The struggles of a failed college entrance exam candidate in Hong Kong entertainment

Chapter 84 Don't misunderstand, this is definitely not Brother Hei Nan.

Su Nan was still thinking of asking Luo Dawei in a couple of days, but unexpectedly, on the afternoon of the 16th, Luo Dawei brought Wanwan Lao Yang and Xiang Shisan 0.

Then Hong Bao, Lao Du, and others came to Skyworth together. These people all had a certain amount of influence.

Su Nan greeted everyone in the conference room. After having his secretary pour coffee, he smiled and said, "Brother Yang, Mr. Xiang, I just got back and you've all come to visit. Is there something important?"

Old Hung chuckled and smoothed things over, "Brother Nan, we came at Mr. Law's request to inquire about this year's Hong Kong Film Awards. Should we try to get Ah Chi a Best Actress award?"

The lunar calendar date is still 92 years old, which is the Southern Little New Year. However, the Gregorian calendar date is January 16, 93 years old.

Not to mention the Golden Globes and Oscars starting soon over South Korea, they'll be happening in Hong Kong soon too.

Last year, Rosamund Kwan spent several months reflecting before finally delivering a good performance as Ruan Wen in "Project Gutenberg," though her performance wasn't particularly outstanding.

Sister Guan is neither a drag nor a hindrance in the overall script of (Peerless).

It's still far from being a match between two award-winning actors, Wan Ziliang and Liang Jiahui.

That was when the male actor held back during their scenes together. Although it didn't affect the overall quality of the film, is this level of acting really enough to secure a Best Actress award?

Su Nan was stunned for a few seconds, then lit a cigarette and said, "I'm not used to you guys suddenly bringing this up."

At present, the Hong Kong Film Awards and the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards are not too weak, and they are not too niche.

Rosamund Kwan was not nominated for Best Actress at the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards last year.

Of course, it's a fact that Leung Ka-fai won the Best Actor award again at last year's Golden Horse Awards for "Project Gutenberg," and Hung Po-chung won the Best Director award.

After lighting a cigarette, Su Nan started complaining again, "Mr. Xiang, Director Du, aren't you just praising me on the surface while actually disparaging me?"

"Is this year, after Zhang Manyu won the Berlin International Film Festival Best Actress award with (Ruan Lingyu), are you going to use (Ruan Lingyu) to compete for the Hong Kong Film Awards Best Actress award?"

"Lin Qingxia also rose to fame as a Best Actress thanks to (Swordsman II), and now you're talking about manipulating Ah Zhi?"

Grass is a plant, no matter how much trophy or water it brings in the future, it's all self-indulgent.

At this stage, it still has a certain value.

Rosamund Kwan is just passing grade. Do you expect her to surpass the representative works of Maggie Cheung and Brigitte Lin to win an award?

It's confirmed, these guys are high-level trolls, aren't they?

He waved his hands repeatedly and shook his head quickly, "I'm not, Brother Nan, please don't misunderstand."

"Isn't Sister Zhi's most representative role Aunt Thirteen in Once Upon a Time in China? Jet Li wasn't nominated for Best Actor because he's from mainland China, and it's inherently difficult for action stars to get nominated for Best Actor."

"But Wong Fei-hung has also been nominated for a series of Best Films and Best Directors."

"If you feel that one (Dynasty Warriors) is not enough, you can use Aunt Thirteen from (Once Upon a Time in China) to add more weight to it."

This shouldn't be misunderstood. How much courage do you think he would have to openly praise while secretly criticizing?

If you're hanging around in Hong Kong and spreading rumors about Brother Nan, do you still want to continue your extravagant lifestyle and nightly revelry?

Du Qifeng couldn't help but laugh, "Brother Nan, you really can't misunderstand. If you accidentally hurt someone, the consequences will be huge. This isn't the American version of (Dynasty Warriors) aiming for a series of awards."

"Our Chinese version can't be weak either, so we thought of having multiple people work together to win an award to bring some good luck to Skyworth."

Lao Du and Su Nan didn't have a very deep relationship, but the first film in which Su Nan's name appeared in the credits after he entered the industry was (A Moment of Romance) with Su Nan listed as the assistant director!

The director of that film was Chen, and the producer was Johnnie To.

