In fact, those people really underestimated Xiang Nan.
Although Xiang Nan looks young, only nineteen years old, in fact, his real age is probably more than two hundred years old.
As the saying goes, people are old and treacherous, and horses are old and slippery. A two-hundred-year-old person has already become an adult. What's more, Xiang Nan is already smart, and he has created a magnificent career in two hundred years.
In the world of "Little Shede", he is a billionaire; in the world of "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng", he is the national master of the dynasty, one person is inferior to ten thousand people.
Even in the real world, he is still a billionaire and manages dozens of people in the company. Therefore, a crew of only a hundred people was not worth mentioning to him.
Just like a truck driver driving a car, it's like playing with a toy.
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"Laughing Fist and Strange Moves" took a total of two and a half months to shoot, from April to June. During this period, Xiang Nan also asked for leave and returned to the capital.
Because of the first semester exam of the university, I cannot miss it. Otherwise, if he doesn't get enough credits, Xiang Nan won't even be able to get his diploma.
Although he has not studied for more than two months, Xiang Nan's English attainments are still not comparable to those of his classmates. Therefore, not only did he successfully pass the exam, but he also achieved nearly perfect scores.
This made the teachers dumbfounded and even made the students envious.
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In addition to taking the exam, Xiang Nan also took the time to meet Cong Shan and gave her the latest dress, which naturally made Cong Shan very happy.
"Is making movies fun? I also want to make movies in the future. Do you think I can do it?" Cong Shan asked curiously.
"Of course. You are so beautiful, it would be a pity not to be a star." Xiang Nan nodded and smiled.
"Really?!" Cong Shan was naturally very happy to hear that he thought so highly of herself, "Do you really think I can do it?"
"Of course." Xiang Nan nodded, "But filming may seem easy, but it's actually very difficult. It requires professional training and polishing. If you don't believe it, I'll point a camera at you, I'm afraid it's you I can’t even walk anymore.”
"Where can I teach this?" Cong Shan asked quickly.
"China Opera, Beijing Film Academy, and Shanghai Opera are all available." Xiang Nan explained, "They all have acting majors. You can take the exam."
Cong Shan nodded after hearing this.
"However, for young people across the country who are interested in acting, Chinese opera is the first choice. You have to compete with millions of candidates." Xiang Nan reminded her, "There are so many people, no matter how beautiful they are, It’s all there. So we can’t be careless or complacent, we still have to work hard.”
"Okay." Cong Shan said confidently.
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In July, "Laughing Fist and Strange Moves" was officially launched.
This movie was released in theaters owned by Golden Harvest. In order to make this movie achieve higher box office, Jiahe also launched a massive public opinion offensive.
Not only advertisements are published in newspapers, magazines, and websites, but also broadcast media resources are used for publicity.
For this reason, Xiang Nan was specially asked to go to TVB's "Happy Tonight" program.
That program was the most popular variety show on the wireless station, and it was aired on the second day after it was launched. Up to now, more than 3,000 episodes have been broadcast, and it can be said that it is an evergreen tree in the TV station's ratings.
This program has also cultivated many performing arts elites. The likes of Sam Dianxia, Zheng Yuling, Wang Mingquan, Xu Guanwen, Zhou Runfa, Zhou Xingchi, Wu Junru, etc. have all hosted this program.
When Bruce Lee returned to Hong Kong, it was through his performance in "Happy Tonight" that the Hong Kong audience saw his kung fu, which had a very good publicity effect.
Therefore, He Guanchang wanted to repeat his old tricks first.
It is worth mentioning that Mr. Xiaohe Toshi was in charge of Wireless at that time. Uncle Shao was just one of the many shareholders of Wireless and was not qualified. Of course, he would not be so petty to prevent Xiang Nan from taking the stage.
It is naturally not difficult for Xiang Nan to perform on the show.
He has performed thousands of shows every year for the past ten years. At its busiest time, there are seven or eight performances a day.
Therefore, Xiang Nan appeared on the "Happy Tonight" program and performed the skill of breaking stone slabs with his hands, which shocked the audience at the scene and in front of the TV.
When Bruce Lee performed kung fu, he just kicked a wooden board. Xiang Nan shattered the stone into pieces, which was hundreds of times more difficult than a wooden board.
This kind of kung fu has never been heard of or seen before. It is just like what is written in martial arts. Naturally, everyone is surprised.
"Is this kind of kung fu real or fake? Is it just an act?"
"Crushing stone slabs with your palm?! Is it really possible to have such skill? Isn't it a fraud?"
"Are you filming? He even broke slate stones with his hands. Why don't I believe it? Bruce Lee isn't that good either."
The audience all questioned.
The directing team of "Happy Tonight" can naturally guess the audience's psychology, so they specially replaced the stone slab with a steel plate.
"Everyone, watch carefully. This is a real steel plate. Listen to the sound and look at the weight. It is absolutely real." Shen Dianxia and Lu Haipeng held the steel plate together. With the combined strength of the two of them, they held it. It’s all very difficult.
Then, the steel plate was placed on the table.
Xiang Nan used his energy to increase his energy, and with one palm strike, a vague palm mark was left on the steel plate, as if it had been hit by a heavy hammer.
Seeing this, the audience couldn't help but be stunned.
A steel plate one centimeter thick can make a palm print.
One can imagine the strength and speed of this man. If you were hit by him, you would be lucky to survive.
This kind of kung fu is so amazing, it's like Guo Jing was born as a god of war when he was still alive, so there was a sensation inside and outside the court.
Along with this, the movie box office has been soaring since the release of "Laughing Fist".
Within three days, it exceeded one million Hong Kong dollars; within one week, it reached two million Hong Kong dollars. It was released for 25 days, with a total box office of HK$6.3 million.
Although it is slightly worse than "Drunken Master", it is still a super-grossing kung fu movie. This also made Xiang Nan's reputation as a Kung Fu superstar become even more ingrained.
Naturally, more film companies invited him to film, and the pay was higher than before.
It used to be 400,000, but now it has risen to 500,000 or 600,000. At that time, this price was enough to film a movie, which shows Xiang Nan's popularity.
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Subsequently, "Laughing Fist and Strange Moves" used Golden Harvest's distribution network and was also distributed to Taiwan, Nanyang, Japan, South Korea and other places, which also set off a considerable craze for movie viewing.
Especially Taiwan. After all, they are of the same origin and have similar cultures, which makes this movie more popular. In Taipei alone, it grossed NT$24 million at the box office.
Taiwan is one of the largest markets for Hong Kong films, accounting for almost 30% to 50% of the total revenue of Hong Kong films. Therefore, whoever can win the Taiwan market will be the real box office superstar. Otherwise, no matter how popular it is in Xiangjiang, it will be limited.
Xiang Nan's movies are so popular in Taiwan that his salary has increased even more, approaching one million.
