China Entertainment: I became a capital tycoon

Chapter 660 658. The collapse is Xu Laoguai, Dabaobei wants to resign
The most prosperous industry in Japan used to be the sex industry, and it was also a paradise for American soldiers.

Although we have entered the 21st century, this industry is still very prosperous, which is also a major feature of Japan.

Therefore, in this environment, some Japanese girls in the entertainment industry made their debut at a very young age, which is also related to this culture.

Cao Yu came to Japan this time with the intention of setting up a few girl groups, discovering some female stars, and then making a lot of money from the Japanese.

At this time, FNC's Tokyo branch had been basically established, and it had purchased an entire building in a bustling area of ​​Tokyo.

The building has been fully renovated and has everything you need, including training rooms, artist dormitories, a cafeteria, recording studios, etc. Except that there are only a few people there now, the scale of the company is no worse than that of Avex in Japan. Its main business is artist management, music distribution, etc.

In Japan, Johnny's Office focuses on male artists and their approach is to train them.

Cao Yu plans to discover female artists at FNC Entertainment's Tokyo branch, and since Japanese girls debuted early, he can only train them.

After visiting the company, Boss Cao was very satisfied with the employees' efficiency. He immediately held a meeting and announced that he was going to select Japanese artists for FNC.

Dongbao’s beauty pageant is called “Cinderella”, and Cao Yu also calls this artist selection “Snow White”.

Although there are many artist agencies in Japan, FNC's reputation has already become popular in East Asia in recent years, and the reputation of its president Cao Yu is well-known to everyone.

He is a wealthy man, the winner of six Oscars, the owner of Marvel, one of the six major Hollywood studios, and has close cooperation with Toho, Toei, Ahui and other companies.

With such an identity, which Japanese girl wouldn't want to join this company?

From the beginning of the promotion, the company received more than 100,000 applications from girls in just three days.

"Yes, they are all between twelve and eighteen years old, and are very worth training."

At night, Cao Yu looked at the information on the computer and felt that there would be no shortage of people to shoot Japanese action movies in the future.

But there are so many people who signed up that the auditions alone will take a month.

"Cao Sang, there are so many beautiful girls. How many do you plan to choose this time?"

Nana Komatsu secretly glanced at the computer and saw the many beauties on it. She was afraid that these people would steal her favor in the future.

"Let's set the number at fifty for now."

"so much?"

"Not much. We will have to form two or three groups by then."

Cao Yu closed his computer, leaned back in his chair, and asked two Japanese girls to massage his legs. He asked, "Who is the most beautiful girl in your country right now?"

"Of course it's Yui Aragaki, she's so beautiful in "LEGAL HIGH"."

When Nana Komatsu talks about popular female stars, her eyes are full of envy.

"Oh?"

Cao Yu had some impression of this name, but he didn't think Yui Aragaki was that pretty. She was not as pretty as Nozomi Sasaki and Nana Komatsu.

He smiled and said, "I can also make you the most beautiful girl, as long as I have money."

In fact, Cao Yu prefers the early Japanese girls, such as Akina Nakamori, Yasuko Sawaguchi, and Momoe Yamaguchi. They all have their own beauty.

Most of the beauties nowadays are promoted by capital.

The girls asked excitedly, "Really?"

"Behave well, and I won't treat you unfairly."

Cao Yu patted the pretty faces of several girls. These girls were of good character and it would not be a problem to make them famous.

In this period of time, "Joy of Life" has already finished broadcasting in Japan. Combined with the previously popular "Dream of Red Mansions", this Chinese novel has caused a wave of viewing in Japan.

Dongbao once again tasted success with this film and directly broadcast "The Legend of Zhen Huan".

As a result, Japanese audiences were obsessed with the drama. Although it hasn't finished airing yet, the average viewership ratings are as high as 31%.

Dongbao made a lot of money from advertising, so Dongbao naturally fully supported Cao Yu's beauty pageant.

Although Cao Yu had watched many Japanese action movies, he also watched many Japanese TV dramas when he was a child, such as "A Xiang", "The Volleyball Girl", "Tokyo Love Story", etc.

Of course, the shows I watched the most were cartoons. After graduating from college, I only watched a few movies.

And I've only seen them, so I don't know as much about the new generation of Japanese female stars as I do about Aoi, Hata, and Ozawa.

