China Entertainment: I became a capital tycoon

Chapter 653 651. Boss Cao’s spies in the entertainment industry

Guan Xiaotong is not very old. She was born in 1997 and is just in the second year of junior high school this year, but she started filming at the age of four, earlier than Yang Mi.

Since starring in If You Are the One 2, she has gained some fame in the entertainment industry with her spiritual acting skills and pure looks.

Cao Yu has a relatively good impression of Guan Xiaotong as a child. Although her performance in "A Servant of Two Masters" was quite disappointing, it also showed that her acting skills were good. She also performed well in "Mr. Good".

It’s a pity that her spirituality ended there, and she became a vase with no acting skills.

Originally a very promising actress, she eventually became a second- or third-tier traffic actress who could only make her presence felt in variety shows.

Hearing that this girl suddenly wanted to join Feiyu, Cao Yu was still somewhat tempted.

He smiled and said, "Do you know our Feiyu?"

"Of course I understand. Many seniors say that Boss Cao is the most talented boss in the entertainment industry. I can definitely learn a lot from you."

Guan Xiaotong talks about Cao Yu’s talent, but in fact she knows in her heart that it is his capital, resources and connections.

Cao Yu shook his head and said, "That's not what I'm talking about. If you come to Feiyu, in addition to learning music, chess, calligraphy, painting, and dancing, you also have to learn martial arts, tea art, and acting. Can you accept that?"

Guan Xiaotong is not like other girls. She grew up in an actor's family and her family is well-off. However, Cao Yu is still worried that she is too pretentious.

"so much?"

Guan Xiaotong was indeed shocked. She thought that joining Feiyu would give her a smooth road to stardom in the future.

Didn't expect to learn so much?

I have a foundation in dancing, but do I have to learn music, chess, calligraphy, painting, and dancing?

Seeing her surprised expression, Cao Yu smiled and said, "If you are afraid, forget it. Just study hard first."

Guan Xiaotong hesitated for a moment, then nodded, remembering Boss Cao's influence in the entertainment industry: "I can accept it!"

"Okay, go back and discuss it with your parents. If possible, ask them to take you to Feiyu to sign the contract when they are free."

Cao Yu then added: "Also, shoot this drama well. After two years, I will arrange some roles suitable for you."

"Thank you, Mr. Cao."

At this time, Guan Xiaotong was still relatively serious. She nodded obediently and went back to prepare for her part.

“I don’t remember who the screenwriter of ‘A Servant of Two Masters’ is. I’ll try to find him when I get a chance.”

Cao Yu can now occasionally write movie scripts, after all, movies are not very long, but the workload of writing TV drama scripts is not small, and Cao Yu certainly won’t write it himself.

Even if you can't find it at that time, you can still invest, it won't be a big problem.

Soon, the first scene of "Personal Tailor" was ready. Cao Yu asked the photographer to adjust the shooting position and the actors to take their positions before he sat in front of the monitor.

The upright director Yan Fei and the assistant director Jia Ling were sitting next to them.

"Xiao Jia, learn more, watch more, and think more."

Cao Yu gave Jia Ling some instructions and then nodded to the rest of the crew.

"God Ike"

"Snapped!"

As the clapperboard drops, the actors in front of the camera immediately enter the performance state.

"The director is so impressive. I need to learn from him."

Jia Ling secretly glanced at the boss who had a serious look on his face, and remembered every detail that had just happened in his mind.

The scene filmed today was Guan Xiaotong’s coming-of-age ceremony. The 15-year-old girl looked a little precocious in a dress.

Although the budget of this movie is 100 million, it actually didn't cost that much.

There are several product placements in this scene alone. For example, the car given to Guan Xiaotong is a white Mercedes-Benz sports car. The guests and high-end champagne are also product placements. These alone cost tens of millions.

Guan Xiaotong looked at the sports car and thought, "I wish I could have a car like this."

This scene was not difficult, it was just a small part in the movie, and it was shot in just two days. This was because Cao Yu was a man of great pursuit of perfection, otherwise it could have been done in one day.

