China Entertainment 1997

Cao Xuan was handling "Journey to the West" and arranging Fanxing's follow-up film and television drama plans.

It's finally time for his new album "Bright Stars" to be released.

On September 22, the first song of Cao Xuan's new album, "The Wind Rises," hit the charts. After that, he continued to release new songs to hit the charts at a rate of one song per week.

By October 15th, the four songs released in the early stage had already occupied three of the top five places. "The Wind Rises" was firmly ranked first, and "Secret Fragrance" and "Jiangnan" were also gaining momentum.

On October 19, "Bright Stars" released the fifth song "Yellow Race" to hit the charts.

This song is essentially an "old song" and has been on the charts before. During the peak period of the Spring Festival, it once stayed in the top three positions on the charts for nearly a month.

Now that it has returned to the world, it has its own popularity, and coupled with the popularity of the other four songs, it has easily entered the top ten, even surpassing "Infatuation Absolutely".

On October 21, just before the release of Cao Xuan's new album, five new songs ranked among the top ten in the mainland charts, and many songs were also at the top of the charts in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

This grand occasion is the first of its kind in the Chinese music scene.

"Contemporary Music" even published a special issue for this purpose, with the purpose of analyzing and predicting the impact of Cao Xuan's new album on the music world.

Cao Xuan himself also appeared on the cover of "Contemporary Music" alone for the eleventh time. If you include joint landings, it is seventeen times.

You must know that "Contemporary Music Circle" is a bimonthly publication. It only adds a few special issues a year, and there are no more than thirty issues. Cao Xuan's frequency can be said to dominate the screen.

At the same time, this is not the first time that "Contemporary Music" has opened a special issue for Cao Xuan.

In 1998, [Nan Ren and Bei Cao] were at their peak. "Contemporary Music" published a special issue on this topic. Last year, Cao Xuan became the King of Heaven and was a great success in Taiwan. "Contemporary Music" published a special issue. .

This year, Cao Xuan's album has not been released yet. Just to make the charts, "Contemporary Music Circle" can't help but come out to "catch up on the popularity". Maybe there will be a new special issue in the future.

Even "Contemporary Music" opened a column of his own for Cao Xuan at the beginning of this year, called "Cao Xuan Time", and news about him will be included in every issue.

For example, the latest trends, the progress of the new album, what awards have been won, or scandals and gossip, etc., every issue does not end, even if there is no news, I still have to write a whole page.

There is no way, there is no Weibo now, and various media reports are scattered, true and false.

"Contemporary Music" makes a summary about Cao Xuan in each issue, eliminating some false news and providing relatively objective reports, which is a window for fans to understand their idols.

Many fans of Cao Xuan buy the magazine just for this reason, which has brought a lot of sales to "Contemporary Music Circle", and the editorial office has paid more and more attention to this column.

It is worth mentioning that Cao Xuan is currently the only singer/artist who has a column in "Contemporary Music Circle".

No matter whether it is the old Four Heavenly Kings and Wang Fei or the new generation Xie Feng and Ren Xianqi who are at their peak, they have not received this treatment.

Many fans of Xie Feng complain that "Contemporary Music" is a mainland magazine, so they prefer Cao Xuan.

But in fact, Cao Xuan's appearance in Hong Kong and Taiwan magazines is no worse than Xie Feng.

Xiangjiang may be slightly inferior. After all, it is Xie Feng's base camp, and Cao Xuan has never done any Cantonese songs and has never been to Xiangjiang. It is normal for the popularity to be slightly lower.

But it's just not as good as Xie Feng. There are not many Cantonese singers in Taiwan, but they still hold dozens of concerts in Hong Kong, and the venues are full.

The same is true for Cao Xuan.

Music is connected. Cantonese songs are enjoyable to listen to in the Mainland, and Mandarin songs can also be appreciated by people in Hong Kong. Therefore, the number of Cao Xuan's fans in Hong Kong is still considerable.

This time, Cao Xuan's first tour concert did not include Xiangjiang. Many Xiangjiang fans were disappointed, and some were planning to go to Taiwan to attend the concert.

Among the new generation of singers in Hong Kong, apart from Xie Feng, Cao Xuan swept across others, including Teacher Chen, Eason Chan, Joey Yung, Leo Ku, Principal Ku...

Yes, Principal Gu is also a singer, and has released a total of more than a dozen albums. However, he has not made many appearances in the music industry, and his achievements in film and television have been too high. Many people subconsciously ignored that he was also an "idol singer" in his early years.

Today, the most popular singer among the new generation in Xiangjiang is Xie Feng, and the most popular niche student is Principal Gu.

But in terms of overall influence, Cao Xuan firmly suppressed the two of them. Even the Hong Kong media themselves said that they were both in bad luck. During their rise, they met Cao Xuan, who was a leader in the music industry.

If Cao Xuan is slightly inferior to Xie Feng in Xiangjiang, it is almost the only one in Taiwan.

In fact, there are still a few singers in Taiwan who can compete with him, such as Zhang Huimei and Ren Xianqi, but they can't stand Cao Xuan because of his many scandals.

There is also a "Feng Feilian" over there in Xiangjiang, but here in Taiwan Province they are all "honest people" and there are limited scandals, so they can only watch in silence the show of Cao Daguan's tricks.

Taiwanese media are particularly enthusiastic about this aspect. With their full support, Cao Xuan's "scumbag" character is much more stable in Taiwan and Southeast Asia than in the mainland.

The group of Taiwanese entertainment companies couldn't help but ride on the popularity.

Anyone who has met Cao Xuan once is a confidante, and anyone who has met Cao Xuan many times is a lover.

Even if they have never met, they still have to find ways to make connections. For example, a female artist is a fan of Cao Xuan and the person she chooses as a mate is Cao Xuan.

