Chapter 1907
Xiang Nan suggested that Li Jiaxin go to Hollywood to develop his career. Of course, it was not all out of good intentions.
Li Jiaxin's appearance is considered to be the best in Hong Kong, but it is not ranked high in Hollywood.
After all, the population of Xiangjiang is only five million. Even if Li Jiaxin is the most beautiful person in Southeast Asia, the number of people he admires will only be tens of millions.
But Hollywood is a gathering of beauties from all over the world, and those who can stand out there are those whose beauty surpasses that of hundreds of millions of people.
Moreover, the reason why Li Jiaxin is beautiful is mainly because of her mixed-race characteristics, which make her facial features more three-dimensional, making her look more bright and attractive.
But those blond and blue-eyed beauties in Hollywood all have three-dimensional facial features and are bright and attractive. Therefore, if Li Jiaxin goes to Hollywood, she will lose her biggest advantage - her appearance.
In addition, her acting skills are not outstanding. She is a famous wooden beauty who is beautiful but has no soul, so it is even harder to get ahead.
Moreover, if Li Jiaxin stays in Hong Kong and develops, even if the development does not go well, there will still be rich people waiting to take over.
But after she went to Hollywood, even if her development did not go well, it would not be easy to find a successor. No rich man would take a fancy to her.
By then, she would have no one in Hollywood, and the only one she could rely on was Xiang Nan.
This is the Thirty-Six Strategies of taking the stairs out of the house.
And Xiang Nan believed that Li Jiaxin would probably be fooled.
On the one hand, the cake Xiang Nan drew for her was tempting enough; on the other hand, Hong Kong artists are eager to develop in Hollywood.
Even though Li Jiaxin’s original intention to enter the entertainment industry was not to become a famous artist. But so far, she has been in this industry for more than two years. After seeing the stars holding the moon and attracting everyone's attention, it is difficult for her not to be competitive.
Just like in 2002, she did not hesitate to destroy her image and played a bald DJ. If you weren't interested in this industry, you really wouldn't be able to make such a sacrifice.
Sure enough, Li Jiaxin nodded, "Mr. Ning, I listen to you, I'll go to Hollywood."
The reason why she agreed was because she had two thoughts. On the first level, she could only come into contact with Xiang Nan and be tied to him by going to Hollywood.
Otherwise, Xiang Nan would only return to Xiangjiang for a few days every year. No matter how charming she was, she would not be able to tie Xiang Nan tightly in just a few days.
On the second level, even if she can't bind Xiang Nan and goes to Hollywood for a walk, she will be able to become an international movie star when she comes back, and her fame and status will be improved. For her, this was a golden opportunity.
Just like Li Zhi, she came back from Hollywood and her salary doubled.
"Okay, a smart move." Xiang Nan nodded and smiled, knowing that Li Jiaxin had entered his cage.
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Xiang Nan stayed in Xiangjiang for seven days, and then returned to Hollywood with Cong Shan.
At this time, Li Jiaxin was applying for a work visa and preparing to develop in Hollywood.
Back in Hollywood, the movie "The Silence of the Lambs" starring Nicole Kidman and Anthony Hopkins was hitting theaters.
This thriller and suspense movie is adapted from the original work of the same name by Thomas Harris.
Although the main plot tells the story of trainee agent Clarice chasing the serial murderer Buffalo Bill, the most outstanding character is actually the man-eating demon Dr. Hannibal.
He is smart, cunning, cruel, and vicious, and is Chi Luo Luo's pervert. But his appearance is so polite, personable, and knowledgeable that people easily fall in love with him at first sight, without even thinking that he is so cruel.
And this extreme contrast is also the charm of this character.
Hollywood has created many cannibals in the history of movies, such as Leatherface in "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", the deformed man in "The Hills Have Eyes", the zombies in "Night of the Living Dead", etc.
But no image of the Devourer can compare with Dr. Hannibal. Even if they are more cruel, cold-blooded, and ruthless, it won't work. Because what they lack is that kind of strong contrast.
Anthony Hopkins's acting skills are very outstanding. He has won many nominations and awards at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards, the American Golden Globe Awards, and the Emmy Awards. He is famous for his solid acting skills in the industry.
Dr. Hannibal is well played, as if the character in the book is reborn. That's what makes this movie so wonderful.
Otherwise, Nicole Kidman alone may not be able to carry this movie.
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"Silence of the Lambs" ultimately achieved very good reputation and box office. In North America alone, the box office revenue reached US$130 million, and the global box office reached US$270 million.
Universal Pictures has successively released four super-hit movies: "Robin Hood", "Fast 2", "Basic Instinct", and "Silence of the Lambs", making profits of more than 300 million U.S. dollars, and its economic situation has also improved significantly. improve.
While the stock price soared again, its market share also expanded again.
Prior to this, because it had not released a blockbuster movie for many years, many theater operators had lowered the level of cooperation with Universal Pictures.
For example, when Universal Pictures movies were released before, the theater chain chamber of commerce actively cooperated and provided the largest number of theaters to release movies. After the cooperation level is lowered and Universal Pictures movies are released, theater operators will reduce the scale of screening.
The size of the release is directly linked to the box office. No matter how good a movie is, if it doesn't have enough theatrical releases, it will be difficult to explore its true box office potential.
Therefore, in a vicious cycle, it is naturally more difficult for Universal Pictures' movies to achieve good box office results, and it is also more difficult to obtain cooperation from theater operators. But things are different now. The release of four consecutive movies with a box office of over 100 million US dollars is a great temptation for theater operators.
Therefore, theater operators immediately restored and raised the level of cooperation with Universal Pictures. From now on, all Universal Pictures movies will receive high enough attention.
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"Silence of the Lambs" was a box-office hit and received a huge amount of word-of-mouth reviews, which even Michelle Pfeiffer was a little bit jealous of.
She originally thought that the movie would not be popular with the audience because it was bloody, cruel, and dark. But she didn't expect that the audience's tastes would be so strong now. Such a movie would actually sell 130 million US dollars at the North American box office. It was really beyond her expectation.
If her "Thelma and Louise" wasn't received well enough, she would definitely become a joke in the industry.
Hollywood has always been cruel to losers. Even Al Pacino was no longer recognized by the industry after his starring role in "Revolution" failed at the box office. His box office appeal was questioned, so no one asked him to film for four years.
Michelle Pfeiffer was worried that she would become a fool in the eyes of others, and she turned down a good role in vain and went to star in a bad movie.
Those people would talk about her embarrassing incident for years, and even write it in their own memoirs. So she inevitably became a little anxious.
"I've warned you not to change movies. The Silence of the Lambs is really suitable for you." Xiang Nan said with a smile. He believed that with her acting skills, starring in this movie, the effect would be better than Hello Nicole Kidman.
After all, Nicole Kidman is still young, and her acting skills are not yet perfect. When she plays opposite Anthony Hopkins, the gap is obvious.
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