Chapter 1980 1982 [Cat and mouse game]
After the awards ceremony, Xiang Nan attended the party with Naomi Watts and Zhang Ziyi.
"It's a pity, Mr. Ning, you announced your withdrawal from the selection of the Best Screenplay Award earlier. Otherwise, your "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" will definitely win the award." Zhang Ziyi said regretfully.
"It doesn't matter. I already have several trophies, it doesn't matter if I have one more or one less." Xiang Nan waved his hand and smiled, "Let's give the opportunity to others."
"Mr. Ning, you are really amazing." Zhang Ziyi said admiringly, "I really hope that one day, I can also win an Oscar."
"As long as you are willing to work hard, there is always a chance." Xiang Nan encouraged, but he knew that the chance was almost zero.
Because there is also racial discrimination in the Oscars, it is difficult for minorities to win awards. Zhang Ziyi, in particular, is not even an American, so the probability of winning the prize is even lower.
"Well, I hope you will support me more." Zhang Ziyi said again.
"No problem." Xiang Nan nodded, "You should perform well in this "Rush Hour 2", first make yourself famous."
Zhang Ziyi nodded.
In "Rush Hour 2", she played the role of the behind-the-scenes boss of the counterfeit banknote group. She controls her subordinates through her beauty and wealth. Faye Marceau.
If this role is performed well, it is easy to shine. After all, among Hollywood blockbusters, there are still very few movies with women as the big boss.
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After the Oscars, Xiang Nan handed over the script of "A Game of Cat and Mouse" to Li An.
Li An liked the script very much after reading it. This script not only showed Frank's extraordinary deception, but more importantly, it dug into his inner journey.
Frank was originally from a wealthy family, but because of his father's business bankruptcy and his mother's cheating, he was forced to live on the streets and became a master of deception.
And all the efforts he made were to save his father's business and get his parents back together again. Therefore, when his father died, his mother married someone else, and he had a happy family, all his hopes were shattered.
Even if he had the chance to run away again, he finally gave up...
This script has both rich commercial elements and a very touching story, so he immediately decided to take over.
"Mr. Ning, as expected of you, only you can write such a good script." Li An said admiringly.
He is also a good screenwriter, but his screenwriting works are more than literary and commercial, so they often have a good reputation, but the box office performance is not satisfactory.
Unlike Xiang Nan's script, it combines art and business, and wins both word of mouth and box office. To be honest, it is really not easy for the script to achieve this effect, and few people in Hollywood can do it.
"You're welcome. A good movie can only be made with a good script and a good director. Just like good ingredients, a good dish can only be made with a good chef." Xiang Nan laughed , "If this script is in your hands, Director Li, I believe it will not be buried."
Hearing what Xiang Nan said, Li An was naturally very happy, and felt very honored.
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In addition to Xiang Nan, Naomi Watts, and Maggie Lee, the main characters also include Ving Rhames, Philip Hoffman, Selma Blair, and so on.
The total budget of the film is 100 million US dollars, and it will be filmed in the United States, Italy and Xiangjiang respectively, so that it will have the style of a blockbuster.
And just in April, the magical masterpiece "The Fellowship of the Ring" directed by Peter Jackson, invested by Universal Pictures, was officially launched.
The film invested more than 150 million U.S. dollars and was prepared for six years. It is the masterpiece of Peter Jackson who devoted all his efforts.
For this movie, he really kept improving. He made 48,000 sets of armor alone, nearly 10,000 sets of bows and arrows, and even customized more than 40 sets of the Lord of the Rings. The big one is as big as a sea bowl, and the small one is similar to an ordinary ring, so that you can take pictures from different angles...
It can be said that this movie was shot with great care, so the quality of the movie is very high. After it was released, it immediately shocked everyone and made countless "Lord of the Rings" fans excited.
The box office on the first day was as high as 40 million U.S. dollars. In the cold April, such a result is simply against the sky.
Moreover, because this movie is so good, not only the story is wonderful, the special effects are amazing, the casting is appropriate, but also has an epic and magical temperament, so it is often shown and popular, and the popularity has continued until the second half of the year.
The final cumulative total box office reached 890 million US dollars, setting a record for the highest box office of a fantasy film.
As soon as such results came out, Harvey Weinstein and Saul Zaentz were almost mad with jealousy.
They originally thought the project would not make money, so they only charged tens of millions of dollars and then changed hands.
Nowadays, a "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", Universal Pictures' box office revenue exceeds 300 million US dollars. There are still two "Lord of the Rings" movies left. It is estimated that Universal Pictures' box office profit will exceed at least US$1.2 billion. Moreover, the revenue from peripheral product development is estimated to be more than tens of billions of dollars.
And they only collected tens of millions of dollars, and they handed over such a large amount of income to others. Let them think back, how can they not stamp their feet and beat their chests, regretting the beginning.
The media always like to follow the red top and the white, and hate the rich and the poor, so they quickly reported this past event.
As soon as this matter was exposed, everyone admired Xiang Nan's foresight. It was really a bargain to get such a well-known IP as "The Lord of the Rings" for only more than 20 million US dollars.
No wonder it took him ten years to upgrade from an actor to Universal President. The precision of this investment vision is unparalleled.
Saul Zaentz and Harvey Weinstein are idiots by comparison, and the Fat Pig Arches were kicked out, so stupid.
Now watching other people make a lot of money and make a fortune, I can only sigh with regret. It's really funny. As a result, they became the biggest joke in Hollywood. It also made Saul Zaentz and Harvey Weinstein even more depressed.
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Entering June, James Cameron launched his latest work "True Lies 2".
This movie is still an extremely popular spy action movie with lots of laughs. In the previous one, the husband worked as a secret agent without telling his wife. In this one, the father, mother, father-in-law, and mother-in-law work as secret agents without telling the children...
The seemingly ordinary family is actually a family of secret agents. Such a reversal is unexpected and reasonable.
Especially in the film, the plot where criminals hijack a plane and crash into a building, only to be subdued by the protagonist's family, is full of imagination and makes the audience hooked.
Therefore, it finally won 300 million box office in North America, and the global box office is close to 600 million US dollars, which is much better than the previous one.
(end of this chapter)