As the end of the year approaches, many official meetings are being held to summarize this year and look forward to next year. Cao Xuan has also received many invitations.
The general ones can be recommended, but the film and television culture company specially organized by a certain bureau cannot be absent. Cao Xuan specially brought several senior executives of Fanxing to support.
After the conference, the leader held a small meeting with several representative companies. Although Cao Xuan was young, his status was here. Apart from official company representatives like the leader and Han Sanye, he took the first place in the private company without hesitation.
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The Wang brothers of Huayi, Boss Qin of Xingmei, Fatty Bona, Boss Zhang of New Picture, and Boss Dong of Huayi are all behind him.
Huayi Wang Brothers, Bona Yu Fatty, and Boss Zhang in the new picture are all acquaintances, so there is no need to say more.
Xingmei's boss Qin is the younger brother of the Tiantian family. He is currently mainly engaged in theater business, but he has also begun to try some film and television investments.
Boss Dong Hua Yi is not well-known, but he is also very powerful. He started investing in film and television very early, and he specializes in investing in famous directors, and has a wide network of contacts...
He was the founder of the famous Huanxi Media in later generations, and he attracted many famous and emerging directors such as Lao Mouzi, Ning Hao, Xu Zheng, Wang Sunjing, Jia Zhangke, Zhang Yibai, etc., with great skill.
These people, together with Cao Xuan, are basically the most powerful private companies in the mainland film market.
There are also some big money makers, but they are not mainly engaged in this business. They only invest in celebrities and rarely deal with the officialdom.
There are also some TV drama companies. Except for those like Hairun, others are basically not qualified to enter the game.
In the Mainland, making TV series and making movies are two different things. Main film companies can use funds, connections, resources, and staffing that are not comparable to ordinary film and television companies.
The leaders are quite happy. This year's film market is particularly prosperous.
"Spring Blade" and "House of Flying Daggers" during the summer vacation, "New Police Story" during the National Day season, and "A World Without Thieves" and "Kung Fu" during the Lunar New Year season.
There are a total of 5 movies with a box office of over 100 million, and all of them are Chinese-language movies, of which 3 are mainland-led movies. Compared with last year, the total box office has directly doubled.
This achievement is quite impressive, and the year-end reports are particularly beautiful, with growth rates of dozens of percent at every turn, making the leadership meetings and small meetings never stop smiling.
"This year is the year for the rise of domestic films and the market. I hope you will work harder next year and reach a higher level."
Everyone said yes, and the leader looked at Cao Xuan again. Compared to several veteran generals such as Lao Mouzi, Xing Ye, Cheng Long, Feng Pengtong, etc., Cao Xuan was a newcomer who made a splash.
Moreover, Cao Xuan himself is the boss of a film and television company. He can be said to be one of the leading filmmakers in the future, and his leaders still value him very much.
"Xiao Cao, you Fanxing had the highest development last year. You should work harder and be more bold and enterprising."
"That's what the leader said."
On this occasion, Cao Xuan would not be blindly modest, and would show off his merits when necessary: "Next year we, Fanxing, will do a lot, not to mention low-cost movies.
The "New World" that was previously reported to the bureau had a total investment of 60 million, and we accounted for half of it. "Xiu Chun Dao 2" will also be launched next year, and the investment will not be less than 30 million. There is also Yinghuang Cheng Long's new movie "Myth"
》, our company will also occupy a certain share.
It is estimated that the company will produce 5 to 8 movies next year, with a cumulative investment of over 100 million."
On the surface, Cao Xuan did not participate in the investment in "New World", but everyone here is also an industry leader. There is no need to hide this, and Cao Xuan did not hide it.
5~8 movies, over 100 million investment.
It may not seem like much, but among those present here, except for China Film and Shanghai Film, several institutional companies, whether it is Huayi or other companies, it is difficult to support such a large business independently.
Don’t forget, Fanxing’s main battlefield is still TV series. The investment in movies is over 100 million, and the TV series will not be too low.
With a capital of 200 million, a company with little assets would not be able to raise that much money even if it sells the company.
Previously, several bosses were a little dissatisfied when they saw Cao Xuan in the upper position, but now they all lower their heads and remain silent, which is really embarrassing for others.
Cao Xuan didn't get used to the crowd, and chatted about Fanxing Cinemas and Fanxing Film and Television City, and the word "hundred million" was always the same in his mouth.
Several bosses didn't dare to say anything, and even the leaders were a little stunned: "Can the funds support such a big move?"
