China Entertainment: I became a capital tycoon

Chapter 779 Boss Cao's capital expansion in the entertainment industry

The entertainment industry is a place of fame and fortune, and also a paradise for the rich.

Of course, compared to being rich, Boss Cao is really rich, and he has now let it go.

Good girls should be cherished and treated nicely.

Bad girl, continue to stick to the principle of not saying no, it doesn’t matter.

You are happy and I am happy too.

This is not a big deal in the entertainment industry, which is a big melting pot full of temptations.

But, Liu Yifei is someone he should cherish.

Throughout the end of August and the beginning of September, he was in Hong Kong accompanying Fairy Sister and their newborn daughter.

When you have time, go see Stephen Chow, learn about the progress of "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back", and then spend some time with Jane Zhang.

The Dolphin Princess is due in December, which is four months away.

During this period, he also bought several large villas to prepare for the future.

There are so many girls who want to have children with him now. Even Fan Erbing, who has pledged his allegiance to the emperor, is clamoring to have a baby.

During this period, "Ne Zha" was originally scheduled to be taken off the screen after 35 days, but because the box office was so good, its run had to be extended to 45 days.

One month after its release, the box office of this movie has surpassed Feiyu’s previous work "Wolf Warrior 2", reaching billion.

Many people in the industry speculated that, given the current momentum, Boss Cao was aiming for 5 billion.

Even when Marvel's "Captain America 3" was released as scheduled in mid-August, it did not shake Nezha's dominance at the box office.

As expected, a trend of COS Nezha emerged on the Internet, and many actors posted their bun-hair looks online.

The audience also voted for the most beautiful little Nezha.

Under the influence of this trend, and with the help of the producer Feiyu Entertainment, the movie still maintained a box office of 60 to 70 million one month after its release.

However, its competitor, Monster Hunt, had to be withdrawn from theaters one month after its release, and its final box office revenue was only over 1.6 billion yuan.

The only film that can compete with "Ne Zha" is "Captain America 3", which is also invested by Mr. Cao.

This Hollywood blockbuster has earned over 800 million yuan in China in just half a month.

Hong Kong.

"Xixi, look, our little Yufei can blow bubbles now."

Cao Yu and Liu Yifei can't love their daughter enough as they look at her who is about to turn one month old.

Liu Yifei also couldn't let go of her daughter: "This little girl looks so much like you."

"I think he'll look like his mom. He'll be absolutely stunning when he grows up."

Cao Yu said, looking up and staring at Liu Yifei: "You are Nuwa's masterpiece in creating humans. It would be a pity if this gene is not passed on."

"Brother Cao Yu"

Hearing such compliments from her lover, Liu Yifei felt as sweet as if she had just fallen in love.

The two of them snuggled together, entertaining their daughter who kept blowing bubbles with her mouth.

Suddenly Liu Yifei remembered something and asked, "Brother Cao Yu, I heard that you are planning to let Yutong act in a movie?"

Cao Yu was stunned and asked, "Who told you that?"

"That's what Miss Xiaoyu said."

Liu Yifei and Li Xiaoyu have a good relationship, and they often fly together to share their experience of raising children.

But she was somewhat disapproving of Cao Yu's decision to let her child act in a movie: "Yutong is still young, and there is no need for our child to enter the entertainment industry."

In Liu Yifei's opinion, the entertainment industry is too chaotic. Even with Cao Yu's protection, nothing will happen. But seeing it too often is not a good thing.

Cao Yu smiled and said, "I originally had the same idea as you, but the little girl has her own ideas now, let her have a try."

"Anyway, Yu Fei must not enter the entertainment industry when she grows up."

Liu Yifei now behaves like Aunt Liu in the past, interfering with her daughter's future.

"Okay, it's up to you."

Cao Yu naturally would not argue with the Fairy Sister. When the child grows up, he will naturally know what he wants.

When their daughter was one month old, Li Xiaoyu and Yang Mi came to Hong Kong to visit her once.

Seeing that Liu Yifei now has a son and a daughter, Yang Mi was so envious that she pestered Cao Yu for several nights.

If the crew of "Dying to Survive" hadn't urged her several times, she really wouldn't want to leave.

"Mi Mi, how is the crew progressing?"

"There is still more than a month left before the Jinling scenes are finished. By then we will have finished the India scenes and we can wrap up the filming."

