China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 185 "Kindness" Big Brother and "500 miles"

"...

Merry never gets old

playing and singing years
let me go

Just be a madman, not a hero~
......"

Cao Xuan, dressed in a gown with moon-white embroidered patterns, sang two Chinese-style songs, "Fireworks Are Easy to Cold" and "Don't Call Heroes" in one breath, and won wild applause from the audience.

CCTV's "Zhengda Variety Show" also faithfully recorded this scene, and added a title later——

"my country's Young Singer Cao Xuan Overseas Concert Promotes Chinese Culture"

positive energy!
After singing "Don't Say Heroes", Cao Xuan took a slight breath. The rhythm of this song is still quite fast. Now it is the second half of the concert, his physical strength has declined, and it is still a bit difficult to sing in one breath.

"Next, I will invite my assistant guest, who is also my good brother Jay Chou."

"Clap clap clap."

Xiao Zhou has just become famous for less than two months, and his fame has not yet formed a scale in Singapore.

Unlike Sun Yanzi who just appeared on the stage, he is a serious Singaporean, and his own children are second only to Cao Xuan in terms of popularity.

However, although many people are relatively unfamiliar with the name "Jay Chou", they still gave Cao Xuan face and applauded enthusiastically.

Xiao Zhou is still very shy, especially when singing in front of so many people for the first time, the nervousness is visible to the naked eye.

"Hi everyone, I'm Jay, Jay Chou."

Cao Xuan patted him on the back to comfort him, then put his arms around his shoulders, and smiled confidently to the fans in the audience.

"You should cherish the opportunity this time and listen to his songs carefully. This guy is very talented, and he will become popular in a short time. If you want to listen to it next time, you have to spend your own money to buy concert tickets."

Many people in the audience disagreed with Cao Xuan's words, thinking that he was flattering Jay Chou.

After all, Cao Xuan also praised Sun Yanzi just now, saying that she is expected to become the next Chinese queen.

But after actually studying Cao Xuan's rhetoric, we know that although Cao Xuan loves to brag about each other in business, most of them praise a certain singer for his good singing, good character, and strong creative ability.

But there are only two people who have high hopes for the younger generations and even categorically assert that there are only two people in the entire Chinese music scene.

It is Jay Chou and Sun Yanzi who are his supporting guests today.

In fact, it's not just that he is optimistic about these two, Jay Chou is fine, after all he has just debuted, Cao Xuan is currently the most supportive of him among the big names in the music industry.

Wu Zongxian actually praised it, but his words are too light in the music world, and he is Xiao Zhou's boss, so everyone doesn't recognize him.

And Stefanie Sun became famous in the middle of the year, and she became popular in half the sky in just half a year. She is the most popular singer of the new generation this year, bar none.

Many bigwigs have spoken out and praised Sun Yanzi. Taiwan media have already crowned her with the title of little queen, thinking that she is expected to succeed Zhang Huimei, and some people say that she is the female version of Cao Xuan.

It can be said that most people are very optimistic about Sun Yanzi's prospects, among which Cao Xuan is relatively firm, thinking that she will definitely be popular.

Many people can understand the combination that both of them are under Warner's banner and come out of the same school.

But Cao Xuan has always supported Jay Chou, even a year ago he was very optimistic about him, many people have different opinions.

Jay Chou's music is indeed unique, but no one can say whether this road can be followed, whether it will become popular or not.

Taiwanese media have always regarded Wang Lihong and Tao Zhe as Cao Xuan's successors, or the next heavenly kings, challenging Cao Xuan's current status, although these two debuted earlier than Cao Xuan...

However, Cao Xuan insisted on being optimistic about Jay Chou, with the meaning of being hand-picked, and praised Jay Chou in many public occasions.

It made Wu Zongxian wonder if he was poaching corners, not to mention Xiao Zhou himself, who was so touched that he vowed to be a good brother for the rest of his life.

Because of Cao Xuan, many media are paying attention to Jay Chou's future development, secretly looking forward to seeing who will be slapped in the face in the future.

But Cao Xuan didn't care about these things. In fact, he took Xiao Zhou as his younger brother at the beginning, just out of bad taste.

But after a long time, Cao Xuan discovered that Xiao Zhou is indeed quite pure, at least in the circle, he has no wrong thoughts, good character, and nothing messy.

The most important thing is that brother Xuan is better than brother Xuan, he really treats him as a big brother, and his words and deeds are full of admiration and respect.

People's hearts are fleshy, and people really treat him as a big brother, so Cao Xuan gradually treats him as a brother.

In fact, Cao Xuan personally thinks that he is relatively kind, especially for his own people, he is very caring.

If a friend has something to do, he can help as much as he can. It is well-known in the circle of friends, at least he treats him as a real friend, and no one says that he is a bad person.

It is "squeezing" to subordinates, but in fact, there are a lot of salary and bonuses every year. Artist contracts are relatively generous terms in the industry, and there are also a lot of resources. I try my best to achieve a win-win situation for the company and employees.

In terms of relationship, regardless of the fact that the two scumbags are on their feet, Cao Xuan is really good to Hu Jing and Zeng Li.

Thoughtful, generous, respecting girls' ideas, meticulous and thoughtful, taking care of both of them in every way, not only a man is responsible, he should put down his figure and can put down his sweet talk to coax others.

