China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 400 The draft of "Stars of Tomorrow" begins, and talents come out in large numbers
The empress of Donggong really admired Da Mimi, especially after Cao Xuan gave her approval, she became even more enthusiastic.

Cao Xuan is most famous for his "music talent", known as a genius who will never be born in a century.

Of course, if all of Cao Xuan's net worth were to be exposed, it would be difficult to say who would receive more attention for Cao Xuan's "music talent" or "business ability" in the current environment where "money comes first".

But regardless of these two items, Cao Xuan has another ability that is more popular.

That is unique vision.

Hu Jing, Dong Xuan, Gao Yuanyuan, Yan Kuan and others were basically all promoted by him, if this is considered a capital operation.

When Jay Chou first debuted, Cao Xuan pointed to Xiao Zhou as his successor. After a few years, his vision can be called a living Bole.

And as the Penguin blog became popular and Penguin was about to go public, the story of Cao Xuan's investment in Penguin was also exposed.

There are rumors in the market that not long after Cao Xuan became popular, he bet all his net worth, sold his house and land and used the money to get a lot of shares in Penguin.

When Cao Xuan said to the outside world, in addition to being optimistic about the QQ project, he was more optimistic about the founding team such as Brother Xiaoma.

And Brother Xiaoma did not live up to his expectations. Now Penguin is the top Internet company in China, with a total market value of more than 80 billion yuan.

Although under Cao Xuan's deliberate ambiguity, all kinds of news confuse the public, even if an insider broke the news, the outside world is not sure how many shares he owns, but it is conservatively estimated to exceed 30%.

However, [Sunshine Venture Capital], which actually holds shares in Penguin, has been transferred overseas by Cao Xuan, and the shares are kept secret. Cao Xuan, the founder, claims to be only a small shareholder.

But no matter what, no matter how many shares Cao Xuan took in Penguin at the beginning, it is estimated that it has increased by more than a hundred times today.

【Cao Tianwang Knows Pony with Wonderful Eyes】has become a good story in the investment world.

Another good story is about Cao Xuan, Box, and Shanda, which is called "The Two Giants of Wisdom Game".

Cao Xuan neither admits nor denies whether Box Game is under his banner, but Hu Jing must know what's going on, so she trusts Cao Xuan's vision.

She heard Cao Xuan praise Da Mimi for being good, he is a good seedling, and she added three points to her original attention.

After finishing the small role of a concubine in "Beauty's Scheming", Hu Jing took Da Mimi back to Beijing directly, intending to settle Rong Xinda's contract.

Hu Jing hasn't considered whether to sign Da Mimi to Fanxing now, but since she wants to praise people, she must not let Da Mimi stay in Rong Xinda.

Otherwise, if she held out the big honey, Rong Xinda would be jealous and would not let her go, and she would become someone else's wedding dress.

So first turn Damimi into a free agent, and then try to be good, and if the quality is good, then sign a contract with Fanxing.

Hu Jing is not afraid that Damimimi won't sign Fanxing after she becomes popular,

Putting aside the thighs that were finally picked up, and turned around to hang out with others, Da Mimi is really so stupid, Hu Jing doesn't need to bother, even if it is a cannon fodder.

Da Mimi's contract is easy to resolve.

Although she was a newcomer who was valued more by Rongxinda, she was just a newcomer. The proprietress Fanxing came to ask for someone in person, and Li Xiaowan agreed without much hesitation.

Hu Jing's husband sings and follows her husband, and her acting style is very similar to Cao Xuan's. She is a showman. Rong Xinda respects her a foot, and she pays back a foot.

Da Mimi's liquidated damages, she paid the full amount out of her own pocket, and at the same time introduced two plays to Rong Xinda's artists.

"The Domineering President Falls in Love with Me", which she was the producer of, lacked a second male lead, and it was directly given to Lin Yusen, the crown prince of Rong Xinda.

Guolan Entertainment also invested in a Republic of China drama, and Hu Jing decided to give Rong Xinda a male or female lead.

Although Rong Xinda is considered a well-known film and television company in the industry, its size is not at the same level as Fanxingxing.

