China Entertainment: I became a capital tycoon

Chapter 770 768. "Do You Know?" starts filming, Ali wants to rise

The theme song of the TV series "Knowing or Not" is one of Cao Yu's favorite OSTs.

This song is adapted from Li Qingzhao's "Ru Meng Ling". The lyrics are full of tender and lingering romantic feelings. The lyrics are touching and make people feel the warmth of tender company.

There are two versions of this song, one is sung by professional singers Hu Xia and Yu Kewei.

There is also a cover version sung by Zhao Liying and the leading male actor Feng Shaofeng.

However, Zhao Liying is an actress. In terms of singing, her voice, timbre, and breath are far behind those of professional singers.

"One morning, flowers bloomed beside the willows. I went looking for the fragrance and mistakenly found the pavilion. I drank the morning glow for half a day, but the wind and rain could not penetrate it."

In a villa on the back mountain of Xiangshan Film and Television City, Cao Yu hummed the tune while writing it.

"Honey, is this the theme song you wrote for "Do You Know?" It's really nice."

Behind him, two snow-white arms gently wrapped around Cao Yu's neck, and a round and cute face came closer: "Last night, the rain was sparse and the wind was strong, and I couldn't sleep off the hangover."

Zhao Liying did not sing the lyrics, but read them out, and then sat in Cao Yu's arms: "This lyrics is very meaningful, can I sing it?"

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Cao Yu wanted to refuse, but he didn't want to let Zhao Liying down, so he said: "Of course you can sing it. It's okay to sing it when promoting this movie, but it can't be used as the theme song."

"You're laughing at me!"

Zhao Liying also knew that her singing skills were really not good, but she still bit Cao Yu's mouth like a spoiled child.

Then Cao Yu also launched a counterattack, and soon the two of them started biting each other.

After a long while, Zhao Liying said with her bitten red lips: "Husband, who are you going to let sing this song?"

"This is a duet song. I plan to let Yu Kewei sing the female voice, and I will sing the male voice myself."

As soon as Cao Yu finished speaking, Zhao Liying threw herself into his arms: "Really? Husband, you are so nice?"

Although Boss Cao still sings nowadays, he doesn’t sing much.

Apart from Yang Mi and Liu Yifei, no one else can sing the theme song for the TV series they starred in.

How could Zhao Liying not be happy about this?
"You are my little baby."

Zhao Liying was discovered and brought into the company by Cao Yu, and is also one of the earliest batch of artists in the company.

The main thing is that this girl is very well behaved, has been working hard silently, and never makes any demands on Cao Yu. Who wouldn't like a girl like this?

"Hubby, I love you so much."

Zhao Liying was so moved. If Cao Yu hadn't brought her into the entertainment industry and treated her so well, she might have married and had children in her hometown. How could she have the life and honor she has now?
She has made up her mind that after finishing the drama that her lover tailored for her, she must start to rest and have a baby for him.

Before this, she was already very satisfied that the TV series she starred in had this song sung by Cao Yu himself.

It is already the last day of May, and three days later, "Knowing" will officially start filming.

At that time in the film market, "Ghost Blows Out the Light" was officially taken off the shelves in China one month after its release, and its final box office revenue was 2.7 billion yuan.

Of course, this movie is still being shown abroad. Although its influence is not as great as that of Hollywood blockbusters, the special effects of the movie are just as good.

In particular, the Singularity International Novel Platform has accumulated a certain readership, helping the film to achieve a revenue of over 60 million US dollars.

This is mainly caused by cultural differences. Many foreigners simply cannot understand the long-standing Chinese culture.

Cao Yu understood that this kind of thing could not be accomplished overnight, but needed to be done step by step.

Compared to "Ghost Blows Out the Light", the box office of "Avengers 3" is indeed a bit outrageous.

The global box office has reached US$2.1 billion and is still heading towards higher results.

The domestic sales reached 2.3 billion.

Just when the popularity of "Avengers 3" is slowly declining, another Hollywood blockbuster "Jurassic World" in which Feiyu participated in the investment and starred by domestic child star Song Zue is about to be released.

"Boss Cao's films this year are well connected and he made a lot of money."

An entertainment company in Hong Kong is preparing to hold a press conference for a movie that has been filming for five years.

"Hey, it would be nice if we had Boss Cao's influence."

