China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 206 What to do in a movie with stars

On March 3, "Swordsman" premiered on CCTV

Prior to this, CCTV had made multiple days of previews, not only one set, but also several other sub-channels.

As I said before, the volume of CCTV is definitely a well-deserved hegemony level 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 one set from CCTV.

There is only one station, so there is a [-]% chance that it is CCTV.

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

Huge platform advantage!
The influence of Jin Yong's adaptation!

Cao Xuan is a popular lead actor!

To be honest, the crew of "Swordsman" hardly worried about the ratings of the first broadcast. They are confident that it will be very eye-catching.

The key is the follow-up ratings and the overall word-of-mouth of the TV series. This is the real key.

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

Last year, "Youth Bao Qingtian" was extremely popular, but unfortunately, I was unlucky and caught up with a "Journey to the West Sequel".

CCTV has a huge base and the influence of the 86 version of "Journey to the West", almost catching and destroying whoever it is.

In fact, this year is also a forest of strong players, "The Gate of the Mansion", "Kangxi Dynasty" and "Love is Deep and Rainy" which is popular in Southeast Asia.

In Yuanshikong, "Love in the Rain" won the annual ratings champion, and of course, "The Mansion Gate" was also said to be the winner.

All kinds of information have information about these two dramas winning the championship. The former claims to be the number one in the annual ratings, and the latter is the CCTV's 2001 ratings champion.

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

The average ratings of "Deep Love and Rain" is only 11.2, ranking second this year.

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

It is precisely because of this that many people instinctively think that "Deep Love and Rain" is the ratings champion.

But in fact, it lost to Dazhaimen.

In the original time and space, "Swordsman" was anticlimactic, and it was only broadcast on CCTV [-], but it was also the top five of the year.

Now, Cao Xuan has optimized and modified some of the weaknesses of "Swordsman", coupled with the same set of CCTV, and his own popularity.

More importantly, "Swordsman" ranked ahead of "The Mansion Gate", and it was the first to win.

Therefore, Cao Xuan wanted to win a wave of annual ratings champions.

His follow-up "Golden Fan Family" may not be broadcast this year. "Swordsman" is his only drama this year, and it is also the one with the highest hopes so far.

Although "The Family of Gold Fans" was the 2003 ratings champion in the original time and space, Cao Xuan can't guarantee that the show will still be so good one to two years in advance.

Now that "Swordsman" has a chance, Cao Xuan doesn't want to rely on the following TV series.

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

Cao Xuan, who has dominated the music scene for three years in a row, has no pursuit of the annual album sales champion, but he has not yet won the annual ratings champion.

For Cao Xuan, who is obsessed with collecting, this is an irresistible temptation.

.........

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

The location of Cao Xuan's East and West Palaces has always been kept strictly confidential, and outsiders don't even know about it.

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

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

Even if the company is so rigorous inside, let alone the outside, not only Cao Xuan, but even Hu Jing and Zeng Li hardly tell others about their location.

Like this Haidian apartment, only Xia Yu and his wife know about it.

Xia Yu is in Yuanquan's favor, and Zeng Li trusts his best friend Yuanquan the most. She has followed her several times, and sometimes Xia Yu comes to pick her up, but she can't hide it once she comes and goes.

Later, Cao Xuan, as the male host, invited the couple to have a meal, formally notified, and occasionally the four of them got together for a meal.

Cao Xuan really likes to play with Xia Yu.

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

Young Master Zhou, Ren Quan, Li Bingbing, Xia Yu, and Yuan Quan are among the few friends of their age who can talk and play with Cao Xuan normally.

But Ren Quan is busy, and most of the time is in Shanghai, and it is inconvenient for the others to be female, so Xia Yu becomes Cao Xuan's daily playmate.

They can let each other go, and the two in the family can rest assured.

That's right, although Hu Jing had a cold war with Zeng Li, she had nothing to do with Yuan Quan. Even now that the east and west palaces are united to defend against the enemy, Yuan Quan can be regarded as the lubricant in the middle.

So Cao Xuan and Xia Yu play together, with Yuanquan at their backs, and both East and West Palaces are at ease.

Xia Yu is not an idiot either, at first she thought Cao Xuan and Zeng Li were a couple, but then she gradually realized that there was another person, and her daughter-in-law was their best friend at the same time.

From then on, Xia Yu was shocked by Cao Xuan and Yuan Quan.

