Chapter 594 595 [Returning with honor] (addition for book friend, Mo Xueyiyun)
The news that "My Father, Mother" and "That Mountain, That Man, That Dog" won awards at the Berlin Film Festival spread back to China, causing another sensation.
Xiang Nan also took the opportunity to hype up and published a lot of drafts to praise himself and Gao Yuanyuan. Tout their looks, tout their acting skills, tout their international status...
Let Chinese people who don't know the truth see it, and think that the two of them have become international superstars. Naturally, they are in awe of the two of them, and then admire them endlessly.
In particular, Xiang Nan also sent the refined photos of Gao Yuanyuan to the media along with Zhang Ziyi's ugly photos, so that Gao Yuanyuan crushed Zhang Ziyi in terms of appearance.
Comparing the two, readers naturally prefer Gao Yuanyuan, who has a better image and purer temperament. This also made Zhang Ziyi's popularity increase far less than she thought.
After Zhang Ziyi returned to China, she saw that newspapers and magazines reported numerous articles about Xiang Nan and Gao Yuanyuan, but her own reports were few, and most of the time they were Gao Yuanyuan's foil, which made her eyes straighten with anger.
It's just that she doesn't have her own agency, let alone her own studio, and she doesn't have friendship with major media, so she has no way to reverse this unfavorable situation.
I can only watch myself being trampled by Gao Yuanyuan and become a stepping stone for others.
Went to the Berlin Film Festival in vain, but failed to become popular in the film industry like Gong Li, which made her very unwilling.
And she also knew that Xiang Nan was probably behind this incident. Otherwise, Gao Yuanyuan has no background like her, so how could those media favor her so much.
"Damn it!"
She regretted breaking up with Xiang Nan early.
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When Zhang Ziyi was filming "My Father and Mother", she knew that Xiang Nan was rich, famous, well-connected, and promising, which was better than her, a little person with no background, no fame, and no connections, so she was happy to hug him.
Later, Miao Pu's sudden appearance made her realize that she was not the only one who wanted to hug Xiang Nan's leg. So she began to play hard to get, half pushing and half giving, trying to whet Xiang Nan's appetite.
This mentality lasted until she successfully passed the audition and joined the crew of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" before it changed.
The subsequent development is just like Xiang Nan's guess. Zhang Ziyi, who joined the crew of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", believes that he is sure to be popular and may surpass Xiang Nan in the future.
First, in the 1990s, the strength, status, and capital of Hong Kong and Taiwan film circles far surpassed that of the mainland. At that time, the first-line stars in the mainland liked to go to Xiangjiang to make movies.
Sidan Shuangbing, Lu Yi, Huang Xiaohuang, Huang Lei, Tong Dawei, Nie Bi, Huo Siyan, Zhang Jingchu, Gao Yuanyuan, Chen Daoming, Hu Jun... being able to go to Xiangjiang to make movies was a sign of popularity at the time, so many artists Go all the way.
Secondly, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was invested by An Le Productions. Its boss not only has power in Xiangjiang, but also has distribution channels in the United States.
Coupled with the fact that Zhou Runfa and Michelle Yeoh are already international superstars, this movie is very likely to be released in the United States. At that time, she is very likely to become an international superstar with this movie.
Firstly, she has already entered the Hong Kong circle, and secondly, she is expected to become an international superstar. Naturally, she can't look down on Xiang Nan, who is still in the entertainment circle.
But now she finds out that she gave up on Xiang Nan, too early.
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After the crew of "That Mountain, That Man, That Dog" returned with great acclaim, mainland film distributors finally became interested in this film. Started to discuss distribution with Xiaoxiang Film Studio.
In the end, more than 60 copies of this movie were sold and nearly 3 million RMB was recovered.
This result is not bad. Feng Xiaogang's Lunar New Year comedy has been so popular in recent years, and only 345 copies of "Endless" have been sold.
Counting the copyright fees for overseas distribution, he earned a total of 5.4 million yuan, which is equivalent to doubling the money he earned, which is not bad.
Subsequently, "My Father, Mother" and "That Mountain, That Man, That Dog" were officially released nationwide. Because they won international awards and gained a certain reputation and popularity, after the two films were released, they both performed well at the box office.
In the end, "My Father and Mother" won 12 million box office, and "That Mountain, That Man, That Dog" won 10 million box office, which are considered very good results.
Although the money does not seem to be much, but because the investment in the two films is relatively small, they can both make money. This was not easy at the time.
Xiang Nan also took this opportunity to publicize, boasting that he, like Ge You, is one of the few actors who can make money for film studios.
Although he is so embarrassing and suspected of touching Ge You, but because he has actual records in hand, many people still buy it.
For a while, Xiang Nan's fame, status, and even his film salary seemed to be on par with Ge You.
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Although the film industry in the Mainland began to reform in 1993, it was responsible for its own profits and losses and took the commercial route.
But the vast majority of filmmakers have not yet woken up, and still put the pursuit of film artistry in the first place.
Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Tian Zhuang, Huang Jianxin, Jia Zhangke, Lu Wei, Wang Xiaoshuai, Lou Ye, Wang Quanan and other famous directors are all like this.
The films made are basically art films, and they are all going abroad to win awards. As for the box office of the films, no one cares at all.
But the director doesn't care, but the producers and investors have to care.
They voted to make movies, not to help the directors become famous and win awards for them, but to help themselves make money. Therefore, those directors who only want to win awards but don't consider box office returns are becoming less and less popular with filmmakers.
And those filmmakers who can make money are getting more and more attention.
Although Xiang Nan only made three movies, all of them made money. Moreover, he has a good image, good acting skills, and high popularity, so he is naturally more and more valued by filmmakers.
In order to invite him to make a movie, their salary is getting higher and higher, and their attitude is getting more and more enthusiastic.
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However, Xiang Nan didn't accept any scenes for the time being.
On the one hand, the approval for his concert has finally come down, and several performance companies are willing to accept his performance, so he is considering the tour concert;
On the other hand, in Wang Fei's new album, there is a song that she wants to be sung by two people. It was the song "Break Up With Kindness", and Xiang Nan promised to help her with this.
Another more important reason is that none of the movies I found him recently were good. The script is not good, the lineup is not strong, he just wants to use his fame to fool money.
Xiang Nan finally gained some fame, so he naturally didn't want to waste it like this. He told Yan Wei, don't be in a hurry to take on the play to make money, just choose a good script and a good director.
Or a good TV series is also fine. At this stage, the TV drama market is as hot as the movie market. Moreover, if a drama becomes popular, it will also help to improve the nationality. Just like Zhao Wei, who has been eating the bonus of "Huan Zhu Ge Ge" for more than 20 years.
Wang Fei is also very supportive of his approach, "How about I introduce some Xiangjiang directors to you?"
"No need." Xiang Nan waved his hand and smiled, "I'll take care of my own affairs, don't meddle in the old man's affairs."
His pretending to be mature words made Wang Fei giggle.
(end of this chapter)