When Zhou Yan came out with the phone in his arms, he found that a neighbor who was visiting to say goodbye to the New Year had already arrived in the living room.
After saying hello to the neighbors, Zhou Yan took his brothers and sisters out to set off fireworks.
There will be a lot of people coming to the house soon, and their place is not big, so it is really crowded, so they might as well go out and play by themselves.
The younger brothers and sisters have grown up, and Xiaojiu is already a teenager, but they still like to set off fireworks.
They not only play by themselves, but also play with other children in the yard.
The children of the Zhou family have all grown up, but the children in the yard are like rice, growing up one crop after another. Every year when I come back, I can see children of all ages.
However, as time went by, the children's names for Zhou Yan and the others also changed.
Zhou Yan remembered that when he first came back that year, Xiaojiu introduced him to everyone as their brother, and most of the children in the yard also called him brother.
But this year, many more people call him Uncle San. Among their contemporaries, many children have been born in recent years.
Those people who call him Third Uncle naturally call Xiao Jiu Ninth Aunt or Ninth Aunt.
Zhou Yan was also very impressed that these children have really good memories and so many people can remember them.
In addition to the children playing behind him, Zhou Yan also discovered that there was a teenage boy in the yard, following Xiaojiu as if he were a flower protector.
In fact, when Xiaojiu was very young, she was followed by a bunch of boys of the same age. Because she was pretty and smart, she was especially looked after by the boys.
Her sisters are all very beautiful, and all of them have been liked by boys since childhood.
But the boys who like Xiaojiu the most are because this girl is very good at understanding people's hearts, and she has several faces when meeting people of different age groups.
After setting off fireworks with his brothers and sisters until after ten o'clock, Zhou Yan asked the driver to take him back to his residence.
The villa built by Zhou Hong has not yet been completed, and Zhou Yan still lives in the house left by his mother when he returns to Jinling.
Although he is not at home, people often come to take care of the house. Zhou Yan does not need to worry about it. He can move in directly when he comes back.
When he got home, Zhou Yan first burned incense for his mother, and then sat on the sofa in the living room with a book to read.
He turned on the TV in the living room, which was playing the Spring Festival Gala. He occasionally looked up while reading.
At this time last year, he was waiting to go on stage in the studio. He was not invited to this year's Spring Festival Gala, but many TV stations invited him to record Lantern Festival gala and other programs, but he turned them down. He still had to go home during the New Year.
At eleven o'clock, the phone rang in the living room. Zhou Yan turned sideways and picked up the phone: "Who is this?"
The woman opposite said in English, "Can't you hear my voice?"
Zhou Yan frowned. The voice coming from the phone was so distorted that he couldn't tell who it was.
But he could probably guess it, because there weren't many women he knew who spoke English, and there were even fewer who could call at this time.
"Maria?" Zhou Yan asked.
"Haha, you guessed it right, it's hard to make a call today."
“It’s difficult to make overseas phone calls. How do you get my home phone number?”
"I asked Zhang for it. The mobile phone I called you didn't get through, so I asked him for his number."
"Oh, that phone is dead."
His mobile phone received too many calls today and the battery ran out, so he stopped charging it. On the one hand, he was lazy, and on the other hand, he didn't want to receive any more calls.
Too many people know that phone number, and many people I don’t know very well also made special calls today to wish me well.
No matter who calls, as long as they know each other, they will inevitably have to exchange a few words.
Everyone should not chat for too long. One or two minutes will take Zhou Yan a long time throughout the day.
Today's mobile phones also have a relatively short battery life, and they run out of power after not being able to answer many calls.
In fact, his mobile phone has text message service, and you can send blessings to him through text messages, but not many others have mobile phones that can send text messages, so they can only make phone calls.
In a few years, as the text message service becomes more popular, fewer people will call to send blessings, and everyone will start editing group text messages.
Zhou Yan remembered that every New Year's Eve in those years, communication companies made a lot of money from SMS business.
"You called me right now. What's the matter?" Zhou Yan asked.
