China Entertainment 1997

"Thank you all for attending the meeting..."

As the end of the year approaches, many official meetings are being held to summarize this year and look forward to next year. Cao Xuan has also received many invitations.

The general ones can be recommended, but the film and television culture company specially organized by a certain bureau cannot be absent. Cao Xuan specially brought several senior executives of Fanxing to support.

After the conference, the leader held a small meeting with several representative companies. Although Cao Xuan was young, his status was here. In addition to official company representatives like the leader and Han Sanye, he took the first place in the private company. order.

The Wang brothers of Huayi, Boss Qin of Xingmei, Fatty Bonayu, Boss Zhang of New Picture, and Boss Dong of Huayi are all behind him.

Huayi Wang brothers, Bona Yu Fatty, and New Picture boss Zhang are all acquaintances, so no need to say more.

Xingmei's boss Qin is the younger brother of the Tiantian family. He is currently mainly engaged in theater business, but he has also begun to try some film and television investments.

Boss Dong Hua Yi is not well-known, but he is also very powerful. He started investing in film and television very early, and he specializes in investing in famous directors and has a wide network of contacts.

He was the founder of the famous Huanxi Media in later generations, and he attracted many famous and emerging directors such as Lao Mouzi, Ning Hao, Xu Zheng, Wang Sunjing, Jia Zhangke, Zhang Yibai, etc., with great skill.

These guys, plus Cao Xuan, are basically the most powerful private companies in the mainland film market.

There are also some big money makers, but they are not mainly engaged in this business. They only invest in celebrities and rarely deal with the officialdom.

There are also some TV drama companies. Except for those like Hairun, others are basically not qualified to enter the game.

In the Mainland, making TV series and making movies are two different things. The main film company can use funds, connections, resources, and staffing, which is not comparable to ordinary film and television companies.

The leader is quite happy. This year's film market is particularly prosperous.

"Spring Knife" and "House of Flying Daggers" during the summer vacation, "New Police Story" during the National Day season, and "A World Without Thieves" and "Kung Fu" during the Lunar New Year season.

There are a total of 5 movies with a box office of over 100 million, and all of them are Chinese movies. Among them, 3 are mainland-led movies. Compared with last year, the total box office has directly doubled.

This achievement is quite impressive, and the year-end reports are particularly beautiful, with growth rates of dozens of percent at every turn, making the leadership meetings and small meetings continue to smile.

"This year is the year for the rise of domestic films and the market. I hope you will work harder next year and reach a higher level."

Everyone said yes, and the leader looked at Cao Xuan. Compared with several veteran generals such as Lao Mouzi, Xing Ye, Cheng Long, Feng Pengtong, etc., Cao Xuan was a blockbuster newcomer.

Moreover, Cao Xuan himself is the boss of a film and television company. He can be said to be one of the leading filmmakers in the future, and his leaders still value him very much.

"Xiao Cao, you Fanxing had the highest development last year. We need to work harder and be more bold and enterprising."

"That's what the leader said."

In this kind of situation, Cao Xuan will not be blindly modest, and he will show off his merits when necessary: ​​"Next year, our actions in Fanxing will be very big, not to mention low-cost movies.

The "New World" that was previously reported to the bureau had a total investment of over 60 million, and we accounted for half of it. "Xiu Chun Dao 2" will also be launched next year, and the investment will not be less than 30 million. There is also Yinghuang Cheng Long's new movie "Myth" 》, our company will also occupy a certain share.

It is expected that the company will produce and produce 5 to 8 movies next year, with a cumulative investment of over 100 million. "

On the surface, Cao Xuan did not participate in the investment in "New World", but everyone here is also an industry leader. There is no need to hide this, and Cao Xuan did not hide it.

5 to 8 movies, with an investment of over 100 million.

It may not seem like much, but among those here, except for China Film and Shanghai Film and a few institutional companies, whether it is Huayi or other companies, it is difficult to support such a large stall independently.

Don’t forget, Fanxing’s main battlefield is still TV series. If the movie investment is over 100 million, the TV series will not be too low.

With a capital of 200 million, a company with little assets would not be able to raise that much money even if it sells the company.

Before, several bosses were a little dissatisfied when they saw Cao Xuan in the upper position, but now they all lowered their heads and remained silent. They really couldn't afford to complain about this.

Cao Xuan didn't get used to the crowd and chatted about Fanxing Cinemas and Fanxing Film and Television City. He kept talking about the word "hundred million".

