China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 514 The turmoil in early 2008

When they intersected from 2007 to 2008, the entertainment industry was still very lively.

One: "Let's Run" became famous in the first battle and became a popular variety show nowadays. Even tearing up famous brands has become a phenomenon game.

Many first-line stars are interested in contacting the program group to be a flight guest, and the TV stations that did not win this program before regretted that they were all green.

Second: Cao Xuan's [The Strongest Surface] global concert officially ended in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

After one year and three months, 60 concerts were held in nearly 230 countries on six continents, with a cumulative audience of more than [-] million. Even in the history of world pop music, this concert is worth recording.

Before that, Cao Xuan's status as the "World King of Pop" might still be questioned, but after going through the global concert, there are no doubts left.

Not even those so-called "world superstars" can travel across six continents and hold concerts with more than 230 million people.

The global popularity and influence of Cao Xuan in this concert refreshed the domestic and Asian tolerance over and over again.

In the later stage, basically there are no other sounds, just quack blowing...

Except for "Human World", Cao Xuan has basically no new film or music works released this year, but the exposure is not much worse than in previous years, all thanks to these concerts.

The third: Xiao Zhou's new album "I'm Busy" is online.

This is Xiao Zhou's eighth album. He composed all 10 songs by himself, and his old partner Fang Wenshan wrote the lyrics for 7 songs. The other 3 songs are "Cowboys Are Busy" written by Huang Junjie, and the other 2 songs are written by Jay Chou. write it yourself.

The title of the album is "I'm Busy". Rumor has it that Xiao Zhou's self-deprecating and helpless self-deprecating, complaining about his current working situation.

But at the same time, I don't know if it's because of this, the quality of the new album is relatively less excellent and full of determination than the previous albums.

You know, the reason why Xiao Zhou is second only to Cao Xuan in the Chinese music scene, and he has steadily become the first super of "one master, one super, many strong", the innovation of his music and his constant pursuit of music pursuits are a large part of the reason. .

In this respect, Cao Xuan is not as good as Xiao Zhou.

His new songs may have new ideas, but they have not broken through the shackles of the original style. Apart from "creating" the Chinese style, he is not as bold and radical as Xiao Zhou in terms of innovation.

It is also because of this that under the premise that Cao Xuan has become a world superstar, Xiao Zhou can still be compared from time to time because of Xiao Zhou's irresistible musical talent.

Even in the eyes of Jay Chou's radical fans, Cao Xuan overwhelmed Xiao Zhou. First, he had the upper hand, and second, he used English songs to go international.

If Xiao Zhou made his debut before him, and also wrote English songs to enter Europe and the United States, the position of "one bully and one super" would have to be reversed.

But sometimes there is no "if" in the world.

And the album "I'm Busy" has lost the most innovative elements of Xiao Zhou's past, and the evaluation of the album is a little weak.

Especially the strongest song "Blue and White Porcelain" in the original version of "I'm Very Busy" was plucked by Cao Xuan early on. Even though Xiao Zhou wrote another very good Chinese style song, it still didn't reach the level of "Blue and White Porcelain" .

As a result, although this album sold well, it was second only to Cao Xuan's "The World" in 2007, but it was the worst of Xiao Zhou's many albums.

Jay Chou's sunspots have already put the phrase "exhausted talent" on his head.

Of course, this word is not uncommon for Xiao Zhou and even Cao Xuan. Basically, every once in a while, there will be black fans or gimmick media clamoring that the two of them are going to die.

In contrast, because Cao Xuan has steadily produced new hit songs all year round, has the stage of the Spring Festival Gala and foreign markets, and the music style is more popular, so there are fewer similar rumors.

And because of Xiao Zhou's relatively "unpopular" style, not everyone recognizes him, and there are many rumors about him being exhausted.

But no matter what, for Cao Xuan and Xiao Zhou, this year's album is indeed weaker than previous albums in some respects.

Xiao Zhou is due to a combination of various reasons, and he is also transforming into film and television. He directed and acted in "The Unspeakable Secret" and starred in "Slam Dunk".

