"This... might not be a bad idea." Zhang Yang didn't turn him down this time.
He had lived through Empty Prince's entire life in the world of Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons.
That world had been created by Stephen Chow, more or less, and its everyday details were filled with absurd, nonsensical humor.
Although many of his memories had faded after he woke up, he still remembered the more important experiences and could call them to mind whenever he wanted, drawing on them for himself.
That was why no one could find fault with his portrayal of Empty Prince. When he acted, he was Empty Prince himself. No one understood emptiness better than he did!
Since he knew so much, there was naturally no problem with turning it into a script and making an absurdist comedy.
If he could work with Stephen Chow, he could use Chow's fame and production team to boost his own career—a perfect case of borrowing a chicken to lay eggs. He would be the first "Star Prince."
"I'm glad you're interested." Stephen Chow smiled with satisfaction. "We should talk more when we have time and get a rough script together. I have two other projects I'm preparing to get off the ground, and they'll need a lot of startup capital. Once those are done, we'll make Empty Prince."
Zhang Yang not only had no objections to that decision, he was fully behind it.
If he wasn't mistaken, the two projects Stephen Chow had mentioned were CJ7: Super Cute Special Forces and The Mermaid. The former aside, the latter had a budget of over 400 million and eventually grossed more than 3 billion at the box office. It was a huge production and an enormous success.
Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons was