474 Ready to spread the branches for Lao Cao's family
“…Penalty kick! Penalty kick! Penalty kick!
...Grosso has made a meritorious service! Don’t give the Australians any chance!
...At this moment, he is not fighting alone! He is not alone!
...the ball went in!
…Great Italy! Great Italian left-back! Maldini, happy birthday today! Long live Italy!!!”
In front of the TV, Huang Jianxiang's hysterical voice rang out. Cao Xuan, who sneaked into the living room to stay up late to watch football, quickly turned down the sound for fear of waking up the Empress of the West Palace next door.
Listening to Huang Jianxiang's crazy shouts of ecstasy on the TV, Cao Xuan wanted to know how this die-hard Italian fan felt when he saw the Italian team was defeated by North Macedonia in the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
Cao Xuan turned off the TV without waiting for the game to end. He actually just wanted to witness the famous scene with his own eyes, so he focused on today's game. As for the result, he already knew it.
Of course, there is also the possibility of a butterfly effect, but as far as Cao Xuan is concerned, he doesn't seem to have seen much impact on important competitions in the football world.
Returning to the bedroom, Cao Xuan lay down gently. He thought he was careful enough, but he still woke up the Empress of the West Palace.
Zeng Li came over in a daze, got on top of Cao Xuan, rubbed his head in Cao Xuan's arms, and muttered.
"Have you finished reading?"
"After reading it, go to sleep."
Cao Xuan gently patted the Queen of the West Palace's jade back to lull her to sleep. Zeng Li slowly began to breathe evenly, and Cao Xuan also began to close his eyes and sleep.
Entering June, the promotion of the new album has been completed and the production of "Painted Skin" has been completed. Cao Xuan's work in the first half of the year has come to an end for the time being.
Until mid-to-late August, I will participate in the promotion of "Painted Skin", and in September I will go to Hong Kong and abroad to shoot "Operation Hurricane".
Of course, Cao Xuan has not been resting at home during this period. He is looking for someone to plan next year's concert. At the same time, he also plans to release a Chinese album in 2007 and has to do some preparatory work.
But even so, Cao Xuan still had plenty of time during this period, just in time for Zeng Li's Chinese Opera Class 02 to graduate, and his career as a gardener came to an end for the time being.
The two of them thought that they could put their business on the agenda and open up new branches for Lao Cao's family.
I plan to work hard in the next two months to see if I can win the bid...
The next day, Cao Xuan got up, and the two palaces had breakfast and went to work respectively. He warmed up at his home track before getting ready to have breakfast.
The steamed stuffed buns stuffed with pork and scallions are large and oily, mellow and delicious, and paired with some pickles and the specialty glutinous rice soup made by the family chef who went to Zao City to learn, it's a comforting experience.
Of course, Boss Cao only occasionally eats two meals a week to satisfy his cravings, and on the premise that he can still have time to exercise vigorously, he still eats fitness meals most of the time.
He will be filming "Operation Hurricane" soon, and Cao Xuan must insist on staying in shape and not dare to relax easily.
But then again, no one can say that meat buns and glutinous rice soup are not fitness meals, and there are no calories written on them.
My sister said it’s zero card!
After finishing his zero-card meal, Cao Xuan worked out and trained martial arts in a private gym with the fitness coach and martial arts instructor who came to his door.
Considering that there was still business to do in the evening, Cao Xuan stopped talking and maintained his physical strength, mainly by practicing tricks.
"Hurricane" is Cao Xuan's work preparing to enter Hollywood. In addition to the tense plot rhythm, the straightforward and brutal "practical combat" action style is crucial.
The martial arts coaching team headed by Zhang Lei and Sang Lin went back and forth several times, and based on the designs of modern action movies such as Sanda, fighting, boxing, and jujitsu, they also incorporated certain ancient boxing killing moves.
Finally, through Cao Xuan's connections, he consulted some veterans who had seen blood and added some military fighting skills.
At present, the action style of "Hurricane Rescue" has basically taken shape. There are not too many fancy moves, and it emphasizes one fatal blow and a dead hand.
Crisp, quick, violent, ruthless!
Therefore, Cao Xuan's routine this time is actually different from his previous martial arts routine training. It focuses more on training speed and strength, and practicing the feeling of being injured without dying.
In the afternoon, Cao Xuan took a shower and rested, then met with Zhang Chong and drove to a villa area in Beijing. After verification, he met the real owner.
"Sister Fei, I'm so happy to have a daughter, congratulations."
"It would be too troublesome to come here in person."
"It should."
