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Chapter 421 [North Cao Nan Zhou] and the Spring Festival Gala Art Director
"I strongly recommend Cao Xuan's new song "Ordinary Road". Really, Cao Xuan will never disappoint in terms of music."

""I Believe" is passionate, "Love Transfer" is full of emotions, "Rolling Bead Curtain" is gorgeous and beautiful, "Ordinary Road" is shocking beyond words, in a word, Cao Xuan is awesome."

"I just bought the album, but I didn't really think where the "Ordinary Road" is. Last night, I took the subway alone after get off work, watching all kinds of life in the car, and then suddenly heard this song on the radio, and instantly felt scalp numb. Came home and cycled through the night."

"Damn it, I'm a big fan of Jay Chou, but I dare not admit that "Qili Xiang" can win "Ordinary Road"."

"The album "I Love" has nearly 20 songs. Although more than half of them are old songs, they are all accompanied by MVs and re-recorded and performed. Cao Xuan's new album is full of sincerity."

"I like the MVs of "I Believe" and "Chasing Dreams" the most, especially "Chasing Dreams". Let Liu Feiren play the leading role in the MV, which is so handsome."

"I heard that Liu Feiren is a fan of Cao Xuan, and he appeared in the MV for free. Cao Xuan gave this song to Liu Feiren for free. No matter it is commercial or anything, he does not charge any copyright fees."

"Cao Xuan himself said in his blog that Liu Feiren is also his idol, and both parties are each other's idols and fans of the other (laughs)."

"I see some people say that the lyrics are not good, but I think the lyrics of "Ordinary Road" are good because they are simple and sincere. If they are too gorgeous, they will lose their flavor."

"I announce that "The Wind Rises" is temporarily removed from my favorite songs and becomes "Ordinary Road"."

"Me too, "Ten Years" I'm sorry."

"I'm different from you. "Your Answer" and "Ordinary Road" are juxtaposed."

"Damn it, "The Ordinary Road" rushed to the top of the list, and "Qilixiang" was suppressed..."

"..."

With Cao Xuan's popularity, his new album will be extremely popular even if Warner Bros. and Fanxing don't sell it. In addition, Warner Bros. and Fanxing's marketing promotion and Cao Xuan's network on various platforms online and offline.

The energy that "I Love" exploded in a short period of time directly overwhelmed all the singers and new songs from August to October.

If the quality of the album is not good, the enthusiasm will dissipate quickly although it is high, but it is obvious that "I Love", which has more than a dozen hit songs, is very resistant in terms of quality and staying power.

Before the release of Cao Xuan's new album, although the authoritative music charts in the mainland were not unified, they were basically headed by Xiao Zhou's "Qilixiang".

Popular songs such as "Mouse Loves Rice", "Our Love", "I'm Not Huang Rong" and "Gardenia Bloom" are stable in the top ten, and the two songs next to it are also in it, "What I Miss" and "Dream Pursuit". .

In addition, there are some new songs that have just been released that fluctuate up and down, and can break into the top ten from time to time.

For example, the new song "Ningxia" released by Liang Jingru in September, and "Happy Worship" jointly sung by Pan Weibo and Zhang Shaohan.

As well as Master Luo's "Grey Space", released the day before Cao Xuan's new album, which is also one of his few slow songs.

The last three candidates for the new four kings, Lin Junjie with his singing and writing skills, Pan Weibo's hip-hop and fast singing western style,
And both of them are international Chinese friends, one from Singapore and one from the United States, with their own international filters.

Especially Pan Weibo, in the current environment, his background and music style are more so-called European and American fashion models than some young singers, with a "high-end sense".

Not only does it have a celebrity bonus, but it also has good commercial attributes, and its commercial resources are significantly higher than those of artists of the same level.

In contrast, Master Luo is an "old-fashioned hat" from a variety show in Taiwan Province. His creative and musical talents are not outstanding, so he can only rely on other things if he wants to succeed.

