Chapter 325: Yi Sisi's Face (Please subscribe to support!)
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Even though Han Mingze has more than one million in his hands, in fact, Han Mingze has never seen too much money in his life.
——Han Mingze’s peak period was in the late 1990s, when he made tens of thousands of dollars with Xu Kai. After Xu Kai went to prison, Han Mingze basically never saw any big money again.
This is also one of the important reasons why Han Mingze took away the more than one million he had defrauded.
So, even though he is just working as a security guard at Kai Xin Maizi, Han Mingze still enjoys his job.
First of all, of course, the salary and benefits of this job are really good.
You have to know that it has only been 10 years, and it is not easy to find a job in a first-tier city with a basic salary of 5,000, five insurances and one fund, a bonus at the end of the year, and 8 days off a month.
The key is that this job is not tiring. All I have to do every day is sit in the guardhouse in the parking lot and press the lift gate.
Later, Han Mingze made a special trip home, changed his name, and formally completed the employment procedures, thus settling down in Happy Maizi.
Of course, due to the special nature of his position, Han Mingze also encountered some people and things he didn't want to encounter.
For example, Dong Ye, who is already pregnant.
For example, every time they came, Xiong Zijian and Qi Siyu drove a luxury car, looked noble from head to toe, and had assistants to carry their bags.
For example, one time Xu Kai was in the car with Gu Linlin and Zhao Lili...
For example, every time Xu Kai appears, he is surrounded by beautiful women, sometimes even more than a dozen beauties.
For example, Dong would sometimes come with other women to surround Xu Kai.
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It only took Han Mingze a little over a month to go from being initially uncomfortable and averse to being numb, and then to being able to bow and nod calmly when seeing Xu Kai, Dong Ye, and even Xiong Zijian and Qi Siyu.
Han Mingze changed completely, especially after Hu Yingzi became pregnant with Han Mingze's child.
Han Mingze and Hu Yingzi got their marriage certificate and he completely turned into a little man who only thought about supporting his family every day.
It can be said that the former Han Mingze is dead, and the one living now is Hu Yingzi's husband, the father of Hu Zi and the child in Hu Yingzi's belly.
It can also be said that after going through so many things, Han Mingze finally understood life. He was not a talented person, so why should he wear the yellow crown that he could not even hold up? This kind of life with a wife and children was actually the most suitable for him.
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"The Grandmaster: A Man Should Be Self-reliant" was released on May Day.
In "The Grandmaster 2", two kung fu superstars Xu Kai and Zhen Yuzhou have a head-on confrontation.
Moreover, when filming this drama, the self-righteous Zhen Yuzhou insisted on fighting with Xu Kaizhen.
As a result, Zhen Yuzhou was beaten up by Xu Kai, who didn't even use 30% of his Kung Fu.
While defeating Zhen Yuzhou, Xu Kai and Zhen Yuzhou also contributed a wonderful fight to "Grandmaster 2".
This made the evaluation of "The Grandmaster 2" higher than that of "The Grandmaster", which in turn made "The Grandmaster 2" earn more than 950 million yuan in box office during the small May Day period alone.
In terms of cinemas alone, Xu Kai, who held a 30% stake in the production of "The Grandmaster", earned more than 85.5 million.
Taking into account the platform revenue of more than 850 million for "The Grandmaster", the platform revenue of "The Grandmaster 2" will definitely not be less than 850 million.
Xu Kai, who holds 30% of the production shares of "The Grandmaster: A Man Should Be Self-reliant", should be able to earn no less than 127.5 million on the platform.
In addition, "The Grandmaster" sold more than 7 million US dollars in overseas markets.
The price of "Grandmaster 2" will definitely not be less than 7 million beautiful gold.
Adding all the pieces together, the money Xu Kai earned from "The Grandmaster 2" must not be less than 220 million.
Time has entered the summer vacation.
