China Entertainment: I became a capital tycoon

Chapter 454 452. Daily box office exceeds 5 million, TF family (-in-, K)

Chen Kaige's studio.

"How could the box office of Despicable Me be higher on the second day than on the first day? Is it really over 90 million?"

Brother Chen Kai was completely sour when he saw this data.

The box office sales of my own movies in the past few years have never been high, but that Cao Thief's movie is only 6 million short of the record of breaking 100 million in a single day? What's happening here?

He could understand that the box office on the first day was high. The cartoon hit June 1st and used the name of Hollywood, so it should be higher.

But you are also high the next day, don’t children even have to go to school?

"He stole the box office?"

The more he thought about it, the less sense it made.

"Husband, this animation is 3D, and some of the ticket prices are higher than ordinary movies. Moreover, the movie is not only suitable for children, but also for adults. You will know what it says on Weibo."

Chen Hong said, opened his phone and handed it to Brother Chen Kai.

“My husband’s movies must be supported!”

"I've watched it twice. It's so good. Those minions are so fun. I even bought a set of toys."

"Unlucky Gru made me laugh so hard. My child has never laughed from the beginning to the end. I highly recommend it."

"You should be happy when you watch a movie. I will watch it again today."

"Yesterday on Children's Day, I was embarrassed to fight for seats with the children, so today I went to support me. My husband is indeed a screenwriter who has won an Oscar. The movie is very beautiful. I like the little girl in it. She is so cute. I Dear husband, I want to have a girl like this with you."

"Upstairs, wake up, this is my husband...that girl was born to us."

"Honey, is there a second part of the movie?"

"I want to watch it a third time!"

……

Looking at these comments on Weibo, as well as the movies, toys, etc. posted by many people, thinking of the appeal of Cao Thief, the National Husband, Brother Chen Kai felt even more bitter.

"Thief Cao is selling his looks to get the box office!"

He slapped his phone on the table and said something that made Chen Hong feel helpless.

"Husband, don't be angry. Let's just make a good film on the next movie. You have to guest star on the set of "The Founding of the People's Republic of China" tomorrow."

Chen Hong persuaded him, took back his phone, and thought to himself: "Cao Yu is indeed very popular with girls."

Brother Chen Kai thought of the movie "The Founding of the People's Republic of China" and felt proud for once: "I can play a role in it, but you, the traitor Cao, don't have this chance."

China Film.

"Six million is missing and the daily box office exceeds 100 million?"

Han Sanping also couldn't believe this data. Is Cao Yu's appeal really so strong?

He took a sip of tea and suddenly picked up the phone.

"Xiao Cao, I am Han Sanping."

"Director Han, what are your instructions?"

"Congratulations, you almost set a record of over 100 million in daily box office."

"I didn't expect that it was all the fans who gave me face."

When Cao Yu learned about yesterday's box office results, he was a little surprised. Later he found out that it was all his fans' support.

"I still want to congratulate you, you have good taste."

Han Sanping smiled, and then said: "You are just a screenwriter, but you have such high box office appeal. Then you must make a guest appearance in the film "The Founding of the People's Republic of China"."

"Director Han, I really don't have time."

"Xiao Cao, I called other celebrities with just a text message. Zhou Xingchi even begged to play a role. I personally called you to invite you. You have to give me this honor."

"Ok."

After all, he is in the entertainment industry. Whether it is introducing movies or deepening cooperation in the future, Han Sanping will not give him face.

But he immediately asked: "What role will Director Han arrange for me?"

"As a soldier, when the great man reviews the troops, you are responsible for reporting to the great man, and the photo can be completed in half a day."

"Oh, then please let me know when it's time to take the photo."

Cao Yu thought for a while, isn't this Liu Ye's character? Not bad indeed, very impressive.

It's just that I feel a little sorry for Liu Ye.

"That's it."

Han Sanping finally smiled with satisfaction after hearing Cao Yu's promise, and then said: "Has the script of the science fiction movie you mentioned been written?"

"It's written and we can start filming next year. Then I may ask Director James to give us some guidance."

