China Entertainment 1997

On September 12, the box office of "Painted Skin" has exceeded 420 million, and a certain bureau officially announced the approval of "Painted Skin"'s application to postpone the release of the film.

The Wang brothers and Feng Xiaogang, who were promoting "The Night Banquet", were so angry that they couldn't help but curse.

Although "Painted Skin" has passed its best period of box office growth and has lost its momentum, the scale of the film is still here, and the publicity exposure and potential audience are still considerable.

I dare not say more, but 10 to 20 million per week is still very possible, and the further back in time, the higher the box office number in a single week will be.

For example, in mid-September, if it runs well, it may reach 30 million. Even if it doesn't, 20 million in a single week is enough to affect the entire theater market.

At least Fanxing's own theater chain will definitely prioritize "Painted Skin" in its film schedule, and "The Banquet" may not be able to win much support.

Although the theater chain must be based on profitability and in principle prefer movies with higher box office, it is normal for Fanxing Cinemas and Fanxing Entertainment to be the same company and favor their own people.

Not to mention that "Painted Skin" intends to hit the box office of 500 million. This honorary nature and the potential soft power improvement of Fanxing are crucial. Not to mention "The Banquet", which is out of reach, even "Baby Project", which participated in the production, will be released in advance. was arranged to give way.

"The Banquet" happens to be released on September 15th. The two weeks after "Painted Skin" was postponed, they hit the most promising one, which is almost equivalent to adding another movie with a box office of nearly 100 million in the same period.

On the contrary, when "Baby Project" was released at the end of September, "Painted Skin" basically relied on grinding, and there was almost no threat.

But no matter how depressed everyone at Huayi is, "The Night Banquet" cannot be withdrawn, so they can only bite the bullet and put it on.

At the same time, take another look at the even more unfortunate "Dragon and Tiger Gate" to find a sense of balance.

This movie adapted from a comic book starring Zhen Zizi, Chef Xie, Dong Bailian and others will be released at the end of July, just in time to coincide with "Painted Skin".

The movie "The Original Spacetime" took in nearly RMB 50 million at the box office in mainland China, plus the Asian box office, which gave the producer a small profit.

Now it's competing against "Painted Skin" in the summer season, and the box office is less than 30 million, and that's assuming the movie is distributed by Shanghai Film and Television.

Currently, in the domestic cinema chain market, Fanxing and New Film Alliance are tied for second place. Fanxing is slightly stronger, while the largest theater chain is Magic City Lianhe Cinema, which is affiliated with Shanghai Film Group Corporation.

If it hadn't been for SIPG, "Dragon and Tiger Gate" would have been eliminated from the mainland market this year.

Unfortunately, it wasn't long before Cao Xuan also came to the film industry.

"New Police Story" Chef Xie approached Cheng Long, and before he was happy, Cao Xuan became a double hero and dominated him again.

Last year, I finally got a role in director Chen's "The Promise", and collaborated with Liu Zhenwei to develop the Westward Journey IP, and worked in "The Great Sage", but was beaten head-on by "Xiu Chun Dao 2".

This year, Lianhe Zhen released "Dragon and Tiger Gate", and after a lot of hardships, he was ready to try the action actor route, and then he ran into Cao Xuan's "Painted Skin", which once again staged a crushing performance.

Some good media took stock of the [Cao Xie Controversy] over the years, and they couldn't help but feel sorry for Chef Xie. It was so tragic.

However, Cao Xuan felt aggrieved. Maybe in the first few years due to his positioning as an artist, he would deliberately pay attention to the other party and add fuel to the fire if he had the scope of his abilities.

But in recent years, due to the huge gap between the two sides, the two are not on the same level at all, so there is no need to be hostile.

Maybe Chef Xie is still holding back some energy, but in Cao Xuan's eyes, even his godfather, Boss Yang, is hanging out with him now. Calling him brother Xuan is already a compliment to him. Strictly speaking, the two of them should be from two generations. .

Not Brother Xuan, but Uncle Xuan!

When he first worked on "The Promise", Cao Xuan's target was Director Chen. "Dragon and Tiger Gate" and "The Great Sage" were purely accidental accidents.

Nowadays, if Cao Xuan really wants to target Chef Xie, mainstream commercial film production in Hong Kong and Mainland China has no part in it.

Cao Xuan understood this, and Chef Xie also knew it. The failure of "Dragon and Tiger Gate" did not affect him too much, but he concentrated on preparing for his marriage to Zhang Yunu.

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Compared to others who had a lot of emotions because of "Painted Skin", Cao Xuan's energy was temporarily withdrawn after "Painted Skin" reached the top.

On September 12, Zao City celebrated its 45th anniversary. Cao Xuan rushed back to his hometown to congratulate him and sang two songs, "Play My Beloved Pipa" and "Lanling Moon" at the ceremony.

