China Entertainment: I became a capital tycoon

Chapter 684. Rocket Project, does Boss Cao have any black material?
Although "Happy Boys" is still in the audition stage, some viewers posted the video of Zhou Di participating in the audition online.

Although this boy looks like a small potato, his siren-like charming and penetrating singing voice gives people a feeling as if it comes from another dimension.

This boy in particular can actually have a female voice, which is even more amazing.

However, after hearing Zhou Di singing "On the Banks of Lake Baikal", some netizens thought that the pure and healing voice could not possibly come from such a young and ugly boy, and believed that he must be lip-syncing.

As a result, Zhou Di's popularity and discussion on the Internet directly surpassed Liu Shishi, catching Mango TV off guard.

Changsha.

"Where did this singer named Zhou Di come from?"

The planner of Super Boy, Long Danny, was also shocked after listening to a clip of Zhou Di's song online.

The assistant took out the collected information and reported: "He used to be an online singer and even did live broadcasts online. He had quite a few fans. Later he went abroad to study. This time he came back specifically to participate in our show."

"Although I don't have any background, it's still a bit troublesome..."

Long Danny frowned even deeper.

He watched a lot of singers' videos, and with Zhou Di's ability, he is enough to beat all the singers participating in this Super Boy competition.

But this boy is too short. His profile shows that he is only 1.6 meters tall, and he doesn't look like a star. If he wins the championship, neither the station director nor Tianyu will be able to explain it.

Mainly, the singers that Tianyu has signed must win the championship no matter what.
The assistant certainly understood Long Danny's concerns and said, "Planner Long, Hua Chenyu is a singer-songwriter with good skills. When the time comes, just tell the judges and let him take first place."

Long Danny shouted angrily: "Do you think the audience is deaf? Besides, the national finals will be broadcast live, and if it is too obvious, we will be scolded!"

The assistant had no choice but to suggest, "Then we can only eliminate him before he enters the finals?"

"Do you have a brain? With his current popularity, if we dare to eliminate him, this show will be over!"

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After being scolded repeatedly, the assistant dared not speak.

Long Danny sat on the chair, rubbed his temple for a while, and finally said: "We can let Zhou Di enter the finals. The competition system of the program allows contestants to choose their PK opponents. When the time comes, tell Hua Chenyu to avoid Zhou Di first, accumulate popularity first, and become a hot topic. In the last game, we will let Hua Chenyu win the championship. This is the best way."

"The dragon plan is a good idea."

Although the assistant was scolded, the idea he planned was indeed good.

Zhou Di was in the lead in the early stages, so there was definitely some heat. And when Hua Chenyu unexpectedly won the championship in the last game, wouldn’t the topic level go through the roof?
Absolutely! Absolutely amazing!

But he then added: "Among the participants, there is another one named Lin Wei, who is also a good singer and seems to be a former online singer. Should we eliminate him and prevent him from threatening Hua Chenyu?"

Long Danny took a look at the information of the boy named Lin Wei and said, "This boy is quite tall and fair-skinned. Let's keep him. Maybe Tianyu will like him later."

……

Yanjing, Feiyu Group.

"Mr. Cao, please sign the contract for the 300 bicycles we ordered and the finance department will arrange the payment."

Zhang Xiaotian felt very envious when he saw his senior secretary holding documents and looking for the boss's approval.

But she was still an intern secretary, mainly responsible for arranging the boss's schedule and being a little follower. She had no access to major matters.

More importantly, I expressed my affection for the boss several times, but got no response at all.

"I'm a girl. If I take the initiative, it will definitely lower my self-worth. I must let the man take the initiative so that I can have a higher status in his heart!"

In Zhang Xiaotian's eyes, this is actually a game between men and women.

If you want to be respected or even valued by people like Boss Cao, first of all, you cannot lower your attitude too much.

After signing, Cao Yu told his secretary to urge the bicycle factory to deliver the goods as soon as possible, and then lay down on the chair.

Although part of Meituan’s share in the food delivery industry has been taken away by Ele.me, as long as shared bicycles are on the market, Meituan’s influence will be unshakable.

I have always insisted on food safety. If Ele.me can also pay attention to this, there will naturally be no problem.

If they don't care about the safety of users' food, they should wait for Douyin to go online and expose Ele.me's low-priced food. Under pressure, Ele.me may improve.

