On April 10, "Marrying the Right Man in the Wrong Sedan" will be broadcast.
This drama, which only has about twenty episodes but features four couples, quickly attracted a certain amount of attention, and several leading actors such as Huang Yi and Nie Yuan began to become popular.
Speaking of which, there are more and more newcomers starting to emerge this year.
At the beginning of the year, "Spring Scenes with Pigs", then "Ci of the Daming Palace", and now "Marrying the Right Man in the Wrong Sedan" have become popular among a lot of young actors.
In addition, Zhao Wei, Lin Xinru, Zhou Jie, Lu Yi and others who became popular last year.
At the turn of the century, those born in the 1970s began to formally enter the entertainment industry, competing with their predecessors for power.
Cao Xuan is quite concerned about the drama "Marrying the Right Man in the Wrong Sedan Chair", not just because he almost participated in it.
More importantly, one of the heroines of this drama, Juanzi, is now starring in "Journey to the West" as Biyou Fairy.
Cao Xuan didn't replace her at the beginning, his intention was to see if he could gain some popularity and sell her at a higher price.
"Journey to the West: The Second Episode" started filming in early February, and the filming progress is still very impressive. In addition, the number of episodes is small, and it is estimated that it will be almost completed by the end of May or early June.
Although some special effects will be produced, the special effects these days are just that, and it won’t take much time.
Therefore, Fanxing has already begun preparations for the release of "Journey to the West".
Qin Provincial TV station intentionally introduced it, but the price was slightly lower, with only a budget of 80,000 per episode. Cao Xuan planned to keep grinding until it would reach 100,000 per episode.
"Journey to the West" only has 25 episodes, with an investment of 5 million+ and sold to Qin Provincial Television for 100,000 per episode, which is almost half of the original investment.
Cao Xuan has a good relationship with Beijing TV Station. He can also talk to the TV station in his hometown of Lu Province. He also knows a few people at Modou TV Station. They are all TV stations with strong capital. As long as he can sell to one TV station, this drama will be successful.
A loss.
"Journey to the West" lacks publicity highlights. Although Ren Quan, Hu Jing, and Juanzi are famous, they have not yet reached the point where they can definitely help the selling price.
Therefore, Cao Xuan never pointed out that "Journey to the West" could earn tens of millions in one go like "Young Bao Qingtian".
His strategy is to sell as many first-run shows as possible to create influence and recoup costs, and then make money from second-run broadcast rights and pre-roll advertising.
If the operation is good, I dare not say more, but I can still hope for 15 to 20 million.
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At this stage, Cao Xuan also began to change scenes with "The Swordsman" and came from Xinwu to Su City to shoot new scenes.
The crew hadn't finished setting up the scene yet, so Cao Xuan got a half-day off, so he took Zeng Li to visit Sushi City, experienced the garden culture, and found a home to taste Sushi City delicacies.
Cao Xuan likes Sushi's large meat noodles. The soup is thick and flavorful and the noodles are smooth, which suits his appetite. Zeng Li prefers crab roe buns. She also loves seafood such as shrimps and crabs.
Before returning to the set, Cao Xuan specially packed a few cakes and planned to share them with a few acquaintances.
As a result, as soon as I arrived at the hotel, I saw Zhang with a big beard running towards me, grabbed me and pulled me to a certain room.
"Where did you go? Come with me."
"What are you doing? This is..."
Cao Xuan was shocked. His girlfriend was still watching from the side. The impact was very bad.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Mr. Jin Yong has arrived and wants to see you."
"ah?"
The news came so fast that Cao Xuan was a little confused. He asked Zeng Li to go back to the room to wait for him, and then followed Zhang Bearded to a conference room in the hotel.
Huang Jianzhong, Xu Qing, and Weizi had already arrived and were talking around a slightly rounded old man with slicked-back hair and glasses.
The master of martial arts novels who officially laid the foundation for the entire Chinese martial arts culture - Jin Yong.
"Mr. Cha, I'm sorry, I didn't know you were coming. I just went out."
"It doesn't matter."
Jin Yong was very kind. He looked at Cao Xuan and said with a smile: "They showed me your photos before and I thought you were pretty. Today I saw you in person and found that you are even more beautiful than the photos."
"Then do you think my performance as Linghu Chong meets your vision?"
"conform to."
Jin Yong nodded: "Linghu Chong must be handsome and chic, otherwise why would Ren Yingying and Yi Lin like him as soon as they met."
"You're always right."
Cao Xuan was very happy to be recognized by the author of the original work, but he also knew that the old man's aesthetics did not mean everything.
Jin Yong has expressed his opinions on many Jin Yong drama actors, many of which are contrary to public perception.
For example, for the Little Dragon Girl in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", Li Ruotong is recognized as the best. Of course, Liu Tianxian also has many supporters. Fans from both sides have been fighting over this role for many years.
But in Jin Yong's heart, he felt that the best actor was Chen Yulian. She and Liu Tianwang's version of Yang Guo were the "couple of the Condor Heroes" that he personally recognized.
Known by the audience as "Yang Guo" who came out of the book, Bai Gu, who is at the peak of his appearance, Jin Yong feels that he should be ranked behind Liu Tianwang.
There is also Huang Rong. This role is recognized by the outside world as Weng Meiling’s best performance. Jin Yong also thought she played the role well, but after seeing Mr. Zhou’s version, he immediately expressed his favorite version.
At that time, there was a big explosion. Huang Rong of Zhou Gongzi was ridiculed by the crowd. Many people said that Jin Yong had been kidnapped by Zhang Jizhong.
But in fact, if Jin Yong didn't want to say it, he wouldn't be able to force him with a big beard. Even if it was just a show of words, he wouldn't praise Mr. Zhou so harshly.
