Except for going on location, Xiang Nan goes home to rest every day.
In addition to supervising his son's practice every day, he also tells him stories in his spare time.
The story of "Harry Potter", the story of "How to Train Your Dragon", the story of "Percy Jackson"...each story is full of imagination, twists and turns, ups and downs, and the little one can't stop listening to it.
Xiang Nan then compiled these stories and handed them over to Universal's publishing houses for distribution.
When mca Global was acquired, Xiang Nan took over all the assets. These include production companies, record companies, theme parks, publishing companies, etc., which can be said to be diverse.
But many businesses are actually not very profitable. For example, publishing companies have been losing money for more than ten years. The main reason why they haven't been laid off yet is because the publishing company is an important source of IP for Universal.
When those authors hand over their books to Universal for publishing, the film and television adaptation rights are usually sold to Universal. If a book becomes a hit, Universal Pictures will promptly adapt it for film and television.
Therefore, although the publishing company has been losing money over the years, it has never been shut down.
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was released soon after.
The children's storybook created by a Hollywood gold medal screenwriter has naturally attracted attention in the industry as soon as it was released.
It is not uncommon in the industry for screenwriters to write or writers to write scripts.
The king of horror, Stephen King, has written many movie scripts, such as "Cat Eyes", "Ghost Show", "Pet Sematary", etc., all of which were scripted first and then later.
The reason why Xiang Nan's "Harry Potter" has attracted special attention is that, on the one hand, he is so famous, much higher than Stephen King, and his every move attracts attention;
On the one hand, he actually wrote a children's storybook, which was really beyond everyone's expectation. Because Xiang Nan has always focused on adult-oriented works, and has only occasionally created "Home Alone", "Alone on the Street", etc.
Now his sudden change in creative style makes people think of his emotional life.
As we all know, Xiang Nan has a lot of scandals. Almost every actress who has worked with him will have scandals with him. From the early Brooke Shields and Michelle Pfeiffer to the current Claudia Schiffer and Jennifer Connelly...
His scandal targets are one after another, and each one is the dream goddess of countless men. However, the scandals come and go quickly. They are basically a period of speculation when they are cooperating in filming, and the scandals are over by the time the movie is released.
Therefore, everyone has generally learned the lesson now and believes that Xiang Nan's scandal is fake and is all for the promotion of the movie. As for his true love life, no one knows, and it has always been shrouded in mist.
And the more this happens, the more people are curious about it, and it naturally triggers countless associations.
Some say that he is curvy, so although there are so many beauties around him, none of them can be stable; some say that he is actually married, and the person he is marrying has a good background, but it cannot be stated clearly... In short, there are different opinions.
Now that Xiang Nan suddenly writes children's books, the outside world interprets that he may have become a father, so he changed his creative ideas.
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Xiang Nan didn't pay attention to all the speculations from the outside world and quietly filmed his own movie.
As for "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", it has also been widely welcomed after its release.
On the one hand, children's books have always been relatively scarce. Competent writers are reluctant to write children's books because they feel they lack depth. Children's books written by incompetent writers are also poor, so the genre has always been scarce.
On the one hand, the quality of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" is indeed passable. In real life, it is one of the best-selling children's books in the world, and it is no exception now.
Coupled with Xiang Nan's own popularity and appeal, the sales of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" have been very high, with sales exceeding one million copies in the first month. In today's increasingly sluggish publishing world, such sales can be said to be unprecedented. Recorded.
The hot sales of this film have also made many film companies envious, knowing that Xiang Nan has created another popular IP.
"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" has such high book sales. It is natural to imagine that it will be adapted into a film and television drama in the future, and the box office and ratings will be high. It's too bad, it's another "Jurassic Park", how can people not envy it.
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What is even more enviable is that in May, Xiang Nan successfully acquired Marvel, one of the largest comic companies in the United States, for US$250 million.
Last year, Xiang Nan sent a third-party company to acquire Marvel. However, Ron Perelman, the boss of Marvel at the time, was stubborn and insisted on $500 million.
As a result, within one year, Marvel's financial situation not only did not ease, but worsened. In this case, Ron Perelman had no choice but to dump his baggage as soon as possible, cash out, and finally proposed a purchase price of US$250 million.
Xiang Nan agreed to his request and then officially acquired Marvel.
After the news of Universal Pictures' successful acquisition of Marvel came out, it did not cause much reaction at first.
Because at that time, although Marvel and DC were neck and neck, they were the only two giants in the American comic industry.
However, DC was acquired by Warner Pictures early. It is said that it is easy to enjoy the shade with a big tree behind it. DC has made a lot of money in recent years by adapting the "Superman" and "Batman" series of movies, and its performance has soared year by year.
In comparison, the film and television adaptation of Marvel IP has always been difficult. "Captain America", "Spider-Man", "Thor", "Fantastic Four"...the film and television dramas adapted from them have average reputation and ratings, so they are not taken seriously by Hollywood.
Therefore, when Marvel's business was in trouble, no giant was interested in it.
However, everyone in Hollywood is slowly coming back to their senses.
The reason why Marvel has been unable to compete with DC for so many years is because it has not found a suitable big tree. Therefore, its superheroes have not been able to obtain efficient film and television adaptations.
After all, superhero movies need big scenes, good special effects, and exciting stories to satisfy the needs of the audience. In the past, those who purchased Marvel IP adaptations were mostly small production companies and did not have the ability to make good films.
But now that Marvel has returned to Universal Pictures, with Universal's financial and technical support, and Xiang Nan's hands-on management, Marvel's IPs are very likely to come back to life.
Realizing this, many companies began to regret not getting involved in Marvel's acquisition earlier. Otherwise, how could Universal Pictures get such a free advantage? It was really a mistake!
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After Xiang Nan acquired Marvel, he did not interfere in Marvel's publishing business, and he was not interested in helping Marvel comics reimagine the story. Those have their own Marvel artists and producers to worry about.
He was considering film and television adaptations of Marvel movies, and the first movie he took a fancy to was "Daredevil."
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