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Chapter 596

"Someone Like Me" became popular all over the Internet. Apart from accepting two interviews, Cao Xuan himself didn't make much appearance.

At the beginning of November, he finished filming the scene of "The Founding of the Party", and within two days at home, he flew directly to New York, USA to shoot the movie "Eagle Eye".

At the shooting scene, Cao Xuan met the main creators of the film.

Scarlett Johansson, the black widow, still looks like the red-haired black leather jacket in the movie.

The two have actually met before. One Grammy and even Scarlett presented an award to Cao Xuan. At that time, he felt that the other party's blond hair was not used to him, but this time it was much more comfortable.

"Cao, this time we will fight side by side for a long time."

The widow Scarlett made a gesture of holding guns with both hands, a pun, the two are close comrades-in-arms in the movie, and they will also shoot several Marvel movies together outside the movie, and they may have to cooperate for several years. Fight alongside.

"My pleasure."

Cao Xuan and the widow sister hugged each other lightly, thinking silently in their hearts.

He has already collaborated with Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway, and Gal Gadot for several popular actresses in Hollywood in later generations. It is estimated that with two more, he will be on the must-kill list of many male fans...

After the widow sister is the male second, Andrew Garfield. He was very excited when he saw Cao Xuan, and he was eager to take a photo with him and post it on Twitter.

Compared with the widow sister who has been famous for many years, this guy is currently a young buddy. It was not until the release of "Social Network" starring him last month, which won nearly [-] million US dollars in the box office in North America, that he was just emerging.

However, not to mention that he hasn't changed his mind from the ordinary actor stage, even if he has, he still doesn't look good enough in front of Cao Xuan.

That's why Andrew Garfield, in the "Eagle Eye" crew, has a strong star-chasing mentality towards big names like Cao Xuan and Widow Sister.

It is estimated that he will not be able to muster confidence in front of Cao Xuan and others until he starred in "The Amazing Spider-Man" and officially became a top-notch Hollywood star.

The actors who played Crossfire and Imitation Master, one is white and the other is black. Cao Xuan is not very familiar with them, so everyone said hello as usual.

It's just a pity that Marvel still didn't use the Chinese actor he recommended in the end. You must know that the master of imitation is not dead in the movie, and it is very likely that he will appear again in the future, and he can be regarded as an important villain.

Dr. Egghead Crazy, Marvel did not use Uncle Fried Chicken and Lao Bai.

The former is because the schedule is not suitable, and the latter is because Marvel feels that Cao Xuan and Lao Bai have already cooperated in "Taken 2", which makes it easy for the audience to play.

So in the end Marvel found the British actor Ralph Fiennes, who played Voldemort in "Harry Potter".

It is worth mentioning that this Voldemort is actually very handsome, he is a British melancholy uncle, very mature and charming.

But at the same time, he is also a very professional actor. He played a faceless monster in "Harry Potter". This time when he was invited by "Eagle Eye", he shaved his head without hesitation.

The above six actors are basically the leading roles in the movie "Eagle Eye", and there are also some supporting roles and guest roles.

Such as S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Fury, Deputy Director Hill, Iron Man Tony and so on.

Cao Xuan hadn't officially started the production when he joined the team, and he and the other main creators came back and forth. The director held a research meeting first, and then began to try makeup and shoot.

During this period, the whole process was kept secret, and even the routine start-up publicity and media visits were not carried out.

But the paparazzi in Hollywood are not easy to eat. There are at least a few hundred people in a crew, and how can they keep it completely secret.

Soon, someone broke the news on the Internet that a new Marvel movie is being filmed, and it is suspected that it is the fourth Marvel superhero with a personal movie after Iron Man, Captain America, and Thor.

At the very beginning, no one knew who the protagonist of this new movie would be, and the media and the Internet continued to speculate.

However, everyone is quite clear about Marvel's general plan, so everyone is guessing at the heroes of the Avengers.

Some say it's a new version of the Hulk, some guess it's Ant-Man, and others guess it's the atomic bomb.

Hulk and Ant-Man are the original patriarchs of the Avengers, the other three are Thor, Iron Man and Wasp.

Now there are Iron Man and Thor, and even Captain America, who joined later, has made a solo movie, so Hulk and Ant-Man have the greatest chances.

