China Entertainment: I became a capital tycoon

Chapter 782. The little yellow duck was replaced, and Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace was rectified

"Hehe, what do you think is going on?"

The message sent by other women was seen by Yang Mi, but Cao Yu was not panicked at all: "I am so handsome, it is normal for someone to pursue me."

"You are Yang Guo and she is Huang Rong, you two cannot be together!"

Yang Mi Ni was in Cao Yu's arms, not wanting her man to date another woman: "You have to accompany me tomorrow. I am your Xiang'er."

"Okay, of course I'll accompany you tomorrow."

Cao Yu naturally couldn't abandon Yang Mi, who had just returned and was pregnant, and go on a date with someone else.

"Brother, husband, I knew I was right to follow you."

Seeing that her lover agreed to accompany her, Yang Mi immediately said happily: "Although we can't be intimate in the first three months, I will give you a surprise tonight."

"Okay, I like Mimi to give surprises the most."

Cao Yu didn't ask, he just knew that this girl was either playing with ice and fire, popping candy, or some other new toys.

The two chatted for a while about the filming of "Dying to Survive", and Yang Mi suddenly said: "By the way, when I was filming, I attended a dinner party in a circle and invested in a movie called "July and Ansheng". There was a little girl named Zhou Dongyu in it who looked pretty good..."

"Little yellow duck?"

Cao Yu was stunned when he heard the name Zhou Dongyu. Did this woman enter the entertainment industry? She is quite resourceful.

Yang Mi asked curiously: "What little yellow duck?"

"fine."

Cao Yu laughed and said, "No matter how much you invested, this film may not make money."

Yang Mi said: "This novel of the same name is quite popular, and the investment is not large. The total investment is only 50 million, and I invested 10 million."

"That's okay."

Cao Yu had heard of this film but had never seen it, mainly because he didn't like this kind of youth pain literature and the bloody love triangle story.

Fortunately, an investment of 10 million in a movie is not too much, and maybe you can even make a small profit.

But he soon understood the producer's intention and sneered, "These guys are looking for you to invest, just to borrow Feiyu's name."

"I know. It's because my brother has such great reputation."

Yang Mi smiled and said, "Besides, the director of this film is Tsang Wai's son, and the producer is Chen Kexin. They said that they have a good chance of winning a Golden Horse Award."

"Okay, as long as you're happy."

Cao Yu smiled casually, but then he frowned again.

Could it be that Zeng the Shorty was kicked out of TVB by him last time and still not resigned himself to the fact? Now he wants to use his connections to help his son become a director?
Cao Yu also heard that Chen Kexin was actually behind the scenes helping to oversee this movie. Otherwise, how could a newcomer win the Golden Horse Award for his first film?
However, the popularity of this movie is not as high as the roles played by Zhou Dongyu and Ma Sichun, two fake sisters, during the award ceremony.

It seems that Zhou Dongyu has to be replaced.

Not only is this woman not good-looking, her acting skills are also poor. People like her cannot be allowed to become famous.

And he really hates the little yellow duck. Not only is he uncultured, he is also impolite and uneducated.

When presenting awards with Ge You, she had to read the warm-up words from a script. As an actress, I wonder how she memorizes her lines when acting?

Could it be that the opportunity to star in "Soulmate" this time was because of his relationship with Zeng Aizi?

After Yang Mi left, Cao Yu replied to Li Yitong first.

"I have something to do tomorrow, let's talk when I'm free."

As soon as the message was sent, I received a reply: "Boss, you don't keep your word, you lied, I cried."

"If your eyes are swollen from crying, I'll bring you a box of ointment to reduce the swelling next time I see you."

"Boss, can't you just coax me a little?"

"You are not someone I belong to yet, it is not appropriate for me to coax you."

After Cao Yu sent this message, he immediately added: "I'm busy now, let's talk when I have time."

Then, he immediately called TVB boss Chen Guoqiang.

"Mr. Chen, I'm Cao Yu. Please tell Zeng Zhiwei to replace the heroine named Zhou Dongyu in "July and Ansheng"."

"I understand."

When Chen Guoqiang heard his boss's request, he immediately nodded in agreement.

Afterwards, he immediately contacted Zeng Zhiwei: "Just now, Mr. Cao from Feiyu asked me to tell you that the movie "July and Ansheng" that you helped your son to make has replaced the leading actress Zhou Dongyu. As for who will be replaced, you don't need to tell me, right?"

"Substitution?"

Zeng Zhiwei has had a hard time since leaving TVB.

