China Entertainment: I became a capital tycoon

Chapter 674 672. Action movies are on the rise again, BLACKPINK is formed
Kung Fu movies are a symbol of Chinese culture going global and also a cultural symbol.

Once upon a time, Bruce Lee made all foreigners think that all Chinese people knew Kung Fu, and Kung Fu movies were also a major feature of Chinese films.

Around the 1990s, kung fu films were still the mainstream of the film and television market, both in mainland China and Hong Kong.

As long as you take the photo, there is almost no loss.

But as we entered the 21st century, with the rise of special effects and the aging of the action stars of the last century, kung fu films began to decline. The original flesh-and-flesh fighting scenes were replaced by special effects and slow motion.

In fact, it’s not that the audience doesn’t like to watch it, but that the crew didn’t shoot it well, which makes the audience like to watch it even less.

In this vicious cycle, all that's left are random fantasy films.

More importantly, this also allows young and handsome men to run rampant, without any professionalism at all.

Fortunately, the "Knife of the Assassin", "Wolf Warrior" and "Ip Man" series produced by Feiyu in the past two years have given people hope for the resurgence of kung fu movies.

It was in this environment that "The Grandmaster" came into being.

Although the movie had good fighting scenes, unfortunately the drama was lacking, which resulted in the box office performance not meeting expectations.

Now, with "The New Smiling Proud Wanderer" airing, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" starting filming, and "Wolf Warrior 2" and "Knife of the Assassin 2" in preparation, everyone feels again that action movies are really booming again.

Feiyang Boys is a boy group under Feiyu.

In recent years, Yi Yang Qianxi, Wang Yuan and Wang Junkai, three members of the group, not only study martial arts, music and dance, but the company also posts their training videos on Fei'e Video. They are now well-known young idols.

Under the influence of idols, many young Chinese people born after 95 have developed a great interest in martial arts, so action movies still have a huge market.

Therefore, "New Smiling Proud Wanderer" attracted much attention before it was broadcast.

After all, this film not only features the beauties Jing Tian and Zhang Tian'ai, but also the richest man Cao Yu who has become a national idol.

That night, the TV series' ratings reached 11%. Many people watched the show just to see Boss Cao act again.

As a result, he did not appear in the first two episodes.

But everyone found that this martial arts film was actually very good.

In addition to being shot entirely on location, every fighting move and every martial arts action is beautiful, with no intention of fooling the audience.

After the first two episodes were aired, Jing Tian’s personal Weibo received hundreds of thousands of messages.

"Sister's appearance as the leader is so cool!"

"The leader is so beautiful, not inferior to Lin Qingxia's version of Dongfang Bubai at all!"

"When will your master come out? I'm really looking forward to Boss Cao's Dugu Qiubai!"

"Master, your martial arts moves are really beautiful, did you learn them specifically?"

……

With all kinds of messages, Jing Tian, ​​who is graceful and heroic, gained millions of fans in one day, with a total of over 50 million, becoming a first-line star with acting skills, good looks and traffic.

In Yanjing, Song Zu'e had just had his winter vacation and gathered with his classmates in front of the TV, waiting to see his godfather appear.

On the first day, she was disappointed not to see Cao Yu.

The next day, she had to spend some of her pocket money to buy a bunch of snacks before she could finally gather her classmates at her home.

After watching the third episode, Cao Yu still did not appear.

Just when Song Zue thought he would have to spend money again tomorrow night, Jing Tian's Dongfang Bubai began to reminisce.

"My godfather is coming out! Look, he's so handsome!"

Song Zu'e was excited and proud. He pointed at Cao Yu on TV with a look of pride and complacency on his face.

"Really handsome!"

Song Zu'e's junior high school classmates all opened their eyes wide when they saw Cao Yu dressed as a hero.

They are young and some have not watched "The Return of the Condor Heroes" and "Devils of the Condor Heroes", but Cao Yu's role as Dugu Qiubai finally allowed young children to see what a hero is.