"No problem, we will have a large amount of new capital injected next year."
Cao Xuan is talking about the agency rights of "Legend" and the shares of the Korean parent company, and is currently negotiating with Shanda, The9 and even NetEase.
The asking price of the box game is US$1 billion, which is an astronomical figure. However, if you carefully study the profits of "Legend", you will find that it is not particularly exaggerated.
After all, although "Legend" is still in decline, it is still the number one online game in China, generating hundreds of millions in revenue every month, and can generate new revenue sources.
More importantly, if we can get the exclusive agency rights of "Legend", it will be a great boost to the company's stock price.
Especially for Shanda, which is currently seeking to go public, they can't wait to win "Legend".
Of course, US$1 billion is absolutely impossible. Even if they were willing to give it, they wouldn't be able to come up with that much money.
Therefore, several parties are still negotiating. The base price of the box game is US$300-500 million, and the other companies will definitely want as little as possible.
But no matter how much it ends up being, it is foreseeable that Cao Xuan will cash out a terrifying amount of cash flow.
Of course, more than half of this money will be retained in the operation and development of Box Games.
Apart from this, because domestic companies are grabbing "Legend" and box games, they easily obtained the agency rights for "World of Warcraft", but the agency fees are high and the operating costs are not low.
In addition to box games, some original games have been developed and run recently. Most of these games have not yet entered the profit period and require investment costs.
Cao Xuan will not do anything to make a profit, and must leave enough development funds for his largest treasury.
But even so, half of hundreds of millions of dollars is enough for Cao Xuan to do many, many things. In the current domestic film and television field, it can be called a dimensionality reduction blow.
If Fanxing Movie City and Fanxing Cinemas weren't located here, everyone would have heard about Boss Cao's strength, otherwise everyone would have thought that this guy was bragging.
"good!"
The leader is very happy, so although Fanxing Analog is a bit too strong compared to its peers, considering the current domestic market, such a company is still needed to forge ahead.
"Xiao Cao, do your best, they will all point to you to take the lead."
It seemed like a joke, but it had a vague meaning of appointing Cao Xuan as the leader to carry the flag, which made everyone present feel shocked.
Cao Xuan smiled and said: "Don't worry, leader, we will work hard and not let you down."
………
After the small meeting, Han Sanye and other institutional company leaders had other meetings, and the private ones could already leave.
Before he could even leave the entrance of a certain bureau, Cao Xuan was surrounded by people. The second son of the Wang family who was good at dancing in long sleeves and Fatty Yu were in tandem.
"How about we find a place to gather together later."
They are all big guys in the industry, and although there are quite a few nasty ones, they can sometimes communicate with each other, and there is no harm in chatting occasionally.
Although Cao Xuan was not interested in this wine party, he did not spoil the situation and nodded in agreement. In fact, many people present were staring at him. Seeing him nodding, they also agreed.
Fatty Yu and the second son of the Wang family competed for arrangements, and Boss Qin also suggested that they could go to their own heaven and earth to play.
Although Cao Xuan was quite interested, he was afraid of Chapter 404, so he took the initiative to suggest that just have a meal and don't make it too complicated.
Everyone also realized that they, the big bosses behind the scenes, didn't matter. Cao Xuan was too well-known. Although he was famous, it was not good to appear on some occasions.
"I know there is a newly opened club in the suburbs. It has golf and fishing. Otherwise, go there."
"Just go there."
Although it was the second son of the Wang family and Fatty Yu who started the game, Cao Xuan still inevitably became the center of everyone's attention, and the location was immediately decided as soon as he opened his mouth.
So everyone contacted the club and took a ride there.
Several big bosses in the industry gathered together, some small and medium-sized film and television companies also joined in, and even well-informed agents and brokers came after hearing the news.
The big boss joins in, letting whatever he reveals falls into the hands of others, which is also a step up.
After waiting for an hour, Cao Xuan and others arrived at the clubhouse and chatted for a while. When they came out, they saw many familiar people.
Not to mention directors and bosses, just artists Li Bingbing and Huo Siyan from Huayi, Sun Niangniang from Hairun, Tong Dawei, Li Xiaoran, Yuan Li who has a good relationship with Fatty Yu, and some male and female celebrities who came through other channels
Cao Xuan even met Sister Zhiling and several Taiwanese actresses whom he had talked about before. Cao Xuan wondered whether it was their bosses who were more attractive, or those Taiwanese actresses who were more capable.
