China Entertainment 1997

"Yuanyuan, look here."

"Ahhh, it's Princess An Ning from "The Unruly Princess"."

"An Ning, I love you!"

"..."

There was a warm and noisy voice, Gao Yuanyuan, with a friendly smile on his face, wearing a long skirt, slightly covering his chest with his right hand, greeted the audience live, and then took the host's microphone.

"I am very honored to be able to attend this event today. I am also a game enthusiast and I love the game "Bubble Hall" very much..."

In November 2002, under the operation of Box Games, "Bubble Hall" landed on the mainland market half a year ahead of schedule.

The game is jointly operated by Box Games and QQ, and the QQ number is directly bound to the game account.

In this way, "Bubble Hall" can quickly attract traffic from Penguin, and Penguin can also open up new sections for active users, forming a social game.

The two parties can also jointly ponder the krypton gold method.

The game "Bubble Hall" is really suitable for krypton gold. There are too many virtual charging items for characters, props, skins and so on.

However, considering the actual situation, Krypton Gold may be restrained, at least not to guide it too deliberately.

Of course, this can't avoid accidents, but isn't there Xiao Ma who is still there to take care of it?

QQ is very famous. If you want to criticize, you should first criticize QQ and Penguin.

Just like Shanda before, Box Games is just an "ignorant" small game agent who doesn't know anything about game operation planning.

It was Xiaoma Ge and Chen Tianqiao’s idea of ​​recharging money for krypton gold. Cao Xuan was a layman and didn’t understand the Internet...

The grand success of "Legend of Blood" has already made Xiao Ma jealous. However, Penguin lacks the ability to operate the game. It mainly specializes in social networking and does not dare to take too big steps.

The game "Pao Pao Tang" is a casual online game and does not have particularly high requirements for game operation. It is a good opportunity to test the waters for QQ in its initial stage.

What's more important is that Xiao Ma, who has already experienced the virtual charging method from the QQ show, has also seen the potential of krypton gold in the game "Bubble Hall". He really can't resist the huge profits of the game.

Cao Xuan said hello, and Xiao Ma took people to fly to the capital in person to discuss cooperation with Box Games.

In the end, the two parties formally reached a cooperation, and the profits were higher than 64%.

Box is naturally 60%. It has agency rights and has cooperated with Shanda for such a long time. It has accumulated some offline contacts and can promote offline games.

And with the development and media matrix of Fanxing, Box Games has certain development and publicity capabilities, which are the advantages of Box Games.

Penguin’s advantage is simple – hundreds of millions of QQ users and excellent online operation capabilities.

Although the latter has no results yet, Cao Xuan understands Penguin's game operation capabilities better than anyone else. Coupled with its huge user base, 40% is not too much.

After "Bubble Hall" was launched, the results were pretty good. Now the two parties are considering whether to charge for public beta points, or whether to make it free directly to expand the influence of the game, and then charge for props.

Cao Xuan had no involvement in the specific operation. He only looked at the monthly profits. If the profit increased, he would be rewarded with money, and if the profit was low, he would be given incentives.

It can be expected that although this game is not as good as "Legend of Hot Blood", it is probably a cash cow, allowing Cao Xuan to circle two more pieces of land or build several ancient cities every year.

After Cao Xuan made money, he also gave some small benefits to the artists.

For example, Gao Yuanyuan, after studying that she was very popular on the Internet, especially loved by some male netizens, was arranged to serve as the promotion ambassador of "Bubble Hall".

To put it bluntly, he is the spokesperson for the low-profile version.

"Legend of Hot Blood" is so popular that it blocks more than 80% of the firepower. Cao Xuan will not let his artists endorse this game, and they might just be cannon fodder.

However, "Bubble Hall" is a casual game and will not be targeted too much.

Find a beautiful celebrity spokesperson, the game can be easily promoted, and the artist can make some money, so why not do it.

The more important thing is to find your own artists to endorse you. Whether the fee is cheap or not is another matter. More than half of the main artists give to the company, and the left hand is replaced by the right hand. It is equivalent to hiring an endorsement at half price. The goal is achieved.