Master Luo chose "dance", a dance style, and the target was the Asian dance king Guo Tianwang among the four heavenly kings in the early years.

Facts have proved that before the Korean wave has fully entered the mainland, there is still a market for dance music in China. Cai Yilin and he both rely on dance music to become the king and queen of dance, and then become the king and queen.

Although Master Luo's Heavenly King is not recognized by everyone, there are still some people who have a reputation and influence above the first line.

In the original time and space, Master Luo's "Grey Space" and another song "Love (shi) Love (jian) Da (guan) People (li)" sung with Ace are not as popular in Taiwan and the Mainland as Master Luo It is also from this album that it officially entered the mainland market.

But now, Master Luo was so lucky that he came across Cao Xuan's new album "I Love".

I don’t know if Master Luo’s management company has a bad brain or something. Even Xiao Zhou, Wang Fei, and the Four Heavenly Kings don’t have the guts to release a new album at the same time as Cao Xuan. Touch it.

It's a pity that he was hanged and beaten by Cao Xuan regardless of his popularity or his works. Although Cao Guo didn't want the scumbag to get involved, he couldn't hold back his big move and implicated innocent people.

Master Luo's album, which is expected to enter the mainland market, stayed at the top of the rankings for less than 24 hours, before being eaten alive by a group of new songs that Cao Xuan crazily swarmed up, and there was hardly any sound.

Liang Jingru, who followed closely behind, was also quickly squeezed out of the top ten competition area, but Pan Weibo and Zhang Shaohan's "Happy Worship" managed to support it.

The previous old songs were a little firmer, but only slightly.

On October 10nd, Cao Xuan's new album was released, and three songs entered the top ten that night, including "What I Miss" and "Chasing Dreams".

It only took half a day to form a siege around Xiao Zhou. The two songs "Qilixiang" and "Grandma" were a little weak under the siege of Cao Xuan.

In the early morning of October 10th, "Grandma" was squeezed out of the top five, and "Ordinary Road" also killed "Mouse Loves Rice" and officially ranked second on the list, attacking "Qilixiang" at the top of the list.

The gossip club's Tianya forum even opened a gambling post, discussing how long it will take "Ordinary Road" to win the championship, or how long Xiao Zhou can withstand the impact of Cao Xuan.

Cao Xuan's fans clamored for Xiao Zhou in one day.

And Xiao Zhou fans who have confidence in their idols think it will take at least a week or even longer.

After a relatively objective analysis of the people who eat melons, it is inferred that it should be about 3 to 5 days.

Cao Xuan's popularity is very strong, and the song "Ordinary Road" is absolutely awesome, but Xiao Zhou and "Qilixiang" are not vegetarians.

In particular, "Qilixiang" can be said to be the hottest song since Xiao Zhou's debut. It has continued to dominate the charts for more than three months since the summer vacation, and its popularity foundation is still very strong.

So from everyone's point of view, 3 to 5 days is still very objective. If Cao Xuan can win Xiao Zhou in this time period, he is considered very good.

However, what everyone didn't expect was that from the second to the first place, "Ordinary Road" only took less than 13 hours, that is, half a day, half of which was still in the early morning, and "Qilixiang" was knocked down.

Some radio station or media personnel broke the news afterward that all the on-demand calls related to the music rankings were almost overwhelmed by Cao Xuan's fans.

Even the night program opened in the early morning, there were countless fans who sniped accurately, allowing the operator to enjoy a lively and fulfilling night.

During this period, it is not that there are no fans of Xiao Zhou who want to organize to resist or even fight back, but Cao Xuan has too many fans, and they are well-trained, decisive and sophisticated.

Although Xiao Zhou's fans are battle-hardened, they are still far behind Cao Xuan's fans who have experienced many battles, let alone Cao Xuan's numbers are far superior.

According to the first-line report from Cao Xuan’s fan base [Hemerocallis Blossom Bar], some of Cao Xuan’s fans from Asia, Europe and the United States also participated in the battle after getting the news.

