China Entertainment: I became a capital tycoon

Chapter 456 454. I like to play heroine (5-in-, K)

Now Feiyu Entertainment has signed Yin Zheng's Yuan Hua and Tian Yu's Teacher Wang, leaving only the soul characters Xia Luo and Dong Mei.

If it really can win Happy Twist, this movie will basically be a success.

However, Cao Yu is not sure whether Shen Teng's boss will sell Happy Twist. It doesn't matter if he doesn't sell it. If he has money, is he afraid that he won't be able to invite them to perform?

It will be two years before Shen Teng makes his first appearance on the Spring Festival Gala. Cao Yu plans to turn this script into a drama first, and then make a movie version after Shen Teng makes his first appearance on the Spring Festival Gala.

Only in this way can there be topics and traffic.

As for the theater for Jia Ling, it is also a good channel to find opportunities to cooperate with Uncle Benshan's Liu Laogen Stage and Deyun Society in the future.

He was planning "Charlotte Troubles" when Yang Mi knocked on the door and came in.

"Brother, my studio planning plan is ready. Don't keep your word."

"I'll take a look first. If it doesn't work, I can't invest."

It's not that Cao Yu is reluctant to give up money, he's just afraid that this girl will be cheated.

He took a document from Yang Mi and saw that she had named her work "Micro Media Film and Television Studio". Its main business was film and TV drama script planning and shooting, artist management services, etc.

"interesting."

Cao Yu read the beginning and felt that this girl had some ideas. He praised it and continued reading.

In the plan, Yang Mi plans to invest in a small-cost TV series or movie this year, and then sign a few promising newcomers after building a reputation.

And the collaborators she chose were none other than her college roommates Yuan Shanshan and Zhang Xiaofei.

Cao Yu felt relieved: "Fortunately, it's these two people, not the two named Zeng."

In his impression, Zhang Xiaofei's acting skills are good, but it's a pity that he was a late bloomer. He only became famous when he was with Jia Ling, and he didn't know much about the others.

As for Yuan Shanshan, her impression seems to be that she is a bit teasing. After being praised by Yu Chaocha, she even squeezed out her roommate Zhang Xiaofei.

Can these three people really start a career together?

There are three women in one drama. Although the two women who cheated Yang Mi are gone, Cao Yu still doesn't think highly of them.

But wouldn't it be more interesting?

"I really want to see what Xiaomi Mi can do with her studio."

Thinking of this, Cao Yu smiled and said: "Mimi, I can invest for you. How much can you offer? What are you going to make for your first film?"

"What to shoot? I...I haven't thought about it yet!"

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Cao Yu was completely speechless. This girl must be too dependent on her under his care.

Seeing her brother holding her forehead and being speechless, Yang Mi felt a little embarrassed. After thinking about it, she said: "After I finish filming "Beauty's Scheming", I can make a martial arts TV series first, or find a book and adapt it. Then This "Zhu Xian" is very good, and Xian Xia is very popular now."

"Fairy Sword III" has become popular again, which has indeed created a trend of fairy tales in China. Many film and television companies are focusing on this.

However, there are not many fairy tale novels on the market at present, so some people have focused on classic themes such as "Journey to the West" and "Ji Gong".

Cao Yu agreed with Yang Mi's plan: "It's okay. You can try it. Then just have fun. How much do you want to pay?"

Yang Mi has made a lot of money in the past few years: "How about I invest one million myself? I will try to get a few more classmates from our class to sign in, and there will also be some good juniors and girls in the school." I can sign it.”

"That's a good idea. I'll give you two million. Just like Xixi, the company will hold 65% of the shares, and you can divide the remaining 35% as you see fit."

Cao Yu didn't care about two million, so he just let Yang Mi get some training: "You can take your manager, Sister Ding, with you. She's pretty good."

Yang Mi's current manager is Feiyu's eldest sister named Ding, not Zhao Ruoruo. She has been following Yang Mi for many years, and the two of them work well together.

"Thank you, brother, then I'll go pick an office."

Yang Mi kissed Cao Yu on the mouth with satisfaction, and then left happily.

"This girl, I don't know who can do better between her and Sissi. However, I seem to take more care of Sissi, which is a bit bad."

Watching Yang Mi leave, Cao Yu had a smile on his face.

"This is a good start. When the two girls are ready, we can leave the film and television work to them, the music to Zhang Liangying, and the variety show cannot be given to Yang Ying, but Jia Ling can be responsible. This woman is very kind and dedicated. .”

"At that time, I can enjoy life behind the scenes."

