Chapter 1904

In July, "Speed ​​2" starring Xiang Nan and Courtney Cox was officially released.

This movie tells the story of a cruise ship that was hijacked by criminals and rushed to the coast at super fast speed. The hero and heroine were forced to take orders in the face of danger and took various measures to finally prevent a tragedy in which the ship crashed and everyone died.

This movie not only has a thrilling plot with ups and downs, but also is quite eye-catching because it was shot in the Caribbean, with blue sky and blue sea and beauties in costume.

Therefore, the audience was very satisfied with it, and the box office was very good after its release. The final box office in North America was US$150 million, which is quite impressive.

The release of two consecutive movies with a box office of more than 100 million US dollars also allowed Universal Pictures to turn a profit in the second quarter. The outstanding results also caused Universal Pictures' stock price to soar.

Its stock price had previously fallen below fifteen dollars, but now its stock price has risen to twenty-five dollars, an increase of nearly 60%. This has also made those shareholders who sold Universal Pictures stock regret it.

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In August, the thriller and suspense movie "Basic Instinct" starring Sophie Marceau and George Clooney was released.

Once this movie came out, it immediately caused a sensation.

On the one hand, it is because its story is bold and direct, and the scale of many scenes is so large that it cannot even be viewed as an R-rated movie.

On the one hand, it is because of its character creation. The heroine in "Basic Instinct" is both sexy and coquettish, as well as extremely intelligent. She is like a femme fatale. For men, she is both dangerous and full of temptation. She is really seductive. people.

Sophie Marceau not only has an appearance that suits the heroine's cold and sexy character, but her acting skills are also very good, and she has completed the shaping of this character very well, so the audience is deeply impressed by her.

This has also become her another extremely successful masterpiece after "First Kiss", "Edward Scissorhands" and "Dances with Wolves". More importantly, this movie greatly broadened her acting career.

From then on, she was not only able to play pure, beautiful, and traditional good women, but also cunning, vicious, and cruel bad women.

This is undoubtedly the best thing for Sophie Marceau, who aspires to become an excellent actress.

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In September, "Mission: Impossible" starring Xiang Nan and Jennifer Connelly was finally completed.

Afterwards, Xiang Nan, Cong Shan and Ning Ning returned to the mainland to visit his parents.

When the children returned, the Ning family and the Cong family were naturally very happy and held a banquet to celebrate.

Ning Yong specially asked for leave and went home with his wife and children.

After three rounds of wine and five tastes of food, everyone shared their farewell feelings.

Ning Yong also told Xiang Nan about the current situation of his friends.

Zhong Yuemin is now working as a marketing manager in Li Yuanchao's company, living a life of feasting and extravagance; Zhang Haiyang and Zhou Xiaobai are already married and have children; Yuan Jun is working as a military attaché in an embassy abroad and has been promoted to the level of a senior colonel; Zheng Tong stayed in the university after finishing graduate school He teaches in a school, and his wife Jiang Biyun teaches in a middle school...

Xiang Nan nodded while listening. To be honest, he was quite relieved to know that these old friends were doing well.

But then again, his current life is really far different from theirs. It can be said that he is no longer from the same world.

Therefore, Xiang Nan didn't have much emotion after hearing their news.

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After staying at home for half a month, Xiang Nan then brought Cong Shan to Xiangjiang quietly and moved into the Ning family's mansion that had been built long ago.

The construction of this mansion started in 1983 and was finally completed in 1988. However, this was the first time Cong Shan came here.

"Ning Wei, we already have a house in Los Angeles, why do we need to build another one here?" Cong Shan asked with some confusion.

"Of course there is a reason." Xiang Nan smiled.

If he wants to retire in the future, he would rather live in Xiangjiang than in Yanjing or Los Angeles.

Because living in Xiangjiang is safer, more casual, and more comfortable. It is more in line with the needs of rich people like him.

After listening to Xiang Nande's explanation, Cong Shan felt that it made sense and nodded.

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After returning to Xiangjiang, Xiang Nan first went to see Shanshan.

"Brother, you are so awesome. Now you are all the news in Xiangjiang." Shanshan said with a smile, "Everyone says you are richer than the richest man in Xiangjiang. Is that true?"

"It's not that exaggerated. The richest man in Xiangjiang can definitely mobilize more money than me." Xiang Nan said with a smile.

As the richest man in Hong Kong, Li Jiacheng is in charge of many companies such as Cheung Kong Holdings and Hutchison Whampoa. With the support of Shen Bi, the chief executive of Huifeng Bank, he can mobilize hundreds of billions of funds.

In comparison, all he can mobilize is his own little money. Of course, it is possible if he takes out a loan, but it will never be such a large amount.

"That's already very impressive." Shanshan nodded and said, "Brother, it's worthy of you!"

"Thank you." Xiang Nan smiled, "How are you now?"

"I'm pretty good." Shanshan said with a smile, "I have starred in two movies in the past two years, one is "The Emperor's Disciple" and the other is "The Secret Dragon". Director Wang said that I acted very well.

good."

"That's fine." Xiang Nan nodded, "Continue to work hard and strive to become a famous star as soon as possible. When the time comes, I will take you to Hollywood for development."

"Really?! Thank you, brother." Shanshan said happily immediately.

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Xiang Nan then went to see Wang Jing again.

As soon as they met, Wang Jing was full of praise for Xiang Nan, "Mr. Ning, you really impress me. You can actually buy Universal Pictures, Guaiguai Longdi Dong, no wonder you paid for it so easily for ten million dollars."

Already."

The acquisition of Universal Pictures for US$3.5 billion was such a large sum that Wang Jing had never thought of. It was truly astonishing.

"Thank you." Xiang Nan nodded, "Whenever do you want to go to Hollywood to film, just say hello and I will help you arrange it."

"No need, I'd better stay in Xiangjiang." Wang Jing heard this and said with a smile and waved his hands.

He knows his own business. Going to Hollywood to film is far worse than staying in Hong Kong.

He has no pursuit of art or awards. What he loves most is making money. If he goes to Hollywood to film, he may not be able to make a few films in a year.

And when he was in Hong Kong, he made more than ten movies a year at the most. The salary for one movie was one million Hong Kong dollars, which was two million U.S. dollars a year. Plus the company's dividends, he made no less than the top Hollywood directors.

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On the contrary, if he goes to Hollywood, he will start as a newcomer, and the salary for a movie will be hundreds of thousands of dollars at most. It will not be as much as what he earned in Hong Kong.

"That's up to you." Xiang Nan nodded, then looked at the account book and found that the performance of Zhen Kung Fu Pictures in the past year was also good, and several of the movies it released were very popular at the box office.
Chapter completed!