China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 564 Leading an Era of Chinese Films

In late September, the second part of "Three Kingdoms: Red Cliff", which was released for more than 9 days, was officially released in the Mainland.

The cumulative total box office was 5.41 million, officially surpassing "Painted Skin" and setting a new record in mainland film history.

At present, the top three in the mainland box office list, the first is the lower part of "Three Kingdoms: Red Cliff", the second is "Painted Skin", the third is "Transformers 2", and the fourth is "Three Kingdoms: Red Cliff".

Three of the first four films starred Cao Xuan, and two of them had a box office of over 5 million.

Extending to the top ten in the mainland movie list, there is also the movie "Taken 2" with over 3 million yuan.

On the day when the second part of "Three Kingdoms: Red Cliff" was drawn, Six Princesses' "China Film Report" took stock of Cao Xuan's film achievements over the years. A series of box office champions in each period dazzled the audience.

Since his first starring role in "From When a Man Was in Love" in 2003, Cao Xuan's films have always dominated the mainstream of Chinese-language films.

Because of Cao Xuan's achievements in the field of music, many people tend to ignore the achievements of Cao Xuan's films, but with box office hits, best actor trophies, and success in Hollywood, everyone finally paid attention to Cao Xuan's films. altar achievement.

The three mainland movie star grand slams, the three gold movie stars have already won the second place, the mainland box office is the first in history, and it is far behind No.2, and the results in Asia and North America are outstanding.

If it were other actors, they would have been praised to the sky long ago.

But everyone always regards Cao Xuan as a singer, intentionally or unintentionally discounting Cao Xuan's achievements as an actor. Although there are a lot of praises, they always have reservations.

But no matter how reserved, in the face of Cao Xuan's achievements, everyone can't always pretend to be blind.

Fatty Wang, a famous director of Xiangjiang, publicly stated in an interview that Cao Xuan's achievements in the film industry can be divided into an era.

"In the past few decades, the Xiangjiang film industry has been commercialized, and there have been superstars leading the times every decade.

In the 60s it was Wang Yu, in the 70s it was Jiang Dawei, Ti Lung, Xu Guanjie, and Bruce Lee who was so popular in Hong Kong and Hollywood. In the 80s, a hundred flowers bloomed. .

Since the beginning of the new century, the center of gravity has gradually shifted to the mainland. It is difficult to say in the first five years, but in the next few years, Cao Xuan will undoubtedly be the most prominent.

We often say in private that the current generation of artists is not as good as that of the previous generation. Nowadays, many popular artists in the entertainment industry can only play supporting roles in Xiangjiang before, but Cao Xuan is an exception. Even if he is placed in the golden age of Hong Kong movies, he is still the most popular. One star..."

It's hard to say whether Fatty Wang's words are flattering Boss Cao, and his words are a bit thicker than the past, overstating Hong Kong films, and forcibly equating the history of Hong Kong films with the history of Chinese-language films.

After all, Chinese-language movies are not limited to Xiangjiang!

Maybe Hong Kong’s commercial films were first-class back then, but there were also many excellent mainland films in the last century. Many international awards were won by mainland films, and their artistry and depth were far higher than most Hong Kong films of the same period.

But leaving aside the entire history of Chinese film, and only discussing commercial films, Cao Xuan is definitely a character that cannot be avoided in the small decade from 2003 to 2009.

Fatty Wang's words opened up many people to discuss Cao Xuan's status in Chinese-language films.

Some people spoke highly of it: "Lao Mouzi started the era of commercial films in the mainland, but it was Cao Xuan and his stars who made the most of it."

Some people think that the evaluation of Cao Xuan is a bit too high: "Cao Xuan's success is brilliant, but a large part of it is due to the development of the times, and he is only an actor, and the credit of the director cannot be ignored in order to praise him."

Everyone held their own opinions, and it seemed that no one could convince anyone, but they all maintained the same opinion.

That is, in the field of film actors, Cao Xuan is not only tied with many top superstars, but is expected to become a representative of an era.

Even considering the desolation of Hong Kong films, and the three places on both sides of the strait gathering in the mainland market, Cao Xuan is expected to become the first leader of the truly great era of Chinese-language films.

