Filming of "Old Well" then began.
Xiang Nan returned to the United States to prepare for filming "The Kid 3".
He now has three series on his hands, "The Kid," "Ghostbusters" and "Die Hard."
Of these films, he is only planning to make a trilogy.
Because "The Dragon King" is a campus-themed action movie. Xiang Nan is already twenty-six years old this year. Although he still looks young and handsome, it is not inappropriate to play an eighteen-year-old boy. But pretending to be young for a long time is not what he wants.
Moreover, the themes and ideas of action movies such as "The Dragon King" are very simple, and they are nothing more than the growth of the protagonist. The trilogy is enough to show the process of growth, and if we continue filming, it will just continue.
"Ghostbusters" and "Die Hard" are high-concept movies. The so-called high-concept movies are movies that have stunning audiovisuals, fully cater to the audience, simple and direct plots, and are easy for the audience to accept.
This type of movie mostly shows off the freshness of the story, so the audience gets bored easily.
For example, the reputation of the "Jaws" series has basically collapsed by the time the third installment was filmed; the fourth installment of the "Raiders of the Lost Ark" series, even if Spielberg directed it himself, has a far worse reputation than the first three installments. "The Bourne Supremacy 4" is far inferior to the previous three films, and "The Bourne Supremacy 5" can still find its decline even if Matt Simon personally comes out...
Even in the Marvel Universe, after more than ten years of filming, the audience has developed a rebellious mentality. Therefore, Xiang Nan is ready to stop filming as soon as possible and just make three films each. The end result of forcibly extending one's life is to hate each other.
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In "The Kid 3", Xiang Nan collaborates with Brooke Shields again.
The story this time is that Xiang Nan was unfortunately plotted by his opponent during a game and injured his spine. Doctors advised him not to do strenuous exercise in the future, otherwise he might be paralyzed for the rest of his life.
And just when he was forced to withdraw, those evil forces took the opportunity to come back, and the campus and community were once again shrouded in shadow. In the end, inspired by justice and encouraged by his girlfriend, classmates, and family, the boyfriend got back on his feet and attacked evil...
The American hero trilogy has mostly the same formula, namely gaining power, understanding power, and controlling power.
"Spider-Man", "Iron Man", "The Hulk", "Thor", "Black Panther", "Batman", "Superman", "Aquaman"... all have plot designs in which heroes lose their power and degenerate into mortals. .
The purpose of this design, in addition to suppressing the desire to advance and enhancing the story, is to allow them to regain their original aspirations and achieve further growth of the characters.
The story design of "Dragon Boy 3" is also based on this arrangement.
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"Charles, I'm going to be eighteen soon." Brooke Shields said to Xiang Nan with a smile.
"Congratulations, you are finally an adult." Xiang Nan cupped his hands and said, "You can get your custody back."
"That's not all, I can also do many things that adults can do." Brooke Shields said with a wink.
"I know, you can take the driver's license test." Xiang Nan nodded and said, "You can also drink openly."
The United States revised its laws in 1971 and lowered the drinking age from 21 to 18.
"I hate it, don't pretend to be confused, you know what I'm talking about. To be honest, I've been keeping it for you for so many years." Brooke Shields saw Xiang Nan deliberately rambling, and couldn't help but said coquettishly.
"Well, since it was specially reserved for me, I will definitely come and get it." Xiang Nan nodded and said, since Brooke Shields was in a hurry, he had nothing to refuse.
Anyway, with his current status in Hollywood, even if Brooke Shields goes back on her word in the future and wants to threaten him with this matter, he is not afraid.
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The filming of "Dragon Boy 3" began immediately.
During the break from filming, Xiang Nan also fully invested the dividends he earned.
Among them are many Silicon Valley high-tech companies nearby, such as Adobe, Oracle, EA, Cisco, etc. Xiang Nan is very confident about their future.
Brooke Shields admires Xiang Nan's investment vision.
When they first collaborated on "The Dragon King" in 1981, Xiang Nan told her that housing prices in North America and Coca-Cola's stock price would rise. At the time, she thought it was nonsense.
But in three years, Coca-Cola's stock price has nearly tripled, and Xiang Nan's investment of hundreds of thousands has turned into millions. And this was millions in the 1980s.
At that time, a Beverly Hills mansion sold for only a few million dollars. Around 2015, it would be worth at least US$80 million.
House prices in the United States have also nearly doubled, and the growth rate is equally gratifying. If she had listened to Xiang Nan, she would have made at least millions of dollars.
So she regretted not investing with Xiang Nan in the first place, and therefore she also invested in whatever Xiang Nan invested now. It's just that her funds are far less than Xiang Nan's, so Xiang Nan eats meat, and she can only drink soup.
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In April 1984, "Police Academy" was officially launched.
This is a nonsensical comedy. It tells the story of the mayor of a certain city who, in order to get votes, announced the lifting of restrictions on applying for the police academy, so a large number of unqualified candidates flocked to the police academy.
These people made the school a mess and made countless jokes. But when the crisis really came, they were not afraid of danger, maintained social order, and ensured the safety of citizens...
Because this movie has no stars and almost all of them are unknown people, the investor, Fox Pictures, is a little worried about this movie, thinking that if it can get a box office of 30 to 40 million US dollars, it is considered good.
Unexpectedly, after this funny film was released, the audience's evaluation was indeed very good.
Many people commented that this movie was the funniest movie they had ever seen, and said that they had not laughed like this in a long time.
As a result, "Police Academy" was a hit at the box office, eventually earning more than $80 million in North America alone.
A large number of second- and third-tier Hollywood entertainers have achieved box office results that are comparable to those of big stars such as Harrison Ford, John Travolta, and Eddie Murphy. This naturally caused the entire Hollywood to be in an uproar.
But everyone knows that it is not these artists who are truly capable. Otherwise, they would have become famous long ago, and they would not have wasted so many years and still languish in the second and third tiers.
The only one who can turn stone into gold is Xiang Nan. He wrote the script, he chose the actors, he chose the director, and he put together this project.
Therefore, Xiang Nan is the biggest behind-the-scenes hero.
And he only used a group of second- and third-tier artists to achieve such a good box office, which also attracted all the film companies.
They hire big stars, hire big directors, and invest big money, but they may not be able to achieve such box office results. At least five out of ten movies will fail.
Xiang Nan has repeatedly created box office miracles, which has also made his status in Hollywood even higher.
