China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 386 The bulletin board reaches the top, the new world pop king

The 2003 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show had countless famous scenes.

Lao Mi flicks tassels, Ji Niangniang is full of domineering, Fernanda stumbles, old fox classic twist hands, Kashen takes off the world, Haima has super big wings...

Of course, Cao Xuan’s singing and the interaction with 8 supermodels are also added. Compared with a simple catwalk, this novel performance of catwalk + singing, especially when the male singer and the female model interact ambiguously, every frame is full of excitement. is the highlight.

After the Victoria's Secret show, some fashion reporters or columnists invited on the spot praised the Victoria's Secret show in their own media.

Call it bold, novel, interesting, brand-new and pioneering, with an intoxicating on-site atmosphere, and find a new way of thinking for future fashion shows.

Some people also criticized that the show was too entertaining, and Cao Xuan's appearance even stole the limelight.

It should be a catwalk, not a concert, more or less putting the cart before the horse.

There are still a few people who think that the details of the male and female performances are a bit too much, which will serve as a bad example. They hope that they will not be broadcast publicly, or the ratings will be limited.

Of course, there are very few people like this. Those who can watch the Victoria’s Secret underwear show are basically fashion practitioners. They are more open-minded than the general public.

On the whole, the praise is mostly, after all, this is an entertainment business show.

After the set, model steps, fashion and other aspects have reached the standard, even professionals in other aspects will not give too many strict requirements, not to mention the performance effect presented, it is indeed a rare boutique performance.

Under the praise of the fashion media, the 2003 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show became popular before it was broadcast.

Even many fans of Cao Xuan came here after hearing the news, wanting to see how Cao Xuan performed on Victoria's Secret.

On November 11, after three days of editing and production, Victoria's Secret broadcast this year's big show on the golden channels of several TV stations and online platforms.

Countless long-awaited audiences went to watch.

Gorgeous scenery, fashion underwear matching with model temperament, dozens of supermodels with dazzling long legs, plus two fresh and flirty songs by Cao Xuan, nearly half an hour of video, let The audience was hooked.

The ratings of this year's Victoria's Secret show also easily surpassed previous years, becoming the highest record in history, and was rebroadcast by many TV stations.

On the Internet, the click-through rate of the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show quickly reached the top of Google and Yahoo's video category.

This Victoria's Secret show and many supermodels, as well as Cao Xuan's related Internet topics and search volume have soared.

Cao Xuan is even more popular than other supermodels personally. On the one hand, his popularity and skills are here, and on the other hand, he really provoked "public anger" this time.

Public Enemy is definitely a bit of an exaggeration, but on the basis of same-sex repulsion, and surrounded by so many beauties, it is really uncomfortable.

Many red-necked elders have said that they want to compete with Cao Xuan, but Cao Xuan's fans are not good at it.

They dug out Cao Xuan's Pepsi commercials, clips from "The Matrix", and even the fight scenes from "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji" and "Swordsman".

hit him?

Cao Hui Chinese kung fu!

Not to mention, Cao Xuan's fancy fights are quite bluffing to these half-hearted foreigners.

Although there are still people clamoring on the Internet, Cao Xuan didn't see anyone looking for him to PK until he left the United States.

In fact, Cao Xuan really wanted someone to find him for a real PK. This time he came to the United States, under the arrangement of Warner, he, Zhu Jiang and other two bodyguards all applied for gun licenses.

In the United States, generally only American citizens or green card holders can own guns, but there are many other exceptions.

In a capitalist society, as long as you have money or know people, you can do many things.

Therefore, even though Cao Xuan didn't have a green card, he was still allowed to hold a gun, and he even got one for each of Zhu Jiang's two bodyguards, so he dared to come to him for a real PK and set fire directly.

In order to play with guns, when Cao Xuan stayed in hotels in the United States, he always looked for those with shooting venues, so he could go in and enjoy himself if he had nothing to do.

After filming for so long, Cao Xuan has played a lot of prop guns, even very realistic ones, but after all, it is not as interesting as real guns.

Men's hobbies are nothing less than those kinds. Cao Xuan has collected a lot of cold weapons in China, and plays hot weapons when he comes abroad.

Cool!
People are popular, and the song "Sugar" is even more popular.

To be more precise, this song was already very popular before, and the number three on the Billboard Top [-] Singles Chart has already explained everything.

The wedding MV of "Sugar" was also successfully released in the circle before, and it became very popular on the Internet in the United States and even around the world.

It was once regarded as an accompaniment song for couples getting married by many fans or listeners who liked this song.

