China Entertainment 1997

"I highly recommend Cao Xuan's new song "The Ordinary Road". Really, Cao Xuan will never disappoint in terms of music."

""I Believe" is passionate, "Transfer of Love" is heartfelt, "Rolling Bead Curtain" is gorgeous and poignant, and "The Ordinary Road" is indescribably shocking. In one sentence, Cao Xuan is awesome."

"I just bought the album, and I didn't really think that "The Ordinary Road" was any good. Last night, I was taking the subway alone after get off work, looking at all kinds of life in the car, and then I suddenly heard this song playing on the radio, and my scalp instantly felt numb. I went back home and cycled through the night.”

"Damn it, I'm a big fan of Jay Chou, but I dare not admit that "Qili Xiang" can win "The Ordinary Road"."

"The album "I Love" contains nearly 20 songs. Although more than half of them are old songs, they are all accompanied by MVs and re-recorded and performed. Cao Xuan's new album can be said to be full of sincerity."

"I like the MVs of "I Believe" and "Chasing Dreams" the most, especially "Chasing Dreams". Liu Feiren plays the leading role in the MV, which is so cool."

"I heard that Liu Feiren is a fan of Cao Xuan, so he appeared in the MV for free. Cao Xuan gave Liu Feiren the song to use for free, no matter it was commercial or anything, and he didn't charge any copyright fees."

"Cao Xuan himself said on his blog that Liu Feiren is also his idol. Both parties are each other's idols and fans of each other (laughs)."

"I see some people say that the lyrics of "The Ordinary Road" are not good, but I think the lyrics of "The Ordinary Road" are good because they are simple and sincere. If they are too gorgeous, it will lose its flavor."

"I announce that "The Wind Rises" has been temporarily removed from my favorite song and changed to "The Ordinary Road"."

"Me too, "Ten Years" I'm sorry."

"I'm different from you. "Your Answer" is tied with "The Ordinary Road."

"Holy crap, "The Ordinary Road" rushed to the top of the list, and "Qilixiang" was suppressed."

"..."

With Cao Xuan's popularity, his new album will be extremely popular even if Warner and Fanxing don't take action. Coupled with the marketing promotions of Warner and Fanxing and Cao Xuan's connections on various online and offline platforms.

The energy that "I Love" burst out in a short period of time directly overshadowed all the singers and new songs from August to October.

If the quality of the album is not good, the popularity will dissipate quickly, but it is obvious that "I Love", with more than a dozen hit songs, is very resistant in terms of quality and staying power.

Before the release of Cao Xuan's new album, although the major authoritative music charts in the mainland were not unified, they were basically led by Xiao Zhou's "Qili Xiang".

Popular songs such as "Mouse Loves Rice", "Our Love", "I'm Not Huang Rong" and "Gardenia Blossoms" are firmly in the top ten, and the two songs next to them are also in the list, "What I Miss" and "Chasing Dreams" .

In addition, there are some new songs that have just been released that fluctuate up and down, and can reach the top ten from time to time.

For example, in September Liang Jingru released a new song "Ningxia", and Pan Weibo and Zhang Shaohan jointly sang "Happy Worship".

And Master Luo's "Gray Space" was released the day before Cao Xuan released his new album. This is also one of his few slow songs.

The three candidates for the last spot of the New Four Kings are Lin Junjie with his singing skills and composition, and Pan Weibo with his hip-hop and fast song Western style.

Moreover, both of them are international Chinese friends, one from Singapore and the other from the United States, with their own international filters.

Especially Pan Weibo, in the current environment, his background and music style are more so-called European and American fashion style than some young singers, with a "high-end sense".

Not only does it have bonus status, but it also has good business attributes, and its business resources are obviously higher than those of artists of the same level.

In contrast, Master Luo is an "old hat" who came out of a Taiwanese variety show. His creative and musical talents are not outstanding, so he can only rely on other things to get ahead.

Master Luo chose "dance", a walking dance style, and his target was Guo Tianwang, the Asian dance king among the four kings in his early years.

