China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 377 "The Star of Tomorrow" and the next painting of the movie
Rongcheng University, Auditorium

Thousands of students from Chengdu, as well as students from other schools who came to join in the fun, packed the auditorium to the brim, and everyone looked at the entrance expectantly.

Accompanied by the broadcast of the host, Cao Xuan, Hu Jing, Huang Bo and other main creators of "When a Man is in Love" appeared in the auditorium, and the scene instantly burst into cheers and applause.

Although college students these days are not considered the favored ones, they still have a lot of gold.

It can make them let go of their restraint and become fanboys. Ordinary celebrities don't have this kind of influence.

Cao Xuan, who is an international star and Asian king, is obviously different.

Sina and other portal websites have done related poll statistics before. Among young people's favorite stars, Cao Xuan has never fallen out of the top three, even if he is not the first.

This is recognized even by the official media. Last year, a second-rate newspaper selected "Top Ten Influential People in China in 2002."

The same is true for foreign media. "Time Magazine" recently selected the top [-] most influential musicians in the world. Cao Xuan and Hikaru Utada are the only two Asian candidates on the list.

Needless to say, other lists or statistics with less gold content, if all the statistics are calculated, it will take half a minute to browse roughly.

These are not necessarily completely accurate. From the side, it can be seen that Cao Xuan's popularity and influence are definitely top-notch in China and Asia.

Especially college students, they may not be able to see celebrities, but it is different for superstars, not to mention that Cao Xuan is not just a superstar.

The child of a farmer, born from a grassroots background, started from scratch with his talent and fortune. In less than ten years, he became internationally renowned, surrounded by beauties, and wealthy.

It is rumored that Cao Xuan's net worth has exceeded 30 billion, but it is not known whether it is true or not.

Because Forbes and Hurun have already been publicized by someone, apart from the celebrity list, the rich list temporarily does not list Cao Xuan due to incomplete and unclear data.

But the public is not a fool, Tianya also has all kinds of true revelations about Cao Xuan, and some people even estimate Cao Xuan's net worth by almost [-]% based on insider information.

It's a pity that if you can't stand it, there are pig teammates who join in the fun and rhythm.

Someone pretended to be an insider, and Zhangkou said that Cao Xuan was worth tens of billions. The most ruthless statement was that Cao Xuan was already the richest man in the country, and he could be called a little cucumber in the mainland.

Of course, it is also said that Cao Xuan is a white glove of a big boss, a classic puppet conspiracy theory.

Anyway, it has everything, and Cao Xuan is happy to see it. Sometimes the muddier the water, the better, and the muddier the safer.

This created a phenomenon, everyone knew that Cao Xuan was rich, but they didn't know how rich he was.

However, from the aspects of Fanxing Building, theater chain composition, film and television city construction, Penguin shares, philanthropy, etc., everyone can have a vague idea that Cao Xuan's net worth is at least 10 billion or more.

This net worth and the above experience are enough for many young people to regard him as an inspirational model and an idol in life.

A man takes Cao Xuan as a role model, and a man should be like this!

The woman regards Cao Xuan as the lover of her dreams, and flies up the branches to become a phoenix!
College students are also young people. There may be some exceptions in some groups, but most people also hold this kind of thinking, so that Cao Xuan's reputation among young college students is extremely high, which is why the situation in the auditorium today appeared.

In the face of the warm welcome, Cao Xuan was very low-key, clasped his hands repeatedly to pay tribute, and after taking his seat, he took the host's microphone and expressed his humility.

"At the invitation of President Sun, I came to Rongda University today for a film promotion meeting.

To be honest, I'm still a little nervous today. After all, I'm just a high school student. All the students who can enter the university campus are more educated than me, so I don't dare to play tricks.

Today, everyone chats with each other, just like friends chatting. I try my best to share with you some of my shallow views. If there is anything that is not one-sided, everyone is welcome to give advice. "

Cao Xuan's low-key opening won the favor of many students. They may not like to appreciate this kind of character, but they will definitely not hate modest and prudent people.

Of course, Heizi is an exception...

Today the host seems to be the vice chairman of the student union of Rongda University. Apart from following the process and maintaining the situation, the host is mainly responsible for raising some questions about movies.

After all, this meeting is to promote "When Men Are in Love", if the students ask questions, the topic will be wrong.

So according to the process, if the students asked more about the movie, he would not ask questions, but if there were fewer questions about the movie, he would pull the rhythm by himself and take it back.

