Zhang Yuqi, who has just joined the crew, is fresh to everything.

In addition, her role was arranged at the back, so she followed Jiang Heng every day and took away a lot of assistant work.

"Ka!"

Jiang Heng had just called out one line when Zhang Yuqi handed him a towel and said in her unique voice: "Director Jiang, wipe your sweat!"

"Oh, thank you!"

The girl wanted to help pour tea at first, but the people in the crew were very concerned about drinking water. Those who could bring water cups were all confidants, so how could she touch them?

After Zhang Yuqi knew the rules, she helped pass the towel.

Jiang Heng also declined twice, but the girl was neither humble nor arrogant, and her face was normal, so Jiang Heng let her go.

At the same time, he felt that there were no ordinary people who could finally make it in the entertainment industry!

One day, when Jiang Heng was busy filming, he suddenly heard the assistant director say in his ear, "Hey, Director Jiang, Liu Yifei and Jing Tian are here!"

Jiang Heng wondered, why did the two of them come?

But he didn't know that after the crew of "Dafeng Night Watchmen" started filming, the girls in the crew quickly split into several groups.

Da Tiantian is the most popular among the other girls and is being courted by many people.

The reason is simple. Da Tiantian is kindhearted and has a good family background. She doesn't seem to have any idea about Jiang Heng. She is carefree and has a heartless attitude.

In fact, Zhao Liying is similar, but she is from a poor family and looks timid. Famous people don't play with her at all.

After the "Dafeng" crew started filming, several girls paid attention to the news of the "Journey to the West" crew.

At first, there was nothing special, but when they heard that Jiang Heng had found a very charming girl to play a fox spirit, they became a little impatient.

Fortunately, the crew of iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Pictures had a break every ten days during filming, so Liu Yifei decided to come back to visit.

Feeling that one person was too eye-catching, she also called Da Tiantian.

Jing Tian didn't think much about it and followed happily.

After entering the crew, he looked around with curiosity, looking at various advanced machines and equipment, as well as the "motion capture" shooting of the actors, and instantly felt a sense of "unknown power".

She said to Liu Yifei who was standing by, "They are so funny. Were all the previous films of Director Jiang shot like this?"

Liu Yifei nodded, "Yes, although the effect on the big screen is shocking, it was very boring and a little funny during the shooting!"

"I think it's okay!" Da Tiantian's eyes lit up.

Liu Yifei smiled, "Why, do you also want to make a blockbuster?"

She said this with a hint of ridicule.

After all, her fame and acting skills are already top-notch among the young generation of actresses in China, but she can't star in Jiang Heng's blockbuster.

For someone like Da Tiantian who has no acting skills to dare to hope for a big production, I really don't know how to describe it.

I didn't want Da Tiantian to look like she was thinking seriously, and then said, "I really want to shoot it!"