China Entertainment: I became a capital tycoon

Chapter 686: The Promise was replaced, and Mulan opened at a box office of 684 million

According to previous years' experience, June is the dullest month in the entertainment industry.

But the entertainment industry in June this year was different from its usual silence and was instead quite lively.

Zhou Di first stood out in the "2013 Happy Boys" and conquered many netizens with his heavenly voice. He was called as having a voice kissed by an angel.

Then another super bad movie "The Secret. Fuchuan Residence" was released.

Originally, the audience went to the cinema because of Liu Dehua, Lin Chiling, and the "China Mission Impossible" promoted by the producers.

But what these viewers didn't expect was that after watching for only half an hour, they felt severe physical discomfort.

They found that this film was not only bad, but also bad to a very high level, bad to the extreme, and even uniquely bad, even worse than "The Promise" back then.

In this movie, one scene after another has no connection with each other, and the characters can appear wherever they want.

The relationships between the characters are confusing, the emotional drama is lame, the whole movie is just a mess and it's totally an eyesore.

After the movie was released, there was a lot of criticism online. Many viewers felt that they had been cheated and shouted for their money back.

But there are still some skeptical and bored audiences who walked into the cinema with the idea of ​​seeing how bad the movie is, but ended up feeling like they were fed a bunch of shit.

As a result, more people started to curse.

There were even rumors online that Liu Dehua was kidnapped by the crew and forced to enter to film this movie.

If there wasn't a gun pointed at his head, why would King Liu act in such a bad drama?
People really can't understand how this movie with so many stars can be so bad?
Is it the loss of morality or the distortion of human nature?

However, this movie also has its advantages, which is that it has supported many moth video owners.

Against the backdrop of this bad movie, "Chinese Partners" and "Yanjing Meets Seattle", which were released before and after, both had box office revenues of over 500 million.

Brother Chen Kai was overjoyed after seeing these comments online, as his own film, The Promise, was finally no longer at the bottom.

However, several theater chains that had good relations with Feiyu, such as Universal Pictures and Wanda Pictures, directly removed the film ten days after its release.

At the very least, it reduced the number of films produced, so that the box office of this bad movie ultimately did not exceed 1.5 million.

According to Boss Cao, bad movies should not pollute the eyes of the audience.

Just as people were cursing "The Secret. Dwelling in the Fuchuan Mountains" online, on June 15, the movie "Mulan", directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Liu Yifei, began releasing a promotional video.

In the promotional video, the grand war scenes and exciting fights are already attractive enough.

If that were all, it wouldn’t be enough to shock the entertainment industry.

What made moviegoers and fans crazy was the theme song of this movie, "A Bridge of Fate".

Because this song was written and composed by the world's richest man, a big shot in the entertainment and business circles, Boss Cao Yu, and he also sang it himself.

Although only a part of the song was released, it was enough to make Cao Yu's tens of millions of fans crazy and expectant.

Boss Cao hasn't sung for many years. Who would have thought that his next performance would be another bomb.

The movie has already become the most discussed topic on the Internet before it was released, and the number of views of the promotional video alone quickly exceeded 100 million.

The popularity of this promotional video even exceeded that of "Man of Steel" which was released on June 20th.

Some people even started a vote on Weibo to express their expectations for the film, with more than 99.99 million people participating, and % of the audience said they wanted to watch it.

It’s just that the movie is scheduled to be released on July 5th and everyone can’t wait.

In addition to the appeal of Liu Yifei, the fairy sister, more audiences want to listen to this song.

Faced with this situation, Feng Xiaogang simply called it luck. If he had released his new movie "I Am Not Madame Bovary" this summer, he would have died without knowing how he died.

However, he has also been troubled recently because he cannot find a suitable singer to sing the theme song of the movie, "There's a Long Way to Go".

With his many years of connections, it was easy to find actors, but "China Music Show" was so popular that all the famous singers wanted to be on the show and were unwilling to help Director Feng sing this song. He was also unwilling to invite less famous singers.

Director Feng has a very difficult job.

Brother Chen Kai was left with nothing but envy, jealousy and hatred.

I worked so hard to make a movie, but the effect is not as good as that of Boss Cao singing a song.

While the entertainment industry was still crazily complaining about "Dwelling in the Mountain of Fuchuan", on June 2013th, the Changsha division of " Happy Boys" was finally the first to be broadcast.

Since the program started, it has been very popular due to Zhou Di's influence.

But tonight, a boy wearing glasses and looking a little shy sang a song called "Song Without Words", which stunned all the audience watching the show.

Not only the audience was stunned, but two of the three guests on the scene were also stunned.

