Chapter 266 Shock
In the circle, many film and television company bosses and actors are curious about what work Jiang Heng is going to direct this time!
Because in everyone's previous impression, Jiang Heng's works are very pure commercial films that pursue audio-visual effects and do not require high acting skills from the actors.

Especially the actresses, such as Tang Yan's role as the Third Holy Mother Yang Chan in "Splitting the Mountain to Save Mother", which is a complete vase role.

In "Inception", the "dream builder" played by Megan Fox is also a tool-like existence.

At most, he is just a very good-looking tool.

I never expected that Jiang Heng would choose the actresses based on their acting skills. This is a bit strange.

These people made phone calls everywhere, trying to find out the subject matter and content of Jiang Heng's new film, hoping to prepare in advance.

There were several people who called Han Sanping and wanted to ask Han Sanye to help make a recommendation, but he was also confused.

Naturally, his relationship with Jiang Heng is still very good.

It was just that he was a little busy after the New Year, and the two of them never got to sit down and talk in detail. More importantly, he didn't expect Jiang Heng to start filming again so soon.

It should be noted that Jiang Heng started filming "Journey to the West" in March last year and finished it in early October. Then he immediately started filming "The Monkey King 3: Kingdom of Women", which lasted for more than ten months, setting a record for Jiang Heng's longest continuous filming time!
It's common sense that after filming for such a long time, one should at least take a good rest. The few days during the New Year are not enough for them!

Besides, there are still two movies that need to be produced in post-production!

He really didn't expect that Jiang Heng would work so hard. How long had he been back?
It’s not even the first month of the year yet, and there’s going to be a new movie?

Although Lao Han was extremely surprised, he hurriedly ordered the driver to take him to the iQiyi Film Building.

In the ultra-luxurious office, Han Sanping took a sip of the finest Da Hong Pao and said with emotion: "You have worked too hard in the past two years! You know, many units are still in the 'New Year' state right now!"

Jiang Heng smiled and said, "You're not talking about your unit, are you?"

Han Sanping waved his hands and said, "Hey, don't talk nonsense, we are here strictly in accordance with the national statutory holidays!"

Jiang Heng laughed. It would be strange if he believed this.

In the past life, many units had to start working only in the first month of the lunar year!

"It can be seen that Chairman Han is here to give us guidance. What advice do you have?"

Han Sanping leaned on the sofa and peeled an orange naturally. "I heard that you are going to shoot a new film. What is the subject matter?"

“Science fiction!”

"Or is it a story you wrote yourself?"

Jiang Heng said: "This time it's really not the case. I bought the film and television adaptation rights of a science fiction novel. Here, it's the Three-Body Problem!"

After that, he handed over several issues of Science Fiction World magazine that published The Three-Body Problem.

Han Sanping took it and frowned slightly, because at first glance, he really didn't know what story this was supposed to be.

After opening the book and reading the first chapter, I still feel a little familiar.

Because he was born in 53, he was a student at that time.

After reading this paragraph, Han Sanping briefly flipped through it before putting the magazine down and commenting, "That's a pretty good idea!"

Jiang Heng smiled, "He is indeed a writer with great ideas!"

Han Sanping said: "This story seems very grand!"

"Of course!"

The story of "The Three-Body Problem" has not been successfully adapted into a film or TV series until Jiang Heng's rebirth. Netflix's "The Three-Body Problem" is only good in the first part.

The joke "Whoever feeds Einstein is his mother" is widely circulated. Lan Xiya is recognized by the public for her superb acting skills. The special effects scene of the "Three-Body Man" being dehydrated shocked the audience... but that was all.

The story of "The Three-Body Problem" is difficult to adapt into a film or TV series. First, there are too many story lines in the original work, and the time and space are stretched very wide, spanning multiple eras.

The second reason is that there are many abstract concepts in the book, which require readers to imagine them on a literary level. When these images are visualized, there may be a big gap between the images imagined by readers, which will lead to disappointment and thus not be recognized by the original fans.

But putting all that aside, "The Three-Body Problem" is undoubtedly the pinnacle of Chinese science fiction literature.

Even though it is a little difficult, we have to bring it to the big screen.

"So, for the first one, let's test the waters. It's hard to say this time, because it's not made in the format of a commercial film."

Han Sanping was silent for a moment, "Is there anything I can do? Investment, actors...!"

Jiang Heng smiled and said, "No need for investment, I have plenty of money. As for the actors, there will be a centralized audition in a couple of days, I'll take a look first!"

With his current reputation and status, it is almost not difficult for him to find actors, and he no longer needs to coordinate with others.

Han Sanping heard this and sighed, "Okay, then you can get busy with the preparations first. If you need me, give me a call!"

Jiang Heng smiled and said, "Of course!"

Han Sanping stood up and took the magazines in his hand again, "Do you mind if I take them back and have a look?"

Jiang Heng smiled and said, "What's the use of this? Take it all. When the novel is published later, I will give you a few more copies!"

"I don't need that many. These few are enough for me!"

After Han Sanping finished speaking, he left with the book.

When they got back in the car, the driver had a puzzled look on his face, wondering why Han Sanping came down so quickly. In the past, they always talked for a long time when discussing cooperation!

Han Sanping didn't say much to the driver and was reading a magazine while riding in the car.

He returned to his chairman's office and locked himself in the room to read the first part of "The Three-Body Problem".

To be honest, this novel is not very entertaining, but the content in the book is really imaginative and shocking.

By the evening, Han Sanping finally finished reading the book, put down the magazine, and felt deeply moved.

No wonder Jiang Heng would rather take the risk of losing money to plan and shoot this movie. The content of the novel is so wonderful. It is definitely the best science fiction work in the country, no, in the world!
Unfortunately, a lot of the content in this book is rather abstract, and even an experienced practitioner like him doesn’t know how to adapt some of the content in the book into film and television.

Like the plot about the Trisolarans becoming dehydrated, I believe Jiang Heng should have some ideas.

Han Sanping then thought about how the movie fans would feel when they saw this shocking scene on the big screen.

"It's such a shame that such a good book is only published in one magazine. It should be published all over the world!"

Han Sanping thought about this, picked up his phone, and called a friend, "Brother, I recently read a novel that is really, really good. It's really shocking... To be precise, it's not a book yet, it's serialized in a magazine! If you want, I can lend you a few magazines...!"

As a result, after reading the book, his friend was also shocked by the content.

Then I recommended the book "The Three-Body Problem" to my good friends, and it spread among the "big guys" in all walks of life.

At the same time, many film and television company bosses and actors also learned what Jiang Heng’s new film was, and they all went to look for the issues of "Science Fiction World" magazine that serialized "The Three-Body Problem", which drove up the prices of old magazines for a while!
(End of this chapter)