China Entertainment 1997

The live interviews of "Tonight's Show" are quite influential, with an average of tens of thousands of viewers watching each episode live, and the number of subsequent replays easily exceeds 10 million.

Now that Zeng Lihe and "Sword Rain" are becoming popular again, this program is still attracting the attention of many people.

Of course, the most important thing is that Zeng Li rarely shows up and has little experience in giving interviews. After chatting, he inadvertently spread a lot of celebrity gossip.

For example, when Yuanquan was in college, he weighed over 120 kilograms and was a little chubby. He collected money to buy slimming tea and then ran to Shichahai every day to lose weight.

Queen Wang Fei plans to hold a concert tour, with at least a dozen concerts in Beijing and Shanghai, and she may also go to support the tour.

Cao Xuan likes to watch sitcoms while eating. The most frequently played ones are "Wulin Gaiden" and "Underground Traffic Station".

Most of the above are trivial matters of little consequence, just small talk after tea and dinner, leaving everyone to relieve their boredom.

But Zeng Li accidentally exposed a big piece of information, and it immediately shot to the top of Weibo’s list——

Liu Tianxian is single and has never had a boyfriend so far!

As soon as Zeng Li said this, the group of fairy fans were as happy as the Prime Minister Neon, beating gongs and drums and blasting firecrackers.

As one of the most popular celebrities born in the 1980s, Liu Tianxian is extremely popular right now and has naturally attracted the attention of the media. Even though the rumors have been repeatedly refuted, there have been many similar scandals.

Putting aside Cao Xuan's malicious speculation, the one with the most widespread scandals is Hu Ge. The two have collaborated in three dramas, and there are still many CP fans today. It's hard not to think of it.

In addition to Hu Ge, Wen Zhang has become famous in the past two years, and there are also rumors that the two had a sadomasochistic relationship in college.

In addition, there are more or less related rumors about several works in which Liu Tianxian participated.

For example, Chef Xie in "October Siege", the Hong Kong media directly exclaimed that Zhang Yunu was in crisis. After all, it happened to coincide with the aftermath of the XX Sect, and many people believed it.

So much so that there are still many fans of Liu Tianxian, who are still the sunspots of Chef Xie, and they ridicule him every time he is mentioned.

This time in "Three Kingdoms·Guandu", Hu Ge and Jincheng Wu are opposite each other, and there are related scandals.

In fact, this is difficult to avoid. On the one hand, it is the need for publicity of the crew, and scandals are the news that can open up the situation the fastest.

In addition, Liu Tianxian is too popular, and the media has to cause trouble even if he has nothing to do. Fanxing is very strict and dare not throw dirty water on scandals, so he can only indulge in scandals on the sidelines, otherwise he will not be able to gain popularity.

Fanxing also turned a blind eye to this.

There is no way, we can't get too stalemate with the media, as it may even involve the interests of many crew members and partners.

This is what celebrities eat, so they can't stop them. They just follow the scandals and refute them, and beat them from time to time to keep the heat within a controllable range.

But after all, this had some impact on Liu Tianxian's beautiful girl route, and this time Zeng Li made a mistake and proved it for his students.

Fans of Liu Tianxian know very well what Zeng Li means to their idol.

Liu Tianxian admitted that it was Zeng Li who was the one who got into the drama test at the beginning. Teacher Zeng invited her to apply for the drama and gave her a lot of help in her studies and life. When Zeng Li was mentioned on many occasions, Liu Tianxian showed respect and kindness. gratitude.

And Liu Tianxian signed a contract with Fanxing and quickly received strong praise, and there are many opinions.

Fanxing's official statement is that Zhang Dabeard led a team visit and was picked by Cao Xuan at a glance. He signed Fanxing and focused on training.

This is also the true situation in reality, but Cao Xuan praised Liu Tianxian based on his golden finger, not the so-called Bole's vision.

Because this matter is a bit mysterious, many passers-by are skeptical about this statement. They are more willing to believe that Boss Cao is motivated by sex, or because his mother benefits his daughter.

However, fans of Liu Tianxian believe in this statement, and there are even various derivative versions to add luster to the main character.

