China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 396 Two Bulletin Board Top Singles, Cao Tianwang WWII Grammy
Cao Xuan was leisurely and leisurely on the set of "New Police Story". If there is a scene, he will have fun, and if there is no film, he will stay on the set and watch gossip.

Either Cheng Longxun's son, or observe Chef Xie, Teacher Chen and Zhong Ajiao.

In fact, they are quite normal at this time. Mr. Chen and Mrs. Chen have not broken up yet, but there are also various conflicts, which belong to the state of being awkward for a while, and Chef Xie is a complete outsider.

In fact, it's wrong to think about others like this, but there is no way, Cao Xuan can't help but make up his mind whenever he sees the three of them.

Originally, he and Zhong Ajiao had a kiss scene, but because of too many associations, he took the initiative to ask the director to avoid it, and the other party kissed him a few times.

Teacher Chen thought that Cao Xuan was taking care of his younger brother, so he was very grateful. Cao Xuan patted him on the shoulder, saying nothing.

Occasionally, after work, Cao Xuan took Zhu Jiang, Zhang Chong and others to visit the scenic spots in the Xiangjiang market and taste the special restaurants in Xiangjiang.

There are so many shops to explore, and Xuanzi said, the consumption of Lu Yu Teahouse today is 1?5?...

Thanks to the gang of Xiangjiang paparazzi, this place is too small, and Cao Xuan didn’t cover up too much. Basically, as long as he came out to play, he would be photographed. After so many days in Xiangjiang, Cao Xuan’s lace daily news never stopped. .

"Loving Barbecued Pork, Cao Tianwang visited the store for the second time, and packed it after eating"

"Insider, the waiter broke the news, Cao Xuan must order beef balls for morning tea"

"Graceful, big brother Cao Xuan is demeanor, invite the whole crew to milk tea every other day"

"Cao Tianwang met Shao Liushu in a stall, and they had a good conversation. Starry TVB alliance? "

"Crossing Bolan Street three times without entering, Cao Tianwang hints that the service industry is not good"

"..."

To be honest, although the gossip reports were lively, the paparazzi of Xiangjiang were not satisfied, it should be said that they were very dissatisfied.

Eat, drink, and play, Cao Xuan only eats, drinks, and doesn't play, let alone a taste of the service industry. He has been in Xiangjiang for so many days, and he has never even been to a bar or karaoke hall. As long as he goes out, he will be surrounded by a bunch of strong men.

I hate that these paparazzi criticize the service industry in the report for not doing well, and I don’t know if they have used this to hide some private goods to vent their anger.

At the same time, the paparazzi also expressed great indignation towards Cao Xuan.

Aren't you a so-called Daguan Cao? You should do some tricks and get restless.

And Cao Xuan didn't quite understand the brain circuits of these paparazzi, so even if he hunted for wild food, he would ask the sheep boss for a hint, and naturally there would be safe and good quality food delivered to his door.

Even if I'm too greedy, I won't go to public places. With his face, I know him all over Asia, and he doesn't know the place where he lives. Isn't this just being taken advantage of by writing on his forehead.

In addition to playing, Cao Xuan is actually not idle, and writes his thoughts on playing on the blog.

Send one copy in English and one copy in Chinese.

Well, this is called double poisoning!
Cao Xuan's current Penguin blog fans have reached 500 million, nearly one-third of the total registered users of the blog, and he is the veritable number one "Internet celebrity" of Penguin blog.

Cao Xuan has a lot of material, but he is lazy, so he has only posted about three blogs in total, with rich pictures and texts. In addition to the writing skills he has practiced in the past two years, he is extremely good at describing food.

Three blogs, in just a few days, the total number of hits exceeded 1000 million, and the number of comments was 20+, 2/3 of which were coveted praise, and 1/3 were scolding him for not being a human being.

So Cao Xuan posted more frequently on his blog, and put pictures directly when he was too lazy to write words, which is called "Non-human Series".

Driven by him, many celebrities and even ordinary users also began to follow suit.

The habit of taking pictures before eating has appeared in many people many years in advance, but now there is no smart phone, and the only way to take pictures is with a camera.

People with conditions began to poison every day, and the entire Penguin blog was full of "angry and grievances".

The star's end, and even cooperating with ordinary netizens to play tricks, made the atmosphere of the penguin blog extremely cheerful and lively. At the same time, relying on Cao Xuan's influence, he kept bringing the penguin out of the circle.

Not to mention, when the major media reported on Cao Xuan, they inevitably included a blog, which brought traffic to the blog to some extent.