Anyway, according to Taiwanese media, even eight kidneys for Cao Xuan are not enough...

Of course, it’s also because the Taiwanese media’s editing was so outrageous that many people didn’t believe it.

Only Alyssa Chia, a female artist whom Cao Xuan personally considers good-looking and has worked with, is the most accepted by the people of Taiwan.

Alyssa Chia has also been promoted to the Taiwanese version of the Queen's Wife, and has gained a lot of exposure. Cao Xuan is planning to star in a movie with her to make up for his wounded heart.

In fact, there is another Taiwanese female artist who has a good relationship with Cao Xuan, and that is Wang Siyi.

Jinlian and Daguanren are "official spouses", but Wang Siyi's career development is now focused on the mainland, and she is not particularly popular in Taiwan Province, so she missed out on the Queen's Wife.

In addition, Wang Siyi has never had any scandals with Cao Xuan. Even though the two of them have acted in passionate scenes, and she even had Cao Xuan's first kiss on screen, it is Wu Song who has always had scandals with Wang Siyi.

Everyone is tired of seeing Cao Daguan, but Wu Song, uh huh...

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Not only "Contemporary Music", nearly 90% of the media in the three places across the Taiwan Strait have expressed similar opinions before and after the official release of Cao Xuan's new album.

"Bright Stars" has so much momentum, and there is no shortage of topics.

Cao Xuan's first album after becoming the Queen of Heaven was praised by well-known musicians such as Zhang Yadong and Wang Fei, and achieved unprecedented historical results in the publicity charts.

All of this has given the outside world the greatest expectations for "Bright Stars".

Of course, there is no shortage of people who want to attract people’s attention to come out and sing the opposite, such as——

Founder of Wheatfield Music.

Frankly speaking, this person had admired Cao Xuan very much before. He had praised Cao Xuan on many occasions and wanted to get to know Cao Xuan through various channels.

But Cao Xuan didn't like him.

In the three years since his debut, Cao Xuan has known a lot of artists, many of whom are the ones who frequently publish scandals. Although Cao Xuan is disgusted with some of them, he will not express his disgust. At least they have respect for each other.

Only him, Cao Xuan really didn't want to have any contact with him, it made him sick just looking at him.

He had made appointments with Cao Xuan through Zhang Yadong and Pu Shu many times, but Cao Xuan ignored them. If he encountered them outside, he would always hide away if he could, and if he couldn't avoid it, he would just deal with it.

Zhang Yadong and others were secretly confused. Cao Xuan was considered a good dancer in the circle. He was popular and had a good temper. Many people in the music industry were his friends.

But even if he didn't deal with this person, he tried to match him several times, but Cao Xuan was not interested.

Not directly quarreling was the most polite and restrained thing he could do when facing someone who greeted him with a smile.

If other bad artists have personality reasons or go astray, this one is fundamentally bad. Cao Xuan and him will never be friends. Strangers are already the bottom line.

Facing Cao Xuan's "snubbing", someone felt aggrieved and eventually turned completely evil. This time he jumped out to badmouth "Bright Stars".

He didn't have the shame to say that the song was bad, he just said that Cao Xuan's promotion was unreasonable.

Between what they say, "Bright Stars" is selling itself on someone else's head. The good songs have already been released on the charts, and there are not many high-quality products left in the album. Fans will be fooled, which will affect the entire sales collapse.

In fact, this is embarrassing. Whether there are high-quality products in stock will be clear once the album is released.

But this person didn't have any harsh information. He couldn't help but look at the media boasting about Cao Xuan, so he jumped on the bandwagon. In addition, he also found faults with Cao Xuan's new song.

This is also looking for trouble randomly. There is no perfect song in the world. Any song that looks for problems from all aspects will definitely have shortcomings.

He is also a well-known musician. When he started to criticize, he also caused a certain stir in the media. Regardless of whether there is any reason for it, let's start the conflict first.

When Cao Xuan saw his news in the newspaper, his first reaction was not anger, but happiness.

In order to maintain his image, Cao Xuan endured it too hard. Now that he is better, he can finally break up without restraint.

When Cao Xuan was asked about this by reporters when he was promoting the album that day, he showed a very innocent expression.

"I've never heard of him. Is there such a figure in the music industry?"

The reporter listed someone's works in a flash, and Cao Xuan said he didn't know them all, until he mentioned the movie "The Flowers Bloom".

"Is he the director? I have seen this movie. To be honest, I suspected that Lao Pu and Zhou Xun were kidnapped when they took the role. It also made me know how low the threshold for directors is now."

"What if I were an investor? Then I think it would be better to use the money to support the construction of mountainous areas and also contribute to the country to avoid wasting money and time."

"I hope he gives up his dream of being a film director early to save investors some money and save some face for himself."

Cao Xuan knew that someone in the music major was still capable, but he was not doing variety shows and had too few anti-intellectual comments, so he used movies to criticize him.

In fact, Cao Xuan didn't want to get involved with him and lower his level, but he couldn't help it in his heart. If he didn't say a few words, his thoughts would not be clear.

The movie "The Flowers Bloomed Then" is said to have a good reputation. Half of it was promoted by Mr. Zhou and Pu Shu, and the rest was made by young literary and artistic people.

Cao Xuan has actually seen this movie, and wrote an 8-word evaluation of it [hypocritical, contrived, and unnecessary moaning].

And this is a commercial movie that someone said himself. Many ordinary viewers said they couldn't understand it. Compared with him, Guo Xiaosi can handle it well.

It can be said that Cao Xuan felt confident when he sprayed this. After spraying, he felt very comfortable and felt better all day long. The first regret was that he felt that the spray was too light. Looking back, I thought of some good words, and I will try it again if I have a chance...