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Huayi Company, in the chairman's office.

The Wang brothers and Feng Xiaogang sat around the tea table and chatted about the rumors about Jiang Heng.

"I'm talking about Lao Feng, you participated in the "Round Table Sect" with him a while ago, so you didn't notice anything happened?" President Wang asked while pouring tea.

Feng Xiaogang was thoughtful, seeming to be recalling Jiang Heng's performance on the show.

"If you say that, you can really detect something!"

"What's going on?" Wang Zhonglei asked.

"depressed!"

Feng Xiaogang said seriously, "If it were us, the mainland box office would exceed 4 billion and the global total box office would exceed 3 billion, we would be extremely happy. However, Jiang Heng's performance throughout the whole process was very mediocre. When talking about the film's results It’s like he’s talking about someone else!”

Wang Zhonglei said: "When I watched the show, I also felt that his performance was too bland. To be honest, as bystanders, we were all a little excited when we heard the box office results!"

Mr. Wang said: "Who says it's not the case? Three billion US dollars, no matter how much he has to earn, the income from this movie is enough for many people to enjoy it for a lifetime!"

The Wang brothers are truly the rich generation, but their behavior is more like the second generation of rich people. They are more greedy for enjoyment. They are extremely envious of Jiang Heng's ability to make money by making movies.

I also tried several times to follow the trend and make special effects blockbusters, but unfortunately the results were mediocre and I didn't make much money.

And Feng Xiaogang was a little depressed because his previous "1942" failed miserably at the box office and "If You Are the One" had a poor reputation.

At this moment, hearing about the possibility of Jiang Heng retiring, several people were a little excited. They always felt that once Jiang Heng retired, they would be the leaders in the Chinese film market in the future.

Although they don't quite understand where this logic comes from, the three of them vaguely feel this way.

Feng Xiaogang continued his analysis, "I really didn't think much about it at the time. I also felt that people's realm and structure were different. Such high box office results were said in a calm tone! Now it seems that he is very likely to have exhausted his talents and reached a bottleneck period. ah!"

Wang Zhonglei said: "It's been almost twenty years, and there are some signs of decline. He also has a lot of talent!"

The king always sighed, "What a great talent!"

Immediately he said to Feng Xiaogang: "Except for Aiyouteng, these domestic film and television companies are just like that. Once Jiang Heng retires, the boss in the industry will most likely fall on us. Old Feng, you can't I’m free!”

Feng Xiaogang smiled bitterly when he heard this. He didn't know whether Jiang Heng had all his talents, but he really didn't have much talent left.

The biggest feeling is that I don’t know what to shoot!

Of course, such cowardly words cannot be said to outsiders.

He took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "No problem, I'll get some more books later, let's pick one carefully and make a big movie!"

The king always heard this, and the hand holding the tea cup trembled.

Blockbuster? He instantly thought of "1942"!

"Comedies are so popular now, how about another one?" Wang Zhonglei said suddenly.

Feng Xiaogang looked a little ugly when he heard this.

"Comedy?"

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In the industry, bosses, directors, artists, etc. of various film and television companies have all talked about Jiang Heng's possible retirement, which has been a hot topic on the Internet recently.

But at the audience level, the discussion is more about the topic of "when did you first know Director Jiang?"

On this day, an APP called Douyin was launched.

Wu Yanzu, Li Meiqi, Yuan De and others have opened Douyin accounts and posted a short edited video recalling their moments while filming "The Matrix".

Because Yinyin Technology Company has invested a huge amount of GG fees, Douyin has launched GG on Baidu, Sohu, Douban, Weibo and many other Internet products.

Users downloaded the product one after another, first watching Wu Xianzu, Li Meiqi and others' "Memory Killing", and then browsing other content in the software. They found that the video content was excellent and interesting, and the more they watched, the more fun they got.

The next day, a group of actors who participated in "One Hundred Million Years Before History" released relevant memory videos. The specific content was produced by staff from Note Technology Company. Participating artists like Ge You only need to publish it directly on his account.

On the third day, the main creative staff of "Shituoling" joined Douyin collectively and posted related content and it became lively.

There are Wu Jing who plays Sun Wukong, Lin Zhicong as Zhu Bajie, Zang Jinsheng as Sha Monk, Ding Haifeng as Tang Monk, Zhao Wenzhuo as Golden Winged Dapeng, Chen Zhihui as Green Lion Spirit, Hong Jinbao as White Elephant Spirit, Jiao Xujun as Erlang Shen, etc.

Among them, Wu Jing was the most active. He first posted a short video produced by Note Technology for him, and then posted several stills of himself in "Lion and Camel Ridge" in the form of a video.

Seeing the enthusiastic response from the audience, I posted a few more posts, telling some anecdotes from the filming.

As the actor who plays the most tough guy Tang Monk in history, Ding Haifeng not only released a customized video, but also posted a video thanking Jiang Heng.

The rest of the main creative staff also opened accounts and released videos in accordance with the requirements of Aiyouteng Pictures.

Ordinarily, after so many years of filming, these people have no obligation to cooperate.

But who made Jiang Heng prosperous at this moment, so it was just a matter of words.

But it made many movie fans excited. Looking back on Jiang Heng's filmmaking history over the years, "Pacific Rim" was followed by "Split the Mountain to Save Mother" directed and starred by Jiang Heng!

There are so many celebrities and big names making cameos in that drama. Wouldn’t they all want to join Douyin and have a “memory killing”?

That is obviously impossible. Many people played guest roles for free back then, which is different from actors who were paid for their roles, such as Ding Haifeng and Zhao Wenzhuo.

So many years have passed. If Jiang Heng invites someone to join Douyin and help post promotional videos just because he played guest roles back then, it would be a bit unreasonable. Jiang Heng definitely cannot do this.

But because of this day, he opened a Douyin account, not only posted a customized "memories" video, but also posted several daily videos, which instantly attracted countless likes, attention and collections.

Jiang Heng's Douyin account gained 10 million fans in one day, which stunned his peers in the industry.

It should be noted that it is only 2014 now, and the new Internet track of short videos is not as popular as it will be ten years later. Douyin has just been launched!

Ten million fans in one day is simply unimaginable!

What's more terrible is that Jiang Heng's number of fans is still rising!

The first to feel the pressure was Miaopai, which relied on Weibo and used the method of attracting traffic from celebrities.

Because Weibo belongs to Jiang Heng, Douyin has more celebrities and bigger names, so how can they compete!

Short video companies such as Kuaishou and Meipai are also shocked by the rapid development of Douyin short videos.

Jiang Heng has made more than 30 movies in the past ten years. If he carries out the "memory killing" activity at the rate of one movie per day, it will take more than a month!

With so many celebrities participating, it really occupies all the hot spots! (End of this chapter)