Chapter 338 The Battle of the Protagonists
The game "League of Legends" really makes money, how exaggerated is it?

In 2011, Penguin spent $2.31 million to acquire shares in the American game development company Riot Games, the production company of the game "League of Legends (LOL)".

Afterwards, the Chinese version of "League of Legends" was launched and quickly became a money-making machine for Penguin Company.

By 2012, the revenue from League of Legends in Penguin's gaming business reached a staggering 147.1 billion yuan, accounting for 63.6% of the gaming business revenue.

Over the next decade, "League of Legends" continued to bring Penguin Company extremely high annual revenue.

It really makes me jealous to the point of driving me crazy!

And in this world, the one who is envied, jealous and hated is Jiang Heng!
To be honest, Wang Zhonglei was a little defensive. He and his brother had always been determined to make Huayi the number one private film and television company in China.

It’s bad enough that it can’t compare to iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video, it can’t even compare to their side businesses!
"You are misleading young people!"

Wang Zhonglei said this angrily and drank the tea in one gulp.

Then he said, "I don't know if his movie is still scheduled for the summer. I'll definitely have to avoid it then!"

"It's hard to say. With such a huge investment, the production cycle may be longer. But we have to avoid it. With Jiang Heng's level and such a large investment, the visual effect will definitely be no problem. The most we can do is the story..."

Chen Guofu originally wanted to say that the story was difficult to understand, but the problem was that Jiang Heng never had the reserve of a big director when making films, and he never deliberately made scenes that were difficult to understand.

As for the question of whether the spinning top falls down at the end of "Inception", it seems more like a deliberate gimmick for the marketing of the film.

If you look at it this way, Jiang Heng's new film is not very risky, and even if he loses some money it won't cause him any serious damage.

"Director Jiang should become famous all over the world this time!" Chen Guofu said with a smile.

Wang Zhonglei nodded slightly, his expression becoming even uglier.

Thinking of 500 million US dollars, I'm afraid even the Americans would be shocked!
I wonder how Jiang Heng will spend the money. Will he hire Hollywood's top stars?

One thing immediately occurred to me: the male lead of the film must be Chinese, and I wonder who will be lucky enough to get this role.

However, Huang Xiaoming was filming in another place. After learning the news, he immediately asked for leave from the crew and quietly returned to Beijing.

He contacted Liu Yifei first. After all, the two had worked together many times and had always had a good relationship.

Liu Yifei naturally didn't dare to leak the news carelessly, so she went to ask Jiang Heng.

"You don't really know much about it, except for the original novel it was adapted from!"

"Oh!" Liu Yifei responded, and then asked: "You, don't plan to use him?"

Jiang Heng nodded slightly. The male protagonist Tang Long in "The Legend of the Little Soldier" is a high school student, and Huang Xiaoming is already in his thirties, which is a bit old.

Furthermore, he has been keen on playing domineering CEO roles in recent years, which has made him seem more and more greasy to the audience, so Jiang Heng will naturally not use him anymore.

"Just pretend you know nothing. No need to say so much!"

"I know, I won't say anything nonsense!" Liu Yifei said with a smile, looking a little cute.

After all, Jiang Heng is the most important to her. There is nothing she can do if he is not her friend and cannot help her!
But this is just the beginning. After all, the protagonist of Jiang Heng’s blockbuster is the top resource in the industry.

Now that there is news of an investment of 500 million US dollars, it can be said that there is no male actor in the entertainment industry who is one year younger and slightly more handsome who is not eyeing them.

Many of them did not dare to contact Jiang Heng, so they asked people around Jiang Heng who were close to him to help inquire. In addition to Liu Yifei, Jing Tian, ​​Yang Mi, Tang Yan and others all received calls from their friends.

Of course, these people are also thinking about the role in Jiang Heng's new film.

"Brother, you are so generous. You are willing to invest so much!" Da Tiantian suddenly ran over.

Liu Yifei happened to go out to participate in a business event. The coincidence made Jiang Heng suspect that the two must have contacted each other privately.

"It's okay. I just want to make a super shocking movie for everyone to watch!" Jing Tian said with a smile, "You don't need to shoot it, it will already shock everyone, because you really have so much money, and everyone knows that you can shoot it well. I am looking forward to what it will be like!"

Jiang Heng chuckled and asked her if she wanted to take part in the performance.

Da Tiantian rolled her eyes at Jiang Heng and said, "Of course, then will you act or not?"

Jiang Heng waved his hand: "We need to find a younger male lead this time. I definitely can't play the role!"

Da Tiantian pouted, "You can play the older second or third male lead! The investment is so huge this time, if you participate, the box office will be higher!"

Jiang Heng was stunned when he heard this, and he touched Da Tiantian's head lovingly, ruffling her hair a little, and said with a smile: "I'm honestly saying, you are getting smarter and smarter!"

Da Tiantian snorted, "I have always been very smart, okay!!"

Jiang Heng laughed even more happily, "Yes, you are such a clever little guy!"

Since I hadn’t seen Jing Tian for a while, I took her out for a big meal at noon.

The young lady asked about the progress of "White Snake: Origin", Jiang Heng said it was still in post-production and it was afraid that it would not be able to catch up with the Lunar New Year holiday, so it would probably be postponed to the Spring Festival of 2010.

Jing Tian was shocked when he heard this. After all, most of Jiang Heng's films in recent years were released during the summer vacation and the New Year, giving the audience the feeling that the time was very fixed.

“Can’t it be done earlier?”

Jiang Heng shook his head slightly, "It's hard to say!"

But in fact, the postponement of the release was mainly to avoid competing with "Avatar" in the same period.

Even though many viewers criticized the mediocre story content of "Avatar", its visual effects are after all the best.

Even with the 3D version of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" in front, the box office performance of "Avatar" will not be too bad, and it will definitely reach more than billion.

There is no need for Jiang Heng to go head-to-head with the other party with "White Snake: Origin". Since "Avatar" is scheduled to be released on December 12, Jiang Heng can just choose the Spring Festival.

It just so happens that the Spring Festival period is getting more and more popular, so it will be moved to the Spring Festival sooner or later!

Jing Tian didn't know all this. He thought that he had made too many NGs during the filming, which delayed the progress, and his expression became more and more sad.

"What are you thinking about?"

Jing Tian expressed her doubts, Jiang Heng laughed and scratched her nose, "Don't let your imagination run wild, it has nothing to do with whether you are N or NG!"

"Oh! I thought I was late, hehe!"

Jing Tian started to eat happily, and then asked Jiang Heng if he had any favorite candidates for the male lead.

"Not yet. I plan to hold a large-scale audition in a while. Male actors aged 18 and above and 25 and below with acting experience can all come and audition."

"Oh, then there should be a lot of people coming, right? This is an audition!"

"Well, that's right!"

But in fact, Jiang Heng has several candidates in his mind that he is more optimistic about.

The first one is Zhang Ruoyun, who was born in 88. He is only 21 years old now and looks relatively young, so his age is quite suitable.

Besides, this guy has good acting skills and has played the role of a soldier many times.

For example, the role of Zhang Xianzong he played in "Wuxin: The Monster Killer" looked quite handsome.

However, after playing Tang Long in "The Legend of the Little Soldier", there was no longer his version of Zhang Xianzong.

(End of this chapter)