Chapter 47 North American Performance
There are so many fantasy online novels, but not many can be adapted into film and television.

There are even fewer works like "Zhu Xian" that have not only movies and TV series, but can also be adapted into games.

Of course, the movie wasn’t very good.

Just for this reason, Jiang Heng also wants to take over the copyright.

After three to five years, when the mainland film market is better and the female artists he admires are older, he can start this project.

For example, Liu Yifei, the "Fairy Sister" who is popular all over the country, can she play the female lead?
As for now, you can write the novel first to increase the popularity of the IP.

Of course, there is no need to say these words to Xu Ke and others.

Even if you say it, people will just think you are joking.

When they were almost done with the meal, Xiang Huaqi couldn't help but ask Jiang Heng if he was interested in working together on "The Legend of Zu".

Jiang Heng waved his hand and said, "I am really interested in this subject, but I just don't have the time. I just got a script for Journey to the West and am preparing for it!"

Xiang Tai's eyes lit up, "Oh, Director Jiang is short of funds? We can provide it!"

Jiang Heng smiled, and for a moment he didn't know how to answer.

Not to mention that he didn't spend any money on special effects, even if you calculate it based on the "book income and expenditure" of the money spent, the income from the two films is also a huge fortune.

He is making a film, so he doesn't need any financial help.

The cooperation with Beijing Film Academy is nothing more than valuing the other party's market resources in the mainland.

The Hong Kong film market is already declining, so how could he possibly take the Xiang family's money?

Jiang Heng cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Thank you for your kindness, Mrs. Xiang, but I don't have enough money at the moment, so I don't dare to trouble you!"

Mrs. Xiang looked embarrassed, and there was a hint of sourness in her words, "That's right, Director Jiang made more money from these two films than we have made in more than ten years. He doesn't care about our little money!"

Jiang Heng smiled helplessly and didn't respond.

Xiang Huaqi's face darkened, "Alan, don't say that!"

He raised his glass and said, "Director Jiang, I like to be friends with capable people. I hope we can always be good friends in the future!"

Jiang Heng also picked up the cup and said with a smile: "Of course, I also want to be friends with Mr. Xiang!"

They drank a few more glasses of wine, chatted for a while, and then dispersed.

Jiang Heng strolled around a nearby shopping mall and drove home in the evening.

Open the computer, create a new document, and type the words "Zhu Xian".

Then he wrote: The time is unknown, it should have been very, very long ago.

Location: The vast land of China.

Heaven and earth are not benevolent; they treat all things as straw dogs….

Jiang Heng typed very quickly, and by midnight he had already typed out tens of thousands of words.

In fact, the content of the entire novel is contained in his "super microcomputer" and can be transmitted directly.

I just feel that if I perform the play in its entirety and type it out once, perhaps I will have a deeper understanding of the original work!
For a period of time afterwards, Jiang Heng closed the door and refused to receive visitors and no longer accepted invitations to banquets.

If someone calls me, I will tell them that they are creating at home.

In fact, he was revising the script of "Lion Camel Ridge" while knocking out the content of "Zhu Xian". However, rumors spread in the Hong Kong entertainment circle that Jiang Heng was writing a fairy tale novel at home.

All of a sudden, all the publishers in Hong Kong tried to contact Jiang Heng and try to obtain the publishing rights of the novel.

Jiang Heng was fed up with being disturbed so he flew directly to Sanya and stayed in the best hotel. Every day he just typed on his laptop, looked at the sea view, and ate seafood. His life was quite comfortable.

During this period, he flew to the United States to attend the Hollywood awards ceremony, but the result was a failure. The 71st Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was won by the Italian film "Life is Beautiful".

In the original history, "The Matrix" won four major awards including Best Sound, Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing, and Best Visual Effects.

But in this life, "The Matrix" is a Chinese-language movie, and Jiang Heng has not gone to the United States to canvass for votes, so they naturally won't give you the award.

You have to know that if you want to win an Oscar, you have to spend money.

It is said that winning an Oscar requires a huge amount of public relations fees, some of which are even higher than the cost of shooting the film.

Jiang Heng didn't care about these things, but the domestic media and movie fans were very disappointed, as if not winning the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film was a major setback.

Columbia also felt sorry for Jiang Heng. If Jiang Heng could win an Oscar, wouldn't the box office performance of "100 Million Years BC" be much better?

As for the film "3 Million BC", Columbia finally scheduled it for release on March 26.

It cannot be said to be a good release date, it can only be said that the competitors are not strong and there is still a chance to get high box office.

Because on May 5th, "Star Wars: Episode 19", which won the box office championship of this year and grossed 4.3 million US dollars in the United States, will be released.

The "Star Wars" series is so famous that companies basically avoid it when scheduling their films.

In June, films that are favored by the market, such as "Austin Powers 2", "Tarzan" and "The Fake Father", will be released.

But after the summer vacation, I felt that the time gap was too long.

Columbia Company chose this date after careful consideration.

The biggest advantage is that it had no rivals on the opening day. "Electric Trip", which was released a week before, on March 3, did not perform very well. Its original box office in the United States was more than 19 million US dollars, ranking 5200th on the annual list.

Although the box office expectations for this film were not too high, Columbia Pictures still carried out the necessary promotion according to the contract and released the film simultaneously in more than 2,000 theaters.

The next day, the box office results of "932 Million BC" were released, with a box office of million US dollars. Although it is lower than "The Matrix", it is still good in the off-season of March.

However, in the media, there is a serious polarization of opinions about the film.

They disparaged the film, saying that it had no merits at all, without even mentioning the visual effects which far outshined the other two "Jurassic Park" films. They only said that the logic was not sound and the plot was terrible.

Those who praised the film naturally focused on the visual effects, saying that the dinosaurs in the film were more realistic and shocking than those in "Jurassic Park".

Especially when everyone traveled back to the Jurassic period, the "wilderness survival" plot was really touching.

It just so happens that European and American audiences have always liked themes such as "wild survival", and when they saw the media say this, it instantly attracted a wave of audiences.

In addition, many movie fans pay more attention to visual effects and don’t really care about the plot. As long as dinosaurs eat people, chase people, and chase a group of people around, it’s fine.

As for how these people came, the audience doesn't really care.

As a result, although the box office performance of "100 Million BC" was average on the first day of its release, the decline was slow. Judging from the current momentum, it is very likely that the box office will exceed 100 million yuan.

Columbia felt a little regretful, but Jiang Heng felt lucky.

The most depressed is Universal Pictures. They think that after watching dinosaurs running wildly in the vast Jurassic World, will North American audiences still like dinosaurs in the park?
(End of this chapter)