China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 474 Prepare to spread branches and leaves for Lao Cao's family

"... Penalties! Penalties! Penalties!
... Grosso has made a contribution!Don't give the Australians any chance!
... At this moment, he is not fighting alone!He is not alone!

... The ball is in!

...great Italy!Great Italian left back!Happy birthday today, Maldini!Long live Italy! ! ! "

In front of the TV, Huang Jianxiang's hysterical voice rang out. Cao Xuan, who had sneaked into the living room to stay up late watching the game, hurriedly lowered his voice, for fear of waking up the empress Nishinomiya next door.

Listening to Huang Jianxiang's ecstatic shouts on TV, Cao Xuan really wanted to know how this die-hard Italian fan felt when he saw that the Italian team was eliminated by North Macedonia in the 2022 Qatar World Cup.

Before the game was over, Cao Xuan turned off the TV. He actually wanted to witness the famous scene with his own eyes, so he focused on today's game. As for the result, he already knew it.

Of course, there may be a butterfly effect, but as far as Cao Xuan is concerned, he doesn't seem to see how much he has influenced important matches in the football world.

Back in the bedroom, Cao Xuan lay down lightly. He thought he was careful enough, but he still woke up Empress Nishinomiya.

In a daze, Zeng Li came over, pawed on Cao Xuan's body, rubbed his head in Cao Xuan's arms, and muttered.

"finish watching?"

"It's over, let's go to bed."

Cao Xuan gently patted the jade back of Empress Xigong to lull her to sleep, Zeng Li slowly heard the sound of even breathing, and Cao Xuan also began to sleep with his eyes closed.

Entering June, the promotion of the new album is done and "Painted Skin" is finished, Cao Xuan's work in the first half of the year has temporarily come to an end.

Until mid-to-late August, I went to participate in the "Painted Skin" promotion, and in September went to Xiangjiang and abroad to film "Hurricane Action".

Of course, during this time Cao Xuan has not been resting at home all the time, he needs to find someone to design next year's concert, and at the same time he plans to release a Chinese album in 2007, so he has to do some preparatory work.

But even so, Cao Xuan still had plenty of time during this time, just in time for Zeng Li's Chinese opera class 02 to graduate soon, and his career as a gardener came to an end for the time being.

The two of them figured that they could put the business on the agenda, and spread the branches and leaves for the old Cao's family.

I expect to work hard in the past two months to see if I can win the bid in one fell swoop...

The next day, Cao Xuan got up, and the East and West Second Palaces went to work after breakfast. He warmed up on his own runway before getting ready to eat breakfast.

Pork and scallion stuffed meat buns are big, oily, mellow and delicious, and they are served with some pickles and the hometown specialty grits soup that the chef at home specially went to Zaoshi to learn. It is a comfort.

Of course, Boss Cao only occasionally eats twice a week to satisfy his cravings, and on the premise that he can still have time for heavy exercise, he still eats fitness meals most of the time.

"Operation Hurricane" is about to be filmed, Cao Xuan has to keep fit and dare not relax easily.

But then again, no one can say that meat buns and grits soup are not fitness meals, and there is no calorie written on them.

My sister said it was zero card!

After finishing his zero-calorie package, Cao Xuan and his door-to-door fitness coach and martial arts instructor worked out and trained martial arts in a private gym.

Considering that he still had business to do at night, Cao Xuan kept his energy up, mainly using tricks.

"Taken" is Cao Xuan's work that is about to break into Hollywood. In addition to the series of tense plot rhythms, the straightforward and ruthless "practical" action style is very important.

The martial arts guidance team headed by Zhang Lei and Sang Lin overthrew it several times. On the basis of the design of modern action movies such as Sanda, fighting, boxing, and jujitsu, they also combined certain ancient boxing killing moves.

Finally, through Cao Xuan's contacts, he consulted some veterans who had seen blood, and added some military fighting skills.

At present, the action style of "Taken" has basically taken shape, there are not too many fancy movements, and it pays attention to a fatal blow and a deadly move.

Crisp, fast, violent, and ruthless!
So Cao Xuan's routine this time is actually different from the previous martial arts routine training. It is more about training speed and strength, and training the feeling of not dying or being injured.

In the afternoon, Cao Xuan took a bath and rested, and then drove to a certain villa area in the capital with Zhang Chonghuihe. After verification, he met the rightful owner.

"Sister Fei, congratulations on getting a daughter."

"It's too troublesome to come here in person."

"Should be."

Cao Xuan took out a gift, a piece of white jade jade Buddha, the material is good, and the carver is even more spiritual, it looks like it was made by a famous master, and it is worth six figures if you take it outside.

