China Entertainment: I became a capital tycoon

Chapter 675. Taking Tian Ai to Seoul, "Parasite" project launched

BLACKPINK will have to go through a period of training before they can officially debut.

This process can take as little as half a year or as much as a year, and it also requires a good album or a good song to become a hit.

These tasks were naturally left to Lee Soo-man and music director Lee Ho-yang.

As for LISA launched by YG, Cao Yu had heard of this woman and watched her videos online, but he really didn't think she was that beautiful. She was not at all in line with his aesthetic standards.

But maybe other people might like this kind of hot girl.

After dealing with FNC’s matters, Cao Yu took Jing Tian and Zhang Tian’ai to visit Seoul City.

For Cao Yu, there is actually nothing much to see in Seoul.

There are no tourist attractions and no delicious food. Apart from kimchi, the only thing that can be offered is the so-called Korean beef, commonly known as Korean beef.

This kind of food is considered relatively expensive for ordinary Koreans and is also a favorite of chaebols.

Cao Yu planned to let the two girls experience the life of a chaebol.

Because it was winter, the three of them were wearing hats, so they couldn't be recognized when they walked on the street.

“Why is there so much garbage on this street?”

"Why is there so much ruins in this city? It's so tiring to climb."

“The bustling area is actually similar to the urban village? Is this really Seoul? It’s not fake?”

"It's so messy and broken."

"Itaewon has been praised to the skies in Korean dramas, but this is it?"

Along the way, Zhang Tian'ai and Jing Tian kept complaining, feeling like they had arrived in a fake Seoul.

Cao Yu smiled and said, "This is really Seoul, the center of the universe."

"puff"

When the two heard the "center of the universe", they almost burst out laughing. This is still the center of the universe? It's too boastful.

After walking around Itaewon for a while, Zhang Tian'ai passed by a fried chicken shop. Tired of walking, she suggested: "In "My Love from the Star", it is said that fried chicken and beer are the best match. Now that we are in Seoul, let's experience it."

"fried chicken?"

Cao Yu smiled. He had never eaten such junk food in all the time he had been in Seoul. He smiled and said, "We'll be at the Shilla Hotel in a little while. There will be delicious food there."

"Senior, I can't walk anymore."

There are many mountains in Itaewon, and the two girls don't want to walk anymore.

"Let's go, burn your calories!"

After Cao Yu said this, he suddenly thought of Yang Jinli with a baby voice.

“I’m out of calories.”

I don’t know if it’s because the two of them have been fooling around with Cao Yu these past two days, but now they shouted in unison.

"Then take the car. I thought you girls are good at shopping."

In fact, shopping malls in Korea are similar to those in China, except that cosmetics are cheaper. Cao Yu did not take the two girls to the mall, but the legendary Itaewon directly broke the two girls' defenses.

We took a car to Shilla Hotel, which is considered Cao Yu's territory.

"Good evening, President Cao."

The private room here was reserved by Lee Boo-jin specifically for Cao Yu. When he arrived here, two rows of waitresses in the room bowed to Cao Yu in unison.

"Senior, aren't these people too respectful to you?"

Although Jing Tian knew that her boyfriend was also very famous in Korea, the scene before her was still a little exaggerated.

Cao Yu doesn't do these fancy things in China. These etiquette forms were arranged by Lee Boo-jin.

"I come here often."

Cao Yu took the two girls to the private room with ease and ordered a so-called Korean beef set meal.

After a while, the waiter brought over plates of beef, along with a charcoal basin with a silver grill net on top.

Korean beef is actually marbled beef. The fat in the beef is in the shape of marbles, and it is considered a type of high-end beef.

The beef that Cao Yu eats is the best of the best Korean beef, and one hundred grams costs hundreds of thousands of won.

However, such delicious beef was served with side dishes such as pickled cabbage, pickled shredded radish, etc.

The three chefs started grilling the meat in front of us, and the other waitresses also made the beef into various foods, some of which were served with truffles, some with sturgeon roe sauce, and some were directly decorated with edible gold foil, which looked particularly high-end.

This series of emperor-like actions stunned Jing Tian.

She whispered to Cao Yu: "Senior, do you usually eat like this in Korea?"

"Half and half, sometimes I also eat instant noodles."

"Instant noodles?"

The two were even more shocked. You are the richest man in the country, and you still eat instant noodles?
"Korean instant noodles are different from the instant noodles you know. You can try them later. In the eyes of Koreans, instant noodles are high-end ingredients."

The three people were speaking Chinese, but the people around them couldn't understand it, so Cao Yu complained directly.

