China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 634 Before the end, don't let it happen again......

2012, mid-January

When "Hawkeye" was still in theaters around the world, Cao Xuan finally finished the filming of "Taken 3" and returned to the capital.

This year’s Spring Festival is relatively early, January 1 is New Year’s Eve, and it’s been more than a week, and the streets already have a bit of a New Year’s atmosphere. Cao Xuan passed by a street in a car and heard his own "Gong Xi Fa Cai".

Hearing this song every year in places other than supermarkets and shopping malls means that the Chinese New Year is coming.

When they got home, Zeng Li and Cao Li had all gone on winter vacation, and Hu Jing had also finished most of her work, and now she was busy with closing and the annual meeting.

Cao Xuan was lying comfortably on the edge of the yard, with a chubby baby with a pacifier sitting on his lap. He couldn't help but flick the little thing in his son's crotch pants, and proposed to Ni Gong, who was doing yoga in the gazebo. road,
"After celebrating the New Year at home, let's go to the island for a few days."

"Is that island finished?"

Hu Jing sat cross-legged, looking forward to it: "It looks pretty from the renderings, how about the real scene?"

"I watched the video, and it's similar to the renderings. I stayed here for a week or two this time, and it's considered a trial stay. If there's anything wrong, I'll make changes later."

"Then let's go, I bought it for hundreds of millions, so I can't leave it there."

Zeng Li voted for it. In fact, she never supported Cao Xuan's purchase of the island. When she bought the island, she also raised objections.

It's not that it's too expensive, but I think that the island can't be lived for a month after buying it all year round. It's useless except for peace and freedom, and it's a bit tasteless.

But Cao Xuan liked it, and Hu Jing also thought it would be nice to have an island, so she didn't insist anymore.

The left and right are just the money for a few courtyard houses and villas in the capital, so you can buy it if you buy it.

You know, Zeng Li is responsible for managing the family's real estate at home, including houses, shops, office buildings, manors, and land in other cities in the capital and even overseas.

Just the property company specially established for this purpose to manage these real estates is currently ranked first in the industry in Beijing.

There are even rumors in the circle that there is a super rich woman in the capital, whose houses are based on buildings, villas on rows, and courtyards on alleys. The real estate in her hands is worth billions of dollars, and she is known as "the back of the building in Beijing".

However, not many people in the circle know who is behind this building. Later, this title was spread on the Internet, which once caused various speculations.

The one said to be the proprietress of Gome, the one said to be Boss Pan's daughter-in-law, and the other said to be Young Master Wang's mother, or the only daughter of a certain family.

The most outrageous thing is that some people claim it online, posting famous brand bags, luxury cars and villas on Weibo every day, just like the female version of Wang Dashao, developing towards the direction of Internet celebrity.

Zeng Li was also happy to keep a low profile, wishing someone would take her title away, she just wanted to be an ordinary renter.

"Okay, let me talk to my parents later, remember to pack your luggage these few days, buy what you need as soon as possible, and then let the plane transport it there first, and then you have to reverse the plane, it is inconvenient to go there together."

"Okay, grandma Xiao He and I will make a list tonight."

In terms of housework, the Empress of the West Palace has always been in charge, and when she speaks, let alone Cao Xuan, even Hu Jing and Sun Lan have to listen to her.

"Just go with our family, how about some friends?"

"Forget it, it's the Chinese New Year again for the first time, let's go on our own, and if we have time in summer, we can invite a friend to play."

Hu Jing likes to be lively and wants to invite more people to go with her. Cao Xuan has no objection. When she bought the island before, she also wanted to play with her friends, but considering that the facilities on the island may not be enough to accommodate so many people at one go, she plans to turn back Besides.

Thinking of the scenery on the island, Hu Jing sighed a little: "If it really is the end of the world this year, our family will be reunited if we stay on the island."

"Bah, bah, what do you think about in your head every day?"

Zeng Li spat a few times, thinking it would be unlucky for Hu Jing to have nothing to say, Cao Xuan couldn't help but smile.

"Don't worry, it won't be the end of the world."