And Cao Xuan did not forget to pull people's heads in Xiangjiang. Many actors of "New Police Story", including Cheng Long, also entered the blog under Cao Xuan's Amway.

Even the crew of "New Police Story" has become one of the few Blue V corporate work accounts that have settled in, and they release tidbits from time to time for Reuters publicity.

Together with the crew of "Beauty's Scheming" and "Embroidered Spring Knife", it has become the most popular Blue V official account of Penguin Blog.

It is worth mentioning that these crews do not need money to enter the blog, and even the official Penguin Blog will give a certain amount of traffic promotion in the early stage.

But it is limited to this. If you want to do a lot of promotion on the blog and promote the movie in the future, you have to pay for the promotion fee.

Of course, the current promotion fee is very low, just a symbolic charge. When the blog becomes famous in the future and becomes a key position for film and television promotion and online promotion, the price will increase.

Although Cao Xuan is the major shareholder of Penguin, it is not a family after all, and Fanxing is no exception, but there will be certain care and discounts for traffic and prices.

In fact, there is a slight sign that network traffic will hijack film and television in the future, but Cao Xuan did not stop it, or there is no need to stop it.

With the development of the Internet, the era of traffic is inevitable. What Cao Xuan can do is to keep the bottom line of the stars in this era of traffic, and at the same time use his ability and status as much as possible to add some positive influence to the industry.

As for turning the entertainment industry into a bright and blue sky, that is simply unrealistic. This is a vanity fair, and it is impossible to avoid competition and some negative things.

It is a very ideal state for celebrity artists to maintain a certain bottom line, and then the circle can stably output good works.

I want entertainers in the entertainment industry to become saints, have no selfish desires but dedication, don't take money to risk their lives in acting, have both virtue and skill, and all works are good.

Unless the era of artificial intelligence comes, and even if artificial intelligence can replace actors, behind-the-scenes production still needs to be done by humans, and there will still be other problems.

Two-dimensional is also fake, should I tear it up...

Cao Xuan does not have the mind to pioneer the world, nor does he have the ability. Being able to guard the bottom line of his own industry, take the lead in maintaining due industry standards, and combat and resist bad phenomena is the contribution he can bring to the industry.

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On March 3th, Cao Xuan was halfway through the filming of "New Police Story" and asked the director and Cheng Long for a leave of absence to attend this year's Grammys in the United States.

This has been said before, although Cheng Long and the crew don't want to let people go, they can't force them to stay.

Cao Xuan even gave up attending the Billboard Music Awards ceremony for filming for the crew.

Among the three major music awards in the United States, Cao Xuan nominated six awards this year with "Release", and finally won two awards.

Cao Xuan did not come to the scene, Warner Music Group sent someone to accept the award on his behalf, and the US media speculated that Cao Xuan had a lingering grudge against Billboard.

As for the three other American Music Awards, Cao Xuan also had several nominations, but did not win a single award.

This award is claimed to be voted by the American people. Although Cao Xuan is very popular, he is not an American, so he is too disadvantaged in the competition.

But it doesn't matter, it's still the same sentence, Cao Xuan doesn't hang out in the American music scene for a long time, and mainly focuses on the global market.

These two awards, which are extremely influential in the United States, are not well-known outside the United States.

On the contrary, Grammy, like Oscar, has great influence all over the world.

As long as Cao Xuan can reap a lot from the Grammys, the other two awards are actually relatively unimportant. If he can't win the Grammys, these two awards will only help him in a limited way.

It’s okay in the United States and neighboring countries, but outside the Americas, basically many people don’t know it, and the gold content is far less.

There is an unspoken rule among singers in the European and American circles, whoever wins the Grammy will win the award.

The singer has won many Grammy awards, and won none of the other awards.

Singers have won few Grammy awards, and a lot of other awards are also lacking in confidence.

This statement may be a bit extreme, but it must also prove the unique influence of Grammy in many music awards.

Cao Xuan may not care about other awards, but if he wants to become an international superstar, he needs more Grammy awards.

It is precisely because of this that Cao Xuan did not participate in the Billboard Music Awards, nor did he participate in the American Music Awards. Even he was nominated for two Canadian Juno Awards (the top music awards in Canada), and he also did not attend.

It wasn't until Grammy sent him an invitation not long ago that Cao Xuan chose to ask for leave.

Although it's a little bit like looking at people's dishes, it can also be seen that Cao Xuan attaches great importance to Grammy.

Of course, there is also the reason why Grammys favor him so much this year. With a total of 9 nominations, he is the singer with the most Grammy nominations this year.