Yang Mi leaned in Cao Yu's arms and touched her belly: "Brother, what do you think I should do if I give birth to another girl this time?"

"If you want a son, just keep having more."

Cao Yu looked at Yang Mi's seductive eyes and asked with a smile, "How do you know you can get pregnant this time?"

"I calculated it, it should be about the same."

Yang Mi now has some experience: "But I only want to have two children. The book says that having children will damage your vitality. Having two children is enough. Otherwise, you will age quickly."

"Are you afraid that I won't want you?"

"You are surrounded by vixens. If I get old, you will definitely dislike me."

"No way."

Cao Yu gently stroked Yang Mi's delicate body: "Mi Mi is always beautiful. Besides, after you finish this play, do you plan to continue acting?"

“I like the feeling of filming.”

Yang Mi smiled and said, "Before, people always called me a young actress. I have to become a senior actress to be called a senior actress."

In the entertainment industry, Qingyi usually plays dignified, serious and upright roles, while Huadan mostly plays lively and witty female roles.

Becoming a famous actress is the dream of many female stars.

"Ok."

It is a good thing to have aspirations, and Cao Yu certainly supports it, saying, "There are many novels on Singularity now, you can explore more, and if you find a role that suits you, you can invest."

He now highly recognizes Yang Mi's acting skills, and is able to calm down and polish his role. Who knows, maybe he can really become a Qingyi like Zeng Li and Yin Tao.

"Okay, when I get pregnant, I'll read books every day and find a book that's right for me."

After working with actors like Xu Zheng and Wang Chuanjun, Yang Mi has now raised her standards for herself.

Even if you are content to be a boss, you still have to make a perfect finale.

On September 15, although "Ne Zha" did not break 5 billion, it finally closed perfectly with a score of 4.9 billion, directly setting the highest box office record for Chinese-language films.

This movie has also become a phenomenal film in the film industry.

It's a pity that this is a cartoon, and other entertainment companies are powerless to imitate it.

In addition to the Chinese market, this film also earned nearly 200 million US dollars in South Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia and other places.

The total box office revenue has exceeded 6 billion.

Although Feiyu Entertainment invested 400 million in this animation, Boss Cao still made a lot of money with this result.

With good reputation and high box office, this film was also released in some parts of Europe and the United States.

Although there was some difference in box office due to cultural differences, it still allowed many Westerners to see the strength of Chinese animation.

On September 20th, Boss Cao, who had been in Hong Kong for more than a month, returned to Yanjing.

Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, and he wants to celebrate the festival with his parents, as well as Li Xiaoyu and her daughter.

The first thing I did when I returned to the company was to ask someone to find the information of the new entertainment company that had opened in the past two years.

When I was in Hong Kong, the production company of "Monster Hunt" Edko Films approached me and said they hoped that Mr. Cao could buy a stake in the company.

Cao Yu didn't know much about this company's boss, Jiang. After looking up information, he found out that this company was actually the overseas distribution company for many of Zhang Yimou's films.

Films like "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers" were all distributed by this person.

Unfortunately, nowadays many companies directly look for foreign film and television companies to distribute their films. Since their business is not as good as before, they have to invest in making their own films.

For a company with not very great prospects, Cao Yu directly rejected the other party's request.

But this incident gave him a lot of inspiration.

His previous investment in Ning Meng Pictures was a very good way of operating capital. He could invest in or control more companies, let them make films, and make money without doing anything.

This is much better than a studio, and you don’t have to worry too much.

"Xinli Media, Zhengwu Sunshine, Yixin Films, Dongyang Huanyu."

Cao Yu looked at the information of more than a dozen film and television companies and finally selected five and asked the group to invest in or acquire them.

This can also be considered an expansion of territory in the entertainment industry.

The companies that Boss Cao has taken a fancy to would be more than happy to have Feiyu Group invest in them.

Cao Yu owns Feie Video and Douyin, and also controls Weibo, which are all traffic platforms.

In addition to these, Boss Cao also owns Singularity, Universal Pictures, and many talented artists and actors, which are also what other companies lack.

Therefore, it would bring them many benefits if Boss Cao could buy shares.

Cao Yu's move caused quite a stir in the entertainment industry, and many companies, both large and small, actually came forward and wanted to cooperate.

But he rejected all these small companies one by one.

Today, Cao Yu has a stake in eight Chinese entertainment companies, including Huayi and TVB, and this does not include the studios of Yang Mi, Deng Chao, and Huang Bo.

