China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 25 New Album and Nan Ren Bei Cao
When Cao Xuan woke up the next morning, he saw Zhang Chong's face drooping, and when he asked, the national football team lost again.

Iran 4:2 China.

The national football team, which was already in a crisis, was pushed to the edge of the cliff. If they wanted to qualify, they had to defeat Qatar at home.

Zhang Chong also hoped that the national football team could come back to life in ten days. Cao Xuan didn't know what to say. I hope he can hold on.

They took out the leftover steamed buns from last night, soaked them in hot water, and put them in the dog bowl of Prosperity. .

Cao Xuan has also been to several recording studios in Beijing, but his favorite is Baihua Recording Studio.

So this time I put the place where I made the new album. It happened to be close to my home, and it only took 10 minutes to have a face-to-face meeting.

After a while, when he got there, Cao Xuan asked the front desk for a recording studio.

In fact, Cao Xuan wanted to buy one for a long time alone in Baihua Recording Studio. Later, after inquiring about the price, he could afford it, but he always felt that it was not cost-effective, so he planned to wait until the official recording.

Regarding Cao Xuan's new album, the songs have been selected almost, there are a total of 10 songs, in addition to 5 relatively mediocre songs, Cao Xuan also prepared 5 future hits as the album's title songs.

The first song, "Autumn Don't Come Back".

Before releasing a single, he lost to "1 Reasons", and this time Cao Xuan arranged it into his first album.

The second song "Angel Wings".

Cao Xuan personally likes this song very much. Its situation is similar to Wang Feng's "In the Spring". The original song was just a small fire. Later, it was sung by the amateur Xidan girl, and it became popular all over the country.

The third "Run".

Yuquan's masterpiece, a representative example of inspirational songs, can be ranked in the top ten in 2003, and it is also the only song in Cao Xuan's new album that is not a love song.

The fourth song, "Twilight".

Known as the pinnacle of love songs in the Chinese music scene, one of the most popular songs in 2000, if it weren't for Liang Jingru's "Courage" too perverted, it is even expected to reach the top.

The fifth song, "Fairy Tale".

The most popular song in 2005, no one, the top of the class song chart, the tear-jerking song, countless memories of the post-90s generation.

These 5 hits are almost all in the top ten and top [-] of the year. "Dusk" and "Fairy Tale" are even more popular, and they can be included in the chronicle of Chinese pop music.

Here, just pick any song that can support an album to sell well, and 5 songs gather in one album, Cao Xuan doesn't know what will happen.

But he is looking forward to it!
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The workload of producing an album is far greater than that of a single, and it will take some time for Cao Xuan to shoot several MVs this time.

Not to mention, in the middle, Cao Xuan has to take over commercial performances, cooperate with the work of "Water Margin" and "Following Love to the End", plus the New Year and miscellaneous things.

The album wants to come out with a finished product, it is likely to be after April next year.

This is still a conservative estimate. If there is any change in the middle, it is likely to be pushed back.

For the production of this album, Cao Xuan still prefers to do it himself. In terms of distribution, he cooperates with big record companies. His old friend Lan Qi can sub-contract to his radio promotion work.

Now, Jiang Yue has released news on behalf of Cao Xuan, and many record companies have come to negotiate.

These include the previously mentioned [CP International] and another mainland large and medium-sized record company. Several giants also intend to cooperate with Cao Xuan. The most active ones are Rolling Stones and Sony.

The Rolling Stones are very sincere and specially sent a vice president to the capital, but Cao Xuan was a little hesitant about the strength of the Rolling Stones.

Rolling Stone is undoubtedly the giant of the Asian record company, but most of its influence is currently in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia, and it has not made too much layout in the mainland market.

In contrast, although Sony has just entered the mainland, it is clearly preparing to deepen the mainland market.

Whether it is signing a number of well-known mainland singers and musicians, or contacting to create their own media resources, or strengthening the channel sales link, etc.

Sony's hard power in all aspects can impress the pragmatic Cao Xuan more than Rolling Stone's repeated emphasis on past brilliant achievements.

In addition, Liu Huan, who is also a teacher and a friend, also joined Sony in September, which made the balance in Cao Xuan's heart tilt more and more towards Sony.

However, no matter which company you cooperate with, it would be inappropriate to use Cao Xuan's personal name.

