Chapter Twenty-Seven: Marching the Grammys

On January 17, the album sales of "Phoenix-First" have exceeded 8.5 million, and he deserves to be the strongest newcomer of the year. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Moreover, the sales have only been more than three months, and the follow-up potential is still very sufficient, and according to the current sales prospects, it can easily exceed 10 million. Some media called the album "the world's fastest-selling pop album--- with 2.04 million copies in the first week and 3.39 million copies in the ninth week. However, Xu Canhao and others are worried about the printing of the album. At the beginning, BMG's 8 million orders had long been sold out, and the two no longer cooperated, and took back the right to produce and distribute the album, which was exclusively sold by Baiwen Company. The company does not have its own production capabilities, outsourcing to manufacturers, but none of them are willing to accept Baiwen's orders. Daisy then realized that her father had made a move. Xu Canhao received a share of BMG's sales of more than 19 million US dollars (a single share, which is a pie in the sky for new singers), which Daisy worked hard to fight for him. And Daisy herself, that is, Baiwen Company itself, did not get a penny. Daisy approached his uncle, and the two reached an agreement to allow BMG to master the post-processing, press and promote the song, design the cover, and use its sales network for distribution. Baiwen Company was not able to do this, but only recorded the master tape to BMG, and the money to be paid to BMG offset the production costs of Baiwen Company. If Xu Canhao leaves Baiwen at this time, then Daisy will become nothing.

Xu Canhao only paid ROC-A 700,000 yuan for the production of the MV, but if you count JZ's singing fee and the cost of appearing in the MV, it will reach more than 1.8 million. However, JZ, who understands Baiwen's current situation, did not mention this fee, which can be regarded as a friendship star. In private, I asked Xu Canhao in a joking tone, if Baiwen can't go on, I hope he can come to his own company. Xu Canhao didn't refuse directly, but told him about Daisy and some of his own thoughts, and JZ never mentioned it again. Seo Chan-ho discussed with Daisy and decided to cooperate with JZ's company to continue releasing the album, anyway, the MV special was also handed over to their company, and I believe that the studio will not even refute the face of an old record company like PriorityRecords (ROC-A was attached to this company at the time). Then, Xu Canhao transferred all 15 million to the company's account, and kept the rest of the money for his own backup, originally wanted to buy a car, but unfortunately he was depressed for a long time because he was not old enough. In his previous life, he liked the Dodge Raider very much, and now he can buy it, but he can't open it, so he can only stare dryly.

Xu Canhao sat on a bench in the court, holding a vanilla milkshake in his hand, watching the field staff communicate with the extras. Director Martin is explaining the points of attention to the whole MV to Natalie, I believe that this is not difficult for Natalie, but her good professional habits and cultivation make her still listen carefully to the director's management and requirements for expressions. Xu Canhao took off his hat and looked at Natalie's handsome signature on it, 'People are like their words!' Xu Canhao couldn't imagine that Natalie, a girl who dances ballet, can still dance such a handsome hiphop. When the two met, Xu Canhao was rehearsing with extras, Natalie joined the dance troupe with her own familiarity, and danced with Xu Canhao in style, and soon she was able to cooperate extremely skillfully, making Xu Canhao praise her for her good body coordination.

When Xu Canhao was bored and thinking here, Martin over there also ended his ear and face, and was beckoning everyone to get ready to start the machine. Natalie walked up to Xu Canhao and said, "No wonder you sing so well in love songs, it turns out that you will miss girls whenever you have time." Well, it seems that I can't take you too seriously in the moment, lest you fall for me, I don't like children. Knowing that she was joking, Xu Canhao stood up, glanced at her and said, "You are too self-righteous, Miss Natalie." He walked around her, passed by, and whispered in her ear, "Also, I don't like little girls either." With that, his eyes sprinted over her chest. Xu Canhao will never suffer in front of girls, and the field must be recovered.

Natalie, who is about to become an adult, is also a bold and does not admit defeat. His hands wrapped around Xu Canhao's arm like a snake, "Oh, is it? Then we'll see which of us falls first. Xu Canhao smiled and turned his head to look at Natalie, who was as tall as him, and said, "asyouwish." (as you wish)"

The two separated to shoot in the mall first, and as soon as Natalie came on the stage, the crowd of onlookers around them whistled. Compared to Seo, not many people know his identity, and some onlookers even questioned his existence with humiliating words (there are some racists who are always hostile and contemptuous of Asians, and are better to South Korea, followed by Japan). Seo Chan-ho ignored those people and watched Natalie perform with a blank face, learning her expression management. After the shot, start filming the dance part inside the bowling alley. During the filming of the two, they teased each other from time to time and were constantly called cut by the director, Martin scolded but couldn't scold, so he was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks, so he could only persuade the two of them not to perform too much. The two snickered and quietly glanced at each other, and Natalie naughtily spat out her pink tongue at Xu Canhao and said, "You won." Your eyes are indeed fascinating, and there is such a small moment that is indeed mesmerized by you. Xu Canhao pretended to be affectionate and slowly stretched out his hands, making Natalie stunned. Xu Canhao held her face with both hands, which made Natalie panic for a while, and he used his two thumbs to open Natalie's golden bangs and said, "I was almost fascinated by you too." Xu Canhao paused, looked at Natalie who was a little confused, and couldn't help but smile and said, "It's also the first time I've seen a human with such a wide forehead, haha..." Natalie came back to her senses and glared at the hateful fellow, stomping on Xu Canhao's toes with her heel, crushing her hard. Natalie watched Xu Canhao's face gradually turn the color of pig liver, then she stopped, clapped her hands and said, "You don't have to say so tactfully next time you want to die, otherwise you won't die so happily, you know?" Xu Canhao helped her to jump on the spot, and Director Martin covered his face with a script and sighed.

