How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 178 Another Year of Summer Vacation
That night in North America, early in the morning in the mainland.

The news that Zhang Nan was crowned actor at the Oscars quickly spread back to the mainland.

【The Mainland's first Oscar winner】

[Zhang Nan Oscar Coronation]

These kinds of reports emerged one after another, and they directly plowed through the inland entertainment circle, which is not very deep now.

People in the mainland entertainment industry, seeing that Zhang Nan is now looking for box office box office, awards and awards, people who are envious and jealous are going to be numb.

And just when the entertainers in the mainland entertainment industry were numb, Zhang Nan wanted to leave directly after attending the Oscar ceremony, but was nominated by Tom Cruise, who was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in the Oscar for "Mulan Flower", that is, Ah Tang Brother was entangled.
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In a high-end coffee shop somewhere on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The short conversation made Zhang Nan understand the purpose of Tom Cruise looking for him.

"Mission: Impossible 2" is about to start filming, Tom Cruise has taken a fancy to Wu Baige's directorial style in "Face Changing", and wants Zhang Nan to help him match up.

At the same time, Tom Cruise also wanted Zhang Nan to play a cameo in "Mission: Impossible 2".

Obviously, he attaches great importance to the name of Zhang Nan's box office mascot, because the price has been set by Zhang Nan, a starring salary that some second-tier Hollywood stars can't get - 500 million US dollars a day.

Sincerity is not lacking, Zhang Nan naturally couldn't refuse, and accepted it with a smile.

But Zhang Nan also knows that the reason why Tom Cruise is so generous to him is because Tom Cruise understands how important the "Mission: Impossible" series is to his career.

There is no way, the example of the predecessors is right in front of us.

If you want to keep Hollywood popular to the end, there are only two ways.

Either it is as strong as Marlon Brando, who has won three Oscars, and also won Best Actor in Cannes, depending on his personal strength.

Or just learn from Harrison Ford and get yourself a top-level series of films to protect yourself. As long as the series does not fail, that celebrity will never fall too far, and there will always be a chance to make a comeback, and you will not become eternal hatred if you make a mistake.

Marlon Brando's road is too difficult to walk.

Therefore, the vast majority of Hollywood superstars follow the path of Harrison Ford, and tie a series of movies to themselves as a talisman.

After dealing with Cruise.

On the way to the airport, Zhang Nan called Wu Baige and told about [Mission: Impossible 2].

Wu Baige on the other side of the phone was naturally so excited that he was at a loss for words.

After the success of [Face Changing], it's not like Wu Baige hasn't been busy with new works during this period.

But for more than a year, there has been no reason for busy work.

In fact, from this point of view, Lao Wu's downhill road is already in progress.

Otherwise, any capable director has been able to work on a new project for more than a year, except for James Cameron.

Zhang Nan finally hung up the phone amidst Wu Baige's constant thanks.
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"The millennium is coming!"

Zhang Nan boarded the plane and looked out the window, feeling a sigh of emotion in his heart.

Because although people in the mainland film and television industry later said that "Hero" turned out in 2002, it opened the curtain of the era of blockbuster movies in the mainland.

Zhang Nan does not deny this.

But in Zhang Nan's view, if we say "Hero" in 2002, it opened the curtain of the era of mainland blockbusters.

Then "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in 2000 was the inducement and fuse of "Hero".

Without the great success of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", it is estimated that the project "Hero" would not have been born.

But at the same time that "Hero" opened up the era of blockbuster movies in the mainland.

The box office success of "Hero" also shows the size of the mainland film market, which has grown to a large scale and has great potential, after all, it is a market with a population of more than one billion.

It provoked a lot of uneven artists in Xiangjiang, and they started to head north.

During this period, many overseas Chinese also began to go to the mainland.

These people have indeed brought a lot of help to the development of film and television in the Mainland.

But it also made the locals in the mainland film and television industry feel a lot of anger.

Of course.

You can make money in the city by kneeling and holding a table, and you can also make money by standing in the mountains and holding a pistol.

It is normal to have something to gain and something to lose.

Moreover, after the mainland film and television industry developed, it also began to punish those banana people who came to the mainland to make money, which was a little relief.

But Zhang Nan felt that he was still a little dissatisfied with this process, and planned to change it.

Wu Jin and Zhou Jie were created by him to occupy the resources of the mainland film and television industry.

Looking at it now, by 2002, the coffee positions of these two people will almost reach the first-line in the mainland.

Every year, it can occupy two top resources in the mainland film and television industry.

We must know that in the mainland film and television industry [-] years ago, there were not many resources, and there were only two or three top-level resources every year.

Therefore, in terms of top-level resources, Zhang Nan's layout is considered a success.

Originally, Zhang Nan thought that with Wu Jin and Zhou Jie, he would be able to suppress a group of Xiangjiang, Wanwan and Chinese artists.

But now that I think about it, it seems that it is almost meaningless to always use big moves (cultivate big names) without matching small skills (little actors).

With a heart full of thoughts, Zhang Nan got off the plane.

Then—he was blocked by reporters.

Under the flash light, Zhang Nan could hardly keep his eyes open.

And the enthusiasm of the reporters made Zhang Nan a little overwhelmed.

Fortunately, Zhang Nan was used to this situation. After dealing with these reporters skillfully, Zhang Nan hid in the Longbow Film and Television City and did not come out.

But Zhang Nan couldn't hide in Longbow Film and Television City all the time.

Because in May, the summer holidays in North America are here.

Universal Production, directed by Stephen Sommers (who later made "Van Helsing" and "Special Forces: The Rise of Cobra"), and "The Mummy" with an investment of 8000 million US dollars made its debut.

The opening box office of 6000 million U.S. dollars in the first week is really not low.

In the end, the global box office of 4.15 million US dollars really made Universal a fortune.

But if it can be released later and avoid [Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace], I am afraid the box office will be higher.

To be honest, Zhang Nan really doesn't understand why people in North America like to see men holding glowing sticks and hitting them back and forth.

Compared with men holding glowing sticks, Zhang Nan prefers the visual stimulation brought by watching young ladies holding pink or blue fluorescent sticks slowly across their backs or chests.

But this may be the difference between Eastern and Western cultures.

And two weeks after the release of "Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace", "Notting Hill" will be released.

Although [Notting Hill] is a movie with a leading heroine, Zhang Nan, the leading actor, has to show his face no matter what.

What's more, in this [Notting Hill], there is Zhang Nan's [-]% box office dividend.

So Zhang Nan had to take leave again and go to Hollywood.

(End of this chapter)