Chapter 575: Stop Trying to Show Off, Come and Get Beaten First

The next day, Yu Dong and Ye Weixin came to Jiang Heng's office to discuss the preparations for the sequel to "SPL".

"SPL 1" was released many years ago. Because of Jiang Heng's cameo, the film grossed 100 million yuan in the mainland when it was released, and more than 30 million yuan was sold in the Hong Kong market. The box office performance in Formosa, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia was also very good, which can be said to be both famous and profitable.

According to the usual operating methods of the Hong Kong film market, a sequel must be made immediately.

But Jiang Heng rejected this proposal, saying that the time was not right, and it was suppressed for more than ten years.

Director Ye Weixin was naturally very depressed, but "SPL 1" was invested by Bonanza Pictures, and the copyright was not in his hands.

Moreover, when the first part was filmed, most of the main characters in the film had died, and it was unknown how to write the sequel. This is also one of the reasons why the second part was delayed.

Fortunately, during the Chinese New Year this year, Ye Weixin called Jiang Heng to wish him a happy new year. When talking about preparing to shoot the sequel to "SPL", Jiang Heng actually agreed, which was very rare.

Not only that, he also talked about the outline of the story he wanted to shoot on the phone, and asked Ye Weixin to find someone to improve it and come up with a script.

Ye Weixin was overjoyed and hurried to find friends in the circle to help. He has been busy for a while and has been writing scripts wholeheartedly.

Of course, he did not forget to communicate with Yu Dong and told him that Jiang Heng agreed to start the sequel project of "SPL".

Yu Dong was naturally overjoyed. As a younger brother of iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Pictures, Bonna Pictures plays a supplementary role in the market function, and the films produced are mostly small and medium-sized investment films.

This also caused Bonna's films to be mostly single works, and there are few series of films.

Yu Dong naturally wanted to create a series of films and get an IP, but unfortunately there are too few suitable films.

In fact, it is a bit of a stretch to make "SPL" into a series of movies, because most of the main characters in the first part have died, and the story has no room for expansion.

To be honest, if we really want to make a sequel to "SPL", Yu Dong doesn't know what kind of story to make!

Fortunately, Jiang Heng not only agreed, but also gave a story outline, which is really the best!

In recent days, Yu Dong has been focusing on the publicity and promotion of "The Three-Body Problem 2" on the one hand, and communicating with Ye Weixin on the other hand to understand the progress of the script writing of "SPL 2".

After listening to Ye Weixin's explanation, I have to say that Director Jiang is really good!

Only Director Jiang dares to think of such a large-scale content!

But then again, after the film is released, with such an exciting story content, there should be a lot of box office revenue!

Thinking of this, Yu Dong became more excited.

After learning that Ye Weixin had finished writing the script, he asked him to fly to Beijing overnight, and the next morning, he took him to Jiang Heng's office.

"Director Jiang, take a look at Weixin's script. It should be okay. I think it's really good!"

Yu Dong had read the script last night and now looked like he was strongly recommending it.

Jiang Heng said with a smile: "I'm still confident in what Old Ye does!"

Having said that, Jiang Heng still roughly read the script, and combined the original plot with his understanding, he changed a few places in Ye Weixin's script.

"You can follow my comments and change the script again!"

"Okay!"

It is said that Ye Weixin is the director and screenwriter of "SPL 2", and he should have a great say in the content of the film.

However, Jiang Heng's past achievements are too dazzling, and he has been deified in the hearts of many colleagues.

Ye Weixin's opinion is similar, and he doesn't think there is anything wrong with Jiang Heng's approach.

You even provided the story outline, so changing some details is nothing.

Yu Dong, who was standing aside, saw that the script issues were almost discussed, and hurriedly asked about the cast and who would be invited to participate.

Jiang Heng said without hesitation: "Let Wu Jing play Chen Zhijie!"

"Ah!"

Yu Dong was stunned when he heard this. Although Chen Zhijie is the male lead in the film, the problem is that he gets beaten too many times!

He is no longer the little transparent person in the film circle who was happy to get beaten in order to make a name for himself when filming "SPL 1". He is now a first-line star!

Which first-line star is willing to suffer this hardship and pain!

What's more, although Chen Zhijie is the male lead, his role is not outstanding, and his character is not outstanding.

After filming the whole film, the biggest reward for not following it is getting beaten in various ways!

Seeing Yu Dong stunned, Jiang Heng smiled, "Wu Jing is very suitable for this role, you will understand it later!"

Yu Dong couldn't figure it out, but since Jiang Heng said so, he naturally wouldn't raise any objections. He also asked Jiang Heng for his opinions on other candidates so that he could contact the actors and coordinate the schedule.

Jiang Heng immediately mentioned the names of several candidates for the roles, and without exception, names such as Gu Tianle, Ren Dahua, and Zhang Jin appeared.

The first two are veteran actors in the Hong Kong film industry, and the latter played the disciple of the national master in "White Snake: Origin". He is also an old acquaintance of iYouTeng Films, so Yu Dong was not surprised.

When Jiang Heng mentioned Tony Jaa's name, Yu Dong was moved.

"When I read the script, I thought that Tony Jaa would be the best actor for the role of Achai. If he can play it, it will add a lot of color to the film!"

Jiang Heng smiled and said, "That's for sure. The confrontation between the three masters is interesting!"

Yu Dong said, "If you ask me, Director Jiang, you are the master. If you go to guest star, the box office will be stable!"

There is no wrong version in Yiyi!

Jiang Heng waved his hand and said, "Let's talk about this later!"

Seeing this, Yu Dong no longer forced it.

After chatting about the details of the film's preparation, he left with Ye Weixin.

In the afternoon, Wu Jing called and said that he had received a notice from Yu Dong inviting him to star in "SPL 2". He hurriedly called to ask about the details.

"I'm thinking about filming "Wolf Warrior 2"!"

Jiang Heng thought, "Don't think about how to show off, come here and get beaten first!"

But he said, "Have you written the script?"

Wu Jing was a little embarrassed, "Not yet!"

Jiang Heng was not surprised. In his previous life, "Wolf Warrior 2" was released in 2017 and earned 5.6 billion yuan at the box office. As a result, 7 or 8 have passed, and "Wolf Warrior 3" is still a long way off.

"Then don't think about it for now, come and film "SPL 2", and I will help you write the script later!"

"Really?"

Wu Jing was overjoyed. When he was in school, his cultural subjects were average, and writing a script was really a bit difficult.

It's not that he can't write it at all. If he can't write it well, he can hire a professional screenwriter!

He just wrote several drafts, but he was not very satisfied.

This is quite embarrassing. If you are not satisfied with the script, you still hope that the audience will like it. The possibility is very small!

"Don't worry, when have I ever fooled you!"

"That's right!"

When Wu Jing said this, he suddenly remembered the scene of the battle in the alley in "SPL 1" and suddenly felt a dull pain in his back.

"Well, in this movie, I won't be beaten as much as in the first one!"

"I definitely can't be beaten as much as in the first one, you are the protagonist in this movie!"

Jiang Heng thought to himself, in the first movie you were just beaten in the alley for a few minutes, but in this movie you are beaten from the beginning to the end, of course it is different! (End of this chapter)