China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 446

The crew of "New World" stayed in Xiangjiang for a few days before rushing to Japan to promote "New World".

Cao Xuan is very famous in Japan. He used to be famous as a singer. Last year's "New Police Story" made him a small circle in film and television.

You know, the Japanese box office of "New Police Story" is about 18.6 billion yen, which is about 1.5 million yuan in RMB.

It ranked among the top 17 box office overseas movies released in Japan last year, second only to Lao Mouzi's "House of Flying Daggers" and slightly better than "Kung Fu" with [-] billion yen.

The box office of Chinese-language movies released in Japan is Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon", which is currently the highest. The box office is about 50 billion yen, and there is also a saying that it is 30 billion yen.

At that time, in the 70s, the exchange rate between RMB and Japanese yen was about 1:30-40.

Due to the difference in purchasing power, many things in it are difficult to calculate, but even so, this data is very scary.

Let's put it this way, currently the top ten Chinese-language movies in Japanese box office history, except for one "Shaolin Temple" by Li Lianjie, the others are all Bruce Lee and Cheng Long's movies.

In the 90s and [-]s, Bruce Lee and Cheng Long were known as kung fu superstars and became recognized big brothers in the film industry because they were supported by Japan, the largest box office in Asia.

"New Police Story" is very popular in Japan and has won a very good box office. Cao Xuan's fame and the role of Ah Xuan are of course very important, but Cheng Long is still an important factor that cannot be ignored.

Although Cheng Long is old and his box office appeal is not as good as before, he is still the most famous Chinese star in Japan.

The box office performance of "New Police Story" can be ranked among the top [-] in the Chinese box office list in Japan, and the results of DVD and TV channels may be even better.

This Cao Xuan has laid a very good foundation among Japanese fans.

As a result, although "New World" is not a kung fu movie that many Japanese audiences particularly like, it still attracts a large number of audience support.

As of the end of August, the box office of "New World" in Japan has exceeded 8 million yen, which is nearly 8.5 million yuan when converted into RMB. Although the results are not outstanding, they are still considerable considering the cost.

Moreover, after Cao Xuan and others came to Japan, they helped the publicity to a certain extent. At the same time, "New World" also began to play the sign of the first Hong Kong film and the second Chinese language, further attracting audiences to watch the movie.

Don't underestimate these two signboards. After all, it is a film of the historical level of film history, and it is still very useful to take it out.

Regions such as the United States, which had no interest in this movie, are now also negotiating the copyright and preparing to introduce it, and the price is good, which shows the halo bonus given by this achievement.

"Cao Sang, you are the best."

"The peerless emperor of the Asian music scene!"

"Ahhh, once in 4000 years, you meet a handsome man, stay in Japan."

"Oni sauce, Auntie washes the railway (Brother, I love you)"

"Standing in the glitzy world, singing the sounds of nature!"

"..."

Outside the hotel where Cao Xuan and others stayed, nearly [-] to [-] Japanese fans of Cao Xuan came. There were even hundreds of people with uniform uniforms, uniform movements, and uniform slogans to support Cao Xuan.

The government sent hundreds of policemen to maintain order, and several TV stations came to cover the incident.

In the high-rise room, Fan Xiaopang and Sun Honglei were secretly talking while looking at the crowd of fans through the window.

In fact, such scenes are not uncommon in China, but they are very calm, even in Xiangjiang they think it is normal, after all, Cao Xuan's domestic popularity is here.

But I didn't expect that Cao Xuan could still make such a big commotion in Japan.

Although the domestic media and various channels say that Cao Xuan is very popular abroad, they have never had an intuitive concept.I still have some doubts in my heart, but I accepted it today.

Thousands of fans blocked the hotel to the brim. If they hadn't run so fast just now, they would have been surrounded.

"Boss, we can't evacuate for the time being. The police mean to deal with it coldly. If you show up, you may be prone to accidents."

"Ok."

It is not an option to block thousands of people, it will delay the normal operation of the hotel. Just now Cao Xuan made a special trip to persuade the fans to leave.

As a result, there were too many excited fans, and when they saw him, they fell into madness. They couldn't listen to him at all, and rushed towards him desperately, almost causing a stampede.

