China Entertainment 1997

When we met from 2007 to 2008, the entertainment industry was still very lively.

One: "Run" became famous in one battle and became a popular variety show nowadays. Even tearing off famous brands has become a phenomenon game.

Many A-list celebrities are interested in contacting the program team to be a guest on the flight. TV stations that had not won this program before were so regretful that they were embarrassed.

Second: Cao Xuan’s [Strongest on Earth] global concert officially concluded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

After one year and three months, 60 concerts were held in nearly 20 countries on six continents around the world, with a cumulative audience of more than 2.3 million. Even in the history of world pop music, this concert is worthy of being recorded.

Before this, there may have been doubts about Cao Xuan's status as the "World King of Pop", but after this global concert tour, there are no doubts left.

Not all of the so-called "world superstars" can travel across six continents and hold concerts with over 2.3 million people.

The popularity and influence of Cao Xuan on a global scale reflected in this concert have repeatedly refreshed the affordability in China and Asia.

In the later stage, almost all other sounds disappeared, just the whistling...

Apart from "Human World", Cao Xuan has basically no new film, television or music works coming out this year, but his exposure is not much worse than in previous years, all thanks to these concerts.

Third: Xiao Zhou's new album "I'm Very Busy" is online.

This is Xiao Zhou's eighth album. One person has composed all 10 songs, while his old partner Fang Wenshan has composed lyrics for 7 songs. The other 3 songs include "Cowboys Are Busy" written by Huang Junjie, and Jay Lun of the other 2 songs. Write it yourself.

The album is named "I'm Very Busy". It is rumored that Xiao Zhou is self-deprecating and helpless about himself, complaining about his current work situation.

But at the same time, I don’t know if it’s because of this, but the quality of the new album is relatively not as good and sharp as the previous albums.

You must know that the reason why Xiao Zhou is second only to Cao Xuan in the Chinese music scene and has firmly become a super player is the innovative nature of his music and his constant pursuit of breakthroughs in music. This is a large part of the reason. .

In this regard, Cao Xuan is not as good as Xiao Zhou.

His new songs may have new ideas, but they do not break through the shackles of the original style. Apart from "creating" Chinese style, they are not as bold and radical as Xiao Zhou in terms of innovation.

It is also because of this that even though Cao Xuan has become a world superstar, Xiao Zhou can still be compared with him from time to time, just because of Xiao Zhou's irrepressible musical talent.

Even in the eyes of Jay Chou's radical fans, Cao Xuan surpassed Xiao Zhou. First, he had the upper hand, and second, he took an international route with English songs.

If Xiao Zhou debuted before him and also composed English songs to enter Europe and the United States, the position of "one dominating, one super" would have to be reversed.

But sometimes there is no word "if" in the world.

The album "I'm Very Busy" also lost some of Xiao Zhou's strongest innovative elements in the past, so its reputation was slightly weak.

Especially the strongest song of the original version of "I'm Very Busy", "Blue and White Porcelain", was stolen by Cao Xuan early on. Even though Xiao Zhou wrote another very good Chinese-style song, it still didn't reach the level of "Blue and White Porcelain". .

So although this album has good sales, second only to Cao Xuan's "Human World" in 2007, it is the one with the worst reputation among Xiao Zhou's albums.

Jay Chou's black man has already put the phrase "the talent is exhausted" on his head.

Of course, this word is not uncommon for Xiao Zhou and even Cao Xuan. Basically, every once in a while, there will be black fans or gimmick media clamoring that the two of them are going to die.

In contrast, because Cao Xuan has been steadily outputting hot new songs all year round, has the Spring Festival Gala and foreign markets, and has a more popular music style, there are fewer similar rumors.

Because Xiao Zhou's style is relatively "unpopular", not everyone approves of it, and there are many rumors about him that he has exhausted his talents.

But no matter what, for Cao Xuan and Xiao Zhou, this year's album is indeed weaker than previous albums in some aspects.

Due to a combination of various reasons, Xiao Zhou also transitioned into film and television, directing and acting in "The Secret That Cannot Be Tellable" and starring in "Slam Dunk".

