When Nakamori Akina talked about her childhood, she acted very calmly, without the expected sadness, as if she was telling someone else's story.
Nakamori Akina's mother loved to sing very much, but she gave up her dream of singing for the sake of her family. Nakamori Akina's singing talent was inherited from her mother.
Her mother recognized Nakamori Akina's talent, so she arranged for her to study ballet with her sister at the Yokoyama Akiko Modern Ballet Studio when she was very young, and she also learned singing at the same time.
These studies laid the foundation for her later acting and singing.
Their family's economic conditions are not very good, and with so many children, their life cannot be very good.
In order to improve the life at home, Nakamori Akina began to participate in "A Star Is Born" when she was thirteen years old. However, she failed the first two times. It was not until 1981, when she was sixteen years old, that she sang "Dream" by Yamaguchi Momoe. "The Insider" received the highest score since the show was launched.
After her debut, she initially followed the innocent and cute route like most female idol singers, but she did not develop very well.
It was not until later that she changed her style and took a mature route, with more alto and bass sounds in her songs, that she became more and more popular among fans.
It was also because of her change of course that she transformed from an idol singer to a powerful singer.
"In those few years, I was really happy. The family's economy improved a lot, everyone had more smiling faces, and my mother was also proud of me."
It can be heard that Nakamori Akina misses the period when her career was just beginning to develop, but she has no feelings about her life at the peak of her career.
This is also human nature, because when people are on the rise, life is the most promising, and they are looking forward to the future every day.
But after reaching the peak period, this motivation will disappear and life will lose its purpose.
Whether a person's life is happy or not often has nothing to do with how many things he has obtained.
If you want to be happy, you must have something to look forward to every day.
Therefore, it is best to make progress step by step. If the development is too fast, problems may easily occur.
At this time, as his fame grew, he encountered more and more problems in life.
There are six children in their family, and they are all about the same age. It is destined that their family's situation will not be simple.
Because she became famous and could earn more money, she had to bear a lot of financial burden on her family.
Although money is nothing to her, it is difficult to find a sense of existence in such a family.
This is probably why, after her mother passed away, she severed ties with the family.
However, from her words, it can be heard that she is not completely unmoved by her family. At least she is very affectionate towards her little sister.
"Now I am satisfied as long as I can sing on stage occasionally. As long as there are fans who like me, I will keep singing."
For her, what can support her to move forward now should be the stage and fans.
The stage is the only place where she can find her self-worth now, and her fans are also her most important connection.
Her life was so decadent before because she not only lost family and love, but also slowly lost her stage and fans.
Later, the song "Snow Flower" saved her.
Akina Nakamori looked at the children not far away who were playing with fireworks excitedly, and suddenly smiled, "Thank you, Teacher Zhou."
Zhou Yan smiled and said, "You said thank you too much today."
"I promise, this is the last thank you I say to you today." Nakamori Akina tilted her head. She felt that now was the most relaxed moment for her in recent years, and she didn't have to think about anything.
After a while, Akina Nakamori suddenly asked, "Teacher Zhou, do you want to listen to music?"
Zhou Yan smiled and nodded, "Of course, do you want to sing?"
Akina Nakamori pushed the left side of her hair behind her ear, exposing the entire side of her face.
She didn't say what she was going to sing, but just prepared a little before speaking.
"You have a free hand and hold me through the night
In the palm of two hands, there is a whole vast sky
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It is the Chinese version of "Snow Flower". Compared with the previously officially released version, Nakamori Akina's pronunciation is much better at this moment, and her pronunciation is better when she sings than when she speaks. After all, she has sung this song many times, and the lyrics Very familiar.
As soon as she finished singing a sentence, Zhou Yan couldn't help but sigh.
She deserves to be called the original singer, her talent is really strong.
In the mid-bass range, the quality of her voice is really good, and the timbre is very nice.
This kind of voice is most suitable for singing eloquent love songs.
Even without any skills, her performance in the mid-bass range can win her a large number of fans, not to mention that her skills are also very good, fully worthy of the title of singer.
