439 'Beautiful Fairy Tale' and Orange Sky Entertainment
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[The TV series "Baolian Lantern" produced by Fanxing is popular on CCTV 8. The villain Erlang Shen played by Jiao Enjun has caused widespread discussion]
[The popular movie king Jay Chou's debut film "Initial D" is scheduled to be released in June, avoiding the two popular summer movies "Seven Swords" and "The New World"]
[It is reported that Cao Xuan, who was on vacation abroad, has returned to China and appeared at the Deyun Society North Exhibition Business Performance yesterday. Afterwards, Guo Degang posted a backstage photo with Cao Xuan on his blog]
[A few days ago, Hu Jing's new movie "The Two of Us" was officially released in May. This movie tells the story of loneliness and companionship between an old man living alone and a female college student...
After the film was released, it received recognition from many media and film critics.
Director Ma Liwen said that Hu Jing's performance in the movie was clean and she showed the most natural and real state. Hu Jing also stated in the interview that acting together with Jin Yaqin helped her a lot...]
In the TV screen, Hu Jing, who is also a producer, is holding several microphones with media signs and talking to the camera.
"Because it is a literary film, we did not deliberately pursue box office. We will use more TV and DVD channels in the future."
"We have applied for this year's Golden Rooster Awards and several overseas film festivals, hoping to gain something."
"There are currently no new works being filmed, but I have been approached for a few projects. It just depends on my taste. If there is no suitable script, I will work behind the scenes."
"..."
After turning off the TV, Hu Jing turned to look at Cao Xuan, who was sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed and reading a book.
"You are very free. You have been abroad for more than half a month, and you still went to listen to cross talk when you returned home."
"This is not the first time that Deyun Club has put on a big business show. Master and apprentice Lao Guo and Mr. Hou Sanye made a special call to ask me for a favor. No matter what, he got out from under me, so give him some face."
"Still talking."
Nishimiya Empress couldn't help complaining: "It's okay for you to go and have fun, but you still have to post it on your blog, which makes your fans very angry. They say that you have time to travel but don't have time to hold concerts. They are criticizing you."
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"Forehead…"
Cao Xuan scratched his head: "I didn't want to post it originally. They asked to take more photos of the food and show them. Why are they blocked at both ends now?"
But in fact, he also knows that this has nothing to do with the fans. In fact, the two palaces are watching him go out to play by himself, and they join forces to find trouble.
In this case, there is no point in arguing, let alone 1V2. Give up first and work overtime at night to coax.
Therefore, Cao Xuan did not bother about this matter at all, and directly changed the subject and asked Empress Xigong: "Have you read the script and what do you think?"
"I can't tell you, I always feel a bit awkward."
"It's normal to be awkward. It was originally modified from the MV synopsis. It's even a bit far-fetched. If you feel bad about it, just ask them to change it again."
Zeng Li's song "The Drunken Concubine" during the Spring Festival Gala became popular across the country and is still on the 2005 pop song hot list.
Cao Xuan felt that since Zeng Li was suitable for drama, he picked up another song "Exploring the Window", hoping that Zeng Li would release a single to consolidate his popularity.
Unexpectedly, director Feng Xiaoning, who had just joined Fanxing, fell in love with the story of the song "Exploring the Window" and thought he could dig into it.
The outline of the story is still similar to the lyrics of "Exploring the Window", about an infatuated girl and a heartless man, based on the background of the Republic of China. The male and female protagonists met when they were young and became childhood sweethearts. Later they became opera singers and returned from studying abroad to pursue the free "new youth" Balabala.
The main theme is to discuss love, implying elements such as well-matched couples, secular prejudices, free love, etc., and also adds some plots of troubled times.
Cao Xuan felt that this book was a bit interesting, mainly because it was more suitable for Zeng Li. Both the opera major and the heroine's relatively cold and sad personality fit well with Zeng Li.
If Zeng Li studied the script himself, he felt that it was too vulgar, a bit like a movie for the sake of a song.
"Actually, I think you are quite suitable for opera-type movies. I will ask Director Feng to change it later. There is no need to stick to the song "Exploring the Window". Similar themes can be used."
"I remember your song "Chi Ling" was quite good. The stage play was quite popular. Let's change it into a movie and let Li Zi play it."
