China Entertainment 1997

Early September, the beginning of school season

Empress Nishinomiya officially left the profession and reported to the Chinese Opera, where she served as one of the performance class teachers for the sophomore year Chinese Opera Grade 07 and the newly admitted Chinese Opera Grade 08.

Students in the Chinese Opera Performance Department are divided into two categories: "Drama, Film and Television" and "Musical Theatre", and their study directions and courses are also different.

For example, in addition to the basic "stage form", musicals also require dance and enhanced vocal training. However, the basic performance courses are basically the same, and some classes are taken together.

Zeng Li was born as a Peking Opera actor. He has been practicing yoga for many years and has also filmed many fighting scenes, so he mainly teaches acting and body shape.

However, although he received the course assignment, Zeng Li did not go to class immediately. Instead, he asked for leave to film "Detective Dee: The Empire of Heaven".

Many Chinese opera teachers go out to film, and the school is used to it. Teachers also make arrangements so that students' classes will not be delayed.

After two years of "study abroad", Zeng Li still missed his colleagues very much. He chatted in the office for a long time before leaving school.

The Changping villa is still far away from the four inner cities of the capital. It used to be difficult to prepare for childbirth, but now that the child is a little older, Zeng Li also has to go out and work, so he simply moved back to Cao's Alley.

Of course, the Changping villa was not idle either. Cao Xuan built a large flat-floor apartment in Haidian, known as the West Palace Villa.

After entering the house, he asked the nanny for some information, and then he limped to the running track at home. Cao Xuan was helping his precious daughter learn to walk, while Sun Lan watched nervously next to her.

"Be careful, don't fall."

Little Cao Li is now one year and three months old. Normal children can basically walk independently at this stage.

But Sun Lan was always afraid of throwing her eldest granddaughter, so she didn't let her practice, and Dong and Xigong couldn't hold back their parents-in-law. Cao Xuan was busy with the Olympics, and was training his daughter to walk despite the pressure from his mother.

The child's sharp eyes saw his mother in a skirt. She grinned, swung her two braids and ran towards Zengli.

"Mom, hug."

Cao Xuan let go of his hand and wrapped his arms around him to protect him. Although little Cao Li staggered a little, he still walked smoothly into Zeng Li's arms.

"Li Li, that's great."

Zeng Li coaxed his daughter, and Cao Xuan got up and hammered his waist. He ran with his daughter for half an hour, which was more tiring than him doing several sets of fitness exercises.

"I see that the progress is very rapid. It has only been less than a week and I am progressing quite steadily."

"It doesn't matter who taught me."

Cao Xuan was very proud that he taught his daughter to walk with his own hands. For him, the achievement was no less than winning an award or a Grammy.

"Dad, hold on, I can walk faster, and grandma also praises me, it's great."

Little Cao Li also quickly expressed his gratitude. His fair and tender little face was full of embarrassment, which made Zeng Li laugh. This stinky person looked exactly like his father.

Although his motor nerves are not very developed, little Cao Li has a very smart mind. He is less than one and a half years old now, but he can already express himself very clearly. If he speaks more eloquently, he will be like a little adult.

The family of four played for a while. Little Cao Li got sleepy, and Sun Lan took him to bed. Cao Xuan then curiously asked Zeng Li.

"How does it feel to go back to school and be a teacher?"

"That's it. It's just changing from raising a small child to raising a group of big children."

That's what she said, but the beaming expression on Nisi Gong's face was so bright that she couldn't even hide it. It was obvious that she had really been suppressed in the past two years.

Thinking of this, Cao Xuan felt a little guilty and simply patted the mud on his hands.

"Let's go, let's take you to a movie while I'm free today."

"It's not good, I'll be photographed again."

"It's a good shot. It's not the first time there have been scandals."

Cao Xuan, who has been "killed by thousands of people", now has difficulty getting rid of the scumbag. Since he is a scumbag, is it troublesome to watch a movie with a female star?

When the Empress of the West Palace saw this, she was not pretentious, but compared to Cao Xuan's promiscuity, she still got masks and hats for Cao Xuan and herself as cover.

In order to prevent being too high-profile, Cao Xuan picked a Highlander at home to buy groceries. When he went out, he didn't forget to discuss buying a car for Zeng Li.

The car that used to be a dedicated commuter bus was given away because it had not been used for a long time. The one I drove just now was an Audi. Nishinomiya thought it was a bit eye-catching and thought about getting a mid-range car to drive.

Cao Xuan didn't know much about cars, so Zeng Li called Yuan Quan. Xia Yu was more proficient in this and could give some advice.

