"Start?! What start?" the host asked with some confusion.

Xiang Nan didn't talk much and took Liv Tyler into the theater.

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.

…

The Oscar Awards ceremony will be held immediately.

This year's awards ceremony is mainly about "Braveheart". This movie has a magnificent epic, a 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. It's really quite good. It's enough to be compared with 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 is particular about making movies without using their own money.

Either obtain loan financing from a bank or raise funds from other investors, which can reduce risks to the greatest extent and maximize the use of funds.

For example, if a production company has US$100 million in hand, it could originally make three medium-production films. However, after financing, it can make six or even nine medium-production films. As the production volume increases, the income will also increase.

Moreover, if one of the movies fails miserably at the box office, because the money is used by 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 big hits; secondly, even if they are big hits at the box office, they can turn the originally big-selling movies into losses through accounting.

But it doesn’t matter who is right.

For someone like Xiang Nan, who has great influence in Hollywood and can make the entire entertainment industry tremble when he stomps 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.

So Xiang Nan dares to invest, but others are not advised to invest randomly. Otherwise, you may lose even a cent.

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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.

As a result, these laymen could not 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 hunch 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 very 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 of United Artists' films, RKO and Warner Pictures in 1986

All the movies made fifty years ago have been sold.

So now its film library seems to be full, but in fact those movies are all produced by small studios, are not very high quality, and have no great value at all.

However, Crédit 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 like other IPs. So he is sending people to talk to Crédit Lyonnais and only wants to take over the 007 series.

However, the negotiations have not progressed yet. After all, Crédit Lyonnais is not all fools. They also know that the most valuable thing in 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 of Hope," "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 chivalrous and 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 won the recognition of Grammy Awards many times, which can be said to be rare.

of talents.

"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 and use drilling technology to send a nuclear bomb into the interior of 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 I believe 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, he has almost no successful works. His cooperation with Jackie Chan does not help Jackie Chan, but is a hindrance.

exist.

On the one hand, Chris Tucker is not a fuel-efficient person. He once owed more than $14 million in taxes within seven years and faced bankruptcy at any time.
Chapter completed!