The boss of this company shook his head and sighed for a while, looking at the promotional poster on the computer, and said: "However, as long as the box office of our "Monster Hunt" can exceed 2 billion, or beat Feiyu's movie at the box office, the company's reputation will be completely established."

Although Mr. Jiang is usually very low-key, he really wants this movie, which began to be prepared in 2010 but took five years to shoot, to be a success.

"It's a little difficult."

When the director of "Monster Hunt" Xu Chengyi heard that his boss wanted this movie to surpass the popular Feiyu Entertainment, he felt that he was dreaming.

Boss Jiang thought for a moment and asked, "What movies will Feiyu have coming out this summer?"

"The Despicable Me 3 that he co-produced with Universal Pictures will be released in early July. At the end of July, their own animated film Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World will be released. In August, Captain America: Civil War will be released. It seems that this is all for the summer vacation."

"That's it."

Boss Jiang pondered for a moment, remembering that Feiyu’s last animated film “Big Fish and Begonia” had a good reputation and the theme song was also nice.

But the box office revenue was only 1.2 billion, which was a very average result among the movies produced by Feiyu, so I made a plan in mind.

He calculated the time and said, "Then let's postpone the release of Monster Hunt by one week to the end of July, avoiding Despicable Me 3 and being one week earlier than Devil Boy."

"Okay, I'll announce it at the press conference three days later."

Director Xu Chengyi thought about it and felt that it was feasible.

But he then said helplessly: "It's all Ke Zhendong's fault. If he hadn't been reported by the Chaoyang people in Yanjing and arrested, this wouldn't have happened."

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On June 1st, the Hollywood blockbuster "Jurassic World" was released.

On this day, children all over the country had a day off, and many children who liked dinosaurs were taken to the cinema by their parents to watch this movie.

Song Zu'e, who starred in this movie, also paid out of his own pocket to invite the whole class to watch the movie.

As the sequel to the classic movie "Jurassic Park", for viewers who have seen the previous film, it is a reliving of a childhood dream.

When the children saw the huge Tyrannosaurus Rex appear alive in the movie in the cinema, they also screamed with excitement.

At the entrance of every cinema in the Universal Cinema Chain, there are dinosaur models of all sizes for children to take photos with, which made the cinemas packed on Children's Day.

The little girl Song Zue's acting skills in the movie are not inferior to those of Hollywood stars, and her performance is very good.

With Chinese faces appearing in the movie, it grossed over 200 million yuan in just one day.

Song Zue's popularity in China has once again skyrocketed because of this Hollywood movie.

This is a Hollywood blockbuster. It is the dream of many Chinese actors to be able to star in this movie.

With the help of her and Boss Cao, she was able to easily reach heights that others might never reach in their entire lives.

"Godfather, have you seen Jurassic World? My classmates all said that I acted well. Thank you, Godfather. I miss you, love you, and kiss you."

Cao Yu, who was still in Xiangshan, smiled as he listened to Song Zu'e's voice on WeChat.

"Honey, you are really amazing."

Liu Shishi beside him also heard the voice message and expressed admiration.

"How to say?"

Seeing that Liu Shishi was not jealous, Cao Yu was a little surprised.

Liu Shishi said, "My dear, didn't you say that your company will have a drama called "Legend of the Nine States" in the second half of the year, and let Song Zue play the female lead? Can you use "Jurassic World" to boost her popularity first? By then, more people will definitely pay attention to that drama."

"Haha, you really have a good imagination!"

Cao Yu tapped Liu Shishi on the head gently: "I haven't thought about what you said, and I didn't want to shoot "Nine States Legend" so early."

He was not talking nonsense about letting Song Zue star in "Jurassic World" because he was pestered by that girl so much that he recommended her.

Besides, after "My Physical Education Teacher", Song Zue has become quite famous.

"I do not believe."

In Liu Shishi's eyes, her man is so smart, how could all this be without a plan?

Not only Liu Shishi, but also Guan Xiaotong had the same idea.

"She actually starred in a Hollywood movie? I didn't even know this before."

Guan Gege is one year older than Song Zue. Both of them started out as child stars. Although she also starred in the good TV series "A Servant of Two Masters", she is also known as the national daughter.

But Song Zu'e is not bad either. After her, he also starred in "My Physical Education Teacher".

Mainly, now he has entered Hollywood.