……

Although there wasn't much publicity about the casting auditions for Crystal Studio's new drama, the news still spread in circles.

Almost everyone in the circle knows that the backer behind this studio is Feiyu Entertainment. If you can participate in Feiyu's drama, you may become an instant hit.

"Mom, just take care of yourself, I'm all grown up."

"Sissi, although you have a boyfriend, in mom's eyes, you are still a child."

When Liu Xiaoli heard that her daughter was going to star in a new drama, she expressed dissatisfaction: "You are considered a small boss now, why do you still have to act in it yourself? Besides, you are already at the top of your TV series and have entered Hollywood. It’s best to develop on the big screen in the future, why do you want to act in a TV series?”

"I just want to act! You didn't object to me acting in TV series before!"

Liu Yifei has rarely been tough-minded since she was a child.

"You kid, you are becoming more and more disobedient! It was before, but now you are the boss!" Liu Xiaoli was furious: "I'll call Xiao Cao! I can't control you, I'll let your boyfriend do it! "

In Liu Xiaoli's eyes, Cao Yu is already her son-in-law, and he must obey her.

Before Liu Yifei could object, she hung up the phone and called Cao Yu.

Cao Yu is looking at the box office of "Despicable Me" in the past two days and the release plan of "Avatar".

Ten days before the release of "Despicable Me", the box office in the Mainland was close to 900 million. By mid-June, the figure finally began to decline, to more than 40 million per day.

This is considered a normal phenomenon. It is estimated that the box office will be lower in the second half of the year, but it should not be a big problem if China’s total box office exceeds 1.3 billion.

Next, there will be "Avatar" to take over, and then there will be another wave of box office climax.

After reading the box office report, Cao Yuna just picked up the sales report of "Northern Love" when the phone rang.

"Why did auntie call me suddenly?"

After answering the phone, he asked: "Auntie, what's the matter? Are you going to finish the project?"

"It's almost done. My drama will be finished next month."

On the phone, Liu Xiaoli's voice was still a little angry: "Xiao Cao, Sissi wants to act in a TV series, why don't you stop her?"

Cao Yu was startled when asked, Liu Yifei is an adult, why should I stop her?

Besides, what's the reason for acting in a TV series?

"Auntie, Sissi wants to play, it's okay."

"It doesn't matter! She has already entered Hollywood, and her Hollywood movie is about to be released. Why should she act in a TV series?"

When Liu Xiaoli said this, she suddenly felt that she was a little hasty in speaking. What is Cao Yu now? A Chinese tycoon, a famous entrepreneur, and a perfect son-in-law, his tone just now seemed a bit inappropriate.

She quickly lowered her voice: "Xiao Cao, auntie was a little hasty when she spoke just now. Don't worry about our family. You dote on Sissi, and auntie can understand, but you can't let her do whatever she wants. If there is a good movie for her, Auntie has no objection, let’s just forget about the TV series.”

"I know, I'll tell her."

"Auntie knows that you are more sensible than Sissi."

Liu Xiaoli sounded completely like a mother-in-law, as if Cao Yu and her daughter were already married.

Cao Yu hung up the phone, shook his head and said with a smile: "Auntie, after all, we are about the same age. You really treat me like a child with your tone."

"Actually, acting in TV series and movies, as long as they are not bad movies, is the same. Sissi has been acting in TV series for more than ten years."

Smiling inwardly, he returned his gaze to the information in his hand.

The first-round broadcast rights of "Northern Ireland", "The Age of Naked Marriage" and "Love Apartment" have been sold for a total price of more than 120 million. Not only the cost has been recovered, but also some profits have been made.

Therefore, Cao Yu did not sell the second round broadcast rights of "iPartment", but planned to put it on Fei'e Video.

Fei Ge Video will be launched this year, and this sitcom should be able to attract another group of members to the website.

Just when she was about to give instructions on the document, Liu Yifei came to Cao Yu in a hurry.

"Brother Cao Yu, did my mother call you?"

"Yeah, I did, a few minutes ago."

"What did she say?"

"She said, let me arrange some movies for you."

As Cao Yu spoke, he waved to Liu Yifei and asked the little girl to sit on his lap: "I thought about it. Although what Auntie said was her own opinion, it is not unreasonable. Besides, you said before that you didn't want to be photographed. From a TV show.”

"People change. I'm mainly bored. You haven't been in Yanjing for a while, and you're leaving again in July."

Liu Yifei said with an aggrieved look on her face.

"I want to make money."

Cao Yu couldn't help it. A good man has ambitions in all directions. There are flowers everywhere on the earth. How could he stay in Yanjing all the time.

