China Entertainment 1997

On the set of "Taken 2", Cao Xuan met the famous Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway.

Cao Xuan's first impression was that she was white, the second impression was that she had a big mouth, and the third impression was that she was a cheerful and polite girl.

That's right, this famous Hollywood seductress is actually not difficult to get along with in private. At least for Cao Xuan personally, the first meeting was quite harmonious.

Many later marketing accounts said that Anne Hathaway was hacked in the United States because she was too perfect and was envied by others, so everyone wanted to destroy her.

This is complete nonsense. "Perfect" is just the character of Anne Hathaway, who is not perfect.

But to say that this man is angry and resentful, he has done a lot of immoral things.

Anne Hathaway was initially disliked by many people because she played the White Queen. Because the White Queen in the movie wronged the Red Queen when she was a child and was a White Lotus, so many viewers were disgusted.

The biggest black spot after that was that "Les Misérables" forcibly changed the original work and changed the original blonde beauty into long/short black hair.

The forced analogy is equivalent to changing the Monkey King in "Journey to the West" from a golden monkey to a black-haired baboon, which naturally caused strong dissatisfaction among fans of the original work.

In addition, when she received the Oscar award later, she thanked her back and forth. She was known as the actress with the longest Oscar acceptance speech, and was ridiculed by netizens.

Another time, her boyfriend of four years was suspected of fraud, and she immediately severed the relationship. This kind of "big black bull behavior" is obviously not popular at home and abroad.

The above-mentioned things, as well as various miscellaneous details, made American audiences believe that Anne Hathaway was a very fake person with no personality.

And she herself also deliberately marketed the "perfect persona", but she pretended not to be like it, was full of loopholes, and often left things to say.

Such a persona is not necessarily popular in China, let alone Americans who prefer "genuine and down-to-earth" people. There has been a lot of scandal over the years.

People and netizens all over the world are the same. As soon as it gains momentum, they will immediately follow the trend.

It just so happened that Anne Hathaway was not without her black spots, so she became a well-known "black and red actress" in Hollywood.

But in Cao Xuan's opinion, this person is pretty good, at least enough as a work colleague.

Especially when comparing Anne Hathaway to the sea queen who fucked Depp half to death, she can be regarded as "truthful, kind and beautiful".

Among the Hollywood actresses, every one of them is a good person.

Not to mention them, Cao Xuan himself and the artists under Fanxing also have all kinds of "dirty information" on them.

No one is perfect, especially celebrities whose fame has been magnified in various ways by the Vanity Fair. No matter what you do, black spots will be found.

So Cao Xuan has long been accustomed to it. As long as it is not a matter of principle and the conditions are right, he can cooperate.

To put it bluntly, he is not just marrying a wife and filming a movie, he doesn't care whether she is a good person or not, as long as she can help the movie make money.

At this stage, Anne Hathaway's popularity is pretty good, she's famous enough, the price is right, and she's pretty. She's a very cost-effective Hollywood actress. There's no reason why Cao Xuan shouldn't use her.

Compared with Anne Hathaway, Cao Xuan is actually more interested in Dwayne Johnson.

With a height of 1.95 meters, a weight of 220 kilograms, and a sturdy back, he feels oppressive just standing in front of people.

In order to reflect the power of the villain and at the same time take care of Cao Xuan's ruthless and ruthless action style, several action directors wasted their brain cells designing fight scenes for the two.

Fortunately, Cao Xuan himself is 1.8 meters tall. Although his body shape is not the tall and thick type like Johnson, he is well-proportioned and strong. When the two of them fight, I can't say they are evenly matched, but the contrast is not too big.

Johnson started out as a wrestling actor and is a star player in WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment). He was just inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2008.

Johnson made his Hollywood debut in 2001 and participated in "The Mummy 2". Although he only appeared for a few minutes, he left a big impression on the audience.

So Universal struck while the iron was hot and launched a spin-off movie "The Scorpion King" based on the character. Riding on the momentum of the "Mummy" series, it performed well at the box office.

Since then, Johnson has completely entered Hollywood, but he has basically been a supporting actor, and the starring roles are all low-cost. In Hollywood, he is barely considered a second-tier actor.