Hu Jing put forward an opinion. Zeng Li felt that the idea of the entire movie would change if the male lead was replaced by a female lead. However, Cao Xuan believed that the core of "Red Ling" is "I am too humble to forget my country" and there is no need to worry about it.
For men and women.
The three of them each expressed their opinions, and finally planned to go back and watch the drama "Chi Ling" each time to investigate.
Zeng Li filmed "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "Embroidered Spring Knife 2" last year and this year. He has no plans for subsequent filming and is focusing more on his students.
After the summer vacation, the 02-level Chinese Opera will be our senior year.
This is also their last year in school, and Mrs. Zeng plans to have a happy ending with these students.
After graduating from the Chinese Opera Class 02, Zeng Li no longer plans to serve as a class teacher and will simply be a lecturer. In this way, her work will be much easier and she can focus more on her family.
After all, she and Cao Xuan were both 30 in the new year, and it was time for an heir to the old Cao family's large fortune...
After traveling around a lot abroad, Cao Xuan started a new job after having enough rest.
"New World" has basically completed post-production, and by the end of June, promotion will begin.
After releasing several movies in a row, Fanxing already has a standard internal promotion and distribution process. Cao Xuan hardly needs to worry about this aspect. He is more concerned about overseas distribution.
There is a saying that in a certain sense, gangster undercover movies have a stronger market overseas than martial arts-themed movies.
After all, "Heroes" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" have become famous in recent years. Gangster movies are a common theme around the world, otherwise "The Godfather" would not be regarded as a classic.
Maybe the background and culture are different, but everyone knows the routine of gang crime and the battle of wits and courage between the police.
The relatively good audience acceptance has greatly contributed to the overseas distribution of "New World".
But at the same time, popular themes also mean fierce competition. How to stand out among related themes from Europe, America, Japan, South Korea, and Hong Kong will be a test for "New World".
In Asia, Fanxing has initially established its own overseas network, and there are Fanxing film partners in Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia.
Even India and Pakistan in South Asia have cooperation.
Needless to say, Badie, India has been deeply influenced by European and American entertainment culture, and is considered to be the majority of English-speaking countries. As an Asian king with a good reputation in Europe and the United States, Cao Xuan naturally also has a certain degree of popularity in India.
Although India provides almost no commercial value, its population of 1.15 billion is still very impressive.
An American entertainment magazine once called Cao Xuan the singer with the most supporters in the world because behind him is Asia, the world's most populous continent.
China and India combined account for almost one-third of the world's total population.
Although Cao Xuan certainly doesn't have the same influence in India as he does in China, the American media doesn't know or don't care. Anyway, after this gimmick came out, there are really not many international singers who can challenge Cao Xuan's "influence".
However, no matter how many Indians there are, the economy and market are not good enough. Even the "Asan Army", the famous leader of the five permanent members of the Internet in later generations, does not even have a prototype now.
After all, at this time, not many Indians could afford a computer...
Indian film producers are just following suit. At least for now, the real market in Asia is still in East Asia.
The first two movies have given Cao Xuan a taste of the sweetness of the Asian market, which operates well and is even more profitable than in China.
Similarly, "When Men Are in Love", "New Police Story" and "Xiu Chun Knife" have also allowed Cao Xuan's films to accumulate a good reputation in Asia.
I dare not say that Cao Xuan's performance must be a high-quality one, but the quality is above the standard.
Therefore, both overseas film producers and audiences have great trust in Cao Xuan's films, which naturally has benefits in terms of price and benefits.
In particular, Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia have been deeply influenced by Hong Kong films for decades, and have accumulated a large audience for gangster crime themes.
Although the "Infernal Affairs" series in the past two years was not very impressive at the overseas box office, it sold well on DVD and TV channels and gained a good reputation.
"New World" has a similar theme to "Infernal Affairs", so it is naturally more popular among studios. In addition to Asia, it also has contacts with European film producers.
Cao Xuan and Fanxing executives believe that a movie like "New World" is more likely to be popular on TV and DVD channels than at the box office, so they prefer to sell the copyright directly.
Some film studios readily accepted it. For example, European film companies directly packaged the copyright of "The New World" in several European countries for US$3 million.
This kind of gangster crime movie is not as affordable as martial arts blockbusters in Europe and the United States. There are too many similar themes in Europe, so it won't cost a lot of money.
