Chapter 280

When Wang Zhonglei was torn, Jiang Heng quickly realized.

First, Daughter Country's box office exploded, bringing in 9.57 billion in the mainland market, setting a historical record.

Second, the Slay Immortal online game went viral, officially entering public beta in early August; in less than a week, registered users surpassed one million, and continued to grow at an extremely fast pace, enviable to others.

To achieve such results, first thanks to the original novel and film version of Slay Immortal, and second due to the trailer.

This summer, Jing Tian was already extremely popular, with countless crazy fans wanting to find her works.

But this girl has few works, so even a several-minute advertisement clip was repeatedly watched by her fans, spreading by word of mouth, making the Slay Immortal online game even more popular.

In less than a month, the Slay Immortal online game had already become a popular work on par with long-standing games like World of Warcraft, Fantasy Westward Journey, and Zheng Tu, becoming a 'money tree' that brings the company a steady stream of cash every day.

The industry reacted differently; Ding Lei of NetEase was naturally indignant.

He had previously wanted to buy the game adaptation rights of Slay Immortal, but Jiang Heng refused to sell, and instead poached his game's core development team.

Originally, it was thought that Jiang Heng would need two or three years to release the Slay Immortal online game.

They were even considering developing a similar game to snipe Slay Immortal!

For this, he read many fantasy and xianxia web novels, and had people buy the game rights to several books, launching projects to begin development.

Who would have thought that after just a year, the Slay Immortal online game entered public beta, with a speed that was outrageously fast.

He initially thought a game rushed out in a year would be mediocre, but the gameplay experience was very good, which left him somewhat overwhelmed.

It's completely unscientific!

Meanwhile, other game companies in the industry showed a relatively lukewarm response to the Slay Immortal online game's public beta.

After all, some popular games are in different genres from Slay Immortal, so competition isn't fierce.

Moreover, some companies specially called Jiang Heng to express congratulations.

Jiang Heng was currently playing games inside his mansion, while Liu Yifei beside him wore cooler clothes and played Slay Immortal together with him.

"Oh dear, I'm so hungry!"

Liu Yifei rubbed her stomach, then her eyes, and exclaimed, "My goodness, it's already 4 p. m.!"

Jiang Heng glanced at the time on the computer desktop and couldn't help but say, "It's really fast!"

He then put down the mouse, stood up, stretched, and said, "Ah, I've been playing too wildly lately!"

"This shows the company's games are well made; many friends in the circle are playing them!" Liu Yifei said.

Jiang Heng laughed, "That's nothing; when that game launches at year's end, it'll be even more fun!"

"Really?"

"No way it's fake!" Jiang Heng said, then lightly rubbed Liu Tianxian's head, messing up her hair.

She wasn't annoyed, just smiling and saying, "Then I'll be looking forward to it; you definitely have to teach me how to play when the time comes!"

"Definitely!"

What Jiang Heng meant was naturally League of Legends.

Speaking of which, when he first encountered it in his previous life, he really played it obsessively.

Mainly because his career wasn't going well and his days were rather dull; he initially played at home, but later felt lacking that atmosphere.

So he went to an internet cafe to play, from morning to night, occasionally staying overnight, and almost constantly played League of Legends.

Moreover, he often used a single hero for a day or two, needless to say how obsessed he was.

He played for over a week straight, only stopping temporarily after getting a role.

In this life, League of Legends is being developed by Jiang Heng's game company, and actually the production is almost complete.

Only considering that Slay Immortal's public beta was in summer, did they postpone League of Legends' public beta by a few months.

However, the audiovisual work derived from the League of Legends game, Heroic Armor Connection, can indeed be put on the agenda.

Jiang Heng's initial idea was that the first part of Three Body would be released at the end of this year, the 3D version of Havoc in Heaven would be scheduled for the summer of 08, and Heroic Armor Connection would naturally be for the year's end.

Now, they will first adapt the script, while also preparing props for filming; as long as they can start shooting by October, they can finish filming by year's end.

Because next year is the Olympics, he still has to be busy with the opening ceremony!

Speaking of which, the selection for the Olympic director began as early as 2005.

Back then, the directors who went for interviews included Jiang Heng, as well as Zhang Yimou, Thus output: Chen Kaige, Jiang Wen, Feng Xiaogang, Li An, and more than ten other directors.

Thus output: Chen Kaige was rejected in the first round because he recited a poem, Du Fu's "Hearing that the Imperial Army Has Recovered Henan and Hebei".

This left the judges bewildered, saying they didn't need a poet but a director who gets things done, and then they eliminated him.

As for the director candidates, the judging panel favored Jiang Heng and Zhang Yimou the most.

Jiang Heng needs no further introduction—he's an internationally renowned director with rich experience directing effects-heavy blockbusters, and his creative design and scene scheduling are definitely sound.

The only flaw the judging panel raised was his age; some thought Jiang Heng was too young and worried he wouldn't be steady in handling affairs.

As for Zhang Yimou, he was well prepared and had limitless creativity.

On the day of the evaluation, they brought over two truckloads of materials; Li An saw the situation and said he felt he could only assist Director Zhang.

What's more remarkable is that Director Zhang Yimou truly has limitless creativity; on the first day he proposed a good idea, gesturing and speaking animatedly to everyone, but the next day he himself rejected it, then told you of an even better one.

To be frank, without the Super Microcomputer's assistance, Jiang Heng wouldn't even dare to imagine this.

But since they have this condition, they naturally should strive for it.

Ultimately, relying on a grand, visionary creative design, he became the Olympic director.

Actually, there were also related tasks in the second half of this year, just not as busy.

By 08, they had to focus their main efforts on the Olympics.

Preparing to film Heroic Armor Connection also counts as time squeezed out.

Both were a bit hungry, and Jiang Heng didn't feel like cooking. Since he wasn't often home, he hadn't hired a nanny; after getting dressed, he drove out with Liu Yifei to eat.

"By the way, is the schedule for the second half of the year fully booked?"

During the meal, Jiang Heng suddenly asked a question.

「No! 」

She's now focused on the big screen; she basically doesn't do TV dramas anymore, and movies—where would you find that many good resources!

In the first half of the year she filmed Kung Fu King, co-starring Cheng Long, Li Lianjie, and others; in the film she played the highly skilled heroine Golden Swallow, shooting for over three months—utterly exhausted—and now she just wants to rest a while and hasn't taken any other film offers.

Of course, Jiang Heng's works are an exception; even extras have to run for them.

Immediately she asked: "Another new film—do you have enough time?"

Jiang Heng said: "No problem; this year mainly involves some preparatory work, the focus of rehearsals is next year, this period is just idle, so might as well film another one."

Liu Yifei, for a moment, actually didn't know how to comment; this is too fast.

The problem is, Jiang Heng's films aren't low-budget movies; they're big-budget special-effects blockbusters!

「What genre is it? 」

「Well, it's sci-fi military, somewhat similar to Haolaiwu's superhero movies! 」

(End of chapter)