China Entertainment: I became a capital tycoon

Chapter 627: Chinese and Korean netizens' war of words, the real U.S.

"We're famous! Really famous!"

“Although the album has not been sold in China, our video has been viewed over 7 million times online!”

"Can I really attend the Central Bank's Mid-Autumn Festival Gala? It feels like a dream!"

"It's not a dream, it's real!"

"Thanks to the president, he wrote the best song."

The girls from Qiduo who received the news couldn't believe it at all. After their debut album was released on Fei'e Video, their popularity became even greater than in Korea.

In particular, An Yuexi and Li Yitong, two students from Beijing Dance Academy, are the most popular.

Some Chinese students studying in South Korea and Korea, seeing how popular 7Do is in China, started to mock South Korea and Korea online for not knowing how to appreciate music, not having culture, not understanding the lyrics, and therefore not doing well in downloading music.

This blatant ridicule made Korean fans very unhappy. They retorted that Chido debuted in Korea and won three first places in music programs, so how could they not know how to appreciate music?

As a result, netizens from both sides immediately started a war of words online, which was comparable to the battle for ownership of kimchi a few years later.

In order to prove that Chido is a Korean group, many Korean female fans learned the song and imitated the dance.

With such a heated scene, those Koreans who were not optimistic about Qiduo at first just shut up.

As the three most important figures in the Korean music scene, with excellent songs and growing fame, FNC's stock price rose by 2.6% as soon as the Korean stock market opened on August , and its market value exceeded billion US dollars in one fell swoop.

In this situation, not only the shareholders who bought FNC stocks in the beginning cheered, but also CJ Entertainment, Avex Music, Lee Soo Man, Kim Kwang Pig and others felt that Chairman Cho was a business genius.

"President, when are we going to prepare Qiduo's next album?"

Lee Soo Man is in a very good mood now, not only because Childow has become popular, but mainly because of the increase in assets, which makes him feel refreshed.

It's a pity that FNC doesn't have anyone who can write Chinese songs, so they have to rely on Cao Yu.
"Don't worry, let's talk about it next year."

There are not many excellent ancient style songs. Qidu has a very good song "Yu Shengyan", but the other songs are becoming less and less.

"First, participate in various activities, and then increase your popularity."

FNC's market value is nothing to Cao Yu, and he even plans to make the war of words between Chinese and Korean netizens more intense.

On the one hand, this is done for hype, and on the other hand, it can also arouse national confidence and solidarity against the Koreans, so that we can better resist the Korean wave.

After sending Lee Soo Man away, he immediately sent an email to the manager in charge of publicity: "Let the Internet trolls curse more fiercely and continue to lead the trend..."

After dealing with all these, Cao Yu will go to the United States after "Sunny" is released, and then use his connections at the Oscars.

At the end of this year, China's first real science fiction film "Gravity" will be released, so next year's Oscars ceremony will be the highlight, and he must bring back a significant award for China.

The main actors of the movie "Sunny" are members of T-ARA and Girls' Generation.

Although many of them are idols and are not considered heavyweights in the eyes of outsiders, Jeon Bo-ram's outstanding performance in "Miss Granny" still makes the audience look forward to it.

Tickets for "Sunny Sisters" will go on sale on August 3rd.

As expected, due to the sensation caused by Yoona’s birthday and the fame that 7Dots brought to FNC, the pre-sale tickets were sold out early in the morning a few days ago.

On the release day of August 5, all major cinemas were lined with long queues, and the popularity of the scene was even greater than that of some Hollywood blockbusters.

Originally, many viewers went to watch the show to see beauties like Yoona, but after watching the show, they found that these girls' acting skills were no worse than those of professional actors.

"FNC is really good at training acting skills. They even trained idols to become actors. It's amazing."

"Lin Yoona, Lee Joo-ri, and Park Hyo-min are so beautiful in the movie!"

“Although the film is filled with a lot of violent scenes, think about it carefully, whose youth is not rebellious!”

"The plot is very good, with depth, good plot, and excellent production. As expected, FNC's works never disappoint."

“All in all, this is a big production with a small story, and it’s well worth seeing.”

"There is a Girls' Generation in the movie, and Chairman Cho has a lot of ideas to let the real Girls' Generation play the role."

……

After the premiere, positive reviews were overwhelming.

The second day of the film's release was a Saturday, and fans who had been waiting to see it finally went into the cinema. The number of moviegoers increased by 30% directly, and all major cinemas began to adjust the number of films they were shooting to make way for "Sunny."

After reading the collected reports, Cao Yu asked people to prepare to confirm the bank and fly to the United States on Sunday.

"The number of moviegoers in two days was close to one million, so it seems that exceeding 80,000 will not be a problem."

He estimated that with the popularity of the film, FNC's stock price would continue to rise, but there was no need for him to stay in Seoul.

I have accompanied all the women I should have accompanied, and even those I shouldn't have accompanied.

Although Lee Boo-jin was a little jealous of the birthday fireworks show that night, she could only choose not to care about it after being subdued in bed.