Xu Kai led Xu Li and others to Kinmen City and spent twenty days filming "The Richest Man in Xihong City" and "The Manhunt 2" in which he starred was completed.
In theory, the two movies, "The Richest Man in Xihong City" and "The Grandmaster 2", should be released together in the summer vacation.
But Xu Kai was afraid that the two films would have too much internal friction, so he discussed with Lin Da to postpone "The Manhunt 2" and release it during the National Day holiday, leaving the summer schedule for "The Richest Man in Xihong City".
To be honest, Linda actually didn't want to give up the summer schedule.
You know, the summer season is the second best season after the Lunar New Year and Spring Festival seasons, and the National Day season cannot be compared with the summer season at all.
But Linda was even more reluctant to offend Xu Kai, lest she ruin her chance of working with Xu Kai in the future.
Moreover, the summer season has many blockbuster films such as "Earthquake", "On Fire", "Mystery of the Phantom Flame", "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio 2", "The Sorcerer's Deathly Grail", and "The Expendables", which are really full of strong films.
Therefore, Lin Da and other shareholders of "Manhunt 2" discussed and withdrew from the summer season battle.
Linda and others' decision was correct. This summer, everyone was really competing fiercely for the production.
The key is that films like "Earthquake", "On Fire", "Mystery of the Phantom Flame", "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio 2", "The Holy Grail of Death", and "The Expendables" are all good films, and each has its own selling points.
but--
Because of the strong foundation laid by "Charlotte's Troubles".
It takes advantage of the huge advantage of comedy.
The key point is that as soon as "The Richest Man in Xihong City" was released, its reputation exploded.
In addition to the still dense laughs, film critics generally believe that "The Richest Man in Xihong City" is a story that will leave you with endless aftertaste even if you ignore all the laughs.
Others say that behind the seemingly lighthearted comedy story of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" lies a test of human nature - the choice between money and love, and beneath the madness and test lies the richest man's thoughts and feelings about the road of life.
All of this added together resulted in the box office of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" reaching 2.5 billion.
According to the experience of "Charlotte's Troubles", after dividing the profits with Xu Li, Xu Kai will definitely be able to make at least 800 million yuan from "The Richest Man in Xihong City".
In addition, as of now, "Little Apple" and "Gangnam Style", the two songs with the highest number of global plays, have also brought Xu Kai nearly 500 million in revenue.
Other songs composed by Xu Kai also brought him a lot of income.
but--
Adding all these revenues together, Xu Kai did not make 2 billion in the first half of the year, which means he is still at least halfway to his goal of making at least 4 billion this year.
Therefore, as soon as the second half of the year was over, Xu Kai asked Chen Ruoxi to prepare two films - "The Shameful Iron Fist" and "Hello, Li Huanying", intending to use these two films to raise some money from the film market.
In addition, Xu Kai also took on "The Grandmaster 3" and "Manhunt 3".
——Unlike before when he was reluctant to take on the "Grandmaster" series and "The Manhunt" series, this time Yuan Xiaoliang, Xu Wenguang, Lin Da and Tang Jiping asked Xu Kai to shoot "The Grandmaster 3" and "The Manhunt 3". Xu Kai took it without much consideration, and Xu Kai asked for 50% of the shares of the production company in the form of investment and starring. To put it bluntly, this time Xu Kai is already intending to make money from "The Grandmaster 3" and "The Manhunt 3".
There was no way. Long Zijin was too greedy, which resulted in Xu Kai's funding gap being too large this year.
Moreover, looking at Long Zijin's attitude, Xu Kai felt that the 4 billion might only be enough for her to spend this year, and she would definitely have to spend more money next year.
In order to make money, in addition to preparing to shoot "Shameful Iron Fist" and "Hello, Li Huanying" and personally starring in "The Grandmaster 3" and "Manhunt 3", Xu Kai also sold 51% of the copyright of "Happy Comedian" to Fuyun Club for 150 million.
