China Entertainment 1997

Caojia Hutong, main courtyard study room

Zeng Li came in with a plate of cut fruits, watched Cao Xuan browsing on the computer, and asked curiously.

"What are you looking at?"

"Information on the promotional road show of "Xiu Chun Knife"."

"I just read the news. Your movie is scheduled to be released on August 2nd. Doesn't it coincide with "House of Flying Daggers"?"

"There are only two months of summer vacation. "House of Flying Daggers" is stuck in mid-July on July 16th. There is no way to avoid it. I can't release it in late August. That would avoid a direct conflict, and there is no summer vacation. A few days."

Cao Xuan was not very happy when he mentioned this. It stands to reason that two months of summer vacation is enough to leave more than 20 days of gap, so that the two movies can be staggered as much as possible.

As a result, "House of Flying Daggers" was not sure whether it had been planned in advance or was too arrogant. It had a difficult time, which made "Xiu Chun Dao" inevitably have to compete with its peers.

Fortunately, the two movies were separated by two weeks, and the peak period of "House of Flying Daggers" has passed, which is good news.

Cao Xuan himself is still very afraid of "House of Flying Daggers". Regardless of the quality of this film, the appeal of Lao Mouzi and Liu Tianwang is still strong.

Although the four-letter actress Gui Zhang is ranked the worst among passers-by, her film appeal is definitely at the forefront.

In contrast, the only cards that "Xiu Chun Dao" can play in the field of commercial films are Cao Xuan and Xu Laoguai.

The remaining Wu Jing, Hu Jun, Gao Yuanyuan, Duan Long and others are mostly TV stars. Their popularity seems to be good, but it is hard to say how much help they can bring to the box office.

And aside from "House of Flying Daggers", "Spider-Man 2" still has a strong rival, "Spider-Man 2" which will be released in mainland China on August 5.

The two movies can be described as competing in the same category and fighting head-on.

The first part of this world-famous superhero blockbuster was released in mainland China in 2002 and grossed 41 million at the box office. Now that the second part is released, it is estimated that it will only be much more than the first part.

However, no matter how difficult the summer season is, it is still better than the Lunar New Year season, with "Kung Fu" and "A World Without Thieves" competing for supremacy.

After such a comparison, Cao Xuan felt that it would be better to try it with Lao Mouzi. At least "Xiu Chun Dao" still had the advantage of having a solid script.

Seeing that he was busy, Zeng Li didn't bother him. He simply cleaned up the study and went out. Before leaving, Cao Xuan thought of something and greeted him.

"Remember to ask me to watch TV at 8 o'clock?"

"What are you doing? The Asian Cup hasn't started yet?"

"I didn't watch the national football team at first. My mentality was broken. I'll wait until 2026. Isn't today the start of "Tomorrow Stars"? I'll watch the live broadcast."

"oh."

Zeng Li suddenly understood and nodded: "Don't worry, I'll call you when the time comes."

The Empress of the West Palace left, and Cao Xuan continued to read the documents, occasionally finding faults, marking them down, and then sending the documents back to fix the flaws.

After finishing the documents, it was still early to read, so Cao Xuan went to browse the blog and a certain point.

In April this year, Jiaoyang Venture Capital officially invested in the acquisition of Diandian. Cao Xuan holds 95% of the shares of Diandian and became the new owner of Diandian.

After Boss Cao took over, he received a large amount of capital injection, comprehensively developed the VIP payment system, and implemented welfare benefits that guaranteed full attendance.

At a certain point, the authors' manuscript fees take off. As long as the results are not too bad, it is not a dream to earn more than 1,000 yuan a month.

In this era when the per capita salary is only a few hundred dollars, it is not uncommon for monthly manuscript fees to exceed RMB 1,000, and leading authors even receive over RMB 10,000.

Even in 2022, a manuscript fee of over 10,000 yuan is a magic weapon to attract many part-time authors, let alone 2004.

For a time, authors from all over the world came to submit, and websites such as Shumeng and Ankong suffered heavy losses. Many newbies picked up the keyboard and started their coding career.

