After they finished playing "Walking in the Snow in Search of Plum Blossoms", Zhou Yan took Wang Zuxian's hand and walked in the direction he came from, "Let's go shopping elsewhere, it will get dark soon."
Zhou Yan follows He has to go to other Neon cities to hold concerts, and Wang Zuxian is also busy with Shiseido advertising. There are not many opportunities to hang out together like today, so Zhou Yan doesn't want to waste time here.
After strolling around Ueno Park for a while, they still need to find a place to eat and enjoy the world together.
But the two of them had just taken two steps when a boy caught up with them.
"You two, please wait a moment."
Zhou Yan looked at the boy in front of him and recognized him as the musician responsible for playing shamisen.
“What did he say?” Zhou Yan asked Wang Zuxian.
"He asked us to wait a moment." Wang Zuxian replied to Zhou Yan, and then asked the boy in neon language, "What do you want?"
Beijiao was hearing the two of them. During the conversation, I heard that it was a Chinese person, and I raised my eyebrows in surprise.
Zhou Yan has just finished a concert in Tokyo, so now when he sees Chinese people, he will think of Zhou Yan.
"I would like to ask this gentleman, is there anything wrong with our performance?" Hojo asked.
"He asked you if there was anything wrong with their performance."
Zhou Yan shook his head, "No, your performance was very good."
This answer Hojo Just because he didn't believe it, the Chinese man shook his head several times in succession. Although the amplitude was not large, Hojo noticed it.
And just after "Walking in the Snow in Search of Plum Blossoms" ended, the two of them were about to leave, obviously dissatisfied with their performance.
The young and energetic Hojo Masaru was very unconvinced when he saw this situation, so he ran over specifically to ask what this man's "high opinions" were.
Although Zhou Yan did not understand neon language, he felt the young man's dissatisfaction. However, even though he was not convinced, the young man still remained polite.
This is also a characteristic of neon people. Most neon people, no matter what they think in their hearts, are very polite on the surface and will bow when speaking.
Zhou Yan also didn’t expect that the way he shook his head just now was actually captured by this boy. This also showed that the boy’s attention was too distracted.
It is not a good thing if the performer pays too much attention to the audience's reaction.
Many inexperienced musicians will have this problem when they go on stage. They care too much about what the audience thinks. As long as an audience member shows a reaction that they don't like, they will be very concerned about it.
So, for a performer, mentality is also a kind of talent.
Take Ma Dongfang as an example, that guy was average in his first grade, but he just dared to go on stage and express himself, and he was basically not affected by the audience.
There are many erhu players in the orchestra, and one of them, Liu Qin, is actually better than Ma Dongfang. At least during rehearsals, Liu Qin's playing level is higher than Ma Dongfang's.
But after Liu Qin got on the stage, it was as if he had been debuffed, and his performance had to be compromised.
Ma Dongfang is different. On the stage, he can basically show his usual level. Sometimes he may even perform beyond his level because he is more excited to face the audience.
So, in the end, Ma Dongfang defeated Liu Qin and became the band's erhu chief.
Things like mentality can be changed by going on stage more and accumulating experience, but the natural gap is sometimes difficult to make up for. Some people may go on stage a hundred times and still not reach the level of others. My mentality when I first went on stage.
"If sir, you have any ideas, please tell me, please."
As he said that, Hojo bowed to Zhou Yan again.
At this time, Hojo's classmates were still where they were, looking at him strangely. They didn't understand why Hojo suddenly ran over to stop these two people, and they didn't understand why he bowed to this man.
Zhou Yan sighed slightly. Although he knew that the young man in front of him might not really be sincere in asking for advice, he still couldn't help but said after receiving the courtesy, "What do you think of the song "Walking in the Snow to Seek Plum Blossoms" The performance is too stiff, basically a rip-off of the original song, but the orchestration of the original song is completely different from yours.”
Although Zhou Yan didn’t say anything in-depth, Hojo Masaichi heard it. You know this man knows music.
At this moment, the dissatisfaction in his heart also weakened a little.
“Can you tell me more about it?”
