China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 573 "Now You See Me" and the official announcement to withdraw from the Spring Festival Gala.

"Yesterday was a good day, you can achieve whatever you want, today is another good day, sing a song to express your mood, hey hey hey..."

Cao Xuan hummed a ditty, came to the office, and reviewed the various materials of the annual meeting, as well as the casting of "The Legend of Zhen Huan".

After the hero Jiao Enjun hid, the company also found a few alternatives, either because the conditions were not suitable, or they found excuses not to accept.

Seeing that the pre-production preparations for the TV series are almost the same, the schedules of many actors have also been adjusted, and it will be ready to start in February, and the delay will cause all kinds of troubles.

In desperation, Cao Xuan had no choice but to let the East and West Second Palaces withdraw from the crew of "The Legend of Zhen Huan", avoiding the situation where the two palaces were doomed.

In this way, although the girls in the crew are still troublesome, at least they don't interfere with Cao Xuan's family affairs, and the degree of difficulty has dropped several levels.

As for the roles vacated by the two, it is also very easy to solve.

The queen was cast by Yu Feihong. Needless to say, this person's good looks and temperament, it is easy to interpret a deep and sophisticated queen.

Speaking of which, although this guy has a great reputation, his position and resources are really not that good, and many of the roles he plays are supporting roles.

"The Legend of Zhen Huan" is Fanxing's top star project anyway, and the queen can be regarded as the second female, and her ranking is still ahead of Fan Xiaopang, so it's not a shame.

As for Concubine Duan, let the original queen Ada Choi play the role.

It is worth mentioning that the original author of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" is Cai's die-hard fan. It is said that the role of Zhen Huan was written according to Cai Shaofen's young appearance.

When setting up a project to film a drama, she always recommended Cai Shaofen for the role of Zhen Huan, but it was not suitable for her in terms of status or image.

However, in order to respect the author of the original work, Fan Xing invited her to play a role.

This TVB star was popular in the past, but his career development is not so good now. Neither the mainland nor Xiangjiang can't compete with newcomers. The resources in the past two years have been terrible, and it is still very easy to hire.

Taking advantage of the annual meeting, Cao Xuan planned to lure Lao Jiao back and finalize the role directly.

If he dared to chat with him, he wouldn't change if he could, so he had to let these girls torment him for a while.

As for the heroine Zhen Huan, no matter whether it is Da Mimi or Liu Tianxian, they really can't hold back the situation.

Cao Xuan simply invited Wang Zha, Mr. Zhou.

Fang is planning to terminate the contract with Huayi and set up a personal studio, and it is inevitable that he will use some star resources in the future.

Even Hu Jing personally invested in her studio, so to some extent, she is considered half of her own.

It is also because of this that it is not considered cheap for outsiders to let Mr. Zhou act in "The Legend of Zhen Huan". In addition, considering the new cast under the command of Fan Xing, Mr. Zhou is also willing to "go down to earth" once.

She didn't really dislike acting in TV dramas. Yuan Shikong also acted in "Red Sorghum" in 2014, and she also acted in many TV dramas in the follow-up.

Although there was a suspicion of a decline in resources at the time, compared to the other big flowers, it was easier for her to give up her figure.

Fan Xing didn't treat her badly either, she and Fan Xiaopang co-starred in Mr. Xu's next movie "Women Are Not Bad", which can be regarded as compensation for the two.

Fanxing's resources will also be selectively opened to her in the future, unlike before, she was worried that she was an outsider.

All in all, including "The Wind", she and Fan Xiaopang have acted in three films in one go, and they can form a tall, white, fat and short and thin CP.

Needless to say, Mr. Zhou's acting skills are extremely wonderful in "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace". Eight years in advance, his appearance is still at its peak, so there is no need to worry about not being able to play a girl.

The only downside may be the smoky voice, Cao Xuan plans to use dubbing, isn't the original Sun Niangniang's voice also Ji Guanlin.

With Mr. Zhou on top, the star aura of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" is not bad.

As for Liu Tianxian and Da Mimi, they will also coax some other resources.

Speaking of it, Cao Xuan herself was annoying, and whenever the two of them wanted to argue, she would go round and round to invite Mr. Zhou.