The three of them chatted for a while, and the roast beef was delivered.

"Try it."

Cao Yu picked up a piece and put it in his mouth.

“It smells delicious.”

Jing Tian and Zhang Tian'ai also ate the meat with sauce. After taking a bite, they found the meat to be tender and fresh with a strong meaty aroma. It was indeed delicious.

Cao Yu saw that the two were enjoying the meal and said with a smile, "Putting mustard on the meat gives it one flavor, putting mushrooms on it gives it another flavor, and putting caviar on it gives it another flavor. You guys should try them all."

"Senior, this meat is really delicious."

Zhang Tianai almost swallowed her tongue and couldn't help but sigh.

"Of course. You just took a bite and more than two hundred yuan was gone."

"Cough cough."

Although Zhang Tian'ai has filmed many movies and earns several million yuan a year, which is considered a medium income in the entertainment industry, but she still coughed when she heard more than 200 yuan at a time.

Do these dozen pieces of beef in front of me cost several thousand?

Is this the life of the legendary chaebol? It's too extravagant.

"Don't be afraid, eat with confidence."

Cao Yu likes Korean beef very much, as this is the only dish that is popular in Korea.

I had two pounds of beef for dinner, and the main meal was beef noodles with mixed sauce.

The two girls looked at the twisted noodles and were surprised again: "It's really instant noodles. This is a five-star hotel."

"There's nothing we can do. This is the level of South Korea."

Cao Yu did not explain that this is actually Korean noodles, but he thought of the song "Calories" again: "Goodbye donuts, bubble tea instant noodles"

He hummed in his heart for a while, then laughed secretly: "That Koi should be graduating from junior high school soon. She may have to drop out of school to work. Why don't the company sign her? This girl is quite cute. She cried so sadly when the group disbanded, and ended up getting slapped in the face."

After the meal, Jing Tian and the others wanted to see how much the meal cost, but Cao Yu didn't even ask. Even the bodyguard helped to pay and he just left with everyone.

It seems that this hotel is opened by him.

When we arrived at a manor villa on the hillside of Itaewon, it was natural that there would be some love and affection.

The next morning, before the two girls got up, Cao Yu first sent a message to the company, asking the department responsible for scouting to go to Yancheng to find a girl named Yang Chaoyue and sponsor her to study hard.

In the past two years, Cao Yu has sponsored several thousand yuan of poor students, if not ten thousand yuan.

Therefore, the scout department did not ask the boss how he knew about a girl from a poor family, but just followed the recruitment requirements.

Seeing that Jing Tian and the others had not woken up yet, Cao Yu called Li Meijing from CJ Entertainment and said that there was a movie to discuss.

FNC hasn't made a movie for a year, but they made a Chinese science fiction film receive six Oscar nominations. When Lee Mi-kyung and her brother Lee Jae-hyun heard that Boss Cao wanted to talk about the movie, they immediately put down what they were doing and rushed over without stopping.

"Congratulations to Chairman Cao for becoming the richest man."

When Li Meijing and her brother met Cao Yu now, they completely lost their arrogance as chaebols. They knew very well that Cao Yu's assets were much greater than theirs.

"Money is nothing, status is the key. Your Li family is envied in Korea."

Li Meijing said modestly: "Our brother and sister group is not good enough."

"If nothing works, it's the Li family."

The three of them praised each other's business and were humble for a while, and Cao Yu took out the script of "Parasite".

Although Lee Mi-kyung is mainly responsible for the film, her status among Korean men is higher. Lee Jae-hyun took the script first and applauded after reading only half of it.

"What a good script! No wonder President Cao has won the Golden Figure Award so many times. Your script describes society very realistically."

After hearing her brother's comments, Lee Mi-kyung became curious about the script. After her brother Lee Jae-hyun finished reading it, she also read it carefully.

"It's really a good script, very ironic, President Cao is simply amazing!"

She also liked the script very much. Although the script satirized the class divisions in South Korea, this was the biggest selling point of the movie, and the final result would be amazing.

Lee Jae-hyun also said: "This kind of film that explores human nature will definitely have a market."

The brother and sister expressed their love for the script without any reservation, using only words of praise.

Cao Yu is very clear that South Korea dares to shoot any kind of movie and just refuses to change it. This is a powerful irony.

He smiled and said, "Then let's settle it. We'll invest in filming after a while."

In fact, he still feels that "Parasite" does not satirize the low life of the Korean upper class enough, but this is already the limit.

Li Zaixian said: "Okay, we CJ Entertainment can invest half. What does Chairman Cao think about the starring role?" Cao Yu shook his head and said: "CJ investing half is too much, at most 20%, and FNC will bear the rest."

