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Chapter 605 Show off your wealth to Iron Man

The top performer in the 2011 Spring Festival Gala was still Cao Xuan.

No way, with so many songs appearing in the Spring Festival Gala together, it is hard for people to ignore it, even more gimmick than his own performance in the Spring Festival Gala.

At the same time, the Spring Festival Gala also fueled the success of several new songs by Cao Xuan.

The first one is "Because of Love". The queen queen's popularity and influence are strong enough. The key is that there are still classic works in the Spring Festival Gala.

So on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, if Xiao Zhou wants to succeed Cao Xuan, he may not be able to surpass Wang Fei.

However, although the program "Because of Love" is very popular, because it is a real song, Wang Fei's voice is out of tune in many places, and his breath is chaotic. It can be called the scene of a car accident, and it has been controversial.

Here Cao Xuan wants to say something fair, the female part of this song is indeed much more difficult to sing than the male part, especially with Wang Fei's voice.

The tone of the voice does not drop, it cannot be suppressed, and the voice tends to float. When recording this song in the recording studio, Wang Fei sang harder than Cao Xuan.

But then again, even if it is difficult to sing, it is not possible to sing like this with Wang Fei's level.

To a large extent, it may still be due to the nervousness of the live broadcast of the Spring Festival Gala and the decline in singing skills.

This is nothing new. As Wang Fei grows older and has various bad habits, such as smoking, drinking, staying up late, and not paying attention to protecting his voice, his singing skills have dropped by not 01:30 points from his peak, and he often makes mistakes.

The previous concerts and some gala performances have similar situations, but they are not as influential as the Spring Festival Gala. The people in the house care about it, and the fans care about tolerance.

That was the sound of the Spring Festival Gala, and Fang Huan also apologized on Weibo, but he helped Chen Yixun escape.

After all, I sang "Because of Love" on behalf of Downey, which should have been the focus of the audience's attention, but because of Cao Xuan, it landed safely.

Cao Xuan was not the only scene of a car accident in the Spring Festival Gala. Xiao Jingteng was even worse. I happened to have a bad cold at the time and my voice was in poor condition.

To be honest, there are not many people who really sang and played badly in the Spring Festival Gala, but Yushen's performance can definitely be ranked at the bottom.

Who triggered a small discussion among netizens, whether it is the real singing that is spineless but difficult to make mistakes, or the fake singing that guarantees that the party will fail.

That is also a cliché, and I have to mutter a few words almost every Spring Festival Gala.

Even in the Chinese music scene, there is no reason to stand in line. For example, Cui Jian publicly criticized lip-syncing, so he had conflicts with Na Tianqian and other singers.

Fang Huan was also asked that question. My answer was very complicated. I support real singing, but sometimes it is understandable to fake singing for the sake of program effect.

Although that answer was not pointless, Downey explained it very clearly.

Some performances are really important, even if they are only responsible to the audience. If they are broadcast locally, they will also affect the face of some countries. It is really a mistake, and it is also a place where the singer is willful.

But in daily performances or concerts, if lip-syncing is used, it is unprofessional ethics, and it deserves to be attacked.

In any case, real singing is definitely prior to false singing, the latter can despise the former, whether the former is qualified to challenge the latter.

In addition to "Because of Love", another popular song is "Under the Sea", or "Under the Sea" was already very popular, but the outstanding performance of Phoenix Legend made the undersea even more popular.

Phoenix Legend and Yao Beina also won the first prize in the song and dance category of the 2011 Spring Festival Gala, beating Cao Xuan, Da Zhou and other system singers with that show.

The first hit song was "The Lonely Brave".

It went too far and didn't deviate a bit. In addition to being popular on the Internet, it was also welcomed by a small number of middle and high school students.

It's still winter vacation, and it's too obvious. When the new semester starts before the Lantern Festival, I'm afraid they'll be signaling to each other outside the classroom.

"Love him walking alone in a dark alley?"

"Love him like kneeling!"

It's easy to say if he can reach that step, but Fang Huan has a headache when he hears his daughter-in-law returning to the capital from his hometown, still holding his mobile phone and humming "The Lonely Brave".