Her performance in the last two lines was still solid, but what surprised Zhou Yan was that after she sang "If I can only live this day", she switched to neon language.
Zhou Yan wouldn't be surprised if it was just switched to neon language. The problem is that the next two lines she sang are different from the neon language version of the lyrics.
Although Zhou Yan couldn't understand the neon language, he had listened to the neon language version of this song many times, and when he was recording the song, he still listened to it sentence by sentence.
Of course he remembered that these two lines were not sung like this at all.
And it's not just a little different, it's completely different. It's obvious that she changed the words on the spot.
But only the last two sentences were different. After that, she switched back to the Chinese version, and the lyrics remained the same.
When it came to the second time, it was still the same, and the lyrics of these two sentences were changed to neon language.
In addition to the changes in the lyrics, Akina Nakamori was obviously too happy when she sang this song today.
Although the lyrics of this song do not express the sadness of love, but they also express memories and longing. Akina Nakamori's emotions at the moment are obviously not suitable.
However, the emotion of singing cannot be static, and the singer must have his own interpretation.
When she finished singing a song, Zhou Yan smiled and clapped, "It sounds very good, a little different from the version in the recording studio."
Akina Nakamori lowered her head, her expression a little shy, "Do you think it sounds better than the one in the recording studio?"
"I can't say which one sounds better, but I definitely like this version better today, Ah Zhi..."
Zhou Yan suddenly sneezed. After they got out of the car, his clothes had been draped on Nakamori Akina. However, because he had just gotten off the car and was busy playing with fireworks later, it was not very cold.
But now, sitting here and listening to Akina Nakamori talk about a lot of past events and sing another song, the heat in Zhou Yan's body has almost disappeared.
Seeing Zhou Yan sneezing, Nakamori Akina quickly took off her clothes and said, "I'm sorry, Teacher Zhou, I'll give you back your clothes."
Zhou Yan waved his hand, "You need it more." In comparison, Zhou Yan wore much thicker clothes, and he was a man and could withstand it.
As Nakamori Akina was wearing, it was impossible to hold on without his coat. Especially her exposed calves made her feel cold.
"How about we go back? We've delayed you for a long time." Nakamori Akina suggested.
Zhou Yan looked at the time and said, "Since we have been outside for so long, let's wait a little longer for New Year's Eve. We will see a wave of fireworks soon. However, we can wait in the car first."< br>
It's really cold outside. They've almost finished playing with the fireworks anyway, so there's no need to get cold outside.
Akina Nakamori nodded, "Yeah."
……
The two returned to the car and suddenly felt much warmer.
"Want to listen to music?" Zhou Yan asked.
"What music is there?"
Zhou Yan opened the big box containing the tapes and rummaged through it.
The car he drove out today is a new Passat. It comes with a cassette player as standard, and he usually keeps some cassettes in the car.
These tapes were prepared by the driver, probably to cater to Zhou Yan. Most of them were Zhou Yan's works, and some were classical music.
Zhou Yan wanted to find one that was more popular, but he didn't see it at all.
However, Akina Nakamori saw the middle album "Mysterious Excess" and said with a smile, "Otherwise, just listen to this."
"This? The mysterious kingdom?" Zhou Yan asked.
Akina Nakamori nodded, "Well, that's it. This is the album I listen to most at home."
"Mysterious Country" should be Neon's best-selling pure music album in recent years. Even if the limited scope of pure music albums is removed, it is still the best-selling album.
And even after so many years, the sales of this album are still very impressive every year, and it makes it to the list almost every year.
It can be said that this album is responsible for half of Zhou Yan's career in Neon.
Compared with the earliest "Piano Boy", "Mysterious Country" is obviously more popular in Neon.
For many neon fans, this is their first musical love.
If Zhou Yan only released "Piano Boy", to them, Zhou Yan would be just a relatively good musician, but it would be different if he released "Mysterious Country". Fans have already distinguished him from ordinary musicians. .
