Chapter 1822 1824 [Complete work]
"Old Well" then started filming.
Xiang Nan returned to the United States to prepare for the filming of "Longwei Boy 3".
He currently has three series in his hands, "Dragon Boy", "Ghostbusters" and "Die Hard".
He only plans to make a trilogy of these films.
Because "Longwei Boy" is a school-themed action movie. Xiang Nan is twenty-six years old this year. Although he still looks young and handsome, playing an eighteen-year-old boy is not out of line. But acting tender for a long time is not what he wants.
Besides, the themes of action movies like "Longwei Boy" are very simple, and they are nothing more than the growth of the protagonist. The trilogy is enough to show the process of growing up, and if you continue to shoot, it will be a continuation of the dog's tail.
Ghostbusters and Die Hard are high-concept movies. The so-called high-concept movies are movies that have stunning audiovisual, fully cater to the audience, simple and direct plots, and are easy for the audience to accept.
This type of movie mostly shows off the freshness of the story, so the audience is easily bored.
For example, the "Jaws" series, when the third film was filmed, the word-of-mouth has basically collapsed; the fourth "Raiders of the Lost Ark" series, even if Spielberg directed it himself, the word-of-mouth is also far worse than the first three. "The Bourne 4" is not as good as the previous three, and "The Bourne 5" even if Matt Simon came out in person, it is still hard to hide the decline...
Even if it is the Marvel Universe, after more than ten years of filming, the audience has a rebellious mentality. Therefore, Xiang Nan was going to accept it as soon as it was ready, and it would be fine to make three films each. The end of forcibly continuing life is to look at each other and hate each other.
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"Longwei Boy 3", Xiang Nan cooperated with Brooke Shields again.
The story this time is that Xiang Nan was unfortunately plotted against by his opponent during a match and injured his spine. Doctors advised him not to do strenuous exercise in the future, otherwise he might be paralyzed for the rest of his life.
And just when he was forced to quit, those evil forces took the opportunity to make a comeback, and the campus and the community were once again shrouded in shadow. In the end, inspired by justice, and encouraged by his girlfriend, classmates, and family members, the boyfriend regained his strength and launched an attack against evil...
The trilogy of heroes in the United States has mostly the same routines, namely gaining power, recognizing power, and controlling power.
"Spiderman", "Iron Man", "Hulk", "Thor", "Black Panther", "Batman", "Superman", "Aquaman"...there are plot designs in which heroes lose their power and degenerate into mortals.
The purpose of this design, in addition to wanting to promote before suppressing and enhancing the story, is to let them regain their original intentions and achieve further growth of the characters.
The story design of "Longwei Boy 3" is also based on this arrangement.
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"Charles, I'm going to be eighteen soon." Brooke Shields said to Xiang Nan with a smile.
"Congratulations, you are finally an adult." Xiang Nan arched his hands and said, "You can get back your custody."
"Not only that, I can do a lot of things that adults can do." Brooke Shields blinked and said.
"I know, you can take the driver's license test." Xiang Nan nodded and said, "You can still drink in a fair manner."
The United States amended the law in 1971, lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18.
"I hate it, don't pretend to be confused, you know what I'm talking about. To be honest, I've kept it for you for so many years." Brooke Xiaosi couldn't help but coquettishly said when she saw Xiang Nan deliberately rambling.
Anyway, with his current status in Hollywood, even if Brooke Shields repents in the future and wants to blackmail him with this matter, he is not afraid.
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"Longwei Boy 3" started shooting immediately.
During the breaks between filming, Xiang Nan also fully invested the dividends he earned.
Including many high-tech companies in Silicon Valley, such as Adobe, Oracle, EA, Cisco, etc., Xiang Nan is very confident in their future.
Boji Shields admires Xiang Nan's investment vision.
When they first collaborated on "Longwei Boy" in 1981, Xiang Nan told her that housing prices in North America and the stock price of Coca-Cola would rise. At the time she thought it was nonsense.
But after three years, the share price of Coca-Cola has nearly tripled, and Xiang Nan's investment of hundreds of thousands has become millions. And that's millions in the 80s.
At that time, the price of a mansion in Beverly Hills was only a few hundred thousand dollars. Around 2015, it will be worth at least 80 million US dollars.
The housing prices in the United States have also nearly doubled, and the growth rate is equally gratifying. If she had listened to Xiang Nan, she would have made at least a million dollars.
So she regretted not investing with Xiang Nan at the beginning, and because of this, she also invests in whatever Xiang Nan invests in. It's just that her funds are far less than Xiang Nan's, so Xiang Nan eats meat, and she can only eat soup.
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In April 1984, "Police Academy" was officially launched.
This is a nonsensical comedy film. It is about the mayor of a certain city announcing the abolition of restrictions on applying for the police academy for votes.
These people made a mess of the school and made countless jokes. But when the crisis really came, they were brave enough to maintain the social order and ensure the safety of citizens...
Because there are no stars in this movie, and almost all of them are unknown people, the investor, Fox Pictures, is a little nervous about this movie, thinking that if it can win 30 to 40 million U.S. dollars at the box office, it is already considered good.
Unexpectedly, after the release of this funny film, the audience's evaluation is indeed very good.
Many people commented that this movie is the funniest movie they have ever seen, and said that they have not laughed like this for a long time.
Because of this, "Police Academy" was a hit at the box office. In the end, it took more than 80 million US dollars at the box office in North America alone.
A large number of small second- and third-tier Hollywood artists have achieved box office results that can even be compared with big stars such as Harrison Ford, John Travolta, and Eddie Murphy, which naturally caused an uproar in Hollywood.
But everyone knows that it is not these artists who are really capable. Otherwise, they would have been popular long ago, and they wouldn't have been wasted for so many years, still playing in the second and third lines.
Only Xiang Nan can turn stones into gold. He wrote the script, he chose the actors, he chose the director, and he organized the project.
Therefore, Xiang Nan is the biggest behind-the-scenes hero.
And he only used a group of second- and third-tier artists to achieve such a good box office, which also made all film companies fall in love with him.
They hire big stars, hire big directors, and make big investments, but they may not be able to get such a box office. At least five out of ten movies hit the street.
Xiang Nan has repeatedly created box office miracles, which also makes his status in Hollywood even higher.
(end of this chapter)