Chapter 1933 1935 [Chen Musheng]

   "I hope we can cooperate more in the future. We, Universal Pictures, will definitely show the most enthusiastic attitude and the best conditions." Xiang Nan laughed again.

  DreamWorks Pictures released countless masterpieces, and he has not seen all of them, so the best way is to bring them all.

   "Okay, I will consider it." Spielberg nodded.

  His DreamWorks does not have distribution capabilities, and indeed needs to cooperate with giants. But there is musk, and Dreamworks Pictures has him, so there is no need to worry about the cooperation of giants.

  So since the establishment of the company, he has received numerous cooperation invitations. Paramount, Fox, Warner, Columbia... all offered him olive branches, and they all showed considerable sincerity.

  Spielberg did not easily agree to any one. In fact, he did not want to be deeply bound with any one. After all, these are giants, and the result of deep binding is that DreamWorks loses its autonomy and becomes a sweatshop for giants.

   "Okay." Xiang Nan didn't expect Spielberg to agree immediately, it would be considered good if he had an attitude.

  …

  Xiang Nan then finalized two more projects.

  One is "Braveheart" that Mel Gibson wanted to shoot, and the other is "Leaving Las Vegas", about the love story between a drunkard and a dancer.

   "Braveheart" is Mel Gibson's masterpiece, telling the story of the Scottish people's struggle hundreds of years ago.

  The script is adapted from the original work of the same name by Randall Wallace. Although the original work is based on the historical figure William Wallace, many plots are actually fabricated.

  For example, Princess Isabella didn’t know Wallace at all. Edward III was born ten years after Wallace’s death. It is impossible to be his child...

  But, what does that matter. This is making a movie, not a documentary.

  Just like in real history, Huang Feihong was a wandering doctor who bought traumatic medicine. He was not a Cantonese Ten Tigers or a martial arts master at all, but it still didn't prevent filmmakers from filming him like that.

  Xiang Nan knew about this movie, but unfortunately he hadn't seen it. Now that Mel Gibson wanted to shoot, he agreed to invest in him.

   "Leaving Las Vegas" is a project that Cage himself found. He saw the script from his uncle Francis Coppola and thought it was good, so he wanted to make this movie.

  After listening to his story, Xiang Nan also found the story interesting, so he agreed to invest.

  …

  In April, Xiang Nan began to prepare his own "Mission: Impossible 2".

  For this movie, he invited Chen Musheng, the director of Xiangjiang, to cooperate with him.

Chen Musheng is a well-known director in Xiangjiang. His representative works include "A Man Who Eats Vinegar", "If There Is Love", "The New Crane and the Needle", "The Stormtrooper Fury on the Street", "Who Am I", "SWAT New Man", "Baby Project" ", etc., is a very talented director, especially good at directing hot action scenes.

  Xiang Nan asked him to direct "Mission: Impossible 2", on the one hand, it was to cultivate talents. After all, the chance of director Xiangjiang to come to Hollywood to make a film is almost negligible.

   Hollywood blockbusters are not only expensive to produce, but also have a high level of technology. For the director himself, it is also a good learning opportunity.

  It’s like Xu Ke, although he had a bad fight with Xiang Nan when he was filming "Cosmic Dragon". But after he returned to Xiangjiang, Xiangjiang's special effects production level has obviously risen to a higher level.

  In addition, Xu Ke is more comfortable in grasping the big scenes. When he was filming "New Dragon Inn" in 1992, he dispatched thousands of troops in an orderly manner, and the scenes looked much more majestic.

  On the one hand, I also want to bring some new feelings to "Mission: Impossible 2". Good works are sparks of inspiration, so when Tom Cruise made "Mission Impossible 2", he had to change a director for each film, hoping to create different sparks and bring more freshness to the audience feel.

   After all, for the series of movies, the biggest problem is to keep the audience fresh. It seems that the Marvel universe is now being complained by many fans because of the same routine.

  …

   Chen Musheng was very happy when he received the invitation, and immediately rushed to Hollywood to report.

   "Mr. Ning, thank you for using me." He said gratefully.

  He never dreamed that he would be invited to Hollywood to film, and it really felt like a dream.

   "You are welcome, Director Chen, I invited you because of your ability." Xiang Nan said with a smile, "I will ask you this time."

   "No, I still want to ask you more." Chen Musheng said modestly.

  The film he has made with the largest investment so far is "If There Is Love" starring Andy Lau, and the investment is only tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars.

   But Xiang Nan's "Mission: Impossible 2" has an investment of more than 80 million US dollars. This is the first time he has encountered such a large amount of investment, and he has no experience at all.

  In comparison, Xiang Nan has filmed so many big productions, but has more experience than him as a director.

   "Okay, let's discuss together." Xiang Nan nodded.

  …

   For the next period of time, Xiang Nan, Chen Musheng, Famke Janssen and others are all studying the shooting of "Mission: Impossible 2".

  As the contact time increased, Xiang Nan took down Famke Jansen, but it was just a matter of hand.

   But he didn't take care of Fengliu outside, and he took good care of the family affairs.

   Tranquility is five years old this year and has already started kindergarten.

  Although Xiang Nan did not pick him up, he also taught him kung fu to ensure that he would not be bullied at school.

  But he also told his son not to bully his classmates in turn. After all, the little guy is a boy, and he has practiced martial arts with him since he was two years old, and now he has three years of martial arts experience.

  Although she is small and weak, and there is still a gap compared with adults, but against children, she is really invincible. So Xiang Nan had to restrain him again and again.

   Fortunately, Tranquility has inherited Cong Shan's character, and she has a gentle and quiet character since she was a child, so she usually doesn't take the initiative to cause trouble, but it is not uniform.

   "You shouldn't have taught him martial arts in the first place. If you let him learn martial arts, he will fight and cause trouble in the future." Cong Shan said worriedly.

"Even if the fight caused trouble, at least he wasn't the one who was bullied. Otherwise, he wouldn't be bullied." Xiang Nan said with a smile, "And in the United States, athletes are the most popular and the most popular group of people. I I don't want my son to be a nerd and become a foil for others."

   On American campuses, athletes are the most popular. Rugby, baseball, and basketball players are the most popular figures among girls.

  The character of a person is formed by both nature and nurture. He is always a man of the hour, always a master, and he will be extraordinary when he grows up.

  It seems that the great leaders of the United States are almost all athletes. Some are football players, some baseball players, some are long-distance runners...Even Roosevelt was a boxer back then.

   Only a healthy body can support an agile mind. Otherwise, the body will be thin and dry, and there will be three disasters and two diseases every day. No matter how smart the brain is, it will not be able to exert much advantage.

  (end of this chapter)