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Chapter 308 Super Burning Divine Comedy and Chinese Foodies
It was Cao Xuan's idea to compose the theme song for "The Matrix" after he came to the United States.

Film and television theme songs have always been one of the mainstream branches of the pop music scene. Many singers have become famous by singing film and television theme songs. A popular film and television golden song is more popular than the title songs of many popular albums.

Not to mention, Hu Jing, who sang "The Offering of Love", is still on the top of the charts, which has become a strong guarantee for her "entering the music scene".

The "Matrix" series is a classic Hollywood IP, and the movies have aroused widespread influence around the world.

The first film has a global box office of 4.66 million US dollars, the second film has a global box office of 7.41 million US dollars, and the third film has a global box office of 4.27 million US dollars.

全系列总票房16.34亿美金，按照2002~2003年人民币和美元的汇率1:8.277，《黑客帝国》系列光是票房收益就差不多135.25亿人民币。

It is almost equivalent to the entire net worth of a top five rich man on Forbes in the Mainland...

In Hollywood, box office revenue is only a part, and a large part is in audiovisual production and distribution and peripheral derivative development.

If it can be operated, the profits generated by the latter two will be far greater than the box office itself, which is why Hollywood dares to spend its life and money.

However, these have nothing to do with Cao Xuan, and he won't get any money. The reason for saying this is to show that behind the outstanding box office performance is the global influence of the "Matrix" series of movies.

Winning the theme song of "The Matrix" movie means that Cao Xuan's song and himself have been circulated in front of fans all over the world with the popularity of the movie, which is very beneficial for Cao Xuan to expand his popularity.

This is not Cao Xuan's whimsical idea. Linkin Park became a global hit in later generations, to a certain extent, because they sang the theme song of the "Transformers" series.

At least in China, the first time many people knew about Linkin Park was from the theme song of the "Transformers" movie.

Now that he has hooked up with "The Matrix", Cao Xuan just played a small supporting role as a cameo.

Publishing a theme song to catch up with the global popularity of next year's "The Matrix" won't count as Cao Xuan acting for nothing these days.

Cao Xuan's creative talent has already been certified on the bulletin board, in the new weekly bulletin board list just released on April 4rd.

"You're beautiful" and "numb" have both entered the top 25 of the singles chart, and the former is only one step away from the top [-].

"Natural" also successfully entered the top 25, and is expected to enter the top [-] next week.

Although it has been clearly seen that the upward trend of the three songs has slowed down.

But this is also normal. Billboard songs are always ranked higher and more popular, because they have dominated the charts for a long time and continue to gain a lot of exposure. It is difficult to squeeze them down.

At the forefront of the billboards, there are very few new songs that have just been released.

Unless it is Britney Spears, Michael Jackson, the top-tier singers with huge popularity, most of the new songs are mid-range and upward.

Of course, it's not like there are no newcomers and new songs that directly airlift to the top of the billboard, but basically they are all phenomenon-level songs, which are rare in a few years.

Cao Xuan, a newcomer in the European and American music scene, was able to get three songs to the top of the billboards in just over a month. In addition to the quality of the songs themselves, Warner also put a lot of effort behind them.

With multiple songs reaching the top 25 on the Billboard, Cao Xuan has really become popular in the United States. The number of people who have listened to his songs is guaranteed to be tens of millions, and the influence of the songs has even begun to spread to the entire Americas.

Cao Xuan became a new star in the American music scene.

Many Americans know that the Chinese not only have Jack Cheng who can kung fu, but also Chris Cao who can sing well.

The producer of "The Matrix" readily agreed to request a song from Cao Xuan, because he also took a fancy to Cao Xuan's performance on the bulletin board and believed in his "music talent".

Anyway, Cao Xuan's asking price is not too expensive, only a mere 20 US dollars.

If the song is good, the studio will make money, but if the song is not good, it will be used as a promotional song. Anyway, the price is not expensive, and there is not much loss.

Cao Xuan is also quite satisfied, 20 US dollars is equivalent to more than 160 million RMB. Before he came to the United States, the music production of a song did not necessarily have this price.

And Cao Xuan is not out to make money, the key is to get on the platform of "The Matrix", not to mention the popularity, the effect is good, and by the way, he can also advertise.

With a stack of English songs in his hand, he was waiting for these Hollywood film crews to invite them to sing.

In China, Cao Xuan is too lazy to make music because he thinks the price is low. Hundreds of thousands or millions are really not enough for him to work, and it is easy to form various human debts.

But it’s different in foreign countries. 【$】It’s really delicious, and these Yankees are really rich. They don’t even blink at hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars. When converted into RMB, the Fanxing Company’s building has risen to one floor.

Not only can he make money, but he can also promote global fame, Cao Xuan really can't bear to reject these grievances... Cough cough, international friends...

As for the theme song for "The Matrix", Cao Xuan also had an idea in mind.

As for the theme song, it must conform to the tone of the movie, and at best, it should have a certain degree of promotion.