Let's not talk about film and television cities and theaters, only film and television production and artist management that Rong Xinda is good at.

Fanxing has launched more than double-digit TV series this year, with a total of no less than 300 episodes, including 2 to 4 theater movies. Artist management is also in full bloom and flourishing.

As for Rong Xinda's film and television production this year, I'm afraid it won't even reach one-third of Fanxing's, and the artist's management depends entirely on Young Master Zhou and Chen Kun.

And now as the resources are getting less and less, Mr. Zhou also intends to change jobs when he expires, and Chen Kun probably won't be able to stay in the future.

The current Rong Xinda can barely maintain the situation. If these two pillars go away, unless Rong Xinda launches a new pillar and a series of explosive models, its downfall is inevitable.

It's not that Li Xiaowan doesn't value Yang Mi, but she doesn't want to offend Hu Jing because of a newcomer.

And Hu Jing's aggressive shot also made Li Xiaowan's depression a lot less.

Especially her son Lin Yusen, who has just debuted now, and Rong Xinda is staring at him from top to bottom, she is too embarrassed to praise him directly, if she can get a little red in Fanxing's drama, it will be logical for Rong Xinda to praise him again.

After the contract was terminated, Li Xiaowan personally sent Hu Jing to the door of Rong Xinda.

Looking at the little girl who played the "servant" in "Daming Palace Ci" back then, and now she has to accompany her for three minutes, Li Xiaowan couldn't hide her emotion, and stood at the door for several minutes before leaving.

Not to mention Da Mimi, who looked at Hu Jing with eyes full of admiration.

In her previous impression, Li Xiaowan was a dignified image, and Rong Xinda was not a small company. She originally thought that her hemp contract was troublesome, and she might be exposed to the media or even go to court.

In the end, Hu Jing didn't expect that Hu Jing would go out in person, and it would be resolved in one face-to-face meeting. The dignified and quiet Li Xiaowan she had seen in the past became a kind aunt.

Let Da Mimi, who is still a newcomer, see the reality of the entertainment industry, and at the same time, she is more aware of how thick the thigh she just hugged is.

"Sister Jing, don't worry, I will pay you back the termination fee in the future."

"Don't worry about money, give it when you have it."

Hu Jing is not short of those two moneys, but she understands better what it means to be kind to each other. Although she will support and help Yang Mi, she will not blindly give, so as not to spoil Yang Mi.

In this regard, Hu Jing, who is in a high-end workplace and has been involved in the entertainment industry, is smarter than Teacher Zeng.

Of course, it is not ruled out that she has learned a lesson from what happened to Teacher Zeng...

While driving, Hu Jing asked Da Mimi, the co-pilot, "Do you have a place to live?"

"I live at home, and my home is in the capital."

"Okay, then I'll take you home first. I'll find you tomorrow, and then report to the crew. In a few days, I'll take you to meet the director of "Wulin Biography"."

"Sister Jing, I will listen to you."

Hu Jing was very satisfied, she thought for a while and let her go as a bait: "You work hard, and pay attention to your studies at ordinary times. It's better for Nortel to pass the exam. As long as you perform well in the future, I will recommend you to company contract,
Later, the company will make a Jin Yong drama, and I will run it for you to get a good role. "

Da Mimi's eyes lit up, Jin Yong's drama, this is much more valuable than any sitcom.

"Thank you, sister Jing, you are so kind to me."

"You are mine, and I will definitely think about it for you. When you join the company in the future, you don't have to think about anything, just aim at one person and surpass her."

"Who?"

"The Liu Yifei who plays Wang Yuyan."

Da Mimi recalled it for a while, and a pure and beautiful bun face appeared in her mind, instantly full of confidence.

If Fan Xiaopang is tough, she doesn't have much guts, but a little girl younger than her is easy to catch.

Damimi, who was born with a bold girl in the capital, patted her capital, which was not stalwart at this time, and uttered bold words.

"Sister, don't worry, I will definitely not let you down."

"Sister believes in you."

What Hu Jing likes is Da Mimi's vigor and hard work. Even if her character and audience are not as good as that of Liu Tianxian, then she is not talented enough, so try her best to make it up.

