China Entertainment 1997

After being overtaken by "A Dream" one after another, Naying has basically officially withdrawn from this battle.

The only thing in front of Cao Xuan now is "Can I Hug You" by Zhang Huimei.

At this time, Cao Xuan's songs have occupied four of the top five spots on the list, completely surrounding "Can I Hug You".

Although "Can I Hug You" is still No. 1, under the siege of four songs, the on-demand rate has dropped, and the top position is already in danger.

Cao Xuan was not careless. A lion fighting a rabbit requires all his strength, not to mention Zhang Huimei, the most popular queen in Taiwan Province.

Starting from mid-July, Cao Xuan began to participate in some TV variety shows to promote "Twinkle Stars".

With Cao Xuan's current popularity, it has not been difficult to appear on TV. Instead, many programs want to take advantage of his popularity and invite him to their own shows.

Jingcheng Terrace, Modu Terrace, Zhejiang Province, Shandong Province, Hui Province, Su Province, Hunan Province, and even Warner are handling the procedures for Cao Xuan, and he may go to Taiwan Province in the future.

Today, Taiwan's per capita economic level is still higher than that of the mainland, and the entertainment industry is developed. Therefore, despite the small number of people, it is a major market for Chinese singers' albums.

For many Hong Kong and Taiwan artists, half of their album sales are sold in Taiwan.

Of course, with the rise of the mainland market in the past two years, relying on its huge population advantage, it has surpassed Taiwan Province, so the main battlefield of a large number of Hong Kong and Taiwan singers has slowly moved north.

They went north, but Cao Xuan wanted to go south.

The mainland market is now Cao Xuan's home base, and he has no worries about selling his albums. On the contrary, the Taiwanese market still has a lot of potential to be tapped.

In this era when Hong Kong and Taiwan are popular, Cao Xuan is one of the few singers who has counterattacked from the mainland and entered the Taiwan market.

Last year's "Stars" sold more than 300,000 copies in Taiwan. Although it was far behind Ren Xianqi's million-breaking album, it still made it into the top ten album sales in Taiwan last year.

If Cao Xuan goes to business this year, coupled with Warner's promotional resources in Taiwan, "Sparkling Stars" will have an impact of 500,000+.

This is almost as much as the total sales volume in several mainland provinces.

Not to mention, conquering the Taiwanese market will greatly enhance Cao Xuan's status in the music industry under the current trend of the entertainment industry that respects Hong Kong and Taiwan.

By then, Cao Xuan was one of the top pop singers in mainland China.

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At the end of July, Cao Xuan returned to the capital from Hui Province and participated in an internal meeting of the crew of "Young Bao Qingtian".

Chen Yong finally gathered the remaining funds of 15 million.

Of course, a lot of the 15 million is only on paper. For example, Cao Xuan invested 3 million, but only 1.5 million was reserved for production, and the rest was his salary.

There are many more “investments” like this.

According to what Cao Xuan saw in the crew's accounts, the rent and management fees of Foshan Nanhai Film and Television Base where the crew filmed scenes were also converted into investments like Cao Xuan did. Nanhai Film and Television Base also invested an additional 1 million.

As for issuance, I don’t know how Chen Yong deceived him, and he also chose to convert it into an investment.

But even so, the production cost of "Young Man Bao Qingtian" is still very considerable, and in the current TV drama market, it can be regarded as a big production.

The purpose of this meeting was to determine the shares of each company and formally divide the interests, and also to determine the ownership of several roles.

Needless to say, Cao Xuan has already decided on the male protagonist Bao Zheng. Even Chen Yong’s ability to attract so much investment is partly due to Cao Xuan being the male protagonist.

The second female lead, Pang Feiyan, was protected by Cao Xuan, an investor and male lead, and was transferred to Hu Jing, and passed smoothly.

The second male lead, Sun Ce, still chose Ren Quan. On the one hand, he was somewhat famous and had a suitable image.

Moreover, Ren Quan has a wide network of businessmen. Not only is Cao Xuan friends with him, but Chen Yong also knows him. In addition, the remuneration is suitable, so the second male lead was naturally chosen.

But the heroine is a bit different.

Chen Yong wants to find a Hong Kong and Taiwan artist who is more sophisticated and can increase his popularity. There is also an investor who wants to praise his "good friend".

But Cao Xuan doesn't like him at all. My "good friend" is the second female lead. Why should you be the first female lead?

When the dispute broke out, Ren Quan pulled the strings and Wang Jinghua stepped in and recommended Li Bingbing as the female lead.

At this time, Li Bingbing was still somewhat famous, but not to the point where she could convince others to give her the female lead.

But soon Wang Jinhua came up with an offer that investors could not refuse.

Chen Daoming starred in The Eight Wise Kings.

At this time, although Chen Daoming has not yet reached his peak, he has won the Flying Star twice and the Golden Eagle once with "Fortress Besieged" and "The Last Emperor". Last year, "My 1919" allowed him to win the Golden Rooster Best Actor. , can be regarded as a veritable top mainland actor.

It's hard to hire an actor of this level to play a leading role in a TV series, let alone a supporting role.

That is to say, Wang Jinghua, the manager, and a few big bosses in the Beijing circle have this kind of reputation, and if someone else opens their mouth, they will immediately slap you.

Of course, if you have to risk your life and spend money, it's not impossible to invite him, but "Youngster Bao Qingtian" does not have this budget.

Now that there is such an opportunity for Chen Daoming to play a supporting role with a normal salary, everyone is very excited.

With Cao Xuan's popularity and Chen Daoming's celebrity status, the two of them join forces, plus Ren Quan and Li Bingbing, a pair of well-known new generation actors, and Bao Heizi, a big IP, "Young Bao Qingtian" cannot be snatched by the TV station Buy it.

Including Cao Xuan, everyone invests in TV series to make money. Chen Daoming's joining can be beneficial to the future sales price and ratings of "Young Man Bao Qingtian".

In comparison, who to give the heroine to is a minor issue.

In addition, "Young Bao Qingtian" also has a starring role, Zhan Zhao, and found child actor Shi Xiaolong. There is nothing to say about this, and it was unanimously approved.

There are child actors at this stage who are as famous as Shi Xiaolong, but he is the only one who is famous and can do filming scenes.

Xie Miao is also okay, but he is a bit old and not as cute as Shi Xiaolong, who is only in his early ten years.

As for the other supporting roles, they are mostly high-quality and low-priced actors, with a few occasionally filling in. As long as the conditions are passable, everyone turns a blind eye.

After this meeting, the crew of "Young Man Bao Qingtian" was officially formed.

The director and producer are now doing preparatory work, and it is expected to start shooting in mid-to-late November or early December. Chen Yong is going to major TV stations to build a reputation for selling the drama.

Cao Xuan, on the other hand, recuperated his energy and continued to promote the new album while waiting for the crew to start filming.

After all, the better the performance of the new album, the greater Cao Xuan's fame, and the more benefits it will bring to the crew of "Young Bao Qingtian".

Investors like Chen Yong now want Cao Xuan to kill all the kings and queens, and even go overseas to punch Jackson and kick Madonna to become an international superstar.

At that time, "Young Man Bao Qingtian" was selling like crazy, and they dared to charge a whopping price of 5 million an episode.

However, Cao Xuan is not as fierce as they thought. On the contrary, as soon as he finished handling the matter of "Young Bao Qingtian", two new rivals appeared on the ranking list...