China Entertainment 1997

Cao Xuan was very leisurely on the set of "New Police Story". He enjoyed himself when there was a scene, but when there was no scene, he stayed on the set and watched the gossip.

Either Cheng Longxun's son, or observing Chef Xie, Teacher Chen and Ajiao Zhong.

In fact, things are quite normal at this time. Teacher Chen and Mr. Chen have not broken up yet, but they still have various conflicts. They are in a state of being at odds sometimes, and Chef Xie is a complete outsider.

In fact, it was wrong to make such assumptions about others, but there was nothing he could do about it. Cao Xuan couldn't help but make up his mind whenever he saw the three of them.

Originally he had a kissing scene with Gillian Chung, but because he had too many associations with it, he took the initiative to ask the director to skip it, and instead the other party kissed him on the face several times.

Teacher Chen thought that Cao Xuan was taking care of his younger brother, and he was very grateful. Cao Xuan patted him on the shoulder, saying nothing.

Occasionally after work, Cao Xuan takes Zhu Jiang, Zhang Chong and others to visit Xiangjiang market attractions and taste Xiangjiang's specialty restaurants.

After visiting the store, Xuanzi said that today, Lu Yu Teahouse spent 1?5?...

Thanks to the gang of paparazzi in Xiangjiang, this place is too small, and Cao Xuan doesn’t hide much. Basically, he will be photographed whenever he goes out to play. For so many days in Xiangjiang, Cao Xuan’s daily news has never stopped. .

"In love with barbecued pork, Cao Tianwang visited the store for the second time and packed it away after eating"

"Insider, the waiter revealed that Cao Xuan must order beef balls for morning tea"

"It's generous, and in the style of brother Cao Xuan, I treat the whole crew to milk tea every other day"

"Cao Tianwang met Shao Liushu by chance at the stall, and they had a great conversation. Star TVB alliance? 》

"Three passes through Bolan Street without entering, Cao Tianwang hinted that the service industry is not good"

"..."

To be honest, although the gossip reports are lively, the paparazzi in Xiangjiang are not satisfied. It should be said that they are very dissatisfied.

Cao Xuan only wanted to eat, drink and have fun, not to mention getting a taste of the service industry. He had been in Xiangjiang for so many days and had never even been to a bar or karaoke bar. Whenever he went out, he was surrounded by a bunch of strong men.

I hate that these paparazzi criticized the poor service industry in the report, and I don’t know if they used it to hide some private goods to vent their anger.

At the same time, the paparazzi also expressed great indignation towards Cao Xuan.

Isn’t he known as Cao Daguan?

Even if he is greedy, he will not go to a public place. His face is recognized by the whole of Asia, but he is not familiar with the place. Isn't this just like being taken advantage of written on his forehead?

In addition to playing, Cao Xuan was actually not idle either. He wrote a blog about his thoughts on the tour.

One copy will be issued in English and one copy in Chinese.

Well, this is called double poisoning!

Cao Xuan now has 5 million fans of Penguin Blog, accounting for nearly one-third of the total number of registered users of the blog. He is truly the number one "Internet celebrity" of Penguin Blog.

Cao Xuan has a lot of material, but he is lazy, so he has only posted about three blogs with pictures and texts. Coupled with the writing skills he has developed in the past two years, he is extremely good at describing food.

Three blogs, in just a few days, the total number of clicks exceeded 10 million, and the number of comments was 200,000+, 2/3 of which were greedy and complimentary, and 1/3 of which were scolding him for not being a good person.

So Cao Xuan posted more frequently on his blog. If he was too lazy to write words, he would just post pictures, which he called the "Not a Human Series".

Under his leadership, many celebrities and even ordinary users began to follow suit.

The habit of taking pictures before eating has appeared among many people many years ago, but now there are no smartphones, so taking pictures can only be done with a camera.

Those who had the conditions began to release poison every day, and the entire Penguin blog was full of anger and resentment.

Celebrities even cooperated with ordinary netizens to make jokes, making the atmosphere of Penguin blog extremely cheerful and lively. At the same time, relying on Cao Xuan's influence, he constantly brought Penguin out of the circle.

Apart from other things, when major media reported on Cao Xuan, they inevitably included a blog line, which to some extent brought traffic to the blog.

And Cao Xuan did not forget to kill people in Hong Kong. Many actors in "New Police Story", including Cheng Long, also settled in blogs under Cao Xuan's guidance.