Then, the takeout industry will naturally develop in a positive direction. After all, food safety has always been a pain in the hearts of many Chinese people.

If he doesn't improve, let him die.

As for the taxi-hailing platforms, let Penguin and Ali fight if they want.

His biggest headache now is Zhao Yanzi, the troublemaker.

This woman is stirring up trouble in the entertainment industry right now, causing the actors' pay to increase significantly.

If he tried to force down the actors' pay, that would certainly not work. He could only keep Feiyu's pay the same and produce better works, thereby restricting the other party.

The next step is to wait for Zhao Yanzi to make a mistake, and then completely block her at once!

He thought for a while and took out a small notebook from the drawer, which contained many important things.

After browsing for a while, I suddenly found a piece of news that last October, Musk had successfully sent a rocket into space.

"I don't know when China's famous enterprises will be able to build rockets."

Seeing Musk's rocket dream finally come true, he felt a little envious.

Cao Yu remembered that there seemed to be private enterprises in China that launched rockets, but he had no idea when private enterprises started making rockets or when the country relaxed the restrictions.

But Musk’s rocket has already gone into space, so we can’t fall behind.

At least we should make some preparations for the future in advance.

SpaceX's current Dragon spacecraft was named by Cao Yu when he invested in Tesla.

However, SpaceX and Tesla are two independent companies. Although SpaceX allows foreign investment, its core technology will definitely not be shared.

"Mr. Cao, what are you thinking about? Is there anything I can help you with?"

Zhang Xiaotian, who was helping Cao Yu organize documents, saw his boss frowning in thought and asked curiously.

Cao Yu didn't look up at her, but said, "Go and help me type a document and tell the human resources department of the technology company to immediately recruit a group of outstanding aerospace graduate students."

"Recruiting students majoring in aerospace?"

Zhang Xiaotian didn't understand his boss's intention for a moment.

Feiyu Group has many industries, but none of them are related to aerospace. What does the boss want to recruit these students for?
Cao Yu scolded: "Ask what you should ask, and don't ask what you shouldn't ask!"

This project has to be kept secret for the time being, so he naturally can't say much.

"Oh…"

Although he was scolded, Zhang Xiaotian was not angry and went to print the documents as required.

But while typing the documents, she still had some doubts in her heart: "Is the boss going to build a rocket? This kind of thing has always been the country's business. What's the point of him doing this?"

After Zhang Xiaotian left, Cao Yu hesitated for a moment, but still wrote a letter to Musk, saying that he wanted to invest in SpaceX and hoped to set up a rocket research laboratory together.

That night, he went to Yang Shuxue's house and wanted to talk to her about his plan to build a rocket.

This matter cannot be known to outsiders, but Yang Shuxue is not an outsider.

"You want to build a rocket?"

When Yang Shuxue heard Cao Yu's idea, she was also startled: "Dear, you have been working with Musk for a long time. Are you as crazy as him?"

"Crazy? Musk successfully sent a rocket into space last year and even got a contract for the 'space taxi' project. He is not crazy."

Cao Yu continued: "I just want to ask, do you know when the country will allow private enterprises to build rockets?"

"Well, I really don't know."

Although Yang Shuxue's father had some connections in high places, she had never heard of this matter.

Finding that Cao Yu didn't seem to be joking, Yang Shuxue asked, "Are you really going to make rockets? This thing requires a huge investment, but there is almost no return."

"Shuxue, there is only so much space in the sky. When other people's satellites take up all the space in the sky in the future, we will have no chance to develop further."

Cao Yu remembered that Musk was going to develop the low-orbit Starlink, and he had to keep up with it.

He put his arm around Yang Shuxue and said, "We have too much money to spend anyway. Besides, the position of the richest man is like putting people on the fire. I must do something meaningful to avoid any trouble."

"You're right."

Yang Shuxue nodded and said affectionately: "As long as it is not illegal, I will fully support you in whatever you do. I will help you find out about the policy tomorrow."

"Sister Shuxue is still the best. I have already started recruiting people. If the Rockets run out of money in the future, you have to support me."

"Then I will support you forever"

……

On May 6, Meituan was successfully listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Although the issue price was only 58 Hong Kong dollars, after the opening, the price once surged to 76 Hong Kong dollars.