This time I gave 3 million US dollars because of the good quality of the movie and the reputation of Cao Xuan and Tony Leung Ka Fai.
Needless to say Cao Xuan, several of Tony Leung Ka Fai's literary films are also quite famous in Europe, such as "The Lover", which once made him famous in France.
In Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia, where Cao Xuan is popular, it is also the place where he can get the best price, and the conditions negotiated by all parties are different.
In the end, except for Japan, the largest market, which retained the distribution share, the copyright rights of Fanxing in other Asian countries were directly sold as a package.
South Korea $2 million.
Singapore US$1 million.
The Southeast Asian countries combined have more than 3 million US dollars.
Other miscellaneous items added up to more than 1 million US dollars.
Including Europe, the cumulative total is just over 10 million US dollars. Converted into RMB, and excluding taxes, "New World" directly recovers 60 million RMB in production and publicity costs.
All the remaining profits from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Japan are pure profits. If the box office is strong, you can try to make another profit in America.
Fanxing's overseas distribution speed has even overwhelmed its co-operators China Film and Yinghuang, especially China Film.
They know that two years ago, Fanxing's film distribution capabilities were just in its infancy, and they were following China Film Group.
As a result, in less than two years, a sound overseas distribution channel has been established in Asia, and the film rights can be sold directly in a short time.
Not to mention other private film and television companies, even China Film Group cannot guarantee that it will handle the matter more cleanly than Fanxing.
During the internal meeting of "New World", Mr. Han even said with emotion: "With your current channels, you can already take over the overseas distribution business of some movies."
"Actually, to tell you the truth, we at Fanxing have already set up liaison offices in Singapore, South Korea, Japan, the Philippines, and Thailand to build Fanxing's Asian distribution outlets to help more domestic films and TV shows be distributed overseas."
Since Fanxing has already established overseas channels, it’s no use using them.
Now that the overseas market is good and the overseas film distribution business is very profitable, Cao Xuan has no reason to stop doing it. In a sense, it can be regarded as cultural export.
In Asia, Fanxing has basically the ability to receive business. The United States has also opened up some channels, and Europe, Australia and South America are still in contact.
Cao Xuan's connections in Europe and the United States are pretty good. Everyone in the European and American entertainment circles knows each other. It's not difficult to contact some film producers. As long as the interests are guaranteed, if there are too many, he doesn't dare to say anything. It's no problem to open up an opening.
After hearing what Cao Xuan said, Mr. Han was a little envious.
This is the benefit of having the influence of an international superstar. There are people selling face wherever you go. If you make two or three friends, you can make some other contacts through them.
With the reputation of an international superstar as a guarantee, people are more willing to believe in cooperation.
Unlike them, it is difficult to break into the circle in the early stage. People who come to you rashly will be more wary, and their sense of trust is limited, so cooperation is naturally more difficult.
The boss of Yinghuangyang on the side was also thoughtful, realizing that they may not have maximized the use of Cheng Long's influence. They only used Cheng Long's banner to sell movies, but ignored that they could use this to establish long-term channels.
But then again, Cao Xuan is the boss and is willing to use his influence to expand channels, so he can take care of things if anything goes wrong.
Cheng Long and Yinghuang just have a cooperative relationship. They don't need to use their fame and connections to help Yinghuang expand their territory. If they lose money and Yinghuang runs away, the world-famous Cheng Long can't escape.
Therefore, Yinghuang can use it in the short term, but it is difficult to use it to develop stable channels for a long time like Fanxing.
This meeting was held not long ago. It was mainly about the submission of "New World" for review, and there were some twists and turns. Fortunately, Mr. Han resolved it.
A small meeting was held, mainly to adjust the publicity strategy related to "New World". Some sensitive topics will no longer be marketed, and the focus will be on brotherhood, power struggle, counter-killing, etc.
After leaving China Film, Cao Xuan took Boss Yang to Baihua Recording Studio and let him listen to the theme song "Beautiful Myth" he composed for the movie "Myth".
The song "Original Time and Space" was tailor-made for the movie. Now that Cheng Long and Boss Yang know Cao Xuan, their first choice is definitely to sing like Cao Tianwang.
