China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 458 Although I am worth tens of billions, I have lost my happiness
Since "We Don't Talk Anymore" was released worldwide in early January, it quickly set off the first wave of music in 1.

In Japan, due to the development of the physical music market, many record companies led by Sony intend to suppress the rise of digital music.

But even so, the digital trend of popular music is hard to resist. They can still control Japanese domestic singers, but they cannot stop foreign singers from using the Internet.

In just two days, "We Don't Talk Anymore" reached the top of several well-known Japanese music websites in terms of hits and downloads, ranking first among overseas songs.

In the United States, "We Don't Talk Anymore" borrowed the momentum of Cao Xuan and Avril Lavigne.

It landed at No. 14 on the Billboard Top [-] Singles Chart in the first week, and reached No. [-] in the second week.

According to the momentum, the top ten must be stable, but it's hard to say how many places they can reach.

After all, none of the top ten on Billboard's Top [-] singles list is good, some are even old songs that have been popular for several months, and we have to guard against dark horses airborne due to major incidents.

Because it is a comprehensive calculation of sales and radio on-demand, the billboard singles chart has a strong timeliness.

There are many examples of rankings soaring due to current events, and even Cao Xuan himself experienced it.

His second Billboard No. [-] single "Free Loop" was launched globally because of the BMW advertisement, and his popularity soared, winning the No. [-] for two weeks.

Of course, this is also because "Free Loop" had a good performance before and was firmly in the top ten. BMW marketing helped to boost it, and it was a matter of course.

If it's a purely new song, it's very difficult to rush to the championship in one go, unless there is a sensational event such as this song that makes mexizong pull his pants, then he can win the championship in one fell swoop.

Well, it's okay to let Melaleuca have a big brainstorming, maybe they just take the annual bulletin board list...

In short, if you want to win the billboard singles championship, in addition to the quality of the song itself and the accumulation of popularity, there is also a lot of luck and surprise.

Even Michael Jackson, a global superstar, only had 13 Billboard No. [-] singles in his lifetime.

Cao Xuan is not in a hurry, after all, there are still a lot of king bombs in the new album "Legend".

Continuously playing songs to accumulate influence and popularity, even if they pile up, they can pile up a billboard champion single.

Feedback from Europe, Australia, South America, etc. is also good, even unexpectedly good, especially in the UK, where it directly won the first place.

Edgar Jr. was very excited. He had already seen the finished product of the new album, and many high-level executives of Warner Music Group were very optimistic about it, and made more efforts to promote it.

After nearly two years, Edgar Jr. has truly mastered Warner Music Group and led the company out of the chaos after the change of ownership.

Edgar Jr. is currently planning to go public, and he naturally hopes to have good results to help Warner go public.

Cao Xuan's new album made him see hope, he didn't need Cao Xuan to ask, driven by profit, let little Edgar support "Legend" at all costs.

Now, "We Don't Talk Anymore" is warming up, and another new song will be released in another week, and another song will be played before the album goes online.

In addition, Cao Xuan and Warner are contacting for several excellent performance opportunities. Cao Xuan will sing at the scene and present two new songs to maximize the promotion of the new album.

One of them is the Grammys. Cao Xuan and the Grammys have always had a good relationship. If he hadn't participated in the American Music Awards last year, Cao Xuan would have been an award presenter if he didn't perform.

This year, the Grammy Organizing Committee sent another invitation, and it happened that Cao Xuan wanted to promote the album, so they hit it off right away.

In addition, Warner is now fully publicizing this year's Super Bowl halftime show.

Cao Xuan has great hopes, and he has the support of songs, but the competition for this performance opportunity is too fierce, and the top singers in the United States and even Europe and the United States are staring at it. Warner is not sure if it can win it.

If it doesn't work, the next best thing is to publicize the halftime performance of the NBA All-Star Game.

In this way, although the NBA All-Star Game is not as good as the Super Bowl, it is better than nothing.

After these two performances were over, five new songs hit the charts, pushing the popularity of the new album to the extreme, and it was also the moment when "Legend" was officially released.

.........

Cao Xuan is very concerned about the performance of "Legend" overseas, and has to call his American management team once a day to ask about the results and related feedback.

Feeling that the results are good, and gradually feel relieved, at the same time, I can faintly feel the new changes in the world music scene.