Needless to say more about the former, the latter is Cao Xuan's Chinese style masterpiece, adapted from Xu Gao's "Luzhou Moon\

,"It is also one of the few Cao Xuan songs with a hometown flavor. It is known as the "nostalgia" of Cao Tianwang. It is very popular in Zao City and is very representative of the city's image. It is equivalent to half of the [city song].

Zao City is not a combined city. It is sparsely populated and has little to offer. The battle of Taierzhuang in recent years has been the emergence of Cao Xuan.

It is rare to find a popular song describing Zao City. It was composed and performed by Cao Xuan, the pride of his hometown. It is still very important to the people of this city.

On the evening of the same day, CCTV 1 aired "Railway Guerrilla", which performed quite well. Many people's impression of Zaoshi was that the Flying Tigers was added after Taierzhuang + Cao Xuan.

Cao Xuan himself didn't bother too much in this regard. He visited the Republic of China branch of Fanxing Film and Television City by the way, had a casual meal with several leaders, and then left ostensibly, but actually quietly visited his grandma's house.

After a few months, grandma's health has deteriorated again, but her mental state is still good.

Seeing this, Cao Xuan couldn't help but reveal the good news: "Grandma, you have to take good care of yourself. Next year you will have a grandson again."

boom!

Grandma's ears were not good, so she couldn't hear clearly. Sun Lan, who was passing by, threw the basin in his hand out in shock. Cao Shuangguo's face was filled with the splash of vegetable washing water.

But Comrade Lao Cao didn't mind at all and didn't even wipe it off. He and Sun Lan looked at his son ecstatically. Sun Lan grabbed his son and asked him again and again.

"Pregnant? Which one is pregnant?"

"Did you go to the hospital?"

"Boy or girl?"

"..."

The barrage of questions made Cao Xuan a little confused. He waited for half a second before answering one by one with the expectant eyes of his parents.

"Zeng Lihuai."

"There was news before, but I didn't dare to tell you until I checked. I just went to a private hospital for a checkup before returning to my hometown. It was less than a month ago."

"I don't know whether it's a boy or a girl, and I won't check it. Don't talk nonsense, so as not to worry too much about Zeng Li."

"I know, I know, don't worry, your dad and I like both boys and girls."

In fact, elderly people of the same age as Sun Lan and Cao Shuangguo, who are from the more traditional southwestern Shandong area, still prefer sons over daughters. They definitely prefer grandsons to granddaughters.

But the old couple are not stupid either. What they think in their hearts is one thing, but what they say in front of their daughter-in-law is another matter.

And if it was an ordinary family, they would be more worried about this, but with Boss Cao's net worth and the special circumstances of the East and West Palaces, the old couple did not worry too much about their grandson.

After all, besides Zeng Li, there is also Hu Jing.

Others are also worried about fines for having more than 100 children. Cao Xuan's net worth is that even if he has 100 children, the fine will not break him.

Although the old couple has a limited understanding of many things due to their limited vision, they still have natural sensitivity to many key issues.

Although they don't know Cao Xuan's specific assets, in the news, Cao Xuan is often involved in businesses or projects worth hundreds of millions, and he also has a large safe full of real estate certificates at home.

All these made the old couple understand that Lao Cao's family is different now. Even if it is not a wealthy family, it is not an ordinary family.

Moreover, in addition to their own thinking, Cao Xuan's relatives were also worried. Uncle Cao Xuan and some idle relatives and friends frequently analyzed Cao Xuan's current family situation for them.

They felt that Dongsi Ergong was not married to Cao Xuan, and the law did not protect their relationship and property.

Even if Cao Xuan gave some real estate, jewelry, cash, company shares, etc. to the East and West Second Palace, the cumulative value was no less than nine figures.

However, the real core industries such as Fanxingxing Cultural Industry, Internet companies such as Penguin and Box, and Jiaoyang Venture Capital are still firmly in the hands of Cao Xuan.

Compared with these, the things obtained in the East and West Second Palace are actually not many.

At the same time, because you are not married, theoretically, the status of the second house of the East and West can actually be "replaced" at any time.

And they want to be completely bound to Cao Xuan. Children are an important link, and preferably a son, who is expected to obtain inheritance rights, so the East and West Palaces will give birth to a son for Cao Xuan at all costs.

This statement is very cold and completely ignores the emotional factors of the three people. It is from a third-party perspective or even a conspiracy theory.

Cao Xuan is a realistic person, and he has the suspicion inherent in the old Cao family.

It's not like he hasn't been wary of the East and West Palaces before, but after so many years of relationship, he has long since let down his guard against Hu and Zeng.

Outsiders thought that Cao Xuan was unmarried and clung to his property. The two palaces of the East and West followed him and got a little bit of change. One day, he was kicked out because he was old and lustful.

