Chapter 2009 2011 [The peers are crying]
"Mr. Ning, I have heard many of your legendary experiences. Like capturing a murderer at the age of ten, breaking a boulder with one palm at the age of twelve, the youngest national martial arts champion..." Gao Yuanyuan smiled, "You are from Yanjing proud."
"Don't dare to say proud, just don't be ashamed." Xiang Nan waved his hand and smiled, "Miss Gao, your acting skills are very good, and you are so beautiful. If you develop well, you must have a future."
"Thank you for your compliment, I will continue to work hard." Gao Yuanyuan said immediately, "I also hope that Mr. Ning can support you a lot."
"Okay, for the sake of my fellow countrymen, I will definitely take care of you." Xiang Nan said with a smile, "Well, I want to go to the bar for a drink tonight, and you can come with me if you like."
"Okay." Gao Yuanyuan froze for a moment, then nodded.
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During Xiang Nan's stay in Xiangjiang, Li An led the "Brokeback Mountain" crew to the Venice Film Festival, and successfully won the Golden Lion Award this year.
The boldness of the subject matter of this film shocked the judges and the audience alike.
After all, before this in Hollywood, no one has directly filmed Love with Broken Sleeves. Even "The Philadelphia Story" starring Tom Hanks is profiled.
This move caused quite a stir in the film industry.
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In September, Xiang Nan returned to Hollywood.
At this time, "Lord of War" starring Nicolas Cage is in theaters.
This movie tells the thrilling life of arms dealer Yuri. The movie is adapted from a true story, but it is just a fusion of the stories of the five arms dealers into the male protagonist.
Moreover, when the film was filmed, it also received the support of many arms dealers. They don't think that this movie is satirizing or admonishing them, but they think this movie is a very good publicity channel.
They believed that funding the film would help them to gain fame and expand their business, so they gave great support. The arms shown in the photos are basically real ones, including 3,000 AK47 rifles, tanks and cannons in warehouses, etc.
If these arms props are leased from Hollywood prop companies, it will be an astronomical figure. But now, the crew is supported for free, which saves a lot of money.
After "Lord of War" was released, it caused a strong sensation all over the world.
On the one hand, there are very few films involving the arms trade, especially those that dig deep into the inside story of the industry and show the entire industry in its entirety, which is naturally very new to the audience;
On the one hand, this movie reveals the inside story of the military fire trade, which is ruthless, cruel and cold-blooded, making people shudder and thought-provoking.
So no matter from which angle you look at it, this is a very wonderful movie. However, because the subject matter is too dark, it only received more than 20 million US dollars at the box office in North America, and only more than 70 million US dollars at the global box office.
But Xiang Nan didn't mind.
Because he knows the movie is really good and worth investing in. Moreover, the failure to sell at the box office does not mean that the movie is not profitable.
When filming this movie, the sponsorship of major arms dealers has allowed Universal to recover its capital. What's more, such a good movie is the most popular in the DVD field. I believe selling DVDs will also achieve good sales.
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In October, Xiang Nan made an appointment with Eva Green.
Eva Green herself is also excellent. She was born in 1980 and made her debut in "Dream of Paris" in 2003. She was nominated for the European Film Awards Audience Award for Best Actress in her first film, showing her extraordinary talent.
After that, she starred in movies such as "The Gentleman Thief" and "Kingdom of Heaven", slowly honing her acting skills and popularity.
"Mr. Charles, it's really an honor to meet you." Eva Green was very excited to see Xiang Nan, "The "Fallen Angels" written by you is my favorite movie to watch."
Xiang Nan was taken aback for a moment, then smiled.
"Fallen Angels" was written by him for Carol Bouquet. She won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival for that film, and she also used this to complete the transformation from an idol to a powerful actor.
But speaking of it, that was more than ten years ago.
"It's an old movie. I didn't expect people to like it. I'm very pleased." Xiang Nan nodded.
"That is a movie that transcends the times, and it will be popular at any time." Eva Green said affirmatively, "Charles, I have several questions, can you help me answer them?"
"Okay, may I ask." Xiang Nan nodded.
Eva Green immediately asked, "Is there love between the first angel and the second angel? Did the second angel and the third angel end up together? Why does the third angel like to break open doors in the middle of the night to do business..."
She asked a lot of questions, which made Xiang Nan a little confused.
He originally thought that when Eva Green said that she liked the movie "Fallen Angels", she just wanted to get close to him.
After all, he has seen this kind of thing a lot. After seeing him, many people will say that they are his fans. But it's true or not, Xiang Nan doesn't want to get to the bottom of it.
But unexpectedly, what Eva Green said was actually true. Just from the seriousness of asking her questions, it is obvious that this movie is really her favorite.
Xiang Nan smiled.
Since Eva Green is her fan, the next thing will be easy.
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The next thing is really much easier to handle.
Realizing that Eva loves talent more than money, Xiang Nan quietly showed off his talent and told her a very romantic story, which really quickly captured Eva Green's heart.
Just when Xiang Nan was dating Eva Green, Universal Pictures released "X-Men 3" in October. This film is also the last of the "X-Men" trilogy.
After that, Xiang Nan will consider shooting prequels and developing individual films, such as "Gambit" and "Deadpool" and so on.
As the last part of the X-Men trilogy, "X-Men 3" embodies the hard work of all the crew, with greater investment, more shocking special effects, and more magnificent scenes.
Especially the scene where Magneto stepped on the bridge to attack the U.S. military base, it’s simply awesome. The scenes of large-scale team battles between mutants, humans, and X-Men also shocked the audience.
So in the end, "X-Men 3" won a box office of 200 million US dollars in North America, and 460 million US dollars in the world, a perfect ending.
Such results also make Universal Pictures very satisfied.
Because of the "X-Men" trilogy, not only the box office is very high, but DVD sales are also very good. Coupled with the benefits of peripheral product development, the trilogy can bring at least $3 billion in profits to Universal Pictures.
In comparison, Universal Pictures only spent 200 million U.S. dollars to buy Marvel. Therefore, this business can be said to be a huge profit, and it made the colleagues next door cry.
(end of this chapter)