Chapter 340: The Legend of the Little Soldier Starts

When the trailer was released, Jiang Heng's scene as Chiang Ching-kuo was edited in.

After the premiere ceremony, all major entertainment media reports also briefly described Jiang Heng’s performance in the film.

It's simple, Jiang Heng is the most powerful actor in this drama, so of course he needs to be promoted.

As for the evening, there was a dinner arranged by the crew. Jiang Heng was surrounded by people toasting him and almost got drunk.

On the 12th, it was the day for the actors of "Legend of the Little Soldier" to audition.

Early in the morning, a group of young actors came over.

Zhang Ruoyun is naturally among them. Born in 88, he is just in his early twenties. He participated in TV dramas in 04 and was admitted to the Performance Department of Beijing Film Academy in 07. He is one of those who has both a professional background and acting experience.

Of course, although all the conditions met the crew's requirements, I didn't dare to dream of pie falling from the sky. With a huge investment of 500 million US dollars and such great pressure to make a profit, how could it be given to a small actor with no connections or background?
Because his father is the director, he has heard too many messy things on the crew.

Moreover, the relationship between father and son is not harmonious, and the father does not have that much power. He basically comes with the mentality of "if I get it, I'm lucky, if I lose it, I'm doomed."

So when he received the news that he had passed the preliminary exam, his first reaction was disbelief.

"You mean, I passed the preliminary test?"

"Yes!"

"The first audition for the male lead?"

"Yes, if you are interested in participating, please come to the eighth floor of iYouTeng Building at 10 am tomorrow...!"

Zhang Ruoyun thought, nonsense, who doesn’t want to act?
"Okay, okay, I will be there on time tomorrow!"

After hanging up the phone, he felt that the wind blowing in his face was fragrant and the wild flowers on the roadside were more pleasing to the eye than usual.

Director Jiang Heng’s new film cost 500 million US dollars to produce. This time it’s a big success!
Because the news was so great, he didn't dare to be too happy, for fear of scaring his good luck, so he endured it all night.

The next day, I arrived at iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Film Company, signed the actor contract and agency contract, and confirmed that he was really the male lead of "Legend of the Little Soldier" before I dared to tell the news to my father and classmates.

Zhang Jian was naturally surprised, but he was still happy for his son.

It caused a huge sensation at the Beijing Film Academy.

Although I know Jiang Heng wants to choose a young actor, it seems that there are many who are more handsome than Zhang Ruoyun!

Several other performing arts schools are also discussing this matter.

For example, Jiang Jinfu in the drama lamented, "I am so handsome, why didn't you choose me?"
……

Jiang Heng was still preparing in an orderly manner. He first confirmed the content of the script and then inspected the props.

At the end of September, a launch conference was held in Beijing.

On this day, the press conference was crowded with reporters, more than ever before, including foreign reporters.

"Director Jiang Heng, it has been rumored that the budget for your film is as high as 3 million US dollars. As far as I know, the highest-budgeted film in the world is Pirates of the Caribbean 3.42, which cost million US dollars. I want to ask if the film's investment is really that high? How was the money spent?"

The person who asked the question was a reporter from the Asahi Shimbun. He was obviously very skeptical of Jiang Heng's propaganda and seemed to want to expose its lies.

"Of course it's true, and more than 80% of the film's cost will be used for post-production special effects, because this is a film depicting an interstellar war. There will be more than 3,000 interstellar battleships fighting in the dark and empty space. It can be said that every second of the film is burning money.

There are many planets and cosmic landscapes in the film, so the figure of 500 million US dollars is actually conservative. The actual cost may be more!"

"Ouch!"

"hiss!"

There was a lot of astonishment at the press conference. It was because the investment amount was too huge. 5 million US dollars in 09, it could do a lot!

"Director Jiang, have you ever considered what would happen if the box office wasn't satisfactory? After all, risks are everywhere!"

This time the questions were asked by a South Korean reporter, and the questions were equally sharp.

Jiang Heng smiled and said, "I've never considered it, because there is no such possibility!"

After hearing this, the other reporters burst into applause.

The problems that followed were relatively peaceful.

After the press conference, Jiang Heng led the crew directly to the China Film Digital Base.

Because most of the shots require special effects production, there is no need to shoot on location this time, and it can be completed at the China Film Base.

In the film market, "Founding of a Republic" is now in theaters with great success and its box office is far higher than its previous life.

Firstly, the film market in this life is obviously more mature than the same time point in the previous life.

The second is naturally the publicity effect brought by Jiang Heng’s guest appearance.

The box office of "Founding of a Republic" on the first day of its release was as high as 40 million. According to the current box office trend, there is no pressure for the total box office to exceed 600 million, and there is a high probability that it will exceed 700 million, which makes other producers and directors very envious.

In Beijing, Chen Kaige stayed in a luxurious courtyard house, reading a newspaper comfortably.

He is a very strict person and rarely reads online news. Reading newspaper is an indispensable activity for him every day.

A piece of news in today's newspaper suddenly made him frown.

"What's wrong, dear?" Chen Hong asked from the side.

Chen Kaige handed the newspaper over and said, "Look for yourself!"

Chen Hong took it and rolled her eyes, "Is his film going to be released during the Spring Festival?"

"Yes, they had to move the Lunar New Year movie to the Spring Festival instead of the Lunar New Year movie. I don't know how many people's plans have been disrupted!"

In fact, as early as the summer, news came out that "White Snake: Origin" would be scheduled for the 2010 Spring Festival.

It’s just that there has been no official announcement, so the market is skeptical.

Except for filmmakers whose films are released during the New Year and Spring Festival periods, most people don't take this time too seriously.

Chen Kaige was somewhat concerned because his new film "The Orphan of Zhao" was originally scheduled to be released during the 2010 Spring Festival.

Jiang Heng's "White Snake: Origin" was also moved to the Spring Festival, which made him want to compete with it.

Of course, the investor, Shanghai Film Group, is most likely unwilling to do this as they are under pressure to make a profit and recoup their investment!
The most depressed person was naturally Yang Zhile from Actions Films. When he saw the news, his first reaction was confusion!
Because before the filming of "Legend of White Snake" started, he went to find Jiang Heng, hoping that the other party would postpone the release date, but was rejected without hesitation.

In order to be able to release the film in late November, the crew of "Legend of White Snake" has been extremely busy for the past six months, just to save a few days.

Just when it was about to be achieved, "White Snake: Origin" was postponed to the Spring Festival. This is really heartbreaking.

Yang Zhi was so depressed that he almost vomited blood, and cursed Jiang Heng at home.

In addition to "The Orphan of Zhao" and "Legend of White Snake", "Storm Warriors 2" directed by Liu Weiqiang, which was originally aimed at the Spring Festival, also has to change its release date.

In addition, the first film produced by Bonanza Pictures, "Lost on Journey", will also be released during the Lunar New Year holiday, of course, a few days later than those blockbusters.

(End of this chapter)