China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 359 The second child in a thousand years?Laozi is the uncrowned king

[The chapter name of the last chapter is wrong, not missing]

United States, New York

Sitting in the special car sent by Warner, Cao Xuan looked at the glamorous beauty in red-haired OL in front of him with great interest.

"Where is Mike?"

"Mr. Mike is waiting for you at the company. Starting today, I am your executive agent, Jonah Warner, and I will be in charge of all your affairs in the United States."

"Warner? Don't tell me that your dad is the chairman of Warner Group."

"To be more precise, my grandfather is."

This time Cao Xuan was really surprised, his relationship was still a "Princess Warner", but surprise was surprise, Cao Xuan didn't take her seriously.

Warner Bros. was established in 1923. After several generations, it has long become a large and flourishing family. Grandchildren like this Jona, even if they don’t have triple digits, are not far behind.

The only thing that can make Cao Xuan take a high look is that this Qiao Na may be a direct descendant.

But it's not a big deal. There are many groups under Warner, and there are many high-level executives surnamed Warner, and they are quickly becoming family-owned businesses.

The Warner family is also aware of this shortcoming, and is slowly transforming. It has hired some professional managers to take charge one after another. The Warner family is slowly leaving the management.

Cao Xuan doesn't care about the personnel changes within Warner. Although he is not yet a pillar of Warner Records, he is not far behind.

If you include the Asian market, only Madonna and Lincoln are currently able to overwhelm him in Warner Records.

For singers of his level, they are basically connected with Warner Records executives, and because they are not in a brokerage contract relationship, and because of their personal musical ability, there is no such thing as Xue Zang.

So he doesn't care about this Jona's background, it can neither help him make more money nor make him make less money.

Although he looks good and has a good temperament, his skin is a bit rough, and the small freckles on his face make Cao Xuan miss the creamy skin at home.

In contrast, Cao Xuan is more concerned about this person's ability, and he must not send him a second lord, otherwise he will not know who will serve whom.

"Mike said before that the public relations are almost done. I want to know, what are my chances of winning the prize?"

Cao Xuan's calmness towards her "Warner" surname made Qiao Na a little surprised. What made her even more unexpected was that Cao Xuan, who had an affair with Latin queen Shakira and supernova Avril Lavigne, hardly expressed anything to her.

This made Qiao Na, who had always been more confident in her figure and appearance, somewhat disappointed and dissatisfied.

It's not that she fell in love with Cao Xuan, and even despised Cao Xuan's scandal, but it's okay for her not to like him, but Cao Xuan can't ignore her beauty.

If Cao Xuan wanted to know what she was thinking, it would be hard for him to complain.

She likes her, she thinks you are disgusting and lustful, a stinky rascal, and treats her coldly, and she thinks you insult her appearance and body, not a gentleman at all.

Isn't this really sick! ?
However, Cao Xuan didn't know what his new manager was thinking. Seeing Qiao Na in a daze, he couldn't help knocking on the car window to remind him.

"Am I asking you something?"

Only then did Qiao Na come to her senses: "I'm sorry, Mr. Cao, can I repeat what you said."

Cao Xuan glanced at Qiao Na for a few seconds with troublesome eyes, looked down at the red-haired beauty in shame, and then added coolly.

"What I need is a right-hand man, I think you know what I mean."

"Understood, I'm very sorry, I promise it won't happen next time."

Cao Xuan didn't bother, if it really didn't work, then change someone, whether it's Princess Warner or the glamorous beauty, he can't delay his money.

Cao Xuan repeated his question again, this time Qiao Na listened honestly, then took out her notebook and reported to Cao Xuan.

"Before, under the public relations of Director Mike and some high-level executives of the company, as well as some of the resources you gave up for the Billboard Awards and the American Music Awards, we were extremely competitive in 2 to 4 awards."

"Which one has the best chance?"

“[Best Newcomer], [Best Pop Male Artist] or [Best Rock Male Artist], the chances of being popular are a little higher.”

Qiao Na is not as weak as Cao Xuan thinks, at least the data collection is still very comprehensive, knowing that Cao Xuan may not know much about the singer background of this year's Grammy, so she gave him a general introduction.

I would like to add here that there are many Grammy awards, including pop, rock, alternative music, dance, Rap, country, new age, jazz, Latin, folk, performance, classical, and even speeches and TV movies.

Adding up the odds and ends, nearly a hundred or even more than a hundred awards are awarded every year. For example, there are 104 awards in total this year.

With so many awards, the most valuable one is the comprehensive category, with a total of four awards, so it is also called the four major categories.

They are [Best Newcomer], [Best Single of the Year], [Best Album of the Year] and [Best Production of the Year].

These four awards do not consider classification, and are open to all types of music and singers. The competition is the most difficult, and the gold content is naturally the most abundant.

Cao Xuan has been shortlisted in two of the four general categories this year, which can be regarded as a remarkable achievement.

However, [Best Single of the Year] is very difficult. This is almost the most valuable award at the Grammys. If Cao Xuan is an American, he can still give it a shot.

But right now, his popularity and influence are not particularly strong, at least not enough for him to break these shackles, so I can only think about it.

As for the "Best Newcomer", Cao Xuan has great hopes, and it is also Warner's key public relations project.

However, Cao Xuan is not sure of winning, and still has some suspense, because the competitors are also very strong.

