China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 679 The work of Shushan, the last album "Cao Xuan"

The box office of "Hunting" not only stunned Fan Xing and the outside world, even Cao Xuan was unexpected.

But when he calmed down, he thought it was understandable.

You must know that Yuan Shikong's Han Han's debut this year, "The Future Will Be Unexpected", is also a literary film, but it has won a box office of 6 million+.

Guo Xiaosi's "Little Times" has 5 million+, and Jiang Wen's new work "One Step Away", which many people can't understand, also has 5 million.

The combination of Cao Xuan and Lao Mouzi, the two most famous actors and directors in the Chinese film industry, coupled with the popularity of the Berlin Film Festival and the quality of their own films, is better than these films in every respect.

In such a calculation, "Hunting" did not break 10 billion, and Cao Xuan wondered if he was out of breath.

Out of breath is of course a joke, the most important thing is the rapid growth of the Chinese film market.

In previous years, 2 million to 3 million is a small explosion, but now it can only be regarded as a good result, breaking 5 million is not worth mentioning, and 8 to 10 million is considered a big hit. In previous years, the phenomenon of [-] billion, which was rare in a year, is nothing now Alone.

And this trend is still expanding. By next year, 10 billion levels will not be a rare thing, and the number will almost reach double digits.

Excusing that his life is shallow, he only thinks about his sixtieth year for the time being. As for the future, maybe after another 10 years, he can imagine himself at that age.

The farewell concert this time is bigger than the last global concert, especially in China, where a lot of performances have been given priority, and it can be regarded as Cao Xuan’s compensation to the fans who have been expecting him to hold a concert these years .

Corresponding to the 18 years of Cao Xuan's debut, this frequency is still diligent, and many singers are not as good as Cao Xuan when they release albums.

If it were a woman with another personality, the two parties would not be able to reach a tacit compromise, and conflicts would occur repeatedly. No matter how much they like each other, they will eventually become strangers one day.

If you count Cao Xuan's debut in the music scene in 1997, Cao Xuan has been a singer for 17 years, and it will be 18 years when he officially retires from the concert next year.

It is relatively common to use your own name as the title of an album, but most of them are their first albums, and they are also newcomers, trying to expand their influence and popularity as much as possible.

This song was originally considered a niche boutique, and Cao Xuan heard it occasionally, and it has always been regarded as a treasure, but it was a pity that it was discovered by Douyin in the later stage.

The original lyrics of the song meant being refused to break up, so Cao Xuan changed it.

The previous "Dazzling" and "Ring down the curtain", each with 10 masterpieces, brought him countless honors, and each made a perfect ending.

But from his heart, Cao Xuan recognized these two words very much. He may no longer be ordinary, but it doesn't mean he doesn't pay tribute to and understand ordinary.

In fact, many songs can also be found in other albums, but this time I made a systematic collection.

"7Years" comes from the life experience of the lead singer of the band and the beautiful vision for the future.

"Cao Xuan" contains a total of 10 songs, of which 5 are Chinese songs and 5 are English songs.

You can't stop it, only when things go against the extreme, and when you get the backlash from the outside world and the audience, you can bottom out and rebound when you know it hurts. Under the cold and realistic market laws, you will slowly return to normal.
What Cao Xuan can do is to let Fanxing keep the bottom line as much as possible in this carnival, keep his own golden signboard, and wait for the rainbow after the storm...

So Cao Xuan dotes on the East and West Second Palace very much, and most of the time he is almost obedient, the reason is that he knows that he owes too much to the two daughters-in-law, so he will make up for it.

However, it is definitely very rare for Cao Xuan to name his last album with his own name.

Although Cao Xuan is a little more self-willed, and the song matching is not as detailed and perfect as before, but his reserves are here, even if many good songs are picked away, the remaining ones can still make up an extremely brilliant album.

This song has a strong humanistic concern, and also puts a deep understanding of life into the lyrics.

The meaning of the lyrics is probably the same, but what it implies is not the breakup of the girlfriend, but the death of the girlfriend, which makes the original sad song a little bit worse.

There are also singers such as Xiao Yaxuan, Xue Zhiqian, Tao Zhe, Yang 32 Lang, Xiao Jingteng, Li Yuchun, etc., who are also similar to Cao Xuan, or use nicknames or nicknames.

Because Cao Xuan is an exception, the vast majority of singers in the music world choose to come back after retiring, and nine times out of ten it is because of money, and the most important thing Cao Xuan lacks is money.

