191 Let the old Cao family honor Zong Yaozu's concert location
"I congratulate you on getting rich
I congratulate you on your wonderful
The best please come
If it's not good, please go away
Don’t be surprised if you give gifts to many people
…”
Early in the morning, Cao Xuan was awakened by the sound of firecrackers and loudspeakers in the alley.
I was about to curse a few words, but when I heard that it was my own "Gong Xi Fa Cai", I choked back on all the "polite words" in my mouth.
She took out her mobile phone and sent text messages to her two girlfriends to wish her New Year greetings. Zeng Li was already up and replied quickly. Hu Jing didn't know whether she was filming or sleeping in on vacation. She waited until Cao Xuan finished getting dressed before calling her.
"Have a great New Year."
"Happy New Year, how are you on the set?"
This girl is also unlucky. She has been filming on the set during the Spring Festival for two consecutive years. On New Year's Eve and the reunion night, she stayed alone on the set in misery.
"Meng Dao and the others are really stingy. They have two half-day holidays during the Chinese New Year. Ruirui, Li Qian, Sister Yan and I found an open restaurant to have the New Year's Eve dinner.
I have a rest this morning and will be filming in the afternoon. Fortunately, I only have night scenes today so I can rest."
"It's so inhumane."
Cao Xuan followed Hu Jing to complain about Meng Ji. There is no need to rush for the New Year. Even if there is no holiday, at least make a decent New Year's Eve dinner. Even cooking some dumplings and glutinous rice balls will warm people's hearts.
"Thank you for your hard work this time. I'll make up for it when I get back to the capital."
"What's delicious?"
"Deer antlers, oysters, donkey meat, quail, and two more big tortoises..."
"Bah, who did you give it to?"
"Let's make up for it together, I'm better and you're better."
While they were flirting, Cao Xuan suddenly saw a head running towards the door and his face darkened: "What are you doing?"
"hey-hey."
Cousin Cao Ni took the lead, two cousins Cao Bao Cao Bei, cousins and cousins, plus cousins and nephews from the cousin's family, and junior brother Li Gen, a group of people crowded in.
"Brother, is she sister-in-law? Who is she?"
Cao Ni looked gossipy, Cao Xuan ignored her, talked to Hu Jing, hung up the phone, and replied angrily.
"Stop meddling in adults' affairs. What are you doing here with me?"
"I need some lucky money. You, the elder brother, don't give me any red envelopes during the Chinese New Year."
Cao Ni, a cousin, is about the same age as Cao Xuan. They grew up together. Unlike the younger ones who haven't seen each other for a long time, they are a little afraid of his cousin.
"This is the most positive thing."
Cao Xuan was rude, but he still took out the red envelope he had prepared long ago.
There is no favoritism between one and another. Regardless of whether the cousin is a cousin or a junior, the red envelope will be 500, and the nephew will receive double the red envelope of 1,000.
I have no choice but to kowtow to my uncle as soon as he enters the door. He must be treated generously...
In this era when spicy sodas cost less than 50 cents, 500 red envelopes is definitely a huge amount for children.
Touching the pink banknotes that they had barely seen before, everyone smiled happily, and their voices when they called me brother were several times sweeter.
However, judging from Cao Xuan's experience, except for Cao Ni, who is already in college, she may be able to keep it, but the other people's New Year's money will probably be confiscated by their parents for safekeeping within two days.
After giving out the New Year's money, it was time to have breakfast. Because there were too many people, we had to eat in batches, and then we started to greet the New Year.
There wasn't much of a battle this year. My uncle took the lead, and Cao Xuan's uncle and uncle also followed and paid homage to the old lady.
There were three generations in total, from front to back, hula-la-kneeling and filling the whole courtyard.
This scene may be considered by many people as "feudal remnants", and will be torn apart every New Year in later generations.
But in the eyes of most people in Shandong Province, this is not only a tradition of respecting the elderly, but also a sign of family unity and prosperity. The more New Year greetings to the elderly and the wider the formation, the more it means that the elderly are blessed and full of descendants.
How should I put it, this is the "respectability" of the older generation.
Of course, with the development of the times, more and more young people are unwilling to do this, which is understandable. No matter how you greet the New Year, it all depends on your personal wishes. As long as you have the intention of respecting the elderly, it is good.
After the New Year greetings, the old lady began to give out new year's money. Those who got married were "adults" and there were no red envelopes.
Those who are not married, even if Cao Xuan is twenty-five years old, are still considered "children", so he shamelessly took one for 100 yuan each.
This money was given by Cao Xuan in private to honor the old lady. Four generations live under the same roof. A red envelope will be given during the Chinese New Year. The old man will be happy and the children will be happy.
This year, only the old lady and Cao Xuan, a wealthy family, were given out red envelopes. Elders such as Sun Lan did not give out red envelopes, otherwise it would be unsightly if there were too many or too few.
Just like this, the old lady got wet with rain and dew, Cao Xuan blocked the children's mouths, and the others were relaxed and worry-free.
After a busy morning at home, Cao Xuan watched the replay of the Spring Festival Gala, watching himself sing "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky" with his relatives, and receiving a flood of compliments and compliments.
That feeling, embarrassing social death with a little bit of pride, not to mention how sour and refreshing...
………
In the afternoon, Cao Xuan and his cousin went door-to-door to pay New Year greetings with gifts prepared in advance.
Compared with previous years, Cao Xuan's New Year's greetings this year were of a much higher standard. In addition to some old connections, there were also many more official leaders whom he knew from CCTV, Beijing and Taiwan, the Musical Association, and the Beijing concert.
Cao Xuan, who had a personal relationship, paid a personal visit. Cao Xuan, who did not have a personal relationship, brought people from Fanxing Company for a business visit.