"You're quite thoughtful."

China is indeed lacking in science fiction films. If James can really be invited, it will definitely help the progress of China's science fiction films. Han Sanping feels that the other party has considered this very comprehensively.

The box office success of "Despicable Me" was immediately reported by major media outlets.

The reputation of screenwriter Cao Yu is even greater than that of Li Yu and Wu Yusen, who have won Oscars.

Of course, Huanyu Film and Television spent money on promotion. On the other hand, this cartoon is indeed very good-looking.

On the third day of its release, the box office remained at 91 million. Although it dropped slightly on the fourth day, it still earned 85 million. In total, the box office for the four days exceeded 300 million.

The global box office grossed $130 million.

In addition to these, Minion toys have sold more than 10 million sets.

On Saturday, June 6th, the first movie in the Chinese Film Market with a daily box office of over 100 million was born.

"One hundred and four million, it finally exceeded 100 million! Huanyu introduced this film and made crazy money!"

"A cartoon that has gained both word-of-mouth and box office success is the pride of Chinese screenwriters. It truly deserves the Oscar for Best Screenplay!"

“Cao Yu’s box office appeal exceeds everyone’s imagination!”

……

While the industry is envious, major media and websites are competing to report on this news.

In contrast, although the previously released "Transformers 2" performed well at the box office, its reputation began to decline.

"After watching "Despicable Me" and then watching "Transformers 2," I felt that apart from the noise, the screen was filled with endless fights between giant machines, which was a bit disappointing."

"Besides the earth-shattering explosions, powerful attacks, and heart-rending screams, this movie "Transformation 2" has nothing to recommend you. I couldn't stand it after watching it halfway through."

"Although "Transformation 2" has a big scene, I prefer "Despicable Me" which is happy and tender. I have watched it three times!"

"I took my child to watch "Despicable Me" on June 2st, and on Sunday I took him to see "Despicable Me". The child was made to cry after watching it for a while, so we had no choice but to watch "Despicable Me" again."

"The third chapter is finished. Come on, hubby, hurry up and release the second part. I can't wait."

……

Due to these reviews, the daily box office of "Transformation 2" has dropped to more than million, and many theaters directly gave up their production to "Despicable Me".

On Sunday, due to the increase in film schedules, the box office of this animated film reached an astonishing 110 million, which is almost the same as the total box office of some domestic movies.

The global box office also achieved more than 200 million in one week.

On Monday, as soon as Cao Yu arrived at the office, he received a call from Bob of Universal Pictures.

"CAO, when will the script for the second Minions movie be released?"

"Bob, don't worry about the second part. I want to think about it carefully. It won't be too late to start the project next year and it will be released the year after that."

"But since the first one did so well at the box office, we should keep up the good work, and it would be best if it could be released next Christmas."

How could Bob not be in a hurry? For such a profitable series of movies, it is best to have one film a year.

Cao Yu said: "If you want to make a sequel, you have to make it well. You can't just follow the example."

"Then you think about it slowly. By the way, I will come to Los Angeles in a while and give you a celebration party."

Cao Yu's words reminded Bob of the results of the third and fourth parts of "The Fast and the Furious" and he quickly changed the topic.

"Let's talk about it, go when you have time."

Cao Yu is a little busy now. He has to help Liu Yifei watch the audition for "Beauty's Scheming" on June 15th.

He needs to pay attention to the later stages of the two TV series "The Age of Naked Marriage" and "Northern Love". "Love Apartment" is about to premiere, and he also has to deal with some things.

He will go to Han Bang in July and the northwest in August. Several schools donated by the Han Hong Foundation are also about to start school. He and Han Hong are going to visit them.

After all these things are done, he can go on vacation with Yang Shuxue.

After hanging up the phone, Cao Yu rarely logged into Weibo. It looked like there was no content, but the accounts with a lot of messages were a little helpless. "Before my rebirth, I always hated the fandom culture. Who would have thought that I would become the enlightenment of the fandom?"

After hesitating for a while, he posted a message on Weibo for the first time.

