China Entertainment: I became a capital tycoon

Chapter 617 615. Are all girls nowadays so fierce?
Cao Yu silently confirmed again that Yang Shuxue was his benefactor.

After my rebirth, she was the first person to be with me, and she was also the one who pushed me into the entertainment industry.

It is because of Yang Shuxue's encouragement that he is where he is today.

Now I have been inspired to work on artificial intelligence, which has a greater future prospect.

In addition, Cao Yu also plans to invest in new technologies such as robots, because he understands that he must not just think about making money, but must give back to the entire society to be worthy of this identity.

When he got up in the morning, he went to Feiyu Technology Park and immediately convened a high-level meeting.

At the meeting, he announced that the company would immediately set up a special team to study artificial intelligence. As for capital investment, Boss Cao did not have to consider it at all for now.

Putting aside the future market value of IA, as long as Youduoduo and Meituan are listed, will there be a shortage of money?
Moreover, in this year's rich list, his ranking has moved up one place compared to last year, because his e-commerce and entertainment companies are doing well enough.

In addition, Facebook is also preparing for an IPO this year.

Facebook has been established for seven years. After years of development, it has become the fourth largest website in the world, with over one billion active users, only slightly less than Feie Video.

If Facebook goes public, Cao Yu's net worth is estimated to increase by another 10 to 20 billion US dollars.

With this money, isn’t it enough to invest in artificial intelligence and robotics?

After the meeting, Cai Chongxin caught up with Cao Yu and said, "Mr. Cao, do you really want to work on artificial intelligence? This thing is known as one of the three most advanced technologies of mankind. If we work on it, won't the investment be too large? And the benefits are even more illusory."

What Tsai Chongxin said is true. Although artificial intelligence was proposed more than 50 years ago, it has been developing slowly.

More importantly, Tsai Chongxin feels that artificial intelligence is currently difficult to commercialize and it is completely a waste of money.

"It's not so far-fetched. We will first develop machine vision, fingerprint recognition, face recognition, and retinal recognition, apply them to mobile phones as soon as possible, and then study other technologies."

Cao Yu is now full of confidence in AI. If this area is done well, it will not only bring huge profits to the company, but also allow China to be ahead of the West in technology, and at the same time increase the influence of the company and himself.

Anyway, working in technology is more promising than selling houses.

"Since President Cao has made the decision, let's set up a special team as soon as possible."

Since the boss said so, although Cai Chongxin was still a little worried, he could only nod.

Cao Yu returned to the office and called Lee Boo-jin again: "Dear, how is the matter with Samsung going?"

"It's not over yet. I want to assign more of our own people to the factory in Chang'an. It may take some time."

Lee Boo-jin was very pleased when she received Cao Yu's call: "I will find a way to get what you want after a while, don't worry."

"Give me a kiss."

What Cao Yu is most worried about now is the lithography machine. Now that Lee Boo-jin said this, he feels relieved.

"I'll kiss you slowly next time. Come to Chang'an to accompany me when you have time."

"no problem."

Cao Yu was naturally happy to accompany the beautiful woman: "When you are done, I will take you back to Seoul."

After the call, Cao Yu exhaled and said to himself, "After a couple of days, I'll finish the work at the tech company, and then I can prepare for the two movies Love Is Not Blind and So Young."

Cao Yu attaches great importance to the two projects of artificial intelligence and robotics, which are the hope for the company's future development.

Therefore, he personally supervised the task this time, from determining the project leader to recruiting talents, he was personally involved in everything. It took almost a month before the project team took shape.

Cao Yu also stated at the project initiation meeting that as long as the work is done well, in addition to salary and bonuses, each researcher will be given a house.

Today, the average price of a house in Yanjing has exceeded 20,000 yuan. With Boss Cao's promise, everyone participating in these two projects is full of energy.

Although housing prices are very high nowadays, with Yang Shuxue, a real estate tycoon, around, giving away houses is nothing to Boss Cao.

Cao Yu left the rest of the matters to the project manager and returned to the entertainment company.

Huayi's "1942" has been filmed halfway this year. It is said to be Feng Xiaogang's comeback work. However, Cao Yu is very clear that although the filming of this movie is okay, unfortunately the box office is not very good, and the loss is terrible.

Judging from the current situation, there is no one in the entertainment industry today who can pose a threat to Feiyu Entertainment.

What he is doing now is to try his best to prevent the situation in the future where only traffic is considered and not acting skills, leading to the rampant production of bad movies.

He doesn't want to see another tragedy like "the end of domestic entertainment".

