China Entertainment 1997

In mid-to-late September, the entire music world was paying attention to the ranking data of "Bright Stars".

In particular, the three major portals directly send people to pay attention in real time. Whenever there is an update on the music chart rankings, they will be reported directly to the news.

Print media is a little less timely, but you can summarize it and ask famous musicians to comment, and you can get a lot of attention.

With the huge hot spots, the media began to consciously or unconsciously help build momentum for "Bright Stars", which made the matter become more and more popular, and it already has the momentum of the peak battle of "Nan Ren Bei Cao" in 1998.

But at that time, the two people shared the attention equally, but now Cao Xuan is the only center point.

Taking advantage of this trend, Warner and Fanxing also officially announced that Cao Xuan will hold a solo Asia tour concert on December 12th.

It lasts about two months, with a total of five stops, namely Shanghai-Taiwan Province-Singapore-Malaysia-Beijing.

Among them, Taiwan Province has a venue with 50,000 yuan. Singapore and Malaysia are not sure about the market. Warner’s plan is 10,000 to 30,000 yuan.

As for Cao Xuan's base camp in the Mainland, Beijing and Magic City, Warner has planned concerts with 80,000 people. Warner even prepared an extra 20,000 tickets in the capital. If the momentum is strong, it will rush to a single concert with 100,000 people. meeting.

Once successful, this will also be the first concert with 100,000 people in the Chinese music industry, and it will definitely go down in history.

However, Cao Xuan is still cautious about this. After all, in the past 20 years or so, the number of concerts held by 100,000 people in a single concert in the Chinese music industry can be counted on one hand. You can imagine how difficult it is.

I'm lucky if it succeeds, but I'm lucky if it fails.

Cao Xuan will not blindly pursue so-called records. Being able to hold two concerts with 80,000 people is already a great success.

The order of the concerts is to start in Shanghai, then Taiwan, then go abroad for two more times, and finally return to the capital to finish.

This has also been considered. The mainland's economy is still underdeveloped. Holding two such large-scale concerts at one time may be too much for fans' wallets, so it is best to take a break in between.

In addition, if the concerts in Singapore are successful, it will also prove that Cao Xuan has completely opened up the Asian market. At that time, he will be a serious Asian king, and his status and fame will be even higher.

It will also be a benefit to the Beijing concert. At that time, with the momentum of reaching the top of Asia, it might be possible to hold a single concert with 100,000 people.

It was his first concert, with a minimum number of participants exceeding 200,000, and he had to go abroad. Cao Xuan was still under a lot of pressure, but he was also very motivated.

It’s not just about giving back to fans, the key is making money.

Many people in later generations have said that the profit margin of singers' concerts is considered low among all kinds of income.

This is true, but that is because in later generations, singers can participate in variety shows, live broadcasts, and monetize in various ways. In contrast, concerts are time-consuming, labor-intensive, and may not necessarily make money, so they are naturally less cost-effective.

Nowadays, most singers have no other channels to make money. Albums + commercial performances + concerts are the main sources of money.

There are also many ways to do concerts, with various profit sharing models.

Some singers get more, some get less, and some singers don't even participate in the sharing and only get a certain share of performance fees.

Others don't know it, but Cao Xuan and Warner have already shared the profits.

30% of the total box office goes to the venue, security management, and various local public relations. Warner is responsible for the messy choreography, lighting, sound, and publicity, and also gets 30%. Cao Xuan hires people to produce the show, and gets the remaining 40%.

As for the ticket prices for the five concerts, based on the comprehensive calculation of the performance market, urban prices and Cao Xuan's fame, the prices for the two concerts in Beijing and Magic City are -

General tickets are 180~240, and there are three levels of VIP tickets, 588, 888, and 1088 respectively.

The price may be a bit low, but considering the number of people at the concert, it is still within the normal range.

Prices in Taiwan and abroad will be slightly higher, after all, the economy is developed, but they will not be too high, floating around 30~50%.

After a rough calculation, if the attendance rate is good, the guaranteed box office will be more than 50 million. If Cao Xuan takes 40%, he can get 20 million+.

It’s no wonder that a group of Xiangjiang singers often sing 10 times in a row at the Hong Kong Coliseum. They are indeed making money.

However, ordinary singers cannot achieve the scale of Cao Xuan, and their box office earnings may be greatly reduced.

Even for Cao Xuan, such a large-scale concert cannot be held on the fly.

On the one hand, it has been more than three years since his debut and he has not held a concert, so the fans have responded strongly. On the other hand, it is also because of the momentum of "Bright Stars" and the booming popularity accumulated by Cao Xuan in the past two years that he has the courage to do such a big thing in one go.

Even so, Warner has done various research and analysis and made a lot of preparations. It has not announced the number of people attending the concert to avoid overselling the tickets.

So despite the fact that this concert is so profitable, Cao Xuan cannot hold it regularly. He will either have a big one every two years, or it will only be a steady stream of money.

However, when the economy develops in a few years and fans' wallets are bulging, they will be able to hold such large-scale concerts stably in the long term, but by then Cao Xuan probably won't look down on the dividends.

Cao Xuan's announcement of the concert caused a sensation among the fan community. Many student fans with no source of income have already begun to save money.

It's okay here in the capital. After all, the time is still long, and there is the Spring Festival in the middle. Even if you don't save, the New Year's money is almost enough.

The student fans in Shanghai are more nervous. It's already mid-October, less than two months before the concert. Time is tight and the task is heavy.