Even the crew of "New Police Story" has become one of the few working accounts of Blue V Enterprises, and releases tidbits from time to time for Reuters promotion.

Together with the crews of "Beauty's Scheming" and "Embroidered Spring Knife", it became the most popular blue V official account of Penguin Blog.

It is worth mentioning that there is no charge for these crews to join the blog, and Penguin Blog officials will even provide a certain amount of traffic promotion in the early stage.

But it’s limited to this. If you want to do a lot of promotion on the blog and promote the movie, you will have to pay for promotion fees.

Of course, the current promotion fee is very low, it is just a symbolic charge. When the blog becomes famous in the future and becomes a key position for film and television promotion network promotion, the price will have to increase.

Although Cao Xuan is the majority shareholder of Penguin, it is not a family after all, and Fanxing is no exception, but there will be certain care and discounts on traffic and price.

In fact, this was a little bit of a sign that network traffic would kidnap movies and TV shows in the future, but Cao Xuan didn't stop it, or there was no need to stop it.

With the development of the Internet, the traffic era is inevitable. What Cao Xuan can do is to maintain the bottom line of Fanxing in this traffic era, and at the same time, try his best to use his own abilities and status to add more positive influence to the industry.

As for turning the entertainment industry into a bright and clear sky, that is simply unrealistic. This is originally a vanity fair, and it is impossible to avoid competition and some negative things.

Star artists maintain a certain bottom line, and then the circle steadily outputs good works, which is a very ideal state.

I want entertainers in the entertainment industry to become saints, with no selfish desires but dedication, without taking money to risk their lives in acting, with both virtue and art, and all of them will be good works.

Unless the era of artificial intelligence comes, and even if artificial intelligence can replace actors, behind-the-scenes production will still need people to complete it, and other problems will still arise.

The two-dimensional dimension is also fake. Should I tear it up if I shouldn’t?

Cao Xuan does not have the desire to create new things, nor does he have the ability to guard the bottom line of his own industry, take the lead in upholding due industry standards, and combating and resisting bad phenomena. This is the contribution he can bring to the industry.

………

On March 6, Cao Xuan was halfway through the filming of "New Police Story" and asked the director and Cheng Long for a leave to attend this year's Grammy Awards in the United States.

As I said before, although Cheng Long and the crew don't want to let people go, they can't force them to stay.

Cao Xuan even gave up attending the Billboard Music Awards ceremony in order to film for the crew.

Among the three major music awards in the United States, Cao Xuan was nominated for six awards for "Release" this year, and finally won two awards.

Cao Xuan did not come to the scene, and Warner Music Group sent someone to accept the award on his behalf. Some US media speculated that Cao Xuan had lingering grievances against Billboard.

As for the American Music Awards, which are the other three major awards, Cao Xuan also had several nominations, but did not win any awards.

This award is known to the outside world as a public vote of the American people. Although Cao Xuan is very popular, he is not an American and would suffer a lot in the competition.

But it doesn't matter, as I said before, Cao Xuan won't hang out in the American music scene for a long time, and will mainly focus on the global market.

These two awards, which have great influence in the United States, are not very well-known outside the United States.

On the contrary, the Grammys, like the Oscars, have great influence around the world.

As long as Cao Xuan can gain a lot at the Grammys, the other two awards are actually relatively unimportant. If he fails to win the Grammys, these two awards will be of limited help to him.

It's okay in the United States and surrounding countries. Outside the Americas, basically many people don't know it, and its value is far less than it is.

There is an unspoken rule among singers in the entire European and American circles. When competing for awards, they compete to win the Grammy first.

The singer has won many Grammy awards and none of the other awards.

The singer has won few Grammy awards, and he lacks confidence in receiving numerous other awards.

This statement may be a bit extreme, but it certainly proves the Grammy's unique influence among the many music awards.

Cao Xuan may not care about other awards, but if he wants to become an international superstar, he needs more Grammy awards.

It is precisely because of this that Cao Xuan did not attend the Billboard Music Awards or the American Music Awards. Even when he was nominated for two Canadian Juno Awards (Canada's top music awards), he was also not present.

It wasn't until Grammy invited him not long ago that Cao Xuan chose to take a leave of absence.

Although it's a bit like looking at others, it can also be seen that Cao Xuan attaches great importance to Grammy.

Of course, this is also due to the fact that this year's Grammys favored him. With a total of 9 nominations, he is the singer with the most Grammy nominations this year.