It can only show that the image of Huang Rong in his heart is indeed more biased towards Mr. Zhou.
Therefore, being recognized by Jin Yong does not mean that everything is fine. The TV series faces all audiences, and Jin Yong is only one of them.
What does that sentence say? Jin Yong is a book writer. What does he know about martial arts...
Of course, Jin Yong also has some things that are consistent with public perception.
For example, Wei Xiaobao of Star Master, he commented that he "doesn't think twice", and Wang Yuyan of Liu Tianxian, he commented, "If you hadn't played Wang Yuyan, the audience would have said that Jin Yong was talking nonsense. After you played it, everyone would know that there are real people in the world."
Such a beauty."
Later, Jin Yong also appointed Liu Tianxian to play the role of Little Dragon Girl, and it can be said that he admired it very much.
There is also Zhou Zhiruo played by Zhou Haimei. Jin Yong even wanted to change the ending so that Zhang Wuji and Zhou Zhiruo could be together.
Later, the producers of the 2003 version of "The Legend of Heaven and the Dragon Sword" cast Gao Yuanyuan to play Zhou Zhiruo because her eyebrows and eyes looked a bit like Zhou Haimei's, and the character's makeup also had certain reference.
As well as Linghu Chong played by Cao Xuan, Jin Yong once expressed his favorite Li Lianjie. Cao Xuan wondered if there was a chance to win over this evaluation.
In any case, Jin Yong is the original author after all, and his words are the most official evaluation, which not only has a great positive impact on the character, but also helps the internal competition of the major versions.
Let’s not talk about Jet Li, after all, it is a movie, and the degree of magic modification is serious.
In the TV series version, Cao Xuan must be compared with the most classic Lu Songxian. With Jin Yong's approval, Cao Xuan's winning rate increased by another 30%.
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Zhang Beard paid special attention to Jin Yong's arrival. Not to mention the reception banquet, he also held a special seminar and asked Jin Yong to talk about his thoughts on the creation of "The Swordsman".
But what is more embarrassing is that I don’t know who bought it. All the original works in the seminar were pirated copies.
Jin Yong held it in his hand and could tell at a glance that something was wrong. He almost died on the spot with his big beard.
In the end, it was Cao Xuan and Wei Zi who helped to resolve the situation. Cao Xuan had two sets of genuine hardcover copies, one for him and Zeng Li, and one for Wei Zi.
They asked people to bring these three sets of books, removed the pirated copies, and finally got through.
Jin Yong also saw the character marks of Cao Xuan and Wei Zi from the three sets of books respectively. Zeng Li actually also marked them, but their roles were too few and they were mainly written in the script.
After seeing the marks of Cao Xuan and the others, Jin Yong was very pleased. He also chatted with Cao Xuan and the others about the original work and found that they had studied their characters very deeply.
Especially Cao Xuan, he not only did his own research, but also had many views from later generations and various ideas about the plot, which made Jin Yong stunned for a while.
After this seminar, Jin Yong was deeply impressed by Cao Xuan. He believed that Cao Xuan had read "The Swordsman" thoroughly and was very imaginative.
Afterwards, facing the reporters invited by Zhang Dabeard, Jin Yong also praised Cao Xuan and said that he was looking forward to seeing him play Linghu Chong.
The reporter turned around and published it in the newspaper. Jin Yong + Cao Xuan brought another wave of exposure to the crew of "The Swordsman".
Jin Yong stayed on the set for nearly a week. Zhang Dabeard took him to see several locations of the set. The magnificent and beautiful rivers and mountains made Jin Yong very satisfied.
He originally sold the copyright to Zhang Jizhong for one yuan, and what he valued was the mainland's production standards.
Especially for the exterior scenes, the old man has really had enough of the deserted hills of Hong Kong and Taiwan. No matter how good the actors and plot are, it still has a petty atmosphere, and many of the exciting plots of the original work cannot be reflected.
In addition to exposure, Jin Yong's trip also boosted the morale of the crew, especially Cao Xuan and Wei Zi, who were praised several times and became more and more energetic in their roles.
The crew of "The Swordsman" felt like they had received a shot in the arm.
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While the filming of "Swordsman" is in full swing, the 11th Taiwan Province Golden Melody Awards will also be held on April 18.
Compared with the previous year when he was only nominated for "Best Newcomer", Cao Xuan, who had completely opened up the Taiwanese market in October last year, received four nominations this year.
【Best Mandarin Male Singer】
【Best Pop Music Album】
【Best Composer】
【Best Album Producer】
And there is news from Warner that Cao Xuan has a chance to win an award this time, and he has a chance to win two.
However, Cao Xuan did not go to the award ceremony. On the one hand, he was busy, and on the other hand, there was a change of leadership there. It was too sensitive, and Cao Xuan did not want to go into troubled waters.
So Cao Xuan only recorded a VCR and sent it to the organizer. The content was probably to thank the organizing committee for its recognition and to show his support by continuing to work hard in the future.
On the day of the awards ceremony, Cao Xuan could not receive the ratings signal and could only send text messages to Warner to get real-time information.
[Best Album Producer] was lost to Tao Zhe, [Best Composer] was lost to Chen Jiannian, and [Best Pop Music Album] was won by Fan Xiaoxuan.
After failing for three consecutive awards, Cao Xuan thought he didn't go and the organizing committee simply changed the result. However, he didn't expect that the award ceremony would award him the most influential [Best Mandarin Male Singer].
Am I the king of golden songs?
Cao Xuan was stunned for a moment, and immediately took back last year's Golden Melody Award. It was nothing, as it was obviously the most valuable award in the Chinese music industry.
Xiangjiang’s top ten golden songs are just the way to encircle one’s own cuteness!
