China Entertainment 1997

Mexico, Guadalajara

Cao Xuan ended the shooting a little tired, and after setting up the scene, he returned to the rest area next to him to rest.

After taking a sip of the energy drink, he turned around and saw that Liu Tianxian, who was wearing a costume and a little dirty on his face, was still immersed in browsing his mobile phone.

Shaking his head, Cao Xuan couldn't help but said: "Don't watch it. It's impossible to halve the box office even if you watch it a hundred times. It's almost a foregone conclusion that "Love Is Not Blind" will break 500 million."

"I know."

Liu Tianxian bit his lower lip: "How much box office do you think our movie can have in the Mainland?"

"The company expects 300 million to 500 million."

Cao Xuan looked at the disappointed Liu Tianxian and explained: "It is often difficult for action movies to break through the upper limit, and it is a series of movies. It can also be seen from the previous two movies that it is difficult for this movie to become a phenomenon.

Even with my reputation and the popularity of the first two films, it is not easy to surpass "Now You See Me". "

For most of the series of movies, based on the data of the previous movies and supplemented by various calculations, the approximate range of results can be predicted relatively accurately.

Of course, it is not ruled out that one of them will suddenly become a big hit, obviously exceeding expectations.

This situation is not uncommon in the industry, but it often depends on luck and the quality of the work.

Cao Xuan knows very well about "Rescue 3" that the overall quality will not be much worse than the previous two films. Considering the addition of various elements such as the completion of the film, the box office will most likely rise, but a doubling-type super hit , the hope is too small.

He actually understands what Liu Tianxian means. He simply hopes that "Rescue 3" can be comparable to "Now You See Me" and continue to form a confrontation with Damimi.

The last time "Now You See Me" had a series of wins, Liu Tianxian was quite shocked. This time after the hit of "33 Days Later", it gave her an extraordinary stimulation.

As far as Cao Xuan is concerned, he has rarely seen Liu Tianxian smiling on the set these days.

During breaks, he often frowns and looks solemn, and calls his mother and management team from time to time.

Cao Xuan has known her for ten years. Perhaps due to her family upbringing and her early fame, Liu Tianxian's mentality is relatively calm and calm compared to her peers. She was a bit squeamish in the early days, but after becoming a top-notch person, she became extremely Less gaffes.

In his impression, except for the last time he was scolded badly in "Three Kingdoms: Guandu" and Po Fang came to Zeng Li for comfort, only this time his mood swings were more obvious.

It seems that he is really anxious!

The first movie that Damimi starred in was "Xiu Chun Knife 2", and she was also Ding Baiying's apprentice. Later she played the maid in "Painted Skin", and she also appeared in Liu Tianxian's masterpiece "Hurricane Rescue".

These three movies alone have a box office of almost 900 million in the mainland. Of course, Damimi is a minor supporting role in these movies, so it is a bit far-fetched to count the box office to her.

But leaving aside the supporting roles for the moment, the female lead or starring role of Damimi is also scary enough at the box office.

"Slam Dunk", "Hotel of Wealth", "Wulin Gaiden" and "Laughing House" together have a total of 500 million+ in the mainland, "Now You See Me" and "33 Days Out" have a total of 1.3 billion, with a total box office of 1.8 billion in the mainland, entertainment industry Actress second.

Ranking first is Fan Xiaopang, the first sister of Fanxing. Her starring films such as "Xiu Chun Dao 2", "Let the Bullets Fly", "The Wind", "Detective Dee Renjie: The Tongtian Empire" and "Happy Family" have accumulated a total domestic box office of over 2 billion+.

However, Liu Tianxian's "Hurricane Rescue", "October Siege", "Three Kingdoms: Guandu" and "Girls We Chased Together in Those Years" have a cumulative mainland box office of only about 1.4 billion.

However, this is an objective algorithm. Most of the entertainment industry and fans will add movies such as "Painted Skin" and "Xiu Chun Dao 2" to Damimi.

If calculated this way, the cumulative box office of "Da Mi Mi" in the mainland exceeds 2.7 billion yuan.

The overseas box office is also very impressive. "Now You See Me" alone is enough to surpass all other films, and the total global box office easily exceeds 5 billion yuan.

Even though these box office results are very high, they are enough to beat various female stars, focusing on Liu Tianxian, and occasionally stepping on them.

And not only in movies, but also in TV series, Damimi’s data is particularly good.

"Wulin Gaiden", "Beauty's Scheming", "Tang Gong Suo Jade", "The Heirs" and "Legend of Sword and Fairy" are all blockbusters. Several of them are satellite TV's annual ratings champions and compete for the top three of the year.

"The Temptation of Going Home" is the well-deserved 2010 annual ratings champion + Golden Eagle TV Queen.

In contrast, Liu Tianxian's role in TV dramas is more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Wang Yuyan, Xiao Longnu, Ling'er, Lu Su...

