China Entertainment: I became a capital tycoon

Chapter 637 635. Boss Cao is such a jerk
Hangcheng.

Ma Yun does want to reduce her stake in Huayi.

On the one hand, Huayi’s performance in the film industry in the past two years has not been very good, and he is not satisfied with its profitability.

Furthermore, he wants to set up his own entertainment company. After the reduction of holdings, Huayi’s stock price is likely to plummet, which may mean one less competitor.

Finally, he needs cash flow.

Since the emergence of Youduoduo last year, Feiyu Group has relied on its novel gameplay, preferential prices, and excellent services to make Taobao's market share continue to shrink.

This kind of boiling frog operation is making it increasingly difficult for Ahri.

Although the stock price has risen a bit after the cooperation with Feiyu Group a while ago.

But what Ma Yun didn't expect was that SoftBank started to sell off its holdings and cash out just as the stock price rose, making Ali's situation even worse.

Although Zhifubao was separated from the head office and a new company was registered, its loan business is still in the trial stage and only serves enterprises in coastal areas. It has not been fully rolled out and the profits are pitifully small.

Now, he is short of money and can only plan to reduce his holdings in Huayi. Once he gets the cash, he can increase investment in the entertainment sector.

Through Cao Yu’s development trajectory, he keenly discovered that games and entertainment were his next development direction.

In addition to these, he really wants to invest in the Hengtai football team.

The team has performed well in the league this year. With two rounds left in the Chinese Super League, it is two points ahead of the second-placed Yanjing Huanyu. As long as they win one and draw one in the last two games, they will secure the Chinese Super League championship.

"I should have invested in Hengtai earlier when the stock price was rising and advertised the company."

Ma Yun regretted not listening to Boss Hengtai Xu and missed a good opportunity.

If the investment had been made at the beginning and Hengtai had really won the championship this year, Taobao's influence would definitely have increased. I wouldn't say it would have surpassed Youduoduo, but at least it could have competed with Jingdong.

Unfortunately, Ali's entertainment is still in the planning stage, and no works have been released yet, so it cannot bring in more traffic.

Thinking of this, Ma Yun immediately called Zhao Yanzi.

"Yanzi, let's see if other film and television companies have any good projects this year. Let's see if we can invest in a few promising film and television dramas next year to promote our actors and increase the company's reputation."

"Boss Ma, Bona's "Legend of the White Snake" has lost money. Now no one can guarantee the future of their own film and television dramas, unless it is Feiyu's project."

Zhao Yanzi felt that Mr. Ma was being a bit unreasonable. He wanted to make money before even investing. How could such a good thing happen?

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Ma Yun was speechless after being told this. After a while, she said, "You can use your experience to judge which drama has a future. Or we can find a script ourselves and see which type of film is popular recently. Then we can buy the script and you can be the director and we can shoot it ourselves."

"alright."

Zhao Yanzi could only nod. Anyway, the company had invested money, so if she made a profit, it would be hers, and if she lost money, it would belong to the company.

who cares.

After the call, Ma Yun was very distressed.

Whether it is a TV series or a movie, every Feiyu investment becomes a hit, which not only makes Boss Cao earn money, but also indirectly drives the development of his other industries.

This is where influence and traffic come into play.

But old companies like Huayi are now making losses. It seems that investing in film and television requires a good script, otherwise the risk is too high.

But there is no other way now. If we don’t take this step, we don’t know when we will be able to gain a firm foothold in the entertainment industry.

Yanjing.

"Tiantian, put on this dress and let me see it."

In the courtyard, Cao Yu took out a set of clothes and asked Jing Tian to try it on.

"This is."

Jing Tian didn’t know what new tricks Cao Yu was going to play. Was he planning to play role-playing?

After unfolding the clothes, I found that this set of clothes was a bit similar to the one worn by Lin Qingxia in the movie Dongfang Bubai. I smiled and said, "Honey, are you asking me to play Dongfang Bubai?"

"Don't worry about this, just try it first."

Cao Yu remembered that Jing Tian wore men's clothing in "The Glory of Tang Dynasty" and the costume looked very good, so she should be able to play Dongfang Bubai.

After a while, Jing Tian came out of the bedroom, looking really heroic.

But Jing Tian is only twenty-three years old now, and looks a little young.

Chen Qiaoen, who originally played Dongfang Bubai, was born in 1979, nine years older than Jingtian. There is indeed some age gap between the two.

However, if she puts on a slightly old-fashioned makeup and changes the plot to say that practicing the Sunflower Manual can keep one young, there should be no problem.