The Chinese translation is "Love Has Disappeared" is a very beautiful and sad song. The single released by the American electronic group SLANDER in 2019, although it did not achieve any success on the charts, it is still relatively popular in the world.

According to this statement, many male stars started their careers with "husband-in-laws", and of course there are also female stars who started their careers by relying on their husbands. We don't know what the other saying is.

But Cao Xuan still doesn't need to rely on singing for a living, because this is an industry in which he makes money inefficiently, and the money he earns when he comes back is not as good as making two more movies.

Of course, such local tyrants are relatively rare, and the normal price is still 500 to 1000 RMB, but as long as there is no additional printing in a short period of time, the price will continue to rise.

Putting the evaluation aside, almost everyone had the same reaction, looking at Cao Xuan with doubts and extreme regret——

The groom's name is Gao Shengyuan, a Chinese-American actor, well-known, that's all.

The first Chinese song - "Sorrow"

The first English album was the EP album "Chris Tsao" in 2002, which only had three songs.

For example, Xiao Zhou's debut album is her English name "Jay", and Stefanie Sun's first album is also her name.

As for Cao Xuan, since it is an album, he has made some changes to the lyrics, more about the impermanence of life, grasping the present, being ordinary is not a kind of happiness.

Due to different life experiences, Cao Xuan also modified certain lyrics, incorporating some of his own experiences and feelings into them.

Just like ordinary people, youth is also a common word in all Cao Xuan's songs. Cao Xuan has sung countless youths, and this time he wants to sing for his middle-aged self.

"Sorrow" is okay, "Only Ordinary" may not be very popular, and "Youth" can be regarded as filling this vacancy.

Cao Xuan didn't stop it, and couldn't stop it either.

Cao Xuan has experience with this, his family lives smoothly, thanks to Dongxi Ergong willing to let him, it doesn't matter to toss about small things, Cao Xuan is in charge of big things, and he is willing to sacrifice himself for Cao Xuan in many things.

After that, the second album "Release", which sold for the first time in the tens of millions, the album "Legend", which is a global god, "Qing" with a lot of love songs, and last year's new album "Ring down the curtain", a total of five English albums.

Yuan Shikong was shortlisted for Grammy [Best Single] and [Best Production], which shows its gold content.

Although Cao Xuan did not declare that it was a limited edition, he did not reprint it in the follow-up, which made the original version of this album quite popular.

7 years old, 20 years old, 30 years old, 40 years old, 60 years old, each age has a piece of lyrics and a piece of reflection.

He didn't know what went wrong, but the ending of the two still ended in tragedy.

"Youth" is a single released by singer Mengran in November 2019, and it became popular the following year. It can even be said to be one of the most popular songs in 11, and it was officially adapted by the authorities.

Maybe a few years later, it will become a popular niche collection in the circle.

The original song was written to be 60 years old because of his father, and Cao Xuan also wrote 60 years old.

This song is also the theme song of "I'm Not the God of Medicine". The original version was sung by Zhang Jie and Zhang Bichen.

Of course, there are also those who did not use their own name for the first album, and most of them are their favorite works, or have other meanings.

For example, Mr. Zhou, let alone getting married, the two of them are considered to be in high spirits if they have been in a relationship for more than a year.

In the words of later generations of fan circles, it is called "the son-in-law of the entertainment industry", which means that the woman is the most famous and the man has a lot of career success. It is jokingly called XX.

The third Chinese song is - "Youth"

Even if some people are willing to continue as before, the capital behind thinks you are in the way, the peers who are waiting for the show to share the money hate you for being troublesome, and the industry atmosphere is bad, this bottom line is not something that a few people can hold.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the vast majority of singers seldom publicly retire from the music scene. Even if they announce their retirement, there are some who regret it and come back. This is not new in the circle.

At Cao Xuan's level, he doesn't really care who is famous or not, whether they match or not.

Still the same sentence, the inevitability of the development of things, the large-scale commercialization and marketization of the field of literature, art, film and television, there is bound to be such a day.

Because of the movie, the lyrics are more or less a tribute to the struggle and hard life of ordinary people, even the people at the bottom.

He didn't pay much attention to the hustle and bustle outside, and Cao Xuan returned to the capital after the road show was over in March.

Cao Xuan, the most widely circulated name in the outside world, has an owner, and Chen Kun is also more friendly than affection. If Mr. Zhou is obsessed with coffee status and fame, he will be single.

