China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 434 Fanxing, a brother and a sister, the movie version of "Fairy Tale"

In March 2005, Fanxing's new drama "Detective Di Renjie" was broadcast on CCTV's eight TV drama channels.

Interlocking plots, weird and complicated cases, wonderful reasoning, tight and exciting rhythm...

Of course, the most important thing is that Di Dadudu pretends to be calm at the end of each case.

Seeing the villain being repeatedly slapped in the face, shocked and devastated, [Licking Spirit] Zeng Tai and [Hanging Spirit] Li Yuanfang sincerely admired.

Your lord/mentor is really a god!
In the hearts of the audience, it is called a refreshing from head to toe, from the inside out, which is no less than seeing the changing of the dragon robe in "Private Interview with Kangxi Weifu".

Cao Xuan has always believed that "Detective Di Renjie" has many advantages, especially the detective and reasoning part, which is very exciting, and the final revealing of the fans and face is the integration and sublimation of all the advantages, pushing it to the greatest climax.

Qian Yanqiu is undoubtedly an excellent screenwriter and director, and his greatest advantage is not his excellent screenwriting ability, but his knowledge of the audience's G-spot.

Whether it's "Yan Shuangying" or "Detective Di Renjie", he has accurately grasped the audience's cool points. Maybe the routines are somewhat similar, and some are even for the sake of coolness, but if the audience can't stand it, they will eat it.

The high-quality "Detective Di Renjie" coupled with CCTV's huge TV platform has won extremely impressive ratings and has become Fanxing's first hit TV series this year.

Liang Guanhua became popular again after a few years because of "The Happy Life of Poor Zhang Damin".

On the contrary, Zhang Zijian, who played Li Yuanfang, benefited limitedly.

It's not that the role of Li Yuanfang is not popular, but the situation is different.

With the "Swallow Shuangying" series, as well as works such as "Armor Warrior" and "Snow Goddess Dragon", Zhang Zijian has long been a well-known actor in the industry and has become popular in the past two years.

Although it's not enough for the first line, it can be considered very good in the second line. "Detective Di Renjie" can only be regarded as icing on the cake for him.

Many outsiders don't know that, in fact, at the beginning, Zhang Zijian didn't want to play Li Yuanfang in "Detective Di Renjie".

According to the script setting of the first part of "Detective Di Renjie", Di Renjie should be the first, the second should be Hu Jinghui, Wu Zetian should be the third, and Li Yuanfang should be the fourth.

Li Yuanfang is positioned as Di Renjie's "Zhang Long Zhao Hu". In Zhang Zijian's own words, he is Di Renjie's thug and bodyguard with a knife.

And in the first part, Li Yuanfang's performance is more like a tool person, basically following Di Renjie's command and acting, without his own character story line.

Later, because of the pleasing role, Li Yuanfang slowly recovered, and even became a double male lead, and added an official supporting role to let him fall in love, changing from "Zhang Long Zhao Hu" to "Yu Mao Zhan Zhao".

Zhang Zijian from the original time and space was considered well-known at the time, and he often received film appointments from the male lead.

At that time, "Detective Di Renjie" was just a low-budget suspense drama, and no one thought it would be a hit.

Zhang Zijian agreed to play this role, more or less because of his good relationship with Lao Qian and his loyalty to help.

And now Zhang Zijian has joined Fanxing and successfully created the "Swallow Shuangying" series. His popularity far surpasses that of Biyuan Time and Space.

Under such circumstances, even if Qian Yanqiu has "Swallow Shuangying" by his side, it is not easy to persuade Zhang Zijian to play a supporting role.

In the end, it was Cao Xuan who spoke, saying that the company of "Detective Di Renjie" is likely to make a series, and the proportion of Li Yuanfang's role will gradually increase, so Zhang Zijian honestly accepted the script,
And Cao Xuan and Qian Yanqiu did not fool him.

In terms of ratings and influence alone, "Detective Di Renjie" is higher than "Yan Shuangying".

Even surpassing "Snowflake Goddess Dragon" and "Armor Warrior" is the TV series with the best ratings among the works he starred in.

Unfortunately, most of the attention is on Di Renjie, but Zhang Zijian also has hope.

Lao Qian has already promised him that Li Yuanfang's role in the next film will be more intense, and even emotional scenes will be carried out.

At that time [Guang Ling] will be born in full body, together with Yan Shuangying and Feng Yingxia, Zhang Zijian will really become a "man with a naked body"...