Norah Jones, shortlisted for many awards, and comes from a musical family with great connections.

Goldfinger Cao Xuan didn't know much about Meiyu, but he had a vague impression that Yuan Shikong seemed to be the final big winner of this year's Grammys. He won 8 awards in one go, and was known as the daughter of the Grammys.

In addition to Norah Jones, Cao Xuan's old acquaintance Avril Lavigne is also one of the best newcomer nominees.

This girl released her first album in summer, and it became popular in one fell swoop, and the album sold millions. Coupled with her unique style and pretty appearance, her popularity is extremely high, even more than Cao Xuan.

There is also a male singer named John Mayer, who has just debuted and looks exactly like the first generation of Spider-Man.

This guy is considered an idol singer. He is handsome, and his singing is tender and fresh. He is very popular in American campuses. He is the latest generation of girl killers in the United States.

If it wasn't for Cao Xuan's sudden birth, he would also be the only male singer in this year's Grammy [Best Newcomer].

At the same time, he not only competed with Cao Xuan for "Best Newcomer", but also Cao Xuan's biggest rival among the finalists for "Best Pop Male Singer".

This year, Cao Xuan was lucky. Although there were a lot of strong players in the four general categories, the competition between the popular and rock categories was relatively small.

Especially the male singers, many of them are newcomers or tepid second- and third-tier singers, who help Cao Xuan a lot invisibly.

Pop and rock [Best Male/Female Singer], although not as valuable as the Big Four, is also an important Grammy award,
The Grammy does not have a general category for Best Male/Female Singer, only categories, so to a certain extent, getting the category is also the highest honor of the Grammy Awards for that year.

Michael Jackson, Madonna, the Grammy Best Singer of the world-class kings and queens are also these category awards.

[Best Pop Male Singer] As long as Cao Xuan can win that John Mayer, the chances of winning the award are very high.

【Best Male Rock Singer】There is more suspense. Although Cao Xuan's competitors are not superstars, they are all rock veterans. Regardless of song quality, popularity, and qualifications, they are all very good.

Although Cao Xuan's two rock songs became popular, they may not be able to overwhelm each other.

Speaking of rock songs, Qiao Na looked up at Cao Xuan, and said a little strangely: "Maybe you don't know, the announcement of the last bulletin board was delayed by one day, and your song ranking has changed."

"Falled out of the top ten?"

Cao Xuan raised his eyebrows. Last May, "You're beautiful" reached No. 5 on the Billboard.

Since then, I have been in the top three positions for more than 20 weeks, but I can't make it to the championship.

Later, Cao Xuan himself gave up. At the end of last year, the potential of the songs declined, and the rankings began to decline one after another. Last time Cao Xuan remembered whether it was seventh or eighth. Now that the ranking has changed, his first reaction was to drop out of the top ten.

"'You're Beautiful' is still No. 13, but "numb" went viral last week, jumping from No. [-] to No. [-] on the Billboard."

"Second again?"

Cao Xuan was very sensitive to this number, and he wanted to grit his teeth when he heard this ranking. The bulletin boards these days really regarded him as the second child in a thousand years.

But at this time, he was even more curious about why this song suddenly became popular.

"Last week Avril Lavigne sang this song on "Saturday Night Live".

Qiao Na still had nothing to say in her heart. Based on what happened to the previous song "you're beautiful", she strongly suspected that the billboard was suppressing the charts.

Cao Xuan thought so too, but he wasn't too angry, because it's useless to be angry.

And in his opinion, it's actually a good thing that "numb" came second by accident this time.

An EP with two songs reached No. [-] on the Billboard charts, which is not only a rare achievement, but also adds luster to "Chris Tsao", and also adds a lot of color to Cao Xuan's qualifications.

What's more, the two second places, especially the first time caused the billboard to suppress the rankings. Now it's happening again, which makes people think deeply and puts a lot of pressure on the billboard.

But one can be two, if it is the third time to press the rankings, without Cao Xuan's voice, some media will take the initiative to jump out and lead the rhythm.

Cao Xuan was about to release his second English album soon, and Billboard was under the pressure of public opinion at that time. He didn't believe that Billboard dared to risk the world's dissatisfaction and suppress the charts.

Suppressing an Asian singer VS abandoning the credibility accumulated over decades

It's not hard to choose between the two.

Besides, being the second child of a thousand years also has the advantages of being the second child of a thousand years. Cao Xuan's next album hits the charts. As long as the marketing is done well, he will get rare support and sympathy points.

When Asian/Chinese singers reach the top, they may get backlash from the entire American society.

But for a suppressed singer, who is not afraid of ugliness and dangers, and bravely climbs to the top, the public opinion environment and pressure are completely different.

This is the importance of personality!
For example, the second child in a thousand years, in other words, is also called the uncrowned king.

It's not Cao Tianwang who can't do it, it's Yankees bullying people, engaging in racial discrimination, spreading the news back to Asia, and earning another wave of support and sympathy points.

It doesn't matter if you suffer a loss, turning a loss into a profit is the skill...

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ps: Push the book "To and from the Three Kingdoms: At the beginning, Diao Chan doesn't think I'm a good person", the Three Kingdoms after the recovery of interpenetrating spiritual energy, there will be rewards for flirting with girls

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