152 The golden age of Chinese music has kicked off
Beijing, [Flying on Grass] Private Restaurant
Cao Xuan hurriedly entered the store with Zhu Jiang, and the store manager came to greet them. He found out where the private room was and hurried over.
A new waiter saw the two of them and whispered excitedly to the old waiter next to him: "Sister Wen, is it really Cao Xuan? Is he really the owner of our store?"
"Then there's still a lie."
Sister Wen is used to this. All new employees in the store, especially girls, basically have to do this.
Not to mention them, even she herself was excited for a long time when she first came. Later, as time went by, she gradually calmed down.
The new waiter received a positive reply and immediately fell into a state of intoxication.
"Ah, ah, I like his songs the most. I have his posters on my bed. I didn't expect to see him in person today. Sister Wen, can I ask for his autograph?"
"sure."
Sister Wen nodded and said with a smile: "The boss is a very nice person. Employees or customers in our store will be satisfied if they ask for his autograph. But you have to have a look and ask for it when he is fine. Otherwise, the boss will have nothing to do. The store manager will see it
Cursing."
After saying that, she added: Xiao Liu, sister, let me remind you, the store manager also said before that when we work here, the salary is much higher than in other stores, and the work is also easy. During the New Year and holidays, we also have
Red envelope.
But if you want to have sex for a long time, you must be strict with your mouth. Who you meet and what you hear should be kept in your stomach. Otherwise, if you are found out, you will not only be expelled, but you will also be held accountable.
"I know."
Xiao Liu nodded nervously, and Sister Wen smiled and comforted: "You don't have to be afraid. I have been here for so long and I haven't encountered anything worth keeping secret. The store has always emphasized that it is just to nip problems in the bud.
"
Sister Wen's relief made Xiao Liu relax, and then she became active again.
"Sister Wen, when will the boss come out? Can I take a photo with him?"
"You just need to have a camera."
"Ah, forget it, even if I can borrow it, I can't stop him."
"Just accept it when you see it. The signature is not bad. Okay, the north box has been evacuated. Follow me to clean up the room."
After they had cleaned the entire private room and made it look brand new, Cao Xuan's private room door opened, and Cao Xuan personally escorted several guests out, chatting as they walked.
"Minister Song, I owe it to you and your help this time. Thank you very much."
"Needless to say, the quality of your TV series is good, so just send it here and ask your company to sign the contract later."
"Thank you very much, I will arrange it when I get back."
"Well, that Mid-Autumn Festival party that Director Sun asked me to ask about..."
"Don't worry, I will definitely be there."
Cao Xuan sent Minister Song and the two into the car, turned to look at Ding Ying and Jiang Yue who were following him, and clapped his hands happily.
"Done!"
Jiang Yue and Jiang Yue were also very happy: "120,000 per episode, 3 million in total, Beijing and Taiwan are rich."
"Beijing and Taiwan sold 3 million yuan, plus the 2.4 million yuan that Qin Province spent so much money on. The Shandong Province side will have to sell at least 2.6 million yuan. We will make back our money on the first round of "Journey to the West"."
This price is better than Cao Xuan expected in advance. Cao Xuan is looking forward to the second round and post-advertising revenue after the first round of "Journey to the West".
Ding Ying is a producer and knows the difficulties of distribution. Although he is happy, he also feels a little emotional: "It means that the boss has a lot of face and is allowed to go out for several performances. Otherwise, this show would not be sold so easily."
"It's not necessarily true. Nowadays, the output of TV dramas cannot reach the market of TV stations. As long as the price is right, there is no need to worry about selling them."
Cao Xuan knew well that although he contributed to the distribution, the quality of "Journey to the West" itself was indeed good, coupled with the general market environment.
Of course, without Cao Xuan, even if it could be sold, the price would not be so high, let alone the two major Taiwanese stations in Shandong Province and Beijing and Taiwan.
So Cao Xuan's contribution is not small, but Cao Xuan has nothing to be proud of.
As the boss, he hopes that Fanxing will not need to worry about its distribution in the future. Fanxing's own name alone will allow TV stations to rush for it.
He was busy talking just now, and Cao Xuan didn't eat much. There were many dishes on the table untouched. He asked the kitchen to reheat a few dishes and called Zhu Jiang to start eating.