And the popularity of "Detective Di Renjie" also increasingly means that Fanxing's terror dominance in the TV drama market.

From the end of 2003 to the present, the TV dramas produced or participated in by Fanxing have exploded for a whole year.

"Legend of Sword and Fairy" made Liu Tianxian and Hu Ge popular, and defined the fairy tale drama.

The ratings of "Beauty's Scheming" almost broke the record, and the heroine Gongdouxi killed Fan Xiaopang, and directly began to hit the first-line actresses.

"Conquer" received numerous praises, and Sun Honglei became famous in one fell swoop.

"Blood Romance" became popular with Liu Huohua and Sun Niangniang, especially the former, who won the Golden Horse and Golden Rooster Best Actor, but it is still relying on "Zhong Yuemin" to know the taste of popularity.

"The Domineering President Falls in Love with Me" set off a new wave of idol dramas, and the hero Situ Liangchen played by Yan Kuan has become the prince charming of countless young girls.

"The Sky of History" has given a lot of help to old actors such as Zhang Fengyi and Li Xuejian. It has made Yin Tao popular, and it has also made Lin Yongjian, Yu and Wei Chu shine.

"The Legend of the Heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" achieved outstanding results, and the leading actors such as Huang Haibin, Nie Yuan, Yan Kuan, and Gao Yuanyuan frequently showed their faces.

There are also works such as "Yan Shuangying 2" and "Armor Warrior 2", which have also produced varying degrees of influence.

It is no exaggeration to say that in the entire TV drama market in 2004, nearly half of the hit TV dramas were directly or indirectly produced by Fan Xing.

According to an analysis by the media, within one to two months, there will be a popular TV series produced or co-produced by Fanxing.

The scope of the broadcast spans all channels of CCTV and more than a dozen provincial satellite TVs. Counting local stations, the sum is close to three digits, and the number of viewers affected easily exceeds [-] million.

Cao Xuan has been dreaming of the title of "Fantasy Stars Drama" for several years. After becoming famous two years ago, it was completely popular last year.

Hu Ge, Liu Tianxian, Yan Kuan, Liu Huohua and other actors who became famous through "Fan Xing Drama" also added a fire to Fan Xing.

Although due to the relatively small background and relatively large number, [Fanxing Drama] has not reached the point where many so-called [Qiong Yao Drama] [Jin Yong Drama] [Haiyan Drama] must be popular, but compared with other film and television companies, the projects produced by Fanxing are now Very competitive in the eyes of outsiders.

For a film and television crew of the same scale, many actors would rather play the second male lead and the third male lead in [Fantasy Drama], rather than give up the male leads of other crews.

Don't underestimate this point, it shows that Fanxing's appeal in the film and television industry is extremely high, and a lot of time can play a key role.

At the same time, with Fanxing's dominant performance in the TV drama market, the variety show market also produced last year's phenomenal "Star of Tomorrow".

Although the film market has just started, it can be said to be forging ahead. "Embroidered Spring Knife" and "When Men Are in Love" ranked second in the annual box office chart for two consecutive years.

It can be said that Fanxing is now in the limelight, and it can be regarded as the number one film and television company in the mainland entertainment circle recognized by the industry and outside media.

Cao Xuan can finally straighten his back and call himself a "big guy in the entertainment industry", although he has always called himself that way before...

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March 3, Beijing Chaoyang Stars Cinema
Today is the premiere of Fanxing's third movie "Fairy Tale", and many media and guests came to help out.

Cao Xuan personally brought Hu Jing, Fan Xiaopang, Hu Ge and other popular star artists to the scene. Star singers Zhang Jie, Gu Miaomiao and others showed their singing voices on the spot, adding luster to the premiere ceremony.

However, today's protagonists are still the two leading actors of "Fairy Tale"-Qiao Zhenyu and Gao Yuanyuan.

Among the many male artists in the stars, Qiao Zhenyu is not a person with a strong sense of presence, and even now he is faintly surpassed by "junior" Duan Long and Hu Ge.

But no one expected that Fan Xing's first independent film not starring Cao Xuan would let him take the lead, making the outside world think about all kinds of internal strife.

It's no wonder that the outside world is excited, as Fanxing is increasingly securing its leading position in the industry, and its artists are becoming more and more popular, it is inevitable that there will be some competition news about internal artists.

