China Entertainment 1997

[The chapter title of the previous chapter was spelled incorrectly, but it is not a lack of information]

USA, New York

After getting on the special car sent by Warner, Cao Xuan looked at the red-haired OL in front of him with great interest.

"Where's Mike?"

"Mr. Mike is waiting for you in the company. From today on, I am your executive agent, Jonna Warner, responsible for all your affairs in the United States."

"Warner? Don't tell me that your father is the chairman of Warner Group."

"To be more precise, my grandfather was."

This time Cao Xuan was really surprised. His relationship was still that of "Princess Warner", but he was surprised because Cao Xuan didn't take her seriously.

Warner Bros. was established in 1923. After several generations, it has become a large and prosperous family. The grandchildren like this Joanna are not far behind even if they do not have three digits.

The only thing that Cao Xuan Gao could take a look at was that this Qiao Na might be a direct descendant.

But it's not a big deal. Warner has many groups with executives named Warner everywhere, and it's almost becoming a family-owned company.

The Warner family has also realized this shortcoming and is slowly transforming. It has hired some professional managers to take charge. The people in the Warner family who are waiting to die are slowly leaving the management.

Cao Xuan does not care about the personnel changes within Warner. Although he is not yet a pillar of Warner Records, he is not far away.

If you include the Asian market, only Madonna and Lincoln are the only ones that can overwhelm him within Warner Records.

For singers of his level, the contacts are basically with the top management of Warner Records, and because it is not a management contract and personal music ability, there is no such thing as hiding.

So he doesn't care about Qiao Na's background. It can neither help him make more money nor make him make less money.

Although he was good-looking and had a good temperament, his skin was a bit rough and the small freckles on his face made Cao Xuan miss the fat-skinned East and West Palaces at home.

In contrast, Cao Xuan is more concerned about this person's ability. Don't assign him a second master, otherwise he won't know who will serve whom.

"Mike said before that the PR was almost done. I want to know, what are my chances of winning the award?"

Qiao Na was a little shocked by Cao Xuan's calmness towards her "Warner" surname. What made her even more surprised was that Cao Xuan, who had been involved in scandals with Latin Queen Shakira and supernova Avril Lavigne, had almost no other words for her.

This made Qiaona, who had always been more confident about her figure and appearance, a little disappointed and dissatisfied.

It's not that she fell in love with Cao Xuan, she even despised Cao Xuan's scandal, but it was okay if she didn't like him, but Cao Xuan couldn't ignore her beauty.

If Cao Xuan knew what she was thinking, he would definitely find it difficult to complain.

She likes her, but she thinks you are disgusting, lecherous, and a scoundrel who is indifferent to her. She also thinks you insult her appearance and figure and are not a gentleman at all.

Isn’t this a disease? ?

However, Cao Xuan didn't know what his new manager was thinking. Seeing Qiao Na stunned, he couldn't help but knock on the car window to remind her.

"What am I asking you?"

Only then did Qiao Na react: "I'm sorry, Mr. Cao, can you repeat what you said."

Cao Xuan glanced at Qiao Na with troublesome eyes for several seconds, making the red-haired beauty lower her head in shame before adding coolly.

"What I need is a right-hand man, I think you know what I mean."

"I understand. I'm very sorry. I promise it won't happen again."

Cao Xuan didn't bother. If it doesn't work, then change someone. Whether it's Princess Warner or the cold beauty, it can't delay him from making money.

Cao Xuan repeated his question again, and this time Qiao Na listened honestly, then took out her notebook and reported to Cao Xuan.

"Previously, with the public relations from Director Mike and some senior executives of the company, as well as some of the resources you gave up by giving up the Billboard Awards and the American Music Awards, we were extremely competitive in 2 to 4 awards."

"Which one has the best chance?"

"[Best Newcomer], [Best Male Pop Singer] or [Best Male Rock Singer] have a greater chance of becoming popular."

Qiao Na was not as weak as Cao Xuan thought. At least the data collection was very comprehensive. Knowing that Cao Xuan might not know much about the background of the singers at this Grammy, she gave him a rough introduction.

I would like to add here that there are many Grammy awards, including pop, rock, alternative music, dance music, rap, country, new age, jazz, Latin, folk, performance, classical, and even recitals and TV movies.

Adding up the scattered pieces, nearly a hundred or even more than a hundred awards are awarded every year. For example, this year there are a total of 104 awards.

With so many awards, the most valuable one is the comprehensive category, with a total of four awards, so it is also called the four general categories.

They are [Best New Artist], [Best Single of the Year], [Best Album of the Year] and [Best Production of the Year].

These four awards do not consider classification and are open to all types of music and singers. The competition is the most difficult and the gold content is naturally the most valuable.

Cao Xuan was shortlisted for two of the four general categories this year, which can be regarded as a remarkable achievement.

However, [Best Single of the Year] is very difficult. This is almost the most valuable Grammy award. If Cao Xuan is an American, he can still win.

But right now, his popularity and influence are not particularly strong, at least not enough for him to break these shackles, so he can only think about it.

As for the [Best Newcomer], Cao Xuan has high hopes, and it is also a key public relations project for Warner.

However, Cao Xuan is not sure of winning, and there is still a certain amount of suspense because his competitors are also very strong.

Norah Jones is a finalist for many awards and comes from a musical family with great connections.