Therefore, he has no idea which Japanese movies or TV series will be popular.

If you want to make money, you definitely can't rely on the Korean model. You can only select some beauties, make them famous through investment, and then suck the money from the Japanese.

The next day when he arrived at the company, Cao Yu called Toho and Toei and directly recruited six Japanese girls including Nozomi Sasaki and Kasumi Arimura to FNC.

Out of respect for Boss Cao, several artist companies released the artists without even asking for any penalty.

With the joining of these six girls, plus Hirose Suzu who wanted to flirt with her before, and Nagano Mei and Hashimoto Kanna who have submitted their resumes, FNC Tokyo branch already has nine artists.

After finishing all these, Cao Yu had nothing to do and was about to go to the artist audition site to take a look.

As soon as I went out, Wang Zhongjun suddenly called me.

"Mr. Cao, we are planning to shoot the second part of the Detective Dee movie, The Dragon King of the Capital. Do you want to invest?"

“I won’t vote.”

Although "Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame" had good box office, its reputation was mediocre, and the second part was even worse than the first. Will Cao Yu invest money in it?

"It's ok."

Wang Zhongjun didn't mind, after all, Boss Cao hadn't read the script, so he said, "Boss Cao, your company's Yang Ying has been very popular on variety shows recently. I want her to play a role in this movie."

"she?"

Yang Ying is a regular guest on the show "Run, Young Man". She has gained some popularity in the past two years. As an artist of Feiyu, she has also taken on some small roles.

As for acting, under Feiyu's training, although her grades have always been C grade, she still has some effect. Not only can she stare, she is considered to be a little better than the average new actress.

But Cao Yu really didn't want to praise her, and said with a smile: "There are so many actresses in our company, why did you choose her to star in this movie?"

Wang Zhongjun said, "The other famous actors in your company either have schedules recently or are not popular enough. Yang Ying looks good, and Director Xu Ke thinks she's okay."

Yang Mi is currently filming "Transformers 4" in the United States, Liu Yifei is filming "Mulan", Jing Tian, ​​Zhao Liying, and Mao Xiaotong also have other dramas, and even Song Qian and Ni Ni have no schedule.

The reason why Wang Zhongjun found Yang Ying was first to continue to please Cao Yu.

With an investment of over 200 million yuan for this blockbuster, it would be unreasonable not to use an actor from Feiyu, so in the end they could only choose Yang Ying, who has both good popularity and good looks.

"You guys can do whatever you want. Just contact her agent."

After Cao Yu hung up the phone, he shook his head and smiled, "I hope Xu Ke won't be pissed off to death by Yang Ying."

When I arrived at the place where artists were being auditioned, there were hundreds of people sitting in the hall. All of them were young girls, and the air was filled with the fragrance of women.

When these girls saw Boss Cao, they couldn't help but look at him with awe, and some of the bolder ones even tried to wink at Cao Yu.

It’s a pity that this young and handsome boss is surrounded by bodyguards, making it impossible for girls to approach him.

Because there were so many people, the auditions were divided into five venues.

When Cao Yu came to one of the rooms, he was a little surprised.

All girls participating in the audition must change into cool swimsuits before coming in, and the people in charge of the audition will also screen them based on their body shape, appearance, skin, hair, teeth, bones, etc.

You may even ask if the other person is still a virgin.

Once these conditions are met, we will then look at the girl’s ability to express herself, her talent and singing skills, her sense of camera, etc.

This alone opened the eyes of the worldly-wise Cao Yu, who thought to himself, "This is not a selection of artists, it's obviously a selection of concubines."

But then I also understood that this is Japan, there is no shortage of beautiful girls, so how could tens of thousands of people be eliminated if there were no lags?

Because it was an open audition, there were some outstanding girls, but no one caught Cao Yu's eye.

He strolled to the second audition room. At this time, the appearance of the girl who was introducing herself in front of the camera made Cao Yu feel familiar.

This girl has a baby face, but she is tall, half a head taller than the average Japanese girl, and is over 165 meters tall.

The girl introduced herself: "My name is Ayaka Kawakita, and I'm from Chiba Prefecture."

"Ayaka?"

Cao Yu suddenly remembered the photos he had seen before. Although the girl looked a little immature at this moment, she was indeed a model.

Moreover, he had seen the girl's photos and there was nothing wrong with her figure and appearance.

