Chapter 1824 1826 [The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead]
After "Longwei Boy 3" was completed, it entered post-production.
Xiang Nan took time to go back to the mainland, and saw that "Old Well" was still being filmed.
This film is actually not difficult to shoot. There are no big scenes and no special effects. However, the older generation of mainland filmmakers treat movies as if they were art, and they are meticulously crafted.
Actors such as Zhang Yimou and Cong Shan spent a month just experiencing life in the countryside. It wasn't until they talked, ate, walked, and acted like peasants that the filming began.
During filming, the director also had strict requirements on the performance.
Although Cong Shan graduated from Chinese opera and already has a famous work like "The Wrangler", she is still often taught by the director, which makes her almost lose confidence.
And it is precisely because of the strict requirements that the filming progress of this drama is so slow. It is estimated that the filming can be completed by the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, which is already good.
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Xiang Nan then went back to Xiangjiang.
At this time, Jackie Chan, Yuan Biao, Sammo Hung and others are filming "Fuxing Gaozhao" in Dongying.
The reason why I went to Dongying to shoot was mainly because "Project A", "Fast Food Truck" and "Five Lucky Stars" starring the three were very popular after they were released in Dongying.
Zou Wenhuai arranged for this film to be filmed in Dongying in order to help them fully open up the Japanese market. This makes the Japanese audience more friendly, and naturally it is easier to obtain high box office.
Wang Jing is filming "I Love Rolando". It turned out that when he was filming "The Frog Prince", he took some extra shots that were useless, and felt that it would be a pity to lose them.
So I invited Chen Baixiang back to shoot this "I Love Rolando", and used those shots that were about to be lost.
In this way, one fish and two meals are economical, and even Xiang Nan admires his wit.
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After returning to Xiangjiang, Xiang Nan accompanied Zhong Chuhong, Guan Zhilin, Xia Wenxi and others, and invested 6 million Hong Kong dollars to purchase land in Mid-Levels and prepare to build a house.
In 1983, the Hong Kong stock market and the real estate market both fell, and now the house price has dropped by at least 30% compared to before. Like those luxury houses fell even worse, more than half of them have.
Xiang Nan has confidence in the future of Xiangjiang, so he is naturally willing to invest. After buying the land, Xiang Nan invited the most outstanding construction company in Xiangjiang to help him build the big house.
The drawings are all designed by himself, which is definitely in line with his taste.
Hearing that he bought land to build a house, Zhong Chuhong, Guan Zhilin, Xia Wenxi and others were very excited.
The so-called those without property have no perseverance. Xiang Nan has always lived in hotels in Xiangjiang, and he changed places every three days, just like a bird without feet, it will die when it hits the ground.
Now he has started to build a big house, which obviously means that he has the idea of living in peace and starting a family. This naturally moved them very much. After all, getting married and landing on the shore is what each of them dreams of.
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In June, "I Love Rolando" was released.
This romantic comedy film starring Chen Baixiang and Xia Wenxi, after its release, the box office was quite good, and it successfully won more than 9 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office.
But its production cost is actually less than two million Hong Kong dollars. Therefore, Xiang Nan was also very happy, and specially gave Wang Jing a bonus of 500,000 Hong Kong dollars.
In 1981, New Arts City launched the romantic comedy "Chasing Girls" starring Shi Tian, telling the story of Feng's wandering son Luo Baidu's painstaking pursuit of girls.
Because the plot is funny and funny, after it was released, it was very popular and won nearly 10 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office.
This movie also inspired Wang Jing to make a series of chick-picking films of the same type, such as "The Frog Prince", "Modern Cinderella", "I Love Rolando", all of which achieved good box office .
However, Wang Jing feels that this genre still has the potential to continue to explore, and judging from the box office, the audience also likes this type of movie very much, so he plans to continue shooting.
"It's always monotonous to pick up girls. You should help me shoot "Best Partner 3" first, and change your mind." Xiang Nan laughed.
Wang Jing nodded upon hearing this.
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"Best Partner 3" then started filming.
This movie tells the story of King Kong being deceived by 007. He thought he had been ordered by the Queen of England to steal gems from the police evidence vault, and only later did he realize that he had been deceived. In the end, he teamed up with the bald detective to wipe out the 007 criminal gang in one fell swoop.
Xiang Nan, Chen Baixiang, Zheng Yuling, all the original cast returned. In addition, as for the heroine, Xiang Nan abandoned the habit of using artists from Hong Kong and Taiwan, and directly chose the original Bond girl, French actress Carol Bouquet.
She is the heroine of "The Top Secret 007", playing the role of Nemesis Melina, brave and decisive, left a deep impression on the audience, and is also known as the most beautiful Bond girl.
In addition to Carole Buguet, there are many characters from 007 movies that will appear in "Best Partner 3".
Such as the Korean mute killer who appeared in "007: Goldfinger", the big steel teeth who appeared in "007: Undersea City, Space City", etc.
In fact, the idea of "Best Partner" originally came from the famous movie "007" series. Because Mai Jia, one of the main creators of New Art City, was the assistant director of the 007 series, so he naturally knows a lot about this series.
King Kong’s character design is the Hong Kong version of 007, but it is more lecherous, more capable, and more funny.
The movie then officially started shooting in July.
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At the same time, for Xiangjiang, "Fuxing Gaozhao" was officially released in the summer file.
The lineup this time is still very strong. Not only Jackie Chan, Yuan Biao, Sammo Hung, Feng Pufan, Wu Yaohan, Qin Xianglin and other original cast members have all returned, but also newcomers such as Zeng Zhiwei, Hu Huizhong, and Michiko Nishi.
As for the story, Huang Bingyao, known as the King of Bridges, personally wrote the screenplay. The story is solid and the plot is funny. Moreover, the action scenes are jointly participated by Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and others, so the quality is naturally guaranteed.
In addition, this movie was shot in Japan and is full of exotic atmosphere, so it was a big hit after it was released. In the end, they won 30 million box office in one breath, finally breaking Xiang Nan's record.
This also shocked the Xiangjiang film industry.
Even the media didn't think it was a big deal, and directly published an article saying that Yuan Biao, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and others came from behind, and Xiang Nan was about to pass away.
This made Jackie Chan and others terrified, so they called Xiang Nan to explain. The content of the article is purely made up by the newspaper, they never said that kind of thing.
But Xiang Nan is not only not angry, but very happy.
He is now an international movie star, considered top-notch in Hollywood. A movie can sell two to three hundred million U.S. dollars, or about a billion Hong Kong dollars. Xiangjiang is a tiny place, I don't care anymore.
Therefore, he was still very happy that Sammo Hung and others could catch up with him. This can prove that the Xiangjiang film industry has a large number of talents, and the waves behind push the waves ahead.
Rather than the Xiangjiang film industry in the new century, it is almost a stagnant pool, with no outstanding newcomers showing up. As a result, Andy Lau, Gu Tianlei, Zheng Yijian, Liu Qingyun, etc. have a lot of age, and they have to continue to carry on.
(end of this chapter)