Several bosses didn't dare to say anything, and even the leaders were a little stunned: "Can the funds support such a big move?"

"No problem, we will have a big injection of new money next year."

Cao Xuan is talking about the agency rights of "Legend" and the shares of the Korean parent company, and is currently negotiating with Shanda, The9 and even NetEase.

The asking price of the box game is US$1 billion, which is an astronomical figure. However, if you carefully study the profits of "Legend", you will find that it is not particularly exaggerated.

After all, although "Legend" is still declining, it is still the number one online game in China, with hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue every month, and can generate new revenue sources.

More importantly, if we can get the exclusive rights to "Legend", it will be a great boost to the company's stock price.

Especially for Shanda, which is currently seeking to go public, they can't wait to win "Legend".

Of course, US$1 billion is absolutely impossible. Even if they were willing to give it, they wouldn't be able to come up with that much money.

Therefore, several parties are still negotiating. The base price of the box game is US$300-500 million, and the other companies will definitely want as little as possible.

But no matter how much it ends up being, it is foreseeable that Cao Xuan will cash out a terrifying amount of cash flow.

Of course, more than half of this money will be retained in box game operations and development.

Apart from other things, because domestic companies are competing for "Legend", Box Games easily obtained the agency rights for "World of Warcraft", but the agency fee is high and the operating costs are not low.

In addition to box games, some original games have been developed and run recently. Most of these games have not yet entered the profit period and require investment costs.

Cao Xuan will not do anything to make a profit, and will definitely leave enough development funds for his largest treasury.

But even so, half of the hundreds of millions of dollars is enough for Cao Xuan to do many, many things. In the current domestic film and television field, it can be called a dimensionality reduction blow.

If Fanxing Movie City and Fanxing Cinemas weren't located here, everyone would have heard about Boss Cao's strength, otherwise everyone would really think that this guy was bragging.

"good!"

The leader is very happy, so although Fanxing Analog is a bit too strong compared to its peers, considering the current domestic market, such a company is still needed to forge ahead.

"Xiao Cao, do your best, they will all point to you to take the lead."

The sentence seemed to be a joke, but it had a vague meaning of appointing Cao Xuan as the leader to carry the flag, which made everyone present feel trembling.

Cao Xuan smiled and said: "Don't worry, leader, we will work hard and not let you down."

………

After the small meeting, Han Sanye and other heads of institutional companies had other meetings, and the private ones were ready to leave.

Before he left the entrance of a certain bureau, Cao Xuan was surrounded by people. The second son of the Wang family, who was good at dancing, and Fatty Yu were in tandem.

"How about we find a place to gather together later."

They are all big guys in the industry, and although there are a lot of nasty ones, they can sometimes communicate with each other, and there is no harm in chatting occasionally.

Although Cao Xuan was not interested in this wine party, he did not spoil the situation and nodded in agreement. In fact, many people present were staring at him, and when they saw him nodding, they also agreed.

Fatty Yu and the second son of the Wang family competed for arrangements, and Boss Qin also suggested that he could go to his own heaven and earth to play.

Although Cao Xuan was also very interested, he was afraid of Chapter 404, so he took the initiative to suggest that just have a meal and don't make it too complicated.

Everyone also realized that they, the big bosses behind the scenes, didn't matter. Cao Xuan was too well-known. Although he was famous, it was not good to appear on some occasions.

"I know there is a newly opened club in the suburbs. It has golf and fishing. Otherwise, go there."

"Just go there."

Although it was the second son of the Wang family and Fatty Yu who started the game, Cao Xuan still inevitably became the center of everyone's attention, and the location was immediately decided as soon as he opened his mouth.

So everyone contacted the club and took a ride there.

Several big bosses in the industry gathered together, some small and medium-sized film and television companies also joined in, and even well-informed agents and brokers came after hearing the news.

The boss joins in, and whatever he reveals in his hands falls into the hands of others, which is also a step up.

After waiting for an hour, Cao Xuan and others arrived at the club and chatted for a while. When they came out, they saw many familiar people.

Not to mention the directors and bosses, let’s just talk about the artists—Li Bingbing and Huo Siyan from Huayi, Sun Niangniang, Tong Dawei, Li Xiaoran from Hairun, Yuan Li who has a good relationship with Fatty Yu, and some others who came through other channels Male and female celebrities

Cao Xuan even met Sister Zhiling and several Taiwanese actresses whom he had talked about before. Cao Xuan wondered whether it was their bosses who were more attractive, or those Taiwanese actresses who were more capable.

