In 2005, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" directed by Wang Wenjie finally came out.
This TV series took more than half a year of filming, traveling from Yunnan to Chengde in the south, Zhoushan in the east, and Qinghai in the west, and was shot all over the country.
When filming this TV series in Xiangjiang, most scenes were shot in a studio. The mighty Mongolian army under Genghis Khan only consisted of a hundred people.
But for the mainland version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes," for the sake of quality, the film actually went to the grassland for filming, and thousands of herders and tens of thousands of horses were invited to assist in the filming. The momentum is very different.
And try our best to shoot on-site, so that the audience can better experience the vast country of the motherland, so as to stimulate the pride in their hearts.
However, Wang Wenjie also knows that martial arts dramas are not tourist attraction films. The scene is just a side dish, and more importantly, it highlights the characters, so he also spent a lot of brains on character creation. He carefully crafted the styling, lines, and actions, striving to be the best.
Therefore, the quality of this drama is very good, and it has gained a good reputation since its release.
Whether it is Guo Jing played by Wu Yue, Yang Kang played by Yan Huan, or Mu Nianci played by Che Xun, they have all been well received. Especially Huang Rong, played by Chen Hao, is smart, charming and has received the most praise, surpassing Zhu Yin's version of Huang Rong and catching up with Weng Meiling.
For this reason, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is considered very successful and has set a new benchmark for mainland martial arts films.
It is precisely for this reason that when Wang Wenjie began to prepare for the filming of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", many actors were very excited and wanted to star in it.
Because there were too many people saying hello, Wang Wenjie couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he asked Xiang Nan to make the decision.
After thinking about it, Xiang Nan first narrowed down the candidate for Xiao Longnu and decided on Huang Shengyi. The reason why Liu Yifei is not used is actually very simple, because she is not one of our own.
Liu Yifei has his own studio and has not signed a contract with Kirin Pictures. And "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is destined to have high ratings. It can be said that whoever plays the show is more popular. Of course, such a big pie cannot be shared with outsiders. Otherwise, there will be opinions within the company.
And Huang Shengyi is one of her own. In 2004, she became famous for starring in Zhou Xingchi's "Kung Fu", so it is perfect for her to play the role of Xiao Longnu. After all, she was famous for her innocence and beauty when she first debuted.
After Xiao Longnu selected Huang Shengyi, the male protagonist subsequently selected Wang Kai. Wang Kai is a Grade 03 Chinese Opera student with handsome appearance and natural acting skills. He has performed well in "Dajiang Dahe", "The Pretender" and "All Quiet in Peking".
Several other supporting female roles, such as Li Mochou played by Liu Zi, Guo Fu played by Tang Yan, Guo Xiang played by Shu Chang, Cheng Ying played by Tong Liya, Lu Wushuang played by Yang Mi...
After Wang Wenjie saw Xiang Nan's casting, he thought it was very good, so the filming of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" started smoothly.
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In the autumn of 2005, "Qiao Family Courtyard", "Happiness is Like a Flower", "Scent of Sophora Flowers in May", "The Difficult Love of Diamond King", "Don't Love Me", etc. were launched one after another, and the ratings were all high.
Especially the business war-themed "Qiao Family Courtyard" received a lot of praise after its release, and once again became a hit of the year.
At the end of 2005, Feng Xiaogang once again brought his own black comedy film "Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots", which tells the story of migrant workers carrying corpses thousands of miles back to their hometowns.
The prototype of this story is the news in early 2005.
After Feng Xiaogang noticed the news at Xiang Nan's suggestion, he immediately wrote it into a script and then hired someone to film it.
This time Feng Xiaogang didn't use Ge You as the starring role again because his temperament really didn't look like a migrant worker. In the end, Feng Xiaogang chose Zhao Benshan, who has the most peasant temperament, to star.
As for the supporting characters, most of them are familiar faces from the Spring Festival Gala. For example, Song Dandan, Huang Hong, Guo Da, Cai Ming, Shao Feng, Hong Jiantao, Liu Jinshan, Feng Gong, Niu Qun, Chen Peisi, etc. make this movie like a compilation of Spring Festival Gala language programs.
Therefore, although the background of "Falling Leaves Returns" is sad and makes people think deeply, but because so many comedians joined the film, and the lines are humorous and the plot is witty, the box office is actually good.
In the end, this black comedy, with a total cost of only 15 million, took in nearly 50 million at the box office, which is very impressive.
However, Xiang Nan finally donated all the proceeds to poverty alleviation projects. He hoped that news like migrant workers carrying corpses thousands of miles away would never happen again in the future.
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Entering 2006, Kirin Pictures is at full strength as usual.
"Harbin at Night" directed by Zhao Baogang, "White Deer Plain" directed by Kong Sheng, "The Punisher of the Song Dynasty" directed by Mao Weining, "The Righteous Way in the World Is Vicissitudes" directed by Gao Xixi, "Soldier Assault" directed by Kang Honglei, Ouyang Fenqiang The films he directed, such as "The New Marriage Era", have received very good ratings.
Among them, Kang Honglei's "Soldier Assault" is undoubtedly the most popular work in 2006; Ouyang Fenqiang's "New Marriage Era" made the term "Phoenix Man" popular; Mao Weining's "The Punisher of the Song Dynasty" , let He Bing finally get a taste of becoming popular...
"The Legend of the Condor Heroes" directed by Wang Wenjie was also successfully launched at the end of 2006 and once again won the love of the audience.
Whether it is Wang Kai's Yang Guo, Shu Chang's Guo Xiang, Yang Mi's Lu Wushuang, Tong Liya's Cheng Ying, Tang Yan's Guo Fu, etc., they have all received high praise. Especially the Little Dragon Girl starring Huang Shengyi, who is pure, beautiful and charming, is the most loved by the audience.
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But for Xiang Nan, these are not the most important.
What he cares about is what happens after his daughter graduates from college.
In 2006, after Cheng Ji graduated from university, he no longer planned to take the postgraduate entrance examination, but planned to start a business.
She majored in computer science in college. During her college years, the direct navigation she created was acquired by Baidu for 50 million yuan, making her the first pot of gold in her life.
Therefore, after graduation, Cheng Ji prepared to continue his own business.
Naturally, he strongly supported Xiang Nan and pointed out the direction for her, which was to start a video website.
In 2005, Chen Shijun, a Chinese American, founded the YouTube website. In 2006, this website was acquired by Google for US$1.65 billion, creating a wealth myth in the Internet industry.
The magic of video websites has also been noticed for the first time, so many video websites have appeared in the mainland, such as Youku, Tudou, LeTV, Kuliu and so on.
Xiang Nan also knows that video websites will be the focus of the Internet world in the future, and large domestic Internet companies will work here.
Alibaba owns Youku and Tudou, Tencent owns Tencent Video, Baidu owns iQiyi, Souhu has Souhu Video, and even ByteDance has Xigua Video...
Therefore, this industry has great development prospects, of course, the premise is that you are willing to spend money. And he doesn’t have much, but he has a lot of money, so he can just help his daughter.
