China Entertainment 1997

There are many stories in the entertainment industry about people who grew up transparently and became famous overnight.

Even in an era when the Internet is becoming more and more developed, there are people like this every year, and there are even some who are super out of the circle.

These people are represented by Guatian, such as Li's ex-wife who killed a certain king, Du Mouzhu who beat up Fanfan, Zhang Mouheng who raped Shuangzi, Ma Mourong who was tied with Jinlian, Zhou's girlfriend who made Master Luo retire for two years... …

Most of these people were "amateurs" who were not very famous before, but because of their super big flowers, they became top celebrities, dominated the headlines, and provided rich spiritual entertainment to the melon-eating masses.

There are also artists who have become famous in a short period of time. With the popularity of a certain work or a period of time, they quickly became the darlings of various media from unknown people.

Gu Miaomiao and Li Yuchun who were in variety shows in the early years, and Jia Ling who was in "Run" last year.

Original Time and Space also includes Yang Tianbao, Yang Chaoyue, Basketball Kun, a certain war, and others. With a large amount of exposure in a short period of time, they have become well-known artists and even top-notch entities.

But even these lucky people often rely on accumulation over a period of time, and becoming famous overnight is just a proxy for becoming famous quickly.

However, Xiao Shenyang is different. He became famous overnight in the true sense.

The public average viewership rating of the 2009 Spring Festival Gala live broadcast was 42.1%. In the past few years of the 21st century, the ratings were second only to the 2005 Spring Festival Gala.

In fact, the ratings of the Spring Festival Gala have been declining in the past few years. In 2004, it was 41.2%. In 2005, it peaked at 44.9%. Since then, it has remained at around 30-35%.

In fact, this is not difficult to understand. Nowadays, there is more entertainment life, and everyone does not have to watch the Spring Festival Gala on New Year’s Eve.

The Spring Festival Gala and local satellite TV dominate the screen, so watch the local stations. If the local stations don’t have anything good to watch, just watch CDs and listen to songs. If you can’t play on the computer, you will occasionally glance at sketches or popular singers. Ordinary programs have limited appeal and will inevitably attract people. Lower average ratings.

It is still the last peak period of the Spring Festival Gala, which has been able to maintain more than 30%. It has been declining since then, all relying on the star stage to dominate the screen on New Year's Eve to maintain face.

But even so, the ratings of the 2020 Spring Festival Gala were only just over 20%, the lowest in the history of the Spring Festival Gala.

In the 2009 Spring Festival Gala, the program with the highest ratings was undoubtedly the sketch "Not Short of Money". The data given by CCTV was 67.4%.

It’s not clear whether it contains water or not. Let’s assume that this data is true, and it means that hundreds of millions of people saw this skit at the same time.

For Cao Xuan and Lao Zhao, this huge amount of attention is already a negligible increase. Anyone who watches the Spring Festival Gala cannot help but know about them.

Cao Xuan plans to withdraw from the Spring Festival Gala because his national status has reached a particularly terrifying point.

In China, except for some special groups and children who don't remember much, it's impossible for normal people not to know who Cao Xuan is.

At this point, Cao Xuan no longer cares whether he can improve his national status in the Spring Festival Gala or not. He even hopes to lower his temperature and even "pass" earlier.

There is no need to say more about Lao Zhao. Perhaps his influence is not as good in the south, but in the north even Cao Xuan dare not say that he is more famous than him.

For the two of them to go to the Spring Festival Gala now, to some extent, it is more of a habit and a task.

Cao Xuan is confident and is ready to quit, while Lao Zhao has a large group of people and wants to stay there for a few more years while bringing in new people.

Lao Zhao and Cao Xuan did not lack this exposure. Maomao, who played Ya Dan, had fewer outstanding scenes due to her role positioning.

Only Xiao Shen Yang was positioned as the core of the sketch. Not only was he extremely brilliant, but also the freshness of the newcomer left a deep impression on all the viewers who watched the sketch.

It doesn't matter if one person leaves an impression on him, but if hundreds of millions of viewers leave an impression on him, it will add up to something extraordinary.

Almost overnight, Xiao Shenyang's English name "Xiao Shanyang" was on the lips of countless people, and became popular all over the country.

There are countless stars who have become famous in the Spring Festival Gala, but Xiao Shen Yang can become one of them because he became famous so quickly and in a mess.

Cao Xuan and Lao Zhao also succeeded in becoming popular after appearing on the Spring Festival Gala that year, but they were not as popular as him. They had to appear several times before they stabilized their status.