In those days, the Hong Kong Film Awards voting involved numerous votes from the Directors Guild of China, the Performing Artistes Guild of China, the Action Stunt Performers Guild of China, and the Cinematographers Guild of China.

The Best Actor and Best Actress awards are basically decided by the Hong Kong Performing Artistes Guild through voting.

Whenever a tycoon gives the word, there are plenty of people willing to vote.

Old Yang chuckled and quipped, "If Xiang Laoshi is nominated for Best Actor, it's perfectly normal for your person to be nominated for Best Actress, Brother Nan."

"Ms. Guan's acting skills are at least no worse than Chingmy Yau's."

The film for which Xiang Shisan's brother was nominated for Best Actor is (The Legend of Blue River: The Anti-Flying Squad).

The original film also starred Cheung Kwok-wing and Vivian Chow, which was meant to boost the profile of the actor, but this version doesn't include Vivian Chow.

Chingmy Yau was also nominated for Best Actress in 93 for her role in "The Naked Lamb".

They felt that if Su Nanruo was too embarrassed, they could just help her make the arrangements.

Old Yang from Wanwan now wishes he could turn back time to one or two years ago. Why?

Back then, Su Nan wanted to help him invest in American stocks to make money so that he could buy industrial production lines.

He initially considered it countless times, and seeing that Su Nan had invested more than $800 million in betting, he also bet $100 million on Oracle.

That happened in July 1991.

Oracle's revenue for the entire year of 92 was $11.78 billion. What kind of stimulus did this have on the stock market?

His initial $100 million has long since yielded a net profit of nearly 200%.

He made more money, and Nan Ge invested earlier and made even more. Not to mention the subsequent increases in investment from Jiangsu and Nanhe. Old Yang was still too timid.

Damn, now Old Yang is practically a fanboy.

He knew that Nan had made at least 20 to 30 million US dollars in net profit from US stocks over the past few years, which was easy, legal, and clean money.

Which investment will you bet on next? I'm practically begging for advice.

Su Nan was speechless after hearing these words.

He took a sip of tea and shook his head again, "Let's let it go this time. We'll talk about it again when Ah Zhi's acting skills improve and there are better projects."

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"The Hong Kong Film Awards is an award that has gradually expanded its influence through years of hard work."

"We can't ruin our reputation just for the sake of our own small circle's pleasure."

Once public trust is lost, it is extremely difficult to regain.

Xiang Shisan nodded, "Alright, this can be considered as consulting your opinion in advance, Brother Nan. By the way, recently A Jing wants to promote the newcomer Zhang Weijian."

"I don't even know how to scold him for being delusional, thinking he should ask the Four Heavenly Kings to act alongside Ah Jian."

"However, the main supporting cast, regardless of whether they are playing the righteous characters or Andy Lau, is also paired with him."

"It's still the villains teaming up with Zheng Yijian and others. Brother Nan, you Skyworth employees can recommend anyone you like."

This refers to the (Super School Overlord) project.

Fei Jing wants to try to promote another second-generation Stephen Chow, and Win's Entertainment will definitely support it.

But it's ridiculous to expect Li Mingdu to come and act alongside Zhang Weijian. Don't you know how much money, manpower, and resources Skyworth invested in (Hacker 1)?

Xiang Shisan was so speechless at the time that he wanted to send someone to beat up Fei Jing.

I'm just mentioning this as a joke now, and by the way, I'm also sending a few characters to continue building our friendship.

Skyworth has more and more Russian temporary workers who like to sip their drinks and wander around the film set.

People not only felt pressured, but this also served as a unique testament to Nan Ge's strength.

Old Yang nodded, "Yes, Brother Nan, I've also invested quite a bit recently, including in the Fong Sai-yuk series."

"Even for small investors, Skyworth's fortress personnel can handle those projects."

The sheer volume of US stocks makes the prospect of easily making clean money incredibly tempting.

For those who are out in the game, this is also a way to distribute money in a cunning way, like a rabbit with thirteen burrows. Holding onto US stocks for the long term can also be considered one of the ways to hide one's coffin capital.

Su Nan raised his glass and said, "Let's have some tea. The cooperation is easy to discuss; we can study it slowly."

The Hong Kong film industry has been booming this year.

