China Entertainment 1997

December 10, 2005

"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" was officially released and eventually took over 100 million at the box office.

It became another Hollywood masterpiece with a box office of over 100 million in the Mainland, and also set a new record for the highest box office in the "Harry Potter" series in the Mainland.

This is already the fourth film in the "Harry Potter" series. Not only has the box office in the mainland increased year by year, but the influence of the fantastic wizarding world has also continued to expand domestically and even globally.

The author J.K. Rowling has been held up to the altar of gods. She is one of the most famous global best-selling authors and a representative of women in the world who strive for self-reliance.

No one expected that more than ten years later, this author would be removed from the book by readers and expelled as the author of "Harry Potter".

Damn book writer, do you know what Harry Potter is?

Compared with the original time and space, the performance of "Harry Potter" has increased, probably around a few million, and finally nearly exceeded 100 million.

It also became the third mainland movie this year after "New World" and "Myth" to have a box office of over 100 million.

Due to its poor reputation, "Seven Swords" also encountered "New World". In the end, it failed to reach the 100 million level and ranked fourth in the year with a temporary score of 94 million.

"Harry Potter" has exceeded 100 million. In addition to giving a good start to the Lunar New Year season, people are more looking forward to the performance of "Xiu Chun Dao 2" and "The Promise". It also makes people more aware of the booming mainland film market in the past two years. .

Last year, there were a total of five movies with a box office of over 100 million, including "Kung Fu", "Spring Knife", "House of Flying Daggers", "A World Without Thieves" and "New Police Story". The total annual box office of the entire plate was around 1.8 billion.

This year, there have been three movies with over 100 million yuan, among which "New World" has exceeded 200 million yuan, and the total box office for the whole year is very close to 2 billion.

If nothing unexpected happens, the box office of "The Promise" and "Xiu Chun Knife 2" will most likely exceed 100 million. Together with Lao Mouzi and "The Great Sage", the industry predicts that the total market in 2005 will be between 2.2 and 2.5 billion. between.

From 2001 to 2003, the mainland film market was 890 million, 900 million, and 1 billion respectively. In just two years, it more than tripled.

The film and television industry has gradually become less of a small business than before, and has begun to work hard towards one of the pillars of the cultural industry.

Cao Xuan was invited to participate in several important internal expansion meetings at the end of the year as a representative of private film and television companies.

Among them, there was also a higher-level high-end economic conference. Cao Xuan was the only participant from the film and television industry, not even Mr. Han.

This may also be due to Cao Xuan’s additional halo in the Internet and investment fields.

After all, he is a wholly-owned and major shareholder of one of the top five Internet companies in China by market value. His company, Jiaoyang Venture Capital, is also among the top in domestic investment capital and holds shares in many emerging domestic companies.

Compared with the so-called film and television leaders, Cao Xuan's two identities may seem inconspicuous, but they are actually more important.

After the meeting and during the break, some big guys came over to have a private chat with Cao Xuan...

………

Regarding these meetings, Cao Xuan behaved very low-key, just being a simple 30-year-old young man and listening to the teachings of the big guys.

After the meeting, I attended a separate gathering of two entrepreneurs, caught up with many old friends, and made some new friends.

In private, he invited Brother Xiao Ma, who also came to the capital for a meeting, to have a meal.

By the way, I took Brother Ma to visit my Caojia Hutong, and took a walk with Brother Ma on my 1,000-meter runway in the Second Ring Road of Beijing. Then I arranged a private jet to take Brother Ma who was showing off his face. Send it back to Shenzhen City.

Oh my, so comfortable!

After that, the smile on Cao Xuan's face did not fall for several days. It was very satisfying to show off his wealth. Showing off his wealth in front of the future boss, the inner joy and satisfaction were even more immediate.

Putting aside Cao Daguan's bad taste, "Xiu Chun Dao 2" held its premiere ceremony in Beijing on December 12th.

Different from the low-key premieres of Fanxing's movie in the past, this year's "New World" of Fanxing has repeatedly broken records, aggressively recruited people, and various publicity exposures, fully demonstrating the momentum of the number one leader in the entertainment industry.

In this case, just to set off the momentum of the stars, the premiere had to be grand.

