Chapter 391: Battle Through the Heavens
Jiang Heng finally rejected the cooperation invitation from Hollywood.

One is that he said in front of the media that he wanted to promote Chinese culture, but then he turned around and filmed American soldiers fighting aliens, which was somewhat embarrassing.

Secondly, the Film Bureau invited him to a symposium, and they had a good chat during the break. Their attitude was still supportive, and they told Jiang Heng not to have any other ideas.

Just because of this, I can’t go abroad in the short term!

If I stay in the country, I will have to choose other works to shoot, and for a while I felt that there was nothing to shoot.

The science fiction genre, sequels to "The Three-Body Problem" and "Legend of the Little Soldier", are not expected to be launched in the near future.

There aren't many good themes like mechas and monsters, so Pacific Rim 3 is a long way off.

After much thought, it must be a myth or a fairy tale.

Considering that the first part of "Warcraft" filmed last year will be released in the summer, I will not consider anything related to traditional mythology.

Jiang Heng naturally noticed online literature. If we were to talk about the most popular online novel in the past two years, it would probably be "Fights Break Sphere".

This book began serialization in April 09 and was not completed as of early 4.

However, the film and television copyright has been purchased by the company's copyright department.

The price is not that expensive. After all, the copyright fees for online literature have skyrocketed, and it will take a few years for them to come.

But it is said that Jiang Heng had watched "Fights Break Sphere" in his previous life, and his blood boiled because of the line "Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west, don't despise the young and poor."

It’s a pity that in his previous life, he was a salted fish until his death and never got a chance to turn over a new leaf!
Looking back on it in this life, my mood is completely different.

After a few days, seeing Xiao Yan kill Yun Shan and disband the Yun Lan Sect, Jiang Heng put the novel aside and decided to adapt it into a movie.

After convening a meeting and announcing his decision, the executives were stunned at first, but then they all agreed.

After all, Jiang Heng has been continuously successful over the years, and has used facts to prove that those who question him are basically wrong. Who would dare to jump out and find fault with him?
The first thing these people thought about was how to praise Jiang Heng's views and decisions.

"Director Jiang, your idea is really great. 'Fights Break Sphere' is probably the most popular online novel right now, and many imitations of it have become popular. If you adapt it into a movie, I'm sure many readers will support it!" said a senior director of the company.

Another said, "Director Jiang, I've read this novel, the plot is really exciting, if it's adapted and paired with super shocking special effects, the mainland box office might be able to exceed 2 billion!"

"There must be hope!"

"It will definitely exceed 2 billion!"

Among Jiang Heng's works, science fiction is the most popular overseas, and military, war, and mecha are also popular.

Only the mythological genre has a much lower overseas box office, especially in Europe and the United States, than other genres.

For example, "Under One Person" which is currently being released is considered an urban supernatural genre, and can barely be classified as a "myth" genre. Its overseas box office is not comparable to "The Legend of the Little Soldiers", which was a hit last summer and had a global box office of over 3 billion US dollars.

It can only be considered a hit film with acceptable box office performance.

But in the mainland market, "Under One Person" is really popular. Even if it cannot break through 2 billion box office, it will always reach 1.6 or 1.7 billion.

The senior executives of iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video have seen a lot and can roughly judge the box office prospects of Jiang Heng's different types of films.

Therefore, when looking forward to the future box office of "Fights Break Sphere", it is a rational analysis to say that it will sell for tens or twenty billion in the mainland market.

But if you say that the global box office has exceeded 2 billion US dollars, that is mindless exaggeration!

Let alone 2 billion, even if it's over 1 billion US dollars, it's still a big hit at the box office, and it's definitely likely to be in the top 10 of the year. So don't think these guys are just trying to flatter you all day long, it's not mindless flattery, Jiang Heng can't tolerate that.

"Well, the box office prospects are definitely good!"

Jiang Heng summarized a few words and immediately began to assign tasks. As usual, the screenwriting department prepared a script for him in the shortest possible time.

Others are responsible for making shooting plans, costume design, prop customization, shooting location determination, etc.

And most importantly, the candidate has been determined!
There are two most important characters in the first half of "Fights Break Sphere", Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er!
The characters with more important roles are Medusa and Nalan Yanran.

It can be said that the success or failure of this film has a lot to do with the selection of these roles.

Xiao Yan, the hero of the novel and the film, appears at the age of fifteen. Some older and greasy guys definitely cannot be chosen, and he does not have to consider other people's opinions.

By the way, many film and television dramas seem awkward to the audience, largely because the age of the characters is directly ignored during the film and television adaptation, and older well-known actors are used to play the roles.

The most typical example is "The Deer and the Cauldron". When Wei Xiaobao first appeared, he was only thirteen or fourteen years old, just a little child.

In the book, many famous masters and powerful figures were deceived by Wei Xiaobao and fell into his hands. A very important reason for this was that Wei Xiaobao was young!

For example, a 34-year-old "big brother" who is successful and drives a luxury car, could he have imagined that he would be cheated by a junior high school student?
Others can’t believe it either, what a joke!
However, if an adult were to "talk nonsense" and easily fool a group of experts, the plot would be a bit weird.

As for Xiao Yan in the movie version of "Fights Break Sphere", Jiang Heng initially imagined his age to be between sixteen and eighteen years old.

Then the actors to be chosen can only be those in that age group or those who look very youthful. Those who are already famous are basically out of the question.

In the office, Du Huan came over to ask Jiang Heng for his opinion and what he thought about the choice of the male protagonist.

"The initial plan is to look for freshmen at Beijing Film Academy and the Central Academy of Drama. If that doesn't work, we'll add the Shanghai Theatre Academy. If there's really no one suitable, we'll have to hold an open audition!"

"The method of open auditions is not bad, and it can also be considered as a promotion for the film!" Du Huan considered.

Jiang Heng rolled his eyes at this guy and thought to himself, are you addicted?

Speaking of the last audition, this guy abused his power for personal gain and signed Tao Hui into the company.

Since it was a matter of mutual consent, Jiang Heng couldn't say anything.

But if something like this happens too often, it would be bad.

Du Huan saw that Jiang Heng's eyes were not right, and hurriedly explained: "Well, I just considered it for the casting, I don't have any other ideas!"

Jiang Heng snorted and didn't respond. After thinking for a while, he said, "I'll contact the Beijing Film Academy and the Central Academy of Drama later to get the information of the freshmen!"

There is still a long time before school starts, and I won’t see any students if I go to school now.

It would be better to contact the school teacher directly, ask for information and then make a choice.

With Du Huan's status, it would not be difficult for him to accomplish this task. He just responded and left without further ado.

Speaking of iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video, many people also knew about Jiang Heng's filming of "Fights Break Sphere".

Several female artists and their agents inquired about the preparations and looked up relevant content of "Fights Break Sphere" to find out the name of the heroine first.

Xiao Xun'er seems to be a very outstanding character!

(End of this chapter)