With more and more people working at Skyworth, five promising young actresses are constantly changing film crews to learn new skills, and they need many opportunities.

(Hacker 1) is on vacation, and the five seedlings have also come to Hong Kong for winter break to work on the set.

After all, the "Rage Rescue" project planned by Sunan could really make a promising talent and Jiao Enjun famous.

Once Xiao Jiao makes a name for herself in the action film genre, even if she doesn't quite catch up to Jet Li, she could easily become much more popular than Zhao Wenzhuo.

The biggest winners of the Lunar New Year films released in Hong Kong from 92 to 93 were still "All's Well, Ends Well" and Jackie Chan's "City Hunter".

These two films are leading the pack, each aiming for HK$3000 million at the box office in Hong Kong.

Even though Ah Long had already spent a lot of money to buy the script for "Cast Away" from Su Nan, he still planned to produce it.

But since filming for (City Hunter) had already started, it was certain that it would be completed and released.

(Fight Back to School 3) and (Once Upon a Time in China III) are also waiting to be released.

At present, Hong Kong moviegoers are mostly faced with too many good movies, and those who don't have that much money often suffer from decision paralysis.

He also had a very carefree Spring Festival holiday, with three girls taking turns serving him.

They've become so engrossed in their newfound freedom that they've almost forgotten about home.

You said you were going to do public relations for the Golden Globe Awards? Nan didn't go; John from 20th Century Fox called him once.

When we meet again? John patted his chest and assured him that it was fine if Su Nan didn't go.

The other party is willing to go all out and at least give a Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay, even if they have to pay for it themselves, so there's absolutely no need to bother Su Nan.

I hope Brother Nan understands that getting a nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the Oscars is possible, but winning the award is very difficult.

Since John is in this state, he's stopped flying. John is trying to persuade Li Jiaxin to try her luck with Hollywood projects.

That was in the hope that Ah Xin could say something nice to persuade Brother Nan to calm down and not lose his temper so easily.

Of course, Su Nan still had to wander around some film sets, not to learn directing skills himself, but to occasionally check on the learning progress of the five young actresses.

January 28th is also the sixth day of the first lunar month.

When Su Nan and Zhou Huimin met a few young girls on the set of (The Three Heroes of the Wind and Dust), they also casually gave them some small red envelopes.

This version of (the woman in the dust) Amin did not have a cameo role.

Brother Nan led a team to test the acting abilities of Fat Bing, Chen, Zhang Bozhi, and others in a corner of the film set.

He then laughed and said, "You're both making good progress. Xiao Zhang, your acting skills are about the same as Chen's right now, but you're ahead in terms of ability. I'll tentatively choose between the two of you."

"Little Azhi, your acting skills are still lacking."

"Xiao Chen's image is better than Xiao Zhang's. If I start filming (Raging Fire) and it turns out well, the little girl character will become famous."

"Making tens of thousands, or even more, from a single GG post isn't difficult."

"And when you're a few years older, you can take the opportunity to star in the second or third sequel of (Taken) as the new leading lady."

"That's similar to how Aunt Thirteen (Huang Feihong) and Ruan Wen (Invincible) enhanced Ah Zhi's image."

"It'll be a few months before filming starts; we'll see how you perform thereafter."

All five young actresses were very excited, with Zhang Ziyi and Chen expressing their excitement.

Fat Bing and Tong Liya looked at each other in bewilderment. Out of five people, they were at the bottom?

To be frank, both Fatty Bing and Xiao Tong are someone else's kids at their respective schools, making countless peers extremely envious.

They received stable monthly salaries for a long time, just like local adults and employees of state-owned enterprises.

How much monthly salary and year-end bonus you can get in a year depends entirely on your academic performance.

Even while studying, they can support their families, two or three people, and they may have the opportunity to become big stars in the future.

Do you think this is glamorous or not on campus? The senior female students are all Hong Kong stars who became very famous, such as Rosamund Kwan, Joey Wong, Vivian Chow, and Li Jiaxin.

In the early 90s, many people in mainland China followed celebrities through videotapes.

However, during another winter break practical learning experience, Pang Bing and Xiao Tong came in last? And then they finally understood the meaning behind what Brother Nan said?

