China Entertainment 1997

During the Spring Festival of 2019, Cao Xuan was busier than in previous years.

"The Wandering Earth" is confirmed to be released during the Spring Festival. After many years, Cao Xuan has another movie to be released during the Spring Festival. Boss Cao is not immune and must cooperate with related promotional activities.

Frankly speaking, the main creative lineup of "The Wandering Earth" is rather embarrassing.

Putting aside Cao Xuan, who was promoted from a supporting role to a first-level role, the male lead Anze, although he is also one of the top players in the industry and is known as one of the four most popular niche actors, is a newcomer in the film field and has no sense of presence.

The fan bonus of those traffic may be beneficial to small and medium-sized enterprises with limited investment.

But for "The Wandering Earth" with an investment of more than 400 million yuan, it is too small. To say it is the icing on the cake is to praise Anze.

As of the beginning of 2019, none of this new generation of top actors can single-handedly carry the box office.

There are a few movies that have done well at the box office, but they basically have other elements, or they simply win on the side and are single-handedly responsible for the box office. Most of them make money and have zero hits.

If the male lead An Ze at least still has a considerable amount of traffic and exposure, the other main creative actors are only Duan Long and Da Shu, and the female lead Zhao Jinmai is just a child star.

Of course, this movie has guest appearances by celebrities from all over the galaxy, such as Zeng Li, Huang Bo, Hu Ge, Liu Tianxian, etc., which is also the main selling point of "The Wandering Earth".

But a guest appearance is a guest appearance after all, and the main creative lineup has to do the talking for the real team.

To be honest, "The Wandering Earth" has limited advantages in this year's Spring Festival.

Although Cao Xuan is the only one, he can't stand up to other films of the same period that have a stronger combination of advantages.

"Crazy Alien" is the final chapter of the crazy trilogy by the genius director Ning Hao. Under Cao Xuan, Huang Bo and Shen Teng, currently the best box-office actors in the galaxy, join forces to form an extremely luxurious lineup.

To be honest, if it weren't for China Film Group, one of the producers, I wouldn't have given up on the good Spring Festival schedule.

In addition, there are many movies with stars participating in next summer such as "Avengers 4", "John Wick", "Ghost Blowing the Lamp 3", "Nezha: The Devil Boy Comes to the World", etc. It is really hard to squeeze in the schedule, and it is impossible for Stars to Let the two movies be released on the Spring Festival schedule at the same time.

The reason why China Film Group dared to "kill each other" with Cao Xuan was because they were more optimistic about "Crazy Alien" internally.

Not only within China Film and Television, many people within Fanxing also agree with this conclusion. It is even widely believed by the outside world that "Crazy Alien" will win the Spring Festival championship this year.

The reason is simple. "Crazy Alien" has obvious advantages in all aspects, and its comedy style is also suitable for the Spring Festival celebration.

Although Cao Xuan participated in "The Wandering Earth", the science fiction theme has always been a piece of cake in China, and the audience scope is limited.

Director Guo Fan is an unknown person, not only inferior to Ning Hao, but also inferior to Han Han, the director of "Flying Life" released at the same time.

To a certain extent, this subject matter has hindered Cao Xuan. Even if Cao Xuan had not participated in this movie, the expected box office would not have been among the top three during the Spring Festival.

Han Han + Shen Teng's "Flying Life" has become a dark horse counterattack in the eyes of many people.

It can be seen that the domestic market is not confident and doubts about science fiction movies, even Fanxing, which has the best reputation in the industry, is no exception.

It is no exaggeration to say that Cao Xuan has never received this treatment when making a literary film.

Because the investment in literary and artistic films is small, everyone knows that they will definitely make money, while the investment in science fiction films is large and the risks are high. The Fanxing family has borne more than 70% of the 400 million+ investment in "The Wandering Earth", which is extremely rare in recent years.

Because being produced by Fanxing means making money to some extent, most of the project shares are snapped up as soon as they are released.

In the past three years, one can count the number of film and television projects produced entirely independently by Fanxing on both hands.

Fanxing will raise investment for most of the projects. On the one hand, it shares the risks, and the same funds can control more projects.

For non-independently produced projects, Fanxing’s own investment ratio is generally controlled within 50%.

Projects with high risk are around 30-40%, basically no less than 30%, ensuring absolute control.

Fanxing will not take too many projects with low risk and guaranteed profits, but it will take more care of some Fanxing companies or exchange interests with other companies.

Therefore, a project like "The Wandering Earth" in which Fanxing has a high proportion of its own production is very rare. In addition to Fanxing itself strengthening its authority over the crew and intending to increase the proportion of investment, I am afraid that the outside world is not very optimistic about this project.

