China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 463 10 songs, let the American queen cry and be my apprentice
Sunday, September 2006, 2
After nearly a month of fermentation and the promotion of 6 chart-topping songs, Cao Xuan's new album "Legend" is finally officially released worldwide on this day.

Domestic fans who are celebrating the Lantern Festival should listen to it first, and the American side didn't have to wait long, and the release will start in a few hours.

Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Wang Mei came to the recording studio with a few cups of coffee. The girl who was practicing singing saw her, walked out of the room without hesitation, and asked anxiously.

"Did you buy it?"

"bought."

Wang Mei put down the coffee, took out two records from her bag, and still complained: "I have been in the United States for several years and bought a lot of albums. This is the first time I have to wait in line."

She said she was complaining, but Wang Mei couldn't hide her pride, because the man who asked her to line up was her compatriot and boss.

Around 2004, Cao Xuan’s shares in Warner Music Group stabilized, and he was able to borrow some resources to establish a small record company [Mars Records] in the United States, relying on Warner’s soup.

In addition, this record company will also use the channel of Warner Music Group to help some domestic singers sell their albums overseas. Although the response is mediocre, they can sell one by one.

However, the real and most important business of Mars Records is to discover and train new singers.

Find some good seedlings, help to create a tailor-made album, and then sell it through Warner's channels, as long as you can find a good seedling, you can directly earn money.

This is also the routine of many small and medium-sized independent record companies in the United States. Some of them are lucky and even take the opportunity to attract capital and become bigger and stronger.

However, unlike many record companies who cast a wide net and catch more fish, Mars Records takes an elite route, with extremely high thresholds. So far, there is only one signed artist.

Wang Mei glanced at the blond fox-eyed girl who was unpacking the album.

Taylor Swift
It is rumored that the big boss Cao Xuan saw this little girl performing on TV, thought that she was very spiritual, and then instructed the person in charge of the company to contact her.

The little girl's father was a stockbroker. Although he was not a bigwig, he was quite discerning.

He didn't care about the fact that Mars Records was just established and its scale was small. It was just a superficial appearance. Cao Xuan, a first-line superstar, and Warner Music Group stood behind him. Mars Records had more resources than many medium-sized record companies.

His only concern is whether the company pays enough attention to his daughter. After all, no matter how many resources are available, it is useless if they are not used.

At that time, Taylor had joined a record company to learn and polish her professional abilities, but the company felt that Taylor was too young and wanted to give her records after she was 18.

Whether it's a rhetoric or a sincere one, this condition is not something that Taylor, who thinks the conditions are mature, can bear.

So she left her last company, and Taylor was approached by two companies.

One is Mars Records, and the other is also a new company. The boss is a manager who has worked for many record companies.

Comparing the two, Mars Records completely crushed the other party. The only weakness was that the company was willing to accept capital injection from Taylor's father and hold 5% of the shares.

But the shares of a newly established small company are useless at all. The most important thing is the various resources of the record company, which are related to the future of a singer.

Unless Taylor opens the eyes of God and knows that she is the hottest female singer in the United States in the future, she will choose shares.

But if you really know this, there is no need to join other companies, let her father sell the pot and sell the iron, and it will be over.

Cao Tianwang, the eighth generation of poor peasants, had to work hard to earn the first pot of gold if he wanted to rise.

Taylor's family is middle-class, as long as they are willing to spare, there are plenty of ways to start a small record company...

It's a pity that Taylor didn't open the eyes of God, so after a series of discussions, he still chose Mars Records.

Mars Records will tailor an album for Taylor, and then sell it through Warner's channel, using sufficient resources to push Taylor to the top.

The price is several years of long-term contracts and each has the priority to renew the contract, as well as high liquidated damages.

This kind of artist who has grown up since childhood is most afraid of being picked peaches. Boss Cao doesn't care about permanent binding, but he must squeeze the value as much as possible before terminating the contract.