The stuttering and strangely accented "The Ordinary Road", which the operator heard, is the masterpiece of these overseas fans.

Because of this, Hemerocallis Blossom Bar also created a section called "International Comrades" for those overseas fans to leave messages and exchange ideas.

Cao Xuan fans also formed a translation team, proficient in Japanese, Korean, English and German and other foreign languages, while translating, while Sinicizing Cao Xuan's news stories abroad.

In the same way, there are also some foreign fans who want to learn Chinese. Although not too many, it is something worth bragging about for domestic Cao Xuan fans.

After all, there are so many celebrities in the entertainment industry, and I have never heard of anyone who has influenced a large number of overseas fans to actively learn Chinese...

Fans of Cao Xuan organized a wonderful lightning raid.

"Ordinary Road" was successfully capped on the afternoon of October 10th, and it was less than 4 hours since Tianya Gambling's post was released. If counting from the time when the song was released, it took less than 13 hours in total.

This result shocked everyone. No one expected that Cao Xuan would hammer Xiao Zhou within three days.

This can't be said to be clean and neat, it is simply the jingle of bells, which is called an autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves.

One word, fast!

After that, Xiao Zhou's fans still organized to counterattack and regain their positions, and even got help from fans of other new generation singers, wanting to prove that Cao Xuan had slipped from the top.

It's a pity that Cao Xuan's fans have been prepared for a long time, attacking the tower is faster, and defending the tower is more stable.

And it's not just fans, Warner and Fanxing are behind all this.

The raid was a surprise, and the two companies did not expect it to go so smoothly, but since they won the first place, it is impossible for Xiao Zhou to win it again.

Warner is the No. [-] record company in the Chinese music scene, and Fanxing is also the overlord in the entertainment industry. The two sides joined forces, plus Cao Xuan has tens of millions of fans.

The top spot of "Ordinary Road" is desperate, not to mention Xiao Zhou regaining the first place, even the second place of "Qilixiang" is a bit threatened by "Love Transfer".

This battle between the new and old heavenly kings, which has been hyped up by the media for a year or two, started vigorously and ended like a meteor.

Many people have not yet entered the state, and the outcome has already been decided.

It seems that Xiao Zhou's "Qilixiang" still has the power to fight. Take a closer look at the rankings. On the top, "Ordinary Road" is suppressed, and on the bottom, there are songs such as "Love Transfer", "I Believe", and "Rolling Bead Curtain".

In the top ten of major music charts, Cao Xuan's songs generally occupy 5-7.

It is relatively rare for Xiao Zhou to have three songs together. In many charts, only one song "Qilixiang" sticks to it.

In terms of sales, although the two parties did not launch at the same time, there is not much comparability.

But if you count the album's sales on the first day, the next day, and the first week, Cao Xuan's "I·Love" beat Xiao Zhou's "Qilixiang" completely. If you count the sales overseas, Cao Xuan is bullying others.

With such a record comparison, the situation is already clear at a glance.

Moreover, Xiao Zhou has not had any good improvement, so it is really unnecessary to force another comparison, otherwise it is not a challenge, but a self-inflicted humiliation.

On October 10th, "I Love" was launched for a week, and the battle between old and new kings came to an end. Cao Xuan, who didn't mention this at all except to promote albums and movies, also publicly responded for the first time on his blog——

"The so-called new and old kings are just echoes. I am not old, and Jay Lun is not new. No matter how high or low the song charts are, or how much the album sells, they are actually dedicated to the fans and contribute their own strength to the Chinese music scene.

"Qilixiang" is a good song. Jie Lun and Wen Shan have made great progress. It is a match made in heaven in the music scene. I watched them debut, and I hope they will bring you even more surprises.

ps: Although I don’t want to spoil it, but considering that some people are randomly trying to provoke, I can only give a little bit of wind. This year’s Spring Festival Gala, I will sing with someone for the first time. Guess who it is (wink)”

The timing of posting this blog is very particular, if Cao Xuan posted it before the release of the album, many people would probably view it as a sign of weakness.

