In June, while filming "It's All Angels' Trouble", Xiang Nan visited Xinxang, NetEase, Baidu and other companies and proposed investment plans to them.

After the U.S. Nasdaq index climbed to its highest level in March 2000, it has continued to decline for more than a year.

Now it has fallen to less than half of its previous value, and the market value of many listed companies has been cut in half or even closed down. The stock prices of companies such as Xinxang, NetEase, and Souhu have all fallen by more than half, and their stock prices are less than one dollar.

Capital is extremely pessimistic about the Internet industry, and no one dares to invest again. Therefore, major Internet companies have lost capital injections, are struggling, and are in an extremely difficult situation.

For example, when NetEase was at its worst, it could hardly afford to pay for broadband. It could be said that it was only one step away from closing down.

Therefore, when they heard that Xiang Nan was willing to inject capital, they immediately welcomed it with both hands. Xiang Nan invested 100 million yuan in each of the three companies in exchange for up to 30% of the shares.

After receiving the news, other Internet companies also came to him for help. After all, no Internet company has a surplus these days.

However, in the end, Xiang Nan only invested in Tencent and Alibaba, which also cost 100 million yuan each. As for Chinaren, 8848, China.com and other Internet companies, Xiang Nan rejected them all.

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And just when he was investing in Internet companies, "Yanjing Music and Road" directed by Zhang Yuanting was finally released in Hong Kong, but the box office it achieved was unbelievable.

It was released for 12 days, and the box office was only 3 million Hong Kong dollars, and the cost was not even recovered.

Moreover, "Yanjing Fun and Road" is not allowed to be introduced to the mainland because of its subject matter and story. This also makes it lose a market and the possibility of repaying the cost is even lower.

Xiang Nan is not surprised by this. Rock music is already a niche in the Chinese music circle, let alone the underground rock scene in Yanjing. It is even more of a niche, and it's crazy if it can sell well.

The film's disastrous box office failure also slightly damaged Xiang Nan's reputation as a box office elixir.

However, because "Young Boy Bao Qingtian" ranks first in the country in ratings and is still broadcast on major satellite TV stations, Xiang Nan's popularity has not fallen but has risen, and he has not been affected too much.

He just felt sorry for Wu Yanzu, Shu Qi and others. It was a pity that Bai suffered from the cold in Yanjing for several months, but the film did not make any money.

It is worth mentioning that later, the pirated version of "Yanjing Music and Road" still flowed into the mainland and became the favorite of many literary film lovers.

Thanks to their word-of-mouth spread, the film's reputation is getting better and better, giving Xiang Nan a group of niche fans.

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In August, the production of "It's All the Angels' Trouble" was officially finished. Xiang Nan didn't have time to rest, so he immediately rushed to the Chedun Film and Television City in Hujiang to continue filming "Like Rain, Like Fog and Like Wind".

"Haha, you didn't expect that I also joined the crew." As soon as Xiang Nan entered the crew, Zhou Xun, who was wearing two big ponytails, ran up to him and challenged him, "You have to act well, otherwise I will I’m going to laugh at you.”

"I bet you were the one who made that phone call." Xiang Nan suddenly realized, and then he was excited again, "You didn't join me in the group on purpose, just to find a chance to laugh at me, right?"

"So what, who made you angry with me!" Zhou Xunli said confidently even though he was not straightforward.

Xiang Nan rolled his eyes speechlessly, "Is it worth it? In order to make me angry, you have to get scolded first?"

A few days ago, many entertainment magazines reported on Zhou Xun and Huang Yi's fight for the role. Although the storm has subsided now, it also had a certain impact on Zhou Xun.

After all, Huang Yi is not an unknown person. Her starring roles in "Marrying the Right Man in the Wrong Sedan Chair" and "The New Consort" are still very popular. Zhou Xun snatched the role from others, which made her fans dissatisfied and she received a lot of scolding. .

Zhou Xun was about to say "I'm happy", but at this moment, Xiang Nan waved his hand again and said, "Forget it, as long as you are happy." After saying that, he walked away, leaving Zhou Xun stamping his feet angrily.

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"Brother Lei, Xiaoran, it's great to meet again." Xiang Nan then greeted Sun Honglei and Li Xiaoran, and also met Lu Yi and Luo Haiqiong under their recommendation.

In 1999, Lu Yi became an instant hit with "Never Close Eyes". In terms of national status, his popularity is no less than that of Zhou Jie and Zhao Wei who made their fortunes in "Huan Zhu Ge Ge".

However, after "Never Close Eyes" became a hit, Lu Yi's subsequent development failed to keep up and he only filmed one "Summer Love Quotes", which had very average ratings and a serious lack of exposure, causing his popularity to begin to decline.

Fortunately, he is a relatively Buddhist person and does not have much pursuit of career, so he is still at ease so far. It would have been impossible for other actors to play the second male lead in other TV series after becoming famous.

Luo Haiqiong graduated from theater and was in the same class as Lu Yi. Their class was a star class. In addition to them, there were also Xue Jianing, Tian Hairong, Wang Jingyan and so on.

Sun Honglei had worked with Lu Yi before in "Never Close Eyes", and they had a certain friendship. Xiang Nan had worked with Sun Honglei and Li Xiaoran before, and they had a good friendship with each other.

The so-called friends of friends are friends, so naturally Xiang Nan, Lu Yi and Luo Haiqiong became friends.

Zhou Xun originally didn't want to deal with Xiang Nan, so he joined the set just to make him angry.

However, seeing that Xiang Nan quickly became friends with everyone and seemed to be the core of the circle of friends, she was squeezed out, so she quickly changed her tune, ostensibly reconciled with Xiang Nan, and integrated into the small group.

However, she still often bickered with Xiang Nan and never tired of it, making Xiang Nan dumbfounded.

"You have to be careful. If you continue to make trouble like this, you may fall in love with me." He solemnly warned Zhou Xun.

He had watched the TV series "To Youth" before, and that's how Zheng Wei fell in love with Chen Xiaozheng.

"You think so well, I will never fall in love with you." Zhou Xun said contemptuously.

"I hope so. Otherwise, it would be a great misfortune in life to get entangled with you." Xiang Nan nodded.

"What do you mean by that?!" Zhou Xun asked very dissatisfied. Does she look very disrespectful? Doesn't she have a bad figure or a bad personality?

Xiang Nan was too lazy to pay attention to her anymore and went to play with Sun Honglei.

Zhou Xun was so angry that he pointed at his back and gave him a big middle finger!

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Time came to October, and "Kangxi Dynasty" was officially broadcast in the evening theater of CCTV. Once it was broadcast, it immediately caused a sensation and achieved a ratings of 8.3%. It was the fourth best drama in the annual ratings. .

Although the young Kangxi played by Xiang Nan only appeared in more than ten episodes, he was well received by the media and the audience because of his outstanding performance and his royal behavior.

This also further consolidated and enhanced his popularity.
Chapter completed!