As for the atomic bomb, he is a good friend of the Hulk Banner, and his ability is similar to that of the Hulk. In addition, there is a special [Force of Destiny], which is equivalent to becoming a screenwriter and changing the settings for himself, which is very awesome.

This hero can also be regarded as an early hero of the Avengers. There have been rumors on the Internet that the Hulk's copyright is in trouble, and Marvel intends to replace it with abomination or an atomic bomb.

In addition, there are many guesses about other superheroes.

There is no way, the Avengers, there are dozens of official heroes alone, and there are many founding veterans, no one is sure which new hero it is.

Quicksilver, Hawkeye, Scarlet Witch, Black Knight, Hercules, etc...

The heroes in the early stage of the Avengers were basically picked up, until someone took a Reuters photo, Scarlett Johansson appeared in a New York location in a costume, and the Internet began to tend towards the new movie, which is likely to be the personal movie of Black Widow.

Soon, Marvel officials also admitted this statement sideways: Marvel President Kevin Fitch said in an interview.

"We do have plans for a new film, and Scarlett Johansson is a key player in both the new film and The Avengers."

Not long after, the widow posted a photo of the studio work on Twitter, with the text "Happy at work", and the costume and makeup are exactly the fighting state of the black widow.

Now everyone is fully aware of it, and a large number of media follow up and report, and even some Chinese and Asian media also join in the fun.

In "Iron Man 2", the widow sister performed well and left a deep impression on many viewers, which can be regarded as accumulating the initial foundation of popularity in China.

The news that Marvel's "Black Widow" movie is being filmed is rampant, but it confuses many insiders. Empress Donggong couldn't help calling to inquire.

"Didn't you say "Eagle Eye"? How did it become "Black Widow"?"

"Who makes Marvel like to make surprises?"

Cao Xuan is also a little helpless, Marvel has always had the bad habit of "false propaganda". In order to prevent spoilers and keep secrets, the trailers have been falsified many times, nicknamed "trailer cheating", and even used fake scripts to fool the actors.

Marvel has always defined the joining of Cao Xuan as a surprise, and intends to announce it when "Thor" is released, so watching online netizens guessing randomly, they simply use their tactics.

As for what Kevin Feige said, it is not a lie. Scarlett Johansson is indeed the core actor of the two movies, but he didn't say it was true.

Even if Cao Xuan hadn't stopped him, Kevin Feige would have planned to show all the shots of Black Widow in the first trailer of "Hawkeye", and wait until the second version before announcing the new movie as "Hawkeye".

However, Cao Xuan believes that such a trick is suspected of selling dog meat.

During the filming period, in order to keep it secret, it was enough to use some cover-ups, and the words were not revealed, so it was not a complete lie. Even if most of the audience knew about it afterwards, they would laugh and curse a few words angrily.

But it shouldn't have been kept secret until the release date, or even cheating people with trailers.

Cao Xuan has no objection to tampering with the trailer, he has done this kind of thing, but it is only to hide part of the plot and prevent spoilers, and Marvel edited it into another movie promotion, which is completely different in nature.

It is equivalent to people wanting to watch "Love Apartment", but what you show them is "Notes on Tomb Raiders", is this pure fraud?

Even if Marvel doesn't care, he and Widow Sister don't want to lie to the audience, it's a blow to their brand...

But having said that, Marvel did such a trick, which really made Cao Xuan quiet a lot, and his attention was sucked away by the widow sister.

Cao Xuan has no other duties. Except for occasionally discussing plots and characters with the director, he is doing down-to-earth filming at other times. Every day is from the hotel to the set, rushing back and forth.

In addition to enjoying the rare purity, "Eagle Eye" is also the most special scene that Cao Xuan has filmed in recent years.

A large number of green screen performances without physical objects made him a little uncomfortable.

It’s not that Cao Xuan has never filmed green screen scenes. There are a lot of green screen clips in "Painted Skin", "Three Kingdoms: Red Cliff" and "You Now You See Me". Cao Xuan is also an actor who often spends time in the studio.

But for those scenes, at most half of the scenes need green screen cooperation, and the rest are either real scenes or set scenes.

As a result, in the movie "Eagle Eye", almost 2/3 of Cao Xuan's scenes were shot in a green screen studio, with very few exterior scenes.