Even if he was as free and easy as Wang Fei, when he saw this gift, he was instinctively polite. Cao Xuan also said a four-character mantra "for the children", which accurately ended the entanglement.

After chatting for a few words, Cao Xuan went to see the child, and there was a tear on the center of his lips, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.

He who was actively spreading the branches and leaves for the old Cao's family now is the thing he can't see the most, but in front of Wang Fei, he doesn't want to say much, just expressing that the other party needs to speak.

Wang Fei nodded, and the two went out for a chat. Not long after, Ruanfannan brought Wang Fei's good girlfriends, Zhao and Naying, back home. Seeing Cao Xuan was taken aback, everyone greeted him politely in embarrassment.

Cao Xuan found an excuse at random, and just walked away.

He didn't get along with Ruanfannan and Naying, and he didn't have much friendship with a certain Zhao. It was rumored that Cao Xuan's four little girls hated a certain Zhao the most.

The reason is simple, he has never cooperated or shared the stage with a certain Zhao.

In contrast, Hu Jing needless to say, Fanxing’s proprietress, who is semi-public to the outside world, and Zhou Gongzi’s old friends for many years, have stayed on the platform with each other more than once, and this time they also collaborated on "Painted Skin".

Although the international chapter has not collaborated on projects, he often interacts with Cao Xuan and Hu Jing on a daily basis, especially Hu Jing, who are still "best friends in the entertainment circle" that netizens talk about so far.

There is only a certain Zhao, who has almost no chance to share the stage with Cao Xuan. Even if they meet on some occasions, they greet each other very coldly, and their blogs are not related to each other.

In the eyes of the people who eat melons, this is all kinds of ironclad evidence that Cao Xuan doesn't like this person, and those who love to fantasize even make up a lot of bloody plots in their brains.

But in fact, there are not so many dramas. Cao Xuan simply hates the other party, and there is a certain point that he is not allowed to write...

Sometimes Cao Xuan was surprised that many of his and Wang Fei's social circles did not integrate, and even had conflicts, but it still did not affect the friendship between the two of them. The relationship between Cao Xuan and her was even better than that of many artists who had collaborated.

After returning to Cao's alley from Wang Fei's house, Nishigong Niangniang had already returned.

A university teacher like her works from nine to five in the morning, and occasionally can "flexibly" change her time, which is the envy of countless migrant workers, including Hu Jing.

Minister Hu doesn't care about clocking in and full attendance, but as the head of the company's supervision department, he is in charge of supervision and his identity is sensitive
It’s nothing more than fishing inside the company. Anyway, no one sees it in the office. If you don’t want to go to work, you can ask for leave or go on a business trip. But if you want to go to work, you must not be late and leave early in public.

Boss Cao is the only real "salted fish" in the family. In theory, he can play freely...

"I'm back, how is Miss Fei now?"

As mentioned earlier, Empress Xigong is a die-hard fan of Wang Fei. After Cao Xuan got acquainted, the relationship between the two was good for a time. At the best, Zeng Li was even Wang Fei's regular card friend, and they often made appointments to play mahjong.

It's just that because of Cao Xuan's relationship, she couldn't get along with Wang Fei's social circle, and at the same time, she didn't like some of Wang Fei's lifestyles, so she gradually alienated her.

However, the two are still friends, and they also get together privately when they have time. Before Wang Fei gave birth in Xiangjiang and just returned to the capital, Cao Xuan was not there, so Zeng Li went to see it alone first.

"The overall mentality is not bad."

Cao Xuan made a comment, but in fact, Wang Fei was obviously haggard this time compared to his previous chicness, and it could be seen that he was still affected.

As a popular queen, coupled with all kinds of love gossip in the past few years, Wang Fei is the top of the top in the entertainment industry.

When Cao Xuan was still performing in "Water Margin", she and Dou Wei gave birth to their eldest daughter, which caused a great sensation.

This time, after the multiple love stories of Chef Xie and Ruanfannan, it has attracted the attention of the whole country, because the production place is in Xiangjiang, and the media circles in Hong Kong and Taiwan have gone crazy.

Someone publicly offered a reward of 10 to 20 Hong Kong dollars, just for a photo of a child.

The entire hospital was surrounded by the media, the gate, the small gate, and the underground garage were all journalists.

It made it difficult for normal patients to get in and out. They had to tell the disease, room number, bed number, and the attending doctor accurately to enter the ward, and it was strictly forbidden to bring photography equipment.