These include the four major categories of "Best Album of the Year", "Best Production of the Year", and "Best Single of the Year".

Popular category [Best Pop Male Singer], [Best Pop Vocal Album], [Best Pop Instrument Performance].

[Best Rock Male Singer] and [Best Rock Instrument Performance] in the rock category.

And [Best Short Music Video] in the music video category, that is, "Best MV".

The 9 shortlisted nominations are basically awards with relatively high gold content, especially the four major categories. If Cao Xuan hadn't won the "Best Newcomer" last year, they would have all been awarded.

A Chinese singer has won so many Grammy nominations, but in front of the American music scene and the public, there are not many opposition voices.

In other words, most of the objections were only aimed at Cao Xuan's identity, but did not say whether he was qualified or not.

It's really because the album "Release" was so successful.

This album was released simultaneously worldwide on September 9 last year. It took less than half a year until early March this year, but the total global sales have exceeded 25 million+, making it one of the best-selling albums in 3.

According to the estimate of the International Phonographic Association, the physical album sales of this album are very hopeful to reach double diamonds, that is, the so-called single album breaks 2000 million.

This is quite an achievement!

It is often rumored on the Internet that a certain singer's single album has sold tens of millions, or even over [-] million, but most of the cases are rumors, or digital albums or digital singles.

Even for the legendary superstar Michael Jackson, the so-called single album (entity) broke [-] million, there is a high probability that it is a rumor.

Because physical albums and digital albums are completely different concepts.

Just for the price alone, the physical album is obviously more expensive, and the difference between the two parties is several times or even ten times, not to mention the scope of promotion and convenient payment operations.

On the Internet, you can focus on the entire platform, and you can download it for a fee with just a few clicks of a button. However, if you buy a physical product offline, you have to go to a video store or shop online. The level of trouble is not the same.

Before the birth of digital albums, physical albums can reach tens of millions, which is a substantial global hit.

Physical albums can exceed 2000 million sales, all of which are phenomenon-level albums, which can be regarded as milestones in the singer's career.

Singers with such sales albums, except for a few short-lived ones, are basically top international superstars or bands.

As for albums with physical sales of more than 3000 million.

Either it depends on time, bit by bit, or it is the kind of historical album that can be recorded in the history of pop music.

The officially certified sales entity has exceeded 5000 million albums.

In Cao Xuan's impression, there seemed to be only a few of them, all of which were the pinnacle masterpieces of legendary superstars like Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, and The Beatles.

Moreover, this data is not necessarily accurate, and the authoritative charts of various parties are different, so Cao Xuan also doubts whether there is a physical album with a single genuine sales exceeding 5000 million.

Looking at it this way, "Release" is expected to exceed 2000 million physical album sales, which shows how terrifying it is.

This is also likely to become the pinnacle of Cao Xuan's physical album sales. After all, the rise of digital albums in two years has shocked the entire music industry, and at the same time will greatly suppress the living space of physical albums.

Of course, behind the sharp decline in physical albums, the sales of singers' digital albums will also soar.

Relying on the convenience of the Internet, the income of singers may not necessarily decline, and may even usher in an explosion.

At the same time, once the authorities of all parties agree with the digital album, the "total sales" of physical + digital albums will be calculated together, then it may not be a good thing for Cao Xuan.

The sales volume of the albums of Muye, Rihanna, Taylor, and Adele of later generations has exceeded [-] million, overwhelming the older generation such as Niu Jie and Celine Dion, and catching up with legends such as Michael Jackson, Madonna, and Elvis Presley, relying on Internet corners road overtaking.

After all, no matter how popular the 90s was, albums had to be released one by one to sell. In later generations, the Internet is connected to the world, and you can support idols with just two clicks of the mouse and the screen of your mobile phone.

If it weren't for the support of several superstars' background and influence for decades, they would have been overtaken by these juniors long ago.

Cao Xuan's debut is still short, if you don't want to release albums indiscriminately, if you want to wrestle with the seniors who rank high in the album sales list, digital albums are a good way.

Regardless of whether the gold content is comparable to the real thing, at least our total sales are here.

Compete with the old-timers for total sales, and deal with the juniors by competing with the sales of physical albums.

No matter how popular your digital albums are, the gold content is not as good as the physical ones. The physical ones sold 2000 million at the beginning, which is awesome.

The Mesozoic Era is such a rogue with strings of comparisons on both ends.

Having said that, "Release" has exploded in sales and performed well on the charts, topping authoritative music charts in many countries.