It wasn't until 2010, when he starred in some action dramas, including "G.I. Joe 2" and the "Fast and Furious" series, that Johnson truly became famous and became one of the most lucrative male stars in Hollywood.

Speaking of which, Anne Hathaway and Johnson are still acquaintances. Last year, the two collaborated on a film called "The Fool", which was released this year and grossed US$230 million worldwide.

"Taken 2" cast Anne Hathaway as the heroine. It's hard to say that she wasn't influenced by "The Dirty Detective".

As the producer of "Taken 2", Cao Xuan has the most power. After chatting with Johnson for a few words, he expressed the hope that Johnson would shave his head.

Yes, Johnson was still short-haired at this time, and unlike the impression of many people in later generations, Johnson was not a macho man in the American public's mind at this time, and he had more comedy.

After all, they are WWE wrestlers. They are all fun-loving people and have rich experience.

In later generations, many Chinese viewers wondered how Johnson could be so good at comedy. After watching two of his matches, it was clear that he had already restrained himself. The wrestlers were having fun and the talk comedians had to be sucked into it.

Because of this, Cao Xuan hopes to change Johnson's image.

After the sponsor spoke, Johnson obeyed. He shaved his head and put on a tight T-shirt, which made his body bulging, making him even more fierce.

Even Johnson looked in the mirror and felt quite satisfied, feeling that he had found the look that suited him best.

Cao Xuan himself also breathed a sigh of relief. God knows, how uncomfortable he looked at Johnson with the hair, or how comfortable he looked with the bald head now...

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"Taken 2" was filmed in London and Manchester, England, as well as several scenes in Hong Kong.

Compared with the first part, the investment in the second part is larger, the scenes are more grand, and it requires the help of the local government.

This was not the first time that Cao Xuan had contacted Manchester. He even had a personal relationship with the mayor. He easily obtained the filming permit, and there were no obstacles from London.

After all, "Rescue" was also a relatively popular movie last year, and it starred Cao Xuan, so it was also good for city publicity.

It's just that the little golden retriever who has just become the mayor of London, pretending to be a public servant, invites Cao Xuan to a dinner party, and helps him fill the scene.

This is not the first time Cao Xuan has encountered this situation. After all, if a world superstar can be invited to a dinner or party hosted by him, it will be very honorable to the host.

Cao Xuan received countless similar invitations at home and abroad. Most of them declined, but a few came only because they couldn't refuse or because of an exchange of interests.

Little Golden Retriever was the latter, pulling Cao Xuan to brag to the guests how much he liked Cao Xuan's songs, and how the two hit it off immediately and had a great time chatting.

Cao Xuan smiled politely throughout the whole process, and even regretted agreeing to the little golden retriever. If this was revealed in the future, he would not be led to the rhythm...

However, after this banquet, the on-site shooting of "Taken 2" in London was no longer troublesome.

On September 12, "Taken 2" officially started shooting in the UK. The first scene showed Cao Xuan walking in London holding Hathaway's hand, laughing and talking from time to time, and finally hugged and said goodbye.

The Empress of the East Palace was watching expressionlessly from behind the monitor, playing with the mobile phone in her hand from time to time.

He wanted to go back and watch the monitor after the performance, but he didn't dare to look in Hu Jing's direction and just watched the filming.

They are all professional actors, and their acting skills are above the standard. The scene of a shopping couple was not difficult at all, and they rushed directly to the next scene.

Anne Hathaway got off work and was robbed by several people. Cao Xuan appeared, fought off the people and rescued her girlfriend, but her bag was still gone...

The plot of "Taken 2" is not complicated, and it doesn't even have much connection with the first one.

After the success of the last rescue in Japan, the security company of the male protagonist Chen Jun, played by Cao Xuan, expanded its business to the UK, and the male protagonist also came to work in the UK.

During this period, he met the heroine who worked in a drug research institute, and the two fell in love.

What the two of them didn't know was that this biological research institute was just a cover. In fact, a gang in Europe produced a laboratory for researching new drugs.

Interpol found out about the situation and sent undercover Hu Jing to collect evidence. During this period, she and the heroine became colleagues and had a good relationship.