But in any case, the Spring Festival Gala has brought the performance of "Dazzling" to a higher level.

As of the end of February, the new album will be released for a little over a month, and the domestic sales of physical albums will reach 2 copies.

Compared with other singers, it can be called a small explosion, but considering Downey's past achievements, it can only be said to be quite satisfactory.

Although the physical album is outstanding, the sales volume of the digital album has reached a terrifying 140 million copies, and the sales of some other singles are also showing good results.

Haili's sales are also wrong. The cumulative physical/digital difference between Asia and Europe and the United States is 100 million copies less. After all, it is a pure Chinese album, and those who can spend money to support it are Downey's fans.

Frankly speaking, those statistics are not bad, and they can be regarded as the middle and lower reaches outside Downey's albums over the years.

But considering the quality of that album and Downey's current popularity, it is still obvious whether it is the collective sluggishness of the domestic or international record market.

In addition, now a small number of audio-visual stores are closing down or changing jobs one after another, and there are only a few stores that make a living purely by selling records.

According to Warner's statistics, no less than 35% of the physical album of "Dazzling" was sold through online shopping platforms such as Taobao and JD. Once gone is returned.

The record era has retreated into the countdown history of history...

Downey, who witnessed and participated in the golden peak of the record decade at the beginning of the century, even though he knew the ending in advance, he was still very emotional when he saw the scene of things changing.

Prosperity and decline, eternal change.

There is no industry that can't decline from the peak, and naturally there is no industry that can rise weakly.

The Chinese music scene is lonely, but the film industry is booming.

Just two days before the Spring Festival Gala, the box office of "Let the Bullets Fly", which had been screened for nearly 10 days, officially exceeded [-] billion+.

It was also the first Chinese-language film in history with a box office of over 10 billion, ranking seventh in mainland box office history, second only to "Avatar", surpassing the eighth place "Little Tangshan Earthquake" with 3 million yuan.

Although many people expected that result afterwards, when "Let the Bullets Fly" really breaks through 10 billion, the shock to the industry and the outside world is still very small.

Various small media reported intensively, and the industry was also amazed and excited.

If the box office of "Let the Bullets Fly" is counted to 2010, the box office in the mainland last year was 113 billion, officially breaking through the 100 billion mark.

In other words, the film industry's plate is getting smaller and smaller, and its potential is getting weaker.

Everyone wants to make the last "Let the Bullets Fly", become famous and make a small profit.

It's an exaggeration to say that Jiang Wen was praised, and I can raise tens of millions of funds if I throw out a script now.

Many investors came to me to make a movie with money in their hands. Thanks to Fanxing, they got started early and signed the priority investment contract early. Of course, they must be able to compete with those people.

Ge Xiaoye has also become a hot baby. The eight films I starred in during the Lunar New Year have a cumulative box office of 15 billion, surpassing Fang Huan and becoming the highest-grossing movie actor in 2010.

"Orphan of Zhao" 400 million, "Let the Bullets Fly" Ge Xiaoye took 520 million, "If You Are the One 2" is too vague, it is said that it seems to be higher.

Now if it’s higher than 1000 million, you don’t need to talk about it. If you want to finalize the actors, 2000 million will definitely be able to afford it, and even if you don’t have money, you will definitely be able to hire it.

If I want Xiaoye Ge to make a film, either I am an old friend of the famous director, or the script disgusts me, or I am returning favors.

As for Downey, he would definitely be able to afford it.

The minimum remuneration quoted is less than 1 million yuan, and it is likely to invest 1.5 million yuan if they want to reach a cooperation.

That price, unless the remuneration like "Let the Bullets Fly" is counted as an investment, if it is given less dividends, then 99% of the crew would dare to think about it.

To put it an exaggeration, even if Fanxing wants to use Downey to film now, it has to think carefully about how to save costs as much as possible.

After all, as Fanxing Company became more formal in those years and some low-level executives participated in dry stock dividends, even if Downey made his own film, he would cut his salary on a small scale or even collect it symbolically like in the future.

Public is public, private is private.

Discounts can be given, but the magnitude will definitely be so small in the future.