The scenes of this movie were mainly shot in Hainan, Suzhou and Yanjing.

After Guan Xiaotong finished filming, she started shooting the second part of the movie, which was Li Chengru's part.

"We, the literary and artistic workers, should go deep into the grassroots to be elegant, and the most vulgar is the most elegant"

In the shed, Li Chengru's performances were basically done in one take, which reminded Cao Yu of the scene in "Big Shot" in the past: "I only buy expensive things, I don't sell the right things!"

While the filming was going on, there was a sudden commotion among the extras present.

"It seems to be Fan Erbing!"

"It's really Fan Erbing! So beautiful!"

“She’s so pretty.”

Cao Yu turned around and saw Fan Erbing, who was wearing a white dress and sunglasses, and Wang Baoqiang walking into the crew.

Wang Baoqiang came as a guest star, and Cao Yu didn't expect Fan Erbing to come.

But he suddenly remembered one thing, that is, Fan Erbing had a guest role in "Lost in Thailand".

"Let's change Fan Erbing's cameo role in Lost in Thailand to my Mimi."

Cao Yu didn't like Fan Erbing in the first place, and this incident just reminded him of this.

Fan Erbing and Wang Baoqiang actually met at the airport, and they didn't know that because of this small action, they would lose the opportunity to join a movie under Feiyu Entertainment.

She came this time ostensibly to visit her good friend Li Xiaolu, but in fact she came to look for Boss Cao.

After filming this segment, the two directors Yan Fei and Jia Ling were directing the crew to adjust the camera position when Fan Erbing came over and said, "Boss Cao, what a coincidence, we meet again."

"Haha, is it really a coincidence?"

Cao Yu sat on the chair without raising his head.

"Yes, I happened to be on vacation in Sanya, and I heard that Xiaolu was filming here, so I came to take a look."

Fan Erbing glanced around and said with a smile, "Boss Cao, do you want me to make a cameo appearance in this play?"

Now Fan Erbing has become "Fan Ye" and usually takes the lead in the roles she takes. When has she ever made a guest appearance?

But in order to please Boss Cao, he is now willing to lower his status, even if it is just for a cameo role.

"You know what, there is a scene that really suits you."

Cao Yu finally raised his head, glanced at Fan Erbing, and said with a smile: "Tomorrow there is a scene that is short of a few beautiful nightclub ladies. Do you want to make a cameo appearance?"

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Fan Erbing's face suddenly looked a little embarrassed. Ask me to play a lady in a nightclub?
But when she saw the actors around her, either Ge You, veteran actors like Li Chengru, or new generation stars like Song Qian, she gave it her all.

"Okay, it's my honor to be able to make a cameo appearance in a movie directed by Mr. Cao."

"You are a great speaker."

Cao Yu originally wanted to humiliate this woman, but he didn't expect that she actually agreed.

That night, Fan Erbing did not leave. He waited for Li Xiaolu to finish filming, and then the two left together.

"Xiaolu, is Mr. Cao staying at the crew's hotel tonight?"

"No, he doesn't live in a hotel. He lives in a rented villa nearby. It's the one he was filming in a few days ago."

Li Xiaolu immediately understood Fan Erbing's intention of visiting the studio and said with a smile, "But Erbing, Boss Cao is very arrogant. It's hard to get close to him."

"is it?"

Fan Erbing had long witnessed Boss Cao's arrogance, but she planned to have a good meeting with this man tonight.

Is there any man in the world who doesn’t love beautiful women?
No, absolutely not!
In the evening, Cao Yu returned to the villa and was swimming in the swimming pool. Pang Yuan came over and said, "Boss, Fan Erbing is here and wants to see you."

"The ghost lingers!"

Cao Yu snorted coldly, intending to make Fan Erbing give up. He came out of the swimming pool and said, "Let her in."

Fan Erbing, who was just lying on the chair and wearing a short skirt, twisted her sexy body and walked towards this side.