There were only a few people who could compare with Xiao Shen Yang, namely Fei Xiang and Chen Xiaoer, who became famous all over the country overnight.

Many people say that Xiao Shen Yang is the last "overnight celebrity" in the Spring Festival Gala, but this is not absolute.

In the following years, Xuri Yanggang, Xiao Caiqi and others became very popular due to the Spring Festival Gala.

But there is no one more popular than Xiao Shen Yang. This is definitely the pinnacle example of star-making in the Spring Festival Gala.

Of course, apart from Xiao Shenyang, there is another person who is popular in this year's Spring Festival Gala, the magician Liu Qian.

This person collaborated with Dong Qing, the king of tota, and contributed an extremely wonderful magic show. He also became another rising star in this year's Spring Festival Gala, and his reputation is only lower than that of Xiao Shen Yang.

Let’s put it this way, according to Weibo hot searches in the days after the Spring Festival Gala, the two of them never came out.

Xiao Shenyang has been on Weibo's hot search topics 31 times individually or jointly, while Liu Qian's has been 19 times.

Cao Xuan sang "Ten Thousand Frontiers" and acted in "Not Short of Money". Coupled with his own fame and the promotion of "Save Mr. My Life", the total number of Weibo posts was only 22 times, which shows how popular the two are.

I just pity Liu Tianxian and other artists who participated in the Spring Festival Gala this year. They originally thought that they could make some waves through the Spring Festival Gala.

Before the results, there were two supernovas, Xiao Shen Yang and Liu Qian, and later there were big guys like Cao Xuan, Lao Zhao, Xiao Zhou, and Cheng Long.

This year's Spring Festival Gala has almost been overtaken by these people, and it's their turn to show their faces.

Da MiMi, who was originally a little depressed because she didn't make it to the Spring Festival Gala, started laughing in private and posted several Weibo posts praising the Spring Festival Gala program.

The skits, cross talk, magic, acrobatics, dance, and songs were almost all praised, but Liu Tianxian was ignored...

As a result, Liu Tianxian accidentally "swiped" and liked a Weibo post complaining about the poor singing skills of an anonymous little girl who became popular this year. Although he canceled it afterwards and waited for up to half an hour, it was enough for many people to take screenshots. .

Putting aside the "deep sisterly love" between the two little girls, Cao Xuan is actually quite concerned about the audience's feedback when he performs a sketch for the first time.

During the New Year greetings the next day, I also browsed the relevant comments online.

[I was quite surprised, I thought it was a gimmick, but Cao Xuan performed really well]

["Not Short of Money" can be said to be the best Spring Festival Gala sketch in recent years. Xiao Shen Yang made me laugh to death, and Cao Xuan's grandfather joke is also popular]

[Mom Cao and Grandpa Cao, why are they both from my mother’s side?]

[As a fan, my favorite thing is to watch Cao Xuan make a fool of himself, I can’t help but enjoy it every time]

[Indeed, many other celebrities are too pretentious. Cao Xuan is willing to accompany everyone to have fun, which is quite interesting]

[I can see that he is a very casual person, I heard that he has no airs in private]

[I have worked with Cao Xuan before, and I can’t say that I don’t have any airs, but I do take good care of ordinary staff. If I have something to do, I will go to the person in charge, and I will be very aggressive when I get angry.]

[With such a big business, how can it be that you don’t have any temper at all, otherwise you won’t be able to control people]

[This is good, public is public, private is private, I am very serious in private, but I let myself go online and have fun, it’s quite interesting]

[Catch those who violate the lifestyle, haha, Cao Cao really dares to blackmail himself]

[Go and check out the comment section on Cao Xuan’s Weibo. The one calling me Mom and the one calling me Grandpa are quarreling.]

【……】

Cao Xuan was silent, planning to go back and talk to Brother Xiaoma and the others to see if they could block any sensitive words in his comment area.

In the past two years, the higher Cao Xuan's status was, the fewer people came to visit him in person to say New Year's greetings. It wasn't because he was too arrogant and forgot his roots, but because it was really inconvenient, so he often had to have people send souvenirs and say New Year's greetings on the phone himself.

No matter what, there are still a few places that you must visit, one of which is Master Li Xuejian’s house.

Every year, the Li family would even calculate the time and wait. For example, this year, as soon as Cao Xuan arrived at the community and got out of the car with his things, he saw his junior brother Li Gen.

