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Chapter 460 The Super Bowl Halftime Show "Snatched" from the Rolling Stones
The Super Bowl is the annual championship game of the NFL Professional Football League, which is roughly equivalent to the Champions League final in European football and the annual NBA Finals.

However, football also has the World Cup and the European Cup, and basketball also has the Olympics. The gold content of the Champions League and the NBA Finals is not undisputedly the first in the football/basketball field.

Rugby is weak due to the influence of national events, and the Super Bowl is the highest event and honor of the sport.

Rugby is divided into British and American, the latter has more influence and is the most popular sport in the United States and some North American regions.

The annual Super Bowl is also the event that most Americans pay attention to every year. Its ratings are often the highest in the United States throughout the year, and its single-day food consumption is second only to Thanksgiving. Its influence can be understood as the Spring Festival Gala in the United States.

Well, it's not the Spring Festival Gala where the later generations pull their hips, but the Spring Festival Gala at its peak...

The Super Bowl is one of the most commercially exploited events in the world, and one can even be eliminated.

Broadcasting rights, ticket revenue, advertising fees, and various developments don’t make a lot of money. These capitalists can’t sleep because they want to go home at night.

Therefore, the Super Bowl is both a game and a commercial carnival.

In order to attract the audience as much as possible and increase the advertising and ratings, during the Super Bowl, there was also a special halftime performance show, and big-name singers were invited to help out.

In 1993, at the peak of his popularity, Michael Jackson made his Super Bowl debut and delivered a performance that will go down in history.

Since then, the Super Bowl halftime star performance rules have also been opened. The combination of sports games and music entertainment has greatly increased the ratings of the Super Bowl, and it has become a true American Spring Festival Gala.

By 2006, the Super Bowl Halftime Show had been established for more than ten years, and its influence was increasing day by day, causing countless world music superstars to flock to it, and many people even took pride in singing on stage.

This is not the first time Warner has contacted Cao Xuan for the Super Bowl. It was in 2002, and the closest one was in 2004.

At that time, Cao Xuan's second English album was released, and the billboards went crazy. He won two championship singles, and also landed on the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.

The person in charge of the Super Bowl was very tempted at one point, and even discussed the details with Warner, but due to various considerations, he was cut off by Janet Jackson and Justin Jia.

Then there was the most famous scene in the history of the Super Bowl halftime show, not much less famous than Michael Jackson's groundbreaking performance.

Janet Jackson plummeted from the top actress in the United States, was once blocked by Xuezang, and has not come out of the shadows so far.

Don't think that the United States is particularly open. Conservatives are very powerful. Many European and American actresses have been humiliated by DF, especially at the beginning of the century, because of similar scandals and incidents. There are countless artists who have passed away.

All kinds of feminism and other political correctness in Hollywood in later generations were backlashed, partly because of the cause and effect planted by being too conservative during this period.

This incident has a great impact around the world. In the United States, the Conservative Party criticized it, and many related activities and projects were affected. The 2004 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show was therefore directly suspended.

The Super Bowl halftime show in early 2005 was almost harmonized, so it was handled very low-key.

Cao Xuan is Chinese, no matter how the performance is, it will definitely cause some controversy. Naturally, he will not be selected at the time, and he will miss it again.

Until this year, the shadow of the incident two years ago has passed, and the person in charge of Super Wrist has become more courageous. After Warner contacted, the two sides have been negotiating.

Then I saw the strong and crazy performance of Cao Xuan's new album "Legend".

In early January, the first song "We Don't Talk Anymore" from Cao Xuan's new album began to hit the charts.

It rushed to No.14 on the Billboard Top 11 singles list in the first week, and No.8 in the second week. It has already reached the top ten, ranking No.[-] on the Billboard.

And in late January, Cao Xuan's second hit song "Monsters" quickly became popular on the Internet and among fans with its ethereal and moving melody and lyrics.

At that time, the first song performed well, largely due to the collaboration between Cao Xuan and Avril Lavigne.

This is also the reason why Cao Xuan put this song on the top of the list, it is to combine the fame of the two to open up the situation as soon as possible.

And the second song is much easier to handle, you can directly use the popularity of the previous songs, if the quality is good, the momentum will be even stronger.

This is the case with "Monsters", which rushed to the top ten of the Billboard Top [-] in the first week, and came to the sixth on the list in the second week.

