China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 248

October 2001, 10, Wulihe Stadium, Shen City
With Yu Genwei's goal, the national football team defeated Oman 1-0. Tens of thousands of fans at the scene went crazy, and the national audience in front of the TV also began to boil.

We're out!
Five red characters in the center of the CCTV screen became the headlines of the next day.

The head coach of the national football team, Milu, and the chairman of the Olympic Committee, Samaranch, once became the most familiar foreign names to the Chinese at that time.

When it was mentioned decades later, it has always been crowned with the highest official honor given to foreigners-【Old Friend of the Chinese People】.

Beijing's Olympic bid was successful!

The national football team entered the World Cup finals!

Within three months, China's sports made two major achievements and breakthroughs, and the domestic sports atmosphere was infinitely high.

The people were also jubilant. That night, following the successful day of the Olympic bid, was another sleepless night of celebration.

Especially the fans, they are all crazy. Those who have thought and capital are starting to save air tickets now to go to Japan and South Korea to watch the game live.

Cao Xuan, who is half a fan, is also very happy. Even though he knows that he may be poured 9 balls, he does not lose his enthusiasm.

There is no way, even if they are beaten, they still make it to the World Cup. It will be difficult for the future national football team to even make it to the World Cup.

Cao Xuan did some calculations, the Qatar World Cup in 2022 may be enough, even if the next national football team explodes in 2026, he will have reached his destiny by then.

50 years old, just this World Cup.

To put it bluntly, maybe Cao Xuan will be able to witness the national football team stepping into the World Cup this time in his entire life, what kind of bicycle do he need...

Tsk tsk, Cao Daguan thinks that he is cheap when he thinks about it.

It's a pity that his golden finger is not a football king system, otherwise he would have gone to Europe earlier, punching Real Madrid, kicking Barcelona, ​​Ronaldo and Messi as the younger brother, and holding the Golden Globe Award as the football king.

The national football team entered the World Cup and dominated the headlines for several days, but it did not affect the popularity of "Chinese Style".

In just one week, "Chinese Style" achieved a sales volume of 45. Although it is slightly inferior to "Bright Stars", it is still an excellent result.

A few days ago, the sales of the first two albums of the Starry Trilogy have exceeded 800 million copies in total, and the legendary "Starry Stars" is extremely close to the 500 million mark.

Most of them are in the Chinese-speaking region, and a large part of the follow-up, especially Fanxing's first two albums, are Cao Xuan's popularity in Asia, and then a large number of introductions to various Asian countries.

In any case, the total sales volume is 1300 million.

Cao Xuan successfully broke into the ten-million sales club of genuine albums, not only the youngest singer in the Chinese music scene, but also the only singer who achieved this achievement with only three albums.

This not only staged a sales myth in the Chinese music scene, including in Asia, Cao Xuan's sales also broke a series of records.

Many top Japanese and Korean singers have never sold Cao Xuan when they have a relatively advantage in terms of copyright.

In terms of album sales alone, Cao Xuan is definitely a well-deserved top performer in Asia.

This is not Cao Xuan boasting.

According to statistics from the International Phonographic Federation (IFPI),

"Bright Stars" reached 220 million+ album sales in two months last year.

Not only won the annual sales champion of the Chinese music scene in 2000, but also ranked among the top five in Asia.

Even speaking, because the popularity of "Bright Stars" has not diminished this year, it has sold almost 260 million+ in ten months, and the sales volume is even higher than last year.

This is also very likely to cause "Bright Stars" to once again win the 2001 annual sales champion of the Chinese music scene and the top ten or even top five in Asia.

The album "Bright Stars" has won the Chinese annual championship for two years, and the top five/top ten in Asia. It is definitely a milestone album in the Chinese music scene.

Even to a certain extent, it is even more difficult than Cao Xuan winning the annual sales champion of the Chinese music scene for four consecutive years.

Nowadays, many people are watching when Cao Xuan will hit the 2000 million album club.

Certified by the International Phonographic Association (IFPI), there are only six singers in the Chinese music scene whose cumulative album sales reached more than 2001 million in 2000.

Teresa Teng, Zhang Tianwang, Liu Tianwang, Wang Fei, Wang Jie, Zhang Qiang.

Almost all of the first five people know each other. Zhang Qiang is a legendary singer in the mainland. He became very popular in the 80s and was featured in the US "Time Magazine".

Of course, due to the times, some of these singers sold a lot of their albums on tapes, and the sales statistics are not necessarily accurate, and some may even include pirated albums. In terms of pure gold content, some may be inferior to Cao Xuan.

But no matter what, the authoritative certification is that they are a 2000 million club, and the outside world also recognizes that Cao Xuan can't claim to be number one.

In fact, Cao Xuan is not the only Chinese singer in the Ten Million Club. Alan Tam, Zhang Guorong, Zhang Huimei, and Zhou Huajian all reached tens of millions of cumulative album sales in 2001, and Sammi Cheng is about to break through.

But Tan and Zhang Ban retired, Zhou Huajian was no longer at the peak, Zheng Xiuwen was not popular enough, and the only hopeful Zhang Huimei was far inferior to Cao Xuan in terms of momentum.

Cao Xuan is naturally given high expectations, and even because of his outstanding performance, many people even hope that he can become the first Chinese singer to hit the billion-level club.

But Cao Xuan himself knows that now is the last glory of physical records, unless he can overtake from Europe and the United States,
Otherwise, in a few years, even if he joins forces with Xiao Zhou, he will be able to enter the billion-level club...