According to some statistics, during that time, there were at least 50 journalists squatting near the hospital every day, and the most exaggerated one media heard that they had dispatched double-digit reporters to be on duty 24 hours a day.

Not to mention Wang Fei's family, even the information of the doctors and nurses in charge has been pulled out, and whoever comes to visit, even what gift he sent as news.

Because of this, Wang Fei suffered unspeakably tortured in Xiangjiang, coupled with other reasons such as his daughter seeking medical treatment, he ran back to the capital before finishing confinement.

As a superstar, Cao Xuan's scalp tingled and he felt lingering fear after seeing Wang Fei's experience.

He couldn't imagine that if it was revealed that his child was about to be born, not to mention Hong Kong and Taiwan, the media from Asia, even Europe and the United States would have to grab the news.

Keep it secret, keep it secret!
To be honest, with the precedent of Wang Fei, Cao Xuan really learned a lot of lessons.

In addition to guarding against the media, he also pays attention to his diet and quits various unfavorable habits for his children. Zeng Li used to drink tea, but now he has given up.

In fact, this may not have any impact on the child, but Empress Nishinomiya dare not gamble, there is no big mistake if she is careful.

Thinking of this, Zeng Li sighed a little, fearing that his child would also be in poor health, Cao Xuan hurriedly coaxed him, wishing to give him a slap in the face of regret.

He was worried at first, but he still went to give excuses, didn't he think that life at home was comfortable...

.........

For the next few days, Cao Xuan worked out at home during the day + prepared for the concert at the company + occasionally watched the production of new songs in the recording studio, worked hard at night, and from time to time had to appease the empress of the East Palace to maintain family harmony.

It was not until the end of June that Cao Xuan left for Germany to watch the World Cup finals.

Witnessed Zidane's shocking collision with his own eyes, and watched Italy, which was hit hard by the phone door and was not optimistic by countless people, staged a midsummer miracle.

Speaking of which, as a famous star fan, long before the World Cup, domestic and even European media mentioned Cao Xuan's World Cup predictions in interviews.

Cao Xuan didn't say who won the championship, but only mentioned the top four, Italy, Germany, Brazil and Portugal.

It is said that Germany is to save face for the hosts, Portugal is because of his friend Ronaldo, Italy is personally optimistic, and the underdogs will win. Brazil is simple, with the strongest strength on paper, and it is the biggest favorite of this year.

To be honest, when it comes to the semi-finals of this World Cup, except for one Italy, Cao Xuan didn't open his eyes, and deliberately ignored France, but he didn't expect that it was still the case, and he was wrong about three.

But there is nothing surprising, as traditional strong teams, Germany and Italy are already strong, and Italy would not have been reduced to a "dark horse" if it weren't for Telegate.

On the contrary, although Portugal is a golden generation, it is still second-rate in the eyes of many people. Considering that Cao Xuan and Ronaldo have a well-known relationship, it is normal to make mistakes.

It doesn't matter even if four of them are right, there are not without such examples in the past, Paul the octopus has been right for the whole World Cup, and no one slices it.

So if Cao Xuan got all the answers right, no one would suspect that he was reborn. Instead, they would think that with Cao Xuan's status, there might be something inside the market...

In addition to the World Cup finals, Cao Xuan has several tasks to go to Europe this time, the most important of which is to shoot with BMW's new commercial.

It is worth mentioning that the heroine he is partnering with this time is the German supermodel Heidi Klum, who is known as the number one beauty in Germany, but this Cao Xuan is really not particularly attractive.

On the contrary, it was Diane Kruger, another number one beauty in Germany. Cao Xuan felt that she was quite pretty sometimes.

However, there are indeed quite a few first beauties in Germany, and he only knows three of them. In addition, there are also many first beauties in other European countries. The media and management teams like to use this hype. Every country has several first beauties.

[Europe's No. [-] Beauty] is even more brain-breaking. The British support the British, the Germans support the Germans, the French side with the French, and the most outrageous thing is that there are even some who recommend Americans.

But think about it carefully, isn't Europe the United States? The logic is fine...

In the domestic entertainment industry, Taiwan Province also likes to hype the number one beauty, Xiangjiang also has a similar title, but in the mainland, it seems that there is no so-called recognized number one beauty.

This is also normal, if you dare to call yourself the number one, it's not just being a living target and being popularized by fans from all walks of life, so the classic routine of internal entertainment is [Beautiful pressure], not to say the number one, but to overwhelm you.

In contrast, male artists are more unified.

European and American media, as well as most Asian and domestic media, have a recognized number one handsome guy in Asia.

