China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 425: Big Brother Cao's Pretending Daily

"Thank you all for attending..."

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

Generally, it can be pushed, but the film and television culture company specially organized by a certain bureau cannot be absent. Cao Xuan specially brought a few high-level stars to join.

After the general meeting, the leader asked a few representatives of the company to hold a small meeting. Although Cao Xuan is young, his status is right here. Apart from the leader and representatives of the official company like Han Sanye, he did his part to sit at the top of the private company. order.

Huayi's Wang brothers, Xingmei's boss Tan, Bona Yu Fatty, New Screen's boss Zhang, Huayi's boss Dong and others are all behind him.

The Wang brothers of Huayi, Fatty Bona Yu, and Boss Zhang from New Screen are all acquaintances, so there is no need to say more.

Xingmei's Boss Qin is the younger brother of the Heavenly Family. Currently, he is mainly engaged in theaters, but he has also begun to try some film and television investments.

Hua Yi, the boss Dong, 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, with a wide network of contacts.

Huanxi Media, which is well-known in later generations, was founded by him, and he recruited many famous and cutting-edge directors such as Lao Mouzi, Ning Hao, Xu Zheng, Wang Sunglasses, Jia Zhangke, Zhang Yibai, etc., with great skill.

These few, together with Cao Xuan, are basically the most powerful private companies in the mainland film market at present.

There are also some big earners, but they don't focus on this business. They just invest in celebrities and rarely deal with officials.

There are also some TV drama companies, except those at the level of Hairun, they 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, contacts, 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. .

Summer vacation "Embroidered Spring Knife" and "House of Flying Daggers", "New Police Story" in the National Day file, "A World Without Thieves" and "Kung Fu" in the Lunar New Year file.

There are 5 movies with a box office of over 3 million yuan, and all of them are Chinese-language movies. Among them, [-] movies are dominated by the mainland. Compared with last year, the total box office has directly doubled.

This result is quite impressive, the year-end report is particularly beautiful, and the growth rate of tens of percent at every turn makes the smiles of the leadership meeting and the meeting never stop.

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

Everyone said yes, and the leader looked at Cao Xuan again. Compared to Lao Mouzi, Xing Ye, Cheng Long, Feng Kuo and other veteran fighters, Cao Xuan was a blockbuster rookie.

Moreover, Cao Xuan himself is the owner of a film and television company, and he can be said to be one of the filmmakers who carry the flag in the follow-up. The leader still values ​​it.

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

"The leader said so."

On such occasions, Cao Xuan will not blindly be modest, and should show his credit: "Next year our Stars will have a big move, not to mention low-budget movies.

"New World", which was reported to the bureau before, had a total investment of over 6000 million, and we accounted for half of it. "Xiu Chun Knife 2" will be approved next year, and the investment will not be less than 3000 million. There is also the new movie "Mythology" by Yinghuang Chenglong. ", our company will also occupy a certain share.

It is estimated that next year the company will produce and produce 5-8 films in total, with a cumulative investment of over [-] million. "

On the surface of "New World", Cao Xuan did not participate in the investment, but everyone here is also a big boss in the industry, so there is no need to hide this tricky thing, Cao Xuan directly does not hide it.

5~8 movies, over [-] million investment.

It seems that there are not many, but besides China Film and Shanghai Film Corporation, whether it is Huayi or other companies, it is difficult to independently support such a large stall.

Don't forget, Fanxing's main battlefield is still TV dramas. The investment in movies is over [-] million, and TV dramas will not be too low.

With 2 million funds, a company with almost assets would not be able to make up so much money even if it sold the company.

The bosses were still a little bit dissatisfied when they saw the superior Cao Xuan before, but now they all lowered their heads and said nothing.

Cao Xuan was not used to the crowd, and chatted about Fanxing Cinemas and Fanxing Film and Television City, and the word "billion" was always spoken.

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

"No problem, we'll have a lot of new money coming in next year."

Cao Xuan was talking about the agency rights of "Legend" and the shares of the Korean parent company, which is currently negotiating with Shanda, Ninetowns and even Netease.

The price of the box game is 10 billion US dollars, which is an astronomical figure, but in fact, if you carefully study the profit 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 a monthly turnover of hundreds of millions, and it can generate new sources of income.

More importantly, if the exclusive agency rights of "Legend" can be obtained, it will be a good boost to the company's stock price.

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

Of course, 10 billion US dollars is absolutely impossible, even if they are willing to give it, they will not be able to come up with so much money.

Therefore, several parties are still negotiating. The base price of the box game is 3-5 million US dollars, and the others must be as few as possible.

But regardless of the final amount, it is foreseeable that Cao Xuan will cash out a terrifying cash flow.

Of course, more than half of this money will be kept in the operation and development of box games.