Adult fans who already have income don't have so many concerns. If they can't afford VIP tickets, they just grit their teeth and pay for regular tickets.

There are also many well-off fans who are considering attending both the Magic City and Beijing concerts. Even more wealthy fans have already prepared visas and plan to attend all five concerts and take a trip.

While Cao Xuan was busy with the new album and concert, he also participated in the rehearsal of this year's Spring Festival Gala.

This year's Spring Festival Gala has a new director. It's a female director named Wang Xianping.

He was born in opera in middle school, majored in opera at the Central Conservatory of Music in college, and further studied directing at Shanghai Theater Academy. Later, he was admitted to the Beijing University of Arts to study film and television as a graduate student. He is an all-rounder.

Wang Xianping has good qualifications. He has served as the general director of several large-scale events before. This time he took on the important task and devoted himself to running the Spring Festival Gala successfully.

It is said that the first call she made was to Zhao Benshan, and the second call was to Cao Xuan.

Needless to say about the former, Cao Xuan is the leading singer in the Spring Festival Gala's language program now, and Cao Xuan is the singer with the best overall performance in the two Spring Festival Galas, coupled with his current popularity.

Wang Xianping hardly hesitated before sending Cao Xuan his third invitation to the Spring Festival Gala.

Cao Xuan once again fell into the annual trouble, which song should I sing during the Spring Festival Gala?

In addition to thinking about the Spring Festival Gala program, Cao Xuan also took the time to go to Xingcheng, Hunan Province to receive an award.

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On October 19, 2000, the 18th China TV Golden Eagle Awards Ceremony was held in Star City.

Cao Xuan was nominated for [Best Supporting Actor]. He didn't originally plan to come, but the organizer, Hunan Province and Taiwan, invited him and hinted that he would definitely win the award.

Cao Xuan didn't particularly care about the TV award for "Best Supporting Actor", but considering the reputation of the Hunan TV station, he still took the time to come over.

Of course, there is a deeper reason.

That's because "Young Man Bao Qingtian" is a hit in the ratings. According to the "Audience Selection" formula of the Golden Eagle Awards, Cao Xuan might be able to win the Golden Eagle Award next year.

This is not Cao Xuan's wishful thinking. Last year, Xiao Yanzi won the TV drama with "Huan Zhu Ge Ge 2", and there is a high probability that Lu Yi will also win the award this year with "Never Close Eyes".

As both young actors, Cao Xuan does not feel that his acting skills are worse than the two of them. The popularity of "Young Bao Qingtian" is also sufficient.

Since they can take the Emperor as the Empress, Cao Xuan is naturally not without a chance.

Therefore, this year’s [Best Supporting Actor] award mainly focuses on standing in front of the competition and building relationships with the organizers.

Again, the award ceremony is not about fighting, but about human relations...

In Star City, Cao Xuan met a lot of acquaintances. Wang Zhiwen from "The Good Detective" was shortlisted for "The Emperor". In the original time and space, Li Youbin should have been shortlisted for "Best Supporting Actor", but now it is Cao Xuan.

It’s not that Cao Xuan is a better actor than Li Youbin, but he is more popular. Many awards at the Golden Eagle Awards are based on audience votes, at least on the surface.

In addition, the organizer needs to be exposed, so Cao Xuan, the popular king, will definitely attract more attention than Li Youbin, the veteran drama star.

There are also Guo Donglin and Zhou Gongzi from "Daming Palace Ci". One of them was nominated for "Best Supporting Actor" and the other was nominated for "Best Supporting Female".

Cao Xuan also met Lu Yi. Mr. Zhou and he had just finished filming "Like Fog, Like Rain and Like Wind", and they were familiar with each other. They set up a line in the middle to let the two sides get to know each other.

However, perhaps because of the mutual repulsion between the two, the meeting between the two was not pleasant. Cao Xuan had no feelings for Lu Yi, and Lu Yi had no intention of having a close relationship with him. After meeting each other, Cao Xuan and Mr. Zhou ran to the side to chat.

"Don't worry about it. He's just like that. He's a little arrogant when it comes to people. In fact, he's pretty good once he gets along well."

Mr. Zhou was a little embarrassed. She was the one who pulled Cao Xuan's string just now, but Cao Xuan was in trouble.

"Being famous at a young age is a smooth journey, which is understandable."

Cao Xuan really doesn't have any bad feelings towards Lu Yi. Regardless of his acting skills, he doesn't like to make publicity, has a harmonious family, and has no bad qualities in his character.

However, there is no ill feeling at all. Cao Xuan does not have a good impression of Lu Yi. Maybe the two sides are born with different magnetic fields. There is no hostility, but they cannot be friends.

Cao Xuan was not in the mood to pay attention to him, so he turned around and chatted with Mr. Zhou. She happened to be popular, and he was thinking about asking Mr. Zhou to be a guest at his concert in Magic City.

Mr. Zhou is a little eager to try, but he is a little bit frightened. After all, tens of thousands of people are performing, and the psychological pressure cannot be overcome easily.

Cao Xuan asked Mr. Zhou to give him an answer after thinking about it. If it succeeds or fails, he will not lack guests.

The two were chatting, and the host Wang Han came over to say hello. He was not burdened by those troublesome younger brothers. He was a high-spirited and high-spirited host who was highly praised by Hunan TV.

Cao Xuan really wanted to meet He Dan, another host of Hunan TV, but unfortunately he finished recording "Happy Camp" yesterday and went to work in Shanghai, so he missed it.