Zhou Yan looked at the time, then nodded, "Let's talk about the orchestration first. I saw you put the erhu next to it, but you didn't use it. This is the biggest failure of your orchestration selection this time. Without making major changes, , the main melody of "Walking in the Snow to Seek Plum Blossoms" must be embodied by bowed and stringed instruments. If the violin is not used, the erhu is a good choice. Secondly, the choice of the three instruments of shakuhachi, Xiao and Sheng is also very problematic. Among them. The primary and secondary relationship between the shakuhachi and the flute is unclear, which is a big taboo in orchestration..."
He talked so eloquently that Wang Zuxian was very tired. He kept asking Zhou Yan to speak slower, and there were some words that Wang Zuxian couldn't express yet. If you don’t know how to say it in neon language, you can only make gestures with your hands or use English instead.
Although Wang Zuxian's translation was poor, Hojo Masaru could basically understand what Zhou Yan said.
The more he listened, the more he felt that this Chinese person was of extraordinary skill.
Some of the issues mentioned by the other party are known to them, such as the issue of Erhu.
They also know that the erhu is very good, but today their erhu skills are not good enough, and the other people's erhu level is not high, so they don't force it.
As for the arrangement of shakuhachi, sheng and xiao, they can actually feel that it is inappropriate, but they don’t know how to change it for the better.
They have adjusted it many times before, but each time they failed to achieve the desired effect.
As for Zhou Yan's suggestion of modifying the music, they have thought about it, but they don't have the ability.
These students are all in the first and second grade. Hojo Masaru himself is a student in the composition department, but he is only in the first grade and can only write a short piece. He dare not touch mature music.
Modifying the music without authorization may make the music worse. He lacks ability and confidence.
Hojo Masaru swallowed and couldn't help but ask, "Sir, can you talk about how to change this piece of music?"
Zhou Yan glanced at Hojo Masa, but didn't say anything specific. How to change this piece of music, but it talks about something more basic.
“Today’s music creation is gradually moving towards an era of diversified development. When composers develop and explore new composition techniques, they begin to pay attention to more distinctive and personalized forms of expression.”
"Some composers began to pay attention to extracting new sounds from Western orchestras..."
As soon as Zhou Yan mentioned this, he unconsciously spoke faster. Wang Zuxian quickly raised his hand to shout, "Stop, stop, stop, third brother, you really treat me as a professional translator. Originally, I had to put effort into what you said." You understand, and you speak so quickly."
After being scolded by his girlfriend, Zhou Yan coughed slightly and slowed down, "The rich colors contained in traditional national instrumental music, and the folk music itself. The traditional culture and humanistic ideas have attracted great attention, so some Chinese composers have been studying some exploratory and innovative national instrumental music works since ten years ago. "
He adjusted his speaking speed very slowly. After finishing a paragraph, he asked Wang Zuxian, "Is this okay?"
"I'll try."
After Wang Zuxian finished translating, Zhou Yan said the next paragraph.
"National instrumental music is used in melody writing..."
As soon as he started speaking, a petite girl from the student orchestra came over.
"Hojo, what's wrong?"
Hojo was taking too long here, and the other members of the band were a little impatient, so they asked Ashikaga Taka Mako to ask what was going on.
Seeing Ashikaga Taka Mako coming, Hojo hurriedly explained, "This gentleman is a very powerful musician. He is giving me guidance on some problems that arise in our performance."
Ashikaga Takamako looked at the man and woman in front of him with great confusion. These two people were a bit strange. They were both wearing hats and scarves, and basically only their eyes could be seen.
The woman couldn't even see her eyes clearly, and the brim of her hat covered a lot of her eyes.
And this woman is dressed too strangely. She wears a leather jacket, a short skirt, and purple leggings. The contrast between the colors on her body is very big, especially her red hair, which looks fake at first glance.
But in front of others, she didn’t ask too much. She just said, “They are all waiting for you.”
Seeing the boy’s companions coming to him, Zhou Yan said with a smile, "How about we stop talking today, you still have things to do."