Especially in China, because this song was launched in late September, and early October coincided with the National Day holiday. This year, because of SARS, many weddings were postponed to this time period.

Cao Xuan already had a lot of fans, this song is also very popular, and the MV is meaningful, so "Sugar" is frantically appearing in various weddings.

A netizen from a wedding company complained on Tianya, that during the seven days of the National Day, he took double-digit jobs, listened to this song no less than a hundred times, and almost vomited...

In Europe and America, the MV of "Sugar" was even praised by many media for its creativity.

Known as next year's Grammy [Best Music Video], also known as a strong contender for the best MV award.

The song "Sugar" surpassed the highly popular "free loop", and firmly occupied the number one song in the album "Release", and even reached the third position on the billboard. The creative MV contributed a lot.

And the performance of this Victoria's Secret show, Cao Xuan 1VS 8 supermodels, added a great boost to this song, adding fire to the already popular "Sugar".

Warner also helped Cao Xuan to build up momentum. This time it was a rare opportunity, and he rushed forward in one breath, completely allowing Cao Xuan to win a championship single.

For this reason, Warner even postponed the news of Warner's change of ownership, which was scheduled to be officially announced, to avoid diversion.

And Cao Xuan was not idle, he appeared on several programs in the United States, one of which was with the Victoria's Secret supermodels, which meant to stir up scandals.

Because of Victoria's Secret, supermodels are at the hottest stage of the year, and Cao Xuan is also popular. The two sides take advantage of each other to consolidate and increase each other's popularity.

Of course, the price is that Cao Tianwang has a few more lace news, and when the news spreads to the country, the people who eat melons give their thumbs up one after another.

Mr. Cao, you deserve to be the one!
Different from previous gossip, this time it was even more disturbing that someone translated the video of the Victoria's Secret show and sent it back to China for the domestic netizens to enjoy-[Crowd crowd watching, Cao Tianwang fiercely fights the eight supermodels].

This is a headline from the Hong Kong media. The group of Xiangjiang Yuji regret that Cao Xuan is not from Xiangjiang.

Otherwise, relying on Cao Xuan alone, how many people would have to support them, but it is not bad now, especially when Cao Xuan is involved with European and American actresses, the people who eat melons in Xiangjiang like to watch it.

In the past, Cheng Long was too disappointing, he only wandered around in Asia, and he didn't have any "good friends" with Hollywood's first-line actresses.

Fortunately, Cao Xuan's generation is better than the previous generation, such as American Britney Spears, Latin Diva, Rock Witch, Hallyu Queen, and the eight Victoria's Secret supermodels.

Because of Cao Xuan, no one watched those rich second generations of Xiangjiang who were jealous of a certain actress, and passers-by on the street directly dissed.

Lost, what is there to grab for those chickens, if you have the ability to go to Hollywood girls like Cao Xuan, and win glory for Hong Kong.

It is not clear whether this has stimulated the rich second generation of Xiangjiang to enter the European and American circles collectively, but thanks to the blessings of these Hong Kong media, Cao Xuan is almost equivalent to Ximen Qing in Xiangjiang.

Playing every night, I don’t know how many mainland and Hollywood actresses have fallen into his clutches. In the past two years, he was a small Fang Shilong from the mainland, and now he is basically as famous. It is estimated that in two years, Cheng Long will have to become the old Cao Xuan of Xiangjiang .

Before, there was a lot of trouble because of the four overseas queens of the CCTV-MTV music festival, and now there are eight supermodels.

Even though everyone knew it was a normal performance, some leaders couldn't help calling Cao Xuan to tell him to restrain himself.

Cao Xuan has become popular in Europe and the United States in the past two years, and has become a new cultural symbol in China. With different identities and influences, many things should not be too out of line.

It's fine to have some scandals with a single actress, but it's too exaggerated to have eight supermodels after four days, and the influence is not good.

The crime of hooliganism is abolished, but what about gathering crowds is still written in the "Criminal Law"...

Because of this matter, Cao Xuan issued a clarification statement in China and issued a lawyer's letter to warn, which finally calmed down the media for a while, but the video of the Victoria's Secret catwalk on the Internet is still very popular.

Even with this group of Victoria's Secret supermodels, they made a small circle in China and gained a certain number of supporters.

The East and West Second Palaces are quite calm, but the phone calls of Chagang have become more frequent, and the two of them are pinching each other, taking turns to make calls around the middle of the night on the US side.

Cao Xuan is not afraid of his shadow in the United States, so he really doesn't care whether he checks the post or not, and teasing his wife at night is quite relaxing.