"How do you know, the rumors outside are really evil."

Hu Jing asked curiously. Since last year, there have been rumors on the Internet that December 12 this year will be the end of the world. There are many people who believe it in China, and the same is true abroad.

Some people on the crew of "Taken 3" discussed it. When Cao Xuan promoted "Hawkeye", some reporters also asked about this issue.

Cao Xuan’s answer back then was exactly the same as his answer to Hu Jing now: “If there really is an end to the world, I’ve been dead for 11 years.”

What he was talking about was the doomsday of the new century that was widely rumored in 1999, which caused panic around the world at that time, but nothing happened.

It's only the first year of ten years now, and everyone seems to have lost their memory, forgetting about the scam back then.The doomsday theory started to spread again.

Sure enough, the only lesson humanity has learned from history is that it never learns anything.

"It's different this time. The Mayan prophecy about this matter is very accurate."

Hu Jing was still insisting, Cao Xuan snorted: "Back then, it was a joint deduction by a great prophet. Besides, if the Mayans are so powerful, they will not die."

Cao Xuan himself is materialistic, but not a complete atheist. Sometimes he worships as he should, but more for peace of mind, he will not pin everything on these metaphysics.

Under normal circumstances, even if Cao Xuan didn't believe in doomsday, he wouldn't speak wild words, and would be more or less prepared.

But the point is that he has golden fingers and knows that this thing is complete nonsense.

In fact, there are not many people who really believe in the end of the world, especially in China where materialism is more prevalent, and religious beliefs are not as strong as overseas, so it is more regarded as a social carnival, advocating work breaks and holidays, or a pre-apocalypse event. brave.

Of course, normal people always confess, or do something that they didn't dare to do before.

There are also some fools who take advantage of the "doomsday" to commit crimes, so they can only go to prison and scold the Mayans for cheating.

What's more interesting is that some people believe in prophecy, so they want to squander all their money before the end. It's okay to just spend their savings. Some sold their houses, and even borrowed money.

But when the time comes, the doomsday has not come, and the feeling of not dying after the money is spent is even better than the doomsday coming...

Cao Xuan Goldfinger only remembered a piece of news. It seemed that a person believed in the end of the world, sold his house in the third ring road of the capital, and took the money to travel around the world.

Not to mention other aspects, let’s just talk about the house, which was about 2012 million in 160. If it is kept after 2020, the value will at least increase by 3 to 5 times.

One word, miserable!

So in other respects, Cao Xuan may still be ambiguous. He took this Mayan prophecy as a joke.
Believe in this, he might as well believe in Wang Toutiao...

.........

After resting at home for two days, Cao Xuan attended Fanxing's annual meeting this year.

The venue is still in the Fanxing Building, but unlike in the past, this year's annual meeting has added some employees from Penguin Video and QQ Star Music.

Even Penguin, who owns shares in the two companies, was also visited by Chairman Xiao Ma in person.

"Congratulations, brother Ma, I see that the annual Forbes rich list just released is firmly in the top three."

In the first half of 2010, the Internet market as a whole shrank, which caused Penguin's market value to drop a bit.

However, in the second half of the year, it started to recover again. The positive news of Weibo and the newly emerging WeChat made Penguin’s market value successfully break through 550 billion US dollars, surpassing the second-ranked Baidu by nearly 100 billion US dollars, firmly occupying the top spot of China’s Internet. .

Brother Xiao Ma has almost 14%+ shares in Penguin. According to the market value of Penguin, his net worth is about 490 billion+ in RMB.

In the 2011 annual Forbes list, it was second only to Boss Liang of Sany Group and Li Yanhong of Baidu.

Of course, this is the list for the second half of the year. Li Yanhong, who was listed on Baidu in the first half of the year, was also the richest man in the mainland. Even because of his popularity, many people gave priority to promoting him.

This is also the third richest man in the mainland born in the Internet field after Netease Ding and Penguin Xiaomao.

In fact, there is still a grand Chen Tianqiao in the original time and space, but Boss Cao has already taken away his luck, and he has not realized his dream of being the richest man.

