Chapter 1936 1938 [Progress]

   Entering October, the movie released by Universal Pictures is the movie "Seven Deadly Sins" directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt, Nicole Kidman and Morgan Freeman.

   This is a noir thriller about two police detectives who are ordered to investigate a serial murder case, and finally discover that the murderer committed the crime according to the seven crimes recorded in the Bible. Before the detectives could catch him, they found themselves involved...

  The difference between this movie and other thrillers and crime movies is that serial killers kill people according to the instructions of the Bible, which makes this movie cast a strong mystery.

   Moreover, in the arrangement of the plot, the director also tried his best to confuse things. The seven cases are faintly visible, vaguely clear, and there is a sense of "there is no way out when the mountains are poor and the rivers are full of doubts, and the willows are dark and the flowers are bright and another village".

   Therefore, although it is a dull and gloomy movie, when the audience watches it, it does not feel boring, so the box office performance of this movie is not bad.

  The box office in North America was 100 million US dollars, and the global box office was 320 million US dollars. Although Brad Pitt has already had works such as "The Burning Years", "Thelma and Louise", and "The End of Love", it was not until this movie that he truly became a first-line star.

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  After "Seven Deadly Sins", it was followed by "The Usual Suspects" starring Nicolas Cage.

  This is a suspenseful crime film, which exceeds the audience's expectations in every way and completely subverts the audience's inertial logical thinking. It is impossible for the audience to know the truth until the final juncture.

   Therefore, this movie is full of tension, so that the audience can't stop, they are attracted and have to watch it, and they are completely stunned by the final big reversal.

  Many film critics gave this movie a very high evaluation, praising this movie as the most exciting and brain-burning suspense crime movie they have seen in the past two years.

  In the end, the movie earned $23 million at the box office in North America and $52 million worldwide, making it a blockbuster movie.

   In addition, "Twelve Monkeys" starring Bruce Willis was also released at the same time.

   This is a sci-fi film about the future world where viruses are rampant and people are in dire straits. The male protagonist is sent to the past to investigate the virus leak and obtain virus samples in order to save the remaining human beings.

  This sci-fi film involves many elements such as time travel, grandfather paradox, psychoanalysis, animal protection, etc. Many plots are ambiguous and can be interpreted from multiple angles.

  Just like the Hong Kong film "Wu Shuang", the truth of the story is looming, dark or clear, which makes people really doubtful. Because of this, the movie has a very good reputation.

   In terms of box office, the North American box office is close to 70 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office is 160 million U.S. dollars. It is also a very good movie.

  Bruce Willis also contributed his most outstanding acting skills since the film in the film, which was unanimously recognized by the industry. It was also nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Actor.

  This award is mainly awarded for science fiction, fantasy and horror films. In the eyes of science fiction fans, its status is comparable to that of the Oscars.

   It is precisely because of this that Bruce Willis was nominated, which shows that his performance is still very recognized by the industry.

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  In November, Xiang Nan's "Mission: Impossible 2" was officially completed.

  He then went back to Xiangjiang.

  After arriving in Xiangjiang, he first met Shanshan and asked about her homework.

  She is currently studying English and accounting, and is planning to study financial management at Xiangjiang University next year. That way, not only will she learn the technology, but she will also have a bachelor's degree.

   "Brother, what do you think of my plan?" Shanshan asked with a smile.

   "Of course, it would be great if you can do it." Xiang Nan nodded with a smile.

   "Well. If I can do it, big brother, can you grant me a wish?" Shanshan asked again.

  Xiang Nan was taken aback for a moment, then nodded, "As long as it's something I can do, it's fine."

   "Okay, it's a deal." Shanshan smiled and nodded.

  …

  After meeting Shanshan, Xiang Nan went to meet Wang Jing again.

  At this time, Xiangjiang Films had already begun to decline.

  The launch of "Jurassic Park" and the application of digital special effects announced that Hollywood movies have entered a new audio-visual era.

  Compared with it, Xiangjiang's movies are too rough.

  Because of this, Xiangjiang Films successively lost markets in Xiangjiang, Taiwan, Dongying, South Korea, Southeast Asia and other places, and its revenue dropped greatly.

  This move also caused a large number of companies to close down and a large number of employees to lose their jobs. Xiangjiang Films also entered a cold winter after a few years.

   Fortunately, there is now Xiang Nan, who distributes these Hong Kong films to all over the world through the channel of Universal Pictures, so the income of Hong Kong films has not decreased, but has increased.

   This also made Hong Kong filmmakers dare to invest more money in filming, and more talents joined them, avoiding the decline of Hong Kong films. So the development of Hong Kong films is still very good.

   "Director Wang, you've worked hard this year." Xiang Nan said to Wang Jing with a smile.

   "Mr. Ning, you are too polite. I didn't work hard, it was you who worked hard." Wang Jing waved his hand and smiled.

  As soon as "Jurassic Park" came out, he knew that the Xiangjiang movie would end. Compared with other people's lifelike and lifelike big dinosaurs, Xiangjiang still uses model special effects technology. There is a generation difference in technology.

   Moreover, even if a model is used, the degree of sophistication of the production is far from being comparable to that of Hollywood. Therefore, Xiangjiang movies are really in trouble, which can also be seen from the box office.

  Since the 1980s, Hollywood movies have never won the annual box office champion. But in 1994, "Jurassic Park" once again took away Xiangjiang's annual box office champion.

   Moreover, the share of foreign language films in the Hong Kong film market is gradually increasing. In the past, the box office of Cantonese films and foreign language films was basically 70-30, but now it has become 50-50.

   That is to say, 30% of the market for Cantonese films has been taken away by foreign language films. If Xiang Nan hadn't bought Universal Pictures and used Universal's channels to distribute Hong Kong films all over the world, Hong Kong films would have begun to wither by now.

  So, Wang Jing knows best what Xiang Nan has done for Hong Kong films. In comparison, the things he did by himself are nothing.

  …

  Xiang Nan then chatted with Wang Jing about the company's development.

  In the past two years, Real Kung Fu Films has been continuously acquiring the copyrights and films of old movies. Through its continuous acquisitions, Real Kung Fu's film library has also surged a lot.

  There are about 1,000 films in the film library, of which more than 500 are works from the 1950s and 1960s. Although the production is relatively rough, it still has a certain value. Especially for the elderly, these are memories that cannot be erased.

  The remaining ones are works from the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Many companies do not have the ability to develop the value of old movies. For them, it is troublesome for these films to be piled up in the warehouse. It is better to sell them directly to Real Kung Fu Films for money.

   Therefore, several film companies that are still alive have sold their film libraries to Real Kung Fu.

  (end of this chapter)