The only thing that makes Cao Xuan a little relieved is that there are no celebrities here.
It seems that the company's tutoring and development is pretty good...
After saying hello to a few acquaintances, Boss Xingmeiqin and Boss Zhang of New Picture asked to go play golf. Cao Xuan was not interested in that and went to the pond to fish with a transfer bag.
With his move, the crowd that had obviously chosen golf and other sports quickly diverged, turning the originally abundant fishing bags into hot sellers.
Cao Xuan is not proficient in fishing. When he was a child, he went to a small pond to catch lobsters.
At that time, my family was poor and had no equipment. I would dig two earthworms and tie them with a rope, wearing a bamboo pole. When I saw a lobster, I would lure it and catch it. If I was lucky, I could catch dozens of them all day long.
However, no one ate this stuff when he was a child. Firstly, it was too fishy and dirty, and secondly, the little he caught was not enough to waste firewood, so no one at home made it.
So these crayfish are basically fed to chickens and dogs, mainly for fun.
Cao Xuan didn't do anything like making nests this time when he was fishing. He made fish mark baits and threw them out, just waiting for the fish to take the bait.
On the other hand, the boss of the Wang family who came over at some point looked similar to Feng Pants. I wouldn’t say they were old fishing buddies, but they probably played a lot.
"How about it, Mr. Cao, let's see who catches more fish?"
"It's okay to have fun."
Cao Xuan didn't care whether he won or lost, he just treated it as a game, and even took the initiative to add a bonus.
There was a Rolex in his car given by a friend, worth more than 300,000 yuan. Cao Xuan had no interest in Rolex, so he played with it.
The eldest son of the Wang family pledged a painting by Qi Baishi. The price was about the same as a Rolex. They didn't care if it was more or less.
On the contrary, Feng Pengtong felt a bit toothache when he saw the two of them open their mouths and get hundreds of thousands of dollars. Although he made a lot of money, it was not enough to just throw away hundreds of thousands.
But the atmosphere had already reached this point, and he couldn't be cowardly. But he couldn't find the same object for a while, so he simply took a photo of the bank card.
To be honest, it looked quite heroic, but everyone watching the excitement secretly frowned.
In the final analysis, it is just a small game to play, get some objects to win the lottery, win or lose is fun, Feng Pants just takes the money and loses.
If Cao Xuan really wins, they can't go to the bank and ask him to transfer the money. It's not embarrassing enough.
The eldest son of the Wang family actually showed a little timidity. After all, it seemed a bit far-fetched to just put an antique painting on it.
The most chic one is Cao Xuan, a watch, a personal belonging. At the same time, if you look at the more expensive Vacheron Constantin on his wrist, you will know that this Rolex is really a "little gadget" that people just pick up.
A few people chatted casually and made bets. In the eyes of outsiders, they made judgments. The ladies and a few men present looked at Cao Xuan with obviously fiery eyes.
A few brave ones moved forward directly. Sister Zhiling had quick eyesight and quick hands, and with the cover of her teammates, she took the lead and squeezed to Cao Xuan's side, and spoke delicately.
"Mr. Cao, come on, keep an eye on you."
Cao Xuan froze and looked at Sister Zhiling who was squatting next to him.
It was almost the twelfth lunar month, and it was outdoors again. She was wearing a long, slim-fitting windbreaker that wasn't too thick on her upper body, tight jeans on her lower body, and leather boots. She didn't know whether it was cold or not, but it really showed off her figure.
Seeing Cao Xuan looking over, he flicked his hair, showed a gentle smile on his face, and made a cute cheering gesture.
Let alone a young man, any ordinary veteran would probably be in trouble, but Boss Cao, who has been involved in scandals involving nearly 600 people, has seen so many ups and downs that his eyes have not changed at all.
"You sit over here..."
Cao Xuan pointed to the front of him. Before Sister Zhiling could surprise her with her thanks, the following sentence nearly broke her guard and she could hardly maintain her smile.
"Block the wind!"
puff…
Several actresses who had been robbed of their positions by Sister Zhiling couldn't help but smile gloatingly.
You deserve it for showing off!
"Mr. Cao~"
Sister Zhiling was a little embarrassed and shouted in a coy voice, trying to save the situation. Cao Xuan didn't even look at her, and concentrated on looking at the fish float on the water.
"First, don't talk to me in that tone, I can't stand it. Second, if you don't want to sit down, you can leave."
