China Entertainment 1997

Fanxing Building, located near North Third Ring Road Middle

The construction of this 20-story building started in the second half of 2002. As of now, it has been basically completed. The interior decoration is almost complete, with only some soft furnishings and some office and equipment layout remaining.

"Boss, I expect the new building to be ready for occupancy in December, earlier than originally planned. Do you think we should move here on New Year's Day, or after the Spring Festival?"

Fanxing General Manager Li Yan, who was personally in charge of the building work, asked Cao Xuan respectfully after taking him around.

"After the New Year's Eve, we started to do some preliminary relocation. We will all move here before the Spring Festival holiday. After the Spring Festival, we will hold a housewarming ceremony or meeting in the building, and then we will work directly in the new building."

After Cao Xuan admired his private office of more than 500 square meters on the top floor, he gave the instructions.

Starting from November 1997, Fanxing has been established for seven years now.

The employees of the company have also grown from just three or two big cats and kittens such as him, Jiang Yue, Zhang Chong, Hu Ya, etc. to now, the number of direct employees of Fanxing Company has reached 600+.

If you add in the domestic employees of Guolan Entertainment, Fengyun Studio, Light and Shadow Special Effects Company, Fanxing Cinema Headquarters, Tomorrow Charity, etc. who plan to move into the building together.

Counting cleaning, security and some logistics staff, it is very likely that Fanxing Building will move in thousands of people at once.

Moving so many people and miscellaneous things is no small task. For the sake of order, it is more appropriate to move in batches.

Of course, this is also more efficient, so as not to delay everyone's work after the year and affect the company's efficiency.

Boss Cao’s little abacus is rattling...

It is worth mentioning that although the new building will soon be filled with nearly 1,000 employees, the tens of thousands of square meters of floor space and the building's height of 20 floors make the building still feel quite empty.

However, companies such as Fanxing will recruit a group of people in the future, and there will be some supplement.

But even so, I am afraid that not even 1/3 of Fanxing Building is used.

In fact, Cao Xuan originally intended to move Box Games and Jiaoyang Venture Capital and other companies together, but later stopped the relocation due to various reasons.

In addition to not wanting to arouse outside associations, it is also because these companies are a bit special.

For example, Jiaoyang Venture Capital involves a lot of investment and financial information and requires extremely high confidentiality. If you work together with other companies, other problems may arise. It is better to find a quiet and safe separate office and independent portal. .

With the assets available to Sunwind Pitcher, you can easily acquire a safe and low-key base camp in any city in the world.

There are also box games. The more reason why they are not allowed to be relocated is because they are developing too fast.

As of now, as one of the top three Internet companies in China, Box Games has outsourced some work, but its number of employees once exceeded 1,000+, and continues to grow rapidly.

The top management of Box Game has discussed with Cao Xuan to buy new land to build a future headquarters that will be more magnificent than the Stars Building.

A "small" Starry Building cannot accommodate a future Internet gaming giant.

In order to prevent the reversal of priorities, Cao Xuan did not allow Box Games to move in. Otherwise, within two or three years, Fanxing Building would have turned into a Box Building...

At this opportunity, Cao Xuan made a rough division of his main industrial companies.

Jiaoyang continues to manage investment and commercial capital operations; Box Games is deeply involved in the Internet and gaming industries; and the company headed by Fanxing in Fanxing Building focuses on the entertainment industry.

Cao Xuan looked at the layout of his company's building. Fanxing's company occupied floors 11 to 20, while other companies occupied floors 2 to 10. The first floor was mainly used for security, cleaning, logistics, and other purposes.

The building has a lot of space and a large area. Each company has its own office location, so they don't disturb each other, but they are not far away. You can contact them directly when needed.

Cao Xuan took a look and clicked on the 8th floor: "Add a new office area next to this certain office area, and new companies will move in later."

"Okay boss, please tell me the contact information of their person in charge, and I will ask them to contact you later to ask about the requirements."

"I'll ask Hu Ya to sort out the information for you later. You can also look at it later. It will also be a great supplement to our company's business."

"You're not talking about anime, are you?"

Although Li Yan was the big housekeeper in Fanxing, he had contact with various businesses. He kept Cao Xuan's words in mind and guessed Cao Xuan's thoughts at once.

"Well, I just acquired an animation production company before. They will produce some original animations, and then adapt some comics and animations to certain online articles. If our company's projects are suitable, we will also engage in comic adaptations."