These include four similar categories: [Best Album of the Year], [Best Production of the Year], and [Best Single of the Year].

In the pop categories, [Best Pop Male Singer], [Best Pop Vocal Album], [Best Pop Instrumental Performance].

In the rock category, [Best Male Rock Singer] and [Best Rock Instrumental Performance].

And the music video category [Best Short Music Video], etc., which is also the "Best MV".

The nine shortlisted nominations are basically relatively valuable awards, especially the four major categories. If Cao Xuan hadn't won the "Best Newcomer" last year, he would have won all of them.

A Chinese singer has won so many Grammy nominations, but there are not many objections in the American music scene and the public.

In other words, most of the objections were only directed at Yu Cao Xuan's identity and did not say whether he was qualified or not.

It's really because the album "Release" was so successful.

This album was released simultaneously worldwide on September 25 last year. As of early March this year, it took less than half a year, but the total global sales have exceeded 13 million+, making it one of the best-selling albums in 2003.

According to estimates from the International Phonographic Association, the physical album sales of this album are expected to reach double diamonds, which is the so-called single album sales exceeding 20 million.

This is a very remarkable achievement!

There are constant rumors on the Internet that a certain singer's single album has sold tens of millions, or even over 100 million, but in most cases they are rumors, or they are digital albums or digital singles.

Even for Michael Jackson, the legendary superstar, the so-called single album (physical) exceeded 100 million, it is very likely to be a rumor.

Because physical albums and digital albums are two completely different concepts.

In terms of price alone, the physical album is obviously more expensive. The difference between the two parties is several times or even more than ten times, not to mention the scope of promotion and convenient payment operations.

Online, you can get recommended products from all platforms, and you can download them for a fee with just a few clicks of a button. However, to purchase physical products offline, you have to go to a video store or shop online, and the level of trouble is not the same.

Before the birth of digital albums, if a physical album could reach more than 10 million, it would be a substantial global hit.

Physical albums can exceed sales of more than 20 million. They are all phenomenal albums and can be regarded as a milestone in the singer's career.

Singers with such sales albums, except for a few short-lived ones, are basically top international superstars or bands.

As for albums with physical sales of more than 30 million.

Either it relies on time and hard work bit by bit, or it is the kind of historical album that can be recorded in the history of pop music.

It is an album with officially certified sales exceeding 50 million.

Cao Xuan seemed to have only a few pictures in his mind, all of which were the pinnacle masterpieces of legendary superstars such as Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, and The Beatles.

Moreover, this data is not necessarily accurate, and the authoritative lists of each party are different, so Cao Xuan also doubts whether there is a single genuine physical album with sales exceeding 50 million.

Looking at it this way, "Release" is expected to exceed 20 million physical album sales, which shows how terrifying it is.

This is also likely to be the peak of Cao Xuan's physical album sales. After all, the rise of digital albums in two years will shake the entire music industry and will greatly suppress the survival space of physical albums.

Of course, behind the sharp decline in physical albums, the sales of digital albums by singers will also surge.

Relying on the convenience of the Internet, the income of singers will not necessarily decline, and may even explode.

At the same time, once authorities from all parties agree on the digital album, physical + digital albums will be calculated together to calculate the "total sales", which may not be a good thing for Cao Xuan.

The album sales of later generations of Empress, Rihanna, Taylor and Adele have exceeded 100 million, surpassing the older generation such as Sister Niu and Celine Dion, and catching up with legends such as Michael Jackson, Madonna and Elvis Presley, all relying on the Internet. Road overtaking.

After all, no matter how popular they were in the 1980s and 1990s, they had to release albums one after another to sell them. But in later generations, with global access to the Internet, you can support idols with just two clicks of a mouse and a mobile phone screen.

If it weren't for the decades of foundation and influence of several superstars, they would have been overtaken by these younger generations.

Cao Xuan's debut is still short. If he wants to compete with the seniors who are at the top of the album sales list without releasing albums indiscriminately, digital albums are a good way.

Regardless of whether the gold content is comparable to the real thing, at least our total sales are here.

Compete with the seniors in total sales, and compete with the juniors in terms of physical album sales.

No matter how popular your digital albums are, they are not as valuable as physical albums. The original physical album sold 20 million, which is awesome.

The Mesozoic Era, which competes with each other, where entities are popular and numbers are also favored, is such a rogue...

Having said that, "Release" has exploded in sales and performed well on the charts, topping authoritative music charts in many countries.