So it's no wonder that the Hollywood paparazzi couldn't take pictures of Cao Xuan, because he almost stayed in the studio, unless he sneaked into the studio, otherwise he couldn't get a frontal photo at all.

But it's just that he didn't get used to it. Cao Xuan is not a young boy who has just debuted. After a short period of adaptation, he quickly overcome this matter.

The most important thing about non-physical performances is the actor's sense of belief. Believe that you are not on a green screen or on the streets of New York. Believe that in front of you is not a camera, but an enemy who wants to kill quickly.

With a firm sense of faith and automatic imagination of the picture, the green screen will no longer hinder the performance of the actors.

But there is one thing to say, although such a non-physical performance is convenient for cutting pictures, it does have a negative impact on the actors.

Actors may be able to perform well with their sense of faith and professional ability, but without the cooperation of scenes, environments, and characters, it is difficult for actors to fully immerse themselves in it.

Therefore, many big directors are very opposed to these green screen shootings, preferring to spend time and money on real scenes.

From the perspective of professional actors, others don't know. Cao Xuan personally prefers live shooting, which has a sense of reality and is more conducive to the shaping of characters and event plots.

But the green screen is not without its advantages. First of all, the shooting progress is very fast, the scene props do not need to be troublesomely arranged or restored, and the actors can continue to act, saving time and effort.

The second is that it is not easy to get hurt when playing.

Cao Xuan is considered a half-professional action actor, and he knows the dangers of acting.

When filming action scenes, punches to the flesh, whether it is beating or being beaten, one is easy to be injured if one is not careful, let alone drag racing explosions and parkour wia.

Professional action actors such as Cheng Long, Li Lianjie, and Wu Jing, which one is not scarred and devastated.

Cao Xuan is extremely lucky, after so many years of filming, he has never been seriously injured.

But even so, he was often bruised and bruised, and he also had several traumas on his body. He once had a cut in his left arm and had four stitches, and his right little finger was broken due to a fist.

Although fighting scenes cannot be avoided in green screen filming, highly dangerous actions such as explosions and jumping from several floors to left and right can be completely avoided.

Cao Xuan is also considered dedicated when he is filming, he never complains of suffering or tiredness, but as long as his life is in danger, he will never make a film.

It's useless for the director to kneel down!
He doesn't have the heart of people like Cheng Long, with millions of dollars a day, his wife and children are waiting at home, what kind of life is he playing.

Cao Xuan himself doesn't risk his life, and he doesn't easily let a stand-in stand in. He would rather spend more money and use special effects. From this point of view, he is also a supporter of green screen studios, after all, the latter really improves the safety of action actors.

.........

Cao Xuan's filming in the United States went smoothly, but in China, his news has never been less.

At the end of October, "Someone Like Me" was released first and became the most popular song in the second half of this year.

After finally waiting for the popularity of this song to drop, on November 11th, the birthday of Cao Xuan, the second promotional song of the new album "Xuan" was released——

"My sky"

This song is a masterpiece of the Southern Expedition and the Northern War, and it is also the theme song of the movie "Youth School" released in 2013. It is a rare rock masterpiece that perfectly blends popular pop in the declining stage of the Chinese music scene.

However, this song is also controversial, because the prelude is similar, and many people think it plagiarized the English song "Hall of fame".

Of course, some people have gone through various evidence collections and said that this song is only similar in melody and arrangement, and there is only a small part of the main song, so it cannot be regarded as plagiarism.

But whether it's plagiarism or coincidence, at least those in Cao Xuan don't have this trouble.

Because as early as 2008, he and the American rap king

Eminem co-produced "Hall of fame" as a promotional song for the Beijing Olympics, and also won the top spot on the Billboard singles chart.

He copied himself, so it wouldn't cause controversy.

Cao Xuan originally planned to sing "My Sky" by himself, but later felt more powerful without a chorus, so he invited Ouyang Jing, a Chinese hip-hop singer, to cooperate.

Ouyang Jing, a Chinese-American, is good at rap and rap performances. He is one of the few Chinese-American singers recognized by the mainstream American rap industry.

His English album once landed in the top [-] of the Billboard album chart in the United States. He is the second Chinese singer with such achievements after Cao Xuan, and he is known as the number one rapper (rapper) among Chinese.

