The third priority is to invest heavily in building a film and television base in eastern Guangdong.

In this way, ATV's future TV series can be shot at the film and television base instead of borrowing scenes from everywhere.

You must know that the reason why Hong Kong dramas are always criticized for being small-minded is because the setting is too perfunctory. Waterfalls are made of plastic sheets, dozens of people play the roles of tens of millions of troops, and a villa is used by dozens of rich people...

Now the audience can tolerate watching these dramas, but in a few years, after the rise of mainland film and television dramas, there will be no market for Hong Kong dramas. Therefore, if they want to become popular, they have to work harder on quality.

And an exquisite film and television base is essential.

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Xiang Nansan put down the fire, and the whole ATV was immediately burned like chicken blood. Everyone was in high spirits and beaming with joy, thinking that ATV had finally had a good life.

The TVB executives are a little nervous. After all, Xiang Nan's three fires are burning brightly. Under his leadership, maybe ATV will really create a ratings miracle and overwhelm TVB.

As for Wireless's mid-level and lower-level employees, they are all looking forward to whether ATV will poach Wireless's employees as aggressively as before. You must know that every time ATV changed owners before, it would poach Wireless's employees.

From producers to screenwriters, from superstars to celebrities, everyone is poaching. And every time it poaches people, the salary of wireless employees will increase. So they are looking forward to it.

But to their disappointment, ATV did not poach talent from TVB, but instead recruited talents from the film industry.

Many stars in the film industry have gone to ATV to film movies. For example, Yuen Biao, Sammo Hung, Kwan Chi-lin, Liming, Aaron Kwok, Hong Xin, Wen Bixia, etc.

In addition, directors such as Chen Jiashang, Wang Jing, Er Dongsheng, Chen Kexin, Huang Baiming, and Lam Chaoxian, as well as well-known screenwriters such as Qiu Gangjian, Luo Qirui, An Xi, Du Guowei, etc., also serve ATV.

With the participation of these filmmakers, the quality of ATV's TV series has been greatly improved.

After all, when filmmakers shoot TV series, the kind of images, the kind of rhythm, and the kind of texture cannot be matched by TV series directors.

TVB's TV series can outperform ATV's because a large number of filmmakers joined the TVB when it first launched.

For example, Sam Dianxia, ​​Xie Xian, Wang Tianlin, Chen Honglie, Guan Haishan, Hu Feng, Luo Lan, Li Xiangqin and others were all stars and directors in the Cantonese film era. So with them joining the cast, TVB TV series will naturally be good to watch.

And the reason why these people in the film industry are so generous is not all because of Xiang Nan. In recent years, Hollywood movies have become more and more popular, and Hong Kong movies have been defeated in Southeast Asia, and their market share has fallen again and again.

If it weren't for Xiang Nan distributing Hong Kong films through the channels of Universal Pictures, there would probably be no market for Hong Kong films now. Therefore, these filmmakers are naturally grateful and willing to work hard for the development of ATV.

And even if they are just guest appearances and supporting, it is a big help to ATV. At least ATV's momentum has increased.

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Back to Hollywood.

In April, May, and June, the best-selling movie has always been "Titanic", and no movie can knock it off the weekly top spot.

This also caused other movies to be afraid to be released, for fear of becoming cannon fodder for "Titanic". Until July, Universal Pictures began to release "The Matrix" starring Xiang Nan.

This extremely cool, imaginative, and unprecedented science fiction action film immediately shocked the film industry upon its release.

People have never seen such a movie, so imaginative, so ground-breaking, making all the audience scream out in surprise.

The New York Times called it "a dazzling and original visual adventure."

"Los Angeles Times" commented, "This is like an animated but three-dimensional movie scene. Science fiction fans will not want to miss every second of the film."

"The Washington Post" commented, "This is a release and a transformation of energy. The film will ignite you and make you dazzled and dizzy."

The audience even commented that "this is the best science fiction film I have ever seen."

Therefore, after the movie was released, the box office was extremely popular, and it quickly pushed "Titanic" out of the top spot in the weekly box office rankings. However, "Titanic" still ranked second, and did not fall too much.

In the end, "The Matrix" took in a box office of US$250 million in North America and a global box office of US$600 million. Although it was not as good as "Titanic", it was still the highest-grossing movie of the summer.

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After "The Matrix", "Jurassic Park 2" directed by Chris Columbus also officially met the audience.

This movie started shooting two years ago, but it took a little longer because it used more advanced special effects technology. Otherwise, it should have been released last year.

Fortunately, this delay is worth it. The more gorgeous special effects make the dinosaurs more vivid and real, and also bring more freshness to the audience.

Coupled with the residual power of "Jurassic Park 1", "Jurassic Park 2" finally had a box office of US$220 million in North America and nearly US$500 million globally. It was another box office hit.

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After that, several commercial blockbusters were released in succession, including "Broken Arrow" in September, "Ransom" in October, "The Island" in November, and "Air Force One" in December, stimulating the film market in the second half of the year.

's extremely prosperous.

Looking at it, in the weekly box office rankings, Universal Pictures is always the champion. Movies from other companies are often ranked below two or three.

Such achievements make the industry envious and envious. In the first half of the year, "Titanic" had already defeated them.

Unexpectedly, Xiang Nan would be even more ruthless in the second half of the year, releasing six blockbusters in a row, with new films every month, and each new film was both well-received and a hit. How could one not be envious of such a high-yield and precise production?

"Is Charles really the god of movies? Otherwise, why are his movies so beautiful and so popular?"

"For movies like "Titanic," "The Matrix," and "Jurassic Park," it's a joke that a film company can only produce one movie a year. Xiang Nan produces at least six or seven movies a year, which is simply amazing.

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"It is said that Universal Pictures still has two sci-fi blockbusters "Men in Black" and "Independence Day" that have not been released yet. I really can't imagine what the structure of his brain is and how he can come up with so many good stories."

Everyone in the industry lamented that 1998 was the year they were suppressed by Xiang Nan.

As for the audience, they were very excited. In the second half of this year, they watched six blockbusters in a row. Each one was so exciting and interesting that they felt that the movie tickets were well spent.

And so many good movies have also enriched their entertainment life, making them naturally very happy and satisfied. This has also made it gradually become everyone's consensus in Hollywood that "universal productions must be high-quality".
Chapter completed!