"Thank you to the fans for their love for me and support for "Despicable Me", but making money is not easy. I hope everyone can spend rationally and stop posting movie tickets, and don't blindly buy them three or four times just to support me. Thank you all, in the future There will be better movies for everyone.”

As soon as it was uploaded, there were countless likes, comments and reposts.

"My husband is finally out! Welcome!"

"Husband, oh so, I love you!"

"Boss Cao is such a good boss, he can consider us, but we still want to support you!"

"What is Feiyu's next movie? I want to support you, but you have no movies released recently."

"It seems to be "Into the Dust" directed by Zhang Yimou. Director Zhang said that this was the first film to be shot using the one-shot shooting technique."

"look forward to."

……

In just one hour, Cao Yu's Weibo went viral, with tens of millions of comments and retweets, putting an end to rumors that Liu Dehua was about to get married.

The next day, the box office not only did not drop, but was almost the same as the previous day.

You know, this is a Monday working day, so it is a miracle to have such box office results.

Wang Zhonglei of Huayi looked at Cao Yu's Weibo and cursed in displeasure: "This Cao Yu is so good at hype. Anyone who believes what he says would be really stupid!"

"The entertainment industry is all about hype, how can this guy not understand? Don't worry about him now, think about us first."

Wang Zhongjun pretended not to care and continued: "The post-production of "The Wind" is almost finished. You talk to Zhou Xun about her new boyfriend before it is released to attract some box office and wait until the movie becomes a big hit. After the company goes public in October, the stock will definitely rise sharply.”

"Yes, I know."

Regardless of whether it was hype or not, Wang Zhonglei couldn't do anything about Cao Yu now: "Brother, I called Cao Yu a few days ago and asked him to celebrate, but he didn't agree. This guy is getting more and more arrogant."

"When you become the third richest person on the list, you can be proud!"

Wang Zhongjun comforted his younger brother: "I heard that Cao Yu is very busy recently. You must not be in a hurry about your appointment with him to go to Australia."

"Are you not in a hurry? I really want to catch him and get back the 3% of shares I lost to him. When we go public, these 3% of shares are a huge sum."

Wang Zhonglei felt a little heartbroken when he thought of the 3% of Huayi shares he lost in gambling.

"Forget it, let's move on. I'll go to Miguo in a while. We have a good relationship with Lions Gate and we're also working on a co-production."

Wang Zhongjun smiled faintly and looked into the distance: "In a few months, Huayi will really be listed, and we can finally spend investors' money!"

Feiyu Entertainment.

"Boss, I heard that Huayi's listing application has been submitted. Are we, Feiyu, really not considering listing?"

Following Cao Yu, he has gone from a small company with not many people to the current Vice President Chen Chengjie, who has now become the general manager.

"How many times have I told you in meetings that entertainment companies are not going public? I don't want to explain this issue anymore!"

Cao Yu came to the elevator impatiently and pressed the up button.

"Boss, many department managers in the company, including Mr. Cai Yinong and Mr. Cai, hope that we can go public like Huayi."

Manager Chen and others naturally want to go public, so that they will get the original shares of the company, and the income will definitely be much better than receiving bonuses.

"talk about it later."

Cao Yu snorted and immediately entered the elevator.

Now that Feiyu is developing so well, if it goes public and is coveted by others, it will be easily controlled and subject to supervision.

If you don't go public, you can monopolize the power and make a fortune in silence, isn't it?

Moreover, entertainment companies can only be listed domestically. The Chinese stock market index has been quite stable for more than ten years, which is not interesting.

Besides, I am short of money from investors?

Even if you really want to play in the stock market in the future, you can just set up a few branches below and let them go public, so that the foundation will never be messed up.

Even for Fei'e Technology, he only plans to launch Fei'e Video.

Arriving upstairs and passing by the dance training room, Song Qian saw Cao Yu and immediately ran out: "Boss."

"Let me see, how is everyone practicing?"

Cao Yu took a look inside the door and saw that they were all beautiful women.

In the room, many girls saw the boss and all started to show off their good dance moves.

Song Qian had nothing to do about this situation and whispered: "Everything is fine."

