Chapter 338 The Battle for the Protagonist
The game "League of Legends" is really making money, how exaggerated is it?
It is said that Penguin spent US$231 million in 2011 to acquire the equity of Riot Games, an American game development company, which is the production company of the game "League of Legends (LOL)".
After that, the Chinese version of "League of Legends" was launched and quickly became Penguin's money-making machine.
By 2012, the revenue of "League of Legends" in Penguin's game business reached an astonishing 14.71 billion yuan, accounting for 63.6% of the game business revenue.
For more than ten years after that, "League of Legends" continued to bring super high annual revenue to Penguin Company.
It really makes people crazy with jealousy!
And in this life, the one who is envied, jealous, and hated is Jiang Heng!
To be honest, Wang Zhonglei is a bit defensive. He and his brother have always been determined to make Huayi the number one private film and television company in China.
It doesn’t matter if it can’t compare to Aiyouteng, it can’t even compare to other people’s side jobs!
"You are misleading me!"
Wang Zhonglei said something bitterly and drank the tea in one gulp.
He immediately said, "I don't know if his movie is still scheduled for the summer. I will definitely avoid it then!"
"It's hard to say. With such a large investment, the production cycle may be longer. But it must be avoided. With Jiang Heng's level, with such a large investment, the visual effects will definitely be fine. At most, the story...!"
Chen Guofu wanted to say that the story was difficult to understand, but the problem was that Jiang Heng never had the reserve of a great director when making films, and he never deliberately created scenes that were incomprehensible.
As for the question of whether the top fell down at the end of "Inception", it was more like a deliberate stunt for the film's marketing.
If you look at it this way, the risk of Jiang Heng's new film is not very high, and even if he loses some money, it will not seriously damage his vitality.
"Director Jiang should be famous all over the world this time!" Chen Guofu said with a smile.
Wang Zhonglei nodded slightly, his expression becoming increasingly ugly.
I thought it was $500 million, and even the Yankees would be shocked!
I wonder how Jiang Heng will spend the money to hire Hollywood A-list stars?
One thing immediately occurred to me: the male protagonist of the film must be Chinese, and I wonder who would be lucky enough to get this role.
However, it was said that Huang Xiaoming was filming in another place. After learning the news, he immediately asked for leave from the crew and quietly returned to the capital.
He first contacted Liu Yifei. After all, the two had collaborated many times and their relationship had always been good.
Liu Yifei naturally did not dare to leak the news carelessly, so she went to ask Jiang Heng.
"Let's just say you don't know much about it, except for the original work it was adapted from!"
"Oh!" Liu Yifei responded, and then said: "You don't plan to use him?"
Jiang Heng nodded slightly. The male protagonist Tang Long in "Legend of the Little Soldier" is a high school student. Huang Xiaoming is already in his thirties now, so he is already a bit older.
Furthermore, in recent years, he has been keen on acting in major dramas, which makes the audience feel more and more greasy. Jiang Heng will naturally not use him again.
"Just act like you don't know anything, there's no need to say so much!"
"You know, I won't talk nonsense!" Liu Yifei said and smiled, looking a little cute.
After all, Jiang Heng is the most important to her. As a friend, there is nothing she can do if she cannot help him!
But this is just the beginning. After all, Jiang Heng's leading role in blockbusters is already a top resource in the industry.
Now that there is talk of an investment of US$500 million, it can be said that there is no actor in the entertainment industry who is a year younger and a little more handsome who is not missing.
Many of them did not dare to contact Jiang Heng, so they found people close to Jiang Heng to help inquire. In addition to Liu Yifei, Jing Tan, Yang Mi, Tang Yan and others all received calls from friends.
Of course, these people are also thinking about their roles in Jiang Heng's new film.
"Brother, you are so generous, you are willing to invest so much!" Da Tiantian suddenly ran over.
Liu Yifei happened to go out to participate in business activities. The coincidence made Jiang Heng suspect that the two people must have contacted each other privately.
"It's okay, I just wanted to make a super shocking movie for everyone to watch!"
Jing Tan said with a smile: "You don't need to take pictures, you have already shocked everyone, because you do have so much money, and everyone knows that you can take good pictures. I am looking forward to what the results will be like!"
Jiang Heng laughed and asked her if she wanted to participate in the show?
Da Tiantian rolled her eyes at Jiang Heng, "Absolutely, then do you want to act?"
Jiang Heng waved his hand: "If you want to find a younger male lead this time, I will definitely not be able to play the role!"
Da Tiantian pouted, "You can play the second or third male lead who is older! The investment is so big this time, if you participate, the box office will be higher!"
Jiang Heng was startled when he heard this, patted Da Tiantian's head lovingly, ruffled her hair a little, and said with a smile: "Don't tell me, you are getting smarter and smarter!"
Da Tiantian snorted, "I've always been very clever and quick to attack!!"
Jiang Heng laughed happily, "Yes, you are such a clever little kid!"
Since I haven't seen Jing Tan for a while, I took her out for a big dinner at noon.
The young lady asked how the production of "The Origin of the White Snake" was going, and Jiang Heng said that it was still in the final stages. He was afraid that it would not be able to make it in time for the Lunar New Year, and would probably be postponed to the Spring Festival of 2010.
Jing Tan was shocked when he heard this. After all, most of Jiang Heng's films in recent years were released during the summer and New Year holidays, which gave the audience the impression that the time was very fixed.
"Can't you finish it in advance?"
Jiang Heng shook his head slightly, "It's hard to say!"
But in fact, the postponement of the release this time is mainly to avoid competing with "Avatar" in the same schedule.
Even though many viewers criticized the story content of "Avatar" for being average, the visual effects are after all the best.
Even with the 3D version of "Havoc in Heaven" in front, the box office performance of "Avatar" will not be too bad, more than 2 billion is certain.
Jiang Heng does not need to compete head-on with "White Snake: Origin". Since "Avatar" is scheduled to be released on December 18, Jiang Heng can just choose the Spring Festival.
It just so happens that the Spring Festival is getting more and more popular, and it will be moved to the Spring Festival sooner or later!
Jing Tian didn't know this, and still thought that she had too many NGs during filming, which delayed the progress, and her expression became more and more sad.
"What are you thinking about?"
Jing Tian expressed her doubts, Jiang Heng laughed and scratched her nose, "Don't think about it, it has nothing to do with whether you NG or not!"
"Oh! I thought I delayed it, hehe!"
Jing Tian started to eat happily, and then asked Jiang Heng if he had any better candidates for the male lead.
"Not yet. I plan to hold a large-scale audition in a while. Male actors aged 18 and above, 25 and below, with acting experience, can come to audition."
"Oh, there should be a lot of people, right? This is an open audition!"
"Yeah, I guess so!"
But in fact, Jiang Heng has a few candidates in mind.
The first one is Zhang Ruoyun, who was born in 1988 and is only 21 years old now. He looks relatively young and his age is more suitable.
In addition, this person has good acting skills and has played soldiers many times.
For example, he played Zhang Xianzong in "Wuxin the Monster Killer", and he looks quite handsome.
However, after playing Tang Long in "Legend of the Little Soldier", there is no Zhang Xianzong in his version anymore.