Cao Xuan took out the gift, a piece of white jade Buddha. The material was good, and the carving was even better. It was quite spiritual. It looked like it was made by a famous artist. It was worth six figures at least when it was taken out.
Even Wang Fei, who is as free and easy as Wang Fei, instinctively said a few polite words when he saw this gift. Cao Xuan responded with a four-character mantra, "For the child," which accurately resolved the entanglement.
After chatting for a while, Cao Xuan went to see the child. The crack on his lip made him feel a little uncomfortable.
He was actively promoting the old Cao family, and this was what he despised the most right now. However, in front of Wang Fei, he didn't want to say much. He just expressed that the other party needed to speak.
Wang Fei nodded, and the two went out to chat. Not long after, the soft-boiled man brought Wang Fei's best friends Zhao and Naying home. Seeing Cao Xuan, he was stunned, and everyone said hello awkwardly but politely.
Cao Xuan just found an excuse and walked away.
He doesn't deal with the soft-boiled boys and Na-young, and he doesn't have much friendship with Zhao. It's said that Zhao is the one whom Cao Xuan and the other girls hate the most.
The reason is very simple, he has never collaborated or shared the same stage with Zhao.
In contrast, Hu Jing, needless to say, is known semi-publicly to the outside world as the proprietress of Fanxing. She has been an old friend of Mr. Zhou for many years and has appeared on each other's stage more than once. This time, they also collaborated on "Painted Skin".
Although International Chapter has never collaborated on a project, he often interacts with Cao Xuan and Hu Jing on a daily basis, especially Hu Jing. To this day, the two are still talked about by netizens as "best friends in the entertainment industry."
There is only a certain Zhao, who has almost no chance to share the same stage with Cao Xuan. Even when they meet on some occasions, they greet each other very coldly, and their blogs are not related to each other.
In the eyes of the melon-eaters, this is the ironclad proof that Cao Xuan doesn't like this person. Those who love fantasy even come up with a lot of bloody plots.
But in fact there are not that many scenes. Cao Xuan simply hates the other party, and there is a certain point that he is not allowed to write...
Sometimes Cao Xuan is surprised that many of his and Wang Fei's social circles are not integrated and even conflict, but it still does not affect their friendship. The relationship between Cao Xuan and her is even better than that of many artists who have collaborated with her.
When I returned to Cao's Alley from Wang Fei's house, Empress Xigong had already returned.
A university teacher like her, who works from 9 to 5 and can occasionally "flexibly" change her schedule, is the envy of countless migrant workers, including Hu Jing.
Minister Hu doesn't care about clocking in and being at full attendance, but as the director of the company's supervision department, he has supervisory responsibilities and his identity is sensitive.
It's okay to fish within the company. No one will see you in the office anyway. If you don't want to go to work, you can ask for leave or "go on a business trip." But if you want to go to work, you must not openly arrive late and leave early. Otherwise, how can you have the confidence to supervise other people?
The only real "salted fish" in the family is Boss Cao. In theory, he can play freely...
"I'm back. How is Sister Fei now?"
As mentioned before, Empress Xigong was a die-hard fan of Wang Fei. After they met through Cao Xuan, the two had a good relationship. At their best, Zeng Li was even Wang Fei's regular poker partner, and they often made appointments to play mahjong.
It's just that because of Cao Xuan's relationship, she couldn't get along with Wang Fei's social circle. At the same time, she also disliked part of Wang Fei's lifestyle, so she gradually distanced herself.
However, the two were still friends, and they would get together in private when they had time. When Wang Fei gave birth in Xiangjiang and just returned to the capital, Cao Xuan was not there, so Zeng Li went to see him alone.
“The overall mentality is pretty good.”
Cao Xuan commented, but in fact compared to the previous chic, Wang Fei was obviously more haggard this time, and it could be seen that he was still affected to some extent.
As a popular queen, coupled with various romance gossips in recent years, Wang Fei is the top among the top in the entertainment industry.
When Cao Xuan was still an extra in "Water Margin", she and Dou Wei gave birth to their eldest daughter, which caused a great sensation.
This time, after Chef Xie's multiple love stories, the country was paying more attention. Because the place of production was in Hong Kong, the entire Hong Kong and Taiwan media went crazy.
Someone has publicly offered a reward of 100,000 to 200,000 Hong Kong dollars just for a photo of the child.
The entire hospital was surrounded by the media. The main door, the small door, and the underground garage were all filled with reporters.
It makes it difficult for normal patients to enter and exit. They must accurately state the disease, room number, bed number and attending doctor in the ward before they can enter. It is strictly forbidden to bring filming equipment.
