Save the Bachelor of Heaven

In July, "The Matrix 2" starring Xiang Nan will be released as usual.

Once the previous first one came out, it caused a sensation all over the world. Both the industry and the audience have given high praise to the film.

Endless imagination, cool fighting scenes, and exciting, suspenseful plots made "The Matrix" very popular, and it has won a box office of 600 million US dollars worldwide.

In addition, the sales volume and rental volume of video discs are also among the best. Coupled with the income from the development of peripheral products, "The Matrix" has brought nearly 2 billion US dollars to Universal Pictures in the past two years.

Therefore, "The Matrix 2" naturally needs to be filmed, and it must be filmed better.

The production cost of "The Matrix" was only 80 million U.S. dollars, and the cost of "The Matrix 2" directly doubled to 160 million U.S. dollars.

Therefore, the scene is bigger and the picture effect is more amazing. Coupled with the wonderful story, this movie has once again become a big hit at the box office, with a North American box office of 360 million US dollars and a global box office of more than 700 million US dollars, making it another blockbuster.

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In August, the movie released was "Gladiator," starring Mel Gibson.

This movie is an epic action movie, telling the story of a general who was demoted to a slave in ancient Rome and revenged himself on the emperor.

It is directed by Ridley Scott, and he is a famous iron-blooded director in Hollywood, the famous "Alien", "Blade Runner", "Thelma and Louise", "Devil GI", "Black Hawk Down", "Kingdom of Heaven", "Prometheus" and so on are directed by him.

Therefore, under his direction, this "Gladiator" is magnificent, full of tension, and full of magnificent epic flavor, so it was a great success after it was released.

In the end, the North American box office won 160 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office was nearly 500 million U.S. dollars. It is really not easy.

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In the same month, the crew ended their filming in Rome and moved to Xiangjiang.

As soon as he came to Xiangjiang, Xiang Nan was full of energy. After all, this was his old lair, and his influence was deeply rooted, stronger than in Hollywood. Whatever happens here, he has a way to settle it.

After returning to Xiangjiang, Xiang Nan was not in a hurry to film, but met with old friends first.

Shanshan is still the assistant to the president of ATV. She is on the same level as the general manager. She will also participate in the daily management of the company, mainly in charge of public relations.

ATV is currently pursuing the strategy of going out. In addition to Hong Kong, Macau, and the mainland, it is also planning to enter Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, and overseas Chinatowns.

This naturally requires the public relations department to take action and open up each market. So Shanshan is very busy, and she has to make time to meet Xiang Nan.

"You are so busy now that you are almost exhausted, do you want to take a rest?" Seeing this, Xiang Nan asked with pity.

"No, big brother, I have a sense of proportion." Shanshan was very happy to see that Xiang Nan cared about her.

"You still have to take care of your health." Xiang Nan urged, "Money can never be earned, and besides, your eldest brother and I are not short of money."

"I know." Shanshan nodded, "Actually, I like to do this. I wasted too much time before. I spent so many years doing nothing without accomplishing anything, and now I'm finally able to achieve something.

Although I am busy now, I am very happy and I have a great sense of accomplishment. I am willing to continue working like this, big brother, this is my true thought. "

Hearing what Shanshan said, Xiang Nan nodded, understanding her thoughts.

Indeed, after Shanshan came out of her hometown, she lived a ridiculous life for a period of time, neither human nor ghost. Now she is the assistant to the president of ATV. She attends all important occasions, interviews with big people, and does big things.

For her, it is indeed a sense of accomplishment, and it is reasonable for her to be busy.

"Okay, but you still have to pay attention to your body." Xiang Nan nodded and said.

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As for Real Kung Fu Films, the number of films produced in Xiangjiang has been reduced, and many talents have been transferred to ATV or the mainland branch.

The development of the mainland branch has been good in the past year. It has released several popular costume dramas, which have caused a lot of repercussions in the mainland.

In particular, it has signed several talented newcomers from the mainland, such as Sun Honglei, Duan Yihong, Yin Xiaotian, Sui Junbo, Deng Chao, Zuo Xiaoqing and so on.

Wang Jing felt that the mainland was full of talents, much better than Xiangjiang.

In the past few years, Xiangjiang has also produced newcomers such as Zhang Bozhi, Nicholas Tse, Chen Xiaodong, Shawn Yue, Chen Guanxi, etc., but compared with the golden age of stars in the 1980s, it is too far away, and the talents are likely to be discontinued.

Therefore, in the past two years, he has mainly focused on the mainland.

"Looking at the talent pool, we know that the mainland will definitely replace Xiangjiang in the future." Wang Jing sighed.

"That's natural. After all, the mainland has a population of 1.2 billion, one out of ten thousand has 120,000 talents." Xiang Nan said with a smile, "Besides, the potential of the mainland film and television market is being released, and one day it will replace the United States and become the world's largest entertainment market , I wouldn't be surprised."

Wang Jing nodded.

The United States only has a population of 300 million, while China has 1.2 billion. And looking at the growth rate of China's economy, within the next ten years, it is possible to surpass Japan and become the world's second largest economy. In another twenty years, it is possible to keep pace with the United States.

At that time, the consumption of the population of 1.2 billion will naturally be greater than that of the population of 300 million.

"So it's not wrong to pay attention to the inland market." Xiang Nan smiled, "But we can't completely abandon the Xiangjiang market. After all, the livelihood of 100,000 watercraft workers depends on them, and we still have to leave a bowl of rice for them."

At the peak of Hong Kong Film, there were 100,000 people engaged in film and television related work in Hong Kong. Although the scale is small now, there are at least 30,000 to 50,000 people.

It is not so easy for them to change careers. After all, many people have been doing it all their lives, and they are too old to change careers.

Martial artists like Huo Huo, Lu Huiguang, Lin Guobin, what are they supposed to do if they are not filming? Go to the fruit bar to sell fruit, or drive a taxi?

When Wang Jing heard this, he nodded in agreement, and Xiang Nan's words completely fell into his heart.

He grew up in the entertainment circle since he was a child, and he knew many people well, so he naturally didn't want to see these old friends have a miserable ending. Therefore, it is good for them to invite them to film, even if the pay is not high.

After all, what people fear most is hopelessness.

"Mr. Ning, you are really a good person. There are really not many conscientious bosses like you." Wang Jing said moved.

"You don't need to talk about this, just do your best." Xiang Nan waved his hand and smiled.

Who told him to be a lover of Hong Kong movies? Seeing those old artists and old employees who have nothing to do with him, he naturally felt uncomfortable. It's fine if he doesn't have money, but it's not that he doesn't have money now, so he can help if he can.

Anyway, making money should not be too simple.