China Entertainment 1997

In the business car, Cao Xuan crossed his legs and looked at the laptop screen. Inside, a girl in uniform wearing glasses and a man with a crew cut were making various intimate moves, which were sultry.

Mr. Zhou, who was wearing an evening gown, opened the door and came in. When he saw the computer screen, he closed the door again.

The empress of the East Palace behind her was confused. She opened the car door and looked at Mr. Zhou in confusion: "What's wrong?"

Young Master Zhou looked at Cao Xuan with a speechless face: "This is a large gathering, please pay attention."

Cao Xuan, who had just taken off his headphones, was even more speechless than she was. He took off the headphone jack and the powerful dance music from the computer came out. The woman who had been intimate just now changed her clothes and danced.

"Sister, this is a MV. Can you please have a healthier mind?"

Mr. Zhou was very embarrassed. He took a few more glances at the MV and immediately found the culprit: "What kind of MV is this? It was shot like a Category III film."

Cao Xuan paused and explained: "Cai Yan, a Korean singer, is quite popular in China now. She is planning to come to China for development. The company is interested in contacting her and let me take a look at the quality."

"How's the condition?"

As an executive of Fanxing, Hu Jing still cares about the company's business. Cao Xuan pondered for a moment.

"The song actually doesn't have much to say, but the dance and MV are definitely the highlights. Just now Zhang Chong watched it critically several times, and I couldn't stop it."

Zhang Chong: "..."

If you weren't my boss, I'd give you a hard time!

"Do you want to sign her?"

Cao Xuan shook his head: "It's not necessary. There are too few cards in hand, and you will be out of luck in a few days."

The so-called Korean Wave invasion is actually a gradual process.

In the middle to late last century and the beginning of the new century, domestic TV stations introduced Korean TV dramas such as "Blue Life and Death", "Dae Jang Geum" and "Full House", which opened up the Korean wave in the mainland.

The endless stream of Korean dramas is the most fundamental foundation of the Korean Wave. Before the Korean restriction order, almost all students, girls, young women, and middle-aged and elderly women were loyal users of Korean dramas. The market for domestic dramas was greatly squeezed.

In addition to Korean dramas, there is another line of Korean wave, which is Korean singers. To be more precise, Korean idols of boy groups and girl groups who are good at dance music.

The first K-pop singers who caused a certain impact in the mainland were Lee Jung-hyun and several groups such as Cool Dragon, which can be regarded as bringing the first K-pop style.

But the real pinnacle of Hallyu is the rise of a large number of boy and girl groups after 2005, such as TVXQ, Girls' Generation, Big Bang, Han Geng's Super Junior, EXO, the four returning boys, and BTS, which is popular in Europe and the United States. ………

Han Geng has just returned to China and has become one of the top players in the mainland. His resources have skyrocketed. Not to mention the four returning players, he is a representative figure in the traffic era.

The examples of several people have led to the emergence of a routine in the domestic entertainment industry of exporting to domestic sales, and a large number of young boys and girls were sent to South Korea to become trainees.

Once they debut, they are packaged as popular idols, and those who don’t debut are excellent trainees. When they return to China, they are still money-spinners.

[Excellent acting skills] Wang Yibo, [He Dan's partner] Wang Jia'er, [Has a child] Zhang Bichen, and even Fan Xiaopang's younger brother Fan Chengcheng, who is now widely rumored to be the illegitimate son of King Cao Tian, ​​are all artists who have returned from Korea.

However, the Korean Wave, which forced Jay Chou to shout slogans at the award ceremony, has not achieved the same influence today.

Korean dramas have achieved pretty good results. With the help of CCTV, Hunan Province, Hui Province and other TV stations, they have become the most popular overseas dramas in the mainland. Japanese dramas and Thai dramas have to be pushed to the back.

Even Hong Kong dramas, which were previously very popular in the mainland, have also been greatly affected. On the contrary, Taiwanese dramas have not suffered much impact for the time being due to the large number of transformations into idol dramas.

