Chapter 615 616 [Asia Tour]

   Despite being entangled by Zhou Xun in every possible way, Xiang Nan still did not accept her.

  The more infatuated a good girl is, the less he wants to hurt her.

  However, in the following days, Xiang Nan's attitude towards Zhou Xun was much better.

  Not only did he often invite her to eat, drink, and hang out with her, but he also sang to her songs that could not appear in his album. For example, "I Eat Fried Chicken in People's Square", "Kill That International Zhuang Man", "College Student Study Room" and so on.

   Zhou Xun likes these creative songs very much, and admires his talent more and more. Looking at his eyes is like a fanatic looking at God.

  As long as God commands, be ready to consecrate yourself at any time.

  But Xiang Nan couldn't bear to hurt her, so he never took that step.

  …

   During the filming of "Love Through Time and Space", Xiang Nan also received an invitation from "Youth Bao Qingtian 2".

   But after reading the script, he was not too satisfied.

  Not only is the setting of each case not detailed enough, there is no suspense like the first one. It's fascinating, and the emotional drama is too much.

  The first part of "Youth Bao Qingtian" is mainly about investigating cases, supplemented by love. The second part of "Youth Bao Qingtian" reverses the importance, with love as the focus and investigation as the supplement.

  There are more love scenes than detective scenes. The setting of the key love scene is also not good, it is always a misunderstanding, a coincidence, and the routine is too old.

  So after thinking about it, Xiang Nan declined the invitation of the crew.

  In fact, even if the script is good, he has no schedule.

   Song Bing is helping him prepare for his Asian tour. Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore and Malaysia all have to go, and there will be almost a hundred shows. A profit of one million yuan per game is 100 million yuan.

   With so much money, Xiang Nan will not miss it.

  …

  In November, "Love Through Time and Space" was officially completed.

  Xiang Nan immediately started his youthful Asian tour.

   At the same time, To Youth Films also signed a distribution agreement with Bona Films, handing over the film "Waiting Alone" to Bona for distribution.

  Bona Films was founded by Yu Dong in 1999. Before that, he was the deputy chief of the publishing department under Beijing Film Group.

   In 1993, the mainland reformed the film industry. In 1999, seven companies including Beijing Film, Children's Film Studio, Center of Film Equipment, and Movie Channel Program Center merged to form China Film Corporation.

  Yu Dong was also included in the merger, and after the merger, his deputy chief of the publishing department was dismissed. So in a rage, he resigned to start a business by himself, and borrowed 300,000 yuan to start Bona Films.

  The first released movie is "Tell Your Secret" directed by Huang Jianxin. In the end, the box office of the movie was 8 million, and he earned 500,000, which was the first pot of gold.

  Afterwards, Bona Pictures developed better and better, and was known as the Miramax of the Mainland. This spring, "My Brothers and Sisters," which grossed 23 million at the box office, was responsible for the distribution.

  The reason why Xiang Nan chose to cooperate with Bona was because of Yu Dong's ruthlessness.

  In order to release "Waiting Alone", from September to November, he called Xiang Nan almost every day. The degree of persistence moved Xiang Nan.

   Therefore, I finally chose to cooperate with him.

   "Waiting Alone" is agreed to be released on the Lunar New Year file. Because this year, Feng Xiaogang has lost his temper and did not make a film like in previous years. So "Waiting Alone" can just fill this gap.

  …

  In November, Xiang Nan started his Asian tour, and the first stop was Yanjing Capital Gymnasium.

   It has been two years since Xiang Nan held a tour last time. In the past two years, Xiang Nan has released a large number of songs, and his popularity has become stronger than before.

   Therefore, concert tickets can be said to be hard to find. Originally, the lowest ticket price on the edge was only 200 yuan, but in the end it was directly fired by scalpers to 1,000 yuan, a five-fold increase.

   This also shows how popular Xiang Nan is.

   What started at the same time as his Asian tour was "The Son of Man", which he co-starred with Jia Jingwen, Liu Yijun, Chen Daoming, etc. half a year ago.

   This TV series landed on Jiangsu and Zhejiang Satellite TV in mid-November, and immediately set off a wave of ratings boom. The highest audience rating is 8.3%, which is considered a very good result.

  Xiang Nan played Liu Che, who was considered by the audience to be very regal, with his gestures and appearance, and played the role of Liu Che, the young emperor, Emperor Wu of Han.

   But in fact, the reason why Xiang Nan acted like this is because he has enough understanding of the role.

  After inheriting Ji Xiaolan's knowledge, Xiang Nan has a deep understanding of the history of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and the Han court, no less than a historian. The more you understand the characters, the more comfortable you will be when acting.

   Moreover, when writing, painting, playing the piano and other plots are involved in the play, the actors are usually just pretending, and then the doubles will do it.

  Although this kind of shooting technique is already very mature, and it is not very good at dressing up, it will actually affect the quality of the TV series. After all, the audience is not stupid. They use panoramic shots for actors and close-up shots for clapping hands. Everyone knows that they have replaced their substitutes.

   And Xiang Nan didn't need a double at all, and he wrote, painted, and played the piano all by himself, looking good, which is very rare. To be honest, the picture will look good when it is shot like this.

   Therefore, the show has achieved great success.

  …

  December, seeing that the Lunar New Year holiday is coming, Bona Films started to promote.

   ""Waiting Alone", Xiang Nan's masterpiece, laughed so hard!"

   ""Waiting Alone", highly recommended by 120 film critics, the best urban romantic comedy in China."

   ""Waiting Alone", dedicated to everyone who slipped away from you~"

   ""Waiting Alone", Xiang Nan's most daring performance since his debut~"

  Newspapers, magazines, TV, and even on the Internet, have been advertised by Bonazzar.

  Yu Dong believed that this movie was comparable to Feng Xiaogang's comedies, so he spent a lot of money in promoting it.

  According to him, the publicity cost was as high as 3 million RMB.

   Regardless of whether his words are true or not, in short, the publicity effect is good.

   When "Waiting Alone" was released on December 18th, it achieved a very good box office.

  In theaters in many places, audiences lined up to buy tickets, and the supply of tickets on the first day was actually in short supply.

   After watching this movie, the audience's evaluation is not bad.

   Some thought that although it wasn’t as funny as Feng’s comedy, it was passable; some were moved by the love in the film; some cheered excitedly, that there are finally decent urban romance films in the mainland...

  Many young friends became tap water after watching this movie, and spontaneously recommended this movie to friends, relatives, and netizens. The popularity of this movie is getting higher and higher, and the box office performance is getting better and better.

  By the end of February 2003, the total box office had reached 35 million. After excluding the taxes paid, the share of theaters, distribution commissions, publicity fees, etc., in the end, Zhiqing Films received 9.6 million yuan.

   Compared with the cost of more than three million yuan, it is definitely a profit. Coupled with the copyright sold to TV stations, copyrights distributed overseas, etc., in the end Xiang Nan made a net profit of 12 million yuan, which is a very good result.

   More importantly, the success of this movie directly proves Xiang Nan's box office appeal. It also proved that it is feasible to invest in making movies by yourself.

   Moreover, this movie also made Gao Yuanyuan and Tang Wei famous. For Zhiqing Studio, it really made a lot of money.

  (end of this chapter)