Facts have proved that before the Korean wave fully invaded the mainland, dance music still had a market in the country. Cai Yilin and he both relied on dance music to become the king and queen of dance, and then became the king and queen of the dance.

Although Master Luo's title of King of Heaven is not recognized by everyone, he still has above-average fame and influence.

In the original time and space, Master Luo's song "Gray Space" and another song "Love (Shi) Love (jian) Da (guan) People (li)" sung with Ace were very popular in Taiwan and the mainland. It was also from this album that it officially entered the mainland market.

But now, Master Luo is so unlucky that he came across Cao Xuan's new album "I Love".

I don’t know if Master Luo’s management company is out of ideas, but even Xiao Zhou, Wang Fei, and the Four Heavenly Kings don’t have the guts to release a new album at the same time as Cao Xuan. Touch it.

It's a pity that he was beaten by Cao Xuan in terms of both popularity and works. Although Cao Guo, a senior official, didn't want the scumbag to get involved, he couldn't resist using his big move to implicate innocent people.

Master Luo's album, which was expected to enter the mainland market, stayed at the top of the charts for less than 24 hours before it was devoured by a group of new songs that Cao Xuan was crazy about. There was almost no sound.

Liang Jingru, who followed closely behind, was quickly squeezed out of the top ten competition area, but Pan Weibo and Zhang Shaohan's "Happy Worship" managed to support it.

The previous few old songs were slightly firmer, but only slightly.

On October 2, Cao Xuan's new album was released, and three songs entered the top ten that night, including "What I Miss" and "Chasing Dreams".

It only took most of a day to surround Xiao Zhou. The two songs "Qili Xiang" and "Grandma" were slightly weak under Cao Xuan's siege.

In the early morning of October 4, "Grandma" was squeezed out of the top five, and "Ordinary Road" also defeated "Mouse Loves Rice" and officially ranked second in the rankings, launching an attack on the top-ranked "Qilixiang".

The Gossip Club Tianya Forum even opened a gambling thread to discuss how long it would take for "The Ordinary Road" to win, or how long it would take for Xiao Zhou to withstand Cao Xuan's impact.

Cao Xuan's fans clamored and exploded Xiao Zhou in one day.

Fans of Xiao Zhou, who have confidence in their idol, think it will take at least a week, or even longer.

After conducting various analyses, I concluded that it should be around 3 to 5 days.

Cao Xuan is very popular, and the song "Ordinary Road" is absolutely awesome, but Xiao Zhou and "Qili Xiang" are not vegetarians.

Especially "Qili Xiang" can be said to be Xiao Zhou's most popular song since his debut. It has been dominating the charts for nearly three months since the summer vacation, and its popularity base is still very strong.

So in everyone's opinion, 3~5 days is still very objective. Cao Xuan can win Xiao Zhou in this time period, which is considered very good.

However, what everyone did not expect was that from second place to first place, "The Ordinary Road" took less than 13 hours, that is, half a day, half of which was in the early morning, and it took down "Qili Xiang".

Relevant staff from the radio station or media later revealed that all the on-demand calls related to the music rankings were almost overwhelmed by Cao Xuan's fans.

Even the night program that was launched in the early morning, there were countless fans accurately sniping, allowing the operator to enjoy a lively and fulfilling night.

During this period, it is not that there are no fans of Xiao Zhou who want to organize to resist or even fight back, but Cao Xuan has too many fans, and they are well-trained, decisive and sophisticated.

Although Xiao Zhou's fans are also battle-hardened, they are still far inferior to Cao Xuan's fans who have fought many battles, not to mention that Cao Xuan's numbers are far superior.

According to front-line reports from Cao Xuan’s fan base [Hemerocallis Flower Bar], some of Cao Xuan’s fans from Asia and even Europe and the United States who got the news about this surprise ranking battle also joined the battle. Many people made international long-distance calls to Cao Xuan to support the ranking.

The stuttering and strangely accented "Mud Howl, my waist is thin and thin..." that the operator heard "The Ordinary Road" is the masterpiece of this group of overseas fans.