With the concerted efforts of many parties, the popularity of "Sugar" has been rising steadily this week. Coupled with the already high background before, there is great hope of winning the championship.

However, due to the shady incident last year, many people are also worried that Billboard will be the second child of the millennium again.

As a result, Mike, who is a senior executive of Warner, came out to connotate a wave, mainly to put pressure on the bulletin board.

Although Cao Xuan didn't say anything, since the shady incident last year, Cao Xuan has been "showing weakness", overtly and secretly giving enough "respect" to the bulletin board.

Let's put it this way, the current public opinion is so turbulent that the billboards dare not rank "Sugar" as the second.

It's either third or the champion, and being second is a naked provocation.

But one can be two, not to mention Cao Xuan can't help but come out and vent, I'm afraid even Warner will stretch his muscles.

If the world's three major record companies are vegetarians,

What's more, Warner is going to sell Warner Records, which itself is a signal of going downhill. At this time, it is the most sensitive, even if it is to save face, it must kill others to warn others.

At the same time, the new boss Edgar Jr. is about to take over Warner, and he is also happy to show off his skills to the new employees and win people's hearts, not to mention that Cao Xuan himself is one of the shareholders.

The popularity of the song itself, the raging tide of public opinion, Cao Xuan's own huge influence, coupled with Warner's two previous owners are eyeing.

No matter how stupid Billboard's family members are, they will not find excitement for themselves at this moment.

On November 2003, 11, the third day after Cao Xuan's 16th birthday, Billboard announced the album chart, and Cao Xuan's new album "Release" ranked second.

Before the outside public opinion exploded, Billboard announced the Billboard Top [-] singles list of the week one day in advance——

No.1: "Sugar"

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No.4: "free loop"

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No.12: "Believer"

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No.40 Nine: "The Phoenix"

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No.70 First place: "The Nights"

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Five songs on the list, two top five!
Climb to the top! ! !
Billboard printed the physical album of "Release" and a photo of Cao Xuan on the cover of the new issue of the magazine released that week, and gave it a huge slogan.

"The First Asian Singer and Chinese Singer to Win Billboard's No. [-] Single - Chris Cao"

Other American media such as "Rolling Stone", "American Music", "The Sound of Music", "Time Magazine", and "Los Angeles Times" all reported the news in certain sections.

New Billboard No. [-] singles are not uncommon, every year, maybe even every month, but a No. [-] from China is worth the money.

No matter when, refreshing history and achieving unprecedented breakthrough achievements are always attracting people's attention.

The American "People" magazine made a special report on Cao Xuan, enumerating Cao Xuan's various achievements since entering the European and American music scene.

The first EP album "Chris Tsao" cut several million sales in the United States, and this summer, the global sales officially exceeded [-] million.

This is not only Cao Xuan's first diamond album (sales of 1000 million), but also the first album in Asia that has a wide influence in the world.

In the past, diamond albums in Asia were basically sold mainly in Asia. There are very few such as Cao Xuan who have blossomed all over the world, and have achieved widespread influence, and even landed on authoritative lists in many countries. This is the only one.

Not only was the sales amazing, but "Chris Tsao" also gained a lot in terms of awards. It was shortlisted for 6 Grammys, and finally won 2, setting a new record for Asians to win important awards in Grammys.

In addition to the Grammys, "Chris Tsao" has also been shortlisted for multiple nominations in the United States and other countries, accumulating more than 30 nominations, spanning the four continents of Asia, Europe, America and Australia.

Even though many of the awards are not very authoritative, and Cao Xuan seldom came to accept the awards in person, it can be seen that its influence is still there.

With the three songs of "Chris Tsao", Cao Xuan has moved from an Asian king to a first-line singer in Europe and the United States, and this year's "Release" has brought him to a higher level.

The Billboard singles ranking can prove a lot, and the dazzling sales of "Release" are even more eye-catching.

Less than two months after its launch, sales in the United States have reached 300 million, Asia has exceeded 300 million, Europe has exceeded 200 million, and other places have a total of about 100 million.

Before the arrival of 2004, Cao Xuan was very likely to win a diamond album certification again.

At present, the total sales volume of Cao Xuan's genuine albums certified by the International Phonographic Federation has exceeded 4000 million, and is rapidly advancing towards 5000 million total sales.

Globally, relying on the Mesozoic singers from Europe and the United States, Cao Xuan barely broke into the top [-].