The only thing that makes Cao Xuan a little relieved is that there are no celebrities here.

It seems that the company's tutoring and development is pretty good...

After saying hello to a few acquaintances, Boss Xingmeiqin and Boss Zhang of New Picture asked to go play golf. Cao Xuan was not interested in that and went to the pond to fish with a fishing bag.

With his move, the crowd that had obviously chosen more golf and other sports quickly dispersed, turning the originally abundant fishing bags into hot sellers.

Cao Xuan is not proficient in fishing. When he was a child, he went to a small pond to catch lobsters.

At that time, my family was poor and had no equipment. I would dig two earthworms and tie them with a rope, wearing a bamboo pole. When I saw a lobster, I would lure it and catch it. If I was lucky, I could catch dozens of them all day long.

However, no one ate this stuff when he was a child. Firstly, it was too fishy and dirty, and secondly, the little he caught was not enough to waste firewood, so no one at home made it.

So these crayfish are basically fed to chickens and dogs, mainly for fun.

Cao Xuan didn't do anything like making nests this time when he was fishing. He made fish mark baits and threw them out, then waited for the fish to take the bait.

On the other hand, the boss of the Wang family who came over at some point looked similar to Feng Pants. I couldn’t say that they were old fishing friends, but they probably played a lot.

"How about it, Mr. Cao, let's have a competition to see who catches more fish?"

"It's okay to have fun."

Cao Xuan didn't care whether he won or lost, he just treated it as a game and even took the initiative to add a bonus.

There was a Rolex in his car given by a friend, worth more than 300,000 yuan. Cao Xuan had no interest in Rolex, so he took it to play with.

The eldest son of the Wang family pledged a painting by Qi Baishi. The price was about the same as a Rolex. They didn't care if it was more or less.

On the contrary, Feng Pengtong felt a bit toothache when he saw the two of them open their mouths and get hundreds of thousands of dollars. Although he made a lot of money, it was not enough to throw away hundreds of thousands casually.

But the atmosphere had already reached this point, and he couldn't be cowardly. But he couldn't find the same object for a while, so he simply took a photo of the bank card.

To be honest, it looked quite heroic, but everyone watching the excitement secretly curled their lips.

In the final analysis, it is just a small game to play, get some objects to win the lottery, win or lose is fun, Feng Pants directly takes the money, and falls behind.

If Cao Xuan really wins, they can't go to the bank and ask him to transfer money. It's not embarrassing enough.

The eldest son of the Wang family actually showed a little timidity. After all, it seemed a bit far-fetched to just put an antique painting on it.

The most chic one is Cao Xuan, a watch, a personal belonging. At the same time, if you look at the more expensive Vacheron Constantin on his wrist, you will know that this Rolex is really a "gadget" that people pick up casually.

A few people chatted casually and made bets. In the eyes of outsiders, they made judgments. The ladies and a few men present looked at Cao Xuan with obviously fiery eyes.

A few bold ones moved forward directly. Sister Zhiling, with her quick eyesight and quick hands, and her teammates as cover, took the lead in squeezing to Cao Xuan's side and spoke delicately.

"Come on Mr. Cao, keep an eye on you."

Cao Xuan froze and looked at Sister Zhiling who was squatting next to him.

It was almost the twelfth lunar month, and it was outdoors again. She was wearing a long, slim-fitting windbreaker that wasn't too thick on her upper body, tight jeans on her lower body, and leather boots. She didn't know whether it was cold or not, but it really showed off her figure.

Seeing Cao Xuan looking over, he flicked his hair, showed a gentle smile on his face, and made a cute cheering gesture.

Let alone a young man, any ordinary veteran would probably be in trouble, but Boss Cao, who has experienced scandals involving nearly 600 people, has seen too many storms and waves, and his eyes have not changed at all.

"You sit over here..."

Cao Xuan pointed in front of him. Before Sister Zhiling could express her surprise thanks, the following words almost made her break her guard and she could hardly maintain her smile.

"Block the wind!"

puff…

Several actresses who had been robbed of their positions by Sister Zhiling couldn't help but smile with gloating.

You deserve it for showing off!

"Mr. Cao~"

Sister Zhiling was a little embarrassed and yelled something to save the situation. Cao Xuan didn't even look at her and focused on looking at the fish float on the water.

"First, don't talk to me in that tone, I can't stand it. Second, if you don't want to sit, you can leave."