Anyway, Chen Qiaoen doesn’t look old in the drama.

"I am the Invincible East!"

Jing Tian turned around on the spot, then raised her orchid finger and said with a charming smile: "Linghu Chong, if you serve me well tonight, I will make you a Dharma Protector!"

Cao Yu grabbed Jing Tian's slender waist and said, "I don't want a guardian, I only want you, the leader."

"How dare you, Linghu Chong! Look at my embroidery needle! I'm going to stab you!"

"Bold Dongfang Bubai, look at my golden cudgel! I'll beat you!"

……

In the end, Jing Tian's Dongfang Bubai was defeated.

"Honey, do you want to film "Swordsman"? Are you planning to let me play Dongfang Bubai? I don't feel good about it because Dongfang Bubai is a man."

"Have you forgotten Lin Qingxia? And you looked pretty good just now, and quite domineering, but your pectoral muscles were a little too imposing."

"You hate it!"

Jing Tian let out a coquettish cry and was about to punch, but Cao Yu caught it in his hand.

Cao Yu just acted out this short scene with Jing Tian, ​​and suddenly he felt like acting again. He said with a smile, "I will guest star as your master in the play, playing the role of Dugu Qiubai."

"Yeah."

Jing Tian immediately expressed his support: "You are already the richest man. Even if you are just a guest star, this gimmick is a bit too big."

"Can't rich people act?"

Cao Yu immediately thought of Mr. Zheng in the movie "The Mermaid" who asked "Do you have hair?" and thought to himself, "In two years, The Mermaid will be filmed."

At the end of October, Yu Zheng finally finished revising the script of "Swordsman".

On the same day, Feiyu Entertainment officially announced the launch of this drama and another drama "Startling by Each Step" and began casting.

As soon as the news came out, it quickly spread on Weibo. Many agents in the entertainment industry, and even actors themselves, submitted their information, hoping to star in Feiyu's play.

Cao Yu asked Yu Zheng and Cai Yinong to be the producers of this film and be responsible for casting, while he himself prepared to have someone revise the script of "The Xuan-Yuan Sword: Scar of Sky".

The movie "Xuan-Yuan Sword" is adapted from a game, which originally tells the story of the national restoration plan of "the world's storms are created by our generation", but the current script has turned into a few handsome men and beautiful women who are always in love.

This is also a common problem in Chinese film and television works nowadays. It seems that no one will watch it if there is no romance.

Even Cao Yu could delete the flirting scenes in "Wolf Warrior", let alone this TV series?
"God of Wealth, please try to delete the love part of this script and revise it for me as soon as possible."

Cao Yu had just handed the task to the God of Wealth when the other party said, "Boss, I recently wrote a TV series and a movie script. Would you like to take a look?"

"The power version of "Wulin Wai Zhuan" and "Dragon Gate Escort Agency"?"

Cao Yu took the script and almost laughed.

I was so busy with other movies this year that I actually forgot about these two dramas. Fortunately, the God of Wealth himself did not forget them.

The movie version of "Wulin Waijia" is quite good, especially the part where Tong Xiangyu denounces buying a house, which is very prescient.

Fortunately, Guo Furong used Jiang Xin instead of Yao Chen, otherwise this woman’s divorce would definitely affect the box office of the movie.

But Yang Shuxue is also in the real estate business.
After hesitating for a moment, he smiled and said, "The movie can be made, but as for Dragon Gate Escort, I feel it is just average."

As Cao Yu was talking, the phone rang.

"Ma Yun?"

When Cao Yu saw the number on the phone, he was stunned at first. Why was Ma Yun calling at this time?

When he answered the phone, he heard Ma Yun say, "Boss Cao, I heard that you guys are going to make a martial arts movie. Chris Wu from our company has been quite popular recently and has a lot of fans. Boss Cao, can you help him find a role?"

Ma Yun and Cao Yu had a feud before, but now they are cooperating on Zhifubao, and he thinks Cao Yu will not refuse such a small thing.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Cao Yu said in a cold voice: "The actors I look for are either from professional schools or have received acting training. Forget about what you said about Wu, don't you have other actors?"

“Other actors.”

Ma Yun thought about it and realized that the company had signed some people, but they were all singers and dancers. Where had they learned acting?
"If not, forget it."

Cao Yu didn't give any face and was about to hang up the phone: "If Mr. Ma has nothing else to say, I'll hang up first."

What toothpicks, what big bowl of wide noodles, he is the one I hate the most!