He immediately said to the staff in charge of the audition: "Keep this girl here. She doesn't need to participate in the audition. Just sign the contract directly." "Can I sign the contract directly?"

When Ayaka Kawakita heard that she could sign the contract directly, she was stunned for a moment in disbelief, then looked at her future boss excitedly: "Does he like me? Then won't I be rich?"

Cao Yu watched here for more than half an hour, and saw many beauties of all ages, but he didn't see anyone familiar.

After all, the auditions take a month, and this pageant will select fifty promising girls from more than a hundred thousand people, and they will definitely be the best of the best.

On August 11, China's first real music show "China Music Show" officially began. Now it is the end of July, and he has to go back and take a look after the auditions are completed.

Before leaving, he went to Toho and asked Shimatani Norisuke to arrange some resources for Komatsu Nana and the others.

At the company, he also saw Minami Hamabe, the little girl who entered the finals of the "Cinderella" selection last year.

Although this girl did not win the championship last year, she is a very good beauty. Cao Yu directly asked Shimatani to find her.

Toho and Cao Yu are now cooperating quite happily, and President Shimatani gave the girl to FNC without hesitation.

"When I come here next time, we can create the first Japanese girl group."

On the plane, looking at the island country gradually moving away, Cao Yu began to plan to make a name for himself here.

"China Music Show" was officially announced in May. The organizers are Fei'e Video and Weibo, and co-organized by music platforms such as QQ Music and Kugou. It has a huge momentum.

When Cao Yu returned to the company and saw the registration information, he was not disappointed.

In addition to the company's artists Zhang Jie, Xu Shangao, Huang Ling, Zhang Bichen and others, many singers with good performance in the music industry, such as SHE, Cai Yilin, Fish Leong, Li Yuchun, Hu Xia, and Deng Ziqi, have also signed up.

"The Chinese entertainment industry is still quite star-studded right now."

Cao Yu scanned the singers on the list and the performance of their recent albums, then thought of the later wizards and those monsters, and sighed deeply.

He really hopes that this program will allow more songwriters and singers to emerge in the music industry.

After inspecting the stage, lighting and other details, and chatting about the program progress with a director poached from South Korea, Cao Yu was confident that he would be able to make the music show a success this time.

Although Feiyu Group has made sufficient preparations for this program, the industry is still skeptical about it.

All previous singing variety shows and singing programs were recorded and edited before broadcasting. Now you are doing a live broadcast, this is the first time in history. If you fail, it will be a huge embarrassment.

Cao Yu also knew that this attempt was a bit risky, but he had money. Couldn’t real money buy a good show?

There is still one week before the show officially starts on August 11, so Cao Yu plans to visit the set of Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame.

He was very curious whether Xu Ke was so angry with Yang Ying that he vomited blood.

This movie invested by Huayi had just started shooting in Hengdian. When Cao Yu arrived, Yang Ying's scenes were being filmed.

On the set, Xu Ke was flirting with the leading male actor in the middle of summer, and was teaching Yang Ying how to act out this scene well.

Even a big director like Xu Ke demonstrated it himself, but Yang Ying was not humble at all. She just watched the director's charming expression, covering her mouth and laughing happily, still looking like she was on a variety show.

"Yang Ying, what are you doing?"

When Cao Yu saw Yang Ying like this, he got angry and went up to question her.

When Xu Ke heard that it was Boss Cao who came, he looked as if he had seen a savior. His eyes seemed to say, "Take this evildoer away quickly. I can't stand it anymore."

If it weren't for the fact that Yang Ying was an artist of Feiyu Entertainment, given Xu's previous temper, he would have been angry a long time ago.

Yang Ying also noticed Cao Yu, and walked over to him with a smile and said, "Boss, why are you here? Director Xu was just explaining the play to me, and his acting was so funny."

Xu Ke felt a little embarrassed when he heard this.

Fun? You are fun, but I am not!
Cao Yu had no choice but to say to Xu Ke: "Director Xu, I'm sorry..."

After saying that, he turned around and said to Yang Ying with a dark face: "You don't have to act in this play anymore. I want someone else to play with you."

"boss?"

Yang Ying thought that by having a close relationship with Cao Yu, she would become a big star.

But in the past two years, my boss has not arranged any resources for me. Now that I finally get the chance to star in a blockbuster movie, I have to change actors?