At the beginning of the chat, it must have started with movies. The host seems to have a lot of relevant experience, and he is not stage frightened.

"I just finished watching the online report in the morning. The box office of our "When Men Are in Love" has already exceeded 3000 million. It's an amazing achievement. It's the first time I've starred in a movie and got this box office figure. How does it feel?"

"not bad."

Cao Xuan smiled and explained: "Actually, we also got some credit from the market. After SARS, everyone was more willing to have some entertainment activities. Coupled with the Qixi Festival, the box office on the first day was very impressive, and the subsequent data also remained very good. it is good."

"On the Internet, the box office can reach more than 5000 million, are you confident?"

"If you follow the normal trend of the data, there is still great hope, but the premise is to do a good job in piracy protection."

Speaking of this, Cao Xuan couldn't help grinding his teeth. Movie piracy has always been rampant, and it has always been a disease that is difficult to cure in the film and television industry.

Until 2022, the gun version of the movie is still banned, and this is even more so these years. Pirates will do everything possible to get the movie.

The most exaggerated thing is that even before the movie was released, the pirates had already obtained the high-definition resources, and then released the movie first, and the producer was so angry that he vomited blood.

"When a Man Is in Love" is already considered cautious, copies in major cities are escorted by special personnel, but even so, within a week of its release, pirated discs appeared on the market.

Fanxing contacted China Film Group to suppress it, but it still cannot be completely eliminated. As the movie is released longer, the number of pirated CDs will increase, which will definitely affect the box office.

When Cao Xuan first debuted, he was always interested in piracy. His albums have fed many pirates. In terms of games, there are also piracy privately engaged in trouble. This time the movie was released, and he was plundered again.

Let's put it this way, if there is no pirated version, I dare not say that there are more "When Men Are in Love", and the movie box office may rise by 1000 million to 2000 million.

Cao Xuan has always been cautious in his words and deeds in the entertainment industry, and rarely expresses targeted opinions on someone or something.

The only mention of piracy is to hate it. It is definitely the first echelon in the industry to fight against piracy, and has criticized piracy in public many times.

Earlier this year, Cao Xuan’s report to the Central Music Association and the National Youth Committee focused on cracking down on piracy.

If one day in the future, Cao Xuan can be elected to the Two Sessions, combating piracy will definitely be an issue he would like to talk about more...

The issue of the box office has been discussed for a while, which is also the key highlight of the movie "When Men Are in Love".

It was released on August 8, and in nearly two weeks, it broke through 4 million at the box office. It can be said to be the best Chinese love movie at the box office in recent years.

As for the box office records of Chinese-language romance movies, "When a Man is in Love" is still far behind.

In 1980, "Romance on Lushan Mountain" was released. At that time, it was a huge hit.

Such an achievement is a milestone even in the history of Chinese-language films. Unless "When Men Are in Love" now has a box office of over [-] million, there is no qualification to be compared at all.

But even so, "When Men Are in Love" also made many people see the potential of commercial love movies.

The key point is that this kind of movie has low cost and high return, and is a project favored by many film companies. It can be predicted that in the next two or three years, there will be many romantic movies, and even tragedies.

This is not an exaggeration. Two companies have already asked Cao Xuan about the copyright of classic love songs such as "Fairy Tale", "Those Years" and "Long Time No See". They want to adapt them into love movies.

The most interesting thing is that a film company also took a fancy to "Your Answer", and wanted to adapt it into a film about Cao Xuan's personal biography, and then invited Cao Xuan to act.

Cao Xuan laughed angrily. If he wanted to make a biographical film, Fanxing didn't have money, so he needed someone else to adapt it.

But it also reminded him that many artists in the company want to make movies, so they can pick a few from their own IP library and adapt them into low-cost love movies.

The investment is not much, and with the influence of songs, even if you don't make money, you can't lose much.

Shooting two films every few years, the periodical gathering of wool, just for the sake of love, can not only praise newcomers and star artists to brush up their qualifications, but also cultivate their own film directors.

It's so much!

So while others were thinking about "When a Man Loves", Fanxing's third film "Fairy Tale" was also quietly approved.

The male lead is tentatively decided to be Qiao Zhenyu, and the female lead is still under consideration, but basically she will be chosen from among the stars and female artists. She will shoot next year and choose a Chinese Valentine's Day or Valentine's Day screening... to make money.

As for the personal biographical film, Cao Xuan always felt a bit ashamed to act.