Sister Zhiling didn't dare to speak anymore, she obediently asked for a stool and sat directly in front of Cao Xuan to protect Boss Cao from the wind.

Before she came, she knew what Cao Xuan's status was today. If she offended Boss Cao, she would stay in Taiwan Province forever in her early days.

Compared with Cao Xuan, who is incomprehensible to the amorous feelings, the eldest brother of the Wang family and Feng Pengtong are much more sympathetic and kind-hearted, chatting with Li Bingbing and Huo Siyan.

Not long after, Fatty Yu, Boss Dong and Boss Hairun Liu also came over on the pretext that there were no fish nearby.

When others tried to come over, they were all kicked out. Just kidding, there is no room for so many fishermen in such a small area.

Fatty Yu was very enthusiastic about Cao Xuan, even to the point of fawning over him. After all, Bona needed Fanxing's business.

Back when "When Men Are in Love", Fatty Yu wanted to cooperate with Cao Xuan, but he was rejected several times, but Fatty Yu didn't give up.

I just heard about Fanxing’s big plans for next year, and I’m even more excited. To be able to grab the release of two projects with so many movies is a big deal.

It would be even better if you could participate in investment and production, and so would Boss Dong and even the boss of the Wang family.

Bona is in charge of distribution, Huayi is in charge of investment, and Huayi is in charge of production. Compared with the comprehensive development of Fanxing, the three of them can cooperate with Fanxing in their business, so they naturally want to have a good relationship with Cao Xuan.

When a few people are together, it is inevitable to watch movies while chatting.

"'Kung Fu' has been less than two weeks, and the box office has already exceeded 100 million. Look at this, I'm afraid it won't be able to stop it at 150 million."

"Master Xing's box office appeal is still strong. A person who directs and acts alone can handle so much box office alone. He deserves to be the king of comedy."

"Mr. Cao is not bad either. "Xiu Chun Dao" basically relied on Mr. Cao to attract people. With 150 million, he defeated Lao Mouzi, and the waves behind pushed the waves ahead."

"Keep your voice down, boss Zhang might hear you, and I'm afraid he might get into trouble with you."

"Haha, Director Feng's "A World Without Thieves" is not bad either, and it successfully exceeded 100 million. You Huayi have made a lot of money this year."

"It's a pity that it happened with "Kung Fu", otherwise the box office would have been a little better."

Feng Xiaogang was a little depressed. "A World Without Thieves" had already broken his personal box office record. However, there were so many blockbuster movies this year that they didn't stand out. The box office didn't even rank among the top three of the year.

"Speaking of Director Feng, I saw the news two days ago and it seems that he got into a scolding with some gossip magazine, right?"

Someone asked curiously, and Feng's pants exploded when he heard it: "I got angry when I talked about that pussy. Damn it, my home address was published in the newspaper. If Zhong Lei hadn't stopped me that day, I would have had to jerk off."

What Feng Pants was talking about was that not long ago, the weekly "Bigstar", where Zhuo Wei worked before, published a map of where celebrities live in Beijing.

Later, after this issue was published in the newspaper, there was a die-hard fan of Feng Pants who hung around his house when he had nothing to do. Feng Pants was so worried that he yelled at reporters at the press conference.

One thing to say is that "Bigstar" did this in an unethical manner, and Feng's trousers are excusable.

But afterwards, "Bigstar" didn't accept it at all. He apologized, gently took away his fault, and then got into a quarrel with Feng Pong, saying that he personally attacked the reporter, which made Feng Pong very angry. Now that I think about it, All scolded.

"Not only Director Feng, my family was also bombed."

Li Bingbing followed up with a complaint, suddenly remembered something, and said curiously: "It seems that I didn't see the artists of Fanxing on that map."

"oh."

Cao Xuan smiled reservedly: "We have dealt with this media before, and they have suffered losses."

He was embarrassed to say that before this report was submitted to the newspaper, there were actually Fanxing artists, and even the Dashizuo Hutong of Cao Daguan was also on the map.

But Cao Xuan dealt with Zhuo Wei last time, which aroused the vigilance of the editor-in-chief of "Bigstar", and deleted all the home addresses of Fanxing artists. Afterwards, he did not forget to inform Fanxing to show his personal favor.

But there is no need to tell them this. It seems like Fanxing is in love with these paparazzi.

When Cao Xuan said this, many people suddenly realized that it seemed that they rarely saw Cao Xuan's candid photos. Obviously, Boss Cao had some tricks behind his back.