The premiere ceremony was held in the auditorium. It is said that "The Promise" originally wanted to premiere here, but Cao Xuan was not chosen.

Director Chen had no choice but to move to the Zhengxie Auditorium next door. However, due to the Shangri-La environmental incident, he was disqualified and had to temporarily choose a gymnasium to hold the event.

Boss Cao didn't know if Director Chen had a villain in mind for Liu Yan.

Cao Xuan appeared on the red carpet with the crew of "Xiu Chun Knife 2". Cao Xuan looked handsome in a custom-made black velvet suit, with two beauties standing on the left and right.

Zeng Li was wearing a white slim-fitting dress, looking fairy-like, stunning and elegant, while Fan Xiaopang was wearing a slightly cool low-V turquoise evening dress, sexy, charming, and elegant.

The matching of people's clothes is also very particular, and it fits the character better, and is roughly similar to the color of the character's clothing in the play.

There were probably more than 500 spectators at the scene, watching the two beauties entering the venue holding Cao Xuan's arms.

I can’t help but feel that Cao Daguan is indeed Cao Daguan, a model of a man, a role model of a scumbag...

Cao Xuan and the other three have aroused wide popularity among the audience, but the other main creators are weaker.

Especially Chen Minghao and Qin Hao, many people looked confused and didn't know each other at all, which made them slightly frustrated.

In addition to the main creators of "Xiuchundao 2", Duan Long, Wu Jing, Hu Jun, and Gao Yuanyuan, the leading actors of the first part of "Xiuchundao", also came to join in the show. There was a "Xiuchundao" series joint event, which attracted many people. Many fans cheered.

In addition, there are many artists who have provided friendly assistance, including Hu Jing, Liu Tianxian, Liu Yan, and Zhang Jie from Fanxing, and Zhou Gongzi, Li Bingbing, Chen Kun, Ren Quan, Yu Quan, Pan Yueming, Guo Degang, etc. from other companies.

This was considered relatively restrained, and the people who came were all well-connected. If Cao Xuan relaxed the restrictions, he could just hold a small party.

Don't underestimate Fanxing's current influence. There are too many people in the entertainment industry who want to curry favor with Cao Xuan.

Of course, there are also a few big bosses. Yinghuang’s Yang Boss has been chasing after Cao Xuan, and the media in Xiangjiang ridiculed him as Cao Xuan’s younger brother.

Boss Yang doesn't care. He has meat to eat with Cao Xuan, the investment share of "New World" and "Painted Skin", and the preferential treatment for the filming of "New Police Story" and "Myth", so Boss Yang follows Cao Xuan wholeheartedly.

Bona's Fatty Yu is also very active. He also got a small share of "Painted Skin" this time. Although it's not much, it also gives him hope of getting a big lead.

He is relatively close to the Hong Kong scene, but that doesn't mean he is completely committed. He has cooperated with Anle, Yinghuang, and Media Asia, and he also wants to establish a certain cooperative relationship with Fanxing.

Fanxing has its own distribution channels and does not have high demand for Bona's cooperation, but sometimes when the project collects funds, it doesn't mind bringing in another person to join in the soup.

Everyone exchanges information. If Bona has any good movies or projects in the future, Guolan, owned by Cao Xuan, can follow suit.

This is true for Lao Wang of Guangguang and the Wang brothers of Huayi. If Cao Xuan, a Hong Kong and Taiwan company, cooperates, he will naturally not fail to make mainland companies rich.

The more Cao Xuan is like this, the more popular he is in the industry, and his influence and status become more stable.

Mr. Han also came, but he came alone. Cao Xuan glanced behind him several times.

"That one didn't come?"

Mr. Han smiled awkwardly: "Brother Kai is busy with the premiere and really doesn't have time to come over. Please ask me to give you a message and wish you a great box office success."

Cao Xuan knew it in his heart. When the two movies were hyped together, they also agreed through Mr. Han to support each other's premiere.

As a result, Director Chen might have been so angry with Liu Yan that he even angered Cao Xuan, ignored the agreement, and let go.

He also asked Mr. Han to take the message. It’s not like there are no mobile phones these days. Others can’t get his Cao Xuan’s phone number. This is not difficult for Director Chen.

