China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 476 "Evil Knight" Cao Guanren
In mid-July, the national top 7 of "Tomorrow's Star" will be promoted to the top [-]. There will be a week off, during which there will be an additional round of play-offs.

The winner can get the qualification to sing the song "Painting Heart" "created" by Cao Xuan himself.

Since it is a play-off, and it means more publicity, the competition system does not strictly follow the progress of the second season of "Tomorrow's Star".

The selection of candidates for the play-offs is very simple, the top ten in the online and SMS voting popularity list, regardless of whether the players are eliminated or not.

To put it bluntly, the gimmicks and exposure that movies need, it is really useless to have a singer who is good at singing but not very popular. What is needed is a popular singer to add luster.

Before the play-offs, 48 ​​hours of voting time were set aside for all players to solicit votes.

In the end, 10 players were selected, all of whom were popular players, and only three of them were female players.

The song "Painting Heart" is more suitable for girls to sing, so at the beginning, this play-off competition basically decided the final candidate range by default, and even the competition system also canceled the off-site voting, focusing on the judges and the audience, which is convenient for operation.

Of course, if any male contestant really performs super well, the program team doesn't have to be the top performer. With a little modification, the male "Painting Heart" can also sing.

However, this year's "Rising Star" did not expect to disappoint Cao Xuan, and popular players often did not fully represent their strength.

Among the several male contestants, Ma Tianyu and Li Yugang were the most eye-catching ones. Yushen Xiao Jingquan, who had barely made it to the top ten in the Lin popularity list, was eliminated in the first round because of his abnormal performance.

In addition, although Zhang Han and Li Yifeng are popular, their stage performances are still quite inferior.

On the contrary, among the female singers, Qi Wei and Shang Wenjie performed well and were taken care of by the program group. In the end, Qi Wei narrowly won and became the "lucky one" at the end.

As for Shang Wenjie, Cao Xuan has restrained himself by kicking her out of the second season of "Rising Star" without engaging in shady activities.

The entertainment industry is mixed with dragons and snakes, but there are not many unscrupulous bosses like her who squeeze people's blood to death. Even a capitalist like Boss Cao feels disgusted when he sees it.

This kind of person thinks it's a waste of rope to hang the street lamp, so he just chugs, and the bullet feels unlucky...

But even so, the result of this play-off still cannot hide the "shady" fact.

In the main competition of "Tomorrow's Star", Fanxing has not intervened too much. At most, it is helping some popular contestants from the side, hoping that they will go further and increase the ratings, but there is nothing shady about it.

Since the play-offs are promotion + singer selection, there is not so much attention to it, and it is more about movies.

Although this kind of situation abounds in the entertainment industry, it is already an open secret, but Boss Cao is still relatively particular.

Afterwards, in the name of the "Painted Skin" crew, the program group gave each of the 9 unselected contestants 1 cash for their appearance as compensation and advertising expenses.

As for Qi Wei, he didn't have a dime, but he got an opportunity that was countless times more valuable than 1 yuan.

Sign Fanxing!

"Painted Skin" singing opportunity!
Sing at the premiere!
Even if she made it to the finals of the second season of "Rising Star", unless she won the championship, it would not be as good as the benefits gained from this play-off.

What she didn't even know was that due to the lack of overall contestants in the second season of "Rising Star" this year, Fanxing's threshold for signing singers has been tightened.

Apart from the scheduled top ten singers in the country, there are only one or two singers who perform well and are expected to break through the restrictions.

And even among the top ten potential singers in the country, there are actually so many artists from other companies or other companies who are in contact with signing contracts, and Fanxing didn't stop them, which shows that they are disappointed with the quality of the contestants in the second season of "Rising Star".

Of course, Fanxing's high profile is also because the first season caught a lot of good seedlings, not worrying about popular and talented singers, and the desire for newcomers is not so high.

Under such a premise, Qi Wei was very lucky to be able to sign into Fanxing, and he could directly get the song written by Cao Xuan.

Not to mention the newcomers in the second season of "Tomorrow's Star", many famous singers in the first season are very envious.

Qi Wei himself was dizzy all the time, until he came to the Fanxing Building with the director of the Fanxing program group and signed the artist contract, he still felt a little fake.