Because most of Meituan's shares are in Cao Yu's hands, his net worth has increased by more than 20 billion US dollars. Cao Yu is busy making money and making plans for investing in rocket business, while Zhao Yanzi is thinking about how to blackmail Cao Yu.

"Baby, you've been at Feiyu Entertainment for so long, what scandals does this company have?"

"Dirty information?"

When Yang Ying heard this question, he hesitated for a while and shook his head, "It seems not."

Zhao Yanzi didn't believe it: "No? How is that possible? There's no tax evasion or anything like that?"

Yang Ying said helplessly: "There are some things I can't touch."

"Ok."

Zhao Yanzi smiled bitterly, then asked, "Are you familiar with Boss Cao?"

"Well?"

This question left Yang Ying at a loss as to how to answer.

She and her boss are more than just familiar with each other. She knows her boss's strengths and weaknesses, and her boss also knows her own strengths and weaknesses. How can they be more familiar with each other?
But then I thought, apart from these, the boss has some secrets that I really can't tell you.

She could only say: "The relationship is okay."

"It's okay."

Zhao Yanzi nodded and asked the question she was most concerned about: "What bad habits does Boss Cao have, or what bad things has he done?"

Yang Ying thought for a moment and said, "He is a bit of a playboy."

"Famous?"

Zhao Yanzi was speechless again. How many men in the entertainment industry are not unfaithful?
Besides, it would be strange if Cao Yu, a rich and handsome man, didn't have a philandering heart. He asked hurriedly, "Has he often had affairs with actresses? How many women are there around him?"

"There seem to be four or five. I really don't know the hidden rules."

Yang Ying really didn't know much. In her impression, Cao Yu seemed to only have Yang Mi, Liu Yifei, Li Xiaoyu, Zhao Liying, and herself as a few other women.

“Only four or five.”

Zhao Yanzi felt disappointed and felt that the melon was not sweet.

He is a big boss of an entertainment company and he is not even married yet, but he only has four or five girlfriends. It’s not a lot, it’s a bit too little.

As far as he knew, the number of women around other entertainment company bosses was far more than four or five.

She then asked, "What else? Like bad habits? Like being arrogant and domineering, or being mean to employees, that's fine."

“He likes to spank people.”

Yang Ying suddenly remembered Cao Yu's hobby, and suddenly she felt an indescribable feeling in her heart, and her legs couldn't help but go weak.

But she was naturally too embarrassed to talk about such private matters, and slowly shook her head: "It seems that there is no such thing. It's just that he is a bit chauvinistic. He looks kind at ordinary times, but he can be a bit fierce when he gets angry."

After saying that, she suddenly regretted why she was so impulsive and left Feiyu?

Now I really feel like a rootless duckweed. Even if I want to go back, it is impossible and I can't bring myself to do it.

"... "

Zhao Yanzi didn't get the answer she wanted, and she was also a little confused about what kind of person Boss Cao was.

What Yang Ying mentioned were just some minor problems and there was no way to deal with Cao Yu at all.

Did she really not know? Or did she deliberately not tell me so that I could arrange resources for her first?
Thinking of this, Zhao Yanzi said to Yang Ying: "Well, I will arrange one or two movies for you this year. Although you still have a few hundred fans, you still need to think about your acting skills."

"Thank you, Mr. Zhao."

Yang Ying immediately put aside the regret she had just felt.

Two movies, it turned out to be the right decision to rely on Zhao Yanzi, it seems that I will become famous again!

After letting Yang Ying leave, Zhao Yanzi looked through the movies that she was going to invest in in the second half of the year, as well as several TV drama scripts on the table.

"You can give Yang Ying some roles in Temporary Cohabitation and Crazy 72 Hours to give her some practice, and then give her some endorsements. If I can make her famous again, Boss Cao, where will you put your face?"

Zhao Yanzi sneered and picked up two scripts called "Tiger Mom and Cat Dad" and "See You Tomorrow": "These two scripts are good and can be invested in."

Then I felt that the female lead in "Tiger Mom and Cat Dad" was very suitable for me
……

Although Feiyu had no movies released in May, the Marvel Comics' "Iron Man 3" had a daily box office of over 1.2 million yuan on the May Day holiday.

Although there was a decline after the holiday, it still achieved a result of 8.9 million.

Moreover, this movie was "bought out" by Universal Pictures for 8 million US dollars. Universal Pictures earned nearly 500 million from this movie alone.