.........

When Hu Jing was busy training Da Mimi, Cao Xuan was not idle either. He went back to the capital and made a round of inspections before starting to make his fifth Chinese album.

The last Chinese album he released was "Chinese Style" and "Si" released in late 2001 and early 2002.

As of April 2004, Cao Xuan has not released a new Chinese album for more than two years, and his fans are going crazy.

After all, for Chinese people, no matter how good English songs are, they are not as friendly as Chinese songs.

In the past two years, Xiao Zhou, Mou Wang, Cai Yilin, and Sun Yanzi danced more happily in the Chinese music scene, and they seemed to have become the new king and queen of the music scene.

Although Cao Xuan is fighting for the bulletin boards and winning consecutive Grammys, he is known as the number one king in Asia and is a first-line singer in the world.

But everyone still misses the moment when Cao Xuan played the Chinese music scene alone.

Just in the past two years, this group of new singers has also accumulated a lot. They are no longer the little ones like Cao Xuan who can be rounded and flattened at will. Everyone wants to see what sparks can be produced when they collide.

The new king ascended the throne by stepping on the corpse of the old king?
Or is your elder brother still your elder brother?
This time the new album has the most songs. In addition to the usual ten new songs, all of Cao Xuan's singles from the past two years are also included.

For example, the Spring Festival Gala versions of "Stars and Seas", "When You Are Old" and "Borrowing the Moon" of the Spring Festival Gala in the past two years.

The single "You Will Marry Me Today" by Leisure Works, the M-Zone commercial song "Ring ring ring", the opening song "Beloved" of "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji", and related songs of "When a Man is in Love" and "Xiu Chun Knife" .

Adding up the total, the new album contains about 20 songs, which is definitely a big album with a large volume.

From April until the middle and late July of the summer vacation, Cao Xuan was going to run the promotion of "Embroidered Spring Knife".

In the past three months, most of Cao Xuan's energy will be devoted to this album, and part of it will continue to pay attention to Fanxing's blockbuster variety show this year——

"Tomorrow's Star"

2004 is destined to be recorded in the history of variety shows in the Mainland.

Hunan Province TV launched the first season of "Super Girl", Magic City TV also launched its own talent show "My Type, My Show", and Fan Xing pulled Jingcheng TV to jointly launch "Tomorrow's Star".

The three drafts are all aimed at the summer season, and have started the audition mode from March to April.

There is no doubt that there is nothing more powerful than "Rising Star".

Cao Xuan specially approved the production cost of 3000 million, and reserved an additional 2000 million. In the current mainland variety show market, it is definitely one of the best investment.

Of course, Cao Xuan is not a fool. Behind the high production cost of "Rising Star", there are also a large number of advertisers who endorse him.

A number of cooperative companies have settled in. As long as the program has enough influence, Cao Xuan can get his money back, not to mention that he is pulling China Mobile and Penguin to prepare a SMS + Internet (Q coin) voting for the program.

This thing should be operated well, and the profit is quite considerable, comparable to or even exceeding advertising revenue.

With the support of Cao Xuan, the "Star of Tomorrow" program group has done a great job.

The scope of the first season of "Super Girl" is only in the key cities of several adjacent provinces such as Hunan, Hubei, Jiangsu, and Sichuan. Although "My Style My Show" is aimed at the whole country, it is mainly aimed at the magic city and surrounding areas.

However, "Rising Star" directly divides multiple regions according to east, west, north, south, and set up audition points in 20 cities across the country, truly realizing the national audition.

Penguin Blog, the three major portals and Beijing TV will follow up comprehensively, and will edit and broadcast a considerable part of the audition and re-examination screens to build momentum.

The audition time is from April to June. After the initial registration audition, those who pass the audition will directly re-examine in the local area.

After the retest is passed, there will be a competition area-wide pk. Basically, this stage will be officially broadcast on TV, and even start to test the audience voting mode.

In the end, each city competition area selects the top five in the competition area, which are also the top [-] in the country, and go to the capital for the final finals.