Cao Xuan: I’m ashamed, I’m here (kimbo)
In addition to watching football and commercials, Cao Xuan also has a few endorsements to discuss in Europe this time. There is no other way, he has to earn money for the baby’s milk powder.

As an emerging world top superstar, Cao Xuan has always been favored by major companies for his commercial value, with the ability to enter Europe and the United States. Backed by the Asian market.

However, Cao Xuan's endorsement is very difficult to grab. Currently, apart from one Septwolves who has become a shareholder, he only has four endorsements.

M-Zone for Samsung Electronics, Pepsi, BMW and Mobility!
Except for M-Zone, which focuses on the domestic market, the endorsement is of a special nature. The other three are global endorsements, and the endorsement fees are extremely high.

Samsung’s contract is 5 million U.S. dollars for 5500 years. The contract between BMW and Samsung is similar. Of course, if some demanding requirements are not met, some income will be reduced.

Pepsi is betting against each other. It depends entirely on Cao Xuan's annual increase in Pepsi. There are highs and lows. On average, the annual income is no less than 1000 million US dollars.

Especially this year, Cao Xuan's new album "Legend" became popular, and his fame and status increased, which also gave Pepsi a lot of benefits. According to the contract, Cao Xuan's Pepsi advertising revenue this year will increase a lot.

Under these previous examples, ordinary contracts can't impress Cao Xuan at all. He is not a world-class big company, and he can't even start his mind.

World-class large companies have many rules, and ordinary companies cannot afford to hire them. Cao Xuan is not short of money, and it is impossible for him to lower his value, so he waited slowly.

For artists of their level, signing an endorsement is a bit like selling antiques. They will not open for three years, and they will eat for three years after opening.

Of course, there are also some who don’t care about feathers, don’t care about meat and vegetables, and can afford any price, so that’s another matter...

After Samsung and BMW, Cao Xuan's team also approached some endorsement invitations, but due to various reasons, they finally failed to sign.

Until this year, Cao Xuan's new album has once again become famous all over the world, and the momentum is even stronger than before. He has become a popular top superstar and attracted countless people's attention.

Under such a premise, many problems that originally hindered the cooperation dissipated, and many large companies began to contact Cao Xuan.

At present, several famous watches are competing for the most powerful, and they plan to recruit Cao Xuan, the most popular man in Asia, to enhance the brand influence.

In addition to famous watches, Germany's Siemens, Swiss food company Nestlé, and an American securities + banking + insurance company, the three companies' bids were above the psychological price of Cao Xuan's team, and they were quite sincere.

Especially the most American company, with the highest bid, 2500 million U.S. dollars in a single year, and signed a 3+1 contract in one go, which means a total of 1 million U.S. dollars.

But Cao Xuan didn't even think about it, and directly passed the endorsement.

Not to mention that he didn't intend to touch the endorsement of these insurance and financial securities. The key point is that the endorsement fee has exceeded the market price, and Cao Xuan is a little wary.

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation!
Cao Xuan, who has dealt with the Yankees many times, understands the pissing nature of these capitalists.

If you don't pick up money when you go out, you will lose money. A mosquito will catch a drop of blood when it flies by.

Just this group of people, the bid is higher than the market price, there is nothing tricky in it, he wrote the word [Cao] upside down.

The American company pass mainly contacts Siemens and Nestle. Among them, Nestle wants to reduce beverages. After all, Cao Xuan also has Pepsi as an endorsement.

But whether coffee is considered a drink or not, everyone has to chat slowly.

And Nestlé doesn't just sell coffee. It is a big food company with a lot of food brands. How to endorse depends on the outcome of the negotiations.

The same is true for Siemens. Whether it endorses a certain category of home electronics or an entire brand, there are different opinions and different prices.

It is normal to talk about a contract worth tens of millions of dollars for a year or two. The previous Samsung had been talking for several years.

Of course, in order to share as much of Cao Xuan's current popularity as possible, several companies still prefer to win it as soon as possible, otherwise it will be wasted.

Cao Xuan showed his side in Europe in order to meet with the leaders of several companies, to show his cooperative attitude, and to inject confidence into the subsequent negotiations.

At the beginning of July, Cao Xuan returned to Beijing with a negotiated contract of hundreds of millions of dollars on his back, barely getting some milk powder money for the child.

.........

Just after he came back, Cao Xuan had to run around for the children's clothes again. "Crazy Stone" was released, and Cao Xuan brought a few spare stars to come out to cheer.

The big boss came in person, and Ning Hao, who was already a little nervous, couldn't restrain his emotions. Even with the air conditioner in the theater, he couldn't stop wiping his sweat.