The bosses don't care yet, they don't have much trouble with this, and the artists are more envious.

Feng Pants, one of the many business leaders in the Mainland, still cannot avoid the harassment of the paparazzi, let alone them. If he wants to do something a little more private, he has to get past the paparazzi first.

But there is nothing we can do about it. Celebrities and paparazzi are dependent on each other. Paparazzi are usually very annoying, but sometimes they also need the exposure of these media.

Despite the way they happily scolded the paparazzi, if one day the paparazzi really didn't want to take pictures of them, everyone would be eager to jump in.

Cao Xuan is not particularly interested in these gossips in the circle, mainly because there are too many people and few people make explosive revelations, so it is not very interesting.

Compared to these little gossips, he cares more about fishing. It doesn't matter whether he wins or not, the main thing is the sense of accomplishment.

Perhaps it was the novice protection period. Cao Xuan was lucky. Although he didn't catch any big fish, there were always a lot of scattered small fish.

More than an hour later, there were obviously more fish in Cao Xuan's bucket than the boss of the Wang family and Feng Pants. Boss Cao was so accomplished that he continued fishing despite the cold winter months.

This is a pain for others. Several bosses have long been middle-aged, even older, or they are girls, and they are no more powerful than Cao Xuan.

Even with some heating equipment, after being outdoors for so long, I was still very cold.

But no one dared to disturb Cao Xuan's mood. He gritted his teeth and occasionally found excuses to sneak aside to warm up for a while.

They can still find excuses to run away. The worst thing is Sister Zhiling. She is afraid that her position will be taken by others as soon as she leaves. She does not want to protect Cao Xuan from the wind, but she is afraid that Cao Xuan will misunderstand her and not give her face, so she will be offended. Cao Xuan.

Sister Zhiling was already wearing thin clothes and was facing the wind. After more than an hour, her face was a bit cold and turned slightly white.

Zhang Chong realized something was wrong and reminded Cao Xuan, and then he realized that everyone was spending their feelings with him.

It was impossible to catch this time.

Cao Xuan found an excuse to end the fishing and fulfill his bet.

No need to count, just look at the number of fish in the bucket and you will know that Cao Xuan won. The boss of the Wang family was very straightforward.

"I'll have the painting delivered to my house when I get back."

Feng Tongtong took out his bank card and asked the club staff if they had a POS machine. Cao Xuan was too lazy to reconcile the account for him and said directly to Sister Zhiling.

"You and I are in trouble because of this, so you can keep the money."

Feng Pengtang didn't say much and used the club's POS machine to transfer 200,000 yuan. When he returned, the club would give the cash to Sister Zhiling.

Sitting in the cold was able to earn 200,000 yuan. Sister Zhiling's depression instantly melted away. Cao Xuan's slightly hateful face in her heart instantly became particularly cute, handsome, bold, and charming...

The group of actresses who just gloated over Sister Zhiling's misfortune are now depressed.

200,000, for most of them, is not a small amount. The key is that this money was obtained without paying any price at all.

If I had known in advance that I could get 200,000 yuan, let alone freezing for an hour, I could have played with Cao Xuan all day today, and more exciting projects were not impossible.

With a generous tip of 200,000 yuan, Boss Cao's image as a romantic and rich man was immediately established, and spread throughout the club. Many people came over to hug him.

But Sister Zhiling now wants to stick to Cao Xuan. She is so attentive and attentive. She only has to open her mouth to eat fruit, and outsiders can't get in at all.

The bosses were a little unhappy. Boss Cao was ruining the market and it was too embarrassing.

It's only 200,000 yuan. How can they get away with 18,000 yuan in the future?

Cao Xuan himself didn't care, he didn't make a fool of himself, besides, the 200,000 yuan was originally obtained for free, and it was difficult for him to get it from his dignified boss, so he might as well make a gesture.

However, he pretended to be a big dick in the club and felt happy, but when he turned around, someone reported him to Dongxi Ergong.

King Cao Tian explained for a long time and blacklisted Sister Zhiling's mobile phone number, finally proving his innocence and avoiding the pain of sleeping alone on the sofa.

In the evening, after paying the public food and serving the Empress of the East Palace to bed, Cao Xuan wondered who had sold him. He also lamented that the intelligence network in the East and West Palaces was now so developed that there was basically no room for Cao, a high official in the country...

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ps: Recommended book, the old author's new entertainment book "The artist's house collapsed, so I had to make my debut in person"