Before leaving, he finally learned about the crew of "Descendants of the Sun" who had already gone abroad. According to the plan, the film will be broadcast at the beginning of next year, which will be a perfect cap to his becoming a true Korean entertainment industry tycoon.

"Qido, after you finish your activities in Korea, return home and prepare to participate in the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala."

Cao Yu's flight was scheduled for the afternoon. He came to the company in the morning and gave Qiduo some final instructions: "You are famous now, but you must not be proud, otherwise you will not go far!"

As he spoke, he glanced at the youngest, Ju Jingyi, and said, "In Korea, you can't have plastic surgery! Otherwise, you will be fired! No tolerance!"

South Korea is the place where the four evil arts are most rampant, and Cao Yu is really afraid that some people will not be able to resist retouching their faces.

"Yes! President."

When people heard that they would be fired for plastic surgery, even if they had some thoughts in their minds, they had to suppress them.

Especially Ju Jingjing, she really still had a glimmer of hope. After all, she was not the most popular among the seven flowers.

But now her boss has issued a strict order and she dares not take the risk.

After giving Qiduo instructions, Cao Yu finally found Song Zue.

"Girl, let's go. We can go to the United States now."

"Finally liberated!"

Song Zu'e has been training here for more than a month, and has endured more suffering than in her previous ten years combined.

When I heard that I could go to the United States, I collapsed to the ground.

Cao Yu glared at Song Zue who was lying on the ground, and said unhappily, "Are you blaming me for letting you practice here? You are such a heartless person."

"How dare I? I want to thank my godfather. Although it's tiring, I learned a lot, including some Korean."

Song Zu'e immediately became obedient, got up and said, "Let's go now?"

"If you want to stay a few more days, I have no objection."

"Go, let's go!"

Song Zu'e was like a wild horse that had broken free from its reins. He pulled Cao Yu away, fearing that he would be left behind.

Her target is the United States, which is known as the "paradise on earth".

……

There are many blockbusters released in the United States today, including "Transformers 3", "Kung Fu Panda 2", "Pirates of the Caribbean 4", "Fast and Furious 5" and "Harry Potter 4".

When Cao Yu left South Korea, the first four films had already been released, with the best-performing one being Transformers 3, which grossed US$ billion worldwide.

However, the scariest one is Harry Potter 4.

This film was released in other parts of the world in July and earned more than 3 billion US dollars, but in order to protect domestic films and not want it to collide with "Transformers ", the domestic authorities chose to release it in China in August.

Throughout July, both "Transformers 3" and "Ip Man 2" performed well at the box office.

The Japanese movie "Your Name", which was released at the end of July, used beautiful images and the domestic audience's feelings towards Japanese animation to make the movie a box office of more than 600 million in just one week.

Therefore, after the release of "Harry Potter 4", a global hit, in China, the box office performance was not good, with the first day box office only making more than 3 million, which is 30% less than "Transformers " and "Your Name".

As soon as he got off the plane, Cao Yu received a statistical email from China.

"Haha, Your Name was introduced by Huanyu. This achievement must make Shu Xue very happy. Moreover, with the influence of this animated film, the box office of The Return of the Great Sage next year should not be low."

Thinking of this, Cao Yu immediately went to the Digital Domain Special Effects Company.

In the past two years, there have been more and more big-budget Hollywood movies with larger and larger investments, and the company's performance has naturally improved.

When he arrived at the company, Cao Yu immediately announced at the meeting: "We will set up a branch in Hong Kong immediately." In the past two years, Chinese movies that needed special effects had to be sent to the United States for production, which invisibly increased costs a lot.

In the past two years, the number of domestic blockbuster movies has gradually increased, and it has become imperative to open a branch in China.

"Also, have the Hong Kong branch produce this animated film immediately."

Nowadays, domestic animated films have gradually risen, but in terms of production, there is still a certain gap between them and Japan and the United States.

"Your Name" happened to be a hit in theaters, and Cao Yu took this opportunity to raise the slogan of "the rise of Chinese animation" so that Chinese animation can have a place in the world.

“Is this Hollywood?”

When Song Zue came to the United States, he felt that everything was new and interesting.

Especially this digital domain, there are posters of many blockbuster movies everywhere, including "Avatar", the global box office champion in previous years.

"My godfather is really awesome and powerful. This special effects company actually belongs to him."

Song Zu'e's eyes were full of stars. He felt that the possibility of him studying in the United States was very high. Moreover, with his godfather protecting him, he would definitely eat well and live well and would not have to suffer.

"If I can recognize this godfather, what will I be afraid of in the future?"

Song Zu'e was just thinking about how to show off to his classmates when Cao Yu had already finished his meeting.

"Let's go."

"where to?"

"where do you want to go?"

"It's already August. If you don't help me find a middle school, school will start soon."

"I never agreed to let you go to school here."

Cao Yu smiled sinisterly: "I will take you to see the United States in the next two days, and then you can decide whether to stay."

Then he asked, "By the way, what are your plans for the future?"

Song Zue said: "With a godfather, of course I will be an actor, as I said before."

"So what route are you going to take?"

"I'm so pretty, so of course I'll go for the pure and innocent route. I'll be even more popular than Sister Shu Chang in the future."