Hojo waved his hands repeatedly, "No, no, no, please continue."
Then he turned to Ashikaga Mako and said, "This gentleman is really powerful, you can also listen to it. ”
At this time, Ashikaga Taka Mako discovered that this man turned out to be Chinese.
Hearing what Hojo was saying, she didn't say anything because she also wanted to see how powerful this man was.
Zhou Yan smiled and continued, "Nowadays, some national musical instrument works have one thing in common in terms of melody writing, which is to try to break the folk music creation model based on the pentatonic structure as the basis of melody development, and strive to explore Possibility of modal expansion ”
After he said this, Wang Zuxian rolled her eyes. She didn't know how to translate this "pentatonic structure".
However, Hojo Masaru and the others were all majoring in music, so Wang Zuxian made a few gestures to get them to understand.
What Wang Zuxian doesn’t know is that this is just the beginning, and the hell difficulty is still to come.
The previous paragraph is just an introduction, and then Zhou Yan starts to talk about some specific technical things.
“Using the clear corners, transitions, leaps, transitions and other sounds in the pentatonic scale that are usually treated as 'partial tones' as independent melody backbone sounds is a method that is gradually emerging. Techniques used to expand the scope of modal application. ”
After hearing this sentence, Wang Zuxian was dumbfounded. This could not be translated at all.
What is Qingjiao, what is Bianzheng... and how should the backbone sounds be translated?
She herself cannot understand what these highly professional things are, let alone translation. mean.
Hojo and Ashikaga Taka Mako were listening to Zhou Yan's words, and then they both looked at Wang Zuxian expectantly, waiting for her to translate Zhou Yan's words.
Wang Zuxian held it in for a long time, and finally gave up and said truthfully, "My neon language is so bad that I can't translate the professional things he said."
Ashikaga Taka Mako heard that Wang Zuxian could not translate, and said quickly, "I know a classmate from China, and I will find him to translate."
"This..." Wang Zuxian turned to look at Zhou Yan.
“What’s wrong?”
Wang Zuxian told Zhou Yan the situation.
Zhou Yan frowned. He originally thought there was still time, so he decided to take some time to chat with them. If he found another translator now, it would take too long.
And an extra minute here means a little more chance of being recognized.
Seeing Zhou Yan hesitate, Hojo bowed to him again.
"Sir, I really hope you can tell us more, thank you very much."
Wang Zuxian's heart was even softer than Zhou Yan's, she tugged on Zhou Yan's sleeve, "Third brother , why don’t you tell them more, there’s nothing else to do anyway, let’s have dinner later in the evening.”
Hearing Wang Zuxian’s help, Zhou Yan nodded, “Okay, let’s wait for a while.” ”
With Zhou Yan's consent, Ashikaga Takamako quickly ran to find his Chinese classmates.
After Ashikaga Makoto left, Zhou Yan asked, "Which school are you from? Is it far from here?"
Hojo shook his head and said, "We are from the Toei Music Club. , the school is right next to it."
"Oh." Zhou Yan nodded.
Dongyi is a first-class art college, and their music department is quite famous. In terms of the ranking of music schools in the world, it is higher than the Central Conservatory of Music.
Moreover, it is a comprehensive arts college with a music department and an art department, and its international reputation is much higher than that of the Central Conservatory of Music.
Zhou Yan asked Hojo Masa some basic information and understood that they were all first and second grade students. No wonder their level was average.
And they should not be outstanding students in the school, otherwise, this level would not be justified.
No matter how good a school is, the level of students can be divided into high and low levels, and there is a big gap between them.
In fact, art colleges seem mysterious to outsiders and have high thresholds. In fact, they are not that exaggerated.
Take Yangyin as an example, even in the composition department, most of them are ordinary people. Unlike what many people think, those who enter Yangyin are all geniuses among geniuses.
It’s just that the musicians that ordinary people can see are all very powerful. After all, those who are not great are basically invisible. Even many ordinary musicians are unemployed after graduation.
Now in China, students from Yangyin are assigned jobs after they graduate. They are not worried about not having a job. However, if students from Yangyin are assigned to ordinary units, the upper limit is basically set. It is difficult to achieve great development.