Young and attractive, rich and physically strong.

It can be said that as a boyfriend, Cao Xuan can't find any shortcomings in other aspects except for his playfulness and occasional machismo.

So Zeng and Hu acquiesced to the current situation, and even reached an East-West alliance to resist foreign enemies.

The reason is simple, the "good man" is really reluctant to let go!

Xiao Zhou is regarded as a brother by Cao Xuan, so he naturally has to support him when he is a big brother. He even recently wondered whether he should "write" a song for his younger brother.

For example, "Chrysanthemum Terrace" and "Orchid Pavilion Preface" helped the new genre of Chinese style developed by myself to help the scene.

As for the most popular "Blue and White Porcelain" and "Dongfeng Po".

Big brother helps Xiao Zhou like this, Xiao Zhou can't show filial piety to big brother, a good brother is a good brother who comes and goes.

The more Cao Xuan thought about it, the more he felt that he had nothing to do with the word [kindness], but he still cared more for his little brother.

I can't help it if I don't take care of it. I can't bear my conscience when I see him calling Brother Xuan...

.........

"Sing well, don't be nervous."

Cao Xuan encouraged Xiao Zhou, and with the encouragement of his elder brother, Jay Chou seemed to have the courage to take over the stage and began to sing his own "Xing Qing".

I have to say that Jay Chou is a born singer. Although the first concert was full of tension, when he really sang, the typhoon was still very stable.

Although I forgot/wrong words twice during the period, I still managed to come back abruptly by relying on my good creative ability.

The concert is currently edited, and it can be played very well. This is a talent that Cao Xuan envies.

But Jay Chou felt a little ashamed, after all, this was his elder brother's concert, he made a mistake, and apologized softly to Cao Xuan after singing.

Cao Xuan was very angry, and waved his hand: "Don't worry about small things, the singing is good, and I will buy you milk tea later."

After comforting Jay Chou, Cao Xuan changed into casual western clothes and stood in front of the erected microphone with a guitar in his hand.

"Before I came here, I inquired about the situation in Singapore and knew that many people speak English, so I specially prepared an English song.

I didn’t write it. It’s an old American folk song "500 miles", which was also translated as "Five Hundred Miles from Home". I re-arranged it, which is a little different from the old version. Welcome everyone to correct. "

After Cao Xuan said that, the fans were very surprised and happy.

After all, since Cao Xuan's debut, all the songs have been in Mandarin, and there are even very few English elements in them. This time, although the first English song is a cover, it is enough for everyone to look forward to.

"Thump, thump, thump, thump~"

The strings are flicked lightly, and the melodious and soothing rhythm instantly catches everyone's eyes. This kind of warm, somewhat sad and intriguing melody can instantly attract people's attention to Cao Xuan.

After more than ten seconds of prelude, Cao Xuan began to sing in a gentle voice.

"If you miss the train I'm on
(if you miss the train I'm on)

You will know that I am gone
(that is, I have left sadly alone)

You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles
(Listen to the whistle that stretches for hundreds of miles)
A hundred miles, a hundred miles
(One hundred miles and one hundred miles take me away)

A hundred miles, A hundred miles
(A hundred miles and a hundred miles and I can't go back)

 …”

The melody is sad, and the lyrics are about wandering.

"500 Miles" was created in the 60s and has endured for decades. It has been covered many times by singers from all over the world.

The version sung by Cao Xuan is the most widely circulated version on the Internet in later generations, and it is also a fragment of the American music movie "Drunken Country Ballad". Compared with the original version, some changes have been made to fit the modern fashion trend.

Of course, some people think that the old version is more pure or other versions are better, this is not arguable.

But Cao Xuan personally prefers the "Drunken Country Folk Ballad" version, so he moved it here.

The reason why I chose to sing this song at the concert is to take care of these overseas fans on the one hand, and to pave the way for myself to show my ability to adapt, compose and sing English songs.

Another reason is that Cao Xuan liked the song and wanted to sing it, so Tojuana bought the copyright and "adapted" Cao Xuan's version of "500 Miles".

Facts have proved that the charm of classics is endless. Cao Xuan chose this song as his English debut, which moved countless fans.

Singing this song actually requires relatively little skill, the main thing is to sing the melancholy of a wanderer who has been away from home for many years. As long as the emotion is in place, this song will come alive.

As a professional actor and a top "imitation" singer, it is Cao Xuan's forte to substitute emotions and render emotions.

It is not an exaggeration to say that all those who were sung and cried by him in the audience had three digits...

After the song was sung, countless fans shouted for it to be repeated, and Cao Xuan was unambiguous, playing the guitar and singing it again.

His excellent singing skills and fluent English have made many professionals in the industry who pay attention to him nod again and again.

It seems that Cao Tianwang's creation of English songs to hit the overseas market is not unreasonable, but well-prepared.

Although this song is not original, the arrangement is also very skillful. It seems that it has painstakingly studied the current popular trends and the European and American music scene.

Maybe it can really make him play tricks? !

Everyone is tangled, although the overall look is bad, but there is also a glimmer of expectation.

After all, if there is a world-class pop superstar, it will have a very positive impact on the entire Chinese music scene.

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