China Entertainment 1997

November 13, 2007, Fanxing Building

Chen Chen came out of the parking lot and watched his apprentice Xiao Wang put away the camera. He vaguely remembered the scene when he followed his master Lao Feng to attend the Cao Xuan Warner signing ceremony.

Now times have changed, and I have changed from an intern to a formal reporter, and I have even started to take care of my own apprentices.

But his master, Lao Feng...

"What are you thinking about?"

Chen Chen suddenly felt a chestnut. He turned around and saw his master, Lao Feng, whose hairline had moved up two inches. Xiao Wang next to him said hello with a wink.

"Hello, Editor Feng."

"Ah hello."

Lao Feng, who had already switched jobs to serve as deputy editor in another media, felt very happy when he looked at the apprentice in front of him.

"I was still thinking about whether I could run into you. I think we are destined to be masters and apprentices. After a while, we will find a place to have sex. I'll treat you."

"Farewell, let me do it. It's hard to buy cigarettes with your little pocket money."

"Look down on me. I only have 150 a month, but I can't even afford a meal."

"Tsk, tsk, it costs an average of 5 yuan a day, and I don't even dare to order meat or dishes. Let me ask you, what does marriage bring to a man?"

"You have no wife and you know nothing."

"I'm single and I'm happy."

"I feel happier when I sleep with my wife in my arms."

The master and apprentice were bickering here, while Xiao Wang watched happily from the side.

Chen Chen has been following Lao Feng since he was an intern in college, and he has received a lot of help. Lao Feng always takes him with him when he has good things to do.

When Lao Feng changed jobs, Chen Chen wanted to follow him without saying a word, but Lao Feng felt that the new employer had just started and he could just gamble for the sake of his future. There was no need to drag Chen Chen to gamble with him, so he tried to persuade him.

Therefore, although they are not in the same unit now, the relationship between master and apprentice is still very good.

Chen Chen was also influenced by Lao Feng and took special care of his apprentice. For example, for today's event, Chen Chen alone was enough. He suddenly thought of a way to get another invitation letter to get his apprentice to show his face.

Lao Feng was alone.

It's not that he doesn't want to have apprentices. The new unit he works for has only been established for a short period of time and is small in scale. Even he, the deputy editor-in-chief, does the news himself, so it really can't afford to show off.

After chatting and reminiscing, the three of them went to the building, registered according to the instructions, then went to the banquet hall floor where the event was held, and sat down in the media area at the back.

Chen Chen and Lao Feng greeted reporters they knew well. Xiao Wang didn't recognize anyone, so he took out his camera and took a photo of the banquet hall stage.

It says the theme of today’s event——

Stars 10th Anniversary Celebration \u0026 Stars Tomorrow Fund Celebrity Charity Gala

On the other side, Chen Chen and several reporters also talked about this matter and couldn't help but joke.

"How about we say that he is King Cao, who is so domineering even on his birthday, so he just throws a party."

"It's not just his birthday, Hu Jing's birthday is also today. It kills two birds with one stone."

"You can't say that. Today is indeed the tenth anniversary of the founding of Fanxing. It's normal to celebrate, not to mention there is a charity auction, which is quite positive."

"Indeed, Fanxing is now considered to be the dominant player in the entertainment industry. There are no activities that are not good for the 10th anniversary of its establishment. However, if it is too extravagant and extravagant, it will easily lead to controversy. It is logical to have a charity party. The bigger the arrangement, the better. .”

"Haha, this is indeed a smart move."

"I don't care about the rest. I'm more curious about how many big names can come today. The list hasn't been announced yet."

"With Boss Cao's status, it will definitely not be a small event. I see that the red carpet has been decorated outside. I'm afraid it will be starry again tonight."

Speaking of this, the reporters smiled brightly. They came rushing to see these celebrities. They definitely wanted the scene to be as big as possible.

Around 3 p.m., two more groups of people came into the venue and began to set up cameras near the venue and the red carpet.

A reporter was curious and ran over to ask. Then he gave a thumbs up with admiration: "It has to be Cao Xuan. Beijing Satellite TV broadcasts it directly, just in time for the Golden Rooster Award Ceremony."

Another reporter took out his computer: "Not only the TV station, but Penguin Blog has also linked up and opened a special section to provide various pictures and text information, exciting video clips, and netizens can also chat online."

"Boss Cao, domineering."