The eight small giants have benefited a lot, and the supporting roles have also benefited a lot. For example, Hu Ge successfully broke into the film market with that play. I heard that several film crews are considering approaching me.

The one with the least benefit should be Ba Zi, who became the representative of the Seventh Generation of Stars.

However, he has received several film appointments, relying on his father's aura, and has also caught the eyes of Feng Trousers. He has no hope of participating in "[-]", which the former has been thinking about shooting.

The entertainment industry is like that. A good work can definitely make people reach the sky in one step, but there are few ways to choose the downward path.

.........

On February 2th, Lao Jiang held a public celebration party for "Let the Bullets Fly" in Beijing. There were so many celebrities present, it gave enough face to the newly promoted 10 billion director.

It is a pity that neither Fang Huan nor Robert was present. We flew to the United States to film "The Avengers" two days later.

New York, on the set of The Avengers

Downey met colleagues in the new film, and a few of them were acquaintances.

The White Widow had just finished filming, and Wang Fei also met later. The Hulk and Captain America were both the leading actors in "Now You See Me", and S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Fury and other agents also met in "Eagle Eye" later.

The protagonists who met for the first time in the entire "Avengers" should be Rocky, Tom Hiddleston and Iron Man's big house Huanshan Thor.

The next time Downey goes to "Wang Fei" as a guest star, will he see Loki? As for Iron Man, he has been close to him for a long time and has never seen him.

"Hey Thor, you've always envied his armor."

"If you can choose, you would rather trade it for your figure."

Downey also had some dealings with those people, and Xiaozhi got to know part of Xiaojia's personality.

Wang Fei and the Hulk are relatively restrained, but they can joke around when they get to know each other well. Is the widow sister so indifferent outside the movie?

The one who most resembles a character outside the movie is Dafan Xiaopang Thor, who is as open-mouthed as Iron Man, loves to joke, and hates tricks.

Such a character is often easily annoying at work, and even makes people disgusted to cooperate with him.

After exchanging pleasantries, Downey introduced Robert to everyone.

"Bing Bing Fan, the most popular actor in China, is also the actor who played the movie Wai Hill."

When Boss Cao came down, he directly showed his card, that person was covered by you, Xiaojia can figure it out.

Fang Huanshan puts on a high profile, Downey doesn't have enough capital and confidence, you are the same, a pure Hollywood newcomer, there is no harm in being high-profile.

"Cao, is Fan also an artist in his company?"

"That's wrong, the most powerful actor in your company, you are the leading actor in China's first movie with a domestic box office of over 1.5 million US dollars just now."

Donnie seized the opportunity to help Robert with a few words. After getting along with those old men for a long time, he can also figure out some tricks. Pay attention to.

Sure enough, as soon as Fang Huan said that, the eyes of everyone looking at Robert changed a lot.

The box office of 1.5 million U.S. dollars is a large number in North America. At least outside our group, the only male and female protagonists without such achievements are Dafang Huanshan Thor and Widow Sister.

If the other person is a supporting role, if the movie is still released, there is really no capital to show his resume in front of Robert.

That's right, no one's attention was on another matter, so Big Fan Xiaopang Thor asked Downey curiously.

"Fan is an artist in his company, has Cao opened a brokerage company in China?"

As soon as these words came out, and Fang Huan had something to say, the widow sister said first: "Thor, does he know that Cao is the boss of the smallest entertainment company in China."

"Ahem, it's the smallest in Asia."

Boss Cao couldn't help correcting the words of the widow, Da Fan Xiaopang Lei Shen opened his mouth in surprise.

It's also my fault that I know Fang Huan's situation. After all, Downey spends very little time in the United States, and he also publicly participates in some business operations.

Even if some media did not report it, but whether the news has gone out of the circle, it may only be concerned by some Downey fans.

Outside the impression of a small number of Americans, Fang Huan is an excellent singer. In the past two years, he has added the new label of actor, but many people associate it with rich people and businessmen.

Even the widow sister, because she cooperated with Downey and retreated to investigate, she understands the situation better.