Later, although Hu Jing's evidence was received, the undercover incident occurred and Hu Jing was injured and fled. Before leaving, she put the USB flash drive of the evidence in the bag of the heroine, who knew the details, and planned to take it away quietly through Interpol afterwards.

Unexpectedly, the heroine was robbed, her bag was taken away, and the USB flash drive was lost. There was a traitor within Interpol. Hu Jing was almost silenced, and the heroine was also targeted.

Later, the gangsters caught the female protagonist. The male protagonist thought it was the revenge of the original gang of robbers, so he rushed in alone, beat her violently, and got the USB flash drive, which made him somewhat understand the situation.

After that, one party wanted to save people, and the other wanted to get evidence to silence them. The two sides battled wits and courage, plus the plot involving Hu Jing and other police officers, and finally completed the film.

The plot is not new, and is even a bit stereotyped, but "Rescue 2" is not about the plot background. The action scenes and tense rescue rhythm are the key.

If we talk about the first part of "Hurricane Rescue", the production team, including Cao Xuan, was a bit trying to cross the river by feeling the stones.

After receiving feedback from the audience, everyone has a deeper understanding of this series, and the plot settings and shooting style have become more mature.

Maybe this won't be liked by some film critics and senior movie fans, but it will definitely impress most ordinary audiences.

Cao Xuan clearly understands the positioning of the "Rescue" series, a popcorn-style action movie that incorporates some family and love elements, but the actual core selling point is still an action movie.

For a commercial action film, the most important thing is to be good-looking and exciting. Everything else can be put aside...

Therefore, this also leads to the fact that the first part of "Hurricane Rescue" also carefully crafted some family elements, while the second part is relatively more straightforward and follows the route of love + action and comfort of a hero saving a beauty.

The fast-paced plot and mature team made "Taken" shoot very quickly, and the early and middle stages of the film were shot in London in less than a month.

Then it moved to Manchester. The movie is set as the lair of the villain gang, and the rescue and decisive battles in the middle and later stages were all filmed here.

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"Wow, hello, hello."

"I am Cristiano Ronaldo, you can call me Ronaldo."

"I'm Rooney."

"I'm a big fan of yours. You were so beautiful in The Princess Diaries."

After learning that "Taken 2" was moving to Manchester, Cristiano Ronaldo and several other Manchester United players came over to visit the team.

Cao Xuan originally thought he was here to see him, and he was a little touched. However, as soon as he arrived on the set, these beasts approached Anne Hathaway.

Stars like them usually have no shortage of female stars and models to make friends with them, but they are basically mainly from Europe. In the football desert of the United States, the influence is still weaker.

As a Hollywood star, Anne Hathaway is still somewhat well-known internationally, so she is quite attractive to these animals.

Especially for Cristiano Ronaldo, this was the time when he was most proud and carefree. Cao Xuan often saw gossips about him when he was filming in the UK.

It is said that in 2008 alone, Ronaldo officially admitted to having five girlfriends or had intimate photos taken of them, and there were countless one-night stands or friendly discussions.

One of his nurse girlfriends publicly mocked this playboy - he had a big house, great skills, and had slept with 80,000 women.

You know, Cao Daguan's scandal targets only have four figures.

In terms of "scumbag", Cristiano Ronaldo is even more famous in the UK and Europe than Cao Xuan is in China...

Many Chinese media or European media comment on the good relationship between the two, and often use similar adjectives such as "like-minded" and "birds of a feather flock together".

Cao Xuan had nothing to say to this group of LSPs. He cast a look of disdain and then went on to film a scene with a bunch of villains.

Later, I had an idea and called Ronaldo and Rooney, the two most famous people, over with a sincere tone.

"Is it fun on set?"

"It's fun. It's quite interesting. It's much better than the scenes we shoot in commercials."

"Do you two want to put on a show?"

"Guest appearance?"

Ronaldo was excited but hesitant: "Can we do it? Do you want to tell your agent?"

"It's not like you haven't filmed commercials before. No problem, just one or two, just treat it as fun."

"Fine."

Both of them are a bit eager to try it out. They often come here for advertisements, documentaries, and interviews. This is the first time for formal film shooting.