For example, when Cao Xuan saw Liu Tianxian for the first time, he was like Liu Xuande meeting Zhuge Liang. He was immediately overwhelmed by this girl's extraordinary appearance and temperament, and said that this girl must not be... No, he said that this girl has the appearance of a superstar.

There is another theory that is recognized by many fans and passers-by, that is, Liu Tianxian was discovered by Zeng Li and made repeated suggestions, and was highly praised by Cao Xuan.

After all, the relationship between Zeng Li and Liu Tianxian was indeed extraordinary, and the latter was her favorite student.

At the same time, the Empress of the West Palace had various scandals with Cao Xuan. It was almost universally acknowledged that the two were having an affair. Zeng Li must be influential in Cao Xuan. As soon as the pillow wind blew, his student took off immediately.

Liu Tianxian's fans have a good impression of Zeng Li and think it's good to have a teacher to protect him. Passers-by think this statement is more reliable and logical than a first glance or a rice bowl.

Some people even speculate that Hu Jing single-handedly supported Damimi, and Zeng Li was Liu Tianxian's mentor.

The reason for the discord between the two is not only the competition for resources and the first place in the same age group, but also the rivalry between Cao Xuan's two confidante Zeng and Hu.

I have to say that although it is a bit off, it can be regarded as guessing the truth...

But it was precisely because of the deep connection between Zeng Li and Liu Tianxian that everyone believed her when she said this.

At least most people were willing to believe her words, and there was no need for Zeng Li to lie on this matter.

A popular fried chicken who is beautiful, has a lovable personality, and has never been in love. She perfectly fits the concept of the goddess in most men's dreams.

Male stars have girlfriend fans, and female stars naturally have husband fans. For most popular stars, being single is definitely a plus, let alone one who has never been in love.

Liu Tianxian's fans reveled, and passers-by were also very happy.

It doesn’t matter if I don’t get it, what’s important is that others can’t get it either, so the delicate flowers should be appreciated by everyone.

Although it accidentally brought a wave of positive enthusiasm to the students, Empress Xigong felt a little guilty and called Liu Tianxian to apologize.

It wasn't because of leaking privacy. Liu Tianxian had already claimed to be single, but she just confirmed it from the side.

What Zeng Li really felt guilty about was that she didn't keep her mouth shut and had the intention of teasing Liu Tianxian.

The better the character, the worse the crash!

In the same way, Liu Tianxian has received a lot of support because of his single and emotionally pure character. If he says goodbye to being single one day, there will probably be a huge backlash. The more people cheer now, the angrier they will be then.

However, Cao Xuan told her not to think too much. From the moment Liu Tianxian took the jade girl route, this matter was impossible to avoid.

Liu Tianxian is as popular as he is today, whether it is because the team deliberately chose the character or he was speculated by the audience in various ways, but it is undeniable that this character or image positioning plays the most important role.

Since you choose to enjoy the benefits and advantages brought by this matter, you will definitely have to bear the consequences. There are so many good things in the world that have the best of both worlds.

Moreover, the most important thing is that we don’t know when this will come true.

Maybe before Liu Tianxian fell in love, she would have already passed her life, and no one would care about her replacement every year...

Cao Xuan said this very regretfully, and it was purely to comfort Zeng Li. If Liu Tianxian could survive to this extent, it would take at least 15 to 20 years.

Zeng Li was not stupid. She knew how popular her students were, but she didn't think he could be popular for more than ten years.

After Liu Tianxian's peak period is over, even if it has an impact, it won't hurt his muscles and bones.

Besides, at that time, many of Liu Tianxian’s male fans were also in their third year of life, or even in their thirties, so they probably wouldn’t have the time to care about female celebrities’ relationships...

After thinking about it this way, Zeng Li relaxed a lot, but he was a little resistant to the interview for a short period of time, mainly because he was afraid that he would reveal something inappropriately and harm his family and friends.

In subsequent interviews, Zeng Li was very strict and basically only talked about "Sword Rain", which disappointed many media outlets.

They really ignored Zeng Li before, but it wasn't until this live broadcast that they discovered that Teacher Zeng was a treasure.