"That's alright. You will inform everyone later that there will be an audition for "Beautiful Hearts" in a few days. Dancers will be required to participate in the filming, and there will also be a few roles that are good at dancing. Anyone who is interested can try it out."

The beauties in the room all became excited when they heard that the boss was going to choose roles from the dance troupe.

Especially Reba and Nazha, who had always wanted to be actors, felt that the opportunity to stand out had finally come.

Song Qian has been Cao Yu's woman for a long time. She just finished filming "Watch the Meteor Shower with You" and now she still wants some resources: "Boss, can you arrange a role for me?"

"Normal audition, I'll give it to you if it suits you."

Cao Yu did not agree directly: "In Feiyu, no matter who you are, you have to rely on your strength to speak for yourself."

After explaining, let the dance troupe continue practicing and walked to another training room.

"Hi boss."

Seeing the boss come in, the three boys and a piano teacher said hello quickly.

Cao Yu glanced at Yi Yang Qianqian, Wang Yuan and Wang Junkai who had signed in to the company, and asked with a smile: "How are the three little guys doing?"

The piano teacher said: "It's okay. I plan to let them all reach the second level before the end of the summer vacation."

"Thanks for your hard work."

Cao Yu nodded. It was not bad to reach piano level two in three months.

He continued: "When they can complete a song independently, I will have someone record their learning process and then post it to a video website."

Yiyang Qianqian, who has a more cheerful personality, immediately asked: "Boss, are you planning to train us into a boy band?"

"It doesn't have to be the three of you. It depends on how well you practice."

Cao Yu looked at the three childish boys and said calmly: "It depends on the market's feedback. If you don't perform well, I will choose someone else. You will not only learn piano but also practice singing this summer." , dance, acting, martial arts. In addition, I can’t relax on my academic performance, otherwise I will have to replace myself with someone else.”

"We must work hard!"

When the three boys heard what their boss said, although they felt it was hard, they could only nod in agreement in order to become stars.

When Cao Yu left here, he listened to the sound of piano playing in the room again, and thought to himself: "The talent shows in the past few years have made the atmosphere a bit skewed. I will not train you to be just a little fresh meat who is incapable of doing anything." .”

Thinking of the poop-picking boy in the original world, he couldn't help but cursed: "Potty Johnny, a dog in the American emasculation plan! I will never let you cause trouble in China! The candy is so sweet, fuck it! Ugh~"

Just when Cao Yu was planning to raise three boys, a man named Huang Rui, seeing the success of the Japanese country Johnny, was explaining his ideas to a real estate businessman named Li Fei in Yanjing.

"I think Johnny's method of cultivating and creating stars can be replicated in China. If we also set up an entertainment company and recruit a group of children as trainees, we might also be successful."

"Anything going on?"

Although Li Fei also knew about the Japanese Johnny, he was still worried about the different national conditions and was undecided for a while.

Huang Rui is full of confidence: "There are definitely celebrities who have a head start and can attract more audiences than adult celebrities. This is definitely a huge business opportunity. No one in China is doing this now."

"That's a good idea. Will it delay those children?"

"How can we call it a delay? We made them famous and popular, but it's not too late for them to thank us."

Huang Rui's idea of ​​​​moving Johnny's model to China is no longer a day or two. It is a pity that he has no money, and the real estate developer in front of him is the key to his success.

"Okay, let's get started!"

Li Fei thought for a while and finally nodded: "What's the name of the company?"

"You are an investor, come up with one."

"Then let's call him Shi Fengjun."

"This is a good name. Handsome guys and beauties come from mountain cities. Our trainees' training camp can be held in the mountain city. I've already thought of a name. Let's call it TF Family. How about it?"

Hearing that Li Fei had come up with the name of the company, Huang Rui immediately told all his plans.

"Okay, I will take care of the money and registering the company. You can go to the mountain city in a few days and start selecting good talents."

They are both young people and they just do what they say. One is preparing to register a company, and the other is going to the mountain city to find a suitable place for a training camp. When the company is established, they will start working hard.

(End of this chapter)