Chapter 1804 1806 [Timely Transformation]
Xiang Nan and Guan Zhilin watched the urban action movie "Beware of Little Hands" starring Sammo Hung and Chen Xunqi.
Actually, this movie is the pioneering work of urban action movies produced in Hong Kong. Before that, Hong Kong’s action movies basically existed in the form of kung fu movies and martial arts movies.
Even if the background of the story takes place in a modern city, such as Bruce Lee's "Way of the Dragon" and "Enter the Dragon", the fighting rhythm is still dominated by kung fu, with punches and kicks, full of posture.
"Beware of Little Hands" breaks the stereotype, no longer sticks to one move, but focuses on free fighting. This makes the fighting more real, more lively, and more enjoyable.
Combined with the modern urban background, it is also easier for audiences to accept, so this drama became very popular after its release, and the box office of "Die Hard" is not worse than that of "Die Hard".
"San Mao's acting is really good, what do you think?" Xiang Nan commented while watching.
Sammo Hung won the Best Actor award at the 2nd Academy Award for this movie.
"Yes." Guan Zhilin also nodded, but she didn't really understand.
She only knew that no matter what Xiang Nan said, she just nodded along.
Xiang Nan smiled, seeing that she was absent-minded, he reached out and took her little hand.
Guan Zhilin's delicate body shook slightly, but she did not refuse.
"Let's go~" Xiang Nan laughed.
"Don't you want to watch it?" Guan Zhilin asked doubtfully.
"I watched everything I wanted to see." Xiang Nan nodded. He came to the movie mainly because he wanted to see how far other action stars had grown.
Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan, and Yuan Biao are all artists with great potential, and they are also the targets he plans to support. He wants to see how they are doing so far.
Although he had only watched it for thirty minutes, he had already seen everything clearly, so he didn't need to waste any more time watching it.
"Okay." Guan Zhilin nodded.
She wasn't interested in action movies at first, and if Xiang Nan didn't want to watch them, she would never have chosen such movies.
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Xiang Nan then took Guan Zhilin to a luxury store in Central.
To pick up girls, you have to do what you like. Guan Zhilin is not interested in watching movies, so take her to do something interesting.
Brand-name clothes, bags, shoes and hats, jewelry, cosmetics... Xiang Nan bought dozens of sets at one go, spending nearly 500,000 Hong Kong dollars, which surprised Guan Zhilin.
"Mr. Ning, it's too many and too valuable. I can't afford to be rewarded for nothing." She even waved her hands shyly.
"Hey, for a beauty like you, no amount of luxury is enough." Xiang Nan said with a smile, "Just let me buy it. No matter how much money you spend on it, I think it's worth it."
Hearing what he said, Guan Zhilin was naturally very happy.
What she dreams of is to find a rich husband who loves her, spoils her, and loves her. In this way, she can lie flat and enjoy life comfortably.
And now, this dream has come true.
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After breakfast the next day, Xiang Nan drove her home.
"Haney, you are so rich, why don't you buy a house and live in a hotel?" Guan Zhilin asked curiously on the way.
"The house is too big, and I live alone. It's too spacious to live in, and I feel too lonely. Besides, I don't have time to clean it. Please hire a servant. I'm not used to bossing people around." Xiang Nan laughed, "So it's better to live alone. The hotel is good, the size of the room is just right, and someone will clean it, so I don't need to bother.
Moreover, the most important thing is that if you get tired of living in one family, you can change it. There are so many hotels in Xiangjiang, each with different decoration, service, and street view, which can be experienced slowly. Isn't it better than living in one house for several years? "
"It also makes sense." Guan Zhilin nodded with a smile, "But if you get married in the future, you must buy a house."
"Of course." Xiang Nan nodded, "At that time, I will buy a piece of land in the middle of the mountain and build the most magnificent house in Xiangjiang. The combination of Chinese and Western, beautiful..."
Hearing what he said, Guan Zhilin couldn't help being fascinated. She was already looking forward to becoming the hostess of the big house, holding a dance party in the grand hall, and inviting the upper class people from all over Xiangjiang to participate.
But she didn't pay attention, Xiang Nan didn't guarantee that she would become the hostess of the big house.
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After Guan Zhilin was settled, Xiang Nan continued the filming of "Best Partner".
Time goes by, and the Spring Festival schedule will soon pass.
In the end, "Die Hard" won a box office of 15 million Hong Kong dollars, which can be said to be quite a good result.
"Beware of Little Hands" starring Sammo Hung also won 11 million Hong Kong dollars, which is also very good.
It is worth mentioning that this movie is owned by Yongjia Films, and Yongjia Films, like New Art City, is also a company supported by Golden Princess. Naturally, this movie was screened in Golden Princess Cinemas.
Because its performance is so good, it also made Golden Harvest notice the value of Sammo Hung again.
Actually, Jackie Chan wrote, directed and acted in the Kung Fu comedy "One and a Half Ways of the Rivers and Lakes", which was also released during the Spring Festival. However, the box office response and audience reputation of this film he worked hard to create was not very good after its release. In the end, it only won a box office of more than two million Hong Kong dollars.
Although he still made some money, Jackie Chan was still sad.
This movie was supposed to be his proudest work, but he was really hit by the almost Waterloo encounter. For this reason, he specially disguised himself and sneaked into the theater to listen to what the audience said.
As a result, many viewers said that "One and a Half Ways of the Rivers and Lakes" is too old-fashioned, and it is not as good as "Beware of Little Hands", "Police Story", and "Die Hard".
Jackie Chan was naturally very anxious when he heard what they said. Realizing that kung fu movies are out, the next may well be the era of urban action movies.
It's just that he didn't know whether he could successfully transform, and he didn't know for a while, so he found Xiang Nan.
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"Mr. Ning, what do you think I should do?" Jackie Chan asked Xiang Nan for help.
He believes that if there is someone in Xiangjiang who can help him, that person must be Xiang Nan, only he has that ability and vision.
"Aaron, you are right. Kung fu movies are indeed going downhill now, so timely transformation is necessary." Xiang Nan nodded approvingly.
Don't think that Jackie Chan has a low level of education, but he has keen insight and extraordinary creativity. When most people didn't realize that kung fu movies had declined, he had already thought of transformation, which was not easy.
"Don't worry, I have already prepared it. This is a script I wrote, and I thought I would use it myself. But I am too busy. After filming "Best Partner", I will return to Hollywood. So I'll give it to you." Xiang Nan handed the script to Jackie Chan.
Jackie Chan took a look, and couldn't help being taken aback, seeing that the name of the script was - "Project A".
(end of this chapter)