He went solo from Alpha Company and started a company in partnership with Bole Yang Junrong and his good brother Fang Wenshan. The new company was named after the three people's English names, and it became the famous "Jewell Music" in the future.

Her relationship was not going well again. She broke up with Hou Peichen last year and the relationship has not healed. In the second half of the year, she had a fight with Cai Yilin's agent, which caused her ex-girlfriend to retaliate and triggered a double J war.

A series of external events involved a lot of Xiao Zhou's energy.

In addition, he is now famous, has high demands from all parties, and is picky, which creates pressure to a certain extent and also affects Xiao Zhou's creative state.

As for Cao Xuan, there is no need to consider the status issue, but the wool inventory is running out, which is sometimes a big problem...

The performance of two big names in the Chinese music scene has declined, coupled with the overall sluggishness of the record market.

At the beginning of the year, it was still full of vitality and everything was competing for success. Now it is a bit like Jiang Gong's micro-managing and gloomy. For the first time, the Chinese music world has said that the golden age has come to an end.

Fourth: The Lunar New Year episode "Assembly" dominated the show, and "Lust, Caution" was discussed at the top of the charts.

Compared with the madness of "Painted Skin" last year, which grossed 500 million, this year's Chinese-language movies have experienced a considerable setback.

So far, apart from the summer release of "Racing", the only ones that are the most successful are "Lust, Caution" and "Assembly".

The original film "The Proposal" performed well, but because Chen Kexin was poached by Cao Xuan in advance, Media Asia felt that Cao Xuan dared to use Chen Kexin, and they were determined to wait for Chen.

It was not until the filming of "Three Kingdoms: Red Cliff" was completed that Chen Kexin spared some of his energy to get the film project approved. This can be said to be true love.

It's hard to say whether the actors are still the same people as before, but including filming and post-production, the movie is expected to be released in the second half of 2008 at least.

The first part of "Transformers" became the mainland box office champion in 2007 with 302 million yuan.

This is also the first time in five years since "Pearl Harbor" in 2001 that the annual box office crown in the mainland has once again changed from a Chinese film to a foreign film.

The entire film industry has been frantically tortured by the media and the outside world, questioning whether the Chinese film industry has completely stopped without a few box office stars such as Cao Xuan and Lao Mouzi.

That is to say, at the end of the year, Feng Xiaogang's "Assembly" was released, and the box office continued to rise. It exceeded 100 million in a short period of time, and was expected to approach "Transformers", which could be considered to save the situation for Chinese-language films.

It's rare for Feng Pants to feel proud. "Assembly" not only did well at the box office, but also received an unexpectedly good reputation.

Starring Zhang Hanyu, who was a slightly famous third- and fourth-tier movie actor, became famous in one fell swoop.

The second male lead, Deng Chao, also has a movie masterpiece, but he also developed a feud with Feng Xiaogang, giving everyone a lot of new things to eat.

However, the movie "Assembly" is suspected of smearing, and its current popularity is partly related to the general environment at this time.

A little study of the military articles on the Internet at that time can also be seen. Except for a few, most of them were fruit fans. The relevant forums were so chaotic that our army was in trouble.

The prototype of "Assembly" is a veteran, and there is indeed a situation where he can prevent the entire army from being annihilated. The real situation is by no means as exaggerated as in the movie Gu Zi Di. Many plots have been re-processed from novels and movies, and there is also a certain degree of distortion. Exaggerate and discredit.

First of all, the veteran is a squad, but in the movie it is a company.

From the individual deeds of the class team to stop the attack, the movie jumped to the company-level unit, and even vaguely rose to the meaning of the whole.

Secondly, the orders received by the veterans are that they must hold off until dark. If they hear the trumpet, they can retreat in advance. If the whole class is killed, others will be sent to take over.

There are two problems with this. First, the orders received by the veterans are clear. They must hold on until dark and retreat early when they hear the sound of the trumpet. This is clearer than the so-called sound of the trumpet in the movie. Second, the superiors told the veterans that the whole class has The possibility of annihilation of the entire army informed them of the danger of the mission in advance.

This is precisely the biggest problem with the "Assembly" movie.