First-class students will basically go abroad to seek longer-term development.
While waiting for the translation, Hojo took Zhou Yan to their band and told the students about the situation.
These students had never heard what Zhou Yan said before, so they were all a little confused. Is this person really as powerful as Hojo Masaru said?
However, when they learned that Ashikaga Makoto went to find a translator, their doubts were relieved a lot. If this person didn't have anything, there was no need for Ashikaga Makoto to go out of his way to find a translator.
While waiting, Zhou Yan was not idle and began to teach them how to use the orchestrator.
Because there were musical instruments on site, Zhou Yan didn’t need to explain too deeply, he just showed them the musical instruments.
He first picked up the erhu, played a piece casually, and then said, "I have made some changes to this piece, can you hear it?"
These students of Dongyi discussed it all, and all of them seemed very excited, because the section modified by Zhou Yan was obviously smoother than what they had played before.
It’s just that Wang Zuxian couldn’t translate some of the things they said.
“They talked about something like e flat, e reduction, etc., but I couldn’t quite understand it.”
Zhou Yan nodded, “Yes, e flat, e reduction, That is, the leap sound and the palace change. In the changes I just made, I used the juxtaposition of the leap sound and the palace change. My senior brother Tan Dun used this method before in "Nanxiangzi"..."
< br>“It’s better to wait until the translator comes to talk about this. If you say it now, it will be in vain.”
Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Tell them the juxtaposition, and they will probably understand it."
Wang Zuxian nodded and told them the juxtaposition. The students also nodded crazily. They also just now The discussion came to this point.
Then Zhou Yan began to demonstrate other passages to them.
About twenty minutes later, Ashikaga Taka Mako trotted over with a boy.
Arrived in front of Zhou Yan, Ashikaga Mako said breathlessly, "Sir, we have brought our translator, he is Chinese."
The boy was also out of breath, "Hello, I am Li Xun, Chinese."
Zhou Yan nodded, "Okay, please."
He pulled the first He played that paragraph again, and then said, "What is used here is the juxtaposition of leap sounds and palace changes. This way, we can use the partial tone leaps to generate new melody intervals. The intervals are increased by one degree and fourth degree, and the use of modes in the work is expanded." The scope makes it have pan-tonal and polytonal musical tendencies..."
Now that the translation has come, Zhou Yan did not waste time and started outputting frantically.
Li Xun started to translate for him before he could catch his breath.
After all, he is a music student, so Li Xun could understand what Zhou Yan said, and the translation was much smoother.
Especially those professional terms, if you are not a music student, you really can’t understand them if you change the translation.
From the beginning, Zhou Yan couldn't stop himself.
After talking about the expansion of modes, he started to talk about the synthesis of modes to these students.
“Using modal synthesis to expand the range of melody expression is also one of the methods used in some national instrumental music works. Let’s first talk about the synthesis of the same tonic mode, and use the method of the same tonic mode synthesis to expand the five tones. The modal tone sequence of the scale is commonly used to juxtapose a minor third above the tonic..."
While talking, Zhou Yan used musical instruments to demonstrate to them. Zhou Yan then told them about the non-vocal tendency of the melody and the complexity of the melody and rhythm.
After talking about the melody, he told these students about harmony techniques, such as the application of fourth-degree superimposed chords and second-degree superimposed chords, dense sound blocks, and longitudinal harmonization. The use of sound.
In fact, when it comes to the end, those students who are learning musical instruments can no longer keep up, and only Hojo, who is studying composition, can understand.
But it doesn’t matter if they don’t understand it, because Zhou Yan gave them a demonstration. He basically dissected the song "Walking in the Snow to Seek Plum Blossoms", and even improvised a melody for the shamisen in front of it, and Let Hojo Tadashi try it out.
As soon as Hojo got started, he found that it was indeed much better.
The melody Zhou Yan composed at random was much better than what they had carefully thought out.
It was like a ball of wool, it was so messy that Hojo could not find the end of it, but Zhou Yan smoothed it out with just a few clicks.
