This director lacks vision.

Chapter 192 Hand-drawn Avatar
Jiang Yifeng's luck this time can be considered above average.

I drew two blue talents.

One is for strengthening the body.

A warm current surged and flowed between his throat and tongue, and then Jiang Yifeng felt his throat area strengthened. Not only was his vocal function enhanced, but his entire neck was also strengthened.

In addition, the tongue has become more flexible, making it easy to create elegant and expressive gestures.

This talent is something that anchors, hosts, debaters, and even politicians and orators dream of.

In life, good speaking skills and a pleasant voice are both very important.

It is said that words are more pleasing than songs. A person who can speak well will have a much smoother life, whether in their career or in their relationships.

Of course, the golden throat and silver tongue enhance the hardware capabilities, but the content of speech still requires a clever brain to produce.

This is the power of the second reward being "concrete".

This was the first time Jiang Yifeng had ever seen Blue Talent in artistic creation.

My previous sense of language, weaving, composition, etc., were just natural talents.

After a refreshing sensation rushed into his brain, Jiang Yifeng felt that his way of seeing the world had undergone a wonderful change.

It's as if there's an extra information processor in my mind, capable of making abstract information concrete.

He took out the information on mythical beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Seas and looked at the text recorded on it.

“The strange beast Jue Ru: On Mount Gao Tu, there is a beast that looks like a deer but has a white tail, horse's hooves, human hands, and four horns, named Jue Ru…”

The concise and somewhat obscure text conjured up a variety of images in Jiang Yifeng's mind, forming all sorts of possible scenarios.

He took out a piece of paper and began sketching with a pencil.

In less than half an hour, a sketch of Jue Ru appeared.

Although there are some issues with the painting technique, the details and characteristics of Jue Ru are fully displayed in the portrait, giving people a terrifying feeling like Cruise, with a strong sense of oppression.

This is the powerful ability of the talent of "figurative" art, which can comprehensively enhance an artist's creative abilities and greatly benefit writing, painting, photography, music, sculpture, and other skills.

If this talent is only applied to a particular art form, its impact may not be as significant.

However, when applied to directing, it represents a complete enhancement, especially when shooting surreal films and television dramas, such as fantasy, science fiction, and mythological themes.

After all, for a director, the most important ability is to concretize the imagination in words into real, visible film and television scenes.

This even gave Jiang Yifeng an impulse to remake Pacific Rim.

With his talent for concrete imagery, his filming of Pacific Rim will undoubtedly be more effective and efficient.

Jiang Yifeng suppressed his inner impulse. He knew why he had this thought; it was simply an itch to show off his skills.

Once a person acquires a certain ability, they want to use it, or even show it off to others.

Fortunately, Jiang Yifeng had other ways to show off.

He walked out of the study and saw Liu Yifei and Shu Chang chatting in the master bedroom.

This is one of the benefits of traveling together.

We played together for half a month, and amidst the noise and laughter, we got to know each other quite well and even developed some feelings for one another.

Although Nazar still harbors hostility towards Liu Yifei and Shu Chang, she is now willing to be accommodating and tolerant.

Tonight, Nazha stayed at Gao Yuanyuan's place, while Shuchang and Liu Yifei came to No. 7 Diaoyutai Courtyard.

Of course, the two women had legitimate reasons for coming.

They were going to discuss the design of Avatar with Jiang Yifeng.

The film "Back to 20" ultimately grossed 10.6 billion yuan in China. When combined with box office revenue from Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand, the total box office reached 15.8 billion yuan.

This box office performance represents the achievement of five small goals.

Promises that should be kept must be kept.

Liu Yifei's Weibo is flooded with comments from netizens every day urging her to watch Avatar.

“I already have an idea for the Avatar design,” Jiang Yifeng said. “This time we must do our best and make it different from Qin Lan’s previous Avatars.”

Liu Yifei stood up and asked, "How do we do it? How do we cooperate?"

Jiang Yifeng said, "I will personally apply the paint for you. Due to time constraints, we will only make two series: one is a martial arts version of Avatar, and the other is a cat demon version of Avatar."

Liu Yifei questioned, "Do you think this haphazard blending will look good?"

Jiang Yifeng smiled and said, "Let's try it out tonight. I'll go get the brush and oil."

Liu Yifei and Shu Chang exchanged a glance, neither of them objecting.

The two obediently served as Jiang Yifeng's human models, allowing him to paint and create as he pleased, adding various decorations.

Jiang Yifeng fully utilized his "concrete" talent, satisfying his itch to create something special.

Unexpectedly, after his concrete addiction was resolved, his "Golden Throat and Silver Tongue" talent began to stir again. Looking at the two girls' rosy cheeks, Jiang Yifeng turned his tail and began a new experience with his talent.

Ultimately, Liu Yifei and Shu Chang's version of Avatar had to be expanded to include several new versions.

