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In Hollywood, major media have reported that Jiang Heng has purchased the film and television adaptation rights of Harry Totterduff's science fiction short story "Alien Path".

Therefore, the next work that Jiang Heng is about to shoot is likely to be a science fiction blockbuster adapted from this novel.

Americans are still quite shocked. First, this is the first time that Jiang Heng has purchased the film and television adaptation rights of a Western science fiction novel.

And the stories and contents of Jiang Heng's previous classic science fiction blockbusters such as "The Matrix" and "Inception" are very Western, all of which are "original" stories.

Secondly, they are a little puzzled. Why didn't Hollywood directors shoot this seemingly good science fiction novel?

Why?

George Lucas announced his "retirement" in 2012, and James Cameron is busy building his "Avatar Universe". The stories of the second, third, and fourth parts are all being conceived.

Christopher Nolan is currently directing the science fiction movie "Interstellar" written by his brother Jonathan Nolan, and has no time to think about anything else.

In general, those who have the ability to shoot the film were unable to do so for various reasons.

And those who are optimistic about the story and want to shoot the film may not necessarily gain the trust of the film and television companies.

The result is that a very creative science fiction story was "taken" by Jiang Heng.

An article in the Los Angeles Times said that Jiang Heng would use a film adapted from a science fiction novel written by an American to win the global annual box office champion and the global box office champion in film history again, which would be the sadness of the entire Hollywood...

An article published in the New York Times said with great sorrow that science fiction films are to Hollywood like martial arts films are to Chinese-language films. Nowadays, Chinese science fiction blockbusters are getting better and better, and their box office results in the North American market are getting higher and higher. The results achieved by Hollywood films in the Chinese mainland market are somewhat unsatisfactory.

Even because they (China Film) deliberately protect their own films, our excellent films cannot enter the most popular summer season (domestic film protection month), which is very unfair...

The media reports were sharp, and several major Hollywood film and television companies also felt very sorry when talking about "missing" this project.

Not many people usually pay attention to this science fiction short story published in 1985, but when Jiang Heng was about to shoot this film, many Hollywood film talents thought that the script seemed really good.

Imagine a group of aliens driving wooden spaceships and holding muskets to conquer the earth, and finally being captured. Humans obtain their space navigation technology and eventually begin to conquer the entire universe. This picture is exciting to think about, it is a science fiction "cool article"!

Several settings in the novel are also very interesting. The first is that the earthlings clicked the wrong technology tree. In fact, interstellar navigation is a very simple thing. Even if it is only a bronze civilization, it can build a spaceship that can travel interstellar.

The second is that there are many civilizations in the universe, and they have been fighting for years.

The third is that apart from the earth, the most powerful is a civilization that has just invented the musket.

So the novel is good in terms of setting. Whether it is the "strongest civilization in the universe" that has just invented the gun, or the "Navi civilization" in the primitive tribal era, holding bows and arrows and riding birds, they can all be integrated into the movie universe adapted from this novel!

Of course, for copyright considerations, Jiang Heng will definitely not "copy" "Avatar", but it is not difficult to make a similar one.

In China, some well-informed people forwarded Hollywood's public opinion news about Jiang Heng, which instantly sparked heated discussions.

Many people really heard this "concept" for the first time, "Bronze civilization and wooden spacecraft can travel through the stars", "Earthlings clicked the wrong technology tree", "Eight billion mad dogs rushed out of the earth", the picture is quite exciting to think about!

As a result, the latest dynamic comments under the official Weibo of iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Pictures quickly exceeded 100,000, all of which were similar to "want to watch" comments.

And this matter quickly became a hot search, attracting the envy of a number of movie company bosses and well-known directors.

At Huayi Film and Television Company, Wang Zhonglei couldn't help but say during a meeting with a group of senior executives: "That "Alien Path" seems to be very popular!"

A senior executive said: "Indeed, it is mainly because there is a lot of room for imagination, and the special effects level of Director Jiang's films has always been the best in the world, so the audience is looking forward to it."

Feng Xiaogang, who was attending the meeting, said in a deep voice: "Director Jiang is really a master in making special effects blockbusters, and it seems that he is going to break the record again!"

Wang Zhonglei was jealous and couldn't help saying: "Can we take advantage of this opportunity to make something similar?"

Everyone at the meeting was silent. Not to mention Huayi Films, even if it is expanded to the entire Chinese entertainment industry, there are not many people who dare to say that they can make good science fiction special effects blockbusters!

Feng Xiaogang is a big director, but he is really not good at "science fiction" themes.

Xu Ke, who cooperates with Huayi, is good at martial arts, and "science fiction" themes seem to be a little worse.

After waiting for a long time, a senior executive said, "Director Jiang's "Legend of the Little Soldier" was a big hit at the box office, and Wang Jing made a lot of money by shooting "Little Soldier Chasing Girls". How about a similar one?"

Wang Zhonglei's eyes lit up, "Sure! Contact Director Wang Jing later, this can definitely be filmed!"

After the meeting, Wang Zhonglei personally called and asked Wang Jing to come out for tea.

The latter did not refuse. He currently cooperates more with iQiyi, Youku, Tencent Video, and Bona, but he is not a contracted director, and he does not refuse to cooperate with other film companies.

As long as the treatment is in place, it is not a problem.

But when Wang Zhonglei asked him to "learn from" Jiang Heng's upcoming new film and make another "Chasing Girls", Wang Jing hesitated.

The previous "Little Soldier Chasing Girls" was produced and filmed by Bona Pictures with Jiang Heng's consent.

Wang Zhonglei's plan was that we all knew the story outline of "Alien Path" anyway, and we could also guess the plot of the film adapted by Jiang Heng.

It is better to shoot and release it first, just like "Shelter Pictures" in North America that specializes in this kind of business, and it will definitely make a lot of money.

Wang Jing said in his heart: "You also know that it is the United States. If I do this, I will offend Jiang Heng. If he is determined to ban it, I won't have to mix in the mainland!"

So after the conversation, Wang Jing directly called Jiang Heng and asked him to meet and said that there was something important.

Jiang Heng was stunned and agreed immediately.

After all, Fatty Wang is still reliable, and he would not say that if it was not important.

Besides, both of them came from Hong Kong to the north to develop in the mainland, so they should give some face.

When they met in a private room of a teahouse, Wang Jing told Wang Zhonglei all his plans.

Jiang Heng sneered, "They really have time to spare. They even want to release it before me?"

Wang Jing nodded slightly, "They are indeed greedy. If they wait for your film to be released, they can just follow behind and get a share of the spoils, but they can't release it before me!" (End of this chapter)