On July 9, 2001, Zidane transferred from Juventus to Real Madrid for $64.5 million, nearly 76 million euros (at this time, the U.S. dollar was worth more than the euro).
This horrific record was not broken until 2009 by Cristiano Ronaldo, well, it was paid for by Real Madrid.
There are many opinions about Zidane's transfer data. In addition to US dollars and euros, there are also calculations in pounds sterling, some calculations based on the exchange rate at the time, and some calculations using the market exchange rate to set the current number.
But no matter how you calculate it, more than 500 million yuan is definitely a sky-high price that ordinary people today cannot even imagine.
Even Cao Xuan didn't dare to say that his net worth was this high.
The main reason is that the market value of Penguin is not easy to estimate. The official figures are definitely there, but it is hard to say whether it will actually sell. And "Legend" has not yet been launched, so it is difficult to determine the value.
Compared to other people who became the world's richest man in two or three years, Cao Xuan got the golden finger in early 1997. It's been almost five years, and he hasn't even become the richest man in the street.
After all, the alley where Cao Xuan lives is close to the Forbidden City and neighbors to Zhongnanhai. There are hidden dragons and crouching tigers within a radius of more than ten miles.
Even if his money increases Heng's account 10 times, he is still a younger brother...
The sports circle went into a frenzy over this sky-high transfer, and the crew of "The Golden Flower" in Beijing also announced that it was finalized.
The shooting speed was 20 days faster than expected. This was mainly due to the tacit understanding of the actors in the post-production period, and there was no need for a lot of scene changes, so the progress was naturally very fast.
The shooting speed in mid-to-late June was almost twice as fast as when the crew first started shooting.
That night, Cao Xuan spent his own money to hold a wedding banquet at the hotel.
It stands to reason that this money should have been paid by the crew of "The Golden Family", but the crew's account is basically spent, and they still need to plan for post-production editing and soundtrack.
Anyway, it's all Cao Xuan's money. It's just left hand and right hand. He simply expressed it himself, which can be regarded as a personal thank you to all the crew members.
The standard of the banquet was quite high, with nearly twenty tables, and basically all the remaining crew members attended.
There were also calls from actors who had finished filming and left. If they were in the capital and had time, they could come back and have a meal.
Of course, Cao Xuan took the main seat and personally poured a glass of white wine for Director Liu Guoquan and also brought a glass for himself.
"Director Liu, I owe this drama to you, and thank you for your support and tolerance for me on the crew. If there is anything that is not in place, I hope you will forgive me."
"Mr. Cao, you are very polite. I am very happy to cooperate with you and your company this time."
Liu Guoquan was also very polite. At her age and with a well-established staff, she didn't care about her future, but her children still had to worry about paving the way for her, so she still hoped to have a better relationship with a big boss like Cao Xuan.
Cao Xuan also meant the same thing. When working with Liu Guoquan this time, he realized that this female director was quite capable, at least among the many directors he had worked with, she was one of the best.
If Fanxing has any projects with similar themes such as the Republic of China, romance, or a female perspective in the future, we can definitely collaborate again.
Female directors have romantic ideas, delicate and beautiful techniques, and can more accurately capture the shining points that male directors cannot see, which has advantages in certain specific themes.
There are already very few female directors in China, and even less capable ones, and most of them are film directors.
The first one who has achieved more achievements in the field of TV dramas is director Yang Jie of "Journey to the West", but she is too old and has basically retired.
The second one is director Hu Mei of "The Yongzheng Dynasty". This director is different from other female directors. Her style is more grand and more delicate than that of male directors.
"Yongzheng Dynasty", "Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty", "Qiao Family Courtyard" and other popular CCTV dramas that have achieved double success in word-of-mouth ratings are all her works.
Cao Xuan has always felt that if Fanxing were to produce a similar historical drama in the future, director Hu Mei would be a very suitable candidate.
