In Hollywood, major media have reported that Jiang Heng has purchased the film and television adaptation rights of Harry Totterduff's science fiction short story "Alien Path".

Therefore, the next work that Jiang Heng is about to shoot will most likely be a science fiction blockbuster adapted from this novel.

Americans were quite shocked. Firstly, this was the first time that Jiang Heng purchased the film and television adaptation rights for a Western science fiction novel.

The stories and content of Jiang Heng's previous films were very Western, such as classic science fiction blockbusters such as "The Matrix" and "Inception", which were all "original" stories.

Secondly, they were a little puzzled. Why didn't any Hollywood directors make this seemingly good science fiction novel?
why?
George Lucas announced his retirement in 2012, while James Cameron is busy creating his "Avatar Universe", with the stories for the second, third, and fourth parts being conceived.

Christopher Nolan is currently directing the science fiction film "Interstellar", which was written by his brother Jonathan Nolan, and has no time to think about anything else.

In general, those who have the ability to shoot are unable to do so for various reasons.

However, those who are optimistic about this story and want to film it may not necessarily gain the trust of the film and television companies.

The result was a very creative science fiction story, which was "pocketed" by Jiang Heng.

An article in the Los Angeles Times said that Jiang Heng would use a movie adapted from a science fiction novel written by an American to once again win the global annual box office champion and the global box office champion in film history, which would be a tragedy for the entire Hollywood...

An article published in the New York Times said with deep regret that science fiction is to Hollywood what martial arts is to Chinese films. Nowadays, Chinese science fiction blockbusters are getting better and better, and their box office performance in the North American market is getting higher and higher. However, the performance of Hollywood films in the Chinese mainland market is somewhat unsatisfactory.

Even because they (China Film) deliberately protect domestic films, our excellent films cannot enter the most popular summer season (domestic film protection month), which is very unfair...

The reports in the media were sharp, and several major Hollywood film and television companies also felt very sorry when talking about "missing" this project.

Normally, not many people paid attention to this science fiction short story published in 1985, but when Jiang Heng was about to make this film, many Hollywood film talents thought that the script seemed really good.

Imagine that a group of aliens drove a wooden spaceship and carried guns and wanted to conquer the earth, but were finally captured. Humans obtained their space navigation technology and eventually began to conquer the entire universe. Just thinking about this scene is exciting. It's a sci-fi "cool article"!

Several settings in the novel are also very interesting. The first is that the people on Earth clicked on the wrong technology tree. In fact, interstellar travel is a very simple thing. Even if it is only a bronze civilization, it can build a spaceship that can be used for interstellar travel.

The second is that there are many civilizations in the universe, and they have been fighting for years.

The third is that apart from the Earth, the most powerful civilization is a civilization that has just invented the musket.

So the good thing about this novel lies in its setting. Whether it is the "strongest civilization in the universe" that has just invented the musket, or the "Navi civilization" that is in the primitive tribal era, holding bows and arrows and riding birds, they can all be integrated into the movie universe adapted from this novel!

Of course, for copyright considerations, Jiang Heng will definitely not "copy" "Avatar", but it is not difficult to create a similar one.

In China, well-informed people forwarded Hollywood's public opinion news about Jiang Heng, which instantly sparked heated discussion.

Many people are really hearing this kind of "concept" for the first time. "Bronze civilization and wooden spaceships can travel through the stars", "Earthlings clicked on the wrong technology tree", "Eight billion mad dogs rushed out of the earth". Just thinking about the picture is quite exciting!

As a result, the number of comments on the latest update under the official Weibo of iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video quickly exceeded 100,000, all of which were comments like "I want to watch it".

This incident quickly became a hot topic, attracting the envy of many film company bosses and well-known directors.

At Huayi Films, Wang Zhonglei couldn't help but say during a meeting with a group of senior executives: "That movie 'Alien Path' seems to be very popular!" A senior executive said: "Indeed, it's mainly because there is a lot of room for imagination, and the special effects level of Director Jiang's films has always been top-notch in the world, so the audience is looking forward to it."

Feng Xiaogang, who was attending the meeting, said solemnly: "Director Jiang is really an expert in shooting special effects blockbusters. It looks like he is going to break the record again!"

Wang Zhonglei was envious when he heard this and couldn't help but ask, "Can we take advantage of this opportunity and shoot something similar?"

Everyone present was silent. Let alone Huayi Pictures, even if we expand it to the entire Chinese entertainment industry, there are not many people who dare to say that they can make a good sci-fi special effects blockbuster!
Feng Xiaogang is a great director, but he is really not good at "science fiction" themes.

Xu Ke, who collaborated with Huayi, is good at martial arts, but seems to be a little weak in "science fiction" themes.

After waiting for a long time, an executive finally said, "Director Jiang's "Legend of the Little Soldier" was a big hit at the box office, and Wang Jing's "Little Soldier Chasing Girls" also made a lot of money. How about a similar movie?"

Wang Zhonglei's eyes lit up when he heard this. "Sure! I'll contact Director Wang Jing later. This can definitely be filmed!"

After the meeting, Wang Zhonglei personally called and asked Wang Jing to come out for tea.

He did not refuse the latter. He currently cooperates more with iQiyi, Youku, Tencent Video and Bona Film Group, but he is not a contracted director, and he does not refuse to cooperate with other film companies.

As long as the remuneration is adequate, it's not a problem.

But when Wang Zhonglei asked him to "borrow from" Jiang Heng's upcoming new film and make another "Chasing Girls" movie, Wang Jing hesitated.

The previous film "Little Soldiers Chasing Girls" was produced and filmed by Bonna Films with Jiang Heng's consent.

Wang Zhonglei’s plan was that, since we all knew the outline of the story of “Alien Path”, we could also roughly guess the plot of the film adapted by Jiang Heng.

It is better to shoot and release the film first, just like "Shelter Pictures" in North America which specializes in this business, and you will definitely make a lot of money.

Wang Jing thought to himself: "You also know that this is the United States. If I do this, I will offend Jiang Heng badly. If he is determined to ban me, I won't be able to survive in the mainland!"

So after the conversation, Wang Jing called Jiang Heng directly and asked him to meet, saying that there was something important.

Jiang Heng was stunned for a moment, then agreed.

After all, Fatty Wang is still reliable and he wouldn't say that unless it was something important.

Besides, both of them came from Hong Kong to develop in the mainland, so we should give them some face.

When they met in a private room of a teahouse, Wang Jing told Wang Zhonglei all his plans.

Jiang Heng sneered after hearing this, "They really have so much free time that they want to release it before me?"

Wang Jing nodded slightly, "I am indeed greedy. If I wait until your film is released, I can just follow behind and get a share of the spoils, but I can't possibly want to release it before yours!" (End of this chapter)