At the same time, under the guidance of Boss Cao and the "professional team behind the scenes", some points have also launched a number of advanced functions such as monthly ticket lists, rewards, author/fan levels, and high V discounts.

Of course, considering the current economic environment, similar functions may not be as effective as the aftermath, but flies are still meat no matter how small they are.

Moreover, when Internet literature first emerged, the enthusiasm of readers was unparalleled in later generations, and even the money spent by rich authors was even worse than that of later generations.

The fee increases to attract authors.

Many new features improve the website, enhance user experience and book exposure.

In addition, Cao Xuan also came up with a trump card, using Box Games to develop several online games at a certain point, such as "Zhu Xian" and "Mercenary Legend" Balabala.

This kind of game with its own IP may not be eye-catching, but in fact

Make a lot of money online.

Box Games has reached a strategic cooperation with Youdian, which means that it has obtained a steady stream of game IP. Youdian can also operate copyrights and expand its influence, and the author receives royalties.

Kill multiple birds with one stone!

This is the benefit of the industry chain. Games are just the first, comics and animation will follow one after another, and then movies and television.

However, considering the production aspect, Cao Xuan has not yet figured out how to adapt the online film to a healthy one.

But at the beginning, it should be based on urban reality and historical costumes. The fantasy fairy tale will not be started until the special effects technology matures later.

With the support of Cao Xuan, the big boss, this series of combo punches directly established the industry's leading position in the nascent online literary world.

Since then, Cao Xuan has developed a habit of reading a few novels when he has nothing to do, and even picked a few that he liked to catch up on.

Boss Cao is extremely wealthy and generous with his gifts. He occasionally gives rewards, and the minimum is the leader of the alliance.

Although he mostly dives, his "wealth" aura is so strong that he became quite famous at a certain point. Wherever his account ID [Updating Madman] goes, he is praised and flattered in all kinds of ways.

I read all the chapters I had collected in the past few days, and when I saw the rise, I rewarded the leader. After that, I went to the new book section to look for books, and I saw a copy of "The Rebirth of the Great Heavenly King".

Entertainment! ?

Cao Xuan became interested and clicked in to take a look. Good guy, it started in 1995. This is still relatively rare nowadays. The current rebirth entertainment stories are basically about the Hong Kong and Taiwan circles in the 1980s and 1990s.

After browsing briefly, Cao Xuan's balls ached.

What does this book say? Basically, his experience was roughly reproduced on the protagonist, and then two years in advance, he was cut off in various ways in the book.

Not to mention the nonsense, he was also made into a villain, pretending to be cool and getting slapped in the face every day.

Cao Xuan strongly suspected that this was written by his black fan, so he exited and took a look. Sure enough, the author's name was——

Pang Yidian

The only consolation is that this guy is a Hong Kong and Taiwanese hotshot who looks down on mainland actresses. The protagonist goes to Hong Kong every day to lick various old aunties.

What's even more awesome is that the main character of this book is Zhang Yunv, the two confirmed heroines are Guan and Li, the thorns in the eyes of the two rich men, and they also have a god-sister named Lu...

Good guy, the Amazon forest is not even greener than him!

Cao Xuan immediately called the person in charge of a certain site and asked them to find a reason to download the book.

The standards for writing books these days are very large. If you want to find faults in them, it will be easy to pick them out.

By the way, it’s still the new book period, so don’t rush to take it off the shelves. Take it off the shelves when it’s about to be released and experience the feeling of going from heaven to hell.

From now on, this guy will write one book and the next at a certain point, and they will all follow this pattern to trick him to death.

The person in charge at a certain point heard Cao Xuan's words and silently mourned for Pang Yidian. He had offended such a petty boss and was in trouble for eight lifetimes.

At the same time, what happened today also reminded Cao Xuan, and he told the person in charge of a certain point.

The above is just for the enemy [Pang Yidian]. It doesn’t matter if other authors write about him in entertainment articles, and it doesn’t matter if they treat him as a villain.