I really thought it would be easy to let the "immortals go down to earth". Mr. Zhou's "The Legend of Zhen Huan" has almost 60 episodes, and the salary is about 2500 million, which is 40+ per episode.

In the current TV drama market, it is definitely the top wave, and there are few who exceed it, and they are all single-handed TV dramas or the number of episodes is small and the unit price is high.

For example, Fan Xiaopang's salary is not much different from that of Mr. Zhou, but due to the small number of roles, the unit price per episode was slightly raised, and he finally took nearly 1500 million.

If Liu Tianxian and Da Mimi come to play, the former may be about equal, and the latter is estimated to be 30 per episode.

The key point is that part of their remuneration will go back to the company later, but Young Master Zhou has all of it in her pocket.

And it's not just money, "The Legend of Zhen Huan" has greatly benefited the careers of the two.

You know, Sun Niangniang has become the first sister of the TV series with this drama, and it has not declined for many years. This is a good opportunity that no amount of money can buy.

how...

This also made Cao Xuan more determined to train Guo Zhenni and Zhao Xiaodao, at least with a wider range of drama than the first two.

Moreover, Fanxing has four popular actresses, so there is more room for choice in everything.

After Guo Zhenni finished filming "The Legend of Zhen Huan", she started the second season of "Cannon Fodder".

Zhao Xiaodao is preparing to act as the heroine for the first time. The company has won the copyright of many female novels.

.........

Whenever Cao Xuan thought of Yang and Liu, he became discouraged, and his good mood dissipated a lot.

However, the two protagonists didn't think so much. They might be disappointed that they didn't win "The Legend of Zhen Huan", but the two of them don't lack resources. As long as the other party doesn't benefit, their mentality will be much more balanced.

After Liu Tianxian finished filming "Three Kingdoms: Guandu", he took his time and approached the project repeatedly, but it didn't go well.

Seeing this, Fanxing launched the third part of [Cao Xuan Music Universe IP] - "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years".

Prior to this, [Cao Xuan Music Universe IP] has released two films, one is "Fairy Tale" starring Qiao Zhenyu and Gao Yuanyuan, and the other is "Long Time No See" starring Pan Yueming and Dong Xuan.

The box office of "Fairy Tale" was 2300 million. Considering that it was only 2005 at that time, the box office was generally not high, which is barely satisfactory.

As for "Long Time No See" released in 2007, Pan and Dong, who had already become first-line stars, were invited at that time, with an investment cost of more than 2000 million, and even publicized their relationship as promotional materials.

But the final box office was only more than 4300 million yuan, plus other income, barely just paid back.

The dilemma of "Long Time No See" caused [Cao Xuan Music Universe IP] to stagnate for three years, and it was not until last year that the film and television of "Those Years" started.

And on the basis of the song MV, it also combined the novel of Nine Swords and adapted it.

The novel of Nine Swords is inspired by Cao Xuan's "Those Years" MV. It can be said that the song and the novel are handed down in one continuous line, but the story of the novel must be more detailed and full, so it is used to adapt the script, and the movie name also uses the same name of the novel.

At present, the script is still being finalized, and the background of the story has been changed from the Taiwan province of the novel to the mainland.

There is no doubt that Liu Tianxian plays the heroine Shen Jia. After "Hello, Time", she once again played the goddess of first love.

The male lead has not been confirmed yet, the company belongs to Hu Ge, but Hu Ge doesn't really want to act, so Chen Yao is likely to be promoted.

He's the second male lead in "The Legend of Zhen Huan" and the leading male lead in a movie with Liu Tianxian. His star fortune as a newcomer is so good.

Da Mimi also started to enter the film industry. She does not have Liu Tianxian's Buddhist family, and she is slow to take on the movies. Although she is not too strict with meat and vegetables, she is not so selective.

At present, there are three confirmed projects, one is the film version of "Wulin Biography" produced by Fanxing, she plays Xiao Guo, one is "Laughing Jianghu" starring Xiao Shenyang, she plays the heroine, and there is Guolan and Yinghuang In the movie "The Inn of the God of Wealth" she collaborated with, she was the heroine in yellow.

It can be seen that although the film projects that Da Mi Mi is currently in contact with can play female leads, they are basically comedies, and the film resources are far inferior to Liu Tianxian.

