China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 473 What must be done by the male protagonist of this time and space entertainment novel

The domestic idol drama market has been changing. For example, in the early days, it was basically the ugly duckling who was the heroine, and the men were all cool young masters or presidents.

In the middle and late stages, with the awakening of the audience's consciousness, the characters of idol dramas also began to diversify. The male protagonist and female protagonist are no longer single, and a large number of sub-categories or settings have also been subdivided.

For example, ancient puppets, sweet pets, BE (abuse), young people, etc., and even the so-called Tanmei, which can be regarded as a type of idol drama in a broad sense.

But there is one direction that remains unchanged, that is, to focus on the female and youth market, especially female audiences, and to grasp their tastes, so that an idol drama with good results can be produced.

In the early days, most of the domestic female audiences had a relatively simple and narrow perspective on many things because they had little contact with information. In addition, the so-called "success" ethos of money first prevailed at that time.

The ugly duckling counterattacks, finds a handsome, rich and infatuated husband, marries into a wealthy family, flies to a branch to become a phoenix, and easily crosses the plot of the class, which can satisfy the fantasies of most grassroots ordinary women.

Of course, men are similar, as can be seen from the style of online writing at the time, diaosi counterattack and crazy face-slapping are the most popular routines.

Also because of the limited knowledge of the screenwriter and author, sometimes some jokes are unavoidable.

When the Internet rises, information begins to explode, and ordinary people can see a lot of things, it will be difficult for this kind of shallow fantasy to be popular again, so screenwriters and authors have to start digging deeper and more carefully.

But in 2006, not to that extent.

Strictly speaking, the explosion of idol dramas took place last year, with "The Domineering President Falls in Love with Me", "Luo Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" in the Mainland, "Mischievous Kiss", "Green Light Forest" and "The Devil Beside You" in Taiwan. , making domestic idol dramas popular.

The ugly duckling heroine did not bore the audience, and was even very popular.

In this case, if you want a strong woman to be the heroine, it may not be pleasing, so the book Cao Xuan found for Da Mimi is also an idol drama similar to the ugly duckling.

However, compared to the heroine who cannot be a "pure fool", this heroine is more shining.

Korean popular idol drama - "The Heirs"

In fact, at the beginning, Cao Xuan wanted to play "Let's Watch the Meteor Shower" to steal Shuangzi's luck, but after thinking about the script carefully, there are too many slots, and it is seriously similar to "Meteor Garden".

On the contrary, "The Heirs", although in the eyes of later generations, the routine is equally bloody, but the reason why he can be so popular is very commendable.

The male protagonist, female protagonist, and male second lead are three protagonists. Although they are probably still the domineering young master, the ugly duckling heroine and the infatuated male second, there are many subtle changes, and the setting details and plot plots are richer.

In other words, the screenwriter is seriously using his brain.

It seems that the plot is old-fashioned, but many details are very moving, which greatly touches the emotions of the audience.

It’s not like you’re a big fan, but idol dramas of the same genre, especially many mainland idol dramas, are deeply influenced by Qiong Yao’s dramas. They only know how to be silly and fall in love, and several male protagonists fight around the female protagonist. The emotions and plots are handled very well. Rough, don't care about anything but love.

Audiences who have not been impacted by too much information may be very moved at the time, but when their knowledge and vision improve, they will be full of embarrassment when they watch it again.

In contrast, if you watch some excellent idol dramas after the fact, even if many of the plots are very old-fashioned, there are still some bright spots.

Of course, we can’t generalize. There are also many bad dramas in South Korea, and there are also a lot of high-quality idol dramas in Taiwan, especially in the early stage.

However, "The Heirs" became a big hit in South Korea, and then caused a certain impact in Japan and China. It is considered to be one of the few phenomenal works that can cause a phenomenon in East Asia, and it is still worth picking up a handful of wool.

At the very least, Cao Xuan is more willing to produce "The Heirs" than "Let's Watch the Meteor Shower".