This competition system is very similar to the later "Super Girl" and "Happy Boys", but not exactly the same. Now that "Super Girl" is still in the groping stage, the competition system has naturally become the original creation of "Rising Star".

In addition to the cruel and fierce competition system, Cao Xuan also invited a large number of celebrity judges.

From the stage of competing for the top [-] in the country, when the top [-] fight, basically all star judges, Cao Xuan and other big names in the finals are present in person.

At the same time, "My Type My Show" is mainly aimed at young people, and "Super Girl" is aimed at women.

Although "Rising Star" is under the banner of looking for the next star in the music scene, it mainly focuses on young newcomers, but in principle, anyone, regardless of gender, age, status or occupation, can sign up to participate.

Audition scope, overall momentum, celebrity guests, targeted restrictions...

"Tomorrow's Star" surpassed the other two programs in every aspect, except for a few people who would rather be chicken heads than phoenix tails, all the good seedlings who had a little confidence in themselves ran directly to "Tomorrow's Star".

Even if you don't make it to the top [-], if you pass the re-examination, you will be able to meet the star judges and be sure to appear on TV. It is also a good experience, and maybe you can even get an autograph.

If it can persist to the top [-] in the country, it will be great.

Fan Xing was very explicit this time, directly explaining that it is to cultivate new stars in the music industry, and the rewards are extremely generous.

For the top 1 in the country, each person is guaranteed a minimum bonus of 50 yuan, and will be eliminated afterward. The higher the ranking, the more bonuses they will get, and the champion will directly receive a [-] yuan bonus.

The bonus payout alone is several million. Of course, there are corporate sponsors in it, not just the program group.

In addition, the top ten contestants in the country and the top ten in the popularity list (the same person only occupies one place), not only can get a bonus of 10, but they can also directly sign a contract with Fanxing, and Fanxing will release a single or album for them.

The top three and champions also have various other benefits.

Including being a guest at celebrity concerts, writing songs by Cao Xuan himself, guaranteeing the budget for the Beijing Spring Festival Gala, and running the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, etc...

Although some benefits were not stated at the beginning, such as the operation of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, at least "Star of Tomorrow" had enough influence for Cao Xuan to make a recommendation.

But most of the conditions can still be directly exploded, and then the outside world is boiling.

Grassroots metamorphosis star!

In this era when talent show variety shows have just started, there is enough topicality, there are supporters, and there are also many opponents.

But it is undeniable that "Rising Star" has gained countless audiences and attracted a large number of good seedlings.

.........

Beijing, Baihua Recording Studio
"I'm looking up at the moon

How many dreams are flying freely

......"

The powerful female voice satisfied the managers outside the recording studio very much. When Linghua and Zeng Yi came out, they couldn't help but praise: "The song that Mr. Wei chose for you is really good, it's catchy, and it's very suitable for your taste. style."

Ling Hua and Zeng Yi were also very happy, but at the same time they still had lingering fears.

"Fortunately, the boss pointed out that there is a suspicion of plagiarism, and now I have taken the copyright of the cover song, otherwise it will be over if I send it out ignorantly."

The agent was also very angry: "How many times have I said it, if there is any reference, please explain it to us, I was almost cheated."

"Forget it, let's not mention this, you two prepare, tomorrow is your audition, although you can definitely pass, but you can't take it too lightly.

But the boss said, "Rising Star" won't take care of you too much this time, especially before the top [-] competition, if you can't even enter the top [-] in the country, there is no need to bother. "

After the manager finished speaking, he left in a hurry to find Gu Miaomiao and several other singers to explain,

Phoenix Legend and the two looked at each other, and couldn't help being a little excited. After two years of dormancy, it was finally time for them to shine.

...

Sichuan Province, Rongcheng

Zhang Jie ended today's concert, and then went to the backstage to find the boss and asked for leave.

"Is there something wrong at home? I'm still unsatisfied with the salary, can we talk about it?"

The boss is unwilling to let people go, just joking, relying on [Little Cao Xuan], his bar has become one of the trump cards of the nearby night scene, and he doesn't want the cash cow to run away.

"You are very kind to me, but the bar is not a long-term solution after all. I want to try it there."