But there is one thing. You cannot write about Hu Jing and Zeng Li. In other words, you can write about them, but you cannot have any arrangements like being the heroine.

If there are relevant plots, they will either be corrected or removed from the shelves. He doesn't want his wife to be thought of by others, not even fictional ones.

Since Cao Xuan acquired a certain point, apart from professional requirements, he has basically not mentioned any personal matters. This time he is considered willful.

He is not afraid of anyone guessing the relationship between the three of them. There is no evidence anyway, so he can just talk about it...

After making the call, Cao Xuan rewarded one of the new books behind "The Rebirth of the Great Heavenly King" to an alliance leader. When he saw that the other party was squeezed out of the first page, he closed the computer with satisfaction.

Checking the time, it was almost 8 o'clock. Zeng Li strolled to the living room without calling him.

As soon as he went out, Hu Jing also came in. She flicked her high heels and leaned directly on the sofa.

"I'm exhausted."

"Today is the launch conference of "The Domineering President Falls in Love with Me," right? I remember you are not a producer."

"You're still talking about it."

Hu Jing complained all over. When she heard Cao Xuan's words, she immediately opened fire like a machine gun.

"As a boss, you are so free, but you don't know how hard it is for us below. "Tomorrow's Star" is such a big venue, and the people in the variety show department can't handle it. Many of them are people from our film and television production department.

The result is good. We are severely short of manpower here. I didn't have anything to do, but I rushed to the shelves and took charge of a new crew. "

"Yes, it's my fault. Please apologize to Minister Hu."

Cao Xuan was not stupid. He decisively gave in to the situation, ran to the sofa, put Hu Jing's legs on his own, and squeezed the hammer gently.

"How is it? Is the strength suitable?"

"Not to mention, your skills are better than those of the technicians in the beauty salon. If our family goes bankrupt, we can still make ends meet with massages."

"I'm just kidding. With my face, I'm going to give a woman a massage and she'll be shocked."

"That's right, let me be at home."

Hu Jing leaned over and kissed him. Zeng Li, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help but cough a few times.

The Empress of the East Palace was not happy anymore, looked at her provocatively, turned around and kissed her again.

"What, you don't care if I kiss my husband at home?"

"Kiss me. Anyway, he belongs to me today according to the day. I don't care if the kiss makes you angry."

After living under the same roof for such a long time, Empress Xigong gradually became more relaxed. From time to time, she would make a sharp retort, which actually made Hu Jing choke.

"It's okay. If I really can't do it, let's have a warm-up match. I can handle it."

Cao Xuan stood up and tried to defuse the war, but was despised by the two palaces in the East and West in unison.

"go away."

The East and West palaces were bickering. Knowing that Hu Jing was hungry, Zeng Li turned around and went to the kitchen to cook a bowl of Yangchun noodles himself, along with homemade braised beef and side dishes. The Empress of the East Palace opened her cheeks and made a big bowl.

"It's all because you made it so delicious and couldn't hold it back."

After eating the noodles, Hu Jing held her stomach and groaned, complaining and sighing at the same time: "I'll go to the east courtyard gym for a run later, otherwise I'll gain weight again."

Zeng Li ignored this enemy who "swore at the cook when he was full" and had his own nanny to take care of the dishes.

She put on the facial mask herself, held Cao Xuan's hand, and watched TV with him. Hu Jing looked at her eyes and came over, leaning against Cao Xuan. Cao Xuan helped her rub her belly.

In this way, the three of them cuddled together, watching the first game of the finals of "Tomorrow's Star" on TV in a strange, harmonious and warm atmosphere.

………

On the brand new final stage of "Tomorrow's Star", the hosts Hua Shao and Liu Yan were full of passion, and tonight's five celebrity judges were also very good.

Mainland Queen - Tian Zhen

The Prince of Love Songs——Zhang Xinzhe

Popular Huadan——Gao Yuanyuan

Famous musician——Sambo

Famous singer-Han Sanshi

The judges of "Stars of Tomorrow" are not fixed. Except for internal artists from Fanxing and some particularly popular judges who often come, other judges are very mobile.