Cao Xuan usually doesn't take on this kind of work, but he couldn't resist the fact that the song "Beautiful Myth" is really a classic, so Cao Xuan couldn't help but take advantage of it.
For this reason, Cheng Long also felt quite proud. Everyone in the industry knew that Cao Xuan rarely wrote songs for outsiders, and this was the first time for him to write a movie theme song.
Cheng Long praised "The Beautiful Myth" in front of the media, praising Cao Xuan and himself.
There are two versions of "Beautiful Myth", one version sung by Cheng Long and Jin Xishan, a combination of Chinese and English, focusing on overseas promotion; Cao Xuan and his artist Yao Beina sang one version as the official theme song of the movie.
In fact, Cao Xuan originally wanted to ask Gu Miaomiao to sing. She was the most popular, so Cao Xuan planned to lend a hand.
Later, it was discovered that Gu Miaomiao's singing skills were still much worse than those of Han Hong in the original version, but Yao Beina could barely meet the requirements and finally won this opportunity.
The duet with Cao Xuan is also the theme song of Cheng Long's new movie. It can be said that Yao Beina, who has not yet released an album to officially debut, will reach the sky in one step. If the effect is good, she may catch up with Gu Miaomiao, who has the best development in "Star of Tomorrow".
"In the joys and sorrows of time, only love is the eternal myth
No one has forgotten the ancient oath
Your tears turn into colorful butterflies flying in the sky
Love is the wind under the wings, two hearts fly together freely
…”
The version sung by Cao Xuan is a bit similar to the original version by Sun Nan and Han Hong. The singing style is almost virtuosic, especially in the second half of the high-pitched falsetto. The fusion of emotion and technique is just right, with both the depth of the lyrics and the affection.
Lingering.
In fact, from the bottom of my heart, Cao Xuan personally prefers Cheng Long's version, which has a stronger sense of vicissitudes of life and is more in line with the movie scene.
But between the two versions, Cheng Long and Jin Xishan had to sing one version. In order to distinguish them, Cao Xuan could only drag Yao Beina to show off her skills.
After listening to the song, Mr. Yang was intoxicated and cheered loudly. The 3.5 million yuan spent on the theme song was not wasted.
That's right, Cao Xuan charged 3.5 million to write and sing the theme song for "Myth", and it was a friendly price. If another crew offered 5 million, he would not necessarily accept the job.
This price can be said to be unmatched in today's Chinese music scene.
But in Boss Yang's opinion, the money is worth spending, not only because of the quality of the songs, but also more importantly because of Cao Xuan's reputation for publicity. This benefit cannot be obtained with 3.5 million.
If "Myth" hadn't also been invested by Fanxing, Cao Xuan might not have been so cooperative.
"Cao Sheng, have you prepared the theme song for "New World"?"
After listening to "Beautiful Myth", Mr. Yang did not forget about "New World". He also invested a lot in it, and he hopes "New World" will make a lot of money."
"I wrote a few songs and I wasn't satisfied with them, so I simply didn't use them."
Cao Xuan's words were concise and to the point, and he composed a lot of songs, some of which were barely related to "New World".
But later I felt that there was no need to use a theme song to illustrate the plot of the movie. For such a movie that is full of blank metaphors, it might be better to use a pure music soundtrack.
When it comes to music, Cao Xuan is undoubtedly the authority, and Boss Yang trusts his judgment very much.
………
While Cao Xuan was busy with the overseas release of "New World", a big event happened in the entertainment industry.
Wang Jinhua, known as one of the three major agents in the mainland, left Huayi with more than a dozen of her artists after her contract expired.
Overnight, Huayi's artist resources were completely depleted.
As of the news, Hu Jun, Xia Yu, Chen Daoming, Anita Yuen, Guan Zhilin, Liang Jiahui and others who were formerly affiliated with Huayi have all left.
The only well-known artist who has publicly stated that he will stay in Huayi is Li Bingbing.
Even though later generations of the Wang brothers mentioned this incident and repeatedly said it was just a minor disturbance, that has already passed. In fact, the incident still had a great influence at the time.
Although Huayi started out in film and television production, in the past two years, the artist economy has also become a big area.
Saying no in one breath is not a catastrophe, but it can still be regarded as breaking the bones.
Although the Wang brothers stood up immediately and said that the contract was terminated normally, there were rumors that the two brothers were going crazy behind the scenes.