Sister Zhiling didn't dare to speak anymore, she obediently asked for a stool and sat directly in front of Cao Xuan to protect Boss Cao from the wind.
Before she came here, she knew what Cao Xuan's status was today. If she offended Boss Cao, she would just stay in Taiwan forever.
Compared with Cao Xuan, who is incomprehensible to the romantic style, the eldest brother of the Wang family and Feng Pengtong are more sympathetic and kind-hearted, chatting with Li Bingbing and Huo Siyan.
Not long after, Fatty Yu, Boss Dong and Boss Hairun Liu also came over on the pretext that there were no fish nearby.
When others tried to come over, they were all kicked out. Just kidding, there is no room for so many fishermen in such a small area.
Fatty Yu was very enthusiastic about Cao Xuan, even to the point of fawning over him. After all, Bona needed Fanxing's business.
Back when "When Men Are in Love", Fatty Yu wanted to cooperate with Cao Xuan, but he was rejected several times, but Fatty Yu didn't give up.
I just heard about Fanxing’s big plans for next year, and I’m even more excited. It’s a big deal to be able to grab the hair of two projects in so many movies.
It would be even better if you could participate in investment and production, and so would Boss Dong and even the boss of the Wang family.
Bona mainly distributes, Huayi mainly invests, and Huayi mainly produces. Compared with the comprehensive development of Fanxing, these three companies can reach cooperation with Fanxing in business, so they naturally want to establish a good relationship with Cao Xuan.
When a few people are together, it is inevitable to watch movies while chatting.
"In less than two weeks, "Kung Fu" has already grossed over 100 million at the box office. Look at this, I'm afraid it won't be able to stop it at 150 million."
"Sing Ye's box office appeal is still strong. He can direct and act alone and can handle so much box office alone. He deserves to be the king of comedy."
"Mr. Cao is not bad either. "Xiu Chun Dao" basically relied on Mr. Cao to attract people. With 150 million, he defeated Lao Mouzi, and the waves behind pushed the waves ahead."
"Keep your voice down. If Boss Zhang hears you, I'm afraid I'll get into trouble with you."
"Haha, Director Feng's "A World Without Thieves" is not bad either, and it successfully exceeded 100 million. You Huayi have made a lot of money this year."
"It's a pity that it happened with "Kung Fu", otherwise the box office would have been a little better."
Feng Xiaogang is a little depressed. "A World Without Thieves" has already broken his personal box office record. However, there are so many blockbuster movies this year that they don't stand out. The box office doesn't even rank among the top three of the year.
"Speaking of Director Feng, when I saw the news two days ago, it seemed like he got into a scolding with some gossip magazine, right?"
Someone asked curiously, and Feng's pants exploded when he heard it: "I got so angry when I talked about that pussy. Damn it, my home address was published in the newspaper. If Zhong Lei hadn't stopped me that day, I would have had to jerk off."
What Feng Pants was talking about was that not long ago, the weekly magazine "Celebrity Star", where Zhuo Wei worked before, published a map of where celebrities live in Beijing.
Later, after this issue was published in the newspaper, a die-hard fan of Feng Pants would hang around his house when he had nothing to do. Feng Pants was so worried that he yelled at reporters at the press conference.
One thing to say is that "Celebrity Forced Gstar" did something unethical, and Feng's trousers are excusable.
But afterwards, "Celebrity Forced Gstar" didn't accept it at all. He apologized, gently took away his fault, and then started a quarrel with Feng Pong, saying that he personally attacked the reporter, which made Feng Pong very angry. Now that I think about it,
He cursed every time he got up.
"Not only Director Feng, my family was also bombed."
Li Bingbing followed up with a complaint, suddenly remembered something, and said curiously: "It seems that I didn't see the artists of Fanxing on that map."
"oh."
Cao Xuan smiled reservedly: "We have dealt with this media before, and they have suffered losses."
He was embarrassed to say that before this report was submitted to the newspaper, there were actually Fanxing artists, and even Cao Daguan's Dashizuo Hutong was included in the map.
But Cao Xuan dealt with Zhuo Wei last time, which aroused the vigilance of the editor-in-chief of "Celebrity Force Gstar", and deleted all the home addresses of Fanxing artists. Afterwards, he did not forget to inform Fanxing to show his personal favor.
But there is no need to say this to them, it looks like they are hooking up.
When Cao Xuan said this, many people suddenly realized that it seemed that they rarely saw Cao Xuan's candid photos. Obviously, Boss Cao had some tricks behind his back.