Of course, if you want to make this drama, you still need to make some changes. For example, the title "The Heirs" is actually a satire on the solidification of Korean classes.

Official positions can be inherited, business groups can inherit, and ordinary people who work as servants (nanny) and part-time workers in the chaebol's family, their future children will also inherit their jobs.

Apart from other things, if Cao Xuan shoots according to the original version, then the good times will be over.

Therefore, many pungent and ironic plots in the starry version of "The Heirs" will be reduced, so far, and more will revolve around the relationship between the male and female protagonists.

The heroine of "The Heirs" is tough, cheerful and slightly confused, but Da Mi Mi can still give it a try.

The male protagonist Cao Xuan does not choose other candidates. Yan Kuan and Hu Ge can choose one. The male second can choose from the two of them, or another one from outside. Anyway, there is one premise, it must be a handsome guy.

I don't care about anything else in idol dramas, they must have handsome men and beautiful women, and their looks are worthless. Even the best characters are useless.

Cao Xuan briefly talked about the script of "The Heirs". It has not been fully completed yet, and there is still a lot of Chineseization work, but the selling point is still good.

Da Mimi's eyes lit up when she heard that, Hu Jing and Mr. Zhou nodded again and again, the only problem was.

"It's a wealthy family, and it's a world-renowned company, so the investment won't be low."

Young Master Zhou asked, Cao Xuan shook his head: "It's not as much as you think, we have ways to save costs."

Facing the bewildered Mr. Zhou, Cao Xuan coughed, and Hu Jing gave her some weird tips on "coupling ways to save money".

For urban dramas like this, renting scenes is often a relatively high expense, but Fanxing can rent for free.

Boss Cao can handle company buildings, office scenes, and luxurious offices in one sentence. Boss Cao has a bunch of villas and mansions left unused. There are private jets, and there are actually American villas.

Some time ago, Cao Xuan bought an Italian-style two-story villa covering an area of ​​about 350 square meters in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, for US$700 million, as a residence in the United States.

In the future, he will go to the United States to work more frequently. It is still inconvenient to only live in a hotel. It would be better to have a permanent house.

The reason why I bought a house in Beverly Hills was mainly because of its privacy and room for appreciation. If I don’t need it in the future, I can sell it directly.

Cao Xuan is not very willing to buy property abroad now, and if he is sanctioned one day, he will lose a lot, so unless necessary, he will not buy too many foreign fixed assets.

The script of "The Heirs" has an American role, and this house can also be used for filming. Anyway, Cao Xuan can't live in it a few times a year.

After all the calculations, many things in "The Heirs" can be directly borrowed from Cao Xuan. Except for luxury clothing, which may cost a little money, the rest may be luxury sports cars.

Cao Xuan himself only wears the Septwolves or privately-made clothing that he endorsed for shares when he goes out, and basically does not wear other brands of clothing, and the East and West Second Palaces are almost all custom-made.

The three of them don't like cars, and the cars at home are basically business series, not even a sports car.

However, these can be rented and hired, and even the crew can be used to discuss advertisements. Even if it doesn't cost much advertising fees, free use is also a very good choice.

As for the resort, Cao Xuan has a small stake in the Sanya Resort, about 80%, which belongs to Sunshine Ventures. It is said that it is doing well, with a valuation of hundreds of millions. It is also a key project in Sunshine Ventures.

It is also because Sunshine Ventures invests everywhere, and the projects are big or small. Even Cao Xuan is not completely clear about how many industries and company shares he owns.

For example, some time ago, Cao Xuan realized that he still had half a winery in Jin Province.

Also, Dongxi Ergong liked to go to a chain beauty salon last year. Every time he went, he received the most meticulous and thoughtful service. The manager greeted him every few days, and invited experts from abroad to formulate a beauty plan.

The East and West Second Palace was very satisfied, and took the initiative to advertise the beauty salon. Amway's girlfriends and friends from all over the place went to this shop for consumption, but the service level they received was not comparable to the two of them.