Besides, he is not yet 30 years old, and his rise in life has not been long, so it is too early to shoot this stuff.

Maybe in another 30 to [-] years, Cao Xuan will become famous and even start to retire. Maybe he will make a biographical movie to commemorate himself.

Cao Xuan, who was already half an old man at the time, must have felt something when he saw his young "self" on the movie screen.

After chatting with the host, the students began to ask questions freely. As a result, the question asked by the first person to call the roll made Cao Xuan look more and more like a reporter's entrustment.

"I know so far, among the movies released this year, "Harry Potter: The Chamber of Secrets" released at the beginning of the year has the highest box office at 5222 million.

Do you think "When Men Are in Love" can surpass this movie, or do you think "When Men Are in Love" is expected to win this year's annual box office champion? "

"I don't want to lie, I hope so."

Cao Xuan responded happily, but at the same time emphasized: "This wish is not easy to realize."

Then Cao Xuan counted on his fingers for everyone, the difficulty of winning the championship in "When a Man is in Love".

"The Matrix 2" has not yet been drawn, and the box office has already approached 4000 million, and around the end of the year, "The Matrix 3" will also be released. These two movies have a strong momentum.

There are also Cheng Long's "Flying Dragon Rebirth", New Year's Day Jiang Wen and Zhao Zhao's "Heaven and Earth Heroes", Gu Principal and Zhang Yunu's "Hedong Lion's Roar".

And the most important thing is that Feng Xiaogang and Ge You, the old partners, will produce a new Lunar New Year film "Mobile Phone" at the end of the year.

Cao Xuan has a golden finger. Although there are several movies listed above, I know that most of them are not threatening.

Especially the "Heroes of Heaven and Earth", although the outside world regards it as the successor of "Heroes", and the other party even clamored to break the record of "Heroes", but he knew how wonderful this movie was, and its reputation collapsed.

The box office of 4100 million in the Mainland seems to be a lot, but the investment of this film is as high as 8000 million.

The overseas box office with high expectations is also miserable. The North American box office is only 8.2 US dollars, which is not enough to cover the promotional expenses and round-trip air tickets.

Jiang Wen almost didn't slow down, and a certain Zhao was regarded as box office poison, and he was unlucky for several years.

On the contrary, Feng Xiaogang's "Mobile Phone" performed steadily and even became his highest-grossing movie so far. Yuan Shikong won the annual championship in 2003.

Cao Xuan knows what the media wants to do, and wants to hear him blow up and hype the news.

But Cao Xuan has little ambition for "When Men Are in Love", it's just Fan Xing's first attempt at the film, and the current results have exceeded his expectations, so normal publicity is fine, and there is not much desire for hype.

The main reason is that there is not much money, 800 million yuan is not worth it when Cao Xuan shoots, and he is not quarrelsome.

Unlike Feng Gangpao, every time a movie is released, he has to spray people and say a few shocking words.

In fact, Cao Xuan didn’t understand this kind of routine very much. It seemed that he had made some small profits, which was good for the box office and had a great reputation, but in fact he offended everyone and ruined his popularity. In the long run, the gains outweighed the losses.

"Why do you want to make such a movie? Did you come up with this story yourself? I see your name in the screenwriter column."

"I came up with the original idea, but the script was perfected by everyone. As for why I want to make such a movie, I actually want to make a love story of a small person, with sweetness, helplessness, and sadness."

"I'm Hu Jing's fan. I like this movie very much. I watched it several times. Every time I cry a lot, you must be well. Don't leave her like in the movie."

"Thank you for your support, but we still need to distinguish between movies and reality. Look at me, don't I stand here properly?"

Cao Xuan didn't respond directly, but Hu Jing got up and invited the female fan to come on stage and give her a hug.

Immediately afterwards, a boy came out and said that he was a fan of Hu Jing and wanted to hug him. Cao Xuan pulled Huang Bo over, expressing his sinister attitude.

"I can only choose one hug with him."

The boy glanced at him a few times, fearing that he might do something wrong, so he ran to hug Huang Bo.

Seeing the boys go down in despair, the atmosphere on the scene became more lively, and many questions were bolder. Cao Xuan also answered casually, saying what he wanted to say, and playing tricks if he didn't say anything.

"how much money you have?"

Cao Xuan: "In this life, I shouldn't have to worry about food, clothing, housing, and transportation. The premise is that I don't go bankrupt."