In Asia, Cao Xuan ranked second, second only to Japan's B'z combination. As for the famous Japanese diva Ayumi Hamasaki, who hadn't fully exerted her strength yet, Cao Xuan overtook him in a curve.

As for the Chinese music scene, Cao Xuan is undoubtedly the number one if you count the serious and authoritative sales volume of the International Recording Federation.

However, the media often exaggerates in their reports. They don’t check any information and don’t know where to get the data, so they just make up nonsense.

Zhang Tianwang will sell 6000 million for a while, and the total sales will exceed 7000 million for a while, Wang Fei will not move 8000-2 million, and Teresa Teng will easily reach 3-[-] million.

Even Cao Xuan's total sales are actually about to exceed [-] million, and he is often the number one in Asia and the top three in the world, but Cao Xuan is not even in the top five in the Chinese music scene.

There is no way, he debuted for a long time, and he has released a lot of albums. No matter how rampant Cao Xuan's pirated albums are, it will not take time.

However, it’s not that there are no authoritative lists from the media. The key is that there are too few data, which are not attractive enough, and there are few real data.

Including Europe and the United States, they also like to exaggerate the data and add some water. For example, Warner has announced that the total sales volume of Cao Xuan's new album has exceeded 1000 million, creating momentum for the album promotion.

But regardless of moisture, Cao Xuan's real data is also very impressive.

In the European and American music scene where sales are king, there is nothing more convincing than green dollar bills.

"Chris Tsao" and "Release" are two tens of millions of albums, so that Cao Xuan can firmly sit on the throne of the first-line singer in Europe and America, and it is not an exaggeration to call him an international superstar.

At the end of the feature, the American "People" magazine directly called Cao Xuan "a new king of world pop music who continues to create history".

The new king of pop music in the world!
This is the new definition of Cao Xuan from "People" magazine.

In Asia, it has long been a carnival. All relevant countries, including Japan and South Korea, once again had a large number of media reports on this matter.

Topped the Billboard Hot [-]!

The new world pop music king recognized by the authoritative media in the United States!

Every time Cao Xuan achieves success in the European and American music circles and refreshes the history of Asian singers, there will be a wave of climax in Asia, and Cao Xuan's popularity and reputation in Asia will also rise steadily.

His popularity in some Asian countries even exceeds that of top domestic artists, and sometimes even high-level executives from other Asian countries will take the initiative to mention Cao Xuan when they visit China.

Although the main purpose is to get closer to each other and reduce alienation, if Cao Xuan's influence is not enough, it will not be enough to become a topic of discussion.

Cao Xuan was originally scheduled to leave the United States on November 11th, which has been delayed by many days. His original plan was to return to China for his birthday in early November.

As a result, Cao Xuan had to stay for a few more days because of Victoria's Secret.

After climbing to the top of the bulletin board, there were several important interviews and events in the United States. Cao Xuan couldn't push it hard, so he could only stay for a few more days.

For this reason, Old Freak Xu from the crew of the domestic "Embroidered Spring Knife" was almost jumping in a hurry.

The crew started work in mid-October, so it's been a month since the start. Cao Xuan, the most important male lead, didn't shoot a single scene. If it wasn't for Cao Xuan, he would have been the boss, and he would have changed people a long time ago.

But Cao Xuan was still thinking about Old Freak Xu after all, fearing that he would die in a hurry.

On November 11, Warner Records officially held a press conference, announcing the change of ownership of the company.

The new company will be formally reorganized on January 2004, 1. It will still be named Warner, and its full name is Warner Music Group.

Edgar Jr. became the chairman of the board of directors. Although Mike did not become the deputy director, he was also one of the important directors.

And when everyone didn't pay attention, there was another name on the Warner Music Group's board of directors [Hu Zhang], which translates to Zhang Hu, and he also had an identity--Deputy General Manager of Sunshine Ventures.

Cao Xuan didn't intend to expose his thoughts on being a shareholder of Warner Music Group, at least not before going public.

After the listing, 5% of the shares will be publicized. There is no way to hide it, but Cao Xuan also hopes to keep a low profile as much as possible, hiding behind Sunshine Ventures, so as to share part of the pressure.

However, although he deliberately concealed the identity of the shareholder, Cao Xuan attended the press conference as Warner's leading singer.

And as a representative of the singer, he expressed his gratitude and blessings to his old club, the Warner family, and expressed his warm expectations and welcome to his new boss, Edgar Jr.

As one of the bosses, Cao Xuan actually sang double reeds. With the influence of a singer, he comforted the old employees on the one hand and sent signals to the outside world on the other hand.

