China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 329 Star Football Friendly Match and Brother Cheng Long
End of August 2002
Led by CCTV Sports Channel and the General Administration of Sports, the Mainland+Xiangjiang star team and the sports star team formed by non-international players or retired international players held a friendly match in Gongti to warm up for the World Cup.

After all, it is the first time for China to participate in the World Cup. The domestic football atmosphere is very strong, and many people in the entertainment industry want to come to catch the heat.

The relevant officials and institutions also hope to have positive publicity to influence and spread the influence of the World Cup.

As far as this friendly match is concerned, the lineup of the star team is unprecedentedly luxurious.

Cao Xuan, Zhao Benshan, Feng Gong, Zhang Guoli, Xu Zheng, Huang Jianxiang, Bai Huihui and others came from the mainland.

Principal Xiangjiang Tan, Zeng Zhiwei, Li Hacken, Ren Dahua and others were present, as well as some artists from Taiwan Province, as well as the surprise guest Cheng Long.

In addition, the female star cheerleaders also came to Na Ying, Song Dandan, Cao Ying, Tao Hong and others. Hu Jing, who returned to the capital to participate in the event, also came to watch the excitement with Mr. Zhou.

Originally, there was not such a big lineup for this game at the beginning. The star team is mainly based on the mainland, and even the stars from the capital. Most of them don't have time to come.

As a result, after Lao Zhao invited Cao Xuan to join the team, he finalized this competition.

Cao Xuan agreed to come to cheer. Lao Zhao, who hadn't planned to come, saw Cao Xuan coming, and he, the inviter, was embarrassed not to appear.

At the same time, it happened that Zhang Guoli and Wang Gang from the crew of "Eternal Sword and Dragon Saber" were both part of the star football team. Cao Xuan came to participate in the event, and Zhang Guoli and Zhang Guoli happened to have nothing to do in the past two days, so they also followed.

Then the two brought along Xiao Tao Hong and Xu Jinjiang who were also on the crew. The former called Xu Zheng, and the latter got in touch with the Xiangjiang star team somehow.

After discussing with others, since it is so lively, let's come over to build momentum. Originally, the World Cup was approaching, and this group of people made an appointment to watch and play football.

In the end, more and more people gathered, and the star lineup became more and more luxurious, and the competition became more compelling, and many stars spontaneously came to brush their faces.

So, it was originally a normal friendly match, but later even the General Administration of Sports was alarmed, helped to contact the management, and even won the Gongti venue. CCTV also sent a camera team to broadcast it on the sports channel.

What is even more exaggerated is that more than 3 tickets for this friendly match were sold, almost catching up with the usual home games of Guoan.

If it weren't for the slightly higher ticket price and the limited time for publicity, there might be a chance to fill up the whole gymnasium.

Everyone will not want these ticket revenues, and all the money and related other profits will be donated to charity in the future.

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In the stadium, the players from both sides are warming up, and the audience and fans on the stage are cheering enthusiastically. Basically, except for some die-hard fans, they are all fans of the star team.

Not to mention, Cheng Long + Cao Xuan + Lao Zhao, the nationality of these three people at this stage alone can be compared with the entire national football team, or even greatly surpassed, let alone a large group of other stars.

Even if all the active players of the national football team are brought in, they may not be as popular as them, let alone the slightly inferior club players and retired international players.

Although this game seems very formal, the time is strictly followed, and the various procedures are similar to the official game, and there are professional referees and fourth officials.

But in fact, this is still a friendly match of performance nature.

You can't really play like this in an official game. Many rules have to be relaxed. At the very least, there are no restrictions on substitutions.

There are almost 30 players in the star team, not to mention all of them are famous, you have to let them play for a few minutes, the key point is that many of them are old men, and they really can't stand the physical strength of playing for 90 minutes.

Therefore, there are no restrictions on the rules for substitutions. If you have no physical strength, you can play. You can change all 11 players on the field.

The coach of the star team is Song Shixiong, who is also the first-generation sports commentator of CCTV. He has deep qualifications and is also the leader of the Chinese star team.

Mr. Song simply arranged the tactics, and there was no tactics, just the general positioning, roughly telling how to play, and assigning positions.

"Xiao Cao, what are you kicking?"

As one of the team's top cards, although Cao Xuan is young, he is also quite valued. Song Lao asked about it.