Zhang Yongxin from "The Great Military Advisor Sima Yi" and "The Age of Awakening" are also excellent candidates.
In fact, directors Zhang Li of "Toward a Republic" and "Ming Dynasty 1566" and Zhang Jianya of "The Reign of Zhenguan" are also outstanding directors. Zhang Li, in particular, has countless masterpieces and is known as the number one director of historical dramas.
However, Cao Xuan himself likes and appreciates Hu Mei and Zhang Yongxin more. Ding Hei in the "Qin Empire" series is also good, but the martial arts drama is a bit inferior.
There is another female director, Rong Xinda’s Li Shaohong, whom Fanxing couldn’t recruit and Cao Xuan didn’t like.
And her style is somewhat similar to Liu Guoquan's, except that Liu's style is more popular, while Li Shaohong likes to explore depth and emphasize the female perspective, and the soundtrack and shots are often in the underworld.
Regardless of whether it is as a boss, actor or audience, Cao Xuan still stands by Liu Guoquan.
Cao Xuan had a drink with Liu Guoquan to show respect, and there was no need to drink with others.
Others didn't dare to pick a fight. Instead, they came over one by one with drinks to toast. After all, they were all actors, and they all wanted to leave a good impression on the big boss. Fanxing would still think of them if he had any acting appointments in the future.
Even if there are only a few high-minded people and all the other actors are here, they can't help but express their feelings at all.
"Drink as much as you can, don't show off."
Cao Xuan didn't want to bear the reputation of drinking wine from actors, so he stopped all the actors who came to toast. He would drink half a glass if he could, while the actresses could drink red wine or juice instead.
As long as the meaning is met, Cao Xuan personally has never been interested in the routine of expressing sincerity when drinking.
You are the god of wine who never gets drunk. He is looking for an actor. If the conditions are not met, he will not invite you. Even if you drink two bottles, it will be useless. Cao Xuan is afraid that you will die here and harm him.
But Cao Xuan also left the contact information of some actors, especially actors such as Kou Zhenhai, Wang Tao, Xin Baiqing, and Yan Ni.
He has outstanding performance, is not particular about roles, can play protagonists, supporting roles, upright villains, is willing to be a down-to-earth green leaf, and the pay is cheap.
Such actors are what Fanxing needs, like Chen Kun, Sha Yi, Yang Tongshu, and Xu Lu. If they have good conditions or are somewhat famous, they are all starring in the series or even in the previous series, so they are what they need.
There were also people who wanted to sign Fanxing, such as Xu Lu, but now Fanxing has more female artists, and she was not very distinctive, so she was declined by Cao Xuan.
Chen Kun also thought about it, and Fanxing also sent people to contact him. Later, Rong Xinda's people may have discovered it, and after making some conditions, he changed his mind and let it go.
In fact, now that Chen Kun is here, there are really no good projects for him at Fanxing.
Of course, it would be the same if he stayed in Rong Xinda. He only had the title of brother. The original time and space was fine in the later period. In the past few years, except for "The Golden Family", there were few popular dramas.
If you sign Fanxing, you may have a different experience.
However, since there was no chance, Cao Xuan had nothing to do. After the wedding banquet, he took Hu Jing and others back to the company to arrange the following activities.
During this period, Hu Jing has been filming dramas for more than half a year. There will be no new dramas scheduled for the second half of the year. Apart from rest and a few commercial activities, her main job is to cooperate with the promotion of each drama.
Dong Xuan is still a freshman, well, she will soon be a sophomore. The company prefers that her focus at this stage is still on study.
Of course, the company will also arrange a crew for her, especially for "Legend of the Condor Heroes" which is to be filmed in the second half of the year. The company is doing its best to provide her with publicists Mu Nianci or Hua Zheng.
Yang Xue's position is rather awkward. She is a pure newcomer. She doesn't have many roles in the company at present, so she has to go out and find a supporting role first.
