Chapter 615 616【Asia Tour】
??Despite being pestered by Zhou Xun in every possible way, Xiang Nan still did not accept her.
The more infatuated a good girl is, the less he wants to hurt her.
However, Xiang Nan''s attitude towards Zhou Xun became much better in the following days.
Not only often ask her to eat, drink, and skewers, but also sing her songs that cannot appear in his album. For example, "I Eating Fried Chicken in People''s Square", "Killing the International Man", "Study Room for College Students" and so on.
?These creative songs made Zhou Xun very fond of him, and he admired his talent even more. He looked at him like a fanatic looking at God.
??As long as God gives the command, we are ready to dedicate ourselves at any time.
?However, Xiang Nan couldn''t bear to harm her, so he never took that step.
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While filming "Love Through Time", Xiang Nan also received an invitation from "Young Man Bao Qingtian 2".
?However, after reading the script, he was not very satisfied.
?Not only are the settings of each case not detailed enough, but they are not as suspenseful as the first film. It feels fascinating, and the emotional drama is too much.
The first part of "Young Bao Qingtian" is mainly about detective work, supplemented by love. The second part of "Young Man Bao Qingtian" reverses the priorities, focusing on love and supplemented by detective work.
There are more love scenes than detective scenes. The key love scenes are also poorly set up, with misunderstandings and coincidences happening at every turn, and the routines are just too old.
So Xiang Nan thought about it and declined the crew''s invitation.
In fact, even if the script is good, he doesn’t have a schedule.
?Song Bing is helping him prepare for his Asian tour. We have to go to the Mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia, and there are almost a hundred shows. A profit of 1 million per game is 100 million yuan.
Such a lot of money, Xiang Nan would not miss it.
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In November, "Love Through Time and Space" was officially completed.
Xiang Nan immediately launched the Youth Asia Tour.
At the same time, To Youth Pictures also signed a distribution agreement with Bona Films, and handed over the drama "Waiting Alone" to Bona Pictures for distribution.
Bona Pictures was founded by Yu Dong in 1999. Prior to that, he was the deputy section chief of the distribution department of Beijing Film Academy.
In 1993, the mainland carried out reforms in the film industry. In 1999, seven companies including Beijing Film Studio, Children''s Film Studio, Film Equipment Center, and Movie Channel Program Center merged to form China Film Corporation.
Yu Dong was also included in the merger, and after the merger, his deputy chief of the distribution department was dismissed. So in anger, he quit his job and started his own business, borrowing 300,000 yuan to start Bona Pictures.
The first film released was "Tell Your Secret" directed by Huang Jianxin. In the end, the movie had a box office of 8 million, and he earned 500,000, his first pot of gold.
Since then, Bona Pictures has been developing better and better, and is known as the Miramax of the Mainland. This spring, it was responsible for the distribution of "My Brothers and Sisters," which grossed 23 million at the box office.
The reason why Xiang Nan chose to cooperate with Bona was because of Yu Dong''s fierceness.
In order to release "Waiting Alone", he called Xiang Nan almost every day from September to November. The degree of persistence moved Xiang Nan.
Therefore, I finally chose to cooperate with him.
"Waiting Alone" is scheduled to be released during the Lunar New Year. Because this year, Feng Xiaogang failed to make movies as he did in previous years. So "Waiting Alone" can just fill this gap.
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In November, Xiang Nan launched an Asian tour, with the first stop being the Yanjing Capital Gymnasium.
??Two years have passed since the last time Xiang Nan held a tour. In the past two years, Xiang Nan has released a large number of songs, and their popularity has become more popular than before. Because of this, concert tickets can be said to be hard to come by. Originally, the lowest ticket price at Margin was only 200 yuan, but in the end, scalpers directly raised the price to 1,000 yuan, which was a five-fold increase.
This also shows Xiang Nan’s popularity.
?At the same time as his Asian tour started, there was also "The Emperor of Han" which he co-starred with Jia Jingwen, Liu Yijun, Chen Daoming and others half a year ago.
??This TV series was launched on Jiangsu and Zhejiang Satellite TV in mid-November, and immediately set off a wave of ratings. The highest ratings were 8.3%, which is a very good result.
Liu Che, played by Xiang Nan, was considered by the audience to be very regal, with all his gestures and gestures, he played the role of Liu Che, the young emperor and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, to life.
But in fact, the reason why Xiang Nan acted so well is because he has enough understanding of the character.
??After inheriting Ji Xiaolan''s knowledge, Xiang Nan has a deep understanding of the history of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and the Han court, no less than a historian. The better you understand the character, the easier it will be for you to act.
Furthermore, when the drama involves writing, painting, playing the piano, etc., the actors are usually just pretending, and then the stand-in completes the work.
?Although this kind of shooting technique is very mature and not very easy to use, it will still affect the quality of TV series. After all, the audience is not stupid. They use panoramic shots to shoot actors and close-up shots to clap hands. Everyone knows that a substitute is used.
Xiang Nan, on the other hand, does not use a substitute at all. He writes, paints, and plays the piano all by himself, which is very rare. To be honest, if you shoot it like this, the picture will look very good.
Hence the show was a great success.
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In December, with the Lunar New Year season approaching, Bona Pictures started its promotion.
"Waiting Alone," Xiang Nan''s masterpiece, bursting with laughter!"
“Waiting Alone,” highly recommended by one hundred and twenty film critics, the best urban romantic comedy in China.”
""Waiting Alone" is dedicated to everyone who slips away from you~"
“Waiting Alone, Xiang Nan’s most daring performance since his debut~”
Bona has been advertised in newspapers, magazines, television, and even on the Internet.
?Yu Dong believes that this movie is comparable to Feng Xiaogang''s comedies, so he spent a lot of money on promotion.
According to him, the publicity cost was as high as 3 million yuan.
Regardless of whether what he said is true or false, in short, the publicity effect is still good.
On December 18, "Waiting Alone" was released and it achieved very good box office results.
At theaters in many places, audiences queued up to buy tickets, and the demand for tickets on the first day exceeded the supply.
After watching this movie, the audience''s evaluation was pretty good.
Some thought that although it was not as funny as Feng''s comedy, it was still acceptable; some were moved by the love in the film; others cheered excitedly that the mainland finally had a decent urban romance film...
After watching this movie, many young friends became a favorite and spontaneously recommended this movie to their friends, relatives, and netizens. As a result, the film''s popularity is getting higher and higher, and its box office performance is getting better and better.
By the time it was released in February 2003, the total box office had reached 35 million. After taking into account the tax paid, theater chain shares, distribution commissions, publicity and distribution expenses, etc., in the end, Zhichun Pictures received 9.6 million yuan.
Compared to the cost of more than three million, it is definitely a profit. Coupled with the copyright sold to TV stations, overseas distribution rights, etc., Xiang Nan finally made a net profit of 12 million yuan, which is a very good result.
More importantly, the success of this film directly proves Xiang Nan’s box office appeal. It also proves that it is feasible to invest in film production by yourself.
??Furthermore, this movie also made Gao Yuanyuan and Tang Wei popular, which made a lot of money for Youth Studio.
(End of this chapter)