The US Billboard Top [-] chart also produced two champion singles.

"Sugar" won the championship twice successively, staying on the list for 11 weeks in total, and is currently replaced by Usher's single "Yeah".

Another song "free loop" was officially authorized by Cao Xuan to BMW after the New Year, and became the theme promotion song of BMW, which became popular in the circle.

This song is already very popular, and its spread is even wider than "Sugar", but because there is no "Sugar" MV with memory points, its popularity is slightly lower.

This time, with the help of BMW's aggressive marketing, it finally accumulated a lot of money and succeeded in getting out of the circle.

Although it only reached the top for 2 weeks, it can still be regarded as a Billboard champion single after all.

Also because of the excellent publicity effect of this song, the endorsement negotiations between Cao Xuan and BMW are progressing very quickly.

After "New Police Story" is finished, he will leave for Germany to participate in the signing ceremony. The endorsement fee and number of years are lower than Samsung, but the total income has exceeded 2000 million US dollars.

So this time because of the Grammys, Cao Xuan also plans to take time to visit the Gulfstream headquarters in Georgia. If there is no problem, he can book a private jet of his own.

Thanks again for Samsung's cheap daddy...  

With album sales exceeding [-] million and two Billboard No. [-] singles, the success of "Release" is self-evident.

Cao Xuan has firmly secured his position as an international first-line singer, and shined in the Grammys.

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With the expectations of all the fans and the people of the whole country, Cao Xuan once again came to the United States to participate in the 46th Grammy Awards Ceremony.

Compared to last year's snub, or even faint exclusion, Cao Xuan came to the Grammys this year, and he clearly felt the enthusiasm of the American music scene.

"Release" was not only a great success, but also consolidated and promoted Cao Xuan's status, and also proved that Cao Xuan was not a flash in the pan.

As a singer-songwriter who has produced two hit albums, after being treated as an equal dialogue, he immediately showed his due aura.

Many singers come here to make friends, and if they catch the first hit song, they will make a lot of money.

At the same time, although the fact that Cao Xuan is a shareholder of Warner Music Group and Warner Music Group is a secret, but in the same circle, it is inevitable to hear some small things.

A Chinese singer doesn't matter, but a popular international singer + shareholder of three major world record companies is enough to make many people respect and even flatter Cao Xuan.

This year's Grammy's lineup is also much stronger than last year's. Cao Xuan's old friends Coldplay, Beyoncé, My Lord (Eminem), Disillusionment, Usher, and Jas, who is tied for two big scumbags Ding Timberlake et al.

These people are also Cao Xuan's competitors. Cao Xuan has too many nominations, and most of the awards will collide with these people.

So on the red carpet and in the rest room, everyone greeted with a smile and Mimi, and it is up to the beholder to see what they think.

Edgar Jr., the owner of Warner Music Group, also came today.

On the one hand, it is to cheer for the general Cao Xuan, and on the other hand, Warner Music Group has just completed its reorganization. He, the new leader in the record industry, should also make an appearance, show his face, and strengthen Warner's momentum.

"Cao, how many awards do you think you can win today?"

Little Edgar swayed around, showing off enough, and finally remembered the business.

The corner of Cao Xuan's mouth twitched slightly: "You are the chairman of the board of directors, and you are also involved in the public relations of the Grammys, shouldn't you know better than me?"

"this…"

Little Edgar was a little embarrassed: "Cao, you also know that the company has just been restructured, and there are a lot of things on hand, and the power that can be freed up is limited, so..."

Little Edgar didn't finish his sentence, but Cao Xuan had already figured it out.

In fact, he already knew that Warner's change of ownership would have an impact on his strategy for the Grammys. Although he still invested some resources, the public relations efforts were definitely not as good as last year.

The reason why Cao Xuan asked knowingly was to remind little Edgar that he suffered a loss at the Grammy because of the company.

If little Edgar is not stupid and knows how to appease the general, he will compensate Cao Xuan in other ways in the future.

Crying children have milk to eat. Although they didn't cry yesterday, they should never be ambiguous about fighting for their own interests.

Ignoring the guilty little Edgar, Cao Xuan sat on his seat with somewhat dignified eyes.

Compared to last year, Cao Xuan's performance this year is better, and his momentum is stronger. It stands to reason that he should win more awards.

But Cao Xuan is really not very confident. Although he has become stronger, his competitors are also stronger.

Last year's Avril Lavigne, Nora and others were mostly rookies and second-tier singers. Although they should not be underestimated, the pressure on Cao Xuan was not particularly strong.

