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In August, the recording of the songs for "Chinese Style" was completed. From the middle of the year, Cao Xuan was mainly busy shooting the MV.

It was originally planned that Zeng Li and Hu Jing would share the female lead equally, but Zeng Li was in the second half of filming "Li Wei is an Official" and the task was tight and he couldn't get away.

So Hu Jing took over all the female leads in the "Chinese Style" MV, and Zeng Li starred in another pop album's MV.

In addition to busy filming the MV for "Chinese Style", Hu Jing also has to promote "Love Through Time", which is scheduled to premiere at the end of August.

Fortunately, it is premiering on Beijing Channel, so Hu Jing does not have to travel too far, and there are stars all over the place, so we can take care of the schedules of all parties as much as possible, and just take care of both ends.

But when September comes, she won't have any leisure time.

"The History of Martial Arts" will premiere on Jinling Channel in mid-September. If the results are good, it will be broadcast on Jiangsu Province Channel at the end of September or early October.

September and October were Hu Jing's all-out attack on the four major actresses, and they were also the key to negotiations between Fanxing and CCTV's eight sets.

Now that Cao Xuan's price has basically been negotiated, there is almost no room for counter-offering. Whether it can increase depends on how much Hu Jing can improve this time.

Cao Xuan also officially confirmed the release time of the new album - October 1st, the National Day.

The album happens to be "Chinese Style", and to a certain extent, it can be regarded as a tribute to the National Day.

At the same time, Cao Xuan also announced the approximate release time of his second pop album, which is the end of December 2001.

It's still in 2001, not counting that he broke his promise to release two albums this year, but it's an English single, so it's probably going to be postponed a little bit.

Two albums were released consecutively within two months. Not to mention the production difficulties such as short time and heavy tasks, the critical schedule is approaching, and it is easy to form a "cannibalistic" situation if one fails.

Of course, there is also a chance that they complement each other and help each other.

Warner originally wanted to persuade Cao Xuan not to rush and to release the two albums slowly. They believed that "Chinese Style" and pop albums have different genres and themes, so there would not be much conflict, and there would be a greater chance of complementation and co-explosion.

In fact, to a deeper extent, I want to protect "Chinese Style". If the sales of the former are mediocre, the pop album can come out to save the respect.

Cao Xuan is not sure whether "Chinese Style" will be a hit if released a few years in advance, but his confidence in the latter's pop album is still very stable.

This is the confidence brought by the Stars Trilogy with total album sales exceeding 10 million+...

But no matter what kind of situation the two albums create, for other singers who plan to release songs in the second half of the year, it is equivalent to facing two Cao Xuan at once, which is not a good thing.

It is no exaggeration to say that some singers are already preparing to adjust the release time of their albums to avoid its sharpness.

The most exaggerated one is a certain second-tier pop singer. The album was originally scheduled for November, but now it has been adjusted to April next year. Although it is said to be due to technical reasons, any fool can see what's going on.

Even the media ridiculed that after Cao Xuan officially announced the release date of the two albums, many originally good albums immediately experienced technical, copyright, equipment, business and other "failures".

Of course, there are those who avoid the sharp edges and those who rise to them.

He doesn't necessarily have to face difficulties. For these second- and third-tier singers, he arranges his work around the album. It is not troublesome to prepare for various expenses, and he can relatively adjust the schedule more flexibly.

For many front-line or top singers, the personnel and preparation work behind their albums are very complicated, and the singer's schedule is also very tight. The corresponding promotional schedule has been set before the album is confirmed.

For example, Cao Xuan, when he plans to release an album in the next two months, will immediately arrange the promotion schedule and coordinate the time with other work schedules.

So in this case, it is not something that can be changed just by saying it. In most cases, you have to bite the bullet.

Besides, other singers may not want to fight for the top spot.

Although after "Bright Stars", these singers were basically rubbed in circles by Cao Xuan.

After everyone pulled Cao Xuan down, they were a little less motivated to take the upper hand, but they still had the courage to survive two moves.

Even if he loses, with Cao Xuan's current reputation and status, everyone will not be embarrassed. It is still a publicity point, but if he wins, he will directly make a lot of money.

To put it bluntly, everyone is "barefooted and not afraid of wearing shoes", but it is Cao Xuan who is worried.

