Chapter 427: Liu Tianxian

Yu Dong naturally wouldn't have thought that, only a few years later, the box office for a single film in the mainland Chinese market would exceed five billion yuan; and after a few more years, a film's daily box office could exceed one billion.

You must know that in today's film market, aside from Jiang Heng, those who can gross over ten billion in total are truly few and far between—just Zhou Xingxing, who made *Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons*, and Xu Zheng, who made *Lost in Thailand*.

Of course, there is also another who is about to rise: Ning Hao, the director of *Lost in Love*.

This film is produced by Broad Sodium Film Industry; it was only greenlit in July, and it has just finished shooting, so its release will have to wait until next year's May Day holiday or summer season.

Moreover, with the upcoming New Year and Spring Festival slots, Outstanding Rising Film Company has two big films set for release: Zhang Yimou's *The Flowers of War* and Jiang Heng's *Battle Through the Heavens*.

The former, aiming for an Oscar, is already scheduled for a North American release on November 23, and promotional activities have already begun.

*Battle Through the Heavens* is set for release during the 2012 Spring Festival, and there are still several months to go!

Jiang Heng's most important work right now is still filming *Black Myth*; once this film wraps, he really ought to take a good rest for a while.

In his plan, not to mention taking a whole year off—at the very least he needs to rest for about half a year. Having filmed continuously for so many years, he is indeed a bit weary and deserves a break.

As Liu Huangshu would say, 'I've been fighting all these years—can't I enjoy myself? I must surely keep the music playing and the dancing going!'

As for Jiang Heng's idea, Da Tian Tian fully supports it, spending all day thinking about where to travel and making various guides.

Liu Yifei, being somewhat more career‑oriented, also supports Jiang Heng's idea, but she hasn't turned down all her film contracts and commercial activities.

After all, her career is currently at its peak; shutting down for a year would entail too great a loss.

Of course, she herself wouldn't have thought of all that.

It's all Liu Xiaoli's idea; looking at Jiang Heng's demeanor, he really doesn't seem like he'll get married anytime soon, so there's no need to think about family property yet—it's more practical for him to just earn more money.

So Liu Yifei's schedule is packed full, and she hasn't been able to come over for a long while.

One day she suddenly showed up on the set, which greatly surprised Jiang Heng.

But seeing her with her hair loose, wearing sunglasses, a pink‑toned woolen coat on top and black pants with long boots below, she exuded a full‑blown goddess aura.

Seeing Jiang Heng's surprised expression, the young lady spun around, laughing, and said, 'What, you don't recognize me?'

Jiang Heng replied, 'Truly worthy of the name "Heavenly Fairy"—this pinkish look is something hardly anyone can pull off!'

Liu Yifei, hearing that, felt a bit embarrassed and said, 'You're teasing me again!'

Jiang Heng didn't pursue that topic, instead asking how many days she would stay; the young lady gave a helpless look and said, 'I can't even stay a day—I have to leave tomorrow morning!'

'That urgent?'

'Yeah, it's been like this before the year ends; hopefully it'll get better after the new year.'

'Then you should just rest more in your usual time.'

Jiang Heng understood the root of the problem and didn't want to say much more; he told Liu Yifei to rest in his RV, and they would eat together after work wrapped up.

Liu Tianxian then said she wasn't that tired and wanted to stay by Jiang Heng's side to watch him work, so Jiang Heng stopped urging her to rest.

The crew members, seeing this, were naturally unsurprised and showed no particular shock.

By evening, after the crew had wrapped up work,

Jiang Heng drove out with Liu Yifei to eat hot pot; although the young lady had been struggling in the entertainment industry for years, she was only twenty‑four now, in the prime of her youth.

The two chatted and laughed, enjoying their meal immensely.

Afterward, they returned to Jiang Heng's luxury villa in Huairou, the one that belongs exclusively to them.

Upon entering the house, Liu Yifei felt a bit sentimental; as a star, she usually sees glamour, but when busy she's constantly on flights and in hotels, and she could hardly recall when she had last been here.

'What are you thinking about?' Jiang Heng asked with a smile.

'Nothing, I just feel that not having come here in a long time makes everything seem a little foreign!' Jiang Heng laughed, 'Feeling unfamiliar is normal—I don't get to live in most of my houses more than a few times a year; to be honest, I find most of my own properties quite unfamiliar!'

Liu Yifei gave him a white‑eye look and said, 'You've bought so many houses, and you hardly ever go to most of them—it would be strange if you weren't unfamiliar with them!'

Jiang Heng just gave an embarrassed smile and didn't pick up on that.

Liu Yifei then added, 'By the way, most of your houses are empty—won't that be too wasteful?'

'It's not too bad!'

'My mom says it would be more economical to rent them out!'

Jiang Heng said, 'Too much trouble!'

'Find someone trustworthy to manage them!'

Jiang Heng thought to himself, 'I don't have anyone I can trust either!'

He lost his father and his mother remarried; although his mother is still alive, they keep little contact and don't even spend the New Year together.

Especially in his previous life, since he was really doing poorly, his mother didn't care about him at all.

He occasionally went to visit her, and people would say, 'When are you going back? You're busy with work, don't worry about me—I'm fine, just look after yourself!' The real meaning being, 'Everyone lives their own lives; don't come bothering me.'

In this life, Jiang Heng has become an international top‑director and a ultra‑wealthy tycoon; naturally he stays in touch with his mother, and in every conversation she hints that she's not doing well.

Jiang Heng doesn't waste words; after sending money each month, things quiet down on her end.

His mother is always like that, and relatives are even less worth hoping for.

Jiang Heng sometimes wonders to himself, 'If I don't marry and have children, what's the point of amassing all this family wealth?'

But if he were to consider marriage, he still can't make up his mind right away.

Fortunately, he's not that old, so waiting another ten or eight years would be no problem.

Thinking about all that, just be happy! 'It's only a little rent—not worth wasting your thoughts on; if I ever retire someday, I could consider becoming a landlord, and you could join me as a landlady—how about that?'

Liu Yifei thought of the landlady's image from *Kung Fu* and involuntarily shivered, 'Collecting rent together would be fine, but being called a "landlady" makes one sound old!'

Jiang Heng laughed, 'Then you're just a little fairy landlord!'

Liu Yifei exclaimed delightedly, 'Do I count as a landlord too?'

'Of course, you have a share!'

Liu Yifei, hearing that, was naturally happy, but she didn't dare to think too deeply about it.

After washing up, they went to the bedroom to rest; by late night, they were still awake, so they leaned against each other and chatted idly.

Liu Yifei asked Jiang Heng about his concrete plans for next year—really, is he not going to film any movies?

Jiang Heng nodded slightly, saying frankly that he wasn't going to film, he needed to rest properly.

Liu Yifei thought for a moment and said, "Taking a break is also good; you now have so many properties under your name, your operations are so extensive, yet you're busy filming, you can't manage many things, the hidden dangers are not small!"

Jiang Heng laughed, "Did your aunt teach you that?"

Liu Yifei gave Jiang Heng a glance, "I came up with this myself; it's only natural. Many things that require your personal involvement you hand over to others; over time problems will surely arise. To be honest, it's impressive that you can maintain the current situation."

Jiang Heng smiled upon hearing that; what Liu Yifei said is indeed also one of the reasons he wants to rest after 12 years.

Actually, in many large private enterprises, corruption problems are serious.

Although Jiang Heng has the Super Microcomputer to assist, he is very capable at auditing, but now he has too many properties under his name, the company scale is too large; the previous auditing deterrent power is gradually insufficient, and indeed he needs to properly sort and reorganize. (End of chapter)