At home, he was still afraid of hanging street lamps and scruples about his reputation, and he paid attention to staying on the front line in everything, but once he was influenced by the corrupt atmosphere of the capitalist society abroad, Cao's naughty nature couldn't be restrained...

After Taylor signed with Mars Records, he basically spent half a year honing his singing skills and preparing for his first album.

Now that the songs for the album have almost been created, the next step is to record the songs, which is expected to be officially completed in the second half of this year.

Wang Mei is Taylor's life assistant. Among the overseas Chinese who immigrated to the United States a few years ago, there are almost a dozen employees of Mars Records, and nearly 40% are overseas Chinese.

Wang Mei, who had engaged in related occupations in China, was appointed as the assistant of the company's only singer Taylor after joining Mars Records, and was also responsible for part of the executive manager's work.

In the case that Taylor has not yet made his debut, the job is very simple.

Today is the day when the big boss Cao Xuan's new album is released. After a series of preparations, this album has already become a huge hit.

Taylor also specifically asked Wang Mei to buy one for her, in the name of watching the boss's demeanor and learning.

But in fact, Taylor has a completely different idea in his heart.

Taylor, who was born in 1989, only turned 12 in December this year. Although she is not the age of a middle school girl, she is not much better.

She has shown artistic talent since she was a child, and has been appreciated by many people since then, and even trained and competed by many professionals, which makes this [-]-year-old girl have her own pride.

Taylor was very happy to be favored by Cao Xuan's company. Although she was not a fan of Cao Xuan's fans, she also recognized Cao Xuan's talent.

Therefore, when the oriental music magician, who is recognized by the industry as the world's top singer-songwriter, valued signing, Taylor was very excited, and even felt a sense of confidant who cherished each other.

After joining Mars Records, Taylor fantasized about meeting Cao Xuan more than once.

Showing his talent, he shocked the crowd. Cao Xuan gasped for breath and exclaimed again and again.

"This woman is so terrifying, she is the queen of the world!"

Then she fell in admiration, cried and shouted on the spot, and wanted to accept her as an apprentice, and even simply married Jinlan and worshiped him. After hesitating again and again, she reluctantly agreed, and then with Cao Xuan's reckless support and help, she reached the pinnacle of life , Opening a road to a legendary queen......

Taylor thought very well, he even rehearsed his lines several times in private, and afterward, he decided to participate in the talk show, how to talk about this past in a calm manner.

But it's a pity that after she joined Mars Records for more than half a year, Cao Xuan didn't even make a phone call, let alone see her.

This result made Taylor extremely frustrated. He had to accept the fact that he was just a rookie. He might be able to attract Cao Xuan's attention, but he was far from being able to pay attention to it.

While Taylor was depressed, she was also a little upset. She felt that Cao Xuan's blindness to gold and jade had greatly underestimated her talent, and the so-called oriental magician was not worthy of the name.

The more the little girl thought about it, the more stubborn she became. She didn't dare to say it, but she kept holding her breath in her heart.

Today I invited Wang Mei to buy Cao Xuan's album, just to find out something wrong, to prove that his surname Cao is just an ordinary person, and his musical attainments are mediocre, so he didn't discover his amazing talent that he couldn't hide.

Professional recording studios naturally have audio-visual equipment. Taylor disassembled the album and played it directly regardless of other peripherals.

Wang Mei also came over with coffee, and two staff members, one is a fan and the other is an industry practitioner, both of them are very curious about this buzzing album.

The first song is "Apologize", which was just performed at Grammy two days ago.

The extreme sadness of light rock and the delicate high-pitched falsetto make people feel the sensitivity and sadness in the song and melody, as well as the firmness and toughness in response to the past.

The story in line with the MV is actually very clear. In a pair of lovers, the girlfriend proposed to break up, but the man was unwilling to accept it. Then the man asked to get back together, but the girlfriend hesitated, and the second time hurt.

