China Entertainment: I became a capital tycoon

Chapter 670 668. What is a fairy hero? Do Chinese fairies have bloodlines?
After having a sumptuous meal with Ouyang Changlin, Cao Yu returned to the villa.

Liu Shishi, who had tasted the sweetness of the food, had already lined the streets to welcome them.

Fortunately, the car has restored power, allowing Cao Yu to switch freely between automatic and manual driving.

They ran all the way until late at night before they fell into a deep sleep.

The next morning, Cao Yu brought Liu Shishi, the leading female role of "Startling by Each Step", to the bidding site of the drama.

Although there was only one play being bid this time, there were quite a few people who came.

"The Legend of Zhen Huan" and "Zhu Xian" have already been aired. The extremely high ratings and huge advertising revenues have made all major TV stations today eager to get these dramas.

After all, the heroine Liu Shishi, after being nourished by love, is simply so beautiful.

With such a beauty as the lead actress, how can the ratings be bad?
After the bidding started, the four TV stations of Yanjing, Mango, Lizhi and Zhejiang Province made crazy efforts.

Especially the Zhejiang Provincial TV station, they were cheated by "Palace Lock and Bead Curtain" directed by Zhao Yanzi some time ago, so this time they are determined to get Feiyu's drama.

The price quickly increased from 800,000 per episode to 2.6 million.

"Forget it. I've already got two dramas from Feiyu TV. Let's give 'Startling by Each Step' to other channels and go back to prepare for 'Happy Boys'."

With the price being so high, Ouyang Changlin was the first to withdraw from the competition.

The most popular program on Mango TV right now is "Where Are We Going, Dad?", and they are also preparing for next year's variety show "Super Boy". As for TV dramas, he thinks they should be aired if possible.

Liu Shishi looked at the TV stations arguing fiercely and lamented in her heart that her boyfriend was too good at making money.

For a TV series with an investment of more than 60 million yuan, the bidding for the first broadcast rights alone was more than 90 million yuan.

"It seems that in future filming, we should still focus on the quality of the film."

Some executives from other entertainment companies who were watching the fun also came to the same conclusion.

Just like Zhao Yanzi's "Palace Lock and Bead Curtain", that kind of bad movie will only be criticized, will only lose money, and will only embarrass people.

In addition to Zhejiang TV, Yanjing TV also wants to get this drama.

The popularity of "Joy of Life" at the beginning of the year made them taste the sweetness, and then they gave up "The Legend of Zhen Huan" and benefited Mango TV. How could they be willing to repeat the same mistake this time?

When the price reached three million per episode, such a high price once again scared away Litchi TV.

Currently, the record for the highest price for a single episode of a TV series in the market is still held by "Zhu Xian", which is 2.15 million. However, Zhu Xian is a fairy tale drama with an investment of nearly 200 million.

But "Startling by Each Step" is just a palace fighting drama, is it really worth the price?
"Three million and two million!"

Yanjingtai felt that it was boring to increase the amount by tens of thousands, so this time it directly increased it by 200,000.

"Oh"

All the reporters and guests in the audience exclaimed immediately, and then all looked at Boss Cao who was leisurely drinking tea.

"I know you have money, but you are too good at making money."

Three million and two hundred thousand, for a total of thirty-five episodes, that's more than one hundred and ten million. Not only did it recover all the costs before it even aired, it also made nearly double the money?
Sure enough, the price of Yanjing TV made Zhejiang TV silent.

This high price was completely beyond his expectations. After a moment of silence, he finally put the sign on.

"clap clap"

The whole audience applauded, but not for Yanjing TV, but for Boss Cao.

The first broadcast rights were sold, and the two leading actors, Liu Shishi and Hu Ge, led by producer Cai Yinong, came on stage to thank everyone.

Cai Yinong saw Liu Shishi's blushing face and sighed in her heart: "They are still together, silly girl, I hope you can be happy."

Liu Shishi was actually very happy. Even when she was speaking, she would occasionally glance at Cao Yu.

After the event ended, Cao Yu hadn't left yet, and many entertainment company bosses came over to say hello.

Normally they can’t find Boss Cao, so this is a good opportunity to build a relationship.

"Mr. Cao, our company has a good project recently"

"Mr. Cao, are you free this afternoon? I would like to invite you to have a simple meal."

"Boss Cao, would you be so kind as to sit with me for a while?"

……

Now Cao Yu is a famous financial sponsor in the entertainment industry. As long as the project is similar, he is willing to invest and also provide guidance.

"Boss, our CEO Cao has something else to do this afternoon. Please let me see your project first. If it's possible, CEO Cao will give you a reply."