The general trend of digital music is coming!

Japan is fairly conservative, and the domestic economic system is different, so it can be suppressed.

But Europe and the United States are different. It is difficult for those traditional media companies to control the emerging technology and Internet capital, especially in the United States, where the richest man is Bill Gates of Microsoft.

Even if these record companies have all kinds of capital behind them, they are still a very small part of the layout chain. What can they do to suppress the general trend of the Internet.

According to Cao Xuan's understanding, digital music has begun to rise in European and American countries, and the momentum is getting stronger and stronger.

There is no doubt that the physical record industry will usher in a devastating blow.

Cao Xuan has even planned that "Legend" will be the last glory of his physical record sales.

To put it bluntly, Cao Xuan is not unprepared for the worst scenario of a sharp drop in sales.

But then again, if you lose your horse, you don't know it's a blessing.

As I said before, the decline of physical records does not mean the collapse of the music scene, and the market is naturally dominated by emerging digital music.

Moreover, compared with physical records, digital music has a larger audience and a wider range of applications.

Especially in countries such as Europe, America and Japan with well-established records and copyrights, digital music is no less profitable than physical records.

As the influence of the Internet and digital music expands, singers will earn more and more, even far exceeding the losses suffered by physical records.

Aside from that, before the album hit the charts, the company basically spent money on publicity, and the album will be paid back after the album is launched.

But now a large number of music websites, "We Don't Talk Anymore" can make money through some download subscriptions during the promotion stage.

Although there are not many, no matter how small a fly is, it is still meat!

However, compared with foreign countries, the development of domestic digital music is not yet developed, or it is too much affected by piracy.

Currently, the most popular music website in China is Qianqian Jingting, with tens of millions of users, but singers don’t receive a dime.

So far, apart from a small number of websites, singers' income from digital music is mostly based on CRBT.

This is why pirated music websites are rampant, but not many people in the music industry care about it. Everyone is busy cultivating the CRBT market.

Cao Xuan is one of the most diligent.

Long before the CRBT craze, Cao Xuan's Guolan Entertainment began to acquire and represent a large number of song copyrights.

Especially for the gang of online singers who have emerged in the past two years, almost 75% of the relevant copyrights are in the hands of Cao Xuan.

After CRBT became popular, Cao Xuan used his influence even more, centered on Guolan and Warner, to win over a large group of domestic record companies, and negotiated prices with the three major operators and related platforms.

Many small and medium-sized companies or singers of the Paidan Gang even directly delegated the copyright to Guolan for operation, and then waited to collect money.

Ordinary people can't get this trust, but Cao Xuan's status in the music scene and the reputation accumulated over the years by big names in the circle make many people willing to trust him.

Cao Xuan will definitely make money, but he won't treat them badly either.

If they manage the negotiations by themselves, small households may not be able to get good terms and earn less, even if they earn more, the energy invested and various costs are shared, it is better to hand them over to Guolan. Save worry and trouble.

Under such circumstances, by the end of 2005, Guolan had represented more than 3000 song copyrights, and most of them were well-known fire songs.

There are more than 100 "contracted singers" who are fully authorized to operate the CRBT business, and those above the first and second tiers have double digits.

In addition, music record companies such as Warner, Alpha, and Chia Tai have reached a strategic alliance, and they will advance and retreat with Guolan in the interests of CRBT.

It is no exaggeration to say that Guolan's family almost monopolizes more than half of the music copyrights in the CRBT market, and they are the well-deserved CRBT overlords.

It is far from enough to say that the three major operators look at Cao Xuan's face, but they will never dare to ignore Guolan's existence in the ring tones business.

In the original time and space, the music company could only drink some leftover soup from the operator, and at most gnaw on the bones. Now that Guolan is carrying it, at least they can grab a few bites of meat.

Under such circumstances, Guolan naturally benefited a lot.

In 2005 alone, Guolan's net profit in CRBT was as high as 4.3 million yuan.

Remember, this is the net profit after dividends with operators, platforms, and record companies/singers, costs settled, and tax deducted.

Although it is not as good as "Legend" and "World of Warcraft", it is also an extremely great gold mine.

And this is far from the peak of the CRBT era.