The most important thing is Fanxing's brother and sister.

Currently, Hu Jing's position as the first sister is fairly stable, but Fan Xiaopang and Gao Yuanyuan are eyeing each other. Although Liu Tianxian is still young, she should not be underestimated.

However, at the beginning of the year, Hu Jing, who served as the head of the Supervision Department of Fanxing, has already stated that she will focus on company management in the future, and acting will be regarded as a sideline.

In other words, Hu Jing can already be said to have "retired to the second line", which also means that she will no longer be the first sister of Fanxing.

Nowadays, Hu Jing's popularity is not low because of the continuous popularity of "Invisible Wings" last year, winning the Queen of Hundred Flowers, and being the goddess of the Golden Eagle.

This year, she only has one literary film "Two of Us", and she has not been contacted for other works yet.

Hu Jing doesn't go to variety shows and commercial events very much. If things go on like this, the popularity will definitely drop. Although she has the background of the four little stars, it won't be uninterested, but she will definitely not be able to hold back Fan Xiaopang and others who are constantly making progress.

The entertainment industry is changing very quickly, Hu Jing is willing to quit, at most 1-2 years, other people can show enough achievements, and then they can become the new [Sister Fanxing].

Although both Cao Xuan and the company prefer Fan Xiaopang, who has stronger commercial value, to become the new first sister.

But the chances of Dong Xuan, Gao Yuanyuan and even Liu Tianxian have not been lost. If they can achieve a corner overtaking and overtake Fan Xiaopang by a large margin, Cao Xuan will not be so stupid as to zoom in and catch the underdog.

Compared to [First Sister Fanxing], where Hu Jing withdrew, Fan Xiaopang took the lead, and others were catching up, the situation of [First Brother Fanxing] is more complicated.

Speaking of which, the position of [Brother Fanxing] is very embarrassing.

Because Fanxing already has a brother, Cao Xuan.

Moreover, Boss Cao is not only the first brother of Fanxing Artists, but also the first brother of the entire Fanxing Company, and even the entire Chinese music scene.

Considering Fanxing's current status in the entertainment industry, it is reasonable to say that Cao Xuan is the number one brother in the mainland entertainment industry.

With Cao Xuan's current status, being the "Fanxing First Brother" is indeed Qu Cai, he doesn't need this title to give him a strong reputation.

On the contrary, today's entertainment industry pays more attention to the so-called one brother and one sister, which is a great help for artists, not only because of the status of the company, but also a reflection of the relative concentration of resources.

That's why Cao Xuan gave up [Brother Fanxing] to the male artist below, it's better than wasting this name in vain.

Currently, there are three male artists who are most qualified to compete for [Fanxing Yige].

Zhang Zijian, Yan Kuan, Hu Ge

Zhang Zijian basically made up the numbers, with a lot of masterpieces and enough fame, but his commercial value was too weak. If it wasn't for his seniority, he wouldn't have been shortlisted at all.

Yan Kuan was originally scheduled to be the first brother, and he is on a steady path. Jin Yong dramas have accumulated experience in popularity, and idol dramas have exploded. He almost followed the route arranged by Cao Xuan and the company every step of the way.

But Hu Ge couldn't stand the sudden rise of the army. "Legend of Sword and Fairy" was so popular that it frightened people to death. Yan Kuan had a slight advantage, but he didn't dare to say that he could suppress Hu Ge.

At first everyone thought it was Hu and Yan Shuanglong, but now it seems that Qiao Zhenyu has been ignored.

This is the first male artist other than Cao Xuan to star in a starry movie, obviously not as weak as it appears on the surface.

Cao Xuan didn't pay attention to the various associations of the media and the people who eat melons. The one brother and one sister who are hyped up by the outside world don't mean much to him.

He is more concerned about "Fairy Tale" as to whether Qiao Zhenyu is qualified to hit the first brother, which is related to whether his music IP material library of Cao Tianwang can be fulfilled.

As for why Qiao Zhenyu was chosen to star in "Fairy Tale", it is actually not as complicated as the outside world thinks, the reason is very simple.

Qiao Zhenyu's appearance is soft, and his temperament is a bit melancholy, which is more in line with the setting of the hero of "Fairy Tale". Moreover, Qiao Zhenyu has learned piano, although he is not proficient, but his posture is not bad, which is also a bonus.