Animation has always been an important part of the entertainment industry. Cao Xuan has never ignored it. After acquiring a certain point, he has been working on acquiring an animation company.

The first thing he set his sights on was Aofei, but unfortunately Boss Cai wouldn't sell it, so Cao Xuan had no choice but to settle for the next best thing and acquire an animation company in the capital.

Then he spent a lot of money to recruit talents, targeting well-known companies in the industry such as Aofei and Mosaic. Even the core members of Xuanji Animation, which would become famous in the future, were hired by Cao Xuan.

Although Xuanji was not established until 2005, talents could not be hidden. Cao Xuan knew that its headquarters was in Hangzhou, so he sent people to search nearby and caught them all.

Even Shen Leping, the future chairman of Xuanji Animation, was swayed by Cao Xuan's generous investment of 50 million in advance.

He gave up his entrepreneurial idea and came to the capital to serve as the vice president and production director of [Fox Animation], which was renamed and reorganized by Cao Xuan.

Fox, Hu Jing’s [hu], Zeng Li’s [li].

Cao Xuan, who had no choice in naming, is now worried about starting a new company and can only come up with various combinations of names.

In addition to domestic talents, Cao Xuan was not idle during his trip to Japan this time. He brought in several talents from the Japanese animation industry to contribute to Fox Animation.

Currently, Fox Animation mainly has three projects.

One is the "Qin Shi Mingyue" series in which Shen Leping serves as the chief screenwriter, chief director, and chief producer.

A large part of the reason why Cao Xuan was able to recruit him was that he agreed to invest in this project and promised that "Qin Shi Mingyue" would be produced in 3D, which is not popular in the current animation industry.

The other one is a children's animation that Fox Animation's predecessor company is currently working on. It is a children's growth fantasy animation. Cao Xuan has no impression of this animation, so naturally he is not optimistic about it.

But in order to appease the old employees, he did not stop the project. He just felt that there was no need to apply this script and planned to buy a mature IP, such as "The Naughty Ma Xiaotiao" and so on.

The third one is the adaptation of web novels and comics. The first one is the popular web novel "Zhu Xian" last year.

It is worth mentioning that "Zhu Xian" was not serialized at a certain point at the beginning, but was published in the Fantasy Sword Book Alliance, and was later distributed to major websites.

But Cao Xuan doesn't care about this. What he cares most about is that he has obtained the film, television, animation and game adaptation rights of "Zhu Xian".

Film and television copyrights aside, the game and animation projects of "Zhu Xian" have been approved. Among the three Fox Animation projects, Cao Xuan is most concerned about "Zhu Xian".

Of course he knows the influence of "Qin Shi Mingyue", but whether "Zhu Xian" can succeed is related to the Internet IP comic modification strategy, and may even affect the future of the two industries. Which is more important is self-evident.

Therefore, except for the mystery series "Qin Shi Mingyue" led by Shen Leping, most of the remaining elite members of Fox Animation are working on the "Zhu Xian" project, trying to give the online comic adaptation a good start.

After chatting about the relocation of Fox Animation, Li Yan took the people away, and Cao Xuan walked around the office by himself.

The 500-square-meter office looks very large, and can accommodate an office area of ​​nearly 200 square meters, as well as a bedroom, a small fitness room, a cloakroom, a study room, a tea tasting room, a bathroom and toilet, and a video room. wait.

Seeing this scene, Cao Xuan understood very well why those entrepreneurs could sleep for two hours every day and feel energetic.

It’s not that they have inhuman talents, but that they can sleep and play comfortably while working...

Sitting on the boss's chair, he went to the balcony with floor-to-ceiling windows and looked at the scenery of Shuangxiu Park. Cao Xuan was so heroic.

At this time, there was a knock on the door, Cao Xuan called out, and Hu Jing walked in with a smile.

"How about it? The office is nice, isn't it?"

"Did you design it?"

"how do you know?"

Hu Jing was stunned, and Cao Xuan pointed to the glass display cabinet in the corner of the office. On it were replicas of important awards such as the Golden Eagle, Golden Rooster, and Grammy that Cao Xuan had received.

"How do outsiders know my hobbies? I knew it was you as soon as I looked at the glass display case."

"I didn't interfere too much, I just made some suggestions."