Cao Xuan turned around and discussed it with the director. The two of them had limited time, and the script had already been decided, so they couldn't give him a big role. He could just simply show his lower body, which was regarded as a small Easter egg for fun scenes.

After getting ready, we talked about the scene and started shooting.

This scene tells the story of Cao Xuan who first arrived in Manchester and captured a gangster. The gangster led him to find the leader. The gangster recognized the hero and the two sides started fighting.

The opponent has many people and firearms, so it is difficult for the male protagonist to fight head-on. He fights and then retreats, and fights and strangles.

Cao Xuan ran to a small shop, and several gangsters rushed in with eager eyes. The boss wearing a Manchester United jersey played by Rooney was furious when he saw this, and he took out a baseball bat from nowhere.

"Who are you, get out of my store."

The gangster pulled out a pistol and pointed it at him. The Looney Baseball bat clattered to the ground, his hands raised in the air, and the anger on his face turned to horror.

"Dude, calm down."

Seeing that everyone was distracted, Cao Xuan shot and killed a gunman. Then the two sides started a gun battle in the store, and Rooney lay trembling under the bar.

After a while, the gunfire stopped, and Cao Xuan pulled Rooney up and took out the cash, watches, mobile phones, and gold chains that he had found from several gang members.

"If my compensation is not enough, ask them for it."

After that, Cao Xuan left. Rooney looked at the mess in the store, picked up the baseball bat, and walked towards the only gangster who was still moaning and dying.

Rooney somehow found a supporting role with a role, and Ronaldo's role was simpler.

Cao Xuan chased the leader, drove the car away, opened the door, dragged the leader with blood on his face, Bang Bang knocked him unconscious with two punches, threw him into the car, and left quickly with the sound of the alarm bell.

Not far away, Cristiano Ronaldo pulled out the headphones in his ears, stared at this scene in stunned silence, and shouted four sentences in Chinese with a slight Portuguese accent.

"Fuck, that's awesome!"

Well, this is a Chinese version only, and an English version of "Wang Defa" has also been specially filmed, which can be edited as appropriate.

After filming the movie, the two of them were still a little bit unfinished, so Cao Xuan asked someone to withdraw 100,000 pounds and sealed it in a red envelope as a reward for the two of them.

The two of them were guest appearances and had no intention of asking for money, but Cao Xuan couldn't deny it at all. 100,000 pounds was equivalent to half a week's salary for the two of them, so it was just tea money.

The money was not much, but it was still a thought. Later, when Neymar guest-starred in "Xx", I heard that he was not given a dime...

Mr. Cao couldn't help but sigh, why couldn't he be ruthless and become a complete black-hearted capitalist?

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Entering October, Cao Xuan, Hu Jing and others are filming in the UK, and domestically, stars have also begun to promote "The Voice of China" and the upcoming new TV series "Tang Gong Suo Jade".

The gathering of four great mentors, Liu Huan, Ren Xianqi, Han Hong and Chen Yixun, excited many domestic audiences.

This lineup is not considered top-notch in the Chinese music scene, but it is also very luxurious. The most important thing is that the competition system is novel, and the external slogan is "just listen to the sound and not look at the person."

The first episode of the program is expected to be broadcast in December and will be broadcast until the Spring Festival. After the Spring Festival, "Run" will take over.

The first season of "The Voice of China" is mainly to see the effect. If the effect is good, the second season will probably be launched next summer.

After all, this talent show is more of a music program presentation than a celebrity talent show that comprehensively considers image, quality, strength, characteristics, etc. If only considering voice and stage song performance, the number of good talents is much greater than that of "Stars of Tomorrow" .

It will premiere in December, and large-scale auditions will begin in October. Unlike "Tomorrow's Star", the auditions will not be announced to the public due to the blind audition process.

The general process is that contestants sign up, the program team auditions, select contestants with sufficient strength, and officially participate in the program recording blind audition.

Therefore, those who can actually appear on "The Voice of China" are basically good prospects who have been teased by the staff, and they are at least capable. A few who perform poorly will be edited even if they appear.

Unless there is a relatively topical topic, the program team will relatively leave some scenes, otherwise there will be no mentor to choose the eliminated contestants, and few scenes will be broadcast.