"Ah"

Cao Yu didn't say anything, got in the car and prepared to go to Universal Studios, but he told the driver to take a remote route as much as possible.

Los Angeles, as a megacity on the west coast of the United States, is the home of Hollywood and a place where countless people pursue their lives.

Hundreds of films are shot in this city every year, and it is a world-famous tourist city.

But when the car drove to an area, tents began to appear on the roadside, and many homeless people were rummaging through trash cans for food.

"Godfather, are they all beggars?"

When Song Zu'e saw so many homeless people, his eyes widened. He couldn't believe that he was in the United States, not in that underdeveloped country.

"Not really. Anyway, they are the homeless people. They are very dangerous."

As Cao Yu spoke, he opened the window a crack, and an unpleasant smell of urine immediately drifted into the car.

“It stinks.”

Song Zu'e frowned, feeling as if his cognition had been overturned, and asked in confusion: "How is it possible? Why are there so many homeless people in the United States? Don't TV and books say that there are so many homeless people here?"

"This is the real America. What's on TV is what they want you to see, and these are what they don't want you to see."

Cao Yu looked out the window and continued, "And this situation will get worse and worse. You have no money and you can't survive in the United States. You can only pick up food."

As he was talking, Cao Yu saw a Chinese man begging for money from passers-by, and he said, "That Chinese man might be a rich man in his country, but now he can only do this."

Song Zu'e murmured, "Why is it like this?"

If the foreign homeless man was just a surprise to her, the Chinese homeless man had a huge impact on her.

She never expected that the real America would be like this.

Cao Yu pointed around and said, "If you want to go to school here, I have no objection. I can also help you apply for the school, but you have to pay for the tuition and other things yourself. If you don't have enough money, you can only find a cheap house in a place like this. The rich area is very expensive."

"Godfather."

Song Zu'e started to act like a spoiled child, thinking that her godfather was so rich, why couldn't he help her a little.

"It's no use."

"Godfather, I know the tuition fee in the United States, so please help me. The money for school is a loan from you. When I grow up and make money, I will definitely pay you back. Otherwise, you can help me arrange a movie and I will work part-time to earn money. How about that?"

"Still not giving up?"

Cao Yu had no choice but to not go to Universal Studios first, but take her to the villa rented for Disha Patani.

"This house is so beautiful. If I go to school in the United States, can I live here?"

After entering the house, Song Zue immediately fell in love with it.

"Sure, the rent is $1,500 a month, you can stay wherever you want."

"One thousand five?"

Song Zu'e was frightened.

He has filmed movies in China, and his pay for "The Legend of Nezha" was only a few hundred thousand yuan, just enough for a year's rent.

Just now I wanted my godfather to protect me, but it turns out that he is so hard-hearted?

If I want to go to school, I will have to live here for six years. If I can't even pay the rent, how can I stay?
Cao Yu smiled and said, "It's safe here, but the rent is expensive. Houses are cheaper where there are homeless people, and you don't want to live here, so I can't do anything about it. You can choose for yourself."

Song Zu'e was so stunned by what he said that he stared blankly at the garden outside.

It seems that the United States is not as good as one thinks. Not only are there terrible homeless people, but it is also dirty and smelly.

Without money, it would be really difficult to move forward.

Thinking back to the one month of practice in FNC, I know that this bad godfather must be very hard-hearted and will definitely not help me if he says he won’t help me.

If I find a rich boyfriend in the future, my godfather will definitely ignore me.

After hesitating for a long time, she was finally forced to say: "Then I will go to school in China first."

“This is the right choice.”

Cao Yu then smiled with satisfaction: "During your time in Korea, you have been able to endure hardships. If you study hard in China and get into a good university, you can become an actor or do something else in the future. Isn't it better than living in the United States?"

"Ah."

Song Zu'e could only nod. For the first time, he felt that his godfather was doing this for his own good.

It seems that some places in the United States are not as good as those in China. If I really stay in the United States, I may suffer more than in Seoul.

After temporarily persuading Song Zue, Cao Yu came to Universal Pictures. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Li An who was about to go in.

"Director Li An?"

When Song Zu'e saw the legendary Chinese director, he immediately asked excitedly, "Can you sign an autograph for me?"

Seeing the little girl so excited, Cao Yu smiled and introduced: "Director Li An, this is my friend's sister. She is young when she comes to the United States this time. Don't mind her."

"It's better for girls to be more lively."

Since it was someone brought by Cao Yu, Li An certainly didn't mind. He signed for Song Zue and said with a smile, "Boss Cao, the filming of Life of Pi just wrapped up two days ago. I didn't remember to notify you before you came. I didn't expect you to come. What a coincidence."

Cao Yu was stunned: "Finished? So soon?"

"Fast? It's been more than half a year, which is considered slow. It seems that Mr. Cao has been very busy recently and has forgotten the time."

"It's been more than half a year."

Cao Yu calculated and found that it had been almost ten months since the project was launched.

He looked at Li An and thought, "Next year's Oscars, Life of Pi will be competing against Gravity. Who will win?"

(End of this chapter)