Although the time has not moved since then, the popularity is extremely high. Many people in the industry are optimistic about this song, thinking that it can rush to the top three, and even become a champion single.

Two consecutive Billboard top ten songs, one of which can even hit the championship single.

It may be an exaggeration to say that it shocked the American music scene, but it does make people see the strength of Cao Xuan's new album.

Many of the top American celestial kings and queens have released new albums in this way, or even slightly worse.

Many people are curious about what kind of surprise this [Oriental Music Magician] will bring to everyone this time after being silent for two years. Does his new album still have such a high-quality blockbuster.

Cao Xuan replied: Yes!
In late January, when Cao Xuan was preparing for the Spring Festival Gala in China, the third hit song of his new album was released——

"Rolling in the Deep"

The Chinese translation is called "Tears in the Deep", the masterpiece of the European and American queen Adele, and the first title song of the second album.

How good is this song? Not only did Adele win the Billboard Top 7 for the first time, but she also won the Billboard Top 2011 for [-] consecutive weeks, and even finally won the year-end ranking of the [-] Billboard Top [-] champion.

And this song also won three awards from the Grammy Awards: [Best Single of the Year], [Best Production of the Year], and [Best MV].

Two word evaluation: Wang Zha!

To be honest, Cao Tianwang has been eyeing Adele for a long time. After all, she is the daughter of Grammy and Billboard. The sales volume is crazy, the charts are smashing, and the awards are also soft.

As early as when preparing for the second English album, Cao Xuan wanted to pluck the wool.

Later, considering Adele's extraordinary singing skills, wide range of vocals, and high difficulty in singing songs, Cao Xuan waited for two years in order to be on the safe side, and further improved and refined his singing skills. He felt that he could present it perfectly, and finally opened up Adele. you.

In fact, it's not just this song, there are many songs in Cao Xuan's new album, including the first two songs, the difficulty of singing is not low, and the singing skills of ordinary singers can't be mastered at all.

According to the routine of martial arts, songs are martial arts moves, singing skills are internal strength, and what functions and voices should be more personal talents.

Some people have amazing talents, they can use any moves they can use, and those with poor talents have to work hard on their internal strength to develop their skills so that they can be as good as their fingers.

Boss Cao is a steady person. He doesn't have enough internal strength and his moves are not proficient. He won't play in the ring, otherwise it would be too embarrassing to be abused.

There was a two-year pause in the middle, of course there was a reason for switching to movies, but it was also because Cao Xuan wanted to further polish his internal strength, and then hold back a super big move.

There is no doubt that Cao Tianwang's choice is correct.

The speed of European and American singers releasing albums is actually slow. It is normal for big names to release an album every two years, and it is also very common to release an album every three or four years. Therefore, the patience of fans is much longer than that in China.

Cao Xuan delayed the release of his new album for two years, and his popularity will definitely fluctuate, but the impact is not particularly large, unless his new album hits the street.

And this kind of questioning voice, following Cao Xuan's smashing of three high-quality hit songs in January, directly knocked out the American music scene.

"Rolling in the Deep" was the last to go online, but it was the most eye-catching song.

The first week was ninth on the Billboard Singles Chart, and the second week, it is now ranked fourth. According to this trend, it can reach the top three or even higher in two weeks at most.

A Billboard single top ten, the American music scene smiled lightly.

The top ten of the two Billboard singles, the American music scene was slightly surprised.

However, the top ten of the three Billboard singles charts all reached the top ten within three weeks, and two of them are expected to hit the top singles. The most important thing is that they are only songs on the charts. The album is sure to hold up.

This time the American music world can't sit still!

.........

Cao Xuan's first EP album "Chris Tsao" had the best chart performance. Two songs took the runner-up on the Billboard singles chart, and all three songs entered the top ten of the chart.

The second official studio album "Release" is also the album that made Cao Xuan famous.

A total of two championship singles were produced, and a total of four songs entered the top ten of the Billboard singles chart.

This ratio is already a very powerful achievement for an album, plus a single album sales of nearly 2000 million, 4 Grammy Awards, 2 Brit Awards, and various other achievements.

It is no exaggeration to say that the album "Release" is destined to be recorded in the history of the world's music scene.become one of the classic albums.

It is precisely because of the super performance of "Release" that the outside world pays special attention to Cao Xuan's new album.

