"Charles, this beautiful girl next to you is..." the host asked with a smile.
"Miss Zhang Ziyi, the heroine of my new work." Xiang Nan introduced with a smile.
"That's so lucky." The host nodded, "Can you tell me the story of the new film?"
"It's a martial arts story." Xiang Nan explained, "I guarantee this is an unprecedented story that no one has ever seen."
"Then you must look forward to it." After hearing what he said, the host smiled and nodded.
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The awards ceremony followed, and "Titanic" was once again the star of the night.
Best film, best director, best photography, best editing, best art direction... won a total of eleven awards. Such an achievement has only been achieved by 1959's "Ben-Hur" in film history.
No wonder James Cameron excitedly shouted on stage, "I am the king of the world!"
When Xiang Nan went on stage to accept the Best Picture Award, he held the trophy and smiled and said to the audience, "I heard that when this movie was first released, many people thought that I was going to be in bad luck because of its poor box office performance. .
But now, I am standing on the stage, holding the trophy in my hand and a check of 1.8 billion US dollars in my pocket. So, listen to me, don’t let anyone judge you, only you can decide your own destiny. Thank you everyone~”
Xiang Nan's acceptance speech really slapped many people in the face.
But his words were indeed very popular, so they were unanimously recognized by the audience after they were broadcast, and soon became a classic quote.
At the party after the award ceremony, Xiang Nan expressed congratulations to James Cameron.
"James, I really want to congratulate you. You were shortlisted for fourteen awards and won eleven. You made Oscar history." He said with a smile.
"Thank you." Cameron also smiled, "Charles, I know that if it weren't for you, I wouldn't be where I am today."
If Xiang Nan had not accepted this project, this project would probably have become obsolete.
In that case, let alone winning eleven Oscar trophies and becoming the "King of the World", he is not even qualified to stand here today and would have gone back and continued driving his big truck.
"Don't say that, I've always believed in your ability." Xiang Nan smiled, "How to raise it, James, do you want to consider filming "True Lies 2" or "Terminator 3"?"
When James Cameron heard this, he smiled and nodded, "Okay, I'll think about it."
Xiang Nan also nodded, knowing that Cameron was not a prolific director.
He debuted in the early 1980s and has only made seven movies in the past sixteen years.
After filming "Titanic" in 1997, "Avatar" was not released until 2009, a gap of twelve years. "Avatar 1" and "Avatar 2" were also separated by more than ten years.
So Xiang Nan really doesn't have high hopes for his subjective initiative. Therefore, he could only write the script first and then urge Cameron to film it.
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At the party, Xiang Nan also finalized two projects.
One is "The Sky Stealing Trap" and the other is "The God of Death is Coming".
"The Trap" tells the story of two thieves who took advantage of the new millennium to rob a bank when its operating system was down due to the millennium bug.
Xiang Nan has seen this movie, starring Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
This film is also a classic for Catherine. In it, she is not only stunningly beautiful, but also smart, witty, and quite attractive.
"Death" was an idea conceived by the screenwriter of "The X-Files". It was originally intended to be used in "The X-Files", but the idea was not adopted, so he expanded it into a script and prepared to adapt it into a movie.
Xiang Nan has also seen this movie and knew it was a famous horror movie, so he decided to invest in it.
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Seeing how popular Xiang Nan was at the party, top Hollywood stars, directors, and producers were all surrounding Xiang Nan, hoping to cooperate with him. Zhang Ziyi couldn't help but be eye-opened.
In her opinion, those stars, directors, and producers are all famous, well-known, and aloof masters. Not to mention that she knew him, she had never even met him.
But now, they were all surrounding her, greeting each other with smiles and enthusiasm, which really made her feel flattered.
And she also knew in her heart that the reason why those people were so enthusiastic was not because of how powerful she was. But the people around her are the most prestigious and prestigious filmmakers in Hollywood and even the world.
Realizing this made her admire Xiang Nan even more.
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In April, Xiang Nan finally made a breakthrough in acquiring MGM Pictures.
He eventually acquired MGM Pictures for US$800 million, including the famous 007 series. In addition, there are more than 1,500 movies and more than 4,000 episodes of TV series.
Overall, the price is quite suitable.
On the one hand, more than 1,500 movies and more than 4,000 TV series episodes have effectively expanded Universal Pictures' film library, allowing it to have more stable and abundant income;
On the one hand, although MGM's film library was sold once and lost well-known films such as "Tom and Jerry," "The Wizard of Oz," "Gone with the Wind," and "The Blue Bridge," it still has "007" ” series, “Pink Panther” series, “Addams Family” series, “Four Funerals and a Wedding” and other high-quality movies.
At this time, MGM also had a 007 series work in production, which was "007: The Last Day" starring Sophie Marceau and Denis Richards.
To be honest, Denise Richards is already stunning and ranks high among many Bond girls. However, he met the more beautiful Sophie Marceau, and she was not only stunningly beautiful, but more importantly, she was also a femme fatale, cunning, cunning, and ruthless.
To men, such a woman is actually more attractive. Therefore, Denis Richards was beaten to a pulp in seconds, and his presence in the film is extremely low.
After it was released, she also attracted a lot of ridicule, which even affected her stardom, so that she never received a commercial blockbuster in the future. How pitiful!
…
The news that Xiang Nan successfully acquired MGM did not cause much response in Hollywood.
On the one hand, everyone knows that MGM Pictures is a mess. It has changed owners several times, but nothing has improved. Therefore, whoever buys it may end up losing money;
On the one hand, Xiang Nan has already acquired Carolco Pictures and Universal Pictures before, and now it is no longer unusual to acquire MGM Pictures. After all, with the miserable situation of MGM Pictures now, it is not as good as Carloco back then.
Today's MGM, that is, the brand is still somewhat famous, but its foundation has long been destroyed. It is no longer one of the eight giants in Hollywood, and is not even as powerful as Miramax, Orion Pictures, and New Line Cinema. So when it was acquired, it was naturally difficult to stir up controversy.
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