February 13, 2010, New Year’s Eve

Cao Xuan got up early and went for a run on the track at home, and then went to the restaurant to have breakfast.

Boiled shrimp + oatmeal + two vegetarian buns + eggs + fruit

When filming "Let the Bullets Fly", Cao Xuan needed to gain weight for his role. He ate a lot every day and did not exercise much. He gained more than 20 kilograms in one breath.

After finishing filming, it was time to lose weight.

Rapid weight gain + rapid weight loss are extremely harmful to the body. Cao Xuan simply had no job, so he took the slow route to lose weight. The advantage was that it did not harm the body, but the disadvantage was that he had to eat light for several months.

Cao Xuan enjoyed the food so much that he has returned it all in the past few months.

In fact, the chef at home is very good at cooking, and although the food he eats is light, it is not a disaster. However, Cao Xuan prefers salty and spicy tastes, and he also likes to eat meat. Although these dishes taste good, he always feels unsatisfied.

However, considering that he could have a big meal at the New Year's Eve dinner, Cao Xuan was in a much better mood. The boiled shrimp in front of him tasted like braised prawns.

After eating, Zhu Jiang and the others also arrived. Cao Xuan changed his clothes and went to see his daughter.

There are many houses in the family, so although little Cao Li is less than three years old, he has already been allocated a yard.

She usually lives here, with Zeng Li and Sun Lan sleeping with the nanny, or staying with Zeng Li and Sun Lan in their rooms.

Zeng Li is busy with the Chinese Drama Art Exam these days. The 2010 art exam will be held a few days after the new year. She is one of the people in charge and is busier than Hu Jing, the vice president.

While she was busy, her daughter went to sleep with Sun Lan. When Cao Xuan came in, Sun Lan had already gotten up, and little Cao Li was still lying on the bed, fast asleep.

"Slept quite soundly."

Cao Xuan tucked the quilt around his daughter and couldn't help but laugh. Sun Lan, who was combing her hair next to her, nodded in agreement.

"You, the whole Cao family, can sleep together. If your father dies in his sleep, he won't wake up even if the house collapses.

It's the same for you. When you were in elementary school, I remember there was a thunderstorm in the middle of the night. A big willow tree on the farm was chopped into pieces. When you woke up the next day, you said you didn't hear it. Xiaoni Suigen,

Born to feel heavy..."

Cao Xuan didn't expect that he would sigh with emotion and lead to a dark history, which was quite tiring.

"Okay, I'm going to CCTV. This year Xiao Song and Aunt Zhou are celebrating the New Year in the capital. You should go easy on the New Year's Eve dinner."

Cao Xuan has a personal chef, Song Mingqing, who takes him with him when filming. When not filming, he becomes a home cook. However, he is mainly responsible for Cao Xuan's three meals a day.

In addition to Song Mingqing, the family also has a chef, Zhou Yan, who was born as a nanny and has never had any famous chefs, but she is very good at cooking, especially home-cooked dishes.

In the words of her colleague Song Mingqing, with her craftsmanship she could easily open a private restaurant.

Neither Song nor Zhou were from the capital, but Zhou's wife passed away and he had a bad relationship with his daughter-in-law. Apart from occasionally visiting his grandson, he didn't like to go back to his hometown very much, and he mostly stayed at Cao's house during New Years and holidays.

As for Song Mingqing, it was even simpler. He followed Cao Xuan around and became not only a personal chef, but also a professional nutritionist with a very high salary.

Two years after joining the job, and with the previous savings, he has already made a down payment to buy a house in Beijing. Today, he can help prepare some New Year's Eve dinner at Cao's house, and then wait until the afternoon to bring vegetables home for the New Year.

"Go, go, you don't have to worry about the family."

After twelve years of Spring Festival Gala career, it has become a habit for Cao Xuan to be away from home all day on New Year's Eve, and Sun Lan doesn't care.

"..."

Cao Xuan originally thought that this year would be the last time he would attend the Spring Festival Gala, so I gave him a few words of encouragement.

But when I thought about it yesterday, I realized that I am indeed not such a pretentious person. If she really made him talk about those chicken soups in a serious way, Cao Xuan would not be able to adapt to it.

Fortunately, although I am not very helpful, the East and West Palaces are still sensible and know that today has a different meaning for Cao Xuan.

