China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 556 Beat the Reservoir Dog and 【Penguin Star Video】on the line

In fact, before Cao Xuan could do anything, Lu Tailang's reputation was already in jeopardy.

Because his speech not only scolded Cao Xuan, but also dissed a group of viewers.

All walks of life have their own iron laws that they cannot touch. Among them, 99% of the industries have a common iron law, that is, they should not hate their parents for food and clothing.

As an artist, you can't hate fans!
As a player, you can't hate the fans!
As a web author, you can't hate book friends!
Treat book friends as treasures, even if they say you are short and small, keep smiling and be crazily caring.

In the same way, a director who relies on the box office to make a living must not piss off the audience, otherwise he will lose his job.

Feng Pants used to be very controversial, but he always had his own audience base, but after he publicly scolded the audience, his word of mouth collapsed completely, and people have been disgusted with it ever since.

But no matter what, Feng Pants still has its own masterpiece, with its own highlights and confidence.

And what does Lu Tailang have, "Kekexil", which is called a god, but how many people have actually seen it. Compared with the popularity of the audience, Feng Pants dumped him eighteen blocks.

However, the end of Feng Pants is still the same, let alone a new-generation director who is far from proving himself.

The representative of the sixth generation of directors?
The fifth generation has been scolded a lot, no matter which director or artist it is, it is impossible to surpass the audience, let alone disclose the connotation.

Screenwriter Shi Hang directly commented on this matter on Weibo: "Lu Chuan cut himself off from the audience!"

These words are a bit exaggerated, just this matter alone, in fact, it is not enough to completely kill Lu Tailang.

But "Jinling, Jinling" was already in the vortex of public opinion controversy, and Lu Tailang was being scolded, so this time it was simply adding fuel to the fire.

Not to mention, he also offended Cao Xuan.

With Boss Cao's status, it's impossible for him to face off in person, it's too embarrassing.

But don't forget, Cao Tianwang has a huge number of fans, and he has never lost a verbal battle.

Besides the fans, all the stars are gearing up, especially the stars, who are almost moved to tears, and finally found the time to show their loyalty to the boss in public.

Lu Taro, good man!
Fan Xiaopang reacted the fastest, and was the first to post on Weibo: "If thinking about the audience is a cancer, then I am willing to be a cancer for the rest of my life. A person who doesn't know how to appreciate the audience and is self-righteous really has no bottom line."

Fanxing's first sister is very fresh, although she didn't mention her name, she directly reposted Lu Tailang's video, which is self-evident.

Da Mimi's Weibo was only a few minutes behind Fan Xiaopang's, a bit slower, and her words were more intense.

"Director Lu is my senior. When I first watched "Looking for a Gun" and "Kekexil", I thought he was awesome, and I admired him very much.

Seeing "Jinling, Jinling" now, I know I was wrong, he is not awesome, he is just..."

The words are rough and the rationale is not rough, although the scolding is vulgar, but it is cheering up, the empress of Donggong specially gave a like, and the big honey was happy, and directly pinned it to the top of Weibo.

As for this Weibo suspected of having vulgar words, according to Weibo rules, if the number of views is high or someone reports it, it is possible to block a certain word.

However, until this Weibo rushed to the top three in the hot search list, the Weibo official did not say anything.

The speeches of Fan Xiaopang and Da Mimi attracted a large number of celebrities to come off the stage, especially almost all of Fanxingli's speeches.

After all, the boss was humiliated, and other colleagues were filled with righteous indignation, wishing to tear Taro apart. You may not get any rewards and benefits if you follow the crowd, but if you are independent and keep silent, you will definitely be in the small book of Boss Cao.

As a result, a large number of celebrity artists posted on Weibo or accepted interviews, some of them were against Lu Tailang's speech, some were against the movie "Jinling, Jinling", either fiercely or tactfully, but on the whole they were almost on Cao Xuan's side.

Hu Ge: "To cleanse the land for the invaders, a movie that uses national grief as a commercial gimmick."

Liu Tianxian: ""Jinling, Jinling" is the most disgusting movie I have ever seen in my life!"

Jiang Wen: "Xiao Lu didn't think about it. It's not shameful to lose at the box office, but it's shameful to lose in character."

Feng Pants: "No matter what, you can't scold the audience. The audience is equivalent to God. Is there anyone who scolds God?"