"My surname is Wan. You can call me Brother Wan from now on. I see that you have no place to live in the capital according to your information. I will take you to find a dormitory first."

Although she had just signed the contract, Qi Wei was assigned to a manager. The man who called himself Wan Ge arranged for her to work on the signing process, and introduced her own strength by the way to shock Mengxin.

"Do you know Xue Zhiqian?"

Qi Wei nodded obediently: "I know, last season's album "Serious Snow" released this year is very popular."

Wan Ge patted his chest proudly: "I brought him."

"Do you know Zhang Jie?"

Qi Wei said in surprise: "I know too well, the last champion, the pride of our Sichuan Province, Mr. Cao... No, I sang the song "This Is Love" that the boss wrote for him in the competition."

Brother Wan was even more proud, with a bright smile: "He is also my artist."

"And our boss, don't need my introduction."

Qi Wei was all excited, and looked at Brother Wan adoringly: "Have you brought the boss before?"

"Ahem, that's not true."

Seeing the little girl's adoring eyes, Wan Ge wanted to nod, but he still had a clue in his heart after all, coughed twice, and expressed his restraint.

"I can't talk about coaching the boss, but around 2002, I worked as an executive agent for the boss for two years. I participated in part of the Pepsi contract, the World Cup final performance, and the first Grammy match."

Qi Wei, who is still new to the circle, doesn't understand Wan Ge's words, but in fact, her manager's resume is still very good, and she rushes to get it in other companies, even in Fanxing, it is also the focus of training brokers people.

Otherwise, he would not be able to be the manager of Zhang Jie and Xue Zhiqian, and he would also get Qi Wei, the first signed singer in the second season and a good seed who sang "Painted Skin".

Taking Qi Wei to fill out the dormitory application form and getting the key, the two went to the apartment building near the company, found the corresponding dormitory, and opened the door to enter.

Wan Ge took Qi Wei around and introduced the situation of the apartment by the way.

This is a starry artist dormitory with about 80 sq.

Speaking of this, Brother Wan smiled: "It's a coincidence that Liu Yan lived in your dormitory before. She lived there for several years, and she just moved in after the year. .”

Liu Yan has been living in the staff dormitory for the past few years. It's not that she didn't make any money, but that all the money she earned was brought back to her hometown to buy a house.

Until the battle of "The Promise" at the end of last year, Liu Yan became famous and became a popular host. Not only did she have star-studded programs, but she also had announcements on other TV stations. She even received several signings and endorsements, and her income soared.

Not only did he pay off the mortgage of his hometown in one go, he also saved up the down payment for a house in the capital, bought a well-decorated house, and moved out of the dormitory where he had lived for several years.

Liu Yan is one of the artists who have lived in the staff dormitory for the longest time in Fanxing, and most of the others use the dormitory as a foothold. She really takes the dormitory as her home.

When she moved, she was almost reluctant to leave. If the company hadn't unified the management of the apartment and dormitory, it would have been inappropriate, and she would have bought this house.

This matter is still a bit famous in Fanxing, and many jokingly say that this dormitory has good feng shui, and the next person who lives in it will be lucky.

Speaking of this, Brother Wan suddenly glanced at Qi Wei in surprise, he found that this girl was not so lucky, her career and life are both blooming, it is possible that he bumped into the daughter of destiny.

Wan Ge, who usually likes to read online novels, opened his mind, and the smile on his face was unconsciously more friendly.

"You don't need to worry about the rest of the process, I'll help you take care of it, you have a good rest, and you have to record songs in the next few days, let's try to get it done during the suspension period, so as not to delay your subsequent games.

Although you have already signed a contract with a company, in terms of exposure and honor, the farther you go in the competition, the better. If you can win the championship, you can still have a song written by the boss, and you will make a lot of money. "

"Okay, thanks for your hard work, Brother Wan."

In fact, Qi Wei has not graduated from university this year, and he still has a little student's innocence.

However, since I was a child with a strong literary and artistic cell, I often participated in activities or performances at all levels of schools, and I have seen more of the world. In addition to being a single-parent family, I developed a bit of a tomboy character. I am more sophisticated and courageous than ordinary college students. .

The girl Yuan Shikong dared to go to Beidiao with her classmates just after she had some capital, and she dared to run a single gang without knowing anything.

