Chapter 1828 1830【Hot Pastry】
? "Die Hard 2", "Police Academy", "Die Hard 3", and "Mermaid". In the first three quarters of 1984 alone, Xiang Nan had four blockbuster movies released, with a cumulative box office of more than 600 million US dollars.
?This is unique in the history of Hollywood movies.
In Hollywood, it is difficult to make a blockbuster movie. Many filmmakers may not have a successful film in their lifetime. However, all of Xiang Nan''s films were hits, and the ones with the worst results were among the top ten in the annual box office rankings.
??The ability to create blockbuster movies like this is simply terrifying. So much so that the whole of Hollywood hopes to cooperate with Xiang Nan.
The company hopes to co-produce films with Xiang Nan, capital is willing to invest in his films, artists want to participate in the films he produces, and those unsuccessful screenwriters and producers hope that he can recognize talents... This makes Xiang Nan famous. Loved by everyone.
Xiang Nan lived up to everyone''s expectations and quickly launched three projects, namely "Top Gun", "Spring is not a day for reading" and "Back to the Future 2".
“Top Gun” was the box office champion in 1986, with a box office of US$180 million in North America and a global box office of US$360 million.
??This movie is also Tom Cruise''s famous film. From then on, he became very popular, and until the 2020s, he was still the top star in Hollywood.
"Spring Is Not a Day for Studying" is a classic American youth comedy that tells the story of a few naughty students who skipped school and went to Chicago to have fun.
This film has a great influence in the United States and is known as one of the most classic youth films. Marvel''s "Spider-Man: Homecoming" pays homage to this movie.
"Back to the Future 2" is the sequel to last year''s "Back to the Future". If it is being filmed now, it is estimated that it will be released next year.
One film every two years, the pace is pretty good.
?Three projects have attracted the attention of several companies, but Xiang Nan has to wait and see which company to cooperate with. Anyway, he is not in a hurry now, he has plenty of time.
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The filming of "The Best of Us 3" continues.
Ever since the kiss that day, Carol and Xiang Nan''s relationship has achieved a breakthrough.
?Now the two of them are filming during the day and getting up at night, living a very relaxed life.
?But both of them knew that they had little future.
Because Carol actually has a boyfriend in France. Moreover, her family and career are all in France, so after filming, she is destined to go back.
But Xiang Nan’s career is based in Hollywood and Hong Kong, so he is destined not to follow her and can only stay separated from her.
Distance will not produce beauty, distance will only produce estrangement. Just like Xiang Nan and Miao Kexiu, they used to have a very close relationship. Since she moved to Canada, she and Xiang Nan can''t see each other twice a year, and their relationship has gradually faded.
Since there is no future, they love crazily and unscrupulously.
?Just like people whose time is running out, they will naturally no longer care about whether smoking, drinking, or staying up late will harm their lives. If you have wine today, you will be drunk today, and you will be worried tomorrow.
The crew members saw it in their eyes and were jealous in their hearts, but no one dared to say anything to the outside world.
After all, it’s fun to be addicted for a while, but if you lose your job for it, it’s really not worth it.
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In September, "The Goonies" was officially released.
This is also Xiang Nan’s fourth film this year, and almost all of it is starring newcomers. The most famous actor among them is Guan Jiwei, who played "Raiders of the Lost Ark 2".
?However, the producer, Disney Pictures, has high expectations for this movie. If nothing else, just because this movie is produced by Xiang Nan. Therefore, it put a lot of effort into promoting and distributing it, with the intention of making it a hit movie.
?You must know that "The Goonies" is an adventure-themed movie that involves many elements such as puzzle solving, exploration, navigation, and treasures. If the movie becomes a hit, it could be introduced to Disneyland as an attraction and guaranteed to be popular.
After all, it is children’s nature to take risks, and movies are the best promotional tool.
The media and audiences are also very optimistic about the film''s prospects.
After all, after so many successes, it has become a consensus that "Xiang Nan''s products must be high-quality products".
September 15th, the movie will be officially released.
?Whether it was box office or word-of-mouth, it was as expected and very successful.
The media praised it as a juvenile version of "Raiders of the Lost Ark", full of entertainment. Audiences praised it for satisfying all their fantasy of adventure...
Reflected in the box office, the total box office in the first week has reached 20 million US dollars, winning the first place in the weekly box office rankings. The final North American box office was US$61 million, and the global box office was US$105 million.
The production cost was only US$15 million.
The renewed success of "The Goonies" further consolidated Xiang Nan''s status, and also made the competition between "Back to the Future 2", "Spring Is Not a Day for Reading" and "Top Gun" increasingly fierce.
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October, "The Best of Us 3" was completed.
"Carol, if you want to go to Hollywood, I can help you arrange it." Xiang Nan said to Carol. After all, they had been together for four months and they were getting along quite happily, so he didn''t want to just follow her. She separates.
"No need. If I wanted to go to Hollywood, I would have gone there three years ago." Carol waved her hand.
In 1981, "007: The Secret" starring she and Roger Moore took in more than 50 million U.S. dollars at the box office in North America, ranking eighth in the annual box office rankings. The results were still very good, and she was also praised for it. Lots of offers from Hollywood.
?However, the film offers at that time basically asked her to play the role of a vase, so she refused them all.
Xiang Nan felt a little regretful when she heard this, but he also admired her character.
You must know that there are countless filmmakers who want to develop in Hollywood, and they do not hesitate to make heavy sacrifices for this purpose. It''s admirable that Carol turned down the opportunity that was so close to her.
"Okay." Xiang Nan nodded, "By the way, this is a script I wrote. You can take it back and read it. If you are satisfied, you can try to film it."
Carol was very surprised.
??Now due to the success of many of Xiang Nan''s films, the price of his scripts has also risen. A script can be sold for two to three million US dollars, and it is still priceless.
After all, Xiang Nan has never sold a script and has always participated in the production himself. This was the first time he had written a script for someone, so Carol was a little flattered.
She then opened it and looked at it.
? Just look at the four characters of the script - "Fallen Angel", which tells a series of stories about five characters with intertwined behaviors who met each other under the urban night sky.
After Carol read it, she was immediately impressed by Xiang Nan’s talent.
(End of this chapter)