But unlike Korean dramas, in terms of pop music, the boss of the Chinese music scene and even the Asian music scene... is named Cao.

Even if the popular Korean singers and groups such as Cool Dragon, Lee Jung Hyun, Chae Yeon, Lee Hyori, and TVXQ were added together, they would not be enough to beat Cao Xuan.

Not to mention domestically, the Japanese market is the largest in Asia. TVXQ, which originally helped Hallyu completely open up the Japanese market, was also beaten by Cao Xuan.

If TVXQ hadn't released a lot of Japanese albums, Cao Xuan could have beaten them to death.

Therefore, the so-called "high-end trend" Korean dance music in the original time and space does not have too special filters in today's mainland market.

After all, Cao Xuan conquers Europe and the United States, dominates the Billboard charts, and even won a lot of Grammys. He is a serious and top superstar in the world. A bunch of so-called popular Asian groups are not enough in front of Cao Xuan.

Not to mention causing the Korean Wave storm in the mainland market, many of Cao Xuan's songs are now counterattacking the Korean market, and singers from Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China have also followed suit.

In particular, some singers such as Xiao Zhou, Wang Wang, Pan Weibo, and Cai Yilin, whose music styles are more European and American, have also achieved good results one by one, and have transformed into "Asian kings/queens".

The only pity is that Cao Xuan's albums of English songs in Japan, Korea and other places have a greater impact, while his Chinese albums are obviously inferior.

No way, they have a particularly high sense of identification with Europe and the United States.

Asian singers like Cao Xuan, who have achieved success in European and American markets, are almost lauded to the sky in Asian markets such as Japan and South Korea.

Especially after Cao Xuan's new album "Legend" hit the billboards this year, the sales of the original album hit 100 million, becoming the first album sales in Asia history.

Even in the hearts of many ordinary Japanese and Korean fans, Cao Xuan's status is unique in Asia, and he is recognized as the number one in the history of Asian pop music.

No matter how popular Korean music is, Cao Xuan has already reached the peak before them.

With King Cao around, it would be impossible for these Korean singers and groups to turn the world upside down in China...

Of course, Boss Cao also thought about whether he could directly put an end to the Korean Wave, but after some research, he found that it was unrealistic.

The Korean Wave can sweep across Asia and even invade Europe and the United States. It is not just luck, it is based on real data.

An industry that is an important pillar of the country is supported by a developed country. Even if Cao Xuan cheats, it can only suppress and resist it, but cannot completely eliminate it.

Among other things, later countries personally issued orders to restrict Korea, and domestic anti-Korean sentiment was extremely high. It just prevents Korean artists from coming to China to make money. There are still a large number of fans of Korean dramas, variety shows, and boy and girl groups.

You scolded Xiba in your mouth, and called Oppa in private. You said that there are no idols in front of the country, and people only care about themselves...

Let’s not talk about anything else, let’s just talk about Cai Yan’s MV just now. It was so lively and lively that even Cao Daguan liked to watch it, let alone ordinary people.

Just talking about resisting the Korean Wave, there is no way for artists of this type to fill the gap in the country. Even if some people are willing to take the initiative, they will not be able to take the stage.

Cao Xuan doesn't particularly understand those female fans who like handsome men, but as a man, he needs to ask himself.

The nine-legged semen from girlhood, slapping and stroking, posing and looking enchanting.

Just tell me, what normal man can bear it?

In a situation like this, we can only defeat the magic with magic, produce domestic girl groups, boy groups or idols, and divide their fan market to offset the Korean wave to the greatest extent.

But a new problem has arisen. The large-scale production of domestic idols has intensified the formation of the fandom. The influence of the Korean Wave has been suppressed, and a deformed entertainment industry traffic ecology has been born.

Even the entertainment tycoon Cao Xuan would not dare to start this thing easily, otherwise if it gets out of control, he will be labeled as the biggest ugly capital that started the traffic era and distorted the Chinese entertainment industry.