But almost 99.99% of people don't know it. In fact, Cao Xuan had established a trust fund as early as two years ago.

This fund owns most of the shares of Sun Venture Capital, Penguin, Box and other companies, accounting for almost 70% of Cao Xuan's property.

As for the shares of this fund, Cao Xuan took 60% himself, and the remaining 40% of the shares went to Dongxi Ergong and their children.

Outsiders think Dongxi Ergong is stupid, but Dongxi Ergong, who knows the truth, understands better than outsiders how much Cao Xuan values ​​them.

Everyone thought that they gave birth to children to bind Cao Xuan, but they ignored that two billionaire women were willing to follow Cao Xuan without any name or status, and even gave birth to children for Cao Xuan, which was not a sacrifice.

In fact, when the three of them are together by default, money, worldly restrictions and the opinions of outsiders are not so important.

To put it bluntly, it is enough that they know Cao Xuan and Cao Xuan knows them...

Although Sun Lan and his wife were impressed by their relatives, they were not completely convinced. They had seen the emotional state of Cao Xuan and the others, and they had some idea.

But then again, such a large family fortune cannot be left without inheritance.

Let’s not talk about who will inherit a girl or a boy. If you have more children, you can also choose the best among the best.

And to put it bluntly, if Cao Xuan had an accident, many things would get out of control. After all, the old couple are old, and the two palaces of the East and West have no real identity. The only one who has clear advantages in all aspects is the child.

Anyway, it was just a word, whether it was coaxing or selling out, the old couple made up their minds and had to work hard to have a grandson in the second house...

Especially Cao Shuangguo, who has always been open-minded, is even more stubborn about this matter than Sun Lan.

There are three brothers in their family, Cao Daguo has three daughters, and several grandchildren, but none of them has the surname Cao.

Therefore, the only ones who inherited the legacy of his old Cao family were his only son Cao Xuan and his third brother Cao Xiaoguo's twin sons.

Now that the twins are still in college, it is still early to get married. The important task of inheriting the incense of the third generation of the old Cao family is entirely placed on Cao Xuan's shoulders.

In order to induce pregnancy, Cao Shuangguo was worried about losing his hair. Cao Xuan was so frightened that he took his father to the hospital for a checkup. He breathed a sigh of relief when he found out that it was not hereditary hair loss.

He is strong and does not need to be bald!

Cao Shuangguo has been suffering from heart problems for many years, and now he is seeing his son solve the problem. Even though he didn't say a word on the surface, he is already thinking about which temple to worship the Bodhisattva in and ask for his grandson.

Well, there are Taoist temples, and Christians can also worship there. There are also Tudigong and Taishan temples. You have to go there...

Sun Lan was not much better. She was clamoring to pack her things and go to the capital, but she was worried about my mother, and she was depressed and confused.

Anyway, it was grandma who was the most direct. She held her grandson's hand and said kindly, "Don't worry, I have to wait and see my great-grandson."

"Then let's make an agreement. Later, I will hold the child and kowtow to his grandma."

Cao Xuan coaxed his grandma with a smile. He told the old lady this news just to make the old lady think more. When people have thoughts, they have a more positive attitude and are more beneficial to the body.

After staying in his hometown of Cao Xuan for two days, the news leaked again. He had no choice but to return to Beijing.

Before leaving, Sun Lan and Cao Shuangguo, who had been calm in the past, were stuffed with large and small bags this time. Cao Xuan was stunned to see them.

Cao Xuan gently kicked a few cages at his feet. There were two-digit hens inside. Cao Xuan couldn't laugh or cry: "Why are there still live chickens? There is no shortage of chickens in the capital."

"What do you know? These are our free-range chickens. They were raised on grains. They are nutritious whether they lay eggs or kill them for soup."

"But I can't take it with me either."

"You are fooling me. No one else can take you with you. You have a private jet, why don't you take a live chicken with you?"

"Private planes also have to go through airport security. Forget it, I'll find a way."

Cao Xuan didn't plan to break up with his parents, otherwise it would be endless. Anyway, Lu Province was not far from the capital, and there were many ways to get things back.

In addition to live chickens, there are also various other things, the most outrageous one is a calf weighing about 200 pounds.

Zeng Li valued keeping fit and slimming down. Although he did not become a vegetarian under the influence of Cao Xuan, he usually only ate low-calorie beef and fish.

The old couple were afraid that their daughter-in-law was not well-nourished, so they bought a cow from somewhere. It was said that it was raised by an old master. It was about six months old. The meat was tender and not sour, so it was most suitable for pregnant women and children.

They have already made an agreement with the old master that if Zeng Li likes to eat, he will never eat twice a month.