That's all. Guan Xiaotong feels that she has fallen behind this younger generation. Is it because the boss is Song Zue's godfather?
It seems that I was a failure in the beginning. I didn't get close to the boss early on, and now I can only play some supporting roles in other film and television dramas.

"I heard that the company is going to shoot a movie called 'Nine States Legend' in the second half of the year. I'm quite suitable to be the female lead. I must grab it!"

Guan Xiaotong read the praises for Song Zue's acting skills on the Internet and silently planned for her future.

Cao Yu didn't know that the popularity of "Jurassic World" would have such a chain reaction. These days, he either visited the crew of "The Glory of Tang Dynasty" or the crew of "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" to see the three beauties.

Including the upcoming "Knowing Your Destiny", there will be three Feiyu Entertainment dramas in Xiangshan Film and Television City.

Under such circumstances, "Fighter of the Destiny" can only be filmed in Hengdian.

It is early June and it is already a hot summer in China.

But Xiangshan Film and Television City is located in the mountains, so it seems very cool.

On June 3, the director of the movie "Monster Hunt", Xu Chengyi, and the main actors including Bai Baihe and Jing Boran, held a release conference in Yanjing.

In order to increase attention, the leading actress Bai Baihe also performed a dance on the spot.

However, although many reporters came to the press conference, the biggest topic in the entertainment industry that day was not "Monster Hunt", but Feiyu's other drama "Knowing Your Destiny", which started filming today.

Reporters have heard that Boss Cao will attend the ceremony, and that this wealthy man gave so many red envelopes, so there are more people at the scene today than the last time "The Glory of Tang Dynasty" was filmed.

"Mr. Cao, the heroine in this movie is very cute."

At the scene, Dongbao's Shimatani Nobuyuki looked at all the actors in this play. Although he felt that Zhao Liying was inferior to Jing Tian in appearance, she was very friendly.

"Haha, Mr. Shimatani, you are right."

Cao Yu knew that the devil had stayed for a few more days just to introduce this drama.

Hearing that Shimagu only described Zhao Liying's appearance as cute, he deliberately said with some displeasure: "I have thought about it these two days. It is better for you not to introduce this drama."

"Why? Because the heroine isn't as pretty as in other dramas?"

Shimatani Nengcheng was very surprised. He gave me money and you didn’t want it?
Then wouldn’t the red envelope of 200,000 US dollars that I just sent out have been sent out in vain?
Cao Yu smiled and said, "This drama has a lot of literary lines, which may be a little difficult for you to understand. I think you should wait until the filming is finished."

When Shimatani Nobuyuki heard this, he almost shouted "Baka".

Fortunately, he held it back. After all, Cao Yu's identity was there, and the two sides cooperated quite happily.

But isn't it rude of you to say that we are uncultured?

He said dissatisfiedly: "Mr. Cao, just tell me how much one episode costs?"

"Why don't you wait until the filming is finished? I'm worried that you will have trouble translating by then."

Cao Yu pretended to consider the other party, but in fact he was waiting to offer a high price later.

As expected, Shimatani Nobuyuki was even more upset after being provoked by Cao Yu: "We can understand Dream of the Red Chamber and Romance of the Three Kingdoms, let alone this Do You Know? We just like lines with rhythm."

"That's right, I almost forgot."

Seeing that the other party was getting excited, Cao Yu smiled and said, "Since you want to introduce it now, then how about this, 800,000 US dollars per episode."

"800,000 now? The price shouldn't go up so fast, right?"

Although the Japanese man Shimatani Nosaka was used to being cheated by Cao Yu, he was still stunned when he heard the price.

The first time was 300,000, then 500,000, and now 800,000. Will it be next year?
Sure enough, Boss Cao said, "This is this year's price. By next year, it might be one million."

Shimatani said in embarrassment: "It's a bit too high."

"You saw it yesterday. The broadcast rights for our company's dramas can be sold for 500,000 US dollars. But the copyright we gave you is from Japan. Is 800,000 too much?"

Cao Yu pointed at the crew and said, "We strive for excellence in service, props, and makeup. The price is really not high. Of course, you can wait until the show is aired in China next year before considering importing it."

The original "Knowing Your Destiny", although considered a great drama, the actors' costumes were a bit stiff, and there was not much difference in the dress of the maids and the protagonists, which was even a bit confusing.