Before Cao Xuan left, each of the two palaces gave him a kiss on his face and encouraged him warmly.

"Come on, everything will be smooth sailing and success will come soon."

"Perform it well. Then I will hold my daughter and watch TV, and let her see her father's style."

Saying goodbye to the East and West Palaces, and sitting in the car, Cao Xuan touched both cheeks, but in his heart he wondered whether the two of them had a tacit understanding of one left and one right, and whether they had discussed it...

Arriving at the CCTV building, the backstage of the Spring Festival Gala was as busy as in previous years.

Looking at the [Cao Xuan Dressing Room] label on the dressing room, he planned to take a group photo and post it on Weibo after the performance to commemorate it. I am afraid that these five words will not be available backstage at the Spring Festival Gala in the future.

After changing his clothes, Cao Xuan went about his daily routine and watched TV in the dressing room when he had nothing to do. It was the most popular "The Temptation of Going Home" right now.

This drama has been broadcast for one time, with an average ratings of 7.21 and a peak rating of over 10.

You must know that last year's annual ratings champion "Walking to the West Exit" had an average ratings of only 6.9. The data of "The Temptation of Going Home" is not an ordinary exaggeration.

But the most exaggerated thing is the replay ratings, which once reached 4.2, and the second round of rebroadcast rights were quickly snapped up.

Penguin Star Video even won the exclusive online copyright of "The Temptation of Going Home" at a price of 200,000 per episode.

The Starry version of "The Temptation of Going Home" is much more compact than the original version, with many unnecessary subplots and plots deleted. In the end, only 50 episodes were shot.

200,000 yuan per episode, which is 10 million yuan, may not seem like much, but on today's online video websites, it is definitely a sky-high price.

You know, last year's hit "My Leader, My Group" had an average price of just over RMB 20,000 per episode, and the cumulative copyright for the entire series was only about RMB 800,000.

As for the previous "Golden Wedding" and "Soldier Assault", each level only costs a few thousand yuan on average, which is absolutely as cheap as cabbage.

However, the situation is different now. With the strong entry of Penguin Star last year, it also means that the capital of major Internet companies has begun to extend its influence into the field of video websites.

Penguin and Fanxing were the first. Baidu also announced in January this year that it would invest in the establishment of the video website [Qiyi], plus the original Sohu Video.

The field of video websites that used to be dominated by Youku and Tudou suddenly turned into a competition among all the others.

Unlike these three websites, which have large capital backing, Youku and Tudou are currently independent, and because the video websites have little revenue, they cannot burn money through financing, so they can only seek to go public.

Tudou is currently progressing a little faster, but has been held back by its boss’s ex-wife. Youku is likely to catch up and become the first video website to go public.

But in any case, after the listing, the two companies have more funds, and a copyright war is expected to begin.

Even the two companies haven't even gone public yet, but now there are signs of it. Many popular dramas have risen from tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands in the past two years to millions or even tens of millions.

For example, Qiong Yao's "The Return of the Princess" has just been launched. Not only TV stations, but also major video websites have started to grab it.

The original "My Fair Princess" was finally acquired by Sohu. The whole drama cost 30 million. The single episode of "The Palace 2" cost 1.84 million. The whole drama cost more than 60 million. Jia Jingwen's "The Secret History of Princess Taiping" even more

A single episode costs 2 million yuan, and the entire series costs 90 million yuan.

From 2009 to 2011, several video websites spent money almost like crazy in these three years.

In the end, each company was hurting themselves and stopped one after another. However, the price of Internet copyrights has also completely increased.

Of course, the most critical thing is that almost all small and medium-sized video websites have suffered losses in this copyright war, and have either failed or been acquired.

For the video websites, although they spent a lot of money in vain, they swept away all potential opponents. In the end, only a few of them were left, and it was their turn to formulate the rules.

Fanxing and Penguin burned hundreds of millions last year and will probably continue to do so this year.

Fanxing and Penguin Star have a cooperation contract, and the films produced by Fanxing will be given priority to Penguin Star.

However, the acquisition price of Penguin Star cannot be lower than 90% of the market price or 75% of the highest price of other competitors. At the same time, Penguin Star's various resources must be given priority to Fanxing Film and Television and artists.

After all, although Fanxing is the majority shareholder of Penguin Star, they are not a family after all. They can get discounts, but the accounts must be clearly separated.