I have a very good relationship with the two star classes of Class 96 and Class 02, I don’t know Cao Xuan, and I have friends with many celebrities. When it comes to interviews, I am not as slippery as those popular celebrities. If I can formulate a few sentences, I can do it. It's hard to make a big headline.

It's a pity that the Empress of the West Palace had already taken precautions after suffering a loss and didn't take the bait at all.

She doesn't care about fame and exposure, and she doesn't care about pleasing the media. She has nothing to say if she gets angry.

The media really can't do anything about her. People don't care about being blocked by the media, as the saying goes, "If you don't have desires, you will be strong."

Of course, the general media can still smear and accuse, but Zeng Li is not an ordinary artist with no background. Without Fanxing coming forward, Zeng Li can easily form a luxurious team of lawyers to bring Zhang San to justice.

Although there are no subsequent publicity hits, the box office data of "Sword Rain" are good, and the overall trend can be said to be stable.

Finally, when "Sword Rain" was released near mid-June, it achieved a total box office of 278 million, beating "Ip Man 2" and "Iron Man 2" to win the box office championship in May.

Even the box office in Asia during the same period was also good. For example, Japan had a box office of almost 2.2 billion yen, which is about 170 million yuan, while the other Asian countries combined also had about 89 million yuan.

For a Chinese-language movie with a martial arts theme that has been in decline in recent years, this is already a relatively impressive achievement.

If it weren't for Cao Xuan to carry the flag, let alone another 260 million in Asian box office, it would be nice to have a fraction of that.

New Line in North America has also introduced "Sword Rain", which will probably be released in the summer, but I don't have much hope, mainly targeting the DVD and TV markets.

After the "Hurricane Rescue" series, Cao Xuan became the new favorite of DVD and TV channels in North America and even Europe.

According to statistics, the revenue related to the "Hurricane Rescue" series from these two channels has accumulated to more than 150 million US dollars, and it is still making a steady stream of revenue.

Even because of these two movies, Cao Xuan's other Chinese movies became popular.

The most popular series is probably the "Xiu Chun Knife" series, which has earned over 10 million US dollars. The "Painted Skin" and "Three Kingdoms·Red Cliff" series are also performing well, and the other series "New World" and "When Men Are in Love" are also slightly famous.

Perhaps among the overseas public, these Chinese-language films by Cao Xuan are not particularly famous, but moviegoers who love watching movies have probably seen them to some extent.

Just like domestic audiences not only love to watch Hollywood blockbusters, they also browse box office masterpieces from China, Japan, South Korea, Russia, Europe, India and other countries.

These movies of Cao Xuan are also well-known box office hits in China. In addition, due to his high international reputation, there are still many movie fans who are willing to buy it.

There is even an American company planning to buy the rights to remake "New World" and "Saving Mr. Me".

This is not the first time Fanxing has sold out its film and television remake rights.

The most popular ones are in South Korea, with the movies "When Men Are in Love", "The New World", "Painted Skin" and "Saving Mr. My Life", and the TV series include "Tang Palace Suo Jade", "The Heirs" and "The Temptation of Going Home".

Japan and Russia have also purchased the rights to "New World", but there has been no remake yet.

Some plan to make and sell them for money, while others simply hoard the remake rights.

This kind of operation is very common among film and television companies in various countries. Most film and television remake copyrights are not expensive, even those classic hits are more expensive, and the worst is to get the copyright owners to take shares and share the money.

It's useless to hold the copyright in your hands. You can collect money by adapting it. Why not? If the adaptation becomes popular, you can also feed back the original version.

Fanxing sells them themselves, and also stocks some overseas films that are suitable for Chinese adaptation, so that they can be remade if necessary.

"Sword Rain" is a martial arts love story. Although it is not a hit, it is still a bit exciting. If New Line operates it, at least it will not lose money.

Fanxing did the math later and found that even if Cao Xuan's salary was set at 100 million, the cost of the entire movie "Sword Rain" would be less than 140 million. Cumulative income from all parties would still make a small profit.

For Cao Xuan personally, it is even more profitable.

With a salary of 100 million, apart from paying a management fee to Fanxing and then paying taxes, Cao Xuan was still very comfortable with the rest being his own "pure profit".