The selection of judges is not strictly limited to the music industry. Occasionally, actors, directors or other public figures may serve as judges.

Some media claim that the celebrity judging panel of "Stars of Tomorrow" is actually Cao Xuan's fancy show connections.

But in fact, if it does rely on connections in the beginning, but "Tomorrow's Star" later becomes popular, many celebrities will be willing to show their faces and gain popularity.

Anyway, this judge often does not play a fundamental and decisive role in the promotion of the players. It is more about interacting with the players' comments.

To put it bluntly, it is convenient for showing one's face, but it will not be tainted with any cause and effect.

Moreover, "Tomorrow's Star" is so popular now that its ratings are basically No. 1 in its time period, and even its rebroadcast results are pretty good.

Many celebrities come over to promote their works. The celebrities help the program stand up, and the program supports the show. Everyone benefits from each other.

This is also the reason why many stars are willing to come, even because "Stars of Tomorrow" is becoming more and more popular, and subsequent games require heavyweight guests.

As a result, the position of judges is becoming more and more difficult to grab. If you are not at a certain level, the crew of the show will not want to appear and gain popularity.

For example, today, Sanbao is one of the top five music producers in the mainland, Tian Zhen and Zhang Xinzhe are both veteran celebrities, Gao Yuanyuan is currently popular and is one of his own, and Han Sanshi is also a singer who has appeared on many Spring Festival Galas.

Any one you pick out will be famous and famous. I can’t say that they are among the top batch, but they are also very influential.

Therefore, who the celebrity judges are in each episode has become a major attraction of the "Star of Tomorrow" program, which is more or less the surprise and expectation of unboxing the blind box.

In addition to the five star judges, the Top 100 to Top 50 competition also has a group of special guests.

The center of the stage faces the judges' bench, and there are now 20 more tables on both sides of the judges' bench, where sit the 20 regional champions who have advanced to the top fifty.

They will serve as friendly cheerleaders, provide on-site commentary or help canvass votes for their friend players.

In fact, the biggest purpose is to attract these regional champions, most of whom are popular players, to attract fans and increase ratings.

After introducing the judges and the 20 regional champions, the host introduced the rules for the top 100 to advance to the top 50.

The rules are not complicated. 80 players compete in pairs. The winner advances and the loser is eliminated. 40 players are selected for another pair-wise PK, and 20 players are finally selected to advance to the top 50.

The remaining 60 people, after calculating the comprehensive index based on previous results + popularity rankings, will directly eliminate the bottom 30 people, and the remaining 30 people will compete for the last 10 top 50 places.

If you think about it carefully, the competition system is very cruel. If you want to advance directly, you have to play at least two rounds of knockout rounds. If you lose one round, you will be finished.

If once they become losers, the top 30 will still have a chance to fight hard, and the bottom 30 will be eliminated directly without even giving them a chance to change their lives.

The camera did not show any contestants, but the 20 regional champions were shown, and many people looked happy.

Fortunately, they were promoted directly. If they were on the court, wouldn't they have to risk their lives...

The players have mixed emotions, and the fans may also be worried, but the audience is very happy.

The more brutal the competition, the better. This competition system forces all contestants to do their best in every game and strive for victory. The program is naturally beautiful and exciting.

Hu Jing has served as a judge for "Tomorrow's Star" twice, and she still admires many contestants.

Seeing such a competition system and entering it, I can't help but grit my teeth: "Whoever thought of such unethical rules is not afraid of life..."

"Bah, bah, bah."

Cao Xuan covered her mouth: "Don't talk nonsense, otherwise your son will not be able to fight for your mother's life when he becomes wise."

Hu Jing also reacted and punched him angrily. She was a little worried and clasped her hands together and muttered.

"Children's words are unscrupulous, children's words are unscrupulous, and gods and Buddhas from all walks of life should not take them seriously."

Cao Xuan was speechless. He turned around and saw that the Empress of the West Palace was also worshiping her. After all, Cao Xuan's son might also be her son.