The classmate who was acting as the agent couldn't even understand the contract, so Qi Wei was cheated by the crew and filmed continuously, and there was no time to rest. After stepping on the thunder several times, he was considered on the right track.

But now, Qi Wei's fate has undergone a completely different change since he abandoned "My Style, My Show" during the audition and participated in the "Rising Star" Hangzhou competition area.

.........

The next day, after waking up from the dormitory, there was still Qi Wei who was so unreal. He didn't even eat breakfast, so he was picked up by Wan Ge and rushed to Baihua Recording Studio to record songs.

Qi Wei has studied violin and vocal music, and studied recording in college. His musical foundation is not very good, but it is definitely much better than ordinary people.

However, this is still the case. Wei Xixi, the producer of "Painting Heart", frowned after listening to her a cappella. Instead of asking Qi Wei to record the song directly, he took him to the side to guide her in some singing skills.

The sound engineer even shook his head, turned on the equipment, and prepared some sound modification software.

Brother Wan watched anxiously from the side, and gave Qi Wei a comforting look, but he didn't dare to speak more.

Wei Xixi is Cao Xuan's queen producer, the deputy director of Fanxing's music department, and even many heavenly kings and queens have to obediently call him Teacher Wei when they see him.

Most of the artists under Brother Wan are singers, and they have dealt with each other several times, knowing the importance of this person, if Cao Xuan hadn't chosen the candidate, Qi Wei might have been kicked out long ago.

But to his relief, Wei Xixi still gave Qi Wei some positive comments after a simple audition.

"The technique is too poor, but the timbre is not bad, and some singers have talent."

Brother Wan breathed a sigh of relief, not afraid of poor foundation, these can be practiced, he has a certain amount of patience, even if he is not talented, it will be regarded as falling into his hands.

"Teacher Wei, can you record it?"

"can."

Wei Xixi nodded. In fact, with Qi Wei's current level, he almost sang "Painting Heart", but the promotion of the movie is the most important thing, and the sound can be revised in the later stage.

As for the premiere ceremony, you have to practice more in private. If you practice well, you can go up. If you don't practice well, you can change the process. Anyway, whether the theme song is sung or not is not a requirement.

After that, Qi Wei became familiar with the melody and lyrics of "Painting Heart" under the guidance of Wei Xixi, and mastered the song as soon as possible.

Brother Wan is still very optimistic about this newcomer Qi Wei, he put off other work, and concentrates on staying with Qi Wei to watch her practice singing.

Under the surprise training, Qi Wei got used to this song very quickly, and started to try to record it in the afternoon. The sound engineer left some excerpts that he sang well, and he might try to modify the sound later.

In the evening, today's recording ended, and Qi Wei walked out of the recording studio exhausted.

"Brother Wan..."

"Sing for a day, talk less, I will take you to dinner, and then go to rest."

Qi Wei nodded, and the two bid farewell to the sound engineer. As for Wei Xixi, after Qi Wei got on the right track, he left beforehand.

Going to the parking space next to Baihua Recording Studio to find a car, Wan Ge was about to ask Qi Wei what he wanted to eat, when he suddenly saw a figure, made a careful judgment, hurriedly asked Qi Wei to wait there, and trotted all the way there.

Qi Wei watched blankly as his manager chatted enthusiastically with the other party for a few minutes, and then waved to her excitedly.

While walking forward quickly, the distance kept getting closer, and Qi Wei gradually saw the other party's attire clearly.

He is tall, wearing a white patterned T-shirt on the upper body, and very simple shorts on the lower body, holding a mobile phone in his hand, and wearing a mask on his face. Because of the backlight, he can't see his face clearly, but he still feels familiar.

When she came close, under the reflection of the street lamp next to her, Qi Wei could see the other party clearly, his eyes showed disbelief, and as the other party took off the mask, Qi Wei's conjecture in his heart completely turned into reality.

"what!!!"

A piercing scream sounded, and Cao Xuan, who had just taken off his mask, froze his smile, and then quickly covered his ears with his hands.

Don't underestimate the volume of a woman, especially a woman who has a certain vocal foundation. The burst of sound can kill some small bugs.