Cao Xuan Golden Finger doesn’t know much about Meiyu, but he has a vague impression that Yuan Shikong seems to be the final winner of this year’s Grammy. She won 8 awards in one go and is known as the Grammy’s daughter.

In addition to Norah Jones, Cao Xuan’s old acquaintance Avril Lavigne is also one of the Best Newcomer nominees.

This girl released her first album in the summer and became an instant hit. The album sold millions, and coupled with her unique style and pretty appearance, her popularity is extremely high, even more than that of Cao Xuan.

There is also a male singer named John Mayer who has just debuted and looks exactly like Spider-Man.

This guy is considered an idol singer. He is handsome and his singing is gentle and fresh. He is very popular on American campuses and is the latest generation of girl killers in the United States.

If Cao Xuan hadn't come out of nowhere, he would have been the only male singer in this Grammy's "Best New Artist" category.

At the same time, he not only competes with Cao Xuan for [Best Newcomer], but is also Cao Xuan's biggest opponent among the finalists for [Best Pop Male Singer].

Cao Xuan is lucky this year. Although there are many strong players in the four major categories, the competition in the pop and rock categories is relatively not that big.

Especially the male singers, many of whom are newcomers or tepid second- and third-tier singers, have given Cao Xuan a lot of help invisibly.

The pop and rock categories [Best Male/Female Vocalist], although not as valuable as the four major categories, are also important Grammy awards.

The Grammys do not have a general category for Best Male or Female Vocalist, only categories, so to a certain extent, getting a category is the highest honor of the Grammy Singer Awards that year.

Michael Jackson and Madonna, world-class kings and queens, won the Grammy Award for Best Singer in these categories.

[Best Male Pop Singer] As long as Cao Xuan can beat John Mayer, he has a high chance of winning the award.

[Best Male Rock Singer] is more suspenseful. Although several of Cao Xuan's competitors are not superstars, they are all rock veterans. They are very good in terms of song quality, popularity, and qualifications.

Although Cao Xuan's two rock songs have become popular, they may not necessarily be able to outdo each other.

Speaking of rock songs, Qiao Na raised her head and glanced at Cao Xuan, and said slightly strangely: "Maybe you don't know, the last issue of the bulletin board was postponed by one day, and your song ranking has changed."

"Did you fall into the top ten?"

Cao Xuan raised his eyebrows. In May last year, "You're beautiful" reached No. 2 on the Billboard.

After that, he stayed in the top three positions for more than 20 weeks, but he could not reach the championship.

Later, Cao Xuan himself gave up. At the end of last year, the potential of the song declined, and the ranking began to decline. Last time, Cao Xuan recorded it as seventh or eighth. Now that he heard that the ranking had changed, his first reaction was to fall out of the top ten.

""You're Beautiful" is still at No. 8, but "Numb" exploded last week, jumping from No. 13 on the Billboard to No. 2."

"Second again?"

Cao Xuan was very sensitive to this number. He wanted to grit his teeth when he heard this ranking. This stupid bulletin board really regarded him as the second-ranked person in a thousand years.

But at this time, he was more curious about why this song suddenly became popular.

"Lavigne sang this song on "Saturday Night Live" last week, and the live effect was great. It successfully made the song a hit. Coupled with the popularity accumulated before, it jumped to the second place."

There was still a word left in Qiaona's mind. Based on what happened to her last song "You're Beautiful", she strongly suspected that Billboard had crushed the charts.

Cao Xuan thought so too, but he was not too angry because it was useless to be angry.

And in his opinion, it is actually a good thing that "Numb" accidentally finished second this time.

Two songs from one EP have reached No. 2 on the Billboard chart. It is a rare achievement that adds luster to "Chris Tsao" and also adds a lot of luster to Cao Xuan's qualifications.

More importantly, the second place twice, especially the first time, caused a storm of pressure on Billboard. Now it happens again, which makes people think deeply and invisibly puts a lot of pressure on Billboard.

But one can do two, but not three. If it hits the list for the third time, some media will take the initiative to set the pace without Cao Xuan's voice.

Cao Xuan will release his second English album soon. At that time, Billboard was under pressure from public opinion. He didn't believe that Billboard would dare to risk the world's disapproval and suppress the charts.

Suppressing an Asian singer VS throwing away the credibility accumulated over decades

It's not hard to choose between the two.

Moreover, being the second best person in a thousand years also has the benefits of being the second best album in a thousand years. If Cao Xuan’s next album hits the charts, as long as the marketing is done well, he will get rare support and sympathy points.

If an Asian/Chinese singer reaches the top, there may be a backlash from the entire American society.

But for a suppressed singer who is not afraid of ugliness and danger, and bravely climbs to the top, the public opinion environment and pressure are completely different.

This is the importance of personality!

For example, the second child of a thousand years is also called the uncrowned king.

It’s not Cao Tianwang who can’t do it, it’s the Yankees who bully people and engage in racial discrimination. They spread the news back to Asia and gain another wave of support and sympathy points.

It doesn't matter if you suffer losses, turning losses into profits is the key...

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ps: Recommend the book "Three Kingdoms: Diao Chan doesn't think I'm a good person at the beginning". In the Three Kingdoms after the mutual spiritual energy is revived, there are rewards for flirting with girls.