China Entertainment: I became a capital tycoon

Chapter 720 718. Creating the most handsome tough guy Lu Han, Douyin makes director Kai Ge jealous

The Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant was very popular in the 1970s and 1980s, and produced many well-known beauties.

However, with the decline of Hong Kong film and television, the attention paid to Miss Hong Kong has become less and less.

However, Boss Cao's most beautiful idol operation in Japan during this period has greatly inspired TVB's head, Chen Guoqiang, and also given him hope.

Hype!

If we use the app Tok Tik to create some hype similar to the Japanese beauty pageant, it might become popular.

Last year, TVB and Feiyu completed a TV series together. The series is about to be broadcast. If it is hyped up, it may increase the ratings.

After receiving this call, Cao Yu felt that Chen Guoqiang was quite short-sighted and could immediately discover the role of the new media Tok Tik.

"No problem, I can authorize TVB, you can do it without any worries."

He readily agreed to the other party's request. If he could succeed in Hong Kong, Tok Tik could spread to many countries in Southeast Asia, which would be a win-win situation.

"Thank you, Boss Cao."

After receiving the confirmation, Chen Guoqiang did not hang up the phone in a hurry, but smiled and said: "Boss Cao, this August, the Miss Hong Kong will be selected. Can you come to the judges this time?"

"We'll see when the time comes."

Cao Yu had no interest in being a judge, and Miss Xiangjiang was not attractive enough to him.

Not as good as Korean and Japanese girls.

However, Yang Mi is due to give birth in August, so I must go to Hong Kong. I will go and join in the fun when I have time.

After hanging up the phone, Cao Yu stood up and said, "Fuzhen, after taking a shower, let's go see our son."

In the bathroom, Lee Boo-jin gently rubbed Cao Yu's back and said, "Dear, the Internet ecosystem software you mentioned last time is really useful. Now 46% of the people in South Korea are using this software."

"My Fu is really capable!"

Cao Yu did not expect that ChatOn would develop so quickly, and its derived rich payment functions have allowed many young people to basically say goodbye to cash.

This platform has been in development for two years. Once it goes public, Lee Boo-jin may become the richest person in South Korea.

"You are the one who can do it."

Lee Boo-jin hugged Cao Yu from behind. She was becoming more and more obsessed with this man.

It's not just physical, it's more of a psychological dependence.

I feel that as long as Cao Yu is here, there is nothing to worry about.

The next day, Cao Yu went to the crew of "Parasite". After more than half a year of shooting, the film has entered the post-production stage and will be completed in more than half a month.

If nothing unexpected happens, he will return to the Oscars again next year.

On the Korean side of FNC, although Cao Yu does not receive much attention nowadays, he is developing well thanks to the efforts of Kim Kwang-Jung and Lee Soo-man.

Films such as "Descendants of the Sun", "Reply 1997", "The Moon Embracing the Sun", and "Goblin" have all received good ratings and reputation.

The company is making further efforts and is currently preparing for dramas such as "Reply 1988" and "Moonlight Drawn by Clouds".

Such achievements are also due to FNC's strong writing team.

On the morning of the second day after arriving in Korea, perhaps because he had stayed in Japan for too long, Cao Yu was awakened by his biological clock before dawn.

When he opened his eyes, he saw Zheng Xiujing, naked, curled up in his arms, sleeping soundly.

The little girl had a slight smile on her face in her sleep, as if sleeping in Cao Yu's arms was the happiest thing for her.

"This girl"

In front of outsiders, Krystal is like a small iceberg, but in front of Cao Yu, she is a very cute girl.

After kissing the little girl on the forehead, Cao Yu prepared to pull his arm out from under the little girl's head and go drink some water.

"OPPA."

Zheng Xiujing opened her eyes dazedly: "It's not even dawn yet, you want to leave?"

"Don't go."

As Cao Yu spoke, he went over and poured himself a glass of water and drank it, then poured another glass for Zheng Xiujing and walked to the bedside to feed her the water.

"OPPA"

But this casual little action suddenly moved Krystal so much that her voice changed a little.

"What's wrong little girl?"

Cao Yu saw that she suddenly became sentimental and asked with a smile, "Are you moved already?"

"OPPA, no man in the world is as good as you."

The little girl rested her head on Cao Yu's legs, looked at him, and said seriously: "OPPA, I don't mind you picking up my sister now, really."

"Haha, let it be."

Cao Yu was actually a little moved.

In Girls' Generation, there is Yoona, a girl at the peak of her beauty, which makes Jessica Jung, who is not bad looking, look a little ordinary.