The little carrot head back then has now become a young man in his early twenties. He is currently studying at Beijing Language and Culture University and is about to graduate.

"Brother, I'll lift you up."

"No, there are two more boxes in the car. You can carry them, so I won't have to make a trip to Brother Zhu."

Zhu Jiang opened the trunk and stuffed Li Gen's hands full. He still didn't finish it, so he had to go into battle himself. On the way, Cao Xuan did not forget to chat with his junior brother.

Although the two are senior brothers, there is a big age gap, and there is a generation gap. Cao Xuan is busy and has a young child, so he is embarrassed to take the initiative to trouble the senior brother, so they don't communicate much in daily life. Most of the time they talk about it when Cao Xuan comes to see his master. A few words.

"During the Mid-Autumn Festival, my wife said that I would graduate next year. How is it going? Do you have any plans for a job?"

Li Gen studied Japanese. It is not difficult to find a job in today's capital, but the salary prospects are hard to say.

After all, he was still the only son of his master, so Cao Xuan wanted to help him.

Even if it is inconvenient for his own company or other related companies, Cao Xuan's casual remarks are better than Li Gen's own blind exploration.

"Brother, I...I want to take the Nortel exam...and become a director and make movies in the future."

Li Gen was a little nervous. Although the two of them didn't communicate much on weekdays, Cao Xuan had been a disciple for more than ten years and would come to visit the two elders when he had time during the holidays. He was like another son of the Li family, and he was almost like his own brother in Li Gen's heart.

The eldest brother is like father, and coupled with Cao Xuan's achievements and status, to be honest, Li Xuejian, his biological father, is half as important as Cao Xuan in Li Gen's heart.

"If you have any ideas, tell me."

Cao Xuan was noncommittal and asked Li Gen to continue. Li Gen suppressed his inner nervousness and began to express his inner thoughts.

In fact, he wanted to take the Nortel exam the year he graduated from high school, but he failed the art exam, and because he was young, he chose another school in a daze.

In the past few years since he was in college, he has been studying his major seriously, but the more he studied, the more confused he became.

One is that I have not given up on my inner dream. After all, I have a father who is a movie star and a brother who is a movie star. I have been deeply influenced by it and still have a passion for movies.

In addition, I also experienced some internships in my junior and senior years, suffered a lot of blows, and realized the cruelty of society. I also felt that if I was admitted to Nortel, I could get support from my family and senior brother Cao Xuan. It’s easy to break into other industries.

Li Gen spoke very frankly, although he looked a little ashamed and did not hide his little thoughts. Cao Xuan couldn't help but nodded.

There is nothing shameful in wanting to take advantage of the family's influence. If the old Cao family had been strong in Zao City, Cao Xuan would not have had to go to the capital to work.

There are so many second-generation stars in the entertainment industry, and many old artists do not hesitate to put their sons and daughters in the spotlight.

Not only is it easy to make money in this industry, but it is also difficult to get involved in other industries. In the circle, at least you have family connections to take care of you, and it is easier to get ahead.

Poor parents in the world, most parents try their best to pave the way for their children. This is true in every profession.

This behavior itself may be blameless, but the reason for being scolded is mostly because the performance of many second-generation stars is not up to par.

After all, it is easy for parents to push you to the top and make you jealous. If you perform poorly, if you perform well, you may still get an objective evaluation. If you perform poorly, your points will be greatly reduced, and you may even be laughed at by the group.

You must know that compared to ordinary artists, these second-generation stars have abundant resources and low difficulty of success, which is definitely what many artists dream of.

If you still complain about being tired and perform poorly like this, it would be strange if you are not looked down upon...

If Li Gen really wants to make a career in the industry, both Li Xuejian and Cao Xuan will help him.

Especially Cao Xuan, who even looked at someone he was destined to have a crush on even though he had no relatives, let alone his own junior brother.

However, Cao Xuan did not say these words. He only encouraged him to prepare well for the exam. Help is help, but it depends on Li Gen himself whether he can make a name for himself.

When the time comes in the future, Cao Xuan will give him a chance. If he succeeds, everyone will be happy. But if he is not strong enough, Cao Xuan will not be able to promote him to the top without any bottom line.

Li Gen didn't care, he still had to take into account his master's reputation.

Even when Li Gen passed the Nortel exam, Cao Xuan didn't do anything about it. His master, Li Xuejian, didn't care if he didn't know about it. But if Li Gen couldn't even pass the Nortel exam, he wouldn't even think about making a movie. It would be better for Cao Xuan to borrow some money to start a business. This is reliable.