It doesn't matter if you lose a few times, but you can't lose too miserably. It's a good thing to be alone and seek defeat. It's a good story to retire silently when you get old, but it's embarrassing to be pulled down from the "altar"...

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Due to various reasons, although Cao Xuan is now known as the number one person in the Chinese music scene, he has always been under a lot of pressure.

Others don't know, but he knows how powerful his little brother will be in the future.

Even with Cao Xuan's current popularity and reputation, it's hard to say who is better than Jay Chou at his peak, so even though he considers himself the eldest brother, he has never relaxed his "fear" of this younger brother.

If 1998 was the last glory of the Four Heavenly Kings, Ren Xianqi took over, and now with Cao Xuan, we have reached an era of joint rule by [Southern Ren and Northern Cao].

But now in 2001, Xiao Qi Ge released his new album in January. The data is quite impressive. It seems that he has not fallen into the name of [Nan Ren], but he is already the "Afterglow of the King".

Similarly, Sammi Cheng and Dynamic Train have also released masterpieces such as "Easy with Beauty" and "Nine Times on Zhongxiao East Road".

Fire will burn, but after this climax, Ren Xianqi and several other contemporary singers "announced" that they had passed their peak period and returned to history.

The decline of these Mesozoic singers is not only due to the normal decline after the star peak cycle, but the bigger reason is the overall rise of the new generation singers.

When a new generation replaces the old ones, the old singers will naturally become outdated...

In terms of seniority and time of popularity, Cao Xuan can barely be considered a member of the Mesozoic generation, but in terms of age, he is younger than many new generations.

Cao Daguan was dissatisfied with the "old".

Although his old friends are all leaving, he still has to stick to his position and have a run-in with these newcomers.

In the first half of 2001, apart from the above-mentioned singers, the most popular song was "Popular Rain" by F4.

These four handsome guys have set off a "Meteor Garden" trend in Taiwan, the mainland, and even the entire Southeast Asia. "Idol", a word that was originally a niche, has become a new positioning for many young stars.

For Cao Xuan, the F4 fire has shared a lot of firepower for him to a large extent.

Compared to Cao Xuan, who tries his best to gain national popularity as much as possible, there are fans of both sexes, old and young, mainly young fans aged 15 to 30 years old.

F4's target group is more accurate, directly targeting young female fans.

It can't be said that they don't have male fans, but it is true that more than 95% of them are female fans, and most of them are young female fans under the age of 25.

Such a fan structure is destined to be unhealthy, and it is also destined to be the most hated by others.

It can be said that at this stage, F4's reputation among female fans is as good as its reputation among male fans.

Compared with the four of them, the two [public enemies of boys] Cao Dashun and Xie Feng became a lot more pleasing to the eye.

At least Cao Xuan has real materials, and he really relied on his "talent" to kill him.

Many boys dare to say that if they had a handsome face, they would still be popular if they were lucky enough to act in "Meteor Garden", but they dare not say that if they have Cao Xuan's face, they can become the King of Pop.

Although Xie Feng has always been criticized for his second-generation stardom and temper, at least he has some real skills under his belt, and he dares to work hard in filming.

People are afraid of comparison. I didn't think so before. As soon as F4 came out, Cao Xuan and Xie Feng's reputation among male fans soared. Cao Daguan, who was always used to being scolded, even felt a little flattered.

In addition to sharing the firepower, the birth of F4 has indeed affected the popularity of popular male stars such as Cao Xuan.

However, Cao Xuan has a high status, is famous, and has a stable foundation. Xie Feng is now transitioning to the film industry and is protected by the Hong Kong circle, so he has not been too affected.

As for other people, it all depends on their individual circumstances. If they can hold on to this wave, they will be able to survive if subsequent works come out. If they cannot hold on, and there is no follow-up plan, then the impact will be severe, and it is not impossible that they will be unable to recover.

Another difficult thing is for male singers in Taiwan Province. The Taiwanese media are all praising F4, and everyone else has to step aside.

Xiao Zhou was also affected a lot in the original time and space. Thanks to his talent, he managed to escape.

Now Xiao Zhou's situation is better, because he has two songs by Cao Xuan, which echo Cao Xuan's "Chinese Style".

Even if Cao Xuan doesn't help him, the media will not ignore Zhou Jielun, who is supported by King Cao.

