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Chapter 55: The Song of August with Smoke of Gunpowder (8)

Cao Xuan, who has money in his hand, first thing is to pay off the mortgage.

As for the money borrowed from various parties when the album was made, it was paid back with dividends after the album was sold.

This is a habit that Cao Xuan has cultivated with his parents since he was a child. As long as he has debts on his back, he will always think about it and feel uncomfortable.

Cao Xuan, who is debt-free and light-weight, now has extra money in his hands, and he continues to invest in real estate in addition to some spare parts.

This time Cao Xuan did not buy a courtyard house.

It's not that he gave up the goal of hoarding courtyard houses, but now that he is popular, the courtyard houses are in the market, and the confidentiality is too poor.

As an artist, it doesn't matter to live idle occasionally, but as a daily living place, it is somewhat inappropriate.

Of course, there are also courtyards with privacy and confidentiality at the same time, but Cao Xuan will not find a suitable one for a while.

All that can be found are public properties, and money cannot buy them.

Cao Xuan did not buy a house in the inner four cities this time, but chose to buy a hardcover apartment in Haidian with the full price and keep it as a cave of cunning rabbits.

In fact, Cao Xuan originally wanted to buy it in Chaoyang, but later he felt that Chaoyang was too mysterious and changed it to Haidian.

This apartment is located in a good location, not far from the Yuanmingyuan, and about half an hour's walk from Beijing University and Shuimu.

With three rooms and two halls, the total area is about 190 square meters. Together with the deed tax and other miscellaneous expenses, Cao Xuan spent almost 80 yuan, which is equivalent to 4200+ per square meter.

After 20 years, even if depreciation is included in this price, it will be about 15~20 times...

However, Cao Xuan didn't plan to sell it. He bought this house to live in, and he valued the tight security of the community. Many professors from Beijing University and Shuimu lived here.

Now the apartment is still in the soft decoration stage, and Cao Xuan has not moved in for the time being.

In addition, he is used to living in Dashizuo himself, and does not plan to move completely. When the apartment is renovated, he will live on both sides, whichever is more convenient.

In addition to buying an apartment for himself, Cao Xuan also moved [Fanxing Studio] to a house.

As Cao Xuan became popular, the studio had to deal with more things, and the original few people were not enough, so [Fanxing Studio] recruited and expanded the entire studio to 10 employees.

When there were too many people, the original small yard was no longer enough, so Cao Xuan rented another large yard near the original address, which saved a lot of time for moving.

Cao Xuan's personal team has also expanded.

Zhang Chong officially stepped down as a bodyguard and a driver who had never been a driver for a day, and served as a full-time assistant to Cao Xuan.

Zhu Jiang, a newly arrived veteran, is in charge of driving and security.

This Zhu Jiang is a talent that Cao Xuan found through a lot of connections. He was born in a scout and once served as a guard in a certain department. He has excellent skills, a stable personality, and a trustworthy personality.

Hu Ya, the former small secretary, is now his administrative secretary. Cao Xuan's work in the studio is basically handled by her.

In addition, there is Jiang Yue, an agent who manages the overall situation of the team, and concurrently serves as the general manager of Fanxing Studio.

Now there are five key things in the studio-

① Follow up on all aspects of the album. Needless to say, this is the top priority.

②Cao Xuan's business performance, which is also the main source of income for his current work.

③Continue to pay attention to the progress of the two crews that have signed contracts.

④Promotional invitations related to Cao Xuan's variety shows and media.

⑤ Negotiate endorsements.

Commercial endorsements have always been an important source of celebrity income, and the studio is naturally aware of it. Since Cao Xuan became popular, there have been related companies and products looking for Cao Xuan's endorsement.

However, Cao Xuan, who knows the way here, is very cautious about endorsement issues. There are too many thunders here, and it has trapped waves of stars.

Therefore, he set the rules for Jiang Yue, saying that endorsements are better not to be overused, drugs and finance are absolutely not accepted, and other commodities must be cautious.

