China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 547
Throughout March, Cao Xuan basically stayed at Baihua Recording Studio to make the album.

Wu Gao also basically practiced songs and produced albums in Baihua Recording Studio. Cao Xuan, who loves talent, would visit him from time to time and invite him to dinner.

Because Wu Gao has some experience in various behind-the-scenes work, he can come over occasionally to make a start, and Cao Xuan also intends to cultivate it, so that he can come and have a look when he has time.

You must know that Cao Xuan's album production team configuration is not the best in the world, but it is definitely second to none in the Chinese music scene.

No matter how talented Wu Gao is, he is a monk halfway through and has limited experience. He can learn a lot of good things from Cao Xuan's team.

"Your glory pierces the dark night

accompany never leave
hot love always exists

...

by my side, in my life
one two Three
Glory to Manchester United! ! ! (English)

......"

In the recording studio, Cao Xuan was recording songs inside, and everyone else was outside. Wei Xixi and Wu Gao were still listening with earphones. The passionate singing melody even made them nod their heads slightly to follow the rhythm.

After singing it twice, Cao Xuan came out of the recording studio, listened to the effect himself, and frowned.

It's not that the melody is wrong, but that the lyrics are a bit imperfect.

The song just now was called "Wake", and the Chinese name can be called "Arouse" or "Wake Up".

The original song also has this name. It is a relatively famous Christian rock song. The lyrics are very unrestrained, passionate and powerful, but the lyrics have a strong religious color, which was used by Cao Xuan and changed to football elements.

Two years ago, Manchester United has been interested in cooperating with Cao Xuan, a music magician + star fan, hoping that Cao Xuan will write a song for Manchester United, and the club can also promote it to a certain extent.

Former head coach Ferguson and Ronaldo also made a bet with Cao Xuan that if they won the Champions League, Cao Xuan would write a song for Manchester United.

In the 2007-2008 season, Manchester United became the champion of the Champions League. According to the promise, it was time for Cao Xuan to write a song. Ronaldo had already urged him several times in private.

This guy is hooking up with Real Madrid now, but Manchester United has also played well this year, the league has advanced by leaps and bounds, and the Champions League is also playing very well, which makes him hesitate.

But no matter what choice he makes, he still hopes to see this song come out sooner.

Otherwise, if he transfers at that time, it will be a little embarrassing to talk about some stories about this song.

Cao Xuan was busy with other things before, so he didn't have time to officially record the song until now, but before the bet, Cao Xuan had a secret in his heart.

Due to its strong religious overtones, "Wake" was not widely spread in China at first, but it didn't become popular until it became a popular BGM edited by major sports because of its passionate melody.

As for these edited sports videos, football undoubtedly occupies a large proportion. Cao Xuan thought of adapting this song because of these videos.

In fact, to be fair, this song should be a football song, and it is a bit small as a club song.

But who made Cao Xuan a Manchester United fan, so he was selfish and willful for a while, believing that the melody of this song + his fame can add another classic song to Manchester United, the influence is big enough, and maybe it can even become the team song.

Anyway, Manchester United already has several team songs, and they don't mind adding another rock song.

And it is worth mentioning that many of the popular songs of football clubs are adapted from famous songs, or simply applied directly.

Especially in British clubs, basically more than [-]% of club anthems are adapted and applied.

For example, Liverpool's "You'll Never Walk Alone", originally an episode of a musical, was later sung by Elvis Presley, and was loved by Liverpool fans, and gradually became the team song.

One of Manchester United's team songs "Glory Belongs to Manchester United" is also an adaptation of an American military song evolved from a Christian hymn.

Moreover, the melody and pattern of this song are not only the Manchester United team song, but also Tottenham and Leeds United, so there is a joke saying that "glory not only belongs to Manchester United, but also belongs to Tottenham and Leeds United".

Because of this, it's okay for fans to create their own songs. Superstars like Cao Xuan "created" very few songs for the club, and even fewer songs can make a name for themselves.

If "Wake" can really become popular, then both Cao Xuan and Manchester United will definitely be popular.

But the melody is okay, it is almost unchanged from the original version, and Cao Xuan is still somewhat dissatisfied because of the major changes in the lyrics.

He has studied and practiced over the years, and it is no problem to write lyrics, but he needs luck and inspiration to write high-quality works.

Especially the English lyrics, although Cao Xuan's English level is good, but after all, he is not his native language, there is a layer of separation in the middle, and he created it alone, so many things may not be grasped thoroughly.