The Chinese translation is called "7 Years Old", a song released by the Danish band Lucas Graham. The reputation is not obvious, but the quality is extremely high.

I believe the same is true of Mr. Zhou, there are few male stars of the right age who can match her in the entire Chinese entertainment industry.

And Cao Xuan named the last album "Cao Xuan", and he didn't have too many complicated intentions, just wanted to say goodbye to the music world.

Even the overall quality is not much worse than the Fengshen albums such as "Bright Stars" and "Legend".

Of course, it is just a hint, how to understand it depends on the audience and fans themselves, whether it is a breakup or death, it is more about letting them substitute emotions.

The second Chinese song - "Just Ordinary"

So the two are good friends and appreciate each other, but they have never had other ideas, and they understand that they are not the same way.

He always sincerely hopes that 99% of the people in the world are safe and happy.

So even though Cao Xuan sometimes appreciates or likes some people, he always knows that the one who suits him best is the Second Palace of East and West.

Cao Xuan had a lot of piano accompaniment in his previous works, but it is rare to see such a piano-based one. This time, it can be regarded as a show for Cao Tianwang.

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In private, he even picked up information that was not easy to pick up. If the other party still came to participate in the draft, Cao Xuan thought about taking care of it, and let this player who had been tossed about before, try what it means to be favored by capital.

Not to mention the others, 3 million to 5 million are not as good as dogs, and 7 million to 8 million are all over the place.

This song can be regarded as half original, aside from the melody and lyrics pattern, the rest are written by Cao Xuan himself, all about his own stories and psychology.

But it doesn't matter, and it was the same two years ago.

Temporarily blocking the turmoil of the outside world, Cao Xuan has been busy working on the album, until May he took two days off to attend the wedding of Young Master Zhou.

An album with an original price of 128 yuan, now the second-hand market basically costs more than 500 yuan, and it is often the case that you can get it quickly, but you can’t get it if you don’t.

It is reasonable to say that Cao Xuan retired and some people doubted his comeback, but relatively speaking, most still believed that he was determined to leave the music world.

She is an arrogant and casual person, and only others accommodate her, but it is very difficult for Mr. Zhou to compromise with others.

In addition, Cao Xuan released "Si", "Chinese Style", "My Love", "Human World" and "Xuan", a total of eight Chinese albums.

18 years ago, did not meet by name, 18 years later.Just use "Cao Xuan" to leave the music scene.

18 years have passed, and I would like to remain the same boy as before, without any change.

The three Chinese songs and the two English songs are all excellent, and the remaining five songs also have their own merits.

With Mr. Zhou's conditions, it's not that he couldn't find any elites from other industries, and he also talked with some rich and young businessmen. The reason why he failed was because he couldn't get along.

Cao Xuan was quite satisfied overall, and also showed Xiao Zhou, Lao Wei, Wu Gao and a few friends the demo.

Cao Xuan had a masterpiece "The Road to Ordinary" before, and now he has come up with "Only Ordinary", although his status has nothing to do with ordinary, and even slightly ironic and hypocritical.

In 1998, Cao Xuan released his first album "Starry Stars", followed by "Starry Stars" and "Bright Stars", which are still the starry trilogy in the Chinese music scene.

If they really want to be replaced by someone with good conditions, the two of them are proud and arrogant, and neither of them bows their heads. They may not be able to live on. Instead, they should find someone with lesser conditions who are willing to pamper themselves.

Because of the cooperation with CCTV, I added a lot of behind-the-scenes footage of Cao Xuan's Spring Festival Gala that the outside world is not very clear about. It lasted nearly two hours, almost catching up with a small documentary.

The best era of Chinese-language movies has come!

Cao Xuan took a fancy to this song, aside from his personal preference, its popularity is also one of the important reasons.

The "worst" era of Chinese-language movies is coming!
With a thriving market, enthusiastic audience, and constant capital influx, the industry's creative attitude has also declined sharply.

It is precisely because of this that the outside world will give Cao Xuan a high level of trust in Cao Xuan's retirement.

Now that the market is huge, you can get enough by doing whatever you want, and there are few people who are willing to work hard for things that can be done with three-point effort.

At the same time, preparations for the final farewell concert are also beginning.

In fact, it is not a good thing to really find an actor who is not inferior to Mr. Zhou. Marriage is not a TV series or a novel, and it may not be a good thing for two strong people to get along.