Afterwards, the two learned that Sunshine Ventures, a beauty salon, owns 35% of the shares. It happened that an executive from Sunshine Ventures was also a frequent visitor here. person identity.

The service received by the major shareholder's wife is naturally not comparable to that of ordinary customers. Poor thing Nigong thought he had met a conscientious businessman, wasting his feelings in vain.

So, after all this, many things can be borrowed directly.

Cao Xuan is used to it. Before filming "The Domineering President Falls in Love with Me", the hero's two villas were used by Boss Cao's house, and other related crews would also rent them if they were suitable.

Among them, the two sets of villas in the capital city and the set of floor-to-ceiling flats facing the Huangpu River in Shanghai are the most used, and they are almost becoming the public filming locations of the Fanxing crew.

Cao Xuan basically does not charge rent, but only charges for damages and cleaning fees.

Speaking of this, Hu Jing couldn't help complaining that once the crew was not particular about it and made the house a bit messy. Afterwards, the property management and cleaning specially called her to complain. She was so angry that she asked the producer to ask for rent.

And Mr. Zhou and Da Mimi have long been fooled by Xiu!

Mr. Zhou is fine. Although Rong Xinda is rather stingy, she has been a four-star actress for several years. She is worth 8 figures and has settled down in the capital.

But even so, after she bought a house in a high-end community with all her own money, she still felt distressed for several months. As a result, Cao Xuan used the idle mansion as a public studio.

Not to mention big honey, she has just become famous and her income has just increased. Before that, she made a few movies and made a few hundred thousand in total. The company drew a lot, and she used some herself. The money I paid, I couldn't even make up the down payment.

When she went to South Korea some time ago, Hu Jing lent her money, and she chose the best institution, and the fee was not cheap.

So, let alone buying a house now, Da Mimi is still carrying a large amount of foreign debts. After hearing Hu Jing's words, her whole body is numb, and she once again feels the huge fluctuations in the world.

Cao Xuan on the side felt that if Da Mimi could maintain this state, it would be of great help for her to further dig into the heart of the heroine when she played "The Heirs" and feel the gap between herself and the hero.

However, Cao Xuan must also admit that although his family is rich, even richer than many so-called wealthy families, his background and temperament are still too unrestrained, full of nouveau riche temperament.

But Boss Cao likes to be a nouveau riche, free and easy, without worrying about everything.

Besides, there are not many so-called top inheritance families in the whole of New China. Everyone has made their fortunes for decades. Some middle-class citizens who have been passed down for several generations are better than ordinary people. Thought it was a dragon.

Cao Xuan hated these half-baked people the most. He didn't care what the future generations would do, but he still liked to make himself comfortable and happy, even if he was a "despised" upstart.

The Empress of the East Palace was somewhat biased by her, but the Empress of the West Palace might be a teacher, so her mentality was more stable, and she was relatively low-key in this respect.

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Showing off a wave of wealth hurt the mood of Mr. Zhou and Da Mimi. They both looked at Cao Xuan for several days with a bit of resentment.

However, after all, the two are not of the same generation, they came out one after another. However, the difference is that Mr. Zhou let go of his obsession and remained calm as usual, while Da Mimi was inspired to fight. psychology.

Cao Xuan really wanted to tell Da Mimi that even if she tried her best, it would be difficult for her to compare with him in terms of wealth in this life.

But considering that the child is still young, Cao Xuan still didn't tell her the truth cruelly.

What's more, it's good to be ambitious. If you get more announcements and film appointments, after a few years, you can also save your first pot of gold, and by the way, contribute to Cao Lao Cao's family.

Well, according to the contract signed by Da Mimi, she and the company will have a [-]-[-] split. The harder she works, the more money the boss Cao Xuan makes.

so touching...

After filming this movie, Da Mimi went to Guolan to play a female lead. As for "The Heirs", it will not start shooting until at least the second half of this year or even next year.