"His movements just now were so neat and graceful. He slapped the bad guy to death with just one palm!"

These children are at the age of falling in love for the first time. Although they usually watch idol dramas, today they finally discovered that martial arts movies are so good.

"Juanjuan, I really envy you for having such a handsome godfather."

The envious looks from his classmates made Song Zue feel that the money he spent on snacks was not wasted.

In Yancheng, at this time, a little girl named Yang was sitting alone in a bare room, watching the show.

Her parents are divorced, she is not very good at studying, and she usually likes to watch TV.

I heard from my classmates that "Swordsman" is very good, so I came back today to take a look, and I actually saw the legendary richest man, Boss Cao.

"He's so rich now, why is he still filming a TV series?"

The little girl surnamed Yang was curious and was also thinking: "I'm not good at studying. I'll graduate from junior high school next year. Should I go to Feiyu for an interview as an actor? Or do singing and dancing?"

But then I felt that I was just daydreaming.

What kind of company is Feiyu Entertainment? It is the largest entertainment company in the country and has become one of the top 100 companies in the world. It is a branch of the Feiyu Group.

How could a little girl like me from the countryside get in?

"Chaoyue, go and rest!"

The little girl was feeling lost when her father's voice came from the bedroom.

My father was only in his forties, but his voice was full of vicissitudes, which made the little girl named Yang Chaoyue feel a little uncomfortable.

But then, she remembered the handsome boss Cao on TV just now, and thought to herself: "I heard that he also came from the countryside, and now he has become the richest man. I want to learn from him and succeed so that my father can live a good life without having to work so hard!"

In the fourth episode of "New Smiling Proud Wanderer", the ratings suddenly reached 13% due to Cao Yu's appearance, which is totally unimaginable in the Internet age.

It’s a pity that Cao Yu’s playing time was too short, less than five minutes.

All the audience were still not satisfied and started looking for the clip of Cao Yu's segment on the Internet.

This made the previous "The Return of the Condor Heroes" and "Devils of the Dragon" popular again.

Some children even imitated Cao Yu's actions.

With such high ratings, other entertainment companies also began to keenly look for good martial arts scripts.

Under this trend, many novelists also turned their attention to martial arts, and for a time, martial arts films became the most discussed topic.

There was a heavy snowfall in Yanjing these days, and the temperature was close to minus ten degrees Celsius.

However, Cao Yu's home was as warm as spring.

He was leaning on the sofa, with one arm around "Oriental Invincible" Jing Tian and the other around "Ren Yingying" Zhang Tianai, watching "The Grandmaster" in a private cinema.

He knew about what happened in the Kung Fu movies these days, and this was also his purpose.

As long as the audience likes tough guys and kung fu movies, will there still be a market for sissy young actors?

"Senior, what do you think of this movie?"

But Jing Tian felt a little sleepy halfway through reading and wanted to go to sleep.

"Uncle Benshan performed the best, and Zhang Ziyi also learned martial arts moves well."

Cao Yu had seen this movie a long time ago. If two female students from Beijing Film Academy hadn't insisted on watching it, he would have preferred to go see the snow.

He stood up and said with a smile, "Since you don't want to watch it, let's go to bed. Tomorrow I will go to the crew of The Legend of the Condor Heroes, and then I will go to Korea and Japan, and come back before the New Year."

"Are you leaving again?"

The two girls immediately felt reluctant to let go. They finally had some free time before the Spring Festival, and they hadn’t even spent a few times with their senior, and now he was leaving again?

"There's a football match in Japan, and I plan to go and watch it. There are also several award ceremonies in South Korea, and I want to attend them as well."

Before the Spring Festival, various music and acting awards ceremonies in South Korea and South Korea are held during this period.

Originally it wouldn’t matter if I didn’t go to see it, but this year it’s not possible. If I don’t go there in person, who knows what the result will be?

Then he wants to check FNC’s business performance today.

