China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 71 "Youth Bao Qingtian" and Family Style ([-] in [-])

Beijing, a hotel
The box door opened, Cao Xuan brought Jiang Yue in, and looked at the people waiting in the room: "I'm sorry, everyone, I'm late."

"It's okay, we just came."

A chubby middle-aged man stood up, led Cao Xuan and the two to sit down, and then introduced him.

"This is Mr. Chen Yong Chen, the owner of Guangdong Oriental Pearl Culture Company, and the main investor of our "Youth Bao Qingtian"."

"Hello, Mr. Chen."

Cao Xuan got up and shook hands with Chen Yong. He knew this guy. He worked in the Hong Kong film and television industry earlier, and later went to the mainland to start a business.

He has produced a lot of film and television works, and is also an artist broker. Deng Chao is the one who excavated it. Shu Chang and Jin Dong have also signed contracts with his companies.

"Mr. Cao, it can be considered that I have met a real person. I am your fan."

Chen Yong's appearance is not amazing, but he loves to laugh very much, and he has a very bold spirit in his gestures. This is also the standard of many business owners these days.

After a few chats with Chen Yong, the fat middle-aged introduced the next one: "This is Director Sun of our Beijing TV Production Center, which is also the production unit of our drama."

As mentioned before, the TV drama production unit under the Beijing TV station is also one of the birthplaces of the Beijing circle.

The boss of this unit is Zheng Xiaolong, director of "Desire", "Jingcheng People in New York" and "The Legend of Zhen Huan", this Director Sun should be a deputy.

Beijing TV is an old acquaintance of Cao Xuan, and it is also the only TV resource that he can cooperate with for a long time. In a sense, the two sides are half their own.

Even this time, "Youth Bao Qingtian", to a certain extent, is also due to the introduction of the Beijing Production Center.

Of course, Cao Xuan's own popularity and popularity are the most critical reasons, otherwise people would not like him.

Deputy Director Sun has some restraint within the system, but his performance does not make people feel alienated, on the contrary, he feels that he is a very measured person.

After that, the fat middle-aged introduced the last middle-aged man with glasses: "This is Director Hu Mingkai of Xiangjiang, the director of our play."

"Hello, Mr. Cao."

Without waiting for Cao Xuan to say hello, Hu Mingkai took the lead to get up and shake his hand.

He is not like the first two, one is a producer and owner of a film and television company, and the other is a senior executive in Beijing and Taiwan, and his status is here.

As a director who has just come to the mainland, he has few works in his hands. The only famous one is Zhao Wenzhuo's "Once Upon a Time in Huang Feihong's Ideal Age".

It is no exaggeration to say that if he had a conflict with Cao Xuan in this play and had to go, then it would definitely not be Cao Xuan.

Hu Mingkai felt that he was a nobody, but he didn't know that Cao Xuan really knew him.

This guy is not well-known at the moment, but he will really shoot a lot of works in the future. The more famous ones are not only "Youth Bao Qingtian", but also Huang Haibin's "The Legend of Heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties".

In addition, Hu Mingkai has also made several series of TV movies, such as "Father and Son Detective" series, "Tiger Head Fortress Series", Zhong Hanliang, Shi Xiaolong's "House of Fire" series, which can be said to be a frequent visitor to CCTV's Six Princesses.

The two producers and directors, the fat middle-aged producer of "Youth Bao Qingtian", and the male protagonist Cao Xuan, the important members of the crew are all together.

That's right, with Cao Xuan's rapid popularity after September, he has become very popular and has the strength to initially break through the barriers of the film and television industry.

The crew of Hong Kong and Taiwan is hard to say, but if Cao Xuan wants to fight for the crew of non-big-produced TV dramas in the Mainland, he is very hopeful to get it.

The drama "Youth Bao Qingtian" is very fragrant. Chen Yong and director Hu Mingkai are both from the Hong Kong film and television industry.

However, Chen Yong's company is located in Guangdong Province, and with a Beijing TV station, it can be regarded as an out-and-out mainland production crew.