Liu Yan, known as Fanxing's number one troll, even tweeted @卢太郎 directly, calling out names and swearing.

"A certain person thinks that his thoughts are unique and noble, but in fact this movie is full of flattery to the so-called art. It's not that the audience can't understand it, but that the audience just understands the filth under the skin of the halo of war humanity. It will feel very disgusting.

Just like that, you are still proud of the so-called "filmmaker's character", I beg you, don't tarnish these two words, didn't the primary school teacher teach you the true meaning of these two words?
Really, you are disappointed with the market and the audience. Actually, I am also quite disappointed. Such a bad film has a box office of tens of millions. This is one of the biggest shames in the history of the Chinese film industry.

"Jinling, Jinling", I think it should be called "Kadokawa, Kadokawa", you should also change the name to a certain Kawataro, it has depth and connotation..."

Back then, Liu Yan tore up Director Chen and became famous in the first battle, shocking the entire Internet.

In the past few years, Liu Yan ate vegetarian food and recited Buddha's name. The years have been quiet and peaceful, and she has become a beautiful hostess sought after by countless people. Many people have forgotten the past. Today, when she reappears in the arena, people can recall her former style.

Boss Cao: "Salary increase, must be increased, bonus annual leave is all arranged!"

The fate of a large number of celebrities made this matter completely out of the circle. Under the huge public opinion, even the official media couldn't help but criticize the movie.

Without using Cao Xuan's backhand, Lu Tailang would have been infamous for thousands of years.

It seems that the Film Bureau has also blacklisted him, not to mention banning him, but his films will be reviewed in the future, and these various checkpoints are several times more difficult than ordinary films.

At this juncture, Cao Xuan hesitated whether to kill them all. The answer is...of course, he must beat the dog in the water.

It is advisable to use the remaining brave to chase the poor bandits, and not to be called the Overlord of Learning!
Cao Xuan did not do anything absolutely, and most of the time it was not because he was kind, but because he wanted to make a good name for himself, but some people don't need to keep their hands.

The best way is to nail the coffin to death, tamp the soil, smear it with cement, and then press a few big stones.

So the seminar must be held, not only experts, but also a few sharp netizens who scold on the Internet, after all, there are also experts among the people.

Well, the host will ask Liu Yan to come...

.........

For Cao Xuan, Lu Tailang is just a flavoring agent, not even angry, at most bored and disgusted.

A slap to the death and knocked down, there is no need to work hard for it.

Compared to entanglement with Lu Taro, Cao Xuan is still more concerned about the official opening of the North American summer vacation in May.

On May 5st, "Wolverine" was officially released, with a box office hit of more than 1 million that day, completely taking over from "Taken 3000".

Since then, "Star Trek", "Angels and Demons", "Terminator 2018", "Night at the Museum 2" and "Up" have been released one after another, fighting each other in the summer file in May, taking turns to reach the top.

Two weeks after its release, "Taken 2", which has already been on the decline, is difficult to fight head-on with these blockbusters that have just been released, and follow its own "slow water" route.

Compared with the general top-heavy Hollywood movies, after the first week, the box office trend immediately collapsed.

"Taken 2" is no exception, but its stamina is relatively strong, and it still won nearly 5 million US dollars in box office in the first week of May.

At this time, the box office of "Taken 2" in North America has reached 1.25 million. According to the effective box office harvest period of 2 to 3 months in North America, the goal of 1.5 million is not difficult.

Even, according to the estimates of an American authoritative organization, the final North American box office of "Taken 2" is likely to be around 1.65 million.

The accuracy of this agency is still very high, especially for movies like "Taken 2", which is released one month soon, has basically overdrawn potential, has sufficient data support, and has a stable box office trend. As long as there are no special changes, the average data The error is not more than 200 million US dollars.

This achievement, if it is in early May, will directly top the North American box office in 5.

But it's a pity that it won't be possible to reach this figure until at least June or July, and by that time, the blockbuster movies in the summer file will probably break out long ago, so naturally it can't be said that it will be the number one at the end of the year.

But even so, it is enough to be proud of winning the North American weekly championship for two weeks, and it also broke the highest box office record of a Chinese-language film in North America for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

Although many people don't think "Taken 2" is a Chinese-language movie, the various procedures of the movie are indeed the Chinese-language film process, or it is a Sino-US co-production.

