Chapter 14901492【Olympic Opening Ceremony】
In terms of relationships, Xiang Nan, who is fifty years old, is still full of energy and never gets old.
??The red flag still remains at home, but the colorful flags are flying outside. Although he is older and his appearance has declined significantly compared to when he was young, he cannot withstand the aura of wealth and power. He is too powerful and still attracts many young girls to throw themselves at him.
??Moreover, it is not him who flirts with others, but others who take the initiative to flirt with him. At the end of the fight, Xiang Nan felt that he was at a disadvantage, as if he was the one being lurked.
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?In the summer of 2005, Zhang Yimou brought the blockbuster "Di Renjie: The Empire of Heaven" which was two years in the making.
After its release, the film became a huge sensation.
On the one hand, "Detective Dee: The Empire of Heaven" uses the special effects team of "Lord of the Rings" to produce a very grand and realistic picture. Especially the towering Tower of Babel, the moment it appeared on the screen, all the audience were shocked.
In addition to the realistic special effects, the story of this movie is also full of suspense and climax, which is much richer than the story of "Hero". Therefore, the audience has given it unanimous praise, which is reflected in the fact that it is also quite successful at the box office.
With a high cost of 150 million, the film finally earned a box office of 320 million in the mainland alone. Even when this movie was screened in Hong Kong, it earned 28 million Hong Kong dollars. There must be many Hong Kong movies with higher box office.
The film was subsequently released to the United States and also achieved good box office success. In the end, the global box office was 130 million US dollars. Although it was slightly lower than "Heroes", it was still very good.
The success of "Detective Dee: The Empire of Heaven" has somewhat restored Zhang Yimou''s lost reputation in "Hero" and "Eight Minutes in Athens". Therefore, when the country began to solicit performance planners for the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games, Zhang Yimou still received the invitation.
?However, he himself is a little lacking in confidence, because he was scolded too much in the last eight minutes in Athens, and even the leaders above criticized him. He was worried that if he didn''t win the bid, he would be laughed at.
After Xiang Nan knew about it, he ran to persuade him, "The 2008 Olympics is a grand event for our country, a century-old dream of the nation, and a great opportunity for China to show its strength.
Such a grand event is something that people of our generation may only encounter once in their lifetime. It would be a shame if you missed it. "
"But, I really don''t have confidence. If I fail..." Zhang Yimou was very worried.
"If you don''t win, you won''t win. You won''t regret it even if you work hard. But if you don''t even dare to try, you will miss this opportunity. That would be really embarrassing." Xiang Nan advised, "Besides, I will help you with this."
Zhang Yimou gained confidence upon hearing this.
Xiang Nan’s creative ability is estimated to be among the best in the world. The novels he wrote decades ago are still popular in the film and television industry, with one of his films becoming a hit.
??If he can help come up with ideas, then he would be very confident in bidding for the Olympic opening ceremony performance.
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Xiang Nan then helped Zhang Yimou plan.
?At that time, he had watched the opening ceremony of the Yanjing Olympic Games, and even watched it more than once, so he still remembered all the details.
?Now that everything was revealed, everyone was shocked.
“Professor Cheng, you are really like this~” Zhang Yimou admired the design plan presented by Xiang Nan and gave a thumbs up.
"Needless to say, it''s one thing to have a good plan, but it''s another thing to be able to execute it. No matter how good my plan is, it still needs a director to realize it." Xiang Nan said with a smile, "Director Zhang, in The person I trust most in our country is you! Only you can make my work good.”
“Thank you, you said that, I’m really touched.” Zhang Yimou said with emotion. Xiang Nan said this many years ago, and over the years, he has been unswervingly supporting himself. The feeling of being a close friend alone left him speechless.
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??Just when Xiang Nan was helping Zhang Yimou plan the Olympic performance, "The Matrix 2" adapted from Xiang Nan''s original novel was also officially released in Hollywood.
? Once this movie was released, it was a box office hit as usual, with a total global box office of US$740 million, making Warner a lot of money. Xiang Nan also received tens of millions in dividends.
In addition, various peripheral licensing, book sales, etc., brought him a total income of more than 100 million US dollars. Although to him, it was just small amounts of money, but it was still better than nothing.
?In addition, three movies, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban", and "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", are currently being filmed together. Because the young actors selected for "Harry Potter" grew up too fast, and there was not much time left for them.
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?In 2005, the directors of Qilin Pictures also had their own arrangements.
Kong Sheng is preparing to shoot the family drama "The Qiao Family Courtyard", and Mao Weining is preparing to shoot the third part of Zhang Baorui''s Long Fei series "The Informer". It tells the story of Long Fei being ordered to find the "informer" who betrayed an important leader in the party, and to eliminate the hidden secrets. The story of a secret agent.
Zhao Baogang is preparing to film the romantic drama "The Difficult Love of Diamond Prince", which is adapted from the novel of the same name by the well-known writer Zhong Mo. It tells the story of Meng Hao, a diamond entrepreneur, who falls in love with Lin Yuxin, a pure and beautiful female college student, which triggers a series of stories.
Zhao Baogang found this novel very interesting, so he planned to film it.
After "Bright Sword", Gao Xixi took on the TV series "Happiness is Like a Flower" adapted from Shi Zhongshan''s novel of the same name, which still tells the love story of that era.
? Zhang Guoli directed "The Fragrance of Sophora Flowers in May" written by Zou Jingzhi, which tells the story of a period of love and resentment in Liulichang during the Republic of China.
Ouyang Fenqiang directed the romantic drama "Don''t Love Me", which tells the poignant love story between a terminally ill girl and a painter who meets by chance.
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??Feng Xiaogang also gained confidence in himself after "A World Without Thieves" and "Mobile Phone" became popular at the box office, and was ready to make a high-budget costume film to prove his ability.
The script he chose was "The Night Banquet" co-written by Sheng Heyu and Qiu Gangjian.
?Although "The Night Banquet" was later proven to be a bad drama, Sheng Heyu and Qiu Gangjian are actually very famous writers.
Sheng Heyu''s representative works include the drama "Mountain Ghost" and the opera "The Return of Li Zhen". He won the Wenhua Award from the Ministry of Culture. In addition, his other works include "Toward the Republic" (Douban score 9.6), "Classmate Qia" "Youth", "Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty" and "The Salt Merchant of the Qing Dynasty" are all works that have been highly praised by the industry.
Qiu Gangjian''s representative works include "Ruan Lingyu", "Running to the Angry Sea", "Rouge Button", "Youth on Fire", "Underground Love", "People in New York", "Woman''s Heart", "Dream Man"... six times Shortlisted for the Best Screenplay Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards and won twice.
With such a good resume, who would have thought that "The Banquet" would be a bad movie, and Feng Xiaogang certainly didn''t expect it either.
?So after getting the script, he came to Xiang Nan with great interest.
When Xiang Nan saw it, he immediately rejected it.
(End of this chapter)