But he didn't dare to go against Boss Cao, so he could only rely on the resources and connections at his disposal to help his son become a new director.

And this movie "July and Ansheng" is the ladder built for my son.

Asking Yang Mi for investment was also to show goodwill to Boss Cao, and a bit like asking for forgiveness.

As for the leading female role Zhou Dongyu, I met her by chance. I thought this girl looked very pure and innocent, and was okay in all aspects, so I planned to promote her.

I didn’t expect that Yang Mi had invested, but now she is asked to change people?

In other words, if I promised that girl...

But if he doesn't change it, it's probably unknown whether his son can become a director or win an award.

Think about it, a woman is nothing, your son is more important.

"I'll arrange it right away."

Zeng Zhiwei hung up the phone and quickly asked his son to contact Yang Mi, one of the investors, and tell her that the female lead could be replaced.

"Change the heroine?"

When Yang Mi got the news, she was a little confused at first, but later she realized that this was Cao Yu's request.

"Does my brother know Zhou Dongyu? Otherwise, how could he call her 'Little Yellow Duck'?"

Although Yang Mi usually acts like a spoiled child in front of Cao Yu, she is still very obedient when it comes to serious matters and immediately calls her brothers-in-law.

"Brother, who are you going to let play the role in the movie "July and Ansheng"? "

"The efficiency is quite fast."

Less than an hour had passed and the other party had news, which made Cao Yu very satisfied.

But who should replace Zhou Dongyu?
After thinking for a moment, the dance troupe's leader, Song Qian, has not had very good resources recently, and has worked very hard, and has already made the dance troupe several times bigger than before.

Then give her this opportunity.

"Let Song Qian go. Her acting skills are fine."

After making arrangements for Yang Mi, Cao Yu leaned back in his chair, took out his little notebook and took a look. He had almost finished all the important things for this year.

All that remains is to find time to date Li Yitong and then wait for 2016 to arrive.

Year after year, it goes by so fast.

During the weekend, Cao Yu spent two happy days with Yang Mi and indeed received a big surprise.

I have to say that Boss Yang understands men more and more now.

On Monday, when the refreshed Boss Cao arrived at the company, his secretary Zhang Xiaotian came over and said, "Boss Cao, the boss of Xinli Media wants to see you. When are you free?"

"I'm free this afternoon, let him come."

Feiyu has just bought 60% of the shares of Xinli, which is having financial problems. Cao Yu guessed that the founder of this company came to him either to pay a visit or to discuss some project.

In the afternoon, a middle-aged man wearing glasses came to Feiyu Entertainment as expected.

"Hello, Mr. Cao"

"Boss, I finally see you."

The middle-aged man was Cao Huayi, the CEO of Xinli Media. Although he was much older than Cao Yu, the young man in front of him was already the company's largest shareholder and the nominal boss.

"Mr. Cao, you're welcome."

The two of them exchanged a few words, and Cao Yu smiled and said, "Boss Cao, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"Boss Cao, I'm here to thank you."

Cao Huayi said with a grateful look on his face: "A few years ago, the company did produce a hit drama called "Parents' Love", but unfortunately last year they placed their bets on a drama called "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace" and planned to invest 300 million yuan. As a result, this drama has never been..."

As he said this, he smiled bitterly and said, "This drama has not been able to start filming, and the company's capital chain has problems. Thanks to the capital injection from Boss Cao, we have a chance to breathe."

"You are welcome."

Cao Yu knew a lot about Xinli Media. Before his rebirth, he had worked as a martial arts stunt double in the company's dramas.

Of course I also know about "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace".

The script of this film was prepared in 2012 and preparations began in 2014. However, due to issues of plagiarism and sky-high pay, filming was delayed until 2016.

There were still many twists and turns before the show was aired. It failed three reviews and almost one-third of the scenes were cut before it was finally aired in 2018.

After it was broadcast, it was beaten by a similar drama "Story of Yanxi Palace". Although it did not lose money, it was quickly removed from the entire network due to controversial plots.

And I heard the reputation is not that good.

In addition, Cao Yu did not watch this drama, mainly because he thought Zhou Xun was too old to play the leading female role. He watched another drama, "Story of Yanxi Palace".

The reason why he wanted to sign Wu Jinyan in the first place was because he had watched this drama.

Seeing Cao Huayi looking a little embarrassed, Cao Yu said, "Since the funding issue has been resolved, what other problems are there?"