That is to say, Cao Tianwang is well-informed. He has been to various big scenes and music festivals with tens of thousands of people.

Brother Wan was like this, he covered his mouth with one hand, and unconsciously shook his head, maybe even a little tinnitus.

"Calm down, calm down, in case someone is recruited, I can't tell."

Cao Xuan has a strong reputation for himself, although he has enough confidence to prove his innocence, but there are two men and one woman screaming loudly in the corner, it is hard not to make people think too much.

With words of persuasion, Cao Tianwang moved slowly under the street light and aimed at the camera arranged in the outer corner of the recording studio. Zhu Jiang and others who were originally on the side even surrounded him directly.

Boys must protect themselves outside!
A thorn in the side of a man like Cao Xuan, a favorite among women and some men, a world superstar, a national idol, and a business tycoon must be more cautious. Cao Xuan is extremely vigilant in this regard.

Not his own territory, he hardly stays alone in a private space with unfamiliar strangers, especially women;

When going out, many crews or event dressing rooms will require cameras to be installed. If there are few people in the room, the door will basically not be closed;

Bodyguards and assistants are always outside the body, food and drink are watched by people, and the place where they live for the first time will even be scanned with retired military equipment to prevent pinhole camera bugs, etc.;
The computer has never been browsed without trace, only watching the disc, if it is broken, it will not be repaired at all, and it will be smashed directly;
After being tricked by a certain Korean woman, Cao Xuan always had essential oils, chili sauce, mustard and strong alcohol in his bag...

Qi Wei didn't know what happened at all, he just looked at Cao Xuan excitedly, and made a whimpering sound from his covered mouth.

Boss Cao saw that the situation was controlled by his own side, so he let Wan Ge let go of Qi Wei. The other party couldn't help rushing towards Cao Xuan, but was grabbed by Wan Ge, and then he spoke incoherently with excitement.

"Boss...no, Teacher Cao...no, boss, I am your die-hard fan, I like you very much, my mother also likes you, and my sister and cousin, really, I am so happy to be able to sing your song It's gone...I didn't sleep all night, I cried and called my mother...Thank you for giving me the chance..."

Qi Wei was crying and laughing, his brain was out of control at all, he didn't know what he was talking about at all, and Brother Wan silently supported his forehead behind him.

With Cao Xuan's fame and status, newcomers are often very excited to see him, but it is relatively rare to lose his composure like Qi Wei.

Fortunately, he was still helping her in front of the boss just now, praising her for being a good seedling, and taking her face with a shy face, but in less than 5 minutes, he slapped her in the face.

However, Cao Xuan had a good impression of Qi Wei. Although this girl surprised him, but looking at her appearance, she was indeed a true fan.

For fans, Cao Xuan has enough patience and beautiful filters, especially true love fans, so Qi Wei also gave himself a wave of points in a sense.

"Xixi told me just now that it's a rare and good opportunity to practice hard and strive to be on stage at the premiere, so don't waste it."

"Uh-huh."

Qi Wei hadn't recovered yet, it was only after Wan Ge poked her that he came to his senses, and he didn't hear clearly, so he nodded in a daze.

Seeing her like this, Cao Xuan didn't say much, and looked at Brother Wan: "Didn't you guys not eat? Go directly to the grass and fly. I'll call you and order whatever you want, and I'll pay for it."

"thank you boss."

Cao Xuan nodded, and asked Zhu Jiang to take out an A4-sized kraft paper bag from the car and hand it to Qi Wei.

"This is a herbal tea bag that someone gave me. Soak it in hot water and drink it cold. One bag is about two liters. It refreshes your mind and moistens your throat. Drinking it is good for singing."

After speaking, he nodded to the two of them, and drove away with Zhu Jiang and others. Brother Wan took a look at the kraft paper bag and looked at Qi Wei fieryly.

"Have you always been so lucky, or through some kind of luck, if you have a trick, please share it."

Only then did Qi Wei slowly calm down from the excitement just now. His first reaction was to grab the kraft paper bag tightly, and his second reaction was embarrassment and remorse, his face was flushed, and he squatted on the ground and shut himself up.

It's hard to meet an idol once... Oh, kill me!
Brother Wan looked amused, and he was still making up the knife at the side: "Just now, the boss and I were taken aback. You were yelling and crying again. You didn't see it just now. The boss almost thought you were crazy."