But now he has already recruited most of the members of Girls' Generation, so he doesn't mind adding Jessica Jung.

The main thing is that two sisters doing this kind of thing together is exciting just thinking about it.

And this is the first time for him.

Cao stroked Zheng Xiujing's hair gently: "Are you still sleeping? Do you want to film today?"

"I don't have any scenes these two days, but I still have to train. I will be filming a scene for a competition in two days. There is a triple jump skating move, and I don't want to use a body double. In addition, F(x) will also be filming an ice MV."

Krystal is quite competitive and really wants to make "Ice Queen" a good movie.

When Cao Yu heard this, he once again lamented that some domestic actors are really unprofessional. They want to use substitutes for everything and just take the money and run away quickly.

After the two got up, Cao Yu drove to the crew of "Snow Queen" which was located at an ice rink.

When I first came here, I found that many people were discussing something.

When everyone saw Chairman Cao coming, they all looked at him strangely.

Especially several members of F(x), who kept stealing glances at Cao Yu and whispering to each other.

"what happens?"

Cao Yu came to Zheng Xiujing's teammates and asked curiously.

Pei Xiuzhi raised her head and said respectfully: "President, we just saw a news report saying that you are going to cancel the Tok Tik Most Beautiful Idol event. Is that true?"

"it is true."

Cao Yu nodded. He had discussed this matter with Lee Boo-jin yesterday, but you little girls don’t have to look at me like that, right?

Bae Suzy said: "But everyone has been looking forward to this event for a long time, and many people in the company are eager to compete for the most beautiful idol. Now that this news is suddenly announced, everyone will be very disappointed."

"Let me be disappointed."

Cao Yu said firmly: "Those children on the Sewol are still watching in heaven, but we are here for a beauty pageant. I feel uncomfortable."

"President, do you really think so?"

When the girls, including Krystal Jung, heard this, they were all stunned.

They also know that if the Most Beautiful Idol event is cancelled, both the company and Tok Tik will suffer huge losses.

But the president was willing to give up such a good opportunity to make money for those children he didn't know.
Several people couldn't help but look at Krystal Jung.

When Krystal was with the chairman, they didn't say it out loud, but they thought Krystal was really stupid.

Now it seems that it was not stupidity, but vision.

Krystal glanced at her teammates with pride, as if to say, "My OPPA is a good person, but you are not allowed to steal him!"

Cao Yu glanced at the girls and said with a smile, "Actually, this event is only postponed temporarily. You will have another chance to be selected in the future. Now your group has become somewhat famous. Keep working hard and you will soar to the sky in October this year!"

"Yes, President!"

When Krystal Jung, Bae Suzy, Bae Joo-hyun and others heard this promise, they immediately stood up excitedly and saluted Cao Yu respectfully.

"Okay, I'm leaving now. Come on guys."

Cao Yu left the crew and returned to FNC.

At this time, the company was also discussing Tok Tik's cancellation of the Most Beautiful Idol event.

There are many beauties in the Korean entertainment industry today, but in terms of overall quality, the girls from FNC are the best.

Not to mention stars like Song Hye Kyo, Jun Ji Hyun, and Lee Sung Min, even Yoona, Lee Ji Eun, Park Ji Yeon, Krystal Jung, Bae Suzy, Kim Ji Soo and others have all been selected as the most beautiful idols in online voting.

Therefore, some people really want to become famous through this event, and fans also hope to see their favorite girls get good results in this event.

Of course, they would rather see their idols show themselves on Tok Tik.

But what no one expected was that as soon as President Cao arrived, he directly cancelled this event that had been promoted for more than a month?

So everyone is completely happy in vain?

Cao Yu returned to the office and turned on his computer. As expected, he found the news announced by Fu Yu Group in the morning. The news quickly spread on the Internet.

Some people support Cao Yu's approach, saying he is very compassionate.

But there are still many people who feel that the Sewol ferry incident has nothing to do with them, so why should this event be temporarily cancelled?

Although everyone has different opinions, the impact is not small, and more people have learned about the tok tik software.

Many Koreans who had not downloaded Tok Tik before also downloaded this software. Originally, there were only 20 million users, but the number increased by several million in an instant.

People suddenly discovered that this software spread hot topics very quickly, and they became even more addicted to tok tik.

Cao Yu was also helpless about this unexpected gain.

He actually didn't want to take advantage of the popularity of the Sewol ferry incident because he felt that it was a complete tragedy.

After processing some documents, Cao Yu called Lee Soo Man in the afternoon.

"President Li, how are the preparations for Girls' Generation's farewell tour going?"