"Some people say that you made such a sad movie to abuse your fans. Is it true?"

Cao Xuan: "If I want to abuse, the hero and heroine should die together."

"How can I be as successful as you are?"

Cao Xuan: "I am also ignorant now, I will teach you when I sum it up."

"I saw a lot of people on the Internet praising your acting skills. Do you think you are a first-class actor now?"

Cao Xuan: "It's a long distance, take your time, I'm still young, don't worry."

"You've already won a Grammy, so do you still consider yourself a second-rate singer?"

Cao Xuan: "I think so."

"Who is a first-class singer or actor in your mind?"

Cao Xuan: "Michael Jackson, Madonna, Teacher Liu Huan, Teacher Peng, my master Teacher Li Xuejian, Teacher Chen Daoming, Uncle Ge, Brother Cheng Long, Brother Fa, Master Xing of Xiangjiang, etc., are all first-class singers in my heart Or an actor."

"When is the English album coming out?"

Cao Xuan: "A few chapters later."

"..."

The meeting was still very successful. Cao Xuan and Hu Jing were generous and didn't put on airs. Although some problems were slick, they were handled with humor. Huang Bo's emotional intelligence was also good, and the students found it very interesting.

At the end of the meeting, many people asked for autographs, and Cao Xuan and the others also met some of the demands.

Among them was a boy with the same hairstyle as Cao Xuan and wearing a "Chris Tsao" co-branded T-shirt. He squeezed desperately in front of Cao Xuan, handed him a notebook, and expressed his feelings excitedly and nervously.

"Teacher Cao Xuan, I am your die-hard fan. I can sing all your songs. Now I am selling and singing in bars. In the future, I want to become an excellent singer like you."

Cao Xuan looked up and saw something familiar, and asked one more question: "What's your name?"

"My name is Zhang Jie, from Sichuan Normal University."

Cao Xuan understood, with a swipe of his pen, he wrote a few words of congratulations, signed his name, and added another sentence.

"Our company and Beijing Satellite TV will have a talent show called "Tomorrow's Star" next year. If you are interested, you can sign up for it."

Zhang Jie's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help nodding wildly: "I will definitely go."

Hu Jing who was on the side heard this, and couldn't help asking on the way back: "Why didn't I hear that the company has this plan?"

"You're not from the Variety Department."

Cao Xuan explained that he, who has a golden finger, knows better than anyone else the frenzy of the draft in the next few years.

"My Style My Show", "Super Girl", "Happy Boys", "Avenue of Stars", various types of talent shows have gained a lot of ratings, and launched waves of new stars in the music industry.

"My Style My Show" is a program of Modu TV, "Super Girl" and "Happy Boys" are key projects of Hunan TV, and even set up a special Tianyu Media.

Even if Cao Xuan knew that these programs were very popular, he couldn't get in easily. However, he had the money and resources, so he could do the programs himself.

"Tomorrow's Star" is a program that Fanxing plans to launch next year, and it claims to discover and create a new generation of music stars.

The contestants face the whole country, and they will send people to various auditions. After the audition, they will go to the primary election on TV and advance step by step. Finally, the newcomers with the strongest comprehensive strength or the most popular will be selected.

At that time, not only will there be generous bonuses, but Fanxing will also sign a contract with him and create a tailor-made album for him. [Champion] and [King of Popularity] Cao Xuan will personally write songs for him, and he will be recommended by Cao Xuan to the Spring Festival Gala Group, is expected to land on CCTV Spring Festival Gala.

Let's just say that, with such conditions, coupled with Cao Xuan's prestige among young music lovers.

It can be predicted that the popularity of "Rising Star" and its attractiveness to players can easily crush "Super Girl" and "My Style My Show".

This is an opportunity for the Fanxing Variety Department to make a name for itself, it is also an opportunity to recruit new talents in the music industry, and it is also an opportunity to launch singers under Fanxing's banner.

A few singers such as Legend of Phoenix and Gu Miaomiao haven't made their debut yet, and they will be packed into "Rising Star" competition this time.

With their professional strength, it is not difficult to advance to the next level. Then we will see if they can gain more popularity on the show, and then use this to release a single album to become famous.

Cao Xuan talked about the idea of ​​"Tomorrow's Star", and even Huang Bo was moved, wondering if he should regain his music dream, and Hu Jing also found it amusing.

Seeing this, Cao Xuan thought for a while: "At that time, according to the plan, some celebrity judges will be invited. You can be regarded as a popular singer. If you are interested, you can be a judge."