There was no other way, Cao Xuan could only go back to the hotel to rest, and wait for the fans to get tired or calm down before cooperating with the police to disperse them.

"Speaking of which, this time is also the reason why the boss came to Japan so little. I heard from the police officer that many Japanese fans think that you come here once in a while and want to see you, so they are so excited. It will be smaller."

"I try my best."

Cao Xuan rubbed his head, saying that he felt a little distressed, but there is no way, the focus of his career is not in Japan, so it would be nice to come here once or twice a year.

In Singapore, Malaysia and other places, Cao Xuan also has a lot of fans, but he may not be able to go there once in a few years, not as good as Japan.

When he came to the window and looked at the slogan below, Cao Xuan curiously asked the Japanese translator, and the translator picked out a few important ones and translated them for him.

What about 【The Peerless Emperor of Asian Music World】, Cao Xuan is already very calm. When he came to Japan in his early years, he was 【Emperor of China】.

What is [a beautiful man once in 4000 years] is a new word, although I feel a little ashamed, but it really speaks to Cao Xuan's heart.

And the reason why he can get this new title is very simple. In the past two years, relevant media or websites have selected a series of beauty contests such as the ten most beautiful men in Asia, the top [-] most handsome faces in the world, and women's favorite men.

Cao Xuan is almost unavoidable in the Asian region, and he is often at the top of the list. In the world-wide evaluations, Cao Xuan is often listed as the representative of the Asian region.

Of course, it is true that Cao Xuan's looks are impressive, but his fame bonus also accounts for a large part of the reason.

For example, in the competitions in Europe and America, there are only a few Asian stars they can recognize.

Brother Cheng Long is not good at hardware, but Zun Long is good, but he is not as famous as Cao Xuan. In general, if Cao Xuan is not on the list, whoever is on the list will be on the list.

Moreover, Cao Xuan is not only handsome, but also rich, talented and young, all of which are proper bonus points. It is nothing more than a normal selection. If it is a selection with a relatively large proportion of female votes, it is almost unfavorable.

It is precisely because of this that Cao Xuan is famous and even more famous in Asia.

What Yanzu, Tingfeng, Tianle, Guanxi, Yu Yan, and Hu Ge are all younger brothers now, and now netizens boast on the Internet, the most adjectives are XX district/city/village/community/school + Cao Xuan.

It is precisely because of this that Cao Xuan's reputation spread more and more widely, even Europe and the United States were shocked by it, and gave him the title of "Asia's Most Handsome Guy".

Japan is heavily influenced by Europe and the United States. When Europe and the United States boasted, they followed suit. The Japanese media, which always exaggerated the second grade, gave Cao Xuan the title of "China's 4000-year-old handsome man".

Cao Xuan felt happy but also a little dissatisfied, why is it 4000 years instead of 5000 years.

Look down on him, or deliberately distort my 5000-year history of China?

As for the phrase "Standing in a glitzy world, sing the sound of nature", it is actually a slogan of support from Japanese fans to Cao Xuan. The original Japanese version does not mean this, and after being translated, it was polished by domestic bigwigs.

Cao Xuan knew his slogan, and even many domestic fans followed suit, but this was the first time he heard the original Japanese version.

Don't say it, it's quite a feeling.

Cao Xuan asked the translator to read this sentence and the 4000 years to him a few more times, so that he would know what to say hello to when he met a fan.

Thousands of fans besieged the promotional movie, and the Japanese media reported that it was exciting to watch, and the domestic people were very happy. They liked all kinds of news about Cao Xuan's popularity abroad, and they never got tired of watching it.

Cao Xuan's fans were even more happy, and they didn't forget to step on Xiao Zhou.

Previously, Xiao Zhou's "Initial D" won a box office of 8 million yen in Japan, which is the best Chinese-language film in Japan this year.

There is one thing to say, the reason why "Initial D" can achieve such a high box office in Japan is due to Xiao Zhou's popularity, but the most important reason is the foundation laid by the original animation animation.

But no matter what, it is the first time to act as a male lead, and the box office in Xiangjiang, the mainland, and Japan is booming. Xiao Zhou's fans are inevitably a little bit embarrassed, and a small part of them even went to Cao Xuan fans to show off.