In other words, starting from the second season, "Happy Comedian" has begun to be dominated by Fuyun Club.
Even though Fuyunshe spent 150 million to buy 51% of the copyright of "Happy Comedian", it did not lose anything.
You know, the naming rights of the second season of "Happy Comedian" alone were sold for 300 million yuan. Together with other advertising fees, the total advertising fees of the second season of "Happy Comedian" exceeded 500 million yuan. After sharing it with Shanghai TV and Happy Wheat, Fuyun Club's investment can almost recover all the 150 million they invested.
The key is that this is just the direct income.
Don’t forget that the more important role of "Happy Comedian" is to create stars.
Not to mention others, Yue Longgang and Sun Pangzi, who participated in "Happy Comedian" last season and won the second place, are now very popular and have earned countless money for Fuyun Club.
Guo Fu has gained the right to speak in "Happy Comedian", which means he can promote whomever he wants.
This will undoubtedly stabilize Guo Fu's position in Fuqu Society.
Guo Fu was well aware of the principle that a kind person cannot be in charge of an army, so he "appointed the most virtuous person regardless of his relationship to him" and directly let his son Guo Dalin take the stage in the second season of "Happy Comedian".
Do you think that's the end?
Wrong! Very wrong!
Guo Fu has a good business sense.
Just a few days after obtaining the copyright of "Happy Comedians", Guo Fu came to discuss with Xu Kai about making a movie of "Happy Comedians".
Xu Kai must have no interest in this movie which might make some money but is just a farce.
Therefore, Xu Kai only agreed to Guo Fu's proposal to make a "Happy Comedian" movie and was willing to invest in the film, but refused to direct "Happy Comedian" personally on the grounds that he was too busy.
However, because of his good relationship with Guo Fu and the fact that "Happy Comedian" would definitely make money, Xu Kai agreed to help Guo Fu find Xu Li, Ma Lili and Zhang Xiaosu to star in "Happy Comedian".
The reason why Xu Kai transferred "Happy Comedian" to Guo Fu was not only because Xu Kai wanted to cash out, but also mainly because producing a variety show like "Happy Comedian" by himself was a waste of Xu Kai's precious time, and he did not earn enough money.
To put it bluntly, for Xu Kai, the input and the reward are not proportional. With this time, Xu Kai can do anything and definitely earn more than he did in the last few seasons of "Happy Comedian". Besides, after transferring "Happy Comedian" to Guo Fu, Xu Kai, who still holds 49% of the shares of "Happy Comedian", can still make money and promote whomever he wants. In this case, why bother to do it himself?
But Xu Kai never expected that just after he was kicked out of "Happy Comedian", Yang Xinchun gave him two and a half variety shows.
The first variety show Yang Xinchun arranged for Xu Kai to take on was the second season of "The Voice of China", and she let Xu Kai be a mentor.
Last year, this variety show invited Xu Kai.
But Xu Kai didn't go.
This year, the variety show invited Xu Kai to be a mentor again, and offered a sky-high price of 100 million yuan.
Yang Xinchun took into consideration that the second season of "The Voice of China" would only record fourteen episodes in total, with each episode taking a maximum of one day, which would take less than half a month in total. Moreover, the show was very wealthy and could directly pay for one season's mentor fee, so she helped Xu Kai take the job.
Xu Kai thought that earning 100 million in half a month was not a problem, so he did not object to Yang Xinchun helping him make the decision.
The second variety show that Yang Xinchun arranged for Xu Kai to take on was a new variety show called "RUNNING MAN".
This one has even fewer episodes, only 12 in a season. However, "RUNNING MAN" may sometimes take two days to record, but it pays more than "The Voice of China", paying Xu 12 million per episode, and also prepaying one season.
It was similar to the considerations for taking on "The Voice of China". This was also quite easy for Xu Kai, so he let Yang Xinchun make the decision for him.
