China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 354 The Noisy Movie Market and the Annual Meeting of the Stars
Cao Xuan, who returned to Beijing from the finale in Weishi, was a little busier than when he was filming.

The rehearsal of the Spring Festival Gala and the recording of the rest of the English album, Um also needs to be watched in the later stage of the movie, and the theme song and episodes that meet the requirements should be created according to the movie.

The latter is not less difficult.

It is easy to "create" individual songs, and it is easy to write MVs based on songs, but combining songs into movies requires skill.

Of course, a serious musical talent is not afraid of writing essays, but Cao Xuan is a counterfeit, so doing this is much more difficult than copying songs directly.

"When Men Are in Love" is a tragic love movie, and the tone of the song must have these two elements.

There is still a general range, look back and find similar songs and try slowly, if it really doesn't work, change the lyrics.

During the Spring Festival Gala rehearsal + picking and choosing, Cao Xuan did not forget to pay attention to the rehearsal outside.

The most sensational news in December last year, besides Cao Xuan's Grammy nomination, was the birth of two films.

"Infernal Affairs", known as the savior of Hong Kong films, and "Hero", the first commercial blockbuster in the mainland, were screened in Hong Kong and the mainland successively.

The box office of Infernal Affairs broke through 3000 million Hong Kong dollars within two weeks of its release, and the cumulative total box office reached 5505 million Hong Kong dollars.

The entire Hong Kong film industry, which was originally declining day by day, had an instant climax, and the Hong Kong media started blowing "Infernal Affairs" and related main creations like crazy.

Especially Liang Chaowei is almost a god.

This time period is very interesting. In the past two years of "In the Mood for Love", he just became the Best Actor in Cannes, and won three Golden Statue Best Actor awards. His status has risen rapidly.

This year's "Infernal Affairs" has been hailed as a Hong Kong film classic. It is obviously a two-male lead drama. Everyone almost completely ignored Liu Tianwang. It has a good professional reputation in the industry.

Coupled with the previous "Eastern Weekly" incident, he has enough impression points and sympathy points, and the public impression is strong.

More importantly, "Hero" in which he starred also exploded.

The box office in the mainland was 2.5 million, breaking the box office record of Chinese-language movies in the mainland, and surpassing the latter by a large margin.

Many people may not understand what this concept is. Let’s put it this way, the total box office in the mainland in 2002 was about 10 billion, and this movie accounted for a quarter.

Lao Mouzi and the main creators were all elated, although many film critics and audiences expressed disappointment and even criticized the film because of the plot of the film.

But I don't have much opinion on the actors, mainly the director who set fire, Liang Chaowei has accumulated enough box office results without making a fuss.

With high qualifications, good professional reputation, good public impression, and explosive box office results, Actor Liang has become a representative figure in the Hong Kong film industry.

In addition to Cheng and Li, two big names in Hollywood, Xingye is unique, and even Fa Ge, Liu Tianwang, and Liang Jiahui are a little shy of their edge.

However, Cao Xuan doesn't care whether it's the old Mouzi who is mixed with joy and sorrow by the box office and public opinion, or the actor Liang who is proud of himself.

What he really values ​​is that behind the box office of "Hero" means that the mainland film market has begun to rise.

Over [-] million movies are no longer a myth, and many film practitioners are excited, gearing up to replicate the success of "Hero".

Famous directors in the film industry also began to think about making blockbuster films.

First, Lao Mouzi's partner, the boss of New Screen, announced that he was about to prepare for the new movie "House of Flying Daggers".

It is planned to invite Liu Tianwang, Cao Xuan, International Zhang, Maggie Cheung and many other big names to participate in the performance.

Director Chen is also rumored to have joined forces with China Film and other companies to make a fantastic fantasy production, and plans to invite superstars from all over Asia.

So far, Director Chen's current cards are quite good, especially if Lao Mouzi's new movie is well-received, which further highlights the strength of Director Chen.

I also heard that it will be a gathering of stars from all over Asia. Everyone is looking forward to the lineup and making guesses.

As one of the most popular artists nowadays, Cao Xuan was naturally mentioned by the audience.

However, Mr. Cao is very grateful for this. If he guessed correctly, this movie is "The Promise", which is famous in the history of filming.

Whether it's bad or not is put aside for a moment. Thinking about the two main creators in the original movie, Cao Xuan felt that it was too unlucky.

Cao Daguan has always been very cautious about this point, no matter the East and West Palaces or South Korea's real concubine, he has never had a hobby of keeping photos or short videos.

He would rather be poisoned to death than to die...

It is said that Feng Xiaogang of Huayi also wanted to make a blockbuster, but was stopped by the Wang brothers.

The capital of his two brothers is not that strong, and they have spent a lot of money on "Heaven and Earth Heroes" before, so they can't make a fuss in a short time.

Feng Xiaogang, who was already cautious, became more and more unhappy. It was rumored that he planned to leave Huayi.

Including Cao Xuan's Fan Xing, several companies contacted him in the past. As one of the most popular film directors nowadays, Feng Xiaogang has a bad temper, but no one can get along with money.

However, Feng Xiaogang has already made an appointment with Zhang Guoli. The two will run a company together, one will make TV dramas and the other will make movies.

No matter how much outsiders give, it is not as good as being your own boss, but Cao Xuan knows that Feng Xiaogang will not be too long to realize that he is not a material for business, and then return to Huayi.

During this period of time, Cao Xuan can completely cut off Hu. If Fanxing shares don't want to give it, he can find compensation from other sources. Money is left and right, and Boss Cao can afford it.

However, he really doesn't like this person, and he likes to cause trouble too much, so he is not willing to invite him.