Hu Jing looked around the office with a hint of envy: "It's better to be the boss. The office is 500 square meters, the general manager is less than 100 square meters, and the vice president is 30 to 50 square meters, which is almost the same as the ministers and directors below."

"you're so dumb."

Cao Xuan raised his eyebrows and said: "We have such a big office, equipped with bedrooms, bathrooms and entertainment facilities. Do you want them to come to work or to enjoy it?"

"yes."

Only then did Hu Jing realize that she was not only a senior executive, but also the boss's wife. She should be thinking about "squeezing" employees, so how could she still be sympathetic?

However, Empress Donggong was still a little angry: "My office is only 35 square meters, not even comparable to your bedroom."

"In the new year, I plan to make you the director of the Supervision Department and enjoy the treatment of vice president. Then I will give you a bigger office.

Besides, what's the difference between my office and yours? I'll arrange your office next to mine, open a small door, and use it as you want. "

"That's not impossible."

Hu Jing was convinced and began to use her imagination: "I want to add a cloakroom, preferably a place for makeup, and change the bed sheets and quilts. The black color is too depressing, and the pillows are a bit high."

"Is it high?"

"It's so high. A pillow that high will make your neck stiff."

“Pillows don’t have to be used to sleep on, they can also be used for other purposes.”

"What else can you do...ah, there's someone outside."

"I'll close the door, teach you other wonderful uses of pillows, and then try to soundproof the office."

"Well……"

………

Cao Xuan returned from Japan. In addition to promoting the new album "I Love" as usual, he also took time to fulfill his duties as director of the Spring Festival Gala.

The director of this year's Spring Festival Gala is Lang Kun, who is also a veteran of CCTV's Spring Festival Gala. He has participated in the directing team of the Spring Festival Gala twice before, and was even the chief director of the 1994 Spring Festival Gala.

In fact, this time Cao Xuan took over the directing team, it was Lang Kun's intention. He was a little nervous to be in charge of the Spring Festival Gala again after so many years, so he looked for strong support.

It was precisely because of his invitation and relevant promises from CCTV leaders that Cao Xuan came out.

After all the effort to invite Cao Xuan, Lang Kun naturally would not treat him as a mascot: "Director Cao, the third round of rehearsals is about to begin. Do you have any other ideas about the program arrangement?"

"My thoughts are this..."

Since Cao Xuan has entered the situation and intends to take advantage of CCTV, he will not hide it.

Most of the singing and dancing programs, except for some programs, focus on singers. This year, Cao Xuan and Xiao Zhou teamed up and brought in Cheng Long. The lineup is still very good.

However, in order to make it more exciting, Cao Xuan still intends to invite 1 to 2 more big names to participate.

He was originally looking for Wang Fei, but because of the scandal, Wang Fei obviously kept a low profile in the second half of the year and was unwilling to come forward. Cao Xuan set his target on the Four Heavenly Kings to see if he could recruit one of them.

He had tried it out in a private capacity before. Li and Zhang were not very interested, but Liu and Guo responded more positively and finally invited Liu Tianwang.

In the original time and space, Liu Tianwang's "Gong Xi Fa Cai" was sung by Cao Xuan, and he found someone to write a similar happy song specifically for the Spring Festival Gala.

Cao Xuan, Xiao Zhou, Cheng Long, Liu Tianwang, plus Na Ying invited by the director team, the lineup is still very strong.

But Cao Xuan didn't stop there. He found Cai Yilin, Pan Weibo, Zhang Shaohan, Joey Yung and other young singers from Hong Kong and Taiwan who are relatively popular this year, and then stuffed Cheng Liuzi into it to create a pop-style skewer.

After the medley of young singers from Hong Kong and Taiwan, Cao Xuan brought together Internet singers such as Yang Chengang, Dao Lang, Wang Rong, and Pang Long, who had just become famous for "Two Butterflies", for a medley of popular Internet songs.

In addition, this year's most popular variety show "Tomorrow's Star" has many popular contestants. If it appears on the Spring Festival Gala, it will also attract many die-hard fans of the show.

Of course, there is Cao Xuan's selfishness in this, but it is indeed a highlight of the Spring Festival Gala.

There were already two karaokes before, so Cao Xuan simply asked some of the top ten or popular players in the country to sing together.

The songs are all ready-made. This year's popular theme song of "Tomorrow's Star" "Chasing Dreams" is popular and positive.

The proposal of "Tomorrow's Star" was decided by the director team as soon as Cao Xuang said it.