While the three of them were having fun, the players were also divided into groups and competed in pairs. The first person to appear was an acquaintance of Cao Xuan.

Xue Zhiqian in the Magic City Division VS Liu Daqi in the Chang'an Division

There is a saying that Xue Zhiqian is not a professional musician. He is a music amateur himself. However, he once signed a contract with an entertainment company and received special training, which made him better than ordinary people.

His ability to reach the top five in the Magic City Division is partly due to luck, and partly due to his good looks, which easily attracts fans.

The most important thing is that this guy is a natural joker, has a lot of tricks up his sleeve, and is very lovable.

The clip of answering the phone during the audition was even shortlisted for the top ten auditions of "Tomorrow's Star", and he was affectionately called "Mobile Brother" by many netizens.

This has also resulted in Xue Zhiqian always having quite good popularity. He competed with another popular player Jin Shalon in the Magic City Division, and even reached the top ten of the popularity list at his peak.

If Ping An, the champion of the Magic City Division, had not exceeded his own strength, and Xue and Jin were diverted from each other, it would have been hard to say who would win the Magic City Division.

The other player, Liu Daqi, is very ordinary. He is not even very good in his own ability. It is even a bit of luck to reach the top 100.

And the results of the two people were not what most people expected.

Liu Daqi sang a decent old song, and Xue Zhiqian, who had studied abroad and was proficient in foreign languages, sang an English song "Sugar" by Cao Xuan.

"Tomorrow's Star" sings English songs to a nationwide audience of men, women and children. To some extent, it is a risky play because many middle-aged and elderly viewers do not like it.

But there are pros and cons, that is, English songs are better accepted by young people, and they will even get extra points.

Not to mention some people, they think English songs are very good and they will strongly support them.

If Xue Zhiqian's opponent was a master today, he would probably be self-defeating, but he happened to meet the tepid Liu Daqi. This song left a deeper impression on people.

Neither song is original, no bonus points.

Neither of them is in the top ten of the popularity list, so they have no benefits.

Therefore, the level of results depends entirely on the votes of the audience outside the venue through SMS online voting, combined with the scores of the five judges and the 500 viewers on site, and comprehensive calculation to determine the winner.

The voting channel has been open since the two people performed, and will be announced together after the judges and competition champions have completed their comments and scores.

Xue Zhiqian won an overwhelming victory.

Not to mention the on-site scores, just talking about the off-site voting, Xue Zhiqian received nearly 150,000 votes, while Liu Daqi only received a few thousand votes. It was a disastrous defeat.

Liu Daqi entered the elimination area, waiting for his fate, and Xue Zhiqian entered the pending area.

A total of 10 players appeared today, divided into 5 groups of duels. The 5 victorious players will get one bye in the draw. The final battle will be tomorrow. The remaining 4 players will fight in pairs, and the winner will advance.

That night, there were a total of 14 songs and more than two hours of live broadcast. Even Cao Xuan himself was hooked watching it.

In the end, the two who advanced today were Murong Xiaoxiao from the Jinling Division and Yao Beina from the Beijing Division.

Xue Zhiqian was unlucky. He met Yao Beina, a popular and powerful player, and was instantly killed and entered the elimination zone.

However, considering his popularity, he will not be directly eliminated and should have a last chance to fight...

The next day, the news of the promotion of the "Tomorrow Star" contestants actually made the headlines of some newspapers, which shows the influence of this program.

Beijing TV also announced the ratings for the first day of the finals of "Tomorrow's Star".

The average national ratings are 4.28, ranking first in the same period!

Now even CCTV can't sit still. I heard that it is planning to launch a program to take advantage of the popularity of the talent show. It is said that the new program is called..."Avenue of Stars".

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ps: It’s not that I’m stupid, it’s mainly because many people say they don’t want to watch Cao Tianwang’s career show-off, but want to watch daily life, the heroine, and the supporting actors’ career development.

I can only strike a proper balance and try my best to meet the needs of all parties. I hope everyone can understand.

Also, it’s the last few days, so I’d rather ask for some monthly votes.