"no problem."

Hu Jing seemed to be really interested in the show, so she agreed.

The competition system of "Rising Star" is different from "The Voice of China". The judges do not need to be fixed, and more singers and stars can be invited to take turns.

Cao Xuan still has quite a few friends in the music scene, Wei Wei, Tian Zhen, Liu Huan, Wang Fei, Xiao Zhou, Tan Jing, and Chen Yixun can all make guest appearances.

In this kind of talent show, contestants want to be popular at least in the middle and late stages, and if they want to catch people in the early stage, it depends on the judges.

Cao Xuan even wondered whether to invite two judges with bad tempers or vicious tongues. Such judges have always been the highlight of the show.

However, it’s okay to be venomous, but it’s best not to personally attack and insult the contestants. Going against the original intention of the show is also bad for Fanxing’s reputation.

After all, if this program wants to be officially launched, at least it will take summer vacation next year. There is still plenty of time, and I will slowly add details later.

In the next few days, Cao Xuan and other main creators went to the two provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi again, and the time came to August 8th.

The best box office harvest period for "When a Man Is in Love" is over, and the roadshows in some big cities in China are basically over. The rest, except for the regular publicity, depends on the steady flow of water.

Cao Xuan didn't need to run around in the country, but then he recorded the MV of the English album all over the world, waiting for him to come back after a round.

"When Men Are in Love" has a box office of 4800 million, surpassing "The Matrix 2" and becoming the summer box office champion in 2003.

And "Rebirth of the Flying Dragon", which has high expectations, was released on August 8. Relying on Cheng Long's reputation, the box office was 15 million, which can only be said to be acceptable.

And the Hollywood box office that Cheng Long mainly promoted was not satisfactory, only 2200 million US dollars. Although it is quite impressive in conversion, the cost of this movie is 3 million Hong Kong dollars, which is not enough after the box office share.

The most miserable one is Hong Kong’s mainland, with a box office of only 92.9 U.S. dollars, which is less than 800 million yuan when converted into RMB.

You know, even Cao Xuan's "When a Man is in Love" has a box office of more than 600 million in Xiangjiang.

You know, because it is in the Cantonese region, Xiangjiang is the place where Cao Xuan has the least influence in the Greater China region, and it is the first film of a newcomer, so the box office appeal is limited.

But even so, Cao Xuan won more than 600 million box office, and the gap with "Dragon Rebirth" is not more than 100 million.

In fact, Cheng Long's "Rebirth of the Flying Dragon" had a certain idea of ​​saving the market at the beginning, and the name also has a meaning. He hoped that the flying dragon of Hong Kong movies would be reborn, but it was hit hard.

This movie is the worst at the local box office in Xiangjiang, even among all Cheng Long's movies, it can be regarded as the top
It was also from this time that although Cheng Long did not give up the idea of ​​saving the Xiangjiang film industry for the time being, the focus has begun to shift to the inland.

After the unsatisfactory results of "Around the World in Eighty Days", Cheng Long chose to return to China to develop, and several films were aimed at the mainland market.

Brother Cheng Long fell into trouble in his career, and "Rebirth of the Flying Dragon" was ridiculed by the crowd.

Cao Xuan's "When Men Are in Love" is blooming everywhere, except for the domestic market which is booming, the data in overseas markets is also good.

Xiangjiang more than 600 million!

1200 million in Taiwan Province!
More than 500 million in Singapore!

Japan is over 1000 million!
South Korea scored the best, with a cumulative viewership of more than one million. This is considered a popular movie in South Korea.

……

Adding up the odds and ends, the total overseas box office of "When a Man Is in Love" even exceeds that of the mainland market.

On September 2003, 9, "When Men Are in Love" was officially released in China.

With a total box office of 5240 million, it narrowly surpassed "Harry Potter: The Vanishing Chamber of Secrets", temporarily ranking first in the mainland box office rankings this year.

As for the overseas market, it was not all over until November, and the collected funds were as high as 11 million.

The total box office revenue of "When Men Are in Love" exceeded 1.3 million. Although some box office revenues were not high, some even sold the copyright directly and only got the buyout fee.

But after a rough calculation, in the end, Fanxing can get a profit of about 4000 million.

Other expenses such as copyrights and DVDs can also earn some money. Excluding the cost, the first shot of Fanxing's movie is a good start.

(End of this chapter)