Although Cao Xuan was besieged and cleaned up by fans at that time, he still held his breath until "New World" was released.

Cao Xuan's fans are also ruthless. "New World" Xiangjiang broke the box office record of Hong Kong movies, they didn't move, and the mainland box office approached 2 million, but they didn't move.

They waited until the box office of "New World" surpassed that of "Initial D" in Japan, forming a trend of comprehensively crushing the box office in the mainland, Hong Kong, and Japan. rhetoric.

Cao Xuan was too lazy to care about the rivalry among the fans.

Xiao Zhou's fans wanted to push Xiao Zhou to the top, even if he didn't surpass Cao Xuan, it's better to be equal. Cao Xuan fans felt that the other party was delusional, forced him to touch porcelain, and suppressed related topics frantically.

Therefore, the conflict between the two parties could not be solved at all, even if Cao Xuan and Xiao Zhou ended up in person, there was no way.

Fans will only think that the two of them are just a singer, what kind of idol do you know?

After a long time, Cao Xuan and Xiao Zhou deliberately avoided this topic, and only talked about other things when they met, ignoring the voices of the outside world, and trying not to affect the relationship between the two of them.

Although he sympathizes with Xiao Zhou, Cao Xuan obviously won't delay business because of private affairs.

He led the main creative staff of "New World" to actively participate in the interviews of the promotional activities, which contributed to the Japanese box office.

The effect is also very significant, the box office trend has obviously improved. If this trend continues, it may be too much to catch up with "New Police Story", but there is still great hope for the box office to exceed RMB [-] million.

For a gangster drama that doesn't have too many action scenes and wins purely through plot, it is already very good to get this box office.

Cao Xuan's fans in Japan have been further consolidated and improved, and he has also received a film contract from a Japanese film and television company.

The neurotic villain A Xuan and the deep black undercover Li Zicheng left a deep impression on Japanese movie fans. Some directors and companies took a fancy to Cao Xuan's acting skills and popularity.

Movies in Japan, in fact, are more prominent in anime, and there are not many large-scale productions of live-action movies.

Cao Xuan has received three movie invitations, one is a romance film male lead, and the other is a social type literary film male lead, and he has almost no impression of these two films.

It is the third film that he has heard of for a long time, a film adapted from a well-known bad manga in the 90s-"Hot Blood High School".

The film studio wanted him to play the male lead Takitani Genji. It is said that the manga author personally finalized it. He saw Cao Xuan's performance in "New Police Story" and thought it was very good. He would definitely be able to play Takitani Genji in his mind.

For this Japanese version of Young and Dangerous, Cao Xuan is not very interested in starring, and the other party can't afford him.

The cost of this movie is limited, and the remuneration that can be paid out is only a few million RMB, and because of the plot and subject matter, the audience is limited, and it cannot be released in the mainland.

When Cao Xuan goes to act in a TV series, he can also help his family raise more prices, and by the way, get a wave of popularity and popularity, and earn a little money if he is full.

If it was a Japanese national treasure movie, the kind that could be famous in the annals of history, Cao Xuan would not care about the salary, but "Hot Blood High School" is far from reaching that level, then it is impossible for Dongbao to "prostitute for nothing".

Therefore, Cao Xuan flatly rejected the invitation, and Dong Bao didn't bother, but the headman still came to visit.

No matter how you say it, Cao Xuan is one of the big names in China's entertainment industry. In the past two years, the mainland film market has been rising, and any fool can see that the future will definitely be a big box office, or even an entertainment center in Asia.

If there is a chance, Dongbao would naturally want to share the pie, so he intends to build a good relationship with Cao Xuan.

Cao Xuan also intends to make some contacts in Japan. After all, Japan is still the second largest box office in the world. A movie with an additional income of tens of millions or even tens of millions is still very popular.

Although Cao Xuan has accumulated a lot of contacts before, who would think that there are too many contacts? Dongbao is one of the largest companies in Japan after all, and there is no harm in making good friends.

It is worth mentioning that Hideyuki Takai, head of Toho, is also an important figure at this year's Tokyo Film Festival.