So Cao Xuan planned to open a personal studio to systematically take care of his work and things.

Then it got stuck on the name.

Zhang Chong proposed to call it "Shanhe", which is simple and domineering, but Cao Xuan thought it was too vulgar, so he rejected it.

Jiang Yue made a "poetry beauty", Cao Xuan felt that it was too girly, and he rejected it.

Cao Xuan thought of a "flying on the grass" himself, which was lively and playful, but was opposed by Jiang Yue and Zhang Chong.

The three held back for a few days, and finally Jiang Yue found his mother who was a university professor and gave him a name that everyone recognized.

【Stars】

Fan: many, the meaning of prosperity.

Star: It refers to the star and future of Cao Xuan or the studio.

Fanxing, it can be understood that Cao Xuan will become more and more popular in the future, and the company will develop better and better.

The meaning is good, and it is easy to remember, so [Fanxing Studio] was successfully launched, but it will take some time before the official establishment, and Jiang Yue is going through the formalities.

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Cao Xuan tried the sound for a long time in the recording studio, and then made a short accompaniment of "I Don't Come Back in Autumn" with the recording engineer, and reverberated to see the effect.

The next day, Cao Xuan and Jiang Yue went to the "Beijing Metropolis Daily" for an interview. Cao Xuan had done similar interviews several times, and he was already familiar with it.

But this time, a reporter from the Beijing Metropolis Daily asked a slightly provocative question.

"What do you think of "1 Reasons" lagging behind "Too Soft" in the major music charts?"

"1 Reasons" became popular in July, and it officially went out of the circle in August. It overwhelmed "The Heart Is Too Soft" to reach the top, and won the top of the major music charts in China, and it continued for several weeks.

Since then, the two songs have competed fiercely in major music charts. It was not until late September that "9 Reasons" fell slightly. In mid-October, the popularity of "1 Reasons" gradually declined and was "The Heart Is Too Soft" began to suppress.

In this context, the reporter asked this question, obviously with bad intentions, and wished Cao Xuan was dissatisfied with "Too Soft Heart" and made two harsh words.

If the two popular singers are torn apart, then they will not have to worry about selling their next issue of the newspaper.

Cao Xuan is not stupid, and certainly not as the reporter intended.

On the contrary, he exaggerated "The Heart Is Too Soft", and added a few words that everyone is a musician, friendship is the first, competition is the second, and they have to work hard to jointly create a better tomorrow for the Chinese music scene, and deal with the reporter's problem. past.

Cao Xuan thought this was the case, but Jiang Yue gave him a piece of "Beijing Metropolis Daily" within two days, which was his interview report, but the title was——

"Southern and Northern Cao, the collision of a new generation of singers on both sides of the strait"

Cao Xuan: "???"

Looking through the contents of the newspaper, the previous interview was fine, but on the last question, the reporter completely misunderstood what he meant.

Cao Xuan's other words have been omitted, focusing on the word "competition", and referring to Ren Xianqi and Cao Xuan as representatives of the new generation of singers in the Mainland and Taiwan Province.

And attached the fierce record of the two songs "1 Reasons" and "Too Soft Heart" in the charts in the past few months, abruptly creating a situation of confrontation between the two sides.

"It's just trying to hype me and Ren Xianqi."

Cao Xuan saw through the tricks behind this report at a glance, but Jiang Yue was eager to try it.

"It's good to stir-fry, just like Tan Zhang's struggle for hegemony in the 80s, and the Four Heavenly Kings in the 90s. There is competition before there are topics."

"I'm not against the hype with Ren Xianqi."

Cao Xuan had a headache: "The key is to create a big tree to attract wind. After all, I only have a single right now. They insist that I am a representative of the mainland music scene. What do you want other singers to think?"

Jiang Yue also realized the seriousness of the problem, and panicked a little: "How about I find a way to find someone to suppress this matter."

"It's probably useless."

Cao Xuan shook his head and said, "The "Jingcheng Metropolis Daily" is not a small newspaper. Now it is estimated that it has already spread. Other newspapers and media will swarm it when they see the hot spot. It is impossible to suppress it."

"Then what should we do, let's find other newspapers to speak out?"

Jiang Yue was a little anxious, but Cao Xuan was still steady: "I'm afraid it's too late, you should contact me first, then look at the wind outside, and then take a step and take a look."

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