"Start?! What start?" the host asked with some confusion.
Xiang Nan took Liv Tyler into the theater without saying much.
When the host saw this, he became even more confused.
But later, when "Titanic" achieved a box office of 1.8 billion US dollars, he realized what Xiang Nan meant by "start".
But what he didn't understand was, when Xiang Nan said that, did he have confidence in the movie, or did he know that "Titanic" would definitely create a box office miracle because he had the ability to predict the future? !
It’s really scary to think about.
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The Oscars will take place immediately.
This year's awards ceremony is mainly about "Braveheart". This movie has both a majestic epic, lingering love, and a man's will not to fight, so it is very popular among the judges.
As expected, it won several major awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Sound Effects, and Best Cinematography.
It's Mel Gibson's first time directing a movie, and he has achieved such results, which is really quite good. Comparable to Kevin Costner.
Xiang Nan also expressed grand congratulations to him.
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At the party after the award ceremony, Xiang Nan also finalized several projects.
One is Steven Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan"; the other is the animated film "The Prince of Egypt" also produced by Steven Spielberg.
The reason why Spielberg is still looking for investment is mainly because after DreamWorks was founded, the financial situation was not as good as imagined.
Although the three giants of DreamWorks, Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen, are all wealthy people, Hollywood pays attention to making movies without using their own money.
Either obtain loan financing from a bank or raise funds from other investors, which can minimize risks and maximize the use of funds.
For example, if a production company has US$100 million, it could have made three medium-production films. But after financing, six or even nine medium-production films can be made. As the output increases, so does the income.
And, just in case any of the movies in it flop at the box office. Because the money belongs to others, the worst case scenario is to bankrupt the company. In this way, you don’t have to pay back the money you owe, so as not to lose your own money.
So most Hollywood movie companies do things this way.
Of course, if the movie they make becomes a hit, logically speaking, the box office will be divided a lot.
But Hollywood is not a charity, and people will not take away the cake so easily.
First of all, they will not easily attract investment for popular movies and movies that are likely to be hits. Second, even if they are hits at the box office, they can still turn a hit movie into a loss through accounting.
But it doesn’t matter who is right.
For people like Xiang Nan, who has great influence in Hollywood and can make the entire entertainment industry tremble with a stomp of his feet, they don't dare to play so many tricks.
Moreover, the movies invested by Xiang Nan are all distributed by Xiang Nan, and the money is handed over to him first. So naturally he has the final say on how to distribute it.
Therefore, Xiang Nan dares to invest, but others do not recommend random investment. Otherwise, you may lose nothing.
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Just like France's Credit Lyonnais and MGM, which have been in trouble recently.
In 1995, Crédit Lyonnais believed MGM boss Kirk Kerkorian's lies and spent a lot of money to buy MGM Pictures, saying it wanted to diversify its operations.
In the end, these laymen couldn't compete with these old foxes in Hollywood. After Crédit Lyonnais took over MGM Pictures, it suffered huge losses for two consecutive years. Not only did it not make a dime, it also charged one billion U.S. dollars every year.
Crédit Lyonnais had a gut feeling that something was wrong, but sent people to investigate for a year with no results. In the end, it had to sell MGM Pictures to avoid being deceived again.
But it is easy to buy, but difficult to sell. Because except for 007, which has some value, MGM Pictures has almost nothing else of value.
After all, Kirk Kerkorian sold MGM Pictures once as early as the 1980s. Its films before 1986, some United Artists films, and RKO and Warner Pictures films before 1950 were all sold.
So now its film library seems to be full, but in fact those movies are all produced by small studios, are of low quality and have little value at all.
However, Credit Lyonnais did not want to suffer a loss, so it offered MGM Pictures a sky-high price of US$1.3 billion to sell.
Besides fools, who else in Hollywood is willing to take this offer? !
Xiang Nan is interested in 007, but US$1.3 billion is a bit expensive. After all, he doesn't look down on other IPs either. So he is sending people to talk to Credit Lyonnais and just wants to take over the 007 series.
However, there has been no progress in the negotiations so far. After all, Crédit Lyonnais is not all fools. They also know that the most valuable thing about MGM is 007. If it is sold, the rest will be even less valuable.
So the negotiations are still at a stalemate, it depends on who gives in first.
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After the Oscars, Xiang Nan began to prepare for new projects.
"Luke Cage," "Acts," "Rush Hour," "About Mary," "American Beauty," "The Truman Show," "Enemy of the State" and "Jumanji."
"Luke Cage" is the second movie in the universe of "The Defenders". It tells the story of an African-American male protagonist who participated in a super soldier experimental transformation while serving his sentence in prison. As a result, he became infinitely stronger and invulnerable, and was released from prison. Later he became a righteous hero.
Xiang Nan plans to invite African-American movie star Jamie Foxx to star. His acting skills are very outstanding and he once won the Oscar for Best Actor. Moreover, he is also an R&B singer and has been recognized by Grammy Awards many times. It can be said that he is a rare talent.
"The Unforgettable Catastrophe" tells the story of a small comet that is rushing towards the earth at a rapid speed. In order to protect the safety of the earth, a group of oil drillers were ordered to board the comet, use drilling technology to send a nuclear bomb into the comet, and explode it early...
The original version starred Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck, and Liv Tyler. Xiang Nan still continues the old lineup this time and believes that it will also create miracles at the box office.
"Rush Hour" tells the story of Hong Kong police officer Li and American police detective James Carter, who solve a kidnapping case and not only rescue the hostages, but also bring the criminals to justice.
The original version starred Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker, but Xiang Nan didn't like Chris Tucker.
On the one hand, Chris Tucker's acting skills are not very good, and he has no box office appeal. Except for the "Rush Hour" series, there are almost no works that can be produced. His cooperation with Jackie Chan did not help Jackie Chan, but was a hindrance.
On the one hand, Chris Tucker is not a gas saver. He once owed more than $14 million in taxes within seven years and faced bankruptcy at any time.
In the United States, tax evasion is a very serious crime, and it proves that there is a problem with one's character. Xiang Nan does not want to get into trouble.
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