Cao Yu’s current secretary is very professional and can help him a lot at work.

After leaving the bidding site, Cao Yu accompanied Liu Shishi for a nap, and in the afternoon the secretary gave him the collected projects.

"'Prince of Lanling', 'The Legend of Chusen', 'Happy Everyday', 'Beauty of War', 'X-Men', these movies are all pretty good."

Cao Yu looked through the project books and found that some of the dramas were so familiar that he had actually watched them all.

But now he is too lazy to write TV drama scripts.

The projects collected by the secretary include not only TV series, but also several movies such as "China Partners", "Yanjing Meets Seattle", and "The Chef, the Actor, the Scoundrel".

As the financial sponsor, Cao Yu had a meal with the production company of "Lanling King" that afternoon, agreed to invest 30 million yuan, and recommended Wang Xiaochen from his company as the female lead of the play.

At the banquet, Cao Yu also discovered a little girl named Jiang Yiyi and asked someone to write down her phone number.

Cao Yu handed over other projects to his employees, as these films would probably lose money anyway.

These entertainment companies don’t even dare to show bad scripts to Boss Cao.

On the third day in Xiangshan, the "Mermaid" selection finally ended.

As expected, Chen Duling was chosen by Zhou Xingchi for her outstanding appearance, spiritual performance, and top student mind.

"Student Chen, please act well. I hope it won't affect your studies."

After the results came out, Feiyu Entertainment signed a contract with Chen Duling, and Cao Yu did not forget to encourage this girl.

"Mr. Cao, thank you. I will definitely work hard."

Chen Duling was very grateful. Boss Cao did not forget to let her learn even at this time. This alone was not easy.

This time, as my classmates said, I met a noble person.

After finishing the three things, Cao Yu took Liu Shishi and flew to Bali.

There is a famous Lover's Cliff here, which is the place Liu Shishi most wants to visit.

On a high cliff, Liu Shishi faced the blue sea, opened her arms, took a deep breath, and shouted, "I have a boyfriend!"

Cao Yu hugged her waist from behind and whispered in her ear: "I have you!"

However, Cao Yu felt a little regretful. He should have booked a cruise ship earlier so that he could take the girls to cruise on the sea.

He immediately called his secretary and asked her to help book a boat as soon as possible so that it would be more convenient to take the women out to sea in the future.

"Mr. Cao, how big a boat do you want?"

"About a hundred meters, something luxurious, with a budget of 300 million US dollars. Let them come up with a design plan so I can take a look at it first."

After making the request, Cao Yu turned around and saw Liu Shishi's surprised look, and asked with a smile: "What's wrong?"

Liu Shishi said: "Three hundred million US dollars, it feels like buying a yacht is just like buying vegetables."

“This is much more convenient than buying groceries.”

Cao Yu let Liu Shishi lean on his arms and said, "After buying a yacht, it will be convenient for me to take you around the world in the future."

"us?"

“You know it, but you still ask?”

"Ouch, once I'm on your pirate ship, I can't get off."

Although Liu Shishi felt a little uncomfortable about sharing her boyfriend with others, she now felt that she could not live without Cao Yu.

The two spent a pleasant quasi-honeymoon in Bali and returned to Yanjing at the end of November.

After returning, the first thing Cao Yu did was to hand over the script of "Wolf Warrior 2" to Wu Jing, and filming began after the new year.

Although Boss Cao would not interfere in the filming process of this movie, he still made a request, that is, the role of the rich second-generation dude in the film could not be played by Zhang Han from East District 8.

In addition, the script of "Charlotte's Troubles" is already very mature and has been adapted into a drama by Jia Ling. Now that it is time to make a movie, it is naturally a familiar process.

Teacher Wang’s Tian Yu and Yin Zheng’s Yuan Hua have both signed contracts with the company.

For the roles of the male and female protagonists, Cao Yu originally wanted to promote the actors in his company, but after much deliberation, he finally found Shen Teng and Ma Li.

Without the two of them, the show would have no soul.

At this time, Shen Teng and Ma Li had already appeared on the Spring Festival Gala, but they were still not very famous.

He recalled that many years ago, Boss Cao wanted to acquire Happy Twist, but was rejected by the boss, and he regretted it a long time ago.

Boss Cao had said before that he would cooperate, but he almost forgot about it.

Now that Boss Cao has become the richest man, he feels even more out of reach.

Unexpectedly, after so many years, he could still act in Feiyu Entertainment's movie. Shen Teng felt like a long-dry land finally receiving a refreshing rain.

In addition to myself, even my partner Ma Li was invited, which was completely unexpected.

He and Ma Li said that they must make this movie well.

