Zhou Yan was talking to the museum museum. A staff member came over and said to Zhou Yan, "Miss Shizuka Kudo is outside, do you want to be released?"
Hearing that Shizuka Kudo was outside, Zhou Yan was a little surprised.
Zhou Yan knew that the museum was going to have a concert. His management company, Yoshimoto Kogyo, had communicated with Zhou Yan in advance.
So after arriving at the museum, I went directly to the backstage to say hello to Zhou Yan.
But Shizuka Kudo was coming, but Zhou Yan had no idea at all.
"Is she alone?" Zhou Yan asked.
“Yes, she is the only one.”
“Not even security personnel?”
“No, but we have sent people to protect her. She is still being interviewed by reporters in the crowd, and it will probably take a while before she can come in."
Zhou Yan nodded, "If she wants to come, just let her go."
Since people are here, they naturally want to meet each other. The scene must be acceptable and it will have no impact on Zhou Yan.
If he didn't let Shizuka Kudo come in today, there would be a lot of news in the future.
With Zhou Yan's agreement, the staff nodded, "Okay, I understand."
After the staff left, the museum museum owner also asked curiously, "Kudo Keika came to the scene, why didn't you come in advance? Do you know?"
"I don't know." Zhou shook his head.
The museum manager secretly sighed, Shizuka Kudo is really rebellious, she must have come directly without telling the agency.
Kudo Shizuka is an idol singer. Usually, the management company of these idol singers is very strict. For concerts like this, whether to attend or not will be decided by the management company.
If Kudo Shizuka’s agency knew about this, they would definitely communicate with Zhou Yan in advance.
"Mr. Guanbo, do you know Kudo Shizuka?" Zhou Yan asked.
“We have met before, but we don’t really know each other. Our age gap is too big, and I haven’t been in the music scene for a long time.”
Guanbo also worked as a singer before, but his performance was average. Now he mainly shoots some TV series. It is really difficult to interact with idol singers like Kudo Shizuka.
The two chatted for a while, and then the Museum Exhibitor left. He came over just to say hello and didn’t want to delay Zhou Yan for too long. Besides, Zhou Yan was quite busy before the concert started.
After the museum left, about half an hour later, Zhou Yan was tying the royal guard he bought at Sensoji Temple with Wang Zuxian last time to the bamboo flute.
Many people like to tie various pendants on the bamboo flute, but under normal circumstances, Zhou Yan would not tie things on the bamboo flute because he thinks the tied things swing around unsightly.
But since Wang Zuxian asked him to tie it, he made an exception.
As soon as he tied up the guard, there was a commotion at the door of the backstage lounge.
When he looked up at the door, Shizuka Kudo had already walked in surrounded by several staff members.
Seeing Zhou Yan, Shizuka Kudo's eyes lit up and she walked over quickly.
"Mr. Zhou Yan, nice to meet you."
The reason Kudo Shizuka is an idol singer is naturally because of her good looks. It is said that Mao Lilan in "Detective Conan" is based on Drawn by Shizuka Kudo.
Although Zhou Yan doesn't know if it's true or not, looking at the hairstyle, Mao Lilan does look very similar to Kudo Shizuka, with their long hair parted to the side.
Maybe it’s because the staff are not very tall, so when Kudo Shizuka came in just now, Zhou Yan felt that she was quite tall. But when he got there, Zhou Yan stood up and realized that Kudo Shizuka was not tall yet. To the tip of his nose, this was despite the height of her heels.
Remove the heel, Kudo Shizuka should just reach Zhou Yan's chin.
The neon translator next to him translated Kudo Shizuka's words to Zhou Yan. Zhou Yan nodded and replied, "Nice to meet you, Miss Kudo Shizuka."
"I can talk to you. Do you want to take a photo?”
This is not an excessive request. Zhou Yan nodded, "Of course there is no problem."
As soon as the photographer with the group came over, Kudo Shizuka walked up to Zhou Yan and hugged his arm, smiling. looking at the camera.
When the group photo ended, although Kudo Shizuka let go of Zhou Yan's arm, the distance did not widen.
Because she was standing too close, she looked up at Zhou Yan.
“Actually, the last time you held a concert in Tokyo, I wanted to go, but I was working in Fukuoka at that time and couldn’t go.”
"Well, you must be very busy at work." Zhou Yan put the bamboo flute into the box and took a step back to distance himself from Kudo Shizuka.
Then he waved to the staff of Daifeng Entertainment. When the staff came over, he asked, "Are there any reserved seats in the front row?"