He flew solo from Alpha Company again, and started a company with Bole Yang Junrong and his good brother Fang Wenshan. The new company was named after the combination of the English names of the three, and it will become famous in the future [Jewell Music]

The relationship was not going well again. Last year, he broke up with Hou Peichen, and the emotional injury was not healed. In the second half of the year, he had a tear with Cai Yilin's manager, which caused his ex-girlfriend to retaliate and triggered a double J war.

A lot of external events involved Xiao Zhou's energy.

Coupled with the fact that he is famous now, the demands of all parties are also high, and his vision is critical, which creates pressure to a certain extent, and also affects Xiao Zhou's creative state.

As for Cao Xuan, there is no need to consider the status, but the stock of wool is running out, and sometimes it is not a small problem...

The performance of the two big names in the Chinese music scene has "declined", coupled with the overall downturn in the record market.

At the beginning of the year, it was full of vigor and vitality, and everything was competing for development. Now it is a bit like Jiang Gongwei, with gloomy clouds, and for the first time in the Chinese music scene, there is a saying that the golden age is over.

Fourth: The Lunar New Year file "Assembly" ruled the roost, and "Lust, Caution" was highly discussed.

Compared with the madness of "Painted Skin" last year, which raked in 5 million yuan, this year's Chinese-language movies have dropped considerably.

So far, apart from the summer "Crazy Racing", the only ones that have played the most are "Lust, Caution" and "Assembly".

Original Time and Space performed well in "Certificate of Voting", because Chen Kexin was poached by Cao Xuan in advance, Media Asia felt that Cao Xuan dared to use Chen Kexin, and made up his mind to wait for Chen.

It was not until the filming of "Three Kingdoms: Red Cliff" that Chen Kexin spared some energy that the film project was approved, which can be described as true love.

It's hard to say whether the actors are from the original group, but counting the shooting and post-production, it is estimated that the movie will be released in the second half of 2008 at least.

The first part of "Transformers" became the box office champion in the mainland in 3.02 with 2007 million yuan.

This is also the first time in five years since "Pearl Harbor" in 2001 that the mainland's annual box office champion has once again changed from a Chinese film to a foreign film.

The entire film industry has been frantically tortured by the media and the outside world, questioning whether the Chinese film industry will stop completely without Cao Xuan, Lao Mouzi and other box office masters.

That is to say, towards the end of the year, Feng Xiaogang's "Assembly" was released, and the box office rose steadily, surpassing [-] million in a short time, and it is expected to approach "Transformers", which can be regarded as saving the situation for Chinese films.

It is rare for Feng Pants to feel elated. "Assembly" not only has a strong box office, but also has an unexpectedly good reputation.

The leading actor Zhang Hanyu became popular in one fell swoop from a somewhat well-known third- and fourth-tier film actor.

The second male lead, Deng Chao, also has a masterpiece of a movie, but because of this, he has made a feud with Feng Xiaogang, which has added a lot of new melons to everyone.

However, the movie "Assembly" is suspected of smearing, and its popularity nowadays is also related to the general environment at this time to a certain extent.

A little research on the military Internet articles at that time can also be seen, except for a few, most of them are fruit fans.

The prototype of "Assembly Number" is a veteran, and there is indeed a situation where the entire army is wiped out. The real situation is by no means as exaggerated as the movie Guzidi. Many plots have been reprocessed from novels and movies, and there are also certain degrees of inconsistency. Exaggerate and discredit.

First of all, the veteran is a squad, and in the movie it is a company.

From the individual deeds blocked by the class group, the film has jumped into a company-level force, and even has a faint meaning of rising to the whole.
Secondly, the veterans received orders that they must fight until dark, if they heard the sound of the trumpet, they could retreat in advance, and if the whole squad was killed, they would send other people to stand on top.

There are two problems here. One is that the orders received by the veterans are clear, stick to it until dark, and retreat in advance when they hear the trumpet sound, which is clearer than the so-called trumpet sound in the movie. The possibility of annihilation of the entire army informed the danger of the mission in advance.

This is precisely the reason for the biggest problem with the "Assembly Number" movie.

Faced with such a dangerous task, it is impossible for our army to deceive the soldiers, and to clearly inform and resolutely obey is the reason why the whole country can be liberated within three years.

Therefore, no matter how touching the movie "Assembly Number" is, the fundamental idea of ​​the movie is wrong, which is very suffocating.

The same problem also exists in "Lust, Caution".

