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In the film and television industry, following trends is very common.

Jiang Heng's works have rarely been followed in the past, mainly because they are too difficult.

For such mythical themes, ordinary film and television companies are reluctant to invest two to three hundred million yuan. How can they compete with Jiang Heng's blockbusters worth hundreds of millions of dollars!

Hollywood film producers do have this capability, but there are cultural barriers and it is unlikely that they will spend a lot of money to film Chinese mythological stories.

This is not the case this time. "Alien" is originally a European and American science fiction novel, and the cultural core shown in the book is also Western-oriented.

In addition, Jiang Heng's global box office of over 3 billion US dollars this time has really made those Hollywood giants envious, and they must be prepared to follow him even if it is a risk.

Therefore, it is difficult to stop it, and filing a lawsuit is not the best option.

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Those companies have professional legal teams, and Disney’s legal team is known as “the strongest on the planet” and will not leave too many flaws.

Therefore, after a group of executives discussed for a long time, the best strategy was to follow suit and cooperate with Columbia Pictures to make an American version of "Alien".

"Following the trend? It's not impossible!" Jiang Heng murmured, remembering an interesting incident in the Hong Kong film industry.

It is said that after Xu's two "Once Upon a Time" became popular in Hong Kong, there were countless follow-up works.

Seeing this situation, Mr. Xu collaborated with Yuan Baye to produce "Once Upon a Time in the World: The Iron Horse", which he wrote and directed by Yuan Heping.

Unfortunately, due to insufficient publicity, the leading actor is not well-known. "Once Upon a Time" is more of a headline-making story, telling the story of his father Huang Qiying. As a result, the box office failed miserably. It only earned more than 6 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office, which is not as good as those Spoof video.

In view of this, Jiang Heng felt that it was necessary to learn some lessons, at least not to let the US version's box office and reputation be too bad.

"If it's a co-production, the director will ask Columbia to look for it, and I can supervise the production... Some of the remaining materials, scenery, and props can also be used directly... As for the actors, the male lead will be a Hollywood star, and the female lead will be Use our...investment, and the family will pay half of it!"

After a long discussion, Jiang Heng made a concluding speech. Du Huan, Li Xiaoping and other senior executives had no objections.

After the meeting, Jiang Heng took these two people to talk in detail with Sanford Panich. The latter was surprised and happy when he heard Jiang Heng's conditions. He didn't expect it to be so efficient. Only under certain conditions. There are objections.

"Director Jiang, what we are going to shoot is our American version of "Alien". Using a Chinese actress as the heroine will affect the box office!" Sanford Panich argued.

Jiang Heng laughed, "How come? The real highlight of this movie is that the earth's civilization has distorted its technological tree. After mastering the technology of hyperspace travel, it uses advanced weapons to conquer the universe. As long as most of the actors are European and American Faces, having a few characters with Chinese faces won’t affect anything!”

"The question is, do you want the heroine?"

Sanford Panich had a helpless expression on his face, because before he came, he had already thought about the candidates for the male and female protagonists, and sent someone to contact them in advance.

After all, the original idea was that if the cooperation between the two companies failed, they would be prepared to follow suit.

"No, I really can't give this to the heroine. How about the second heroine?"

Jiang Heng naturally couldn't agree. Since it is a co-production between China and the United States, both sides must have actors.

If you can't get an important role, what will your artists think? The company doesn't consider their development prospects at all!

Therefore, in addition to the heroine, there are also two to three Chinese characters in the film, but the roles are not that important.

The two parties did not reach an agreement for a while, and Jiang Heng was not in a hurry. He held a banquet in the evening for Sanford Panich and his party as usual.

The news that the two companies will co-produce the American version of "Alien" has also spread within the company.

"Accurate news is that Director Jiang said that the role of the heroine must be decided by us. This opportunity is rare...!"

Liu Yifei, who was filming here in Hengdian, felt a little excited when she heard the news on the phone.

A Sino-US co-production, the US version of "Alien", the heroine, you have to fight for this!

Although she is currently a well-established first-line actress in China, in terms of international influence, she is still a little behind.

If she could play the female lead in the American version of "Alien" and be considered to have entered Hollywood, then the situation would be different.

After thinking about this, Liu Yifei thanked the person on the phone and immediately called her assistant.

"Book me a flight back to Beijing immediately. I want the fastest flight!"

"Ah?" The assistant couldn't help but was stunned, and immediately said that he would make arrangements immediately.

Liu Yifei went to the director and said she would take three days off to return to the capital.

The director frowned after hearing this. He was currently busy with filming, so naturally he didn't want to give a fake one.

But Liu Yifei usually cooperates with the crew during filming and never acts like a big name, so of course she has to give her face.

Furthermore, for an artist of her level, most of the time the crew coaxes her into filming and uses a variety of stand-ins!

"Okay, then go and come back quickly. Is everything okay?"

Liu Yifei smiled and shook her head, "It's just something urgent and I have to go back. I'll be back after a while!"

"Done?"

The director thought to himself, if you can't finish it, you won't always come back, right?

The matter has come to this, but it’s hard to say anything more.

But when Liu Yifei received the news, she rushed back to the capital as soon as possible.

Jing Tian, ​​Tang Yan, Yang Mi, Liu Shisi, Zhao Liying, Guli Nazha and many other female artists under iQiyi, Youku and Tencent rushed to the company from all over the country.

Many of them also knew that the possibility of being selected was not high, but they just wanted to give it a try.

After all, once they were selected, they would be international actresses who had starred in Hollywood movies.

The next day, at iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Pictures, Jing Tian was the first to enter Jiang Heng's office.

The young lady had retired from acting and worked as an assistant to Jiang Heng before. After being a little bored for a long time, she was arranged by Jiang Heng to participate in the development of Douyin.

But this person could not sit in the office peacefully. After staying for a while, she went to make a movie again. However, the investment was limited, and the reputation and box office were average, which made her feel more and more boring.

Seeing that "Running Man" continued to be popular, Jing Tian went to be a guest for several episodes. Because of her cute personality and good temper, the popularity of the young lady soared sharply.

Seeing that being a variety show guest is easy and makes money quickly, Jing Tian is a little reluctant to leave. She has been on several variety shows recently and is very happy.

So when Jiang Heng saw her suddenly come in, he was a little surprised.

"Have you finished filming the show?"

"No!"

"Then did you hear the letter?" Jiang Heng was just stunned for a moment, but his reaction was still very fast.

Jing Tian walked up, put his arm around Jiang Heng's neck and said, "Is there a possibility that I just miss you?"

Jiang Heng smiled and said, "I don't believe it!" (End of this chapter)