When Cao Xuan got up the next morning, he saw Zhang Chong with a slumped face. When he asked, it turned out that the national football team had lost again.
Iran 4:1 China.
The national football team, which was already in crisis, was pushed to the edge of the cliff. If they wanted to qualify, they had to defeat Qatar at home. The moment of a last-ditch battle had arrived.
Zhang Chong still hopes that the national football team will come back to life in more than ten days. Cao Xuan doesn't know what to say. I hope he can hold on then.
They took out the leftover steamed buns from last night, soaked them in hot water, and put them in Wangcai Laifu's dog bowl. Cao Xuan and Cao Xuan locked the door and left. They found a place to finish their breakfast, made a meal, and went straight to Baihua Recording Studio.
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Cao Xuan has been to several recording studios in Beijing, but his favorite is Baihua Recording Studio.
So this time I put the location where I will create my new album, it happens to be close to home, and it only takes 10 minutes to meet up.
After a while, when they arrived at the place, Cao Xuan asked the front desk for a recording studio.
In fact, Cao Xuan wanted to rent one for a long time at Baihua Recording Studio. Later, he inquired about the price and found that it was affordable, but he still felt that it was not cost-effective and planned to wait until the official recording time.
As for Cao Xuan's new album, we have almost selected the songs, a total of 10 songs. In addition to 5 relatively mediocre songs, Cao Xuan also prepared 5 hits that will be the album's title songs.
The first song, "Autumn Will Not Come Back".
Previously, it was defeated by "Ten Thousand Reasons" when releasing a single, but this time Cao Xuan arranged it into his first album.
The second song "Angel Wings".
Cao Xuan personally likes this song very much. Its situation is similar to Wang Feng's "In Spring". The original song was only a small hit, but later it was sung by an amateur Xidan girl and became popular all over the country.
The third song "Running".
Yu Quan's masterpiece is a representative example of inspirational songs. It was ranked among the top ten songs in 2003. It is also the only song in Cao Xuan's new album that is not a love song.
The fourth song, "Twilight".
Known as the pinnacle of love songs in the Chinese music scene, it was one of the hottest songs in 2000. If Liang Jingru's "Courage" hadn't been so abnormal, it might even have topped the list.
The fifth song, "Fairy Tale".
The hottest song of 2005, one of the most popular, it topped the class song charts, was a tear-jerking song, and brought countless memories to the generation born in the 1990s.
These five hits are almost all in the top ten or top twenty of the year. "Dusk" and "Fairytale" are even more popular and can enter the annals of Chinese pop music.
Just picking one of these songs can support the success of an album. If five songs are put together into one album, Cao Xuan doesn’t know what will happen.
But he's looking forward to it!
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The workload of releasing an album is much greater than that of a single, and Cao Xuan wants to shoot several MVs this time, which will also take a certain amount of time.
Not to mention, in the middle, Cao Xuan had to take on a commercial role, coordinate with the work of "Water Margin" and "Love to the End", plus Chinese New Year and other miscellaneous things.
The finished album will probably have to be released after April next year.
This is still a conservative estimate. If there are any changes in the middle, it may have to be pushed back.
This time around, Cao Xuan prefers to produce the album on his own. In terms of distribution, he will cooperate with a major record company. His old friend Lan Qi can subcontract him for radio promotion work.
Now, Jiang Yue has released the news on behalf of Cao Xuan, and many record companies have come to negotiate.
These include the previously mentioned CP International and another large and medium-sized mainland record company. Several major giants are also interested in cooperating with Cao Xuan. The most active ones are Rolling Stone and Sony.
Rolling Stone Records was very sincere and specially sent a vice president to Beijing, but Cao Xuan was hesitant about the strength of Rolling Stone.
The Rolling Stones are undoubtedly the giant record company in Asia, but currently most of their influence is in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia, and they have not made much plans for the mainland market.
In contrast, although Sony has just entered mainland China, it is clearly preparing to delve deeper into the mainland market.
Whether it is signing a number of well-known mainland singers and musicians, contacting and building their own media resources, or strengthening channel sales links, etc.
Sony's hard power in all aspects impressed the pragmatic Cao Xuan more than Rolling Stone's repeated emphasis on its past glorious achievements.
In addition, Liu Huan, who is both a teacher and a friend, also joined Sony in September, which made Cao Xuan's heart increasingly tilt toward Sony.
However, no matter which company we cooperate with, it would be inappropriate to do so in Cao Xuan’s personal name.