Cao Xuan, who was wearing a red No. 99 jersey, smiled: "I can do anything, I'm not very good at kicking, I just need to support you well."

"Then play as a winger, you are young and run fast."

After taking the position, Cao Xuan went to the side to warm up. Brother Cheng Long, who got the midfield position, walked in and said with a smile.

"How about it? I'll help you pass the ball later."

"Farewell, I don't know how to kick either, brother, give it to someone else."

The two had actually met twice before, but Cao Xuan had just debuted at that time, so he couldn't get close to his elder brother, and his elder brother didn't see him as a little singer.

When he debuted that year, the crowd stood like a minion.

But now Cao Xuan has become the most popular in the world's music scene. As one of the few domestic Chinese superstars with international influence, Cao Xuan is also the center of attention even in the star-studded star team.

Naturally, he also received Cheng Long's initiative to greet him.

The two also chatted about what happened to each other in the United States. Cao Xuan was chased and asked about Cheng Long wherever he went, and Cheng Long, who is now going to the United States to film and promote, is often asked about Cao Xuan.

The embarrassing thing is that the two are not familiar with each other, so they have nothing to say, but they can't show that the relationship is cold.

There are few Chinese stars in the United States, and they should help each other and keep warm. Even if there is a grudge, they have to talk about it, so that people can't see that they are not united.

This football match is a good opportunity for Cao Xuan and Cheng Long. They got to know each other a little bit, and it will be more natural for them to talk and chat with each other in the future.

"You are really popular now, and people in the UK know you."

Cheng Long tightened his shoelaces. He was filming "Shanghai Noon 2", which was filmed in the UK. A few days ago, he talked with the crew, and the British crew even asked about Cao Xuan.

"It's not close to you. If you don't go abroad, you really don't know the influence of big brother. Good guy, you can't leave Jack Cheng in three words."

Cao Xuan said modestly, it wasn't his flattery behind him, it was indeed what Cao Xuan said in his heart, although he is now considered to be a little popular in the world, he is still far behind Cheng Long.

"You are quite popular abroad, do you have any plans to go to Hollywood?"

Cheng Long looked around and asked in a low voice, Cao Xuan glanced at him: "Brother has a project?"

"I can't talk about the project, but it is said that a boss wants to bring the two of us together, together with Li Lianjie, to create a Chinese Hollywood A-level production."

The so-called Hollywood A-level production does not have strict standards, and the various themes are not necessarily analogous, but in most cases, Hollywood A-level production defaults to an investment of over 1 million US dollars.

Cao Xuan laughed when he heard this: "Brother, do you believe this?"

Hollywood is very harsh on Chinese actors, and it suppresses Asians more than blacks.

Cheng Long's "Rush Hour" series is so popular, why did he go back to Xiangjiang to make various investments in the middle of the film? On the one hand, it is to support newcomers.

In the so-called Hollywood A-level productions, there are only three Chinese who have taken the leading roles (male and female lead & big boss), Cheng Long, Li Lianjie and Yang Ziqiong.

Bruce Lee didn't have the so-called concept at that time, and the movie starring Zunlong didn't have an investment of more than [-] million U.S. dollars.

Among them, in the true sense, the investment of more than 80 million US dollars by Chinese people is Cheng Long's "Rush Hour" series and "Around the World in [-] Days".

Cao Xuan will not belittle his fame, but he is very clear that the American music scene and Hollywood are completely different concepts.

No matter how popular he is in the music world, it doesn't mean that he can get the same treatment as Cheng Long in Hollywood. Even Michael Jackson must abide by the rules of Hollywood when he moves to the film industry.

Not to mention, Cao Xuan did not believe that there would be A-level productions in Hollywood that were mainly Chinese.

You know, Cheng Long's films have also added a white man and a black man to form a double male lead. The cast is all Chinese. If Hollywood is so enlightened, it is not Hollywood.

Cao Xuan was not optimistic about this so-called project at all, but Cheng Long was still optimistic.

He is now in full swing in Hollywood, and his salary is among the 2000 million US dollars club. He is a well-deserved first-line Hollywood superstar, and he chats and laughs happily with the major entertainment bigwigs in Hollywood.

So Cheng Long feels that he still has hope to promote this project.

Cheng + Li, together with the popular Cao Xuan, is almost the strongest lineup of Chinese in the world. If you add the ticket warehouse in Asia, the prospect of the project is still very promising.