He has no acting skills, and what representative works do he have for singing? His voice is still so bad, and he is a fake foreigner. It was a good thing for him to be thrown into the toilet. He still wants to act? "Mr. Cao, wait a minute!"

When Ma Yun heard that Boss Cao was about to hang up, she quickly called out, and then said, "Boss Cao, I heard that you guys are going to invest in these recent films. I plan to help you share some of the risks."

Hearing this, Cao Yu suddenly remembered Yu Zheng's script "Palace Lock and Bead Curtain". After thinking for a while, he thought that he could trick Mr. Ma.

He immediately laughed and said, "There is a really good script recently, but unfortunately our company's schedule is already full and we don't have the energy to work on it. Otherwise, we can let you shoot it and then help our company's artists arrange a few roles."

"Okay, okay, who's the screenwriter?"

Ma Yun was not stupid either, and was afraid that Cao Yu would cheat him.

"It's Yu Zheng, the screenwriter of 'Swordsman', which is also a Qing Dynasty palace drama. We filmed 'The Legend of Zhen Huan' this year, and now we're filming 'Startling by Each Step', so we have to give up this drama."

"Yu Zheng's script?"

After hearing what Boss Cao said, Ma Yun finally felt relieved.

He had heard of Yu Zheng's name, and since he could work with Boss Cao, he shouldn't be too bad.

He immediately said, "Then I'll let Mr. Zhao Yanzi talk to you in detail."

"I don't want to see her, let's meet, I'll buy you a drink."

"Ok."

Boss Cao is so awesome now that just one sentence from him made President Ma rush over from Hangzhou.

After hanging up the phone, he picked up the script of Dragon Gate Escort and said, "God of Wealth, this script is much lower than the level of Swordsman. You should revise it carefully. Once it is revised, we can shoot it next year."

“With care.”

The God of Wealth had no choice but to nod.

In the past two years, as the head of the screenwriting department at Feiyu, he has been a little impetuous, and this script is indeed not as smooth as "Wulin Waijia".

Cao Yu continued, "We can start filming the movie of 'Wulin Wai Zhuan' right away. I'll ask Shang Jing to gather the actors from before."

We did it as soon as we said it. The main reason was that the movie "Wulin Waijia" did not require much casting and was easy to shoot. It was estimated that it would be completed in a month or two.

On October 28, "Legend of White Snake" was taken off the screen, and the final box office was 170 million yuan, which was 10 million yuan less than the 180 million yuan invested, a direct loss.

On October 29th, Ma Yun arrived in Yanjing as promised.

As the Chinese Super League has reached its final stage, Yanjing Huanyu must win both of its last two games to have a chance to overtake Hengtai.

The place where Cao Yu made an appointment to meet Ma Yun was at the Workers' Stadium.

On this day, the entire Workers' Stadium was packed with people, and fans all hoped that the Yanjing team could win the Chinese Super League championship again.

Amid the cheers and horns of the audience, Ma Yun sat in the box, holding the script of "Palace Lock and Bead Curtain" and reading it carefully.

Although he didn't understand much, he could still get the general plot.

Cao Yu was drinking beer and watching the game on the field.

After Yang Shuxue invested in the Yanjing team, she brought in a lot of good players, and the strength of the entire team has been raised to a new level.

Therefore, in this game, the Yanjing Huanyu team was in high spirits, overwhelmed the opponents and made the fans excited and satisfied.

Just when Ma Yun thought that this drama was advertised as a sequel to "Palace Lock Heart Jade" but had almost no role for the Eighth Prince, he heard the crazy cheers of fans in the stadium.

"The ball went in!"

His train of thought was interrupted by the cheers of the audience.

Ma Yun could only continue reading. When she found that Yongzheng was written as having lost his memory, she was about to frown, but then a shout of “Ball in!” was heard from the field again.

"Mr. Cao, it's too noisy here. I can't concentrate on reading the script."

Ma Yun had long been somewhat unhappy with the meeting place chosen by Boss Cao.

Doesn't your company have a dance troupe? Why don't you let me see it? It seems like you have a golf course, so you can play golf there. Why are you talking here?
Even though I am not as good as you now, you still don't take me seriously enough.

In fact, Cao Yu had intentionally asked Ma Yun to come here to discuss something.

"I only have this period of time today. After watching the game, I have to go and confirm the blueprints of Feiyu Theater. I'm busy. I have no choice but to overcome it."

Cao Yu picked up a glass of beer and said, "Cheers, calm down and continue to look at it. If you think it's okay, we can decide on the price."

"Dry."