In the past two years of the talent show boom, in addition to "Tomorrow's Star" and "Avenue of Stars", many programs require image, and a large number of capable players have been excluded.

"The Voice of China", with its title slogan of "no threshold" + "just listen to the voice but not the person", has attracted the attention of many powerful contestants, with a huge number of people signing up.

The program team also successfully created the first wave of momentum and gave "The Voice of China" a good start.

In addition, Fanxing's key project this year "Tang Palace Lock Jade" has finally been jointly premiered on three satellite TV stations in Suzhou, Zhejiang and Shanghai.

Yan Kuan and Gao Yuanyuan left, and Fan Xiaopang and Liu Tianxian gradually turned their energy to movies.

The former took over the filming of "Happy Family" and "Detective Dee: The Empire of Heaven", and will probably star in "Let the Bullets Fly" later.

The latter released an album after "Hurricane Rescue" and has been in the Chinese music scene for more than half a year. He is currently participating in "October Siege", which was partially invested by Fanxing. He replaced Li Yuchun and played the role of Fang Hong, who beats the girl.

Fanxing did not invest much in the movie "October Siege", but the companies that control it, China Film, Bona, and Huayi, all have good relations with Fanxing.

Liu Tianxian was originally a popular actress, and the film crew was also greedy for traffic. With Fanxing as her backer, she easily got the role.

In fact, at the beginning, the film crew wanted her to play Ah Chun, the character played by Jiang Wen's daughter-in-law Zhou Yun, who is gentle and gentle and falls in love with Chef Xie.

However, Liu Tianxian wanted to act in a fighting scene, and he fell in love with the role of a girl-beater. Fanxing helped with public relations, and the film crew also considered that she had a background in martial arts dramas and had enough foundation, so Liu Tianxian finally got his wish.

Considering the role, Liu Tianxian can be said to be the leading female lead in this movie. However, this movie is a group scene and can only be calculated by rank, which is probably within the fifth rank.

It seems ordinary, but don't forget that this is her second movie.

Everyone knows what is going on with the so-called break into Hollywood. Just shouting and shouting is okay, but it does not mean that she is really that valuable. Hollywood will not invite her, and the industry will not really regard her as a Hollywood actress.

"October Siege" is a major production in the Chinese film industry in the past two years. Liu Tianxian has won the most important female role, which is considered very good.

At present, the Chinese film industry is still dominated by the big stars. Liu Tianxian, who was born in the 1980s, can already compete with many big stars for film resources, and is already the number one in his generation.

In contrast, Damimi currently has no access to top film resources except for the movies within Fanxing. Even if it does, it cannot get any important roles.

Before this, the most important movie role she got was the heroine of "Slam Dunk", but the role was really just that.

But a blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise.

Without Fan, Gao, Liu, and Dong, Damimi became the leading actress of Fanxing TV series, and Hu Ge became the leading artist in Fanxing TV series, and a lot of related resources were directed towards them.

Once the TV series is filmed and its fame and national popularity explode, resources will naturally increase. Fan Xiaopang and Liu Tianxian are good examples. Damimi maintains the confidence to overtake in corners.

And "Tang Gong Suo Jade" did not disappoint her expectations. It staged a ratings frenzy in October 2008. Damimi benefited a lot from her efforts and became the most popular little flower nowadays.

In the selection of the second Golden Eagle Goddess this year, Damimi defeated Sister-in-law Lu from "Struggle" and was elected as the second Golden Eagle Goddess in history with the absolute advantages accumulated in "The Heirs" and "Tang Palace Suoyu".

Soon after, Weibo took the lead and major networks, media and audience voted to comprehensively select the new four Xiaohuadan.

Liu Tianxian and Damimi succeeded with undisputed votes, while the remaining two spots were finally won by Huang Shengyi and Wang Luodan after various battles.

These two also caused a lot of controversy. Fans of Xiaohua from all walks of life were dissatisfied, and a scandal involving suspected ticket buying was exposed.

But no matter what, there are still two out of four, and there is no objection to the two. The name of Fanxing's "star-making factory" is getting louder and louder...

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