In comparison, Zeng Li only had a pitiful salary of 1 million for filming "Sword Rain".

Not only does she have to pay taxes, but her own agency is a leather goods company in Xiangjiang. Of course, this is just an external statement. In fact, it is managed by her agent Han Mei, and Zeng Li is the boss.

In other words, Zeng Li had to pay several people in Korea and the United States with this salary.

She has no other commercial endorsements or announcements, and basically depends on her salary.

After deducting tax from the 1 million film remuneration, and paying Han Mei and the others one year's salary, as well as various miscellaneous expenses, Zeng Zeng's "Sword Rain" is almost like working in vain, and he may even have to pay for it.

Being a star means losing money, and Empress Nishinomiya can be considered a scene in the entertainment industry...

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Cao Xuan didn't pay much attention to "Sword Rain". Apart from contacting Zeng Li every day and occasionally filming a few VCR station scenes, he spent the rest of his time filming "Now You See Me".

Of course, another thing is to help the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

When Cao Xuan went to South Africa to hold a concert in 2007, he was warmly welcomed by local senior officials. At that time, some people wanted to invite Cao Xuan to perform at the World Cup in South Africa.

But when I actually started to use it later, I found that it was very complicated.

The interests of the South Africa World Cup Organizing Committee, FIFA, and other parties are completely inconsistent.

Many people tend to look for international big names, such as Cao Xuan, and Shakira, who is recommended by many people.

But there are also many people who insist that since it is an African World Cup, why not use a local African singer, but find a South American or Asian.

The internal divisions in this matter were particularly serious, and subsequent sponsors, brands, and various contract parties also became involved.

Regarding the World Cup performance in South Africa, Cao Xuan's attitude is that it can happen or not, and he is not stubborn.

After all, he has already been to a World Cup, which is considered a dream come true, and Cao Xuan originally wanted to go overseas. Performing in the World Cup can increase his international influence.

Now Cao Xuan's status and influence are already among the top in the world, and he doesn't need the World Cup to add glory to him.

If the organizer invites someone kindly, Cao Xuan has to give him face, but now everything is in the same pot. Even if many people support it, he really doesn't want to go into troubled waters.

Of course, Cao Xuan still supports Africa as this is a sports event, so he was invited by the South Africa World Cup Organizing Committee to write a theme song for the 2010 South Africa World Cup——

《Waka Waka》

The title of the song can also be called "This Time for Africa", the literal translation is "This Time is Africa", and the more precise translation is "African Moment".

"Waka Waka" is a verb meaning "fire" in the African Swahili language. Swahili is commonly used in East African countries and is also the official language of the African Union and many African countries. The title of the song means the fire of football. All over Africa.

Cao Xuan wrote the lyrics and composed the music, and then helped an old friend by appointing Shakira to sing.

At that time, Shakira and Sony were competing for this opportunity. The latter was a partner of FIFA and planned to dominate the theme song of this year's World Cup.

But there are many people in Africa who oppose it. Now with Cao Xuan's help, they have eliminated a lot of resistance.

Shakira: "Cao, thank you~"

Cao Xuan: "You're welcome."

In addition to writing a theme song for Shakira, Cao Xuan himself is not idle either. He also has to shoot a commercial for Pepsi Cola.

In 2002, Cao Xuan's song "The Flag Begins to Win" stole the spotlight for the Pepsi-Cola Japan and South Korea World Cup, and even turned the advertising song into the theme song.

In 2006, Cao Xuan did not release a new work. Instead, he adapted his own theme song "Slod Out" from "The Matrix" and even roped in a bunch of Pepsi stars to play The Matrix meme.

However, although the melody of this song is quite high-pitched, the overall style is rather deep, which is not suitable for the passionate atmosphere of football, so the response was mediocre.

During this year's World Cup in South Africa, Pepsi approached Cao Xuan and took a fancy to the song "Wake" he wrote for Manchester United.

Cao Xuan released this song in late May last year, just in time for Manchester United to reach the Champions League final, making the song an instant hit.