Considering that Liu Tianxian will have at least three works "Hello, Time", "Mythology" and "Taken" launched this year and next, many of them are popular and lovable characters.

In a short period of time, Da Mimi, the core of the Donggong Party, might be crushed to death by Liu Tianxian, and there is no room for turning around.

Silently sympathizing with Da Mimi in his heart, Cao Xuan continued to devote his energy to the filming of "Painted Skin".

On June 2006, 6, after more than three months of shooting, "Painted Skin" was officially completed.

Prior to this, although the film has already started post-production, after all, there are a lot of post-production special effects, and the workload is much stronger than that of ordinary films. Even if the manpower is increased, it is really hard to say whether it will be released in time for this summer.

According to estimates, even with the most ideal post-production schedule, "Painted Skin" will not be released until after August 8.

If it is delayed further, the effect of the summer file will be greatly reduced, so Cao Xuan means, even if you work overtime, you must rush to release it before mid-August, so as to keep Fanxing's summer file signature.

Cao Xuan himself was assigned a small task, which was to write the theme song for the movie "Painted Skin".

This is very simple for him, the songs are ready-made, the theme song "Painting Heart" of "Painted Skin 2" is a good film and television masterpiece in the original space, and it comes from the same vein, so you can use it when you take it.

However, Cao Xuan didn't plan to sing it himself, nor did he sing for the company's internal singers. Instead, he made a linkage with the second season of "Tomorrow's Star" as a pretense.

Starting from May this year, the second season of "Tomorrow Star" officially launched auditions. The competition system is roughly the same as the first season, but there are many changes, and the rhythm is relatively tighter.

Moreover, except for some key games and finals, more games have been changed to recorded games, which has suppressed many off-site and on-site shooting sessions.

There was no way around this. The voting session of the first season of "Tomorrow's Star" was relatively controversial. However, Cao Xuan had the foresight at that time and made a lot of restrictions.

After the turmoil, the restrictions were further strengthened, not to mention the effect, at least the attitude was very correct.

However, "Super Girl" in 2005 tasted the sweetness following "Star of Tomorrow", but it was a pity that it was carried away by the sweetness.

Afterwards, although "Super Girl" was full of income, it also ushered in criticism from many aspects. This year's "Super Girl" season three was even almost called off.

Under such circumstances, although the so-called popularity voting has not been banned, it is obviously severely restricted by the relevant units.

"Tomorrow's Star" took the lead, and immediately revised the competition system according to the situation, so as to ensure the highlights as much as possible while running this season safely and smoothly.

In the audition at the beginning of May, the national top 5 will be determined at the end of May, and they will gather on the stage to start fighting in June. By the time "Painted Skin" is finished, the top 5 in the country will basically be evaluated quickly.

Cao Xuan took out the song "Painting Heart" and prepared for an additional sideshow, the winner could get the qualification to sing "Painting Heart" composed by Cao Xuan himself.

You know, the champion benefit of "Tomorrow's Star" is that Cao Xuan will write a song, which is a rare benefit.

Instead, they not only recorded the theme song, but also participated in the premiere performance of "Painted Skin". This is a lot of exposure, and it is a very rare opportunity for this group of contestants. If the operation is good, they can directly prepare for their debut.

At the same time, the movie "Painted Skin" also successfully completed the interaction with the second season of "Star of Tomorrow", gaining a wave of popularity and greatly promoting the promotion of the movie.

In fact, in the first season of "Tomorrow's Star", Cao Xuan wanted "Embroidered Spring Knife" to interact with it to help promote the film.

But considering that the first season was the moment to establish the brand, there was no extra problem in the end, and only a few leading actors of "Embroidered Spring Knife" were allowed to be judges.

Now that "Star of Tomorrow" has established its name, the base is solid, and it can play tricks appropriately. A play-off will be beneficial to both the program and the movie, and the audience will have fun watching it.

