Chapter 271: The "Daughter Kingdom" after beautification

However, on the second day after the new film launch, a number of domestic entertainment media reported the news that Jiang Heng’s new work "The Three-Body Problem" had started filming.

The effect is significant, the industry is shocked and the audience is excited.

Director Jiang Heng is really prolific. He is currently in post-production on "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", "The Monkey King 3: Kingdom of Women" and now he is shooting a science fiction film.

In comparison, Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Wu Yusen and others are really inefficient.

Of course, it’s not that they don’t want to go faster, but Zhang Yimou is cautious by nature and doesn’t dare to go faster.

Chen Kaige has no capital to invest in him, so it is impossible to speed up the process even if he wants to.

Wu Yusen was in a similar situation, because "Red Cliff" had a double collapse in both reputation and box office. When the second part was released during the Lunar New Year holiday, there was no competition from Jiang Heng's special effects blockbuster, and the box office was still not good.

The two parts barely grossed over 400 million, which was 100 million less than the previous life.

The only thing that made Director Wu feel relieved was that the film was very popular in Japan and had high box office results, which allowed him to maintain his status as a big director to some extent.

But when it comes to making a new film, it is still difficult to attract investment. It is impossible to be like Jiang Heng, who can shoot whenever he wants.

At the audience level, everyone was curious about what "The Three-Body Problem" was about, so a private publishing house found Liu Cixin and published the first part of "The Three-Body Problem", which became an instant best-seller in China.

At the same time, Liu Cixin had also completed the second part of her novel "The Three-Body Problem". It was not published immediately but was sent to Jiang Heng first.

"Director Jiang, thank you very much for your appreciation and care for me, so when I was writing, I thought, I must show this book to you first after I finish it!"

Jiang Heng held the manuscript and said with a smile: "Great, I've been wanting to know the rest of the story for a long time!"

Liu Cixin was then allowed to stay in the crew, and the finance department was ordered to transfer the second payment of one million yuan for copyright adaptation.

When the purchase was made, it was agreed that the film and television adaptation rights for the “Three-Body” series totaled three million.

The manuscript Liu Cixin sent over was obviously not finished, so the payment was naturally made at one million.

Liu was very happy after receiving the money. He stayed in the crew for a week and then went back. With the help of Jiang Heng, he signed a publishing contract with an American bookseller.

I believe that with the reputation of Jiang Heng’s new film being the original work, the novel will definitely become popular.

Little did they know that Jiang Heng’s plan was to make “The Three-Body Problem” popular in Europe and the United States ahead of time, so that the film could take advantage of the novel’s traffic.

The World Science Fiction Convention also helped him register for the competition.

With the strength of the first part of "The Three-Body Problem", it is not difficult to win the award.

Of course, filming is not difficult.

It has been ten years since his rebirth. Even without the help of the "super microcomputer", Jiang Heng's directing skills are outstanding among domestic directors.

The reason is simple: I took too many photos.

As for other directors, it takes several years to make a blockbuster, and there are many who only produce two or three good works in ten years.

Jiang Heng has filmed so many movies over the years and has become quite skilled at it.

The entire play was shot at an extremely fast speed while Jiang Wen was in a state of shock. The film was almost finished in June and was finally wrapped up on June 8th!
At the wrap party, Jiang Wen drank a lot of wine.

I recited a poem by Xin Qiji, "I look at my sword by lamplight while drunk, and dream of blowing the horn in the camp..." and then I got drunk.

Those who attended the wrap party felt that Jiang Wen was most likely overwhelmed. How could someone shoot blockbuster films so well and so quickly?
This is unscientific!
As summer vacation approaches, Huayi's Wang Zhonglei is becoming increasingly anxious. The good news is that the company's first mythological special effects blockbuster "Fengshen" is about to be released.

The bad news is that this summer season has Jiang Heng’s "The Monkey King 3: Kingdom of Women" on the schedule.

Although this film was shot very quickly from the project establishment to the shooting, and it looks like a money-making work, Jiang Heng's work really makes people dare not take it lightly!
"Is there any news from the General Administration?" Wang Zhonglei asked his secretary.

"Not yet, but it will probably be in the next few days. His schedule is set for the second Friday of July, so there is still a month left. If we don't go through the trial now, it will be too late."

Wang Zhonglei nodded slightly upon hearing this. He didn't mean to make it difficult for Jiang Heng to get his film approved. Jiang Heng had already become a big star in Chinese-language films, and the General Administration would not easily make it difficult for Jiang Heng to get his film approved.

He just wanted to learn about the quality of "Kingdom of Women" from the staff there.

The next day, he received a call informing him that the quality of "King of Women" was very good and the special effects were not inferior to the previous work.

Of course, there are not as many fighting scenes as in "Lion Camel Ridge", but it is still very good.

Another thing is, there are so many beautiful women.

During the trial, everyone was wondering where Jiang Heng found such a beautiful woman.

It's unscientific that they all look as good as celebrities.

Wang Zhonglei became even more depressed after hearing this. He first discussed it with his eldest brother, and then found the company's senior executives, the producer of "Investiture of the Gods" Chen Guofu and the director Liu Weiqiang.

After repeated deliberations and discussions, it was decided to set the release date of "Investiture of the Gods" at the end of July.

The first part of "Red Cliff" was released a week before "Zhu Xian". However, after the release of "Zhu Xian", the single-day box office dropped sharply. It was a huge loss!

We chose the later one, which is half a month later, so the impact will definitely be much smaller!

On Jiang Heng's side, after "The Monkey King 3" passed the review and obtained the Dragon Mark, a small film screening was held within the company, and a number of company executives, contracted artists, and the film's main creators attended.

Inside the screening room, everyone was puzzled as they looked at the beauties that could be seen everywhere on the streets of the Kingdom of Women in the film.

Especially Liu Yifei and Jing Tian who participated in the film. I remember the general appearance of those female extras. They were definitely not ugly, but they didn’t turn out this good-looking in the photos.

Liu Yifei clearly remembers that a girl who played a minister in the film had acne on her face, but how come her face turned out to be smooth and new, and her skin looked so good!

Girls like to focus on these things and don’t even care about the subsequent plot and fighting.

After the screening, a group of female staff and actresses gathered around and asked, "Director Jiang, why are all the people in the film beautiful? Did we find so many beautiful extras in the first place?"

"Director Jiang, you didn't use any new technology, did you?"

Jiang Hengxin said that it couldn't be called technology, it was just a sorcery at best.

In fact, during the post-production, we found that the ministers and people of the Kingdom of Women were not very good-looking, so we just beautified them slightly.

The result is that some people with good face shapes but poor skin instantly have their looks improved by several levels, resulting in many beauties that appear at a glance in the film.

"Well, some new technology was indeed used!"

"Wow, Director Jiang is so amazing!"

"When will this technology be available to the general public, Director Jiang?"

"Can an ordinary camera do this, Director Jiang?"

“I really want to take a picture!”

The female employees were chattering away, while the female artists had mixed feelings, as they had achieved their current status and success thanks to their looks.

If one day, an ordinary girl can be photographed as a beauty, it will definitely affect them!
Jiang Heng naturally knew what they were worried about, and said with a smile: "This technology is very difficult, don't worry about it, just get to work!"

(End of this chapter)