It can be seen that Director Chen is indeed not very generous.

However, Cao Xuan was not angry, and even took the initiative to say that he would go to the premiere of "The Promise" in two days to support Director Chen.

It's not a shame, but just for fun. Cao Xuan is very curious about the reaction of the relevant creators and the media after the premiere of "The Promise". If he doesn't witness it with his own eyes, he will definitely regret it for a long time.

"..."

Mr. Han hesitated to speak. In his opinion, the current situation between the two parties was so awkward that there was really no need for Cao Xuan to go over. However, he could not refuse Cao Xuan's "good intentions".

It would have been rude enough for Director Chen not to come to the premiere that he had arranged for. Now that Cao Xuan wants to attend the show and he refuses to do so, it will really ruin Cao Xuan's face.

"Mr. Cao, please give me face and be merciful when the time comes."

"What's the meaning?"

Cao Xuan looked at Mr. Han playfully: "The effect of the movie is not satisfactory? No, that's Director Chen."

Mr. Han recalled the internal screening of "The Promise" he had seen before. He didn't know how to describe it to Cao Xuan. He was silent for a moment and muttered.

"You can understand it by yourself. Anyway, give me some face."

"Easy to say."

………

On the other side, in the artist viewing area, according to the division, the main creative team of "Xiu Chun Dao 2" should be sitting together, and the guests should be sitting together.

However, Hu Jing looked at Da Mimi beside Zeng Li and waved to her: "Mimi, come sit here, I also want to hear about your movie making.

Empress Xigong didn't want to give in too much. Seeing that Liu Tianxian was sitting next to Hu Jing, she calmly said: "Qianqian, come here, I will tell you about the thesis."

Damimi and Liu Tianxian looked at each other, stood up and were about to take a step when Zeng Li suddenly held down Damimi.

"The movie is about to start, so don't run around. It won't be good for reporters."

Hu Jing smiled and turned to look at Liu Tianxian: "Qianxi, have you chosen the new script? If you have any difficulties, you can come to me."

Liu Tianxian and Damimi were either leaving or staying. They were trembling under the smiles of the East and West Palaces, looking around for help.

The onlookers sitting nearby ignored the two of them.

Mr. Zhou looked up at the sky and studied the ceiling structure of the auditorium.

Gao Yuanyuan observed the invitation ticket in his hand obsessively, as if he could see a flower.

Liu Yan closed her eyes and silently recited the script in her hand, not listening to what was going on outside the window, and her concentration was heartbreaking.

Fan Xiaopang and Li Bingbing were notoriously non-communicative, and at this time they were pulling each other to talk enthusiastically about their current situation, just like they had been best friends for many years.

Only Pan Yueming, who was confused about the situation, wanted to help rescue the siege, but was held down by Duan Long and Wu Jing next to him. After whispering a few words, he couldn't help but rush out to solve the problem.

Looking at this bunch of old oilies who have nothing to do with themselves, the two of them secretly resented it, but they couldn't help but express their stance.

Liu Tianxian gritted his teeth and said firmly: "I'll talk to Teacher Zeng first. If you have anything to do, we'll talk later."

Damimi was braver, and Liu Tianxian had some confidence to protect herself. She could rely on Hu Jing, so she risked her life and tried to offend the Empress of the West Palace to death.

"Don't worry about this, I'll take care of it myself."

Zeng Li smiled and shook his head, letting go of Da Mimi's hand: "Okay, you are quite brave. Your sister Jing is not wrong about the person. Go ahead."

On the other side, Hu Jing also smiled and touched Liu Tianxian's head: "You are quite filial. Teacher Zeng's love for you is not in vain. Come over."

Liu Tianxian was afraid that something would happen again, so he ran all the way to Zeng Li's side, took a few breaths, glanced at Hu Jing, and said with some anxiety.

"Teacher, I...didn't I embarrass you just now?"

On the other side, Da Mimi also looked at Hu Jing with lingering fear, fearing that Empress Donggong would be dissatisfied with her performance just now, and at the same time, she pointed at her to support her.