Walking into the unit building, Yu Haidan, the master's wife, had been waiting at the door for a long time. She couldn't help but complain when she saw the things in the hands of several people.

"How many times have I told you, just come and don't buy so many things. The pile of Mid-Autumn Festival things haven't been touched yet."

"Why are you so polite to me? If you can't eat it, just give it away. Besides, I didn't buy all these. Some of them were given as gifts. I can't use them all at home. I'll pick something suitable for you."

"Just keep me in mind."

She had heard Cao Xuan's rhetoric so many times. At first, she took it seriously. Later, when she asked someone about it, she found that everything was specially bought to meet the conditions and needs of the old couple. The price made Yu Haidan unable to sleep for several days. Good sleep.

But there's nothing you can do if you don't want it. Cao Xuan is known to be a rogue. He won't let in things he doesn't want, and even throws things at the door and runs away. Some related packaging and documents were also destroyed in advance, making it impossible to return the goods.

The couple couldn't sell the gift, it would be too hurtful to others, so they could only accept it, lamenting that they were lucky enough to have such an apprentice in their previous life.

After putting down the things, Zhu Jiang took the lead to leave and wait in the car. Yu Haidan brought some fruit, and Cao Xuan was not polite, grabbing a few winter dates and eating them happily.

"Where is my master."

"Didn't you come over here to buy fish and shrimps at the market? Jinmen just shipped them here in the early morning. They are all fresh products caught today."

The apprentice is rich and has eaten before. No matter how expensive the ingredients the old couple buys, they are still less than the fraction of a few gifts sent by others, so they just do what they want.

Every year when Cao Xuan comes over, the couple prepares them carefully. Yu Haidan cooks the food himself. Li Xuejian goes to the market before dawn to buy the freshest vegetables and meat of the day, which Cao Xuan likes to eat.

A disciple treats his master with filial piety, and a master treats his disciples with a city!

If there was still some utilitarianism in the early years, after so many years of getting along, they are really no different from one family.

As they were talking, Li Xuejian came in carrying large and small bags. He didn't pay attention to Cao Xuan when he came in. He just looked around first, and then said disappointedly when he couldn't find anyone.

"Didn't you bring Li Li?"

"It's too cold, and it was inconvenient for me to go to people's homes to pay New Year greetings before. If you want to see your granddaughter, just go home and see her."

Although little Cao Li's birth was a secret, it was not hidden from Li Xuejian's family. Although Lao Li had reservations about his apprentice's love life, he still loved this little granddaughter.

Last time during the Mid-Autumn Festival, Cao Xuan brought him to play and called him "Grandpa", which almost made the mucus come out of his nose.

After all, this was not his biological granddaughter. No matter how much Li Xuejian liked her, he couldn't go to Cao Xuan's house often. He could only remember that Cao Xuan would bring her to take a look sometimes.

Seeing that the master was a little disappointed, Cao Xuan easily pointed the blame at Li Gen: "I don't know what your father thinks about his grandchildren. Work hard and get a girlfriend home as soon as possible."

"..."

Li Gen was stunned, his face showing the innocence and sadness of being stabbed in the back.

When Cao Xuan was forced to get married, he was firmly on the side of his senior brother. Why is his senior brother now repaying kindness with enmity...

While the master's wife was cooking, Cao Xuan and Li Xuejian went to the study to chat. In the early years, Cao Xuan asked for advice on some performance problems, but now the master and apprentice seldom talk about performance.

Basically, we talk about the current situation at home, industry trends, movies, and even calligraphy more than acting.

There is no way, Lao Li's inventory has been emptied by Cao Xuan.

And to the point where Cao Xuan is now, he has long been familiar with the so-called performance skills and knowledge, and Li Xuejian has nothing to teach him. At most, he can give him a few words based on experience at a certain point, and Cao Xuan does the rest. Enlighten yourself.

The two of them chatted for a long time and went out to eat. After the meal, Li Genyou made an appointment to go to a nearby field to play football. Cao Xuan felt itchy and since he had nothing to do in the afternoon, he joined in the fun and treated it as a digestive.

Speaking of which, Li Gen was introduced to football by Cao Xuan, but what made him heartbroken was that the time when this kid started watching football happened to coincide with Liverpool's Istanbul night, and he voted directly for the enemy.