Cao Yu decided to disband Girls' Generation last year. Starting from March next year, Girls' Generation will hold twelve farewell concerts in Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia and other places.

After that, it was officially disbanded.

Lee Soo Man was still a little reluctant: "President, are we really going to disband? Girls' Generation still has commercial value."

"It's better to disband as soon as possible!"

Most of Girls' Generation are not girls anymore. Rather than existing in name only, it would be better for them to disband early.

As for commercial value, twelve farewell concerts and an album of selections should be enough.

He is not like other Korean entertainment companies that squeeze every bit of value out of their artists before giving up. When Girls' Generation disbands, Lin Yoona and the others can have children for him without any worries.

Entering his thirties again, Cao Yu feels that life is going by so fast. He will have enormous wealth in the future, so whether in Korea or China, he wants to create a big family.

Therefore, it is necessary to have more children.

Seeing that his boss had made up his mind, Lee Soo Man had no choice but to accept it. It was just a pity that the nine girls brought in nearly 10 billion won in revenue every year.

He reported on the farewell concert, and Cao Yu also gave some marketing suggestions so that Girls' Generation could finally create some value for the company.

After arranging all this, Lee Soo Man was about to leave when he suddenly remembered something and turned back.

"President, I heard that EXO's Lu Han has been a little restless recently and seems to be planning to return to China to develop his career."

"Oh?"

Cao Yu really didn't expect that Lu Han actually wanted to return to China?

In fact, in FNC, Boss Cao treats his employees quite well, unlike SM who exploits artists. Yet, this guy still had this idea.

"Call Lu Han to my office."

Cao Yu was a little unhappy, so he asked Lee Soo Man to call the man over and give him a good beating.

A moment later, Lu Han, with dyed blond hair, came to the president's office.

"President, are you looking for me?"

"Lu Han, I heard that you have plans to return to China to develop your career?"

"what?"

Lu Han was startled and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.

A few days ago, when he was just chatting with his teammates, he inadvertently said that the Chinese entertainment industry has developed very well in the past two years. He did not express that he really wanted to go back. He didn't expect that the president would know it?
What should I do? Will my boss ban me because of this?
Chris Wu is a lesson for us.

"There's none?"

Cao Yu looked at Lu Han coldly. The invisible pressure from him made the latter take a step back.

After a while, Lu Han said carefully: "I just think that the domestic entertainment industry is developing very fast. When chatting with my teammates, I said that if I were in China, maybe it would be better. I didn't say anything else."

"better?"

Cao Yu almost wanted to laugh.

It is true that you have become more famous after returning to China, but after all, you are just a traffic star packaged by capital. Do you have any representative works?

"Shanghai Fortress"? Or which song is popular?

At best, you can only fool children with your pretty face.

Lu Han looked at the president's gloomy face and quickly explained: "Actually, I saw that Song Qian and Han Geng are very famous in China now, and I also want to join Feiyu Entertainment."

"Join Feiyu?"

When Cao Yu heard this, his expression eased a lot and he asked, "What plan do you have in mind? Tell me the truth."

Lu Han finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "President, the work intensity here is too high, and the status of idols is not high. I do have the idea of ​​returning to China, but it's just an idea. Without the president's approval, I definitely wouldn't dare to go back."

"hehe."

Cao Yu felt that this boy was quite good at finding nice things to say.

Just a thought?

It seems like you were sneaking away when you were doing SM.

However, Cao Yu felt that Lu Han's face still had some value.

After thinking for a while, he said, "I have no objection to your return to China for development, but you need to stay in FNC for a while. During this time, you must train yourself into a tough guy, and then I will let you return to China!"

"Tough guy?"

Lu Han thought he was hallucinating, but after thinking for a while, he realized that he was not mistaken.

The boss makes himself a tough guy.

But is there a market for tough guys in Korea? I make a living by my face.

"Yes, I asked you to train your eight-pack last time. You did very well, but that's not enough. You need to be stronger."

Cao Yu stood up and walked to Lu Han, patted his chest muscles, and said: "I don't like actors who are not manly, and I don't like sissy ones even more. If you can't become a tough guy, you can stay in Korea. If you dare to sneak away, I will ban you!"

"understood!"

Hearing the president's stern tone, Lu Han was also startled.

Although he had some background in China, it was nothing compared to Boss Cao.

Seeing that he had almost finished threatening, Cao Yu said, "As long as you do what I say and practice your acting skills, you can join Feiyu after you return to China, and I will also help you arrange resources."

"Thank you, President."