As for the last half of the variety show, it would be more accurate to say that Xu Kai took over it himself rather than saying that Yang Xinchun helped Xu Kai take over it.
In March, Xu Li got married and Yi Sisi also came. She served as one of Tang Yun's bridesmaids at Xu Kai's personal instruction.
At that time, Yi Sisi found a chance to discuss with Xu Kai to see if Xu Kai could participate in their ultimate showdown of "Extreme King".
Xu Kai agreed without hesitation.
Afterwards, the production crew of "God of Extreme" came to Happy Wheat to discuss this matter with Yang Xinchun.
When Yang Xinchun learned that Xu Kai had already promised Yi Sisi in advance, she asked the "Extreme King" program crew for an appearance fee of 10 million.
It cannot be compared with the two wealthy variety shows "The Voice of China" and "RUNNING MAN". How can a low-end variety show like "The King of Limits" afford a star an appearance fee of 10 million, even if the star is the currently popular Xu Kai?
But the production team of "The King of Extreme" wanted to make a big splash with this peak showdown, to bring them fame, and then ask the station for more production fees.
There was no other way, the producer and director of "The King of Extreme" could only let Yi Sisi ask Xu Kaishao for some money.
Yi Sisi then went to Xu Kai's house in person to ask for help, bringing with her the specialties prepared by the production team of the "God of Extreme" program.
In order to give face to Yi Sisi, Xu Kaizhen waved his hand and waived the 10 million appearance fee, and promised to help her appear on "The King of Terror" once as a friendly gesture.
After hearing Xu Kai's promise, Yi Sisi's face turned red with excitement.
You have to know that the current Xu Kai is not the Xu Kai that Yi Sisi knew before.
At that time, although Xu Kai had created the superstar Yang Xinchun, he himself had neither fame nor status in the entertainment industry.
And now Xu Kai is a big shot in both the music and film and television circles.
Let’s put it this way, now let alone Yi Sisi, a third-tier host, even the first-tier stars and hosts in the circle, when they see Xu Kai, have to be respectful to him, and some even go to great lengths to get to know Xu Kai.
Therefore, Yi Sisi really didn't expect that Xu Kai would give her so much face and just refuse the 10 million appearance fee.
The key point is that Xu Kai not only waived the 10 million appearance fee for Yi Sisi's sake, but also asked Tian Haitang to prepare a good meal to entertain their old friend Yi Sisi.
When Yi Sisi returned to the "God of Extreme" program production team with this great news, Yi Sisi's status in the team rose sharply. Those who used to call her Xiao Yi now all call her Sisi, and some even call her Sister Sisi.
On the day of recording the ultimate showdown of "The King of Extreme Challenge", Xu Kai did not arrive on time or late as the production team of "The King of Extreme Challenge" had imagined, but arrived early with other contestants under the leadership of Yi Sisi.
Not only that, during the recording process, Xu Kai did not act like a big shot at all, and he didn't even bring an assistant.
The key is that Xu Kai cooperates very well with the arrangements made by the production team of "The King of Extreme Games".
This made Yi Sisi gain a lot of face.
What made Yi Sisi even more proud was that Xu Kai actually passed the extremely difficult level set by "Extreme King" in just one try, and in a time nearly one minute faster than the second place, which caused a sensation in the audience. In the end, Xu Kai won the championship of the "Extreme King" peak showdown with an undisputed brilliant and dazzling result, and was awarded the honorary title of "Extreme Emperor", the highest achievement of "Extreme King".
The director of "The King of Limits" excitedly told the producer: "The ratings of this episode of "The King of Limits" will definitely exceed 1, maybe even reach 1.5, or even higher!"
After hearing what the director and producer of "The King of Limits" said, looking at Xu Kai's perfect muscles standing on the high platform, and then looking at Xu Kai's resolute and handsome face, Yi Sisi's eyes moved, as if she had made up her mind...
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(End of this chapter)
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