The US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart also produced two number one singles.

"Sugar" has won the top spot twice, staying on the chart for a total of 11 weeks. It is currently being replaced by Usher's single "Yeah".

Another song "Free Loop" was officially authorized by Cao Xuan to BMW after the New Year, and became the theme promotion song of BMW cars, successfully becoming popular in the industry.

This song was already very popular, and its popularity was even wider than that of "Sugar". However, it was slightly less popular because it did not have the memorable MV of "Sugar".

This time, with the help of BMW's aggressive marketing, I finally accumulated a lot of experience and successfully broke out of the industry.

Although it only topped the charts for 2 weeks, it was still considered a Billboard No. 1 single after all.

Also because of the excellent publicity effect of this song, the endorsement negotiations between Cao Xuan and BMW progressed rapidly.

After "New Police Story" is completed, he will leave for Germany to participate in the signing ceremony. The endorsement fee and tenure are lower than Samsung, but the total income is also more than 20 million US dollars.

So this time when he comes to the United States because of Grammy, Cao Xuan also plans to take time to visit the Gulfstream headquarters in Georgia. If there is no problem, he can book a private jet of his own.

Thanks again to Samsung for being so cheap...

With album sales exceeding 10 million and two Billboard No. 1 singles, the success of "Release" is self-evident.

Cao Xuan has completely secured his position as an international first-line singer and shined at the Grammys.

………

With the expectations of all fans and even people across the country, Cao Xuan once again came to the United States to attend the 46th Grammy Awards.

Compared with last year's snub and even vague rejection, Cao Xuan clearly felt the enthusiasm of the American music scene when he returned to the Grammys this year.

"Release" was not only a great success, but also consolidated and promoted Cao Xuan's status as a celebrity. It also proved that Cao Xuan is not a flash in the pan.

As a singer-songwriter who has produced two hit albums, he immediately showed his due aura after being treated as an equal dialogue.

Many singers come to get close to each other, and if they get the first hit song, they will make a lot of money.

At the same time, although Cao Xuan is a shareholder of Warner and Music Group, it is kept secret, but if you are in the same circle, you will inevitably hear some gossip.

A Chinese singer doesn't matter, but a popular international first-line singer + a shareholder of three major world record companies is enough to make many people respect and even please Cao Xuan.

This year's Grammy lineup is also much stronger than last year. Cao Xuan's old friends Coldplay, Beyoncé, Eminem, Disillusionment, Usher, and Jaz, who is tied for the two biggest scumbags Din Timberlake et al.

These people are also Cao Xuan's competitors. Cao Xuan has so many nominations that he will compete with these people for most awards.

So everyone on the red carpet and in the lounge smiled and greeted each other, and what they thought in their hearts was a matter of opinion.

Edgar Jr., the boss of Warner Music Group, is also here today.

On the one hand, it is to cheer for the general Cao Xuan, and on the other hand, Warner Music Group has just completed its reorganization, and he, the new big shot in the recording industry, should also make his debut, show off his face, and build up Warner's reputation.

"Cao, how many awards do you think you can win today?"

Little Edgar wandered around for a while, showing off enough, before finally remembering business.

Cao Xuan's mouth twitched slightly: "You are the chairman of the board of directors and are also involved in PR and Grammy matters. Shouldn't you know better than me?"

"this…"

Little Edgar was a little embarrassed: "Cao, you also know that the company has just been reorganized, and there are many things on hand, and the power that can be freed is limited, so..."

Little Edgar didn't finish his words, but Cao Xuan already knew it.

He had actually known for a long time that the change of ownership of Warner would have an impact on his Grammy strategy. Although he still invested some resources, the public relations efforts were definitely not as good as last year.

The reason why Cao Xuan asked knowingly was because he wanted to remind little Edgar that he suffered a loss at the Grammys because of his company.

If little Edgar is not stupid and knows how to appease the general, he will compensate Cao Xuan in other ways in the future.

Children who cry are fed by milk. Although they didn't cry yesterday, they should never be vague about fighting for their own interests.

Ignoring the guilty little Edgar, Cao Xuan sat in his seat, his eyes somewhat solemn.

Compared with last year, Cao Xuan's results were better this year and his momentum was stronger. It stands to reason that he should win more awards.

But Cao Xuan is really not very confident. Although he has become stronger, his competitors have also become more powerful.

Most of last year's Avril Lavigne, Nora and others were newcomers and second-tier singers. Although they should not be underestimated, the pressure on Cao Xuan was not particularly strong.