In the original time and space, China Mobile's total revenue of CRBT in 2005 was 34 billion, and in 2006 it was 67 billion, nearly doubled.

In 2007, China Mobile's CRBT revenue in the fourth quarter alone was 32.61 billion. By 2009, China Mobile's annual CRBT business had reached 154.13 billion.

If things go on like this, Cao Xuan feels that the gold mine of color rings may not be as good as "Legend" and "World of Warcraft".

Of course, when the CRBT really exerts its power and involves too many interests, Guolan may have to spit out part of the market, but the remaining capital is enough for Cao Xuan to make a fortune.

It is worth mentioning that, according to the data of Guolan and the operator, the singer with the most comprehensive subscriptions and downloads of CRBT.

Still King Cao!

Don't think that only songs like "Mouse Loves Rice" and "On the Moon" can make money from CRBT.

In fact, any popular song can earn a fortune from the ring tones, but the profit is not as fierce as those divine songs that are bombarded in the streets and alleys.

Perhaps the number of downloads of a single song, many of Cao Xuan's songs can't compare to the ceiling of the CRBT Divine Comedy such as "Mouse Loves Rice" and "Two Butterflies".

But Cao Xuan has a lot of good songs. Since 1997, nearly half of Cao Xuan's songs have been hit songs.

Even many of them are the top ten of the year, or even the best existence of the year.

Even if such a song is an old song, its influence and application are not much worse than many divine comedies.

What's more, it's not that Cao Xuan doesn't have the CRBT Divine Comedy in his hand.

"1 Reasons", "Angel's Wings", "Autumn Doesn't Come Back", "Absolutely Infatuated" and "Did Someone Tell You" are all extremely popular CRBT works of the original time and space.

Among them, "1 Reasons" was the CRBT king in Yuanshikong in 2005, and "Autumn Won't Come Back" was the No. 2006 mobile CRBT download in [-].

Nowadays, because they are all old songs, the glory of time and space cannot be restored, but the data is still very difficult.

Coupled with "Ten Years", "Fairy Tales", "The Wind Rises" and "Ordinary Road", which have dominated the charts throughout the year, Cao Xuan has become the most popular man in the CRBT market, and he is a well-deserved CRBT king of heaven.

Speaking of this, Cao Xuan was still very emotional.

At the beginning, he had thought about it, in case other avenues failed to become popular, he would try his best to sing salivary songs, bet on color bells, save money to buy a few houses, and be a safe and secure charterer.

Now, although Cao Xuan is well-known all over the world, he has two wives, a net worth of tens of billions, thousands of employees, private jets flying around the world, dozens of courtyard houses in the capital, a film and television city with dozens of square kilometers, and a dozen sets of flat floors in first-tier cities. And villas, a mansion, an office building, two apartments and other real estate, but I can no longer find that kind of simple and boring happiness...

TM's Fan is dead!

.........

In the past few days, there is also Da Mimi who is as "painful" as Cao Xuan.

In early January, "Wulin Biography" was broadcast on CCTV 1.

Many people think that "Wulin Biography" became popular after various rebroadcasts, but it is not the case.

Although the premiere of "Wulin Biography" was not impressive, the results were not bad, and the situation quickly opened up. In less than a week, it became the highest-rated TV series at that time.

The finale just happened to be in time for the Spring Festival Gala, so I snatched a lot of viewers from the Spring Festival Gala.

Of course, the fact that "Wulin Biography" really went out of the circle on a large scale across the country is due to the frantic rebroadcasts of countless TV stations throughout the year, and the accumulated influence bit by bit.

However, although the influence has not been fully opened up now, the popularity of the premiere of "Wulin Biography" is enough to bring about earth-shaking changes in the lives of the main creators and actors.

Da Mimi is not considered a newcomer, she had acted in TV dramas when she was Rong Xinda, and also participated in Fan Xiaopang's "Beauty's Scheming", in which she played a moderate role.

In "Xiu Chun Knife 2", which is still in theaters, she also plays Ding Baiying's female apprentice, strictly speaking she is the third female student.

But with these small supporting roles, it is still difficult for the audience to remember her.

The previous few plays did not bring her much attention, it was not as good as the news of her participation in Guo Xiang and the exposure gained by following the promotion of "Xiu Chun Knife 2".