However, the one with the highest profile is still the one. Cao Xuan was lucky this year. He met the real owner who had returned from leave for some reason. We chatted for a few words and was praised for his enthusiasm for charity. He even walked lightly when he came out.
Afterwards, Cao Xuan immediately contacted Jiaoyang Venture Capital and planned to set up a special charity fund to build Hope Primary Schools and support the elderly, weak, orphans and widows.
Following the Hope Primary School in Shandong Province, the next batch of ten Hope Primary Schools will be located in Sichuan and Fujian Provinces.
(It is necessary to set the stage, don’t explain it in this chapter, just understand it in your heart)
In the Ten Hope Primary Schools, which are expected to be put into construction within 1 to 2 years, Cao Xuan has already begun to prepare preliminary funds. Even if some projects in Fanxing are postponed, he must give priority to this.
In fact, Cao Xuan has always had the idea of setting up a personal charity organization. After all, it is okay now, but the subsequent charity investment will be large, and special organization management and follow-up will be needed.
Cao Xuan couldn't trust other charitable foundations, so he might as well start one himself.
Cao Xuan has no idea of raising funds from outside the foundation for the time being, although it may be criticized as "fake charity" or "inviting names".
But the accounts were clean, there were no messy things, and Cao Xuan didn't have to come out to shout out the news, he just had to silently contribute money.
After all, there have been too many examples of celebrities taking the lead in raising funds, resulting in a lot of bad debts. Regardless of whether the celebrities were the initiators or were implicated in the blame, Cao Xuan did not want to get involved in these bad things.
Holding 49% of Penguin's shares, Cao Xuan has enough confidence to support a charity on his own.
Regardless of the changes outside, he can just quietly be his own Principal Cao...
………
On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the feeling of the New Year has not completely dissipated, but Cao Xuan has to go out to work.
It was almost time for relatives and friends at home to go to work or go to school, and they were really embarrassed to bother Cao Xuan's house all the time, so they all left one after another.
Of course, there were some who didn't leave, so the old lady was left behind. Sun Lan couldn't bear to leave her, and planned to keep her for a while, and then send her home when she had enough.
In addition, the Cao Daguo brothers also stayed because they wanted to watch Cao Xuan's concert.
After the Spring Festival, Cao Xuan's most important task is the 100,000-person concert held in the Temple of Heaven Park on February 10th.
That's right, the location of Cao Xuan's concert has been approved, and it is at the Temple of Heaven where the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties prayed to heaven.
If this were a few hundred years ago, all the nine Cao Xuan clans would have been cut into pieces...
Even now, there has been a quarrel about this matter for a long time. Before this, the Temple of Heaven had actually held a party, but it was a major cultural event and it was the first time it was a commercial concert.
Many people disagreed and there was a wave of opposition, but Cao Xuan's concert was designated by the authorities as a platform for external publicity to help support the Olympic bid.
To a certain extent, this is not Cao Xuan's personal matter. Everything is for the Olympic bid, and many things can be compromised.
At the end of the argument, the plan was handed over to the top, and a senior leader personally made the decision.
manage!
The specific designation of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests or the Circular Mound Altar still needs to be finalized. Warner and some officials are now measuring and arranging related equipment for the two places to test the final site selection.
But no matter which one it is, Cao Xuan's Beijing concert must be held in the Temple of Heaven. As soon as the news came out, the entire media and entertainment circles exploded.
Everyone was in a quarrel.
Some people objected, feeling that it was really inappropriate for an artist's commercial concert to be held on such a grand occasion.
Those who support it point to the fact that Michael Jackson almost held a concert in the main square. Foreign artists can do it, but why can't Chinese artists do it?
However, there are doubts about the authenticity of Jackson's story, but it might as well be spread as evil and everyone will believe it.
But no matter how noisy, Cao Xuan is destined to go down in the history of the Chinese music scene as the first singer to hold a concert in the Temple of Heaven, and the attendance of a single concert is expected to exceed 100,000.
The outside world was noisy, and Cao Xuan's own family was also excited.
In the words of Cao Daguo, Cao Xuan held a concert at the Temple of Heaven in the Temple of Heaven, honoring his ancestors. Even if Grandpa Cao Xuan knew it, he would have to surround his grave with green smoke.
Because of this, the two brothers didn't leave. They just wanted to witness the glorious moment of Lao Cao's family together, and then go back and burn paper to report to their ancestors.
In addition to being busy with concerts, Cao Xuan is also busy with the creation of new albums. He will release two albums this year, and there may be an English single.
The related workload is not as large as usual, and he also has to film, so he has to find every opportunity and rush to work when he has time.
Cao Xuan's plan is to release the fourth album "Chinese Style" first, and then release the fifth pop music album.
As an album that Cao Xuan inspired to establish the genre in one fell swoop, he released 5 popular classic Chinese lantern songs in one breath, and 5 slightly worse ones.
There is no way, there are only a few Chinese-style classics, so I have to use them sparingly.
A classic album like "Bright Stars" is enough to be released once or twice occasionally. Even if Cao Xuan cheats every year, he can't stand it.
For an ordinary album, 5 hit songs are enough.
What's more, the other five songs are not bad either. Although they are not classics, they are all above the standard and can be used as lead songs for ordinary singers.
While Cao Xuan was busy with albums and concerts, an email came from Taiwan Province. A crew wanted to buy Cao Xuan's song for the opening theme.
When I asked about it, I found out that the name of the crew was "Meteor Garden"...
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ps: I checked the information on the two squares of the Temple of Heaven for a long time, and I’m not sure whether they can be filled with 100,000 people, so I’ll understand them in parallel as usual∩_∩
