Chapter 1783 1785【Planning Transformation】

  The movie "Longwei Boy" was filmed from the end of April to the end of June, which took a total of two months. It's not that long, but it's enough.

  Although it is a blockbuster, it is essentially a low-budget school film with a production cost of only $4 million, which is not a big investment at all.

  After the film was finished, Brooke Shields bid farewell to Xiang Nan, "It's really a pity, the film is finished, I can only say goodbye to you."

   "It doesn't matter, mountains and rivers meet each other, if there is a destiny, we will definitely see you again." Xiang Nan laughed, not as sentimental as she was.

   "You're right." Brooke Shields nodded, "By the way, I read the information my mother gave me, and the stock price of Coca-Cola has been falling. You should stop buying it and sell it as soon as possible."

  Xiang Nan smiled when he heard it, "Thank you for your reminder, but I still believe in my own eyes."

  Hearing what he said, a trace of regret flashed across Brooke Shields' face.

  …

  After "Longwei Boy" was finished, Xiang Nan returned to Yanjing first, took the final exam at Peking University, and then met with Cong Shan.

   "The college entrance examination is coming soon, how do you feel? Do you have confidence?" He asked with a smile.

   "Well, it's okay." Cong Shan nodded.

  Although her grades are not as abnormal as Xiang Nan's, it is not difficult for her to enter the university. After all, from elementary school to high school, her grades are very good.

   "That's good, work hard." Xiang Nan smiled, and by the way gave her a gift from the United States, which was a bottle of Chanel No. 5 perfume.

   "Wow, it smells really good." Cong Shan said in surprise after smelling it.

  She has only used cosmetics such as cream and Yumeijing before, and this is the first time she smells such a fragrant perfume. It is American, but it is different.

   "It's fine if you like it." Xiang Nan nodded, "I can't stay in the mainland for too long this time. After you finish the exam and get your grades, I'll take you to Xiangjiang to have fun."

   "Yeah." Hearing what he said, Cong Shan was very happy, "It's a deal."

  …

  Xiang Nan then returned to Xiangjiang.

  At this time, "A Man Without Fear" starring him had just finished drawing, with a total box office of 9.6 million Hong Kong dollars. Although it is not as good as "The Prodigal Boy" and "The Younger Brother", etc., but the first film organization is already very satisfied.

  After all, the total investment of this film is only two million Hong Kong dollars, which is less than half of that of "The Prodigal Boy" and "Junior Brother".

  The successor to "Fearless" is the gambling film "A Thousand Kings Fighting Thousand Tyrants" directed by Wang Jing. After the film was released, the box office performance was actually good.

  After three days of release, the box office exceeded one million Hong Kong dollars. For a rookie director, such a result is quite good.

  At this time, Jackie Chan's self-directed and self-acted "Throwing Tooth Tiger" is also close to completion, and is preparing to succeed "A Thousand Kings Fighting Thousand Tyrants" in the future.

   It is worth mentioning that the Struggle Films, which Xiang Nan recommended to Lei Juekun before, has now accepted Lei Juekun's capital injection, and the Struggle Films has been renamed New Art City, and the pioneering film "Funny Times" is currently being filmed.

   After establishing his own production company, Lei Juekun also officially renamed his cinemas to Golden Princess Cinemas. Since then, there has been an additional Cantonese film theater circuit in the Hong Kong film industry (the former Golden Princess released foreign language films), and it is no longer just Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest.

   In this way, the Three Kingdoms stand together, and the competition will become more intense.

  …

  After Xiang Nan returned to Xiangjiang, he began to prepare for the new film "Police Story".

   Kung Fu movies in the early Republic of China have been filmed for nearly ten years since the early 1970s. The so-called five-year generation gap, ten-year gap, the audience changes, and the tastes they like are constantly changing.

   Kung Fu movies in the early Republic of China have become less and less popular. The best example of this is "Amistari". The quality of this movie is actually good, with wonderful stories, twists and turns, and fierce fighting, which is better than the previous "Laughing Fist" and "Drunken Master".

   But their box office is not much different, which shows that the kung fu movie market is shrinking.

  Because in the past few years, Xiangjiang's film market has gradually prospered. In 1978, the total annual box office was only 110 million Hong Kong dollars; in 1980, the total annual box office reached 180 million Hong Kong dollars, almost doubled.

  However, the box office of "Fearless" has not doubled. It is obvious that the kung fu film market has shrunk. If it is not transformed in time, it will be eliminated by the market sooner or later.

  It's like Lin Zhengying's fantasy films. Although the current audience has a nostalgic psychology and admires his films highly, but in fact, when he filmed "The Taoist One Eyebrow" in **, he had already begun to pass away.

   In the future, the box office of "Exorcist Police", "Mr. New Zombie", "Ghost Tour", "Ghost Fighting Ghost: The Golden Taoist" and so on did not exceed 10 million, or even only 1 or 2 million.

   Therefore, it is impossible not to transform.

  …

   "Police Story" is one of Jackie Chan's most classic masterpieces, so much so that he made six consecutive films. This series of action films is also the most classic work in the history of Xiangjiang Films.

  When Xiang Nan handed over the script of "Police Story" to Zou Wenhuai, Zou Wenhuai was shocked after reading it.

   On the one hand, the investment in this film is large enough. The investment of 12 million Hong Kong dollars is twice as expensive as "The Prodigal Boy" and "Master Dragon". The cost of building a wooden house on the mountain alone is as high as 1.5 million Hong Kong dollars.

   On the one hand, this movie is actually a modern action movie, which makes him unavoidably worried. Fear of a hasty transformation may not be good for Xiang Nan.

  After all, the audience has become accustomed to his image of a kung fu boy, and now he hastily transformed into an iron-blooded detective, the audience may not pay for it.

   "Ning Wei, transformation is possible, but does it need to be so large? Why don't you think about it and be safer?" Zou Wenhuai advised.

  Xiang Nan smiled and admitted that what Zou Wenhuai said made sense.

   Jackie Chan switched from kung fu movies in the early Republic of China to urban action movies, step by step.

  He first filmed "Project A", playing the role of Ma Rulong, a marine policeman in the early Republic of China version, exploring the road. Later, he played the role of a modern policeman in "Five Lucky Stars" and "Five Lucky Stars" by senior brother Sammo Hung, which further deepened the audience's impression.

  After three blockbuster films, he made sure audiences had embraced his new look, and finally launched Police Story, which was critically acclaimed.

  But Xiang Nan still wants to take risks.

  Because New Art City will start filming the urban action film "Best Partner" next year, if he doesn't start to transform now, then New Art City will steal the limelight.

   At that time, if he transforms again, he will pick up the wisdom of others and lose his position as a leader in the trend.

"Mr. Zou, I understand your concerns, but when it comes to transformation, it's time and not late." Xiang Nan said with a smile, "Rather than being dragged by the market, it's better to lead the market. Of course, if you really have concerns, I can understand that I don’t want to invest. Then I will invest in the production myself.”

  Zou Wenhuai smacked his lips when he heard it, "In this way, the risk is shared, you invest half, and Golden Harvest invests half, how about it?"

  (end of this chapter)