Chapter 201 Guest appearance in "Myth"

Soon, Liu Dehua came over. His performance this year was a widely circulated song - "Gong Xi Fa Cai".

But because the song was so popular, he himself did not expect that it would remain popular for nearly twenty years.

So, it seems very casual.

We came here to talk about filming.

"Director Jiang, you don't take care of me. You've made so many movies, but you never thought of using me!"

Jiang Heng smiled, "How could that be? Isn't there anyone suitable at the moment?"

"If you do, be sure to think of me, and I can give you a discount on your pay!"

"Sure, sure!" Jiang Heng said politely.

Andy is a pretty good actor, very famous, very dedicated, and his acting skills are actually OK, but his biggest problem is that he can't "carry" the box office.

Perhaps it is because he has acted in too many "bad movies". When the audience just looks at the name "Liu Dehua", they cannot judge the quality and effect of the film. This is the most fatal thing.

For example, Jackie Chan and Jet Li, if it is an action movie, everyone knows that the action scenes will not be too bad.

Wang Baoqi, who later became famous, if it were a comedy, everyone knows it would be very lively.

But when it comes to Liu Dehua, the audience has no way to judge. In addition, he became famous too early and his fans are all old, so he really has no appeal.

Not only him, other Hong Kong actors also face this problem, and their influence is rapidly declining.

In the end, the box office ability of a bunch of Hong Kong stars is no match for that of a young and handsome mainland star.

Everyone says that Hong Kong films are declining. How could they not decline?

The same few people are always active on the screen. In the movies, old policemen in their fifties are chasing old gangsters in their sixties. The plots are always about "drug busting", "anti-corruption", "chasing the dragon", "undercover", "police and bandits". After watching these for so many years, I'm really sick of it!
Even Brother Cheng Long faced this problem, but he worked hard enough and the "crisis" came later.

At this moment, Jackie Chan is preparing for the movie "The Myth". Perhaps due to the influence of the "butterfly effect", it is a little later than in his previous life.

Because Jiang Heng remembered that this movie was released in September 05. At that time, the word of mouth was average and the box office was not very high, only 9 million.

Compared to the box office of "Hero" which was over 200 million, it is really much less.

Although Cheng Long didn't know the future box office of the film, he tried every means to increase its chips. It was rare to see Jiang Heng. After thinking for a while, he couldn't help but said, "Ah Heng, do you have time to come over and play a cameo role?"

"Of course, big brother asked me to help, so I must be free!" Jiang Heng said with a smile.

He was willing to make a cameo appearance in "The Myth" because he had a good relationship with Jackie Chan, who had also made cameo appearances in his films. Second, he wanted to contribute to this blockbuster film.

"The Myth" may have some shortcomings, but Jackie Chan at least tried his best to make the film well, which is different from "The Promise" and "Red Cliff".

Chen Kaige only cared about his own desire to perform and didn't consider whether the audience could understand it at all.

Wu Yusen’s problem is his way of thinking. It’s really unheard of for a historical drama to have so many weird things in it.

However, Cheng Long was a little hesitant before he spoke.

I was really overjoyed to see Jiang Heng agree so readily.

"We performed together on the Spring Festival Gala and filmed together. We are good brothers!"

She was so excited that she took off the watch on her hand and wanted to give it to Jiang Heng.

"Hey, no merit, no reward, let's just forget about this!"

"Good brothers, we share happiness and difficulties. It's just a watch...!"

This scene made people around couldn't help laughing.

Some people thought that Jiang Heng was probably richer than Cheng Long, so he would care about a watch. But Cheng Long was a tyrannical person, and he gave each of his brothers in the Cheng family a famous watch.

After forcibly "giving" the watch to Jiang Heng, he still felt that it was not enough to express his "affection", and suddenly said: "By the way, do you have a sports car you like? I'll give you one?"

"A sports car!"

Jiang Heng thought about it and realized that he had been busy filming most of the time in the past few years and had hardly touched a sports car.

Cheng Long took the responsibility and said, "Then it's settled. I'll get you a sports car later, and I guarantee you'll be satisfied!"

"Okay!" Jiang Heng said with a smile.

After chatting for a while, it was finally time for the duo to rehearse their show, the martial arts song and dance "Top Gun".

Afraid that Jiang Heng would be nervous, Cheng Long repeatedly explained the key points before going on stage.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Heng had a "super microscopic computer" and the entire performance process was exactly the same, with his movements in place, and his performance was even better than Cheng Long's.

"Brother, your on-the-spot reaction is too strong, aren't you afraid of the stage at all?"

After finishing and stepping down, Cheng Long couldn't help but ask.

Jiang Heng smiled and said, "It's okay. There's nothing to be nervous about."

Cheng Long gave a thumbs up and praised: "With your reaction, psychological quality, and your action routine, if you were born ten years earlier, you would be a Kung Fu superstar or an international movie star!"

Jiang Heng smiled, "I think being a director is pretty good!"

Cheng Long sighed, "It's good, but it's a pity that your acting talent is gone, what a pity!"

Jiang Heng said: "That's nothing. If there's a suitable film, I can act in it myself!"

"That's right. You have a lot of money anyway, so you can make any movie you want, unlike me!"

Cheng Long sighed, and talked about the difficulties in the preparation of the film "The Myth". Suddenly he said: "By the way, I heard from Old Tang (Tang Jili) that this film will have a lot of special effects shots. Then ask your special effects company to help produce it!"

"No problem, it's just a good opportunity to find some work for those guys so they won't be too idle!"

In fact, the "Good Times" special effects company under Jiang Heng's name is very busy. The reason is simple: the visual effects of Jiang Heng's blockbusters are so good that outsiders think it is the credit of "Good Times".

Some netizens even called "Good Times" one of the world's three largest special effects companies along with "Industrial Light & Magic" and "Weta Workshop", and several media outlets in Beijing have also reported on it.

As word spread, the reputation of "Good Times" became more and more famous, and various film and television companies came to place orders.

Although the number of special effects shots in a film or TV series is not large, crews from all over the country come to visit!
It’s not all about the quality of the special effects, some of it is for publicity gimmicks.

For example, the original special effects team of "Lion Camel Ridge", "Pacific Rim" and "Inception" sounds quite intimidating.

However, as this kind of "gimmick" was used too often, the audience gradually stopped buying it.

Cheng Long was naturally not doing this for the sake of it, he just simply wanted to give the order to his brother.

A few days after this rehearsal, we had another rehearsal, and then it was time for the Spring Festival Gala.

Jiang Heng’s performance was naturally flawless, and Top Gun later won the second prize.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", jointly produced by iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Pictures and Tangren Pictures, was finally broadcast in prime time on the four satellite TV channels of Hebei, Mango, Chongqing and Shandong.

Li Xiaoyao played by Hu Can, Zhao Linger played by Liu Yifei, the perfect interludes, and the gorgeous and realistic special effects fighting made countless audiences mesmerized.

As soon as the series was released, it won an 11.2% audience rating, becoming the most popular series in 2005.

(End of this chapter)