The hype you talked about, all kinds of deep-seated metaphors, the conflict between the soul and the body, individual freedom is collective sacrifice and bullying, and it is unavoidable that this is a story of a patriotic young woman who was played by a traitor and fell in love with each other.

If we refer to the deeds of the prototype Ms. Zheng Pingru, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a stigmatized anti-Japanese hero.

Of course, considering that the film is more of an adaptation of Zhang Ailing's novels, it is actually understandable, after all, the author himself has various love-hate entanglements with the traitor Hu Lancheng.

"Assembly" at least has a brotherhood, while "Lust, Caution" has an inexplicable petty bourgeoisie and hypocrisy.

I don't deny that it is a good movie, but sometimes it just looks awkward and uncomfortable...

In fact, there was a lot of controversy after the plot of this movie was released. Some people approved it, and some people complained wildly.

It's just that because everyone is more concerned about whether Liang Yingdi and Tang Wei have real guns, all these discussions have been suppressed.

After all, no matter whether it is a literary youth or an angry youth, the Internet is always dominated by LSPs.

The version released in the Mainland has been abridged, and Xiangjiang and overseas have a larger scale, so everyone is busy seeking resources, and the movie itself is not worth mentioning.

Frankly speaking, the passionate drama made "Lust, Caution" successfully out of the circle.

With a literary film, it won more than 1.5 million yuan at the box office in the Mainland, 4500 million Hong Kong dollars in Xiangjiang, and 2.5 million NT dollars in Taiwan Province. The box office was a big hit.

But there are advantages and disadvantages. The movie "Lust, Caution" is also forever bound to the passionate drama. After a few years, when people think of this movie, most of them will not remember the plot, and only care about whether the hero and the heroine did not shoot real guns.

At the same time, Tang Wei also became famous in the first battle, and Zhang Hanyu and Huang Bo have become the new popular movie actors this year.

However, there are rumors that Tang Wei was blocked, this statement is actually not accurate.

At least Cao Xuan, as Fanxing's boss, had never received such a notice.

The reason why Tang Wei fell silent is actually not difficult to understand. On the one hand, due to the influence of rumors, everyone is afraid to use it. In addition, in the eyes of many people, it is because she is willing to let go, which does not mean that she is good.

There are few film resources in the industry, and the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan's big flowers can't grab it, so it's her turn to "cut corners".

Cao Xuan was not interested in these two movies, and he didn't even comment on them. When the reporter asked him, he just said that he didn't watch them.

Someone picked up an old piece of news. When "Lust, Caution" was first approved, director Li An wanted to ask Cao Xuan to act, but because the scale was too big, Cao Xuan declined.

In this regard, Cao Xuan refuted the rumors, not only because the scale was too large, but also because he did not want to play a traitor.

As for whether his refutation of rumors has some connotations of Liang Yingdi, it is out of his consideration...

.........

In January 2008, the beginning of the year was a bit rough
The severe snowstorm in the south and the approaching Spring Festival made many people worry about it. Cao Xuan himself participated in the fundraising performance.

Its Tomorrow Foundation has donated a large amount of money and materials for disaster relief, with a total of more than 2000 million yuan in donations and materials, ranking among the best in relevant rankings.

After finishing the snow disaster charity performance, Cao Xuan watched the preparatory work of "Save Mr. Me" at home, and also participated in the rehearsal of the Spring Festival Gala.

For Cao Xuan, this is also his countdown to the Spring Festival Gala. He plans to withdraw from the Spring Festival Gala within a few years.

In 1999, I participated in the Spring Festival Gala for the first time, and this year is the tenth time. I don’t think it will be possible to push it next year. Why don’t I make an even number of twelve? It also happens to be 2010, so it can barely be regarded as having a beginning and an end.

Even though he had made up his mind, Cao Xuan didn't say to the outside world with much fanfare that if he changed his mind, he could go back.

In late January, Cao Xuan returned home from the rehearsal for the fourth round of the Spring Festival Gala. Before he could sit down, Zeng Li rushed over excitedly with his child in his arms.

"did you see it yet?"

"What are you looking at?"

"As for the XX door, the Internet is going crazy."

Nishigong Niangniang is also a well-informed master, but she has never experienced such a sensational incident. She took the computer to share with Cao Xuan, and she did not forget to share her feelings excitedly.