Cao Xuan couldn't help but shook his head when he looked at the young Huayuwen's first thigh/little brother in front of him.

"Haozi, don't be nervous, the movie is pretty good, show some confidence."

Ning Hao nodded, and didn't dare to answer, but Huang Bo and Cao Xuan had collaborated many times, and he was the creator who was most familiar with Cao Xuan, so he took the initiative to ease the atmosphere.

"Boss, how much do you think the box office will be?"

As soon as this remark came out, the main creators all looked at Cao Xuan with anticipation.

Today's "Crazy Stone" crew is not the grass-roots team of the original time and space.

The director sought out actors to trick him, and the release was even under the banner of Liu Tianwang, begging grandpa to sue grandma everywhere. The early stage of publicity largely relied on the tap water of the media and audience. When the momentum picked up, China Film added more power.

Compared with the original time and space, although the investment of today's "Crazy Stone" is still not high, it is a small cost, but the resources behind it are completely different.

Fanxing and China Cinema Line have given a very good schedule, especially Fanxing, with more than 40% of the premiere schedule.

In terms of publicity, because there are no stars that can be sold, the main thing is to use the signboard of the starry movie.

Not only has "Crazy Stone" been designated as the first film of this year's Fanxing Films summer, but it has also been titled the most surprising black comedy of the year. .

At the same time, Fanxing has a strict and thorough copy protection plan to prevent the spread of piracy to the greatest extent. The box office of the previous Fanxing movies was so high, which has something to do with Fanxing's strict prevention of theft.

In the original time and space, the box office of "Crazy Stone" has reached more than 2000 million, which has a lot to do with the proliferation of piracy, otherwise the score will be higher.

After several actions, the current momentum of "Crazy Stone" compared with the original time and space, can be described as a heaven and an underground.

Coupled with the previous box office success of Fanxing Movies, it naturally aroused the expectations of Ning Hao and other main creators. In the original time and space, it is estimated that few dare to expect high box office.

"3000-5000 million."

Cao Xuan gave a rough estimate. After all, this is a low-cost comedy movie with no stars. Even with a lot of help, Cao Xuan also thinks that the chance of a big hit is relatively small.

But even so, it was enough for Ning Hao and others to be surprised, they didn't dare to estimate so much before.

3000 million is nothing to Cao Xuan, his own name is worth so much at the box office, but this does not mean that the box office is low.

"Riding Alone for a Thousand Miles" and "If Love", which ranked 3000th and [-]th in the mainland box office last year, only had a box office of [-] million.

Although these two are literary films, one is directed by Lao Mouzi, and the other is Zhou Gongzi + Jin Chengwu, and the lineup is lined up to beat "Crazy Stone".

Not to mention that in Cao Xuan's estimate, 3000 million is just a guarantee.

Although Cao Xuan is not a god, his prediction may not be accurate, but compared to Ning Hao and the others, he is already more authoritative, and everyone instinctively believes this statement.

Ning Hao couldn't stop his smirk, Huang Bo patted his shoulder with his teeth bared, joking happily.

"Director Ning is too good. You will be a great director in the future. Don't forget, you promised to find me to play the male lead."

Ning Hao pretended to be stupid: "Talk about wine."

Huang Bo was in a hurry, and went up to wrap his arms around Ning Hao's neck: "Your uncle, you lied to me that you are blocking me every day."

The others didn't take it seriously, and laughed and booed beside him. The bald Xu Zheng beside him was also among them, and he couldn't hide his envy and thoughtfulness at the same time.

In fact, he has long wanted to join Fanxing and hang out with Cao Daguan, but he has never had a good chance.

Cao Xuan and his husband and wife have known each other for a long time, and it's hard to say how familiar they are. Moreover, as Cao Xuan's status is getting higher and higher, the status gap between the two is getting bigger and bigger, and they can't get online at all.

Therefore, that bit of incense at the beginning became more and more precious, and Xu Zheng and his wife were not willing to use it lightly.

But this time, Xu Zheng could see that Cao Xuan valued Ning Hao, and he also realized that Ning Hao was quite talented during the cooperation before.

Adding the two together, Xu Zheng, who possesses the shrewd traits of a Modu, feels that he should get closer to Ning Hao and that Huang Bo in the future.

Not only Xu Zheng, but also the smart people present had similar thoughts, and after they watched the premiere of "Crazy Stone", their thoughts became stronger.

Cao Xuan's vision is perfect, no wonder he is known as the number one Bole in the entertainment industry, where did he dig out such a treasure, a well-known famous director Miaozi...

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