Later, the students looked at Zhou Yan with eyes full of disbelief.
This person is so awesome, and the teachers in his school are not that awesome either. Is Chinese music already so strong? Does anyone have such a level?
Isn't Zhou Yan a special case in China, but common?
After finishing "Walking in the Snow in Search of Plum Blossoms", Zhou Yan mentioned the skit the students had just played, "If you want to pursue dissonance, there is no need to mess around. You can try using three drums and then Add a dense sound block with a minor second reset from top to bottom, and the heavy and dissonant sound in the mid-bass area will make people feel oppressive. Maybe this can achieve the effect you want." br>
“Or, if you want to do something special, you can use sheng and zither to play sound blocks with uncertain pitches in the high and low ranges. The sound effect will be very sharp, but the risk is very high. Because this is beyond the scope of traditional harmony, but it can show a primitive and rough style."
After hearing what Zhou Yan said, Ashikaga Takamako licked his lips and said, "Sir, are you a music teacher?"
She looked at Zhou Yan with admiration on her face and stars in her eyes. Wang Zuxian couldn't help curling his lips when he saw the little girl's eyes.
Zhou Yan smiled and nodded, "Well, I am indeed a music teacher."
The students looked at each other.
Sure enough, this is the image of music teachers in their minds.
Taka Mako Ashikaga asked again, "Can I ask which school you teach at?"
Zhou Yan did not lie to them, and answered directly, "Composition Department of the Central Conservatory of Music."
Li Xun nodded and translated for him, "This gentleman is at the Central Music..."
Halfway through the translation, Li Xun suddenly realized something. He looked at Zhou Yan with wide eyes, "Teacher, you follow Is Zhou Yan a colleague? "
Compared to other students, Li Xun knows Zhou Yan and the Central Conservatory of Music better. He knows that Zhou Yan is a teacher in the Composition Department of Yangyin.
There are not many teachers in the Composition Department of Yangyin, especially those so young, so Li Xun was so surprised.
He stared at the exposed part of Zhou Yan's face carefully. The more he looked at it, the more he felt that these eyes were very similar to Zhou Yan's.
"Is your surname... Zhou?"
Zhou Yan said with a smile, "I can also be surnamed Lu."
This sentence is a bit nonsensical, and Neon people may not understand it, but Li Xun could understand it, because Lu Xun's surname was Zhou.
This person said that his surname could be Lu, which was equivalent to admitting that his surname was Zhou.
The surname is Zhou. He is so young and is a teacher in the Composition Department of Yangyin. At this moment in Tokyo, there are various signs that the person in front of him is Zhou Yan.
Li Xun was a little confused.
Just now he was reading in the dormitory, and Ashikaga Taka Mako suddenly came to him and said that he wanted him to help translate, and then pulled him over without any explanation.
On the way here, Ashikaga Takamako explained the situation to him, saying that he had met a very powerful Chinese musician and needed a translation urgently, and he was also very curious.
But Li Xunzai never imagined that this Chinese musician turned out to be Zhou Yan!
Hojo Masa and the others listened to half of Li Xun's translation, and then spoke several words to Zhou Yan. They were all a little confused and didn't understand what was going on.
"Li Xunjun, what's wrong?"
Li Xun glanced at Hojo Masaru, and then asked Zhou Yan carefully, "Can I tell them about this?"
"Okay." Zhou Yan nodded. He nodded, and then said, "But wait until we leave."
After saying that, he looked at his watch again, and it was getting late. He was delayed here for more than an hour.
"We are leaving now, you tell them."
Li Xun nodded, turned to Hojo Masa and the others and said, "This gentleman said that he has something to do and has to leave first."
Hojo Masa and the others were a little confused and didn't understand why this gentleman suddenly wanted to leave. , but they were too embarrassed to pester Zhou Yan anymore.
"Goodbye, sir."
Zhou Yan waved his hands towards them and said in vague neon language, "Sexy."
Wang Zuxian also smiled Waved goodbye to them, "Goodbye, classmates."
