China Entertainment 1997

On March 26, "The Swordsman" premiered on CCTV

Prior to this, CCTV had already made previews for many days, not just one set, but several other sub-channels also contributed.

As I said before, CCTV is definitely the dominant player in terms of size at this stage, especially the CCTV set, with a TV loading rate as high as 98%.

Any TV set in the mainland, even if it can only receive two channels, must have a CCTV set.

There is only one channel, so there is more than 80% chance that it is CCTV.

This coverage basically means that if a TV series is released on CCTV, as long as the quality is guaranteed, the ratings will basically be the best in the same period.

Huge platform advantage!

The influence of Jin Yong’s adaptation!

Cao Xuan, the popular leading actor!

To be honest, the crew of "The Swordsman" has almost no worries about the premiere ratings. They are confident that it will definitely be very eye-catching.

The key is the subsequent ratings and the overall reputation of the TV series. This is the real key.

In addition, Cao Xuan also has a small ambition, which is to see if he can compete for the 2001 annual ratings championship.

Last year, "Young Man Bao Qingtian" became a huge hit, but it was a pity that he was not lucky enough to catch up with "The Continuation of Journey to the West".

CCTV has a huge base and the influence of the 1986 version of "Journey to the West". It almost kills whoever it catches.

This year, there are actually many strong players, such as "The Mansion Gate", "Kangxi Dynasty" and "Love is Deep and Rainy" which is popular in Southeast Asia.

In the original time and space, "Love in the Rain" won the annual ratings championship. Of course, some said it was "The Mansion Gate".

Various materials have information about these two dramas' championships. The former claims to be the first in the annual ratings, and the latter is CCTV's 2001 ratings champion.

It's hard to say whether it's true or not, but based on the information from all sources, "The Mansion Gate" should have the highest ratings, with an average rating of 15.01.

The average ratings of "Love in the Rain" was only 11.2, ranking second in the year.

It's just that "Love in the Rain" is more popular, and its rerun ratings are also quite impressive. It has achieved good results in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia, and it is recognized as the most popular TV series in 2001.

It is precisely because of this that many people instinctively thought that "Love in the Rain" was the ratings champion.

But in fact, it was defeated by the mansion gate.

In the original time and space, "The Swordsman" started but ended, and was only broadcast on eight CCTV channels, but it was also among the top five of the year.

Nowadays, Cao Xuan has optimized and modified some of the weaknesses of "The Swordsman", coupled with the fact that it is also a CCTV series and his own popularity.

More importantly, "The Swordsman" is ranked ahead of "The Mansion Gate", taking the lead.

Therefore, Cao Xuan wants to become the annual ratings champion.

His upcoming drama "Golden Pink Family" may not be aired this year. "Swordsman" is his only drama this year, and it is also the one with the greatest hope at present.

Although "Jinfen Family" was the ratings champion in 2003, Cao Xuan couldn't guarantee that the show would still be so successful one to two years in advance.

Now that "Swordsman" has a chance, Cao Xuan doesn't want to pin his hopes on subsequent TV series.

Wouldn't it be better if we could win two annual ratings championships in a row...

Cao Xuan, who has dominated the music scene for three consecutive years, no longer pursues the annual album sales championship, but he has yet to win the annual ratings championship.

This is an irresistible temptation for Cao Xuan, who is a collector.

………

Haidian Apartment

Zeng Li had a rehearsal class in the evening and stayed at the school today. Cao Xuan himself called his brother-in-law Xia Yu, whose wife was also not at home, to have dinner at home.

The locations of Cao Xuan's east and west palaces have always been kept strictly confidential and are not known to outsiders at all.

Even in the entire Fanxing Company, only three confidants, Jiang Yue, Zhang Chong, and Zhu Jiang, knew the location. Of course, Hu Jing's assistant and driver also knew where her home was.

However, Cao Daguan has not visited the East Palace yet, and will conduct tests and confidentiality arrangements for the two in the future to prevent backstabbing.

The company is so strict internally, let alone externally. Not only Cao Xuan, but also Hu Jing and Zeng Li hardly tell others about their positions.

For example, about this Haidian apartment, only Xia Yu and his wife knew about it.

Xia Yu was influenced by Yuan Quan, and Zeng Li trusted his best friend Yuan Quan the most. She had come with him several times, and sometimes Xia Yu came to pick her up, and she couldn't keep it secret.

Later, Cao Xuan, as the host, invited the couple to have a meal and formally informed them. Occasionally, the four of them would get together to have a meal.

Cao Xuan really likes playing with Xia Yu.

Many of the artists he has a good relationship with are older than him, have few common topics, or are younger than him, or they can't let go of each other because of his fame and status.

Mr. Zhou, Ren Quan, Li Bingbing, Xia Yu, and Yuan Quan were the few friends of their age who could talk and play normally with Cao Xuan.

But Ren Quan was busy and spent most of his time in the magic city, and it was inconvenient for the others to be women, so Xia Yu became Cao Xuan's daily playmate.

If we can let go of each other, the two members of the family will feel relieved.

That's right, although Hu Jing had a cold war with Zeng Li, she still had a relationship with Yuan Quan. Even now, when the two palaces jointly defended against enemies, Yuan Quan was the lubricant in the middle.

Therefore, when Cao Xuan and Xia Yu play together, they have Yuanquan to protect them, and both the east and west palaces can rest assured.

Xia Yu is not a fool. At first she thought Cao Xuan and Zeng Li were a couple, but later she gradually realized that there was another person, and that her daughter-in-law was the best friend of both of them at the same time.