"Don't worry about whether it can be done or not, I'll just ask, if it does, will you come?"

"As long as the role doesn't vilify the Chinese and the role is not low, I will act."

Cao Xuan made a promise, after all, if this project really comes to fruition, it will not do any harm to Cao Xuan, he is very happy.

Even if he was ranked behind Cheng and Li, Cao Xuan recognized it. After all, in terms of qualifications and Hollywood status, he is indeed slightly inferior to the two, and it is not ashamed to be a third time.

"Okay, let's make an appointment, and I'll talk to you in detail when we have something in sight."

Cheng Long is full of ambitions. If it comes true this time, the Chinese will have more say in Hollywood.

He will also become the leader of Chinese and even Asian artists in Hollywood, and has a certain right to have equal dialogue with major Hollywood companies.

However, Cheng Long was high-spirited, but Cao Xuan was not very optimistic about it, and even thought about his layout after the setback.

If Cheng Long fails, coupled with the collapse of other projects, and is forced to return to China for development, then Cao Xuan will have a chance to pull him into Hollywood again.

At this stage, there is a big gap between the two in terms of status in the film industry. Cheng Long is completely looking at his younger brother when facing Cao Xuan, and Cao Xuan can't win any independent right to speak in front of him.

Therefore, even if Cao Xuan had the idea of ​​pulling Cheng Long along, he could only wait silently.

In a few years, when Jackie Chan suffers setbacks in Hollywood and his celebrity status declines, while Cao Xuan has further accumulated popularity and becomes a superstar in the international music scene, then the two sides will be able to achieve equality in a true sense, and they can cooperate with each other and discuss it. , there is no one who is higher and who is lower.

Of course, this is just Cao Xuan's personal opinion, not necessarily right, and somewhat selfish.

After all, if Jackie Chan really contributed to this project, it would really open the door for the Chinese in Hollywood, and perhaps it would be another avenue.

It's just that this possibility is extremely low, so low that Cao Xuan feels that his plan to join hands in Hollywood is more reliable.

After chatting and laughing for a while, the football game officially started. Cao Xuan, Cheng Long and others were the starters, and they were warmly cheered by the audience.

The game wasn't intense, it was even a bit playful. The star team played very vigorously, but the opponent was obviously throwing water.

I also understand that although they are a team made up of clubs and retired international players, they are all professional athletes. Even if the stars have a few tough feet, they are all amateurs.

If he really had no scruples and let go of the kick, the star team would have more than double-digit kicks...

These professional athletes know very well, sometimes they make mistakes unconsciously, or put water on the defense to make the scene and score as good as possible.

Cao Xuan's footwork is average, and his only advantage is his physical strength and ability to run.

And because of his great reputation, some teammates like to pass him the ball, which leads to him having a lot of time with the ball. He often leads the way from the midfield all the way to the penalty area.

People who don't know how to play really think that Cao Xuan's level is good, and those who know the ball know that he is playing blindly. He only knows how to dribble the ball, but he doesn't know how to pass.

But this kind of game is just for fun. No one expected Cao Xuan to be possessed by Maradona, and it would be good to pass five levels and kill six generals without kicking into his own goal.

Cao Xuan played blindly for 30 minutes, Zeng Zhiwei flopped, the referee winked and gave a penalty, Zeng Zhiwei gave the opportunity to his elder brother.

Cheng Long didn't kick, and beckoned for Cao Xuan to come, Cao Xuanqian gave way, but refused to kick, the opponent's goalkeeper made a symbolic save, but was still kicked in.

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This kind of competition can't be said to be a release of water, it is simply a vast ocean.

As thick-skinned as Cao Xuan, he didn't have the nerve to celebrate too much, he gave everyone a high-five and was replaced.

Now that the goal is scored, it's time for others to show their faces and perform.

In the end, the game was played 4:5, and the star team "lost" a goal, or they are professional, and the score control is just right.

Cao Xuan and Cheng Long each scored a penalty, which perfectly reflected the fame and status of the two. The other two goals were Principal Tan and Bai Huihui, which perfectly reflected the strength of the two.

So what Mr. Lu Xun said is good, football is not about fighting and killing, football is about people's sophistication, and this game is full of "humanity and sophistication"...

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ps: Pushing the book "China Entertainment: Riding a Bicycle to Be an Actor", the male protagonist and the female protagonist who have a relationship are Wan Qian and Mr. Zhou

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