China Entertainment 1997

Soochow Camp, the coach’s tent

Cao Xuan is sitting on the main seat wearing armor, with an angry face, surrounded by generals Gan Ning (Zhang Zijian), Taishi Ci (Duan Long), Lu Su (Hou Yong), and Zhou Tai (Zhao Xiaorui).

In the big tent, there was also a gray-haired veteran standing, it was Huang Gai played by the veteran actor Xu Huanshan, looking at Cao Xuan with an unhappy face.

"Cao Mengde has millions of soldiers and thousands of warships. He is invincible in the world. Yuan Shao, Lu Bu and others are not opponents yet. The governor listened to Kong Ming's slander and insisted on going his own way. It is not a good strategy.

It would be better to follow Zhang Zibu's advice, stop fighting and make peace, and surrender from the north to avoid war in the east of the Yangtze River. "

Cao Xuan was furious and slapped Shuai An: "Huang Gongfu, are you also afraid of death?"

"presumptuous."

Huang Gai threw the helmet on his hand and glared at Zhou Yu with a murderous look: "I assisted the three generations of the Sun family in Jiangdong to fight in the north and south. I defeated Dong Zhuo and Liu Biao, defeated Liu Yao and Wang Lang, conquered cities and territories, fought hundreds of battles, and faced swords, axes and arrows. If you don't even take a step back, you dare to insult me."

"If you are not afraid of death, why do you say you want to surrender to Cao Cao? It disturbs the morale of our army."

Huang Gai's eyes changed and his voice was low: "The army is fighting, and our army has a small chance of winning. If we are defeated, there will be no intact eggs under the nest. If Cao's army comes to kill, the Sun clan will be slaughtered, but it is not as good as If you surrender as soon as possible, you will become a rich man."

"What a mistake!"

Cao Xuan stood up, looked at Huang Gai coldly, and refuted loudly: "It's a good thing that you are still a veteran of Jiangdong. You surrendered without a fight and handed over the foundation of three generations of the Sun family to others. How can we have the face to meet Duke Wen Tai under the Jiuquan?" (Sun Jian) ​​and Bo Fu (Sun Ce).

The Lord has long made it clear that he will fight to the death with Cao Cao, and anyone who dares to surrender to Cao Cao will be killed.

When the two armies are fighting today, you are deceiving the public with your evil words and disrupting the morale of our army. It is really hateful. Someone comes, push it out and behead this old man. "

Huang Gai was detained by the soldiers on the left and right, but he was still unconvinced and scolded loudly: "Zhou Gongjin, when I followed General Polu (Sun Jian), you were still nursing in Lujiang River, how dare you kill me."

The generals in the tent were frightened and went out to plead for mercy. Cao Xuan refused and even kicked out Gan Ning, who was the most active in interceding.

Fortunately, Gan Ning was smart and hired the highly prestigious veteran Cheng Pu. This role was played by veteran actor Lu Xiaohe.

His most famous role should be Liang Sanxi, the company commander in "Garland Under the Mountain", and he played Dong Zhuo in "The New Three Kingdoms" directed by Gao Xixi.

At the plea of ​​Cheng Pu and others, Zhou Yu was spared the death penalty, but he was beaten with thirty military sticks by Huang Gai.

This scene has gone through several rounds in the past two days, and it took another whole day of filming today to finish filming this "Bitter Meat Scheme". Cao Xuan looked at the monitor screen and nodded.

"This version is more vernacular than before, but the lines in that version were still too obscure."

There are many problems in historical films and television, and one of them is whether the lines are historical or modern.

Too much emphasis on history can easily create a barrier to viewing, and many ordinary viewers who don’t understand history will find it difficult to watch.

But if it were all modern vernacular, there would be no threshold for viewing, but it would also lack the sense of historical depth.

How to grasp the balance and how to determine the size depends very much on the skills of the screenwriter and director. If one is not good, it will be easy for both to be unhappy.

For example, the later "The Wind Rises in Longxi" is a typical example. On the one hand, it wants to follow the tactics of the Three Kingdoms, and on the other hand, it introduces various modern spy war terms. Some viewers don't care, and some viewers think it is nondescript.

"New Three Kingdoms" is even more of a typical example, with countless jokes in its lines, such as——

"Impossible. My second brother is invincible in the world. He is the only one who can kill enemies. How could he be killed by others?"