In 2008, Ouyang Jing returned to China to develop. Although he also cooperated with some big names, there was no good progress. The main reason is that there is not much interest in hip-hop in China.

It wasn't until "The Rap of China" came out that his career ushered in a second spring.

What's even more commendable is that Ouyang Jing is still safe and sound when all the mentors of the program contestants have been arrested and banned. It can also be called a commendable character.

Of course, according to the atmosphere of domestic entertainment, it's hard to say that he will be exposed if he turns his head around. After all, these hip-hop players really have too many criminal records.

Cao Xuan didn't know if he had poisonous milk, but in terms of rapping skills alone, Ouyang Jing was indeed among the top Chinese singers he had seen.

He actually wanted to find Xiao Zhou, but at that time Xiao Zhou was busy filming "The Green Hornet", so he had to settle for the next best thing.

The lyrics of "My Sky" are inspirational, and the melody is passionate and passionate. With the MV starring Yu Shi, a hard-working high school student is looking for himself in the last senior year of high school. This song quickly became popular in the circle.

In particular, many college entrance examination candidates gave it a very high evaluation. It is a pity that this song was launched a little late, otherwise it would be a wave of chicken blood.

But it's too late for them, but the college students who take the postgraduate entrance examination can finally get a little bit of light, and next year's college entrance examination candidates will also have an inspirational divine song in Quli.

It took "My Sky" three days to pull "Someone Like Me" off the top of the list and successfully climbed to the top.

But "My Sky" didn't stay at the top of the chart for too long. On November 11, Cao Xuan's third hit song "Bird and Cicada" was released.

The song "Flying Birds and Cicadas" comes from singer Ren Ran. It was released in 2020 and soon became a hit song of the year.

This song is a love song, the melody is light and fresh, and there is a little sadness in the warmth. The so-called birds and cicadas are about parting and love, or secret love.

Some people are like birds, longing for freedom and beauty, and this place is just one of thousands of scenes.

And some people are really in love like cicadas, this summer, or this whole life, they will sing for this relationship.

"You fly away proudly, the leaf on which I perch
Go to different worlds, but never say goodbye

Cang Haiyue's longing made me feather yesterday

on my mature smiling face

but you haven't seen it

......"

The cicada knows the flying bird, but the flying bird doesn't know the cicada. Meetings are all due to fate, but when parting, they can't help it at all.

The song is good, the words are better.

This kind of love song with regret, helplessness, and unwillingness is often the existence that can most stir the hearts of fans. Maybe everyone does not have vigorous feelings, and feels that most people have been cicadas waiting for Asuka to turn around.

"Flying Birds and Cicadas" won no less sensation than the previous "People Like Me", and it was even praised as comparable to Cao Xuan's classic love songs.

This evaluation is not low. After all, Cao Xuan's works, there are too many classic love songs, and he just picks out a masterpiece that has been written in Chinese for decades.

If it wasn't for Cao Xuan's outstanding performance in other themes, the title of "Love Song King" would have fallen on him long ago.

In more than a month, Cao Xuan's new album has three chart-topping songs. It needs word-of-mouth and popularity.

Cao Xuan's fans roared with drums and firecrackers, shouting arrogantly to the entire Chinese music scene.

The hot man who dominates the music scene is back!
The heroes of the Chinese music scene who are already on the decline are silent. Even Xiao Zhou, who is the best at playing, is just pulled out to flog corpses every day.

Everyone is desperate!

When Cao Xuan made his debut back then, the four great heavenly kings of his predecessors have basically retired, and those who haven't retired rarely release new songs.

Xie Feng, who was born in the same generation as Cao Xuan, has transformed, Nan Ren has passed away, and many queens are not in the frontline.

Even Xiao Zhou, Mou Wang and others who debuted later than him are now faintly no longer at the peak, and more or less began to decline.

Only Cao Xuan has been producing steadily for more than ten years, and the quality of his works is extremely high. Every time he releases a song, he is at the same time, overwhelming the entire music scene.

In this situation, I even put on a face all day long and said that my creative ability has declined.

Pooh!
I strongly suspect that this guy is cheating. I hope that the relevant departments will catch it and slice it. It is best to slice it like Lanzhou ramen beef, and slowly cut it into tens of thousands of knives...

(End of this chapter)