China Entertainment 1997

Chapter 55 The smoke-filled August music scene (23)

When Cao Xuan got money, the first thing he did was to pay off his mortgage.

As for the money borrowed from various parties when making the album, it was repaid with dividends after the album was sold.

This is a habit that Cao Xuan has developed with his parents since he was a child. As long as he is carrying debt, he will always think about it and feel uncomfortable.

Cao Xuan, who is debt-free and light-hearted, now has extra money on hand, and he continues to invest in real estate in addition to setting aside some spare money.

This time Cao Xuan did not buy a courtyard house.

It's not that he gave up the goal of hoarding Siheyuan, but now that he is famous, Siheyuan is in the market and the confidentiality is too poor.

As an artist, it doesn't matter if you live there occasionally, but it's not suitable as a daily residence.

Of course, there are courtyards with both privacy and confidentiality, but Cao Xuan couldn't find the right one for a while.

All that can be found are public property and cannot be bought even if you have money.

Cao Xuan did not buy a house in the inner four cities this time. Instead, he chose to buy a fully furnished apartment in Haidian to use as a cunning rabbit's den.

In fact, Cao Xuan originally wanted to buy it in Chaoyang, but later he felt that Chaoyang was too mysterious, so he changed it to Haidian.

The location of this apartment is pretty good, not far from the Old Summer Palace, and only about half an hour's walk from Beijing University and Shuimu. It's very cultural.

Three bedrooms and two living rooms, with a total area of ​​about 190 square meters. Including deed taxes and miscellaneous expenses, Cao Xuan spent almost 800,000, which is equivalent to 4,200+ per square meter.

Twenty years later, even including depreciation, this price will be almost 15 to 20 times...

However, Cao Xuan didn't plan to sell it. He bought this house to live in. What he valued was the tight security of the community. Many professors from Peking University and Mizuki lived here, and the big guys gathered here, so ordinary people couldn't get in.

The apartment is still in the soft decoration stage, and Cao Xuan has not moved in yet.

In addition, he is used to living in Dashi and does not plan to move completely. When the apartment is renovated, he will live in both apartments alternately, whichever is more convenient.

In addition to buying himself an apartment, Cao Xuan also moved [Fanxing Studio] to another home.

As Cao Xuan became popular, the studio had to deal with more and more things, and the original few people were not enough, so [Fanxing Studio] recruited more people, and the entire studio expanded to 10 employees.

When there were more people, the original small yard was not enough, so Cao Xuan rented a larger yard, which was near the original address, which saved a lot of time for moving.

Cao Xuan's personal team has also expanded.

Zhang Chong officially resigned from his position as bodyguard and driver, who had never worked for a day, and became Cao Xuan's full-time assistant.

The newly arrived retired soldier Zhu Jiang is responsible for driving and security work.

This Zhu Jiang was a talent that Cao Xuan found after many connections. He was a scout and had served as a guard in a certain department. He was extremely skilled, had a steady and taciturn character, and was trustworthy in terms of character.

Hu Ya, the former secretary, is now his administrative secretary. She is basically responsible for coordinating Cao Xuan's work in the studio.

In addition, there is an agent, Jiang Yue, who is in charge of the overall team and is also the general manager of Fanxing Studio.

There are currently five key tasks in the studio -

① Follow up on all aspects of the album. Needless to say, this is the most important thing.

②Cao Xuan’s commercial performance is also the main source of income from his current job.

③Continue to pay attention to the progress of the two crews that have signed contracts.

④Publicity invitations from variety shows and media regarding Cao Xuan.

⑤ Negotiate endorsements.

Commercial endorsements have always been an important source of celebrity income, and the studio naturally knows this. Ever since Cao Xuan became famous, there have been related companies and products that want to be endorsed by Cao Xuan.

However, Cao Xuan, who knows the industry well, is very cautious about endorsement issues. There are too many tricks here, which has deceived waves of celebrities.