With one fell swoop, Boss Cao is an old capitalist...

That being said, this endorsement is actually a surprise to Gao Yuanyuan. It is signed once a year, with 1.5 million in the first year, and will increase in a step-by-step manner.

The management contracts of Gao Yuanyuan and Fanxing are better than those of the newcomers, with a salary of 70% to 30%.

And according to the contract, she has joined the company for more than two years. Soon, the share of the contract will be upgraded based on the artist's fame and contribution to the company.

With Gao Yuanyuan's current reputation, there is a high chance that the endorsement fee for "Bubble Hall" will be nearly 900,000 yuan, not to mention that the subsequent endorsement fees will increase.

These days, the salaries for mainland artists are not as high as expected.

The slightly more popular ones range from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands, and those in the hundreds of thousands level are all popular stars.

Gao Yuanyuan was somewhat famous before, but he was not very popular and his salary was not high.

The heroine of "Armor Warrior" was paid only tens of thousands of yuan, while "The Unruly Princess" was slightly higher, less than 100,000 yuan.

"The Legend of Heaven and the Dragon Slayer" is mainly about fame. Many of the leading actors, including Cao Xuan, received friendly prices, which were generally low. She, the heroine, only had about 150,000.

Now because "The Unruly Princess" has become popular, Gao Yuanyuan's popularity has increased and his salary has increased. The scattered salary for "Shuiyue Cave" adds up to less than 300,000.

Of course, there is some internal price pressure, and the price may be slightly higher when going out, but the price is limited.

Although Boss Cao also has a capitalist style, he is not too crazy.

When Starry artists film their own films, the remuneration is slightly lower than that of outsiders, but it is basically above 60%, and in many cases it is around 70% to 80%.

You know, there are rumors that Tang artists who film their own films are paid only 15% of the market price.

If this is true, Boss Cao is definitely particular about people. In the future, he will have to find a comfortable position for hanging street lights.

Of course, if the conditions are superior, the liquidated damages are also very generous. Taking Gao Yuanyuan as an example, the current liquidated damages are 5 million. If the contract is upgraded in the future, the liquidated damages will also be increased to 8 to 10 million.

This is easy to understand. Cao Xuan lets artists make money, but he can't let you go easily. At least he has to make enough profits for the company.

Otherwise, after working so hard to become famous, and just terminate the contract and run away for a small amount of liquidated damages, wouldn't Fanxing's work be in vain?

But anyway, in this era when mainland artists don’t make much money.

With a reputation that is not even second-tier, Gao Yuanyuan earns one million a year, has a bright future, and his career is on the rise, which is enough to make countless people envy him.

It's hard to say this year. Next year "Eternal Dragon Sword" will be broadcast. Gao Yuanyuan is confident that his income will double several times, and he will directly beat her boyfriend Zhang Yadong.

Speaking of Zhang Yadong, Gao Yuanyuan, who had just finished his promotional activities, became a little irritable when he thought of the scandal he had with a certain talented woman not long ago.

Although according to her opinion, this matter is probably groundless, there is no smoke without fire.

Gao Yuanyuan knew very well that her boyfriend was not a single-minded person, and that talented woman was also known to love making friends. When the two of them were put together, it was hard for her not to think too much.

She didn't realize it before, but after getting acquainted with Cao Xuan, she couldn't help but compare Cao Xuan and Zhang Yadong.

On appearance.

Lao Zhang can barely be considered a middle-aged man, while Cao Xuan is recognized as a handsome guy throughout Asia.

There is a ranking list in Hong Kong that is kept by rich women, which includes the [young] male stars that are most favored by rich women in Hong Kong, Taiwan and some Chinese-speaking regions in Southeast Asia.

Principal Gu was second, Xie Feng was third, Feng Delun was fourth, Teacher Chen was fifth, and Cao Xuan was the well-deserved champion.

On net worth.

Although Gao Yuanyuan is not sure how rich Cao Xuan is, he is sure to easily surpass Lao Zhang ten times or even a hundred times.

On talent.

