Chapter 1945 1947 [Gold Medal Production]


    In 1997, in January, the awards season arrived.


    "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Leaving Las Vegas" have become the favorites to win this year''s Golden Globe Awards.


    ?Especially Nicolas Cage, who was nominated for Best Actor for these two movies. This phenomenon is extremely rare in the history of the Golden Globe Awards, so it attracts more and more attention.


    ? Xiang Nan was also nominated for the Best Adapted Screenplay Award for "The Shawshank Redemption", so he also attended this year''s Golden Globe Awards. Accompanying him on the red carpet was Angelina Jolie, whom he had been in contact with before.


    ?Angelina Jolie was chosen last year to play Daredevil’s girlfriend, the ninja Elektra, in “Daredevil.”


    ??This is also a superhero. He was once a ninja of the Hand, and later betrayed the organization and became a free killer. He has a relationship with Daredevil that is both friends and enemies. He is very charming.


    In order to play this role well, Angelina Jolie studied martial arts for three months so that she could be more realistic and outstanding when filming the fighting scenes.


    Xiang Nan admires her approach of striving for excellence. It just so happened that he was preparing to shoot his new film "The Matrix", and he just happened to cast Jolie as the heroine.


    So he specially invited Julie to join him on the red carpet today.


    After receiving Xiang Nan’s invitation, Julie immediately nodded and agreed.


    She had feelings for Xiang Nan and thought he was a very charming old man. Handsome, mature and talented.


    She likes to associate with older men so that she can get the father''s love she lacked in childhood.


    …


    The two walked hand in hand on the red carpet.


    Julie''s wild and wild temperament really attracted a lot of attention to her.


    But people are still relatively unfamiliar with her. After all, her most successful work right now is "The Gang", in which she played a supporting role.


    So when she walked across the red carpet and came to the interview area, the host didn’t even recognize her, “Charles, this beautiful lady with a lot of personality next to you is…”


    “Angelina Jolie, the heroine of my new film.” Xiang Nan introduced with a smile.


    “I see. Can you reveal a little more information about the new film?” the host asked curiously. He was obviously much more interested in Xiang Nan’s new film than in Julie.


    ?This made Julie helpless and depressed.


    "The new film will be a science fiction film. I dare say it will subvert everyone''s imagination." Xiang Nan said with a smile, "I am absolutely confident in this."


    Hearing what Xiang Nan said, the host became excited, "Then we''ll have to wait and see."


    …


    Subsequently, the Golden Globe Awards officially began.


    "The Shawshank Redemption" was shortlisted for a total of eight awards. Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Score, Best Supporting Actor, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Picture... Almost all the heavyweight awards are shortlisted.


    ?Leaving Las Vegas is no different. Best Original Screenplay, Best Score, Best Editing, Best Actor, Best Film... was also shortlisted for five awards.


    ?However, they are not without competitors. The film "The English Patient," directed by Anthony Minghella and starring Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche, was also shortlisted for seven awards, only one less than "The Shawshank Redemption."


    ?Furthermore, the film''s reputation is quite good, and the chance of winning an award is also quite high, so Xiang Nan is not yet sure of winning.


    After the award ceremony began, awards were awarded one after another. Xiang Nan doesn’t pay much attention to awards. After all, he has already won a lot of awards. One more and one less does not matter.


    Most of the time, he was chatting with the people around him. It wasn''t until award guest Madonna called out his name that he was surprised to find out that he had won the Golden Globe Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.


    "Thank you, thank you to the judges for their love, thank you to the fans for their support, thank you to all the crew members of "The Shawshank Redemption". It is your devotion that enables this script to be perfectly presented, so this trophy also belongs to you." Xiang Nan Then he went on stage to receive the trophy and delivered his acceptance speech.


    “It’s all idiots who hurt me.” When receiving the trophy from Madonna, Xiang Nan also heard her underestimate it.


    It turns out that a few years ago, Xiang Nan invested in the production of "The Bodyguard", and the heroine in it was a singer, so Madonna volunteered to star in it.


    ??As it turned out, Xiang Nan cast her rival Whitney Houston, and the movie turned out to be a hit. Not only did it receive a very good reputation, it also earned hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office.


    ?The success of the movie made Whitney Houston''s popularity soar, and made Madonna even more depressed. For this reason, she spent a sum of her own money and filmed a movie called "The Scary Love".


    Unexpectedly, after the movie was released, Madonna not only did not receive as much praise as expected, but was criticized by the industry for ruining the movie because of her performance.


    She was criticized for only knowing how to show off her sexuality, but not putting more effort into her performance. Not only did she fail to express the emotions of the character, but she even failed to speak her lines well, just like a primary school student reading a text without any emotion.


    ?As a result, almost all the tens of millions of dollars Madonna paid were in vain, leaving her ashamed and angry, but unable to do anything, so she had to vent her anger on Xiang Nan.


    ??If he had decided to let himself be the heroine, why would he have bothered with this?


    Fortunately, Xiang Nan didn''t pay attention to her words, so it didn''t affect his good mood of winning the award.


    …


    After that, "The Shawshank Redemption" came into full swing, winning three awards for Best Supporting Actor, Best Actor, and Best Drama Film, becoming the biggest winner tonight.


    It is a pity that the Best Director Award was won by Anthony Minghella, the director of "The English Patient", which became the biggest regret tonight.


    Subsequently, television awards were awarded, and the results surprised countless people.


    The original Best Drama Series Award was once again won by "The X-Files". Its leading actors and actresses, David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, also won the Best Actor and Actor in a Drama Series award.


    The Best Comedy Drama Series Award was won by "The Star" produced last year. Moreover, the Best Actor in a Comedy category was also won by John Lithgow, the star of "Crash".


    These two dramas were both invested and produced by Xiang Nan.


    ?This almost Grand Slam award-winning method shocked everyone present.


    “How lucky is he to be able to do this?”


    “Best Drama Film, Best Drama Series, Best Comedy Series… He actually invested in them all. I’m really lucky.”


    “It’s said to be luck, but actually it’s also his strength.”


    People sighed one after another.


    It is difficult to win even one of the awards, but Xiang Nan won three in one go. Whether it''s luck or good eyesight, in short, it''s enviable.


    Such achievements have also made Xiang Nan’s reputation as a gold medal producer more and more famous.


    (End of this chapter)