Strictly speaking, what Zeng left was not a teahouse, but a vegetarian shop. The store had a quiet environment and was full of green plants. It was a paradise for vegetarians to cultivate themselves.

Customers who come to the teahouse to eat vegetarian meals can drink various grades of Pu'er tea for free, and the teahouse does not charge a penny for tea.

Regarding this, Cao Jun was very doubtful whether Zeng Li's vegetarian restaurant could continue to operate for a long time, because the profit was really not high.

Zeng Li didn't care. She didn't open the store to make money, she just wanted to drive or influence more people to become vegetarians.

Cao Jun had no research on vegetarianism, so he asked Zeng Li: "If you eat vegetarian food every day, won't you feel dizzy, weak, malnourished or something like that?"

Zeng Li denied: "No, I went for a physical examination two days ago. Some people are worried that being vegetarian will lead to calcium deficiency and osteoporosis, but I have tested it."

"I think the recovery ability of vegetarians may be faster than that of people who eat a normal diet, because plants are inherently sustainable and their ability to grow on their own may be stronger."

Zeng Li is considered a professional when it comes to vegetarian food and tea tasting. He also talks about general principles in detail.

Fortunately, Zeng Li likes to be vegetarian. She doesn't force people around her to be like her, but respects everyone's lifestyle.

For example, Cao Jun was a carnivore, and Zeng Li didn't care whether he was a vegetarian or not. This was something Cao Jun was quite satisfied with.

The only bad thing was that when Cao Jun wanted to find someone to go out to eat and drink together, Zeng Li always refused to go because he couldn't get a piece of the meal, which was a bit of a letdown.

That afternoon, Wheatfield Music Company.

Cao Jun personally guided Zeng Li in the recording studio to record the song "The New Drunken Concubine".

This is the first time that Cao Jun has served as a song producer since his debut. Before, every time he recorded a song, he would ask Gao Xiaosong, Zhang Yadong and others to provide production guidance.

As an amateur singer, Zeng Li had no doubts about Cao Jun's production level.

Seeing Cao Jun wearing headphones with an authoritative and serious expression on his face, Zeng Li became even more convinced of Cao Jun's production skills.

"Love and hate are in a moment

Raise a glass to the moon and love the sky

Love and hate are boundless

Ask you when you fell in love

Chrysanthemum table reflecting the bright moon

Who knew my love was cold

…”

After recording for the 10th time, Cao Jun took off his headphones and praised: "Well, that's it. I sang very well this time."

Zeng Li was not satisfied. She felt that she still had room for improvement and could perform better, so she asked, "How about one more time?"

Cao Jun didn't expect Zeng Li to be so strict with him, so he sighed helplessly: "Okay, let's record it again."

This song "The New Drunken Concubine" had to be recorded by Zeng Li for the 14th time before it met both Cao Jun's and her own requirements.

After recording the song "The New Drunken Concubine", Cao Jun directed and acted for the first time, helping Zeng Li shoot the MV for the song "The New Drunken Concubine" and starred as the male protagonist in the MV.

December 18, evening.

The movie "Crazy Stone", which has been in theaters for nearly three months, has officially been withdrawn from theaters.

The movie "Crazy Stone" directed by Ning Hao finally exceeded 36.5 million yuan.

Among the 260 movies released in mainland theaters in 2005, "Crazy Stone" ranked seventh in the year with a box office of 36.5 million, and its performance was quite outstanding.

So far, the top-grossing movie in 2005 is the blockbuster "Myth" directed by Tang Jili and starring Cheng Long and Kim Hee-sun. It took in 97 million in box office within three months of its release.

The second-ranked movie is "Seven Swords", directed by Tsui Hark and starring Dawn and Donnie Yen, with a box office of 83.45 million.

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Ranked third was "Initial D" directed by Andy Lau and starring Jay Chou and Edison Cheng, which took in 63 million at the box office.

Ranked 4th is the epic blockbuster directed by Cheng Kaige - "The Promise", which took in 62 million at the box office in just 3 days after its release.