So after repeated tugging, the man gave up completely, accepted his girlfriend's "I'm sorry", and completely let go of this relationship.

While the story is a bit humble, it's essentially one of those rare anti-lick dog songs.

It's a pity that many people use this song as a love song to lick it...

This song was an amazing song at the Grammys, and then spread quickly. Although the Billboard singles list for the new week has not yet been announced, many people think that this song is expected to hit the top ten of the Billboard.

Taylor listened to the song quietly, and then fell silent for a few seconds.

Frankly, if she's nitpicking, she can pick a lot from this song.

But this is meaningless, no song in the world is perfect, if you take those classics handed down from generation to generation, some people still don't like them.

Therefore, to analyze whether a song is good or bad, we should not just pick faults, but look at the various advantages of the song.

When a song, especially a popular song, has enough advantages, even the overall quality is excellent, then some shortcomings will not affect the spread of the song at all.

And this "Apologize" is a very mature and distinctive pop song with obvious advantages and selling points.

At least Taylor compares this song with his new album objectively in his own mind. Except for the title song, he still has some confidence, and the quality of other songs is obviously not as good.

Taylor's blue fox eyes flickered.

Cao Xuan is a famous singer's album, it is normal to have a few high-quality songs, and she is also mentally prepared, but she does not believe that the entire album is high-quality.

She had read the previous "Release", and only half of them were truly remarkable, and there were a few songs that were slightly better than ordinary songs.

But very soon, Cao Xuan told her a cruel fact, geniuses are very powerful, but the most powerful in this world is a coward...

"We Don't Talk Anymore"

"Monsters"

"Something Just Like This"

"Roar"

"Rolling in the Deep"

Even though Taylor had heard it before, but witnessed

Five consecutive high-quality songs that ranked in the top ten of the Billboard singles chart appeared in the same album, which still shocked her heart.

Is this really just an ordinary album, not a classic collection of the singer's entire career?

Moreover, even many big names in the music scene may not be able to cobble together so many high-quality songs in their lifetime.

Taylor complained wildly in his heart, and the mentality of finding fault that he had sworn before was unknowingly weaker.

No matter how conceited she is in the second grade, she has not reached the point of arrogance and ignorance. Even the more genius she is, the more she can feel the super high difficulty of this kind of god who is rarely encountered once in ten years.

It is too difficult for Taylor to pick a thorn in this kind of album.

Or to put it more harshly, Taylor, who hadn't made his debut at this time, had no qualifications to pick on Cao Xuan.

However, it is not an easy task to make a tsundere genius girl of this age to succumb to defeat obediently.

Taylor continued to watch the album with scrutiny, vowing to find a loophole that could slap "Cao Xuan" in the face.

Then go to contact Cao Xuan and let her see her amazing talent.

Thinking about these fine songs before, Taylor felt that he should give in.

Cao Xuan can stop crying and shouting, throwing herself around and accepting herself as an apprentice. As long as he asks, she can immediately give Cao Xuan face and become his student "reluctantly".

When Taylor was at war with heaven and man in his heart, the new album finally played the last 4 new songs that had not been released.

"Legends Never Die"

The blood-boiling melody and soul-stirring high-pitched roar sounded, and the goosebumps of several people in front of the TV sang.

Taylor himself prefers natural and gentle country music, but he is still sung by this hot-blooded rock.

Many of Cao Xuan's rock fans were disappointed by the lack of rock color in the previous new songs, but the appearance of this song may comfort many rock fans.

But Taylor was a little puzzled. Why didn't Cao Xuan perform such a high-burning song in the Super Bowl? The effect of the live performance must be excellent.

However, when she remembered Cao Xuan's amazing performance in those 3 songs in the Super Bowl, Taylor suddenly understood Cao Xuan's thoughts.

If you have a good hand, you will win anyway, and it doesn't matter which one you play first.

The arrogance of Cao Xuan calmly bringing out two new songs reappeared in his mind, and Taylor couldn't help but grit his teeth.