Cao Yu has heard the audience complain about this aspect, so when Feiyu Entertainment is filming this drama, these problems will naturally be avoided. Whether it is the costumes or props, they are all more sophisticated and refined.

"Make it cheaper, we are old friends."

Shimatani is not a sucker and wants to get a cheaper price.

"It's really not possible. I didn't report it more."

"Ok."

Shimatani Nobuaki saw that he had no intention of lowering the price, and he was also afraid that the price would increase again if he waited, so he could only nod helplessly and then asked, "How many episodes are you going to shoot for this drama?"

"Seventy-eight episodes."

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When Shimatani Nozunari heard this number, his heart began to bleed.

Another drama with over sixty episodes.

But remembering that the ratings of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" in Japan were really good last time, and that drama had more viewers, he took a deep breath and uttered two words with difficulty: "Okay."

Eight hundred thousand per episode, seventy-six episodes, a total of more than sixty-two million US dollars.

It seems that it is more cost-effective to cooperate in filming.
Fortunately, I was smart and invested in "The Glory of Tang Dynasty". Otherwise, if I wanted to buy the copyright later, I don’t know how much it would cost.

China has such a long history, and its resources are inexhaustible.
Japan can't compare.

The main reason is that Cao Yu is really good at making money.

Fortunately, Cao Yu got the copyright of "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" and although there were many beautiful women, he did not ask for much and only charged him US$400,000 per episode.

After the filming of "Knowing Your Destiny" started, the reporters who once again received a big red envelope from Boss Cao praised the drama generously.

In comparison, although Bai Baihe performed a dance at the press conference, the popularity of "Monster Hunt" was still suppressed.

"We have prepared a movie for such a long time, but it can't compare to Feiyu's TV series?"

This situation hurt director Xu Chengyi a lot.

Who made Bai Baihe's current fame not as great as Feiyu's Zhao Liying?

The only hope now is that when the movie is released, it can rely on good word of mouth to do better at the box office than Feiyu’s “Ne Zha”.

On June 4th, Cao Yu saw off Dongbao’s guests and returned directly to Yanjing.

At this point, the domestic box office of "Jurassic World" has exceeded 500 million, and it is expected to rise further by the weekend.

Feiyu's other film "Operation Mekong" has been promoted extensively on major online platforms.

The release date is also scheduled for June 16th.

Since the theme of the film is drug control and the producer is Han Sanping, the former head of China Film Group Corporation, the relevant departments also gave strong support to the film.

By that time, "Avengers 3" will be taken off the screen, "Jurassic World" will have been released for just half a month, and "Operation Mekong" is expected to have a good box office as well.

In this way, a seamless connection is indeed achieved.

Of course, in addition to these movies that have been released or are about to be released, there are several other movies in the film industry that have also officially announced their start times.

The most anticipated of these is "Dying to Survive", produced by Feiyu Entertainment and adapted from real events, which will start filming in August.

Another comedy film, "The Love Master," is scheduled to start shooting in mid-July.

Just one day after Feiyu announced these two films, Ali Pictures, which had just been established for less than two years, also released two films at once.

First of all, "The Ferryman", which has been in preparation for nearly a year, will officially start shooting in mid-June.

In addition, Guo Xiaosi, who became famous with the two "Tiny Times" movies, is preparing to shoot a movie with D3 and real-life CG special effects, which will start at the end of June.

With Ali as its backing, many people in the film industry believe that Ali Pictures is clearly up to no good and appears to be challenging Feiyu.

But some people think that Ali does not have enough foundation and Ma Yun has never worked in the film and television industry.

This situation of laymen directing professionals has led many people to be pessimistic about these two films.

But Ma Yun had no choice. She was no match for Feiyu Group in terms of business, and she couldn't beat Penguin in games.

If Ahri wants to rise again, he can only rely on entertainment and finance.

"With these two poorly rated movies of Ali, he still wants to challenge me? Does he deserve it?"

That day, Cao Yu was eating while reading some analysis of Ali's two movies on Douyin, and couldn't help but sneer with disdain.

At this time, a girl sat directly opposite him.

"Boss, who's worthy?"

Hearing the voice, Cao Yu looked up and found that it was the national daughter Guan Xiaotong whom he hadn't seen for a while.

(End of this chapter)