Cao Xuan plans to find a few familiar European and American musicians and Manchester United fans or related staff to polish and supplement.

This song "Wake" will be released as a single first, and it will also be included in Cao Xuan's fourth album, but it will not occupy the quota of 5 high-quality songs.

This year is already 2009, and Cao Xuan doesn't know how many albums he can release, but it probably won't be too many.

In 2012 at the earliest, and in 2015 at the latest, Cao Xuan planned to retire from the music world, announcing the end of his career as a singer.

In the past few years, even if there is one album a year, there are no more than five or six at most, not to mention Cao Xuan's time and situation, it is difficult to have this output.

Cao Xuan himself predicts that there is a high probability that there will be two more English-only albums, and maybe some singles will be released during the period, but the number will not be too many.

But this is enough, there is a high probability that it will be able to make up a small 20 high-quality songs, especially the last pure English album prepared by Cao Xuan, and plans to put all the high-quality goods, and there will be another Wang Zhan similar to "Legend".

As for the new album that Cao Xuan is working on right now, the overall quality of the finished product is actually not bad.

It is said that there are 5 high-quality songs + 5 ordinary songs, but the quality of the latter is also remarkable.

Even for some second- and third-tier singers in Europe and the United States, although these few songs will not become their masterpieces, they can basically be used as the main album.

It's just that Cao Xuan's inventory is too perverted.

The songs that can be listed as high-quality goods by him, regardless of Chinese, are everywhere in the top ten of the Billboard singles chart in English songs, and champion singles are not uncommon, and there are often some of the top ten of the year.

Even if the data achievements are not ideal, they have achieved extensive influence in other fields, with extraordinary potential and quality, and those with weaker performance are basically classified as ordinary.

Cao Xuan's previous three English albums seemed to have only 5 ordinary songs.

印象里好像有1首是杀进过公告牌单曲榜前25，有1首是某个天王的专辑主打歌之一，还有1首入围过环球唱片出品的年度最火的100首歌。

Frankly speaking, sometimes it is difficult to make a strict distinction between ordinary songs and high-quality songs based on quality and some factors.

It's just that because Cao Xuan knew the achievements and advantages of the songs, he made distinctions in advance, and the follow-up announcements will focus on investing resources, which has invisibly widened the gap between some high-quality songs and ordinary songs.

But in fact, if the resources are converted, the ordinary songs in the album will become the title songs with strong publicity resources.

Then, except that some classic songs may still be strong, the actual performance of some slightly weaker boutique songs may be no different from ordinary songs.

Cao Xuan himself is shameless, and he lists these songs as [ordinary] in his heart, and the effect is often used to "make up the number".

If other singers know his thoughts, they must spit on him.

Maybe the performance of these songs is a little unsatisfactory, but the quality is completely out of line with the word "ordinary". Forcing an analogy is as ridiculous and absurd as Cao Xuan calling himself a third-rate businessman.

No matter what the facts are, in the eyes of outsiders, it is indeed a bit too much to be beaten...

This album named "Qing" by Cao Xuan is not an English name, but the Chinese pinyin of the word "qing".

Most of the songs on this album tend to be emotional, but they are not love at all. It feels a bit dry to use pure Emotion (emotion), so Cao Xuan simply used the Chinese pinyin of [情] as the name.

On the one hand, Cao Xuan has always felt that Chinese characters represent a lot of meanings, and the word [情] contains thousands of things, which can refer to emotions and emotions, and can express people's hearts and human affairs.

On the other hand, the use of Chinese pinyin is also more distinctive, with Cao Xuan's personal label, which is even more impressive.

What's more, the author and readers are easy to remember...

The album "Qing" Cao Xuan "created" very tired, mainly because of the few songs he aimed at, many of the lyrics did not match, so he had to make original revisions.

Among them, Boss Huang's song "Shape of You" has the most changes, which is basically a facelift.

No way, who told this song to be written by Boss Huang, it's too yellow...

"Shape of You", translated as "Your Body" in Chinese, is a song written and sung by Ed Sheeran, a British male singer nicknamed Boss Huang. It was first released in 2017.

This song was extremely popular. It won the championship directly on the bulletin board in the first week, and won the championship for 12 weeks in total. It also helped Boss Huang win a Grammy.

The most worth mentioning is that this song is not only popular in statistics, but also extremely popular. It is also very popular in China, and it has been popular for a long time. Many people still like it after several years of release.