For many people, brother pony has become synonymous with wealth, and is regarded as one of the richest people in China, the big brother of the big brothers.

However, facing Cao Xuan's ridicule, the top rich man in the mainland just rolled his eyes.

"The first three are farts. In front of you, they are still part-time workers."

Brother Xiao Ma has seen the world, and the rich list only fools ordinary people. There are too many hidden people in China.

Even Hoogewerf, which ranked in the same list, later admitted that the rich list revealed less than half of the rich people. If there are 3000 people on the list, then there are at least 4000 invisible rich people hidden under the water.

The rich people who can be on the list are not because they are rich, but because they are famous, and most of their wealth is publicly displayed.

As a good friend and senior partner, Brother Xiao Ma knows Cao Xuan's net worth, and it is not an exaggeration for him to call himself a worker in front of Boss Cao.

"Hey, shareholders are all shareholders."

Boss Cao had a good time, and entered the table with his arms around Brother Ma. By the way, he introduced a few new executives under his company. As for the elderly, most of them knew each other.

Brother Xiao Ma has a good temper, but he doesn't talk to strangers very much. After greeting, he mainly chats with Cao Xuan and Hu Jing.

Whether it's the entertainment industry or the workplace, the three of them are also the center of the entire annual meeting, and many people are secretly paying attention to the three of them.

Seeing the three of them chatting and laughing, and chatting very vigorously, many people thought they were talking about a billion-dollar cooperation, but in fact the three of them were talking about babies.

Brother Xiao Ma gave birth to a son a few years ago, who was about the same age as Cao Li.

A rich man like him is too cold to be at a high place, and he rarely talks about it with his subordinates and outsiders who are not close to him. The rich man who is qualified and acquainted and can chat together is often too old to chat together.

Only Cao Xuan, the child is about the same age as him, and the happiness and troubles of the two are relatively similar, and the relationship is close, so they don't worry about being leaked.

So the two fathers didn't chat a few words, and the topic turned to the children. At first, they complained that the children were difficult to manage, but later they gradually became a little bit of showing off.

"My daughter even got a certificate at the end of the term. She is a pacesetter in her studies. The teacher praises her for being smart every day."

"My son is the monitor of the class. He has exercised his management skills since he was a child. He will be a good seed for starting a business in the future."

"My daughter can also do handicrafts, and won the No.1 kindergarten."

"My son does his filial homework and washes my feet at home."

"..."

The two are competing here, and Hu Jing next to them doesn't even notice. The two of them are almost 70 years old together, and their joint wealth is hundreds of billions. Now they get more little red flowers here than anyone else's children in kindergarten. It's childish Childish.

But Cao Xuan and the others didn't feel naive at all. At their level, it doesn't matter how much property they have. Billions and tens of billions are just numbers.

Promising future generations is something to be proud of.

Cao Xuan also asked Xiao Ma to go to his house to see his daughter's certificate of merit——【2011 Second Semester Beijing Normal University Kindergarten Small (3) Class Learning Model】 and 【Beijing Normal University Kindergarten Handmade Competition No.1/Paper-cut Star】 .

He specially framed the two awards and hung them in the most prominent place in his honor room, with a higher status than his Grammy trophy.

If the Grammy Organizing Committee knows that their trophy will not be as good as a kindergarten paper-cutting competition one day, I am afraid they will vomit blood alive......

Brother Xiao Ma disturbed him so much, he thought about going home as a baby once, got a few awards in Xia Tian, ​​and ran over to show off with Cao Xuan.

The two were chatting below, and the joint annual meeting of Fanxing + other companies also officially started. The process is very simple, lottery draw + commendation + performances.

In terms of ostentation and bonuses, Fanxing is not necessarily the best in each company.

But when it comes to performances, other people are not enough to tie Fanxing with one hand.

Just kidding, what are Fanxing doing, China's leading entertainment group.

With guest appearances by internal artists and some stars who want to show their faces as guest performers, the annual program lineup is even worse than that of the Spring Festival Gala.