"They are pretty good at playing, let alone, this police uniform is pretty pretty."

"My daughter is still here."

Cao Xuan put the child aside first, even though little Cao Li, who was just half a year old, didn't understand anything, he couldn't let these photos pollute his daughter's eyes.

After that, Cao Xuan glanced at the computer a few times, with a calm expression: "It's not bad, it's much younger than me."

Zeng Li gave him a blank look, and asked curiously, "Why are you so calm?"

Can I tell you that I'm tired of watching Goldfinger?
Cao Xuan made an excuse at random: "That's it, nothing new, nothing to be excited about."

Zeng Li didn't worry about this, but asked curiously: "Do you think this has a big impact?"

"I'm afraid it's not small."

What Cao Xuan said was very simple, but in fact, three of the most popular young male and female entertainers of the young generation in the Xiangjiang film industry are the client, and one is the client's husband.

Afterwards, several people either quit the circle or their careers fell into a slump. The only good cook, Xie, was actually going downhill, and he was still working as a chef.

Coupled with the rise of the mainland film industry and the impact of the financial crisis in Hong Kong and other factors, the younger generation in the Hong Kong circle has been directly disconnected, and it will not continue until 2022.

For Cao Xuan, this incident had little impact on him, these people were not at the same level as him.

But for the stars and young actors from the mainland, there are still many benefits. The most direct one is that it frees up a lot of resources in the Hong Kong circle. I don’t know how many people are rejoicing at the moment.

"This incident tells us, don't be a photographer if you have nothing to do, benefit the public, and harm yourself."

Cao Xuan opened the small class, but Zeng Li seemed to have lost something: "No wonder you, a person who likes to collect souvenirs, never take that kind of photos, so you have been prepared for a long time."

"Walk in the rivers and lakes, safety first."

Cao Xuan applauded for his brilliance, but on the Internet, the XX scandal still burned on his head.

Teacher Chen has a romantic nature, and has involved as many as a dozen actresses.

Cao Tianwang has nearly four-figure scandal targets, so squeeze out the water, and there must be dozens of them.

There are only one or two of Mr. Chen's actresses, and most of them are not well-known. With Cao Tianwang's status, the scene is very impressive. Maybe there are European and American queens and international supermodels.

So, I don't know how many LSPs knelt on the Internet and begged the big hackers to hack Cao Xuan's computer, see if there is anything good, and criticize it for everyone.

Cao Xuan was so frightened that he hurried to find experts from Penguin and Box Games to encrypt and protect his computer and account, just in case.

Although he doesn't have any photos that the outside world wants to see, there are still many secrets related to various scripts, ledgers, new songs, and company development plans.

Especially the account book, Cao Xuan is not afraid of tax inspections, and he has no illegal gains, but if it is revealed, the richest man in the mainland will have to be replaced immediately.

Although I didn't get the real thing from Cao Xuan, it didn't affect the turbulent hearts of the people outside.

The Internet these days is relatively less strict, and there are even websites that attract traffic with edge-of-the-line pictures and titles.

Therefore, a group of people with similar titles titled "Unsightly, Passionate Cao Tianwang..." "Sensational entertainment circle, the real XX family depends on Cao Daguan..." Similar titles, a wave of enthusiasm, and eat melons The crowd attracted them, but the pictures and texts were strongly inconsistent.

Not only did ordinary netizens get fooled, but it also greatly damaged Cao Xuan's reputation. Fan Xing once thought that someone else was setting the pace, and wanted to draw fire on Cao Xuan to escape.

But Boss Cao is not easy to bully. The legal department mobilized collectively and directly ported dozens of websites, and some people directly sued and prepared to send them to them, helping the Internet to clean up a wave of environment.

Fanxing also held a press conference to clarify the facts, and even the official media were dispatched to severely criticize similar Internet rumors and related media.

Just kidding, Cao Xuan will participate in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in a few months, this kind of slander must not be tolerated.

So don't blame Cao Xuan for making a fuss out of a molehill. If rumors are spread, others may really think that he has an XX family. Now that the environment is so sensitive, he doesn't want to be implicated.

Originally, Cao Xuan had no intention of intervening in this matter, but because he was pushed into the flames, he was almost cheated, which made him have a bad impression of the relevant forces behind it.