Cao Xuan had been eyeing this song before, but he never picked it up because the lyrics of this song were too explicit.

In China, it is almost equivalent to "Pinch the Big Hip of the Chaoyi". When Cao Tianwang wrote this song, the character design collapsed.

Uh, considering Mr. Cao's reputation, it's hard to say...

However, such lyrics do not have positive energy after all, and are not recognized by the domestic mainstream. Regardless of whether Europe and the United States are conservative and open, the key is that Cao Xuan now represents the image of China to a certain extent.

Gossip and gossip are nothing more than private life issues, and they are not new to most celebrities, and they belong to the subsection.

But the output works must not be out of line, there is an essential difference in this, so Cao Xuan is very cautious about this aspect, and absolutely does not leave any excuses.

Therefore, the lyrics of the song "Shape of You" had to be changed a lot. Before that, Cao Xuan had been drafting and pondering some results before he released this song.

The general story background of the lyrics remains the same, it is still the same set of secret love and budding love, but a lot of pornographic lines are omitted, and it is more about the sweetness of love and the entanglement and confusion it brings.

The final effect is that the melody and emotion expressed in the original version of "Shape of You" remain unchanged, but the lyrics and MV plot structure are more plain and positive.

In addition to Boss Huang's "Shape of You", Adele's "Hello" is also the main song of the album "Qing".

This song is Adele Adkins' fourth Billboard No. [-] single. In addition to the previous "Rolling in the Deep", Cao Xuan has already won Adele's two No. [-] singles.

The Menglong band shed tears of relief...

Cao Xuan also felt a little embarrassed. If he could find other high-quality songs in the future, he would stop chasing Adele.

Of course, if you can't find it, let's talk about the other two. People like him can't speak conscience.

"Hello" is the same as the previous song "Shape of You". It was the first single to win the championship in the first week of Billboard, and it was also the song that won the championship for more than 10 weeks. It won three Grammys for Adele.

To be honest, these two songs made Cao Xuan hesitate for a while, and they might not be able to achieve the achievements of the original time and space together.

At the same time, I am somewhat looking forward to putting the two songs together, who will be better, and what kind of magic can be created together.

In addition to these two Wang Zha, the other songs also have their own characteristics, not inferior to these two songs.

Perhaps the number of high-quality songs in the album is not as good as Cao Xuan's "Legend", but the quality is really not bad, even better than the second English album "Release".

After the last "Legend", the physical album market has further shrunk, and online digital albums have begun to rise slowly.

Cao Xuan is also very curious whether "Qing" can leave a strong mark in this era of changing times.

The production of the album is stable and orderly. Even if it cannot be completed before Cao Xuan joined the group "Sword Rain", it is estimated that most of it can be completed.

Take the time to catch up with the progress, it should be released in the second half of the year, and it can be regarded as a way to stop the fans who are yelling and scolding in the comment area of ​​Cao Xuan Weibo every day.

.........

After recording the song several times, it was almost evening, so Cao Xuan asked Gao Gao to have dinner, and then went back to their respective homes.

The schedule is not particularly tight, and there are wives and children at home. Cao Xuan seldom works overtime now, and leaves when the time comes.

As soon as I got home, I saw my precious girl running over on her short legs to be hugged. Next to her were Sun Lan and the specially hired nanny.

After all, Cao Xuan and Zeng Li still have jobs. Although they consciously pushed off some complicated matters to save their energy on the family and children, it is impossible to focus on the children all the time.

Therefore, it is Sun Lan and his grandparents who are really looking after the children at home.

However, Cao Xuan was a little afraid that the old couple doted on their daughter, not because he said that he was a son and his parents were wrong, but then again, the old couple really spoiled their granddaughter too much.

Comrade Cao Shuangguo is okay, although he is also a pet, but at least he still has some principles. Sun Lan really treats her granddaughter as a treasure, she is afraid of being knocked in her hand, and afraid of melting in her mouth. There is no bottom line.

As the saying goes, loving a child is like killing a child.

Although Cao Xuan also loved his daughter, he didn't want his daughter to be raised in a wrong way, so he hired an experienced nanny.

On the one hand, he raises children more scientifically, and on the other hand, he and Zeng Li can make a report to him and Zeng Li to correct and educate them in time.

Cao Xuan was worried about leaving the child to his grandma, and his family was also worried about leaving the child with a babysitter.