Cao Xuan will not leave because of Warner's change.

The full support of a popular superstar can correspondingly alleviate the various negative effects of Warner's changes, which is why Cao Xuan came forward.

After attending the press conference, Edgar Jr. held a party, and Cao Xuan, several other shareholders, and relevant executives of Warner Music Group were all present.

At this time, apart from a few insiders, no one knew that Cao Xuan was also one of the new bosses.

Even the shares are second only to Edgar Jr. and the other two shareholders, ranking the fourth shareholder.

Among them, the one who was most surprised was Adam, the president of Warner Asia, and Zhou Jianhui, the vice president of Warner Asia, who came to the meeting to see Cao Xuan talking and laughing happily with the new big boss, Edgar Jr.

Adam smiled wryly, and patted Zhou Jianhui on the shoulder: "Zhou, congratulations."

Zhou Jianhui didn't react at first, but he couldn't help showing his joy immediately.

Adam is a member of the Warner family. He has already planned to leave Warner Music Group and work for Warner Bros. Pictures. Before that, Zhou Jianhui was worried about whether he would usher in a difficult new boss.

In fact, according to his work performance, he is very promising to be directly promoted to the president.

But Zhou Jianhui knew that there was no one in charge of him, and the new boss would definitely send his own people to take charge of the Asian business, and it would not be his turn.

But it's different now. With his relationship with Cao Xuan and his previous achievements, even if he can't win the Asian district president, he doesn't have to worry about being bullied by his new boss.

And Cao Xuan obviously didn't forget him as a "noble man".

When he was popular back then, Zhou Jianhui made great efforts, and the personal relationship between the two has always been good.

In addition, Cao Xuan is in Warner, and he also hopes to support his own power and ensure his status. Mike is one of them, and Zhou Jianhui is also a very good helper.

So, at the end of the banquet, Cao Xuan specially introduced Zhou Jianhui to little Edgar.

He believed that Zhou Jianhui's resume was enough for little Edgar to take a look at, and with him as a shareholder, little Edgar had to lose face.

Warner's shareholders are not monolithic either. Edgar Jr. introduced Cao Xuan into the game, and the two sides are regarded as an alliance.

Most of the time, Cao Xuan and his shares are on the side of little Edgar, and little Edgar also wants to give him something in return.

Needless to say, there are a lot of resources on the road to superstars. Supporting and promoting Cao Xuan is also a kind of reward.

Little Edgar actually knew Zhou Jianhui a little bit, and after being recommended by Cao Xuan, he had passed the road of enlightenment.

Little Edgar didn't hide it, and hinted to Cao Xuan that after Adam resigned, he would find a way to nominate Zhou Jianhui as the new president of the Asian region on the board of directors, but the subsequent vice president would be appointed by the head office.

Cao Xuan understands Edgar's approach. He already has great influence in the Asian region, and now the future president of the region is his.

If you don't send a confidant as a deputy, who knows whether Warner in Asia will be surnamed Cao or Bronfman...

After leaving the banquet, Cao Xuan directly flew to South Korea, and Zhou Jianhui saw him off in person. He still had some business to discuss here, so he couldn't accompany him.

On the way, Zhou Jianhui thanked Cao Xuan, and Cao Xuan waved his hand.

"What's the relationship between our brothers? It's outrageous to say that, Lao Zhou, you can contact Mike more in the future. He is on the company's side and knows a lot."

"Are Yankees reliable?"

"There are not many people I can use in the United States, and he knows how to benefit the most."

"Don't worry, I understand."

Zhou Jianhui nodded. Ever since he met little Edgar with Cao Xuan at the banquet, he had understood his position, and his mentality changed quickly, and he even began to ponder over Mike's loyalty.

Cao Xuan also made it very clear.

Leaving aside the personal relationship between him and Mike, as one of the few people Cao Xuan trusted in the United States, Mike earned far more as a friend of Cao Xuan than being a dog to others.

It is not difficult for Mike, an American elite, to choose the best choice.

After bidding farewell to Zhou Jianhui, Cao Xuan brought others to Korea, and Samsung sent someone to pick him up.

The journey was long and it was night, so it was too late to talk about business, so Cao Xuan could only rest first.

Sitting in Samsung's special car, Cao Xuan closed his eyes and rested his mind. When the car got off, he saw the familiar Shilla Hotel in front of him, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

Just thinking about whether to change hotels, a fair-skinned and beautiful intellectual young woman walked over gracefully and greeted her with a sincere smile.

"Mr. Cao, long time no see."

(End of this chapter)