At last year's annual meeting, according to internal staff votes, Fanxing also specially said hello to South Korea, and Girls' Generation came to perform two songs for free.

This year's internal voting was mainly due to Liu Tianxian and Mimi's chorus, and Cao Xuan personally blackmailed the two of them and made a phone call.

So at this annual meeting, Da Mimi and Liu Tianxian took the stage at the same time for the first time, and sang their representative songs "Love's Offering" and "The World Is So Big and I Can Meet You" successively.

Although the tacit understanding between the two is not good, there is no interaction on the stage, and there is even a certain awkward atmosphere.

Just seeing the two on the same stage was enough for the employees to be happy. The cheers and screams continued, and the flashing lights were online throughout the process.

The photo was posted on the Internet, and within an hour it was on the trending searches, and netizens followed suit.

[My God, the two of you are on the same stage, is it really the end of the world? 】

[Goosebumps are rising, what should I do if I am embarrassed and happy at the same time]

[Suddenly found that the two are a good match, Honey T Immortal P]

[I object, the contrast is more sensual, I suggest fairy T honey P]

[Haha, I remember someone asking before, when will we be able to see Xianmi on the same stage, and someone replied that the Spring Festival Gala is not good, but now it seems that the Fanxing Annual Meeting is the number one show in the entertainment industry]

[I broke the news, I am an employee of Fanxing, the two of them can be on the same stage, it is all due to internal voting]

[I've also heard that it seems that every year at the Fanxing Annual Meeting, there is an internal vote among the employees for the artist they want to see the most. As long as it becomes the highest vote, Cao Xuan will try his best to do it]

[It started after Fanxing’s 2007th Anniversary Charity Gala in [-], and this year it’s the fourth one. The first one is Cao Xuan himself, the second one is Liu Tianwang, the third one is Girls’ Generation, and the fourth one is Xianmi. 】

[I want to watch Xiao Zhou and Cai Yilin sing together, is it possible? 】

【I vote for Zhang Shaohan and Fan Qiqi】

【Ms. Chen and Chef Xie must have a side table. If possible, please add Zhang Yunu and Wang Fei】

[The above is a bit disgusting, they have become enemies, please, be realistic, I still want to see Zhao Benshan and Fan Wei perform sketches]

[Little Black Fatty and Cao Jin master and apprentice said that cross talk is also good]

[Is there a possibility, let Cao Xuan get Xiao Ma to sing a song too]

【I want to watch Xiao Ma sing "QQ Love" (broken sound!!!)】

【You guys are treating Cao Xuan like a little devil fairy, right? But I like it, please make it harder】

[No matter how excited you are, it's useless, first become Fanxing employees and have the right to vote, let's talk]

[In order to eat melons on the spot, I decided to submit my resume immediately]

【…】

This year's annual meeting went very well. The employees had fun watching it, and there were plenty of prizes to win. From time to time, they could get some celebrity autographs and group photos, and the satisfaction was over the top.

After the annual meeting, it's basically time for the annual vacation.

Some departments have even been on vacation, and there are several key departments, as well as the final finishing work, which will start to go on vacation after a day or two.

Cao Xuan took an extra day to hold a mid-year meeting with the executives in the morning, and then had a heart-to-heart talk with several key artists of the company.

Especially Xian, Mi, Huang Bo, Hu Ge, Chen Yao, Gu Miaomiao, Zhao Xiaodao and others are likely to be the mainstays in the next two or three years. Cao Xuan does not want them to have any accidents.

During the period, I chatted a lot with Hu Ge and Da Mimi, these high-risk people, Cao Xuan hoped that they would calm down a little more honestly.

He even hinted that he agreed that they could have a serious relationship, but they must never mess around, let alone break the law.

At least until the end of this book, there must be no more accidents...

Boss Cao was terrified after thinking about it, and just a little bit, a certain top-ranking person signed in, and when the news came out, he would be in trouble.

Therefore, for some important roles in the follow-up "A Thousand Bone of Flowers" and "The Legend of the Ancient Sword", Cao Xuan plans to use the new ensemble stars dug out from the inside.

.........