The characteristic of this album is the oriental style, which is grand and melodious and full of mysterious flavor.
Zhou Yan has actually not listened to this album for a long time. Now that he is reviewing this album, he suddenly thinks of the time when he was filming "Heaven Replies".
"Heaven Replies" is the first time that he has written a soundtrack for a film on his own, and it is also a work that truly makes a mark in the field of film scoring.
The album "Mysterious Country" appeared because when "Reply from Heaven" was filming in Tiananmen Square, they met the film crew of Yanjing TV Station.
It was because he knew that Yanjing TV Station was going to make a documentary about the Forbidden City that he thought of producing songs such as "Memory of the Forbidden City", and finally the album "Mysterious Country" was created.
In a blink of an eye, five or six years have passed. Time flies so fast.
His thoughts returned to the past along with the notes, and Zhou Yan fell into memories. It was not until the previous two songs were played that Zhou Yan came back to his senses.
When he came back to his senses, he found that Akina Nakamori had fallen asleep leaning on the passenger seat.
She hugged Zhou Yan's coat tightly, leaned her head on the back of the chair, and faced Zhou Yan's direction.
Akina Nakamori was sleeping, her brows were relaxed, not tightly frowned like usual.
Although she is thirty-one years old, she still looks like a girl of about twenty years old, and the years have not left many traces on her face.
Zhou Yan discovered for the first time that Nakamori Akina's neck was very beautiful, slender and smooth. Perhaps because of the hot air blowing in the car, her white and tender neck showed a little pink.
"Can anyone fall asleep here?"
Zhou Yan shook his head secretly. He didn't expect that Akina Nakamori could fall asleep listening to an album like "Mysterious Country". This album was very magnificent.
Maybe she does listen to it at home often, but she always listens to it before going to bed.
Zhou Yan reached out to turn down the volume, then took his coat out of Nakamori Akina's hand and covered her body.
However, because she was leaning on the seat and because of her petite figure, the clothes could not be hung on her shoulders, so Zhou Yan thought of wrapping her up in a coat.
He first tucked the clothes on the side closest to him under Nakamori Akina's arm, and then stood up to tuck the clothes on the other side under.
But just as he stood up and was about to stuff his clothes, he found Nakamori Akina opening her eyes.
At this time, his head had just reached in front of Nakamori Akina. As soon as Nakamori Akina opened her eyes, the two of them faced each other, very close to each other.
Zhou Yan clearly saw that Nakamori Akina's face turned red all of a sudden. The redness first spread from her cheeks, then spread to her entire face, and finally to her neck.
Nakamori Akina's neck was originally white and pink, but now it has turned red.
"You..." Akina Nakamori opened her mouth.
Zhou Yan quickly said, "Don't get me wrong, I just..."
But before Zhou Yan could finish speaking, Akina Nakamori raised her head and kissed Zhou Yan.
The distance between the two was so close that the tip of the nose was only a punch away. Nakamori Akina didn't have to put any effort at all. She just raised her head slightly and kissed Zhou Yan's lips.
Suddenly being kissed by Nakamori Akina, Zhou Yan was stunned. He didn't expect that things would turn out like this.
After Akina Nakamori kissed Zhou Yan, she made no further moves. She just pressed her lips against Zhou Yan's, but she didn't step back either.
Zhou Yan didn't move. At first, he stared at Nakamori Akina's eyes with wide eyes, but when Zhou Yan looked at her, Nakamori Akina closed her eyes in embarrassment.
After closing her eyes, Nakamori Akina's cheeks turned even redder, and even her lips were burned. Zhou Yan could clearly feel the temperature coming from her lips.
Zhou Yan could also clearly feel the hot breath coming out of her nose.
This heat suddenly seemed to rush into Zhou Yan's mind, making Zhou Yan confused for a while, and he began to give a little response to Akina Nakamori.
He only gave a little response, and Nakamori Akina seemed to be completely ignited, and she immediately hugged Zhou Yan's neck. (End of chapter)