At the subsequent home game of Manchester United, the live DJ at Old Trafford played the song directly, and tens of thousands of fans sang along. Manchester United players such as Ferdinand and Neville even hummed to the camera after the game.

The reason why the song "Wake" was quickly accepted by Manchester United fans and players is that Cao Xuan is a star fan of Manchester United and one of his own.

Another reason is that this song is so popular.

Half a week after the song was released, it reached No. 1 on the British music charts, and stayed in the top three of the charts for more than two months. During this period, it became popular all over Europe, winning in many countries including Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Switzerland. Music chart topper.

Although it is rare for a pop song to be so popular, it is not unheard of.

But as an original and semi-team anthem, it is definitely the only one in Europe that can be so popular.

Even songs such as Liverpool's "You'll Never Walk Alone" are very influential, but they are adapted songs after all, and their popularity is not as high as "Wake".

Fans of many clubs are a bit sour and hope that their own fans will also come up with capable people to compete with Manchester United.

In particular, Manchester City's Oasis band and those singers from Liverpool were highlighted @. After all, they are old enemies. Others can forget about it, but you can't express your feelings.

Fortunately, they lost the Champions League final and Manchester United did not win the championship. Otherwise, the good song + championship that was popular in Europe would have been enough to make Manchester United fans scream.

But no matter what, "Wake" has a strong presence and has quickly become the new favorite of Manchester United fans. Although it has not yet reached the level of a team anthem, its influence and popularity are even greater.

Even many fans of small clubs have modified their own club's version based on Cao Xuan's "Wake".

It’s very simple. You don’t need to change most of the football lyrics. You just need to change the Manchester United elements in it to your own club.

If Cao Xuan sues all these clubs and fans and wins, the compensation will probably be enough to relieve C Luo...

Pepsi-Cola took a fancy to the influence of Cao Xuan's song and felt it was particularly suitable for the atmosphere of the World Cup, so they changed the relevant lyrics and released a World Cup version.

Cao Xuan dedicated two days to shoot the commercial and re-record the song.

The final commercial was launched on June 10, just one day before the 2010 World Cup.

Pepsi's star lineup is quite luxurious, including Messi Kaka, Drogba, Torres, Lampard, and Henry.

The advertisement is also very interesting. Cao Xuan has oil paint on his face, a speaker hanging on his chest, wearing a Chinese team jersey, cheering in front of the TV, looking like a standard match-watching attire.

Then the prelude to the melody of "Wake" sounded, and clips of heroic appearances of several major Pepsi stars on the court appeared in turn.

Since it is the World Cup, they are basically national team uniforms. Some are from real stadiums, and some are performance clips, mainly for visual effects.

For example, Drogba knocked away two defenders, flew into the air, and scored with a header.

During the Argentina-Brazil battle, Messi and Kaka grabbed the ball in the middle circle, but it was stolen by their common teammate Alves.

Accompanied by the passionate singing of "Wake", the image of the entire advertisement is particularly exciting and makes people's blood boil.

Cao Xuan in the advertisement was also dancing and even burst into tears with excitement.

Until the end of the commercial. The camera turned to the TV screen he was watching, and everyone realized that the video he was watching had nothing to do with the above-mentioned scene. The TV was always playing a Pepsi commercial starring himself.

Successful question!

And this advertising video quickly became popular with Pepsi's super channel and the hot start of the World Cup.

Even "Wake" has become a hit. If we say that this song previously mainly affected Europe and Manchester United and its fan groups.

Now, through the spread of the World Cup, it has successfully broken out of the circle and reached a global scale.

When Cao Xuan was filming in the United States, you could see the Pepsi commercial he acted in, and many extras and crew members on the set also downloaded this song.

In addition to "Wake" sung by Cao Xuan himself, Shakira's theme song "Waka Waka" for the World Cup in South Africa is also very popular.

The two most popular songs of the entire World Cup in South Africa were both written by Cao Xuan. Together with the 2002 song "The Victory", many people call Cao Xuan the "King of Green Singer".

It is said that the Brazil World Cup Organizing Committee has begun to think about inviting Cao Xuan to sing, and even the London Olympics has been slightly tempted.

Cao Xuan himself was worried. Why did he keep pushing for this job more and more...