"Brother Cao Yu, I understand, I don't blame you, but without you by your side, I have to find something to do for myself." Liu Yifei pouted: "If you don't want me to act, then I won't act. "So good?"

"I've always been well-behaved since I was little."

"You said you were fat and you were breathless."

"Am I fat?"

Although Liu Yifei knew it was a joke, she still touched her belly. Sure enough, she had been sitting for too long recently and had gained more weight than before: "No, I still have to act more, otherwise you won't want me anymore when I get fat."

"will not."

Cao Yu scraped Liu Yifei's nose affectionately: "In this way, you can try on the costume tomorrow. If the role is really suitable for you, I will tell auntie."

Before Liu Yifei heard this, she heard Cao Yu continue: "If there is a better actor in the audition tomorrow, you can stop acting. I will help you plan a movie. What kind of movie do you like to act in?"

Before she was reborn, Liu Yifei was almost banned because of the bad quarrel with Huayi in "The King of Kung Fu" and had no choice but to leave Hong Kong.

In the following years, he starred in films with poor reputations such as "Love Announcement", "A Chinese Ghost Story", and the "Famous Man" series. None of them scored above six on Douban.

Cao Yu had never seen some of these movies at all, while others had only watched them once. He was not very impressed and did not want to copy them.

Liu Yifei heard Cao Yu's question and thought for a while: "I like to play a heroine!"

"I didn't expect Sissi to like Heroine."

The heroine's request really stumped Cao Yu.

The protagonist in the first part of "Xiuchundao" is a prostitute from Jiaofangsi, but in "Four Famous Catchers" she is a chivalrous woman, but it is a pity that Cao Yu was not impressed.

He actually likes the two martial arts films "The Master" and "Assassin Nie Yinniang". Although he has watched them several times and has good reputations, the box office is average, which is a bit of a fly in the ointment.

After thinking for a while, he said: "I have a few choices here. Do you want to play Mulan, or a promiscuous woman in a martial arts movie, or...or..."

Cao Yuzheng said, suddenly thinking of a movie in his mind, and said with a smile: "Or a real heroine!"

"Of course I choose the heroine! We'll talk about Mulan later."

"Okay, then you go ahead and make arrangements for tomorrow's audition. I'll contact Director Xiangjiang Xuke here."

"Xuke?"

When Liu Yifei heard about the legendary existence of Old Monster Xu in martial arts movies, she immediately smiled and said, "Brother Cao Yu, I'm wearing lace at night to show you."

"Don't lie to me!"

Cao Yu has made this request several times. What he wants is a sense of contrast. However, Liu Yifei is shy and has not agreed. Now she actually agrees. This is a good thing.

After Liu Yifei left, Cao Yu immediately asked someone to find Xu Ke's phone number.

"Director Xu, I am Cao Yu. What have you been busy with recently?"

"CEO Cao?"

Xu Ke and Cao Yu met once and were considered acquaintances, but they had never cooperated.

Although he is a legend in Xiangjiang martial arts movies, when he heard this well-known screenwriter and producer in the entertainment industry looking for him, he immediately smiled and said: "Mr. Cao, you are not busy recently, can you help me?"

"3D movies are very popular now. I plan to make a 3D martial arts movie. I wonder if Director Xu is interested in collaborating?"

"Of course, Mr. Cao has any good scripts?"

"The script is still being conceived. It is adapted from your previous film "New Dragon Gate Inn". It can also be regarded as a sequel and requires your authorization."

"Now martial arts films have begun to decline. I didn't expect that Mr. Cao would still make martial arts movies. Of course I want to support it. I just have nothing to do these days. I will fly to Yanjing tomorrow. Let's have a good talk in person."

Xu Ke was naturally very excited when he heard that Boss Cao was going to film martial arts again, as that was his favorite subject.

Feiyu's previous "Sword Rain" and later "Ip Man" all show that Boss Cao has a martial arts heart.

I finished filming "Seven Swords" before, but no good works came out. Boss Cao's script must have appeal. This is a chance for me to rejuvenate myself.

For the sake of sincerity, he had to go there in person.

The next day, June 15th, Crystal Studio's first TV series "Beauty's Scheming" auditioned at the Jianguo Hotel.

This is Liu Yifei's first film as a producer, and she takes it very seriously.

The director invited Li Guoli and Wu Jinyuan, who worked on the original world, to co-direct. He also invited Hou Yunyi, the costume designer of "Emperor of Han Dynasty", and Mr. Yang Shuyun, the style designer of "A Dream of Red Mansions" and "Marrying the Right Man in the Wrong Sedan Chair".