This was originally Lao Zhang's most attractive aspect to Gao Yuanyuan, but now someone's "music creation talent" has not only conquered the Chinese music scene, but has also begun to spread around the world.

Lao Zhang's achievements are very impressive compared with others, but compared with Cao Xuan, they are not very impressive.

Even Cao Xuan's love-minded shortcomings that many men "despise" are somewhat unworthy of the name in the eyes of Gao Yuanyuan, who has had a long relationship with Cao Xuan.

It is true that Cao Xuan is not a good man, and he is suspected of having two different things, but the idea of ​​being a playboy needs to be verified.

At least during the filming of "Heaven and Dragon Sword", Jia Jingwen and some actresses flirted with him a lot, but Gao Yuanyuan didn't see any warm response from Cao Xuan.

If other men were all focused, Cao Xuan, a scumbag, would definitely be considered the contempt of the world.

But the key point is that most other men are not much better, even worse than Cao Xuan.

In this way, Cao Xuan's shortcomings are not considered shortcomings, and other advantages will be infinitely magnified or even cover up his shortcomings.

Cao Xuan's entire body was like a light source, making it difficult not to attract the attention of women and some men.

Gao Yuanyuan did not deny that she had a certain appreciation for Cao Xuan. Almost 90% of women could not resist such a young, wealthy, talented and handsome man.

However, Cao Xuan has no interest in her. Among the female artists in the company, the attention is even slightly less than that of Dong Xuan and Liu Tianxian, let alone Hu Jing.

Gao Yuanyuan didn't understand why.

Hu Jing aside, they have been in a relationship for many years and have known each other since they were young. Except for the other one, no one can compare with her.

But she didn't understand what was going on between Dong Xuan and Liu Tianxian. When it came to appearance and temperament, she felt she was worthy of them. Cao Xuan had personally praised her appearance, so it wasn't a matter of aesthetic incompatibility.

Gao Yuanyuan thought for a long time and could only focus on the relationship between her and Zhang Yadong.

Dong Xuan has always been single, and Liu Tianxian is just a girl. Men don't like such pure and flawless girls.

"Thankfully, his surname is Cao!"

Gao Yuanyuan expressed her contempt for someone, and from then on, she couldn't help but have the idea of ​​breaking up.

At first, I just thought about it and forgot about it, and didn't take it to heart. But this time, Lao Zhang's scandal made Gao Yuanyuan think again.

It's not that she wants to compete with the East and West Palaces, but mainly that being complimented by Cao Xuan makes Gao Yuanyuan feel that Zhang Yadong is less attractive to her.

Things that I could tolerate in the past suddenly no longer required persistence.

Instead of bearing the infamy of being a mistress, holding on to Zhang Yadong's position in the main palace, and fighting with women from all directions, she might as well attack Cao Xuan.

Even if it carries a bit of infamy, it is still difficult, but if it can be won, the income will be doubled countless times.

It's not just Gao Yuanyuan who has this idea, many people have similar considerations.

There are scumbags everywhere in the entertainment industry, and everyone thinks that since they are all scumbags, they might as well let Cao Xuan scumbag.

At least Cao Xuan is eye-catching and young, and feels better physically and mentally. Winning international superstars greatly satisfies his vanity. Boss Cao is generous and has many benefits, and the rewards for being promoted are even more terrifying.

It can be said that Cao Xuan has single-handedly increased the cost of maintaining stability in the entertainment industry.

Rolled up!

Official Cao, who was a good example of a scumbag, suddenly became a public enemy of scumbags. Countless people targeted the East and West palaces, and they were attacked from both sides, and were besieged internally and externally.

Cao Xuan sometimes feels worried about the two of them, and at the same time, he also feels that he is one step closer to living in the same house.

The greater the external pressure, the more internal unity there will be, and some bottom lines will gradually decrease as the situation changes.

For example, when the two houses of the East and West were hostile to each other at first, Water gradually turned into acquiescent indifference, and now it has turned into a secret alliance, and soon it will be a full-scale alliance.

Anyway, after all the twists and turns, the one who gets the cheapest deal in the end must be the mastermind behind the scenes...