The song "Sold out" is a very popular divine comedy in later generations. For a while, it became the best soundtrack for burning video clips on major online platforms.

The tune is very passionate and powerful, and the melody is very explosive. If it can be matched with the fighting scene, it will be extremely cool.

The title of the song "Sold out" means sold out, that is, sold out, but the expression should mean trying your best or giving everything, or it means being highly sought after, depending on how you understand it.

The overall atmosphere of the lyrics is generally positive, and it is relatively in line with the tone of "The Matrix". As a leader, he no longer lives for himself, and leads others to follow the faith and fight against darkness.

"The Matrix" also has the meaning of a savior saving the world, and the two fit together.

Of course, there is a sentence in it to follow Jesus, if Cao Xuan wants to use it, he must change this word.

It can be changed to the responsibility of saving the world or for the sake of the world or people's beliefs.

Anyway, there are many beliefs, religious beliefs, personal beliefs, and responsibility beliefs, there can be countless explanations,

Cao Xuan found that English songs are actually easy to change sometimes, because each word has too many meanings, and several words may represent completely different meanings.

The Chinese and English subtitles of Cao Xuan before are not completely personal, and there are official explanations, so as to save others from tampering with the original meaning of the lyrics.

It is worth mentioning that this song has certain elements of electronic music, which belongs to the combination of electronic music and rock, and it can be regarded as Cao Xuan's new "creation" in the pop music world.

The film crew of "The Matrix" gave Cao Xuan four months to produce, but the demo will be released within two months.

Together with the other job that Cao Xuan took over, after returning to China, Cao Xuan will have to spend some time in the recording studio before joining the group of "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji".

Even during the filming of "The Matrix", Cao Xuan took a break when he was free, he was working on the score and changing the lyrics, and when he was tired, he wrote a blog to relax.

And since Cao Xuan became more and more popular in the United States, the number of followers on his blog has also increased. Now the number of fans has exceeded 30, and he is going to 50.

On the Yahoo blog, Chris Cao is also considered a moderate Internet celebrity, and he is in charge of the Chinese food area.

However, after training in a small double-digit blog, Cao Xuan is now getting better and better at writing about food.

Many Chinese or Chinese students who follow him often scold his mother in the comment area.

Cao Xuan is now even thinking about setting up a blog in China to release poison late at night.

Keanu Reeves has also become a member of Cao Xuan's blog. He is a kung fu enthusiast and is also very interested in Chinese culture, including food.

But it's a pity that this guy has an out-and-out American stomach.

Before, Cao Xuan learned about an authentic Chinese restaurant in Los Angeles from a blog comment. One day after filming, he took Keanu Reeves to eat.

Cao Xuan ate a lot, but Keanu Reeves was picky and picky. It’s not a contradiction, but he really doesn’t like it. The boss made him a modified version of Chinese food, and he ate it happily.

Later, Keanu Reeves reciprocated and took Cao Xuan to a Canadian-style restaurant and had a meal of Canadian food.

Keanu Reeves has several nationalities. He was born in Lebanon, grew up in Canada, and came to work and live in the United States. Because of his youth experience, his personal taste is more Canadian.

And Cao Xuan, who has a Chinese stomach, doesn't like foreign food at all.

There are some things in this Canadian restaurant that he is not used to, but there are also things that he thinks are good.

For example, the pan-fried foie gras dish surprised him. Although he thought it was more like a French dish, Canada was originally a country of immigrants, so it is normal for different chefs to gather their specialties.

The owner of this shop has a good relationship with Keanu Reeves and knows Cao Xuan, so he took a group photo with them and gave him a bottle of private wine.

After returning home, Cao Xuan was idle and bored, so he blogged about the meal appointment with Keanu.

Unexpectedly, two days later, the two bosses thanked him through blog comments and Keanu Reeves, saying that because of his blog, the number of customers in the two stores has increased sharply in the past two days, and the popularity has also spread a lot.

Cao Xuan didn't know if this counted as creating two online celebrity shops, but since then, restaurants in his blog's private mailbox often ask him to advertise.

Along with his information on several foreign encyclopedia websites such as Google and Wikipedia, a foodie/food critic has been added behind the singer and actor.

Cao Xuan felt that if he went back and showed this signboard, he might be able to go to those western restaurants in the capital for free.

Well, with Cao Xuan's reputation in China, it might be free if he doesn't show his brand...

So Cao Xuan made some calculations, this thing was useless to him, and it was useless.

On April 4th, Cao Xuan wrapped up filming on the crew of "The Matrix".

Saying goodbye to Mr. Yuan and Keanu Reeves who have become friends, Cao Xuan is preparing to return to China after finishing the last few activities.

But before returning to China, looking at the billboard and EP sales ranking higher and higher, Cao Xuan still hopes to make a rush before he leaves.

Fulfilling the two wishes of entering the top ten on the bulletin board and platinum sales certification, returning to China in this way is also considered a fulfillment.

(End of this chapter)