Faced with such a dangerous task, it is impossible for our army to deceive the soldiers. Clearly informing and resolutely obeying is the reason why we can liberate the country within three years.

Therefore, the movie "Assembly", no matter how touching it is, the fundamental idea of ​​the movie is wrong, which is very frustrating.

The same problem also exists in "Lust, Caution".

You talk about all kinds of extravagance, all kinds of deep-seated allusions, the conflict between soul and body, individual freedom, collective sacrifice and bullying, but it cannot be avoided that this is the story of a patriotic young woman who was played by a traitor and fell in love with him.

If we refer to the deeds of the prototype Ms. Zheng Pingru, it is not an exaggeration to say that it stigmatizes the anti-Japanese heroes.

Of course, considering that the movie is more of an adaptation of Zhang Ailing's novel, it is actually understandable. After all, the author himself has various love-hate entanglements with the traitor Hu Lancheng.

"Assembly" still has a sense of brotherhood, while "Lust, Caution" has an inexplicable sense of petty bourgeoisie and pretentiousness.

I don’t deny that it’s a good movie, but sometimes it’s awkward and uncomfortable to watch…

In fact, there was a lot of controversy over the plot of this movie after it was released. Some people approved of it, while others criticized it.

But because everyone was more concerned about whether Liang Liang and Tang Wei had a real fight, all these discussions were suppressed.

After all, whether you are a literary youth or an angry youth, the Internet is always dominated by LSPs.

The version released in the mainland was edited, and the scale in Hong Kong and overseas was larger, so everyone was busy looking for resources, and the movie itself was not worth mentioning.

Frankly speaking, the passionate scenes made "Lust, Caution" a success.

With a literary film, it took over 150 million RMB at the box office in the Mainland, 45 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong, and 250 million NT dollars in Taiwan. It was a box office hit.

But there are advantages and disadvantages. The movie "Lust, Caution" is also forever bound to the passion scene. A few years later, when people think of this movie, most of them will not remember the plot, and will only care that the male and female protagonists did not shoot real guns.

At the same time, Tang Wei also became famous in one shot, and together with Zhang Hanyu and Huang Bo, became this year's most popular movie actors.

However, there are rumors that Tang Wei has been banned. This statement is actually not accurate.

At least Cao Xuan, as the boss of Fanxing, has never received a similar notice.

The reason why Tang Wei fell silent is actually not difficult to understand. On the one hand, due to the influence of rumors, people are not afraid to use her. In addition, many people think that she is just because she is willing to take risks, which does not mean how good she is.

There are already very few film resources in the industry, and even the big names in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan can’t get them, so it’s not her turn to take a “shortcut”.

Cao Xuan had no interest in these two movies and didn't even comment on them. When reporters asked him, he just said that he hadn't watched them.

However, someone uncovered an old news. When the project of "Lust, Caution" was first started, director Li Yu thought of casting Cao Xuan, but because the scale was too large, Cao Xuan declined.

In this regard, Cao Xuan refuted the rumors, not only because the scale was too large, but also because he did not want to play a traitor.

As for whether his refutation of the rumor has some connotation to Actor Liang, it is not within the scope of his consideration...

………

January 2008 was a bit of a rough start to the year.

The snowstorm in the south is severe and the Spring Festival is approaching, which makes many people worried about it. Cao Xuan himself also participated in a fund-raising performance.

Its subsidiary Tomorrow Foundation has donated a large amount of money and materials for disaster relief, with a total of more than 20 million yuan in donations and materials, ranking at the top of relevant rankings.

After finishing the snow disaster benefit performance, Cao Xuan was at home focusing on the preparatory work for "Save Mr. My Life" and attending the Spring Festival Gala rehearsal.

For Cao Xuan, this is also the countdown to the Spring Festival Gala. He plans to withdraw from the Spring Festival Gala within a few years.

It was the first time to attend the Spring Festival Gala in 1999, and this year is the tenth time. It is probably difficult to recommend next year, so why not make an even number of twelve, which also happens to be in 2010, so it can be considered a beginning and an end.

Although Cao Xuan made this decision in his heart, he did not say it publicly in a big way, so that if he changed his mind, he could go back.