By mastering these resources, you will have a steady stream of works in the future that will bring you profits.

As long as Douyin and Fei'e Video are there, Cao Yu, as the most influential capital tycoon in the entertainment industry, will certainly remain standing.

By the time I finished all these, the National Day had already passed.

During this National Day, "Kung Fu Yoga", a collaboration between Feiyu and Cheng Long, will also hit the big screen during this period.

Since major film companies have already fought a fierce battle during the summer season, not many movies were released during this National Day holiday.

In addition to "Kung Fu Yoga", there are also low-budget movies such as Lu Chuan's "Nine-story Demon Tower", Hong Kong-produced "Saving Mr. Wu", and "The Way of a Gentleman".

Among them, "Nine-story Demon Tower" was the most heavily promoted, with more than 50 million yuan invested in publicity costs.

But when the audience walked into the cinema, they were confused and had no idea what the director wanted to say.

Some viewers also complained online that director Lu Chuan doesn't know how to make commercial films, and should just go back to making art films.

Even though this movie didn't do well at the box office, the copyright fees paid to Singularity and the original author were not less at all.

In comparison, the comedy Kung Fu movie "Kung Fu Yoga" did surprisingly well at the box office.

Although the box office revenue was only over 100 million on the first day of National Day, many viewers still got to see the charm of Indian beauty Disha Patani.

This girl is now at the most beautiful age. Not only does she have outstanding looks, but she also has a perfect figure and is sexy and charming, making the audience remember her immediately.

Especially when Disha came out wearing traditional Indian clothes, her slender waist immediately charmed all the men in the cinema.

Thanks to Jackie Chan's box office appeal and the influence of Indian beauties, the film's box office reached nearly 200 million the next day.

During the entire National Day holiday, it grossed over 10 billion yuan, making it far better than "Nine-story Demon Tower".

"Disha, your waist is getting thinner and more beautiful."

At Cao Yu's home in Yanjing, Disha, who came to China to promote the business, was practicing yoga with Cao Yu, something she hadn't practiced for a long time.

"Honey, I've been filming in India for so long and you didn't even come to see me"

Although Disha was like a beautiful snake, clinging to Cao Yu tightly and performing various difficult movements, she was still complaining in a coquettish voice.

"I will visit you often in the future."

Cao Yu has already arranged Disha in Marvel, intending to officially make her a Hollywood actress.

"Come to me once a month, or I'll come to China to find you!"

"no problem."

Although Boss Cao kept struggling, he could not get rid of the strength of Disha's slender waist.

Since she has been practicing dancing since she was young, her hips shaking could almost kill Boss Cao.

Cao Yu then realized that he still hadn't learned yoga well enough. It seemed necessary to learn it once a month.

Anyway, since I have invested in so many entertainment companies, I will definitely have more free time in the future, so I can spend more time with the girls around me.

That night, Cao Yu called Kevin, the boss of Warner Bros. in the United States.

"Hey Kevin, what's new?"

"Yes, do you want to invest? We are currently selecting the heroine for Wonder Woman."

"Let me recommend an actor to you."

"Then send the information to my email. I trust your judgment."

Kevin naturally had to give face to Boss Cao's request.

Besides, Boss Cao knows his taste in choosing women very well. How could the actress he wants to promote be bad?
After the National Day, Cao Yu personally sent Disha to the United States.

Originally, Warner Bros. planned to cast Gal Gadot for the role of Wonder Woman.

Although this woman is also beautiful and has appeared in several "Fast and Furious" movies, her figure is far inferior to Disha's.

Warner Bros. was also very satisfied with the girl recommended by Boss Cao and soon decided on her as the candidate for "Wonder Woman".

To this end, Feiyu also invested 35% of the cost of this film.

After finishing all this, Kevin suddenly said, "Cao, we have a movie called "King Kong: Skull Island" in preparation. Do you want to invest in it?"

"King Kong Skull Island?"

Cao Yu has seen this movie, and that was because of Jing Tian. Unfortunately, Xiao Tiantian's acting in this movie is really average.

I didn't expect that this movie was only just being prepared, so I asked, "Are there any Chinese characters in it?"

"No."

Kevin was stunned for a moment, then said, "If you want to invest a little, it's easy to add Chinese characters. Just change the script."

"I'll read the script first."