Because of this, Li Gen usually didn't dare to talk about football in front of his senior brother, but this time he happened to be heard, otherwise he would have been pushed away.

Although it is a seven-man field, the game is quite formal, and they have their own team uniforms. Li Gen is unified with AC Milan, and the other team is Beijing Guoan. They even brought their own scoreboard for the convenience of watching.

As for kicking the ball, that's all.

Even Cao Xuan, a pseudo-fan, can see that they are novices pecking each other. The only advantage is that they play hard and there is no Fu Huan behavior.

Cao Xuan usually only watches football, but doesn't play much football. At most, he kills everyone in live broadcasts, but looking at a group of novices makes his feet feel a little itchy.

Originally, he had been watching from the corner wearing sunglasses and hat. During the midfield, he ran over and asked Li Gen.

"Ask your captain, can I play?"

Li Gen didn't waste any time and went straight to the captain. He was Li Gen's classmate. He heard that he came from the sports school and was also the top player and striker of the team.

Hearing that a substitution was needed, the captain, who was originally dissatisfied because his team was lagging behind, said: "Gen'er, even though it's just for fun, it's still a game. You can't...fuck you."

The captain, who was lecturing, saw Cao Xuan taking off his hat and sunglasses to greet him, and all the rest of his words turned into sincere exclamation.

The team members who were drinking water and playing with their shoes and socks next to them heard the captain's voice, looked up, and immediately heard "fuck" sounds one after another.

The violent reaction alarmed the players on the opposite side. Someone looked over and said, "Fuck."

A minute later, Cao Xuan was surrounded by people, and it turned into a fan meeting.

Fortunately, today is the second day of the Lunar New Year, so no one else comes for this game, otherwise it is very likely that the police station will be troubled by overtime work.

It took a few minutes for the situation to stabilize. When he learned that Cao Xuan wanted to play, the captain, who had refused just now, nodded without saying anything and even lent Cao Xuan a pair of sneakers of the same size.

As for the jersey, there is indeed no suitable one, but it doesn't matter, it's just this one person, as long as he knows which team he is from.

Cao Xuan said that others were noobs, but in fact he was not much better.

But he couldn't bear to lose face, so all his teammates tried their best to pass to him, not to mention his teammates, even the players on the opposite side couldn't help but pass to him.

The goalie on the other side was furious.

I guard against them, and I have to guard against you. One kick will make you thirteen!

In this situation where everyone was stuffing cakes into their mouths, no matter how bad his feet were, Cao Xuan still managed to score two goals and lead the team to victory.

Not to mention, after this was a game, Cao Xuan understood why the bosses often liked to play basketball or various sports competitions with their employees. It was really nice to have this kind of "killing everyone" once in a while.

Cao Xuan was also a little lucky that the two teams didn't have any fans of their own in this game, and most of them were college students, with tender faces and easy to coax. Otherwise, instead of everyone trying their best to pass the ball to him, they would just pass him by and tackle him.

After all, "I assisted Cao Xuan to score a goal" has a completely different feeling from "I made Cao Xuan into a fool" and "I almost made Cao Xuan cry".

At the end of the game, when it was time to sign autographs and take photos, Cao Xuan, who was having fun, accepted everyone who came and even asked Li Gen for a photo, which he posted on Weibo when he got home in the evening.

[A rare moment of relaxation, thanks to the help and help of a few brothers, I experienced scoring twice]

During the Chinese New Year, when everyone is resting, it is the peak time for Internet surfing. Shortly after Weibo was posted, there was a lot of discussion.

[An actor doesn’t think about filming and starts playing football]

[Not doing business, when will the new album be released]

[Scoring twice, if you don’t give Grandpa Cao a whole hat trick, the brothers are not in place]

[Ah ah ah, XXX stadium, oops, I went there at night and didn’t run into it]

[The person who assisted Cao Ma with a goal passed by]

[When will we play again? Xuanwu Zidane requests a fight]

[Chaoyang Messi said he is available at any time]

[Dongcheng Puyol will never let go]

[Look for me, Changping Beckham, I pass the ball very coolly]

【……】

Weibo is abuzz with all kinds of excitement, but Cao Xuan has put the matter behind him and is preparing for the premiere of "Save My Mr.". After finishing this, he will go abroad for a good vacation.

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ps: The college entrance examination is tomorrow. I don’t know how many friends are in the senior year of high school. Remember to bring your admission ticket. Come on!

It's not dark yet, it should be considered afternoon