"Let's first decide on the actors for Love Is Not Blind and So Young in the next two days, and then go find Mr. Wang to get the shares of Huayi."

"It's the end of April now. The two films will start shooting at the end of May. It will take two months to wrap up, three months for post-production, and one month for publicity. For a modern drama, there is plenty of time."

After flipping through the notebook, Cao Yu turned on his computer and looked at the progress of several films currently being filmed so that he could plan their release dates for this year.

"During the May Day holiday, there are Fast & Furious 5, Thor, and 20 Again. All three are related to me, so they can't be bad. During the summer, Ip Man 2 will be released against Transformers 3, but it shouldn't lose either."

"The National Day holiday has the big movie Wolf Warrior, so the box office is going to be OK. There's also The Avengers on New Year's Day."

Cao Yu was making a rough plan for this year's movie when Yang Mi knocked on the door.

"elder brother"

Yang Mi sat directly on Cao Yu's lap and said with a smile: "There is a movie looking for me recently, do you think I should go?"

"what movie?"

Cao Yu was not surprised. Yang Mi was now a big name in the entertainment industry. It was just that there were no suitable roles for her in the company's recent dramas. This girl had settled down as Boss Yang.

"What's it called? Far Cry. It's said that they're going to be in bikinis."

Before Yang Mi finished speaking, Cao Yu immediately said, "You are not allowed to go!"

Yang Mi pouted and said, "Why? This is a big movie, and it's invested by Hong Kong. I actually want to go."

"I won't do it if I say no!"

Cao Yucai didn't want Yang Mi to act in such a rubbish movie: "You've already acted in "The Chinese Zodiac". It would be a loss of face to take on such a movie again, you know?"

"Brother, are you afraid that I'll be wearing a bikini and people will see my figure? Are you jealous?"

"Yes! I'm jealous."

Yang Mi has such a great figure that you can only look at her by yourself.

"OK then."

Seeing her brother-in-law was so determined, Yang Mi could only nod and say, "Then I'll show it to you alone, okay?"

"That's pretty much it."

"It's just that I haven't acted in more than half a year. You can't help me arrange one. I can't get pregnant, and I hate it."

"Pregnancy is easy. Let's try again tonight."

Cao Yu chuckled and continued, "As for acting, the company will have two movies soon and will give you a female lead, but I don't know if your acting skills are good enough?"

In the play "So Young", the heroine has to play the role of a college student to middle-aged woman, which is a real test of her acting skills.

He suddenly remembered something and said hurriedly, "Forget it, there is a passionate scene in this play, let's let someone else play it."

"Passionate scenes? I like them!"

Yang Mi became excited, put her hand on Cao Yu's chest, and said with a smile: "How about we act it out? Let's see how passionate it is?"

"What are you thinking about!"

Cao Yu scolded him, what is his current status? It's okay to make a cameo appearance in a movie, but really play the leading role?
He thought for a moment and said, "If you really want to act, the script must be changed. At most, we can have a misplaced kiss, nothing else. If you think it's okay, I'll give it to you!"

"No, I want to act with you!"

"Then act now!"

Cao Yu picked up Yang Mi by the waist and walked towards the lounge.

This scene was indeed very passionate.

An hour later, the two took a shower together, and Cao Yu arranged: "You go back to Yuan Shanshan and Zhang Xiaofei, they can also play a role in it."

Yang Mixi asked happily: "Brother, why are you so generous today?"

"Because a lot of this movie is about college life, you guys are just right for it."

Cao Yu patted Yang Mi's hips and said with a smile: "It's mainly because you performed well just now. I'm rewarding you. Your studio is also considered one of the producers of this film."

Yang Mi immediately stuck to Cao Yu: "Brother, I love you so much!"

All the films that my brother-in-law can invest in and produce are profitable. As long as this movie becomes a hit, my studio will be truly established.

Cao Yu smiled and said, "What about having children?"

"We'll talk about it after we finish filming this movie, but we need to practice more during this period."

Being able to be the heroine of a movie, Yang Mi immediately decided to postpone having a child, since her brother-in-law couldn't escape anyway.

At the end of April, Cao Yu announced at the entertainment company that two youth urban films, "Love Is Not Blind" and "So Young", have been approved and will start casting after the May Day holiday!

As soon as the news was released, Cao Yu’s mobile phone received several messages.

Nazha: "My scenes in Zhu Xian are almost finished, are there any roles suitable for me in these two dramas?"

Cao Yu replied: "Rest after the filming, summarize your acting skills, and I will arrange it for you in the second half of the year."