Sure enough, the program team announced this rule at a critical moment. The audience was full of expectations, the contestants were gearing up, and the attention of "Painted Skin" also took off.

"Tomorrow's Star" is the hottest variety show nowadays, no matter if it is a TV series or a variety show in the same period, they all give way.

Last year's "Super Girl" was also a phenomenon-level variety show. The top three in the finals Li Yuchun, Zhou Bichang, and He Jie were not much less popular than the top four in the first season of "Tomorrow's Star" Zhang Jie and Yao Beina.

The champion, Li Yuchun, went out of the circle on a large scale and became the topic of the year in 2005. He was also the second superstar after Gu Miaomiao to become popular in the draft.

However, compared to Gu Miaomiao's way of getting out of the circle with Renmei Getian, Li Yuchun's way of getting out of the circle is relatively more controversial, and the topic of discussion is also stronger.

It is not even an exaggeration to say that Li Yuchun himself contributed at least one-third of the credit for the popularity of the second season of "Super Girl".

This year, the third season of "Super Girl" and the second season of "Rising Star" met, and everyone thought it was a battle of sparks hitting the earth.

As a result, in terms of ratings and influence, the second season of "Tomorrow's Star" won a big victory, and it can even be said to surpass the other party by a large margin.

Under the reflection of the second season of "Tomorrow's Star", the third season of "Super Girl" is better than many ordinary talent shows, and it is not a star and a half away from last year's phenomenon.

But there is one thing to say, although the third season of "Super Girl" did not pose a threat to "Star of Tomorrow", it and another national variety show "Avenue of Stars" brought many other influences to the second season of "Star of Tomorrow" .

In 2004, the first season of "Tomorrow's Star" can be described as a hundred flowers blooming, capable people emerge in large numbers.

There are not only popular singers like Zhang Jie and Gu Miaomiao, but also powerful singers like Phoenix Legend and Yao Beina, as well as creative talents like Gao Jin and Chen Chusheng, as well as grassroots stars like Abao and Xiaoshenyang.

Everyone has their own killer moves, and they compete for the best. No one dares to say that they will definitely win. The audience watched it as a joy.

But after 2004, various talent shows appeared frequently, crazily stirring up the talent market.

Among them, "Super Girl" and "Avenue of Stars" are the most popular, one has recruited countless good seedlings of female singers, and the other has dug out grassroots stars and powerful singers.

It's nothing more than grabbing some potential players. The most important thing is that many viewers are tired of watching young female players and grassroots and powerful singers.

A big side effect of the result is that in the second season of "Tomorrow's Star", many young male contestants have emerged, and they are more popular in the popularity competition.

During the filming of "Painted Skin", Cao Xuan would also pay attention to "Star of Tomorrow" if he was free, and he could clearly feel this change.

To put it simply, the second season of "Tomorrow's Star" has a stronger talent selection, unlike the first season, which pays more attention to the characteristics of singers.

It can also be seen from the top [-] national players in the second season of "Tomorrow's Star".

Don't talk about those who don't know, just say that Cao Xuan is familiar with it. Among the young female singers, there are only a few young female singers, such as Qi Wei and Shang Wenjie.

On the contrary, there are a lot of male contestants, such as Ma Tianyu who sang "Damn Tenderness"; three pirated F4s of "Let's Watch the Meteor Shower", Zhang Han, Wei Chen, and Yu Haoming;

There are also Pu Bajia who is known as the little king; Jing Boran and Fu Xinbo who are well-known in later generations; Li Yifeng, one of the four big traffic niches; Qiao Renliang, who is lively and cheerful at this time; ; Guan Gu magic Wang Chuanjun and so on.

What I know is "Rising Star", but if I don't know, I thought it was "Happy Boy" or "Come on, Good Man"...

Cao Xuan actually doesn't care if there are more male singers or female singers, but he hopes to have some good seedlings worth cultivating.