With thorough preparation the night before, the filming went very smoothly the next day.

Jiang Yifeng skillfully did the makeup and styling for Liu Yifei and Shu Chang.

Compared to the privately made version of Avatar, the version shown to the public has more costumes and less of a risqué feel, but the overall effect is better.

Jiang Yifeng added a lot of background elements, including horseback riding, wire work, and alien models from Pacific Rim. He also changed the blue skin of the Avatar and added more color combinations.

Although the Avatar elements have been toned down, the overall design looks more beautiful.

It has to be said that Liu Yifei is truly a genius when it comes to taking and producing great photos.

She can be aloof and ethereal, cute and silly, or even transform into a celestial being who can charm both men and women.

Compared to her, Shu Chang's album production quality is somewhat inferior.

However, Liu Yifei's triumph didn't last long, because another goddess in still photos also appeared.

As agreed beforehand, Jiang Yifeng also took two sets of photos for the 101 girl group.

He still favored and took good care of Naza, personally giving her the best makeup and styling.

In addition, Jiang Yifeng's increasingly strong photography skills made the photos of Nazha very beautiful.

Especially in modern clothes, she looks good no matter how she's photographed.

When Nazar saw the photos taken by Jiang Yifeng, she smiled very proudly and even ran up to Liu Yifei and Shu Chang to show off a few times.

Liu Yifei didn't confront her directly; she simply posted a message on Weibo.

"After an unforgettable holiday, I'm about to join the group for a 'hunt'."

Someone finally had some free time these past two days and took photos of me in Avatar.

Don't worry, everyone. My Avatar will be unveiled tonight at 8 PM.

P.S.: This time, Avatar has both a martial arts version and a cat demon version, both hand-drawn by director Jiang Yifeng.

These days, news about "Liu Yifei in Avatar" keeps trending on Weibo, and everyone is waiting to see what happens.

Therefore, her Weibo post immediately attracted a lot of attention.

In less than half an hour, there were already over a thousand comments. "Do we have to wait until 8 pm? Hurry up, I want to see it now!"

"Hand-painted Avatar? What does that mean? Jiang Yifeng hand-painted an Avatar on Liu Yifei's body?"

"Holy crap, are Jiang Yifeng and Liu Yifei playing this fancy game? One minute it's Avatar, the next it's the cat demon, I'm so envious!"

"Liu Yifei always refers to Jiang Yifeng as 'someone' on Weibo, which is a blatant display of affection."

"Kill me to entertain you two!"

"Jiang Yifeng is so damn lucky! Shu Chang also posted on Weibo, and it's similar to Liu Yifei's post. He hand-drew two Avatars by himself?"

……

Upon seeing the comments from netizens, Liu Yifei and Shu Chang exchanged a glance and both laughed.

They could imagine how angry Naza would be after seeing the Weibo post.

Naza's biggest pain right now is that, as the boss's wife, she can't make her relationship public, or even have a rumor spread.

This made her very upset.

Liu Yifei and Shu Chang posted on Weibo, both announcing the release date of the Avatar photos and generating buzz, and also sparking rumors about a relationship with Jiang Yifeng, a small revenge on Nazha's smugness.

This is truly a win-win situation.

At 8 p.m., Liu Yifei and Shu Chang updated their Weibo accounts on time, each posting nine photos of Avatar.

Their rhetoric was also consistent.

"To thank everyone for their support of returning to 20, Director Jiang spent a lot of effort designing this Avatar photoshoot."

Our Avatar makeup and costumes were all hand-drawn by him, stroke by stroke.

Here are the first batch of photos; I hope you like them.

Jiang Yifeng did not appear in the photos this time; they were all photos of Liu Yifei and Shu Chang, and the photos were not very revealing.

After seeing the photos, many netizens joked, "This isn't the Avatar I wanted to see," but they were very satisfied with the photo quality.

Most netizens praised Jiang Yifeng, Liu Yifei, and Shu Chang for their sincerity, saying that these photos were even better and more meticulously taken than magazine covers.

The hashtag “hand-drawn Avatar” trended on the hot search list for an entire day.

Netizens have their own interpretations of the hand-drawn design. Some believe that Jiang Yifeng hand-drew the design, while others believe that Jiang Yifeng hand-drew the design on Liu Yifei and Shu Chang's bodies.

In short, it's generating a lot of discussion and is a hot topic.

This was originally a happy occasion, a heartwarming story of the film's creators fulfilling their promise and giving back to the audience after a box office hit.

Unexpectedly, someone suddenly went mad.

At 10 p.m. that night, Jiang Rong, the author of "Wolf Totem", suddenly launched an attack on Weibo.

"I've been busy with the movie 'Wolf Totem' lately and haven't been on Weibo for a long time. When I logged on today, all I saw were gaudy topics about female celebrities dressed up as Avatars."