The most important thing is that Chen Yong's company has just been established, and he is eager to start the company's name, but it is secondary to supporting people, which gives Cao Xuan an opportunity to expand his influence in the film and television industry.

One needs high popularity actors to attract heat and hype the topic for the play.

One wants to value the influence of this TV series and consolidate its status in the film and television circle by the way.

The two sides hit it off and soon began to discuss specific cooperation matters.

Different from "Little Li Flying Knife" and "The True Color of Criminal Police", the two crews, Cao Xuan, are supporting roles, and the others don't have to worry about it, just play their own plays well.

But now he has become the male protagonist in "Youth Bao Qingtian", and the whole drama is dominated by him, so there are more things involved, and many things need to be discussed in detail.

First and foremost - pay.

This is Cao Xuan's first time as a male protagonist, and because he has just become popular, there is no unified salary standard.

"Youth Bao Qingtian" here hopes that he can make some concessions. After all, Chen Yong's company has just opened, and the funds are a little tight. It would be better to make some space for the male lead's salary.

But Cao Xuan didn't open a charity hall either. No matter how optimistic he is about "Youth Bao Qingtian", he can't just reduce his salary.

The salary is good but not easy to increase, especially for his first time as the male lead. Once a precedent is set, Cao Xuan will not be able to get high salary for other dramas in the future.

Therefore, it is difficult for the entertainment industry to see actors drop their salaries. Even if they do, they emphasize that it is a friendship price, which means that the money is less but the favor is earned, and it also blocks the mouths of other people.

I have friendship with others, so I cut the price, but I have no friendship with you, so we still come at the market price.

Cao Xuan's remuneration is not very easy to calculate. In terms of popularity and popularity, he can almost be compared with first-line actors.

But this popularity comes from the music world. He is a newcomer who has just debuted in the film and television circle, so even Cao Xuan is a little unsure of what price to set.

Later, he simply followed Ren Xianqi. Ren Xianqi starred in "The Condor Heroes", and the salary announced to the public was about 120 million.

Compared with Ren Xianqi's popularity at the time, this price is a little lower, but after all, he is the first actor to play the male lead, and the aura of Jin Yong's martial arts IP in "The Legend of Condor Heroes" is also fair.

Cao Xuan is now more famous than Ren Xianqi at the beginning, not to mention that he still has the character Ximen Qing who is out of the circle, and then calculate the inflation in the past two years.

The remuneration he offered to the crew of "Youth Bao Qingtian" was 150 million.

This price may be somewhat inflated, but with all the asking price and paying back the money on the spot, Cao Xuan has to leave some room for the crew to bargain.

Sure enough, the crew of "Youth Bao Qingtian" could not accept this price. They intended to win Cao Xuan for 80 yuan, and the bottom line was 100 million yuan.

This time, it was Cao Xuan's turn to quit. He understood that he would be counter-offered, but he couldn't directly cut him in the middle.

So, the two sides began to argue.

During the negotiation, Cao Xuan did not come forward, and Jiang Yue led someone to take charge of the specific responsibility. After intense negotiations, Cao Xuanfang reduced the salary to 120 million, but "Youth Bao Qingtian" insisted on staying still when it rose to 100 million.

Seeing that the talk was about to collapse, Chen Yong was really reluctant to bear Cao Xuan's popularity, so he proposed to take the remuneration for the investment.

If Cao Xuan agrees, his remuneration is priced at 150 million, and the total investment of "Youth Bao Qingtian" is about 1500 million. After conversion, Cao Xuan accounts for 10% of the share.

Jiang Yue refused this proposal without even thinking about it.

What an actor earns is the salary, and it has nothing to do with him whether the show is good or bad, but if the salary is converted into investment, it is good to say that if you earn it, it will be a waste of time if you lose it.

If it is the kind of big production that is expected to become a hit, that's all. The first work of a new company like "Youth Bao Qingtian", who can guarantee that it will become popular?
However, Jiang Yue, who was about to refuse, was stopped by Cao Xuan.