Why did the staff , "All the reserved seats have been arranged."
They will reserve some seats for every concert just to deal with such emergencies, but it is impossible to keep the tickets until now, The concert will start in a moment.
Shizuka Kudo waved her hands, "No, no, I bought the tickets in advance."
Zhou Yan was just being polite. Hearing what Shizuka Kudo said, he nodded, "When you come back next time, let me know in advance and I'll have someone leave a ticket for you."
"Okay, I'll wait a few days later. If I have time, I will definitely go there.”
“Thank you for your support.”
The two chatted for a while, and Fang Xiu came over to ask Zhou Yan for the last time. Prepare.
Kudo Shizuka saw that Zhou Yan was busy and very sensible, so she took the initiative to leave.
After saying goodbye to Zhou Yan, Kudo Shizuka went to the hall.
Arrived in the hall, Kudo Shizuka was a little surprised, because there were already two people sitting in the first row before her.
A man and a woman, still quite far apart.
She knew the man among them, who was the actor Guan Bo. The other woman was wearing a hat and scarf, and the light in the front room was so light that she could not see clearly her appearance.
She glanced at the woman twice more, then walked up to the museum, bent down and said hello, "Hello, senior museum museum."
"Well, hello, Ms. Kudo, you are also here to attend the concert today."
"Yes, I came here because I have no work today."
"You must be very busy recently." Get busy.”
“It’s okay, I was already busy some time ago.”
……
The two chatted for a while, and Shizuka Kudo couldn't help asking, "Senior, do you know that lady?"
The museum shook his head with a smile, "No, when I came , she had already arrived, maybe she was Zhou Yan’s friend or someone from the organizer.”
“It’s quite mysterious.”
After a while, the band began to slowly walk onto the stage. After getting ready, the audience outside began to check in and come in, so Shizuka Kudo went to find her seat and sit down.
The seat she bought herself was also in the first row, but it was on the edge and not in the center.
At 6:55, Zhou Yan came on stage early and said a few words, and then the concert officially started.
There is nothing complicated about the series of concerts, and the process is basically the same. The repertoire of the regular time performances has been printed on the program list in advance, so it cannot be changed easily.
The difference is that they are all encore songs later.
However, Shu Nomura, who had been following Zhou Yan, discovered something different, that is, the bamboo flute used by Zhou Yan for this performance actually came with a pendant.
Most people can't find such details at all, because it is very normal to hang things on bamboo flutes.
Even if some people at the scene have watched the Tokyo show before, they will not pay special attention to this.
But Nomura Hide is a journalist and is inherently more sensitive than the average person. Moreover, he knows Zhou Yan better than the average neon person. He knows that none of Zhou Yan’s bamboo flutes have pendants on them.
Show Nomura has watched many videos of Zhou Yan’s previous performances, and without exception, there are no pendants.
There is always a reason for a person's habits to change.
Such details may not mean that something special happened, but Nomura Shu still kept it in mind. He kept staring at the pendant, wanting to see what it was.
However, he was sitting in the middle, some distance away from the stage, and could not see clearly what the pendant looked like.
It looks a bit like a guardian...but I'm not sure.
If a guard is really killed, it can be considered news that can be written. After all, this is also an element of neon.
Kudo Shizuka kept staring at Zhou Yan without moving her eyes.
Originally, when Zhou Yan held a concert in Tokyo last time, Shizuka Kudo was planning to go there, but the company didn't allow her to go, so she didn't go.
But Kudo Shizuka is obviously not a good girl. This time Zhou Yan was holding a concert in Nagoya, and she came here secretly without telling the company.
Shizuka Kudo’s rebellion has always been a headache for her agency.
When she was still in the group, she often had problems.
Once on the show, the host asked her if there was anyone she hated in the club.
Normally, when faced with such a problem, even if there is someone they hate, most people will not say it directly. However, Kudo Shizuka is different from ordinary people and directly names the person he dislikes. came out.
Their girl group has a cute and pure style. Of course, the company also hopes that Shizuka Kudo can maintain the same style, but Shizuka Kudo completely ignores this. Her makeup and dressing style are bolder, and even her "bad style" "It also caused many neon young women to follow suit.
In the end, the company had no choice but to take Shizuka Kudo out alone and let her fly solo.
After her solo career, Kudo Shizuka's development entered the fast lane. In just a few years, she became popular in Neon's home country, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
She went to Xiangjiang and Taiwan to hold a concert for the first time, and it was even more lively than Zhou Yan's previous "Piano Boy".