Especially Cao Xuan, Xia Yu was born in 1976, actually one year younger than Cao Xuan, but because of his early debut and being a Chinese opera senior who had left them, he was unwilling to bow his head.

But after knowing this, Xia Yu called Cao Xuan "Brother Xuan", and her eyes were full of admiration.

Cao Xuan was very skeptical, this guy also wanted to learn how to step on two boats by himself.

But Cao Xuan can only say that he wanted to go blind,

With my own conditions, I had to start early, half-fooled and half-coaxed Hu Jing and Zeng Li, who were inexperienced in the world, and both of them were not of a relatively rigid character, so I could barely succeed.

As far as Yuan Quan's independent literary personality is concerned, it's not that he looks down on Xia Yu. He spent a long time chasing her at the beginning, and if he wants to play with the bowl and watch the pot, there is a 95% possibility that the bowl will be broken...

Cao Xuan didn't bother to wait on the two elders.

When Xia Yu came, he bought some cooked food. He patted cucumbers and reheated pancakes at home.

After settling down in the capital, Cao Shuangguo asked someone to send a pancake pan (ao) from his hometown because he couldn't get used to the rice cakes here.

Every now and then, Sun Lan spread dozens of catties of pancakes at home, and gave them to neighbors if she couldn't finish them.

Now the couple are thinking about finding someone to build a boiler and make homemade sesame seed cakes at home.

It doesn't matter to Cao Xuanxuan, if he has money, leisure and land, it's just a matter of playing with the old couple. If he really does it, he can still enjoy the food.

The combination of meat and vegetables and the staple food, no wine, Cao Xuan took out the Pepsi Cola stockpiled at home.

He is not for the endorsement, but really likes to drink Pepsi, but what he likes more is peanut and walnut milk.

But two old men can't drink milk together, so let's have some carbonated fun.

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

It was just announced two days ago that the population of this national census reached 12.59533 billion, approaching 13 billion.

And to celebrate the powerful family planning, successfully and safely passed the peak period of birth, and entered the stage of low birth level development.

No one thought that after 20 years, three children would be opened in a hurry, even without restrictions...

Xia Yu didn't care about these things, and enjoyed eating pancakes wrapped in sauced elbows, while Cao Xuan threw a piece of smoked chicken into his mouth.

"How are you at Huayi?"

"It's okay, there is no shortage of acting."

Xia Yu is Wang Jinghua's person, and she even signed Yuanquan under Wang Jinghua's banner. In the second half of last year, the well-known sister Hua brought people to Huayi and jointly established Huayi Brothers Taihe Brokerage Co., Ltd.

Wang Jinghua's subordinates are full of talents, including Chen Daoming, You Yong, Li Bingbing, Ren Quan, Hu Jun, Fan Bingbing, and Xia Yu in the mainland.

There are big-name actresses such as Rosamund Kwan, Carina Lau, Michelle Yeoh, Anita Yuen, etc. in Xiangjiang.

Huayi, who was always in the limelight, gained a great reputation, and the Wang brothers frequently showed their faces in the media, as if they had become the top names of mainland film and television companies.

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

"Your company, with so many artists, doesn't plan to produce a TV series?"

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

Xia Yu didn't hide anything. The two bosses beat him to death, and it had nothing to do with him, so he said whatever he asked.

"Your company doesn't make TV dramas, what should you do?"

"Look for a movie to shoot by yourself, go to a drama if you don't have one, and rest at home if you can't."

What Xia Yu said is the daily portrayal of most actors nowadays. There are too few film and television resources now, except for a few particularly popular ones who can not rest all year round. Many actors do well with one or two films a year.

If there is no drama appointment, I will act in a drama, so why these Mesozoic actors have good acting skills are all honed by drama.

Why do plays?

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

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

It is said that they are backed by Huayi, but the Wang brothers don't pay much attention to it at all. Except for the roles in their own movies, they are no different from ordinary brokerage companies in other aspects.

In contrast, Starry Artists don’t talk about starring roles, but there is definitely no shortage of plays. Some artists who have their own, participate in investment cooperation, and exchange interests, some artists do not have enough time.

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

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

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

Cao Xuan felt that Fanxing couldn't keep digging deep into the TV drama market, and occasionally had to make one or two low-cost movies.

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

But what was the first movie?
If you don't want to be a hit at the box office, at least you have to produce certain results, and the cost can't be too high, and the funds should be given priority to the TV series...

(End of this chapter)