"Boss, although there was a big fuss during the casting of this play, there are indeed some minor problems with the plot. I am afraid that after filming, the plot will not be approved, so I want you to help." "You know there are problems, why don't you change them?"

"Boss, you may not know that after the success of The Legend of Zhen Huan, many entertainment companies have been eyeing novels of this type. We also bought the copyright of Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace with great difficulty, but the original author has a request, which is that she must write the script herself and not let others interfere."

After Cao Huayi finished explaining, he said, "But she is an author under Feiyu Literature after all. If you tell her to revise the script, she probably won't refuse, which will save you trouble in the future."

"That's it."

Cao Yu knew the female author of "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace". She was also the author of "The Legend of Zhen Huan". Putting aside the rumors of plagiarism, her level of writing was quite good.

The script of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" was written by myself and Feiyu's writing team. Compared with the original novel, the TV series made major changes to the plot, which is why it became a hit.

I didn’t expect that she would be so protective of Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace and even wanted to be the screenwriter herself and not allow any changes to be made?

No wonder this drama has such an ill-fated history.

Not every author who can write novels is a good screenwriter.

Since Cao Yu transferred the Singularity Novel Platform to Feiyu Group, he established Feiyu Literature.

His goal is to integrate the novel IP, entertainment companies, broadcasting platforms, actors, and filming processes to create a complete industry chain for film and television production and become China's Marvel.

Investing in or acquiring other entertainment companies is also based on the novel IPs in hand to continuously produce better works.

Since Xinli Media is already tied to Feiyu, he cannot ignore this matter.

After thinking for a while, he said to Cao Huayi: "Call the screenwriter and tell her that I read the script and I'm not satisfied with it. Ask her to revise it."

"Okay, I'll call now!"

After hearing what Boss Cao said, Cao Huayi immediately took out his phone and called the female screenwriter.

Xinli is now placing all its bets on Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace and doesn’t want to lose money on this drama again.

Ms. Wu, the author of "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace", is very happy recently.

Ever since she heard that New Li Media was invested in by Mr. Cao, the most powerful boss in the entertainment industry, she predicted that the script she had spent more than two years writing might start filming soon.

The last TV series "The Legend of Zhen Huan" won numerous awards, but my name was not even on the screenwriter list.

This time, she wants to make herself more famous through "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace".

These days she has been waiting for notification from the crew, so that she can become a plot consultant. From then on, she will have her own place in the entertainment industry like Yu Ma.

Suddenly, her cell phone vibrated. She took it out and saw that it was indeed the boss of Xinli Media.

When the call was connected, Ms. Wu couldn't wait to ask, "Hello, Mr. Cao, is Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace about to start filming?"

"Ms. Wu, you may have to wait."

Cao Huayi didn't expect that this woman was also very anxious, and said, "It's like this. Feiyu's boss Cao read the script of Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace and was very dissatisfied. He felt that there were problems and it would be difficult to pass the review, so it needed to be revised."

"Change the script?"

Ms. Wu immediately became unwilling.

This is two years of hard work, how can you change it just like that?
But Feiyu's boss Cao had spoken, and she didn't dare to refuse directly, so she had to say, "Actually, the script is pretty good. I spent more than two years on it."

"Ms. Wu, are you questioning Boss Cao?"

"No, absolutely not."

These words scared Ms. Wu.

Who is Boss Cao? He is the winner of an Oscar. How dare you question him?
Although she denied it, she was actually not convinced in her heart. After all, she believed that Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace was mainly aimed at female audiences. She is also a woman, so she naturally understands what kind of plot can attract people.

After a pause, she said, "Boss Cao, please say something good to Boss Cao. If you want to change the script, it may affect the start time."

Cao Yu heard what Cao Huayi said and said coldly, "Tell her that if the film is shot according to the current script and it fails to pass the review, she will be responsible for compensating 50% of the filming costs. Ask her if she dares to take the gamble?"

Upon hearing this, as an author, how could he dare to take this gamble, let alone offend Boss Cao.

"I'll make the changes. I'll make the changes if Boss Cao is not satisfied with anything."

"Well, we'll send you the place as soon as possible."

Cao Huayi was finally satisfied. Boss Cao was indeed very helpful. This problem that had been bothering him was solved with just one phone call.

After hanging up the phone, he said to Cao Yu, "Boss, would you like to help check the changes to Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace?"

"You just give the script to our screenwriting department and we can change those parts that are not in line with history, have problems with values, or are easily censored."

Cao Yu had never watched the drama, so he had no way of changing it and no time.

