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Chapter 500 A concert with a total of 200 million people

In April, Cao Xuan, who won the award for "Legend" and got soft, got another trophy in his account.

Similar to the Brit Awards in the UK, the highest honor in the Canadian pop music scene, the Juno Award known as the [Canadian Grammy].

This year, the [International Album of the Year] [Popular Album of the Year] was awarded to Cao Xuan.

It was even rumored that the Juno Award originally intended to give the "Best Singer" to Cao Xuan, but because Cao Xuan was not present to accept the award, and various reasons, it was cancelled.

The United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, other countries such as Australia, Japan, and South Korea, and many international associations or organizations also have large and small awards.

According to rough statistics, the "Legend" album has at least given Cao Xuan 30+ trophies, and there may be many more in the future.

Among these trophies are Grammys, Brit Awards, Juno Awards, American Music Awards, Billboard Awards and other authoritative awards.

So much so that a certain American music magazine specifically counted all the pictures of the trophies Cao Xuan won because of "Legend", which was densely packed on a whole page, making people dazzled.

"Cao and "Legend" ruled the world pop music scene in 2006-2007!"

This sentence is of course a bit exaggerated, but many people agree that the album's performance is really outstanding, and whenever everyone thinks it is already good enough, there will always be new surprises.

Cao Xuan's status as the world's top singer has also been steadily strengthened with each new surprise.

After Cao Xuan joined the crew of "Three Kingdoms: Red Cliff", Warner is also following up the work of the second phase of his "The Strongest Surface" concert.

To be honest, given Cao Xuan's popularity in Asia, it's not an exaggeration how popular the concert is.

At the beginning, he played three games at the Tokyo Dome in Japan. Some people questioned it, but at the same time, some people thought it was too few. They thought that Cao Xuan could sell out all the tickets for a week.

In the entire Asian concert, the only unexpected thing is that Dubai and Qatar also achieved brilliant success.

Although the two places cannot represent the Middle East and the Arab world, it also shows to a certain extent that Cao Xuan also has extensive influence in West Asia.

In the past, when people mentioned Cao Xuan as the number one superstar in the Asian music scene, East Asia was more often mentioned, but now it seems that West Asia can't be counted.

But in any case, Asia is Cao Xuan's "private land", outside of Asia is Cao Xuan's real test.

Considering the sales volume of the album, English-speaking countries such as Britain, the United States, and Australia should not have a big problem, but whether Cao Xuan can gain a lot of recognition in non-English-speaking countries is still an unresolved question.

Cao Xuan's second stage of concerts will be distributed in Europe, Australia, and Africa, and there will be about 20 concerts.

15 games in Europe, 2 games in London, 2 games in Manchester, 2 games in Paris, France, 2 games in Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1 game in Rome, Italy, 1 game in Moscow, Russia, 1 game in Berlin, Germany, 1 game in Munich, 1 game each in Sweden, Finland and Denmark .

Among them, there are 4 games in Australia, including 2 games in Sydney, Australia, 1 game in Melbourne, and 1 game in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand.

1 game in Africa, 1 game in Johannesburg, the largest city in South Africa.

Basically, they are all big cities, and the least number of concerts is 2+. The main reason is that these cities have mature stadiums, and most of them can host concerts.

For example, in Manchester, after contact, Manchester United is willing to rent the Old Trafford Stadium to hold a concert for Cao Xuan, of course it must be during the offseason.

As the home stadium of Manchester United, Old Traverse Stadium has actually held many concerts. Many well-known British singers or orchestras have held concerts here, and it has also hosted several European charity concerts.

Even Old Trafford can host weddings, festive parties and even large conferences.

It can be said that Manchester United is one of the best commercially developed football clubs in the world, otherwise they would not have the money to raise prices everywhere...

Even so, Old Trafford agreed to hold the concert because it wasn't just anyone paying for it. After all, it was a European giant, so they had to show their faces.

Fortunately, as a well-known Red Devils fan, Cao Xuan has the face, and Manchester United readily agreed.

However, there are pros and cons, Manchester is a smooth road, London has some obstacles.

Both Chelsea's Stamford Stadium and Arsenal's Emirates Stadium declined Cao Xuan's request to lease the stadium for a concert, but Tottenham's White Hart Lane approached Warner and agreed to lease.