And this group of male contestants, although their singing is not bad, they are not particularly good, especially compared to Zhang Jie, Ping An, and others in the first season, the level is even a little hot.

Let's put it this way, for this group of people to be able to reach the top [-] in the country, the proportion of appearance, luck, and halo of male players is definitely stronger than that of singers themselves.

In fact, there are such singers in the first season, such as Xue Zhiqian, but such singers are a minority after all, unlike the second season, which has become one of the mainstream categories of contestants.

Fortunately, what made Cao Xuan more gratified was that this year's newly established Hong Kong and Taiwan competition area gave him a lot of surprises.

Yang Zongwei, Lin Youjia, and Xiao Jingquan, three relatively capable singers, have reserved a lot of face as a music program for "Tomorrow's Star".

Regardless of the fact that the second season of "Tomorrow's Star" was highly discussed, with strong results and advertising revenue, although the word-of-mouth was not as good as the first season, it was surprisingly good against other talent shows.

But in Cao Xuan's heart, he was quite disappointed. There were not many singers who were really interested in the top [-] singers in the country, and there was not even a single one who wanted to sign a contract.

But Cao Xuan can actually understand that the first season of "Tomorrow's Star" opened up wasteland, and there are good seedlings everywhere, so there is no need to worry.

But after two years, after other talent shows took turns mowing the grass, there were fewer good seedlings.

In addition, there are some restrictions on the players in the second season. In consideration of fairness, celebrities with certain influence are persuaded to leave, which leads to the fact that the second season is basically amateur PK, and the professional quality must be worse.

But understanding is understanding, and it is an indisputable fact that the overall level of players has declined.

Compared with the first season, the number of singers signed by Fanxing in the second season may drop significantly.

However, considering that there are many future actors + handsome guys in this season, I can pick a few suitable ones and film the third "Armor Warrior".

In the first season of "Armor Warrior", the five-element armor, except for Zhang Jin, who is already transparent, Yan Kuan, Zhang Zijian, Deng Chao, and Qiao Zhenyu are all popular.

Especially Yan Kuan, the first male lead Yan Long Xia, who has become such a mess after watching idol dramas, faintly becoming a first-line niche.

The second season of "Armor Warrior" *Three-talented armor, the hero Hu Ge is also very popular. Although Luo Jin and Yuan Hong are not very popular, they are also well-known.

With the encouragement of these seniors, I am afraid that many actors want to rush to the third season of "Armor Warrior".

However, Boss Cao’s bad taste has exploded, and he has always wanted to turn this special series into a metaphysical TV series, and make a law of "shooting armored warriors must be popular".

So after the second part of "Armor Warrior", he endured it for two years, until this time "Star of Tomorrow" gave him an opportunity.

Ma Tianyu, Wei Chen, Yu Haoming, Jing Boran, Fu Xinbo, Li Yifeng, Qiao Renliang, Zhang Chao.

Eliminate some that Cao Xuan doesn't like or are inappropriate, and can casually pick up eight leading actors, and come up with a gossip armor from "Armor Warrior".

Considering the situation of the eight people in the original time and space, plus the current "Armor Warrior" bonus, it is estimated that they will all be popular no matter what.

5 people in one season are called luck, and 8 people in two seasons can barely explain the big luck. If 16 people in three seasons are all popular, then it is really metaphysics.

Perhaps in a few years, when the male protagonist of this space-time Chinese entertainment novel travels through the new century, I am afraid he will definitely do two things——

①Copy Cao Xuan's song
③Play "Armor Warrior"

It is estimated that there are still many people who choose to join Fanxing, like Fan Xiaopang, Da Mimi or Liu Tianxian, but they don't know whether Boss Cao is positioned as a good big brother or a big villain...

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ps: I recommend this book, I am also reading it myself, "China Entertainment 2004", the author has written a high-quality book about China Entertainment, the writing style is very comfortable, the plot arrangement is not bad, the only regret is that the heroine is not Jia Ling...

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