If you have to be more serious, the producer of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" also had a lot of overseas capital, but the starring lineup is all Chinese.

Of course, with Cao Xuan's current achievements, there is no need to compare these two records, it doesn't matter if it is the best.

What he values ​​more is that the popularity of "Taken 2" has continuously expanded his appeal and influence in North American films.

Even not just in North America, this movie has a considerable box office worldwide.

In mid-May, "Taken 5" was released in the mainland with a box office of more than 2 million yuan. It was delayed for 2.5 days. It is estimated to be around 3-3.2 million yuan, which is about 4500 million yuan when converted into US dollars.

After the baptism of "Taken" and "Three Kingdoms: Chibi", Cao Xuan's box office appeal in other parts of Asia has risen sharply, especially compared with the Asian box office of the first "Taken 2".

The total Asian box office of the first "Taken" is less than 5000 million U.S. dollars, while the second one is expected to take nearly 3000 million U.S. dollars in Japan and South Korea alone.

Combined with domestic and other countries and regions, the total box office in Asia is expected to approach hundreds of millions of dollars, which greatly exceeded the expectations of Fanxing and Xinxian.

You know, the first part of "Three Kingdoms: Red Cliff", which is so popular in Asia, aside from the domestic box office, the box office in Japan is only 8200 million + US dollars, including South Korea, Singapore and other places, it is only about 1.1 million US dollars.

And "Three Kingdoms: Chibi" has a strong theme bonus.

In other words, "Taken 2", a film by Cao Xuan who carried the flag alone, can win this score, which shows that he and the "Taken" series have accumulated enough appeal in the Asian film industry.

In addition to Asia, the box office in Europe and Australia is also considered considerable. The United Kingdom has the most, which can reach about 1600 million US dollars, followed by Australia, with 1000-1200 million US dollars.

In other countries such as Germany, France, Italy, and the Netherlands, according to local schedules and channels, the most can win almost 800 million US dollars, and the least is only tens of thousands of dollars, but most of them are around 10,000+ to hundreds of thousands.

Calculated together, the sales in Europe and Australia can reach about 5000 million US dollars. The box office in South America is limited, but it can sell more or less.

Previously, New Line predicted that the global box office of "Taken 2" would be more than 2 million US dollars guaranteed. It was not entirely wrong, but the main reason was that it underestimated the potential of the Asian market.

But in any case, a good box office is always a good thing. Even if the Asian box office revenue goes to Fanxing, the joint production of a movie with a global box office of 3 million US dollars is enough for Galano to temporarily escape the danger of unemployment.

Galano couldn't wait for Cao Xuan to shoot the third film, and so did Anne Hathaway, who was on the phone more often than before when "Taken 2" became a hit.

However, Cao Xuan did not give permission to the two, nor did he stay in the United States for too long.

In early May, after "Taken 5" made little progress at the North American box office, Cao Xuan and Hu Jing returned to China.

Just before and after his return to China, the discussion meeting on the script of "Jinling, Jinling" began.

A group of as many as 50 luxurious experts and guests is enough to directly carry out a national-level historical project, let alone dissect a movie with a crooked butt, which is simply a cannonball.

After a two-day seminar, more than 4 hours of the best version were finally found out. Many experts and fans took turns to slam "Jinling, Jinling" from multiple angles. left.

If there were still a group of Wenqing or "senior movie fans" before, there were still some filters for this movie.

Once this seminar comes out, if you support "Jinling, Jinling", it's not just a problem with your butt, but a problem with your IQ.

The only regret is that Lu Tailang gave up.

I have been invited to the seminar many times, but I have never been invited to come, but it doesn't matter, a series of blows is enough to make this high-spirited representative of the sixth generation of directors a street rat.

Of course, there are still three thousand nails on the rotten ship. At this point, Lu Tailang still has beautiful women and friends as his companions.

His girlfriend Qin Lan still sticks to him. Ironically, Yuan Shikong and Yuan Shikong did not get together, and Qin Lan is obviously not at fault.

Another person who publicly spoke out for Lu Tailang was Liu Huohua, saying that even if he was wrong, he did not need to be condemned by the whole network, and the crime did not end there.