This made the entire entertainment industry envious and speechless.

I guess only Boss Cao can do this approach of shooting the film abroad, then having another company buy it out and import it, and then distributing it domestically.

"Iron Man 3" performed well in China and also performed well internationally. In May, the box office exceeded billion US dollars.

In addition to the movie, the ratings of "Startling by Each Step" are also very gratifying, rising from 3.9% at the beginning to 5.7% in late May.

Liu Shishi has also become another new goddess after Yang Mi, Zhao Liying, Jing Tian and Ni Ni.

Of course, in addition to Feiyu Entertainment's profits and Zhao Yanzi's rise, there were other news in the entertainment industry in May.

The first is Feng Xiaogang's film "I Am Not Madame Bovary", which started shooting in early May, and Chen Kaige's new film "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" was completed at the end of May.

Insiders in the entertainment industry saw that this was definitely not a coincidence, and Director Feng’s target should be Feiyu’s "Charlotte’s Troubles".

Director Chen not only cooperated with Columbia Pictures in this movie, but also invited a Hollywood team. It seems that Xiang Zhuang's sword dance is aimed at Pei Gong.

And this King of Pei is naturally Cao Yu.

At the same time, Zhang Yimou's film "Mulan" and Huayi's film "Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame" are scheduled to be released this summer.

In order to avoid these hugely invested movies, "The Secret: Dwelling in Fuchun Mountains" set its release date on June 9th.

Anyway, the entertainment and business circles seem to be very lively.

However, Cao Yu understood that since 2012, coal bosses have completely withdrawn from the entertainment industry, and capital has gradually taken control of this circle.

Therefore, 2013 to 2015 was a period of transformation for the Chinese entertainment industry.

If things go well, everything will develop in a good direction.

If the situation doesn't go well, the situation will definitely be similar to that before his rebirth, with fresh meat dominating and bad movies rampant, making the entertainment industry a sea of ​​​​Rakshasa.

In early June, the auditions for "Super Boy 2013" had not yet ended, and the battle for the top ten in each region would not begin until the end of June.

The film "The Mermaid" will also be completed at the end of June, the drone competition will begin promotion, auditions will be held in July, and the film will be recorded and broadcast in August.

During this period, Cao Yu plans to go to Japan first and then to the United States.

He originally thought that Musk would refuse to cooperate in the rocket research project, but he did not expect that Musk would reply the next day after he sent the email.

He said he was willing to set up a research laboratory with Cao Yu to study rocket recovery technology together.

Therefore, Cao Yu had to make a trip to discuss the specific cooperation plan.

In Japan, the two films "Fuji Explosion" and "Slam Dunk" have been completed, and the publicity and promotion are also being discussed.

At the same time, FNC Tokyo branch’s first girl group DREAM GIRLS also needs to determine the final members.

He also wanted to taste the Japanese girl.

Boss Cao has secretaries in Japan and the United States, so he did not bring Zhang Xiaotian and his original secretary, and only boarded the plane with bodyguards.

Tokyo, FNC Entertainment branch.

In the practice room of DREAM GIRLS, thirty Japanese girls stood in three rows, just like the ladies waiting to be selected in a KTV.

The boss and nominal producer, holding a list in his hand, walked slowly in front of the girls with an expressionless face.

All the girls knew that today was a critical moment that determined their own destiny. Each of them stood straight with her head held high, hoping to be noticed by the boss.

After all, for idol girl groups, dancing and singing skills are not the main factors, appearance is the key.

Of course Cao Yu understood this, so he chose the most beautiful ones. Secondly, he followed the Japanese aesthetic of childishness, which was cuteness.

Cao Yu has already seen the other two competing groups from Japan, AKB48 and Nogizaka46. They both have good looks, so naturally the girl group he is going to form cannot be too bad.

Cao Yu looked around and first decided on the top three people in the "Snow White" beauty pageant.

Then he looked carefully at the others again and picked out those to be eliminated.

Jin Yingmin noticed that the boss was in such a dilemma, so he came over and said with a smile: "President, these girls are all good, and it is really hard to choose. Why don't you let them take off their clothes in front of you separately, so that you can see them more clearly and choose more carefully."

When they heard that they had to take off their clothes for the boss to choose, some of the girls felt embarrassed, but most of them looked at the president with some anticipation in their eyes...

(End of this chapter)