Seeing these, I couldn't help but think of Du Mu's poem.

"The merchant girl knows not the sorrow of losing her country, and still sings the song of Houtinghua across the river."

Our country's economy has developed, but the ideological level of our people and the spirit of the entire nation have declined significantly.

Especially in the film market, there are mostly low-quality comedy films that achieve high box office returns by pandering to and entertaining the audience.

When directors like Jiang Yifeng, who like to push the boundaries and embrace fast-food culture, achieve great success, it means that our country's overall aesthetic standards have declined.

No one cares about national spirit and character anymore; everyone is obsessed with entertainment to the death. This is the greatest tragedy of our time!

"Wolf Totem" is a best-selling book, and Jiang Rong has more than 80 followers on Weibo, making her a prominent figure in the cultural field.

After this Weibo post was published, it was seen by some netizens.

Soon, netizens began arguing under Jiang Rong's Weibo post.

"Director Jiang is making artistic works that are popular with the people. How dare you, an outsider, point fingers?"
Besides, although Director Jiang may have crossed the line, he's a very good person, much better than you guys.

Jiang Rong forwarded this comment and replied: "What kind of character does Jiang Yifeng have? He's just a treacherous and untrustworthy person."

He promised us last year that he would direct "Wolf Totem," and the entire crew waited for him for more than half a year.

As a result, the film "Back to 20" became a box office hit this year, and he immediately turned his back on us, tore up our agreement, and caused our entire crew to lose millions!

Fortunately, my book has a great influence abroad. Jean-Jacques Annaud, a famous French director, really liked "Wolf Totem" and accepted our invitation to become the director of "Wolf Totem"!

Finally, I'll tell you one more joke—about Jiang Yifeng's character.

This Weibo post touched on a specific event, which immediately attracted even more attention. A bunch of influential figures reposted Jiang Rong's post, including Lu Chuan and Luo Taijun, who were all reposting and commenting.

The topic of "Jiang Yifeng standing up Wolf Totem" quickly rose to the top of Weibo's trending topics list.

This is still on Weibo, where the topics and keywords on their own platform are relatively polite.

On Sina Weibo, the headline reads, "The author of Wolf Totem exposes Jiang Yifeng as a treacherous villain," and a large number of netizens are criticizing Jiang Yifeng in the comments section.

As the saying goes, with fame comes trouble.

The huge success of "Back to 20" has certainly boosted Jiang Yifeng's status in the entertainment industry and his reputation among the general public, but it has also made others envious.

Whether it's business competitors like Sina Weibo, Baidu iQiyi, and Huayi Brothers, or some of Jiang Yifeng's nephews whom he had offended in the past, they are all watching Jiang Yifeng, looking for his mistakes and seizing the opportunity to bite him.

Therefore, Jiang Rong's Weibo post quickly became the number one trending topic, sparking heated discussions across the internet.

It is clear that multiple forces are behind this.

This is a very normal phenomenon. Wu Jing is already a full-time employee. After the huge box office success of Wolf Warrior 2, all sorts of negative articles were flying around, and he was chased and scolded by many people.

Moreover, Jiang Yifeng has weaknesses; he likes to push the boundaries, his web dramas are too explicit, and he also has a weakness for women.

These people seize an opportunity and become incredibly energetic, unleashing all sorts of attacking remarks.

Jiang Yifeng hadn't been paying attention to Weibo at all; he was trying to comfort Qin Lan, who was very upset about not being able to join the core group.

It wasn't until he received a call from his assistant, Li Xia, that Jiang Yifeng learned about the public opinion on Weibo.

After learning about the situation, Jiang Yifeng didn't care that it was 11:30 p.m. and called Han Sanping directly.

Han Sanping had just fallen asleep, and was a little angry after being woken up, so his words were somewhat cold.

But after listening to Jiang Yifeng's account, he immediately said, "There must be a misunderstanding. It's possible that someone misunderstood the message during its transmission."

I'll arrange it right away and have Jiang Rong explain things clearly.

Jiang Yifeng said, "President Han, now I'm the one being attacked. People online are saying I'm a treacherous person who abandons principles for personal gain."

Jiang Rong's explanation alone is meaningless.

I am not someone who will let others beat or scold me without fighting back.

To salvage my own image, I'll definitely have to make those attacks. If I accidentally damage your project, then I can only apologize.

Han Sanping sighed and said, "Then fight back. If necessary, I can help you issue a statement."

Han Sanping was very decisive; compared to Wolf Totem and Jiang Rong, he would definitely side with Jiang Yifeng.

After all, Jiang Yifeng could bring him greater performance and benefits, not to mention that Jiang Yifeng's network of connections was also very solid.

Moreover, the Wolf Totem project was overseen by Zhao Haicheng, the vice president of Huaying Film Studio, and was not spearheaded by Han Sanping.

(End of this chapter)