In comparison, Cao Xuan would rather let the Korean wave enter the scene. At least under his suppression, the interests of all aspects of the domestic entertainment industry will not be damaged, and he can still gain a reputation as an "anti-Korean hero".

Maybe this idea is a bit selfish, but Cao Xuan will never take the initiative to start the era of traffic idols on his own, and he doesn't want to be backlashed by this.

Otherwise, the previous second season of "Tomorrow's Star" would be the best opportunity, where a few popular male contestants would casually form a boy band.

With Fanxing's resource fermentation, the minimum guarantee can also be compared with Fahrenheit, and the upper limit is equal to F4, or even exceeds it.

But Cao Xuan still chose to give up. Most of the singers signed by Fanxing in the two seasons of "Tomorrow's Star" are pure singers. A few popular idols also have real materials and mainly rely on their works to speak for themselves.

Liu Tianxian, the most popular artist under Fanxing, has always been an actor and does not rely on speculation to make a living.

In the final analysis, Cao Xuan is still conservative and favors the development route of orthodox entertainment companies such as variety shows + film and television + artists (actors and singers), and does not want to do anything too flashy.

Boss Cao has no shortage of ways to make money. Box games may make him controversial in the future. If he engages in other things, his reputation will really be lost...

As for many Korean girl groups or female singers, you can just take a critical look at them. You can draw some inspiration from Korean dance music and praise them.

Unless the Korean company is willing to let Fanxing take the lion's share, Cao Xuan is too lazy to use his own resources to pave the way for Korean artists, and it is not possible for all nine of Girls' Generation to join together.

King Cao is now allergic to Korean women!

………

Cao Xuan was not very interested in Cai Yan, but Mr. Zhou and Hu Jing were quite interested. They even watched the MV again and were impressed by the amazing scale.

"Why do you think she is so popular in China?"

Cao Xuan's words are actually a bit one-sided. Cai Yan's popularity is not only because of the MV, the dance melody is also crucial, but the MV definitely takes a lot of credit.

This group of female singers in China basically follow pure love, freshness, cuteness and other lines, and less of them focus on sexy lines.

At present, the most outstanding one is Cai Yilin who has transformed into a dance queen, but when it comes to the scale and style of dance, Cai Yan is not necessarily more "dazzling".

But as Cao Xuan said before, eye-catching is eye-catching, but this style is not popular in China. At least now, many mainstream TV platforms cannot accept this style for the time being.

Online video has not yet taken off, and it cannot stably consolidate its popularity on TV, which is a huge blow to an artist on the rise.

Cai Yan can transform, but this also means losing her biggest feature. Apart from the gimmick of a Korean singer, there is no way to compete with singers of the same type.

Therefore, in Cao Xuan's opinion, Cai Yan is just a piece of chicken with a lot of meat, and her practicality is really limited.

Instead of working hard on her, it is better to train Zhang Liangying, Tan Weiwei, and Qi Wei. The short-term benefits may not be as good, but the long-term benefits are better.

After watching the MV for a few times, Cao Xuan continued to play on the computer, and the remaining two chatted quietly. Cao Tianwang listened and realized that they were complaining about the International Chapter together, and couldn't help but shake his head.

International Zhang is a close best friend of the Empress of the East Palace. During the filming of "The Night Banquet", she and Mr. Zhou were as close as sisters when being interviewed by reporters.

Tsk tsk, woman!

But then again, the international chapter is indeed a bit bloated nowadays.

Last year, "Memoirs of a Geisha" hit Hollywood, and she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. She served as a practical actor in "The Banquet", and she was also paired with Mr. Zhou, one of the four little actresses. She was in the limelight.

This year I am participating in the Oscars, serving as a judge at the Cannes Film Festival, and in contact with Director Chen's next film.

The most important thing is to catch up with many big shots in the European and American media circles, including the famous socialite Wendi Deng.

Now that International Chapter is being interviewed by the public, opening his mouth to cooperate with major international directors and shutting up is like meeting a major Hollywood producer. The nickname of International Chapter is getting louder and louder.