After having some fun, the two took serious filming and quickly finished filming the MV. Seo Chan-ho invites her to dinner, but Natalie refuses. She has to go back to review her homework and memorize the script, Star Wars is about to start filming, and she is about to go to Los Angeles to shoot her scene. I hope that Xu Canhao can come at the premiere, and he will be invited at that time. Xu Canhao agreed, the two embraced, and separated in the parking lot of the mall. In the evening, I had dinner with the director and production staff, which was the end of all the MV shooting, and now only the post-editing and production remain.

By the end of January, all the music videos had been produced, just waiting for the release of the tablets. However, Xu Canhao still decided to bundle this MV special. In other words, as long as you have bought two of the tapes, records and CDs, you can get them for free, and the printed ones will be packaged with the records and sold as gift packs, but the price will not change. Daisy has no objections, which not only wins the favor of those who have already purchased, but also stimulates later sales. After the Grammys are finished this time, regardless of whether they win awards or not, they will start to work on the peripherals of the album. After a rare free time, Xu Canhao went to Uncle Simpson's house, where he hung up the phone to his family, asking them to wait for the good days of February and surprise them. Then he discussed some website matters with Simpson, because he and Uncle Xu both studied computers, and hoped that he could operate it with him. Simpson listened to Xu Canhao's analysis and prospects of the future network, and said a lot of ideas for video websites and dating sites, and excitedly immediately called his former classmates and invited them to come to New York and start a business together. After the financial tsunami of '98, the U.S. economy is in turmoil, and even New York, a cosmopolitan city, has many people losing their jobs every day. Although Simpson does not belong to this list, staying in that dying-dead accounting firm every day makes him almost have a nervous breakdown. Xu Canhao told him that he could contribute one million first, which was almost all his remaining property, which shocked Simpson for a moment. Xu Canhao hurriedly explained the source of the money, saying that he was Phoenix, and showed him the photo with JZ in his wallet to make it clear. Now Simpson was more confident, and immediately took out his meager savings, ready to get a domain name tomorrow. Xu Canhao has been in contact with him for a year, believes in his character, and finally asks him to help him find information about Google. He wants to invest as a shareholder at an early stage, or come up with an idea, no matter how bad it is, he can also cooperate with the website in the future.

Xu Canhao nests comfortably in ROC-A every day, so that JZ always nagged in his ear, saying that he was a wild child who had no home and couldn't go back, and he was too wronged by Daisy. In fact, it is because there are too many paparazzi squatting outside Baiwen Company, and every time he does it, he is like a thief, sometimes taking the back door to climb the stairs, or simply taking the fire ladder on the outer wall. It's great to be at ROC, to have food and shelter, to be able to dance with black dancers, to learn rap from JZ, or to learn all kinds of musical instruments from bands, and it's so nice to have fun every day. It wasn't until February that Daisy was in a hurry to pull him around for sponsorship, make clothes, and prepare for the Grammys. Originally, he was going to rent a car, but when Xu Canhao heard it, he waved his hand, cheekily and directly relied on JZ, wanting to take his extended Rolls-Royce. JZ said yes, asked him to pay for the car, and by the way, the last acting fee was also settled, as well as the accommodation fee for this paragraph, otherwise there is no need to talk about it. Of course, it was a joke, he just wanted to tease Xu Canhao, and when Xu Canhao used all kinds of means, he was so annoyed that he couldn't do it, so he pretended to agree like a charity.

In the early morning of February 20, the two groups took a special plane to Los Angeles, and then stayed at the Ramada Wilshire Hotel arranged by the organizing committee. Daisy walked back and forth in the room, explaining the award process and precautions to Xu Canhao, who was being taken care of. Xu Canhao, who was wearing light makeup foundation, held the list of appearances in his hand, as well as the introduction of personnel, and silently muttered in his heart. 'Looks like it's been a battle this year!' The biggest winner is probably "Titanic", which seems to remember winning many important awards before. However, it's important to participate, as long as you can show your face, it's very good. Although Xu Canhao thought so in his heart, he actually wanted to win the award. Looking at the handsome man in the mirror, the boy couldn't help but smile with satisfaction. All of his own looks were designed by himself, and after he took the clothes back and tried them on, it was really glamorous, so shocked that JZ and Daisy sighed again and again, and made JZ want him to partner in a clothing company.

The bangs of the hair are permed into large waves, which are carefully pulled to the side by the stylist one by one and hang down in front of the eyes. The sides of the hair are cut very short, and the hair on the top of the head allows the stylist to texture layer by layer. He was wearing a long suit made of dark blue silk, which looked like a fluorescent blue-black deep sea under the light. The inner base is a long-sleeved V-neck T-shirt spoofed by Xu Canhao, and the print on it is the side face of him and JZ when they grin, glaring at each other. The pants were white washed jeans with a wide leather belt with large brown spikes tied around the waist. He wore printed ankle boots from Dr. Martens and a Yankee baseball cap tucked behind his pants. Xu Canhao pulled the bangs in front of his forehead in the mirror with satisfaction, but thinking that today was just a rehearsal, this outfit could only be left for the catwalk, so he reluctantly took it off again and changed into casual clothes.