Therefore, he set rules for Jiang Yue. It is better to have less than too much endorsements. He will never accept medicines and finance, and he must be cautious about other products.

Even if you don't make this money, don't make a fuss.

For this reason, the endorsement fees Cao Xuan just pushed out were almost enough for him to buy another courtyard house.

But Cao Xuan didn't feel bad.

A gentleman loves money and gets it in a wise way. Some people take money out of luck and cannot sleep at night.

Due to strict control, Fanxing Studio is still negotiating for an endorsement deal with only instant noodles with a unified black pepper beef flavor.

Although Cao Xuan personally prefers Master Kong, he does not reject Tongyi.

But the unified price was too low, 1 million for two years. Cao Xuan wanted 2 million for two years, and the guarantee was also 1.8 million.

The psychological price gap between the two parties is currently quite large, but fortunately both parties have the intention to continue the negotiation.

Since then, let's sit down and talk slowly and see if we can finally reach conditions that satisfy both parties.

In addition to unification, Wahaha’s pure water is also interested in seeking Cao Xuan’s endorsement.

However, their budget for spokespersons is limited, and the bid is lower than the unified price, but it is signed once a year.

Fanxing also sent people to contact Wahaha, but Cao Xuan was not very interested in him. After all, he didn't want to be replaced decades later and then be pointed at his nose for being too old.

Even if he signed the contract, Cao Xuan should increase the price and discuss business.

………

While Cao Xuan was busy with commercial performances and endorsements, time slowly came to late August.

Despite the impact of the disaster, "Starry Stars" still maintains strong popularity.

"Fairytale" and "Twilight" are still firmly in the top two, and "Run" has gradually broken through the suppression of "Conquer" and rushed to the top three many times.

Except that the top four remain unchanged, the songs below the rankings are constantly changing.

"Autumn Never Comes Back" was once pushed out of the top ten, and "Angel Wings" also dropped from fifth or sixth to eighth or ninth.

Today, in addition to "Coward" in June, Huang Lei's single "I Think I Am the Sea" was released in the top ten of the list in July.

Later generations of Fatty Huang were at the peak of their appearance. He had acted in movies and released albums. He was considered a relatively rare multi-talented artist in the Mainland.

It is worth mentioning that the heroine of Huang Lei's "I Think I am the Sea" MV is his future daughter-in-law Sun Li.

This routine somewhat coincides with Cao Xuan...

In addition, also on the list are Li Wen's "365 Days of Missing You" and Peng Jiahui's "We Met Too Late".

In January this year, Li Wen released a new album "Di Da Di Hint" and sales were booming.

Although it is not as good as Cao Xuan's "Stars" and Naying's "Conquer", it still ranks third in annual sales and first in Taiwan Province.

It can be said that Li Wen, who has already half-stepped into the queen of the world, has basically succeeded in ascending to the throne of the queen of the Chinese music industry with this album.

Li Wen, who is striking while the iron is hot, released a new album on August 1st. "365 Days of Missing You" is the title song of the album.

At the same time, this song is also one of the episodes in the animated movie "Lotus Lantern".

The other two songs from the animated film "Lotus Lantern", "Heaven and Earth Are in My Heart" and "Love is Just One Word", ranked 17th and 12th respectively on the list, and were sung by Liu Huan and Zhang Xinzhe.

For an animated movie alone, this theme song and interlude singing lineup is basically unprecedented.

As for Peng Jiahui's "We Met Too Late", it is a classic representative of one person and one song in the music industry.

It was just launched in early August, and it quickly rushed to the top five, and fiercely impacted the top-ranked games "Conquer" and "Run".

It can be said that the entire ranking is now in a mess.

But overall, "Stars", which firmly occupies the top 14 seats in the rankings, still maintains an absolute advantage.

The total sales of the entire album have also reached an astonishing 1.1 million+, and it is expected to hit 2 million by the end of the year.

However, with Ren Xianqi's upcoming new album, the real test of "Starry Stars" is about to come...

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