Recently, it was revealed by Hong Kong media that Wendi Deng, the international chapter's lead, was flirting with a wealthy foreign man.

This rich man is an individual shareholder of Warner Group. He is wealthy and well-connected.

This time, the international chapter is even more impressive. Before, she and Hu Jing were supporting the Empress of the East Palace. Now she seems to be taking the initiative. Some time ago, she wanted to introduce Wendi Deng to Hu Jing, claiming that she would let Hu Jing meet the world's top nobles. Womanly style.

Empress Donggong, who was already annoyed by her, was almost disgusted to death and directly retorted.

"Wendi Deng, how many hundred million does she have?"

In terms of net worth, although Boss Cao is still not as good as the British media giant Rupert Murdoch, how old is Cao Xuan and how old is Murdoch?

It is better to bully a white-headed man than to offend a young man.

Although Cao Xuan is inferior to the other in terms of status, qualifications, and reputation, the potential of the two is completely heaven and earth. You know, Boss Cao has been in business for less than ten years. Give him another ten years, who knows where he will be. .

Although Hu Jing is not married to Cao Xuan and has a wife, the Empress of the West Palace, but she has been in love with her since she was young, and her relationship status is far from being summed up by the word "girlfriend".

In contrast, Wendi Deng is Murdoch's third wife. The old man has two ex-wives and a lot of sons and daughters. It's hard to say how much weight she has in the old man's heart.

Others are afraid of Deng Wendi, but Hu Jing really doesn't take her seriously.

Although the Empress of the East Palace also relied on her husband, at least when she was with Cao Xuan, Cao Xuan was just starting out. On the contrary, Wendi Deng's history of rising to power was rather embarrassing, with three easy marriages and countless shortcomings.

Hu Jing didn't know whether it was because Cao Xuan's net worth was too low-key, causing the outside world to have no idea, or whether the international chapter had been suppressed by the East and West Palaces for a long time, and her heart was twisted. As soon as she gained power, she immediately moved out of Wendi Deng to increase her presence.

Anyway, since then, Hu Jing and Zeng Li's impression of her has declined greatly, so much so that they couldn't help but complain when chatting with Mr. Zhou.

Not to mention Mr. Zhou, the International Chapter dared to flirt with Hu Jing, let alone his attitude towards her.

She is not a good-tempered person, and she will definitely not spoil the other person. If they go back and forth and don't openly quarrel with each other, it can be regarded as two people who care about the external image.

Speaking of which, International Chapter is really awesome.

Even though Da Mi Mi is a famous plastic sister, luckily she still has a few girlfriends with whom she can talk.

As for the international chapter, there was no one who could match the best friend of a well-known actress. Among the big flowers like Si Dan Shuang Bing and the juniors like 85 Flowers, almost no one had a particularly good relationship with her.

Li Bingbing, Xu Cainv, Zhou Gongzi, Zhao and others all had news of discord and even quarrels.

Fan Xiaopang and her even publicly competed in "A Date with Luyu", which was no less exciting than the famous scene between Liu Tianxian and Jiang Architect.

Of course, there is a saying that Fan Xiaopang's popularity in the original time and space is not much better than that of the International Chapter. It was only later that she became popular and became Sister Bingbing. In her early years, she was ostracized by other big flowers.

However, now Fan Xiaopang is the first sister of Fanxing. Although her popularity is still not very good, no one dares to exclude her.

In fact, the international chapter relied on the popularity of the 96 star class to easily squeeze into the core social circle of the East and West Palaces, which was a greater advantage than Fan Xiaopang, a simple company employee.

But it's a pity that she committed suicide. Even if the East and West Second Palace still has some friendship with her as classmates, don't even think about entering the inner circle.

On the contrary, Mr. Zhou, although he is neither a classmate nor a star artist, but by virtue of his old friendship with Cao Xuan and Hu Jing, he has quietly stayed in the core social circle and watched the storm with a smile.