And this year, Justin, Beyoncé, Usher, Muye and others are undoubtedly the first-line or even top-notch figures in the American music scene, and they are even well-known figures in the international arena.

Such a famous and popular singer, his own performance is not bad, although Cao Xuan's advantage is more obvious, but it is far from overwhelming.

Even because of the away game, Cao Xuan's advantage was wiped out or even overtaken by them.

If Warner puts all its efforts into public relations, Cao Xuan still has a little confidence, but this year because of the change of ownership of the company, Warner has been slowed down. Compared with the companies behind other singers, Cao Xuan has a certain disadvantage.

So even though Cao Xuan got the most nominations this year, he was still not very optimistic.

He was afraid that he only won two tasteless awards in the end, or that it would be too embarrassing for him to make a trip for nothing.

It would be fine if he was ashamed of himself, but the point is that Cao Xuan's participation in the Grammys is too special, especially when he won the award last year, it was very popular in China, and Cao Xuan was almost praised as a national hero.

Last year's music festival, all the singers bowed their heads, and even the Japanese and Korean queens obeyed obediently. In fact, they were also taking advantage of the Grammys.

This year's Cao Xuan World War II Grammys, the entire Asian media is frantically building up momentum, let alone domestic, it is a bit exaggerated to say that the whole country is paying attention, but there are indeed many people paying attention to this matter.

If he loses today, Cao Xuan doesn't know what kind of troubles will arise...

Thinking of this, Cao Xuan once wanted to learn from little Edgar next to him.

From Cao Xuan's point of view, this prodigal son who lost tens of billions of dollars is still jumping around shamelessly. His psychological quality is definitely the best in the world. Learning by himself may relieve his nervousness.

However, Cao Xuan did not ask in the end. He was mainly afraid that little Edgar would become angry and send gunmen to assassinate him.

It’s really not good, it’s not too late to ask when he returns to the country...

Soon the Grammy awards ceremony began, Cao Xuan adjusted his mentality and watched the awards and performance seriously.

He declined the invitation to perform at the Grammys because of tight schedules and no time for rehearsals. He only attended today as a nominee for the awards.

Beyoncé, who has just formed a solo team, won nine Grammy awards for her first album, and successfully got a chance to perform, cooperating with rock singer prince (Prince).

I have to say that Beyoncé's voice is really amazing, which to a certain extent dilutes Cao Xuan's negative emotions.

Even the failure of both [Best Rock Musical Instrument Performance Award] and [Best Rock Male Singer] didn't bother him too much. He politely gave his own applause to congratulate the winners.

Of course, this is also due to Cao Xuan knowing that his chances of holding two prizes are too small.

After all, although his rock songs are good, he is not a professional rock singer after all, and he is even better at pop.

This is an absolute loss of points in the eyes of many rock-obsessed judges.

A singer who sings pop, how can he play rock well!
Cao Xuan's "Natural" and "numb" last year can be regarded as 21st century rock and roll boutique songs, but he still didn't win the award.

This year's two rock songs are slightly inferior. Cao Xuan looked at the two competitors, both of whom are pure rock singers of the older generation.

There is even a so-called four guitar giants in the 70s and [-]s, who can be ranked in the history of rock and roll.

So Cao Xuan has long given up his hope of winning the rock category, and from the very beginning, his goal is the four major categories and the pop category.

Cao Xuan, who was calm on the surface, didn't put away the smile on his face until a black guest presented the award [Best Pop Male Singer] and stared intently.

But that black man was very talkative, he kept blah blah blah, sometimes he praised Cao Xuan for his talent, sometimes he praised Justin for his handsomeness, and he liked so-and-so's songs.

After 2 minutes of rambunctiousness, Cao Xuan still recovered from the murderous eyes of the finalists.

"Okay okay, ladies and gentlemen, let's unravel the mystery of the 46th Grammy's Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, really, I can't wait, Oh my god, what an incredible candidate..."

After opening the envelope, the black man couldn't hold back his babbles again. This time even the host couldn't hold back, because he was afraid that there would be a shooting incident in the live broadcast of the awards ceremony, so he reminded him.

Then the black man stopped his mouth and showed his big white teeth.

"Let's congratulate this well-deserved talent - Chris Cho."

Cao Xuan, who had been suppressed all the time, couldn't help but lightly pumped his fists and raised his arms, and then hugged little Edgar, Mike and others beside him.

With this award, secure!
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ps: Due to irresistible reasons, it has been changed to [Yinghuang] and [Yangboss], hope you understand

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