Especially when she saw Cao Yu's muscular body, her heart warmed up, tears almost came out of her eyes, and she smiled charmingly: "Boss Cao, I didn't expect you to have such a good figure."

"Not as good as you."

"is it?"

Fan Erbing immediately straightened his chest and looked at the swimming pool: "Can I go down and swim for a while?"

"Don't."

Fan Erbing wanted to seduce him, but Cao Yu didn't give the woman a chance and said coldly, "Erbing, what do you want from me?"

"I just want to have a heart-to-heart talk with Mr. Cao."

"Haha, actually I know what you want to do, but I'm really not interested in you."

"Boss Cao, you misunderstood. Actually, I just wanted to ask whether the role of the Chinese woman in Iron Man 3 has been decided. My acting skills are not that good. Boss Cao, why don't you consider me?"

When his purpose was discovered, Fan Erbing remained calm and started talking about his role.

"To tell you the truth, the actor for Iron Man 3 has been decided, and it's Xu Jing."

"That's it..."

Fan Erbing was disappointed at first, then he pretended to be indifferent and smiled: "It doesn't matter, you have such a big company in Hollywood, and you will find a suitable role in the future."

As he was speaking, the phone beside him suddenly rang.

When Cao Yu saw that it was Song Zue calling, he answered the call.

"Godfather, I was just notified by the United States to go to film a movie. Do you want to take me there?"

"You're not a child, do you still need me to send you off? Ask your cousin or your mother to accompany you!"

Since Song Zue received a notice from the United States, it should be that "Jurassic World" is about to start filming, but Cao Yu was too lazy to send this little girl off. "Okay, is godfather busy recently?"

Song Zue was a little disappointed that he couldn't ride on his godfather's private jet.

"Very busy."

Cao Yu snorted and asked, "Anything else?"

"No, I'll call my godfather when I get to the United States."

"You have to act well in this movie. If you embarrass me, I won't forgive you when I come back."

Cao Yu gave a warning and then hung up the phone.

The surroundings were very quiet. Fan Erbing, who was standing by, vaguely heard the word "godfather" and thought to himself, "It turns out that Boss Cao also has a goddaughter, and it seems that she has been arranged to film in the United States."

I just don't know who this goddaughter is.

But since someone else can be Boss Cao's goddaughter, I...
It’s a pity that I seem to be one year older than Boss Cao, so I have no chance of becoming his goddaughter.

She wished she were a few years younger, so that Boss Cao would definitely agree to her.

Unfortunately, time cannot be reversed.

Fan Erbing sighed helplessly in his heart, and stopped beating around the bush: "Boss Cao, you are now considered the number one in the entertainment industry. As long as you can take care of me in the future, any conditions are acceptable."

As she said that, she bent down and came in front of Cao Yu. Her watery eyes would surely melt any man.

Cao Yu had to admit that this woman was indeed beautiful, with a mature figure like a peach.

But he had seen many mature and beautiful women, and he really had no interest in a woman like Fan Erbing, who had more scandals than masterpieces.

He looked straight into Fan Erbing's eyes, without any movement, just staring.

Fan Erbing felt a little scared when she was stared at. She even suspected that Boss Cao was not interested in women.
That's impossible. According to rumors, he had ambiguous relationships with Li Xiaoyu and Xu Jing, and he also had a son with Liu Yifei.

Do you dislike me?

But I feel wronged. I was just trying to make progress before.

While I was daydreaming, Cao Yu suddenly said, "I can take care of you, but I want to ask you something. Have you evaded taxes in the past few years?"

"what?"

Fan Erbing straightened up suddenly.

"I hate actors who evade taxes, answer me!"

The powerful aura of Cao Yu made Fan Erbing feel a little breathless.

After a while, she managed to utter two words: "No!"

"Lying will reduce your favorability."

"A few times."

Fan Erbing finally compromised and could only whisper: "But many people in the entertainment industry do this, and I'm not the only one."