There are even rumors in the industry that this project is used by Boss Cao to consolidate the foundation of the film industry and pave the way for domestic science fiction themes. Not to mention making money, he is satisfied with the small loss.

Under such rumors, "The Wandering Earth" received the unprecedented cold reception from Fanxing Project in the past ten years.

However, Fanxing's prestige is still here. Although it has not been snatched up wildly, the 30% share does not use Boss Cao's private money, so many people are still willing to take a gamble.

For example, classmate Cao Li, Miss Cao, who is already rushing to be promoted to junior high school, is no longer the little loser who was fooled by her parents.

Although I still don’t know how rich my family is, at least I don’t believe that my family will go bankrupt easily.

But perhaps because she was frightened by her mother at that time, she began to plan ahead at a young age and became interested in some business experiences.

It is better to rely on herself than to rely on her father and mother. If Boss Cao is really done with it, she will have to provide for her parents in their old age...

I don’t know when she eavesdropped on the inside story this time and decided that the project "The Wandering Earth" has a bright future and will definitely make money.

So Miss Cao spent all her savings from childhood.

Although Cao Li is young, he is actually very rich.

She doesn't have much pocket money, mainly because she can buy whatever she needs at home, and she doesn't have to worry about food, clothing, housing, transportation, and toy collection. Zeng Li is afraid that she will mess around, so he only gives her 500 yuan as pocket money every week.

It seems like a lot, just as much as the average college student, but don’t forget, this is the capital, and there are too many rich families with many pampered children.

Therefore, when Miss Cao believed that her family didn't have that much money and didn't blame her, it was really because she really didn't have much pocket money.

For a child, it is obviously impossible to expect her to make a comprehensive comparison based on her family environment and some assets and luxury goods. The most intuitive competition is pocket money. Whoever has more pocket money has the richest family.

Cao Li doesn't like to compare with others. If she has good academic performance, she will usually directly crush the opponent without comparing with other aspects, so she doesn't understand the market very well, which leads to errors in judgment.

However, although his pocket money is small, it does not mean that Cao Li's income is not high.

The real bulk of her savings are the red envelopes she receives during the holidays. Not to mention, just her three biological parents, her two mothers, spend tens of thousands of yuan less during the Spring Festival, and her grandparents are even more relaxed.

Cao Xuan was filial and would give bank cards to old men and ladies when he had nothing to do. Sun Lan and the others were used to being thrifty all their lives and didn't like spending money, but they were especially willing to give to their grandchildren.

We don’t lack anything at home, and we don’t need anything to buy, so we just give more red envelopes during the Chinese New Year.

Grandma and grandpa are the same. Their daughter is filial and they have money, but they are not necessarily willing to spend it themselves, but they are very generous to their grandchildren.

If Cao Xuan had not greeted them, and the number of red envelopes had been relatively controlled, otherwise Cao Li's small treasury figure would have been very scary.

Even so, Cao Li finally pulled out hundreds of thousands. This was what the Empress of the West Palace had plundered in the past few years, otherwise it would be more.

Miss Cao was very courageous. Not only did she take out her own small treasury, she also had other people's ideas in mind.

Unfortunately, Cao Xuan had already said hello, and the elders did not participate in this sponsorship, and they did not recommend her to crowdfund from her classmates, so Cao Li could only torment his brothers.

So, Cao Li borrowed 70% of the small treasury from his brother Cao Yang's coercion and inducement, and then borrowed money from his brother Cao Xian's cuteness and high interest, and finally collected more than 1.6 million.

Not willing to stop there, Miss Cao started negotiations with her parents.

She forcibly obtained control of the toy and gift collection from her younger brother, plus her own things, and finally succeeded in giving her parents a back massage and washing their feet for a month and finishing in the top ten in the final exam. Empress Xigong took out a loan and collected 2 million.

Then, Miss Cao gave her second mother a 5% profit fee, and asked President Hu to open the back door and participate in the investment of "The Wandering Earth" in the name of an individual investor.

Cao Xuan's active participation in the promotional activities of "The Wandering Earth" was actually prompted and supervised by an investor.

If the 400 million+ investment in "The Wandering Earth" was lost, Boss Cao would frown, which means he has low psychological quality.

But if Miss Cao’s 2 million investment is gone, the family will not be able to think about being at ease during the Spring Festival this year...

………

In order to increase the box office of "The Wandering Earth", Ms. Cao even gave up her winter vacation and personally followed the supervisor to prevent a certain unscrupulous actor from taking advantage of the situation.

There is a saying that Cao Xuan has always been dedicated to filming and has a good reputation, but he has been criticized during the promotion period, with attendance and cooperation issues.