Cao Yu was going to get the script for this movie. After a quick read, he realized that this was still a work produced on a Hollywood assembly line.

Fight monsters, people die, fight monsters again, people die again. Compared with the first movie where King Kong shot down a plane from the Empire State Building, the plot of this movie is actually a step backwards.

However, the scene of King Kong fighting a giant lizard is still quite shocking.

It's a pity that this script doesn't really have any Chinese characters. I guess the script was originally changed for Jing Tian.

Putting the script down, Boss Cao smiled and said, "I can invest a little bit and add a Chinese character."

"no problem!"

Kevin agreed immediately, saying that with Chinese faces, the box office in China would be better in the future.

But he was still curious: "Who are you going to let play the role?"

"What do you think of this woman?"

Cao Yu opened his cell phone, found Fan Erbing's photo, and showed it to Kevin.

"Pretty!"

Kevin immediately decided that she was the one.

Now that Cao Yu is here, it is impossible for him to leave immediately.

That night, while having dinner, he began to PUA the CEO of one of the six major Hollywood film companies.

"Kevin, there is a novel on our Singularity platform that has been very popular in Europe and the United States recently. It's called "Mercenary World". When you have time, ask your company's screenwriter to take a look. If it can be adapted into a series of movies, we can work together."

The reason why Cao Yu insisted on filming "Mercenary World" was mainly because this novel was his first online novel.

Furthermore, this novel is a Western fantasy novel, so it will be more acceptable to Westerners if it is filmed.

The oriental elements in the novel can also promote oriental culture.

"sure."

Warner prefers series movies because they can generate long-term profits, so it is quite interested in Mr. Cao's suggestion.

After dinner, Cao Yu returned to the hotel and called Fan Erbing.

"Erbing, I have arranged a Hollywood blockbuster for you. Come over right after you finish filming 'Lord of the Rings'."

"A Hollywood movie?"

When Fan Erbing heard the news, his hands couldn't help shaking with excitement.

It turns out that only by following Boss Cao can you get candy.

Not only did he experience happiness he had never experienced before, but he also got direct access to resources for Hollywood blockbusters.

This is the rhythm of taking off.

This time, Cao Yu only stayed in the United States for five days, two days with Disha, and the remaining three days with Trump's daughter Tiffany.

Since Tiffany got together with Cao Yu, she has become more and more obsessed with losing weight. Now, not only has she lost a lot of weight, she is also more beautiful than before, and almost looks like a model like her mother.

Except for height, she is almost as good as her sister Ivanka.

In mid-October, Cao Yu, after wandering around the United States, returned to China.

At this time, the TV series "Yitian" had been completed, and Liu Shishi, Ju Jingyi and others also returned to the company.

The new drama "Legend of Nine States" and Stephen Chow's new film "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back" are almost ready for the selection of actors.

In just over two months, we will usher in the year 2016, and many of the 95 flowers have almost grown up and are about to enter the entertainment industry in large numbers.

But there are indeed some problems with the aesthetic standards in the entertainment industry now. These young actresses really cannot compare with the actresses born in the 80s, 85s, and 90s, whether in terms of acting skills or looks.

This is also the reason why many years later, the audience still regards Liu Yifei, Liu Shishi, Yang Mi and others as goddesses.

These 85 beauties, such as the Tang Dynasty Poet Immortal, are beautiful even when wearing sacks.

Unfortunately, compared with the 85 flowers, top stars like Zhao Lusi and Yu Shuxin are no longer beaten, but are crushed into slag, and nothing is left when the wind blows.

Most of those young actresses born after 95 give people a childish feeling, which is probably influenced by the skinny young girls in Korea and Japan.

In Cao Yu's opinion, these people cannot be called actors at all, they can only be regarded as idols. They cannot carry the banner of beauties in the entertainment industry at all, and they are not even qualified to play maids or sweet girls.

If they were to play the beautiful role of a peaceful and prosperous country, it would definitely distract people from the show in every minute.

However, among these people, Song Zue is considered a very good actor, which is why Cao Yucai trained her well.

This "Nine States Legend" was also tailor-made for her.

When the news of casting for the company's new drama and Zhou Xingchi's new movie came out, girls like Li Yitong, An Yuexi, Chen Yuqi, etc. all perked up and fought for the opportunity to advance.

The most active among them were Ju Jingyi, who had just returned from the crew of "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber", and the little girl Yang Chaoyue.

(End of this chapter)