Lu Han nodded repeatedly, bowed and prepared to leave.

As soon as I turned around, I heard the president remind me: "Make your hair black."

"Yes."

Lu Han turned around and bowed again before opening the door and going out.

"We must not allow sissies to prevail in China. Men should act like men!"

Cao Yu said as he returned to his chair and couldn't help but smile, "Will Lu Han become the most handsome and tough guy?"

……

China.

As the lights came on, the weather in Yanjing was already a little hot and humid, indicating that summer had arrived.

Brother Chen Kai was standing on the balcony holding a teacup, looking a little annoyed.

Ever since that thief Cao launched Douyin, the number of users has been increasing. Feiyu’s movie "You Are the One" which is scheduled to be released in the summer has become popular on Douyin although it has not been released yet.

His movie "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" will be released in late July. He spent a lot of money on publicity and promotion, but the audience's expectations are no match for the small-investment "You Are the One Sitting Next to Me".

"You bastard, you only know how to mess things up."

Brother Chen Kai felt very sad. In fact, he also asked people to post some videos about his new movie, but the traffic was very average.

He really wanted to talk to Cao Yu, but he just couldn't bring himself to do it.

Who am I? A family of directors.

Who is Cao Yu? He is just a nouveau riche local tycoon.

The two sides are not from the same class at all.

But if this big-budget movie co-produced with the United States loses to "My Deskmate" which has an investment of less than 30 million at the box office, it would be too embarrassing.

He touched his phone and wanted to call Cao Yu, but after hesitating for a long time, he finally gave up.

"Good wine needs no bush. I don't believe I can't beat you."

Brother Chen Kai muttered to himself. He felt that with himself as the director and stars like Lin Chiling, Fan Wei, and Aaron Kwok, how could the box office be bad?

"What's wrong with no Douyin promotion? You bastard, wait and see how I slap you in the face!"

He suddenly felt that it would be better not to promote it on Douyin. As long as he could beat "You Are the One" in terms of box office and word of mouth, it would be Cao Yu who would be embarrassed.

After taking a sip of tea with full confidence, Brother Chen Kai said, "Once "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" is successful, we can shoot "The Legend of the Cat Demon" which has been prepared for five years. If you, Boss Cao, can cooperate with Toho in Japan, then I will cooperate with Kadokawa Pictures and I will not lose to you!"

Although he looked down on Cao Yu, Director Chen still hoped to compete with him.

……

In early July, the filming of the movie "Parasite" was finally completed.

Because this movie is aiming for an Oscar, all aspects of South Korea and South Korea attach great importance to it, and leaders from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism even came to show their support.

"President Cao, how many awards can this movie win at the Oscars next year?"

At the wrap party, Minister An of the Tourism Department felt that the film had been shot for a year and the quality must be good, but he was still unsure whether it could win an Oscar.

I had to spend a lot of money to get this script from Boss Cao, and I was afraid that the money would be wasted.

Cao Yu smiled and said, "It's not easy to win an Oscar, but I can guarantee that I can win more than one or two awards."

“One or two”

Minister An was somewhat disappointed with the amount. If he only won the Best Screenwriter award and an insignificant award, the 100 billion won spent would have been a bit of a waste.

He paused for a moment and asked, "Can it win the Best Picture?"

“I really can’t say that.”

Although "Parasite" did win the Oscar for Best Picture, Cao Yu released the film five years earlier, so he couldn't guarantee what the result would be next year.

But his mind suddenly turned, and he smiled and said, "Minister An, you know that the Oscars require public relations. I have some connections in the United States. If I use my connections, there may be hope."

"That's true"

Minister An also understood this, so he said, "Then I'll have to trouble Chairman Cao to help run this movie."

"Yes, yes, but..."

As Cao Yu spoke, an embarrassment appeared on his face.

"Chairman Cao, what do you want?"

As soon as Minister An finished asking the question, he saw Cao Yu rubbing his thumb and index finger gently, and he immediately understood.

This is for activity expenses.

Boss Cao, you are so rich, why do you always ask me for money?

mean.

However, Minister An remembered the card that Boss Cao gave him last time, and asked, "How much do you need?"

"Twenty million dollars is about enough."

Cao Yu said, approaching the minister and whispered, "When I get the money, I will deposit 10% of it in your account in the United States."

Minister An's eyes lit up and he immediately said, "Will 20 million be enough? I think 30 million is about right. Oscar's group has a big appetite."

"Thank you, Minister An."

Cao Yu laughed, feeling that Minister An, who had a big appetite, had gotten the point.

(End of this chapter)