After the award ceremony, Xiang Nan attended the party with Naomi Watts and Zhang Ziyi.

"It's a pity, Mr. Ning, that you previously announced your withdrawal from the selection for the Best Screenplay Award. Otherwise, your "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" would definitely win the award." Zhang Ziyi said regretfully.

"It doesn't matter. I already have several trophies. It doesn't matter if I have one more or one less." Xiang Nan waved his hand and said with a smile, "Let's give the opportunity to others."

"Mr. Ning, you are so amazing." Zhang Ziyi said with admiration, "I really hope that one day I can also win an Oscar."

"As long as you work hard, there is always a chance." Xiang Nan encouraged, but he knew that the chance was almost zero.

Because there is also racial discrimination in the Oscars, it is difficult for ethnic minorities to win the award. Especially Zhang Ziyi, who is not even American, so the probability of winning the award is even lower.

"Well, I hope you can help me more," Zhang Ziyi said again.

"No problem." Xiang Nan nodded, "You have to perform well in "Rush Hour 2" and build your reputation first."

Zhang Ziyi nodded.

In "Rush Hour 2", she played the role of the boss behind the counterfeit money syndicate, who controlled her subordinates through beauty and wealth. Her positioning was similar to Shangguan Xiaoxian in "September Flight of the Eagles" and Su in "007: Dark Days". Fei Marceau.

If this role is performed well, it will be easy to shine. After all, among Hollywood blockbusters, there are very few movies with women as the big bosses.

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After the Oscars, Xiang Nan handed over the script of "Cat and Mouse Game" to Li An.

Li An liked the script very much after reading it. The script not only showed Frank's extraordinary deception, but more importantly, it delved into his mental journey.

Frank originally came from a wealthy family, but because of the bankruptcy of his father's business and his mother's infidelity, he was forced to live on the streets and became a master of fraud.

And all his efforts were in the hope of saving his father's business and bringing his parents back together. Therefore, when his father died and his mother married someone else and had a happy family, all his hopes were shattered. .

Even though he had a chance to escape again, he gave up in the end...

This script not only had rich commercial elements, but was also a very touching story, so he immediately decided to take it on.

"Mr. Ning, as expected of you, only you can write such a good script." Li An said with admiration.

He is also a good screenwriter, but the works he writes are more literary and artistic than commercial. Therefore, they often have good reputations, but their box office performance is unsatisfactory.

Unlike Xiang Nan's script, it is both literary and artistic, and has a win-win reputation and box office. To be honest, it is really not easy for a script to achieve this effect, and not many people in Hollywood can do it.

"You're welcome. Only with a good script and a good director can you make a good movie. Just like good ingredients and a good chef can you make a good dish," Xiang Nan said with a smile. , "If this script is put into your hands, Director Li, I believe it will not be buried."

Hearing what Xiang Nan said, Li An was naturally very happy and felt that he was very proud.

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In April, "Mission: Impossible 3" officially started shooting.

In addition to Xiang Nan, Naomi Watts, and Maggie Lee, the main characters also include Ving Rhames, Philip Hoffman, Selma Blair, etc.

The total budget of the movie is US$100 million, and it will be shot in the United States, Italy and Hong Kong, so that it will have the style of a blockbuster.

And just in April, the fantasy masterpiece "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" directed by Peter Jackson and invested by Universal Pictures was officially launched.

This movie invested more than 150 million US dollars and took six years to prepare. It is a masterpiece that Peter Jackson devoted all his efforts to.

For this movie, he really strived for excellence. He made 48,000 sets of armor alone, nearly 10,000 sets of bows and arrows, and even customized more than 40 Lord of the Rings. The big one is as big as a sea bowl, and the small one is as small as an ordinary one. The rings are similar so that you can shoot from different angles...

It can be said that this movie was shot with great care, so the quality of the movie is very high. It shocked everyone immediately after its release and made countless "Lord of the Rings" fans excited.

The box office on the first day was as high as 40 million U.S. dollars. In the cold April period, such results are simply incredible.

Moreover, because this movie is so good, it not only has a wonderful story, amazing special effects, and appropriate casting, but also has an epic and magical quality. Therefore, it is often released and popular, and its popularity continues until the second half of the year.

The cumulative box office ultimately reached US$890 million, setting a record for the highest box office for a fantasy film.

As soon as such results came out, Harvey Weinstein and Saul Zaenz almost went crazy with jealousy.

They originally thought that this project would not make money, so they only paid tens of millions of dollars and sold it.

Nowadays, the box office revenue of Universal Pictures for one "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" exceeds 300 million U.S. dollars. There are still two "Lord of the Rings" movies left, and Universal Pictures' box office profit is expected to be at least more than 1.2 billion U.S. dollars. US dollars. Moreover, the revenue from peripheral product development is estimated to be more than 10 billion US dollars.

And they only received tens of millions of dollars and handed over such a large amount of profits to others. When they look back, how could they not beat their chests and regret it?

The media has always liked to talk to people who are rich and poor, so they quickly reported this past incident.

As soon as this matter was exposed, everyone admired Xiang Nan's vision. It only cost more than 20 million US dollars to get such a famous IP as "The Lord of the Rings". It was really a bargain.

No wonder it took him ten years to rise from an actor to the CEO of Universal. His investment vision is so precise that no one can match it.

In comparison, Saul Zaenz and Harvey Weinstein are idiots. They were kicked out of the Fat Pig Arch. They are really stupid.

Now I can only watch others making a lot of money and make a fortune, and I can only sigh and sigh. It is really funny. Because of this, the two of them once became the biggest joke in Hollywood. This also made Saul Zaenz and Ha Weinstein is even more depressed.

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Entering June, James Cameron released his latest work "True Lies 2".

This movie is still an extremely popular spy action movie with plenty of laughs. In the previous movie, the husband worked as a spy without telling his wife. In this movie, it’s the father, mother, father-in-law, and mother-in-law who hide the secret from their children. Be an agent...

It seems like an ordinary family, but it is actually a family of agents. This change is unexpected and reasonable at the same time.

Especially in the film, the plot where criminals hijack a plane and crash into a building, but are subdued by the protagonist's family, is even more imaginative and made the audience hooked.
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