If he didn't win, or if he acted like he was stretching his hips, Cao Xuan posted this blog as if he had been slapped in the face to hold his respect.

But now that Cao Xuan has won, and won beautifully, this blog he posted is sincerely trying to quell the incident, love the younger generation, and is justified.

And this battle between the old and the new also came to an end on Cao Xuan's blog.

The era of Cao Tianwang's hegemony still continues, but Xiao Zhou's performance is remarkable and the future can be expected, but it is a pity that he still has to be Cao Tianwang's younger brother.

In the past 30 years, the Chinese pop music scene has gone through stages such as Tan Zhang's struggle for hegemony, the four heavenly kings, the south and the north Cao, and Cao Xuan's dominance.

Now the era of "one dominator, one superman" is coming, Cao Xuan is the overlord of the music scene, Xiao Zhou is the super king, Mou Wang, Cai Yilin, Sun Yanzi, Snake Tuan, etc. are the powerful singers.

Of course, some people call it the [Northern Cao and Southern Zhou] era.

However, many Cao Xuan fans were dissatisfied. They felt that Xiao Zhou was not yet on a par with Cao Xuan, and that [one dominant, one super powerful] would be more appropriate.

But no matter how you calculate it, counting from 98 [Southern North Cao], Cao Xuan has been occupying the C position in the music scene for several years, and there have been two or three waves of singers gone.

It is unknown how many singers the name Cao Xuan will become a nightmare, but it is destined to be an unavoidable existence in the Chinese music scene...

Countless singers, music critics, and related music people feel deeply about Cao Xuan's legend, but more people pay attention to the last sentence of Cao Xuan's blog.

Cao Xuan + Jay Chou at the Spring Festival Gala!

Be good, Cao Tianwang is addicted to playing Wangzhaowan?
The two superstars, Cheng Long and Cheng Long, have just filmed a "New Police Story", and they are about to join hands with Xiao Zhou, the new and old double kings, on the Spring Festival Gala. This is a different way to give everyone benefits.

The major media went crazy, Cao Xuan was still in Japan, and they couldn't block it, so they went to block Xiao Zhou and the newly established Spring Festival Gala director team.

Xiao Zhou was caught by the media backstage at the concert, and he readily admitted: "Brother Xuan sent a text message asking if I would like to sing with him on the Spring Festival Gala. My eldest brother called me, so I went, it's as simple as that."

When the media asked about the ending of the battle between the old and the new kings and the more popular [Northern Cao and Southern Zhou], Xiao Zhou answered very modestly and cautiously.

"I don't have any ideas. Brother Xuan has always been my idol, and I will continue to follow in his footsteps."

"It's a great honor for me personally to be put together with Brother Xuan. I will work harder in the future and hope to be worthy of this title."

Xiao Zhou has his own pride, and it's not that he didn't have the ambition to catch up with Cao Xuan with "Qilixiang".

Although he failed, he also accumulated confidence in himself.

You know, he was almost instantly killed against Cao Xuan in the past two years, but now he can be regarded as Cao Xuan's number one enemy, discussed by the media and the outside world, and he still has the strength to fight. breakthroughs and leaps.

The excellent performance of "Qilixiang" also made Xiao Zhou have a lot of longing for "Northern Cao Southern Zhou".

Can't beat Brother Xuan, but being compared with Brother Xuan is also a kind of victory.

Since Cao Xuan became a god in "Bright Stars" in 2000, there have been many singers who want to touch porcelain, but he is the only singer who can really be recognized by the outside world on a large scale. Xiao Zhou feels that he is still very proud.

Of course, he also knew that many people were questioning, so Xiao Zhou took a deep breath and wanted to prove that he was worthy of the title of [Southern Zhou].

Compared with Xiao Zhou, Lang Kun, the director of the 2005 Spring Festival Gala director group, responded more simply.

"The program reported by Cao Xuan is indeed a chorus, and I cannot disclose the rest."