In late January, Cao Xuan returned home from the fourth Spring Festival Gala rehearsal. Before he could sit down, Zeng Li came over excitedly with his child in his arms.

"did you see it yet?"

"What are you looking at?"

"Where is the XX family? The Internet is going crazy."

The Empress of the West Palace is also a well-informed mistress, but she has never experienced such a sensational event. She shared it with Cao Xuan on her computer, and she did not forget to share her excitement.

"They are quite good at playing. Don't tell me, this police uniform is quite nice."

"My daughter is still here."

Cao Xuan first put the child aside. Although Cao Li, who was just half a year old, didn't understand anything, he couldn't let these photos pollute his daughter's eyes.

After that, Cao Xuan glanced at the computer a few times and said with a calm expression: "It's not bad, it's much smaller than me."

Zeng Li rolled his eyes at him and asked curiously: "Why are you so calm?"

Can I tell you that I'm tired of watching Goldfinger?

Cao Xuan made an excuse at random: "That's it, there's nothing new, nothing to be excited about."

Zeng Li did not dwell on this, but asked curiously: "Do you think this matter will have a big impact?"

"I'm afraid not small."

Cao Xuan said it very simply, but in fact, among the most popular young male and female artists of the younger generation in the Hong Kong film industry, three are the parties involved, and one is the husband of the party involved.

Afterwards, several people either quit the industry or their careers collapsed. The only one who was relatively good, Chef Xie, was actually on the decline and was no longer working as a chef.

Coupled with the rise of the mainland film industry and the impact of the financial crisis in Hong Kong, the younger generation in Hong Kong has been directly disconnected and will not continue until 2022.

For Cao Xuan, this matter has little impact on him. These few people are not on the same level as him.

But for the stars and young mainland actors, there are still many benefits. The most direct one is that it has freed up a lot of resources in Hong Kong. I don’t know how many people are feeling happy right now.

"This story tells us that if you have nothing to do, don't be a photographer to benefit the public and harm yourself."

Cao Xuan started the small class, but Zeng Li seemed to be disappointed: "No wonder you, a person who likes to collect souvenirs, never take photos like that. You must have been prepared for it."

"When traveling in the world, safety comes first."

There are only one or two female stars that Teacher Chen can show off. In fact, most of them are unknown. But with the status of Cao Tianwang, the scene is very impressive. Maybe there are some European and American queens and international supermodels.

As a result, I don’t know how many LSPs begged the hacker bosses on the Internet to crack Cao Xuan’s computer to see what good stuff there was and to criticize it for everyone.

Cao Xuan was so frightened that he quickly found a master of the Penguin and Box game to encrypt and protect his computer and account, just in case.

Although he doesn't have any photos that the outside world wants to see, there are still a lot of secrets related to various scripts, account books, new songs, company development plans, etc.

Especially for the account books, Cao Xuan is not afraid of tax inspections and has no illegal gains, but if it comes out, the richest man in the mainland will have to replace him immediately.

Although he did not get the real thing from Cao Xuan, it did not affect the surging hearts of the people outside.

The Internet these days is not particularly strict, and there are even websites that specialize in attracting traffic with marginal pictures and titles.

As a result, a group of people who took advantage of the popularity titled it "Unsightly, the passion of King Cao..." and "A sensation in the entertainment industry, the real XX family depends on Cao Daguan..." and similar titles, creating a wave of popularity and making Chigua. The crowd was attracted, but the result was that the pictures and text were strongly inconsistent.

Not only did it deceive ordinary netizens, but it also greatly damaged Cao Xuan's reputation. Fanxing once thought that someone else was setting the pace and wanted to draw fire to Cao Xuan and escape.

But Boss Cao is not easy to bully. The Ministry of Legal Affairs mobilized collectively and directly opened dozens of websites. Some individuals directly sued and prepared to send them inside, which greatly helped purify the Internet environment.

Fanxing also held a press conference to clarify the facts, and even the official media came out to severely criticize similar online rumors and related media.

Just kidding, Cao Xuan will participate in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in a few months. This kind of smear will definitely not be tolerated.

