229 The first cooperation with the European and American Xiaotianhou
After finishing a lot of company affairs, Cao Xuan can finally focus most of his energy on the new album "Chinese Style".
However, at the end of July, he will fly to Hawaii to film a Pepsi commercial with Britney Spears.
Cao Xuan still attaches great importance to this advertisement, which is considered as a way to ask questions before entering the European and American circles.
As for Britney, she is already very popular in the European and American music circles. As a representative of the American dream, she has been set up as a model of the new generation by the American music circle, and she is so popular.
However, due to the current lack of smooth information, Britney has only been famous for a few years and has insufficient background, so her influence in Asia is still relatively weak. Therefore, the company behind her also hopes to use Cao Xuan's popularity to gain popularity in Asia.
Make a circle of fans.
With the help of Pepsi, the two parties hit it off and quickly reached an advertising cooperation.
On July 30, Cao Xuan got off the plane and set foot on Hawaiian soil.
Well, I don’t think the air in the United States is that sweet, but the sea smell is quite strong.
Hawaii, the only archipelago state in the United States, is located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, with an area of 16,700 square kilometers, approximately equal to 0.28 kilometers.
Thanks to those Hong Kong movies, the protagonist often went to Hawaii for vacation. This was a foreign tourist destination that Cao Xuan was familiar with when he was a child.
Before taking geography class in middle school, he always thought that Hawaii was a coastal city in the United States. Later, he learned that it was in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and learned part of Hawaii's history.
Gee, it is indeed a beacon of freedom and democracy...
The location where the advertisement was shot is called Honolulu, which is the capital and largest city of Hawaii. However, Chinese people more often call this city Honolulu because it was rich in sandalwood.
In the hotel arranged by Pepsi, Cao Xuan met the European and American little diva Britney.
A standard American sweetheart, with blond hair and blue eyes. Her figure is not overbearing, but she is definitely curvy.
She is just 20 years old this year and is at her peak. She exudes youthful vitality and has an innocent and lively smile. No wonder she is called Xiao Tiantian.
"Hello, Miss Spears."
Cao Xuan took the initiative to shake hands, but Britney hugged him warmly: "Cao, I've heard your song, it's great."
Hearing the strange and awkward sound of "Cao", Cao Xuan's head was full of black lines and he opened his mouth to correct it."
"Don't call me Cao, my English name is Chris, Chris Tsao."
"Chris, you are full of confidence. What a great name. You seem to be a confident person."
This little Tiantian seemed to be suffering from a social disorder. She was very familiar with her as soon as they met and praised Cao Xuan. Cao Xuan considered himself to be a relatively good conversationalist, but he was not used to her enthusiasm for a while.
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Seeing her like this, Cao Xuan was very suspicious of how this person was tricked so badly.
Although he didn't know much about the European and American entertainment industry, and the information Goldfinger got was limited, Cao Xuan also heard that this girl seemed to be abused by her father or her boyfriend in the future, and she was about to become a psychopath.
Before I came here, I thought this girl had a difficult personality, but she looked quite optimistic and lively, and the smile on her face didn't look like she was pretending.
But it's normal to think about it. He became famous at a young age and was proud of himself. If he was happy every day, even if there were problems, they would have happened later.
"Have you heard of my songs? Where did you hear them? Which one do you like?"
""Blue Lotus" and "500 Mysteries", don't you know, your new adaptation of "500 Mysteries" is listened to by many people in the United States. I especially like your voice and I listen to it and fall asleep every night.
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Blue lotus?
Cao Xuan was a little confused at first, but later it turned out that Fanxing came over and it was a literal translation of "Blue Lotus".
Good guy, Cao Xuan is very curious, how to translate this if it is "Bright Stars".
"Many Shining Stars"?
What about "Not Called a Hero", translated as "The Unrecognized Hero"?
Then how should we translate "Broken by the East Wind" and "Fireworks Easily Frozen", "Broken by the East Wind" and "Fireworks Easily Frozen"?
Cao Xuan figured it out on his own, but he didn't care much about what Britney said about "500 Mysteries" becoming popular in the United States.
After all, it is his own song, and he pays more attention to it than Britney. Frankly speaking, this song is not unpopular, and it has indeed attracted attention in a small area in the United States, but it has only attracted attention.
After all, the original "500 Miles" ballad has been circulating in the United States for decades, and there are countless covers. Cao Xuan's version has its own characteristics, but it does not overwhelm all other versions.
Of course, the most important thing is that Warner did not promote it. This is an era of underdeveloped information. There is no company promotion and charting, and it is a cover. It is difficult to become popular just by relying on the song itself.
Therefore, Britney's words were a bit watery and were commercial flattery. Cao Xuan knew this, so he responded sincerely.
"Thank you, I also really like your "First Confession of Love"."
As a professional actor, Cao Xuan's acting skills are definitely much better than Britney's. The girl really thought that Cao Xuan had listened to his famous work many times.
But in fact, Cao Xuan could count the number of times he listened to this song on both hands, and most of them were just crazily making up classes these past few days.
But no matter what, after some business talk, the two got to know each other a little bit, and then they shot commercials together.
The creative idea for the advertisement was produced by Pepsi. The general outline is that Cao Xuan went to buy Coke during a trip, but did not bring any money, and Britney came to the rescue.
The next day while playing at the beach, Britney offended some gangsters for some unknown reason, and several people chased her. Cao Xuan saved her, and then gave Britney back a can of Pepsi and walked away.