Tired Cao Xuan sent Da Mimi and the others away, sat on the sofa and rubbed his eyes to rest when the door was knocked and Hu Ya came in.

"Vice President Ding from the Film and Television Department is looking for you."

"come in."

Ding Ying, whose hair was getting bald, walked into the office, and Cao Xuan pointed to the water dispenser.

"So pour it yourself, and I won't greet you."

Ding Ying is also a veteran who has been with Cao Xuan for many years, and he is not so hierarchical in private. He ran over to make two cups of tea by himself, and passed it to Cao Xuan to persuade him.

"If you have anything to say in the future, let Vice President Jiang explain it, and I'll trouble you to waste your time talking with them."

"Sister Jiang has a sharp mouth and a tofu heart. They know it well. If I come forward to beat them, they dare not refuse to listen."

Jiang Yue's qualifications and abilities are fine, but she is a bit hard-spoken and soft-hearted. This is not necessarily a bad thing, and it is easier to gain the trust of artists, but sometimes it is necessary for a black face to come out and scare.

In the past, they could even be found in the artist management department, but now that Liu Tianxian, Da Mimi, and Hu Ge are getting more and more popular, they are all top-tier outsiders.

Therefore, there are fewer and fewer Fanxing companies that can restrain them, and even if they can, they are not necessarily willing to come out to offend others.

Therefore, Cao Xuan and Hu Jing are the most suitable for this job in Fanxing.

Only the two of them scolded with a straight face, this group of people can listen to their hearts honestly, and can best play a warning and beating effect.

Although they are just artists, this group of people is just now popular, and the hidden value of the joint can exceed a high-quality listed company, which can still make Cao Xuan's voice tired.

"Tell me, what's the matter with me?"

Cao Xuan didn't want to talk too much, and when he asked about something serious, Ding Ying didn't hide it, and went straight to the point.

"Actually, it's not a big deal, but it's rather special, so I want to ask your opinion."

Ding Ying talked about his troubles, the matter is really not a big one, the cause is because of the companion chapter of "Wulin Biography" "Longmen Bodyguard Bureau".

"Wulin Biography" can be regarded as a representative work among the frequent masterpieces of Fanxing. Not only did it win two popular florets, Damimi and Guo Zhenni, but the Tongfu Inn in Fanxing Film and Television City ranks among the top three tourist attractions in the base every year.

Fan Xing actually wanted to make a sequel to such a blockbuster film and television work, but due to various reasons, it was never successful, and only a movie version was produced.

The data of "Wulin Biography" is quite impressive, with a box office of 2 million+, and it ranked among the top [-] at the box office last year. Considering the cost, it can be regarded as a model of small and big.

This movie also allows people to see the "gold content" of the signboard "Wulin Biography".

However, this movie has a bad reputation, and it is difficult for several leading actors such as Da Mimi and Guo Zhenni to play supporting roles in such a low-budget movie. The salary may also cause dissatisfaction among others, so Fan Xing has no plans to make another film.

Fanxing's family has a big business, so it doesn't matter if they give up this project, but it's different for others.

Fortuna, the screenwriter of "Wulin Biography", is preparing to create a companion story "Dragon Gate Escort". The script has been written, and he plans to find Fanxing for investment.

The God of Wealth's talent Fanxing is recognized, and is willing to invest in "Dragon Gate Escort", but now there is a disagreement.

Fanxing intends to let Shang Jing, the director of "Wulin Biography", be the director, but Caishen disagrees.

"According to our understanding, the relationship between God of Wealth and Shang Jing is hardly harmonious, mainly because God of Wealth wants to come out from behind the scenes to be the producer and producer of new dramas, while Shang Jing thinks God of Wealth likes to mess around and doesn't want him to intervene in the actual shooting. "

This is a bit euphemistic, but Cao Xuan can hear the meaning.

When he was filming "Wulin Biography" back then, he heard that the God of Wealth is a powerful and unconstrained style, and he likes to let go of himself at every turn, and then he was pulled back by Shang Jing.