Perhaps this statement is not recognized by everyone now, but this is largely due to "fans of the authorities."

After a few years, everyone will break away from the shackles of the current time and perspective, and look back, and then they will be able to give an objective and fair evaluation.

When Cao Xuan yelled the title of "Chinese No.1" for the first time, many people were also dissatisfied, but after a few years, it has become a concept recognized by everyone.

Of course, there are reasons why Cao Xuan's follow-up performance is getting better and better, and there are also reasons why everyone looks back at "history" and makes a comprehensive judgment.

But in any case, after some twists and turns, Cao Xuan's film achievements have finally straightened his back.

Cao Xuan is even called a "textbook-like artist". He is unparalleled in the field of music, outstanding in the field of film and television, and has a very positive personality.

It's a pity that there is a slight "flaw" in the issue of life style, otherwise it is really a "perfect artist".

In this regard, Cao Xuan can only say that these people still have too little experience. He has some protagonists who are not only proficient in music, film and television, but also write books, poems, paintings, screenwriting, directors, advertisements, computer technology, kung fu, sculpture, etc. This ability, that is the real almighty idol.

Sometimes, Cao Xuan was even a little ashamed, he would get too little, and it would be a bit embarrassing to say it...

Not long after the lower part of "Three Kingdoms·Chibi" was released in China, it was also announced that it would be released in Japan.

The final box office was 104.5 billion yen, or about 7.6 million yuan, successfully achieving the strategic goal of breaking [-] billion yen.

At present, the second part of "Three Kingdoms: Red Cliff" remains the No. 2009 box office in [-]. In the next few months, as long as it survives the impact of the wave of movies at the end of the year, it is likely to win the honor of Japan's annual box office champion.

This is not the first time that Cao Xuan has won a foreign annual championship. He has previously won two annual championships in two small countries in Southeast Asia.

But the box office champions of these small countries with the most million dollars are completely different concepts from the box office champions of Japan, the second largest film market in the world.

One word, cool!

Not only Cao Xuanshuang, but also the domestic media and the direct audience feel inspired. If this achievement is achieved, the effect will not be much worse than killing all directions in North America.

Countless media wanted to interview Cao Xuan's thoughts, which even caused him to steal the limelight from the main creator of the film crew at the subsequent premiere of "The Wind".

Cao Xuan was also forced to respond: "No matter what kind of records and achievements, we can't do without everyone's support. In fact, there is no need to be too obsessed with some data and records, records are used to break.

I remember that "Titanic" was 3.6 million, which was a sensation in the industry. Many people said that this record could not be broken within 20 years, but it turned out that it would be done in less than ten years.

There is also "Painted Skin" two years ago. Many people said that it took a long time to break through, but now it only took three years.

Now the economy is growing too fast, and the box office data also changes every year. When I first made a movie, 5000 million was a big deal, but now 1 million is not a big deal.

Perhaps within three years, there will be a new movie breaking the record of "Three Kingdoms: Red Cliff"..."

Of course Cao Xuan was happy to break the film history record, but he didn't talk about it all the time.

Others don't know, but he knows how terrifying the mainland film market will be in the future.

5 million is not as good as a dog, 10 billion is everywhere, and the box office ceiling has been pulled to 50 billion+.

Not to mention, at the beginning of next year, Cameron's "Avatar" will be released in the Mainland.

This super movie that swept the world, Original Time and Space, had a box office of 13.4 billion yuan in the mainland. Now that the mainland theater market is driven by stars, it is much more prosperous than Original Time and Space. The box office of this movie is definitely not much higher than that of Original Time and Space.

It's nothing more than flattery from the media and movie fans, Cao Xuan felt that he still had to be humble to avoid being slapped in the face in the future.

Cao Xuan's words caused many people present to applaud silently.

What is everyone's demeanor!

What is superstar demeanor!

What does it mean to be neither arrogant nor impetuous!

There are rumors that Cao Xuan is good at pretending to be aggressive, it is simply a rumor, he is obviously very modest and low-key.

Even Mr. Zhou and Fan Xiaopang, who were familiar with him, couldn't help but looked at each other suspiciously, trying to analyze whether Cao Xuan was pretending to be the opposite, but Cao Xuan did speak very sincerely, not like he was pretending to be Versailles.