So it's not surprising that Cao Xuan is making a fuss out of a molehill. If rumors spread, others may really think that he has a sect. The environment is so sensitive now, and he doesn't want to be implicated.

Originally, Cao Xuan had no intention of getting involved in this matter, but he was almost fooled by being pushed into the flames, which made him have a bad impression of the relevant forces behind it.

Boss Cao has always been generous, and those who are remembered by him will never want to live happily in the mainland entertainment industry.

Afterwards, many Hong Kong films were deliberately targeted for their production schedule in the mainland, and the resources of the relevant artists in the mainland were also cut in half. The already precarious Hong Kong scene was stabbed hard by Cao Xuan.

After stabbing Cao Xuan, Shi Shiran went to attend this year's Spring Festival Gala.

The Olympics are approaching, and the 2008 Spring Festival Gala has a strong Olympic theme. Cao Xuan did not join in the excitement of the Olympics, but prepared a Chinese-style song. Of course, the intention was to praise the national culture.

People can't come out, but songs can always come out!

Therefore, Cao Xuan felt that he could not call it sheep this time, but missed helping his good brother.

he...tui!

Apart from anything else, the song "Heaven and Earth Dragon Scale" is majestic, the melody is grand, and the lyrics are also full of positive energy.

"...

This dragon scale was once

Falling to the ground like broken ice

One scale and one inch of heart

The story is so confusing that I can't bear to hear it

…

People observe etiquette and keep a calm mind

The melodious guqin plays the gentleman's heart

I'm awake waiting for an answer

Swirling Chinese civilization

…”

When Cao Xuan, wearing a long gown with a dragon pattern, appeared on the Spring Festival Gala stage and sang angrily, the LED lights behind him kept flashing scenes such as the Temple of Heaven in the Forbidden City, Mount Tai and the South China Sea.

Countless people were in tears in front of the TV. On the one hand, they were shocked by the emotional atmosphere revealed in the song, and on the other hand, they couldn't help but sigh.

This grandson can be regarded as singing a song that does not induce tears!

Cao Xuan didn't cry, but some people were crying backstage at the Spring Festival Gala. After Zhao and Song Dandan performed "Torchbearer", they left the stage. Zhao and Song Dandan hugged each other and cried.

The reason why I cried was because Lao Zhao felt that the quality of the skit was poor and he felt guilty and aggrieved for performing such a piece in the Spring Festival Gala.

In fact, the sketch "Torchbearer" is really not that good. It is basically a collection of jokes and brain teasers.

When Lao Zhao was interviewed afterwards, he said that if he and Song Dandan hadn't performed this sketch, it would have been completely useless. This sounds crazy, but it is an indisputable fact.

For such a not-so-excellent skit, the two of them relied on their years of comedy skills and rich experience to make the audience laugh, and any other actor would have done it long ago.

However, this incident greatly stimulated the two of them. Song Dandan chose to withdraw from the Spring Festival Gala, and Lao Zhao also had the intention of quitting. However, due to various other considerations, he still gritted his teeth and took his apprentice with him.

Apart from the two pillars of Cao Xuan and Lao Zhao, the biggest highlight of this year's Spring Festival Gala is Wang Baoqiang.

He performed a skit with Feng and sang a song "Song of Migrant Workers". Not only did he get a lot of limelight, but the key was that he was reused by the Spring Festival Gala, which meant that Wang Baoqiang's various attributes were officially recognized, which was a great influence on his future career. Development is beneficial.

In addition, this year's Spring Festival Gala did not seem to have any works worth mentioning. On the contrary, Jiujiang sang a song that was ridiculed by the crowd. It was later rated as one of the three worst programs of the 2008 Spring Festival Gala.

Cao Xuan didn't care about the follow-up of the Spring Festival Gala. This year's Spring Festival, his parents were all here, and it was rare for the East and West Palaces to come over to celebrate the New Year together. With the addition of the newly added little Cao Li, the family of six had a rich reunion year.

Looking at the family gathered together, Cao Xuan drank a glass of wine silently.

The first ten years of getting the golden finger have completely passed, and the new decade is about to begin. I only hope that everything will go well...