Chapter 1948 1950【Advice】
At this year''s Oscars, "The Shawshank Redemption," "Leaving Las Vegas," "The English Patient" and "Fargo" are all favorites to win awards.
With the exception of "The English Patient", the other three films were all invested and produced by Xiang Nan. The precision of investment vision is beyond the reach of Wall Street speculators.
??Then the Oscars ceremony officially opened, and various awards were awarded one after another.
??The Coen brothers won the best original screenplay, and the screenwriter of "The English Patient" won the best adapted screenplay. This film also won the best photography, best editing, best art direction, and best sound effects.
?Losing several major awards in a row made the crew of "The Shawshank Redemption" somewhat unmotivated.
?But then, Morgan Freeman won the Best Supporting Actor for "The Shawshank Redemption", which immediately opened the door for this film to win awards.
Following this, it won the Best Actor, Best Director and Best Film awards one after another. In this way, although it lost several technical awards, it won all the most important awards and was still considered the biggest winner in the game.
?? And Nicolas Cage won the Oscar for Best Actor for "The Shawshank Redemption", which also proved his strength and officially joined the acting class.
However, at the party after the award ceremony, Xiang Nan still secretly suggested to him, "Cage, don''t spend it randomly when you have money in the future. Either buy some stocks in Coca-Cola, Intel, or Microsoft, or buy one or two Beverly buildings." Don’t buy luxury houses in Shanshan.”
? Nicolas Cage spent money lavishly after he got rich. There are four yachts alone, the most expensive one worth 20 million US dollars.
??In addition, there are more than 50 luxury sports cars, more than 30 motorcycles, a private jet, and even two private islands in Panama...
Because he spent money without restraint, he spent all his money before he died. In order to repay the money, he was forced to accept a large number of bad movies, which caused him to go from Oscar winner to the king of bad movies. It is a pity.
And there are actually many people like him in Hollywood.
?Such as Johnny Depp, Michael Jackson, John Travolta, Kim Basinger, Lindsay Lohan, etc.
The reason why there are so many is that on the one hand, most of these artists are out of school and have not received a good education. Therefore, after becoming famous, they have no ability to control their wealth and are more likely to spend money lavishly.
On the one hand, these artists have no professional knowledge, so they are easily deceived by their financial managers, allowing them to embezzle their funds at will.
?For example, Nicolas Cage sued his property consultant, saying that he lost so much money because of the other party''s misguidance.
Xiang Nan didn’t want Cage to make the same mistake again and go bankrupt due to excessive spending. Then he would take on a lot of bad movies and waste his talent, so he gave the suggestion.
? Nicolas Cage nodded and decided to accept Xiang Nan’s suggestion.
Because not only is his achievements in the film field unparalleled, but his talent in the investment field is also terrifying.
He went from being a star to being the boss of Universal Pictures in just a few years. Anyway, in his more than ten years in Hollywood, he has never seen a similar example.
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At the party after the Oscars, Xiang Nan finalized two more projects.
?One was recommended by Ben Affleck and included the project "Good Will Hunting" planned by his good friend Matt Damon.
?Ben Affleck and Xiang Nan have collaborated on "Honey, I Shrunk the Children" and "Daredevil", so they have some friendship.
"Good Will Hunting" was written by him and Matt Damon. They thought this project might be possible, so they tentatively found Xiang Nan. Xiang Nan has not seen this movie, but he has heard about it and it seems to be a good work, so he agreed to their request.
One is the science fiction film "Starship Troopers". This film is adapted from Robert Heinlein''s famous science fiction novel "Starship Troopers". This novel once won the Hugo Award, the world''s largest science fiction award, and had a great influence on subsequent science fiction movies and games.
For example, in Blizzard''s "StarCraft", many of the Zerg settings come from this novel; in addition, the powered armor mentioned in the novel is also used in movies such as "Halo" and "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" Reflected.
Xiang Nan has watched "Starship Troopers" before, and he still remembers the alien bugs that gushed out like a tide in it. Moreover, if he remembered correctly, this movie was originally supposed to be Denis Richards''s famous film.
She played the role of the male protagonist’s ex-girlfriend in it. She became famous instantly because of her beautiful appearance and figure.
Xiang Nan then arranged for Nicole Kidman to replace Denise Richards'' role in "Men in Black" and assigned her to star in "Starship Troopers".
??Denise Richards has been preparing for "Men in Black" for almost two months, and now he suddenly changes roles, so naturally he is very dissatisfied. However, she couldn''t defeat Xiang Nan and could only accept the arrangement obediently.
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In April, "The Matrix" was officially prepared to start filming.
Xiang Nan discusses the filming of the film every day with the director Wachowski brothers, heroine Angelina Jolie, supporting actor Laurence Fishburne and other creative teams.
Its story, its theme, its spirit, its meaning...from dialogue to action, from photography to editing...
?Angelina Jolie has never heard such an imaginative story, so her admiration for Xiang Nan cannot be increased. The Wachowski brothers were even more amazed.
Because the two brothers had this idea before and planned to make a film called "Brain in a Vat".
The so-called "brain in a vat" is a hypothesis elaborated by Hilary Putnam in her 1981 book "Reason, Truth and History".
He assumed that the human brain was removed and placed in a nutrient solution, and the cranial nerves were connected to the computer. The computer is programmed to send messages to the brain so that it maintains the illusion that everything is normal.
Then the question arises, how do people determine whether they exist in this dilemma?
?After this hypothesis was launched, it was quickly sought after by novelists and the film and television industry. Many science fiction novels and film and television dramas began to use this setting in their creations.
??The Wachowski brothers also wanted to create such a script and were still in the process of conceiving it. Unexpectedly, Xiang Nan had already written it. After reading Xiang Nan''s script, the two of them immediately fell in love with Xiang Nan.
Xiang Nan''s script was too suitable for them. It was written exactly what they thought, and it was more mature, more specific, and more exciting than their ideas.
Just because everyone worked together, the process of "The Matrix" was very smooth.
The filming will officially start in June.
Before that, Xiang Nan and Angelina Jolie had already hooked up.
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(End of this chapter)