This group of contestants wanted to go to the Spring Festival Gala, and the Spring Festival Gala also coveted the influence of "Star of Tomorrow". They cooperated for a win-win situation and easily reached a consensus.

In the previous two medley programs, young singers from Hong Kong and Taiwan were quickly approved, but for online songs, everyone was still hesitant.

Under Cao Xuan's arguments, rehearsals were conducted first, and finally, the specific performance and leadership opinions were considered before deciding whether to stay or not.

These programs cover almost half of the singers in this year's pop music scene. If they can all appear, it will definitely satisfy the audience.

Cao Xuan was busy with these popular programs, and let others take care of the rest.

The Spring Festival Gala every year is a battle for fame and fortune, and the relationships behind it are complicated. Cao Xuan, who has attended the Spring Festival Gala six times, will understand this.

There were several programs available in the pop music category, so Cao Xuan just ordered them all. He ate the meat and had to let others drink the soup.

Cao Xuan was in charge of a lot of outside opposition singers, and even held great power. There were too many big bosses among the singers in the system, and Cao Xuan barely got involved.

However, Cao Xuan still helped with some works of good quality.

For example, Han Hong's "Heavenly Road" this year was highly praised by Cao Xuan, and he recommended it to the program team to become one of this year's singing and dancing finales.

In addition to serving as the artistic consultant to the director of singing and dancing programs this year, Cao Xuan also served as a special instructor and even director for several Spring Festival Gala programs.

"Heavenly Road" is one of them, and Cheng Long's songs that he invited are the second one. There are two other special programs.

One is the song "Tian Yao China" which he composed himself.

As for the last program, it is the dance "Thousand-Hand Avalokitesvara" that I just took up my job not long ago.

This program does not need to be introduced too much, but the road to the Spring Festival Gala in the original time and space was actually a bit bumpy. Now Cao Xuan serves as a special director and is basically the backer of this program. He has said a lot of words to help.

At the same time, Cao Xuan sometimes goes to the training venue to visit dancers. Although he is not proficient in choreography, he knows a lot of big shots in the dance industry. It is no problem to find a few to help and give guidance.

Moreover, although these dancers are all deaf-mute girls and cannot hear Cao Xuan's songs, they have still seen Cao Xuan's movies and TV series, and many of them are his fans.

A visit to Cao Xuan as a mascot, some comfort and encouragement, would be very helpful in stabilizing the morale of the army.

Except for these four programs, Cao Xuan did not have any temporary special guidance, even for the programs of Empress Xigong.

Of course, there is no explicit guidance, and some hands-on private guidance is inevitable...

A group of people met for two hours, during which Cao Xuan also bumped into the language director.

There will be three rounds of rehearsals for the Spring Festival Gala soon. The overall program structure is still a bit bloated, and the director team wants to cut out 8 to 10 programs.

Among them, there are 3 language programs and the others are all singing and dancing. The difference in quantity is because language programs are longer. On average, one language program is worth 2 to 3 singing and dancing programs.

The language director wants to keep more language programs, but this means squeezing out space from the singing and dancing categories, and Cao Xuan is definitely not willing to do so.

Having stayed in the Spring Festival Gala for a long time, Cao Xuan knows too well that for many ordinary actors, attending the Spring Festival Gala is a great opportunity, and how unbearable the disappointment will be if they are rejected.

In the past, Cao Xuan was just an actor and couldn't control so much. Now that he is the song and dance director of this year's Spring Festival Gala, he is responsible for all the programs under his command.

If you want to stay, rely on your strength and don't play any balancing act.

Language has always been the king of the Spring Festival Gala. When Cao Tianwang attended the Spring Festival Gala at the beginning of the year, he was not less angry either overtly or secretly. Today, he has brought out the old grudges in his heart and refused to give in.

After arguing for a while, everyone finally decided that the rehearsal results would have the final say, and Cao Xuan, the director, was naturally one of the Spring Festival Gala rehearsal judges.

To be honest, he has participated in a lot of rehearsals in the past few years, but this is the first time he has scored someone's rehearsal, and the experience is completely different.

But now, Cao Xuan has no time to experience different experiences. He is more concerned about the performance of the song and dance program in the third round of rehearsals.

After the meeting, Cao Xuan went directly to the training venues of several key programs in Beijing, conducted unannounced inspections, and urged everyone to prepare for the third round of rehearsals.