China Entertainment 1997

Beijing, the editorial office of an entertainment newspaper

There are seven or eight people crammed into the small office of about 50 square meters. Some people are busy writing, while others are playing with cameras, making phone calls and organizing materials on the table.

"Okay, thank you."

The middle-aged reporter who was on the phone put down the phone and waved his hand excitedly.

"Comrades, according to the news from Beijing Radio, the on-demand rate of "Love Because of Love" has surpassed "Can I Hug You" and topped the list."

"Cow wow!"

The reporters in the office were shocked. Ever since "Love Because of Love" reached second place, Zhang Huimei has been pushing her, and today she finally broke through the blockade.

"It has to be Cao Xuan who can beat her. Naying released a new album. After nearly two weeks of preparation, the result was not as good as Cao Xuan's single."

"As you said, Cao Xuan is the most popular singer in our mainland right now."

"That's right, in the battle between Ren and Cao last year, the media said that Yu Liang was famous for a while, and that was to give Ren Xianqi face. Whether it was ranking sales, popularity, or even the Spring Festival Gala performance, Cao Xuan always had the upper hand."

"Okay, Xiaojing, we all know that Cao Xuan is great. You, a fan, shouldn't fight for him."

"Although this song "Love Because of Love" is good, it is still not as strong as last year's "Fairy Tale". I don't know if Cao Xuan can stabilize his position."

"Yeah, "Did Someone Told You" also took the number one spot before, but then it was taken back by someone else."

"This is not something we can discuss. Let's catch up on the manuscript. It's just a good time to add some heat to Cao Xuan and see if we can add more force. The more lively the fight between the two of them is, the better our newspaper will sell."

"Don't forget Naying. Although she is the third oldest in ten thousand years, it is still lively because of the large number of people."

"I was abused last year, and it looks like the situation will be even worse this year."

"Haha, I feel comfortable letting her not accept my interview last time."

"You are so vindictive, but I like it. Oh my, two months of summer vacation are too short. I wish they could fight until next year."

"..."

The situation in this editorial room is not unique. Many media outlets that are paying attention to this summer vacation battle in the music industry are feeling the same as they did during the New Year.

There is no way, Naying is not strong enough.

The battle between the two queens was almost one-sided, a squib, and made everyone excited for a long time in vain.

Fortunately, Cao Xuan played steadily and finally continued the scene of this battle.

Mainland’s most popular male singer VS Taiwan’s most popular female singer

No, we can’t forget Na Young. It should be Cao Xuan VS the Double Queen, or Zhang Huimei VS the most popular male and female singers in Mainland China.

Anyway, no matter who is VS who, as long as there is popularity, the media will focus on them.

………

And Cao Xuan did not disappoint the media and the masses.

After "Love Because of Love" reached the top of the charts, it quickly established a firm foothold.

Although it did not directly dominate the chart like last year's "Fairy Tale", it still maintained its dominant position with "Can I Hug You".

For a whole week, the two songs competed fiercely at the top of the list, and "Love Because of Love" stayed at the top of the list for about 70% of the time.

The first battle of the summer war was won!

But Zhang Huimei is not a vegetarian, and soon, Fenghua Records, the company behind her, announced it.

Zhang Huimei will hold fan meetings or concerts in many provinces and cities in mainland China in late July, and there will be many celebrity assistants, including but not limited to Tao Jingying, Lin Zhiying, Fei Xiang, Huang Lei and others.

These are basically artists who are affiliated with Fenghua Records or have collaborated with them, and they are quite popular.

Coupled with the Workers' Stadium concert that shocked the country at the beginning of the year, Zhang Huimei's popularity soared and she returned to the top of the list.

Cao Xuan really couldn't do anything about this move.

Of course he can also follow suit. It's hard to say about Hong Kong and Taiwan. The mainland can still invite some artists to stand on the stage, not to mention that Cao Xuan has Warner behind him.

Although Warner had a lot of personnel changes due to the acquisition of UFO, and its strength declined sharply, but with Cao Xuan's hot performance last year, Warner made a comeback.

It may not be able to compete with several other large record companies at the same level, but it will definitely have no problem bullying the slightly inferior Fenghua Records.

But Warner can't do that.

Because Zhang Huimei was Zhang Yusheng's apprentice, her old friend has passed away, but his connections are everywhere in the Chinese music scene.

If Cao Xuan and Warner team up with Zhang Huimei to compete in the ring, will they get a reputation as bullying "lonely and widowed people"? Zhang Huimei shouted, I am afraid that half of the Hong Kong and Taiwan entertainment circles will have to give face to the late Zhang Yusheng.

Therefore, no matter how lively the rankings are, it is a reasonable competition and no one can pick anything out.

But if there are cliques and conflicts, and one person is not good enough, the matter will easily get out of control.

So Cao Xuan didn't join in the fun at all.

Naying, on the other hand, followed the example and asked Wang Fei and a few friends to help her promote the boxing, but it was just a small fight. In addition, she was being beaten by Cao Xuan and Cao Xuan, so not many people paid attention to her.

Although Cao Xuan didn't ask anyone to cheer him up, he still had a killer move hidden in his hand.

On July 18, "Stars Shining" officially began to be distributed nationwide.

Many new songs such as "First Dream", "Love Has to Be Done", "Those Years", "Not a Hero", etc. have been released one after another.

At this time, many people realized that Cao Xuan was still holding on to his strength before, but now he is the ultimate form of Cao Daguan.

………

Several title songs from last year's "Starry Stars".

"Fairytale" and "Dusk" are outstanding, "Run" is slightly inferior, "Angel Wings" and "Autumn Never Comes Back" are weak, and there is a gap in quality between them.

In this year's Cao Xuan's new album "Stars Shining", the quality of the title songs is relatively more average.

Each song list may not be as powerful as sweeping everything, but it is enough to fight. It may be lacking in one-on-one combat, but it is good at encircling and suppressing group fights.

On July 20, several title songs from "Twinkle Stars" appeared on the list one after another, and most of them ranked very closely.

"Original Dream" was the first to enter the top ten, followed closely by "I Have No Choice" and "Those Years".

On July 22, "Original Dream" reached fourth place, "Love Has to Be" ranked fifth, "Those Years" ranked sixth, plus "Love Because of Love" ranked second.

Naying was surrounded by Cao Xuan's four songs and shivered.

However, Cao Xuan didn't let Na Young wait long. Several songs continued, which already made the album popular.

Soon, the songs at the bottom began to move up the charts.

On the morning of July 23, "A Dream" was released by "First Dream".

Then in the afternoon, I was exposed again by "The Last Resort".

On July 24, "Those Years" exerted its strength and completed its third hit.

The popularity of "A Dream" plummeted, and two days later, "Bu Wei Xia", which was gradually becoming popular, was exploded.

Counting the previous songs "Love Because of Love" and "Did Someone Tell Me", the song "A Dream" has been blasted seven times in Cao Xuan's new album.

If other songs from Na Young's album are included, this number will double.

Queen Na was numb.

The media, which did not take it too seriously to watch the excitement, also borrowed a lyric from "A Dream" to poke fun at Naying, who was previously full of confidence.

"I knew it was like this, it was like a dream..."