Although the price of "The Temptation of Going Home" is high, considering its ratings and influence, the money is definitely well spent, and it has brought a lot of traffic to Penguin Star.

Television and the Internet are booming, and "The Temptation of Going Home" has become the undisputed number one hit drama at the beginning of 2010.

Of course, compared to serious dramas such as "Walking to the West Exit", the reputation of this drama is still somewhat controversial.

Many people felt that it was a bit silly, that it was too entertainment-oriented, that it also carried negative energy and affected social atmosphere, so they requested that it be banned like "Snail House".

But then again, when it comes to TV series, sometimes the more outrageous they are, the more people like to watch them.

Some people don't like it and think it's a very exciting one, but the middle-aged women and children who are the main viewers find it particularly interesting.

As for negative energy, this is a bit nonsense. There is indeed a scene in which the mistress seduces the scumbag, but the theme is revenge and slap in the face. I dare not say positive energy, but it will definitely not affect the social atmosphere.

The drama was filmed by Fanxing and broadcast by CCTV. With these two major backers blocking the show, some of the harsh words are not worth mentioning.

The TV series is very popular. Many of the leading actors have benefited a lot. Needless to say, Da Mimi is so popular now.

Although she did not attend the CCTV Spring Festival Gala due to lack of time, she visited four satellite TV Spring Festival Galas in Hunan Province, Beijing, Shanghai, and Hui Province alone.

And it is worth mentioning that these four satellite TV stations all record and broadcast lip-syncing, so Cao Xuan does not need to worry about Da Mi Mi showing his secrets for the time being.

In fact, Damimi has been repeatedly rejected by Cao Xuan in the past two years, so she has been working hard on her vocal skills in private, and her professional level is much better than before.

It can't be compared with professional players, but it can be regarded as a Maiba level when it comes to KTV. It's enough to fool the fans and laymen...

Tang Yan, who plays Ellie, has also become a hit, with two consecutive hits in "Legend of Sword and Fairy" and "The Temptation of Going Home," making her another rising star in Class 02 of Chinese Drama.

Now she is the first sister of Rong Xinda. She plays Wang Xifeng in "A Dream of Red Mansions" and her treatment is much better than that of Damimi in the original time and space.

The male protagonist Tong Dawei also showed his face.

Speaking of which, after he joined Fanxingxing with Wang Jinhua, although he also got some resources, there were Hu Jun and Chen Dao who were above him, and they were not as good as Hu Ge and other direct descendants of Fanxingxing, so his career did not make great progress.

Until this time, the company considered that he was also very suitable for the image of a scumbag, so he was cast as the male lead Hong Shixian in "The Temptation of Going Home", which made him popular.

After all, aside from the famous work "Struggle", "The Temptation of Going Home" has the best statistical influence. However, due to the character design, the current gain may not be as strong as "Struggle".

But that’s only now. In a few years, with the popularity of ghost and animal emoticon culture, maybe it will become famous again.

Cao Xuan was lucky and happened to have a wardrobe with famous items such as...no, clothes.

Not to mention, although Cao Xuan’s famous scenes were preconceived, I really thought Tong Dawei and Tang Yan did a good job.

Especially for Tang Yan, he really felt that she was quite suitable for such a slutty and slutty villain, or she could just take the royal sister route.

After all, I am from a Chinese opera background, I have the basic foundation, and I have performed well in several well-received dramas. There is no need to focus on playing silly and sweet roles, wasting my advantages in vain, and getting the reputation of "the shame of Chinese opera"

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However, Tang Yan is not her own artist, and Cao Xuan is too lazy to give advice. Besides, others may not be willing to listen to his advice.

Regardless of the top resources, they are still on the front line anyway. Cao Xuan doesn't believe that Tang Yan doesn't have access to some Royal Sister scripts, but she just prefers to stay in her comfort zone.

After all, playing a silly and sweet person may not necessarily lead to poor ratings. You get a lot of money and the acting is easy, so why bother trying to break through yourself?

Comparatively speaking, if they could waste money, 90% of people would make the same choice as her. However, since she makes such a choice, she has to suffer all kinds of criticism and infamy.

Cao Xuan watched two episodes of "The Temptation of Going Home" and one episode of "Country Love 3".
To be continued...