Li Meijing asked tentatively: "20%, isn't that a little too little? How about adding a little more?"

When FNC was first established, Lee Mi-kyung took a very tough stance on the company's investment ratio.

Now, only more than six years have passed, and her toughness has turned into negotiation. In front of Cao Yu, their money has lost the capital for pride.

“It’s okay to add a little bit, but I hope CJ can also introduce all the movies produced by Feiyu Entertainment this year to Korea.”

Feiyu Entertainment has three movies introduced to South Korea this year. In addition to making money, it is also a part of cultural promotion.

As the three were talking, Jing Tian and Zhang Tian'ai came down from upstairs with sleepy eyes.

"Senior, are there any guests?"

Jing Tian and the others didn't know Li Jae-hyun and his sister, and thought they were just ordinary guests.

"Wow, two beautiful girls. President Cao is really amazing."

When Li Jae-hyun saw the two women, his eyes almost fell to the ground.

Although there are beauties in the Korean entertainment industry, he has never seen a beauty like Jing Tian who is as beautiful as a peony. For a moment, he was full of admiration for President Cao.

Not only are the two girls beautiful, but President Cao also has one dragon and two phoenixes?
Comparing people to each other is so irritating.

"Tiantian, Aiai, I have a guest here, you guys wash up first."

Cao Yu asked the two to go up first, glanced at Li Zaixian, and coughed lightly: "Ahem. Chairman Li, how about it? If you can introduce three of Feiyu's films this year, CJ's investment ratio can be increased to 30%."

"President Cao, do the two girls mentioned earlier have any roles in this year's film?"

"some."

"Introduce, must introduce!"

Upon hearing that the two beauties had roles in Feiyu’s movie, Li Jae-hyun immediately said that they must be brought in.

With such a beauty, the movie box office is sure to be good.

After Cao Yu promoted Feiyu’s three films this year, he began to discuss the main actors of “Parasite”.

Lee Jae-hyun's idea is for the leading female role, Mrs. Park, to be played by Cho Yeo-jin.

Cao Yu had met this woman once in South Korea and had also seen her famous work "The Legend of Fang Zi", but the two had no relationship at all. Naturally, this award-winning opportunity would be given to Song Hye Kyo, with whom he had a better relationship.

For this reason, he even deleted the scene where Mr. Park and his wife were being intimate on the sofa from the script.

For the fifth female role, Park Da-hye, Cao Yu also designated Kim Ji-won from FNC. For other roles, they will be found slowly during the auditions based on the director's requirements.

"no problem!"

When Li Jae-hyun heard that Boss Cao had only designated two people, he naturally had no objection.

But he felt that these two people must have slept with President Cao.

The two parties signed the contract for "Parasite" on the same day. Cao Yu sent two bodyguards and a female employee from FNC to accompany Jing Tian and others to visit Seoul, while he went to find Song Hye Kyo.

By the way, Jun Ji-hyun and Lee Sung-min were also invited.

Three Korean beauties gathered together, each with their own unique charm. As a man, Cao Yu naturally had to work hard.

After the hard work (happiness) was over, he said to Song Hye Kyo: "We have a movie to shoot with CJ Entertainment this year. My goal is to win an Oscar. You must act well then."

"Oscar?"

When they heard about Oscar, Jun Ji-hyun and Lee Sung-min immediately became jealous: "OPPA, you are so biased."

"No way, your image doesn't match the requirements."

Cao Yu said, hugging Li Chengmin's most proud body, and said with a smile: "You should go to China to develop this year. Anyway, your nationality is British."

"really?"

Lee Sung-min has also filmed several dramas in FNC in the past two years, but compared with Jun Ji-hyun and Song Hye-kyo, she is far behind in terms of fame and reputation.

She thought that President Cao had forgotten about asking her to go to China, but she didn't expect that he still remembered it.

"Of course." Cao Yu smiled and said, "Because you performed the best just now."

No matter what, I still have to make the movie "The Love Master" to remind myself of this woman.

"what about me?"

Now only Jun Ji-hyun is left, and she also wants to develop in China. After all, everyone in the Korean entertainment industry knows that it is very easy to make money in China.

"South Korea's birth rate is so low, just give birth to a child and enjoy life."

"Can I give birth to your child?"

Jun Ji-hyun felt that this treatment was indeed much better than that of the other two.

Chairman Cao is worth hundreds of billions. If she had a son, she would be honored as a mother because of the son. Would she still need to work so hard to film a movie?

"I want to give birth too!"

