United States, Los Angeles

Cao Xuan met Mike and his Warner Princess executive agent again.

Perhaps her temperament was somewhat similar to Zeng Li's. Avril looked at the other person warily for several times before waving goodbye to Cao Xuan with some reluctance.

This time I went to China, traveling + performing + traveling, and it took almost half a month. For Avril Lavigne, who is still on the rise in her career, it is not a big or small schedule.

After returning to the United States, she and he had to make up for the past few days and had no time to continue pestering Cao Xuan.

After bidding farewell to the little girl, Cao Xuan and others headed to Warner's headquarters. On the way, Mike, who had gained weight again, shouted excitedly.

"Chris, your Billboard singles chart is up again."

Cao Xuan was not surprised by this. After the new album was released, it had three songs on the charts within half a week, one of which even approached the top thirty.

Of course, most of this is based on the popularity of the previous album and Cao Xuan himself. Subsequent rankings also depend on the quality of the songs.

But Cao Xuan is obviously very confident in his album. He also believes that this album will have a more stable and better start based on the popularity of the previous album.

"Approximately how much has it risen?"

Although he knew it was definitely rising, Cao Xuan still didn't know the specific data. Mike glanced at Jonna Warner, and the red-haired beauty opened the folder she carried with her.

"As of today, "Relea Color" has been on the Billboard singles chart for two weeks and on the album chart for one week.

There are currently four songs from the album on the list. The best-performing one is still "Free Loop", temporarily ranked 23rd, followed by "Sugar", ranked 29th.

"Believer" has the fastest growth rate. It was only ranked 89th at the beginning, and now it has jumped to 41st in one week, and it is gaining momentum.

The album chart is currently ranked seventh. Two weeks after the album was released, sales have already approached 500,000 copies. It is expected that the album chart ranking next week will be strong but not weak.

It’s also worth mentioning that the MV for “Sugar” is very popular on the Internet. It has ranked among the top two in Google searches and is often replayed by TV stations..."

Cao Xuan listened quietly, and when Qiao Na finished speaking, he expressed a little surprised: "It sounds pretty good, much better than the last one."

"It's not just good, it's awesome, man."

Mike was extremely dissatisfied with Cao Xuan's modest expression: "This is definitely a phenomenal performance. Those idiots on the board of directors... Qiao Na, not including your grandfather and father."

Qiaona rolled her eyes, took out her MP3 player, and put on her headphones: "I didn't hear it."

"Good, good girl, keep enjoying your music."

Mike wanted to pat Qiao Na with his big fat hand, but she was dodged, but he didn't care. With a shy chubby face, he continued to complain to Cao Xuan about the director of Warner Records.

In his words, these people are all hopeless idiots who are not optimistic about Cao Xuan. He single-handedly supported Cao Xuan. Now that "Relea Color" has exploded, he and Cao Xuan deserve the most credit.

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If I don't give him a position as deputy director of the board of directors this time, he will quit and find his old father-in-law to support him...

Cao Xuan believed at most 50% of what Mike said, and even the 50% had to be put in quotation marks.

To say that this guy supported Cao Xuan, Cao Xuan believed that it was because the two of them had a community of interests to some extent.

Cao Xuan relies on Mike to fight for resources at Warner, and Mike relies on Cao Xuan's achievements to expand his influence and voice on the board of directors. Both parties are mutually beneficial and have symbiotic interests.

Therefore, Cao Xuan strongly believes that Mike will do his best to protect and support him, because once his interests are harmed, Mike will also suffer losses.

But if Warner doesn't value Cao Xuan, he definitely doesn't believe it.

In the last film "Chris Tsao", Cao Xuan made a lot of money for Warner Bros. Apart from a few aces such as Linkin Park, Cao Xuan was the most profitable.

This is because Cao Xuan is not a contracted artist and is in a cooperative relationship with a high degree of freedom and owns the copyright. Otherwise, I am afraid Linkin Park may not be able to compare with him.

As an Asian superstar, Cao Xuan has his own controversial traffic, and there is an Asian market behind him. Because the World Cup is also well-known in Europe and South America, he has unlimited potential. As long as Warner is not stupid, how can it not value him.

This can also be seen from the Grammy Awards. Cao Xuan won two awards in a row. Without Warner's help behind the scenes, it would not have been so easy.

From Avril Lavigne's experience, we can see that her performance and data are not inferior to Cao Xuan, but the company she works for is limited in strength, and its public relations ability for important awards such as the Grammys is far weaker than Warner's.

If the two of them changed companies, the outcome of this award would be hard to say...

Therefore, just listen to what Mike said about Warner's board of directors abandoning Cao Xuan, but you don't have to believe it entirely.

The reason why it is [complete] and not [true] is because Mike’s statement is not without foundation.

Cao Xuan is valued at Warner, but it depends on who he is compared to. This year, Warner's top brand Linkin Park also released a new album, and the data is quite impressive.

Even the sales volume at the beginning was much better than that of Cao Xuan, and it was a little weak in the later period, but it was also because the explosion at the beginning was too strong, and the overall performance was very good.

Linkin Park is a direct lineage that Warner personally discovered and made famous.

A half-outsider like Cao Xuan is definitely incomparable to a biological son like him. Fortunately, the album releases of both parties are separated by more than half a year, so they have little influence on each other.