If it were any other actor, he would have been criticized a long time ago, but if he is the boss, even Hollywood can only discuss it nicely.

This time Boss Cao has met his match.

Although Miss Cao doesn't understand anything, she understands whether her father is working or fishing, and then she just acts coquettishly and wallows in chicken soup. In a word, father can be more tired, but he can't compensate for 2 million points.

It's rare to have some free time in the magical city. Cao Xuan thought that the badminton hall downstairs was good, and planned to go there with Zhang Chong to relax and relax. Miss Cao ran over with the WeChat group page.

"Dad, Uncle Guo said there is a meeting for fans of the original books, won't you go?"

"We have a division of labor. He will go to the meeting, I will have two interviews in the afternoon, and then we will participate in the program together in the evening."

"But if you go to the meeting now, it won't delay your afternoon interview."

Cao Li's delicate little face was smiling, and his watery eyes were twinkling. He looked cute and beautiful, but in Cao Xuan's eyes, he was like a blood-sucking devil.

"Li Li, wait until you get home and sit in my study to read those dragon-slaying books and study hard. Capitalists will not end well."

"I asked my grandfather, and he said that my investment is at best considered a self-employed person, and that I can be united with. You are the capitalist. If we want to liquidate, we must liquidate you first."

Cao Xuan: "..."

Every old man and daughter is thinking about their son/father hanging a street lamp, "a father is kind and a daughter is filial". They live such a promising life...

However, Boss Cao is determined to fish, but his daughter has nothing to do. He can't deal with his own daughter, but he can find foreign help.

Zhao Jinmai, who was born in 2002, is only a few years older than Cao Li, and the two became good friends during the promotion period.

However, according to the information sent by Zhang Chong, the reason why Miss Cao has a good relationship with Zhao Jinmai is because she thinks the girl is beautiful and has a good personality, so she wants to introduce her to her brother as his sister-in-law.

Although Miss Cao kept saying that she only thought that the two men were talented and the girl was beautiful, so she was willing to be a matchmaker.

But Boss Cao strongly suspected that Cao Li probably wanted to take advantage of this and directly forgive her and her brother's debts.

They even simply set up a trap, first getting along well with Zhao Jinmai, asking her to help hook up with his brother, and then breaking up after deceiving her brother. In this way, the debt is gone and Zhao Jinmai is safe.

Cao Xuan felt that the latter was a honey trap, because Cao Li despised her brother's scumbag style.

It was not her daughter's style to betray her sisters, but Miss Cao was able to set up a trap with her sisters.

More importantly, the interest rate on the money Cao Xian lent to Cao Li was as high as 30%, which was comparable to a loan shark. If Miss Cao had endured it, Cao Xuan would have wondered whether his daughter had changed her core.

Boss Cao is happy to see this happen.

The kids didn't have any bad intentions, they were just playing around with each other.

Although the interest rate was high, the brother still lent all the money to his sister without hesitation. If he had to lose the money, he would not really be able to claim the debt.

Whether it's my sister cheating on my brother or not, this eldest son's rumored girlfriend changed his girlfriend faster than his father used to post bars and build buildings. It's really time to clean up.

The younger brother who looked like a doormat was actually the dog-headed strategist of the East and West Palaces. He had a share of all the benefits and interest.

Cao Xuan really likes to watch a few children fight against each other's wits and courage. Although they occasionally get mad at each other, such lively intimacy is what real brothers and sisters look like.

Seeing his daughter pulling Zhao Jinmai to the side and muttering, Cao Xuan couldn't help but gossip with Zhang Chong.

"Do you think these two can deceive Xiaoxian?"

"Hard to say."

Zhang Chong knew Cao Xian better. He was more romantic and sentimental than his father, and was born with a romantic destiny. Using a honey trap on such a person would result in either a critical hit or no injuries.

"It depends on the abilities of your daughter and this girl."

"I believe in my son."

Although Boss Cao said he disliked his son's playfulness, only he knew what he thought privately. At least at this time, he was confident in his son.

Zhang Chong couldn't bear to see him being so complacent and couldn't help but add another blow: "Instead of worrying about Xiaoxian, you might as well worry about yourself."

"What's wrong?"

"Look at your daughter's attitude. She is treating you as Yang Bai's servant. Don't even think about being safe during the Spring Festival."

Cao Xuan was a little unconfident: "No...not that bad..."

"Not that much?"

Zhang Chong's face was full of sneer: "Your daughter has been asking me about the situation every day these days, and she wants to expose your relationship with her to promote "The Wandering Earth". You said it is not enough."

Cao Xuan: "..."

He never expected that one day the person who was going to blow him up would be his own daughter...