In other countries, unless there is a particularly suitable venue for the concert, it is basically held in the stadium, especially the home stadium of the football club.

This is also Cao Xuan's little selfishness. In this life, he can't get enough home games in European clubs like Old Trafford, but holding a concert can be regarded as an alternative dream come true...

The 20 concerts, except for France, Germany, Italy and Russia, are basically in English-speaking countries, and those countries are all big cities, mainly for die-hard fans and Chinese and Asian markets.

Many Chinese singers and even Deyun Club hold concerts or commercial performances overseas, and they are basically Chinese.

Cao Xuan's fans are more complicated, Chinese are the main force, Asians are also the main force, and half of the local fans can be mixed in.

Although these countries are not English-speaking countries, European and American pops are still influential in Europe. Cao Xuan has also gained a lot of fans. Although the number is far less than that of Asian and English-speaking countries, it is still considerable.

In the first stage, there will be 50 people in China, and about 35 people in other Asian countries. The latter is mainly Japan and South Korea.

The number of concerts in Europe, Australia and Africa in the second stage is similar to that in the first stage.

The four games in the UK alone are expected to reach 4 to 15 people, and other European countries also start at 20. Big cities such as Paris and Moscow are expected to hit 3.

Australia is relatively small, and the cumulative sum is expected to be 15, while in Africa it is calculated to be 3 to 5.

As long as it can meet the expectations, it is not much worse than Asia. On the contrary, the Americas in the third stage will be mainly in the United States. On the contrary, it may be the stage with the least number of concerts and the least number of people in this concert.

During Cao Xuan's filming stage, Warner Bros. has finally confirmed the concert time after various preparations. From the end of July to the end of August this year, the total period will be one month.

It starts from Europe, then goes south to South Africa, and finally goes east, ending in Australia. It is a whole L-shaped, spanning nearly half of the earth.

After the time was officially determined, in May, Warner and the local organizers began to sell tickets one after another.

The previous hesitation and nervousness disappeared with the steady stream of sales...

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The Penguin Blog has an account named [The Strongest Concert Preparation Team on the Surface], and from time to time, they will post some official concert videos, behind-the-scenes highlights, or good news about Cao Xuan's achievements in the concert.

In fact, it was managed by Fanxing's management team, and the side publicity was to foil Cao Tianwang.

To put it bluntly, it is blowing!

For example, Cao Xuan's concert in a certain city was packed, and tens of thousands of people shed tears in the chorus "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky".

Another example is that Cao Xuan caught two wanted criminals at a concert in a certain city and was turned over by the police to the police station.

Another example is that in the audience of a certain concert, some famous celebrities or public figures, business leaders, etc., say xxx is also a fan of Cao Xuan.

At first, this account was not very popular except for tidbits and official videos, but when Cao Xuan's concert was held abroad.

What is happening in Singapore, a high-level family in Malaysia watching a concert, an interview with the King of Thailand, a group of Hallyu stars obediently calling Oppa in the backstage, Tokyo Dome Sanlian, Japan's popular Nagasawa Masami little girl, Dubai and Qatar royal family chasing stars blah blah blah blah blah blah

Let the audience feel Cao Xuan's influence abroad from another angle, which greatly satisfies everyone's vanity, and this account is also a small hit.

After the Asian concert, this account has been silent for more than a month, basically just using some tidbits to consolidate its popularity, and there is nothing new.

Until mid-May, tickets began to be sold in Europe, and the account was revived instantly, and the sense of presence was frequently swiped.

On May 5th, this account posted a picture on the blog, with two big words "Happy News" below it.

The content is also very simple. It is a screenshot of an English website. It doesn't matter if you don't understand it. There are notes and introductions next to it.

"After 89 hours, a total of 4 tickets for Cao Xuan's 20 concerts in the UK have been sold out, setting a new record for the most visited concerts by Asian singers in the UK and the fastest time to sell tickets!
In fact, this happy news is a bit watery. Strictly speaking, there are still thousands of copies that have not been sold, and are used as gifts, as gifts or as gifts.

For example, the Manchester United club has received hundreds of tickets. They can send out invitations or send them out as employee benefits.