Chen Chen gave a thumbs up, and Lao Feng suddenly laughed: "I remember that in September, we just held a Bazaar charity night, and the final amount raised was probably less than 8 million..."

"More than 7.53 million, I was following the news at the time."

"More than 7.5 million is not a lot. How much can you raise from today's Starry Charity Gala?"

"Boss Cao's face is here. Everyone can guess that the bleeding has doubled."

"I think it's expected to be 20 million."

"Twenty million is a bit too much. I think it's the same as Lao Wei's, 15 million."

After everyone chatted for half an hour, the staff came to inform that the red carpet was about to begin. Most of the media came to the red carpet outside to compete for seats.

At about 3 o'clock, the red carpet officially started. Stars in well-dressed clothes appeared on the red carpet one after another. The reporters onlookers took photos and exclaimed.

"Sun Nan, Han Hong, good guys, Na Ying are all here."

"Feng Xiaogang, Li Bingbing, Huang Xiaoming, Deng Chao, and Huayi all go out."

"Sun Li, Li Xiaoran, and Hai Yan are also here to join in the fun."

"Mr. Cai from Tang Dynasty is also here. Who is the girl next to her? She looks like Liu Yifei."

"International Chapter, Mr. Zhou, Fan Xiaopang, and Zhao, there are so many flowers gathered here."

"Didn't you say that Cao Xuan doesn't like Zhao? Why is she here too?"

"You are so naive, little kid. The boss may not like you, but you can't really deny him face. Naying and Xie Feng are both here."

"Tsk, tsk, it seems that the only one who has made enemies is Lu Yi who didn't come over. This guy is really arrogant."

"Wang Fei and his wife are here too, dear. Didn't you bump into Xie and Zhang?"

"Who is the person next to Da Mimi? Do you want to bring someone new?"

"Brother Cheng Long, holy shit, Li Lianjie is here too, he's awesome."

"Master Xing and Uncle Da, I'm crying!"

"It's a pity that King Li and King Zhang are not free, otherwise we would see the four heavenly kings gathered together again."

"That's Lee Soo Man from Korea's SM company, good guy. He flew here specially with Girls' Generation."

"Masami Nagasawa, Japanese celebrities have also arrived."

"..."

The previous Bazaar Charity Night was already quite good, with famous mainland artists all coming, and the scale of the Stars Charity Gala has spread to cross-strait and three places, with a series of big names from Hong Kong and Taiwan coming, and even several groups from Japan and South Korea. Popular star.

The reporters were all exclaiming in surprise, not to mention the people watching the live broadcast in front of the TV or on the Penguin blog, who were excited to watch the series of celebrities.

But what made everyone curious was that until the end of the red carpet, Cao Xuan, the real host, never showed up.

The reporters returned to the venue depressed and confused, only to see Cao Xuan responding at several tables near the stage.

"Holy shit."

Lao Feng, who had always remained calm on the red carpet before, couldn't stand it anymore, and Xiao Wang was a little confused.

"What's wrong with Editor Feng?"

"I said, why didn't Cao Xuan go to the red carpet? He didn't even pay attention to those entertainment industry bosses. His feelings are here to entertain the big guys."

"Boss?"

"Look, Sohu Zhang Fox, Baidu's Li Yanhong, Penguin Ma, Shanda Chen Tianqiao, Box Games Chen Guowei, Alibaba Jack Ma, NetEase Lao Ding, half of the Internet are here."

"Not only that, look at the leaders of Vanke, Wanda, Suning, New Oriental, Haier and others sitting over there. There are also many people from the real industry, including quite a lot from Shandong Province. Why haven't I seen the Lenovo Liu family?"

"The mobile deputy is also here, and that gringo is not Pepsi, is he? Did Cao Xuan even solicit donations from the endorsement company?"

Lao Feng, who had followed financial and business news for a while, recognized most of the entrepreneurs present and couldn't help but marvel.

Celebrities look glamorous, but most of them work for capital. These business giants are the real bosses.

Xiao Wang didn't know much about these businesses, so he just took a few photos out of curiosity. Then he saw Cao Xuan leaving. Not long after, he led a few people over. He thought it was some new boss who wanted to take photos, but Lao Feng stopped him. .

"Don't shoot this, shoot other celebrities."

Chen Chen shut up instantly. Entertainment reporters like them knew what a cordon was.

There will definitely be official media coverage of these two coming here, so they don't have to worry about it.