"Meteor Garden" premiered in Taiwan in April and was introduced to some local stations in mainland China in May. It quickly became popular and was subsequently banned.

Countless girls go to Internet cafes to catch up on dramas, and "Meteor Shower" has become the most popular song in recent months.

From the time it reached the top of the charts in mid-May until early July, for nearly two months, the song did not move at the top of the charts.

In addition to "Meteor Shower", "Meteor Garden" also made an old song popular, Cao Xuan's "Love Must Have a Last resort", which once reached the top three of the rankings and stayed in the top ten for more than a month.

At that time, "Bright Stars", which had been released for more than half a year, still had two songs, "The Wind Rises" and "Ten Years", as well as the Spring Festival Gala hit "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky" that "remained" in the top ten of the list. .

"Jiangnan", "Fireworks Easily Cold", "Blue Lotus", "Stubborn" and "Secret Fragrance" are all in the top 20, and they even counterattack from time to time.

Although it is not easy for a song to become popular all over the country, there are dozens of songs every year, but under normal circumstances, the song will be popular for a few months at most and then disappear.

The longer the song remains popular, the more it proves its influence and quality.

"Bright Stars" has been released for so long, but it still maintains such strong popularity. Its chart ranking and on-demand rate are more stable than many new albums that have just become popular.

So it's not without reason that those singers are afraid of Cao Xuan.

His popularity is strong and long-lasting, let alone head-on confrontation, even a round-the-clock battle may not be able to defeat him.

One day after "Love Is Unavoidable" was on the list, "Jiangnan" accidentally entered the top ten, and Cao Xuan's songs accounted for half of the top ten songs that day.

Afterwards, professional media and music critics commented that the rankings on this day were even more disappointing than before when Cao Xuan single-handedly slaughtered the charts.

On the day of the Conferred Gods Killing Chart last year, although it was an exaggeration, Cao Xuan put in a lot of publicity efforts behind the scenes. Fans were also called on to gather together to hit the charts, and the media also gave help, plus the "album" was very powerful.

It belongs to the right time, right place and right people. It can be met but not sought.

But although this time it seems nothing special, you must know that Cao Xuan has not done any related publicity recently, and fans have not gathered to list. The songs in the album have been selling well for more than half a year, and they are just ordinary on the charts, and the audience and listeners Normal on demand.

Even so, a group of singers who were in the promotion period were pinned to the ground and rubbed by Cao Xuan's old songs.

This kind of inadvertent display of dominance is more disappointing than a grand display of popularity and impact on legendary achievements...

However, this situation has eased to a certain extent by mid-July, with several excellent new songs on the list.

The first is "The Sea" and "The Dawn" by Han Hong. In fact, "The Dawn" became popular last year after the 315 Party.

But now "That Sea" has become popular, and "Daybreak" has become popular again.

Before that, Han Hong was not very famous and was mainly spread in this area of ​​Beijing. She was more of a music producer and creator, composing or singing theme songs for many TV series.

"Daybreak" was Han Hong's first song that became popular all over the country. This fat female singer shot to the forefront in one breath, and "That Sea" made her secure her position.

After popular mainland female singers such as Mao Amin, Tian Zhen, Sun Yue and Wei Wei retired or became obsolete one after another.

Han Hong can be said to be the only female singer who can compete with Naying in the mainland music scene.

However, Han Hong changed the system in the later period and went to Kongzheng as the deputy leader (24 cents). Everyone was not in the same path and there was no way to compare.

But at this stage, Han Hong is still not ranked, especially in terms of business. "That Sea" was surpassed by "One Thousand and One Wishes" just a few days after it entered the list.

This song is sung by the Taiwanese girl group [4ln love]. It’s actually quite popular. I don’t remember it clearly, but once the melody sounds, I feel like I’ve heard it before.

This girl group was short-lived. When it was first formed, it was actually quite powerful. It could compete with the [SHE] group, but it was basically suppressed.

In addition, the relationship between the internal members was average, and because of the company's poor economic situation, they disbanded after releasing two albums. The only member who became famous was Rainie Yang.

But at this stage, "One Thousand and One Wishes" is really popular, and it almost shook the top spot of "Meteor Shower".