In addition, Lang Kun also broke a small news. Under the warm invitation of the director team, Cao Xuan served as the art consultant and song and dance program director of this Spring Festival Gala, responsible for reviewing, guiding and recommending some singing and dancing programs.

This news is still expected by the outside world. After all, as a top singer, Cao Xuan's professional ability needless to say, will definitely help the quality of the Spring Festival Gala.

Moreover, Cao Xuan's network is also strong enough. If he comes forward, many people can sell some face, and they might make a luxurious lineup.

.........

Regarding this point, the outside world really guessed right. This year Cao Xuan has contributed a lot to the Spring Festival Gala. Not only did he personally lead Xiao Zhou to sing, but he also missed Cheng Long.

Japan, Tokyo

After finishing an interview, Cao Xuan caught up with Cheng Long: "Brother, how are you thinking about going to the Spring Festival Gala? The director is still waiting for my reply."

"I haven't been to the Spring Festival Gala for more than ten years. To be honest, I feel a little weak."

"What's the matter? I remember that there seemed to be a martial arts program in the first round. You can combine it and sing "A Man Should Be Self-Reliant" or "Drunken Master"."

Cao Xuan is very persuasive. In fact, even if he didn't make a move, the original Kong Chenglong also appeared in the 2005 Spring Festival Gala.

This is also Cheng Long's second time to attend the Spring Festival Gala. The first time was in 1993. Coincidentally, it was the same year as 2005. He also attended the Spring Festival Gala once in 2017. It can be said that he took good care of the rooster... ...

The reason why Cheng Long attended the Spring Festival Gala after many years is very simple, that is, his career focus has shifted to the mainland market, so he went to the Spring Festival Gala to show his face.

Even if Cao Xuan didn't persuade him, Cheng Long would probably contact the Spring Festival Gala program team when he turned around. Now that Cao Xuan came out to make a match, he hesitated, but he might already be tempted in his heart.

"Ah Xuan, it doesn't matter if I get in or not. In fact, I really want Zu Ming to try."

It is said that Cheng Long sticks to education, but in fact he gives his son a lot of resources, and he takes his son with him whenever he has the opportunity, and the Spring Festival Gala is no exception.

In the original time and space, Cheng Liuzi followed his father to the Spring Festival Gala and came to the first skewer. Cao Xuan knew it well, he didn't make a big deal but he didn't refuse.

"I'll talk to the director to see what he thinks."

To be honest, Cao Xuan agreed to serve as art consultant and program director to the director team of the Spring Festival Gala this year, not because he was full and had nothing to do, but because he also wanted to follow the "fake business for personal gain".

"Tomorrow's Star" wants to promote some new stars, and Nishinomiya Niangniang, he also wants to have a chance to make a show for her.

More importantly, Cao Xuan wanted to use some contacts on CCTV to see if he could contribute to the censorship of a certain bureau of "New World".

Although it is not a system, they are all propaganda outlets, and the exchange of needs and needs still has some influence.

These old friendships with the Spring Festival Gala alone are not enough, you have to show some sincerity, that's why Cao Xuan joined the Spring Festival Gala director team, and tried every means to add luster to this year's Spring Festival Gala.

Otherwise, Cao Xuan's busy schedule would be great if he could spare time to participate in the rehearsal of the Spring Festival Gala. How could he have the time to be a director and consultant.

The matter about Chen Liuzi's going to the Spring Festival Gala is easy to resolve, Cheng Long is still at the peak, as long as his father can come, arranging a show is a matter of one word.

Cao Xuan recalled how difficult it was for him to attend the Spring Festival Gala in early 1999. Not to mention looking for connections, he went through five rehearsals.

I can't help but sigh with emotion, I have golden fingers, but I still have to work hard, and I have a good father, and I can get it done with one word.

For the first time, Cao Xuan felt that it was nothing special for him to have a golden finger. If he had a good pregnancy, his fortune and development might not necessarily be worse than that of a golden finger...

The Spring Festival Gala is settled, and the main creator of "New Police Story" is also preparing to leave Japan.