During this period, the waiter Xiao Liu boldly came over to ask for an autograph, and Cao Xuan readily agreed. Xiao Liu was so happy that he walked out of the box in a daze holding the autograph.
While eating, Cao Xuan also explained the distribution work of "The Second Story of Journey to the West".
The premiere time has basically been decided. It will be in late October. The specific date still needs to be negotiated with the three TV stations.
After all, it is a small-budget drama. The TV station did not pay enough attention to it, and Fanxing did not have much publicity budget. However, the crew still obtained the opportunity of two variety shows and certain media resources.
Fanxing needs to contact the crew. It is best to invite more main creators to participate, especially popular actors like Huang Haibin and Ren Quan, which will be helpful for publicity and exposure.
Speaking of promotions, "Young Man Bao Qingtian" has been confirmed to premiere on September 14th on Shanghai Magic Channel, Beijing and Taiwan, and Jade Channel will be a little faster, and it is expected to be launched in early September.
Cao Xuan doesn't need to worry about Jade Channel, but these two TV stations still have to run promotions.
With two big names starring in it, Cao Xuan and Chen Daoming, "Young Man Bao Qingtian" is very famous, and the TV station also attaches great importance to it and has arranged many variety shows and promotional activities.
Fortunately, Cao Xuan's songs are almost recorded, and half of the promotion venues are in the capital, otherwise the release of "Bright Stars" might be delayed.
What worries Cao Xuan now is the MV shooting. If he shoots all 10 songs in the album by himself, it will take a month. So Cao Xuan is just waiting for someone to shoot the MV this time.
He only participated in two of them. For the rest of the songs, he just found a curtain or scenery to sing, and then edited and inserted them into the MV. It could be done in a day or two.
The two MVs in which Cao Xuan personally participated are the first title song "Ten Years" and the story-telling "Fireworks Easily Cold".
The MV heroine Cao Xuan still chose Zeng Li and Hu Jing willfully. Although Zeng Li was involved in scandals before, since he said he would make them his MV heroines, he would keep his word.
Either he will only sing, not participate in the MV plot himself, and appear as a bystander. But if he plays the male lead, the MV female lead will be Hu Jing.
Anyway, this is what happened in the first two pictures, and the scandals have been spread, so this time is not the last time.
On the contrary, maybe the more upright he is, the outside world will not think too much about him. The trick of being dark under the light sometimes achieves better results than hiding it.
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I have to promote "Young Man Bao Qingtian", record the album, and prepare for the concert. I also need to research and design the performance content and program flow of the tour concert. Which singer I want to hire as an assistant performer must be finalized in advance.
Cao Xuan, who had just relaxed for a month, started to be busy again in late August.
Cao Xuan is busy, and others in the music industry are not idle either. Starting from May, major singers have begun to perform "you sing and I will appear" on the charts.
The first is Kelly Chen. She and Karen Mok have been particularly active in the past two years and have released several Mandarin albums, focusing on the mainland, Taiwan and Southeast Asian markets.
In May, she released a new album. The title song "Better Than Dance" quickly became popular due to its cheerful and magical lyrics, becoming the hottest new song of the month.
At that time, Milk Tea Rene Liu's "Later" dominated the list, Xu Huaiyu's "Flying Apart" and Lin Yilian's "At least I Still Have You" were also on the list.
There is also Li Wen, who is gaining momentum, and five female singers are in a group.
Among the top ten male singers on the list, only Ren Xianqi and Lin Zhixuan, who sang "Single Love Song".
This situation of rising yin and declining yang intensified in June.
Mainland China's popular new generation singer Jin Haixin releases her masterpiece "So Proud".
Many people may not know this singer in future generations, but he is very popular nowadays.
The first album "Wake Up the Ears" was released last year and became an instant hit. It also made it onto the stage of the Spring Festival Gala.
This year's "So Proud" was once again a great success, smashing the charts in June. The media commented that Jin Haixin was the mainland's female version of Cao Xuan.
However, Jin Haixin did not maintain Cao Xuan's dominance at that time. Shortly after she killed the leader, a new person was born.
Unpopular singer Sun Yanzi landed in the mainland with her famous song "It's Dark", which directly overturned Jin Haixin.