Compared with other star-studded male artists, Hu Ge is too young and his strict temperament does not match, Zhang Zijian is too old, and Qiao Zhenyu is the most suitable for comprehensive conditions.

Of course, there must be someone more suitable than Qiao Zhenyu from the outside world, but they are not celebrities, Cao Xuan must give priority to his own people.

The same is true for Gao Yuanyuan. Her image positioning is not the best candidate, but she is the most suitable inside Fanxing.

Hu Jing, the heroine of the original MV is also suitable, but "Fairy Tale" is of great significance to Hu Jing.

That was her first video work, and it was also her first influential work. Up to now, her [acting experience] in her online profile has also been recorded since she appeared in the "Fairy Tale" MV.

In addition to career, this MV is also a key node in the relationship between her and Cao Xuan.

In this MV, Hu Jing cooperated with Cao Xuan for the first time, and also contributed her first kiss with Cao Xuan, and the relationship has improved by leaps and bounds since then.

Therefore, in Hu Jing's heart, "Fairy Tale" has a special status. If Cao Xuan plays the role, no one can compete with her as the heroine, but if Cao Xuan does not act, she has little interest.

Hu Jing's resignation made Da Meiyuan cheaper. She also became Fanxing's first female artist who starred in her own film's heroine twice. Facing Fan Xiaopang, who made rapid progress, she still kept pace.

At the premiere ceremony, the main creator of the crew introduced interesting shooting stories and understanding of the roles.

It is worth mentioning that the director of "Fairy Tale" is Chen Hanzhu, who is also the director of the "Fairy Tale" MV and the first self-trained film director of Fanxing.

From the MV to the theater movie, Director Chen's identity has changed, and his experience and stories can be called "inspirational". I don't know how to encourage young directors who are engaged in music MV shooting.

But there is one thing to say, Cao Xuan, who is familiar with the inside story, knows.

Although the director of "Fairy Tale" is Chen Hanzhu, Chen Kexin and Liu Guoquan are also acting as producers to control the quality.
Needless to say about the former, the latter is the director of "A Family of Gold Fans". They are experts in love themes, so they were invited by Cao Xuan to escort Chen Hanzhu, a newcomer to the film industry.

Chen Hanzhu is also the most excited among the main creators.

It stands to reason that he is also an old director, and he has seen a lot of big winds and waves, but just like "Fairy Tale" is of great significance to Cao Xuan and Hu Jing, that MV is also a destiny-changing work for him.

When the "Fairy Tale" project was established, he was not the director who was first chosen. It was Chen Hanzhu who ran to Cao Xuan and pleaded repeatedly, and finally won this opportunity.

Anyone who is familiar with Chen Hanzhu knows that this is Boss Cao's first dog lick, but licking dogs also has his own feelings.

"Fairy Tale" may not be his best work, but it is definitely the one he shot with the most care.

During the interview, Chen Hanzhu couldn't help but burst into tears when talking about his relationship with "Fairy Tale", expressing his emotions very emotionally.

"I am especially grateful to Mr. Cao for giving me this opportunity, and I also thank God for giving me the opportunity to meet such a noble person in my life. Although it is a bit hypocritical, I really want to say that I can meet such a noble person in my life. Boss, it's worth it."

"This old Chen... can't."

Cao Xuan in the audience complained, even with a slightly disgusted expression, but he was actually quite happy in his heart. He is not a saint, and he still likes listening to rainbow farts.

The smile in Cao Xuan's eyes made Fan Xiaopang and the others beside him thoughtful.

Before, they felt that Director Chen's licking was a bit too explicit, and he was not reserved at all.

Looking at it now, maybe the boss likes this kind of harsh words, and even thinks that Chen Hanzhu is sincere and a loyal "honest man".

Tsk tsk, it is worthy of being recognized as the boss's first dog licking, licking the sea without boundaries, I have to learn...

The media also took pictures of Chen Hanzhu, who was crying on the spot, and Cao Xuan, who was applauding with joy from the audience.

This kind of scene where Bole knows a thousand li horses, nobles help each other, and guides talents to the young will never go out of date.

Because everyone hopes that they can also meet such a noble person, or hope that the people they have helped will also be so grateful.

After all, it was the premiere of the film, and the real owner was the film itself. After the interview with the main creators, the film officially began to premiere.

The plot of the movie "Fairy Tale" does not need to be repeated, it itself was expanded and adapted from the MV, and Cao Xuan personally participated in part of the creation.