After watching "China Music Show" for almost a year, I recently listened to a clip of "A Bridge of Fate" and felt that my aesthetic taste was challenged.

They felt that this was not singing, but rather a witch doctor's performance.

Just when all the audience thought that this singer was definitely going to be eliminated, Shang Wenjie, who once debuted in Super Girl and is also a singer of Tianyu, unexpectedly struck a spark with this singer named Hua Chenyu, and against all odds, allowed him to advance.

That night, the Weibo account of "Happy Boys" exploded.

Most of the audience expressed their dissatisfaction with the result. How could such a person and such a "divine song" actually advance?

Fortunately, this is only the top ten games in the region, just like playing football, even if there are foul calls, the result cannot be changed.

However, the person who is most likely to win the championship online is still Zhou Di, who is known as "Little Potato".

On June 30th, Cao Yu returned to China after a period of heavenly life.

When he saw the result online, he just smiled coldly.

On Monday, he came to the company and ran into Guan Xiaotong.

"Boss, why didn't you visit the crew of "A Servant of Two Masters"? The filming of this drama is very interesting."

"is it?"

Cao Yu glanced at the long-legged beauty and said with a smile, "Why did you suddenly return to the company? It seems that the filming of this play has not been completed yet."

"I took a leave to go back to school for an exam. I just finished the exam last week and came to visit the company. I didn't expect to run into the boss."

After Guan Xiaotong finished explaining, she said happily: "Boss, the song you sang in the movie Mulan is really beautiful. The movie will be released in a few days. Please accompany me to watch it."

"I'm busy. You and your classmates can go and have a look."

Of course Cao Yu wouldn't go. What's the point of watching a movie with a little girl like you?
As he said that, he opened the office door and walked in.

But Guan Xiaotong actually followed him in, hugged Cao Yu's arm and acted coquettishly: "Boss, I just want to accompany you to watch it. It's boring to accompany classmates."

This scene happened to be seen by Zhang Xiaotian.

"This little girl is only a high school student, but she knows how to seduce the boss?"

She couldn't help but spit in her heart, but at the same time she felt a little pressured.

It is normal for an outstanding man like the boss to have some suitors around him, especially for a mature and wealthy man like him, who can really have a great influence on girls who are just beginning to fall in love.

If I had had more contact with my boss four years ago, I might have liked him a long time ago.

At this moment, Cao Yu was slightly startled by the little girl hugging his arm coquettishly.

However, he thought it was just an unintentional act by the little girl, so he gently pulled his arm out and said with a smile, "Let's talk about it when we have time."

"Then I'll take that as your agreement."

Guan Xiaotong debuted as a child star. Although she is young, she knows a lot about the entertainment industry.

She naturally knew the importance of having a good relationship with her boss. Besides, her boss was indeed much more attractive than those boys who pursued her in school.

Cao Yu picked up the document on the table and snorted, "I didn't agree."

Guan Xiaotong acted lively and cute and said, "Boss, if you finish your work, you will be free on July 5th. You are an adult, you can't go back on your word and lie to a child like me."

"Who are you showing your cuteness to?"

Zhang Xiaotian muttered in disdain in his heart, and then walked up to Cao Yu: "Boss Cao, Boss Wang from Huayi wants to meet you, and the entire Atletico Madrid team will also come back to celebrate the championship."

"Meet with Mr. Wang on the evening of July 5th. Atletico's celebration party will be arranged on the 6th."

Cao Yu casually arranged the itinerary, then smiled and said to Guan Xiaotong: "You see, I am indeed very busy."

"Then wait until you're done with this, the movie will be out for a month anyway."

Guan Xiaotong said this while secretly glaring at Zhang Xiaotian, wondering why this woman was so annoying.

Zhang Xiaotian felt Guan Xiaotong's unfriendly gaze and laughed secretly: "Haha, you are still too young, I have to keep an eye on the boss in the future."

After Guan Xiaotong left, Zhang Xiaotian reported the recent events, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Mr. Cao, did you have a smooth trip abroad this time? Is there anything you are not used to? Can you take me with you when you go abroad next time? I can take care of you as well."

In her opinion, the goal is to make a man dependent on her. Besides, when they travel together on business, they will have more opportunities to spend time together, which will make it easier for sparks to fly.

"bring you?"

Cao Yu would never take this ambitious girl on a business trip abroad. He shook his head and said, "I have a secretary abroad. You can be in charge of China's affairs."

"understood."

Zhang Xiaotian didn't want to force it anymore, but he also realized that it wasn't easy to deal with the boss.

However, the more difficult the task, the more challenging she felt it was.