So Cao Xuan planned to open a personal studio to systematically manage his work and things.
Then I got stuck on naming it.
Zhang Chong suggested calling it "Shanhe", which was simple and domineering, but Cao Xuan thought it was too vulgar and rejected it.
Jiang Yue thought of "Poetic Beauty", but Cao Xuan thought it was too effeminate and rejected it.
Cao Xuan himself came up with the idea of "flying on grass", which was lively and playful, but Jiang Yue and Zhang Chong jointly opposed it.
The three of them held it in for a few days, and finally Jiang Yue asked her mother, a university professor, to give her a name that everyone recognized.
【Stars】
Fan: many, meaning prosperity.
Star: refers to the stardom and future of Cao Xuan or the studio.
The stars can be understood to mean that Cao Xuan will become more and more popular in the future and the company will develop better and better.
The meaning is good and easy to remember, so [Fanxing Studio] was successfully launched. However, it will take some time before it is officially established, and Jiang Yue is going through the formalities.
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Cao Xuan tried out the sound in the recording studio for a long time, and then made a short accompaniment of "Autumn Will Not Come Back" with the sound engineer and reverberated it to see the effect.
The next day, Cao Xuan and Jiang Yue went to "Jingcheng Metropolis Daily" for an interview. Cao Xuan had done similar interviews several times and was already familiar with it.
But this time, a reporter from "Jingcheng Metropolis Daily" asked a slightly provocative question.
"What do you think about "10,000 Reasons" now lagging behind "Too Soft" in major music charts?"
"10,000 Reasons" became popular in July and officially broke out of the music industry in August. It surpassed "Heart Is Too Soft" to reach the top of the charts and topped the major domestic music charts, where it remained for several weeks.
Since then, the two songs have competed fiercely on major music charts. It was not until late September that "10,000 Reasons" fell slightly behind. By mid-October, "10,000 Reasons" was slowly declining in popularity and was
"Heart Is Too Soft" began to be suppressed.
Against this background, the reporter clearly had bad intentions when asking this question, hoping that Cao Xuan would say harsh words if he was dissatisfied with "Heart Is Too Soft".
If two popular singers are at odds, then they won't have to worry about selling the next issue of their newspaper.
Cao Xuan is not stupid, and he will definitely not go as the reporter intended.
Instead, he praised "Heart Is Too Soft" and added a few words about how we are all musicians, friendship comes first, competition comes second, and we must work hard to jointly create and promote a better future for the Chinese music scene, thus answering the reporter's questions.
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Cao Xuan thought that this would be the end of the matter, but within two days Jiang Yue gave him a copy of the "Jingcheng Metropolis Daily", which contained his interview report, but the title was -
"Nan Ren Bei Cao, the collision of the new generation of singers from both sides of the Taiwan Strait"
Cao Xuan: "???"
When I opened the newspaper, I saw that the previous interview was okay, but the reporter completely misinterpreted the last question.
Cao Xuan brushed off the rest of his words, focusing on the word "competition", calling Ren Xianqi and Cao Xuan the representatives of the new generation of singers in the mainland and Taiwan.
And the two songs "Ten Thousand Reasons" and "Heart Is Too Soft" were attached to the back with their fierce performance in the charts in the past few months, creating a situation of confrontation between the two sides between the north and the south.
"This is just trying to hype up Ren Xianqi and me."
Cao Xuan saw through the trick behind this report at a glance, but Jiang Yue was eager to give it a try.
"Whether it's speculation or speculation, it's like Tan and Zhang competing for supremacy in Hong Kong in the 1980s and the Four Heavenly Kings in the 1990s. Only when there is competition will there be topics."
"I'm not opposed to hype with Ren Xianqi."
Cao Xuan had a headache: "The key is to be big and attract people. After all, I just have a single now, and they insist on labeling me as the representative of the mainland music scene. What do you want other singers to think?"
Jiang Yue also realized the seriousness of the problem and panicked: "How about I find a way to find someone to suppress this matter."
"Probably useless."
Cao Xuan shook his head and said: "Jingcheng Metropolis Daily is not a small newspaper. It has probably spread now. When other newspapers and media see the hot spots, they will also rush in. It cannot be suppressed."
"Then what should we do? We find other newspapers to speak out?"
Jiang Yue was a little anxious, but Cao Xuan was still stable: "I'm afraid it's too late, so you should contact me first, then check the wind direction outside, and then take another step to check."