Cao Xuan's statement finally brought the premiere ceremony of "The Wind" back to normal, and many main creators dominated the stage.

The lineup of "The Wind" is not a small change. After all, the original version was invested by Huayi, so it must be his own people. Now that Fanxing has changed, he must give priority to his own people.

It is the limit for the two heroines to keep one Young Master Zhou, and the other Li Bingbing is replaced by Fanxing's first sister, Fan Xiaopang.

The reunion of this pair of friends once made Boss Cao want to play around again, to see if he could attract the pretty boy...

Captain Wu, played by Zhang Hanyu, has become Hu Jun under Guolan's banner. The Japanese military officer Takeda is replaced by Qin Hao from Class 96 of the Chinese Opera, who is now also signed by Sister Hua. As for Bai Xiaonian, played by Su Youpeng, he is I found my old friend Pan Yueming.

In addition, Jin Shenghuo Cao Xuan's "Water Margin" big brother Zang Jinsheng, the captain of the spy king has not changed, it is still Wang Zhiwen.

The few leading actors here, except for Qin Hao and Zang Jinsheng who are a little short, are all first-line big names, which are even better than the original version.

Aside from his status, the performance was not inferior. Even Fan Xiaopang, whom Cao Xuan was most worried about, also put on the best performance of his career.

The part of being measured by Takeda naked, the desperate pain of being trampled on dignity but having to endure, is extremely expressive.

Of course, Mr. Zhou's performance was better, and several climax scenes were better than the last. Even Cao Xuan had to admit that if Hu Jing had accepted this drama at the beginning, it would be difficult to compare with Mr. Zhou.

However, no matter how good Young Master Zhou behaves, First Sister Fanxing is not her.

Before "Happy Family", Fanxing assisted Fan Xiaopang in the operation, but did not win the honor. This time, Fanxing's performance in "The Wind" has improved to a higher level, and Fanxing has to increase its output.

The original space-time Huayi was able to help Li Bingbing snatch a golden horse, so there is no reason why Fan Xing, who is more powerful, can't push Fan Xiaopang to the throne of actress.

Again, the award is not about fighting, but about understanding the world.

Especially in the era of capitalism, as long as actors have good works and the conditions are right, most of the fight is the strength and public relations behind them.

Cao Xuan was able to hope for a grand slam at the age of 35, not only because of his acting skills. After all, there are many old drama talents with acting skills, and not all of them are the best actresses and queens.

Of course, Cao Xuan and Fan Xing still have scruples about their reputations, at least the actors must have works and confidence to support them vigorously.

It's not like some shameless people who don't care about anything, forcefully promote the position, hurt others and themselves......

Some people say that "The Wind" is a top werewolf killer.

Whether this statement is right or wrong, the plot mode of "The Wind" is indeed a bit like a werewolf killing, a group of people confront each other in a secret room, all kinds of open and secret fights, and the characters are good and bad.

But considering the concept of the movie, the performance of the actors, and some plot scale settings and metaphors, it cannot be summed up in a so-called werewolf killing.

The upper limit of such a movie may not be particularly high, but the superior quality and luxurious lineup also give "The Wind" a pretty good box office potential.

Fanxing's goal at the beginning was only 1.5-2 million. After all, it was the main theme. If it weren't for the strong lineup, they would not dare to set such a high goal.

However, Cao Xuan, who knew the box office of "The Wind" in its original time and space, raised his target a lot—to hit 2.5 million.

The reality is not too different from what Cao Xuan expected, because the theaters have expanded and the box office has increased. However, due to the limited subject matter and the suppression of the founding of the country at the same time, the possibility of a super hit is very low.

However, the box office of 8400 million in the first week is expected to hit 2.5 million, and it is by no means bad. In previous years, it could even be called a hit.

It's just that there are too many awesome movies this year, and they don't really show up.

The lower part of "Three Kingdoms: Red Cliff" is 5.4 million, "Transformers 2" is 4.5 million, and the box office of "Founding of the People's Republic of China", which has just been released, exceeds 3 million in two weeks, and it is definitely more than 4 million.