The government or related departments have provided assistance to the concert, and if you happen to be interested in the concert, you will definitely give tickets.

In addition, friends Cao Xuan met in the UK, or friends who plan to go to the UK, if they are willing to come to the concert, they also need to give tickets.

For example, Alhama, the local tycoon in Qatar that Cao Xuan knew before, planned to follow Cao Xuan to attend a few more concerts, but tickets were hard to get.

Although for this kind of local tyrants, they can spend money to buy scalper tickets at any time, but Cao Xuan knew that he must not let his friends spend more money, so he directly sent all the tickets for the 20 concerts in the second stage. Which one is free? Come.

But aside from these free tickets, the remaining 19 tickets were all sold out.

The speed was so fast that the British website maintainers almost thought that the opening games of several giants in the Premier League in the new season had changed the time.

Even if the British are like this, let alone the domestic ones. Soon, there will be a series of new comments under that blog.

[Cao Xuan is awesome! ! ! ! ! 】

[20 people in the UK, not much worse than domestic ones, a real superstar in the world]

[I'm crying, I can't get a ticket in China during the winter vacation, and I can't get a ticket to study in the UK]

[What's so great, Zhang Tianwang also held a concert in London]

【My brother also opened it】

[Uh, I don’t mean to be disrespectful to the two seniors, but the scale of these two concerts in the UK is really not strong, and they are mainly Chinese. It’s not so much a concert, it’s more like a fan club]

[That's right, Cao Xuan's concert in the UK this time averaged 5 people, and a total of 20 people, not everyone among the first-line singers in Europe and America can afford it]

【Old Trafford, Cao thief is dying of beauty】

[Probably about the same, he said in the previous interview that he would most like to hold a concert, and the third place is Old Trafford]

[What about first and second? 】

[The second is his hometown, the first is the bird's nest]

[Haha, I was at the scene at the time. At that time, Cao Xuan’s first wish was the Grand Square, but later he changed his name to the Bird’s Nest]

[Bird's Nest is probably not a big problem, the big square, one day Cao thief dies, there may be hope to play a song by him]

[Before, some netizens asked that the music atmosphere in Liverpool is better, why not go to Liverpool, now I understand, Cao thief may not be able to find a place to hold a concert in Liverpool]

[Seriously, I can’t go to Anfield, can’t I still go to the home court of the Toffees]

[I seem to know why Tottenham loaned their home court to Cao Xuan]

【…】

The UK’s 20 tickets were sold out. Although everyone was surprised, they still had to hold on. After all, it was no secret that Cao Xuan was popular in the UK.

Two Brit Awards, multiple wins in the UK charts, Manchester United's most famous fans in Asia, and news from many other channels, let everyone have enough psychological expectations for this result.

But the series of good news that followed still made everyone feel shocked.

On May 5, a total of 15 tickets for the two games in Paris were sold out.

On the same day, a total of 7 tickets for Rome and Berlin were also sold out.

On May 5, 17 tickets for Amsterdam and Munich were sold out.

On May 5, a total of 18 tickets were sold out in Moscow.

On May 5, a total of 20 tickets from Sweden, Finland, and Denmark were sold out.

There were 15 games in Europe, with a total of 62 people. Regardless of whether the number of people is equal or not, the tickets are definitely sold out.

Three days later, tickets for Australia and Africa were almost settled, with 14 for Australia and 4 for South Africa.

The entire second stage of [The Strongest Surface] was exactly 80 people, slightly less than in Asia, but the number is also extremely impressive.

Two stages, almost 165 million concerts, and the remaining third stage America, even if the number of shows and fans is limited, 35 people should not be a problem.

That is to say, Cao Xuan's [The Strongest Surface] global concert tour, the number of viewers is very likely to exceed 200 million.

This data does not seem like much, but it is actually extremely exaggerated. The number of concerts held in one year is more than the number of concerts held by many singers in their lifetime.

Even more frightening is the range of these 200 million people, all over the world.

I have traveled around the six continents of the world, and if I want to surpass Cao Xuan in scope, I have to go to Antarctica to hold a concert for penguins...

At first, the account was just promoting it, but later, with more and more "good news", there was no need for them to talk nonsense, and netizens and the media threw all kinds of rainbow farts on Cao Xuan.