Although many fans have hope for Cao Xuan, most people still think that it will be difficult for Cao Xuan's new album to surpass the milestone album "Release".

When Warner was initially building momentum for Cao Xuan's new album, an American reporter and music critic named Aurangdon publicly clamored in his news column.

"The Chinese have a "Release" is already blessed by God, but God will not always favor a person of yellow race, just watch, the new album will let this so-called oriental music magician show his original shape, and then go back to Asia obediently."

There are many fans of Aurangdon's speech.

In the past few years, Cao Xuan showed off his prowess in the music scene, achieved outstanding results, and had scandals with many well-known actresses.

For example, Shakira, Britney Spears, Avril Lavigne, and several Victoria's Secret supermodels, so many people don't particularly like Cao Xuan.

Especially in the eyes of American rednecks, black people, and some conservative males, Cao Xuan's word-of-mouth reputation is relatively poor among singers of the same level.

But this does not mean that Cao Xuan has no supporters. In the eyes of many young people and non-subject ethnic groups in the United States, Cao Xuan still has many fans.

Especially Asian, many people like him very much, Chinese are the most hardcore existence, especially young Chinese, if they don’t listen to Cao Xuan’s songs, they will even be excluded.

Similarly, for overseas students and other groups who want to break into Chinese or even Asian groups, pretending to be fans of Cao Xuan is a good entry point.

On the other hand, Cao Xuan looks like a dragon, and his facial features are more three-dimensional than ordinary Chinese people. He is popular in Asia, and many people in Europe and the United States prefer his face. This is why Cao Xuan has been shortlisted in the selection of the world's handsome men. .

Don't listen to the marketing account's nonsense, saying that Europeans and Americans think that Sister Feng is beautiful, and that Fan Xiaopang and Liu Tianxian are average, it is completely nonsense.

Different aesthetics does not mean that people are blind!
Just like many Chinese, although many aesthetic habits are different, they can still clearly distinguish many handsome men from Europe and the United States. Most Europeans and Americans can also recognize handsome men from East Asia. Maybe they don’t catch a cold, but there are still divisions in appearance. .

But it’s hard to say about old blacks, it’s not racial discrimination, but some old blacks do have a big difference in aesthetics from normal Asians...

Therefore, under normal aesthetics, Cao Tianwang has a lot of girl fans even in Europe and America.

If he is willing, the heroic blood of the old Cao family that has been handed down for thousands of years can be spread to North America, South America, Europe, Australia, and even Africa, Cao Xuan said lightly.

Therefore, in the United States, Cao Xuan still has a large number of fans. Even if he is not a fan of his, he may like his songs and have a good impression of him.

So Aurangdon's speech caused dissatisfaction among many people. Many fans of Cao Xuan called and complained through the Internet, demanding an apology from him.

But Aurangdon was right, and was even very happy. He became popular when there was such a controversy, and even appeared on several TV shows.

After he tasted the sweetness, whether he really looked down on Cao Xuan or wanted to continue to hype his fame, he just continued to speak nonsense on a certain talk show.

"Barkley once made a bet with Yao to kiss a donkey's ass, and I also put in Aurangdon's words.

If Chris Cao's new album can surpass the previous "Release", I will kiss the pig's ass on TV, no, I will directly give the pig to the sun..."

After the release of these remarks, it attracted a lot of attention, and Aurangdon quickly became popular. Although his reputation is not good, as long as he is popular, it is nothing.

Aurangdon was very proud, especially that Cao Xuan and Warner had not responded to this, which made him feel that Cao Xuan was guilty.

In the end, he didn't feel complacent for long, and Cao Xuan's first song began to hit the charts.

Aurangdon's heart sank when he quickly reached the top ten on the bulletin board, but he still dismissed the provocations from Cao Xuan's fans and continued to hold on on social platforms.

In his opinion, Cao Xuan is a well-known first-line singer no matter what. It's normal to have such a high-quality title song in his hand. It would be strange if he didn't do well.

But when the second hit song "Monsters" also entered the Billboard top ten and was expected to win the championship, Aurangdon panicked a little.

He is a professional and understands all the ways of releasing an album. In order to sell the new album, Cao Xuan must keep a finale song and release the album.

This finale song is usually the best or second best song on the album, which means it is at least not much different from "Monsters", and has a high chance of breaking into the top ten.