At that time, the God of Wealth was unknown, and it didn't matter whether the director listened to him or not, but now that he has become famous, he is not reconciled to just being a screenwriter who listens to the director's fiddling, but wants to be the boss himself.

From this point of view, there is nothing wrong with it, who doesn't want to climb up, who doesn't want to be the boss, but the key is whether the God of Wealth has the ability to be the boss.

Cao Xuan felt that this point was open to discussion.

After the success of "Wulin Biography", many people's admiration focused on the screenwriter God of Wealth.

It is said that he is a talented screenwriter, and he has appeared in various interviews or variety shows of "Wulin Biography".

This is very rare in the film and television industry. In most cases, no one even cares about the director, let alone the screenwriter.

God of Wealth can get this treatment, on the one hand, the quality of the script is really good, his talent is unstoppable, and on the other hand, he was a well-known writer on the Internet at that time, with his own traffic.

The most important thing is that the age of blogging had already risen at that time, and there were many public intellectuals and cultural celebrities on the Internet, and he was one of them.

So at that time, "Wulin Biography" became popular, and apart from the few leading actors, the screenwriter who benefited the most was the God of Wealth.

However, many people unanimously ignored the existence of the director Shang Jing, thinking that the success of "Wulin Biography" was attributed to the God of Wealth, and Shang Jing was just lucky to get a good script.

But this is not the case, Shang Jing is a very capable comedy director.

Perhaps his other works are not as outstanding as "Wulin Biography", but there is a very noteworthy phenomenon, that is, the quality scores are not bad.

So Shang Jing and Caishen are two people, the latter is to increase the upper limit, while the former is to guarantee the lower limit.

Without the script of the God of Wealth, Shang Jinghui may perform moderately, but it will not be too bad.

And without Shang Jing controlling the crew, and only relying on the God of Wealth to be unconstrained, that would be one episode of God and one episode of ghosts, with both bright spots and loopholes, and the quality performance is extremely unstable.

Yuanshikong's "Dragon Gate Bodyguard Bureau" is the best example. Without Shangjing's help to control the crew and perfect the details, let the God of Wealth do it.

In a sense, the two can be regarded as golden partners, one is indispensable.

So Cao Xuan's meaning is also very simple: "Tell him, either Shang Jing will direct, or he will rewrite a script by himself."

The copyright of "Wulin Biography" belongs to Fanxing. If Fanxing disagrees, the sister chapter will cease to exist.

"Would that hurt him too much?"

Ding Ying and the God of Wealth had a good personal relationship, and although he didn't quite support the latter's approach, he didn't expect to be so stiff.

"It hurts Nima's head..."

Cao Xuan coughed, swallowed the words, and glanced at Ding Ying.

"Then what should we do? We will listen to everything he says? The meritorious director will kick him as soon as he says? Who begs whom?"

"You're right, I was wrong."

Ding Ying knew that he was talkative, so he quickly expressed his attitude, then turned and left.

Looking at his figure, Cao Xuan shook his head, and couldn't help but reflect on whether he had treated some creators too favorably in order to prioritize the quality of his works.

As a result, executives are relatively "soft", and sometimes they habitually compromise.

The vice president of Tangtang Group can't even deal with a screenwriter. Under normal circumstances, with Fanxing's size, he can't negotiate terms.

Fan Xing said whoever is the director is the director.

be opposed to?Oppose holding back, otherwise your project will be ruined, and if you take it out to other companies, no one will dare to invest.

But if you think about it carefully, this is also good. It’s easier for a big shop to bully customers. It’s a bit softer, but it’s easier to gain the trust and defection of creation, and it can also bring a good atmosphere to the whole circle.

If Fanxing takes the lead in engaging in black-hearted capital, and other companies learn from it, then it will be different from the original space-time internal entertainment.

Besides, Fan Xing is not really soft, soft is just appearance and an attitude.

If any fool really thinks that Fan Xing is easy to bully, wants to die, and jumps to provoke, then the end will be very sad.

Good people are fine if they don’t get angry, but when they get angry, the world will collapse. This is true of people, and so is the company...

(End of this chapter)