Chapter 349 Popular Overseas
South Korea has also remade "The Legend of the White Snake", the 1960 version of "Lady White Snake".

The genre of this film is horror fantasy, the soundtrack is comparable to "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", and the plot is even more imaginative.

It is said that the white snake, who had practiced for thousands of years and had attained enlightenment, accepted the order of the devil and transformed herself into a beautiful woman to seduce the saints in the Buddhist temple. The saints broke their vows and the process of making Buddha statues was affected. The white snake was deeply in love and could not bear to kill her husband. In a rage, the devil turned the white snake into stone.

Later, the white snake's deep affection moved Guanyin Bodhisattva, who cast a spell to transform the white snake back into human form, and continued to live happily with the saint father and son.

Since the film was shot a long time ago and the actors are relatively old, the effects are naturally not that good. It can only be said that Koreans are quite receptive to Chinese mythology.

"White Snake: Origin" has beautiful painting style, touching story, and a sense of "fate" of past and present lives. The content of the film is absolutely better than all Korean dramas. It is also the most popular 3D film at the moment. Once it was released, it set off a viewing craze, and tickets for the IMAX 3D version are hard to come by.

As for the most important North American market, the box office results are also good.

First, the fame that Jiang Heng has accumulated over the past decade has made many audiences accustomed to watching the films directed by him. Unless Jiang Heng's three or four films fail in a row, it will be difficult to break this box office appeal.

The second is naturally the extremely beautiful visual effects. It can be said that the beautiful scenery shown in "White Snake: Origin" not only far exceeds what people can see in reality, but even the various filtered landscape photos in "National Geographic Magazine" or the Internet in later generations can hardly match the beauty in the film.

As for the touching love story in the film, European and American audiences also like it, but they are not as enthusiastic as audiences in East Asia and Southeast Asia.

Therefore, "White Snake: Origin" took in more than 7100 million in the North American market in its first three days of the weekend, and the total box office should exceed 2 million US dollars, ranking in the top ten of the annual box office rankings.

In addition to the box office gains, the acting skills of Jiang Heng and Jing Tian in the film were also widely praised.

Many film festivals and film awards have contacted Jiang Heng and invited him to sign up for the festival, hoping that he would be able to win the Best Actor or Best Actress award.

Jiang Heng was not very interested in this thing, but he couldn't stop others from making progress, so he asked the staff to apply normally.

At this time, the secretary came in and said that the Academy Awards Organizing Committee called again, saying that as long as Jiang Heng was willing to attend, then in April's Academy Awards, Jiang Heng would definitely win the Best Actor award.

"talk later!"

Seeing the secretary hesitate to speak, Jiang Heng smiled, "What else did they say?"

"They said that you are the most famous big shot in the Hong Kong film industry and you deserve more support!"

Jiang Heng smiled, leaned back slightly, smoked a cigarette and said, "It is precisely because I am a big boss that I don't want to compete with those little actors for the title of Best Actor! This thing is of no use to me, but if a little actor gets it, maybe his acting career will be changed!"

The beautiful female secretary's eyes brightened when she heard this, and she said admiringly, "Director Jiang, you really have such a great vision!"

Jiang Heng smiled and didn't say much, just waved his hand and told her to go about her business.

He really didn't want to think about those things. After more than four months of intense filming, "Legend of the Little Soldier" was completed just before the New Year.

After the New Year, Jiang Heng still had to arrange the post-production of special effects.

The film is scheduled to be released in the summer, so time is extremely tight.

In addition, he has been thinking about what new film to shoot recently.

As for the topics, there are only a few.

As for the science fiction genre, "The Three-Body Problem 2" is waiting for the right candidate to play "Zhuang Yan", and "The Wandering Earth" will have to wait a few years.

As for the mythological genre, "White Snake: Origin" has just been released, and there have been enough other mythological stories filmed in recent years.

As for mecha movies, after two Pacific Rim movies, there is not much left to tell about the Earth. We can’t just attack the monster’s lair, right? That would make us lose the sense of immersion.

Jiang Heng thought about it again and again, and always felt that it was too risky to continue filming, so he decided to put it aside for the time being!

As for monster movies, I feel that the market atmosphere in China is still a bit lacking.

After much thought, it seems that "The King's Avatar 2" is more suitable.

And for the filming of the second part, a group of beautiful angels are indispensable!
Characters like Keisha, Hexi, Yan, etc. are all extremely beautiful, so it is not easy to find suitable actors.

Only by using "virtual actors" can the beauty of these characters be perfectly interpreted. For his "super microcomputer", this is a very simple operation.

But given the current technology in the real world, the cost of making a super realistic and perfect character is absolutely sky-high.

In the eyes of others, Jiang Heng's behavior can definitely be described as "crazy". In film and television dramas, he uses passers-by to play the leading roles, and there are many scenes in which people with ordinary looks play the role of "peerless beauties".

Even middle-aged women can play beauties and make the male protagonist "obsessed".

Why spend so much money on "virtual actors"? I don't understand!

"Director Jiang, Miss Liu Yifei is here!" the secretary came over to report.

"Invite her in!"

In fact, given the relationship between the two, there is no need to report it.

But Liu Yifei was afraid of running into Jing Tian, ​​and Jing Tian was also afraid of running into Liu Yifei, so every time before the two of them came over, they would tell Jiang Heng's secretary or assistant, otherwise it would be embarrassing if they "collided".

Soon, Liu Yifei walked into Jiang Heng's luxurious office.

The young lady wore a black base shirt with a camel hooded jacket, black leggings and black leather boots, a black baseball cap and sunglasses, and had her long hair loose.

Carrying a white bag, the whole person looks beautiful and cool!

"It's really beautiful today, isn't it?"

"Huh, when am I not beautiful?"

Jiang Heng laughed when he heard this, he knew that Liu Yifei was holding her breath.

After all, Jiang Heng had filmed a love movie with her and Jing Tian respectively, but the reputation and box office of "A Chinese Ghost Story" were far lower than those of "White Snake: Origin".

The Nie Xiaoqian she played was outshined by Xiaobai played by Jing Tian in every aspect. It would be strange if she was in a good mood!

"why are you laughing?"

The young lady had an "angry" expression on her face. "It seems like you look down on me, Xiao Qian. Forget it. I'll just become a wandering ghost!"

After saying that, he made an "angry" expression and pretended to leave.

Jiang Heng quickly stood up and hugged her, smiling and saying, "Are you really angry?"

Liu Yifei turned around and scratched Jiang Heng's neck with her soft white hands, occasionally making a bared-toothed expression, as if a little fox demon was going to bite someone.

"You put so much effort into filming White Snake, but A Chinese Ghost Story is just a mess!"

Speaking of this, Liu Yifei seemed really sad.

"She has played so many good roles over the years, and you said that she would be more suitable to play her true self. I didn't say anything and I never competed for it.

I have shot many special effects blockbusters over the years, but I have never played a role that people will remember forever!"

When Liu Yifei said this, she actually shed tears.

Jiang Heng felt a little reluctant when he saw this.

If you think about it carefully, it is indeed a bit unfair.

I racked my brains to think of what roles and films would be suitable for her.

(End of this chapter)