As soon as several leaders here arrived, the party basically started.

The entire party was divided into two stages, one was the 10th anniversary theme of Starry Stars, and the other was the charity party.

The former doesn't have much time, about half an hour.

Cao Xuan himself has a good idea. Those of them who have watched Fanxing grow up step by step are very affectionate towards Fanxing. They want to write a book about it and tell the world all the hardships and glorious achievements in the past 10 years, which will arouse everyone's admiration.

But the real situation is that, except for a few people, others who have nothing to do with Fanxing don’t care about this entrepreneurial history.

Just like attending a wedding banquet, everyone doesn't care about the love story of the bride and groom and just wants to eat. The guests come to show their faces, and the audience watches the live broadcast because they want to see the stars and have little interest in Fanxing's entrepreneurial history.

Comparing his feelings, if Fanxing was not Cao Xuan's company, he would not even have the intention to participate, let alone listen to the long speech.

Do unto others, do not impose on others!

So Fanxing was very restrained in this regard. It was only CEO Li Yan who came forward and briefly introduced Fanxing's experience and glory over the years, his contribution to society, and his expectations for the future. Then it was gone. Cao Xuan himself did not Show up.

Afterwards, the two leaders spoke. Being able to invite them today is not only because of Cao Xuan's reputation, but mainly because Fanxing has become a cultural benchmark enterprise in the capital and even the mainland in the past two years.

At such a major enterprise node, it is normal for relevant official units to send people to express their support and offer a few words of encouragement.

Today, however, due to the heavy exposure, the leaders did not stay with me for long, and left first after completing their purpose.

Cao Xuan said goodbye in person, and when he came back, it was already the second stage of the charity party.

Charity evenings are divided into charity performances and charity auctions. The charity performance is when a certain singer or celebrity performs on stage. After all, if it is just an auction, it would be boring, so it is good to have a program to break it up.

After the charity performance, the performing stars will cooperate with the host to appeal for donations. Any amount of donations raised will be considered as proceeds from the charity performance. At that time, the performers and donors will be included in the charity list of tonight's charity evening.

As hosts, Liu Yan and Hua Shaoxian helped the host to promote various charity initiatives of Fanxing over the years.

"Fanxing has been a charity performance team since 2002. Mr. Cao Xuan personally serves as the team leader. He has performed voluntarily at Hope Primary School, orphanages, nursing homes and other welfare institutions for orphans and widows...

Major charity performances such as SARS in 2003, poverty alleviation in Gansu Province in 2004, and the Southeast Asian tsunami in 2005 have never lacked the presence of our star artists.

…The company’s artists practice it personally. Hu Jing is a public welfare ambassador for campus safety. She goes to the front line to visit poor children in mountainous areas, and unites with the local area to practicably improve the children’s learning and living environment.

Fan Xiaopang is keen on charity and has helped poor orphans and widows in her hometown many times. She is the mainland female artist who has donated the most to Tsunami in Southeast Asia.

Yan Kuan and Gu Miaomiao once participated in organizing charity activities, helping charities raise funds, and ultimately directly and indirectly helped more than 8,000 poor patients..."

After the rise of stars, Cao Xuan has been inculcating that company artists should do more charity.

Although these charities are very utilitarian, they have indeed achieved some results. In the Chinese entertainment industry, celebrities and celebrities are definitely the backbone of charity.

Not to mention the Tomorrow Fund founded by Cao Xuan personally.

Since the first [May 4th Primary School] was completed in 1999, in more than eight years, the Tomorrow Fund has invested hundreds of millions, allowing [May 4th Primary School] and even [May 4th Middle School] to bloom across the country.

As of the end of October 2007, the Tomorrow Fund had invested in the construction of a total of 169 "May 4th Primary Schools" and 23 "May 4th Middle Schools", with accumulated funds exceeding RMB 800 million.

If we include other charitable projects and donations, Cao Xuan’s total charity investment over the past ten years is not even close to ten figures.

Some media once gave Cao Xuan the title of "China's No. 1 Philanthropist", but Cao Xuan declined.

Even today, the main tone of the publicity is based on the Tomorrow Fund, and at most it adds that Cao Xuan founded it, but it does not indicate that these are Cao Xuan's personal investments.

However, there are still many people who know about this matter. At the table where Cao Xuan sat, many business leaders specially raised their glasses to pay tribute to Cao Xuan.