But she doesn't have to be discouraged, Cao Xuan's next Hollywood movie has already been decided, and there will be a role of Da Mi Mi.

Da Mimi has been coveting Liu Tianxian's "international halo" for a long time, but now he finally has a chance.

Da Mimi is temporarily lagging behind in the development of movies, but when it comes to the development of TV dramas, Da Mimi can be said to be the best.

In January of this year, "The Temptation of Going Home" starring her premiered on the CCTV TV drama channel, and it was also the opening drama of CCTV 1 in 2010.

The highest audience rating reached 4.6% at the start of the broadcast, ranking first in the same period for three consecutive days, with an average audience rating of 3.7%.

Not only did it easily crush all major David TVs, but it also held on to CCTV's opening drama "Founders", which was broadcast at the same time.

And judging from the plot, the show is far from reaching its climax, and the heroine's return for revenge is the biggest highlight of the show.

Fanxing is going to gather resources to help Da Mimi win TV honors.

The Feitian Award is the main theme, and it has nothing to do with her. The threshold for the Magnolia Award has not been low in the past two years, and Damimi is still far behind.

However, the Golden Eagle Award can still be planned. On the one hand, it has a popularity bonus, and on the other hand, there is no restriction on the subject matter. TV series that are more entertaining can win the award.

The most important thing is that there are so many Golden Eagle Awards, which are held every two years, with an average of 4 to 5 TV queens in each session.

Like Rouba, there are only two queens in total. She suppressed Yin Zhao, Yuanquan, Sun Niangniang and others to take the lead. In addition, her works are not conspicuous, so it's no wonder that she is not called a queen.

But right now after awarding 4-5 TV shows in the next year, coupled with the good results of "The Temptation of Going Home", the controversy of Da Mimi's award will be greatly weakened.

Anyway, she is also the head of the new generation of Fanxing, and she cannot be without honor embellishment.

Other authoritative awards are not easy to win, and even if they are won, it is easy to cause controversy.

In contrast, the movies Golden Eagle and Hundred Flowers are the awards that they are most likely to win and will not cause too much controversy. Under the right circumstances, it is impossible for Fanxing not to push them to the top.

As for other authoritative awards, Fanxing will cultivate Guo Zhenni and other good seedlings to contribute to the company's hall of honor.

.........

After working in the company for half a day, Cao Xuan started to fish, turned on the computer to play "Cross Fire", and went online to eat melons when he got tired of playing.

The hottest melons nowadays are "Triple Door" in the international chapter, and "Avatar" which has just been released.

The former caused the international chapter to be hit hard, and the career was hit hard. Even the original "Snow Flower and Secret Fan" was kicked out because of this incident.

Wendi Deng originally wanted to recruit Fan Xiaopang to play the role, but Fan's team didn't like the script and didn't want to get too involved with him. She heard that the empress of the East Palace was very annoying to this international celebrity.

After "Taken 2", Fanxing opened up the situation, and will start to increase cooperation with Hollywood in the future. As the first sister of Fanxing, I dare not say that there are too many, and there will never be fewer opportunities to appear.

Fan Xiaopang is the most shrewd, he knows what is important, and he will not do something like picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelon.

There is no way, Wendi Deng can only use the alternative of the alternative plan, and turn around and bring another "good girlfriend" Li Bingbing to the top.

Fan Xiaopang has the right to look down on "Snow Flower and Secret Fan", Li Bingbing does not dislike it, she works hard to make friends with Deng Wendi, is it because she hopes to use the other party's contacts to enter overseas.

If the international chapter fell this time, everyone would be very happy, but Li Bingbing was undoubtedly the happiest.

As for "Avatar", it is not only a hit in domestic news, but even international headlines.

After it was released, it swept the world, and in less than a month in North America, it won a box office of 5 million US dollars, breaking countless records.

The overseas box office has even surpassed US$10 billion. According to this trend, it is even expected to hit the super record of US$20 billion box office for a single movie.

In the mainland market, "Avatar" had a box office of 2.87 days in its first week, with a single-day highest box office of 5870 million. It took only ten days to break through 4 million, breaking a series of records.

