Chapter 1905 1907 [Extracting the ladder from the house]
Chapter 1907
Xiang Nan suggested Li Jiaxin to develop in Hollywood, of course it was not all out of good intentions.
Li Jiaxin's looks are considered top-notch in Hong Kong, but not in Hollywood.
After all, the population of Xiangjiang is only five million. Even if Li Jiaxin is the best in Southeast Asia, the number of people who are the best is only tens of millions.
But Hollywood has gathered beauties from all over the world, and those who can make a splash there are all the ones who overwhelm hundreds of millions of people.
Besides, the reason why Li Jiaxin is beautiful is mainly the characteristics of a mixed race, which makes her facial features more three-dimensional, so she looks more bright and moving.
But those blond beauties in Hollywood all have three-dimensional facial features, bright and moving. Therefore, when Li Jiaxin goes to Hollywood, he will lose his biggest advantage - appearance.
In addition, her acting skills are not outstanding. The famous wooden beauty is beautiful because she has no soul, so it is even more difficult to stand out.
Moreover, Li Jiaxin stays in Xiangjiang to develop, even if the development does not go well, there are those rich people waiting to take over.
But after she went to Hollywood, even if her development didn't go well, it was not easy to find a successor. No rich man would fall in love with her.
At that time, she will have no relatives in Hollywood, and the only one she can rely on is Xiang Nan.
This is one of the thirty-six strategies to go up the house and take out the ladder.
And Xiang Nan believes that Li Jiaxin will probably be fooled.
On the one hand, the cake Xiang Nan drew for her is attractive enough; on the other hand, Xiangjiang artists are eager to develop in Hollywood.
Even Li Jiaxin's original intention of entering the entertainment industry was not to become a famous artist. But so far, she has been in this circle for more than two years. After seeing the stars and the moon and the attention of everyone, it is difficult for her to lose her desire to be strong and competitive.
Just like in 2002, she played a bald DJ at the expense of self-destructive image. If you weren't interested in this line of work, you really wouldn't be able to make such a sacrifice.
Sure enough, Li Jiaxin nodded, "Mr. Ning, I listen to you, I'm going to Hollywood."
The reason why she agreed was also because of two thoughts. On the first level, she had to go to Hollywood to get in touch with Xiang Nan, and to be tied to him.
Otherwise, Xiang Nan would only return to Xiangjiang for a few days every year. No matter how attractive she is, it would be impossible to tie Xiang Nan tightly in just a few days.
The second floor, even if she can't tie Xiang Nan by then, she can go to Hollywood for a while, and after she comes back, she can still become an international movie star, and her fame and status will be improved. For her, this is a great opportunity to be gilded.
It's like Lizhi, who came back from Hollywood and doubled her salary.
"Okay, a wise move." Xiang Nan nodded and smiled, knowing that Li Jiaxin had entered his cage.
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Xiang Nan stayed in Xiangjiang for seven days, and then returned to Hollywood with Cong Shan.
At this time, Li Jiaxin is applying for a work visa, preparing to develop in Hollywood.
Back in Hollywood, The Silence of the Lambs was hitting theaters, starring Nicole Kidman and Anthony Hopkins.
Although the main line tells the story of the trainee agent Clarice hunting down the serial murderer Buffalo Bill, the most outstanding character is Dr. Hannibal, the ogre.
He is smart, cunning, cruel, vicious, and a naked pervert. But his appearance is so gentle and polite, personable, and knowledgeable, people are easy to have a good impression of him at first sight, and they never expect him to be so cruel.
And this extreme contrast is also the charm of this character.
Hollywood film history has portrayed many ogres, such as the leather face in "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", the freak in "The Mountain Has Eyes", the zombies in "Night of the Living Dead" and so on.
But there is no image of a man-eater that can be compared with Dr. Hannibal. Even if they are more cruel, cold-blooded, and ruthless, it will not work. Because what they lack is that kind of strong contrast.
Anthony Hopkins has excellent acting skills. He has been nominated and awarded by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards, Golden Globe Awards, and Emmy Awards many times. He is famous for his solid acting skills in the circle.
Dr. Hannibal was played out very well, as if the characters in the book were reborn. And that's what makes this movie so wonderful.
Otherwise, Nicole Kidman alone may not be able to carry this movie.
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"The Silence of the Lambs" finally achieved a very good reputation and box office. In North America alone, the box office reached 130 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office reached 270 million U.S. dollars.
And Universal Pictures has made a huge profit of more than 300 million U.S. dollars because of the successive release of four super-best-selling movies, "Robin Hood", "Speed 2", "Instinct", and "The Silence of the Lambs", and its economic situation has also been greatly improved. improve.
While the stock price soared again, the market share also expanded again.
Before this, because it hadn't launched a blockbuster work for many years in a row, many cinema operators lowered the cooperation level of Universal Pictures.
For example, before Universal Pictures’ movies were released, the theater chain chamber of commerce actively cooperated to provide the most movies for theater release. After the level of cooperation is lowered, when Universal Pictures' films are released, theater operators will reduce the scale of their releases.
The release scale is directly linked to the box office. No matter how good a movie is, if there are not enough theaters to show it, it will be difficult to discover its true box office potential.
Therefore, under the vicious circle, it is naturally more difficult for Universal Pictures' films to get a good box office, and it is even more difficult to get the cooperation of theater operators. But it’s different now. The release of four consecutive films with a box office of more than 100 million US dollars is a great temptation for theater operators.
Therefore, theater operators immediately resumed and raised the cooperation level of Universal Pictures. From then on, all Universal Pictures films will receive sufficient attention.
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"The Silence of the Lambs" was a big hit at the box office, and its reputation was overwhelming, making Michelle Pfeiffer a bit appreciative.
She originally thought that this movie was bloody, cruel, and dark, and would not be welcomed by the audience. But she didn't expect that the audience's tastes are so strong now, and such a movie has sold 130 million US dollars at the North American box office, which is really beyond her expectations.
If her "Thelma & Louise" wasn't well received, she'd be a laughingstock in the industry.
Hollywood has always been cruel to losers. Even Al Pacino was no longer recognized by the industry after his lead role in "George" failed at the box office, and his box office appeal was questioned, so no one asked him to film in four years.
Michelle Pfeiffer was worried that she would become a fool in the mouth of others, and she turned down a good role for nothing and acted in a bad movie.
Those people would talk about her embarrassment for years, and even write it in their memoirs. So she inevitably became a little anxious.
"I warned you earlier that you should not change the movie. That "Silence of the Lambs" is really suitable for you." Xiang Nan said with a smile. He believed that with her acting skills, the effect of starring in this movie would be better than that of the movie. Good Nicole Kidman.
Nicole Kidman is still young after all, and her acting skills have not reached the point of perfection. When playing against Anthony Hopkins, the gap is obvious.
(end of this chapter)