The bosses don't care yet, they don't have much trouble with this, and the artists are more envious.
Feng Pants, one of the many business leaders in Mainland China, still cannot avoid being harassed by paparazzi, let alone them. If they want to do something a little more private, they have to get past the paparazzi first.
But there is nothing we can do about it. Celebrities and paparazzi are dependent on each other. Paparazzi are usually very annoying, but sometimes they also need exposure from these media.
Despite the way they happily scolded the paparazzi, if one day the paparazzi really didn't want to take pictures of them, everyone would be eager to jump in.
Cao Xuan was not particularly interested in these gossips in the industry, mainly because there were too many people and few people broke the news, so it was not very interesting.
Compared to these little gossips, he cares more about fishing. It doesn't matter whether he wins or not, the main thing is the sense of accomplishment.
Perhaps it was the novice protection period, and Cao Xuan was lucky. Although he didn't catch any big fish, there were always a lot of scattered small fish.
More than an hour later, there were obviously more fish in Cao Xuan's bucket than the boss of the Wang family and Feng Pants. Boss Cao was so satisfied with his achievements that he continued fishing despite the cold winter months.
This is a pain for others. Several bosses have long been middle-aged, even older, or they are girls, and they are no more powerful than Cao Xuan.
Even if you have some heating equipment, you will still be very cold after being outdoors for so long.
But no one dared to disturb Cao Xuan's mood. He gritted his teeth and occasionally found excuses to sneak aside to warm up for a while.
They can still find excuses to run away. The worst thing is Sister Zhiling. She is afraid that her position will be taken by others as soon as she leaves. She does not want to protect Cao Xuan from the wind, but she is afraid that Cao Xuan will misunderstand her and not give her face, so she will be offended.
Cao Xuan.
Sister Zhiling was originally wearing thin clothes and was facing the wind. After more than an hour, her face was a little cold and turned pale.
Zhang Chong realized something was wrong and reminded Cao Xuan, and then he realized that everyone was spending their feelings with him.
There was no chance of fishing this time.
Cao Xuan found an excuse to end the fishing and fulfill his bet.
No need to count, just look at the number of fish in the bucket and you will know that Cao Xuan won. The boss of the Wang family was very straightforward.
"I'll have the painting delivered to my house when I get back."
Feng Tongtong took out his bank card and asked the club staff if they had a POS machine. Cao Xuan was too lazy to reconcile the account for him and said directly to Sister Zhiling.
"You and I have been put in the cold because of this, so you can keep the money."
Feng Tongtong didn't say much and used the club's POS machine to transfer 200,000. When he returned, the club would give the cash to Sister Zhiling.
Sitting in the cold was able to earn 200,000 yuan. Sister Zhiling's depression instantly melted away. Cao Xuan's slightly hateful face in her heart instantly became particularly cute, handsome, bold, and charming...
The group of actresses who just gloated over Sister Zhiling's misfortune are now depressed.
200,000 is not a small amount for most of them. The key is that they got this money without paying any price at all.
If I had known in advance that I could get 200,000 yuan, let alone freezing for an hour, I could have played with Cao Xuan all day today, and more exciting projects were also possible.
With a generous tip of 200,000 yuan, Boss Cao's image as a romantic and rich man was immediately established, and spread throughout the club. Many people came over to hug him.
But Sister Zhiling now wants to stick to Cao Xuan. She is so attentive and attentive. She only has to open her mouth to eat fruit, and outsiders can't get in at all.
The bosses were a little unhappy. Boss Cao was ruining the market and it was too embarrassing.
It's only 200,000 yuan. How can they get away with 18,000 yuan in the future?
Cao Xuan himself didn't care, he didn't make a fool of himself, besides, the 200,000 yuan was originally obtained for free, and it was hard for him to get it as a big boss, so he might as well make a gesture.
However, he pretended to be a big dick in the club and felt happy, but when he turned around, someone reported him to Dongxi Ergong.
King Cao explained for a long time and blacklisted Sister Zhiling's cell phone number, finally proving his innocence and avoiding the pain of sleeping alone on the sofa.
In the evening, after paying the public food and serving the Empress of the East Palace to bed, Cao Xuan wondered who sold him. He also lamented that the intelligence network in the East and West Palaces was now so developed that there was basically no room for him, Cao Daguan, to show off in the country...
ps: Recommended book, the old author's new entertainment book "The artist's house collapsed, so I had to make my debut in person"
