"If you ask me, two billion is possible!"

A loud voice suddenly rang out, and everyone turned around to see a fat man with a strong aura striding towards them. It was none other than the "Big Brother" of the Hong Kong film industry, Sammo Hung.

Speaking of Lao Hong, he is a very restless person.

In his early years, he "jumped back and forth" between major film and television companies in the Hong Kong film industry.

After working with Jiang Heng for several years, I couldn't resist the temptation of independent production and started working on other projects.

Especially in 08, "Ip Man", for which he served as action director, was a huge success, and he gradually cooperated less with Jiang Heng and went to independent production.

The reason is simple: Jiang Heng’s personal style in his films is too obvious.

The audience's attention is on the visual effects and storyline. No matter how beautiful the action scenes are, no one will remember him, Sammo Hung.

But he was not the kind of person who would be content to be under someone else's command for long, so he would go whenever someone invited him to do so, and gradually he had less cooperation with Jiang Heng.

However, the relationship between the two is still good.

Whenever Jiang Heng has important promotional events, Hong Jinbao will usually be there.

And if there is a suitable role in the film, Jiang Heng will give priority to Hong Tianming.

In the entertainment industry, there are too many social conventions!
As for this time, Sammo Hung will play the role of the Golden Lion King Xie Xun in "The New Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber", which is also a role with quite a lot of scenes.

Seeing him coming, Jiang Heng stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "Big brother, you are too kind to me. There are not so many audiences for martial arts films nowadays!"

Jiang Heng sincerely felt that the box office would not reach 2 billion, because the audience was not that big, and people no longer believed in the spirit of chivalry.

The reason why he has over 1 billion is also due to his popularity and influence.

To put it bluntly, everyone is just here to watch the fun.

But Sammo Hung seemed to be really optimistic about this film, and casually mentioned a few reasons why the film became a hit, and they actually sounded plausible.

Jiang Heng just laughed and didn't respond to the conversation.

He knew Sammo Hung too well and knew that he always did things for a reason.

The reason why he is so admiring and optimistic about martial arts movies at this moment is most likely to promote the kung fu movie "Tai Chi 1: From Zero" in which he serves as the action director.

After all, Jiang Heng has starred in a martial arts movie. Doesn’t this mean that martial arts movies are about to become popular in mainland China?
Director Jiang’s film won’t be released until a year later, so would you like to check out the freshly released kung fu film “Tai Chi”?
Jiang Heng immediately figured out their publicity and promotion ideas.

However, the reputation of this movie was extremely bad, and the box office was only over 100 million, making it a very unsuccessful work.

But even here, there is a sequel!
"Tai Chi 2" was also released this year, a month later than the first one.

One more thing to mention is that the film's heroine Yang Tianbao has become so popular because of "Running Man" and has become the box office guarantee for this film.

At this moment, he also appeared at the celebration banquet with Huang Xiaoming.

"Can't we really try again?"

In a corner of the banquet hall, Yang Tianbao acted coquettishly towards Huang Xiaoming because she wanted to play a female role with a prominent part in "The New Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber".

Huang Xiaoming said helplessly: "It's already been decided, don't worry about it!"

"I didn't think about it. It's a rare opportunity!" Yang Tianbao felt a little aggrieved.

She is now a veritable variety show goddess. In terms of popularity and fame, she is no less than first-line female stars.

It’s just that the film and television resources are still a bit behind.

I had originally thought of playing a supporting actress role in "The New Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber". After getting along well with Director Jiang, maybe one day I could play the leading lady in Jiang Heng's blockbuster.

If that time really comes, she will be an international star...

But ideals are full of hope, while reality is very skinny. She got stuck at the first step and didn't even get the role, which was very disappointing to her.

At this point, we can only urge Huang Xiaoming to think of a way to help her get resources!

Under her soft words, Huang Xiaoming quickly "fell", and said with a firm expression: "Okay, I'll ask for you again, but it may not work!"

After saying that, he took Yang Tianbao's hand and walked towards Jiang Heng.

"Congratulations, Director Jiang. The box office revenue of 36 billion in mainland China has broken the record, and 22 billion U.S. dollars has swept the world. You are well-deserved to be the number one director!" Huang Xiaoming stepped forward to congratulate him.

Jiang Heng laughed and said quickly, "Thank you, thank you!"
Yang Tianbao also said a lot of flattering words, saying that Jiang Heng was her idol and how much she admired him.

Jiang Heng chuckled and responded casually.

Huang Xiaoming pondered for a moment, and suddenly said that he wanted to make a free guest appearance in "The New Legend of Condor Heroes" with Yang Tianbao.

Jiang Heng was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect Huang Xiaoming to say this in public. If he refused, it would be somewhat embarrassing.

Still smiling, he said, "Thank you very much, thank you very much. We are old friends and you always want to support me! However, the role in the film has been decided."

Yang Tianbao was disappointed when he heard this, "Is there no other suitable one?"

Jiang Heng glanced at the young Yang Tianbao and Huang Xiaoming who looked affectionate beside him.

Suddenly thinking of the couple in Yitian, he said with a smile: "It's not that there is no possibility at all, but Xiaoming will have to be sacrificed!"

Huang Xiaoming was stunned, not knowing what Jiang Heng meant by this, but he still said scientifically: "It's okay, as long as we can participate in the performance, it doesn't matter if we make a fool of ourselves!"

Jiang Heng laughed and said, "You don't need to act ugly. You can still play a hero, but you can only play a disabled hero!"

Huang Xiaoming asked: "Yin Liting, Yang Buhui?"

Jiang Heng smiled and said, "That's right!"

Because in the main plot of this film, "The Battle of Wan'an Temple", Yin Liting was recuperating from his injuries and did not appear.

Therefore, when selecting the actors and roles, he and Yang Buhui were not considered.

Under normal circumstances, I would just watch the filming. If I felt it was necessary to appear, I would just find someone to make a cameo appearance.

If Huang Xiaoming and Yang Tianbao were willing to make a cameo appearance for free, Jiang Heng would have no reason to turn them down.

"Yes, yes, we are willing to perform!" Yang Tianbao said with surprise.

She then added that it was "Running Man" that made her famous today, and she had long wanted to do something for iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video, and Director Jiang.

Jiang Heng chuckled and expressed his welcome to the two of them to join the crew of "New Condor Heroes".

The people around looked at him and applauded to express their congratulations.

The celebration banquet was then held, with Yu Dong acting as the host himself, announcing that Black Myth: Wukong had achieved great box office success in mainland China and several major overseas film markets.

When the impressive data were read out one by one, all the guests present were shocked and amazed.

There are too many, and the box office results are so good that it makes people despair.

For example, Wang Zhonglei of Huayi occasionally fantasizes that Huayi will one day surpass iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video and become the number one in the industry.

But when I heard about the great box office success of Black Myth: Wukong, I immediately gave up the idea.

How can I surpass it? There is no way to surpass it!

The domestic market has grossed over 3.6 billion, and he really couldn't figure out how or what kind of film to make to get a box office of over 3 billion!

As for the overseas market, now audiences in various countries recognize Jiang Heng's name. Even if others can make blockbusters of the same quality, they may not be able to grab the market, not to mention that the quality is far inferior! (End of this chapter)