If it wasn't for the fact that his subordinates were too motivated and wanted to win a famous director for the company, he wouldn't even have any intention of contacting him.

But this incident, together with Chen Kexin last time, also made Cao Xuan realize that the company lacked a capable film director.

This gave Cao Xuan a bit of a headache. Good movie directors are much harder to find than TV drama directors.

The current so-called three famous mainland directors, Director Chen and Cao Xuan have never liked it from beginning to end, Feng Xiaogang has talent but no virtue, the only one he wants to win is Lao Mouzi.

Although this guy has a lot of flaws, but in comparison, he can be regarded as "both political integrity and ability". As long as there is a good story, there is no need to worry about the box office of the movie.

However, the boss in the new picture is too strict with Lao Mouzi, and even invites Gao Cangjian to make a movie. Cao Xuan feels that if he poachs Lao Mouzi, this guy will go crazy.

Jiang Wen's personality is too strong, Cao Xuan can't serve him, and his output is too boring, Lu Chuan and Guan Qing's buttocks are crooked.

After all the calculations, among the mainland directors, only Ning Ke, the number one tool of China Entertainment, is the most suitable.

Wu Ershan is also good, but he hasn't made his debut yet, so he needs to be cultivated and honed. Others have their own shortcomings, and the overall strength has to be Ning Yu.

So don't get tired of it, just blame the others for not living up to expectations...

However, Cao Xuan did not set his sights on the mainland. Qualified directors from Hong Kong, Taiwan and even Asia can also be signed or trained.

In the future, the Chinese film market will rise steadily, and it will be the vanity fair that countless directors covet.

Fanxing needs money and money, people and people, and there is a theater bonus that most film and television companies cannot provide, which is an irresistible temptation for directors.

The movie circle is bustling and bustling, which is a good thing for Cao Xuan.

"When a Man is in Love" is expected to be released in the summer next year, and it will be marketed during the Qixi Festival. The better the film market, the better the box office.

However, the premise of all this is that SARS can survive smoothly.

As early as November 2002, there had been similar news. By January this year, relevant units had begun to pay attention.

Cao Xuan has been paying attention to this matter, and plans to send his parents back to his hometown after the Chinese New Year. Compared with the large floating population in the capital, the small city of his hometown is safer.

The same is true for Zeng Li and Hu Jing. Cao Xuan specially said hello. It is best not to come to Beijing for the Chinese New Year this year.

Even if it wasn't for the inconvenient work, he would have thought that Liang Gong would also go back to his hometown to rest.

But there was no way, Mr. Zeng wanted to lead the students, and Producer Hu was so focused on supervising several production crews that he couldn't leave. Cao Xuan could only ask them to pay more attention.

January 1th, December 27th

The related industries under Cao Xuan, such as Fanxing Entertainment, Box Game, Fengyun Studio, Caoshangfei, Sunshine Venture Capital, Guolan Entertainment, etc., senior employees have successively held annual meetings.

Due to the confidentiality of some companies, Cao Xuan did not attend in person, but they all prepared generous gifts.

Some companies don’t care, so he was there to thank the employees and boost morale, hoping that everyone will continue to work hard to make money for him next year.

Among them, Fanxing has the largest number of faces. One reason is that the company is large in scale and has a large number of employees.

And Guolan Entertainment and Fengyun Studio, as well as Fanxing Film and Television City and Fanxing Cinemas, followed Cao Xuan's employees to participate.

Several companies add up, there are almost 300 people, and the banquet hall of an ordinary hotel cannot be crowded, so Cao Xuan directly reserved a floor for the annual meeting.

In addition to the large number of people, the most important thing is that there are also many stars. All the stars and artists were present, and many friends of Cao Xuan or other artists also came to join in the fun.

Yuanquan couple, Xu Zheng couple, Qin Hailu, Mei Ting, and Zhang Tong from Class 96, several artists from Zhou Yi who were filming in the capital, Wu Jing who returned to Beijing for the New Year, Pan Yueming who specially congratulated, and Mr. Zhou also came.

The entire annual meeting venue can be said to be star-studded, catching up with ordinary small awards ceremonies.

Because it was an internal annual meeting, Cao Xuan and the others did not accept any media interviews. Even Fengyun Studio's occupational disease wanted to take pictures, but Cao Xuan refused.

At the annual meeting, although Boss Cao didn't sing a song due to his status, he prepared another program.

100 million cash + other prizes worth around 50!

All the employees at the scene came to the stage to draw a lottery, and they were guaranteed to receive more than 2000 cash and prizes. Everyone had a good year in comfort.

Since it was kept secret, the outside world didn't know about it, Cao Xuan also showed off his wealth a little bit, and distributed benefits to everyone.

The red banknotes and prizes were placed on the stage, and the atmosphere of the venue was suddenly warm and extraordinary. Everyone was smiling, and the voice of "Long live the boss" was endless.

Even people like Mr. Zhou who are not short of money go up to draw, it doesn't matter how much, the main thing is to win a good fortune.

At the end of the lottery, the luckiest girl was Liu Tianxian. This girl was probably possessed by the Emperor Ou in the past two years, and her luck was amazing. She directly drew a car worth 5 yuan, the best in the audience.

The little girl was meaningless and smiled happily. Liu Xiaoli was a little embarrassed and planned to return it, but Boss Cao waved her hand.

A mere 5 yuan, if you want a car, just drive away, if you don’t want a car, convert it into money, and treat it as a red envelope for your child.

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ps: I just found out today that QQ Music, Netease Cloud, and Kugou Music all have playlists for this book. Just search [Huayu 1997].

In addition, I would like to express my gratitude to a few enthusiastic book friends who have done good deeds without leaving their names.
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