"Money is not an issue, as long as it's low-key, safe and comfortable, okay, tell me then and I'll give you the money..."

Zeng Li hung up the phone and Cao Xuan asked curiously: "What is this kid doing? The last time he taught me how to skateboard is gone."

"I'm filming a movie with Yan Ni from "Wulin Gaiden". I forgot her name. Why are you learning to skateboard?"

"He's handsome. Think of an action movie like a skateboard chase or escape. The visual effects are very good."

"Isn't your movement style simple and efficient? Doesn't your skateboarding look flashy?"

"Skateboarding can also be simple and cool, it doesn't have to be flashy. Besides, "The Rescue" doesn't use it, which doesn't mean that other movies don't use it. There are many skills, and I remember that Brother Cheng Long was good at skateboarding before."

Of course, Cao Xuan is not sure whether Cheng Long has a substitute, but Xia Yu is really proficient in skateboarding.

When he debuted, he won the championship of the island city. He has never let go of his skills in these years. He has also served as a referee for national level competitions. Even if he is specialized in skateboarding, he can still be regarded as good. He can at least teach Cao Xuan a half-dozen skills. More than enough.

"You are really amazing. You are almost an all-rounder."

Zeng Li lamented that since Cao Xuan became an artist, he has been consciously practicing some skills.

Not to mention the singers, the singing and arrangement are all top-notch, and there are eighteen kinds of instruments. Not to say that I am proficient in them all, but at least I can use them.

Piano, guitar, and the natal musical instrument suona are all at the level of being able to enter a room.

Actors also have many skills, including calligraphy, fighting, tea art, cooking, opera, weapons/kung fu martial arts routines, equestrianism, firearms, swimming, driving, etc. I can’t say they are great, but they can fool laymen with their postures. .

Cao Xuan sometimes felt that if he were reborn or traveled through time, he could do very well just relying on these skills and theories.

But even so, Cao Xuan did not market any "Almighty King" or "Test Demon" or anything like that.

It's not that he disdains it, it's that he knows how much he weighs. He says he's all-powerful, but in fact he's knowledgeable but not expert. When he's in front of an expert, he'll show his timidity.

But this is enough for him as an actor, and he doesn't have a systematic way to add points, so how can he be really omnipotent.

It’s hard to pick one out of 10,000 people who can use their hobbies to destroy other people’s professional jobs...

The couple drove to chat and came to a theater owned by Star Cinemas. They put on masks and hats and got out of the car.

It was probably because they came today on Tuesday, before get off work in the afternoon, so there were not many people in the theater, and they didn't recognize Cao Xuan and the two of them by chance. They successfully bought tickets and snacks and entered the theater to watch the movie.

In fact, watching a movie today was not Cao Xuan’s whim. This can also be seen from the movies they watched——

"Happy Family"

Produced independently by Fanxing, it is a pure galaxy movie starring Fanxing artists Huang Bo and Fan Xiaopang.

In recent years, Fanxing's film output has not been large, with an annual output of only 5 to 6 films, and in rare cases, 7 to 8 films.

Most of them are in collaboration with others, and only about half of the films that we fully control are produced every year.

On the one hand, this is to ensure Fanxing's golden brand, focusing on quality. On the other hand, the current film market is not particularly developed, and the investment is too high and cannot be recovered.

Unless it's a batch of low-budget bad movies, a company like Fanxing that consistently produces more than five movies a year, with an average annual film investment of more than 200 million yuan, is already considered a relatively productive presence in the industry.

The most important thing is that every project of Fanxing is a high-quality project with profit potential, and many of them are top resources in the industry rushing to participate.

Therefore, it may seem that the number is not large, but in fact the impact and benefits brought by a few movies are difficult to achieve by a dozen or even dozens of other ordinary movies.

"Happy Family" is directed by the famous director Feng Xiaoning. It stars Huang Bo, who became popular last year. It also stars Fan Xiaopang, Yang Xue, Liang Guanhua, veteran actor Li Liqun and child star Zhang Yishan. The appearance is still very impressive.

The movie has just been released. Although Cao Xuan knows the script, he has not seen the actual finished product. He has been looking for a chance to see it, so this time it can be regarded as a fake to help the public.

Zeng Li didn't know what Cao Xuan was thinking, so he happily held hands with Cao Xuan and fed each other popcorn.

She and Cao Xuan haven't gone out to watch a movie together for several years. It doesn't matter what movie they watch. The most important thing is for an old couple to find the feeling they had when they were passionately in love.

The two of them were making small moves, and the movie started to air. The story of the Happy Family is not actually complicated.