After saying goodbye, Zhou Yan left with Wang Zuxian.
Watching the two people walking for a long time, Hojo Masaru finally couldn't help but ask Li Xun, "Li Xun-kun, why did this gentleman suddenly leave? What were you talking about just now?"
Li Xun saw that Zhou Yan and the others had not disappeared, so he shook his head and said, "We'll talk later."
"Why do we have to wait a while?" They were even more surprised. They didn't know what Li Xun was trying to sell.
Li Xun did not answer, and kept looking at the backs of Zhou Yan and the others. It was not until their backs disappeared that he said, "Do you know who he is?"
"Who is he?" Ashikaga Mako asked.
“He is——Zhou Yan.”
As soon as these words came out, everyone present was stunned.
“You said he is Zhou Yan who held a concert in Tokyo two days ago?”
Li Xun nodded, “Well, it’s him. He asked me to wait until they left. Say it again.”
Hojo had an impulse in his heart and wanted to run over and catch up with Zhou Yan, but in the end he restrained himself. Since Zhou Yan said this, it meant that he didn't want to be disturbed.
“So, were we guided by Zhou Yan just now?”
“No wonder his music theory is so strong.”
“It seems that we played "Tap" "Xue Xunmei" attracted him"
"It should be"
"Why didn't we think that it was Zhou Yan just now?"
"Maybe it's because the lady next to him was dressed too strangely, so we didn't think about it in this direction at all."
>"That lady is dressed so strangely, could it be because she doesn't want to be recognized? Is she also a celebrity?"
"With such a tall height, could it be Joey Wong?"
"It's possible, isn't Wang Zuxian also in Tokyo?"
"Don't make wild guesses. It's not good to spread the word."
"Then what happened to him today, can we tell others?"
Li Xun thought for a while and said , "It should be no problem, he asked me to tell you."
"But if we tell people that we met Zhou Yan, I'm afraid others won't believe it."
"Haha, it doesn't matter. Well, this experience has been wonderful anyway, isn’t it?”
"It would be even better if we could take a photo together."
"I didn't expect that his teaching ability is so strong, and he is better than many teachers in our school."
"Yes. , they say geniuses are not good at teaching, but he doesn’t seem to have this problem.”
“If he came to teach me, I would definitely like to learn.”
“He teaches composition, but. Not for teaching flute.”
"But we also need to learn music theory."
"That's true. If he teaches it, I will definitely be better in music theory."
"..."
Hojo Just when he came to his senses, he clapped his hands and said, "Don't discuss it anymore. Hurry up and practice the passages that Zhou Yan adapted just now. You may forget them soon."
"That's right." , yes, write it down quickly.”
"Then when we perform in the future, should we write Zhou Yan's name in the author column?"
"Wouldn't it be bad? Others will think that we are deliberately trying to gain his fame."
< br>"But he helped to change these paragraphs. If I don't write them, it would be disrespectful and illegal."
"..."
"It's useless to think too much now. , we are not profitable.”
They also felt that Hojo was right, they were just practicing. Therefore, they didn't think too much and returned to their seats to practice the paragraphs that Zhou Yan had just adapted for them.
After sitting down, Hojo suddenly thought of something. He asked Li Xun, "Li Xunjun, do you know the erhu?"
Li Xun smiled and said, "You know a little bit."
“Can you help them play the erhu?”
“Okay, no problem.”
Hojo doesn't care about the level of the erhu player now. As long as there is an erhu around, he will be used to it if he can reproduce what Zhou Yan just said.
But they never expected that what Li Xun said was completely different from what they thought.
Although not as good as professional Erhu players, Li Xun’s Erhu is one level higher than the others here, maybe two levels.
Later, Hojo Masaru and the others no longer believed a little bit of what the Chinese said. As long as some Chinese people say they know a little bit, they will assume that they are great.
……
After Zhou Yan and Wang Zuxian left Ueno Park, they started looking for food nearby.
Although she was delayed for more than an hour by the river, Wang Zuxian was in a very good mood. She especially liked watching Zhou Yan giving lectures to the students. It was as fascinating to her as performing on the stage.