"The whole army rushed to the Shu army camp and went straight to Zhuge Liang's four-wheeled vehicle."

"Zhuge Liang is really a monster, with his three-inch tongue, he killed my military advisor."

"Let me poke 10,000 transparent holes in him."

"..."

In fact, some lines are not bad in fitting the plot situation, but they just seem straightforward, but some lines seem particularly frustrating.

Classical Chinese is concise and precise. Good lines are not only very charming in words and language, but also mellow when presented in the camera. The priorities are clear and every word is full of power and charm.

As a major commercial movie, "Three Kingdoms: Red Cliff" must lower the threshold for viewing.

But it would be a waste of resources to give up all those classical Chinese lines, so we still have to find a balance and try to turn it into "ancient vernacular" that modern people can understand.

Since the crew of "Three Kingdoms·Red Cliff" began filming the drama, several screenwriters have officially joined the team and repeatedly revised the script lines according to the specific shooting conditions.

Sometimes, many actors directly take two or three scripts, shoot several versions in one go, and then leave it to the later stage to carefully consider the editing.

After finishing today's shooting, Cao Xuan said goodbye to the director and several actors. He was about to fly to Europe for a concert and had to take another month's leave.

But everyone is used to it. It's not that Cao Xuan keeps asking for leave, but that other actors also do this.

The first and second parts of "Three Kingdoms: Red Cliff" were filmed together. The crew started shooting in late February. It's almost the end of July, and filming has been completed for more than half a year.

It is expected that the filming will last for two or three months. It is impossible to keep the actors on the set for most of half a year.

As long as the crew's filming is not delayed, it is normal to change schedules, leave the crew for a short time, or take a long leave. Almost most of the leading actors have taken leave.

Of course, even so, Cao Xuan is the one who takes the most leave, but there is nothing he can do to stop his confidence in the crew and others being jealous.

………

At the end of July, Cao Xuan took a private plane to Europe for the second stage of his global concert tour, with the first stop being the UK.

The first concert was at Old Trafford in Manchester.

On August 11, the new Premier League season kicks off. By then there will be business at Old Trafford, and it will be much more difficult to rent him out.

And considering that Manchester United still has to prepare before the game, organizing the concert early can also save space in advance and allow Manchester United to adapt to the home court.

As for other stadiums, Cao Xuan doesn't have this worry.

If he pays, he has to leave according to the contract. If it doesn't delay the team's training, he is not a fan of the club, so it is not within his scope of consideration.

Thinking of this, Cao Xuan suddenly realized that if Chelsea and Arsenal did not use their home court, they were also guarding against him.

July 31, evening

The stadium outside Old Trafford was packed with people, but what was different from usual was that today there were fewer people wearing Manchester United jerseys and more people holding glow sticks and cheering lights.

Mike looked at the huge crowd and looked at his partner Daniel with great pride: "How about it, Cao can still fill the entire Dream Theater without playing football."

Daniel curled his lips, but looked at the dense crowd around him and didn't say anything back.

Seeing his friend's silence, Mike was extremely happy and began bragging about his idol's various deeds.

"You know, Cao is the singer with the most fans in the world. In Asia alone, he has more than one billion fans. Do you know what this is? There are not so many people in either Europe..."

Mike's statement is also the perception of Cao Xuan by many European and American fans.

Perhaps due to misleading media or Internet rumors, they counted the entire population of East Asia as Cao Xuan's fans.

And as the news about Cao Xuan in the past two years continues to be exposed in the Middle East and South Asia, countries such as India and the Middle East may also be included in their calculations.

There is no need to even consider other things. One is India and the other is China. The two most populous countries serve Cao Xuan. The "number of fans" will kill whoever is caught...

But then again, with Cao Xuan's current status and fame in Asia, more than one billion fans is definitely an exaggeration, but hundreds of millions of fans or casual fans should still be no problem.

At least in China, regardless of his reputation, his songs are still recognized by all walks of life.

If you ignore Cao Xuan personally and only consider the popularity of his works, hundreds of millions is already a conservative estimate.

The singer with the most fans in the world is still controversial, but with the suffix [一], Cao Xuan is definitely unavoidable.

So to a certain extent, Mike and the others are not bragging. Even Cao Xuan's black fans who are unhappy with this statement can only find mistakes, but cannot completely overturn it.