Others don't know, but he knows how popular "Youth Bao Qingtian" is, one of the most popular TV series in 2000.

You can even get rid of one of them. At that time, the show was rebroadcasted countless times in major provincial and municipal TV stations, and it still won the first place in the same period a few years later.

"Youth Bao Qingtian" has become popular with a large number of newcomers such as Ren Quan and Li Bingbing, and Zhou Jie has become the most popular young actor in the mainland by virtue of this drama and "Han Zhu Ge Ge".

In 2000, the media commented on the four mainland students, Li Yapeng, Lu Yi, Chen Kun, and Hu Bing.

The first two were okay, but the last two were badly criticized by the audience. At that time, Chen Kun just became famous with "Like Fog, Like Rain and Like Wind", and Hu Bing was not very famous. "Huang Lei is on a par.

Therefore, it was reviewed again and Huang Lei was replaced by Hu Bing, but Zhou Jie was still ranked outside the four majors.

Aside from the fact that Zhou Jie was once plagued by negative news at the time, his weak appearance was also an important reason.

It is precisely because of this that Cao Xuan is very interested in investing in "Youth Bao Qingtian", and he thinks that the prospect of this play is worth taking a gamble on.

The remuneration has become an investment, and this is not Jiang Yueneng's decision, so Cao Xuan personally went out today to negotiate with the "Youth Bao Qingtian" crew.

.........

Everyone chatted for a while and started to get straight to the point.

Cao Xuan's request is very simple. He is more optimistic about this drama and wants to make additional investment, 100 million plus remuneration to get 20% of the share.

In addition, as an investor who brings capital into the group, he wants to play an important role.

This request made Chen Yong hesitant and heartbroken.

The hesitation is to give up 20% of the share, and his own profits will be divided, but in the same way, Cao Xuan is willing to contribute capital + remuneration conversion, which also shares his pressure invisibly.

Deputy Director Sun didn't care. The Beijing Production Center invested 500 million yuan, which would neither be added nor reduced. Cao Xuan's share was all connected with Chen Yong.

It's just that as one of the investors of the "Youth Bao Qingtian" crew, it is related to the change of the crew's investment share, so I can't be there to witness.

Chen Yong thought about it for a while, then went out to make several phone calls before speaking to Cao Xuan.

"Yes, but the investment cannot be less than 150 million. President Cao, this is our bottom line. The remuneration has been converted to 150 million for you. This is also an investment of real money."

Cao Xuan thought about it, and seeing that Chen Yong didn't look like a fake, nodded in agreement: "Yes."

150 million investment + 150 million remuneration conversion, a total of 300 million, which is exactly 20% of the share of "Youth Bao Qingtian".

Immediately afterwards, Cao Xuan chatted about the role again. Who would have thought that as soon as he opened his mouth, Chen Yong began to pour bitter water. There is a meaning inside and outside the words, and the heroine can't give it.

Cao Xuan was not surprised by this.

Just like Chen Yong's appearance just now, he can't even decide the share of 300 million. Obviously, he, the first investor, is not so proud.

Cao Xuan even suspects that Chen Yong may not have all the so-called 1500 million shares now.

The crew obviously did not start until the end of this year, and now they will contact the male protagonist in January. It is very likely that they will use Cao Xuan as a signboard and then go out to attract investment.

This trick is not new in the film and television industry. Some crews don't even have scripts, and they dare to go out and invest if they have ordered male and female protagonists.

There's no way, many laymen don't understand script and film and television shooting. Whether they invest or not depends on whether there are stars in your crew, so the more popular the stars in the group, the better the investment.

Before, many crews with this idea contacted Cao Xuan, but Cao Xuan refused, and only approached the "Legacy Pearl" of "Youth Bao Qingtian".

Cao Xuan interrupted Chen Yong's grievances and said directly: "I don't want a heroine. Isn't there a second female Pang Feiyan in the crew? It's quite suitable for me to have a friend."

"Pang Feiyan?"

