In September, Zhang Yimou took his "Shake, Shake, Shake to Grandma Bridge" to the Venice Film Festival.
This film is shot from multiple perspectives in the form of memories.
Although this kind of narrative technique is no longer uncommon since "Rashomon", as the saying goes, the bridge is not afraid of the old, the most important thing is to accept it. Because the story of "Shake, Shake, Shake to Grandma's Bridge" is concise, shot from multiple perspectives and with multiple characters, it is not complicated at all.
Instead, they advance layer by layer and reflect each other, thus presenting a very exquisite story, no less than "Rashomon" decades ago, giving the audience and judges an extraordinary viewing experience.
Therefore, "Shake, Shake, Shake to Grandma's Bridge" finally won the Silver Lion, the Grand Jury Award, the Best Screenplay Award, and the Outstanding Artistic Contribution Award, which is the Best Cinematography Award. It can be said to be a great victory.
This film also became Xiang Nan's first international film festival award.
"Shake, Shake, Shake to Grandma Bridge" was later released by China Film.
However, despite the recognition of the Venice Silver Lion Award, because Chinese people are not familiar with multi-perspective movies, after watching it, many viewers reported that they did not understand it, which affected the movie box office in the mainland.
In the end, the box office was less than 20 million, and Kirin Pictures only received more than 6 million. Fortunately, the film was relatively popular at the Venice Film Festival, so in the end, Kirin Pictures still made a profit, about 15 million, which is not bad.
But compared with the profits of Kunpeng Real Estate, the profits of Kirin Pictures can only be regarded as a drop in the bucket.
In 1993, the real estate market fell into a freezing period due to the country's emergency brakes.
But in the past two years, the real estate market has gradually picked up.
The reasons are very simple. First, the country's economic development is getting better and better, and GDP has grown at double digits for many consecutive years. The average income of residents has also been growing at double digits for many consecutive years. As the economy grows and income increases, housing prices will naturally rise.
Second, in recent years, welfare housing allocation has become increasingly rare. In the era of planned economy, the efficiency of state-owned units was good, so they had money to build buildings and distribute houses with welfare benefits.
In recent years, with the rapid development of the private economy, the efficiency of state-owned units has declined year by year. For example, Yili Food Factory, which was once very prosperous, was once unable to even pay wages. In this case, the factory had no money to build a building. Therefore, if people want to solve their housing problem, they have no choice but to buy their own houses. This is also an important factor in rising house prices.
Also because the real estate market is picking up, the land, buildings, and projects that Kunpeng Real Estate acquired at bargain prices in 1993 have now doubled in price.
This has also caused Kunpeng Real Estate's assets to skyrocket from one billion yuan in 1993 to three billion yuan now. Moreover, the debt ratio has dropped from a peak of 95% to only 55% now, and the financial situation is very healthy.
Xiang Nan is preparing to arrange for Kunpeng Real Estate to be listed on the Hong Kong stock market.
In this way, financing will be easier and it will help the company develop faster and better.
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In the same month, Xiang Nan hired Zhao Baogang from the Television Art Center.
Zhao Baogang entered the steel factory as a sand foundry worker at the age of sixteen. Later, through his own efforts, he entered the Yanjing Television Art Center. He also worked as a handyman at the beginning, and he and Feng Xiaogang were close friends.
Later, after Feng Xiaogang took over with the support of Xiang Nan, he was also promoted to be his assistant director, and led him to direct "Desire", "The Story of the Editorial Department", "Yanjing People in New York" and so on.
After Feng Xiaogang was poached by Xiang Nan, the short-staffed art center helped Zhao Baogang get upright and let him film "Under the Roots of the Imperial City", "Enjoyed", "Sunrise in the East and Rain in the West" and other dramas, all of which achieved great success. Small repercussions.
Seeing this, Xiang Nan handed him an olive branch.
As the saying goes, good birds choose trees to roost, so Zhao Baogang naturally wanted to make more money. At the Television Arts Center, his basic salary is only a few hundred yuan, and he can earn several thousand yuan in bonus for filming a movie.
In comparison, Feng Xiaogang made millions by filming "Jade Guanyin", who wouldn't be jealous after watching it. So Zhao Baogang happily changed jobs.
After changing jobs, the first drama he started filming was "Carry Love to the End" written by Xiang Nan.
This drama is claimed to be China's first youth idol drama. The main actors are all handsome men and beauties, and the plot is also full of pretentious paragraphs about you love me, I love him, and he loves you.
However, isn’t that what idol dramas are all about? It’s just because they are bloody that they are good to watch. Falling in love at first sight and staying together for a lifetime is certainly beautiful, but without drama, it doesn’t look good.
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After Zhao Baogang got the script of "Will Love", he was immediately shocked and started looking for suitable actors for filming.
After his selection, the male lead was chosen by Li Anpeng. His role as Mao Jie in "Jade Goddess of Mercy" was a hit and captivated countless young girls.
The heroine was Xu Jinglei, who graduated from Beijing Film Academy in 1993. Zhao Baogang liked her pure temperament and thought she was more suitable to play the heroine.
As for other roles, Huang Zhizhong, Xin Boqing, Duan Yihong, Fu Dalong, Gong Beibi and other professional actors of similar age were also selected.
Unlike in the real world, many idol dramas set the male and female protagonists as students, but the leading actors are all greasy middle-aged people in their thirties.
Xiang Nan still supports Zhao Baogang's choice.
Li Anpeng has good looks and acting skills, and Xu Jinglei is one of the four great actresses. Her looks and acting skills are well-known. Huang Zhizhong, Xin Boqing, and Fu Dalong are representatives of the acting school, so Xiang Nan is very optimistic about this drama.
"Not bad, Director Zhao, he is very discerning." Xiang Nan smiled and nodded.
Seeing that Xiang Nan was satisfied, Zhao Baogang smiled himself, so the TV series was officially prepared to start filming.
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Perhaps under Feng Xiaogang's guidance, Zhao Baogang then brought Xu Jinglei to Xiang Nan.
Xiang Nan had no interest in Lao Xu because she was a typical girl whose temperament was greater than her appearance. It's not too beautiful in itself, just fresh. His figure is not exquisite either, he is thin and dry.
Xiang Nan still prefers women with stunning looks and bulging figures, such as Gong Li, Xu Qing, and Zhu Lin. But when he got in touch with her, he realized that Xu Jinglei was actually very charming.
The most outstanding thing is her character, one word - Sa! He has a cheerful personality, is calm and generous, doesn't get entangled, doesn't show off, and is very comfortable to get along with.
According to Lao Yanjing, she is a standard Dasa Mi!
The so-called Da Sa Mi is a beautiful girl who "will give you a brick when I fight, but I can support you when I have no money, I will help you when I am in trouble, I will still love you when I can't afford it".
No man doesn't like a woman like this.
The same is true for Xiang Nan. Not long after the contact, he fell in love with the law of true fragrance and came together with Xu Jinglei.