In addition to South Korea, in Japan, Atletico Madrid will use the winter break to play a friendly match with J-League powerhouse Gamba Osaka, which is a good opportunity for the new group DRAM GIRLS to be cheerleaders to boost their popularity.

By the way, let's see how Kim Young Min is doing.

The last time in Hong Kong, Jing Tian was confused and was carried to the bed by Senior Cao together with Yang Mi.

This time she called Zhang Tianai again, which made her feel a little embarrassed.

But when she heard that Cao Yu was leaving, the slight bit of reserve in her heart disappeared.

Zhang Tian'ai knew that she couldn't handle Cao Yu by herself, so it would be no problem with someone to share the burden.

"Sweet love combination, unlock new feelings!"

Cao Yu smiled in his heart and hugged the two of them and went to the bedroom.

Just as Cao Yu was about to spur his horse, Jing Tian suddenly said in a tender voice, "Senior, I want to go to Korea and Japan with you, okay?"

"I also need to go!"

Zhang Tian'ai had wanted to say this for a long time, but was worried that Cao Yu would reject her. When she heard Jing Tian bring it up, she immediately expressed her desire to join in.

"What are you going to do?"

Cao Yu didn't want to take these two girls with him. There were a lot of girls in South Korea and Japan. They would definitely be scared if he took them there.

Jing Tian said: "We will accompany you and serve you tea and water."

Zhang Tianai: "Senior, please take us with you, okay?"

"Bring it with you, but don't be surprised no matter what you see when the time comes."

Women who act coquettishly are lucky. Although Cao Yu is not the kind of man who is easily influenced by others, it would be good for them to experience the gentleness of Japanese girls and learn new skills from these two beautiful women.

"Senior is so nice."

The two of them immediately happily got entangled with Cao Yu...

On January 20th, "Lost in Thailand" was taken off the screen, and the final box office was fixed at 2.7 billion.

Other entertainment companies can only be jealous of such achievements. Putting aside all costs and the share of directors and actors, Feiyu Entertainment earned more than 700 million yuan in box office revenue alone.

Just when the entertainment industry was lamenting Boss Cao's ability to make money, Cao Yu arrived at the crew of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" which had just started filming.

The reason for choosing this time to start filming was because we wanted to shoot the part about Niujia Village in the snow.

What Cao Yu wanted was real-life shooting. Artificial snow was too fake and the effect was poor.

For this drama, Cao Yu also invited Yuan Heping from Hong Kong to be the martial arts instructor, and Michael Miu, who once played Yang Kang, played Huang Yaoshi. The director was Guo Jingyu, who played Li Yitong in the 2017 version of The Legend of the Condor Heroes, to direct this drama.

With a good director, a good martial arts instructor, and beautiful leading actors like Liu Shishi and Li Yitong, it would be strange if this drama didn't become popular.

Liu Shishi, who had already joined the crew, saw Cao Yu coming to visit the set and was just about to catch up with her boyfriend.

But when he found Jing Tian and Zhang Tian'ai beside him, he was stunned for a moment, but soon he said with relief: "Brother Cao Yu, do you miss me?"

"Of course I do."

Seeing that Liu Shishi didn't mind him bringing other girls with him, Cao Yu felt that the "Sweet Teacher" combination should not be a problem.

He secretly kissed Liu Shishi on the forehead: "Jingtian and I are going to Korea tomorrow. I happened to be free today, so I came to see you."

"Go to Hanbang?"

Liu Shishi immediately became extremely envious, not because of how good Han Bang was, but because she envied the fact that the two of them could live together with Cao Yu.

She was not in the mood to film, so she asked for leave from the crew and planned to spend more time with her boyfriend.

That night, at Cao Yu's request, Liu Shishi reluctantly satisfied her boyfriend's ridiculous request, allowing him to experience a different pairing and combination.

The next morning, after sending Liu Shishi, who was reluctant to leave, back to the crew, Cao Yu took the two girls to Seoul.

