175 Stars in the left hand, money in the right hand and a hard-to-get concert
Cao Xuan didn't stay on the "Martial Arts" crew for too long. After signing autographs for some people, he had a meal with Jiang Xuerou, director Meng Ji and several leading actors.
Director Yumetsugi is also a well-known director in the field of TV dramas.
His representative works are "Spring and Bright Piggy" and its two subsequent films, as well as "A History of the Martial Arts", "You Are Happy in the Old House", "Legend of Pi Wu", etc.
They are also the right-hand men of Fan Xiaotian, the boss of Sioux City Funa. To some extent, these two are the founders of the "Thunder Opera" in the Mainland.
What is thunder drama?
This concept is very broad, and many TV series have been classified into this scope, including "Journey to the West", "Magic Cell Phone", etc. Works that are more focused on demon adaptation are called thunder dramas.
But in fact, the scripts of these two works are very logical and can be self-explanatory. Although they are not good at convincing people, they are not too weird or exaggerated.
It's just that some of the storylines go against public perception, which is why it's called a thunder drama. In fact, it's a bit one-sided.
Similarly, works such as Fan Xiaotian and Meng Ji also have many fans. They feel that the works have their own world view and cannot be regarded as outrageous. This is also normal.
I am not going to talk about whether Fan Meng's works are thunder dramas here. I will only talk about one outstanding feature, which is also the feature of some early Hong Kong and Taiwan dramas.
There is no solid and rigorous script in the whole play. There is only an outline of the script, and then jokes are added into it. They only pursue local highlights without considering the overall logic problem.
Therefore, you will be amazed by many plots, but some plots will make you feel your IQ is insulted.
Before Fan Meng, the filming of TV dramas in the Mainland was still strict, and many of the "fantasy" works came from Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Later, Fan Xiaotian pulled the strings by himself, found a screenwriter in Xiangjiang for a while, and made "Spring and Pig" with Meng Ji, which became a big hit, so mainland film and television companies suddenly realized it and followed suit one after another...
One thing to say is that for this type of TV series, we cannot blindly criticize them from the perspective of future generations. We must consider the development of the times and the audience market.
This kind of drama has low investment, short cycle, and high returns. Not only is it easy to make money and attract people, but it can also be mass-produced, so it is naturally the first choice of film and television companies.
As for the benefits and disadvantages these can bring to the entire field of TV dramas, it depends on the beholder and the wise.
Cao Xuan has no intention of meddling in other people's company's business. Fanxing is pursuing the high-quality route, and some of his works may not be recognized.
But at least in terms of scripts, we won’t do the above-mentioned tricks. Each script has its own background, worldview and overall logic.
But if Fanxing doesn't take pictures, it doesn't mean that Cao Xuan doesn't make money.
The film and television industry is in short supply of financial backers, and many companies, even if they have the confidence to produce independently, still like to attract people to participate for risk-sharing or other reasons.
The reason why Meng Ji and Jiang Xuerou are so polite to Cao Xuan is that on the one hand, Cao Xuan is powerful, but more importantly, it is because Cao Xuan has money and a company, so they are essentially someone they can cooperate with.
Even a director like Meng Ji might one day just follow Fanxing for a living, so how can he not support him?
Cao Xuan has a golden finger and knows most of the big money-making projects in film and television. These stars themselves cannot afford it, but they can participate.
For example, Fan Xiaotian and Su Shi Fu Na's Zhu Bajie trilogy, although the last two parts were ridiculed by the crowd, they definitely made more money than the first part. A large number of works by Zhou Yi also made a lot of money.
If they go it alone, that's fine, but if they want to share risks and seek outside investment, Cao Xuan and Fanxing can definitely keep up.
Even if you are worried about participating in too many blockbuster and unpopular works, if it will affect the "Stars Must Produce Good Products" brand in the future, you can participate in Cao Xuan's personal name or open another film and television investment company.
This is not only to make money, but also to build connections for Fanxing.