This year, Justin, Beyoncé, Usher, Jim and others are undoubtedly on the front lines or even the top of the American music scene, and are even famous figures internationally.

Such a famous and popular singer's own performance is not bad. Although Cao Xuan's advantage is more obvious, it is far from overwhelming.

Even because of the away game, Cao Xuan's advantage was wiped out by them and even overtaken them.

If Warner went all out on public relations, Cao Xuan would still have some confidence, but this year because the company changed hands, Warner was held back. Compared with the companies behind other singers, Cao Xuan has certain disadvantages.

So even though Cao Xuan received the most nominations this year, he still wasn't very optimistic.

He was afraid that he would only win two useless awards in the end, or that the trip would be in vain, which would be too embarrassing.

It's okay if he just embarrasses himself. The key is that Cao Xuan's participation in the Grammys is too special, especially since he won the award last year. The country was very excited about it and almost praised Cao Xuan as a national hero.

At last year's music festival, all the singing stars bowed their heads, and even the queens of Japan and South Korea obeyed. In fact, they were also riding on the momentum of the Grammys.

This year, Cao Xuan won the Grammy, and the media throughout Asia were frantically building momentum, not to mention the country. It is an exaggeration to say that it attracted nationwide attention, but many people did pay attention to this matter.

If he loses today, Cao Xuan doesn't know what kind of trouble will happen...

Thinking of this, Cao Xuan once wanted to learn from little Edgar next to him.

In Cao Xuan's view, this prodigal son who lost tens of billions of dollars is still running around shamelessly, and his psychological quality is definitely the best in the world. If he learns by himself, maybe he can relieve his nervousness.

However, Cao Xuan did not ask in the end. He was mainly afraid that little Edgar would become angry and send gunmen to assassinate him.

If it really doesn’t work, it wouldn’t be too late to wait until he returns to the country and ask again…

Soon the Grammy Awards ceremony began. Cao Xuan adjusted his mentality and watched the awards and performances carefully.

Due to his tight schedule and no rehearsal time, he declined the Grammy's invitation to perform and will only attend as an award nominee today.

Beyoncé, who has just launched her solo career, has been nominated for nine Grammy Awards for her first album, and successfully got the opportunity to perform with rock singer Prince.

I have to say that Beyoncé’s voice is indeed amazing, which diluted Cao Xuan’s negative emotions to a certain extent.

Even losing the [Best Rock Instrumental Performance] and [Best Male Rock Vocalist] awards did not make him too upset. He politely gave his own applause and congratulated the winners.

Of course, this is also because Cao Xuan knew that his chances of winning two prizes were too low.

After all, although his rock songs have good results, he is not a professional rock singer after all, and is even better at pop.

This is an absolute loss in the eyes of many rock-obsessed judges.

How can a pop singer play rock music well?

Cao Xuan's "Natural" and "Numb" last year can be regarded as the top rock songs of the 21st century, but he still did not win the award.

The two rock songs this year were slightly inferior. Cao Xuan looked at the two competitors. They were both pure rock singers from the older generation.

There is even one so-called one of the four guitar giants of the 1960s and 1970s, who can be ranked high in the history of rock and roll.

Therefore, Cao Xuan has long given up the expectation of winning the rock category. His goal from the beginning was the four major general categories and the pop category.

Cao Xuan, who looked calm on the outside, didn't put away the smile on his face until a black guest presented the award for "Best Male Pop Singer".

But the black man was very talkative and kept talking non-stop. One moment he praised Cao Xuan for being talented, the other moment he praised Justin for being handsome, and he also liked so-and-so’s song.

After rambling for a few minutes, Cao Xuan came to his senses under the murderous looks of several finalists in Cao Xuan.

"Okay, okay, dear guests, let us reveal the mystery of the 46th Grammy Award for Best Pop Male Vocalist. Really, I can't wait. Oh my god, what an incredible candidate..."

After opening the envelope, the black man couldn't hold back and said a few more words. This time, even the host couldn't hold back. He was afraid that there would be a shooting incident during the live broadcast of the award ceremony, so he gave a reminder.

The black man stopped talking and showed his big white teeth.

"Let us congratulate this deserving talent - Chris Chao."

Cao Xuan, who had been suppressing, couldn't help but gently pump his fists to raise his arms, and then hugged little Edgar, Mike and others next to him.

With this award, it’s safe!

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