“Is this Seoul?”

Although the two girls have been to many places with Cao Yu, this is their first time in Seoul.

Although I have seen the prosperity of Seoul many times in Korean dramas, after coming here, I found that it is actually different from what I imagined.

"It looks shabby, doesn't it? This is Korean, it just looks shiny on the surface."

Cao Yu had long been accustomed to the environment in Seoul, and he introduced the two people along the way and brought them directly to FNC.

"OPPA."

As soon as I entered the company, a woman with outstanding temperament came over and called me sweetly.

"You you are Jun Ji-hyun!"

Although Zhang Tianai is already very popular in China, seeing Jun Ji-hyun is still like a fan meeting his idol.

"I am Jun Ji-hyun"

Almost all FNC artists know a little Chinese, so Jun Ji-hyun naturally understood and smiled as she asked, "You...are you the president's girlfriend?"

"us."

Jing Tian and Zhang Tian'ai were stunned. They wanted to nod, but felt it was inappropriate. Not nodding was also inappropriate, so they just stood there in a daze.

“They are my junior schoolmates.”

Cao Yu smiled and defined the identities of the two people, then smiled and said, "How come you have time to come to the company today?"

"I'm an artist of the company, and I'm here to audition for a play, is that not okay?"

Jun Ji-hyun still said in Chinese: "Hye Kyo may win an award, do you want to get together tonight?"

At this point, she suddenly remembered the two beautiful Chinese girls beside Cao Yu, and said with a smile: "It's okay to ask them to come along."

“Hye Kyo?”

Zhang Tian'ai and Jing Tian were indeed frightened.

Big stars like Jun Ji-hyun and Song Hye-kyo are actually the women of the senior?
Moreover, the two of them actually accompanied him together and asked us to join
What a mess.

The two of them suddenly thought, could it be that the senior learned how to act so mischievously in Korea?

"Tomorrow night."

Cao Yu is going to take Jingtian and the others to visit Seoul tonight, so naturally he can't accompany Jun Ji-hyun and the others.

After sending Jun Ji-hyun away, he went to the office with the two girls.

Everyone who passed by along the way bowed to the three of them, which made Jing Tian and the others feel a little embarrassed.

As soon as he entered the office, Jing Tian complained, "Senior, are these Korean women the ones who have led you astray?"

"hehe."

Cao Yu smiled helplessly, and felt that the reason why he was so indulgent now was indeed because he had stayed in Korea for too long.

"You guys take a break, I'm going to have a meeting first."

Soon, all the senior management of FNC were called together to report on their work for the year.

In the past few years, several hit movies and TV series, plus many popular groups such as Girls' Generation, T-ARA, EXO, etc., have brought FNC trillions of won in revenue every year.

However, this year, the company's performance has been greatly affected by the controversy surrounding Chinese songs.

Although Cao Yu's remarks saved the company's image, its performance still declined by nearly 30%.

Fortunately, FNC still has hit TV series such as "Descendants of the Sun" and "The Moon Embracing the Sun" to support it. Currently, FNC is still number one in the Korean entertainment industry.

After listening to the report, Cao Yu took a look at the financial statements and found that the company had earned more than 1 trillion won (more than 100 million US dollars) this year.

He put the information down and said, "Don't be discouraged, I wrote a script some time ago, and we can invest in filming this year. By then, the company will surely return to its glory days!"

"The president has another script?"

Hearing this, everyone present immediately became excited.

The script written by the boss will definitely be a hit. It seems that as long as the president is there, everything will be fine.

In fact, before coming to Seoul, Cao Yu had planned that today is 2013, he would shoot "Parasite", release it next year, and win an Oscar in 2015.

This way, you can build up your reputation in Korea and make a lot of money. When the Korean restriction order comes out in 2016, your mission in Korea will basically be completed.