Zhang Jie pointed to the door of the bar, where a poster of "Rising Star" happened to be posted.

Seeing this, the boss hesitated for a moment: "I can't hinder your baby's future, go boldly, and then I will cheer you on in front of the TV."

"thank you boss."

Zhang Jie bowed, and left the bar with his guitar on his back, as well as the nightclub in Rongcheng where he had struggled for two years.

...

Magic City, audition site for "Rising Star"
A thin young man with a white headband bowed on the stage, introduced himself, and then, under the judge's signal, began to sway his body slightly, singing Cao Xuan's "Love is Your Last Resort".

"...I'm afraid I have nothing to give you, and it takes a lot of courage to love you..."

Just after entering the state, the cell phone in his pocket rang, and the young man took out his cell phone in embarrassment and answered a call.

"Hello, I'm in the audition, I'll talk about it later."

The audition judges were amused, but they didn't embarrass him and let him continue singing.

"...It takes a lot of courage to love you, I'm afraid I will fall in love with you myself... I'm sorry, teacher, I'm getting high."

Looking at the embarrassed young man, the judges were also amused: "Who called you just now."

"my friend."

"You call back and tell him the result of the audition."

"You didn't say that."

"You hit first, and I'll tell you when you hit."

The young man could only make a phone call, chatting awkwardly with the other side: "The audition is not over yet, the judge teacher asked me to call you, I don't know if I have passed it or not."

The judges were amused and laughed: "Congratulations, you can tell your friends, you have passed."

"Really, ah, I passed..."

The young man happily shared with his friends, then hung up the phone, bowed and left.

When he left the room, the judges' smiles were still there. The audition judges are usually in two groups. One is a professional music critic/musician/music teacher/related practitioner and a program team staff.

The staff of the program team took the initiative to look at the photographer: "Has it been recorded? This guy is very interesting. I can let him go up in the audition editing later."

"Don't worry, it's all recorded."

The photographer made an OK comparison, and the staff nodded: "I think this guy has something to say, so I need to highlight it. What's his name?"

The professional music judge next to him glanced at the information: "Xue Zhiqian, 21 years old this year."

...

Rongcheng, audition office
A girl with a ponytail rushed out of the audition scene, took a second look, and threw herself into the arms of a middle-aged woman.

"Mom, I passed."

"Okay, Mom knows you can live Zhenzhen, let's go, Mom will buy you a rabbit head."

"Thank you mom."

The girl was holding her mother's arm, and at the same time, she didn't forget to stuff her passport into her bag, so she would have to use it for the next test.

As the breeze blows, you can faintly see the name of the passport flashing past——

Zhang Jingying

...

Northeast, Shen

"Brother gave me face, brother can't help it, bosses, grandpa and aunt are optimistic, here is a dragon to suck water for you..."

A young man in a skirt and lipstick, flashed three bottles of beer with a smile, and left the stage with a smile amidst the booing of the audience.

As a result, as soon as he entered the backstage, he couldn't help but ran to the toilet, vomited cleanly, and a fat girl hurried over to pat her back.

"I told you not to come today. You are already in poor health, and you are still holding on."

"You can't come."

The young man wiped his mouth and smiled wryly: "If you don't make money, you can't pay the rent. Let's sleep on the street."

"Hey, what did you think about the one I told you about last time?"

"It's such a big stage, can we sing duets like this?"

"Try it, if you can really reach the top 1, let alone become famous, it will cost you [-] yuan."

"Okay, let's sign up tomorrow."

The young couple were discussing, and a colleague suddenly flashed in the background: "Xiao Shenyang, what are you doing, you have been urged."

"Come here, come here"

...

All of these, from the Northeast to Qiong Province, from Shanghai to Northern Xinjiang, whether it is a newcomer who wants to become famous in one fell swoop, a singer who is depressed, or a student majoring in music, or even a grassroots with a dream.

Many people saw the "Rising Star" ad and took action.

All of a sudden, the heroes gathered and the dragons were fighting each other. In the audition alone, a large number of good seedlings appeared.

At the same time, it also made the program "Star of Tomorrow" completely popular...

(End of this chapter)