If it is released at the same time, there is no doubt that Cao Xuan's resources will be greatly affected.

Even at this stage, Warner still has two singers releasing songs, and Cao Xuan has also been affected to some extent. If the data hadn't been good, he might have been robbed of a wave of resources.

There was no way around it, there were serious internal disputes at Warner Bros., and Cao Xuan was a foreigner and a non-signed artist, so he was naturally discriminated against.

Just like a foreign actor who is affiliated with Fanxing to cooperate and compete with Fanxing artists for resources under the same conditions, Cao Xuan will inevitably prefer his own artists in his heart.

Cao Xuan understood Warner's thoughts and did not expect that the other party could treat him as one of his own.

What he has to do is to show greater strength and potential and force Warner to make his own choice.

Under equal conditions, we must give priority to our own people. Under different conditions, we should give priority to those with the highest benefits.

So Cao Xuan knew what Warner's attitude was, and he didn't listen to Mike's nonsense at all. This damn fat guy was just taking credit for himself.

He complained about the Warner board of directors in front of himself, and maybe even talked about himself in front of the Warner board of directors, and how wise he was, and finally helped himself to the right path.

Old Two-Face!

As for the deputy director that Mike longed for, Cao Xuan also wanted him to take the position, which would be good for him, but no one could say whether it would happen.

As for what Mike said about hugging his old father-in-law's lap, just listen to it. When he was at Warner Records, he was a media company executive. When he was working for his old father-in-law, he was just a picky son-in-law.

It’s so delicious that soft rice is so delicious. Not everyone has the ability to eat soft rice like Cao Dahua’s...

However, although some of what Mike said was untrustworthy, his ability to do things was still very strong. Especially when Cao Xuan was booming, he used almost all the resources at his disposal to promote Cao Xuan to the top at all costs.

"Chris, guess what kind of performance opportunity I got for you."

Mike pretended to be proud of himself. Since last month, this guy has been calling to tell Cao Xuan that he had a big surprise for him.

It wasn't until Cao Xuan came to the United States that he couldn't hide it anymore, so he decided to reveal the mystery. Before doing so, he did not forget to make a few teasing remarks.

Cao Xuan didn't tolerate him at all: "It's super late and the time has not come yet. Is it possible that you got me a White House guest performer to sing for George W. Bush?"

"Ahem."

Mike almost choked to death: "Man, although Warner is very powerful in Hollywood, it has not yet been able to influence the White House in formulating the performance list."

"It's not the White House, it's not the Super Bowl, so what's there to say?"

Cao Xuan pretended to be disappointed, but Mike didn't notice it and couldn't help but feel unfair for his own efforts.

"Leaving the White House aside, no matter how great the Super Bowl is, I can't say that the ratings can steadily surpass the opportunity I've given you."

Cao Xuan raised his eyebrows: "You shouldn't have asked me to go to Victoria's Secret, right?"

"...How did you guess it?"

The feeling of being guessed before the answer was revealed made Mike a little depressed, but Cao Xuan explained calmly.

“There are only a few top-level performance resources that singers can obtain in the United States, such as the Grammys, Oscars, and the finals of major events. The rest are fashion shows or music festivals that attract high attention.

Coupled with the tips you gave me, the ratings are comparable to the Super Bowl. I calculated the time and only the nearby Victoria's Secret is the most suitable."

Just as Cao Xuan guessed, he had attended the closing ceremony of the World Cup finals and the Grammy Awards, so he wouldn't be able to show off his performance to Mike, otherwise he would be humiliating himself.

Although Victoria's Secret is not as good as the Super Bowl, it can still be regarded as a top resource due to its high level of attention. The time is so close that it is not difficult to guess.

Not to mention, Mike's sly look and slutty smile also gave him a lot of hints.

“It’s the Victoria’s Secret show.”

Mike didn’t hide it either: “I have been eyeing this resource for a long time, and Victoria’s Secret also hopes to use you to expand its influence in Asia, so we finally reached this cooperation.

Man, thank me, Heidi Klum, Gisele Bundchen, and Fernanda are all world-famous supermodels. If you win one, you will become the public enemy of countless men."

As Mike talked, he felt envious. Those Victoria's Secret Angels had legs from the neck down.

Even though he has changed his ways now, he still feels hot in his heart when he thinks about it.

Cao Xuan is more serious than him, and supermodels are naturally interested, but what he values ​​more is Victoria's Secret's support for his career.

The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show began in the early 1990s and soon became popular all over the world.

Men look at their bodies, and women look at their underwear. The influence and ratings are indeed no less than those of the finals of several competitions in the United States, or even worse.

Women can stop watching football, but they can’t stop looking at their clothes. Men can also stop watching football, but they can’t stop looking at beauties and long legs.

Even if many "gentlemen" don't care on the surface, who knows if they are watching replays or looking for resources online.

So if Cao Xuan can participate in the Victoria's Secret show, it will be a good opportunity for him to show his face. It may not be as good as the World Cup finals, but from the perspective of performance influence, it will definitely be stronger than the Grammys.

At the same time, since the 2001 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, song performances have been added, and the number of artists invited is not low.

Especially as it became more and more popular later on, it became a challenger to the Super Bowl halftime show, and became a battleground for the top players in the major European and American music circles.

Of course, competition has not reached this level in 2003, which is why Cao Xuan was able to pick up the slack.
To be continued...