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Cao Xuan, who has won the sales champion, is no longer obsessed with these false names, and he doesn't need these names to win glory for himself.

Now he expects the album to sell more, and he only has one simple and simple idea.

The more he sells, the more he earns.

Therefore, Cao Xuan also agreed to Warner's request, and then went to Magic City, Rongcheng, Zhejiang City, Taiwan Province, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, South Korea and other regions and countries to participate in promotional activities.

Of course, before that, he had to finalize the second album first, and agreed to release the album at the end of the year. Now he has to step up production, and then run activities with the two albums together.

For this reason, except for a few appearances in variety shows, and a signing event in Beijing, Cao Xuan did not participate in the promotional activities of "Chinese Style" and was immersed in recording songs in the recording studio.

But although he is low-key, "Chinese Style" is not low-key at all.

The sales volume is increasing day by day. "Blue and White Porcelain" and "Dongfeng Po" are trying to compete for the top spot on the ranking list. People from all walks of life come to join in the fun, setting off a cultural phenomenon of "Chinese style".

Many official media, led by second-rate newspapers, went out again. Compared with before, this time, the official affirmed the popularity of Chinese style even more.

Various arguments have also become relatively more open and supportive, especially "Red Ling", because the feelings and structure behind it are very in line with the needs of the above, and it has been praised several times.

Cao Xuan was also able to log into "News Network" for the second time, and was asked by reporters about his original intention of creating Chinese style.

Cao Genzheng Miaohong Xuan once again gave a standard textbook answer to hundreds of millions of viewers.

"Mr. Lu Xun once said that what belongs to the nation belongs to the world. I have always believed that Chinese culture is an important part of world culture. Creating Chinese style is not only to spread Chinese traditional culture to the people, but also to establish our own cultural self-confidence.

At the same time, at the time when our country is opening up and connecting with the international community, we will build a bridge to promote the glorious history of our Chinese culture to other overseas countries..."

How should I put it, regardless of whether Cao Xuan's words can be achieved, anyway, the point is to pinch them accurately, and even have a certain degree of forward-looking.

Some caring people in front of the TV couldn't help their eyes light up when they heard Cao Xuan's words.

In particular, the phrase "build your own cultural self-confidence", under the current environment where the public is everywhere and the moon abroad is particularly round, it can be called a school of its own.

I have to say that although Cao Xuan's life style may be problematic, his butt is definitely upright.

All kinds of things since his debut are remarkable, although sometimes they are utilitarian, but there is nothing wrong with them, especially in the entertainment industry where fish and dragons are mixed, it can be said that they are not stained with mud.

Moreover, Cao Xuan has strength, and he is the best new generation artist in the Mainland at this stage.

If it was said that Cao Xuan only caught the eyes of some big shots before, now he is already the focus of observation.

In fact, as I said before, in the face of the menacing invasion of Japanese, Korean, European and American cultures, China cannot only have one Cheng Long, nor can it only rely on a group of Hong Kong and Taiwan artists with relatively mixed backgrounds. It also needs a steady stream of new trump cards.

Cao Xuan is the first new trump card played. As early as after his Asian tour, the official has been consciously taking care of him.

Of course, the official will not take care of everything, but such as the battle of Fengshen Tubang, the Temple of Heaven concert, and the prevalence of Chinese style this time.

Those that meet the main theme and the need to spread influence abroad have some official support behind them.

This is not Cao Xuan's unique treatment, including Cheng, Li, Zhao, and Zhang, who have international influence, have similar special treatment.

Of course, there are some differences. Because of Cao Xuan's excellent performance, especially the performance of a red heart towards the red flag, some big bosses are very satisfied.

This kind of impression points is sometimes the most useless, but sometimes it is also the most useful...

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When "Chinese Style" was in full swing, Cao Xuan also received a special invitation.

Mandarin contacted Li Xuejian through his relationship, hoping to bring the background of the MV of "Chi Ling" to the stage of drama.

I have been talking about how popular "Blue and White Porcelain" and "Dongfeng Po" are. In fact, the influence of "Red Ling" is not weaker than these two songs.

Even in the minds of ordinary people, "Red Ling" has a greater influence.

The reason is simple. The story behind this song and the MV is too empathetic for ordinary people. The feeling of sacrificing one's life for one's home and country gives everyone a special boost to the song's perception.

"Blue and White Porcelain" and "Dongfeng Po" fiercely competed for the first place, while "Red Ling" firmly occupied the third place.

And the on-demand rate on TV is far higher than the above two songs.

It is said that a local station in a certain city played the MV of this song on a loop for several hours, and the ratings remained high. When the broadcast was off, viewers called to complain.

I am humble and dare not forget to worry about the country, even if no one knows me!
The popularity of this song is no less than that of "Azure Misty Rain, and I'm Waiting for You" and "Who Is Playing Dong Feng Po on a Pipa".

As for the two songs "Blue and White Porcelain" and "Dongfeng Po", most people can only hum a sentence or two, while many people can sing a small part of "Red Ling".

Although there are reasons why those two lyrics are difficult to remember, it can also be seen the influence of "Chi Ling".

There are even some people who are obsessed with the melody of this song. Every day, some people learn to sing a few lines with sharp voices. If they can sing with some charm, then they must be the most beautiful boy in the eyes of the people around them...

(End of this chapter)