The title of the last album was decided by Cao Xuan a long time ago, and it is also his name - "Cao Xuan".

One person in Hemerocallis broke the news that through her cousin who studied in Japan, she sold a genuine album of Cao Xuan's "Spring Festival Gala Songs Collection" for 6 yen, or about 3000 RMB.

Even if he was delusional, one day Cao Xuan went bankrupt and even lost his house.

And this is still in China, it is said that it is more profitable to sell it to fans of Cao Xuan's local tyrants abroad.

I didn't take much rest, but devoted myself to the production of the new album.

This album was released after Cao Xuan quit the Spring Festival Gala. It can be regarded as a commemorative collection. It contains songs that Cao Xuan sang or composed in the Spring Festival Gala for so many years.

The fifth song and the second English song - "7Years"

Of course, this is the case, but the quality of the song still needs to be checked. After all, it is a masterpiece, and Cao Xuan is not so obsessed with it.Honorary grades, but I don't want to lose my name.

The three people are willing to sacrifice and be humble to each other, but also understand each other's dedication and give back, so that they can be intimate and comfortable.

The fourth song and the first English song - "Love is Gone"

Thirteen official albums plus one "Selected Songs of the Spring Festival Gala" make it fourteen, plus Cao Xuan's current last one, exactly fifteen.

Perhaps in terms of artistic conception and quality, this song is slightly inferior to the first two, but it is Cao Xuan's favorite song among the few songs, so regardless of whether he is willful or not, he put this song on his last song. album.

To be honest, Mr. Zhou's scandals have been flying all over the sky in the past few years, and Cao Xuan didn't pay special attention to it, so he learned that she was going to get married in a daze.

Cao Xuan understood what Young Master Zhou was thinking, and he couldn't say that she was wrong, but it was a pity that she still missed it.

Although in terms of numbers, this is not the biggest victim of Cao Xuan, but the two most representative songs have been squeezed, Cao Xuan still has a little bit of guilt.

This album has a small circulation, mainly for fans, and it can even be said to be a welfare. Only 10 copies were printed, and they were all sold out in less than a month.

The reason is very simple. As I said before, in order to seize the limited market, everyone carried out introversion and strived for perfection. Although there are many routines, in principle, the quality of the film is still the main focus.

Cao Xuan vaguely remembered that in 2015, there were almost [-] movies with over [-] million hits. Now that there are so many movie theaters and the catfish effect caused by it, it is not impossible for movies with over [-] million hits at the box office.

The whole song is accompanied by piano, the melody is soothing and beautiful, sad and fresh, it is Cao Xuan's best and favorite style, so he was selected by him and planned to play a piano song.

The core of the song is growth, recalling the past, looking to the future, telling the story of a child growing up to an adult, facing the passage of time and slowly maturing, from being a son, to being a husband, to being a father.

What the hell do you call a decline in creativity?
Such a great talent, why does he insist on retiring from the music scene? !
Cao Xuan ignored these voices and went straight to work. It is expected that "Cao Xuan" will finally be released by the end of this year or early next year.

Adding the two together, Cao Xuan officially released thirteen albums, but Cao Xuan also has a "Spring Festival Gala Song Collection".

This song can be regarded as a rare masterpiece in the Chinese-speaking era, and it is also the second song of Cao Xuan's Mao Buyi.

For Cao Xuan, who has some obsessive-compulsive disorder, it is somewhat regrettable that he did not make up 20 years.

This also made Cao Xuan's choice of songs for the last album more indifferent and peaceful, not so utilitarian, but more in line with his mood and preferences.

Mao Buyi's masterpiece, the artistic conception of lyrics and music is excellent, with a persuasive attitude, not only to encourage yourself, but also to encourage the audience. Although the melody is a bit low, the overall is relatively positive.

In the lyrics, the protagonist's age is finally written to 60 years old because his father passed away at the age of 61. He needs to pass this hurdle and believe in the future.

Cao Xuan can't persuade this point, everyone has their own fate, but at the moment, I still wish my friends well.

He even made a special congratulatory speech on stage, and sang a song that fit the atmosphere to add to the fun, giving Mr. Zhou enough face...

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ps: The remaining two Chinese songs and three English songs are basically the last few songs in this book
I have several choices in my mind, but I haven't finalized them yet. If you have any recommendations, you can also share them. Because it is a collection of mountains, the songs are required to be as high as possible, and it is best to fit Cao Xuan's situation...

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