Because Alibaba went public and became the company with the highest market value on the Internet, Jack Ma, who was so crazy, had to sigh with emotion.

"Mr. Cao, there are not many people that I really admire. Your philanthropic deeds are indeed worth learning from."

Regardless of whether Cao Xuan had other purposes, he actually spent hundreds of millions of real money, and two hundred Hope Primary Schools stood there, which is enough to give people a thumbs up.

"I am also trying my best, and I will continue to work hard in the future."

Cao Xuan is very humble, but many big guys are speechless. You have almost donated ten figures, and you still call it a meager effort. What are we, a drop in the ocean?

Everyone looked at each other and it seemed like they were going to bleed today, otherwise they would look too stingy.

While everyone was chatting, the charity party officially began. Gu Miaomiao was the first to appear. Not only did she participate in the benefit performance, she also took out her "Rising Star" runner-up trophy for auction.

Under normal circumstances, celebrities perform charity performances and auction items are very particular.

Celebrities usually come up with something meaningful, and the value cannot be too low, otherwise the price will not be high, which is equivalent to treating the buyer as a fool.

On the other hand, the auction items are sponsored by companies, such as the previous Bazaar Charity Night. In fact, many of the auction items are sponsored by some fashion and luxury brands. If celebrities take the photos, they will not lose money.

For these sponsors, if they produce something, they can get a good advertisement with good exposure, and they will make a profit without losing money.

There are two kinds of auction items at the Stars Charity Gala, mainly celebrity auction items, but there is also a considerable amount of sponsorship.

Gu Miaomiao is very popular. Her song "The Most Beautiful Expectation" won a lot of praise, and she easily raised more than 200,000 yuan in charity donations, giving today's party a good start.

And her "Rising Star" runner-up trophy has also been favored by many people, especially the young rich second generation who came with their elders, who are very enthusiastic about this product.

It is not difficult to understand that Gu Miaomiao is a sweet person and many people want to kiss her.

Paying a lot of money to sell something to show your face, show your strength, and then send the trophy back on the pretext that a gentleman does not win people's love. After all, doesn't this mean you are on the line with the goddess?

The routine is not difficult to understand, but it is a pity that Gu Miaomiao is not interested in them.

She was just waiting for the auction, but when she saw this, she muttered to Ling Hua of Phoenix Legend, who then raised the price of the trophy to 80,000.

The price is not much, and the two rich second generations can easily take it out. But the key is that after seeing Gu Miaomiao's actions just now, they understood that this was someone asking for help to take the trophy back, and it was also their intention to politely refuse them. It would be pointless to pester them any longer. .

So Phoenix Legend won the trophy. I believe that the trophy will return to Gu Miaomiao's home soon, which is equivalent to her donating 80,000 to the party.

After Gu Miaomiao, the charity party kicked off completely, and one item after another was put on the auction stage.

For example, a red sandalwood statue of Guan Gong by Cheng Long was brought to Cao Xuan's home for 880,000 yuan, and Li Lianjie's mutton-fat jade beads were bought by an entrepreneur who liked him for 400,000 yuan.

Of course, there are still relatively few auctions at this price, basically within tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands.

Many celebrities these days don't make that much money. A few million a year is considered a big name. It's a pain for them to spend tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands to support them. They can't afford to buy things that are too expensive.

But it’s not a star who doesn’t take bold action!

Fan Xiaopang spent nearly a million in one go and bought a BMW sponsored by BMW. For a time, he became the king of the entire venue, showing his domineering attitude as the first sister of Fanxing.

But when she did this, other big spenders at the same level were embarrassed to spend too little money.

I was grinding my teeth and cursing secretly, but I had a bright smile on my face.

A certain Zhao bought an art painting for RMB 320,000, Li Bingbing bought an evening dress designed by a master for RMB 400,000, Mr. Zhou bought a limited edition LV leather bag worth nearly RMB 500,000, and International Zhang gritted his teeth and offered 760,000 for it. Next Hu Jing took out the crystal diamond necklace.

He didn't fall too far behind the chubby little one, but he also flattered the Empress of the East Palace in disguise.

Da Mimi, who was sitting at the table at the back, couldn't help but sigh. It's a pity that she didn't have money, otherwise she would have taken off Sister Jing's necklace and slapped her face on it no matter what.

But for Hu Jing, she really didn't take this necklace to heart.

Many of the guests present who participated in high-priced auctions basically no longer donated valuable items. Those who donated valuable works would not spend large sums of money to participate in auctions.