According to some statistics, during that period, at least 50 reporters were stationed near the hospital every day. The most exaggerated news was that one media station dispatched double-digit reporters to be on duty 24 hours a day.
Not to mention Wang Fei's family, the information on the doctors and nurses in charge has been revealed. Who came to visit and what kind of gifts were given became news.
Because of this, Wang Fei was tortured so terribly in Xiangjiang, and because his daughter sought medical treatment and other reasons, he ran back to the capital before the confinement period was over.
As a fellow superstar, seeing Wang Fei's experience made Cao Xuan feel a little numb and frightened.
He couldn't imagine that if it was revealed that his child was about to be born, not to mention Hong Kong and Taiwan, the media in Asia and even Europe and the United States would come to grab the news.
Keep it secret, keep it secret!
To be honest, with Wang Fei as a precedent, Cao Xuan really learned a lot of lessons.
In addition to guarding against the media, I also need to pay attention to diet and quit various harmful habits for my children. Zeng Li used to drink tea, but now he gives up.
In fact, this may not have any impact on the children, but Nishinomiya does not dare to gamble, so be careful and you will not make a big mistake.
Thinking of this, Zeng Li felt a little sad, fearing that his child would also be in poor health. Cao Xuan hurriedly persuaded him, feeling regretful and wishing he could give him a slap in the face.
He was already on tenterhooks, but he went to give him a reason. Wasn't it because he thought his family was living a comfortable life...
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In the next few days, Cao Xuan worked out at home during the day + prepared for the concert at the company + occasionally watched the production of new songs in the recording studio, and worked hard at night. From time to time, he had to comfort the Empress of the East Palace and maintain family harmony.
It was not until the end of June that Cao Xuan left for Germany to watch the World Cup finals.
I witnessed Zidane's shocking collision with my own eyes, and watched Italy, which had been severely damaged by the Calciopoli scandal and was disliked by countless people, stage a mid-summer miracle.
Speaking of which, as a famous star fan, even before the World Cup, domestic and even European media had mentioned World Cup predictions in interviews with Cao Xuan.
Cao Xuan did not say who won the championship, but only mentioned the top four, Italy, Germany, Brazil and Portugal.
It is said that Germany is to give the host country face, Portugal is because of its good friend Cristiano Ronaldo, Italy is personally optimistic and will win if it loses its troops, and Brazil is simple. It has the strongest strength on paper and is the biggest favorite in this tournament.
To be honest, when it comes to the semi-finals of this World Cup, except for Italy, Cao Xuan did not open his eyes and deliberately ignored France. However, he did not expect that this was still the case, and he still got three of them wrong.
But there is nothing surprising. As traditional strong teams, Germany and Italy are already strong. Italy would not have been reduced to a "dark horse" if it had not been for the Calciopoli.
On the contrary, although Portugal is a golden generation, it is still second-rate in the eyes of many people. Considering that Cao Xuan and Ronaldo have a notoriously good relationship, it is normal for them to accidentally hit each other.
It doesn't matter even if four of them are pressed correctly. This is not the case in the past. Octopus Paul was pressed correctly for an entire World Cup, and still no one sliced him.
So if Cao Xuanquan answered correctly, no one would doubt that he was reborn. Instead, they would think that with Cao Xuan's status, he might have some insider information...
In addition to the World Cup finals, Cao Xuan also has several tasks in Europe this time, the most important of which is shooting a new commercial with BMW.
It is worth mentioning that the heroine who partners with him this time is German supermodel Heidi Klum, known as the most beautiful woman in Germany, but Cao Xuan is really not particularly good-looking.
On the contrary, it is another German beauty, Diane Kruger. Cao Xuan thinks she is pretty good-looking sometimes.
However, there are indeed many beauties in Germany, and he only knows three of them. In addition, there are also beauties in other European countries. The media and management teams like to hype this up. Every country has several beauties.
[The most beautiful woman in Europe] even broke the brainstorming. The British support the British, the Germans support the Germans, the French side with the French, and the most outrageous thing is that some Americans are recommended.
But if you think about it carefully, isn’t Europe the same as the United States? There is no problem with the logic...
In the domestic entertainment circle, Taiwan Province also likes to hype the most beautiful woman, and Xiangjiang also has a similar title. On the contrary, in the Mainland, it seems that there is no so-called recognized most beautiful woman.
This is also normal. If you dare to claim to be number one, you are not just a target to be targeted by fans from all walks of life. Therefore, the classic routine of domestic entertainment is [Premium]. It does not say that you are number one, but it just suppresses you.
In comparison, male artists are relatively uniform.
European and American media and most Asian and domestic media have a man recognized as the most handsome man in Asia.