She held Zhou Yan's arm, "Third brother, I haven't even gone to the classroom to see you in class."
Zhou Yan said with a smile, "If you want to go, students I’m just looking at you, but I don’t have the time to go to class.”
“Maybe there’s a girl in your class who likes you, so you don’t want me to see you,” Wang Zuxian joked.
"Then there must be."
"Humph, I knew there was. The female student just looked at you and her eyes were straight."
"Are you jealous?"
< br>"No, my boyfriend is excellent, I should be happy."
Zhou Yan nodded and said seriously, "Yes, classmate Xiaoxian, you have a very good ideological consciousness. Keep it up, what shall we eat? ?”
Wang Zuxian thought for a while and said, "Let's go eat tempura."
......
The next afternoon, when Zhou Yan was packing his luggage and preparing to go to Nagoya, Zhang Youan came to see him .
"There have been some changes regarding music licensing."
Zhou Yan pulled up the box and looked up at Zhang Youan. There was no sadness on Zhang Youan's face, so it shouldn't be a bad thing. information.
"What change?" Zhou Yan asked.
“They are not satisfied with just getting your music license, they also want to invite you to be their spokesperson.” Zhang Youan said.
"Me? Spokesperson?" Zhou Yan said in surprise.
"Why are you surprised? Although you don't have many roles, your face is still well-known. They hope to pay three million Hong Kong dollars to get the authorization for "The Street Where the Wind Lives" and your endorsement. "
Zhou Yan smiled, does Shiseido have such a soft spot for the number three million? He said it was three million. Doesn't this three million make him feel uncomfortable?
However, this price is indeed very high. Even excluding the song licensing fee, there are still two hundred and dozens left, which is more than Shiseido's endorsement fee for Wang Zuxian.
The endorsement fee that Joey Wong received from Jiuniang Sake was 3 million, but the fee he signed with Shiseido the year before last was 2 million.
The 3 million that Wang Zuxian paid for Jiuniang is already a record for foreign stars in Neon. If Zhou Yan's 3 million is included in the endorsement fee, it will tie Wang Zuxian's record.
It can be seen from this that Shiseido really values Zhou Yan very much.
“After accepting this endorsement, I want to shoot an advertisement for them?”
"That's for sure, otherwise I can give you three million, and they are very anxious. It sounds like they want you to shoot with Wang Zuxian this time."
Zhou Yan said in a deep voice, "Then I have to Look at their advertising plan."
Zhang Youan smiled. Zhou Yan was indeed different from others. Faced with three million endorsements, he actually wanted to see their advertising plan immediately. Hear what he meant. , if the advertising plan does not satisfy him, he will not accept the endorsement.
Being Zhou Yan’s manager is indeed full of happy worries.
Actually, Shiseido is not the first brand to seek endorsement from Zhou Yan. Neon has approached several brands before, but the prices are not high, basically more than one million. Compared with Shiseido The gap is huge.
If Shiseido hadn't really given him a lot, Zhang Youan wouldn't have mentioned this to Zhou Yan. At this stage, it would be better for Zhou Yan to accept fewer endorsements. After all, Zhou Yan is not a film and television star, and he still has to rely on other channels to make money.
More than one million, that is, Zhou Yan holds a few concerts.
Although several concerts are more tiring than shooting commercials, they are safe. As for endorsements, if there is a problem with the brand, Zhou Yan himself will be affected.
Many film and television stars rush to earn money from endorsements after being named, which can easily lead to problems later.
Of course, shooting advertisements is not without its benefits. If the advertisements are well shot and the brand is good, it will have a positive impact on Zhou Yan.
Especially this time, Shiseido also requested the authorization for "The Street Where the Wind Lives" and also promoted the song to Zhou Yan, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.
"Okay, I will communicate with Shiseido and ask them to show you the script of the advertisement. If the script is okay, I personally suggest that you accept it. This is not your first time. Wang Zuxian should be quite suitable for the role."
Zhou Yan nodded, "Well, let's read the script first" (End of Chapter)