Cao Yu looked at everyone's excitement and said with a smile: "The company's performance has declined this year. I plan to give out 3% of the shares as a reward to everyone. I hope you can continue to work hard."

"clap clap"

When they heard that the boss was rewarding shares, everyone was even more excited than before.

If the boss's script sells well, the company's stock price will definitely go up, and that's real money.

What they didn't know was that Cao Yu was actually already preparing to cash out.

At the meeting, he learned about FNC's ongoing projects. The two films "Goblin: The Lonely and Great God" and "My Husband Got a Family" are currently on air.

The scripts for "Master's Sun" and the movie "New World" are being prepared and will be broadcast after the Spring Festival.

Overall, FNC's situation is better than expected.

After the meeting, Cao Yu was about to leave, but Li Xiuman called him: "Chairman."

"What else?"

"President, now most of the Korean trainees with good foundation are in our FNC. YG can only go abroad to select trainees in recent years."

Lee Soo Man said with a hint of worry on his face, "I didn't expect YG to actually find a Thai girl named LISA. She's very sexy and has great potential. This girl's dance video has received over six million hits online."

"LISA?"

Although Cao Yu rarely pays attention to Korean girl groups after the ban on Korean culture, he has heard of LISA.

"Yes, it's her."

Lee Soo Man nodded, and then suggested: "President, the company has trained many good trainees. We should launch a new group. After all, the Korean market likes fresh faces."

"can."

Cao Yu had no objection to this proposal. These trainees who were recruited last time had been training for so long, it was time for them to make their debut.

"President, I'll take you to see some girls I think are good, and decide on the group members and name first."

Lee Soo Man said as he took Cao Yu to a practice room.

There are only nine girls here, and each of them has been carefully selected from many trainees for both appearance and dancing.

Cao Yu recognized at a glance that one of them was Zhou Ziyu, the person he had chosen three years ago.

Today, the girl is no longer the naive little girl she used to be. She has completely transformed into a graceful, beautiful young beauty, like a water lotus.

"She is worthy of being one of the 100 most beautiful faces in the world."

Cao Yu stayed on this girl who was almost 1.68 meters tall and exuded a delicate aura for a while before looking at other people.

Li Xiuman naturally noticed the chairman's little action and thought to himself: "It seems that the chairman is interested in this girl."

After scanning the nine girls, Cao Yu nodded and said, "Please introduce yourselves."

"Hello, President. My name is Park Ji Hyo. I have been practicing for three years and am good at dancing and high notes."

"Hello, President. My name is Jin Zhixiu. I have been practicing for four years. I am good at dancing and rap."

"Hello, President. My name is Zhou Ziyu. I have been training in FNC for two years. I am good at dancing!"

"Hello, President. My name is Jin Dai Ni, English name Danee. I've been practicing for a year and a half and I'm good at dancing!"

……

When the girls introduced themselves, they all held their heads high and chests puffed out. Each of them wanted to be noticed by the president and maybe make a successful debut.

In fact, all nine girls are good, it’s a bit difficult to choose.

Cao Yu came to the girls again and walked slowly, intending to choose more carefully so as not to let YG, which had LISA, rise.

“I didn’t expect Danee to join FNC, but T-ARA doesn’t need her anymore, so let this girl form a group with other girls.”

Cao Yu was thinking as he walked.

The girls knew that the president in front of them would decide their future fate, and their hearts couldn't help but beat faster.

"You three."

Cao Yu suddenly called out the names of the three girls. When they were about to get excited, they heard the president say calmly, "Go out first."

"Yes, President."

The three girls were disappointed, but the other six were ecstatic.

Lee Soo Man felt that the president's vision was indeed extraordinary. The six girls who stayed were not only beautiful, but each of them had distinct characteristics.

He then asked, "President, you have a good eye. What name do you plan to give this new group?"

Cao Yu thought of LISA, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and then he said a name: "Let's call it BLACKPINK, which means not only good looks, but also an unyielding and confident spirit!"

(End of this chapter)