In addition to Xu Qing, there are many actresses who secretly make eye contact with Xiang Nan.
Even Gong Li was tempted to turn back and was willing to get back together with Xiang Nan in order to get a chance to go to Hollywood.
Although there are many horses in Xiang Nan's stall, horses of such high caliber as Gong Li are still relatively rare.
Therefore, he welcomed her to abandon the dark side and return to the team, and later recommended her to star in "Jurassic Park" with Xu Qing.
Among them, Xu Qing plays the heroine, a botanist who goes through life and death together with the hero.
Gong Li, on the other hand, is one step away from the game and plays a minor supporting role, that is, a biologist who replicates dinosaur genes. The screen time is less than five minutes, and there are exactly twenty lines.
Gong Li was naturally very dissatisfied. However, Xiang Nan promised her that if she performed well, she would consider upgrading her role to the protagonist when filming the sequel.
After Gong Li hesitated, he agreed.
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In July, Xiang Nan handed over "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" to Random House for publication.
In the same month, during the summer season, "The Love of Ghosts" produced by Paramount was officially released.
The film invested nearly 20 million U.S. dollars, and its promotional funds reached 15 million U.S. dollars. It was Paramount's largest investment in the past two years. It also has high hopes for this.
And the box office after its release was indeed worthy of its efforts.
In its first week of release, it grossed 35 million at the box office, which is quite satisfactory. Film critics from various media also gave it high scores.
This also made "The Love of Ghosts" become more and more popular, and its popularity continued to rise. Until it was released in September, the daily box office was still over one million.
In the end, the North American box office was 210 million, and the overseas box office was 300 million. It was another hit.
For this reason, Xiang Nan's scripts are increasingly favored by Hollywood. In addition to numerous requests for new scripts from him, Xiang Nan's "Harry Potter" series is also receiving more and more attention from Hollywood.
The prices offered by various film companies are getting higher and higher, reaching almost tens of millions. However, Xiang Nan still clung to it.
Because current digital special effects are simply not enough to create a realistic and dreamy magical world, forcing it to film will only ruin its reputation.
However, Xiang Nan still sold scripts such as "Basic Instinct", "The Fugitive", "Speed", "True Lies", "Home Alone 2" and other scripts, and made a lot of money.
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In August 1990, the police romance drama "A Romantic Affair" directed by Feng Xiaogang and starring Xu Qing, Shao Feng, Jiang Kui, etc. was officially launched on Yanjing TV Station, and immediately attracted a wave of ratings.
The lingering love, thrilling battles, and twists and turns of the plot made this TV series very popular once it was aired.
The audience was mesmerized and worried about the protagonist in the play. In particular, Lu Yueyue, played by Xu Qing, is young, beautiful, smart, kind and passionate, and is deeply loved by the audience.
Because of this, Xu Qing became an instant star, from an unknown female student at Beijing Film Academy to a well-known TV star.
And Feng Xiaogang, who directed this work, also became a backbone of the Television Art Center from a new director with nothing, and began to be taken seriously by the station. Even the China TV Drama Production Center extended an olive branch to him, which made Feng Xiaogang quite proud.
"Professor Cheng, I, Feng Xiaogang, will never be looked down upon by others again." He said to Xiang Nan with a smile.
Xiang Nan nodded and said, "That's how it should be. As long as you work hard, you shouldn't be looked down upon."
As the saying goes, if people do not serve themselves, they will be destroyed by heaven and earth. The real meaning is not to teach people to be selfish. But if people do not take the initiative to cultivate themselves and improve themselves, they will be rejected by the world.
He has always seen Feng Xiaogang's efforts along the way. Although the process was a bit bumpy and the road was tortuous, he still climbed up. This is not easy!
How many people have no ambition and spend their remaining lives in mediocrity. Compared with Feng Xiaogang, he is really not as good as him.
"You are absolutely right." Feng Xiaogang nodded, "Professor Cheng, tell me, what should I do next?"
"Of course we should keep up our efforts and produce more new and good works, so that we can gradually improve." Xiang Nan nodded.
"You are absolutely right, I think so too." Feng Xiaogang nodded, "Next, I want to adapt your "The First Floor" into a TV series, what do you think?"
"Okay." Xiang Nan nodded after hearing this.
"The Best Building in the World" tells a story that happened in Fujude Duck Building during the Republic of China. The prototype of Fujude is the famous Quanjude in Yanjing.
"Then I'd like to thank you first." Seeing Xiang Nan's happy agreement, Feng Xiaogang immediately bowed to the ground and expressed his gratitude.
Xiang Nan's "The First Floor in the World" has a solid script, vivid characters, and twists and turns in the story. It includes intrigues in the shopping mall and love and hatred in love, coupled with the hatred of the country and the family, and the vicissitudes of life, it is a very interesting film The play is comparable to Lao She's "Teahouse".
Therefore, after the play was released, it immediately caused a sensation. Even people and artists often rehearsed it and regarded it as a specialty play.
With such a good script background, Feng Xiaogang believes that he will be able to make a good drama.
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Entering September, Zhang Yimou also collaborated with the well-known writer Liu Heng to start filming the movie "Ju Dou".
This is a script adapted from the novella "Fuxi Fuxi" written by Liu Heng.
Liu Heng has a high status in the mainland literary world and has written numerous books. His representative works include "The Happy Life of the Poor-tongued Zhang Damin", "Assembly", "The Young Emperor" and so on.
He also had many collaborations with Zhang Yimou, such as "Ju Dou", "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit", "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins", etc., all of which were written by him.
"Ju Dou" tells the story of a young woman, Ju Dou, who after marrying Yang Jinshan, the owner of a dyeing shop, fell in love with her husband's nephew Tian Qing because she could not bear the abuse by her husband and gave birth to a son, Tian Bai, which eventually led to a moral tragedy.
This type of story is usually quite controversial, and Xiang Nan doesn't like writing it very much.
Because with his current status, he is more suitable to write works that are commercial, entertaining, and consistent with the main theme. Just like the sketches in the Spring Festival Gala, everything is smooth and no one can make mistakes.
After all, a well-known writer like him always attracts criticism and is always picked on. If you don't take precautions, you can easily become like Wang Tie.
In the late 1990s, all movies and TV dramas bearing his name were not allowed to be broadcast or released. Let this popular writer, the most famous writer in the mainland literary world, lose his armor overnight and no one can be found.
Xiang Nan didn't want to take such a risk.
He also expressed his welcome and support for Zhang Yimou's cooperation with Liu Heng.
Zhang Yimou is not his private property, and there is no need to only photograph him. Only when everyone adds firewood and learns from everyone's strengths can he achieve higher achievements.
The higher his achievements, the more Xiang Nan will benefit.
