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Jiang Heng finally rejected the invitation from Hollywood for cooperation.

First, he said in front of the media that he wanted to promote Chinese culture, but then he went to film American soldiers fighting aliens, which was a bit embarrassing.

Secondly, the Film Bureau invited him to a symposium. They had a good chat during the break, and their attitude was still supportive, telling Jiang Heng not to have other ideas.

For this reason, he couldn't go abroad in the short term!

If he stayed in China, he would have to choose another work to shoot. For a while, he felt that there was nothing to shoot.

For science fiction, the sequels of "The Three-Body Problem" and "Legend of the Little Soldier" were not going to be launched recently.

There were no good themes for mechas, monsters, etc., and "Pacific Rim 3" was a long way off.

After thinking about it, it was probably a myth or a fairy tale.

Thinking of the first part of "War of the Lich" shot last year, which would be released in the summer, he didn't consider anything related to traditional myths.

Jiang Heng naturally noticed online literature. If we talk about the most popular online novel in the past two years, it must be "Battle Through the Heavens".

This book started serialization in April 2009, and it was not finished until the beginning of 2011.

However, the film and television copyright has been bought by the company's copyright department.

The price is not expensive. After all, the copyright fees for online literature have soared, and it will take a few years to come.

In his previous life, Jiang Heng had read "Fighting the Sky" and was excited by the sentence "Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west, don't bully the poor young man."

It's a pity that he was a salted fish until his death in his previous life, and he never turned over!

When he read it again in this life, his mood is completely different.

It took a few days to see Xiao Yan kill Yunshan and disband Yunlan Sect. Jiang Heng put the novel aside and decided to adapt it into a movie.

After holding a meeting and announcing his decision, the executives were stunned at first, and then they all agreed.

After all, Jiang Heng has been successful over the years, and has proved with facts that those who question him are basically wrong. Who dares to jump out and find fault!

The first thing these people think about is how to praise Jiang Heng's views and decisions.

"Director Jiang, your idea is really great. "Battle Through the Heavens" should be the most popular online novel now. Many imitations of it have become popular. If you adapt it into a movie, many readers will definitely support it!" said a senior director of the company.

Another said, "Director Jiang, I have read this novel. The plot is really exciting. As long as it is adapted and matched with super shocking special effects, the box office in the mainland may exceed 2 billion!"

"There is definitely hope!"

"It will definitely exceed 2 billion!"

Among Jiang Heng's works, science fiction is the most popular overseas, and military, war, and mecha are also okay.

Only the mythology type, especially in Europe and the United States, is always much less than other types of overseas box office.

For example, "Under One Person" which is now released is considered an urban supernatural type, and can barely be classified as a "mythology" type. The overseas box office is not comparable to "Legend of the Little Soldier", which was a hit last summer and had a global total box office of over 3 billion US dollars.

It can only be regarded as a popular movie with a decent box office performance.

But in the mainland market, "Under One Person" is really popular. Even if it can't break through 2 billion box office, there will always be 1.6 or 1.7 billion.

The executives of iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Pictures have seen a lot, and they can roughly judge the box office prospects of Jiang Heng's different types of films.

Therefore, when looking forward to the future box office of "Battle Through the Heavens", it is a rational analysis to say that the mainland market will sell more than 10 or 20 billion.

But if you say that the global box office exceeds 2 billion US dollars, it is a mindless flattery!

Let alone 2 billion, even if it exceeds 1 billion US dollars, it is a big box office hit and it is definitely possible to enter the top ten annual box office.

So don't look at these guys thinking about flattering all day long, it's not mindless flattery, and Jiang Heng can't tolerate that.

"Well, the box office prospects are definitely good!"

Jiang Heng summed up a few sentences and immediately began to assign tasks. As usual, the screenwriter department will get a script for him in the shortest time.

Some of the others will make shooting plans, costume design, prop customization, shooting location determination, etc.

And most importantly, the selection of candidates!

There are two most important characters in the first half of "Battle Through the Heavens", Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er!

The characters with more important roles are Medusa and Nalan Yanran.

It can be said that the success or failure of this film has a lot to do with the selection of these roles.

Xiao Yan, the male protagonist of the novel and the film, is fifteen years old when he appears. Some older and greasy characters must not be selected, and he does not have to consider the opinions of others.

By the way, many film and television dramas are not in harmony with the audience, largely because the age of the characters is directly ignored during the film and television adaptation, and the actors are played by well-known actors who are slightly older.

The most typical example is "The Deer and the Cauldron". When Wei Xiaobao first appeared, he was only thirteen or fourteen years old, just a child.

There are many famous masters and powerful people in the book who were deceived by Wei Xiaobao and fell into his hands. A very important reason is that Wei Xiaobao is young!

For example, a thirty-four-year-old "big brother" who has achieved success and fame and drives a luxury car, can he think that he will be deceived by a junior high school student?

Others can't believe it either, what a joke!

However, if an adult were to "talk nonsense" and easily deceive a group of masters, the plot would be a bit strange.

As for Xiao Yan in the movie version of "Battle Through the Heavens", Jiang Heng initially expected his age to be between 16 and 18 years old.

Then the actors can only be those of that age or those who look very young. Those who are already famous are basically out of the question.

In the office, Du Huan came to ask Jiang Heng for his opinion on the choice of the male lead.

"The initial plan is to find freshmen from Beijing Film Academy and Central Academy of Drama. If that doesn't work, we'll add Shanghai Theatre Academy. If there's really no suitable one, we'll have to hold an open audition!"

"The open audition method is not bad. It can also be considered as a promotion for the film!" Du Huan said thoughtfully.

Jiang Heng rolled his eyes at this guy, thinking, are you addicted?

Speaking of the last open audition, this guy used his power for personal gain and signed Tao Hui into the company.

Jiang Heng couldn't say anything about it if it was consensual.

But if similar things happened too often, it would be bad.

Du Huan saw that Jiang Heng's eyes were wrong, and hurriedly explained: "Uh, I'm just considering the casting, I don't have any other ideas!"

Jiang Heng snorted, didn't pick up his words, thought for a while and said: "Contact Beijing Film Academy and Central Academy of Drama later to get the information of freshmen!"

There is still a long time before school starts, and I won't see students at school now.

It would be better to contact the school teacher directly and ask for information before making a choice.

With Du Huan's identity, it is not difficult to do this, so he agreed and left without saying anything.

Speaking of iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Pictures, many people also knew about Jiang Heng's filming of "Fights Break Sphere".

Several female artists and their agents inquired about the preparations and checked the relevant content of "Fights Break Sphere" to find out the name of the heroine first.

Xiao Xun'er, it seems like a very outstanding character!