Chapter 25 Monster Movie
"Director Jiang, you are so good at making blockbusters, why don't you just make Journey to the West? The havoc in heaven is so exciting, everyone will definitely love it when it's made!"

Xu Qing suddenly said, her voice was a little coquettish, she was obviously a girl from Beijing, but she gave Jiang Heng the illusion of a potato princess.

Han Sanping also looked over and looked at Jiang Heng with full expectation.

"Well, from a technical point of view, it's not difficult to perfectly present Havoc in Heaven. The difficulty lies in recovering the cost. The domestic film market is still very small, and making such a film is too risky!"

Han Sanping wondered: "Isn't the domestic and international markets enough to recover the costs?"

Jiang Heng smiled, "Foreigners are not that interested in Chinese myths, so even if the domestic box office is good, it is hard to say how the international market will perform. As for the success of The Matrix, it is because the action scenes are understandable to audiences all over the world, and Europe and the United States have always been influenced by Hollywood science fiction films, which is why it has such a good result."

After hearing this, Han Sanping was a little confused for a moment. If he didn't want to shoot "The Matrix 2" or "Journey to the West", then what should he shoot?

In fact, Jiang Heng will definitely film "Journey to the West" in the future, but he just doesn't want to film it at this moment.

After all, the scale of the Chinese-language film market is too small at the moment, and even with so much publicity, "The Matrix" only earned 1.43 million yuan.

"Titanic", which is about to be released in mainland China, is so amazing that it has earned 3.6 million yuan, but compared with its subsequent achievements, it is somewhat insignificant.

It is impossible for Jiang Heng to film "Havoc in Heaven" repeatedly, so he naturally has to choose an appropriate time to avoid wasting the script and subject matter.

Ge You suddenly said, "What about filming mythological stories? Houyi shooting down the sun, Nuwa mending the sky, Dayu controlling the flood, etc. If the special effects are up to standard, the filming will definitely look good and will definitely amaze foreigners!"

Jiang Heng laughed, "Teacher Ge You is right, we will definitely film it in the future!"

Han Sanping smiled bitterly. After all this talk, it’s not something that will be filmed this year!
He raised his wine glass and said with a smile: "Don't worry, you will be staying in the capital for a while anyway, let's go out and eat, drink and chat, maybe something will inspire us!"

Jiang Heng also raised his glass and said with a smile: "Actually, if you want to talk about inspiration, I do have some!"

When everyone heard this, their expressions became solemn.

Especially Liu Bei and Xu Qing, they came here today, naturally hoping to continue to make progress in their acting careers!

"Speaking of which, the most glorious year for the Hong Kong film market was 92. But in 93, Stephen Chow's "Flirting Scholar" only made over million yuan at the box office, winning the Hong Kong Chinese film box office championship that year.

But in that year, the box office champion of the Hong Kong film market was Spielberg's "Jurassic Park", which won a box office of 6189 million Hong Kong dollars. "

After saying this, everyone in the box had an expression of "I see."

The box office data of the Hong Kong film market has always been separate for Chinese-language films and foreign-language films.

Because Hong Kong films dominated Asia in the 80s and 90s, the box office rankings of Hong Kong Chinese-language films were almost equivalent to the rankings of the best-selling films of that year, so many people thought that the list was the entire box office rankings.

But in fact, it is not true. The box office champion of the Hong Kong film market in 93 was "Jurassic Park" with 6189 million, not "Flirting Scholar" as many people thought.

Jiang Heng continued: "Jurassic Park not only broke the monopoly of Hong Kong films in China, but also became a huge hit in Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia and other regions. It can be said that since then, the traditional overseas markets of Hong Kong films such as Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia have been eroded by Hollywood, which has led to the decline of Hong Kong films."

Han Sanping actually knew something about this, but he had never thought too much about it in the past.

Hearing Jiang Heng say this at this moment, I felt something dawning on me.

"You mean, follow Hollywood's lead and make a monster movie like Jurassic Park?"

Jiang Heng nodded slightly. "This kind of film has stunning visual effects and the plot is relatively easy to understand. In terms of box office, Jurassic Park grossed 9.12 million U.S. dollars worldwide, which is almost 70 billion yuan in RMB!" When everyone in the room heard this, they were drooling with envy.

More than 98 billion in 70 was an unimaginable astronomical figure!
It should be noted that the total box office in mainland China in 97 was not necessarily 7 million.

70 billion, what a concept!
Han Sanping swallowed his saliva and said, "Now that you mention it, a monster-type special effects blockbuster is indeed worth making!"

Ge You said: "It's worth it. The key is that we can make a series of movies. Jurassic Park 2 was the box office champion in mainland China last year, with more than 7200 million!"

Xu Qing said: "Well, I went to see it, it was really exciting and shocking!"

Jiang Heng couldn't help but feel a little numb when he heard her speak in a coquettish way. He smiled at her and said, "In addition to Jurassic, the Godzilla series and the King Kong series that was born in 1933 have all performed well at the box office every time they were filmed!"

The image of Godzilla first appeared in the 54 Japanese movie "Godzilla". Through the interpretation of more than subsequent movies, it has gradually become a global pop culture symbol.

King Kong, which was born in 1933, is the first monster movie. Since then, there have been countless remakes. King Kong has also evolved from the original 3 meters in height to 103 meters, which can be on par with Godzilla. Jiang Heng is more familiar with "King Kong" in 05 and "King Kong: Skull Island" in 17, both of which have achieved global box office of more than 5 million US dollars.

People in the room didn't know much about this, but inspired by Jiang Heng, they all felt that Chinese-language films should have their own "monster" series of films.

Han Sanping looked thoughtful, yet faintly excited. If he could really create a series of monster films that would be popular in the global market, it would definitely be a great achievement!

But I have never thought about this before, and I don’t know which monster is better.

Looking at Jiang Heng, the latter smiled and said: "I think the prehistoric era is pretty good!"

Everyone in the box was confused and didn't quite understand the term "primeval era".

Feng Xiaogang asked, "You mean the prehistoric period?"

Jiang Heng said: "That's about right!"

Xu Qing worriedly asked, "Are all the characters in the play primitive people?"

Liu Bei put his arm around Xu Qing's shoulder and said jokingly, "Don't worry, there were also beauties like Chang'e among prehistoric figures. We will never let you play a savage!"

Xu Qing glanced at Jiang Heng, and seeing the latter's warm smile, she smiled and said, "If I can join Director Jiang's crew, I'd be willing to play a female savage!"

Feng Xiaogang, who was standing by, felt very upset when he heard this. Miss Xu was young and beautiful, but she had never treated him like this before!
Jiang Heng smiled and said, "If Ms. Xu is willing to act in my play, she will definitely be the most beautiful girl in the crew. She will never play a savage!"

Xu Qing pretended to be surprised, "Oh, then I would like to thank Director Jiang in advance. I toast to you!"

Liu Bei, who was standing by, saw this and said with a smile, "Director Jiang, you can't be partial to one and ignore the other!"

Jiang Heng naturally couldn't say too much, so he smiled and said, "If there is a suitable one, I will definitely ask you to act in my play!"

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