Apart from other things, the two companies exchanged interests and reached a certain cooperative relationship. It was just a matter of words for Fanxing's artists to participate in other companies' dramas.
There are also TV station resources, behind-the-scenes team resources, schedule arrangements, and artist platforms. There are a lot of tricks here.
Fanxing makes his own dramas. No matter how popular and powerful the work is, he is still just one of the big guys. The worst he can do is that others won't accept your drama. If you add a bunch of juniors, it will directly have an impact on the entire industry.
Cao Xuan felt that he was becoming more and more like a big (shang) guy.
However, he still has a bottom line. He does not have a thorough theory of money. Although he should make money and make money, he also tries his best to ensure that Fanxing stays on the right path.
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The entertainment industry has a popular drinking culture, not only in the entertainment industry, but also in the entire domestic business environment.
The big guys have some drinks and talk about things, and others are there to compliment them. The celebrities are famous and beautiful, and both the host and the guest have face. They are simply the best candidates to accompany them.
This thing has advantages and disadvantages for celebrities. The good thing is that they can make serious connections, but the bad thing is that they easily meet bad people. Even if they don't succeed, it makes them feel uncomfortable to drink some wine.
When Cao Xuan first became famous, he had to chat with his boss at the wine table, and he couldn't refuse even drinking.
When he became more and more popular and even became an investor in the film crew, although he still couldn't avoid some drinking parties, he didn't want to drink and he had the confidence to say no.
At the wine party, you are not just a supporting role accompanying the drinker, but one of the guests of honor, or even the most important guest of honor.
Cao Xuan personally doesn't like these wine bureaus very much, but sometimes he really can't avoid them.
For example, this time in "The History of Martial Arts", he came to visit the class, and the host hosted a banquet to welcome him. Zhou Yi and Jiang Xuerou are the partners, and Fu Na Mengji may also cooperate in the follow-up.
Regardless of these things, Hu Jing is filming here now, and people have always taken good care of her, so she has to give her this face.
Cao Xuan accepted the banquet. His original intention was to have a meal with the crew members, and then take Hu Jing to thank him. Don't make it so grand, and don't ask those artists to accompany the banquet.
Don’t do to others what you don’t want others to do to you!
Both are artists, so he still takes good care of his peers. He has no choice but to start from himself as he has no choice but to deal with the industry environment.
But I never expected that Cao Xuan would be so moved for a long time that all the artists wanted to come over and get to know him.
Especially when I heard that Fanxing will have several dramas next year, I wish I could perform a little whirlwind on the spot, hug the big boss, and reach the peak of my life.
Cao Xuan was speechless and asked Jiang Xuerou and the others to look at the arrangements.
Anyway, he doesn't encourage drinking, he doesn't act like a hooligan, he doesn't unspoken rules, and he doesn't have any special regard for the heroes in the wine or the ladies in the wine shop. If you want to hug his thigh at the wine party, you are blind.
Jiang Xuerou was also very measured. Seeing that Cao Xuan was not interested in this, she called four people.
Huang Haibin is an acquaintance of Zhang Jin and Yang Junyi, two artists under the Zhouyi banner, who are the second of the famous Three Treasures of the Zhouyi.
The remaining one was Li Qian. She had nothing to do with it, but Jiang Xuerou wanted to find a female artist because there were too many men in the bar.
Hu Jing learned from Cao Xuan that he was interested in filming a movie with Li Qian. In addition, the two were young ladies and maids in the movie, so they were familiar with each other for a long time, so she attracted her.
She knew Cao Xuan's style. There was no such mess in this wine shop. Calling Li Qian over would give her a good reputation in front of the producer and director, which would be a lot of benefits.
Li Qian was still young. When he saw a group of big guys, he was scared like a quail and followed Hu Jing as a lackey.
Cao Xuan didn't have time to pay attention to her. He mainly talked with Jiang Xuerou and Meng Ji, and occasionally took care of Huang Haibin.