Cao Xuan also specially introduced Hu Jing to him. Hu Jing's "Two of Us" was shortlisted for the main competition unit of this year's Tokyo Film Festival. In principle, Hu Jing has already been nominated as the best actress of the Tokyo Film Festival.

Although Cao Xuan didn't want to win the award through the back door, it is still beneficial for Hu Jing to show her face in front of important people.

It is worth mentioning that the chairman of this year's Tokyo Film Festival is Lao Mouzi, which is why Cao Xuan is calm. If he really wants to go through the back door, he will talk to Lao Mouzi.

When we met for the first time, we didn't talk too much, but Hideyuki Takai still revealed a little gossip to Cao Xuan.

Boss Wu of Orange Sky, in order to prevent Cao Xuan from suppressing him, is now forced to go back to Japan to invest in Japanese movies. Even Chen Hao came to Japan to act in a movie.

However, Boss Wu didn't admit it. It is said that he is contacting various parties for investment. If he is really successful in tinkering, he might go back to China to get a big project.

Hideyuki Higashii knew that this person was not getting along with Cao Xuan, so he specially told him that he wanted to sell Cao Xuan well.

When Cao Xuan heard that Boss Wu was going to start a big project, the first thing he thought of was the "Red Cliff", which broke the investment record in Asia. The cost was claimed to be 8500 million US dollars, nearly 6 million yuan.

This film is mainly cast by China Film and Beijing Film, and produced by Orange Sky, Wu Baige's Lion Rock and several other companies. There are a lot of capital from Hong Kong and Japan behind it.

Judging from the box office, it can’t be called a loss, but the box office share in Japan and South Korea is not high.

Cao Xuan himself doesn't care about Boss Wu and Wu Baige, but this movie really reminded Cao Xuan.

Three Kingdoms is indeed a good IP development, and not only domestic audiences like it, but also Japan and South Korea are obsessed.

Especially in Japan, the two films "Red Cliff" contributed 1 million US dollars to the box office, more than the box office in the Mainland.

South Korea also contributed 2000 million US dollars, which is a rare achievement for South Korea, whose film box office market is generally weak.

So much so that Cao Xuan wondered whether he should pull China Film or Shanghai Film to develop the IP of the Three Kingdoms together.

The $8500 million investment in "Red Cliff" is ridiculous. Even if it is two parts, Cao Xuan strongly suspects that there is moisture in it.

He himself estimates that even if it is a large-scale production, an investment of 2000-3000 million US dollars is enough, even if the box office of the upper and lower films is 5000 million.

However, the development of IP movies in the Three Kingdoms is not easy. The shooting according to the script is not attractive enough, and if you want to innovate the plot, it is easy to step on the thunder.

A big story of the Three Kingdoms, one movie is shorter, and two movies are longer.

Who will be the director, and casting is also a big problem. The investment of hundreds of millions cannot be decided by patting the head.

Personally, Cao Xuan thinks that Three Kingdoms is more suitable for TV dramas. The movie is too rushed, and it is difficult to develop a complete series of movies.

As the owner of Golden Finger, Cao Xuan is well aware of the influence of Marvel and DC, and it's not that he has never thought about building a movie universe.

The Three Kingdoms universe, the Conferred Gods universe, the Journey to the West universe, the Great Desolation universe, the Shanhaijing universe, etc., but easier said than done, Cao Xuan can only take his time tentatively.

Separated from Hideyuki Takai, Cao Xuan found a notebook in the hotel's study room to write and draw, and Hu Jing looked at it curiously.

"What are you doing?"

"You said that if you shoot Three Kingdoms, am I suitable to play Zhao Yun or Zhuge Liang?"

"Didn't you say you wanted to play Sima Yi?"

Cao Xuan was taken aback, he did have a lot of murmurs at home about the "Military Division" TV project, and the East and West Palaces knew that he, the Cao family, wanted to play Sima Yi's bad taste.

"It's a TV series, you said if you are planning a Three Kingdoms movie, who am I suitable to play?"

"Why don't you, the Cao family, want to play Cao Cao, but every day you either want to play Shu Han, the deadly enemy, or Sima Yi who overthrows Cao Wei."

Cao Xuan: "..."

