Chapter 168 New Film Press Conference

When the news that Jiang Heng would be the producer of a fantasy drama came out, there was an uproar in the entertainment industry.

How can I describe that feeling? It's basically like suddenly hearing on TV that Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Jiang Wen and others are going to direct a TV series.

Although Jiang Heng is only listed as the producer this time, many people have heard that Jiang Heng is personally involved this time, and has found many beautiful actresses, and even staged a scout search for people. It can be seen that Jiang Heng is serious this time!

The last big director to make TV dramas was Chen Kaige.

In 01, a movie called "Lü Bu and Diao Chan" was filmed, in which Huang Lei played Lü Bu, a wild man with disheveled hair and a nose ring.

Due to the extremely modified plot, the show was stopped not long after it was broadcast. After more than 04 revisions and three rounds of review, it was finally resumed in , but was renamed "Butterflies Dancing Across the World".

Because of Jiang Heng's influence, Chen Kaige started filming "The Promise" in advance and did not have much time to revise the show, so it may take longer to wait for the show to be rebroadcast.

Speaking of which, "The Promise" is more like the movie version of the story of "Lü Bu and Diao Chan".

Isn’t the strong and brave barbarian Kunlun in the movie the Lu Bu in the drama?

Diao Chan in the play is divided into two characters in "The Promise".

One is Manshen who manipulates "destiny", wearing the same red outfit as in the drama, and the other is Qingcheng who has also become a man's plaything.

This relationship between the characters corresponds exactly to the story in the Three Kingdoms - the general (Dong Zhuo) took Kunlun (Lü Bu) as a slave, and the slave stole the master's woman (Diao Chan).

I really don’t know if this is how director Chen Kaige came up with the story of “The Promise”.

When Chen Kaige heard that Jiang Heng was going to produce a fantasy drama, he was very disdainful and said a lot of things, roughly meaning that Jiang Heng was nothing more than Wang Jing and Xu Ke, a director who could make vulgar and special-effects commercial films.

Chen Hong advised Chen Kaige not to talk nonsense, saying that Jiang Heng is now in the ascendant and has good relations with both China Film Group and CCTV.

Once the relationship between the two sides becomes bad, he will definitely be the one who suffers.

Chen Kaige was furious when he heard this. How could a film master of his generation be bullied by a commercial film director?

He talked a lot, and when he was emotional, he even recited poetry.

Chen Hong looked sad, but did not dare to persuade her anymore.

In her opinion, Chen Kaige is a man of extraordinary talent, but unfortunately too few people in the world can understand his talent, which has allowed ordinary people like Jiang Heng to become famous.

Zhang Yimou is more pragmatic. When he heard that Jiang Heng was going to produce a fantasy drama, his first reaction was whether the audience would support it and whether he should support it.

The first impression he gives is that he is a bit dull, but if you think he can't build relationships, you are too naive.

Since ancient times, those who could obtain the title of "national teacher" were no ordinary people.

Zhang Yimou called immediately and first expressed his congratulations, saying that Jiang Heng was willing to present this story to the audience in the form of a TV series, which meant that the story must be wonderful.

Jiang Heng was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "Director Zhang has good taste, this story is indeed good, otherwise I wouldn't have been the nominal producer to promote it!"

Zhang Yimou was also quite direct, asking if there was anything he could help with, and guest appearances were no problem at all.

Jiang Heng was really moved when he heard this.

Zhang Yimou’s acting skills are naturally very good. In 87, he starred in "Old Well" and won several Best Actor awards.

The most important thing is that given Lao Zhang’s fame and status, if he is willing to make a cameo appearance, it will definitely add a lot of color to the film.

Jiang Heng instantly thought of another big shot in the film and television industry, Uncle Benshan. When filming the second season in the future, he could ask him to guest-star as Kou Yangzhou of the Wulin League. And Fan Debiao, no, it's Teacher Fan Wei. It would be a pity not to let such a good actor come over to guest-star.

The second season is another matter. Jiang Heng was naturally very happy that Zhang Yimou was willing to make a guest appearance. The two parties agreed on the relevant matters before hanging up the phone.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video held a grand new film launch conference.

Nearly six hundred media outlets came to the event, creating an unstoppable crowd.

Everyone is very curious about what kind of story made Director Jiang "condescend" to make a TV series.

When the reporters saw Huang Xiaoming, Chen Kun, Gao Yuanyuan, Tang Yan, Liu Yifei, Yang Mi, Jing Tian, ​​Wang Ou, Qin Lan, Zhao Liying and other handsome men and beautiful women, they were all stunned.

To be honest, I have never seen so many high-quality beauties in one play. I feel that any one of them can be the protagonist.

Even Zhao Liying, who has no acting experience, looks like a star.

Not to mention the reporters, even Yu Yang, who had called Zhao Liying over, was extremely surprised.

He had seen Zhao Liying's previous appearance. She was cute and pretty, but lacked a bit of radiance.

It’s been such a short time since we last met, how come you act like a celebrity?

After asking other people who were present, I learned that Jiang Heng was very dissatisfied with the look designed for Zhao Liying by the company's art director, so he took charge of the design himself to achieve the current effect.

"Director Jiang, you really are an all-rounder!" Yu Yang sighed in a low voice.

"Yeah, it seems like nothing can stump him!" the person next to him sighed.

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During the interactive session, reporters began to ask questions.

"Hello, Director Jiang. I'm a reporter from Xinlang Media. I believe all the journalists here are very curious about what this Dafeng Night Watchman means? Is it about the story of the night watchmen in ancient times who went out to the streets to beat gongs?"

After this person asked this question, there was a burst of laughter in the audience, as they just thought the statement was quite interesting.

No one really thinks that the story will revolve around a group of night watchmen. That would be too LOW.

Jiang Heng smiled and said, "Well, it means literally. The story of this drama is originally created by me. The word Dafeng is inspired by 'Fengtian Chengyun', and I use this word Feng as the name of the country where the story takes place. The so-called night watchmen can be understood as 'the weather is dry, be careful of fire', but they can do more than just that. After all, this is a fairy tale drama!"

When some reporters in the venue heard this, they immediately imagined a scene of a night watchman walking on the street at night with a gong in his hand, a monster appearing to harm people, and a fierce battle between the two sides.

But some people think that this story sounds unreliable!
A fictional dynasty and an incomprehensible profession of a night watchman. I really don't know what's so interesting about this story.

And what's the point of having such a beautiful actress? Could she be just a night watchman? That would be too outrageous.

Afterwards, everyone asked Huang Xiaoming and Chen Kun, who were good dormitory friends in school, how it felt to hear that they were playing brothers again in this collaboration.

Chen Kun was quite eloquent this time. He first expressed his gratitude to Jiang Heng for his appreciation and for giving him the opportunity to perform.

He also said that Huang Xiaoming took good care of him when he was in school, like an older brother.

I am really happy to play his elder brother again in the drama this time.

The reporters asked questions to a group of beauties, and they all answered in a graceful and graceful manner, showing high quality, and it was obvious that they made a living from this.

(End of this chapter)