Reba: "Dad, can I act in these two movies?"

Cao Yu replied: "Not yet, you should start with TV series, and movies will have to wait. If you can't get a B grade in this acting assessment, I'll show you how I'll deal with you next time!"

"Dad, I will try hard, don't spank me!"

"I'll hit you!"

Barbie Nazha can also act coquettishly. Although Cao Yu enjoys it, he can't fool around with his acting skills!
Yang Ying: "Boss, can you give me a role?" "Sure! It just depends on my acting skills."

Cao Yu has given Yang Ying almost no resources in the past two years, but after Yang Ying's performance in variety shows, she still has very few fans.

If Cao Yu thinks her acting skills are acceptable, it would be okay to give her a small supporting role with not many lines.

During the May Day holiday, Cao Yu spent two days with his daughter and acted as a good father.

Although the May Day period is a bit useless in the Chinese film market, today is different.

Hollywood blockbusters like "Fast and Furious 5" have been promoted for several months. It is said that Boss Cao also invested in it. On the day of its release, it achieved a box office of million in China.

Although "Thor" and "20 Again" were a little short, they still grossed over million.

After looking at the box office data, Cao Yu felt that everything was as expected. After returning from a trip with his daughter, he began casting for the two plays.

In the drama "Love Is Not Blind", the female lead Cao Yu has been internally chosen for Song Qian.

Under my training, this girl's acting skills have improved rapidly, and she has no problem playing the role of Huang Xiaoxian.

As for the male lead, even though Wen Zhang is his fellow villager, Cao Yu is still very conflicted about whether or not to invite him over.

Unfortunately, the company's male actors, including the head Hu Ge, are not suitable. Although Yuan Hong is handsome, he is not mean enough, and Yin Zheng does not have that kind of feeling. Zheng Kai is going to play in "So Young".

Zhang Yi and Lei Jiayin are not handsome enough, and Huang Bo and Wang Baoqiang are even less suitable.

Xiao Zhan and Ou Hao are not able to support the role of Wang Xiaojian.

Even though he doesn't like her, Wen Zhang is indeed the most suitable person for Wang Xiaojian in terms of acting skills, lines, and appearance.

And the coquettish second female lead, Li Ke, needs to choose a girl with good acting skills from the girls in the company.

"Director Ning, what's going on?"

There was no public casting for this time. After all, there were not many roles and most of them were filled internally.

Only actors like Zhang Jiayi need the director to call and invite them personally.

"I've seen a few roles for the second female lead today, but none of them are suitable. The main reason is that most of the actresses in our company have gone to film other dramas."

Ning Hao was a little helpless. The company had so many projects this year that there were not enough good actresses.

"That's it..."

Cao Yu turned around and asked his secretary, "Who else in the company has a B or above acting rating?"

The secretary immediately asked someone to check and replied, "Basically there is no more. Wang Xiaochen will also be in "The Legend of Divine Doctor Xilaile" in the second half of the year, and Jiang Shuying will be in "So Young". Both of them are currently unavailable."

"Oh my god! There are so many girls in the company, and they can't choose a second female lead?"

Cao Yu smiled bitterly in his heart, pondered for a while, and then said: "Give it to Zheng Shuang, she should be able to act coquettishly."

"Got it!"

The person chosen by the boss must be good, so Ning Hao certainly has no objection.

Since Zheng Shuang joined Liu Yifei's studio, she has not been able to get any good resources because boss Liu went to give birth to a child.

Last year, I finally managed to secure a female role in "The Legend of Zhen Huan", and my part has already been wrapped. Now I don't know when I will be able to get another role.

After returning to Yanjing, she was about to go to school to report for leave when she received a call from the company.

"Shuang, I have great news. President Cao has said that you will play the second female lead in the company's new movie. You should prepare yourself in the next few days and get into good shape. The filming will start in half a month!"

"A movie? And the second female lead? Am I dreaming?"

Zheng Shuang was stunned when he heard what his agent said.

Did Boss Cao really give the order personally?
"Could it be that my last thought of inviting him to dinner worked?"

After hanging up the phone with his agent in a daze, Zheng Shuang began to analyze the situation: "Although the boss rejected me last time, he is actually somewhat interested in me. Otherwise, why would he assign me such an important role?"

A few days ago, on the set of "The Legend of Zhen Huan", I heard a lot of people discussing this drama, saying it was the big drama for Singles' Day this year, and that it was a pity that it had no schedule.

Who knew that such a big pie would hit him on the head.