Hu Jing didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She patted the frightened Damimi and explained, "I was really teasing you just now. We are not that childish."

Zeng Li also comforted his disciples: "Don't be afraid, it's just a joke. Besides, there are teachers, no one can bully you."

Although the two palaces in the East and West each supported a "disciple/little sister", they were not as tense as outsiders imagined.

In fact, in Cao Xuan's family, the world of three people has become the norm. Except for one more person, everything else is like a normal married life.

Even last month, Cao Xuan and Hu Jing celebrated their birthdays together. The three of them celebrated together at home, enjoying fine wine and delicious food. It was also Cao Xuan's 30th birthday, and he acted like a rogue with a shy face, and his attitude in the East and West Palaces also loosened.

Just before his eyes, Cao Xuan could fulfill his long-cherished wish of sleeping together in the east and west on his thirtieth birthday.

It turned out to be muddled by the steady stream of birthday wishes.

The mobile phone was turned off, the landline was dialed, the landline was unplugged, and there were calls to Hu Jing. When everything finally stopped and the atmosphere was gone, someone from the East and West Palaces rolled their eyes and let him sleep on the sofa.

That night, Cao Xuan was so angry that he couldn't sleep until 4 a.m., and all four Samsung mobile phones he was using and spare were smashed...

However, although the success fell short in the end, being able to tolerate such indulgence to this extent shows that the relationship between the East and West is quite harmonious, and naturally there will be no open vindictiveness.

Just now, the two parties were bored and played the daily "Shura Field" game at home in a tacit understanding.

However, Cao Xuan usually does the multiple-choice questions at home, but now it is the turn of Liu Tianxian and Damimi, the two core members of the East-West Party.

Master Cao Duanshui Xuan has rich experience and does not take these things to heart at all.

The two young newcomers thought they were in a fierce battle between the two palaces. They were completely unprepared, confused and scared. If they weren't smart and decisive, although they were a little out of line, at least the team was on the right side, otherwise they would have been left alone.

After Cao Xuan and Mr. Han finished talking, they came to the main seat and sat down, and immediately received resentful looks from Liu Tianxian and Damimi.

This made Cao Xuan a little confused. He didn't complain about the two people's teeth and bald foreheads, nor did he take off his pants to sleep with them. Why are you so resentful...

Ignoring the two little girls, Cao Xuan focused on "Xiu Chun Dao 2" that started playing.

The very beginning of the movie is the Battle of Sarhu. Lu Wenzhao, played by Wang Zhiwen, knelt on the ground with several soldiers dejectedly. Several Tatars wielded their swords to execute him. Seeing that he was about to be killed, Lu Wenzhao closed his eyes and waited for death.

At the critical moment, a man covered in black and dirty clothes burst out of the darkness. It was Shen Lian played by Cao Xuan.

The fighting style of "Xiu Chun Dao" is still the same as the previous one. The fighting style is sharp, fast and neat. He can kill several Tatars and save his colleagues with three strikes, five strikes and two strikes.

The two announced their names and looked at the densely packed Ming army corpses at the foot of the mountain under the setting sun.

Lu Wenzhao's eyes were numb yet sober, and his voice was hoarse and firm: "The lives of tens of thousands of people are gone like mowing grass. If you don't want to die like this, you have to change your way of living..."

The charm of Wang Zhiwen's lines is self-evident. With just a few lines, people instantly realize that this role is not simple.

If Cao Xuan's Shen Lian hadn't been as popular as in the previous film, he would have been overshadowed by him.

The next scene is eight years later. Shen Lian is in the position of one hundred households of Jinyiwei, filling in the pitfalls of the previous film.

During an operation, Shen Lian's subordinate was seeking death, but Ling Yunkai, played by another commander-in-chief, Qin Hao, caught him and forced him to death, causing a rift between the two.

Qin Hao did a good job, bringing a cruel and sinister villain to life, which made the audience's teeth itch.

In the conversation, a piece of information was also revealed, that is, Shen Lian's good brothers Lu Jianxing and Jin Yichuan were away on business for half a year to straighten out the logic that the two characters did not appear in the prequel.