This behind-the-scenes lineup is nothing short of luxurious.

Although Yang Mi had already confirmed to play one of the female leads, Cao Yu still asked her to attend the audition.

"Beauty's Scheming" is all about beauties. It is a TV series centered on women, and it is also a palace drama. Therefore, there are a lot of actresses needed, and many artists under Feiyu formed a group to come.

In addition to the artists from Feiyu, there are also many students from Nortel, China Opera, and Beijing Dance University. They don't want to be the protagonists. They just need to play supporting roles and get some performance experience.

In the morning, Cao Yu brought Liu Yifei to the audition site. All the girls present unconsciously raised their heads and raised their chests, hoping to be noticed by Boss Cao.

It's a pity that Boss Cao didn't look sideways and walked directly into the hall.

"Director Li, Director Wu, today's audition will be left to you. I'm just here to take a look. You decide the role."

Cao Yu greeted the director, sat aside, turned on the computer, and began to prepare the plot outline of "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate". He would meet Xu Ke here in the afternoon.

He had just written a few words when he saw the first girl walking in.

"Hello directors, hello Senior Sister Liu. My name is Zheng Shuang. I come from Nortel. I am a junior in college. I am 18 years old. I am 1.68 meters tall and 45 kilograms."

After hearing the girl's introduction, Cao Yu raised his head. As expected, there was that lively girl in front of the camera. It seems that "Let's Watch the Meteor Shower" was not filmed today. Want to try on this crew?

"Not bad, she looks pretty good and is more suitable for Zhang Yan in the drama."

The two directors looked at Zheng Shuang, who was turning around in front of the camera, showing off his height and figure, nodded and asked, "Can you dance?"

"I learned it when I was a kid."

Zheng Shuang immediately showed a dance in front of the camera, but his level was very average. He probably learned it when he was a child.

The two directors communicated and wrote the word "Zhang Yan" on Zheng Shuang's information and put it aside.

"Haha. Although he looks good, his acting skills are average and he has some dirty stuff."

Although Cao Yu thought so, he didn't speak.

He just came to watch today and didn't want to interfere too much in the audition process for the time being.

After Zheng Shuang, several young girls came in, including many of Cao Yu's senior students.

The auditions of these people were over, and it was finally the turn of Feiyu’s artists.

Song Qian's folk dance immediately asked the director to put her information on the candidate list.

Later, when Zhang Tiannai, Li Di, and Liu Shishi appeared on the stage, they not only looked good, but also had excellent body and dancing skills. This made director Wu Jinyuan feel that the audition was a waste of time.

"Mr. Cao, do you still need to audition? Just the people in your company can contract almost all female roles."

Wu Jinyuan felt that Zheng Shuang just now could only be regarded as ordinary compared to Feiyu's artists.

Li Guoli also nodded: "Mr. Cao, with this group of girls, I will be able to shoot the dance scenes in the drama very well. Many dance scenes in TV dramas are too perfunctory now. I guarantee that this drama will be popular."

"Haha, what we want is professionalism!" Cao Yu smiled: "You still have to try out for the audition, and you have to compare. I can't just choose people from our company."

He just wanted to discover some new people today and see if he could sign them.

After the auditions for Feiyu's artists were completed, Yang Mi, Yuan Shanshan and Zhang Xiaofei planned to come over and try too.

It's a pity that Yuan Shanshan can't dance and was eliminated after a few twists. Zhang Xiaofei's ancient costume was not classical enough, and in the end only Yang Mi was left.

When the audition went on until twelve o'clock, there was a sudden noise outside.

"This is...Director Xu! It's actually Director Xu Ke!"

"What is Director Xu here for?"

"Is he also going to join this crew?"

"Impossible. How can Director Xu Ke make a TV series? Is he here to see Mr. Feiyu Cao? Are they going to make a martial arts movie?"

"It's possible! Does Feiyu have a new movie to shoot?"

Everyone was talking outside the door. When Cao Yu heard the noise, he knew that Xu Ke had arrived, so he closed his notebook and walked out.

"Director Xu, the private room upstairs is ready. Let's chat while we eat."

After that, he took Xu Ke upstairs.

"Sure enough, Feiyu is going to make a new movie and has invited Xu Ke to be the director."

At this time, not only the actors who came to participate in the audition were a little tempted, but also some people from Feiyu looked at Cao Yu's back and began to think about how to fight for the opportunity.

As long as you can play a role in Xu Ke's movie, it will be worth it even if you pay something!

(End of this chapter)