Chapter 295: Da Tian Tian's New Film

In the North American market, the box office of "Three Body" finally settled at $415 million, becoming the 2007 yearly box office champion.

This result far exceeded the $336 million of "Spider-Man 3" and the $322 million of "Shrek the Third," once again causing many Hollywood filmmakers to feel defeated.

Although the film featured many European and American actors, including Tom Hiddleston, and even several Black actors, it is ultimately a Chinese-language film.

A Chinese-language film taking the yearly box office champion in the North American market is clearly a slap in the face of Hollywood's major studios!

It can be said that aside from Columbia Company, which earned a handsome proxy fee, the other several companies are quite displeased.

And many Hollywood blockbuster directors also felt pressure because of this, including James Cameron, who was then in post-production on "Avatar."

Of course, the pressure on Director Cameron does not come from "Three Body" itself.

Rather, they feel that "Three Body" achieving such box office shows that, in the eyes of North American audiences, Jiang Heng's works are now being treated equally.

"Warring States!"

"Ah!"

"Xi Xi, I think you should still push off your work for the past six months!"

Da Tian Tian said this with her eyes shining.

The higher the box office of Jiang Heng's films, the more proxy fees they receive.

Having just passed the 2008 Spring Festival, Columbia Company dispatched a team to China to discuss the promotion of the 3D version of "Monkey King: The Havoc" in North America.

Like Stephen Chow, he has recently been busy in Jingcheng with the post-production of "The Monkey King."

She only has beauty and fame; her family background cannot compare, and suddenly she feels immense pressure!

"Ah, why?"

But judging from the consistent standard of Jiang Heng's works, it seems somewhat impossible, which is really depressing.

Jing Tian smiled sweetly and said, "The company has prepared a big film for me, so I won't have time to come over for the next few months; I'm planning to treat everyone to a meal!"

With the Super Microcomputer's help, Jiang Heng's command and coordination ability appears, to others, to be abnormally strong.

Stephen Chow greatly likes this cooperation model—he provides funding but does not interfere with his production, offers suggestions but does not make decisions for him.

During this period, many people came one after another to visit the set.

"Your foster father told me yesterday that Jiang Heng has been seen with several girls, all of whom have notable backgrounds!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Yifei's expression turned panicked.

"Hey, brother, what time will you finish work tonight?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Yifei instantly felt a sense of crisis.

Jiang Heng was initially startled, but quickly understood, did not refuse, and continued to busy himself with the Olympics preparations.

On the contrary, they would feel that Director Jiang Heng's films have superb special effects and are worth watching.

"What, you want to treat?" Jiang Heng asked with a laugh.

But judging from the current situation, it's likely that we will be preempted by Jiang Heng's works.

This film was jointly produced by iQiyi and Star Glory Company, with the special effects completed by Beautiful Time Company.

But recently things have returned to how they were, and his relationship with Liu Yifei is also as before, at least on the surface.

He thought to himself, having promoted her to one of the domestic top female stars, how could she still be involved with "Warring States"?

Thus, after the large-scale rehearsals began, Jiang Heng's work was well balanced, and he was not overwhelmed.

Having returned to Jingcheng, Jiang Heng brought company executives to a meeting, then handed over the related work to Du Huan and went to busy himself with the Olympics preparations.

"Hmm!"

"Let's put work aside for now; I'll help you turn down film and TV invitations first, and we'll talk after we get through this busy period."

It is said that, for the 3D version of "Monkey King: The Havoc" scheduled to be released next summer, how many dollars of box office could it still earn?

This is what Cameron is worried about!

And according to his knowledge, those several Hollywood companies have already been discussing this summer's screening schedule.

"Hmm, you two, Yingbao, Mimi, Tangtang—just us few!"

As for Liu Yifei, she originally intended to continue working as usual, but her mother dissuaded her.

Most people's opinion is that the box office prospects for this 3D film are very good, and the risk of competing against it in the same release window is too high, so it's not worth taking a chance.

The cast and crew were all decided by Stephen Chow; Jiang Heng did not interfere, at most occasionally offering a few suggestions.

There will be no subconscious notion that it's a foreign film and therefore not worth watching.

Liu Yifei looked bewildered, because her mother, who had always strictly demanded of her in study and work, had never said anything like this before.

Moreover, many of the suggestions turned out to be better than what he originally thought, so Stephen Chow would run over whenever he had free time.

After a while, during another break, he suddenly recalled and asked, "By the way, what genre is the film you're going to shoot?"

Because no matter how much the speed is increased, "Avatar" cannot be moved up to the summer of 2008, and even hoping to release it in the summer of 2009 is highly unlikely.

"He is the Olympics director, so he naturally has the chance to meet many girls with good family backgrounds; besides, he performs exceptionally well. It's no surprise that someone would take notice of him!"

This made Cameron feel more depressed, because since the moment "Avatar" began filming, he has believed that the world's first 3D blockbuster with fully maxed-out visual effects must inevitably be his "Avatar."

"The company bought it at a high price, and we can't write it! Investment-wise, it's about fifty million dollars! As for the cast, the male lead is set as Xiao Ming Ge, the male second is still being sought, and there are also many veteran actors."

As for Columbia Company, their attitude is completely the opposite.

"Alright, you guys go first; I'll come over after I finish up here."

The only thing we can do now is to hope that the quality of the 3D version of "Monkey King: The Havoc" is just average.

For such a large-scale event with so many participants, Jiang Heng can arrange everything in an orderly manner.

"Hmm, I got it!"

"A historical costume war epic?" Upon hearing this, Jiang Heng suddenly had a bad premonition, asking, "Which dynasty?"

"Hmm, a historical costume war epic!"

Jing Tian was unwilling to leave, so she chatted quietly with Liu Yifei on the side, while Jiang Heng continued to busy himself without mentioning it.

Can't it be the best? The results he gave are all after being simulated by the "Super Microcomputer".

An ordinary (in Cameron's view) 2D movie could easily win the 2007 yearly box office championship.

How about it, brother, want to come do a cameo?

Jiang Heng said: "What do you mean by 'the gang'?"

Exactly!

Where did you get the script? How much investment? Who are the starring cast!

The belatedly aware Liu Yifei, starting from the next day, kept accompanying Jiang Heng, occasionally doing some assistant work, leaving the on-site staff dumbfounded.

Even saying that when facing some problems, he almost instantly gives the best answer.

Do you understand now?

"Oh!" Da Tian Tian heard that, her expression instantly wilted.

Holy shit, Jiang Heng hearing that almost broke his defense.

Another person who often comes here is Jing Tian, although they had been estranged for a while because of Liu Yifei's matter.

Jiang Heng hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Forget this one, I really have no time, let's talk about it next time!"

She came over this time mainly just to hang out.

But being so bluntly refused by Jiang Heng made her a bit unhappy.

Jiang Heng was even more depressed: What the heck is this upgraded version of 'Warring States' supposed to be!

(End of chapter)