With these three movies poked, the box office of "The Wind" naturally seems a bit "not enough to watch".

However, the crew of "The Wind" did not mean to dislike it at all.

Especially Fan Xiaopang, finally has a new movie that can sell well at the box office, and she is also the main creator of the box office, and she can't help feeling dizzy when walking these days.

Mr. Zhou was better than her, but he couldn't help being happy.

She was the first starring role in "The Wind", and she contributed a lot, which once again proved her box office appeal. After several years of "Huayi No. [-] Sister" controversy, the film was basically completely settled.

But for Mr. Zhou, this title doesn't mean much to her now.

Since joining Huayi in the past few years, the resources she has obtained are not bad, but the results she has obtained are not good.

Even among her most outstanding films in recent years, only "Li Mi's Conjecture" is invested by Huayi, and "The Wind" and "Painted Skin" are both star-studded films.

"The King of Kung Fu" has good box office data and influence, but the reputation is too bad, Mr. Zhou doesn't like this movie.

Of course, the most important thing is that Huayi is too divided internally. She and Li Bingbing fought for several years, and it was hard to tell the winner. Huayi hooked up with the international chapter again.

There are a lot of resources in the stars, Liu Tianxian and Da Mimi are breaking the lead, but they are only competing for status, and the actual resource competition is not too much.

But Huayi's strength is not as good as Fanxing's, and almost half of it has to be robbed internally. Mr. Zhou has been physically and mentally exhausted after a few years, and Huayi is preparing to go public, and various measures and internal changes make her very uncomfortable.

All kinds of factors add up, Mr. Zhou has decided to go, and he has not even got involved in the matter of Huayi's listed star shareholders. He plans to leave Huayi when the contract expires next year.

As one of the top four female stars and top actresses, Mr. Zhou obviously has no shortage of family members.

However, Huayi is already a big company in the industry, Mr. Zhou is still not satisfied, and only Fanxing can completely surpass it in all aspects, but Fanxing will not sign her.

Just kidding, Fan Xiaopang, the first sister of Fanxing who has been cultivated so hard, plans to terminate the contract in 2012.

On the one hand, Fan Xiaopang is ambitious and wants to establish his own family, and on the other hand, he is making way for Liu Tianxian and Da Mimi.

It is impossible for two top-ranking florets in their prime to be Fan Xiaopang and green leaves all the time. They can be suppressed for two years, but they will never be allowed to rise to the top. This is a way to bring disaster.

Fan Xing is willing to let go of Fan Xiaopang, who has high commercial value and is younger, so why would he sign another Mr. Zhou, otherwise, the internal balance will be disrupted, Fan Xing and the other female stars will definitely be fried.

Because of this matter, Mr. Zhou asked Cao Xuan specifically, and Cao Xuan gave a very straightforward answer.

"You are famous, you have access to a lot of resources, and you don't have too much business needs. You can be your own boss. It's better to open a studio."

With one word to wake up the dreamer, Mr. Zhou found his direction, and even got advice from an expert, so he got his friend Hu Jing to invest in his studio.

The money is not the second, the main reason is to catch up with the Empress of the East Palace, and in the future I can get in touch with some resources of the galaxy.

To some extent, Hu Jing's shareholding is more effective than Fanxing's shareholding in her studio.

This incident also provided Da Mimi with inspiration. Ambitious, she naturally thought of going independent, but what she thought before was to pull Fanxing to invest like Fan Xiaopang in order to continue to embrace her thigh.

Now seeing Mr. Zhou's operation, Da Mimi suddenly realized that besides Fan Xing, she can also pull Hu Jing into the game.

At that time, even if she leaves Fanxing and has a new company as a bond, she will still be a member of the Eastern Palace Party and enjoy member benefits...

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The two gift films can be regarded as the first wave of the 60th anniversary. After that, various celebration activities emerged one after another, and Cao Xuan became a busy person, running back and forth for many celebrations.

On October 10st, the military parade

Cao Xuan was watching the ceremony as he did ten years ago, but he still hasn't climbed the tower, and he doesn't know if he will have a chance in the next ten years.

Since the end of September, Cao Xuan has not been idle, and has attended many major events and celebrations, adding another rich touch to his resume.

