Chapter 1904
In July, "Speed 2" starring Xiang Nan and Courtney Cox was officially released.
The movie tells the story of a cruise ship that is hijacked by criminals and rushes toward the coast at super fast speeds. The hero and heroine were forced to take orders in the face of danger and took various measures to finally prevent a tragedy in which the ship crashed and people died.
This movie not only has a thrilling plot with ups and downs, but also is quite eye-catching because it was shot in the Caribbean, with blue sky and blue sea and beauties in costume.
Therefore, the audience was very satisfied with it, and therefore the box office was very good after its release. The final North American box office was US$150 million, which is quite impressive.
The release of two consecutive movies with a box office of over 100 million US dollars also allowed Universal Pictures to turn a profit in the second quarter. The outstanding results also caused Universal Pictures' stock price to soar.
Its stock price had previously fallen below fifteen dollars, but now its stock price has risen to twenty-five dollars, an increase of nearly 60%. This has also made those shareholders who sold Universal Pictures stock regret it.
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In August, the thriller "Basic Instinct" starring Sophie Marceau and George Clooney was released.
As soon as this movie came out, it immediately caused a sensation.
On the one hand, it is because its story is bold and direct, and the scale of many scenes is so large that it cannot even be viewed as an R-rated movie.
On the one hand, it is because of its character creation. The heroine in "Basic Instinct" is both sexy and coquettish, as well as extremely intelligent. She looks like a femme fatale. For men, she is both dangerous and full of temptation. She is really alluring.
Sophie Marceau not only has an appearance that suits the heroine's cold and sexy character, but her acting skills are also very good, and she has completed the shaping of this character very well, so the audience is deeply impressed by her.
This has also become her another extremely successful masterpiece after "First Kiss", "Edward Scissorhands" and "Dances with Wolves". More importantly, this movie greatly broadened her acting career.
From then on, she was not only able to play pure, beautiful, and traditional good women, but also cunning, vicious, and cruel bad women.
This is undoubtedly the best thing for Sophie Marceau, who aspires to become an excellent actress.
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In September, "Mission: Impossible" starring Xiang Nan and Jennifer Connelly finally wrapped up production.
Afterwards, Xiang Nan returned to the mainland with Cong Shan and Ning Jing to visit his parents.
When the children returned, the Ning family and the Cong family were naturally very happy and held a banquet to celebrate.
Ning Yong specially asked for leave and went home with his wife and children.
After three rounds of wine and five tastes of food, everyone shared their feelings of farewell.
Ning Yong also told Xiang Nan about the current situation of his friends.
Zhong Yuemin is now working as a marketing manager in Li Yuanchao's company, living a life of feasting and extravagance; Zhang Haiyang and Zhou Xiaobai are already married and have children; Yuan Jun is working as a military attaché in an embassy abroad and has been promoted to the level of a senior colonel; Zheng Tong stayed in the university after finishing graduate school He teaches in a school, and his wife Jiang Biyun teaches in a middle school...
Xiang Nan nodded while listening. To be honest, he was quite relieved to know that these old friends were doing well.
But then again, his current life is really far different from theirs. It can be said that he is no longer a member of the same world.
Therefore, Xiang Nan didn't have much emotion after hearing their news.
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After staying at home for half a month, Xiang Nan then brought Cong Shan and Ning Jing to Xiangjiang and moved into the Ning family's mansion that had been built long ago.
The construction of this mansion started in 1983 and was finally completed in 1988. However, this is Cong Shan’s first time here.
"Ning Wei, we already have a house in Los Angeles, why do we need to build another one here?" Cong Shan asked with some confusion.
"Of course there is a reason." Xiang Nan smiled.
If he wants to retire in the future, he would rather live in Xiangjiang than in Yanjing or Los Angeles.
Because living in Xiangjiang is safer, more casual and more comfortable. More in line with the needs of wealthy people like him.
After listening to Xiang Nande's explanation, Cong Shan felt that it made sense and nodded.
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After returning to Xiangjiang, Xiang Nan went to see Shanshan first.
"Brother, you are so awesome. You are all the news in Xiangjiang now." Shanshan said with a smile, "Everyone says you are richer than the richest man in Xiangjiang. Is that true?"
"It's not that exaggerated. The richest man in Xiangjiang can definitely mobilize more money than me." Xiang Nan said with a smile.
As the richest man in Hong Kong, Li Jiacheng is in charge of many companies such as Cheung Kong Holdings and Hutchison Whampoa. With the support of Shen Bi, the senior executive of Huifeng Bank, he can mobilize hundreds of billions of funds.
In comparison, all he can mobilize is his own money. Of course, it is possible if he takes out a loan, but it will never be such a large amount.
"That's already very impressive." Shanshan nodded and said, "Brother, it's worthy of you!"
"Thank you." Xiang Nan smiled, "How are you now?"
"I'm pretty good." Shanshan said with a smile, "I have starred in two movies in the past two years, one is "The Emperor's Disciple" and the other is "The Secret Dragon". Director Wang said that I acted very well. good."
"That's okay." Xiang Nan nodded, "Continue to work hard and strive to become a famous star as soon as possible. When the time comes, I will take you to Hollywood for development."
"Really?! Thank you, brother." Shanshan said happily immediately.
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Xiang Nan then went to see Wang Jing.
As soon as they met, Wang Jing was full of praise for Xiang Nan, "Mr. Ning, you really impress me. You can actually buy Universal Pictures, Guaiguai Longdi Dong, no wonder you paid for it so easily for ten million dollars." ”
The acquisition of Universal Pictures for US$3.5 billion was such a large deal that Wang Jing had never thought of. It was truly astonishing.
"Thank you." Xiang Nan nodded, "Whenever do you want to go to Hollywood to film, just say hello and I will help you arrange it."
"No, it's better for me to stay in Xiangjiang." Wang Jing heard this and waved his hands with a smile.
He knows his own business. Going to Hollywood to film is far worse than staying in Hong Kong.
He has no pursuit of art or awards. What he loves most is making money. If I go to Hollywood to film, I'm afraid I won't be able to make a few movies in a year.
And when he was in Hong Kong, he made more than ten movies a year at most. The salary for a movie is one million Hong Kong dollars, which is two million US dollars a year. Coupled with the company's dividends, he earns no less than Hollywood's top directors.
On the contrary, if he goes to Hollywood, he will start as a newcomer and can earn up to hundreds of thousands of dollars per movie. Not as much as he earned in Xiangjiang.
"That's up to you." Xiang Nan nodded, then looked at the account book and found that the performance of Zhen Kung Fu Pictures in the past year was also good, and several of the movies it launched were very popular at the box office.
In particular, "Play Back to School", "The Tricky Expert", "Shanghai Gambler", "The Legend of Detective Lei Luo", etc. are all among the top ten works in the annual box office rankings.
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