In fact, he hasn't contacted Mariah Carey for some days. He was quite surprised when he suddenly received a call from Mariah Carey today.
"Nothing special, I just want to say Happy New Year to you."
Zhou Yan glanced at the clock on the wall and smiled, "It's a bit too early to say Happy New Year. Next year will be next year in an hour."
"Then why don't we just talk until tomorrow."
Zhou Yan smiled, did not pick a fight, and asked instead, "Are you busy recently?"
"I'm preparing my new album, but everything is fine, not particularly busy. You know, what really makes people anxious is not work, but life, especially a bad marriage."
Mariah Carey has officially divorced her husband. It can be seen that she is in good condition after the divorce.
After the divorce, she also had time to worry about her new album.
Her divorce was a big deal before, but now it's finally cooling down.
Fortunately, Zhou Yan goes to the United States relatively rarely, otherwise the scandal between him and Mariah Carey would definitely be even bigger.
"Then I wish you success in advance with your new album."
"There are still two songs for the new album that have not been finalized... Actually, I was just trying to tell you about this."
"Uh... how about you put "People Like You" in the new album?" Zhou Yan suggested.
"Someone Like You" was released as a single, and now it is included in the new album, which is completely routine.
Although this is considered trivial, most people do it.
"I've already put it in, but I still want new ones. In fact, I listened to the songs in your new movie and I really like them."
"Songs in the new movie?" Zhou Yan asked doubtfully, "Are you talking about "allofme"?"
"Space Traveler" has not been released in the United States. Mariah Carey should only be able to hear the song "All of Me" sung by Celine Dion, so Zhou Yan made this guess.
Mariah Carey said, "No, I watched the whole movie and listened to all the episodes."
"Did you watch the whole movie? Where did you watch it?"
"I asked people to buy the CD of "Space Traveler"."
Hearing this, Zhou Yan couldn't help but roll his eyes.
"Space Traveler" hasn't been released yet, and there's no CD at all. What Mariah Carey can buy must be a pirated copy.
Zhou Yan was also convinced. In order to watch a movie, Mariah Carey actually asked someone to buy her a pirated CD all the way from China. The key is, she must also know that it is pirated.
"The movie has no translation and no subtitles. How did you watch it?"
"The plot is hard to understand, but I can understand the music. There are many good songs in it, such as that one..." Mariah Carey didn't know the name of the song, so she sang, "How long will I love you..."
Zhou Yan nodded, "This is the theme song of "Abouttime", and the name is the first line of the lyrics."
"I guessed it right." Mariah Carey laughed, "Can I cover this song and put it in the new album?"
Zhou Yan smiled. Maria called him during the Chinese New Year. It seemed that she wanted to invite him to sing.
He thought for a while and said, "You'd better not cover this song, because the male singer who sang this song should develop in Europe and the United States."
"Yeah, that's a pity, I like this song very much." Mariah Carey felt a little regretful.
"I can't give you this song, but I can make you sing another song."
"Which one?"
"bleedinglove."
"Bleeding love?" Mariah Carey's tone was full of confusion. She didn't know which song it was.
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"Let me think about it..." Zhou Yan recalled the part of "bleeding love" selected in the movie, and then started humming.
Mariah Carey immediately remembered, "There is this song, I have an impression, but it is too short."
"Bleeding Love" did not appear in "Time Traveler" for a long time, and it is definitely not comparable to "How Long Willi Love You".
In fact, there are too many episodes in "Space Traveler", most of which don't last long, and many of which pass by in a flash.
The song "Bleeding Love" was also recorded by someone from China, and only a short section was recorded.
Today, Mariah Carey called to ask for a song. Zhou Yan felt that "Bleeding Love" suited her very well, so he decided to sing this song to her.
Because Zhou Yan's "singing skills" were average and he only hummed a short paragraph, he didn't give Mariah Carey any surprises. In comparison, she definitely still liked "How Long Willi Love You".
"Can you sing the whole song for me?" Mariah Carey asked.
Zhou Yan smiled and said, "I can't sing well, so let's wait until I go to Yanjing and find someone to record a complete version of the demo for you."