How should I put it, the stereotype of Americans is that Chinese people are all good at wearing sexy pants and fu.
The four most popular Chinese male stars in the United States are Bruce Lee, Cheng Long, Jet Li, and Fa Ge. The first three are action stars, and the last one is popular in martial arts movies.
So even though Cao Xuan is most famous for his singing, he still has to give up singing and pursue martial arts as a hero to save the beautiful.
Cao Xuan is also glad that he is not Brazilian, otherwise he should be playing football.
But frankly speaking, it would be beneficial for Cao Xuan to shoot this advertisement like this. It would at least help him remember him, so he readily agreed.
But when the filming officially started, Cao Xuan couldn't help but make a suggestion.
According to the original shooting plan, the director asked Cao Xuan to knock down several gangsters like Cheng Long.
However, Cao Xuan felt that it was too monotonous, mainly because he was similar to Cheng Long and he didn’t have a big nose, so there was no memorable point in shooting like this, so he proposed to add some Chinese elements.
The director was initially reluctant, but when he saw Cao Xuan holding a sword like the one Zhang Chong bought from the Chinese district, skillfully holding several sword flowers, his eyes suddenly lit up.
"This is good, martial arts, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", I like it."
Cao Xuan laughed. He was definitely not as good as Cheng and Li in terms of martial arts and fighting moves, but he had played swordsmen twice. He had been practicing swordplay since "Little Li Flying Knife", and he almost never left his hand with the sword in "The Swordsman".
This experience has made him very familiar with sword-style tricks, and his beautiful appearance is definitely not comparable to that of a practitioner, but he is considered a veteran among amateurs, and the photos will definitely look good.
Therefore, Cao Xuan made a temporary guest appearance as a martial arts instructor for the crew, performing tricks on a few gangsters to let them know how to fight and how to defeat them.
The crew director is very good at playing. The female protagonist of this commercial is an American sweet girl, the male protagonist is a Chinese master, and the gangsters are black, Latin American, Turkish and a dark-looking Asan.
It can be called the great unity of the world's nationalities, that is, Hawaii has everyone, otherwise it would be difficult to get together.
Cao Xuan and Britney are both popular stars, and their schedules are tight. After confirming the shooting plan, they started filming immediately.
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There was a small shop by the beach. The whole store was filled with Pepsi-Cola. Cao Xuan was wearing beach pants and shirtless. He took a bottle of Pepsi-Cola and wanted to pay, but found that he had no shirt on and no money.
The fat black woman boss lady stared at Cao Xuan with piercing eyes. Cao Xuan looked embarrassed, put back the Coke and was about to leave.
Britney next to her saw this and bought two bottles of Coke, taking one away and leaving the other at the cashier.
Cao Xuan thought she had forgotten, so he took a Coke and shouted: "Hey, your Pepsi."
Britney turned around and smiled brightly and sweetly: "No, it's your Pepsi."
Cao Xuan held the Pepsi in his hand and looked at the back of the girl leaving lively, with a gentle smile on his face.
That's right, Mr. Cao "learned" it again, and I don't blame him. This scene was too similar to that advertisement, so he mentioned it. Unexpectedly, both the director and the person in charge of Pepsi thought it was good, and they immediately signed the script.
Cao Xuan filmed this part very smoothly, and the scene was almost not difficult for him. Instead, Britney was dragged back and re-filmed.
The director wanted her to have that stunning feeling, the kind that makes people drunk when she laughs, to match the situation and make her fall in love at first sight.
The subsequent fight scene is almost the highlight of Cao Xuan. Whether Britney can shine in this commercial will make her laugh.
After all, Britney is a singer, and her emotional expression and expression control are still poor. It took a long time to finally satisfy the director.
At this time, Cao Xuan had finished filming the scene of beating up the gangster, and Britney was being teased and chased during reshoots.
The next day, after filming Cao Xuan fighting away the gangsters with a sword, he came to Britney who was still a little panicked.
Don't ask why you need to carry a sword with you on the beach, advertising, what logic are you talking about.
Cao Xuan took the sword, and the gangster took out a baseball bat. He didn't know where he got it from...
Carrying the sword neatly behind his back, Cao Xuan turned to look at the flustered and admiring white girl.
"Are you ok?"
"Thank you, you are a hero."
Cao Xuan smiled and said nothing, turned around and left gracefully. As he was leaving, a bottle of Pepsi suddenly "tactically dropped" in front of the girl.
The girl picked up the Coke and asked in a slightly tearful voice: "Hey, your Pepsi."
Cao Xuan turned around and pointed at her, with a bright smile and a hint of slyness: "No, it's your Pepsi."
The girl finally burst into laughter and chased after him with a Coke.
"Good, Chris, you guys did a great job."
The director danced happily, Britney leaned over and saw that Cao Xuan's performance was more vivid and impressive than her own, and he was very handsome.
Looking at the back of the handsome man leaving in the camera, Britney noticed the face of this handsome Chinese guy for the first time.
"Chris, do you have time to find a bar for a drink?"
"No, I have to catch a flight back to China."
Cao Xuan didn't realize what Britney was thinking. He was regretting that the commercial wasn't filmed well.
In fact, in his opinion, the last part is a bit redundant. If you just finish it and leave, the rhythm will be crisper and the effect may be more brilliant. However, the sponsor Pepsi disagrees.
To put it bluntly, he and Britney are both supporting characters in this commercial. The real protagonist is the small blue bottle. They don’t have to have a plot, but the shot of the blue bottle must be sufficient, so this paragraph must be added to echo it.