Because of this, Hemerocallis Flower Bar has also opened a special section called "International Comrades" for overseas fans to leave messages and exchange messages.

Cao Xuan fans have also formed a translation team within them, which is proficient in many foreign languages ​​such as Japanese, Korean, English, and German. While translating, they also Chineseize Cao Xuan’s foreign news stories.

Similarly, there are also some foreign fans who want to learn Chinese. Although not too many, it is something worth bragging about for domestic Cao Xuan fans.

After all, there are so many celebrities in the entertainment industry, but I have never heard of anyone influencing a large number of overseas fans to take the initiative to learn Chinese...

Cao Xuan fans organized a wonderful lightning raid.

"Ordinary Road" was successfully topped on the afternoon of October 4th, less than 13 hours after the Tianya Gambling post was launched. If calculated from the time when the song was online, the total duration was less than 60 hours.

This result shocked everyone. No one expected that Cao Xuan would kill Xiao Zhou within three days.

This can't even be said to be clean and tidy, it is simply as fast as lightning and the sound of bells ringing and jingling, which is like an autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.

One word, quick!

After that, Xiao Zhou's fans still organized a counterattack and regained their position. They even had fans of other new generation singers help, wanting to prove that Cao Xuan had fallen from the top.

It's a pity that Cao Xuan's fans are well prepared. They attack the tower quickly and defend the tower more steadily.

And it’s not just fans, Warner and Fanxing are behind all this.

The surprise battle was a surprise, and the two companies did not expect it to go so smoothly, but since they had won the first place, it was impossible for Xiao Zhou to regain it.

Warner is the number one record company in the Chinese music industry, and Fanxing is also the dominant player in the entertainment industry. The two parties have joined forces, and Cao Xuan has tens of millions of fans.

"The Ordinary Road" is so stable at the top of the list that it is disappointing. Not to mention Xiao Zhou regaining the first place, even the second place of "Qili Xiang" is a bit threatened by "Love Transfer".

This battle between the old and new kings, which has been hyped by the media for a year or two, started with great fanfare and ended as fast as a meteor.

Many people have not yet entered the state, and the winner has been decided.

It seems that Xiao Zhou's "Qili Xiang" still has the power to fight. If you look closely at the rankings, you will see that "Ordinary Road" is suppressed at the top, and surrounded by songs such as "Love Transfer", "I Believe", and "Rolling Bead Curtain" at the bottom.

Cao Xuan's songs generally occupy 5 to 7 of the top ten of major music charts.

It is relatively rare for Xiao Zhou to have three songs together. On many lists, only one "Qili Xiang" sticks to it.

In terms of sales, although the two companies were not released at the same time, there is not much comparability.

But if you calculate the sales of the album on the first day, the next day, and the first week, Cao Xuan's "I Love" beat Xiao Zhou's "Qili Xiang" by a large margin. If you calculate the overseas sales, Cao Xuan is bullying others.

Such a comparison of results makes the situation clear at a glance.

Moreover, Xiao Zhou has never made any good progress. There is really no need to force another competition, otherwise it will not be a challenge, but a self-humiliation.

On October 8th, "I Love" was released for a week, and the battle between the old and new kings came to an end. Cao Xuan, who had not mentioned it at all before except to promote albums and movies, also publicly responded on his blog for the first time -

"The so-called new and old kings are just what others say. I am not old, and Jay Lun is not new. No matter how high or low the song charts are or how many albums are sold, they are actually dedicating good works to the fans and contributing their own strength to the Chinese music scene.

"Qilixiang" is a good song. Jie Lun and Wen Shan have made great progress. They are a match made in heaven in the music world. I watched them debut, and I also look forward to them bringing greater surprises to everyone.

ps: Although I don’t want to spoil anything, but considering that some people are making random speculations and provocations, I can only give a little insight. This year’s Spring Festival Gala, I will sing a duet with someone for the first time. Guess who it is (wink).”