Mike and Daniel are both fans of Manchester United. The only difference is that Mike is also a die-hard fan of Cao Xuan.

He knew Cao Xuan, thanks to Manchester United. Cao Xuan had come to Manchester United several times to watch football games, and he had good relationships with many of the team's stars. He was a star fan of the Red Devils that was highlighted by the British and European media.

Mike learned about Cao Xuan from reports, checked the information, and found out that he was a famous singer. He became curious and listened to Cao Xuan's songs, and he couldn't help himself from then on.

There are many Manchester United fans like Mike. Many people learned about Cao Xuan from Manchester United reports and then became fans.

Similarly, many Cao Xuan fans who don't watch football only learned about the football club Manchester United from Cao Xuan's related reports.

Especially in China, the number of Manchester United fans has surged in the past two years. In addition to other reasons such as Dong Fangzhuo and his good results in the past two years, Cao Xuan has also contributed a lot.

This is also the reason why Manchester United and Cao Xuan have always had a good relationship, and they have even cooperated frequently. They promote each other's business and attract each other's attention.

Mike highly regarded Cao Xuan, even slightly above Manchester United, which made Daniel, who was also a Manchester United fan, quite unhappy.

But Mike wanted to make his friend a fan of Cao Xuan, and even spent a lot of money to buy two concert tickets, preparing to lure his friend into a trap.

You know, the tickets for Cao Xuan's concert in the UK are worth a lot of money. Ordinary tickets have been sold for 100 to 200 pounds each on the black market, and the good seats may be more.

The exchange rate between the RMB and the pound in July 2007 was about 15.41, which is equivalent to the black market value of an ordinary ticket of about 1,500 to 3,000 RMB.

Even in the UK, this amount of money is not a random decimal.

But for Mike, it's just a meager pocket money, and he has a father who owns the third largest hotel chain in the UK.

Mike directly spent tens of thousands of pounds to buy tickets for Cao Xuan's concerts in Europe, all of which were good seats. He also planned to take a trip to Australia with Cao Xuan if he heard the music.

While Mike was waiting to enter the venue, Cao Xuan also received a "visit" from a number of guests on the same stage of today's concert.

In essence, it is a show for Cao Xuan and Manchester United.

All the members of Manchester United's first team were present. Coach Ferguson and several leading stars came to visit the team. The club also sent an official TV station to record the event, which will be used as a bonus Easter egg before the club's season.

Also recorded was Cao Xuan’s concert recording team, which will be used as behind-the-scenes footage of the concert later.

Cao Xuan has had many dealings with Manchester United, but this was his first private meeting with head coach Ferguson.

This old man who is known as a hair dryer actually puts aside football in private and is actually quite amiable. He even teased Cao Xuan, a music magician, about why he couldn't write a song for Manchester United.

"Sir, you need inspiration to write songs. If you want me to 'write' a good song, Manchester United must win more championships."

"Ha ha."

The old man smiled happily and looked at Ronaldo on the side: "It seems that we have to work hard, even if it is for Cao's new song."

Today's Cristiano Ronaldo is no longer the young Ronaldinho back then. Now he is one of the hottest stars in the entire football world and is the star of Manchester United and even the Premier League.

At the age of 22, he is confident, flamboyant and unruly, ready to attack the world number one.

Hearing what Cao Xuan and Ferguson said, he smiled confidently: "We already have the Premier League championship. Can the Champions League championship satisfy your inspiration?"

Cao Xuan smiled and bumped fists with Ronaldo: "It's a deal, if you win the Champions League, your new song will be fine."

Cristiano Ronaldo nodded proudly and made a promise with Cao Xuan: "When I win the Champions League, I will exchange the Champions League medal for you for a Grammy trophy."

"Are you willing?"

Cao Xuan raised his eyebrows. It seemed that he was not convinced when he asked for the trophy last time.

Ronaldo's eyes were stern: "I will not win the Champions League just once."

Ouch, it sounds like a CEO!

Cao Xuan gave a thumbs up: "Baqi, I won't let you suffer, I will give you two Grammys in exchange."

"Are you willing?"

Cristiano Ronaldo was confused. This time it was Cao Xuan's turn to show off: "I don't know when you will win the Champions League, but after I exchange two Grammys for medals with you, I still have 10."

Cao Xuan opened his hands and shook his ten fingers back and forth. Ronaldo, who had been arrogant just now, suddenly shut himself up.