From then on, Xia Yu was astonished to Cao Xuan and Yuan Quan.

Especially Cao Xuan, Xia Yu was born in 1976, and is actually one year younger than Cao Xuan, but because he debuted early and is Zeng Li's senior Chinese actor, he is unwilling to bow his head.

But since knowing this, Xia Yu's name for Cao Xuan became "Brother Xuan", with eyes full of admiration.

Cao Xuan was very suspicious. This guy also wanted to imitate himself and have two boats.

However, Cao Xuan could only say that he was out of his mind.

With my own conditions, I had to start early, half-fooling and half-coaxing Hu Jing and Zeng Li, who were inexperienced in the world, and because neither of them had a relatively rigid personality, they barely succeeded.

As for Yuan Quan's independent literary personality, it's not that he looked down on Xia Yu. He spent a long time chasing after her. He just wanted to play with the bowl and watch the pot. There was a 95% chance that the bowl would be broken and the pot would be broken...

Cao Xuan was too lazy to wait on the two big men.

When the summer rain came, he bought some cooked food. He patted cucumbers and heated up the pancakes at home.

After settling in the capital, Cao Shuangguo was stunned and asked someone to send a pancake pancake from his hometown because he couldn't get used to the rice pancakes here.

Every now and then, Sun Lan would spread dozens of kilograms of pancakes at home. If he couldn't finish them all, he would give them to his neighbors.

Now the couple is thinking about finding someone to build a boiler and making their hometown's sesame cakes at home.

Cao Xuanxuan didn't care. He had money, leisure and land, so he just let the old couple play around with it. If they really made it, he would still be able to enjoy the food.

There were meat and vegetable dishes and staple food. He didn't drink wine, so Cao Xuan took out the Pepsi Cola he had stored at home.

He is not doing it for endorsement, but he really likes to drink Pepsi, but he likes to drink peanut and walnut milk even more.

But two big men can’t drink milk together, so it’s better to have some carbonated fun.

The TV series hadn't started yet, and the two of them were watching "Focus Interview" on TV, which was doing a special feature on the fifth national census.

It was just announced two days ago that the national census population reached 1.259533 billion, approaching 1.3 billion.

We also celebrate the great efforts of family planning, successfully and stably passing through the peak period of childbirth, and entering the stage of development with low fertility level.

No one expected that twenty years later, there would be a rush to allow three children, or even without restrictions...

Xia Yu didn't care about this and enjoyed eating the pancakes wrapped in soy sauce elbows, while Cao Xuan picked up a piece of smoked chicken and threw it into his mouth.

"How are you doing at Huayi?"

"It's not bad, there's no shortage of drama."

Xia Yu belongs to Wang Jinghua, and she and Yuan Quan are also signed under Wang Jinghua. In the second half of last year, the famous Sister Hua led people to defect to Huayi and jointly established Huayi Brothers Taihe Brokerage Co., Ltd.

Wang Jinghua has many talents under his command, including Chen Daoming, You Yong, Li Bingbing, Ren Quan, Hu Jun, Fan Bingbing and Xia Yu.

Over in Hong Kong, there are big-name actresses such as Chi Lin, Carina Lau, Michelle Yeoh, and Anita Yuen.

Huayi, which was always in the limelight, became famous. The Wang brothers frequently appeared in the media and seemed to have become the top names of mainland film and television companies.

As a colleague, Cao Xuan was very curious about Huayi's internal situation and asked Xia Yu about the enemy's situation.

"With so many artists in your company, you have no plans to produce a TV series?"

"No, I heard that the investment is all in movies."

Xia Yu didn't have anything to hide. It had nothing to do with his two bosses fighting each other. He could tell whatever he asked.

"Your company doesn't make TV series, what will you do?"

"Look for a movie to film by yourself. If you don't have it, go to a drama. If it doesn't work, just rest at home."

What Xia Yu is talking about is the daily portrayal of most actors today. There are too few film and television resources now. Except for a few particularly popular actors who can work without a break throughout the year, many actors can do just one or two movies a year.

If there is no drama contract, they will act in dramas. That’s why these Mesozoic actors have good acting skills. They are all trained in dramas.

Why do drama?

Because there is no filming, what can I eat if I don’t act in a drama?

Cao Xuan also roughly understood the model of Huayi, a brokerage company.

It is said that it is backed by Huayi, but the Wang brothers do not pay attention to it at all. Except for the roles in their own movies, other aspects are no different from ordinary agencies.

Comparatively, there are many star artists, not to mention all starring roles, but there is definitely no shortage of dramas. Some artists, including their own, those who participate in investment and cooperation, and those who exchange interests, have insufficient schedules.

Cao Xuan felt that if he used Fanxing's contract to poach Huayi, it would be hard to catch them all in one go, but it would definitely be no problem to catch one-third.

Of course, Fanxing also has a weakness compared to Huayi, and that is movies.

TV series are very attractive to ordinary actors Fanxing, but top or popular actors may be more inclined to Huayi.

Cao Xuan feels that Fanxing cannot keep digging into the TV drama market and occasionally make one or two low-budget movies.

This is good for Fanxing's overall positioning. Otherwise, if the industry and the public regard Fanxing as a TV drama company, it will be difficult to change this impression in the future.

But which one was the first movie to be made?

You don’t need to be a hit at the box office, but you must at least achieve certain results, and the cost cannot be too high. Funding must be given priority to the TV series...