She can be called the dream goddess of countless people, but the ratings data really can't beat Damimi. The latter was almost dominant from 2008 to 2010, and many media called her the queen of ratings or the first sister of TV series.

Maybe Liu Tianxian still has a leading advantage now, but it would be really heartless to face the rise of Damimi with a leisurely and high attitude.

"When you feel the pressure, work hard. "Super Body" is a good book. I'm optimistic about Xiao Bao."

Cao Xuan couldn't stand it anymore and comforted Liu Tianxian with a few words: "Yang Mi's advantage is that she is in chick flicks, and she may continue to act in them in the future. You don't want to be trapped in youth themes, and costumes and romance take a toll on the crew and the book, so you can simply Work more on action movies."

Liu Tianxian can be a hit girl, and costume themes are very popular. These two points are very advantageous for Damimi.

It was a foregone conclusion that Fan Xiaopang would leave, and Fanxing had given her good resources.

The heroine of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" has been decided, and now there is a high chance that Xu's "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" will also be her.

For an artist who had already decided to leave, Cao Xuan gave two top resources and helped him join Marvel. This was definitely not an ordinary favor.

Of course, this is largely because Fanxing owns 30% of the shares of Fan Xiaopang's upcoming studio, and Fanxing has priority investment rights in the film and television projects she leads.

Even the ambitious Fan Xiaopang plans to build the first listed company in the mainland with an artist brand.

For this reason, she did not hesitate to sign a gambling agreement with Fanxing to obtain Fanxing's capital tilt.

If she wins, not to mention having a net worth of several billion, at least she will have freedom of wealth for the rest of her life. However, if she fails to complete the bet, the next few years will not be said to be in vain, but the majority will basically belong to the stars.

From a personal perspective, Cao Xuan didn't want to bet against her.

Although Fan Xiaopang has many problems, he has a high emotional intelligence and their personal relationship is also good. Cao Xuan does not want to be a vampire capitalist.

You must know that in this kind of gambling agreement, most of the capital is guaranteed to make a profit. For example, Fan Xiaopang's gambling is beneficial to Fanxing no matter whether he wins or loses, but the benefits vary.

But for Fan Xiaopang, he has to bet on the peak of his career for several years and even his entire stardom.

But he didn't want to gamble and couldn't stand Fan Xiaopang's persistent requests.

Fan Ye, who calls out that I am a wealthy family, does not want to be simply a doll of capital. She also wants to achieve a class jump.

But it is not easy to achieve this goal just relying on the cards in her hand, so she will not hesitate to gamble to gain the support of the stars.

Not only do you have enough starting capital, but you can also take advantage of certain resources and platforms, and you also have a trustworthy backer.

It can be said that Fanxing is Fan Xiaopang's most perfect partner.

Those with professional abilities and platforms may not be as rich as Fanxing. She cannot trust wealthy outsiders, and her trustworthy resources and platforms are not as good as those of Fanxing.

So even if Cao Xuan refused, Fan Xiaopang was determined and cried and shouted that he wanted to work for her.

If Fan Xiaopang hadn't left the company, he would still be deeply bound to Fanxing.

Otherwise, even if Cao Xuan wanted to compensate Fan Xiaopang, he would not be able to give her two top film resources in one go.

However, Fan Xiaopang will be regarded as half an outsider after all. Although he has a higher priority, he still has to be ranked behind Liu Tianxian and Damimi.

Considering the positioning of the two people, Liu Tianxian is the first choice for future action and costume movies within Fanxing.

Similarly, for those who favor light-style and modern themes, Damimi’s priority ranks first.

"Well, I'll try my best."

Liu Tianxian nodded vigorously, and his face, which was described as fairy-like by fans, also showed rare perseverance and fighting spirit.

Cao Xuan was particularly pleased. If all his employees could be as good as this, Fanxing's market value would probably increase by a few percent.

He even began to wonder whether he should increase his efforts to praise Chen Yao and put some pressure on Hu Ge...

………

In mid-December, when most of the filming for "Rescue 3" was completed, Cao Xuan asked for leave again to attend the premiere ceremony of "Eagle Eye" and related promotions.

To be honest, the schedule was quite bumpy this time.

In "Eagle Eye", Cao Xuan is the leading male lead, so he has to show up, or even simply promote it. And in "Rescue 3", there are a lot of people, and Cao Xuan can't just leave them all here.

Filming venues, equipment, and labor in the United States are all very expensive. If Cao Xuan completely gives up, he may have to spend millions more on the budget.

Money is still a trivial matter. Many key schedules may not be arranged, and Warner may not have any objections.

Therefore, it was rare for Cao Xuan to get back into filming this time, and he consciously arranged for the filming and promotion locations to be adjacent to each other, so that he could rush back to film immediately during the promotion period, and then go to the next place for promotion.