There are also all kinds of hardcore fans looking through various materials, comparing Cao Xuan's concert with those world superstars.

If you win, you will be Cao Zei awesome, you are my god, this is the new generation of world pop king.

If you lose, it means that you have to look at the problem dialectically, don't blindly be competitive, the fool compares, the wise appreciate.

Old double standard...

That is to say, most of them are entertaining themselves on the Chinese Internet. Chinese netizens protect the calf and turn a blind eye. Otherwise, they will quarrel with other fans on the Internet, and some of them will argue.

In fact, it's no wonder that Cao Xuan's fans are rampant, his achievements are indeed too brilliant.

And even in the world, there are not many who can hold down Cao Xuan steadily in various achievements, most of them win and lose each other, and the domestic and even Asian music scene is unique.

That is to say, few of the fans can speak English proficiently, so they can't quarrel with those foreigners, otherwise they would have gone out and started talking about it.

If they can't get out, they can only bully and bully Xiao Zhou's fans on the domestic Internet.

Cao Xuan's fans are very loud, and the owner has good grades and high status, so they are naturally full of confidence, and their temper is naturally a lot more arrogant.

This is the premise of Fan Xing and Cao Xuan's usual comfort and guidance. Crazy is a little crazy, and there are some double standards, but they are basically enclosing themselves.

Unless they are competing with other fans, most fans usually have a peaceful attitude, far from being black and white.

Even complaining about Cao Xuan being a scumbag or not releasing an album, they would follow suit.

Compared with some fan circles in the later generations, Cao Xuan's fans are already very restrained. If those fan circles had such a powerful boss like Cao Xuan, they would dare to f*ckingly start World War III...

Cao Xuan has always felt that he is very lucky, his fans don't have so many things, and their demands on him are not too harsh.

In contrast, many other fans are a bit extreme, and there is even a social news this year.

Yang Lijuan, a fan of Liu Tianwang, dropped out of school to avoid the world in order to chase stars. In order to meet his idol Liu Tianwang, her father even sold his kidneys to raise money for travel expenses. There was an uproar.

To be honest, I really don't blame Liu Tianwang for this matter. It can be seen from various interviews that the Yang family's father and daughter are a little nervous.

When speaking, the preamble is often inconsistent, and the logic of thinking is also different from that of normal people. Just ask, who would dare to be alone with such a stranger.

There are many incidents of extreme fans shooting and assassinating idols in Europe and the United States...

Even if it is not for the sake of safety, the lonely man and the widow are in the same room, and the time does not need to be much. After a few minutes, when someone comes back to contact the media to write a short composition, Liu Tianwang can't tell if he has 100 mouths all over his body.

Because of this incident, Liu Tianwang was forced into a storm of public opinion. Although he didn't receive much negative criticism, he suffered for no reason. What's more, he was stimulated. I heard that he had already hired a psychiatrist.

Comparing his heart with his heart, Cao Xuan especially understands and even sympathizes with Liu Tianwang. If he meets such an extreme fan, it may be a headache enough.

Looking at it this way, although his fans call him Cao thief and call him Cao Ma; think he is lazy, don't hold concerts, release albums; complain about scumbags from time to time, etc., but at least they don't make trouble for him.

It can't be said to be cute, but it can also be said to be honest.

If the fans of Xie Feng, Ren Xianqi, Na Ying, Xiao Zhou and others know what Cao Xuan is thinking, they must spit on his face.

honestly?
It is the biggest insult to these four words to associate it with the fans of various Chinese music circles, and to associate them with the gang of animals who have rubbed against them countless times and have no temper.

However, Cao Xuan has no time to pay attention to these people's thoughts, he stayed in the filming crew of "Three Kingdoms: Red Cliff" in April and May.

Until the end of May, when he was borrowing arrows from Zhuge Liang's grass boat, he suddenly answered a phone call, didn't care about anything, didn't change his clothes, and asked for leave to rush to the capital at night.

Empress Nishinomiya is about to give birth!
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ps: The parent meeting broke the defense, I was busy "talking" with my sister, I wasted a little time, and I will make up for it tomorrow...

(End of this chapter)