However, he knew that the drama was taken off the shelves mainly because it distorted historical figures too much and some of the plots were detrimental to one's worldview.

He thought for a moment and then said, "The male and female protagonists of this drama are a bit inappropriate, let's change them."

The heroine of "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace" is Zhou Xun, who is too old and looks out of place.

The male lead Huo Jianhua's acting in this drama was also criticized, and his studio was eventually closed down due to the criticism.

It would be strange if these two had good reputations.

Zhou Xun’s acting skills are good, but since you are in your forties, you should play characters that suit your age. It’s uncomfortable to watch you pretend to be young.

"Okay, Mr. Cao, do you have any suggestions?"

Cao Huayi did not dare to refuse Boss Cao's request.

Cao Yu thought for a moment and said, "Let Tang Wei play the female lead, and let Yuan Hong from our company play the male lead."

Tang Wei is not bad at all in terms of beauty, and her acting skills are also good. At least she doesn’t need to pretend to be young.

And Yuan Hong is even more handsome, so why did they have to use Huo Jianhua?
"no problem."

"Also, the production of this drama needs to be more sophisticated, and the costumes and props should also be more sophisticated, and try not to use cutouts."

Cao Yu continued, "Xinli should shoot more dramas from other dynasties in the future, and stop focusing on dramas about pigtails."

"Ok."

Although he agreed, Cao Huayi was thinking in his heart, aren't pigtail dramas very popular recently?
After seeing off the guests, Cao Yu returned to his office, but he was thinking about another drama, "Story of Yanxi Palace".

To be honest, he personally thinks "Story of Yanxi Palace" is better.

Of course, in terms of ratings, Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace had over 16 billion viewers, while the other one had over 18 billion viewers.

With such ratings, it will definitely make money. Even if the show is taken off the shelves at that time, it will still be produced by Xinli Media, so they will make the money first.

Then, he called Yu Zheng and asked, "Writer Yu, what are you busy with recently?"

"Yes, Mr. Cao. I am currently doing a variety show on Mango TV. Do you have any instructions?"

Yu Zheng suddenly received a call from Boss Cao and felt flattered.

"Go online and find a novel called 'Story of Yanxi Palace'. Work with the author to write the script. I plan to get someone to invest in it."

"Okay, okay, I'll do it right away!"

Yu Zheng was even more surprised and delighted. Boss Cao wanted to promote him. It seemed that his previous move to establish good relations with Feiyu Entertainment was extremely wise.

After making the arrangements, Cao Yu was still looking forward to the fans of these two dramas tearing each other apart online.

It feels quite fun.

By Friday, it was already mid-November and snow had begun to fall in Beijing.

On this Friday afternoon, after Qiduo finished training, the seven girls were chattering about where to go for the weekend. Only Li Yitong looked absent-minded.

She really wanted to send Cao Yu another message, but was afraid of being rejected again.

She even doubted whether her boss was really interested in her.

Maybe, he doesn't think highly of me at all.

Otherwise, a week had passed, and the boss not only didn’t come upstairs to watch Qiduo’s training, but also didn’t send him a message.

"Yitong, stop being in a daze. We're going skiing this weekend. Do you want to go?"

An Yuexi saw that her best friend looked dazed and wanted her to stop being trapped in love.

Over the past week, my ears have almost become callused from Li Yitong's nagging.

This girl's mind is now full of why the boss rejected her.

"I'm not going, you go."

Li Yitong was in no mood to play. She glanced at the snowflakes falling outside the window and really wanted to take the initiative to ask her boss out again.

I just took out my cell phone, hesitating whether to call my boss, when I suddenly saw a message coming in.

"Xiao Huang Rong, are you free tomorrow?"

When Li Yitong saw the message from her boss, she felt as if all the dark clouds in the sky had dispersed and her mood immediately became brighter.

But I don't know what she was thinking, she actually replied: "I'm busy, my teammates and I have an appointment to go skiing together tomorrow."

As soon as she sent it out, she regretted what had happened to her. Why was she talking like that?

What if the boss takes it seriously?
Before I could withdraw the message, my boss had already sent it back: "Skiing? Okay, how about counting me in?"

Li Yitong was happy to see that the boss was not angry, and turned to his teammates and said, "The boss said he would go skiing with us tomorrow, how about that?"

"Oh!"

The practice room immediately erupted in cheers.

Only Ju Jingyi frowned.

Is there something fishy going on between the boss and Yitong?
(End of this chapter)