The timing of posting this blog is very particular. If Cao Xuan posted it before releasing his album, it would probably be viewed as a sign of weakness by many people.

If he didn't win, or if he showed his crotch, Cao Xuan's blog would be like trying to save his respect after being slapped in the face.

However, now that Cao Xuan has won, and won beautifully, the blog he posted is a sincere and well-founded attempt to calm down the incident and care for the younger generations.

And this time the old-new controversy also came to an end with Cao Xuan’s blog.

The era of Cao Tianwang's dominance continues, but Xiao Zhou's performance is remarkable and the future is promising. Unfortunately, he still has to be Cao Tianwang's younger brother.

In the past thirty years, the Chinese pop music scene has gone through stages such as Tan and Zhang competing for hegemony, the Four Heavenly Kings, Nan Ren and Bei Cao, and Cao Xuan's dominance.

Now the era of "one tyrant, one super, many strong" is coming. Cao Xuan is the overlord of the music scene, Xiao Zhou is the super king, and Wang, Cai Yilin, Sun Yanzi, She Tuan, etc. are strong singers.

Of course, some people call it the "Northern Cao and Southern Zhou" era.

However, many Cao Xuan fans are dissatisfied. They feel that Xiao Zhou is not yet able to tie with Cao Xuan, and [one tyrant, one super powerful] is more suitable.

But no matter how you calculate it, starting from 1998 when [Nan was appointed as Bei Cao], Cao Xuan has been occupying the C position in the music world for several years, and has survived two or three waves of singers.

It’s unknown how many singers the name Cao Xuan will become a nightmare for, but it is destined to be an unavoidable existence in the Chinese music world...

Countless singers, music critics and related music professionals remember Cao Xuan’s legend, but more people pay attention to the last sentence of Cao Xuan’s blog.

Cao Xuan + Jay Chou attend the Spring Festival Gala!

Darling, King Cao is addicted to playing Wangzhao?

I just made a movie "New Police Story" with the two superstars Cheng Long, and I will soon join forces with the new and old king Xiao Zhou to participate in the Spring Festival Gala. This is a different way to give everyone welfare.

The major media went crazy. Cao Xuan was still in Japan. If they couldn't stop him, they tried to stop Xiao Zhou and the newly established Spring Festival Gala director team.

Xiao Zhou was caught by the media backstage at the concert, and he readily admitted: "Brother Xuan sent a text message asking me if I wanted to sing with him in the Spring Festival Gala. My eldest brother called me, and I went. It's that simple."

When the media asked about the outcome of the battle between the old and new kings and the currently popular [Beicao and Southern Zhou], Xiao Zhou answered extremely modestly and cautiously.

"I don't have any ideas. Brother Xuan has always been my idol, and I will continue to follow in his footsteps."

"It is a great honor for me personally to be placed with Brother Xuan. I will work harder in the future and hope to be worthy of this title."

Xiao Zhou is proud of himself, and he had the ambition to catch up with Cao Xuan through "Qili Xiang".

Although he failed, he also gained confidence.

You know, in the first two years when he faced Cao Xuan, he was basically killed instantly, but now he can be regarded as Cao Xuan's number one enemy, discussed by the media and the outside world together, and he still has the strength to fight, which is already a quality breakthroughs and leaps.

The outstanding performance of "Qili Xiang" also made Xiao Zhou have a lot of admiration for "Bei Cao Nan Zhou".

If you can't beat Brother Xuan, being compared with Brother Xuan is also a kind of victory.

Since Cao Xuan became a god in "Bright Stars" in 2000, there have been many singers who want to be popular, but he is the only singer who can really be recognized on a large scale by the outside world. Xiao Zhou feels that he is still very proud.

Of course, he also knew that many people were questioning it, so Xiao Zhou held his breath and wanted to prove that he was worthy of the title of [Southern Zhou].

Compared with Xiao Zhou, Lang Kun, director of the 2005 Spring Festival Gala directing team, responded more simply.

"The program reported by Cao Xuan is indeed a chorus. It is inconvenient to disclose other details."