Although the schedule was a bit troublesome, it would have been fine if "Rescue 3" had been launched a month in advance.

However, he had been busy with the promotion of "Now You See Me" and had no schedule to start filming early.

Ultimately, everything was Cao Xuan's debt repayment for his leisurely vacation time of fishing and playing football in the first half of the year.

So Cao Xuan also agreed, just be busy if you are busy. After you are done, you will go to the private island that you built for a vacation. The busier you are now, the more vacations you will have in the future...

After "Now You See Me" in August, after a few months, Cao Xuan once again appeared at the grand premiere ceremony in Hollywood.

At that time, he was holding Gal Gadot's arm. At this time, she became a widow, wearing a close-fitting red dress that made her skin dazzlingly white.

Robert Downey Jr. and several other Marvel stars also came over to help when they had time, which attracted cheers from many Marvel fans present.

During the reporter's question-and-answer session after the red carpet, Cao Xuan was besieged by Hollywood reporters who were gearing up.

"What made you take the comic book movie?"

"Do you know anything about comics before this?"

"Many Marvel fans outside are very skeptical about you playing Hawkeye. What do you think?"

"Some people say that Chinese people are not worthy of playing superheroes. This is tarnishing Marvel's glorious tradition. Do you have anything to say?"

Since it was revealed this summer that Cao Xuan would star as Hawkeye, he himself has not responded much. On the contrary, Marvel President Kevin Feige has been quarreling.

For this premiere, the media will definitely focus on questioning Cao Xuan, and even use tricky questions to anger or force him to not come off the stage to gain gimmicks.

Cao Xuan, who had experienced many battles, did not take this seriously. After a brief pause, he began to answer a few questions.

“I don’t want to lie. Marvel comics are not popular in China, and I can’t say I know much about the original comics. Even before coming to the United States, my knowledge of Marvel was limited to Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man. .

But that doesn’t mean I don’t know the importance of Marvel. Maybe some of you know that I invested in Marvel before “Iron Man” was released.

Kevin can testify to me that that amount of money was not a small amount at that time. "

Marvel President Kevin Feige, who was writing the story in the audience, nodded and took over: "Without Cao's investment, the initial establishment of "Iron Man" and the movie universe would have been very difficult. He is a hero of Marvel."

Cao Xuan received a beautiful assist, and then said: "I don't want to take credit, but I want you to know that Marvel and I are not strangers.

Before taking the role, Kevin and I talked for a long time before making a prudent decision. I was very attentive to the creation, adaptation and interpretation of the role of Hawkeye, and I was willing to use my performance to dispel doubts.

As for some smears and boycotts related to race and nationality, I don’t want to comment on those scum.

If you want to write, you can add a few curse words for me. They can’t understand Chinese, and I’m not very good at English curse words. By the way, there’s no need for Fuxx Shxx, it’s too gentle...”

Cao Xuan rarely conflicts with others publicly and does not make harsh remarks easily. He is considered a good gentleman in the entertainment industry.

But not causing trouble does not mean that he has no temper. This is not the first time that he has criticized these gringos who insulted him.

He has a lot of anti-fans, which add up to at least several million in the country, and Cao Xuan doesn't care.

Under normal circumstances, he would ignore these flies, but when it involves insulting and attacking nationality and race in public, it touches his bottom line. If Cao Xuan tolerates it, he will be too embarrassed to return to his country.

So whenever faced with similar problems, Cao Xuan would act tough.

A reporter from the Washington Post once talked about her impression of Cao Xuan in a column.

“Cao is a very personable gentleman. He is cheerful, kind-hearted, and has an extremely smart mind and eloquence. It is a very pleasant thing to talk to and get along with him.

However, the premise of all this is not to hurt the country that questions him with words. Although Cao is unwilling to talk more about politics, I can feel that he is an out-and-out extreme patriot. "

This reporter’s evaluation is generally described by a term on the current Chinese Internet—angry youth.

In fact, Cao Xuan does not consider himself an angry youth. Although he is patriotic, he is not brainless. Generally speaking, he is relatively rational and objective.

But in this era where public knowledge is rampant and the Internet is smoky, even if he thinks he is rational, he is still regarded as an out-and-out angry youth.

His words against some foreign scum abroad are often criticized by many public figures when they are reported back to China. They feel that he has damaged the international image of the Chinese people and destroyed the friendship between Chinese and foreign people. He needs to reflect on his apology.

That day, Cao Xuan used swear words for the only time on social platforms, using two words to respond to all the controversies.

Idiot!

Simple bad breath, ultimate enjoyment.

At that moment, Cao Xuan regretted why he wanted to become an artist. If he hadn't taken his image into consideration, he would have ridiculed those public intellectuals and leading party members to death every day.

I’ve been busy giving away gifts these past two days, so there will be a little less updates. I’ll make up for it later.