"I don't care about others. If you have it, go back and pay the tax, and I will consider giving you some good resources."

Cao Yu made a request calmly: "Also, I can support you and let you go to Hollywood, but when you are filming in China in the future, please help me collect any hidden contracts or tax evasion information from any crew."

"Boss Cao, you will offend people if you do this."

"Haha, am I afraid of offending people?"

Cao Yu sneered and took a sip of tea: "You will be my spy from now on. If you dare to mess around, I will ban you!"

Fan Erbing regretted coming to see Boss Cao.

If I really become Boss Cao's spy, I can only
But she didn’t understand why Boss Cao did this. Wouldn’t it be better to pay less tax?
Fan Erbing had no idea that in his previous life, Cao Yu worked as a martial artist on a film crew, sometimes covered in bruises, and could only get three to five hundred yuan after filming a day.

Even if he gets a chance to show his face occasionally because of his good martial arts skills, he can only get a little over a thousand at most, and he has to give three hundred to the introducer.

And those leading actors can earn tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars by just finding a stand-in, acting casually, and not even speaking their lines properly, but they still don’t want to pay taxes. Why?
"Okay, I listen to you."

When he heard the word "ban", Fan Erbing realized that this was not an exaggeration and that Boss Cao had the ability to do so.

But she rolled her eyes and said with a charming look: "Boss Cao, since I am your spy, do you want me to show my loyalty to you again?"

As he said that, he was about to sit on Cao Yu's lap.

"Need not!"

Cao Yu wanted to push her away, but Fan Erbing cried out "Ouch" and was about to fall into Cao Yu's arms: "You hurt me..."

Boss Cao finally rejected Fan Erbing, but gave her some sweet treats by promising to arrange a role for her in a Hollywood movie next year.

As a modern man, he is not obsessed with mysophobia when it comes to women, but he really doesn't like Fan Erbing, not only because of tax evasion, but mainly because he thinks this woman is too promiscuous.

However, if he lets her become his spy, he will have the leverage over many people in the entertainment industry, just like the records of officials in ancient times. This way, his position will be more secure.

Fan Erbing was very satisfied with today's trip, at least it was also thanks to Boss Cao.

The next day, Fan Erbing's guest appearance as a nightclub lady was indeed glamorous and charming, which is expected to bring a lot of topics to the play.

The shooting of "Private Tailor" is proceeding in an orderly manner. Jia Ling is a very talented woman and learns very quickly. After shooting the Hainan part, she has basically mastered some shooting techniques.

The crew then moved to Suzhou to film the scenes in which Fan Wei plays the leader.

The famous line "I want to challenge my weakness" comes from this scene.

It was already the end of April, and "Gravity" was released worldwide, eventually earning more than 700 million US dollars at the box office. Combined with the sales of DVDs, Feiyu and China Film earned nearly 100 million US dollars.

This was the first time that a Chinese film had achieved such success globally, and it immediately sparked a discussion across the country.

Some people say that this is because Boss Cao learned the Hollywood tricks, which led to such a result, which is not replicable.

Others say that as long as you are willing to invest money and pay attention to the quality of the film, you will get good results.

Of course, some people also remember that Feiyu’s boss Cao originally proposed to limit actors’ pay and focus on film quality. It seems that boss Cao still has foresight.

When Cao Yu saw these opinions, he felt that this was a good thing. It was better than spending all the money on actors' salaries in the future.

In early May, Feiyu's "Wulin Waijia" movie has begun promotion and will be released in July.

"Tiny Times" has just finished filming and is scheduled to be released in August.

The TV series "New Smiling Proud Wanderer" was also completed in Songshan.

Even though this is an idol drama, Feiyu Entertainment is rich, so the scenes of the Five Sacred Sword Sects, except for the West Peak which was filmed in Shaohua Mountain because it was too dangerous, the other scenes were almost all shot on location, comparable to a tourism promotional video.

In Hengdian, Zhao Yanzi's first TV series "Palace Lock and Bead Curtain" was also successfully completed.