How popular is this song? Jay Chou, who is known as half of the country, has won countless awards in his music career, but he has never won the best new artist.
Because almost all the Best Newcomer Awards in the Chinese music industry in 2000 went to Sun Yanzi.
According to incomplete statistics, Sun Yanzi won fifteen new artist trophies in one go with "It's Dark", and Xiao Zhou followed Sun Yanzi for a whole year.
In addition to Sun Yanzi, Hong Kong diva Mok Wenwei also produced her most popular masterpiece "Fruits of Midsummer".
Under the siege of two top-level songs, Jin Haixin could only retreat.
The strong debut of three female singers turned the entire ranking into a competition for female singers.
Lin Zhixuan and Ren Xianqi, who were the only ones left before, were successively squeezed out of the top ten.
"Single Love Song" was released last year, but its potential has been lost. However, Xiaoqi Ge, the king of kings, is still popular. After a few days of slowing down, he returned, but he was trembling when surrounded by many female singers.
Finally, at the end of June, another male singer entered the top ten.
Wang Lihong entered the stage with "Descendants of the Dragon".
I have always said that Xie Feng was badly beaten by Cao Xuan, but in fact Wang Lihong was not bad either.
Although his song was not copied by Cao Xuan, he was robbed of endorsements. Wang Lihong was able to become famous in mainland China, and Wahaha's advertising bombardment helped him a lot.
Now Cao Xuan has become the spokesperson of Wahaha and dominates the mainland music scene. Wang Lihong has been firmly suppressed by Cao Xuan several times when he released albums. His development in the music scene has always been tepid, which is much worse than before.
Until this time in "Descendants of the Dragon", Wang Lihong finally got rid of Cao Xuan's shadow and finally became popular.
But Wang Lihong was not happy for long. A group of female singers attacked her and she finally got through July.
In August, four kings and queens including Ren Xianqi, Wang Fei, Liu Tianwang and Naying released a new album together.
"Blowing Waves", "Love Letter to Myself", "It's not a sin for a man to cry" and "Betrayal" are all songs of excellent quality.
Especially "Blowing Waves" and "It's Not a Sin for a Man to Cry" are also considered masterpieces of Xiao Qi Ge and Liu Tianwang, and are widely sung.
However, the most popular song in August is not the masterpiece of the two kings, but "Courage" by Liang Jingru.
Six-Eyed Flying Fish and Liang Jingru give you the courage.
One song can create two popular memes that are well-known across the Internet, which shows the influence of this song "Courage".
In fact, the song "Courage" was also the most popular song in 2000. Liang Jingru, whose debut album last year had a mediocre response, became famous with one song and immediately became a little queen in Taiwan.
The limelight has eclipsed Sun Yanzi, Zhou Jielun, Cai Yilin, Xiao Yaxuan, Wang Lihong and other kings and queens.
It's a pity that the follow-up songs didn't keep up, and other singers came up with hit songs one after another, and were overtaken one after another.
But even so, among the four major and three minor queens in Taiwan Province, the only one who can stabilize Liang Jingru is Sun Yanzi.
Although Cai Yilin is slightly more famous, she is on par with Liang Jingru in other aspects. Even many people in the industry look down upon her, thinking that she is a dancing queen, not a singing queen.
The whole month of August is a fight between the gods. The new generation, the Mesozoic generation, Liu Tianwang, Wang Fei and other senior figures are fighting for their lives on the ranking list.
Moreover, there are several singers ready to perform at any time in September, which is not a bad thing.
The intensity of competition in the entire music industry is more than one level higher than last year. Even Cao Xuan's throat felt tight when he saw it.
The beginning of the golden age of the Chinese music scene, it is indeed well-deserved, with too many good songs.
Fortunately, the album in Cao Xuan's hand was hard enough, otherwise he might not have been able to hold it down.
The outside media and the masses are also very happy to see the fight in the music industry, and are very much looking forward to the release of Cao Xuan's new album.
In the second peak showdown between Nan Ren and Bei Cao, there is also a large group of New Generation and Mesozoic Era siege. Everyone wants to see who can break out of the siege in the end.
The golden age of the Chinese music scene has officially begun...
