Chapter 163 Preparation for Filming of "Dafeng Night Watchman"

Night in Canada.

Jiang Heng, who had just finished a day's filming, was taking a bath in the hotel bathtub when he suddenly heard his cell phone ringing.

Jiang Heng picked it up and took a look. As expected, it was Han Sanping.

"Hey, brother, why are you so free to call me from across the ocean?"

Han Sanping sighed over there, "Brother, I'm really in trouble!"

He then talked about the performance of "The Promise" after its release, including word of mouth and box office.

Not to mention the public opinion storm surrounding the film, let's just talk about the box office. As Jiang Heng expected, it was only 1.39 million, and the global box office was only million US dollars.

Such results really caused the producer China Film Group to suffer heavy losses.

As the chairman and general manager of China Film Group Corporation and the producer of the film, Han Sanping bears a lot of responsibility this time and is under tremendous pressure.

So he wanted to find Jiang Heng to collaborate on another film to earn some money and reverse the decline.

"No problem. Once Inception is finished, we can start working on the new film. We'll try to release it during the 04 Lunar New Year holiday."

Han Sanping was so moved when he heard this. It was really important for him to rely on this little brother at the critical moment!

"I won't say more, just remember this, and wait and see how I'll repay you in the future!"

Jiang Heng said hurriedly: "Hey, it's too formal, don't mention that, don't mention that!"

After a few polite words, the two started talking about the subject matter of the new film.

Han Sanping initially just wanted to know whether Jiang Heng would agree, but he didn't expect it to be so smooth. He also hadn't decided what to shoot.

I mentioned Pacific Rim 2 first, but Jiang Heng rejected it because he had no ideas.

Han Sanping asked, "What about Journey to the West? How about filming Journey to the West?"

Jiang Heng hesitated, "Which part do you think is better?"

"How about making trouble in heaven?"

Jiang Heng shook his head subconsciously, "This segment is too classic. If we just shoot it as is, it won't be original. If we change it, it will be criticized by the audience. It's very difficult!"

Han Sanping thought about it and agreed.

Previously, Chen Kaige also wanted to film Journey to the West and even bought the copyright of "The Legend of Wukong". Why didn't he use the free copyright of "Journey to the West"? He just felt that it would be difficult to adapt it!

"So do you think Journey to the West can be filmed?"

Jiang Heng said: "We can definitely shoot it, but it's too troublesome to decide which part to shoot and how to change it. We can decide on this as a backup option!"

Han Sanping nodded, thinking back to the many works Jiang Heng had filmed since his debut, covering such genres as science fiction, monsters, mythology, and mecha.

Mechas were rejected, monsters are too low-brow, science fiction is being filmed right now, and the only suitable option is mythology.

Apart from "Journey to the West", the biggest IP is Fengshen.

Nezha might be worth filming, but it’s hard to find a suitable child actor.

There are very few young actors who are as handsome and good at fighting as young Shi Xiaolong.

Han Sanping's thoughts were in a mess, and suddenly he remembered Jiang Heng's novel "Zhu Xian".

Surprised, "Oh, by the way, we can film Zhu Xian!"

Jiang Heng was stunned when he heard this. He really hadn't thought of this.

The main reason is the movie version of "Zhu Xian" in the previous life, which was really not very good.

The Douban score was 6.7, but later it dropped to 4.5. He originally wanted to make a TV series out of this book, but the adaptation was a little difficult, and he didn't know how to do it for a while.

After hearing Han Sanping's mention, Jiang Heng only said, "It's also listed as a candidate. It depends on the script adaptation situation!"

Han Sanping said, "You are so busy over there, how about I collect some scripts for you to choose from?"

Jiang Heng said: "Okay, let's just write about mythology and fairy tales. If you think there's something suitable, give it to me!"

To be honest, he is also having a headache right now. "The Three-Body Problem" has not yet been published, and Qidian is still a startup. Many of the immortal heroes and fantasy works that will be popular in the future have not yet been born!
He actually wanted to film works such as "A Mortal's Journey to Immortality", "The Great Ruler", "The Tao is the Buddha", and "The Night Patrol of Dafeng", but the problem is that they are not available at the moment!
Especially the book "Dafeng", which was not born until 2020, so we have to wait sixteen years!

Thinking of this, Jiang Heng really wanted to make this book, not publish the original novel, but directly make it into a fantasy drama, broadcasting it season by season.

With the novel's interlocking and progressive plot, a group of characters with outstanding personalities, and just the right fighting effects, Jiang Heng believes that it will be a hit once it is released.

No more waiting, just shoot "The Night Watchmen of Dafeng"!
Thinking back to the joy I felt when I was chasing the book, I actually felt a little excited.

"Brother, brother, can you hear me?"

Han Sanping on the other end of the phone noticed that Jiang Heng suddenly stopped talking and thought that the signal was bad because they were across the ocean.

"Oh, oh, I can hear it, I can hear it!"

Han Sanping smiled and said, "Brother, are you thinking about your girlfriend and getting distracted?"

"No, I just thought of a good idea, suitable for a fairy tale drama!"

"Xianxia drama?"

Han Sanping murmured something. He naturally had no interest in the TV series, and subconsciously said, "Do you need help, brother?"
Jiang Heng wanted to refuse, but hurriedly said, "I'm a little busy. The drama I want to film is a bit too explicit!"

"How big is it?"

"Do you know "A Step into the Past"?"

"You mean the Furuta version?"

"novel!"

Han Sanping was silent for a while before he said, "Your usual scenes are bland and there aren't many kissing scenes. It's not good to make such a big drama, right?"

Jiang Heng also felt that the scale was a bit too large, and said with a smile: "Well, just think of the male protagonist as Wei Xiaobao, who has a talent for martial arts, is verbally promiscuous, has many wives, and that's the scale!"

Han Sanping smiled bitterly, "Is this the standard? If it weren't for the influence of Mr. Jin Yong's original work, this standard wouldn't work!"

He sighed and said, "However, with your status and influence, the scale of The Deer and the Cauldron won't be a big problem."

"Thank you very much, brother. I'll treat you to a drink when I get back home!"

"A word is settled!"

After hanging up the phone, Han Sanping was stunned, and then frowned, "Hey, that's not right, I called him to ask for help, how come I helped him!"

Fortunately, after a little thought, she remembered that Jiang Heng had agreed to film the next movie together, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

He immediately called the deputy general manager and asked him to spread the news in the circle that director Jiang Heng was going to shoot "Journey to the West", "Fengshen" and Chinese mythology stories, and that suitable scripts could be submitted to China Film Corporation. Once selected, they could receive a huge bonus and have the opportunity to work with Jiang Heng.

When the news was released, it instantly attracted the attention of a group of screenwriters. They all went back to read Journey to the West, Fengshen and traditional stories and began to write scripts furiously.

Jiang Heng also did what he said.

First, he found "The Night Watchman of Dafeng" among the novel texts stored in the "super microcomputer", and then wrote the script episode by episode based on the content, and did not go to bed until two o'clock in the morning.

For a period of time afterwards, Jiang Heng filmed "Inception" during the day and worked on the script of "Da Feng Night Patrol" at night. When the film was completed, the script for the first season of "Da Feng" had also been completed.

Investment, special effects, costumes and props are all easy to deal with, the only difficulty is finding who to play the characters in the play.

(End of this chapter)