At this time, another secretary came in and said, "Boss Cao, The Mermaid has been completed, and the girl named Chen Duling has come to the company. Do you want to meet her?"

"Let her come."

Speaking of Chen Duling, Cao Yu looked up at Zhang Xiaotian.

Both of them were from Jinling, and both were campus beauties. It was unknown who was prettier when they stood together. After a while, Chen Duling, who was wearing a floral dress and a high ponytail, came to the boss' office.

When Zhang Xiaotian saw this school beauty from his hometown, he was also stunned.

Isn’t this Chen Duling who was voted the most beautiful campus beauty last year based on her headshot?
If she fights with me, can I win?

Zhang Xiaotian suddenly felt that there were too many competitors around him.

Through observations during this period, he found that the girls around the boss included beautiful ones, charming ones, ones with good figures, ones who pretended to be cute, and now there was one more top student.

Zhang Xiaotian, who originally thought he had the advantage, suddenly felt that he didn't seem to have much of an advantage.

"Should I take the initiative? Otherwise, what if someone gets there first?"

Zhang Xiaotian began to waver in his original plan.

"Mr. Cao, hello."

When Chen Duling saw her boss, she greeted him politely, and then said, "The drone competition project team notified me that they would let me come to Yanjing after the filming of The Mermaid is finished."

"I arranged it. The auditions for the drone competition will begin tomorrow. Although the auditions don't require a host, you are required to show up and then learn from the crew."

After Cao Yu finished speaking, he looked at Chen Duling and Zhang Xiaotian and found that they were both beautiful, but Zhang Xiaotian had a better temperament.

He asked his secretary to take Chen Duling to the "UAV Contest" project team. He turned around and saw Zhang Xiaotian in a daze. He asked, "What are you thinking about?"

Zhang Xiaotian shook his head: "Nothing."

Although the appearance of Chen Duling made me feel that I had lost my status as a top student, after all, I was by the boss' side, so it seemed that my advantage was still there.

……

On July 5th, "Mulan" premiered.

Zhang Yimou attached great importance to this film. In addition to his boss Cao Yu singing the theme song himself, he also wanted to reproduce the glory and influence of "Hero".

Therefore, he attached great importance to this premiere and invited famous directors and bosses in the entertainment industry to support the film.

Feng Xiaogang was also among the invited guests.

Feng Xiaogang was reluctant to go at first, but as he thought about the fact that he had not yet found a theme song for his movie, he decided to talk to Zhang Yimou and use his connections to find two singers.

The premiere didn't start until the evening. At noon, Director Feng arrived at the door of the hotel where he was staying. As soon as he got out of the car, a fan came up to say hello.

"Step aside!"

Feng Xiaogang didn't even look at the fans. He just waved and pushed them aside and walked straight into the hotel.

This scene was captured by other people guarding around the hotel.

Feng Xiaogang didn't notice that anyone was filming his behavior. After entering the hotel, he knocked on the door of Zhang Yimou's room.

"Director Zhang, we have known each other for almost twenty years. You have to help me this time."

"Director Feng, what happened?"

Zhang Yimou didn't expect that Director Feng, who was always so arrogant and dared to criticize anyone, would also ask for help from others?
Feng Xiaogang had no choice but to say, "This is what happened. Our company just finished filming the movie "I Am Not Madame Bovary". I have asked someone to write the theme song, but no one is willing to sing it yet. Can you help me find two singers?"

“This is a bit difficult.”

Zhang Yimou immediately understood the whole story and didn't want to take on such a mess.

Did you make Mr. Cao unhappy because of finding someone for you?
Do you think I'm stupid?
But Feng Xiaogang had already come to him for help, so he had no choice but to say, "We at Feiyu do have quite a few good singers, why don't you go find Mr. Cao?"

"Director Zhang, you know that Mr. Cao and I had some disagreements before. How can I have the nerve to go to him?"

Feng Xiaogang was now forced into a corner and said calmly, "You are close to Mr. Cao, so I am looking for your help. Please help me find a solution, even if you pay more."

"Then I'll make a call for you, but I can't guarantee whether it will work or not."

"Then I'll trouble Director Zhang."

"Then wait a moment."

Zhang Yimou picked up his cell phone, walked to the window, and called Cao Yu.

After a while, he came back and said to Feng Xiaogang, "Boss Cao agreed to arrange two singers for you, but he said it would cost eight million."

"Eight million?"

Feng Xiaogang almost started cursing again, "You want eight million to record a song?"

This is simply robbery.

But if he didn't pay, he couldn't find anyone else, so he could only endure the pain of being ripped off and said through gritted teeth: "Eight million is eight million, but I want to know, who did he let sing the theme song for me?"