If you let the two take it together.It can relatively offset some contradictions, although there may be some conflicts in the details, but in general, it can be regarded as the best of both worlds.

In June this year, little Cao Li will be two years old, and Cao Xuan and Zeng Li plan to send the child to a nursery when he is three.

It not only liberates the family, but also has teachers to educate, and can also find some playmates for the children.

Moreover, Cao Xuan inquired that a three-year-old child has initial autonomy in language, action and cognitive abilities, and is in a rapid growth stage. Going to school is better for children than being at home.

Of course, this is just an idea, and it depends on the child's adaptability.

Some children are not suitable for kindergarten, and if conditions permit, they can wait until they are older and then go to school.

Thinking of going to school, Cao Xuan also wondered whether he should buy some children's books and classics for his children when he had time, and tell them about them if he had nothing to do, such as "Dream of Red Mansions" and "First Explanation of Go", which might be useful for the college entrance examination in the future.

Cao Xuan did some calculations, Xiao Cao Li was born in June 2007, and the college entrance examination will be at least until 6 or 2025.

Well, this book will definitely not be written until then, and Cao Xuan definitely doesn't know the college entrance examination questions, so he can only let the children take the exam by themselves...

However, if Xiao Cao Li returns to his hometown Zaoshi to go to school and happens to take the senior high school entrance examination in 2022, Cao Xuan will have a lot of experience.

But this is just a matter of talking and having fun. Boss Cao's wealth does not need to deal with these questions. Donate a few teaching buildings, and then spend some aid funds. Middle schools and universities at home and abroad can be chosen at will.

Of course, if possible, Cao Xuan still hopes that his child will be able to enter the university by himself, which can be regarded as making up for the regret of failing the college entrance examination.

"What did you do today?"

Cao Xuan hugged his daughter and asked with a smile on his face. He had already gone to the hospital for an examination. Little Cao Li, who was stronger than ordinary children in terms of intellectual thinking and language expression, tilted his head and reported.

"Eat, balls, TV, Pleasant Goat."

The child who is almost two years old has already started to eat a lot of staple food, and the little guy has a lot of food, which is a little bigger than before.

As for Pleasant Goat, I let the children watch TV for a while to distract them when they have nothing to do. I bought a lot of things for infants and young children at home, but Xiao Cao Li is not interested in it. He just likes to watch "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf".

In fact, such a big kid couldn't understand the plot at all, but Cao Xuan didn't know where the plot moved her even if she watched it with gusto.

It forced him to be with the East and West Second Palace, and during this period of time, he also made up for dozens of episodes of "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf".

Sometimes in dreams at night, Big Big Wolf said "I will definitely come back". Cao Xuan, who hates it, wants to spend money to buy the parent company of the cartoon, and then ask them to change the lines for Big Big Wolf.

But luck is good today, tired of tossing and tossing during the day, Cao Xuan didn't come home long before the child became sleepy.

As soon as Cao Xuan put the child to sleep, Zeng Li and Hu Jing came home from get off work together, which made him wonder if the two had colluded.

Zeng Li glanced at his daughter and saw that the child was sleeping soundly, so he sent the two of them to the living room, took out a CD from his bag and put it in the DVD player: "Come on, let me show you something."

Cao Xuan was taken aback: "My mother is still here, so I can't wait until night to go to the bedroom to see."

"Hey, where are you thinking?"

Before Zeng Li could speak, Hu Jing who was next to him spat at him first: "I thought everyone was like you, full of unhealthy things."

"Hey, let's talk about it. The last time I went to Europe, who clamored to meet the European teachers..."

Before he could finish speaking, Hu Jing, who was furious, was about to rush over to tear his mouth, and Zeng Li also had a bad look on his face.

"Could you stop mentioning that, I get sick when I think about those German movies."

After frolicking for a while, he got back to business. Zeng Li turned on the TV and played the CD, and there were videos of some young people, including talent shows, basic skills of lines and forms, stage and film and television acting clips.

"What's the matter, I'm here for an interview."

After watching the video, Cao Xuan understood what was going on, and Zeng Li didn't hold back, and directly explained the matter.

This CD contains the materials of most of the students of the 05th and 06th grades of the Chinese Opera, especially the 05th grade, basically all of them are listed, and there are more lengthy materials.

The purpose of Zeng Li showing Cao Xuan is very simple, to let him see if there are any good seedlings, and sign into Fanxing.

