Chapter 1989, 1991 [The Times Are Like This]
In January, Universal Pictures released the movie "Pearl Harbor" directed by Michael Bay, starring Ben Affleck and Kate Beckinsale.
Kate Beckinsale was born in 1973. It is said that her IQ was measured as high as 152 at the age of nine. When she grew up, she was successfully admitted to Oxford University. During college, she worked part-time as a model, and then formally entered the film and television industry.
After that, she starred in many film and television dramas, and gradually became famous in the British Isles, and won the reputation of "British Rose". However, she is only famous in the UK, and she is still a newcomer in Hollywood.
"Pearl Harbor" mainly describes the story of a pair of lovers who resolutely join the battle and repel the invaders when facing the crisis of their family and country, which is quite the main theme.
In the film, director Michael Bay took advantage of his good at shooting big scenes, and made the war scenes magnificent and exciting.
Therefore, "Pearl Harbor" is very watchable. Although it is not as deep as Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan", it is definitely qualified as a cool film.
In the end, the North American box office of this film was 230 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office was 500 million U.S. dollars. Compared with the investment of 100 million U.S. dollars, it was considered a blockbuster.
But Michael Bay is still a little upset. Because he made this movie to compete with "Titanic", but he didn't expect that the box office would be so different.
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In January, Xiang Nan also started preparing for a new film project.
"Spider-Man", "Luke Cage 2", "X-Men 2", "The Matrix 3", "The Mummy 2", "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", "Meet the Father-in-law" "Adults 2" are basically sequels to popular movies.
There is no way, the investment in films now exceeds 100 million US dollars, which is much higher than before, which also makes film companies dare not take risks easily.
Of course, for Xiang Nan, it's not that he doesn't dare to take risks, but that Universal Pictures has too many popular IPs. If you don't take the time to shoot, you will lose a lot after the IP heat cools down.
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In January, Xiang Nan’s family went home to spend the New Year with their parents as usual, and did not return to Xiangjiang until after the Lantern Festival.
This is the fifth year that Xiang Nan took over ATV, and the development of ATV can be called booming.
On the one hand, with the decline of Xiangjiang Films, a large number of film talents have returned to the TV circle, among which ATV has absorbed the most. Like Ye Tong, Wu Jiali, Zhu Yu, Chen Farong, Zhang Zhilin, Sun Yaowei, Chen Xiaodong and so on.
The joining of these talents has naturally enhanced the strength of ATV and evened the gap between it and TVB.
On the one hand, in recent years, ATV has not burned money for profit. The ATV Cinema in Zhongshan alone has an investment of more than two billion Hong Kong dollars.
And in recent years, ATV has spared no expense in producing programs. Let’s not talk about the episodes, try to live in real scenes, reduce studio shooting, and reduce green screens.
Even variety shows strive for perfection. For example, "Grandpas Over Flowers" is now in its third season. It has already been filmed in Europe and Australia, and now it has even gone to Africa. Self-driving tours to see zebras, rhinos, elephants, and giraffes are more dangerous and more attractive.
There is no shortage of talents, no shortage of funds, and the quality of the programs produced is naturally good. Therefore, ATV's ratings are now on par with TVB.
This is not easy. After all, ATV has been suppressed by wireless for thirty years. A tie is a win now.
Moreover, time is also on ATV's side. After all, Xiang Nan is still young, only forty-five years old this year. According to the average life expectancy, there are still thirty-five years to live.
With him around, all wireless forces can still be stabilized. Once he is gone, there will be civil turmoil in wireless. Because TVB has long been divided into gangs, and each producer is a powerful party, and no one will obey the other.
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Real Kung Fu Films Xiangjiang Headquarters has not been doing very well in the past two years. Although it has produced excellent works such as "Infernal Affairs", "Crouching Tiger", "Mobile Force", and "Gun King", the box office has shrunk a lot. restore the previous prosperity.
It is the mainland branch, which has produced many blockbuster TV dramas in the past few years, gradually won the recognition of the market, and established close cooperative relations with many TV stations.
Although Xiang Nan feels sorry for the decline of Hong Kong movies, he also knows that this matter cannot be done by human beings. The situation is like this, and he cannot reverse it. Fortunately, there is still ATV as the backing, those filmmakers who don't want to quit the industry can still play their spare time on the TV station, which is not bad.
"Director Wang, in the future, increase investment in the mainland branch, make more films, and try more. Don't be afraid of losing money, and don't be afraid of failure. Good works are all made out of trials." Xiang Nan instructed Wang Jingdao.
Many film and television companies are afraid of failure and losing money, so they dare not try many themes and stories. But failure is also an experience.
Hollywood has been founded for a hundred years, and there are five thousand failed movies. It is through continuous trial and error that Hollywood has accumulated rich production experience.
"I see, Mr. Ning." Wang Jing nodded.
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Xiang Nan then asked Jia Jingwen for tea.
Alyssa Chia was born in Taiwan in 1974. She made her debut in 1990 by filming commercials, and later worked as a host and filmed TV series. In 2000, he starred in "Flying Dragon in the Sky", which won Taiwan's ratings champion; last year, he starred in "Eternal Sword and Dragon Saber", which also caused a sensation after it was released in the mainland.
Xiang Nan knew her from this TV series. In the TV series, her demeanor even overwhelmed Gao Yuanyuan, the house goddess.
"Miss Jia is really beautiful and charming, really good." After seeing her, Xiang Nan laughed.
"Thank you, Mr. Ning, for your compliment. It's a great honor to meet you." Jia Jingwen also said happily.
Xiang Nan is not only a giant in Hollywood, but also a giant in the Chinese entertainment industry.
Real Kung Fu Films has abundant funds and abundant talents, and has great influence in Xiangjiang and the mainland. Not to mention that he also has a TV station, which makes him an important and unique position in the entertainment circle.
If she can make friends with Xiang Nan, maybe she can go to Hollywood like MaggieQ and Zhang Ziyi and become an international superstar. That is really exciting to think about!
"You're welcome." Xiang Nan waved his hand and smiled, "To be honest, I'm going to stay in Xiangjiang for a while, and I need to find someone to accompany me. If you want, you can stay."
Jia Jingwen was taken aback when she heard this, and then nodded.
She is no stranger to this kind of thing. In Taiwan, rich people's dinners are very popular, and all the beautiful stars have their own prices, and even she often attends such occasions.
Besides, being with Xiang Nan is not for nothing. Maybe he was happy and took himself to Hollywood. At that time, if you become an international movie star, you will be paid tens of millions of dollars for a movie, and you will be married to a wealthy family, you will be a wealthy family yourself.
"Okay, Mr. Ning, I just want to learn something from you." Jia Jingwen then laughed.
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(end of this chapter)