On April 30, 1999, the 10th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards were held at Mr. Sun Memorial Hall.
[Best Mandarin Male Singer], also known as the king of golden songs by the media and fans, was won by Wang Lihong.
Mainland queen Naying was shortlisted for [Best Mandarin Female Singer], but lost to female singer Shunzi.
The mainland media cheered Naying, saying that she was the first mainland female singer to be nominated for the Taiwan Golden Melody Award [Best Mandarin Female Singer], and she had already made history.
But in fact, the award-winning Shunzi was actually born in Beijing. However, she went abroad with her mother when she was young and became a Chinese-American. Naturally, she cannot be considered a mainland female singer.
Similarly, although Wang Fei, a Beijing-born girl, was nominated for the Golden Melody Award as early as 1995, her career focus and place of origin are in Xiangjiang, so she is not considered a mainland singer by the mainland media.
During the 1998 Spring Festival Gala, Wang Fei and Naying sang "Meet Me in 1998" together, and the media publicity was all about the two queens from Hong Kong and Taiwan, and mainland China.
However, although Na Young made history, Cao Xuan and Ren Xianqi, who had huge sales last year, both failed to win the [Best Mandarin Male Singer].
Cao Xuan barely managed to get nominated for the "Best Newcomer Award", but Brother Xiaoqi didn't even get any. Cao Xuan even doubted whether Ren Xianqi was being targeted.
However, although Cao Xuan was nominated, he did not go to Taiwan Province.
After all, he was also the Album of the Year winner last year. If he competed for a Newcomer Award, he couldn't afford to lose that person.
What's more important is that you can't fight for anything.
Warner got the wind beforehand, and this year's Golden Melody Awards has nothing to do with him, a mainland kid.
Of course, if Cao Xuan wants it, there is still a chance for Warner to fight for it, but Cao Xuan is too lazy to win the Golden Melody Award.
Winning the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor can give you some credit for your acting skills, but being the King of Golden Song Singer neither proves your singing skills nor explains your sales figures. The quality of your songs is a matter for everyone.
Wang Lihong is the king of golden songs this year, but her current fame and album sales are not enough to match Cao Xuan's.
Therefore, Cao Xuan is really not particularly keen on song awards. The icing on the cake would be better, and it would not be a big disappointment if there is no such thing.
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Beijing, Baihua Recording Studio
"Has anyone ever told you that I love you?
Has anyone ever cried in your diary?
Has anyone ever told you that I care
Care about the distance to this city
…”
After returning from Hui Province, apart from a few commercial performances, Cao Xuan spent most of the rest of his days in the recording studio.
In the morning, I made the remaining accompaniment, and in the afternoon I started to trial-record the songs that had already been accompaniment, and slowly found my groove.
After recording twice, Cao Xuan was a little satisfied. He made a gesture in the recording studio and came out to drink water. Only to see Jiang Yue rushing into the recording studio with a newspaper in an angry manner.
"Look, these people are so shameless."
"What's wrong?"
Cao Xuan took the newspaper, which had Xie Feng's unruly face printed on it, and the eye-catching headline next to it.
"Xiangjiang's super popular new idol music scene is going strong, and the South and the North may face a formidable enemy"
After briefly browsing the reports, the main point is that Xie Feng recently released a new album "Believe", which sold well in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong media began to compare Xie and [Nan Ren Bei Cao] together.
"This trick looks a bit familiar."
Cao Xuan quickly realized that this was not the way he used to deal with Ren Xianqi.
Good guy, if you pay the patent fee, just copy it!
Cao Xuan complained, but did not take this matter to heart.
Binding and banging are the norm in the entertainment industry. During this period, many people took advantage of his popularity. He would get angry every one of them, and his blood pressure would reach 200 every day.
Furthermore, last year, [Nan Ren Bei Cao] became popular all over the country, and the music circles in Taiwan and Mainland China were very proud.
On the contrary, Xiangjiang, which had always been in an advantageous position before, was somewhat eclipsed in comparison.
Among the four kings who have swept the music scene, except for model worker Liu Tianwang, who still insists on being active in the music scene, the remaining three have begun to shift their career focus.
Guo Tianwang is committed to the film industry, Li Tianwang focuses on business and behind the scenes, and Zhang Tianwang is busy with global tours and musicals.
It has been foreseen that the era of the Four Heavenly Kings is coming to an end, so the Hong Kong music scene is eager to launch a successor to become the new king of Hong Kong.
Xie Feng is good-looking, has a huge network of connections from his father, and is favored by his boss and godfather, Boss Yang. He also has certain abilities, so he has naturally become a highly praised figure in the Hong Kong music scene.
However, for now, Xie Feng's influence is only in Xiangjiang. If he wants to expand to the whole of China, he needs publicity media.
And now in the entire Chinese music scene, [Nan Ren and Bei Cao] is the most popular in terms of popularity. If Cao Xuan were Xie Feng and the Hong Kong media, he would also choose to challenge them.
With the reputation of being the successor of the Four Heavenly Kings and the popularity of "Nan Ren Bei Cao", there is also a divorced Wang Fei as Plan C.
Xie Feng is not popular, I am sorry for the reputation of these people...
Manager Jiang actually understands this truth, but she is just not angry. In her heart——
Cao Xuan catches up with Ren Xianqi’s popularity (√)
Nicholas Tse and Cao Xuan (x)
Old double standard!
Seeing that Cao Xuan had no intention of condemning Xie Feng with his enemies, Jiang Yue looked at him with disdain and became a little uninterested, so she mentioned another thing that Cao Xuan was interested in.
"The Continuation of Journey to the West" sent him a role invitation.
When he played Ximen Qing in "Water Margin", Cao Xuan had accumulated feelings about the four famous works.
Previously, he once met director Yang Jie who was preparing for "The Continuation of Journey to the West" at CCTV and volunteered himself.
I don’t ask for any kind of role, just show off some scenes and make a cameo, which is enough to satisfy my wish.
Director Yang Jie really took note of this, mainly because of Cao Xuan's fame. Joining "Journey to the West: The Continued" will be good for the promotion of the TV series.
Therefore, director Yang Jie gave Cao Xuan a role with a small but significant role.
The strongest monster in the whole drama, Tathagata Buddha's uncle, the Golden-winged Dapeng who singled out the Eighteen Arhats!
Even when taking care of Cao Xuan's schedule, he didn't have to play the monster form of the roc, and directly transformed into the part where a man molests the peacock princess.
After all, the crew of "Journey to the West" focused on Cao Xuan's face. If they really wanted to put feathers on it and change it to a bird's head, they could just find any actor.
Cao Xuan recalled the scene of the golden-winged roc. Isn't this a different kind of Ximen Qing?
It's not even as good as Ximen Qing, the high-ranking official can get it, the roc bird is a licking dog, and the peacock princess doesn't want it...
However, "The Continuation of Journey to the West" originally had very few episodes, and there weren't many characters suitable for him. Overall, Dapeng is pretty good.
Cao Xuan wanted to play the role of Tang Monk, but other directors refused to do it.
It was just a guest appearance anyway, so Cao Xuan didn’t hesitate and just accepted it.
Ximen Qing, Dapeng Bird, and Cao Xuan play the four great masterpieces of Qi, which is half of the wish fulfilled...