"I heard that the graduate student's thesis defense will start soon. Mr. Cao will definitely come back to school. I will treat him to a meal no matter what."

Zheng Shuang thought of the sweet look between Boss Cao and his roommate Jing Tian, ​​and his heart became hotter.

Cao Yu actually went back to school to defend his thesis.

After arranging the two plays "Love Broken" and "So Young", he rushed to school to finish the last thing in his student life.

As soon as Cao Yu arrived at school, the news spread immediately.

Now, thanks to the school's publicity, Boss Cao has become an idol of many students. Which of these students doesn't want to know him?

After all, Cao Yu is now the person with the most say in the entertainment industry. Just saying a word to him may change your destiny.

Unfortunately, Cao Yu did not give them a chance. After arriving at the school, he went straight to the dean's office.

"Boss Cao, you're finally here. I thought you didn't want to graduate."

When the president of Beijing Film Academy saw Cao Yu, he started to complain.

Cao Yu had no choice but to explain: "You know, I'm too busy."

"It's good to be busy, but graduation is a big deal. How is your thesis preparation? Although you have won awards and have many representative works, your thesis will be put into the archives after all."

"It has been prepared for a long time."

As Cao Yu spoke, he took out the paper he had already written and asked the dean to take a look at it first.

"On the poor in movies and TV shows? This topic is very novel."

When Dean Zhang saw the title of the paper, he felt that Cao Yu’s topic was indeed unique.

Most papers written by literature students are either about how to handle the plot or how to handle shot division, etc. Only Boss Cao is creative and analyzes the core of the script.

He took a quick look and thought the paper was very well written. He simply pointed out some minor issues and asked Cao Yu to revise it. Then he said, "Then the defense will be arranged tomorrow morning?"

"This afternoon is best."

Cao Yu didn't want to put this matter off until tomorrow. He still had to go find Wang Zhonglei and then accompany Lee Boo-jin to Seoul.

During the summer vacation, he had to arrange for the group Qiduo to debut, so he had a lot of things to do.

"Okay, I'll help you arrange it."

If a normal student made such a request, the dean would definitely not agree.

But who makes Cao Yu special? He is now the school's signature student, so of course he should be given the green light.

After leaving the dean's office, Cao Yu prepared to go home to make changes to the points pointed out by the dean and formally participate in the defense in the afternoon.

"CEO Cao!"

Just as Cao Yu was about to get in the car, he heard a girl behind him call out in a charming voice.

"Zheng Shuang? Are you back to school?"

Today, Zheng Shuang wore a light yellow floral dress with a thin black belt around her waist, which made her waist look slender and graceful.

"I just came back yesterday, Mr. Cao. Last time I wanted to treat you to a meal, but you didn't have time. This time you helped me arrange a role, so I have to thank you."

Zheng Shuang dragged out a charming tone and said: "I just received my salary, please give me a chance."

While speaking, her big eyes inadvertently gave Boss Cao a spark.

She chose this dress specially to make it look pure and charming. She thinks men like it.

Opportunities only come to those who are prepared. She had spent the entire morning preparing for this opportunity.

"Have you received your pay? Do you want to treat me to a meal?"

"Um…"

Zheng Shuang had a hint of shyness on her face and nodded gently.

She used this action, hoping that Boss Cao could understand her subtext of "eating".

"You are not allowed to even think about it. It is a sin to even think about it!"

How could Cao Yu not know what the other person was thinking, but he had no shortage of women around him, so there was really no need for anything to happen with a woman like this.

He opened the car door and lectured in the tone of a senior: "Since you have received the pay, you should send it back home, understand?"

Although Zheng Shuang realized that Cao Yu was saying lines from a movie, her eyes immediately turned red after being scolded like this.

On the one hand, you feel aggrieved for being treated so coldly, but mainly, this makes you look pitiful, which may arouse sympathy and pity from Boss Cao.

After all, he is a student of Beijing Film Academy, so he does have some acting skills.

She sniffed and whispered, "Mr. Cao, you are right. I know I was wrong, but I just want to express my gratitude..."

"I have received your kindness. I will play the role you gave me well. We can talk about other things when we have the chance."

If a beautiful girl behaves like this, other men will definitely try to comfort her, but Boss Cao is not interested at all.

After he said this, he got in the car and was about to close the door and leave.

Just as the car door was about to close, Zheng Shuang, who was outside the car, got the courage from nowhere and jumped into the car and threw herself directly into Cao Yu's arms...

In this situation, even the bodyguard Pang Yuan in the front row was stunned.

Are all girls nowadays so fierce?
(End of this chapter)