In early March, the long-awaited sequel to "The King's Avatar" was finally announced to start filming.

The ceremony was still held in Beijing, but due to weather reasons, a five-star hotel was chosen instead of an outdoor square.

Because the hotel banquet hall is limited in size, the number of reporters and spectators present is also limited.

But these people are very enthusiastic. After all, Director Jiang hasn’t shot a special effects blockbuster for more than a year!

This is his first work after his "comeback", and it's the sequel to such a popular work as "The King's Avatar". You can imagine how popular it will be.

At the new film launch event, hundreds of media reporters and photographers gathered together to discuss the event.

"The market situation is really getting better now!"

"Yeah, I didn't expect Xing Ye's The Mermaid to have made over 3 billion!"

"I think the marketing of this movie is good, but the quality is average!"

"That's right, the special effects scenes can't compare to Director Jiang's!"

"The main selling point of this movie is not the special effects, but the comedy!"

“I don’t think it’s that funny!”

“I think it’s quite interesting!”

A group of reporters were talking and discussing the box office battles during the two important periods of the Lunar New Year and the Spring Festival.

After all, the biggest winner is actually iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video, which makes many film company bosses and directors feel sad.

The reporters were also discussing the matter heatedly. Director Jiang had already won before he even left the stage, and now he was going to continue filming a special effects blockbuster. Those people really couldn't catch up even if they tried their best!
"Here it comes, it's about to begin!" Someone shouted, and everyone looked towards the stage.

But a beautiful host came on stage first and talked about the impressive achievements and great influence achieved by the first part of "The King's Avatar".

Then, he read out some messages from netizens, which roughly meant that they hoped to see a sequel one day.

A reporter in the audience said: "Director Jiang's sequel is too slow to come out. I'm still waiting to see "The Three-Body Problem 2"!"

"I want to watch Pacific Rim 3. If that doesn't work, I'd like to watch Atlantics!"

"I want to see the sequel of "The Legend of Little Soldiers" even more. I am so impatient!"

"Just wait and see. Director Jiang has created so many series. It will take several years to make a sequel for each one!"

"Those who like "The Heroes" are in luck!"

"Yes!"

While the reporters were whispering, Jiang Heng had already walked onto the stage first at the invitation of the reporters.

He first said a few polite words, and then invited the main creators to the stage.

There are Hu Can who plays Ge Xiaolun, Ding Haifeng who plays Liu Chuang, Huang Xiaoming who plays Zhao Xin, and Zhou Jielun who plays Cheng Yaowen.

Yes, Jay Chou is starring in a movie again.

Fortunately, Cheng Yaowen didn't have many scenes, so the salary Jay Chou asked for was not very high, and the crew could still afford it.

In addition, there are Wu Jing who plays Monkey King, Liu Yifei who plays Rose, Jing Tian who plays Rena, Kala who plays Qilin, Yang Mi who plays Rui Mengmeng, and Zhang Yuqi who plays Liang Bing.

It can be said that all the actors standing on the stage are handsome men and beautiful women, and they are basically all first-line stars. The cast is unprecedentedly strong, especially Zhang Yuqi and Yang Tianbao, one of whom just became famous for his brilliant performance in "The Mermaid".

The other one received positive reviews for "Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame".

It is understandable that the former appears here, because in "The King's Avatar 1", there is a scene where Liang Bing sneaks into the fleet and is exclaimed "what a great evil" by Ge Xiaolun, Liu Chuang, Zhao Xin and others, so the audience has an impression of Zhang Yuqi.

And Yang Tianbao who suddenly appears here, is he going to play an important role?

"Thank you very much, Director Jiang, for giving me the opportunity to be here. I am also very honored to be able to act in this film. However, I don't have many roles in this film. Director Jiang has someone else who is favored by him...!"

Yang Tianbao's words stunned everyone present.

Because as early as half a month ago, there were rumors in the circle that the sequel to "The King's Avatar" would have many new beautiful female characters.

This has led many people to speculate which beautiful actresses will star in this movie.

People like Gao Yuanyuan, Tang Yan, Zhao Liying, Dilraba Dilmurat, Guli Nazha, Ni Ni and others are all on the list speculated by the public.

Unexpectedly, at the new film launch conference, not only did none of these people show up, but Yang Tianbao, known as the "variety show goddess", actually showed up and said she was just there for bystander status!

Are the rumors wrong?

Problem: Rumors in the entertainment industry are rarely groundless!

When reporters asked questions, they directly asked about the new characters and new actors!

Jiang Heng then dropped a bombshell, "In order to give the audience a better visual effect and viewing experience, I plan to try a new technology in this movie, that is, virtual digital actors!"

The reporters and audience in the venue were a little confused when they heard this. In fact, not only they were confused, but also the main creative staff on the stage were a little confused.

Virtual digital actors? What do you mean? Are they made purely with special effects technology?

Why is this happening for no reason?

The actors were curious but didn't know how to say it, while the reporters asked about whatever was controversial!
"Hello, Director Jiang. I wonder what the advantages of this virtual digital actor you mentioned are? Will it replace real actors in the future?"

Jiang Heng said with a smile: "Virtual digital actors, as the name suggests, are screen images created through digital technology and special effects. They look no different from real people on the screen. As for the advantages, of course, the external image can be created according to needs, such as special styling, extremely beautiful appearance, etc.!"

When the reporters in the audience heard this, they immediately became noisy.

Many of them have many years of experience in the industry and know how deceptive those handsome men and beautiful women on the screen are, how poorly they perform under high-definition cameras, and who rely on photo retouching to maintain their beauty.

It can be said that many of the glamorous beauties on the screen are not so good-looking in real life.

What's worse is that their looks, styles and makeup are obviously very ordinary, but they pretend to be peerless beauties or super handsome guys. It's really embarrassing to watch!
From this perspective, virtual digital actors are still a good thing.

A reporter asked, are all these virtual characters female?

Jiang Heng nodded in agreement, and the scene was in an uproar again.

Because iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video have no shortage of beauties, but they want to create virtual digital actors. According to Jiang Heng's previous statement, it is likely that they need to have "extremely beautiful" looks, that is, to create a screen image that is more beautiful than Liu Yifei, Jing Tian, ​​Yang Mi, Kala La and others? What would that look like!
The reporters at the scene became more and more curious and asked questions one after another. Jiang Heng was well aware of the truth that "only controversy can create topics" and talked about the advantages of virtual digital actors, which stunned the group of people.

So much so that after the new film press conference, Clara asked Yang Mi in not-so-standard Mandarin, "Director Jiang is not really going to do that and replace us, right?"

Yang Mi laughed, "How much money would it cost to scare those people!" (End of this chapter)