In fact, what many people don’t know is that the two of them were not angry at first, but scared.
Wang Jinhua took away most of Huayi's artists in one fell swoop, and obviously found a new home. At this stage, there are not many companies that have the capital to take over so many artists. What the Wang brothers fear most is that Fanxing will attack Huayi.
By poaching Wang Jinhua first, then Feng Xiaogang, and at the same time using other resources to suppress it, Huayi would not be able to recover for two to three years even if it did not go bankrupt.
So when they learned that Wang Jinhua had left, the first reaction of the two brothers was to stabilize Feng Xiaogang, and the second reaction was to try their best to reach a reconciliation with Cao Xuan.
After talking to Feng Xiaogang and Cao Xuan on the phone one after another and learning that Fanxing had not intervened, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief and made arrangements step by step.
He made a strong promise to retain Li Bingbing and Li Xue sisters to appease the company's military morale and conduct public relations to eliminate negative impacts.
In fact, it was not just the Wang brothers who were shocked. When Wan Jinhua announced his departure at the beginning, many people thought it was Cao Xuan who did it.
The whole world is in turmoil, and all kinds of insider gossip are flying all over the place.
There is no way, Fanxing's strength is here, and there is indeed a precedent of poaching Fan Xiaopang before, and Wang Jinhua's artists, Li Bingbing, Hu Jun, Chen Daoming, Liang Jiahui, and Xia Yu all have a good relationship with Cao Xuan.
From every aspect, Fanxing was the biggest suspect, forcing Jiang Yue, the vice president of Fanxing Artists Agency and the number one manager in China, to personally come out to clarify.
"Regarding the termination of the contract between Huayi and Ms. Wang Jinhua, Fanxing did not have any interference or involvement. Recently, there have been no signings of a large number of new artists. Please do not make unwarranted associations."
In short, Fanxing is just a crowd, don't throw dirty water on yourself...
Less than half a day after Fanxing's statement was issued, Wang Jinhua finally responded that the company they had signed a new contract with was not Fanxing, but Chengtian Entertainment, a company that had just been established.
The media immediately revealed all kinds of information about Chengtian Entertainment. The owner’s surname is Wu. He worked hard in the Japanese entertainment industry in his early years and made a lot of achievements.
In the past two years, I returned to China for development and also invested in some film and television dramas. In March this year, I officially founded Orange Sky Entertainment. The first signed artist was Chen Hao, the heartthrob of "Pink Girl".
It seems that Boss Wu and Wang Jinhua had planned ahead, otherwise they would not have left so happily and signed the contract immediately.
It is worthy of the hard work of little Japan, and the methods are indeed quite sinister...
Frankly speaking, although Cao Xuan didn't like Huayi and the Wang brothers, it was Wang Jinhua and Cheng Tian who did something dishonest in this matter.
If Jiang Yue did this to him, Boss Cao would have the intention to kill someone.
As soon as he said this, Jiang Yue called him. The company's artist management department had just left four agents, and their next agents were Chengtian.
According to reports from artists, managers, and assistants, Fan Bingbing, Liu Yan, Yan Kuan, Hu Yi, Gao Yuanyuan, Liu Tianxian, Gu Miaomiao, and Dong Xuan have all received invitations from Chengtian.
Cao Xuan, who was originally gloating about Huayi's misfortune, couldn't laugh anymore.
Fanxing is different from Huayi. Most of Huayi's artist appointments are made by Wang Jinhua herself, while Fanxing signs a contract with the company, and then the company manages and arranges the team.
Therefore, Wang Jinhua alone can poach Huayi, while Fanxing can only poach a few artists at most at one time.
More importantly, Fanxing is now the leader in the industry, has the best resources, and is extremely attractive to artists. The newly established Chengtian cannot poach artists without spending money, and can only poach a few agents who are not valued.
But no matter what, this matter is really disgusting to Cao Xuan. He has always had double standards.
It’s okay for him to poach others!
It's not okay for others to poach him!
Cao Xuan originally didn't want to interfere in the fight between Chengtian and Huayi, but now, if he stays silent, no one will dare to ride on Fanxing's neck in the future...
439 "Beautiful Fairy Tale" and Chengtian Entertainment seeking death