The male protagonist played by Huang Bo was an orphan who grew up in an orphanage. He was helpless and lived to be 30 years old. He finally became a professional screenwriter, but he suffered multiple blows such as the rejection of his carefully prepared script. .

The originally carefree male protagonist felt more and more meaningless in life, so he planned to commit suicide, but ended up running into a group of ghosts.

An old man (Li Liqun), a middle-aged fat man (Liang Guanhua), a beautiful young woman (Fan Xiaopang), and a middle-aged boy (Zhang Yishan).

These four ghosts pester him every day, forcing the male protagonist to have no choice but to find an expert, but the other person tells him that this is a ghost's long-cherished wish, and he has to help these ghosts fulfill their wish, and then he can get rid of it.

Therefore, the male protagonist can only help these four ghosts to fulfill their wishes. During this period, there are various jokes and he meets a girl (Yang Xue).

In the end, the male protagonist gained love and established a good relationship with the four ghosts. Finally, he helped the four ghosts realize their long-cherished wish, and the knot in his heart was also untied. He began to fall in love with the female protagonist and actively faced the problem. Life.

And just when all the viewers thought this was a light comedy movie, a story about the male protagonist helping others and redeeming himself, the story ushered in the biggest twist.

When the male protagonist was having dinner with the female protagonist, he suddenly remembered something through a detail, and then understood everything.

In fact, the male protagonist was not an orphan at birth, but when he was about 10 years old, his family had a car accident, and his grandfather, parents, and brother all died. He was sent to an orphanage. Unable to bear the shock of his family leaving, he began to close himself off, and his character Feeling depressed, the previous memories are gradually forgotten.

But this time, through the details, he remembered the memories he had with the four ghosts and his childhood. When he connected them together, he discovered that the four ghosts were actually his family members.

The reason why they followed him was because they didn't trust him. His family had prevented him from committing suicide before. The so-called fulfillment of their long-cherished wish was actually about his family members telling him about his deeds and at the same time explaining and comforting him.

This section can be said to be the biggest tear point in the entire movie. All the previous foreshadowing completely burst out, and with Huang Bo's actor-level crying scene, the theater was filled with tears.

Zeng Li cried with pear blossoms in the rain, and even Cao Xuan, who was on guard, couldn't hold back and started wiping away tears.

In the end, the male protagonist said goodbye to the four ghosts, and the main film ended. There was an easter egg at the end. The male protagonist played by Huang Bo wore glasses and shook hands with director Feng Xiaoning.

"The script you wrote is really good, especially the final plot. The plot suddenly became more ambitious."

"As long as you're satisfied."

Huang Bo showed a strange smile that was half a smile, and the movie ended.

The easter egg is undoubtedly another small twist, which makes people wonder whether everything in the movie is a script.

From the perspective of the movie as a whole, this Easter egg is undoubtedly superfluous, and even a bit forced to pull the moved audience into reality.

But there is no way. It is stipulated that there can be no ghosts. As for the current version, Cao Xuan has given up his old face and went to the film bureau several times to negotiate it.

Although some movie plots are suspected to be scripts, it can also be understood as a new script created by the male protagonist stepping out of the shadows.

If someone really messes with the rules, they can throw out the script setting. If nothing happens, it will be regarded as non-script.

This is a side ball, that is, Cao Xuan has too much aura this year, and the film bureau has sold it out to save face. If it were replaced by someone else, even the plot of the feature film and the script might not be able to pass.

But no matter what, the overall effect of "Happy Family" is still good. Even Fan Xiaopang, whom Cao Xuan regards as the weakest link, also contributed an extremely brilliant performance.

Last year, Fan Xiaopang began to actively move into the film industry. Last year, he took on a literary film and collaborated with Zhou Gongzi on Xu Laoguai's "Women Are Not Bad", but the response was quite average.

Fanxing has a lot of film resources, but there are really not many actresses who can take on the main roles, and this has even spread to the entire film market.

Even if Fan Xiaopang is the first sister of Fanxing, under the general environment, she can avoid the dilemma of many movie actresses who are mostly green leaves.

However, after all, she was backed by Fanxing, so the environment couldn't resist her, but if she was willing, Fanxing's resources could still be used as much as possible.

"Women Don't Love" is technically a movie made by Fanxing specifically to support Fan Xiaopang, and even invited Mr. Zhou to star in it.

It is intended to be marketed similarly to the dual female protagonists Zhou Gongzi and Hu Jing in "Painted Skin".

Unfortunately, this movie didn't make much splash, so Fan Xiaopang's transition to movies was a little hazy.

Before this, the first choice for the role of mother in "Happy Family" was definitely not Fan Xiaopang, and even Yang Xue was ahead of her.