Liu Huohua and Lu Tailang have a very good relationship. Many of Lu's follow-up films are all co-operated with Liu Huohua. "The King's Feast" is the male protagonist, and "The Nine-story Demon Tower" was also originally cast by Liu Huohua, but was forced to change roles by Taiwan provincial capital. .

And Liu Huohua also regards Lu Tailang as a confidant brother, and still insists on the latter as his best man even at the cusp of the storm, and even takes the initiative to call Cao Xuan and the East and West Second Palace to intercede with Lu, hoping that Cao Xuan will show his favor.

Cao Xuan especially admired his loyalty, and then he and Dongxi Ergong were absent from each other's wedding.

At the same time, Liu Huohua was also pulled into the blacklist of Fanxing Galaxy.

Liu Huohua has no problem talking about loyalty. If it was Cao Xuan, he might not give up his brother, but if he was caught in this kind of matter, Cao Xuan would choose to keep his mouth shut.

He, Lu Tailang, was kind to Liu Huohua, but Cao Xuan treated Liu Huohua no differently.

"Blood Romance", "Save My Mr.", "Tough Guy" and many other star-studded film and television dramas, Liu Huohua can participate, although Cao Xuan is not the lead, but without him nodding to intercede with the Second Palace of East and West, it would not be Liu Huohua's turn on the head.

It is true that Liu Huohua is a double gold actor, but there are too many actors who can replace him in the Mesozoic Era.

He only thought about Lu Tailang being besieged by the whole network, why didn't he think about what it would be like for Cao Xuan to be scolded for no reason.

Lu Tailang's kindness is kindness, so is the resources given by his boss Cao a fart?
Cao Xuan didn't force him to break up with Lu Tailang, he could even understand the other party's difficulties.

For example, Gao Yuanyuan, who was born in Fanxing, participated in "Jinling, Jinling" and has a relationship with both parties, did not speak or stand in line on this matter. Cao Xuan had no idea at all. Someone brought rhythm to her. Specially blocked.

But Liu Huohua spoke for Lu Tailang, no matter what kind of psychology he had, he was already standing in line to some extent.

That being the case, in Cao Xuan's heart, there is no need for us to continue to be good friends.

Boss Cao is so narrow-minded. It's not that he has no friends, so he doesn't have to wrong himself.

After Liu Huohua got married, Cao Xuan and the people from the East and West Palaces didn't arrive at the ceremony, so they took care of their face.

And Liu Huohua also seemed to understand something, but still insisted on Lu Tailang being his best man, and didn't even care about all the rumors brought about by the wedding.

At the same time, Liu Huohua did not invite all the female students in Class 96 of the Chinese Opera. He said that he was afraid that if they came, no one would look at his wife and consider the bride.

But it's hard to say whether there's anything in it that doesn't come to the second palace at the same time. He was afraid that the media would make trouble, so he simply didn't invite them.

It's not just female classmates, he didn't invite many of the celebrities who have hated Lu Tailang. Some people were invited, but they were afraid of meeting Lu Tailang, so they chose to give a gift so that no one would be able to reach them.

In short, because of supporting Lu Tailang, Liu Huohua not only "ruined" his wedding, but also offended a lot of people, and even brought his own public reputation to a serious decline.

Liu Huohua didn't regret it afterwards, but Cao Xuan didn't care about an "old man" who changed the story.

On June 2009, 6, Children's Day, Cao Xuan's family celebrated their precious daughter's two-year-old birthday at home.

On the same day, 【Penguin Video】was officially launched, announcing that Fanxing and Penguin had extended their tentacles to the field of video websites.

After coaxing his daughter, Cao Xuan turned on the computer, downloaded the software, and prepared to try it out.

He had tried many experimental products in the company before, but the final product was not able to try it because he went to the United States, but it is estimated that it is not much different from the last version before.

The internet speed was very fast, and the download was completed in a few minutes. An icon of a penguin holding a yellow star appeared on the computer screen in a naive manner.

The software icon of this Penguin Star video is similar to that of QQ Star Music, except that the star of the latter is behind the penguin, and the layout is a penguin wearing headphones lying on the star.

These two icons were also selected by him and Xiao Ma from hundreds of icons.

The software icon has no meaning, a certain degree of recognition is enough, mainly for people to remember, and it would be better to have some company elements.

Open the website, just started to go online, there are basically no advertisements, and the initial pale white page is refreshing, simple and clean.