Not to mention, because domestic companies are vying for "Legend", Box Games easily obtained the agency rights of "World of Warcraft", but the agency fees are expensive, and the operating costs are not low.

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

Cao Xuan will not do things like exhausting the pond, and must leave enough development funds for his biggest treasury.

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

If it weren't for the fact that Fanxing Film and Television City and Fanxing Cinemas are here, everyone would have heard of Boss Cao's strength, otherwise everyone would really think that this guy is bragging.

"it is good!"

The leader is very happy, so although Fanxing 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, work hard, they are all pointing at you to take the lead."

A sentence that seemed to be a joke, but it implied that Cao Xuan was officially designated as the leader of the flag-carrying brother, which made everyone sitting here tremble.

Cao Xuan smiled and said, "Leader, don't worry, we will work hard and not let you down."

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After the small meeting, Han Sanye and other heads of institutional companies have other meetings, and the private ones can already leave.

Before leaving the gate of a game, Cao Xuan was surrounded by people, the long-sleeved and good at dancing, the second child of the Wang family and Fatty Yu connected in series.

"Or, find a place to get together later."

They are all bigwigs in the industry, although there are a lot of dirty things, but sometimes they can communicate with each other, chatting occasionally, there is no harm.

Although Cao Xuan wasn't interested in this drinking situation, he didn't spoil the situation, so he 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 to be the host, and Boss Qin also suggested that they could go to their own heaven and earth to play.

Although Cao Xuan was also quite interested, he was afraid of chapter 404, so he offered to suggest that it would be fine to eat and not make it too complicated.

Everyone also realized that they didn't care about the big bosses behind the scenes. Cao Xuan's popularity was too high. Although he was famous, it was not good to appear on some occasions.

"I know there is a newly opened clubhouse in the suburbs, with golf and fishing, otherwise go there."

"Just go there."

Even though it was the second child of the Wang family and Yu Fatty who opened his mouth, Cao Xuan inevitably became the center of everyone's attention, and he immediately decided on the location when he opened his mouth.

So everyone contacted the clubhouse and took a ride there.

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

The boss joins the game, and if you reveal something in your hand, it falls into the hands of other people, which is also a ladder to the top.

After waiting for an hour, Cao Xuan and the others arrived at the clubhouse, where they briefly chatted for a while, and when they came out, they saw many acquaintances.

Leaving aside the boss and the director, we only 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 who came over through other channels male and female stars

Cao Xuan even met the sister Zhiling and several Taiwanese actresses whom he had been talking about before, and Cao Xuan wondered whether their bosses are more attractive, or those Taiwanese actresses have the ability.

The only thing that made Cao Xuan a little relieved was that there were no star-studded artists here.

It seems that the company's tutoring and development are still good...

Say hello to a few acquaintances, boss Xing Meiqin and boss Zhang of New Screen called to play golf, Cao Xuan was not interested in that, and went fishing in the pond with a fishing bag.

With his move, the crowd who obviously chose golf and other sports quickly shunted away, making the already abundant fishing bags a hot commodity.

Cao Xuan is not proficient in fishing, but he went fishing for lobsters in a small pond when he was a child.

At that time, my family was poor and I didn’t have any equipment. I dug two earthworms and tied them with rope, wearing a bamboo pole. When I saw a lobster, I went to lure it to catch it. If I was lucky, I could catch dozens of them all day long.

However, he didn't eat this stuff when he was a child. Firstly, he thought it was fishy and dirty, and secondly, the fishing was not enough to waste firewood. 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 to make a nest when he was fishing this time. He just set up the bait and threw it out, waiting for the fish to take the bait.

On the other hand, the boss of the Wang family and Feng Pants, who came over at some time, looked good, and I dare not say they were old fishing friends, but they probably played a lot.

"How about it, Mr. Cao, who catches more?"

"It's okay to play."

Cao Xuan didn't care about winning or losing, he just took it as a game, and even took the initiative to add a lottery.

In his car, there was a Rolex gifted by a friend, worth more than 30 yuan. Cao Xuan had no interest in Rolex, so he used it for fun.

The boss of the Wang family bet on a painting by Qi Baishi, the price was about the same as a Rolex, and neither of them cared if it was more or less.

On the contrary, Feng Kuo saw that the two of them opened their mouths to win hundreds of thousands of dollars, and felt a little bit of a toothache. Although he earned not a small amount, it was not enough to throw away hundreds of thousands casually.

But the atmosphere has already been enhanced here, and he can't be cowardly, but he couldn't find the same object for a while, so he simply took a picture of the bank card.

To be honest, it looked very heroic, but everyone who watched the excitement by the side curled their lips secretly.

In the final analysis, it was just to play a small game, take some items to win a lottery, win or lose is a joy, Feng Pants took the money directly, and fell behind.

If the two of Cao Xuan really win, they can't chase the bank to let him transfer the money, it's not embarrassing enough.