Cao Xuan has already received the news that the Chinese Musicians Association will officially re-elect at the end of this year.

Mr. Zhao Jiping, the composer of many classic pieces of "Water Margin", served as the chairman, and there were [-] other vice-chairmen, and Cao Xuan was one of them.

Don't underestimate this position. Although there are many people and the reputation is greater, the gold content is still very high.

Not to mention, the famous singer Liao Changyong was appointed as the vice chairman in the same term as Cao Xuan...

In fact, according to Cao Xuan's qualifications, he is much worse than these seniors, and his age is even younger.

But he also has his own advantages, that is, international popularity and youth backbone representatives.

Being young is a disadvantage, but it is also an advantage.

Sometimes, a young man needs to practice more, and if there are more opportunities in the future, he will be able to block you.

But sometimes, the so-called shackles of seniority can be ignored by saying that it is necessary to add more burdens to young people and add fresh blood.

To put it bluntly, when you come out to hang out, you have to talk about power and background, otherwise you're just a little bum.

And Cao Xuan was just right for the latter, so he was naturally promoted.

Even not just a director, Cao Xuan also serves as a director of the China Film Association, which has just changed its term. He is also a key youth backbone cultivated by the Association.

To be honest, if it wasn't for his master Li Xuejian serving as the vice chairman for two terms, who more or less wanted to avoid suspicion, otherwise Cao Xuan would really have hoped to make a charge.

After all, some of the candidates for this year's general election, such as Cheng Long, Feng Pants, and Pan Hong, the latter are women, so it's hard to compare.

But apart from being a bit older, Feng Pants may not be as good as him in terms of film performance and contribution.

But with master Li Xuejian around, Cao Xuan can't suffer no matter what, and he doesn't care much about being in charge.

Even at the Music Association, if it weren't for the bosses wanting to show their faces by showing off newcomers, Cao Xuan might choose to play it safe and wait until the next session has already retired from the music scene before taking the next position.

But no matter what, it has become an established fact now. If there is no accident, in January next year, Cao Xuan will have to add a title of vice chairman of the Chinese Musicians Association to his Baidu entry.

Vice-Chairman Cao is still under a lot of pressure. The official position is not for nothing, especially for young backbones like him.

Although Cao Xuan's release of a Chinese album to lead Chinese pop music and release of an English album to win glory for the country can be regarded as an important contribution to the domestic music industry, but there are other things to do.

Cao Xuan plans to start cultivating some popular creative talents in an orderly manner, pay more attention to music copyright, cooperate with major platforms and music websites, and provide help and support for some middle and low-level musicians.

In fact, Cao Xuan has been doing these things before, and now with official endorsement and channels, the effect may be even better.

In addition, Cao Xuan has been thinking about foreign charts and awards before, building China's Billboard and Grammy.

The list of QQ stars more or less made his bulletin board wish come true, and the rest is time to slowly accumulate influence.

As for the awards, there are too many things involved, especially the important authoritative awards, so we should be more cautious.

Cao Xuan only had some plans before, but he didn't find a suitable opportunity. Now that he has become a senior member of the music association, he can start to plan it, not to mention promoting it immediately.

With his own property, Cao Xuan didn't have much interest in competing for power and profit with others, but he also didn't want to be just a mascot. If he could do something beneficial to the industry, it wouldn't be a waste of his years in the association.

On October 10, Cao Xuan, who was busy with the National Day celebrations, rushed to Quancheng to participate in the rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the National Games.

No. The 11th National Games will open in mid-October. The location is Lu Province. The Olympic Games has just ended near Beijing. The domestic sports atmosphere is high. This National Games is also rare to attract the attention of the outside world.

As a native of Lu Province, Cao Xuan was invited to compose the theme song for the Lu Provincial National Games and sing it at the opening ceremony.

To be honest, the National Games is like a chicken rib to Cao Xuan, he has nothing to show his face at all, but he has to give face to the elders in his hometown.

Just like what is needed by the country, it is incumbent, and what is needed by the hometown cannot be rejected, otherwise the folks will poke the backbone...

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ps: The last day is to ask for a monthly ticket, and there will be a chapter to make up before twelve o'clock in the evening.

(End of this chapter)