After all, donations of money and materials are donations and cannot be made twice as much.

Unless the donated items are of average value and you think they really don’t look good, you can spend some money to take a cheaper photo or participate in a charity show to raise money to save your respect.

It’s okay not to donate, and this charity gala is not compulsory.

But this is more disgusting. If he is found out, the public opinion will not be good, and it will also affect the perception of Cao Xuan and other big guys.

So basically all the guests who come here have spent some money, even a few thousand dollars.

But for Hu Jing, there is no such worry about spending money. She previously put up a valuable crystal and diamond necklace for auction, and then spent 1.18 million to buy the limited edition Patek Philippe limited edition watch with the highest value of sponsored items today.

The overt and covert fight between several big flowers just now made many melon-eaters at Penguin Blog very excited.

Although the level of charitable donations is determined by one's heart, as the entertainment industry of Vanity Fair, how can there be no comparison even if it is charity.

Fan Xiaopang spent a lot of money just now, which made her fans proud. They praised her idol for being rich and kind. Zhao, who spent the least money, was ridiculed by fans from all walks of life in the big flower community.

But now Hu Jing has made the final decision and won the title among big flowers with absolute advantage, and may even be the title among female artists, which makes many people who are interested in me can't help but smack their lips.

[Fan Xiaopang’s BMW is more practical, and it is money to buy real benefits. This Patek Philippe watch is a luxury product, with a completely different meaning]

[How should I put it, Hu Jing is indeed not on the same level as them]

[Indeed, he is now the vice president of Fanxing. He is a big boss in the entertainment industry. He can no longer be calculated based on pure stars.]

[The photographer is good or bad, he specially gave the lens to these big flowers, everyone smiled so reluctantly]

【……】

There was a lot of commotion on the Internet, and the charity gala was coming to an end. Brother Ma paid a price of 500,000 to get Cao Xuan to sing "So Many People in the World". Cao Tianwang became so popular that he raised more than 1.5 million in one breath. payment.

Cao Xuan himself took a picture of Cheng Long's red sandalwood statue of Guan Gong, and donated a set of porcelain from the Yongzheng official kiln of the Qing Dynasty.

Wanda Laowang, Hangzhou Jackma and several other entrepreneurs took action together. In the end, Laowang won the last prize with a quotation of 4.82 million, and became the top bidder at today's charity party.

But in fact, it was Cao Xuan who contributed the most tonight. Through auctions, donations, and charity performances, Cao Xuan alone raised nearly 10 million in donations today.

But once the party is done, Cao Xuan's contribution will be indispensable, and he doesn't care and wants to win the title.

In the end, today's charity gala raised more than 35 million yuan in donations, which will be used to support poor and disabled children.

This amount also broke the record for the highest amount of charity raised at a similar celebrity charity gala.

After accepting interviews with the media and seeing off all the big guys, Cao Xuan and Hu Jing returned to the Changping villa.

As soon as they entered the house, Zeng Li took out the cake that had been prepared and put crowns on them both.

"Come on, two birthday girls, let's make a wish."

Cao Xuan and Cao Xuan cooperated very well. Hu Jing gave Cao Xuan the Peripherd watch she had bought at the auction to wear.

"Just right, it's your birthday present."

Cao Xuan looked at his watch, and then took out a box. Inside was a Hetian jade seal with the word "Hu Jing" engraved on it, which was a little crooked.

"I carved the characters myself, and they are a bit ugly."

Cao Xuan was a little embarrassed, but Hu Jing smiled with her eyes crooked: "It doesn't matter, I like it."

Zeng Li on the side was a little sour and curled his lips: "It's almost done, but I can't cut the cake yet."

Hu Jing was angry: "Zeng, last time you celebrated your birthday, I personally cooked your birthday banquet, and you did this to me."

"Haha, you still have the nerve to say that my birthday almost turned into my death anniversary with those dishes you cooked."

Hu Jing became angry and grabbed the cake and smeared it on Zeng Li's face. Not to be outdone, the Empress of the West Palace immediately fought back.

Cao Xuan was speechless: "Both of them are 60 years old together, how childish are they?"

Before she finished speaking, Hu Jing's face was covered with cream, and Zeng Li also tacitly agreed to change Cao Xuan's carefully managed hairstyle into a cream head.

Officer Cao, who just complained about their childishness, grabbed the cake and joined the battle...