In fact, the boss of the Wang family was a little bit timid, after all, it seemed a bit far-fetched to put an antique painting directly on it.

The most chic is Cao Xuan, watches, personal belongings, and at the same time look at the more expensive Vacheron Constantin on his wrist, you can know that this Rolex is really a "gadget" that someone picked up casually.

A few people chatted and bet casually, and in the eyes of outsiders, they judged each other. The ladies and a few men present looked at Cao Xuan with obvious fiery eyes.

A few daring ones rushed forward, Zhi Ling's sister had sharp eyes and quick hands, and with her teammates as cover, she squeezed to Cao Xuan's side first, opening her mouth delicately.

"Come on, Mr. Cao, look after you."

Cao Xuan froze, looking at sister Zhiling who was squatting next to him.

It was almost the twelfth lunar month, and it was outdoors again, but she was wearing a slim long windbreaker that was not too thick on her upper body, skinny jeans on her lower body, and leather boots.

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

Don't talk about young people, I'm afraid you'd have to fall for the old fritters, but Boss Cao, who has experienced scandals involving nearly 600 people, has seen too much, and his eyes haven't changed at all.

"You sit here..."

Cao Xuan pointed to his front side, and before sister Zhiling could surprise and thank her, the following sentence almost broke her defenses, and she almost couldn't maintain her smile.

"Windproof!"

puff…

Several actresses who had been robbed by sister Zhiling couldn't help showing gloating smiles.

Let you show off, you deserve it!
"Mr. Cao~"

Sister Zhiling couldn't hold back her face, so she yelled something, trying to save the situation, but Cao Xuan didn't even look at her, and focused on the fish float on the water.

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

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

Before she came here, she knew Cao Xuan's status today. If she offended Boss Cao, she would stay in Taiwan forever as a young girl.

Compared with the confused Cao Xuan, the boss of the Wang family and Feng Kuoxiu are much more sympathetic, chatting with Li Bingbing and Huo Siyan kindly.

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

When the others thought about coming over again, they were all kicked out, just kidding, there is no place for so many catching (feng) fish (cheng) in such a small space.

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

Back in "When Men Are in Love", Fatty Yu wanted to cooperate with Cao Xuan, but was rejected several times, but Fatty Yu did not give up.

I just heard about Fanxing's big move next year, and it's even more itchy. It's a big deal for so many movies to win the release of two projects.

It would be even better if you can participate in the investment and production, and the same is true for Boss Dong and even the boss of the Wang family next to him.

Bona is in charge of publishing, Huayi is in charge of investment, and Huayi is in charge of production. Compared with Fanxing, which is fully developed, the three of them can reach cooperation with Fanxing in business, so they naturally want to have a good relationship with Cao Xuan.

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

""Kung Fu" is less than two weeks old, and the box office has already exceeded 1.5 million. See what this means, [-] million may not be enough."

"Xing Yeh's box office appeal is still strong. He directed and acted alone, and can single-handedly earn so much box office. He is indeed the king of comedy."

"Mr. Cao is not bad either. "Embroidered Spring Knife" basically relies on Mr. Cao to attract people. 1.5 million beats Lao Mouzi, and the waves behind push the waves ahead."

"Keep your voice down, if Boss Zhang hears it, I'm afraid I'll be in a hurry with you."

"Haha, Director Feng's "A World Without Thieves" is not bad, and it has successfully broken through [-] million. You Huayi has made a lot of money this year."

"It's a pity I ran into "Kung Fu", otherwise the box office would have improved."

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 it didn't stand out, and the box office didn't even rank in the top three of the year.

"Speaking of Director Feng, I seem to have scolded some gossip magazine when I read the news two days ago, right?"

Someone asked curiously, and Feng's trousers exploded when he heard it: "Speaking of that girl, I get angry. Damn, I published my home address in the newspaper. If Zhong Lei didn't stop me that day, I would definitely slap you."

What Feng Pants was talking about was that not long ago, "Star Bigstar", the weekly magazine where Zhuo Wei worked, made a map of the residences of celebrities in the capital.

Later, after this issue was published in the newspaper, there was a die-hard fan of Feng Pants, who wandered around his house when he had nothing to do, which made Feng Pants feel overwhelmed, and yelled at reporters at the press conference.

There is one thing to say, this thing was done by "Star Bigstar" is unethical, and Feng's trousers can be forgiven for firing.

But afterwards, "Star Bigstar" didn't accept it at all. He apologized, lightly picked up his own fault, and then got into a fight with Feng Trousers, saying that he personally attacked the reporter and made Feng Trousers very angry. Now that I think about it All scolded.

"Not only Director Feng, but also my house was blown up."

Li Bingbing continued to complain, suddenly remembered something, and said curiously: "It seems that I didn't see the starry artist on that map."