The first page that the website jumps to is the front page home page, next to it are several subcategories such as [Movie], [TV], [Variety Show], [Anime], [Sports], [News], [Creativity], etc., and there is a [ Popular Featured], you can browse the popular videos on the whole site,

The layout is not complicated, and it is clear at a glance. Even a TV novice can understand what's going on with a glance.

Cao Xuan clicked in and took a look. There are quite a lot of film and television resources. There are more than 900 movies and more than 1800 TV dramas, including domestic and foreign, most of which have certain influence.

Among them, Fanxing Film and TV can be found, and it is the highest-definition version on the entire network.

Variety shows and animations are not far behind. The latter has more than 150 foreign supplements, while variety shows only have 30 or so.

As for the news, it is the news video version of Penguin News and Fengyun Studio, and the follow-up news resources basically come from these two directions.

At the same time, the website is also self-financing two news columns, one focusing on entertainment gossip, and the other focusing on Internet embarrassment and jokes.

As for sports, the broadcasting of NBA and European football is too expensive, and the time is tight. Penguin Star wandered around and only won the copyrights of the Chinese Super League and CBA.

However, sports is actually a major category of video websites. If you can eat it, you can bind a group of users for a long time, and at the same time, it is expected to return a wave of blood.

In the future, Penguin Star will squeeze out part of the funds to purchase the copyrights of the Premier League, La Liga, Champions League, NBA, World Cup and other events. It is best to win exclusive rights, and online copyrights are also acceptable if it is not possible.

Especially in the Premier League, the ratings resources in China are so bad that Cao Xuan can't watch the game with confidence. If the Penguin wins, it can be regarded as a small satisfaction of his selfish desire.

Cao Xuan even thought about sending someone to poach Zhan Jun back to China in advance, and listening to others comment on the Premier League, which is useless...

Creativity refers to individual creative short videos uploaded by various users themselves, but Penguin Star does not pay too much attention to this aspect, and is more concerned with building the largest film and television network platform.

At present, there are only less than 3000 units in stock, which is definitely insufficient. The staff has been negotiating and negotiating, and there will be a steady stream of new resources entering the website in the future.

At the same time, the enterprise star website has also reached a cooperation with Mtime.com, synchronously scoring, opening the word-of-mouth list of Mtime.com, and recommending movies to viewers.

Of course, these contents are similar to those of other video sites. The real killer feature of Penguin Star is its three major advantages.

One is the industry-leading definition and broadband network speed advantage, giving the audience the best viewing experience.

This is the hardware advantage, and the second is the software advantage.

A large number of Fanxing resources are exclusively online. The website has joined forces with Little Black Fatty's Deyun Society to win the exclusive copyright. Little Black Fatty himself and Penguin Star launched a storytelling program. The first "Ji Gong Biography" will be launched soon.

In addition, Penguin Star also launched two web-series animations, "God's Tomb" and "Coiling Dragon".

The previous seasons of "Qin Shi Mingyue", "Zhu Xian" and "Star Change" broadcast on TV have also been uploaded to the website, allowing netizens to view them freely.

At the same time, "Star Change" also announced that it will change the mode of one season and one broadcast, and also adopt serial weekly broadcasts.

Fox Animation released three weekly anime in one go, and other quarterly anime, which is really heartbreaking.

Fanxing's online drama is also in the process of preparation. The first one is "Cannon Fodder Counterattack" by Guo Zhenni, followed by "Tomb Raider Notes" or "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", which Fanxing won the copyright of.

In addition, the first adaptation of a web novel is also in preparation, and works such as "Celebrating More Than Years" and "The Best Family" are included in the candidates.

As the first work of an online drama, although it needs to be famous, there is no need to think about those fantasy dramas. Even if the special effects technology can keep up, if you want to shoot quality, the cost is too high, and Cao Xuan can't make money. yell.

Therefore, it is basically based on works such as historical martial arts cities, and the cost should be controlled as appropriate.

Regarding the development of Penguin Star, Cao Xuan and Fanxing have a lot of plans, coupled with the huge user traffic of QQ, they are confident that within 2-3 years, this website will surpass Youku and Tudou and become the most popular video on the Internet website.

Only then will Fanxing, who has mastered one of the terminal platforms, be truly invincible...

(End of this chapter)