As for the U.S. team, we knew that Downey is a pure entertainer because of our cooperation in "You Now You See Me", but we also thought that Downey was so good, so we were not a little surprised.

"Cao, you take the liberty to ask, what is the market value of your company?"

Dafan Xiaopang Leishen couldn't help asking, Donnie pinched his fingers to calculate, but Robert stood up next to him and gave the boss a face.

"If you look at the valuation announced by "Forbes" in the next year, it will be about 185 billion U.S. dollars."

The crowd was so dumbfounded!
What is the concept of a market value of 185 billion US dollars? It can be ranked next to several small Hollywood giants. After all, Midi Mei was acquired by Sony in 2005 and it cost 48 billion US dollars.

Even if Fanxing's valuation doesn't have some water, but if it is squeezed out with all its might, there will still be billions of dollars left.

It was shocking enough for the group of actors who could even earn tens of millions of dollars.

Dafang Huanshan Thor had a simple face: "We two are the billionaire who plays with mechas and picks up girls all over the world."

"..."

Fang Huan was silent. I'm a billionaire. It's not true, but I really have a mecha. If I was really given an Iron Man suit, I would have gone to recover Yizhou a long time ago. I don't have the time to film.

After a few words, Donnie found that showing off his wealth has no benefits. At least Xiaojia has a better attitude towards me.
The worship of money in the capitalist society is bare-bones.

Considering Downey's status, now that we are colleagues, it's easy to turn around and become wage earners someday, just like us in "Now You See Me" on the US team. It's not good to make a good impression.

If "Downey" knows our thoughts, it will definitely tell everyone that someday, we will be wage earners now.

After all, Downey is a shareholder of Marvel, and those people filming movies are, to a certain extent, working for me to make money.

Boss Cao felt that he should buy a few less cups of coffee and drinks to reward Xiaojia later.

As for the rest, I'm free, I'm a minority shareholder...

.........

The crew of "The Avengers" started in the first two days of late February, and it was still secretly started, but it also revealed the news to some media to pave the way for the movie.

The director of the new movie is called Joss Whedon. Whether he is well-known in Hollywood at the moment, there is also a small disagreement within Marvel about finding me.

Many people understand why such an important movie as "The Avengers" should be handed over to such a young director.

In fact, Joss Whedon is not a character. I was born in a family of screenwriters. I have worked as a screenwriter, director, and producer, and participated in many film and television productions.

The least famous should be the sci-fi theme "Firefly". It is precisely because of that movie that Marvel saw my ability to shoot group scenes.

"The Avengers" is a group drama, maybe Iron Man is the first starring role, but the roles of other people are not so good.

If such a movie is to be made well, it is necessary for the director to have very strong character creation ability, group play scheduling and coordination ability are also the most important. The former is well grasped and measured, and the effect of the movie will be slightly reduced.

On the other hand, Joss Whedon is an out-and-out comic fan and has also worked as a comic screenwriter. He knows very little about Marvel, which is very important to Marvel.

Downey actually has no impression of that director, but it's because I was the director of the first and seventh parts of "The Avengers".

Instead, he came to him to take over the filming of "Justice League", and was scolded as a dog, and once became a "man of the hour" in Hollywood.

Regardless of the turmoil in the previous sequel, Downey's first impression of Joss Whedon was very good, because the former, who wrote and directed the film, attached great importance to me and arranged a small amount of scenes for Hawkeye.

If you only count from the playing time, it is difficult to say that Iron Man is the real female lead.

Because Hawkeye's role is more than anything else, even in the later and middle stages of the plot, in a tolerance sense, it can be regarded as the mind-controlled Hawkeye singled out half of the Avengers.

That was the original version of a one-on-one duel by sneak attack, but in a practical sense, it relied on super-weak combat power to toughen up Iron Man, White Widow, Wang Fei and Captain America.

Hawkeye turned S.H.I.E.L.D. upside down by himself, almost killing the entire Sky Battleship.

Judging from the damage and destructive power to the Avengers alone, the so-called little villain Loki will stand on one side.

Donnie hated that script very much. It was comfortable to beat the aliens, but it was also quite enjoyable to beat the Avengers first...

(End of this chapter)