"Oh."

Cao Xuan smiled reservedly: "This media company has dealt with them before, and they suffered a lot."

He was embarrassed to say that before this report was reported, there were actually stars and entertainers, and even the Dashizuo Hutong of Mr. Cao was also on the map.

But Cao Xuan cleaned up Zhuo Wei last time, which aroused the vigilance of the editor-in-chief of "Star Bigstar", and deleted all the home addresses of all Fanxing artists.

But there is no need to tell them these things, it seems that Fan Xing is hanging shoulder to shoulder with these paparazzi.

When Cao Xuan said this, many people suddenly realized that they rarely saw Cao Xuan's candid shots. Obviously, Boss Cao used tricks behind his back.

The bosses don't care, and they don't bother much about this, and the artists are much more envious.

Feng Pants's numerous business directors in the mainland still cannot escape the harassment of the paparazzi, let alone them, if they want to do something a little more private, the first one has to pass the paparazzi.

But there is no way, celebrities and paparazzi are dependent on each other, and paparazzi are usually very annoying, but sometimes they also need the exposure of these media.

Don't look at the paparazzi scolding them, if the paparazzi really don't want to shoot them someday, everyone will jump in a hurry.

Cao Xuan wasn't particularly interested in these gossips in the circle, mainly because there were too many people and few people broke the news, so it didn't make much sense.

Compared with 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.

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

After more than an hour, Cao Xuan obviously had more fish in the bucket than the boss of the Wang family and Feng Pants. Seeing that Boss Cao had achieved a lot, he continued fishing regardless of the cold winter months.

This will be a pain for other people. The bosses have already entered middle age, even older people, or they are girls, but they are not as powerful as Cao Xuan.

Even with some heating equipment, after spending so long outdoors, it is still not lightly frozen.

But no one dared to disturb Cao Xuan's excitement, he gritted his teeth and occasionally found an excuse to sneak aside to warm up for a while.

They can still find excuses to escape, the worst is sister Zhiling, she is afraid that if she leaves, her place will be taken by someone, she doesn't want to shield Cao Xuan, but she is afraid that Cao Xuan will misunderstand her and lose face, so she will be offended Cao Xuan.

Elder sister Zhiling was dressed thinly and exposed to the wind, after more than an hour, her face turned pale from the cold.

It was Zhang Chong who realized something was wrong and reminded Cao Xuan, only then did he realize that everyone was wasting their feelings with him.

This time it was impossible to catch.

Cao Xuan found an excuse, ended the fishing, and fulfilled the gamble by the way.

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

"I'll have someone deliver the painting to the house when I go back."

Feng Trousers took out his bank card and asked the staff in the clubhouse if there was a POS machine. Cao Xuan was too lazy to reconcile the account for him, so he directly said to sister Zhiling.

"It has caused you and me to suffer from the cold, so you can take the money."

Feng Pants didn't say much, and transferred 20 yuan with the POS machine in the clubhouse, and the clubhouse would hand over the cash to sister Zhiling later.

Sitting in the cold can earn 20 yuan, and the depression in Zhiling's heart melted instantly, and the slightly hateful face of Cao Xuan in her heart instantly became very cute, handsome, bold, and glamorous...

The actresses who were gloating over Zhi Ling's misfortune just now are depressed now.

20 is not a small number for most of them, the key point is that they didn't pay any price at all.

If I knew in advance that I could get 20 yuan, let alone freezing for an hour, I could play with Cao Xuan all day today, and even more exciting projects are not out of the question.

Throwing a tip of 20 yuan, Boss Cao's image of being a romantic and wealthy man was immediately established, and it spread throughout the club, and many people came over to hug his thigh.

But Sister Zhiling can't wait to stick to Cao Xuan's body now, that's called being attentive, eating a fruit only needs to open her mouth, and outsiders can't get in at all.

The bosses are a little bit upset, Boss Cao's doing this is simply ruining the market, it's too hot.

It's 20 at the beginning, how can they get it for [-] in the future.

Cao Xuan himself doesn't care, and he doesn't fool around, and besides, the 20 yuan is free, and he himself is not easy to get, so it's better to make a gesture.

However, he pretended to be a big guy in the clubhouse, and he was happy in his heart, but when he turned around, someone reported it to the East and West Second Palace.

Cao Tianwang explained for a long time, and blacklisted Zhiling's sister's mobile phone number, and finally proved his innocence and saved him from the pain of sleeping alone on the sofa.

After paying the public rations at night, and after serving the empress of the East Palace to sleep, Cao Xuan wondered who sold him, and also felt that the Second Palace now has a well-developed intelligence network, and there is basically no room for other Cao officials in the country...

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ps: Pushing the book, the new book by the old author Entertainment "The house of the artists under the flag collapsed, I had no choice but to make my debut in person"

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