After all, no matter how confident he is, Cao Xuan has all his trophies ready, but his Champions League championship has not yet been won...

In addition to Ronaldo and Ferguson, Cao Xuan also met his favorite Manchester United player Solskjaer and... Dong Fangzhuo.

Dong Fangzhuo returned to Manchester United on loan in January and has stayed with the team ever since. Although he has hardly played, he is indeed considered a member of Manchester United's first team and won a Premier League championship last season.

"Xiao Dong, play well."

Cao Xuan didn't know what to talk about this compatriot. He could only ask about his current situation and encourage him to work hard.

Looking back, he mentioned to several players who had good relationships with Ronaldo and Fernandio that they would take care of them if possible.

The performance was about to start, so everyone showed their nakedness without saying much, had a friendly exchange, and collected ten minutes of material before the large group withdrew and went to the VIPs to wait for the concert to begin.

Cristiano Ronaldo and the more lively Manchester United defender Everton stayed shamelessly. When Cao Xuan asked, they wanted to go on stage to show off their singing voices.

Cao Xuan asked the two of them to sing a few lines and listen. Evra was unexpectedly good. It couldn't be compared with professionals, but it was still good among amateurs.

As for Cristiano Ronaldo, I can only say that when God opens a door for you, he will close a window. Singing is all about emotion, without any skills.

If this kid becomes a singer, he will starve to death. His only advantage is that he is shameless, dares to sing, and has a loud voice.

Should not be called Cristiano Ronaldo, should be called Cristiano Ronaldo...

But even so, Cao Xuan did not completely reject the two people.

After all, this is a concert at Manchester's Old Trafford Stadium, and many of the fans who came to the scene are actually Manchester United fans. It is not impossible for the two of them to come out and have a lively atmosphere without affecting the concert.

Soon, it was completely dark, and about 50,000 Cao Xuan fans had already entered the venue and took their seats, excitedly waiting for the concert to start.

In addition to the four stands of the entire Old Trafford stadium, the grass in the middle of the stadium has also been treated to become an open space for stepping on.

There is a stage in the middle of the stadium, with a cross corridor extending several meters long from front to back, left and right. The cross corridor is surrounded by spectators and is the closest position to the stage.

Mike and Daniel were among them. Mike excitedly waved the light stick in his hand, cheering and screaming with the fans around the stage and in the stands.

Although Daniel, who was forcibly dragged here, was not too fond of Cao Xuan, he was also infected by the atmosphere at this time, with a look of anticipation on his face.

When the time came, the lights went down and a soft melody sounded. Cao Xuan appeared on the stage in a blue slim-fitting suit, attracting countless thunderous cheers.

“I've been reading books of old

I read all the old books

The legends and the myths

Those ancient legends and boundless mysteries

…

like Achilles and his spoils

Such as the innate power of the Eastern God of War

…”

"Something Just Like This" is a song that Cao Xuan sang at the Super Bowl and is still very well-known.

Cao Xuan held the microphone in his hand, sang loudly, waved gently, and walked through the cross corridor. As his figure walked through the corridor table and flashing lights on both sides, it was like stars paving the way.

After walking through the four corridors and all the stars lit up, Cao Xuan came to the middle stage and sang to his heart's content, roaring to the climax.

I want something just like this

That's all I want

Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo

Toot toot, toot toot

Oh, I want something just like this

that's all i want

………”

The surging atmosphere pushed the entire stadium to a climax. Mike excitedly reached out to Cao Xuan in the middle of the stage to cheer, and did not forget to turn around and ask Daniel next to him.

"Tell me, do you feel his charm?"

Daniel raised his head and looked at the radiant figure on the stage. He wanted to say something harsh, but his body honestly danced to the melody.

In the VIP box in the stands, a group of Manchester United players were also cheering and applauding. Evra pulled Ronaldo and laughed.

"Man, I realize this is crazier than us playing football."

"No, it's not as good as football."

Ronaldo replied firmly, but still added silently in his heart, but it is indeed crazy for one person to make so many people fascinated.

He even felt a little envious of Cao Xuan. After all, on the football field, only scoring goals can bring some glory, but Cao Xuan has always been the absolute C-position in the concert with more than 50,000 people.

Of course, Cristiano Ronaldo knew that this was not the comparison, but it didn't stop him from envying Cao Xuan's unlimited glory at this time.