Now in late January, "Avatar" has broken the record of "Three Kingdoms: Chibi", with a total box office of 1 million, successfully topping the mainland box office list, and it is still rising.

A certain bureau has issued an instruction to extend the key, and the outside world estimates that the record of "Avatar" has broken through the 10 billion mark.

This news silenced the entire Chinese film industry.

Although the box office of the second part of "Three Kingdoms: Red Cliff" last year was awesome, it was still within everyone's understanding.

"Avatar" is expected to pull the mainland box office ceiling to ten figures in one breath, almost doubling it directly, so why not make everyone dumbfounded.

Coupled with last year's "Transformers" and "2012", special effects blockbusters have become the focus of heated discussions nowadays.

The audience expects that China will also launch its own special effects blockbuster, and many film and television companies are also ready to move.

Fanxing naturally became the top priority of many people's attention. Han Sanye called to ask Cao Xuan about his new film plans, and even the head of Shanghai Film Group couldn't resist contacting Cao Xuan.

Cao Xuan announced to the public that he was still in the preparation stage, but in fact he already had a secret case——

Now Now You See Me

Sino-US co-production, in addition to the participation of New Line, and the parent company Warner behind it, the cast is Chinese + Hollywood, and the investment cost is about 8500 million US dollars, or 5.6 million yuan.

It is definitely the highest cost for a single movie operation since the establishment of Fanxing. The previous "Three Kingdoms: Chibi" is strictly speaking two movies.

Fanxing won 3500% of the film with Cao Xuan's salary + US$60 million, and Warner Bros. and New Line shared the remaining 40% equally.

At the same time, the production income and distribution dividends are separated. Fanxing still holds the distribution rights in Asia, and Warner and New Line, which have global channels, are responsible for Europe, America and Australia.

Of course, in addition to North America, the starry European, Australian and other market channels can also participate in the operation. If there is a channel conflict between the two, discuss and coordinate.

To put it bluntly, whoever has the higher channel price and earns more will use whose channel...

The success of "Taken 2" has made Hollywood pay more attention to Cao Xuan, and the cooperation has become more standardized.

Warner's end was also to prevent the new line from being led away by Cao Xuan.

There is no doubt that the new contract is not as lucrative as before, but Fanxing paid for the production before, and the new line is more responsible for the distribution, and the former will definitely take the lead.

Now, Warner and the others have also spent a lot of money, and they must strive for more power.

And if there are disadvantages, there are advantages. Warner's end, although Fanxing's interests will be damaged, but at the same time, Warner, as the six major Hollywood giants, has stronger channels and related monetization capabilities than its subsidiary New Line.

It is impossible for Fanxing to keep catching a new line, and sooner or later it will take this formal cooperation route.

Now that the practice is formed earlier, it can also work better with Hollywood.

Besides, the new cooperation is allocated according to the share. Although Fanxing gave up a lot of distribution income in Europe and the United States, it may not necessarily suffer a loss if it retains the Asian region.

You may not be aware of it now, but in two years, the mainland market will rise, and China and Japan will have the world's second and third vote positions.

As long as it works well, I dare not say that it will catch up with the North American market, but it will not be too far behind...

"Now Now You See Me" is considered a group portrait movie, so casting is more important.

First of all, I don't need to say too much. Domestic artists mainly focus on flattering people. For example, the female magician deliberately let Da Mimi give it a try.

As for the Hollywood artists, it's enough to be a big name in the first line. Cao Xuan alone takes [-]% of the budget, and the movie needs a lot of special effects, so the remaining funds are limited.

Therefore, the Hollywood artists to be used can only be in the second or third tier or quasi-first tier. It is best to have a golden supporting role with high popularity and economical salary.

Cao Xuan was even a little pity, Robert Downey Jr. was already popular, otherwise it would be flattering to cut off the bullshit in advance.

You know, his salary in the first part of "Iron Man" was only a mere $50.

In addition, there are rumors that there are some clauses in his contract that will probably earn him around $200 million.

But by the time "Iron Man 2" was released this year, his salary had risen to 1000 million US dollars, and there were some sharing clauses.

Unless there is an additional investment of 2000 million US dollars, "Now You See Me" has no money to hire this man.

However, Cao Xuan suddenly remembered that he couldn't afford Iron Man, but could he take advantage of "Thor" which has not yet been released?

