I didn't let you go no matter what I said at the beginning
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After Cao Xuan finished singing, the audience burst into enthusiastic cheers. He bowed deeply, turned around and left the stage, and the emcee hurriedly came up to preside over the situation.
Arriving backstage, a female staff member enthusiastically handed over a bottle of mineral water. Cao Xuan thanked him politely, but still declined and drank from the cup in Zhang Chong's hand.
After sitting backstage and relaxing for a few minutes, Cao Xuan returned to the stage for his encore and sang "Ten Thousand Reasons" again. The performance task was over.
At noon, Cao Xuan had a meal with the enthusiastic sponsor, and was dragged by him to show off in front of relatives and friends. The other party transferred the balance to Cao Xuan's account, and the business performance was finally completed.
Sitting in the back seat of the rented Santana, Cao Xuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Business performances often involve socializing, which is often more tiring than singing.
Especially now, in order to protect his voice, Cao Xuan chose to give up drinking, which made him even more embarrassed at dinner parties. Fortunately, today's sponsor was sensible and saved him a lot of trouble.
Zhang Chong sat in the passenger seat and stared at the driver intently, planning to learn a few tricks while Jiang Yue looked through Cao Xuan's announcements in the past few days.
"The day after tomorrow, there will be an interview with "Beijing Metropolis Daily". There will be a bar opening in the Workers' Stadium on the 24th, and there will be a performance in Langshi on the 28th. Besides you, there will also be Huo Feng and Sun Nan."
Cao Xuan heard that there were singers performing together and stopped him: "Do you know how much their appearance fee is?"
"Huo Feng's estimate is 20,000 to 30,000. Sun Nan is not sure. It should be about the same as you or a little more than you."
Cao Xuan raised his eyebrows: "Good fellow, am I already on par with Sun Nan?"
"What do you think."
Jiang Yue smiled and said proudly: "Although Sun Nan is famous, he can't hold back your popularity. Now there are rumors that you might attend the Spring Festival Gala."
"Spring Festival Gala?"
Cao Xuan instantly became energetic. The Spring Festival Gala now is no different than when it was lonely in later generations. It is at its peak and is one of the highest stages that all Chinese artists dream of.
How many singers became famous overnight during the Spring Festival Gala and their net worth doubled.
Don't look at Cao Xuan's current commercial performance, but it is mostly because of "10,000 Reasons" that his personal reputation is very empty.
The name Cao Xuan, without the prefix of the singer who sang "10,000 Reasons", many people would not know who he was, and even fewer would remember his face.
To put it bluntly, Cao Xuan is now a popular singer but not a celebrity.
If you want to change this predicament, you have to make more faces, and there is currently no place in China where singers can make faces better than the Spring Festival Gala.
Cao Xuan really wants to be on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala.
But one can only think about this matter. It is too difficult to attend the Spring Festival Gala, let alone the Spring Festival Gala. Cao Xuan, who is single-handedly, can't even get the resources of the TV platform.
It has been October since he became famous in July, and apart from two news interviews, Cao Xuan has not appeared on TV.
There is no way, these days the resources of TV platforms are basically divided up by artists from major record companies and various official units.
Only the top celebrities from the mainland or stars from Hong Kong and Taiwan can break this shackles and enter the market by virtue of their fame and regional aura.
Generally speaking, mainland artists can only watch others eating meat with envy, without even being able to drink soup.
Cao Xuan is self-aware, but Jiang Yue has great confidence in him. Everything is prepared for eventuality. "Ten Thousand Reasons" is so popular, maybe the Spring Festival Gala will also gain popularity.
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Asking the driver to drive Jiang Yue home, Cao Xuan, who had not eaten enough at the banquet, took Zhang Chong to a restaurant near Shichahai.
There is a restaurant here that specializes in mutton, and the stir-fried mutton head and mutton soup are simply amazing. Zhang Chong discovered this place and took Cao Xuan here once, and it immediately became Cao Xuan's favorite.
Entering the restaurant, the proprietress, who had recently become acquainted with Cao Xuan, immediately greeted him with a smile.