This sentence stopped him from asking him. For the first time, he asked himself why he didn't play Cao Cao. Was he afraid of taking the name of Cao Cao...

Being afraid of being a Cao thief is of course a joke, Cao Xuan has long been used to it, the main reason is that his image and age are not suitable.

Cao Cao appeared in his thirties. In the impression of many people, he is the image of middle age or even old age.

If it is a TV series, Cao Xuan can slowly pave the way from a young age, but it is impossible for him to pave the way for a movie. Cao Xuan forced to play, but it is easy for people to play.

Cao Xuan studied for several days in his spare time in Japan, and finally sorted out the development direction of the two Three Kingdoms films.

Campaign event films and biographical films.

The battle events are some important battles of the Three Kingdoms, such as the eighteenth princes against Dong Zhuo, the battle of Guandu, the battle of Chibi, the battle of Hanzhong, the battle of Hefei, the flooding of the Seventh Army, the battle of Yiling and so on.

Personal biography is to use the theme of celebrities in the Three Kingdoms to film their half-life stories, and the main line is personal life highlights or famous scenes.

For example, Guan Yu can connect Yan Liang, Wen Chou, passing five passes and cutting six generals together, Zhao Yun entered and exited Changbanpo seven times, Ma Chao killed Cao Cao's beard and discarded his robe, Gan Ning's hundred cavalry robbed Cao Ying, Zhang Babai's grandson and ten Wan wait.

These two types of movies are mixed and shot, and they can communicate with each other to a certain extent, and finally form a relatively complete worldview.

Of course, considering the popularity and popularity of the campaign and characters, Cao Xuan found it difficult to present the entire Three Kingdoms.

For example, the Crusade of the Eighteenth Route Princes, Guandu, Chibi, and Hanzhong are okay, but it is difficult for plots such as the Battle of Yiling to get a relatively high box office.

Not to mention personal biographies, the popularity of Zhao Yun and Guan Yu and the influence of famous scenes are simply not comparable to Zhang Liao and Gan Ning.

But no matter what, Cao Xuan felt that he could try it out. He couldn't shoot the whole story, but it would be good to shoot a few important famous scenes. It not only made money, but also promoted history and culture.

At present, he is optimistic about the battle event, which is the war between the eighteen princes against Dong and Chibi, and his personal biography is more optimistic about Zhao Yun.

As a series of group portraits, although Cao Xuan can't guarantee that all actors and roles are fully bound, he will definitely try his best to maintain the original cast.

That is to say, Cao Xuan can at most choose one role to play. There are not many suitable roles for the princes to discuss Dong, and he doesn't want to play Lu Bu. If he wants to choose, it will be Zhou Yu, Zhuge Liang or Zhao Yun.

Cao Xuan personally prefers Zhao Yun, and he is more inclined to test the waters with a Zhao Yun personal movie. The plot happens to be filmed at the end of Changbanpo. If the effect is good, it can be directly embedded in the Chibi War.

Cao Xuan wrote a lot about related ideas, and the notebook alone has more than 20 pages.

However, whether or not to make a film still needs to be discussed internally by Fanxing's senior executives. If China Film and Shanghai Film are involved, it will also go through a lot of discussions and negotiations.

There are many things that he can't decide with a pat on the head. He wanted to shoot "Feng Shen Bang" in 02, and "Military Division" also had an idea very early.

However, for various reasons, "Fengshen Bang" has not been considered until now, and it is expected to start in 2006-2007.

Not to mention "Military Division Alliance", now Cao Xuan is busy with movies and has no time to make TV dramas.

If the Three Kingdoms movie is really going to be developed, this TV series may have to be postponed.

Even if it weren't for "Military Division" which mainly tells the story of Cao Wei and the later period of the Three Kingdoms, not only has a large number of original plots, but also has little involvement with the Three Kingdoms series of movies, otherwise Cao Xuan would have given up.

.........

At the end of August, the Japanese box office of "New World" has exceeded 8 billion yen, and 10.5 billion yen is 12.4 million yuan. It is only a matter of time before the goal is achieved.

The Hong Kong box office has now exceeded 6800 million Hong Kong dollars, 7000 million Hong Kong dollars can be broken in the blink of an eye, and 8000 million Hong Kong dollars depends on luck.