As the director of this play, Cao Yu asked Yan Fei and Jia Ling to direct it together. After all, the drama "Charlotte's Troubles" was created by Jia Ling.

In addition to the two movies, there are also three TV series that will be filmed after the Chinese New Year: "Eternal Love", "A Servant of Two Masters" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

Zhao Liying, who is now a first-line star, has to film "Legend of Chusen" first, so her other drama "Legend of Lu Zhen" can only be filmed in the second half of the year together with "Nirvana in Fire".

Cao Yu actually wrote the script for "Eternal Love" eight years ago.

The novel had not been published at that time, but now that it has been published, Cao Yu still bought the copyright first to avoid trouble in the future, although the novel is suspected of plagiarism.

Cao Yu has revised the script many times, taking its essence and removing its dross.

The original TV series was about a group of gods dealing with family matters, love affairs, and ethical disputes. As gods, they basically did not do their jobs and spent their days serving those bloody and abusive love affairs.

Mainly, why do we have to worry about bloodline?
In Chinese culture, thousands of years ago, the slogan "Are kings, dukes, generals, and ministers of different races related?" was put forward, but this drama talks about bloodline every day. Only Western culture talks about bloodline, and of course animals and the Japanese emperor also talk about bloodline.

In Chinese mythology, gods like the Jade Emperor have to go through 1,750 tribulations before they can become the Jade Emperor.

Other gods also have to do many good deeds and practice for many years before they can become gods.

But in this drama, it seems that as long as you are born with noble blood, you can become a superior person without doing anything.

Moreover, the protagonist has no kindness towards ordinary people at all, but is more arrogant and superior. The whole drama is all about promoting bloodline and origin. The intention of this setting is so malicious.

It was also this drama that set a bad precedent for later fairy-tale dramas. Not only did it make the fairy-tale dramas unclear about what a hero is, it also made the theory of bloodline popular.

As long as you don’t have noble blood, use bloodline to distribute appearance and morality.

Then they torture all living beings to death.

Cao Yu modified all the settings of these bloodlines and severely criticized the bloodline theory, making the male and female protagonists have to go through countless hardships and disasters, and not do many good things for the people of the world, before they can finally resume their previous relationship.

This is the core of the "knight" in "Xianxia".

In fact, compared to "Three Lives Three Worlds", Cao Yu prefers "A Mortal's Journey to Immortality", but it's a pity that this book has not been finished yet.

And if he doesn't take the picture, someone else will definitely take it. It's better to take it himself, and the picture will be better.

After finalizing the script, Cao Yu immediately called Liu Yifei.

"Xixi, after the Chinese New Year, we're going to shoot Eternal Love, is that ok?"

"Filming again? I want to rest."

Liu Yifei is quite Buddhist now. She just wants to be a good wife and mother and spend time with her son. She doesn't want to film for the time being.

Cao Yu asked: "Are you still going to sing the theme song "Liangliang"?"

"Let Mimi shoot the drama, and I'll sing the theme song with you, which means we're working together."

"You two are really close sisters."

Cao Yu was helpless. Knowing that Liu Yifei had a hard time filming Mulan, he agreed, "Okay, I'll go talk to Mimi."

After hanging up the phone, he went to Mi Xing's studio upstairs.

Yang Mi was holding a meeting with her employees. When she saw Cao Yu, she ran over and asked, "Brother, why are you here?"

That proud look seemed to be telling the newcomers in the company that the richest man is my brother.

"Inspecting the work!"

Cao Yu sat in the seat Yang Mi had just taken. He glanced at the artists who had just joined the company and asked in their admiring eyes, "What are you busy with?"

Yang Mi smiled and said, "We were discussing a novel that we recently discovered. I think it could be made into a TV series."

"Oh? What script?"

Cao Yu was very surprised. This girl is really working hard now. She does everything according to his requirements and keeps looking for good scripts.

“It’s called The East Palace.”

"Donggong?"

When Cao Yu heard about the drama, he looked at Yang Mi curiously.

"What's wrong? Is there something on my face?"

Yang Mi touched her face, thinking something was wrong.

"I feel more and more that Boss Yang is really a man who deserves new respect after three days of absence. This book is good and worth doing."

"Brother, have you seen it?"

"Of course, otherwise how would I know I could take the photo."

In Cao Yu's mind, if "Eastern Palace" is to be filmed, Nazha must be the female lead.

Yang Mi immediately said happily: "How about I play the heroine Qu Xiaofeng in this play?"

Cao Yu said: "I have a role for the most beautiful woman in the world, do you want it?"

"The most beautiful woman in the world?"

When everyone heard this title, everyone present looked at Yang Mi.