It turns out that the story of the MV is relatively complete. What the movie needs to do is to fill in the details and turn it into a complete movie of more than an hour.

In the movie, the male protagonist is a depressed pianist, and the female protagonist is a college student who has just graduated, but her family is rich, so she just finds a job to dawdle.

In the plot of the MV, the male and female protagonists appear directly as lovers, while the movie begins with the acquaintance of the male and female protagonists.

The movie has a total of about 90 minutes. The first 30 minutes are about the acquaintance of the hero and the heroine, and the middle 30 minutes are about running in love and helping each other to a bright future.

With the help of the female lead, the frustrated hero wrote a good song, which was appreciated by the music producer. He not only planned to sign a contract to produce the film, but also recommended him to perform at a more authoritative concert.

With the encouragement of the hero, the heroine discovered the talent of the barista and found a job she likes.

The two made an appointment to open a coffee shop, one played the piano for the guests, and the other made coffee for the guests.

In this beautiful time, the plot came in the last 30 minutes, and the heroine found terminal illness.

This is the so-called routine of suppressing desire and raising first. It is still the same sentence, the better the foreshadowing in the front, the more ruthless the knife will be in the back.

Even though many viewers are destined to know the ending of this movie, when they see the hero and heroine in the movie love each other sweetly and live hard, they will inevitably empathize with them, and then they will be deeply impacted by the subsequent plot.

The following plot is similar to the MV, the heroine died of a serious illness, but the hero was sad but accompanied her through the last days.

In the authoritative concert mentioned above, the hostess insisted that he go to perform and stay in the hospital by herself, so the host turned on his mobile phone during the performance and asked the hostess to listen to the concert as well.

For this plot, because the MV is too classic, the movie version simply didn’t change at all, so the hero played the piano on the stage and sang "Fairy Tale" for a few minutes, and then let the heroine leave in the ward with a smile.

The "Fairy Tale" MV is still hailed as one of Cao Xuan's most classic MVs, with an audience of over [-] million.

Generally speaking, the plot is exactly the same, but the actors are completely different, more or less there will be some feeling of detachment.

But when the familiar melody and singing sounded, the plot of the previous hour or so made it difficult for most of the audience to hold back their inner emotions, and tears burst out.

"I will become the angel you love in fairy tales
stretch out arms, turn into wings to protect you

You gotta believe, believe we'll be like in a fairy tale
Happiness and joy are the end
......"

In the movie theater, many people even sang along with the movie, and then they sang and cried more and more.

This scene shocked the instigators like Cao Xuan. They thought it would make the audience cry, but they never expected that they could sing a karaoke while watching a movie, or a chorus.

At the end of the song and the end of the movie, the scene gave a fairly warm applause.

In the interview afterwards, Cao Xuan and Hu Jing, as actors in the MV, praised Qiao Zhenyu and Gao Yuanyuan's performance, but not everyone bought it.

A film critic who participated in the premiere mentioned it intuitively in the post-event blog film review.

[The whole movie is a remake of the extended version of the MV, but the plot arrangement is reasonable, the story completion is not bad, and the performances of the actors are not bad, but I still like the version of Cao Xuan and Hu Jing, changing actors is a failure]

This film review has been recognized by many people. After all, "Fairy Tale" is actually a sentimental movie.

The biggest audience of this movie is Cao Xuan's fans. Under such circumstances, the effect will be greatly reduced if the actor is replaced.

Of course Cao Xuan knows this, but the reality does not allow him to act in this kind of low-cost sentimental movie. At the same time, he also needs to give newcomers a chance.

Besides, he has acted in all MVs, and he doesn't particularly care about the movie version.

There was a lot of noise from the outside world, but "Fairy Tale" still won the support of a large number of Cao Xuan fans and passers-by, and finally won 2300 million box office when it was released.

This box office result, this result in today's film market, can barely be called quite satisfactory.

But considering that the cost of "Fairy Tale" is only about 300 million yuan, it is quite profitable, let alone some other copyright income.

Adding up the odds and ends, "Fairy Tale" has generated at least 1200 to 1500 million yuan in revenue for the company. Within Fanxing, it can be considered a project with a good level of profitability.

More importantly, the success of "Fairy Tale" means that Cao Xuan's song material library strategy has a head start.

Cao Tianwang has so many classic songs, I dare not say if there are too many, but making ten or eight movies can make money and praise people...

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ps: there is one more chapter

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