"Chen Chusheng and Huang Ling."

Feng Xiaogang was unhappy again. These two people were only second-rate in the music industry, yet they wanted eight million.

This knife really killed him cruelly.

At this time, Cao Yu was drinking with Wang Zhongjun.

"Mr. Cao, you are too kind. You shouldn't have agreed to his request. It would be best if you can't find someone to sing the theme song!"

"Just consider it as a benefit for the employees, but he's done."

"what?"

Wang Zhongjun was stunned. How come Feng Xiaogang was finished?
Cao Yu took out his mobile phone and opened Weibo, on which a video appeared. In the video, Feng Xiaogang was clearly seen cursing "get out of the way" and pushing away fans.

Under the video, there was already a lot of scolding, accusing Feng Xiaogang of being a big shot.

Wang Zhongjun asked happily: "When did this happen?"

"More than half an hour ago."

Cao Yu said this casually, but he was actually planning in his mind how to completely get Feng Xiaogang out of the entertainment industry.

After Boss Cao put down his phone, Wang Zhongjun quickly poured him a glass of wine: "Boss Cao, I've read several scripts this year, and I feel they are all average. If you have a good project, please lend a hand."

“There are projects.”

Cao Yu also knew that it was from these two years that Huayi began to go downhill and produced fewer and fewer films.

However, Huayi's influence is still there, allowing him to lower the actors' pay.

"Mr. Cao, if you have any good projects or good ideas, let's work together. Huayi will not treat you unfairly."

Wang Zhongjun is now keeping a very low profile, because he has also realized that the current entertainment industry is becoming the world of capital.

Boss Cao's net worth is enough to easily beat all entertainment companies.

Besides, Boss Cao has a great eye for investment, and there is a future if we follow him.

Cao Yu did not directly express his thoughts, but smiled and said, "Boss Wang, what do you think about the current increase in actor pay?"

"Pay?"

Wang Zhongjun was stunned for a moment, not sure whether Boss Cao thought the pay was too high or too low?

But then he recalled that his pay had risen sharply this year, and it was related to Zhao Yanzi's Yunfeng Media, and he immediately understood what Boss Cao meant.

It turns out that Boss Cao felt the pay was too high.

After figuring this out, he hurriedly said with a smile: "The current pay is indeed rising too fast. How much money do ordinary people make in a year? How can an actor make tens of millions by acting in two or three movies a year?"

"Mr. Wang is right."

Seeing that Wang Zhongjun had guessed his idea, Cao Yu said with satisfaction: "Next year is the 65th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Why don't we make a tribute film together, based on the story of Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy? Let Xu Ke continue to be the director and let him read the script."

"Good idea, I'll contact him when I get back!"

Wang Zhongjun immediately thought this was a good idea: "I will definitely control the pay!"

The two men agreed on the project, chatted for a while, and then prepared to leave.

"Mr. Cao, I wish Mulan a big box office success!"

"It shouldn't be too bad."

Cao Yu is very confident about Zhang Yimou's movie. He has heard that tickets for this movie are now hard to get, and it may even break the record of "Lost in Thailand".

As the students' summer vacation had already begun and it was Friday, the premiere day of "Mulan" was so intense that the screening halls of all major cinema chains were packed and the scene was as lively as that of "Avatar" back then.

When the audience walked into the cinema, they found that the film did not disappoint. Not only was the heroine Liu Yifei heroic, but the war scenes were also shocking.

In addition to war scenes, the film also contains traditional elements such as family and love. Zhang Yimou also used the camera to shoot these very touchingly.

Of course, what the audience remembers most is "A Bridge of Fate" sung by Cao Yu and Linghua from The Legend of Phoenix.

Even after the audience walked out of the theater, the melody of the song and the scene of Liu Yifei swinging a knife to kill the enemy in the melody were still echoing in their ears.

On the day of its premiere, the film became an instant hit.

When the movie "Mulan" became popular, the video of Feng Xiaogang acting like a big shot was also widely circulated on Weibo.

Netizens suddenly felt that compared to Feng Xiaogang who was arrogant and rude to his fans, Boss Cao seemed to be more down-to-earth.

Boss Cao previously made a guest appearance in "Swordsman", and now he is singing the theme song in "Mulan". Fans feel that the unattainable richest man is right next to them.

Although the two are no longer comparable, Boss Cao seems to be more worthy of fans' admiration.

Compared with Feng Xiaogang's previous "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains", the single-day box office of the movie "Mulan" directly exceeded 200 million!
China’s new daily box office record was once again broken by Feiyu’s movie!
(End of this chapter)