Could it be that having (kai) talent (gua) letting (wu) sex (di)...

"Skin"

The MV is quite similar to the original version. After obtaining the consent of the prototype, a child was found to film the story of the Chernobyl incident based on the prototype. At the same time, at the end of the MV, I would like to express my condolences and condolences to all the victims and the heroes who participated in the rescue. tribute.

The sad melody and Cao Xuan's vicissitudes of life and perseverance not only make people feel a kind of deep loneliness, but also vividly express the pain and strength of the protagonist in the MV story, just like the lyrics.

"When the walls came down
when everything collapses

I was thinking about you
all i think about is you

about you
It's all you

......"

This song may not be the most profound song in Cao Xuan's album, but it is definitely the song with the strongest humanistic care, and it is also a song that can make people silent and moving.

The previous few songs were mostly love and inspirational songs, but this song "Skin" shows the great love in the world, which makes people instantly see the pattern of Cao Tianwang.

Such songs are highly rated no matter where they are in the world, and they have an advantage in competing for honors compared to ordinary songs.

Taylor has little experience, but the two recording studio staff immediately concluded after hearing this song that "Skin" is an absolute champion single.

And it is expected to win awards, and it is expected to win many international social awards. Unfortunately, it is about Chernobyl. If the commemorative songs similar to the 911/[-] incident reach this level of depth and quality, I am afraid it will directly kill the Grammys.

"Let her go"

The only song that has not been introduced so far is called "Let Go of Love" in Chinese translation, which is British folk style.

Launched in 2014, it became a huge hit in the UK, ranking first in the UK music charts for a long time, and won multiple nominations at the Brit Awards that year.

The single sales data of this song is also good. The sales of the album in the UK exceeded one million, and the sales in the US exceeded 400 million. It broke several records of British singers, and the results are also very impressive.

In fact, at first Cao Xuan wanted to get another champion single, but found it unnecessary because the album "Legend" was too strong.

There are at least 5 songs that are expected to reach the top, and the other songs are not hopeless.

In this case, it has been possible to achieve a strong dominance to the greatest extent, and even many songs may not reach their original results due to internal friction.

After all, some songs may dominate the charts for several weeks if they are taken out alone, and now the internal coordination of the championship means that some songs will be sacrificed.

When the water is full, it will overflow, and when the moon is full, it will lose money!
Everything is too much, 10 masterpieces are already a masterpiece, enough for Cao Xuan to hit the world's top superstars, there are plenty of cards, play slowly, don't worry.

Taylor is a fan of country music. She moved to Nashville because this is one of the strongholds of country music in the United States, where she got guidance from many big names in the country music industry.

And a big branch of country music is country folk songs, and several songs in Taylor's new album are country folk songs.

Although Cao Xuan's song is a British-style folk song, the lyrical and gentle music style still fascinates her listening to it, and she can't wait to learn it with a small notebook.

But thinking about the last song, Taylor suppressed his thoughts and silently waited for the tenth song of the "Legend" album.

"What are words"

The elegant and sad prelude hooked the audience's ears in an instant, and the slightly hoarse and sad singing voice, with a magical power that made people want to cry, pulled people into the story.

However, for many people who have watched "Fairy Tale", this MV is a little bit of a joke, because it is a replica of "Fairy Tale" in a sense.

It's just that the male protagonist has changed from a pianist to an ordinary bartender. The female protagonist is not terminally ill, but a car accident.

The difference from the reality is that the hero and heroine in the MV story stay together until the heroine dies, and the hero appears in front of the grave with flowers, and stands silently for a long time with tears in his eyes, before leaving desolately at dusk.

Although it is a bit unlucky and out of play, I have to say that the number of times Hu Jing and Zeng Li died in Cao Xuan's MV story adds up to almost double digits.

That is to say, the East and West Palaces did not come out, otherwise the outside world would wonder if Cao Xuan is addicted to dead wives.