Good guy, even if the two calves weigh 400 kilograms, excluding the bits and pieces, they still have 10 kilograms of meat every day. Is this to nourish the body of the daughter-in-law or to feed the tigress...

Cao Xuan complained in his heart, but didn't say much. He hired someone to hire a truck and drove it directly to the capital. He had previously bought a farm in Daxing, so he should send it there to raise it first.

As for the nutrition of Empress Xigong, the couple didn't need to worry about it at all. Cao Xuan hired a professional nutritionist to update the recipes in real time based on her physical condition, which was more scientific than the couple's many homemade recipes.

Back in the capital, Cao Xuan first went to Fanxing Building to report to the Empress of the East Palace.

Now the West Palace Empress is the focus of protection, and the East Palace cannot be careless. It is a sensitive period for both parties, and Cao Xuan must deal with it more carefully.

After getting away from the Empress of the East Palace, Cao Xuancai hurried to a villa in Changping where the Empress of the West Palace was raising her child.

The reason for moving is that Caojia Hutong is in the urban area after all, and many things are inconvenient.

In addition, because Cao Xuan had a job in the later period and could not accompany him all the time, he had to find someone he trusted to take care of him.

The Empress of the East Palace is okay, but after all, she has little experience, and she is in a sensitive period. If the two of them get wrong ideas, it will be troublesome.

Sun Lan was not free, and Cao Xuan didn't want his mother to come. Even if mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were considerate of each other, friction would inevitably arise sometimes, so Cao Xuan invited his old mother-in-law.

After all, there is no one who can serve her daughter more devotedly than a mother. Even if there is a conflict, there is no overnight feud. Moreover, with her mother-in-law by her side, Nishinomiya's mother-in-law is in a better state of mind.

However, this made it impossible to live in Caojia Hutong, so they moved to Changping.

Half of the nannies, housekeepers, and cooks also moved over, as well as a small team of medical and nutritional personnel who all signed confidentiality agreements.

After more months, I will choose to stay in China or go abroad to give birth according to the situation. Although it is more confidential abroad, the safety of adults and children is the prerequisite for everything.

When he arrived at the villa, Cao Xuan lay down on the flat stomach of Empress Xigong and listened. Although there was a high probability that it was just an embryonic sac at this time, he couldn't help but want to hear it.

Cao Xuan was very excited to become a father for the first time.

The great-mother looked on coldly. In fact, from the bottom of her heart, she was quite satisfied with all the preparations made by her son-in-law. She was also full of love for the grandson/granddaughter in her daughter's belly.

But then again, Zeng's mother actually noticed something was wrong this time.

But there was no way, Zeng Li was protecting Cao Xuan, she had a baby in her belly now, Zeng's mother couldn't hit her, and she didn't dare to scold her too much, there was nothing she could do to her, she could only make fun of Cao Xuan every day.

Cao Xuan is shameless. As long as his wife and children are around, let alone showing off his face, it won't matter if his mother-in-law beats and scolds him a few times.

No matter how his mother-in-law sneered at him, sarcastically or even spoke harshly to him, Cao Xuan didn't care at all. He kept shouting "mom" in his mouth, which is called respect, and arranged everything for her properly. Asking him to take care of Zeng Li was also thousands of years old. Thank you very much.

The daughter protects her wholeheartedly, and all the nannies and cooks at home are Cao Xuan's people, so they can't even close the door to thank guests.

Zeng's mother didn't have a aggressive and playful personality, and she couldn't risk her daughter's reputation with Cao Xuan. So facing Cao Xuan, who was a piece of meat, Zeng's mother really had nothing to do with him.

Cao Xuan was also famous for his sweet words and winks, and was used to pleasing his elders. Sometimes his mother-in-law couldn't even keep a cold face when facing him.

Every time he got angry, he would go back to his room and scold himself for being worthless, but he would turn around and let Cao Xuan coax him into relenting.

Cao Xuan himself became more and more courageous as he fought.

Among the Zeng family members, the father-in-law had been divorced and had been abroad for many years, but he was not really good at talking. The sister-in-law had long been bribed by him and Zeng Li. As long as her sister didn't speak, she would pretend to be stupid.

The only obstacle is the old mother-in-law, who is also a hard-spoken and soft-hearted master. Cao Xuan does not point out that she can forgive him, but he believes that the great-grandmother has to accept this fact even if her grandson/granddaughter comes out, even if she is not willing.

The move is a bit dirty, but Cao Xuan is shameless, so it just works.

Now that I have more experience, I can learn and apply it to the East Palace.

After all, the mother-in-law is embarrassed to hit someone, but the father-in-law is not.

Official Cao felt that he could properly train his dodges and movements, just in case...

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ps: I reported it, but it was people in the group chatting with me that affected my work, so I will write down a few hundred words today and make up for it tomorrow...