This is not what she meant, but the leaders of the Chinese Opera asked her to help. Although the relationship between Zeng Li and Cao Xuan is relatively low-key, everyone is not a fool.

Teacher Zeng is like a fish in water in Zhongxi, and he is at ease, largely because of Cao Xuan's face.

After enjoying the benefits, when the school has difficulties and needs help, Zeng Li is not easy to shirk.

This summer, the 05th grade students of Chinese opera are about to graduate, and the 06th graders are about to enter their senior year and enter the final internship stage.

In the past few years, I don’t know whether it’s because of the market or because they have recruited too many students. The major students of China Opera Nortel are not as popular as before.

In the past, Chinese opera graduates went out to film, but they couldn't get big roles, supporting roles were not difficult, and if the conditions were good, they might directly play the leading roles.

But in the past two years, it was difficult to get some major roles unless they were signed by the company, and even if they were signed by the company, they might not be able to make movies.

In the past few sessions, except for the 02 class of Chinese opera, which was relatively prosperous, there were students in 03 and 04 who hadn’t filmed much, and even changed careers.

The leaders of the Chinese Opera still have a few considerations for the students, so they thought that through Zeng Li's help, if a few can be signed into Fanxing, it will be of great benefit to these students.

After all, the 02-level examples of Chinese opera are right in front of us. Some of Liu Tianxian, Guo Zhenni, Zhang Bo, Sun Jian and others have become top-notch stars, and the worst ones are also well-known, with constant drama appointments.

If they can embrace this thigh, the careers of the students will take off, and it will be a good achievement for the school leaders.

Not to mention, because of the performance of the 02 class, China Opera has always wanted Zeng Li to be the class teacher for another term, but Zeng Li refused.

But even so, the school still loves Zeng Li very much, and plans to give her an associate professor in a few years, which is both a courtship and a reward.

You must know that Teacher Chang Li brought out the Chinese opera class 96 and was known as the star class teacher. Now the Chinese opera class 02 is in full swing, and Teacher Zeng's name is also very important.

Zeng Li was very proud of this, and usually showed off a lot.

So much so that Cao Xuan was looking forward to seeing if Empress Nishinomiya would still be able to laugh when those ghosts and monsters started acting as monsters.

However, Teacher Zeng and the director of the Chinese Opera still have to give face. Anyway, it is only an interview, and it depends on Cao Xuan whether to sign or not, so it should be relieved.

The empress of Donggong also began to put on the posture of a vice president, and her eyes were even more critical.

If this group of people entered Fanxing, they would most likely belong to the West Palace Party. She would not hinder the future of this group of children, but she still had to help watch and collect some information for Da Mimi.

Zeng Li introduced them to the two, and it seemed that he had done a lot of work, and every student could say a few words when he came out.

But there is one thing to say, this group of children is too immature, it is difficult to catch Cao Xuan and Hu Jing's eyes, when a dozen students came out, the two of them didn't even have a basic expression change.

Until a little girl with a round face appeared, Hu Jing poked her head slightly and took a look: "This one is okay."

Zeng Li introduced: "The little girl's name is Mao Xiaotong. She has studied piano since elementary school, and has learned dance in her major and won an award. She is recognized as a good seed this year and has won a scholarship."

"Don't tell me, it looks a bit like Jingjing's eyebrows and eyes when she was young, with curved eyebrows and round face."

Cao Xuan had a little impression of this man. He had a lot of melons back then, but he still admired his decisive and sharp personality, and his appearance and talent were justified.

Zeng Li also laughed: "She has the nickname Little Hu Jing in our school."

"Like me?"

Hu Jing was puzzled, she felt that the two did not look alike, and it was not because she was arrogant, she was much more beautiful than Mao Xiaotong when she was young.

"They don't look much alike, but their eyebrows, eyes and temperament are a bit similar, with a touch of cuteness."

Cao Xuan explained a sentence, and then shook his head: "A good seedling is a good seedling, but it's a bit of a conflict with Zhao Xiaodao, let's wait and see."

Zeng Li was a little disappointed, but not discouraged, and quickly introduced the next handsome guy with delicate features.

"This is Chen Yao, from He City, Hui Province, born as a child star..."

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　　What's so good about being a star?In front of people, in front of capital, everyone has to be called Dad!

　　Luo Heng, who started Tianhu, said: "I want to be a man with a net worth of tens of billions!"

　　Star, are you kidding me?There is no future!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)