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"Legend of the Little Soldier" is a novel that began serialization in 2003, and the physical book was published in 2005. iQiyi Films purchased the copyright in early 2006.

But after the purchase, it has been shelved.

The reason is simple. The interstellar war described in the book is too grand, and it is impossible to shoot a decent effect without enough money.

Jiang Hengze mainly thought it was troublesome, so he did not consider this work for a long time.

Of course, it is not necessary to shoot it this time, but it is included in the consideration.

If there is no more suitable, it is not impossible to bring "Legend of the Little Soldier" to the big screen.

Liu Yifei was puzzled and asked, "Are you going to make a war movie?"

"Well, it counts!"

"War movies should be very popular overseas, just like "The Hero Company"? "

Jiang Heng thought, this is not the case. The overseas box office of "The Hero Company" is high because of the 3D trend and the content of the film is shocking enough.

To be honest, European and American audiences don't like to watch Chinese soldiers killing people on the screen!

However, if it's Star Wars, I think they will like it.

In terms of film investment, if there is no "nominal investment" of 500 million US dollars, it is difficult to make a very good interstellar, science fiction, or war movie.

Jiang Heng is not worried about the domestic market. With his current fame, as long as the movie is not terrible, a box office of 10 billion or 800 million is definitely not a problem.

As for overseas, we have to consider whether they can understand it, so the plot cannot be too complicated, and the actors in the film must be from multiple countries and skin colors.

Hollywood's first-line actors can also be considered for cooperation.

In addition, because it is a war movie, the review aspect must also be considered.

I'm afraid that we will have to cooperate with the Naval Political Department TV Drama Art Center again!

In the blink of an eye, Jiang Heng has thought of many matters for the preparation of the film.

Liu Yifei sat in Jiang Heng's boss chair and searched the novel content online.

"Space jump? It's about interstellar space? It will be difficult to shoot, right?"

Jiang Heng smiled, "Fortunately, special effects technology is used in the studio!"

Liu Yifei smiled sweetly, "There should be a female character in it, right?"

"You can be assigned a female soldier role!"

"That's great!"

Liu Yifei was surprised when she heard this, and immediately started watching again.

At noon, the two went to the company's cafeteria for lunch.

There is a cafeteria in the iYouTeng Film Building, and the dishes are good. Jiang Heng basically eats there when he stays in the company.

"Director Jiang!"

It was the company's vice president Li Xiaoping who came over with a plate, "Is it okay to disturb you?"

Liu Yifei hurriedly said, "No!"

Li Xiaoping sat down next to Liu Yifei and praised her performance in "A Chinese Ghost Story".

"Your Nie Xiaoqian is so likable. My daughter has seen it once and is still clamoring to go see it!"

Liu Yifei hurriedly said thank you. She naturally heard that Li Xiaoping was complimenting her.

After thinking for a while, he said, "Brother Jiang Heng acted better and should have won the Best Actor Award!"

Then he said angrily, "They are really too much for not giving Brother Jiang Heng the Best Actor Award!"

Jiang Heng smiled and said, "Not really, not really!"

He has been in the industry for so many years and has made so many special effects blockbusters, so naturally many of them have won Chinese film awards.

But most of them are awards for visual effects or technology, and occasionally for best screenwriter and best director, but there are very few awards for actors.

In fact, it is easy to understand. Jiang Heng's movies always get super high box office and take all the "profit".

So in terms of "fame", the judges naturally tend to prefer art films with little box office.

So even though Jiang Heng's acting skills are recognized as good, he has never been recognized by awards.

Of course, he rarely attends film festivals.

Li Xiaoping said, "Director Jiang's acting skills are indeed good. To be honest, I was moved by your performance as Ning Caichen!"

Jiang Heng looked embarrassed when he heard this and didn't dare to answer this question.

Liu Yifei sighed, "Well, he has more female fans!"

After chatting for a while, Li Xiaoping suddenly mentioned "Palace" which is in post-production. "Yu Zheng is really fast at filming. Obviously, "Startling by Each Step" was prepared and filmed first, but he was able to catch up. Look at this posture, he can finish the post-production before the end of summer vacation."

Jiang Heng smiled, "That's his characteristic!"

"Yu Zheng said that he wanted this drama to be broadcast on satellite TV during the National Day holiday!"

"Oh, no problem, just broadcast it if it can be sold!"

For the two dramas "Palace" and "Startling by Each Step", Jiang Heng has no obvious preference.

Because both are invested by iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Pictures, but the shooting teams are different.

Besides, Yang Mi is from iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Pictures. It has been several years since she jumped here. If she is not popular, she will probably have other ideas!

"Don't be afraid to spend money when promoting!" Jiang Heng thought about it and added.

Li Xiaoping smiled, "If you ask me, it would be better if you help promote it. If you say one word, it can help the company save a lot of money!"

Jiang Heng immediately said, "Forget it, let's spend more money!"

Although "Palace" is popular, it is also really bloody. If Jiang Heng publicly says how good this drama is, he is afraid that it will damage his own reputation. He will definitely not agree!

After dinner, Liu Yifei went back to the villa to read novels.

She has no work arrangements recently, basically staying at home, and occasionally cooking a few meals.

Jiang Heng went back to the office and began to think about the script adaptation.

Unfortunately, in the previous life, until 2024, this work still had no live-action film or TV version. There was an animated version, but it was so badly shot that it could not provide any reference.

Jiang Heng could only figure out the plot by himself.

Just at this time, Han Sanping came.

There was nothing special about Old Han coming here. He just went to the Good Time Special Effects Company from time to time to keep an eye on the post-production of "The Founding of a Republic" and chat with Jiang Heng.

"Hey, the movie will be released in another month. You think the box office can't be bad?"

Han Sanping leaned on the sofa and took out a cigarette and lit it.

"The Founding of a Republic" has more than 170 stars and more than 80 main actors, so the box office will definitely be no problem.

But Han Sanping was either a little anxious or wanted to hear some comforting words. He often came to talk about his worries, and then waited for Jiang Heng to say how good the movie was, and then he was happy!

"It's definitely going to be good. If it's done, it'll have at least 100 million or 800 million box office!"

Hearing this, Han Sanping instantly became cheerful and said that's good, that's good!

But in his heart, he was thinking, "A Chinese Ghost Story" can make more than 800 million, so can my "Founding of a Republic"!

Then he talked about the overseas market and advised Jiang Heng not to be too discouraged, victory and defeat are common in the military!

Jiang Heng laughed, "What's so depressing about this? It's just a matter of making more or less money. You can make up for it by making more movies!"

Han Sanping asked curiously, "What ideas do you have at the moment?"

Jiang Heng said, "We're still planning to go the route of science fiction and war!"

Hearing this, Han Sanping said, "Are you going to make a sequel to "The Hero Company"? "

Jiang Heng smiled and said, "No, it's a movie about Star Wars!"