In fact, the English version of the "Fairy Tale" MV, the original version did not want to let the heroine die, but let the heroine recover, and then live together sweetly.

But Cao Xuan felt that the song was too sad, and in the end sprinkling sugar violated the tone of the MV song, so instead of sweetening it, he had to throw out knives and torture it desperately.

In fact, the prototype heroine of the story is not dead, she seems to have recovered a lot, but she broke up with the prototype heroine, the singer.

But Cao Xuan felt that the heroine of the MV story should die, how could the heroine’s pain be reflected by not dying.

When the firm infatuation waits and does not usher in the due ending, it will appear more desperate and heartbroken...

Accompanied by the combined impact of the singing and the MV story, Taylor, a little girl, burst into tears, and the two staff members also had tears in their eyes.

Even though Wang Mei has watched the "Fairy Tale" MV more than once, and even watched the movie "Fairy Tale", she still couldn't hold back her emotions when facing this MV, and couldn't help but get red eyes.

After a few minutes of relief, the staff and Wang Mei were full of praise for this album and praised it again and again.

The results of the first 6 songs are already unfamiliar, but these 4 new songs are also very good, even in the eyes of the three of them, they have the potential to reach the championship.

Especially "Skin" and "What are words" are amazing, and the results are probably not inferior to "Roar" and "Rolling in the Deep".

Tyler himself fell into complete silence.

She thought about these 10 songs over and over by herself, and finally came to a conclusion that she couldn't pick out anything that could refute the question that shocked Cao Xuan.

And most importantly, Taylor has little willingness to find fault at this time.

This arrogant and talented girl is now completely impressed by Cao Xuan's musical talent in "Legend", and even has a bit of admiration for Cao Xuan.

In the true sense, I know what it means to be [There are people outside people, there are (you) days (gua) outside the sky (gua) and (wai) outside the sky (gua)].

Looking at the album cover in his hand, Taylor couldn't help wondering if Cao Xuan would accept him if he cried and yelled and begged Cao Xuan to learn from him.

I heard from Sister Mei that Chinese people respect their teachers, and they seem to have to kowtow when they are apprentices. Do you want to kowtow yourself...

That night, under Taylor's persuasion, Wang Mei finally agreed to ask the leader to see if she could contact Cao Xuan.

In fact, what Taylor didn't know was that Cao Xuan had always paid close attention to her.

Anyway, after the first day in the United States in the future, the living cash cow, every 15 to 20 days or so, Mars Records will report the progress to Cao Xuan.

In fact, Cao Xuan wanted to see her a long time ago, but the schedule was tight in the United States, and he always came and went in a hurry, so he didn't have much time.

As for the phone call, he has never met, and he doesn't know what to talk about with a 16-year-old American girl, so if he really can't meet, he will wait for Taylor to release the album and then call to encourage him.

Because of this, it was still easier for Taylor to contact Cao Xuan than many people.

After Cao Xuan got the call for instructions, he called Taylor directly.

After a brief silence + half a minute of girl screaming, Cao Xuan rubbed his ears, and then listened to Taylor excitedly wanting to learn to create music with himself.

When Cao Tianwang heard the words, he couldn't help the weirdness on his face, and other people were fine with it. Taylor still needed to be taught when he was creating, and the 28-character mantra was done.

More love and more breakups,
Don't worry about writing material.

If the inspiration is still exhausted,
Talk about a new boyfriend.

Hey, I really belong to the orthodox Wei Wu lineage, and I have the demeanor of my ancestors Jian'an Sancao. It can be said that I am a kid in the entertainment industry, Cao Badou in the new century...

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ps: I had a party last night, and I didn’t have time to code, so I could only go home and stay up late to write. If I have time on the road, it shouldn’t be a problem to take the time to read a few chapters to catch up. There’s no need to go to other people’s comment areas to catch me (=°ω° )

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