Cao Xuan didn't know the complicated thoughts of the audience. After singing the song, he greeted and interacted with the fans in English familiarly.

"About ten years ago, when I was watching football in high school, I thought that one day I would stand in the middle of Old Trafford and enjoy the gaze of tens of thousands of people in the entire stadium.

But then I imagined that I would be a world-class football player, and now I am a singer, but no matter what, I did it. "

There was thunderous applause in the stands. Most of the fans in Europe are fans. No matter which club they are fond of, they all have more or less similar fantasies and understand the meaning of Cao Xuan's words.

No matter what kind of identity Cao Xuan comes here, as a fan, being able to do this is enough for them to applaud.

Hearing the applause, Cao Xuan nodded slightly and made a joke.

"Getting a standing ovation is also one of my wishes. From now on, I will add to my resume that getting a standing ovation at Old Trafford."

Just kidding, Cao Xuan didn't talk much about this topic. After all, the audience at the scene were more fans than Manchester United fans.

After a wave of interaction, the next song started immediately, and Linkin Park's "Numb" exploded in the audience.

In the four concerts in the UK, Cao Xuan invited not many supporting guests. Most of them were British singers that Cao Xuan knew well. The most famous one was Coldplay.

The Beatles' Paul McCartney actually agreed to Cao Xuan's invitation.

However, the concert schedule in the UK coincided with it for some reason. If I could make it back later, it would have to be a concert in Rome, Italy or Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

In addition to these British or European and American singers, Cao Xuan still leads many singers.

Overseas, where they have little influence, there is little significance in brushing their reputation, but they can export and sell domestically, and it will be gold-plated, and it will be a resume when they go back.

The most important thing is that you can give Cao Xuan ten minutes to free up time to rest and adjust.

The singers Cao Xuan led this time, regardless of fame or appearance, were all talented singers from the stars, just because they were afraid of losing face in the Chinese music industry.

Zhang Jie, Ping An, Tan Weiwei, Zhang Liangying, Yao Beina, Phoenix Legend, all of them have good voices and can stand out on their own.

Cao Xuan did not strictly require them to sing English songs. He sang to his heart's content and came up with two songs: "The Ordinary Road" and "The Wind Rises."

Again, foreigners can’t understand Chinese, but they can still feel the charm of melody music and still dance happily with light sticks.

Cao Xuan doesn't care whether he sings in Chinese or English, but he has one requirement, that is, he must perform well and preferably impress the audience.

Even if these singers are at the top of the show and it's garbage time for the audience to go to the toilet, you can't deal with people paying for tickets.

Either the melody is nice, or the lyrics are touching, or even if it's not good enough, you can show off your singing skills. If you can't go on stage, it's all in vain, so it's better to leave the stage empty and let everyone go to the toilet.

Therefore, if you are confident that you can impress the audience with Chinese songs, sing in Chinese. If you are not confident, there is no shame in singing in English.

Cao Xuan held 4 concerts in the UK, and almost all the star singers sought stability and sang English songs.

Only Phoenix Legend sang his masterpieces "Above the Moon" and "Free to Fly" generously. Although the two explained that their English was poor and they were not allowed to do so, the effect was indeed good. I heard that some fans at the scene went online to inquire about it afterwards. What are these two songs called?

Cristiano Ronaldo and Evra also got their wish at the end of the concert, and were pulled onto the stage by Cao Xuan as a lucky audience member to show off their singing voices.

The next day, a Liverpool newspaper ridiculed Cao Xuan for letting Cristiano Ronaldo on stage as the worst decision of the entire concert. As the Chinese saying goes, a mouse excrement spoils the whole pot of soup.

Ronaldo was so angry that he almost flew to Liverpool and took pictures of all the reporters’ family phones.

However, Cao Xuan himself didn't care much. On the contrary, in subsequent European concerts, he always retained the option of selecting lucky audience members to sing or sing songs with Cao Xuan.

Among them, a Chinese student studying in Paris, France, sang a song "Blue and White Porcelain" that even Cao Xuan was slightly surprised.

After asking for the name, Cao Xuan was shocked to learn that the international student was called Fang Che. If it hadn't been found out later that it was just a coincidence, Hao Xuan would have thought that his luck had been taken away. The title of the book has since been changed to "Debut from the King of Heaven's Concert" It’s over......