It is worth mentioning that on the first day of its release, the box office of the film reached 21.15 million, breaking the record of 8 million for the overseas imported blockbuster "Titanic"1 and 17 million for the Chinese film "Kung Fu".

On the third day after "The Promise" was released, the single-day box office reached 24 million, breaking the single-day box office record of "Kung Fu" of 22 million.

Although "The Promise" achieved extremely high box office after its release, the film received mixed reviews. The audience did not directly say that the film was bad, they just said that they could not understand it.

When Cheng Kaige was being interviewed by reporters, he said proudly: "It's just that you can't understand it. No one will be able to understand this movie in ten years."

It is worth mentioning that there are many classic scenes in the movie "The Promise".

For example, Manshen said to Qingcheng (Zhang Baizhi): "You will never get true love, and even if you get it, you will lose it immediately!"

Wu Huan (Xie Tingfeng) said to Qingcheng (Zhang Baizhi): "You ruined my chance to be a good person!"

Qingcheng (Zhang Baizhi) said to millions of soldiers: "Do you want to see me take off my clothes?"

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Closer to home, after "The Myth" and "Crazy Stone" were withdrawn, the Chinese Film Market in December became a special show for the movie "The Promise".

Other movies released at the same time have almost zero exposure, and the influence of "The Promise" is definitely unique.

However, Cao Jun doesn't care about "The Promise", a so-called blockbuster, or how much box office it will ultimately get.

Obviously, what Cao Jun cares about most is how much money he will get in the end since the movie "Crazy Stone" has been released.

In fact, it is very simple to calculate the box office dividends. The total box office of "Crazy Stone" is 36 million, and the film company shares 35% of the dividend, which is 12.6 million.

12.6 million, after deducting 5 million in costs, is 7.6 million. Cao Jun and Andy Lau will continue to divide the 7.6 million. Andy Lau accounts for 60% of the total investment and can get 60% of the profit, which is 4.56 million.

Cao Jun accounted for 40% of the total investment in the film and could get 40% of the profit, which is 3.04 million.

Although this money is nothing to Cao Jun today, Cao Jun enjoys making money by investing in movies.

Cao Jun was also very satisfied with the profit. He only invested 2 million, but in less than a year, he got 3.04 million in income, which more than doubled.

At the same time, Ning Hao, who was preparing for a new movie, also extended an olive branch to Cao Jun: "Xiao Cao, I'm going to make a new movie. Do you want to contribute?"

This time "Crazy Stone" has achieved such good box office, Ning Hao also has confidence in himself. In line with the brotherhood of "sharing blessings and suffering together", he directly invited Cao Jun to invest in his new film.

Cao Jun thought for a while, and Ning Hao's second movie after "Crazy Stone" should be "Crazy Racing" starring Huang Bai.

In Cao Jun's impression, the box office of the movie "Crazy Racing" was not too high, it seemed to be only 110 million yuan.

However, so far, there are only a few directors whose domestic film box office can exceed 100 million. Apart from Cheng Kaige, Zhang Yimou, and Feng Xiaogang, there is no fourth director.

Therefore, whether to invest in the movie "Crazy Racing", Cao Jun still needs to look at the specific situation.

If the investment in the movie "Crazy Stone" is too large, Cao Jun will not participate, because if the investment is too large, even if the box office is high, he will not get much money in the end.

Thinking of this, Cao Jun asked with great interest: "Brother Hao, how much do you plan to spend on your new movie?"

Ning Hao said calmly: "About 10 million, at most more than 10 million, and it should not exceed 20 million."

After listening to Ning Hao's words, Cao Jun said with a smile: "Then I will vote as much as I can!"

Ning Hao didn't hide it from Cao Jun, but told him the truth: "Xiao Cao, there are more companies to invest in this time, so you may not be able to invest much money."

Cao Jun also expressed his understanding of this. Everyone wanted to follow Ning Hao to make big money, and then asked: "How much can I invest?"

Ning Hao replied: "It should be about 10%."
Chapter completed!