The year before last, while filming "Ghostbusters 2", Kevin Costner recommended Michael Blake and his novel "Dances with Wolves" to Xiang Nan.

Xiang Nan suggested adapting it into a novel and publishing it to see which direction the trend goes. After all, the story of "Dances with Wolves" is a bit incorrect. After a year of adaptation, the novel "Dances with Wolves" was finally completed.

Later, under the recommendation of Xiang Nande, Random House prepared to publish it.

Random House is one of the largest publishers in the United States, and it was the publisher of "Harry Potter" back then.

The reason why it buys Xiang Nan's face is mainly because several of Xiang Nan's movies have been adapted into novels. For example, "The Dragon King", "Die Hard", "Mermaid", and "The Spirit" , "Witches of Easttown" and so on.

This is also the basic operation of American movies. Best-selling books will be adapted into film and television dramas, and film and television dramas will also be adapted into novels. The two promote each other, and both will benefit.

Xiang Nan's movie was a box office hit and had many fans, so even after it was adapted into a novel, many fans of the novel still supported it.

After all, reading and watching movies have different feelings. Moreover, novels adapted from film and television dramas will have richer content, more stories, and more details. This is good news for movie lovers.

Random House has collaborated with Xiang Nan many times, and they have a good relationship with each other, so helping to publish a book is naturally an easy task.

…

After "The Brave Chef" was released, the box office was pretty good.

On the one hand, the success of "Red Zone" gave Jackie Chan a certain degree of popularity and he was no longer a nobody; on the other hand, compared to "Red Zone", "The Good Chef" required a larger investment and more spectacular scenes.

Whether it's a horse-drawn carriage racing through the streets or a giant truck crashing into a villa, these are not common action scenes, and they all make the audience's blood boil.

Therefore, "The Brave Chef" also did well at the box office, with a final box office of more than 47 million US dollars. For a Chinese actor, this result is very good.

Xiang Nan all congratulated him, "Aaron, congratulations to you, this result is very good."

"Thank you Mr. Ning, I know it's all because of you." Jackie Chan said gratefully.

"You don't have to say that. Although I gave you the opportunity, you still have to work hard enough to seize it." Xiang Nan patted his shoulder and said.

"If you hadn't given me a chance, I wouldn't have been able to catch him even if I wanted to." Jackie Chan waved his hand and smiled.

Seeing this, Xiang Nan nodded and was very happy to hear what he said. This showed that his mind was still clear and he was not carried away by his temporary victory.

"Okay, do you want to take a break next, or continue?" Xiang Nan asked again.

"Of course, continue." Jackie Chan nodded and said, "If you don't take more pictures now while you are young, why don't you wait until you are old and can no longer work anymore?"

Xiang Nan smiled and nodded, then gave him a script, "Take it and read it, I think you will like it."

Jackie Chan took it and took a look, but it was "Eagle Project", which tells the story of a flying eagle who accepts a commission and goes to the desert to find gold treasures.

Jackie Chan fell in love at first sight.

This movie not only has a good subject matter and story, but it was also filmed in many places around the world. It looks like a big production at first glance.

He is actually envious of movies like 007, which are shot all over the world. It looks like a high-cost production. It's no wonder that after so many episodes and so many Bond roles, the box office is still good.

"Mr. Ning, thank you, I like this script very much." Jackie Chan said happily.

"As long as you like it." Xiang Nan patted him on the shoulder and said, "I will invest 20 million US dollars in this movie and make it well."

When Jackie Chan heard this, he became even happier.

The higher the cost, the more he can strive for excellence. By then, if a movie is produced that is not inferior to 007, then Asian Eagle will be able to get rid of the title of copycat Indiana Jones and James Bond.

…

Filming of "Ghostbusters 3" continues.

After a month of getting along, the relationship between Xiang Nan and Sophie Marceau became closer and closer.

Sophie is a woman who loves talents very much, and her boyfriend Andrei Zulawsky is a well-known postmodernist director.

"Possessed", "Demons", "Silver Planet", etc., directed by him, are all masterpieces of postmodernist films. They have won nominations and awards at the Cannes Film Festival, Locarno Film Industry, Montreal Film Festival, and have won awards in Europe. It enjoys a high reputation in the film industry.

It was precisely because of this that when the eighteen-year-old Sophie Marceau collaborated with him in "Wild Love", she fell in love with this man who was twenty-six years older than her without hesitation.

To be honest, Xiang Nan was a little envious of him.

However, although Andrei Zulawski has status and talent, his style is too radical and difficult for the public to accept. Each box office has suffered worse, so he has no status in Hollywood.

In fact, with the decline of European movies in the 1990s, it was difficult for him to find people to invest in movies. He could only engage in drama directing and script writing.

Because Xiang Nan is very talented, he has won the Berlin Golden Bear Award, the Cannes Grand Jury Prize, etc., so he has also won the respect of Sophie Marceau.

"Charles, I really think that your talent should not be wasted on those vulgar commercial films. You should pursue greater artistic films." Sophie suggested to Xiang Nan.

"You are right, I have been thinking about this matter in recent years." Xiang Nan nodded, "Although I have made many movies, the artistic quality is not very high.

A hundred years from now, my commercial films will be outdated. In comparison, those art films will still be remembered. So I am also making changes, such as "Fallen Angel", "Red Sorghum", "Ju Dou", "Rain" "People" are all my attempts."

"Well, I've seen all of your movies, and I think you should make more movies like this." Sophie Marceau nodded.

"However, artistic creation is really difficult." Xiang Nan frowned and said, "I have written so many scripts, but only a few of them are artistic."

"Yeah." Sophie Marceau nodded.

She knows that artistic creation is indeed not easy. Andrei Zulawski also spent several years of hard work to complete an ideal script.

"Sophie, can you do me a favor?" Xiang Nan asked.

"What are you busy with?" Sophie asked curiously.

"I'm used to creating at night. If you don't mind, I hope you can accompany me to create, help me clarify my ideas, and provide some opinions." Xiang Nan explained, "Of course, if you don't have time, then I wouldn’t mind either.”

"No, I'm honored." Sophie waved her hands after hearing this.

She is very happy to be able to participate in the creation. In fact, she is not willing to just be an actor. She also hopes to be a screenwriter and director and make the movies she wants to make.
Chapter completed!