"What should we eat today?"
"Two bowls of lamb offal soup, one pound of hand-caught, one stir-fried lamb head, five roasted."
"Dele, find a seat and I'll place your order for you."
Cao Xuan found an empty table, and Zhang Chong went to the counter to order two more bottles of drinks, his Coke and Cao Xuan's peanut milk.
After a while, the mutton soup came. The slightly white mutton soup was full of intestines, liver, belly and lungs. Cao Xuan put some spicy oil and took a spoonful of it. The soup was delicious and full of mellow flavor, which was very satisfying.
While I was eating happily, a hesitant female voice sounded from the next table.
"...Cao Xuan?"
Cao Xuan swallowed the haggis in his mouth, and when he looked back, he saw a very beautiful girl.
He has a round face and big eyes, a pair of intoxicating dimples next to his small cherry mouth, a high bridge of nose, and fair and tender skin, as if it could be broken by a blow. His overall appearance is sweet and gentle, with a kind of mixed-race exotic beauty.
Cao Xuan recognized the other party almost instantly.
"Hu Jing!"
"Oh, it's really you. You've changed so much. I thought I admitted my mistake."
Over there, Hu Jing saw that Cao Xuan recognized her, and knew that she had recognized the right person. Her big eyes curled into crescent moons with joy, and she immediately dragged another girl at the same table to Cao Xuan's table.
"I haven't seen you since the training class ended. I looked for you at the address I left. The landlord said you had moved away. I thought you had returned to your hometown."
“It’s not like returning to my hometown, it’s just moving to another place.”
Cao Xuan asked Zhang Chong to move a stool for Hu Jing and Hu Jing to sit down. Hu Jing introduced another girl by the way.
"This is Zhang Tong, my college roommate."
Then, she pointed at Cao Xuan and Zhang Tong and introduced: "Remember what I told you before, I attended an acting training class for three months before taking the Chinese Opera exam. He was my classmate in the training class and he almost applied to our school.
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"Then why didn't you take the exam in the end?" Zhang Tong was puzzled.
"Because of poverty."
Cao Xuan laughed at himself: "The tuition fee for the first year of Chinese Opera is 10,000 yuan, not counting accommodation, tuition and miscellaneous fees. I couldn't afford it if I was admitted, so I didn't take the exam."
In fact, what Cao Xuan said was not complete. The tuition fee was only part of the reason. The most important thing was that Cao Xuan was not a fresh graduate, and the various procedures for going to school were also very troublesome.
Moreover, after being admitted to the Chinese Theater Academy, the school did not allow him to take on acting roles. In principle, he was not allowed to sing in bars. This meant that Cao Xuan lost his financial resources and had to rely on his parents to support him.
So after careful consideration, Cao Xuan gave up on the idea of passing the exam, which was a small regret for him.
Hu Jing was very happy to see Cao Xuan again. She had a good relationship with Cao Xuan when she was in the training class. Later, she thought Cao Xuan had left Beijing and was in a low mood for several days.
Cao Xuan felt a little indescribable.
In his impression, Hu Jing was a shy and introverted little girl who did not dare to speak loudly. It would be better if she got to know her better.
But the Hu Jing we see now has become lively, cheerful, smart and generous, and she is more like the future star Hu Jing who was one of the Eight Golden Flowers in Class 96 of the National Drama Theater.
College can really transform people!
The meal lasted for more than an hour. The whole time, Hu Jing and Zhang Tong shared their college life, complaining about the difficulty of Chinese opera homework and how difficult their daily rehearsals were.
Cao Xuan and Zhang Chong listened with interest. As two people who have never gone to college, they always have a kind of longing and curiosity about college life.
When Hu Jing saw this, she invited Cao Xuan to go to China National Theater tomorrow to watch them rehearse. Cao Xuan thought that he would have to go to the recording studio for an audition tomorrow, so he declined.
But he said that if he had the opportunity in the future, he would go to China Theater to visit Hu Jing, and he even left his phone number for her.