"Release" only has four Billboard top ten songs. Although the new album is not as good as it is for the time being, its potential has already been revealed.

At this time, Aurangdon was somewhat aware of the seriousness of the problem, but he still had a certain fluke mentality.

There are only three songs, and he doesn't believe that the Chinese can come up with another hit?
Then in late January, "Rolling in the Deep" came out, and reached No. 1 on the Billboard Top [-] in just two weeks.

I dare not say that becoming the champion single is a sure thing, but the probability is indeed very high. Not surprisingly, there is more than 70% chance of reaching the top.

Three songs, three resounding slaps on Aurangdon's face, and he quickly became a joke in the American music scene.

His social media comment area is full of ridicule and run by Cao Xuan fans, as well as the gloating crowd and colleagues.

"Auronden, what breed of pig do you like? My family's farm can satisfy you."

“@美国国际电视, MUST LIVE THIS GUY, OR I WILL NOT BUY A CABLE PACKAGE FOR NEXT YEAR.”

"Man, come on, you will definitely become a world famous pig, and that poor pig will also become a world famous pig."

"Don't be afraid, Aurangdon, you must fight the Chinese to the end, we all support you."

"Oh my God, come and see who this is, a pig-riding warrior from New York State."

"Humans can't, at least they shouldn't, Sun Pig, still TM live broadcast, disgusting, disgusting."

"..."

Aurandon doesn't have to read the comments on social networking platforms, and he doesn't have to answer the phone at home, but the media and people who eat melons can't stop him from coming to the house.

The wife was already angry and took the child back to her natal home. His old father in Texas almost rushed to him with a spray gun and shot him dead, avenging the family.

The most frightening thing is that the neighbor next door even sent all his pets to his relatives for temporary foster care, because he was afraid that he would plot evil.

Aurondon was completely overwhelmed by the neighbor's words. After being incompetent and furious at home and smashing a lot of things, he forced his respect to the reporters who came.

"So far, that Chinese person's new album only has three songs in the top ten of the Billboard, and none of the top singles. The winner is still unknown. I believe in my own professional judgment."

The reporter ignored what Aurendon said later, and just said very curiously and playfully: "If you lose, will you keep your promise?"

Aurangdon wanted to shake his head, but he still nodded his head when he looked at the camera on his face and the crowd watching.

"of course."

Whistles sounded one after another. For most people, they didn't care who won or lost, they just wanted to watch Aurangdon's live broadcast.

Cao Xuan also learned about this episode from Warner.

How should I put it, helping others has always been a traditional virtue of the Chinese nation. Boss Cao is known for his warm heart, and he will definitely help if he can.

However, compared to helping Aurangdon pursue himself, he values ​​the opportunity of the Super Bowl halftime show more.

There are many big names competing this year, and the Rolling Stones are the most threatening to Cao Xuan.

This veteran hall-level band is stronger than him in terms of fame and influence.

In September last year, the Rolling Stones released a new album after many years. Although the results are not top-notch, they are not bad. The key is that the Rolling Stones’ feelings and popularity are based here. The advantages are too great. It is possible to bring the world’s top superstars here. I dare not say that I can rob them.

To be honest, when I first heard that the Rolling Stones were going to be invited to the Super Bowl this year, Warner thought of giving up, and then I just thought about stuffing Cao Xuan in.

The Super Bowl halftime show does not count the time to set up the stage, which is generally about 13 to 15 minutes.

Three songs can be sung at this time, and if it is cut tightly, four songs are barely enough, which can accommodate Cao Xuan and the Rolling Stones to perform together.

But the Rolling Stones don't really want to cooperate with others, and Cao Xuan doesn't really want to be a foil to the Rolling Stones.

No matter how great this band is, Cao Xuan is here to promote the new album. It is not good for people to be exposed as a younger brother. In addition to the good name and mediocre practicality, it is better to go to the NBA All-Star Game than this.

It stands to reason that the Rolling Stones and Cao Xuan are a good choice.

However, over the past month or so, Cao Xuan’s new album’s outstanding performance and rising popularity, as well as Cao Xuan’s previous two new songs that he added to the Super Bowl, made the person in charge reluctant to give up Cao Xuan’s bright spot. .

Under the stalemate between the two sides, Jagger, the lead singer of the Rolling Stones, was dissatisfied with the hesitation of the Super Bowl organizer, and angrily led others to withdraw.