"Stop talking. Go ahead and continue participating in your variety show. We'll talk about it when your acting skills are up to par!"

Cao Yu said, in front of the shocked eyes of the entire crew, he took out his phone and called Reba: "Please ask for leave from the Xuan-Yuan Sword crew and come to Hengdian to shoot a movie."

"Boss, don't replace me."

Hearing that the boss was serious, Yang Ying became completely anxious and came over to beg in a low voice.

Not only did he lose his role, but he also had to replace the actor in front of so many people. If this got out, it would be really embarrassing.

"I have said it many times in the company that Feiyu Entertainment values ​​acting skills. You think you are getting cocky just because you are a little famous now. This is a lesson for you. I hope you can practice your acting skills well in the future."

After Cao Yu finished speaking, he ignored Yang Ying and said to Xu Ke, "I found you a very good newcomer who is very suitable for this film and has good acting skills in our film."

"Excuse me, Mr. Cao. Actually, Yang Ying has good qualities. If she works hard on her acting skills, she will have a bright future."

Xu Ke's words were naturally meant to be polite. In fact, he had been tortured enough by Yang Ying.

Moreover, although the person recommended by Boss Cao sounds like a newcomer, can his acting be worse than that of Yang Ying?
Seeing that the boss was determined to replace her, Yang Ying had no choice but to leave the set with grievance, accompanied by her agent.

On the way, the agent saw that Yang Ying wanted to cry, and quickly persuaded her: "Baby, actually what Mr. Cao said is right, you really should practice your acting skills. Over the years, everyone has been improving, but your grades have always been C. Even if you have a chance, you will miss it like this time."

"I have tried my best. Even if my acting is not good, you can't replace me in front of so many people!"

Yang Ying's tears were rising as she thought about how she had given her body to her boss, but only became a variety show star and even starred in a hit drama. How could she hone her acting skills?

I didn't act well, can you blame me? You didn't teach me, and you blame me!

The agent added: "I guess Mr. Cao is angry because Director Xu just gave you some advice, but you didn't listen with an open mind and were secretly happy."

“It’s funny.”

Yang Ying didn't know where she was wrong yet. She muttered, looked back at Hengdian, and suddenly raised her head: "I've decided, I want to leave Feiyu!"

"Baby, be careful!"

The agent has been managing Yang Ying for the past few years and knows her level very well. How can you survive if you leave Feiyu?
"I've thought about it. I'm pretty popular now! As long as I leave Feiyu, with my beauty and fans' support, can't I get better resources?"

What happened just now made Yang Ying feel very embarrassed.

If the boss can coax me and reallocate some resources, I will continue to stay.

If your boss doesn't care about you, leave.

This is Yang Ying’s real plan.

……

On the same day, Reba rushed to Hengdian.

Although the filming of "Xuan-Yuan Sword" has already started, the leading female role is Liu Shishi, and Reba is the second female role. Taking a half-month leave to shoot other dramas first will not affect the shooting progress.

Cao Yu asked Reba to come because, firstly, this girl's appearance would definitely satisfy Xu Ke, and secondly, Nazha had already played a role in the movie "Wulin Waijia", so this opportunity was given to Reba.

It’s a good opportunity to let Xu Ke give this girl some advice.

When Reba came to the crew of "Shendu Dragon King", Xu Ke immediately felt that the person recommended by Boss Cao was really good.

She is tall, has delicate features, a good figure, and most importantly, she can dance. She is many times better than Yang Ying.

"Dad, you're so nice."

The happiest person is Reba. Being able to star in the movie directed by Xu Ke will change her status in the entertainment industry in the future.

And when I heard that it was Yang Ying who was replaced, I cherished this hard-won opportunity even more.

Sure enough, when the filming started again, the scene where Reba danced with the pipa immediately received unanimous praise from the crew.

After Cao Yu's supervision and training for a period of time, Reba's acting skills have improved rapidly, and she has fully demonstrated the charm of the courtesan Yin Ruiji.

"It seems that Reba is not incapable of acting, it just depends on whether she puts her heart into it."

After watching a few shows, Cao Yu finally felt relieved and prepared to visit the "Xuan-Yuan Sword" crew.

Just as I got in the car, I suddenly received a text message from Yang Ying on my phone: "Boss, I want to resign! Leave Feiyu!"

"approved!"

Cao Yu replied directly with two words.

(End of this chapter)