Qi Wei: "..."

What if I want to die even more!
On the way to dinner and back to the dormitory, Wan Ge was still imitating Qi Wei's performance just now vividly.

Qi Wei huddled in the back seat, weak and helpless.Half of the Great Wall was dug out from the void of the toes, and he was completely in a state of social death, and he didn't recover for several days.

Even after she ran into Cao Xuan who was producing the accompaniment for a new album in the recording studio, her psychological defense collapsed and she fled in an instant.

Cao Tianwang thought that his charm had declined, and he went to the recording studio to find a mirror to take a picture, and then he was relieved.

Well, he must have been forced to retreat by the handsomeness of this heavenly king!

Although he fell into social death, Qi Wei's mission still performed well, or no matter who came, he could produce a perfect "Painting Heart" under the operation of a million sound repairers.

The editing of the crew working overtime in the later period was released as the third movie trailer in late July.

Prior to this, there were two previews of "Painted Skin", one was a large number of fast-paced play clips, and the other was that Xiaowei played by Mr. Zhou "sheds his skin".

The trailer is only a few tens of seconds long, and the actual skin shedding is only about 6 to 8 seconds long. But this skin, together with materials, technology, and post-production special effects, cost millions of RMB.

But the effect presented is great, with a very high thrilling and suspenseful atmosphere, maintaining the weirdness and eccentricity of the story prototype "Liao Zhai".

Of course, "Painted Skin" is a commercial film after all, and similar plots are just a taste, but it is a good element and gimmick to promote and attract audiences.

Sure enough, this trailer had the greatest impact, and even the prototype story of "Painted Skin" became popular, and everyone was curious about the plot of the movie.

Could it be that Mr. Zhou wants to play a villain with a blue face and fangs?

At this juncture, the third trailer was launched together with the promotion song "Painting Heart".

It is worth mentioning that the song "Painting Heart" was not composed by Cao Xuan, but by a Japanese composer in 2003. Of course, the copyright has now been bought.

"Loving you is like a heartbeat hard to touch

drawing you can't draw your skeleton
Remember your face is my persistence in waiting for you
you are my song
......"

Cao Xuan, who was wearing a coat, frowned and looked at Mr. Zhou, his eyes were complicated, but turned cold, and he said "I have Pei Rong", turned and left.

Looking at his leaving back, Mr. Zhou's eyes were dim with tears, and his beautiful eyes were full of sadness and love.

On the other side, Hu Jing looked at herself in the mirror, as if she had made up her mind.

The next shot is Hu Jing attacking Young Master Zhou with a full head of white hair. At the critical moment, Cao Xuan rushed out and repelled the opponent, but when he saw Hu Jing's face clearly, he was terrified.

"Not seeing through is your lost soul

I can't guess it's the color of your pupils
A gust of wind, a dream, love is as unpredictable as life

What is your heart bewitched by?

......"

In the extremely fast plot, Hu Jing seems to have become a big villain, doing all kinds of evil, Cao Xuan led his troops to chase and kill him, and at the last moment when he was about to kill the opponent with a knife, he suddenly squinted and turned to sweep to the side.

In the next second, Duan Long and Huang Bo appeared and fought Cao Xuan. In the end, Cao Xuan was knocked into the air by Duan Long, and Mr. Zhou cast a spell to attack Duan Long.

In the last paragraph, Mr. Zhou's face was pure white, with blood and tears streaming down his face, and he was slowly lying in Cao Xuan's arms.

The camera zooms out, and it is the first time that Cao Xuan in armor rescues Mr. Zhou who is dressed coolly. Mr. Zhou looks at Cao Xuan with eyes full of surprise and admiration.

"...

啦 啦 啦 啦 啦 啦

La la la la la. "

When the song is over, the trailer of "Painted Skin" also ends, and the audience understands the plot while being moved.

Before Mr. Zhou "molted his skin" he thought he was a villain, and he felt that she was a good person. This movie should be about the love between humans and ghosts.

Although it's a bit atypical, it makes sense. Since there is the reckless hero Xu Xian, shouldn't Mr. Cao be allowed to be a Ghost Rider.........

(End of this chapter)