Of course, after "Xiu Chun Knife 2", Da Mimi more or less made some arrangements.

But in the past, there was the popular little flower Fan Xiaopang in the crew and Zeng Li who had a brilliant role, and then there was the crazy Liu Yan who stole the limelight of the Lunar New Year show, and Zhang Yunv attracted a lot of LSP.

Da Mimi wandered around in the movie, but still didn't get rid of the little transparent attribute.

This frustrates her who was full of confidence to compete with Liu Tianxian.

Fortunately, Da Mimi has good resilience, and quickly regained her fighting spirit, and pinned her hopes on "Painted Skin" and the CCTV drama "Wang Zhaojun".

In the end, before she joined the group, the "Wulin Biography", which she had no hope for, suddenly became popular, and it was not ordinary.

"Xiao Guo, hey, my grandson likes you so much, please sign for me."

On the streets of Beijing, Da Mimi was dragged by an aunt and greeted her again and again. Two girls who looked like students next to her heard the movement and came over, showing surprise.

"Guo Furong, it's Guo Furong from "Wulin Biography"."

"Ah, I really like that drama, it's overwhelming."

The female student imitated Guo Furong's signature move and begged for an autograph, and the big honey readily agreed. During this time, she also provoked a young white-collar worker who was also an audience of "Wulin Biography".

It took less than 5 minutes for Da Mimi to successfully get rid of several enthusiastic audiences and return to her mother. Yang's mother looked at her several times in surprise.

"Are you on fire?"

"Wherever you follow, it's Xiaohong Yibo."

Da Mimi's mouth is modest, and the smile on her mouth almost reaches the back of her head, causing Yang's mother to roll her eyes.

"It's not enough, Liu Yifei is so popular, I watch Wen Wen Jing Jing on TV."

As expected of a real mother, she pinched Da Mimi's Achilles' heel, and stabbed her heart every sentence. Da Mimi was so angry that she almost threw the New Year's goods in her hand to strike, but Yang's mother took a look at it, and she sensibly admitted it. .

Although she said she disliked her daughter, in fact, Yang's mother was happy in her heart, and she started calling relatives to show off when she got home.

"Hey, Second Sister, have you watched "Wulin Biography", it's just a puppet..."

"Fourth Master, yes, Mimi acted in a TV series..."

"Her uncle..."

Da Mimi lives in Xuanwu, the capital city, and her home is a standard Nancheng Hutong. There are a lot of neighbors in the neighborhood, and even the smallest things can spread.

Soon, the Yang family had a group of people eating melons who came to see the big stars.

Internet circulation is limited these days, unlike the later generations, who can easily use their mobile phones to search online.

The TV series Da Mi Mi has only so many roles, and the reruns can't catch people. The movie "Xiu Chun Knife 2" is still in release, there is no pirated version, and many ordinary people will not spend money to watch it.

Although there are many people who have proved that Da Mimi is indeed an actor, Da Mimi does not have a wide foundation of fame, and there is no real evidence.

So some gangsters don't believe it, saying that it's a big honey bragging, but it's just a small model who has played two small roles.

Such an actor, throwing a brick at the Beijing Film Studio can kill more than 20 people, he is considered a fart star...

Similar gossip, Da Mimi can't run in front of others to prove that she is famous, it is not shameful enough, so she can only bear it.

But this time "Wulin Biography" is different. Ordinary people don't know the rules of the entertainment industry, but no one knows the name of CCTV.

News reports in newspapers and discussions with colleagues, classmates, relatives and friends also proved the popularity of the show.

That little girl from the Yang family is really popular!
Looking at these neighbors who kept exaggerating about Mimi's promising future, and making fun of those gangsters by the way, Mama Yang felt very at ease.

As for the big honey, it is mainly surrounded by a large group of children.

"Sister Mimi, is it fun to make a TV series?"

"Sister Mimi, I told my classmate that you are my neighbor. She doesn't believe me. Can you take a photo with me and show her?"

"Sister Mimi, I saw Cao Xuan in "Wulin Biography", do you know him?"

"..."

Da Mimi was a little headache from being quarreled by these little kids, but it was undeniable that she really enjoyed the admiring eyes of the children.

"Cao Xuan, I know him very well. Last time we met, he invited me to dinner and a glass of wine."