Cao Xuan: I’m ashamed, it’s me (akimbo)
In addition to watching football and advertising, Cao Xuan also has several endorsement negotiations in Europe this time. He has no choice but to earn money for milk powder for his children.
As an emerging top star in the world, with the potential to enter Europe and the United States, and backed by the Asian market, Cao Xuan's commercial value has always been favored by major companies.
However, Cao Xuan's endorsements are difficult to grab. Currently, except for one Septwolf who has become a shareholder, he only has four endorsements.
Samsung Electronics, PepsiCo, BMW and Mobile's M-Zone!
Except for M-Zone, which focuses on the domestic market and has a special nature of endorsement, the other three are global endorsements with extremely high endorsement fees.
Samsung’s contract is US$55 million over five years, and BMW’s and Samsung’s contracts are similar. Of course, if some stringent requirements are not met, some income will be reduced.
Pepsi-Cola is betting against each other. It all depends on Cao Xuan’s annual increase in Pepsi-Cola. It can be high or low. On average, the annual revenue will be no less than 10 million US dollars.
Especially this year, Cao Xuan's new album "Legend" became a hit, and his fame and status increased, which also benefited PepsiCo a lot. According to the contract, Cao Xuan's Pepsi advertising revenue will increase a lot this year.
Under these precedents, an ordinary contract would not be able to impress Cao Xuan. He is not a world-class company and would not even have the idea to start one.
World-class large companies have many rules and regulations, and ordinary companies cannot afford to hire them. Cao Xuan is not short of money, and he cannot lower his worth, so he waits slowly.
For artists of their level, signing endorsement deals is a bit like selling antiques. If you don't open for three years, you will only be able to wait for three years if you open.
Of course, there are also some people who don’t care about feathers. They don’t care about meat and vegetables. They are willing to pay for any money and at any price. That’s a different matter...
After Samsung and BMW, Cao Xuan's team also contacted some endorsement invitations, but for various reasons, they were not signed in the end.
Until this year, Cao Xuan's new album once again gained popularity around the world and became even more popular than before. He became a popular top star and attracted countless people's attention.
Under such a premise, many problems that originally hindered cooperation disappeared, and many large companies began to contact Cao Xuan.
Currently, several famous watch brands are competing fiercely, and they plan to recruit Cao Xuan, the most popular man in Asia, to increase their brand influence.
In addition to luxury watches, Germany's Siemens, Swiss food company Nestlé, and an American securities + banking + insurance company all bid above the psychological price of Cao Xuan's team, and they were quite sincere.
Especially the American company, which had the highest bid of US$25 million per year, wanted to sign a 3+1 contract, which is a total of US$100 million.
But Cao Xuan didn't even think about it and passed the endorsement directly.
Not to mention that he had no intention of engaging in these insurance, financial and securities endorsements. The key point is that the endorsement fees have exceeded the market price, and Cao Xuan is a little wary.
When something goes wrong, there must be a monster!
Cao Xuan, who had dealt with Americans many times, knew very well the urinal nature of these capitalists.
If you don't pick up money when you go out, you will lose money. If a mosquito flies in front of you, you will catch a drop of blood. If a dung truck passes by the door, you will have to taste the saltiness with two spoons.
This group of people bid higher than the market price, and there was nothing wrong with it. They wrote the Chinese character [Cao] backwards.
The American company Pass mainly contacts Siemens and Nestlé. Among them, Nestlé wants to exclude beverages. After all, Cao Xuan also endorses Pepsi-Cola.
But whether coffee counts as a drink, we have to talk slowly.
Moreover, Nestlé does not just sell coffee. It is a large food company with many food brands. How it will be endorsed depends on the outcome of the negotiation.
Siemens is the same. Whether it endorses a certain electronics category or the entire brand, there are different opinions and different prices.
It is normal for a contract worth tens of millions of dollars to be negotiated for a year or two. The previous Samsung contract was negotiated for several years.
Of course, in order to share as much profit as possible from Cao Xuan's current huge popularity, several companies still prefer to win it as soon as possible, otherwise it will be wasted.
Cao Xuan showed off in Europe just to meet with several responsible persons, to show his cooperative attitude and to inject confidence into subsequent negotiations.
In early July, Cao Xuan returned to the capital with a contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and barely managed to get some money for milk powder for his children.
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Just after returning, Cao Xuan had to run for money for his children's clothes again. "Crazy Stone" was released, and Cao Xuan came out with several free stars to support it.
When the big boss came in person, Ning Hao, who was already a little nervous, couldn't restrain his emotions. Even if the air conditioning was turned on in the theater, he couldn't stop wiping his sweat.