During this trip to Japan, most people were quite satisfied, such as Cao Xuan, who further refreshed his reputation in Japan and promoted a wave of new albums.

"I Love" ranked third in Japan's Oricon sales list last week, and the album's total sales in Japan have exceeded 300 million.

This data may not be a big deal for those top Japanese singers, but for overseas non-Japanese singers, it is a very impressive result. Cao Xuan's sales data can easily rank in the forefront of the Japanese sales list of overseas singers.

The 300 million+ sales naturally include the two English albums "Chris Tsao" and "Release", which are also the main sales volume, accounting for half of the 300 million sales. The remaining six Chinese albums add up to about 150 million.

Even so, Cao Xuan is the most familiar Chinese artist among the Japanese people. In addition to the Grammy news bombardment in the past two years, his reputation in Japan is almost second only to Cheng Long, who has been very popular in Japan since the last century.

It is precisely because of this that the new movie jointly produced by the two most familiar Chinese artists in Japan still attracts quite a lot of attention in Japan.

At the beginning of the film's release, many fans of Cheng Long and Cao Xuan and people who eat melons went to watch it.

After watching the movie, Cheng Long's fans were disappointed, but Cao Xuan and passers-by were pleasantly surprised.

For a neurotic, sick and perverted villain like Ah Xuan, domestic audiences mostly hate and hate it, but in Japan, they poked the G-spot of many people.

To be honest, at the beginning, Japanese audiences would all rush to watch "New Police Story" with the two Chinese superstars joining forces, and even mainly Cheng Long.

Then after word of mouth fermented, two-thirds of the audience who watched the movie came for the villain played by Cao Xuan.

On Japanese forums and movie rating websites, Japanese movie fans gave the role of [Ah Xuan] a very high evaluation.

This role has also attracted Cao Xuan a lot of fans. After all, the photos of album singing and news reports are not as attractive to fans as the audio-visual charm of movies.

In addition to Yan Fan, there is also a group of special people who think Cao Xuan is particularly attractive.

Under Cao Xuan's overseas blog, there have been unknown people sending private messages, the content and photos are extremely offensive, and Cao Xuan has not had a good meal for several days.

Under such circumstances, although the box office of "New Police Story" in Japan is not good, it is not bad.

It was released for 10 days, and the cumulative box office converted into RMB is nearly 8000 million, which is not enough for the serious decline in the later period. According to the calculations of Japanese theater professionals, the final box office of "New Police Story" in Japan is expected to be 1.2-1.5 million RMB.

This is already an excellent result. The Japanese box office of the previous "House of Flying Daggers" was just over 2 million.

In addition to other parts of Asia, "New Police Story" can barely make up 2 million yuan.

In addition, the box office in the mainland can reach more than 1 million yuan, even if the share in some regions is limited, at least 6000-8000 million can be obtained.

Coupled with the other copyright income, I can't say how much the film earned, at least it will definitely be kept.

Thinking about the ending of the original time and space movie, Cao Xuan felt that he was worthy of the 2500 million yuan salary that Yinghuang offered.

Regardless of Cao Xuan's performance in the movie, without the gimmick of him teaming up with Cheng Long, the box office would have been cut in half at least.

Boss Yang naturally understood what was going on. When he was still in Japan, he wanted Cheng Long and Cao Xuan to cooperate again, but Cao Xuan declined.

The main purpose of his acting in "New Police Story" was to open up Xiangjiang channels and make some contacts. Now that the goal has been achieved, there is no need to bother.

Besides, it was the first time the two of them worked together and there was a gimmick, but the overall reputation was not as good as expected. Who knows if they will overturn if they cooperate again. At least Cao Xuan thinks there is no need to gamble again in a short time.

However, this time he also realized that Cheng Long's film is not as simple as the outside world has shown. It failed at the box office and there are copyrights from various channels. It is still profitable.

If Yinghuang lacks investment in the future, Fanxing doesn't mind mixing it up, and by the way supports his own family...

(End of this chapter)