Another thing in the entertainment industry that made the audience happy during this period was "The Legend of Zhen Huan" which was broadcast on Mango TV at the beginning of the May Day holiday.

As soon as this drama was aired, it immediately became the ratings champion in its time slot, suppressing all other TV dramas broadcast during the same period.

The exciting palace fighting, the beautiful actress, and Sun Li’s excellent performance in “Gravity” before made the audience fascinated.

The audience exclaimed, "Joy of Life" was already good enough, but they didn't expect "The Legend of Zhen Huan" to be even better?

Lines such as "I can't do it..." and "Bitch is just pretentious" became popular internet phrases for a while.

The screenshots of Concubine Hua looking at people sideways were made into emoticons by netizens, making the drama even more popular.

The audience thinks that as long as Boss Cao is around, why bother watching Korean dramas?
Who made it possible that the scripts of the Korean dramas that have been popular in the past two years are all written by Boss Cao? Isn’t it nice to watch Feiyu’s dramas?
Under such circumstances, the prices of advertising space for this drama have skyrocketed, and Mango TV has made a lot of money this time.

Those TV stations that did not get the first broadcast rights immediately contacted Feiyu Entertainment to negotiate the second, third, or even fourth round prices.

For such a popular drama, there will be advertisements whenever it is broadcast.

However, in Yanjing, three people gathered together to drink.

"What's so great about Cao Yu? He just has a good vision and sold the adaptation rights of a few good novels. It's not an original script."

Wang Shuo sneered at the popularity of Joy of Life and Legend of Zhen Huan, raised his glass and clinked glasses with Feng Xiaogang: "Gangzi, how is the registration of your company going?"

"It's done."

Feng Xiaogang has cashed out all of his shares in Huayi during this period, earning more than 100 million yuan in funds, which is enough for him to invest in entertainment companies and movies on his own.

He accompanied Wang Shuo for a drink, and then asked another screenwriter, Liu Zhenyun, with whom he often collaborated, "Are there any good books or scripts recently?"

"Ugh…"

Liu Zhenyun took a sip of wine and said embarrassedly: "Director Feng, it's all my fault. 1942 lost so much money that you left Huayi."

"I don't blame you. I want to leave on my own. I'm not happy here."

Feng Xiaogang waved his hand and said, "This way I am free to do whatever I want. I don't have to worry about my boss's face anymore. I am my own boss now."

"That's true. The Wang brothers have changed."

Wang Shuo nodded in agreement, and then said, "Wait until your new company makes a few good films, and then operate it and go public through a backdoor listing. Won't you make more money than you do now?"

"That's what I thought, too. Just provide me with some scripts and I'll shoot Cell Phone 2. Are you still worried that the company won't be able to get off the ground?"

Feng Xiaogang smiled proudly, feeling that he had made the right choice this time.

After a few more drinks, Feng Xiaogang asked, "Do you have any good scripts recently?"

"I don't have any. The entertainment industry is too impetuous nowadays. I am not in the mood to create."

Wang Shuo complained and said to Liu Zhenyun: "Old Liu, don't you have a book called "One Sentence is Worth Ten Thousand Sentences"? You can try to turn it into a script."

Feng Xiaogang interrupted, "I've read this book. It's well written, but it feels a bit like an art film. My company has just been established, and this kind of film doesn't make money. Is there anything else?"

Liu Zhenyun thought about it and felt that there was some truth in it. She smiled and said, "If this book is not suitable, I am contacting publishers for another book this year called "I Am Not Pan Jinlian". It is quite interesting. Do you want to give it a try?"

"This is a good name, and it does have a gimmick. I'll take a look at the book someday, and then I'll invest if it's feasible."

Feng Xiaogang was overjoyed. The name Pan Jinlian was a household name in China and it was a selling point. If he could find a beautiful actress to play the role, it would definitely be a good idea.

"Let Fan Erbing try this role when the time comes..."

(End of this chapter)