The other two immediately thought that being a rich wife was the best thing, as filming a movie was so hard.

"Please wait a little longer."

It’s not that Cao Yu couldn’t afford to support these two women, he just wanted to see them in the movies.

As for Jun Ji-hyun, she gave birth to a child two years later and basically retired from the entertainment industry. She might as well make more contributions to Korea's fertility rate.

Hanbang is a small place, and after playing there for five days, Jing Tian, ​​Zhang Tian'ai and the others felt that there was nothing new about it.

Cao Yu and Lee Boo-jin stayed for a day, and while they finished all their business, they took the two girls to Japan.

"Chairman Cao"

Kim Young-min, the former president of SM and now a worker under Cao Yu, felt a little embarrassed when he saw his new boss coming.

Seeing an old acquaintance, Cao Yu smiled and said, "President Jin, you look good. Have you been happy in China these past few years?"

"President Cao made fun of me. I didn't treat him well. Compared to President Cao, Ma Yun doesn't understand the entertainment industry at all."

Jin Yingmin wants to perform well now, and although he is belittling Ma Yun, he is also telling the truth.

"is it?"

Cao Yu gave a strange smile. It seemed that Jin Yingmin was tortured badly by Ma Yun.

But it cannot be ruled out that this person wanted to gain his trust, so he smiled and said, "Where is Wu Yifan?"

"Him? Zhao Yanzi treats him like a treasure. Mr. Ma wanted to fire him, but Zhao Yanzi disagreed. I suspect they have a hidden relationship."

"You know quite a lot."

Cao Yu sat on the chair, picked up the documents on the table and took a look, and found that they were all songs collected by Jin Yingmin during this period.

It turns out that this former SM president is quite something. The melodies of these songs are not only cheerful but also catchy, which suits the style of young girls.

He looked at a few songs and asked, "How are those DREAM GIRLS practicing now?"

"President Cao, you are indeed from the entertainment industry. Each of these girls is very good and will definitely become popular around the world."

"Famous all over the world? You have big dreams."

Cao Yu said calmly: "What are your plans?"

"Boss Cao mentioned Hashimoto Kanna as one of the four thousand beauties. This publicity gimmick is very good. Now many people in Japan are very interested in Hashimoto."

Jin Yingmin immediately showed off his plan: "After the game, in addition to the music show, we will take a set of photos for them every day. Many men who like young girls will definitely be willing to spend money, so the market will be opened up."

At this point, he remembered something and continued, "The girl signed by the president, Ayaka Kawakawa, has good taste. Her photo album has sold nearly 200,000 copies."

"Oh?"

Although Cao Yu knew that Hebei Caihua's photo album would be very popular, he didn't expect that she, a newcomer, would sell her first photo album so well?
Generally, a top model's photo album would sell 300,000 or 400,000 sets, which is already a good result. But Caihua actually sold over 200,000 sets.

It seems that the Japanese still like long legs.

He stood up and patted Jin Yingmin on the shoulder: "Do a good job, you are still very capable."

"Chairman Cao"

Seeing that the boss was about to leave, Kim Young-min hurriedly called him back and said carefully, "The chairman made T-ARA famous in Korea and brought Girls' Generation back to life. I, Kim Young-min, lost to the chairman. Now I think it's not unfair at all."

Seeing this hesitation, Cao Yu frowned and said, "President Jin, what do you want to say?"

"I admire your talent, President. You have a certain reputation internationally. DREAM GIRLS needs to become famous. I want you to be the producer."

"Producer?"

Cao Yu was stunned and didn't understand what Jin Yingmin was up to.

Jin Yingmin explained carefully: "I know you are very busy, President. It would be best if you can give them some guidance when you have the chance. If you don't have time, it will be fine if you just put your name on the list."

Her purpose in doing so was, on the one hand, to use Cao Yu's international fame to promote the reputation of this Japanese group.

Then there was the president's romantic history, he had heard some of it and thought that giving women away was the best way to consolidate his position.

Of course, sending women is a technical job and cannot be done too directly. If Cao Yu is a producer, it would be easier to contact these girls.

This is the highest level of gifting a woman, silently and without any trace.

Cao Yu has also been in the entertainment industry for many years, and he finally figured out Kim Young Min's little thoughts.

However, Jin Yingmin's idea of ​​hype is not bad. He thought for a while and nodded: "That's it, you decide."

"Then I'll arrange it."

Kim Young-min was overjoyed that Chairman Cao agreed. His position in FNC was finally stable and he could show his skills again and let Ma Yun see his strength.

Those girls are all young, beautiful and budding. I really envy the boss's good fortune.

(End of this chapter)