Jiang's purpose was simple, to see if he could promote the company's artists to the crew of Fanxing. Cao Xuan did not refuse.
Zhou Yi Sanbao is still very capable. Not to mention his acting skills, the key is his ability to fight. If he gets the cast of "Yan Shuang Eagle", he can also add two villains to the Yanbi King's gun.
As for Meng Ji, Cao Xuan wanted to cooperate with Fu Na, and Fu Na also wanted to get acquainted with this rich and powerful water pipe. If Fan Xiaotian hadn't been in Jiangsu Province, he might have accompanied him personally.
The few people chatted happily, and Cao Xuan offered Hu Jing a sky-high price. Meng Ji readily agreed and wished Cao Xuan a successful concert.
After finishing the meal, Cao Xuan, who had not touched a drop of wine, took Hu Jing back to the hotel, arranged a car to go to the Magic City, and then returned to the Magic City with Zhu Jiang.
After Cao Xuan left, Hu Jing's status in "Wulin Foreign History" rose several times out of thin air.
It turns out that although everyone knows that the heroine Hu Jing has a background, they can't figure out who she is. Now the main character has come over to make her presence felt, and even the director is smiling when he sees her.
Li Qian was already very familiar with Hu Jing, but now she has become Hu Jing's little bitch, with Sister Jing and Sister Jing following behind her every day.
Hu Jing was also willing to protect her. Later, she learned that Li Qian was a fan of Cao Xuan, so she asked the director to take a day off and planned to take her to the concert with her.
This almost broke the morale of the crew, everyone wanted to go to the concert, but in the end Meng Ji saw that something was wrong and stopped the limelight.
However, there are still people who quietly come to Hu Jing to ask for concert tickets. If they can't go themselves, they can give them to relatives and friends.
Hu Jing couldn't resist the request, so she called Cao Xuan, and finally got a dozen tickets, half sold and half given away to several actors and staff members of the crew who were friends with her.
But this is already the limit. It's not that Hu Jing is stingy, but that she really has no votes.
This concert coincides with Cao Xuan's current peak of popularity and is his first concert in his life. It is of great significance and is also very popular.
At the end of November, the concert was released by Chengbanfang and Warner through various channels. The original plan was to release tickets within half a month, but in less than a week, nearly 80,000 tickets were sold out.
Nowadays, it is hard to get a ticket outside, and ordinary tickets that cost less than 200 yuan have been sold by scalpers for as fast as 500 yuan, and even more.
At the moment, even if Hu Jing can get more than a dozen tickets from Cao Xuan, exchanging three or four tickets from others would be considered a big deal.
Apart from other things, Ren Quan was doing business in the Magic City and knew many people in various fields. Some people knew that he had a good relationship with Cao Xuan and hoped to get votes from him.
Ren Quan asks for 30 tickets to open his mouth. If the tickets are released in the early stage, even 300 tickets are enough for one sentence.
But now that the tickets were sold out, Cao Xuan struggled for a long time and squeezed out 5 tickets for him.
Because of this, Cao Xuan "offended" many people, but he had no choice but to do so. He was inexperienced and did not expect that he could be so popular.
I have learned a lesson this time. Next time I hold a concert in Beijing, I must reserve enough friendly tickets.
After all, he doesn't know many people here in the capital, but he has a lot of acquaintances in the capital, and his relationship background is complicated. Many people can't afford to offend him. I'm afraid the favor ticket alone will cost three digits.
There are a total of 80,000 tickets, but they are still so popular, which shows how great the impact of Cao Xuan's Magic City concert.
Several local media followed up and reported on it, and even Modou TV wanted to win the broadcast rights.
Unfortunately, it was too late. Warner had already sold the exclusive broadcast rights of Cao Xuan's concert tour to Phoenix TV.
In addition, the DVD rights were also sold to several companies in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia. Although the individual bids were not high, the total price was considerable.
Even before the ticket revenue is divided into dividends, Warner and Cao Xuan have already made millions. They are very rare in today's Chinese music world...