The tickets for "Piano Boy" were sold out near the start of the concert, but the tickets for Kudo Shizuka's concert were basically sold out within one day of release.
Kudo Shizuka previously expressed her admiration for Zhou Yan in front of the media, but the company didn't care because Zhou Yan is now quite famous in East Asia. Being able to have something to do with Zhou Yan may help Kudo Shizuka break into the markets of Hong Kong and Taiwan. It's helpful, and I might be able to use it to enter the market in mainland China later.
But Shizuka Kudo said she wanted to come to the concert, but the company disagreed. After all, Shizuka Kudo was not a newbie, so it would not be good for her to take the initiative to go there without receiving an invitation from Zhou Yan.
Shizuka Kudo insisted on coming today because she heard that Zhou Yan played the new song "Drinking the Water of the Yangtze River Together" during the encore of the last performance. After arriving at the scene, she also found that the live performance was better than listening to a CD because Zhou Yan's appearance was very eye-catching.
People say she is an idol singer. She thinks Zhou Yan should be an idol musician. In her impression, there seems to be no such good-looking composer.
She had met Ryuichi Sakamoto before, but face to face, Zhou Yan was better.
……
Shu Yan performed five songs in the Tokyo show. This time, he did not favor one or the other in the Nagoya show. He also arranged five encore performances. The last one was still the new song "Together". Drinking Yangtze River Water".
When the five encores were over, the audience still enthusiastically gave an encore, and then Zhou Yan led the musicians to leave.
The whole process is nothing special.
But there was still some special episode. When Zhou Yan took Ma Dongfang and Yue Lin to the stage for the sixth time, Kudo Shizuka suddenly walked up holding a bouquet of flowers.
Under normal circumstances, Zhou Yan's concerts do not have a flower-laying part. Previously, some audience members wanted to go on stage to lay flowers, but the staff would stop them and explain the situation.
But today Shizuka Kudo came and it was difficult for the staff to stop her. They even thought that Shizuka Kudo’s flower presentation was arranged in advance, so they let her go.
As soon as the audience saw Shizuka Kudo holding flowers, the cheers became more enthusiastic, and there were many young people among them who were booing.
Young people often pay attention to entertainment news. Many of them know that Shizuka Kudo has expressed her admiration for Zhou Yan before, and handsome men and beautiful women always make people daydream about her.
Zhou Yan was stunned for a moment when he saw Shizuka Kudo coming up with flowers in her arms.
Where did this girl get her flowers?
This is not important... The key is that there is no flower laying part in the concert, and the staff is so serious that they just let her come up.
But at this point, Zhou Yan couldn't push the person away, so he could only keep a smile on his face and watch Shizuka Kudo come over.
Arrived in front of Zhou Yan, Kudo Shizuka handed the flowers into his hand with a smile, "Mr. Zhou Yan, thank you for bringing such a wonderful performance to everyone."
Zhou Yan took the flowers and was about to bend down to express his gratitude when Shizuka Kudo gave him a hug.
It didn’t last long, it was just a polite hug, but Zhou Yan was still startled and quickly looked to the left of the first row, where Wang Zuxian was.
Although it was a courtesy hug, the audience was extremely excited, especially journalists like Shu Nomura. This meant that they had news to report after they returned.
It’s a pity that you can’t take pictures or video at the scene. Otherwise, if you take a picture of the scene just now, you will have a photo on the front page of the news.
After Kudo Shizuka went down, Zhou Yan handed the flowers to Ma Dongfang next to him, then coughed lightly and said, "Thank you, Miss Kudo, for the flowers."
After saying his thanks, he took Ma Dongfang and the others off the stage.
There were no unexpected surprises in the next few exits, and they were all passed peacefully.
After the concert, Zhou Yan took some musicians to perform for the audience outside.
Nowadays, Zhou Yan’s concerts have almost defaulted to an outdoor encore after the official performance.
But when Zhou Yan went outdoors today, he found that snow started to fall in the sky.
There isn't much snow in Nagoya in winter, and there was no snow in the previous weather forecast, so Zhou Yan was quite surprised to see snow falling in the sky.
Fortunately, it is snowing, and the snow is not very heavy at the moment, so it has no impact on the outdoor performance. On the contrary, because of the snow, the atmosphere at the scene is pretty good.