The modern action film the company was going to make in 93 could make you famous from your child star days to adulthood.

After Zhang Ziyi and the others said a few nice things.

Fat Bing hurriedly raised her hand, "Boss, can we take leave after winter break to study acting?"

Little sister Bingbing is also 12 years old, and she knows a lot about everything.

Her parents aren't exactly outsiders either, and today is the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, not too far from the end of winter break.

Su Nan chuckled, "No, the company will only help you get leave if one of you ultimately wins."

"Except for Ah-Zhi, you've all been with the company for over two years, and you all had the same starting opportunity."

"Whoever performs best after the Lantern Festival will be the one to ask for leave."

The rest of them continued to go back to their respective schools to study academic subjects.

After rejecting Fat Bing's offer, he told Ah Min to continue playing with the children before heading towards Leung Ka-fai, who had just finished filming a scene.

Old Chen's (The Three Heroes of the Wind and Dust) continued to invite Jia Hui purely to ride on his popularity.

After the huge success of "Project Gutenberg", Ka-fai's salary jumped from two or three million to eight million Hong Kong dollars.

This surpasses Chow Yun-fat, Cheung Kwok-wing, and occasionally stands shoulder to shoulder with Andy Lau.

Of course, there's a phenomenon in the film and television industry: whether the salary is 3 million or 10 million depends on whether you've been invited to film a movie or started shooting.

Otherwise, no matter how high your salary or market value, it's all for nothing if you never get any roles.

(The Three Heroes of the Wind and Dust) was started by Zeng Aizi. Zeng Aizi didn't have enough money on his own, so he pulled Deng Guangrong to invest together.

Jia Hui's salary was still paid in full; they dared not delay payment.

This project also helped director Lao Chen get nominated for Best Director and Best Film at the Hong Kong Film Awards.

When Liang Jiahui saw Su Nan walking towards him, he ran over to greet him, "Don't worry, Brother Nan, I definitely won't delay the (hacking) process."

"Several film crews are currently prioritizing filming my scenes."

Su Nan laughed and said, "No problem. I have confidence in your acting skills. As long as you don't delay your schedule by filming multiple projects at once, I won't turn down the money."

He is Jia Hui's boss, and Skyworth will also take a steady cut.

With a salary of 800 million, it would be a huge loss not to take on other roles.

So whether it's (The East Evil West Poison), (The Eagle Shooting Heroes), or (The Three Musketeers).

He has enough money to send outside, and he doesn't mind Liang Jiahui working like a 996 schedule.

Tony Leung Ka-fai took on three films, and Skyworth received tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars in commission. How could they not be generous?!

Leung Ka-fai earns money by taking on acting roles, and making money by filming GG is also a way to recoup his losses.

After laughing, Su Nan sighed, "But you can't just take any role. You have to choose the best ones. You have to reject scripts that don't move you."

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"To be frank, this is wasting the star energy you (Wu Shuang) brought. A bad movie ruins the future."

Liang Jiahui nodded repeatedly, and even suggested filming a few more videos of hand-cranked emergency radios.

For these kinds of internal projects, a friendly cameo appearance is enough to earn a one-Hong Kong dollar GG fee.

He and Wan Ziliang also blew up the Japanese market once.

Su Nan thought for a moment and nodded, "In 93, the (Dynasty Warriors) videotape also sold very well on the market for several months."

"Some viewers and fans in Europe and America are curious about the performance of the Chinese version (Dynasty Warriors) and will buy the videotapes."

"You're now associated with Nicolas Cage, and Cage also wants to continue his Oscar run for Best Actor."

"Taking photos of GG is easy to discuss."

Isn't this the golden age of the American version of competing for the Golden Globe and the Oscar? Winning an award would also greatly stimulate video sales and rentals.

Of course, when he said Cage wanted to win an Oscar for Best Actor, he didn't mean that he was overshadowed by Robert Downey Jr. in the film (Project Gutenberg).

Cage is still looking for new projects.

Leung Ka-fai continued to laugh and once again volunteered to play a supporting role in (Taken) as a guest star.

This is purely out of gratitude, after all, the creation is protecting not just him, but his whole family.

Mr. Liang, whose daughter was born last year, is so grateful for the sense of security he feels under Skyworth.