Until July 15th, Sun Yanzi released a new album "Kite", launching two title songs-"Green Light" and "Little Lucky".

One of these two songs is Sun Yanzi's masterpiece, and the other is a hit that became popular throughout 2015.

Coupled with Sun Yanzi's own popularity and the gimmick of Cao Xuan's new song, the two songs quickly became popular, knocking "Meteor Shower" off the top of the charts on July 20.

Sun Yanzi, who became famous last year, once again produced a hit work, and her fame has soared.

In the music scene at the beginning of the century, there has always been a saying of "male Zhou, female Sun". At that time, the new generation of male singers was led by Jay Chou, and the female singers were led by Sun Yanzi. The rankings and sales charts were almost dominated by these two people.

If Sun Yanzi hadn't had to take a break from time to time and wasn't career-minded, it really wouldn't have been Cai Yilin's turn to take the lead and form [Double J].

But whether it is [Male Zhou Daughter], [Double J], or [One King, One Queen, One Day Group], [New Four Heavenly Kings] Balabala.

After all, Xiao Zhou cannot be avoided, and now, like Xiao Zhou at that time, Cao Xuan has become a binding word.

After Sun Yanzi's popularity became more and more high, Warner was definitely more willing to cultivate Sun Yanzi, who was famous in one hand, than Zhang Huimei and Naying who joined later, and intended to make her the first sister of Warner.

Therefore, Warner came up with a new CP-[The Male Cao and the Daughter].

With the promotion of Warner, this ambiguous and unknown combination began to appear in major media reports.

However, Warner's operation has aroused resistance from many people.

The loudest voices of resistance are the fans of Naying, Wang Fei, Zhang Huimei and other popular female singers.

Cao Xuan is now the undisputed most popular male singer in the music industry. Even the Four Heavenly Kings of the older generation dare not say that they can overshadow him.

But Sun Yanzi is just a little older. Not to mention Naying, Wang Fei and Zhang Huimei are not what she can surpass now.

When it comes to the ranking of male and female singers, they have to be [Male Cao Queen], [Male Cao and Female Zhang], and the last one is [Male Cao and Nv Na], or the female singers in Xiangjiang, it is not Sun Yanzi's turn to take the top spot.

Sun Yanzi's fans quit, they are just a bunch of outdated "old antiques" who are nothing but big cloves of garlic.

The talented man and the beautiful woman are a perfect match, and it’s your turn to make irresponsible remarks...

As a result, Sun Yanzi's fans started a war with one against three, or even more than three, in the media and on the Internet.

Although there are few people, the victory lies in youth and unity, which is recklessness. Although they are surrounded and suppressed by fans from all walks of life, they just refuse to admit defeat.

Cao Xuan and his fans moved small benches to watch the battle to see who would win and who would lose. Some extremely bored fans even went to tease the fans of other male singers.

In order to attract them to compete for [Male Cao]'s statement, everyone flexed their hands and feet and practiced their words.

It's a pity that no one fell into their trap. Most fans of male singers think that they are no match for Cao Xuan, but the Four Heavenly Kings and Leslie Cheung can give it a try.

But the latter has been out of the music scene for many years, and his seniority is much different, so it doesn't matter whether he or she can compete.

It's even simpler for fans of the Four Heavenly Kings. As long as the other three are not elected, it doesn't matter who is elected.

Besides, leaving aside the two kings Zhang and Liu, the number of fans and fighting power of the remaining two may not necessarily be comparable to Cao Xuan.

In the end, only two old enemies, Ren Xianqi and Xie Feng, came out to argue for a few words, but it was not too intense and more like a routine matter.

Otherwise, if you don't say anything, you might think they are afraid of Cao Xuan's fans...

Comparatively speaking, male singers generally have more serious conflicts because they have more female fans, while female singers have weaker fans.

But this time the [Male Cao and Lady] incident has turned upside down. Fans of the major female singers were in a state of annoyance, while fans of the male singers watched the show and commented a few words from time to time.

To some extent, Cao Xuan also took advantage. After all, no matter who fights, his name must be mentioned.

Taking advantage of this popularity, on August 25th, Cao Xuan began to release the first chart-topping song of "Chinese Style"——

"East Wind Breaks"

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ps: I have something to do at home, so the update is late. Sorry, there is one more chapter. I will post it at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning.