There are many beautiful female characters in "The King's Avatar", but the most popular one is Angel Yan.

As the saying goes, "North of the Milky Way, Wu Yan is the most beautiful," which shows how much fans love this character.

Although there are no "original fans" of "The King's Avatar" in this world, Jiang Heng has watched the original anime after all. If the actors' makeup and styling do not reach the level in the comics, he will feel uncomfortable.

So after much thought, he decided to try something innovative in this film.

That is, instead of real actors, "virtual characters" are used to play the roles of Angel Yan, Kesha, He Xi, etc.

The advantage is that these characters can be made "absolutely beautiful", but the disadvantage is naturally that it is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the cost is skyrocketing.

Fortunately, he has a "super microcomputer" so the problem is not that big.

But it was hard for Cheng Long and Zhou Xingxing to think of these things, and they thought Jiang Heng was going to hold another large-scale audition.

"Are you planning to expand the team of beauties in iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video again?" Cheng Long took a sip of wine and smiled a little strangely.

He was very popular with women when he was young, and Jiang Heng is even more popular now than when he was young. No one believes that Jiang Heng would be so honest.

As for Zhou Xingxing, although he has never been married and gives the outside world an appearance of being very "affectionate", he actually has always had a girlfriend.

"The most beautiful girls in the Chinese entertainment industry are all under Director Jiang's guidance!" Zhou Xingxing said with envy.

Jiang Heng said: "I don't plan to hold an open audition. I'm going to use some new technology this time!"

"new technology?"

Both Jackie Chan and Stephen Chow were a little surprised, because the last time something could be called a "new technology" was the "3D" viewing mode, and the visual effect was indeed subversive.

To date, there have been several films that have grossed over $2 billion worldwide.

Jiang Heng said: "Well, I am going to launch a few digital virtual actors!"

If what they felt just now was surprise, then at this moment, Cheng Long and Zhou Xingxing could only be described as astonishment.

The digital virtual actor could understand a few Chinese characters and the general meaning, but he just felt confused.

There are so many handsome men and beautiful women in the entertainment industry. Although big-name stars are paid very high, it doesn't cost much to hire new and beautiful actresses.

"Why do you want to do this out of the blue?" Cheng Long asked directly.

Jiang Heng said: "How should I put it? For this movie, I want to create a few characters that almost all men will think are extremely beautiful!"

"Oh, then it seems we have to use a virtual one!" Zhou Xingxing sighed.

After all, when he was young, he had worked with too many popular beautiful artists. Perhaps because he had seen too many of them, he really didn't think any of them were breathtakingly beautiful.

Cheng Long said with some regret: "No matter how beautiful she is in the virtual world, it's still fake!"

Jiang Heng smiled and said, "Whether it's true or not, it doesn't matter to me!"

Cheng Long smiled and said, "That's right, there's always something to eat, right?"

Jiang Heng laughed and ignored the remark.

……

He stayed in Hong Kong for a week, during which time he attended the new film launch of "The Mermaid" in Hong Kong.

Because there is still some time before the Chinese New Year, this press conference can only be regarded as a warm-up promotion.

We just found some main creators and called a group of reporters to talk about the stories during the filming of the film, and then released a few short video clips.

But just these contents have already made the media have a general evaluation of "The Mermaid", which is an above-average work!
Because this film is influenced by the mainland language and culture, the main characters and scenes are all from the mainland, which can be said to have lost the Hong Kong flavor. Although there are some "nonsense" plots, it can also maintain the Hong Kong style to a certain extent. But judging from the content of the promotion, it seems not as good as Zhou Xingxing's works during his peak period. As for the visual effects, it is not as good as Jiang Heng's special effects blockbusters, which is somewhat embarrassing.

Fortunately, the main box office base of this film is not in Hong Kong, and it has long set its sights on the mainland market, which has broader market prospects.

Zhou Xingxing arrived early to discuss the details of the promotion with Yu Dong.

Jiang Heng stayed for another two days before going back.

A few days later, he received an invitation from Huayi Films, inviting him to attend the premiere of "1942".

Inside the office, Jiang Heng held the invitation letter in his hand, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

Jing Tian, ​​who was sitting on the sofa, was puzzled, "What's that expression on your face?"

Director Jiang smiled and said, "Nothing, I just feel that this world is really a huge makeshift team!"

Jing Tian was even more confused after hearing this. He didn't know why Jiang Heng said this and what he wanted to express.

"Is there something wrong?"

"Then let me ask you, if you were to watch a movie with your friends during the Lunar New Year holiday, would you rather watch the tragic 1942 or a hilarious comedy?"

Jing Tian understood a little after hearing this, "I think it's very likely that they will choose a comedy!"

"why?"

"The New Year is just around the corner, so of course we have to be happy!"

"So, I said this world is a huge makeshift group! Huayi is considered a big company, but no one has thought of this!"

In the previous life, "12" was released on November 11, 29, and the box office in mainland China was only 3.7 million.

Based on the production cost of 200 million, the loss was probably more than 90 million.

One important reason is that the release date was not chosen correctly, because this film can no longer be called a tragedy, but rather a catastrophe.

And for many viewers, the past year has not been easy, and who doesn’t want to be happy and cheerful during the New Year?

Therefore, once this film, which had huge investment and was favored by the media, was released, its box office performance was very irrational.

"Lost in Thailand", which was originally scheduled to be released on December 12, was moved up to the 21th and raked in a box office of 12 billion yuan.

At this time and place, "Lost in Thailand" had already been released.

But the box office prospects of other companies' comedy New Year films, "1942", are still not very good.

But when Jiang Heng went to attend the premiere ceremony, Huayi's Mr. Wang and Mr. Wang, as well as Director Feng Xiaogang, were all in high spirits.

Because this winter is Huayi's breakout year, many movies have been released one after another, including "1942" during the Lunar New Year holiday and "Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame" during the Spring Festival holiday.

The two blockbusters combined have a box office of at least 1.5 billion, if not 2 billion!
After these two films make money, we can make bigger films. Huayi will be able to produce real special effects blockbusters in the future! Wang Zhonglei thought optimistically.

Feng Xiaogang also had a beaming look on his face. He talked a lot to the media, saying how many years he had been preparing for this film.

When asked by media reporters, Jiang Heng generously said that this was a very good film and that China needed such a film so that future generations would not forget that period of history.

At the dinner after the premiere ceremony, Mr. Wang, Mr. Wang and Director Feng all expressed their gratitude. They felt that Jiang Heng's words were a strong recommendation to the audience, and the box office would definitely increase!

Jiang Heng thought to himself, "What were they thinking when they chose this crappy time slot?" (End of this chapter)