Boss Cao has always been magnanimous, and those who are remembered by him don't want to get along in the entertainment industry in the mainland.

Afterwards, many Hong Kong movies were deliberately targeted in the mainland, and all the resources of the relevant artists in the mainland were cut in half. The already precarious Hong Kong circle was severely stabbed by Cao Xuan.

After stabbing Cao Xuan, Shi Shiran went to this year's Spring Festival Gala.

As the Olympics approached, the 2008 Spring Festival Gala was very Olympic-inspired. Cao Xuan did not join in the excitement of the Olympics, but prepared a Chinese-style song. Of course, the intention was to praise the national culture.

"Dragon Scale of Heaven and Earth"

The theme song of the large-scale documentary "The Forbidden City" in later generations, a song co-produced by Wang and Fang Wenshan, is also one of the few works that Wang made out of the circle in the era of the decline of the Chinese music scene.

As a good big brother, Cao Xuan was in a hurry when he saw that the younger brother couldn't even play, so he found another way and thought of this method.

People can't come out, songs can always come out!

Therefore, Cao Xuan felt that this time he could not call it "sweeping wool", but was thinking of helping a good brother.

he...tui!

Apart from other things, the song "Dragon Scales of Heaven and Earth" is majestic, the melody is magnificent, and the lyrics are also full of positive energy.

It can be said that if there is no accident in the original time and space, there is a high probability that he will be on the Spring Festival Gala. To a certain extent, Cao Xuan can be regarded as "putting things right".

"...

This dragon scale was once
Clanging to the ground like shattered ice
One Scale One Inch Heart
I can't bear to listen to the story
……

keep quiet
The melodious guqin plays the heart of a gentleman
I wake up waiting for an answer
Circling the magnificent Chinese civilization
......"

When Cao Xuan, wearing a patterned dragon gown, appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala and sang with angry voices, the LED behind him kept flashing scenes such as the Temple of Heaven in the Forbidden City, Mount Tai and the South China Sea.

I don't know how many people burst into tears in front of the TV. On the one hand, it was the emotional atmosphere revealed by the shocking song, and on the other hand, they couldn't help but feel emotional.

This grandson can be regarded as singing a song that does not cause tears!
Cao Xuan didn't cry, but someone cried at the backstage of the Spring Festival Gala. Lao Zhao and Song Dandan stepped off the stage after performing "Torchbearer", and Lao Zhao and Song Dandan cried with each other.

The reason why I cried was because Lao Zhao felt that the quality of the sketch was poor, and he felt guilty and aggrieved for performing such a work in the Spring Festival Gala.

In fact, the skit "Torchbearer" is really not good. It is basically a collection of jokes and brain teasers.
When Lao Zhao was interviewed afterwards, he once said that if he and Song Dandan hadn't acted in this sketch, it would have been abolished. This may sound crazy, but it is an indisputable fact.

For such a not-so-excellent skit, the two of them made the audience laugh with their years of superb comedy skills and rich experience, and they would have been lying down for other actors.

However, this incident greatly stimulated the two of them. Song Dandan chose to withdraw from the Spring Festival Gala, and Lao Zhao also had the intention to withdraw, but out of various other considerations, he still gritted his teeth and brought his apprentice.

In addition to the two pillars of Cao Xuan and Lao Zhao, the biggest highlight of this year's Spring Festival Gala is Wang Baoqiang.

He performed a skit with Feng, and led the song "Song of Migrant Workers". Not only did he gain a lot of limelight, but the key point was that he was reused by the Spring Festival Gala, which means that various attributes of Wang Baoqiang have been officially recognized, which is of great importance to his future career. Development is good.

In addition, this year's Spring Festival Gala does not seem to have any works worth mentioning. On the contrary, the international chapter sang a song and was ridiculed by the crowd.

Cao Xuan didn't care about the follow-up of the Spring Festival Gala. This year's Spring Festival, both parents were there, and it was rare for the East and West Palaces to come to celebrate the New Year together. With the addition of the newly added little Cao Li, the family of six had a prosperous reunion year.

Seeing the happy family gathered together, Cao Xuan silently drank a glass of wine.

The first ten years of getting Goldfinger are over, and the new ten years are about to begin, I hope everything goes well...

(End of this chapter)