However, according to the gossip Cao Xuan got from Edgar when he was young, the reason why Jagger took people away was because of the host’s hesitation and anger, and the bigger reason was because of the peach blossom lawsuit.

The lead singer of the Rolling Stones is notoriously flirtatious, and the older he gets, the more he refuses to admit defeat. His eighth child was born when he was 73 years old. At the age of 74, he was exposed by the British gossip media to go out and steal.

timeless belongs to is...

Compared with him, Cao Daguan is a self-righteous gentleman. The most important thing is that this old man is so bold that he is not honest when he comes to Detroit to participate in the rehearsal.

Perhaps because he was pushed too hard by Cao Xuan, Jagger was in a bad mood. As soon as he was in Detroit, he was busy meeting friends to vent his anger. One of his "good friends" was exactly the prisoner of a certain underground boss in Detroit.

Where is Detroit?
The real version of Little Gotham in the United States, although it is not as bankrupt as the later generations, has reached the lowest point, but it is still enough to be "simple and simple".

Even if the underground gangsters are afraid of causing trouble and dare not kill celebrities, as long as they are secretly caught, there will be 100 ways to make you regret it for life in a short time.

No matter how bad it is, I can't stand being caught and beaten a few times. Jagger is 63 this year, and in his sixtieth year, if he encounters a fool who is neither serious nor serious, he may have to see God.

Jagger didn't dare to gamble, so he and his elder brothers ran away directly. I heard that the others seemed to be involved, so they were very united and moved forward together.

Originally, the person in charge of the Super Bowl had been coordinating the two parties to perform together, but they hit a wall, but now they don't have to worry about it, and they go all-in on Cao Xuan.

Not only Cao Xuan was invited to participate, but a single guest supported the entire Super Bowl halftime show alone.

There is no way, the time is too tight, Cao Xuan mainly has new songs, and then invites other singers to come over, the rehearsal tacit understanding is not enough, it is better to let Cao Xuan play it by himself.

In previous Super Bowl halftime shows, it is rare for a solo guest like Cao Xuan.

Not to mention the 90s, since the beginning of the new century, most of them have been collaborations between singers and groups, with only two exceptions.

One was in 2002, when the U2 band alone held up the entire halftime show, and the other was in 2005, when Paul McCartney sang alone.

The former is a band, which is actually considered a group performance. Only Paul McCartney really has a single protagonist.

And this guy is one of the founders of the Beatles, an important figure in the rock circle, and his qualifications and achievements are even better than Jagger of the Rolling Stones.

Cao Xuan always thought he was lucky, but his good luck was unbelievable in this case. It was a bit unreasonable to use the protagonist's halo, and he always felt that something was wrong.

After thinking about it, I still couldn't help calling Mike for advice, and Mike gave some pointers quietly.

The Rolling Stones have been in contact with Universal for the past two years, and are preparing to part ways with their old club EMI, which they have cooperated with for nearly 30 years. Many people in EMI are unhappy with Jagger and others.

With little Edgar's contacts in the recording industry for many years, as long as he has a lot of chips, not to mention instigating rebellion, it is really not difficult to contact someone close to the Rolling Stones to help.

For example, how did Jagger get the contact information of the boss's ban?
Old people like the Rolling Stones must have done a good job of keeping secrets, but how did they know about it?

Afterwards, how did Jagger get the news and run away before Kushou made his move?

Tsk tsk, it's terrifying to think about it!

Cao Xuan actually looked down on little Edgar before, thinking he was a prodigal son, but this time he looked at him with admiration.

No matter how the business is done, the Yin people really have a way, and they are decisive and ruthless enough.

Cao Xuan also raised a bit of vigilance towards him in his heart.

Warner Music Group wanted to go public, and was preparing to push Cao Xuan to become popular. The Rolling Stones blocked the way at the Super Bowl, so Edgar Jr. killed him.

If one day in the future, Cao Xuan blocks the way of little Edgar, will similar routines be used on Cao Xuan?

Cao Xuan objectively judged his personal relationship with little Edgar, and his integrity with these American capitalists, and he came up with an affirmative answer. He will have to guard against these old bastards in the future.

However, no matter what little Edgar's purpose is, Cao Xuan really has to thank him for the super wrist.

Let him enjoy the charm of America's top stage by himself...

(End of this chapter)