"When will you go to Yanjing?"
"It should be sixteen days later."
Zhou Yan plans to celebrate the Lantern Festival at home before setting off for Yanjing.
Mariah Carey was a little anxious when she heard that Zhou Yan would not return to Yanjing until half a month later, "That's too long, I can't wait."
"Are you in such a hurry for your album?" Zhou Yan asked doubtfully. From her tone just now, it was clear that she was not in a hurry.
If it comes to a new album, Mariah Carey is definitely not in a hurry. She still has a long time to prepare. According to the plan, the new album will not be released until the summer.
But she was worried about the long nights and dreams. What if something unexpected happened in the past half month?
And she was really anxious to hear the song.
"How about..." Mariah Carey thought for a while and said, "I'll go find you."
Zhou Yan curled his lips, "You definitely can't come to me in these two days. There are still visa procedures to go through, and if you want to find me, you can only come to Yanjing. It's not convenient to record anything here. Otherwise, I will do it tomorrow I’ll send you the score and you can sing it yourself.”
Mariah Carey has the ability to read music, and she can sing just by giving it to her.
"That's okay. Have you finished writing the lyrics?"
"Well, it's written. By the way, when will your new album be released?"
"It should be July or August, what's wrong?"
"Nothing, just asking. I want to see if my movie will be released in the United States when your new album is released."
"When will your new movie be released here?"
"That's probably about that time."
"That's good, I can also promote the movie for you. Haha, don't worry, I will definitely promote the movie for you on various occasions later."
"You should have helped me promote the movie more to make up for your mistake of buying pirated CDs."
Mariah Carey laughed even harder, "When the movie is released, I will definitely pay for your movie tickets...I won't be the only one to watch it. I will book a few shows for my friends to watch."
"I think you can just sell the album and give away movie tickets later."
Zhou Yan was just joking casually, but Mariah Carey actually considered it very seriously, "It's definitely not possible if we send it directly. Many fans may not be willing to go, and we can't afford it."
Movie tickets are not cheap either, so buying an album and getting a ticket for free is definitely not cost-effective.
"I was just joking." Zhou Yan said.
Mariah Carey continued to say seriously, "You can't give it away directly, but you can draw a lottery. As long as you buy the album, you can draw a lottery. Let's increase the winning rate to one percent... Isn't it a bit low? If it is ten One... will this activity be troublesome? ”
Zhou Yan smiled and said, "You don't have to do this. You can just help me with more publicity."
This kind of activity seems simple, but without a complete system, it is very troublesome to operate, and it is also easy to make mistakes. Zhou Yan thinks there is no need to do it.
The most important thing is that the effect may not be very good.
Too many tickets are given away, and the cost is too high.
If you give away less, you don’t care. The publicity effect will not be achieved.
If we have the funds and energy, we might as well use other publicity channels.
If it were more than ten or twenty years later, this kind of linkage activity would be relatively simple. Just make a small program to draw a lottery. It is completely online, which is simple and not prone to errors.
"When the movie comes out, do you want to come here to promote it?"
"I probably won't be doing publicity, at least not specifically to promote the past. But I may go there in the first half of this year, because I also have to score "Titanic"."
"Oh, yes, you are composing the soundtrack for this movie. This movie should have been shot for a long time, hasn't it been finished yet?"
"No, it should take some time."
Mariah Carey's words also reminded Zhou Yan of the lack of money on "Titanic".
Earlier, Zhang Youan went to talk to Fox about investment, but they kept silent and there is no news yet.
Zhou Yan was not in a hurry, but it felt a pity to miss such a good opportunity.
"When you come to the United States, remember to tell me in advance that I will treat you to dinner."
"I'm not necessarily going to Los Angeles or New York."
"It's okay, just tell me in advance."
"Okay." Zhou Yan nodded in agreement.
The two chatted for about five or six minutes before Mariah Carey hung up the phone. It was obvious that she was bored today and wanted to chat with Zhou Yan for a while, but Zhou Yan was worried about the phone bill. (End of chapter)