Even if you don't make this money, don't make a mess.

For this reason, Cao Xuanguang pushed the endorsement fee to be almost enough for him to buy another set of courtyard houses.

But Cao Xuan was not distressed.

A gentleman loves money, and he takes it in a proper way. Some people take the money at a loss, and they can't sleep at night.

Due to strict control, the advertising endorsement that Fanxing Studio is still negotiating is only one instant noodle with a unified black pepper beef taste.

Although Cao Xuan personally prefers Master Kong, he does not reject the unity.

But the unified price is too low, 100 million for two years, Cao Xuan wants 200 million for two years, and the guarantee is also 180 million.

There is a big gap between the psychological price levels of the two sides, but fortunately, they both have the intention to talk about it.

Since, then sit down and talk slowly and see if you can finally reach a condition that both parties are satisfied with.

In addition to unification, in fact, the pure water of the baby ha also intends to find Cao Xuan's endorsement.

However, they have a limited budget for spokespersons, and their bids are lower than that of Uniform, but they are signed once a year.

Fanxing also sent people to contact Wahaha, but Cao Xuan was not very interested in it. After all, he didn't want to be replaced by others after decades, and then be pointed at the nose as old.

Even if he signed it, Cao Xuan should raise the price, and he was talking about business.

.........

When Cao Xuan was busy with commercial performances and endorsements, the time slowly came to late August.

Despite the impact of the disaster, "Starry Night" still maintains a strong popularity.

"Fairy Tale" and "Twilight" are still firmly in the top two, and "Run" has gradually broken through the suppression of "Conquer", and has repeatedly rushed to the top three.

In addition to the top four remaining unchanged, the songs below the chart continue to change.

"Autumn Don't Come Back" was once squeezed out of the top ten, and "Angel Wings" also slipped from fifth or sixth place to eight or nine.

Today, in addition to the "Coward" that came up in the top ten in June, there is also the single "I Think I'm the Sea" released by Huang Lei in July.

The later Fatty Huang was at the peak of his appearance at this time. He had acted in movies and released albums.

It is worth mentioning that the heroine of Huang Lei's "I Think I'm the Sea" MV is his future daughter-in-law Sun Li.

This routine coincides a bit with Cao Xuan...

In addition, also on the list are Li Wen's "365 Days of Missing You" and Peng Jiahui's "Meeting Too Late".

In January of this year, Li Wen released his new album "Di Da Di Hint", which sold well.

Although it is not comparable to Cao Xuan's "The Stars" and Na Ying's "Conquest", it also ranks third in annual sales and first in Taiwan.

It can be said that Li Wen, who has already stepped into the status of the queen, has basically succeeded in ascending the throne of the queen of Chinese music by relying on this album.

Li Wen, who strikes while the iron is hot, released a new album on August 8st, "1 Days of Missing You" is the title song of the album.

At the same time, this song is also one of the episodes of the animated film "Lotus Lantern".

The other two songs from the "Lotus Lantern" animated film, "Heaven and Earth Are in My Heart" and "Love is Just One Word", respectively ranked No.17 and No.12 on the charts, and the singers were Liu Huan and Zhang Xinzhe.

As far as an anime movie is concerned, this theme song and episode singing lineup are basically considered to be no later comers.

As for Peng Jiahui's "Meet Hate Late", it is a classic representative of one person, one song in the music circle.

It was just launched at the beginning of August, and it quickly rushed to the top five, and made a violent impact on the top ranked "Conquer" and "Run".

It can be said that now the entire ranking is full of gunpowder smoke, and the fight is a mess.

But in general, "Starry Night", which firmly occupies the top fourteen seats in the rankings, still maintains an absolute advantage.

The total sales of the entire album has also reached an astonishing 110 million+, and it is expected to hit 200 million by the end of the year.

However, with Ren Xianqi's upcoming new album, the real test of "The Stars" is coming...  

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