There is also "Captain America", which is not too expensive now. If two people pack it, $100 million is enough.

This is not an exaggeration. In his impression, the salary for the first part of "Captain America" ​​seems to be only 30 US dollars, and "Thor" is even worse, only 15 US dollars.

Of course, a large part of the reason for such a low salary is that Marvel is famous and attracts actors, and it is a series of movies, and the actors have signed several film contracts.

But even so, with the addition of a few hundred thousand dollars, it is hoped that the two of them will be brought over, and one will be guaranteed to win.

Coupled with the fact that the original "Now You See Me" has Mark Ruffalo (Hulk), Cao Xuan can gather half of the Avengers a few years in advance.

Of course, the most important thing is that both "Thor" and "Captain America" ​​will be released next year, and "Now You See Me" can definitely catch a wave of popularity.

Then draw up a series of film appointments, and the subsequent sequels can even take advantage of the popularity of "The Avengers".

I don't know if the roles of the two Marvel movies have been decided yet, and even if they are not decided, Cao Xuan will also help to talk.

Anyway, he can be regarded as the second shareholder of Marvel, and he still has some right to speak.

.........

On January 1th, Cao Xuan participated in the fourth round of rehearsal for the Spring Festival Gala, and also officially announced his plan in a subsequent CCTV interview.

"This year should be my last Spring Festival Gala, and it will also be my farewell performance on the Spring Festival Gala stage. Starting next year, I will no longer participate in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala."

Host: "What is your reason for quitting the Spring Festival Gala?"

"I just feel a little tired. The live broadcast of the Spring Festival Gala is too exhausting, and the creative pressure is also very high every year. This year's work has been delayed for many days.

I think it is also time to leave the stage to more newcomers, to retire by myself, and spend a good Spring Festival with my family. "

Host: "You are only 35 years old this year, how do you feel old-fashioned in speaking (laughs)."

"Maybe I have experienced too many things, and my mentality is relatively old."

Host: "You left a lot of classic songs in the Spring Festival Gala, which one is your personal favorite?"

"I actually like them all. If I had to pick one, it should be "Gong Xi Fa Cai". It's festive and joyful, and won't make people cry (laughs)."

Host: "This year is your 12th consecutive year in the Spring Festival Gala. What does your 12-year Spring Festival Gala career mean to you?"

Cao Xuan pondered for a while, put away the smile on his face, and replied sincerely: "The 12 years of the Spring Festival Gala is a very important experience in my life. I will always be grateful for the honor given to me by the Spring Festival Gala stage, and also thank the audience for their support. With tolerance and support, it turned me from a so-called pop star into a [people's singer] loved by ordinary people."

After this interview was aired on CCTV, it was immediately reprinted by the Internet and various media, causing an uproar in an instant.

Sketch Zhao Benshan, listening to songs and listening to Cao Xuan.

It has long been a slogan recognized and talked about by countless people. Watching Zhao Binshan's sketch + listening to Cao Xuan's new song on New Year's Eve has become a must-have New Year's Eve meal for many people.

Now that Cao Xuan announced his withdrawal from the Spring Festival Gala, how could it not be shocking.

【#曹轩，春节#】Related topics directly dominate the Weibo hot search list. Originally, the hot search for Wang Banbi’s concert in April was directly rushed out of the top ten.

Wang Banbi: "..."

For some reason, he always felt an ominous premonition, as if some switch had been turned on him.

Countless people are petitioning to persuade Cao Xuan to leave, and even launched related topic activities on Weibo.

Tianya officially launched a vote on whether Cao Xuan is willing to leave the Spring Festival Gala. The column of "not willing" received 24 votes within 68.9 hours, and successfully broke through one million votes within two days.

However, Cao Xuan has made up his mind to go and has not been influenced by the outside world. He just posted a Weibo, expressing the hope that everyone respects his choice, and promoted the Spring Festival Gala program by the way.

"This song can be regarded as my farewell to the Spring Festival Gala and everyone. There is always a banquet in the world. Cao Xuan leaves, and newcomers will come in the future.

From 1999 to 2010, 12 years of ups and downs, everyone's Spring Festival Gala "Chapter" about me is about to turn over..."

(End of this chapter)