They have a clear internal division. In fact, in Cao Xuan's view, the relationship between this group of female artists or female friends is particularly complicated.

The relationship was good for a while, but bad for a while. The four people had eight chat groups, twelve CP combinations, and twenty-four alliances...

Cao Xuan listened to the analysis of the East and West Ergong from time to time, and sometimes he couldn't figure out the situation.

Cao Xuan couldn't help but feel happy every time he saw this group of "genuinely good sisters".

Fortunately, there are only two in the family, so it's easy to divide the camps. If there are a few more, I don't have to do anything every day, just watch them fight in the palace.

After experiencing the friendship between besties in the entertainment industry up close, the commercial vehicle finally arrived at the premiere of "Painted Skin".

Cao Xuan, Zhou and Hu arranged their clothes, and then walked a short section of the red carpet according to the staff's instructions.

Hu Jing is on the left in a bright red low-shoulder evening dress, Mr. Zhou is on the right in a white slim-fitting short skirt, and Cao Xuan, wearing a dark blue suit, is walking in the middle, holding the two hands on the left and right respectively.

Bang bang bang!

The reporter operated the camera in his hand, the shutter flashed continuously, and he had the title in mind while taking the photo.

"Hug on the left and hold on the right, King Cao holds hands for the century!" 》

Cao Xuan actually felt a little happy in his heart. The only pity was that he was holding the hand of Mr. Zhou instead of Zeng Li. Otherwise, he would have been able to bring the East and West Palaces to the public, and he would have no regrets in this life.

As for why the three of them did this, the reason is very simple. It was a publicity stunt to match the plot of the love triangle movie in "Painted Skin".

This kind of hype is very common. Considering that it was just holding hands, the Empress of the East Palace was generous and made Cao Xuan famous.

However, Cao Daguan did not agree with this statement. At that time, all eight Victoria's Secret supermodels were walking around together, and they were just walking on the red carpet with two actresses, which was not considered glamorous.

Of course, this is just something you think about in your mind. If you dare to say it, don’t say that the Empress of the East Palace will immediately turn around and wait for you. I’m afraid that Mr. Zhou will also give you a look...

After finishing with the reporters, Cao Xuan and other film creators entered the venue one after another.

After the necessary Q\u0026A session and other procedures were completed, Qi Wei, who had just won the national semi-finals of "Tomorrow's Star", sang "Painting Heart".

After that, the movie "Painted Skin" started to play, and the reporters, audiences, and film critics who got the premiere watched the movie intently.

The original story of "Painted Skin" in "Liao Zhai" is very simple. It is probably about a scholar named Wang Sheng who saved a girl and had sex every day. Finally, he met a Taoist priest who told him that he was haunted by evil spirits and was in need of health. sharp.

Wang Sheng was dubious and went to take a peek. Sure enough, he saw that the beauty was actually a green-faced and fanged evil ghost in human skin.

When the evil spirit was seen and exposed, he cut out Wang Sheng's heart and killed him. Wang Sheng's wife cried bitterly, and under the guidance of a Taoist priest, she went to find a monk, endured the humiliation, spit out his heart, and saved her husband.

To put it bluntly, it is a story about a scumbag who was deceived by "Qiao Biluo" and his infatuated wife helped wipe his butt.

But the movie definitely can't be made, and many people are aware that a lot of adaptations are needed. The crew of "Painted Skin" also admitted this when promoting it.

Combined with the previous trailers, the audience has figured out the plot and thought it was a love affair between a man and a ghost that does not tolerate worldliness.

The male and female protagonists truly love each other, are besieged by the world, and finally get together with the help of their original spouse. Of course, it may also be a tragedy similar to Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai.

But when the "Painted Skin" movie was actually broadcast, after watching it for more than half an hour, many viewers felt more and more uncomfortable.

Why is this completely different from the trailer?

I have a stiff neck and I can’t hold it any longer. I owe 500 words. I’ll make up for it tomorrow.