As a result, Fan Xiaopang learned about the movie and came to the script to think over the role of the mother, pretending to be an old woman without makeup. In the end, there was another wonderful crying scene that impressed the director Feng Xiaoning.

Cao Xuanyu also felt that Fan Xiaopang's performance was good. The only drawback was that with such a beautiful mother, how could he give birth to Huang Bo?

Huang Bo: "..."

I originally wanted to have a candlelight dinner after watching the movie and enjoy the world of two people, but it turned out that the movie was too sad and I was not in the mood to have fun at all.

Especially Zeng Li, a first-time mother, was most touched by this kind of family film, and even made a special phone call to Yuan Quan.

The comfort and low profile of the new car can be omitted. The key is safety. She will inevitably drive with little Cao Li in the future, so she cannot be careless.

Cao Xuan was reminded by her, and he also thought about whether to find a military factory to help modify it. It would be best to get a military-grade one, bulletproof and collision-proof...

The couple is possessed by paranoia, how to think about the new tank... Let's not talk about the car, but mainly talk about "Happy Family".

This movie didn't have a strong box office at the beginning. After all, although the appearance was good-looking, it didn't have enough box office appeal.

Huang Bo is barely there, and Fan Xiaopang can only influence his own fans. Feng Xiaoning has a good resume, but his reputation is too poor, which is better than nothing.

It only took less than 5 million at the box office after two days of release. If this continues, it would be good to have 30 million at the box office.

However, the film's ratings are excellent. The initial rating on Time.com was 9.0, which is among the domestic films with the highest initial ratings in the past two years. Although it has continued to decline, its reputation has grown and its influence is still considerable.

Here I want to talk about the benefits of having Star Cinema at home!

Although "Happy Family" did not perform well in the first two days, it still has the support of film schedules. As the film's reputation gains momentum, the film schedules will also increase immediately.

In the end, "Happy Family" won 28 million box office in the first week, and the final box office is expected to exceed 100 million.

This data is not as good as the original version. After all, the original version was the runner-up at the box office in South Korea in 2010.

But in fact, the movie's box office in South Korea was nearly 20 million US dollars, which was equivalent to RMB 135 million at the time, which is not much different from the current starry version of "Happy Family".

Of course, the Korean film market is too small and cannot be compared with the mainland.

But considering the current era in the Mainland film market where blockbusters are king, such a small-budget film with a happy ending but a literary and artistic end is expected to exceed 100 million, and its performance is excellent.

The last movie "Crazy Racing" had a box office of 150 million, and now there is another movie "Happy Family" that is expected to have a box office of over 100 million.

This data is extremely rare for those Hong Kong and Taiwan superstars, let alone a mainland actor.

Huang Bo, who starred in two movies, became completely popular, and now he has become one of the most famous movie stars in the Mainland, and he is also popular for his acting skills.

Fanxing has already begun to help Huang Bo to see if he can win one of the Golden Horse, Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Best Actors with his outstanding performance in "Happy Family".

To be honest, the opportunity is not small. Needless to say, Fanxing’s influence is very strong. In addition, Huang Bo also performed very well.

Even Cao Xuan felt a little lucky after watching the movie. "Save Mr. My" and "Happy Family" will not compete for the Golden Horse in the same year, otherwise it would be hard to say.

However, Huang Bo is not without strong rivals. Zhang Hanyu from "Assembly" is also a favorite for the Golden Horse and next year's Golden Rooster.

As for the Hundred Flowers, the awards have been completed this year, and I hope it will be 2010.

At the same time, Fan Xiaopang is also expected to win the prize. The Hundred Flowers of Original Time and Space was won by Hu Jing. So far, she has not won the most authoritative actress.

At present, except for a certain Zhao, even Li Bingbing, a man who has been transparent for thousands of years, has won the title of Baihua Queen through "Yun Shui Yao". They are both big flowers. Fan Xiaopang is worried.

But whether it's for awards or not, "Happy Family" really made Fan Xiaopang straighten his back.

In the previous "Xiu Chun Knife 2", everyone said that she was holding on to her thighs. This time she is one of the core actors and has a solid resume.

Coupled with the upcoming big-budget film "Detective Dee: The Empire of Heaven", her career as a star-studded movie star is finally coming to fruition.

What Liu Tianxian, Damimi?

Two yellow-haired girls still dare to sneer. If I stay in Fanxing for a day, the name of the first sister of Fanxing will not be worn on other people's heads.

Well, except for the Empress of the East Palace...

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ps: I have been in bad shape these past two days, so I will write less. I will add a small chapter before the end of the month to make up for the few words...