In addition, Lang Kun also revealed a little news. Under the kind invitation of the director team, Cao Xuan served as the artistic consultant and song and dance program director of this Spring Festival Gala, responsible for reviewing, guiding and recommending some song and dance programs.

This news is still something that the outside world is looking forward to. After all, as a top singer, Cao Xuan's professional ability needless to say will definitely help the quality of the Spring Festival Gala program.

Moreover, Cao Xuan's connections are enough to withstand the attack. If he comes forward, many people will be able to sell some face, and maybe they can form a luxurious lineup.

………

Regarding this point, the outside world really guessed it right. This year, Cao Xuan contributed a lot to the Spring Festival Gala. Not only did he personally lead Xiao Zhou to sing, he also kept an eye on Cheng Long.

Japan, Tokyo

After an interview session, Cao Xuan caught up with Cheng Long: "Brother, how have you considered going to the Spring Festival Gala? The director is still waiting for my reply."

"I haven't been to the Spring Festival Gala in more than ten years. To be honest, I feel a little weak."

"What's the matter? I remember there seemed to be a martial arts program in the first round. You can combine it and sing your specialty "Men Should Be Strong" or "Drunken Master".

Cao Xuan was good at tempting him. In fact, even if he didn't take action, Yuan Kongcheng Long still appeared on the 2005 Spring Festival Gala.

This is also the second time Cheng Long has attended the Spring Festival Gala. The first time was in 1993. Coincidentally, it is the Year of the Rooster just like 2005. He also attended the Spring Festival Gala once in 2017 in the original time and space. It can be said that he takes great care of those born in the Year of the Rooster... …

The reason why Cheng Long attended the Spring Festival Gala after so many years is simple. His career focus has shifted to the mainland market, so he went to the Spring Festival Gala to show his face.

Even if Cao Xuan doesn't persuade, Cheng Long will probably contact the Spring Festival Gala program team when he comes back. Now that Cao Xuan has come out to pull the strings, he hesitates on his lips, but he may have been tempted in his heart.

"Axuan, it doesn't matter if I can get in. In fact, I really want Zu Ming to give it a try."

It is said that Cheng Long has a stick education, but in fact he provides his son with a lot of resources. He always takes his son with him whenever he has the opportunity, and the Spring Festival Gala is no exception.

In the original time and space, Cheng Liuzi followed his father to the Spring Festival Gala and had a skewer. Cao Xuan knew it well and did not accept it, but he did not refuse it either.

"I'll talk to the director and see what he thinks."

To be honest, Cao Xuan agreed to serve as the artistic consultant and program director of the Spring Festival Gala this year, not because he had nothing to do but because he wanted to follow the "fake public benefit".

"Tomorrow's Star" wants to promote a few new stars, and Nishinomiya Empress, and he also wants to have the opportunity to create a show for her.

More importantly, Cao Xuan wanted to use some contacts at CCTV to see if he could contribute to the censorship of a certain "New World".

Although it is not a system, they are all publicity outlets and they can communicate with each other, which still has some influence.

These old friendships with the Spring Festival Gala are not enough. They have to show some sincerity. That's why Cao Xuan joined the Spring Festival Gala director team and tried every means to add luster to this year's Spring Festival Gala.

Otherwise, in Cao Xuan's busy schedule, it would be great if he could spare time to attend the Spring Festival Gala rehearsal. He would not have time to be a director or consultant.

The matter regarding Chen Liuzi's appearance at the Spring Festival Gala is easy to solve. Cheng Long is still at the top. As long as his father can come, arranging a program is just a matter of words.

Cao Xuan recalled the difficulty of attending the Spring Festival Gala in early 1999. He went through five rehearsals, not only trying to find connections, but also walking on thin ice for fear of being kicked off.

I couldn't help but lament in my heart. I had a golden finger, but I still had to work hard, but someone else had a good father, and I could get it done with just one sentence.

For the first time, Cao Xuan felt that it was nothing special to have a golden finger. If someone casts a good child, his fortune and development may not be worse than that of a golden finger...