Chen Yong glanced at Hu Mingkai, and the other party nodded slightly. He knew everything in an instant, but he still said: "This role is quite important, and the actors should not be sloppy."

"Don't worry, my friend is from a Chinese opera class, and his acting skills are no problem."

Chen Yong wanted to say more, but Cao Xuan became impatient: "Mr. Chen, I have given in many times before. You can't satisfy me with this request."

"How do you say this, isn't it Pang Feiyan, no problem."

Seeing Cao Xuan was a little annoyed, Chen Yong also knew that he was a little too far ahead, and immediately changed his tone. Deputy Director Sun used to be a transparent person before, but this time he also came out to smooth things out.

"Since the conditions are met, and there is no objection from all parties, then our cooperation this time is established. I will mention one and wish us a smooth cooperation this time."

With such a ladder built by him, Cao Xuan and the two descended the donkey, and the others sitting together raised their glasses.

"Smooth cooperation!"

An hour later, Cao Xuan, Chen Yong and others waved goodbye and got into their commercial car.

On the way, Cao Xuan rubbed the back of his head, which was a little dazed, and explained to Jiang Yue.

"Sister Jiang, go back and run more. Our studio is now expanding its business scope, and all procedures must be completed."

"Don't worry, leave it to me."

Jiang Yue's face was excited. Although she didn't understand why Cao Xuan chose to invest in "Youth Bao Qingtian", Cao Xuan's taking this step also means that Fanxing's business is no longer limited to an artist studio.

The new field and new challenges make Jiang Yue, who is gradually developing into a strong woman, excited and full of motivation.

The driver Zhu Jiang sent Cao Xuan to Dashizuo Hutong, and then took Jiang Yue back to the studio to work on the materials, ready to sign an investment contract with the "Youth Bao Qingtian" crew.

After entering the gate, Sun Lan was feeding the dog, and she frowned as Cao Xuan came in full of alcohol.

"Didn't you quit drinking?"

"Just when we negotiated a cooperation, people kept toasting. I don't want to let Sister Jiang be a woman, so I can only do it myself."

"How much do you drink?"

"I didn't drink much. It was mainly because a few people poured me together. I drank too quickly. It'll be fine for a while."

When Cao Shuangguo heard the movement, he asked Cao Xuan to go back to the house to lie down, poured some hot water for him to sober up, and heard that Cao Xuan was not full just now, Sun Lan hurriedly went to the kitchen to give him a meal.

Although it shouldn't be, Cao Xuan really enjoys being taken care of by his parents, and he simply used the wine to act as a "giant baby" with a cheeky face.

Cao Xuan, who was overwhelmed by alcohol, was restless in bed, took out his mobile phone and called Hu Jing.

"Guess who I am."

"...Liu Dehua?"

"Guess wrong, I'm more handsome than him."

"Pooh."

Hu Jing snorted him and asked, "Why do you remember calling me at this time? I'm rehearsing with my classmates."

"It's nothing, just to let you pay attention to the schedule at the end of the year, I got you a role."

"What role?"

"I can't tell for a while. Come back to the studio to talk about it. Anyway, I think it suits you very well, and the role is quite heavy, so I grabbed the role for you."

Hearing Cao Xuan's words, Hu Jing felt sweet in her heart, but she was still a little worried: "Will this affect you? Actually, I don't need to accept the show. I can wait for the opportunity."

"The impact is not great, but the price is quite high. I invested 300 million to put you in the group, and you will repay it well when you look back."

"How to repay?"

"Just the repayment between normal actresses and investors, you don't understand and I will teach you slowly."

"Pooh."

Hu Jing spat again on the phone, Cao Xuan laughed, but the laughter stopped abruptly.

Cao Shuangguo stood at the door with noodles on his face with a serious face, looked at Cao Xuan whose expression had changed, and turned back and shouted at Sun Lan in the yard.

"Fuck you, bring me the broom, I'm going to straighten up our old Cao family today."

"Dad, misunderstanding, I was just joking."

"Dad, don't be impulsive, say something if you have something to say, Mom, please stop me.

"Dad...ah!!!"

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