The mainland box office of "New World" also successfully broke through the 2 million mark, and the box office was postponed for almost 20 days. The outside world estimates that the final box office of "New World" is around 2.2 million to 2.3 million.

Right now, the US, Australia and South America are still negotiating the copyright, and it hasn't been shown. In Europe, it basically uses DVD and TV channels. There are not many regions where it is shown, and the box office is very low.

The box office in Asia is still quite impressive. South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand have accumulated a total of almost 5000 million yuan.

Taiwan Province originally did not introduce some of the plots in "New World", and now its attitude is a little loose.

But excluding these unreleased movies, the total box office of all other regions adds up to about 5500-6000 million US dollars.

The total global box office data is second only to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "Hero", "Ambush from Ten Daggers" and "Kung Fu", and is the top five Chinese film box office history.

In normal times, the media has already officially announced that "New World" has won this year's box office champion.

However, since there is also Director Chen's "The Promise" during the Lunar New Year, many people are more optimistic about Director Chen. After all, this is a masterpiece that Director Chen wants to hit Hollywood.

There is also Cheng Long's "Mythology" in the National Day file. Although they don't think "Mythology" can win "New World", it is Cheng Long after all, and no one can guarantee it.

Except for Cao Xuan...

He knows that the script of "Myth" is almost the same as the original time and space, with the same schedule and actors. Even with the help of Fanxing theater chain, even if it is higher than the original time and space, Cao Xuan does not believe that it can break 2 million.

On the other hand, "The Promise", with the summer release of "New World" stimulating the film market, is definitely a good boost for the Lunar New Year file.

But don't forget, during the Lunar New Year, Cao Xuan also has "Xiu Chun Knife 2" to block "The Promise".

The original time and space "The Promise" has a poor reputation, and it can still win a box office of 1.8 million. The big reason is that there is no strong opponent in the same period, and the relevant theaters are frantically arranging films.

The most exaggerated theaters give "The Promise" 60-80% of the film schedule every day, but as long as the marketing and exposure can keep up, even if it is made into a pile of shit, it can still get 1 million box office.

But now with "Xiu Chun Knife 2" it's different. It's definitely impossible for Fan Xing to let "The Promise" get so many film schedules, and everyone competes normally.

If any theater dared to rank "The Promise" at 80%, it would be openly showing favoritism, and Cao Xuan dared to let Fanxing Cinemas block "The Promise".

This is the advantage of holding the theater chain in hand, whoever dares to trip him up by arranging films, don't blame him for countering.

That's right, Director Chen and "The Promise" are Han Sanye's favorites, but Boss Cao is not a vegetarian either.

Not to mention that Mr. Han would not offend him for this matter, even if he challenged China Film, Cao Xuan would not be afraid. Boss Zhang dared to call Mr. Han a mountain sculpture, and Cao Xuan dared to say that he was a living bandit.

It's not like there's no one behind him, and when he gets in a hurry, he goes to cooperate with Shanghai Film...

Of course, this is just an extreme statement. As long as Mr. Han is not stupid, he will not break up with Cao Xuan.

Besides, Zhongying also participated in part of the distribution of "Xiu Chun Knife 2", and they can be regarded as their own people. It is definitely not good to be too partial.

As long as the schedule is relatively fair, let alone "The Promise" catches up with "New World", Cao Xuan is confident that "Xiu Chun Knife 2" will defeat "The Promise" head-on.

After all, that movie was really not that bad!
In the early years, many big productions were criticized as bad movies, but later people reversed their verdicts one after another. For example, movies such as "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers" have received relatively objective evaluations.

Only this "The Promise", even if you want to reverse the case, you don't know how to praise it.

Even if the talents of Douban are tossing and turning, apart from those in-depth analysis surrounded by clouds and mountains and mists, the only thing that can really make passers-by nod is a [color].

Zhang Yunv's passionate scene was originally the only bright spot, but because of the XX door, the gimmick was greatly reduced.

Looking at the reports that boasted about Director Chen and "The Promise", Cao Xuan secretly disdainful.

When the Lunar New Year comes, I will let you know what cruelty is...

(End of this chapter)