Or maybe the company is about to start a project for "Armor Warriors", and Gao Yuanyuan has decided on the female lead. She could also play the second female lead, probably the sworn sister of Snow Mastiff.
Give her some drama, first help the villain become an armored warrior, then turn around and turn from darkness to light to become a strategist or auxiliary.
To grasp the size, Cao Xuan was afraid of changing it. Yang Xue slaughtered both Armor Warrior and Grand Slam, and the whole drama became "Armor Warrior Jiang Yuyan Legend".
The first few dramas went relatively smoothly, and at least the profits were considerable, so Cao Xuan planned to try to make "Armor Warrior".
Now that Ultraman is gaining popularity, it has already formed an audience for tokusatsu dramas. Although most of them are children, children are also viewers.
The most popular "Ultraman Tiga" in the mainland has not been introduced yet, so "Armor Warrior" might become the "light" in the hearts of these children.
If we can achieve this level of influence, just operating the peripheral copyrights will be enough to make Cao Xuan happy.
Maybe twenty years later, five large armored warrior robots will appear in Fanxing Film City to interact with tourists...
Cao Xuan didn't know if the song "Miracle Reappearance" was released now. He would check back and find out if it wasn't released, he would use it as the theme song for "Armor Warrior".
In fact, the theme song of the original version of "Armor Warrior" is also good, but Cao Xuan still thinks that "The Miracle Reappears" is more classic, and at worst he wants both.
By the way, the theme song of "Armor Warrior" has quite a bit of Xiao Zhou's style, so I'll ask him to sing it later.
There were only two directors in Fanxing, Lao Qian was filming "Swallows and Eagles", and the style was not suitable, so they had to let Chen Hanzhu come on.
In fact, Cao Xuan would like to find a director with a passionate style of filming, but there are not many mainland directors who are good at this style. Maybe Xiangjiang can find a few, but generally they may not agree to direct special photography dramas.
So we can only search and feel for it first. If we can't find it, let Chen Hanzhu take the lead.
As for the five leading actors in "Armor Warriors", it's hard to say whether they are famous or not. We will give priority to those newcomers from art schools.
Cao Xuan is not worried that no one will act. The so-called professional class is worth money even if it is valuable, and it is not valuable even if it is not.
Although "Armor Warrior" is a bit of a mid-range movie, it still stars the lead and has a solid script, so it is still very attractive to newcomers.
Moreover, Fanxing’s title is that it is a regular TV series, so we have to deceive people first. As for whether it will be sold to a children’s channel or a TV channel in the future, the show has already been played and has nothing to do with the actors.
At Cao Xuan's suggestion, the producers of "Armor Warrior" contacted Yan Kuan and Deng Chao.
Yan Kuan has already made his debut and has acted in some film and television works, but they are basically supporting roles or villains.
Fanxing promised that as long as he takes the role, the male lead, Yan Longxia, will be given to him directly.
Deng Chao is even worse than Yan Kuan, and now he can't even join the crew. He and his classmates put on the drama "Cuihua, Serve Pickled Cabbage". Although it is considered a hit, its fame is just that.
If Yan Kuan plays Yan Long, he can play Black Rhinoceros or Wind Eagle. If Yan Kuan doesn't play the role, he can play the male lead.
Both of them are hesitant at this stage and are still considering it. The first of the five armored warriors is the Earth Tiger Man, that is, Zhang Jin.
He was an artist from Zhouyi. When Fanxing mentioned it, Jiang Xuerou agreed.
Jin Dong Fanxing was also approached, intending to let him play the role of Snow Mastiff, which had a relatively heavy role, but he was rejected because he had artistic pursuits and did not want to act in this kind of drama.
Cao Xuan thought about sending someone to the Magic City to bring this guy Hu Ge over. He seemed to have just been admitted to the theater.
In fact, it's okay for other people to play the five armored warriors. There is no shortage of handsome guys in the entertainment industry, but Cao Xuan wants to create an all-star cast. It can be regarded as a little personal joke.