Then the heroine Hokusai appeared. With her outstanding appearance and quiet and intellectual temperament, Shen Lian fell in love with her at first sight, and her paintings foreshadowed Shen Lian's love for her, which was considered a compatibility of souls.

Lu Wenzhao, on the other hand, wanted to please Wei Zhongxian and guarded thousands of households with dignified clothes. Regardless of his dignity, he went down to fish for fish himself and was appreciated.

In this scene, the two major actors are facing each other, and they come and go, which contributes to the extremely high level of literary drama.

Since then, the main plot of "Xiu Chun Dao 2" has completely kicked off.

Compared with the first part, "Xiuchundao 2" has a larger setting, and the background is set on the conspiracy of the change of imperial power.

In the seventh year of the Apocalypse, the carpenter emperor Zhu Youxiao appointed the eunuch Wei Zhongxian to fight against the civil servant group. The government and the opposition continued to suffer abuses, showing a scene of decline.

Although many people in later generations believe that a large part of the Tianqi Dynasty's difficulties came from the civil servant group, this does not mean that the eunuchs represented by Wei Zhongxian are good people.

Even judging from the bad consequences caused by the people, at least during the Apocalypse, the eunuchs were even worse.

This is also normal. The civil service group wants to show off, and they will find some high-sounding reasons to do evil secretly. Moreover, they were in a weak position at the time and deliberately restrained themselves.

There are many nouveau riche who have just come to power in the eunuch party. They are eager to make money, and their methods are more brutal. Moreover, their minions are ruthless, and they often confiscate their homes and exterminate their families, which makes their appearance particularly ugly.

More importantly, the civil servant group has controlled the public opinion position and constantly set the pace. The original seven points of evil of the eunuch party have become twelve points.

Don't underestimate the power of public opinion.

Later generations of Americans can portray Da Mao as a demon intent on provoking World War III, and countless people who have experienced the information explosion firmly believe in this statement, let alone in ancient times when information was limited.

Therefore, many "people of insight" firmly believe that the problem of the Ming Dynasty lies with these eunuchs. If the eunuchs are eliminated, the world will be peaceful and the Ming Dynasty will be revived.

But there is an emperor protecting the eunuchs, so what should we do? Then kill the emperor and replace him with another.

Lu Wenzhao is this "insightful man".

After the Battle of Sarhu, Lu Wenzhao saw the Ming Dynasty's disastrous defeat with his own eyes and was shocked.

He climbed up desperately, not wanting to be treated like a clown, just to help Da Ming get out of this vicious cycle of continuous decline.

He took refuge in the Xinwang Zhu Youjian, hoping that this young and energetic vassal king could replace the mediocre Zhu Youxiao and become the master of the Ming Dynasty. He would eradicate the eunuchs, appoint good ministers, eliminate internal abuses, and attack the Tartars externally. The shame of Salhu.

Zhu Youjian, the subjugated emperor of the Ming Dynasty, had various images and was very controversial.

Some people think that he was a good emperor who loved his people like a son and had outstanding abilities, but he was just unlucky, otherwise he would be the master of the resurgence of the Ming Dynasty.

Some people think that he is headstrong and has high ambitions and low abilities. If it were not for his various tricks, even if Ming Dynasty did not survive, at least it would not have perished so quickly.

The portrayal of Chongzhen in "Xiuchundao 2" is more negative. He is also an "insightful man" like Lu Wenzhao.

I feel that the problem of the Ming Dynasty lies in the eunuchs. If Wei Zhongxian is killed, the world will be peaceful.

Therefore, he conspired with Lu Wenzhao, and through internal coordination, the Emperor of Tianqi, Zhu Youxiao, fell into the water while swimming in the lake, became seriously ill, and his life was hanging by a thread.

However, historically speaking, the matter of "Killing Brother and Killing King" is indeed a bit dark for Chongzhen.

There are various speculations about Zhu Youxiao's death, some say it was a pure accident, there are conspiracy theories saying it was the work of the civil servant group or eunuchs, and there are even speculations about Tatars.

Of course, it is a bit exaggerated to say that the Tatars killed him. They did not have that ability at that time, and the chance of Chongzhen taking action was even smaller than that of the Tatars.

The Tatars could still send a few dead soldiers, but Chongzhen, the powerless vassal king, had no power at all.