The Spring Festival Gala is settled, and the creators of "New Police Story" are also preparing to leave Japan.

Most people are quite satisfied with this trip to Japan. For example, Cao Xuan further refreshed his reputation in Japan and also promoted a new album.

"I Love" ranked third on Japan's Oricon sales list last week, and the album's total sales in Japan have exceeded 3 million.

This data may not matter to those top Japanese singers, but for overseas non-Japanese singers, it is a very outstanding result. Cao Xuan's sales data can easily rank at the top of the Japanese sales list of overseas singers.

These 3 million+ sales naturally include the two English albums "Chris Tsao" and "Release", which are also the main sales, accounting for half of the 3 million sales. The remaining six Chinese albums total only about 1.5 million.

Even so, Cao Xuan is the Chinese artist most familiar to the Japanese people. Coupled with the bombardment of Grammy news in the past two years, his reputation in Japan is almost second only to Cheng Long, who has been very popular in Japan since the last century.

It is precisely because of this that the new movie jointly produced by two of the most familiar Chinese artists in Japan has attracted quite a lot of attention in Japan.

When the movie was released, many fans of Cheng Long and Cao Xuan and gourmets went to watch it.

After watching the movie, Cheng Long's fans expressed disappointment, but Cao Xuan and passers-by felt very pleasantly surprised.

For a neurotic, yandere and perverted villain like Xuan, most domestic audiences hate him, but in Japan, it hit the G-spot of many people.

To be honest, if it just started, the Japanese audience would watch "New Police Story" if the two major Chinese superstars join forces, or even mainly Cheng Long.

Then after word-of-mouth fermentation, two-thirds of the audience who came to watch the movie came for the villain played by Cao Xuan.

On Japanese forums and film and television rating websites, Japanese movie fans gave the character [A Xuan] high praise.

This role also attracted a lot of fans to Cao Xuan. After all, the photos of album singing and news reports are not as attractive to fans as the audio-visual charm of the movie.

In addition to Yan fans, there is also a special group of people who find Cao Xuan particularly attractive.

Unknown people have been sending private messages to Cao Xuan's overseas blog. The content and photos are so shocking that Cao Xuan has not had a good meal for several days.

Under such circumstances, although "New Police Story" did not perform well at the box office in Japan, it did not perform poorly.

After 10 days of release, the cumulative box office has been converted into RMB 80 million, which is not enough for the serious decline in the later period. Professionals from Japanese theaters estimate that the final box office of "New Police Story" in Japan is expected to be RMB 120 to 150 million.

This is already an extremely outstanding result. The previous "House of Flying Daggers" had a box office of just over 200 million in Japan.

Coupled with other regions in Asia, "New Police Story" can barely scrape together 200 million yuan.

In addition, the box office in the Mainland is almost over 100 million. Even if the share is limited in some regions, it can still get at least 60 to 80 million.

Coupled with other copyright income, I can't say how much this movie will make, but at least it will definitely be saved.

Thinking about the ending of the movie "Original Time and Space", Cao Xuan felt that he was worthy of the 25 million yuan salary given by Yinghuang.

Cao Xuan's performance in the movie aside, without the gimmick of him and Cheng Long teaming up, the box office would have been cut in half at least.

Boss Yang naturally understood what was going on. When he was still in Japan, he wanted Cheng Long and Cao Xuan to cooperate again, but Cao Xuan declined.

His main purpose in acting in "New Police Story" was to open up channels in Hong Kong and make some connections. Since the goal has been achieved, there is no need to bother anymore.

Moreover, it was the first time the two of them collaborated and there was a gimmick, but the overall reputation was not as good as expected. Who knows if they will overturn if they collaborate again. At least Cao Xuan feels that there is no need to gamble again in a short period of time.

However, this time he also realized that Cheng Long's film was not as simple as the outside world showed it. It failed at the box office and had copyrights from various channels. It still made money.

If Yinghuang lacks investment in the future, Fanxing won't mind joining in and complimenting his family...