Cao Xuan looked at the young and young Huayuwen No. 1 brother in front of him and couldn't help but shook his head.
"Haozi, don't be nervous, the movie is pretty good, show some confidence."
Ning Hao nodded and did not dare to reply. However, Huang Bo, who had collaborated with Cao Xuan many times and was the most familiar with Cao Xuan among the main creators present, took the initiative to lighten the atmosphere.
"Boss, how much do you think the box office can be?"
As soon as these words came out, several of the main creators looked at Cao Xuan with expectation.
Today's "Crazy Stone" crew is not the grass-stage crew of the original time and space.
The director hired actors and actresses to trick and deceive, and the distribution was under the banner of Liu Tianwang. He begged grandparents and sued grandma everywhere. In the early stage of publicity, he largely relied on the media and the audience. When the momentum picked up, China Film Group increased its efforts.
Compared with the original time and space, although the investment in today's "Crazy Stone" is still not high and the cost is small, the resources behind it are completely different.
Fanxing and China Cinema Line have given extremely good film schedules, especially Fanxing, with more than 40% of the premiere film schedules.
In terms of publicity, since there are no famous stars, the main thing is to stick to the Stars Movie brand.
Not only did "Crazy Stone" be designated as the first summer movie of this year's Star Movies, but it was also billed as the most surprising black comedy of the year. Before the movie was released, Ning Hao was dubbed "Ghost Director" by Fan Galaxy Media
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At the same time, Fanxing has a strict and thorough copy protection plan to prevent the spread of piracy to a large extent. The box office of several previous Fanxing movies has been so high, which is partly related to Fanxing's strong emphasis on preventing theft.
In the original space and time, the box office of "Crazy Stone" ended at more than 20 million, which has a lot to do with the proliferation of piracy, otherwise the results would be higher.
After several actions, the current momentum of "Crazy Stone" compared to the original time and space, can be said to be in the sky and on the earth.
Coupled with the good box office performance of Star Movies in the past, it naturally aroused the expectations of Ning Hao and other main creators. In the original time and space, it is estimated that few would dare to expect high box office.
"Probably 30 to 50 million."
Cao Xuan gave a rough estimate. After all, this is a small-budget comedy movie without stars. Even with a lot of help, Cao Xuan thinks the chance of a big hit is small.
But even so, it was enough to surprise Ning Hao and others. They had never dared to estimate so much before.
30 million is nothing to Cao Xuan. His name alone is worth so much at the box office, but this does not mean that the box office is low.
"Ride Alone" and "If Love", which ranked 14th and 15th on the mainland box office list last year, only had a box office of 30 million.
Although these two films are literary films, one is directed by Lao Mouzi, and the other is produced by Zhou Gongzi + Jin Chengwu. The lineup is even better than "Crazy Stone".
Not to mention that in Cao Xuan’s estimate, 30 million is just a guarantee.
Although Cao Xuan is not a god, his prediction may not be accurate, but compared to Ning Hao and the others, he is already the authority, and everyone instinctively believes in this statement.
Ning Hao couldn't help but giggle, and Huang Bo patted him on the shoulder and joked happily.
"Director Ning is so awesome, he will be a great director in the future. Don't forget, you promised to find me to play the male lead later."
Ning Hao pretended to be stupid: "Let's talk over wine."
Huang Bo became anxious and went up to hold Ning Hao's neck: "Your uncle, you tricked me into being stuck in your house every day."
The others didn't take it seriously, and were cheering and cheering beside them. The bald Xu Zheng beside him was also among them, and he couldn't hide his envy and was thoughtful at the same time.
In fact, he had long wanted to join Fanxing and hang out with Cao Daguan, but there had never been any good opportunities.
Cao Xuan and his wife had known each other quite early, and it was difficult to say how familiar they were. Moreover, as Cao Xuan's status became higher and higher, the status gap between the two parties became wider and wider, and they could not get along at all.
Therefore, the little incense that was made at the beginning became more and more precious, and Xu Zheng and his wife were not willing to use it easily.
But this time, Xu Zheng could see that Cao Xuan valued Ning Hao. He also realized that Ning Hao was quite talented when they cooperated before.
Adding the two together, Xu Zheng, who has the shrewd characteristics of the people in the magic city, feels that he will get closer to Ning Hao and Huang Bo more in the future.
Not only Xu Zheng, but also the smart people present had similar thoughts. After they watched the premiere of "Crazy Stone", this thought became stronger.
Cao Xuan's vision is amazing. No wonder he is known as the number one talent in the entertainment industry. Where did he find such a treasure, a well-known director?