He has neither the ability to kill his brother nor his king, nor can he escape the detection of the civil servant group and the eunuchs.

But then again, if there is such a group of "people of insight" to help and later instigate internal fighting between the civil servant group and the eunuch party, Chongzhen is not without the possibility of success.

The brother-killing plot in "Xiu Chun Dao 2" is a fictional plot based on real history. As long as it does not violate historical development, has a bold imagination, and the logic can loop around itself, it can convince the audience.

In fact, when Cao Xuan was writing the script, he also wanted to hack the civil servant group, and wanted to make the civil servant group acquiesce in this matter or push Chongzhen to take action.

But if it were written like this, the civil servant group would have control over Chongzhen, and there would be loopholes in some plots, so this idea was abandoned.

Going back to the plot of the movie, Emperor Tianqi is dying and Chongzhen is about to ascend to the throne. However, [Killing Brother and Killing King] is not a trivial matter after all. It still left some small troubles, which attracted the attention of Jin Yiwei and Dongchang. Chongzhen could only entrust Lu Wenzhao to solve it.

All this had nothing to do with Shen Lian. Lu Wenzhao was grateful for Shen Lian's life-saving grace, but he actually didn't want to do anything to him. Shen Lian didn't know these things either.

But there is Hokusai in the middle.

Beizhai was the daughter of a criminal who was once rescued by Chongzhen. Because of her good resourcefulness and ability, she was regarded as half of Chongzhen's staff and confidante, and knew many of Chongzhen's secrets.

Chongzhen originally didn't want to kill her, but Beizhai was targeted by Jin Yiwei for spreading Donglin Party poetry, so he had to give up reluctantly.

Shen Lian was so pleased with Beizhai that he couldn't bear to kill Ling Yunkai, who was related to Wei Zhongxian, and was caught by Lu Wenzhao. At that time, Lu Zhengchou had evidence in the archives, so he simply let Shen Lian use it as a knife and burned the archives.

On the other side, Pei Lun, Shen Lian's good brother who was forced to death before, came to avenge his friend and was also involved in this case.

In the end, Shen Lian, Pei Lun, and Beizhai learned the secret, and Lu Wenzhao and junior sister Ding Baiying brought people to silence them. Both sides almost lost.

On the other side, Chongzhen finally came to power and sent a large number of Jinyi guards to kill not only Shen Lian and others, but also insiders such as Lu Wenzhao.

Lu Wenzhao, who realized that he had been abandoned, was very desperate and wanted to die. The other people also tried their best.

In the end, except for Beizhai, who was covered in advance and escaped, and Shen Lian was captured, all the others died in the battle.

The plot of the original movie was rather awkward. Shen Lian was always there for this woman from the beginning to the end. Although I reviewed the plot line and knew that he could not escape at all, I felt that he deserved it after watching the plot.

The Starry version of "Xiuchundao 2" has cut out some of the emotional scenes, and more of them are shaping the core selling point of "Xiuchundao" -

The struggles of small people in a big context.

Just like in the first "Xiuchundao", Eunuch Zhao chose the three brothers, and they had no way to survive. The same is true in "Xiuchundao 2".

Beizhai, Lu Wenzhao and Ding Baiying, as insiders of the conspiracy, must be targeted by Chongzhen.

Shen Lian was Lu Wenzhao's loyal subordinate, and he had rescued Beizhai, but he could not escape his involvement. With such a close relationship, he would rather kill by mistake than let go. Killing Ling Yunkai and burning the case documents library were just accelerating.

Pei Lun even "sought death" himself. From the moment he entered the game for his brother, it was impossible to leave.

Therefore, all the endings of the movie are destined, and everyone's struggle is just to escape, but in the end, few escape. This is the real Shura battlefield.

Hokusai's setting is also better than the original version, at least it's not so pretentious, and it's still chirping when escaping.

There is an emotional line between the two, but it is not deliberately shown. It is more of a spark between life and death.

In the end, Shen Lian protected Beizhai and left, and Beizhai's escape, in a sense, made Chongzhen avoid killing easily, allowing both parties to save each other, which is more firm and shocking than simple love.