Da Mi Mi bragged without blushing, she was right, but Cao Xuan invited all the main creators of "Xiu Chun Knife 2" to dinner, and everyone respected her.

But pretentious, some artistic processing is normal.

If it weren't for the inability to talk about the relationship between Cao Xuan and Hu Jing, she would dare to call herself Cao Xuan's sister-in-law.

Cao Xuan's nationality is not built on, it is well known to women and children, recognized as the most powerful singer, Da Mimi "talked and laughed happily" with him, and resolutely harvested another wave of adoring eyes.

Da Mimi, who was in a good mood, went to her room to take out the candies and snacks she had just bought, and generously distributed them to the children, and then showed off her sisterhood with the fourth little actress, Hu Jing.

This is not bragging, after all, she and Hu Jing are really good, but, in the process of narrating, Da Mimi "slightly" raised herself up.

From the little girl who was a cow and horse in reality, she became a best friend that Hu Jing trusted and relied on, and even Hu Jing's guiding light, a role model in life...

Da Mi Mi was blowing happily, and a boy blushed and said coyly, "Sister Mi Mi, do you know Liu Yifei? Can you get me an autograph?"

"I also like her very much. There is a poster of her in the bedroom. Can Miss Mimi help me get an autograph?"

"Sister Mimi, I don't want Liu Yifei's signature, can you give me your phone number, QQ number is also fine."

"..."

As soon as Liu Tianxian was mentioned, the fourteen and five-year-old boys were all excited, and there were two older boys who were not ashamed to speak, but they also looked forward.

Da Mimi's smile collapsed, and she took back all the snacks and candies from the boys' hands one by one, and greeted the other children who didn't speak.

"Come on, let me go to the house to play computer games, you guys, go home and watch Liu Yifei from "Legend of Sword and Fairy"."

Several boys looked at each other, and a chubby couldn't help curling his lips.

"Why is she like this?"

"Must be jealous—Phoebe is hotter than her."

"I also envy Yifei who is prettier than him."

"Yifei is also in better shape than her."

"No, Miss Mimi seems to have a better figure, big!"

"Ok?"

.........

"Wulin Biography" made Fanxing popular with two little flowers, Damimi and Guo Zhenni.

Especially Da Mi Mi, Guo Furong is a carefree, affectionate and righteous character. It is really lovable. It can be ranked in the top three in the whole drama of "Wulin Biography".

Yao Dazui played his life, and there are still a small group of diehards and a certain amount of popularity. Guo Furong in "Wulin Biography" and Cuiping in "Latent" are the most important characters, and Guo Furong is the one who deserves the most credit. maximum.

As the pinnacle of sitcoms, "Wulin Biography" has a huge audience and influence.

More than ten years later, it is still the first drama in the hearts of countless people.

There was an official media account that started a live broadcast on station b, and broadcast "Wulin Biography" in rotation for 24 hours. In just one month, it gained hundreds of thousands of followers, attracting double-digit official media to follow suit.

Various official and unofficial votes, the audience's favorite TV series, most of the top ten have "Wulin Biography".

In the original time and space, Da Mimi's most popular characters are Guo Xiang from "The Legend of Condor Heroes", Xue Jian from "Legend of Sword and Fairy 3" and Qingchuan from "Gong".

Among them, "Gong" is the most popular, but because of the subject matter, many people don't like it.

Next is Xue Jian in "Legend of Sword and Fairy 3", but there are Liu Shishi and Tang Yan stealing the limelight, the three beauties of Chinese Paladin, the heroine Xue Jian's character charm is the weakest.

Therefore, the most uncontroversial and generally recognized as the most lovable character of Da Mi Mi is actually Guo Xiang in "The Legend of Condor Heroes" shortly after her debut.

However, now with "Wulin Biography", it can be regarded as adding another layer of halo to Damimi. It may not be as bloody as Liu Tianxian, but the popularity of the audience is much better than that of the original time and space.

It is not an exaggeration to say that as long as Da Mi Mi doesn't play to her death, Guo Furong's role will be enough for her for at least 30 years.

It is said that Liu Tianxian is Cao Tianwang's daughter-in-law, but in fact, Cao Xuan is not bad for Da Mimi, his sister-in-law...

(End of this chapter)