Ma Yun had no choice but to drink with Cao Yu. He felt that this guy was a real dog. He was probably the only one who chose Gongti Stadium as the venue for the negotiation.

He really wanted to calm down and read the script to find some problems, but the cheers for goals and the Beijing curses outside made him upset.

After finally finishing reading the plot, Ma Yun put the script down and said, "The plot is really good. If we were to film it, would Boss Cao invest in it?"

If Cao Yu did not invest, he felt that he had to be cautious. What if it was a trap?

Cao Yu looked at Ma Yun's somewhat shrewd eyes and that strange face shape, and saw his concerns.

"He's really careful. It looks like he really has a problem with his cash flow."

He smiled secretly in his heart, and then he said: "It doesn't matter if we invest a little, but the script is ours. If we invest more, we might as well shoot it ourselves next year or the year after."

"This"

Upon hearing that Cao Yu was unwilling to invest, Ma Yun indeed became hesitant.

Cao Yu smiled and said, "Are you worried that you guys can't shoot it well? If you're worried, forget it. Mango TV also asked me if I had a good script last time, and I haven't had time to show it to them yet."

Just as he finished speaking, the announcer's voice came from the stadium again: "The ball goes in! Three to one! The victory is sealed! There's not much time left for the opponent!"

Ma Yun suddenly became worried about the game between Hengtai and Greentown on another field.

If Hengtai loses, it may be overtaken by Huanyu. If it is a tie, the two teams will be on the same starting line.

"Why did I suddenly think of this? I should be thinking about the script now."

Ma Yun couldn't help but blame herself, and then said: "Boss Cao, that's not what I meant. In fact, I am quite optimistic about this script, and the plot is not bad either."

He wanted to leave this annoying place as soon as possible, so he asked directly: "How much is this script?"

"We have a good relationship, how about this, 200,000 per episode."

"what?"

Even if Ma Yun didn't understand, she knew that this price was not just high, it was outrageously high.

"Palace Lock and Beads Curtain" has 38 episodes, and each episode costs 200,000 yuan, which means 7.6 million yuan. There is no script with such a high price on the market.

"There's nothing I can do. Our script is only worth this price. If Mr. Ma thinks it's too high, I'll go to Mango TV."

This drama was originally filmed by Mango TV. Cao Yu believed that even if Ma Yun didn't want it, Mango TV would also want it.

"This guy is such a dog! Can't you put it another way?"

Ma Yun complained in her heart, but she had no way to deal with Cao Yu's trick.

Thinking that the cooperation between the two parties in Zhifubao is a project worth hundreds of millions, if I care about a few million,
Zhao Yanzi also said that other scripts may not necessarily make money, except for Feiyu's project.

Besides, Qing Dynasty dramas have been very popular in the past two years. Filming this might really help to raise the company's reputation and also help promote Chris Wu.

"Okay, I'll pay you the price you said. I'll transfer the money to you later!"

Ma Yun put the script away and stood up to leave.

Cao Yu’s company became popular because of its investment in the TV series “Wulin Waijia”, so his own entertainment company can also get off to a good start because of this drama.

"Mr. Ma, wait a moment."

Cao Yu stopped him and said, "I'll give you a suggestion. In fact, to make a good movie, you need to pay more attention to the director and screenwriter, and not just use celebrities as gimmicks."

"Well, thanks for the reminder."

Ma Yun was suddenly touched and thought that Cao Yu’s suggestion was very good.

"Legend of White Snake" was released under the banner of Jet Li, but the box office was dismal. Feiyu's "Wolf Warrior" used all newcomers, but the screenwriter was Cao Yu, and it raked in 1.3 billion at the box office.

It seems that the script and director are indeed more important than the actors.

"Also, Mr. Ma, our company has a good actress named Yuan Shanshan, who graduated from Beijing Film Academy. I can sell the script to you, but the female lead role of this play must be given to her."

"Yuan Shanshan? Who is she?"

Ma Yun was stunned again, and the emotion she had just felt disappeared.

"So Boss Cao wants to promote actresses? Could it be that this actress named Yuan Shanshan was taken advantage of by him? Yes, it is very likely, but the acting skills of Feiyu's actors are all good. Since Cao Yu likes her, she should be good-looking. Just agree to him."

Ma Yun smiled secretly in her heart, and then said, "Okay, we must give Boss Cao face!"

As soon as he finished speaking, another goal was scored on the field.

The Yanjing Huanyu team finally won the penultimate round of the Super League with a score of 4-1, and moved one step closer to the final championship.

(End of this chapter)