The whole world, that sounds awesome.

If Boss Yang plays the female lead, wouldn't it be nice for me to just play a supporting role?

Yang Mi was even more delighted with such a title: "I want to act, so let someone else play the leading role in "Eastern Palace"."

"Ok, deal."

Yang Mi’s acting skills are pretty good now. She has been practicing dancing in the past few years and she doesn’t hunch her back, so there is no problem for her to act.

"The meeting is dismissed!"

Since her brother-in-law agreed, Yang Mi didn't need to hold this meeting anymore.

After letting everyone leave, she said in a tender voice, "Brother, come to my office and tell me about this play."

As soon as she entered the room, Yang Mi hooked her arms around Cao Yu's neck and said, "The most beautiful woman in the world wants you."

More than half an hour later, the two began to talk about the script.

"Brother, I think the novel "Eastern Palace" is really touching. How about we invest in it together?"

"Okay, let Nazha play the female lead. I don't care about the rest. I'll leave it to you. Let me see if my Mimi can do a good job this time."

"With my brother's support, I can definitely do it."

Yang Mi was excited just thinking about the fact that it was the first time that her studio had completed a drama.

Cao Yu gently stroked Yang Mi's slightly red skin and said, "Actually, I have another thing to ask you. I want your studio to shoot another movie."

"What drama?"

"There's a book called 'The Rise of the Crown Princess', which I think is pretty good."

"Where's Sissi's studio? Aren't you going to take pictures for her?"

"Xixi wants to rest and stay at home with the children. Only you can earn this money."

"Accompanying children"

Thinking that Liu Yifei was already able to take care of her husband and children, Yang Mi said disappointedly: "Brother, if it weren't for Xixi giving you a son, I would have suspected that what you gave me was fake."

"It's your stomach that's not cooperating."

Cao Yu was so angry that he slapped Yang Mi on the buttocks: "Do you want to have a baby or do you want to focus on your career first?"

Hearing this question, Yang Mi remained silent.

After a while she said, "Brother, you have been preventing me from having a baby. Is it intentional?"

"You are so ambitious, I am afraid it will affect you." Cao Yu said: "If you really want to have a baby, I promise to give you a baby after you finish filming "Three Lives Three Worlds."

"That's a deal?"

"Hook!"

……

After finishing "Three Lives Three Worlds", the only TV dramas left are "A Servant of Two Masters" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

There is no big problem with "A Servant of Two Masters". We can just invite Yan Ne and Zhang Jiayi. Guan Xiaotong and Jiang Shuying are both contracted artists of the company.

After leaving Mixing Studio, Cao Yu walked to Qiduo's practice room upstairs.

There were only five people in the room, and An Yuexi and Li Yitong were not seen.

When Ju Jingyi saw the boss again, he immediately ran over and said, "Boss, are you looking for us?"

Cao Yu glanced around the room and asked, "Where are the other two?"

Ju Jingyi was disappointed. It turned out that the boss was looking for An Yuexi and the others. The excitement disappeared without a trace and she whispered, "He went upstairs to find the acting teacher."

"Oh."

Cao Yu nodded, and then said to Ju Jingyi: "How is your song practice going?"

"We're almost done practicing, Boss. Do you want to go to the recording studio to check it out?"

Whenever there was a chance, Ju Jingyi wanted to be alone with her boss, maybe their feelings would explode.

"hehe."

How could Cao Yu not understand the girl's purpose? He smiled secretly in his heart and glanced at Ju Jingyi.

I haven't seen this girl for nearly half a year. Maybe because of long-term dancing, her temperament and figure have improved a lot. However, there is still quite a gap between her and the beauty in my impression.

In Xiaoju's expectant eyes, he smiled and said, "I have something else to do. Let's talk next time when I'm free."

After saying that, he left the practice room.

“I don’t know when the next time will be.”

Ju Jingyi didn't dare to chase after him and could only stand there blankly.

Am I really not as good as Li Yitong and others?
I am not bad looking, why does the boss keep asking me to wait? How long do I have to wait?
"It's not so easy to pursue a status like the boss."

Liu Muzi and other teammates seemed to have noticed something and felt secretly happy.

Although they are in the same group and have a good relationship on weekdays, there is inevitably hidden competition between women.

If you are having an affair with the boss, why don't you show off in front of us?

But they were a team after all, so the teammates came over to comfort him: "Xiao Ju, maybe the boss really has something to ask Yi Tong and the others."

Ju Jingyi was immediately very dissatisfied.

What do you mean? You also think I am not as good as Li Yitong?
I still don’t believe it!

When a girl chases a boy, it’s easy. I must make my boss like me!
(End of this chapter)