Stepping onto the makeshift stage, Zhou Yan first looked up at the sky, then took the microphone and said with a smile, "I heard that it doesn't often snow in Nagoya in winter. It seems that I am pretty lucky. Just in time. , the first piece of the outdoor performance today is "Walking in the Snow to Seek Plum Blossoms", which is quite appropriate for the occasion."
After saying that, Zhou Yan led the orchestra to play "Walking in the Snow to Seek Plum Blossoms". Four songs, but many people are waiting for the last song.
At the Tokyo venue, Shuhiko played a new song without a name at the end. Many audiences present knew it, so they were also looking forward to hearing this "unnamed" song.
Zhou Yan did not disappoint the audience. On the fifth song, he changed to a shakuhachi and played this unknown song for them.
Last time Zhou Yan played this unnamed song with a large bamboo flute. He used the bamboo flute to simulate the sound of the shakuhachi, which was a show of skill. This time he replaced it with a shakuhachi and used the shakuhachi completely. Let’s show you this piece.
After all, it was originally composed for the Shakuhachi, and the effect of performing it with the Shakuhachi is still better than that of the bamboo flute.
When the song ended, Zhou Yan did not step off the stage or speak, but looked up to the sky again.
The snow seems to be getting heavier and heavier now, and each snowflake is thicker than half an hour ago. When Zhou Yan raised his head, a snowflake fluttered and landed on his eyebrows. .
After the snowflakes came into contact with Zhou Yan's skin, they began to melt slowly.
This melting process is very slow, much slower than the falling snowflakes around him, but Zhou Yan can clearly feel the feeling of the snowflakes slowly joining his skin as they melt.
It was as if his six senses were pulled to the center of his eyebrows by this snowflake and were not affected by external objects.
The audience was applauding, but when they saw Zhou Yan raising his head and not speaking, the applause slowly stopped and they remained quiet like him.
Although they didn't know what Zhou Yan was doing, they felt that they shouldn't disturb Zhou Yan in such a situation.
After more than a minute, Zhou Yan suddenly breathed out. He raised the shakuhachi to his mouth again, and then a long and deep sound came from the shakuhachi.
After a long silence, a sudden sound made the hearts of many viewers tremble.
This sound is long and desolate. When the long sound ends, it is followed by a tune with a simple structure.
Those who are more familiar with Shakuhachi may hear that this piece is a bit like "Udo", but the style is similar and the melody is different.
The melody of Zhou Yan's piece is overall downward, fluttering, every note will be released, and finally it will be withdrawn.
This is also the difference between the shakuhachi and the flute. The flute is focused on not letting it go and not taking it back on the basis of being able to retract and release it freely, but the shakuhachi is more focused on letting it out and taking it back.
Because the melody is simple, it sounds nothing special at first glance, and the audience’s focus is also on the timbre of the shakuhachi instrument.
But with the snowy scene, the artistic conception of the song suddenly rises.
The so-called great sound and sound may be this feeling.
When Zhou Yan’s song ended, the audience was still immersed in this artistic conception. I don’t know if it was because of this song, but many viewers felt that the snow now was more beautiful than the snow just now.
Zhou Yan put down the shakuhachi and said into the microphone, "I felt something on the snowy day, so I played a simple piece of music at random. I hope everyone likes it. I just thought of a name for this piece of music, and it's called "Flying Flowers." ”
When the translator translated this passage to the audience, the audience was both surprised and puzzled.
Surprisingly, Zhou Yan improvised another song, and everyone present was a witness.
What is confusing is, why is this piece called Fei Hua?
Would it be more appropriate to call this scene "Flying Snow"?
Aware of the audience's confusion, Zhou Yan explained with a smile, "There was a famous poet in ancient China, Han Yu, who once wrote a poem: Even the New Year is not yet full of youth. In early February, I was surprised to see the grass buds, but the white snow was too late for spring. Therefore, the trees in the garden are like flying flowers.”
The translator this time has a good understanding of ancient Chinese poetry and translated this poem very accurately.
Under normal circumstances, if Neon people want to understand ancient Chinese poetry, they must use the reading method, that is, by adding reading symbols and pseudonyms to ancient Chinese sentences, the sentences will be read according to the Neon method. The word order has been rewritten.
This depends on the experience and level of the translator.
After translation, the audience at the scene also roughly understood why this piece of music was called Fei Hua. It turned out that Fei Hua represented flying snow. The name seemed to express an expectation for spring.
They also discovered that Zhou Yan liked to use allusions from ancient Chinese poems to name his music. After "Drinking the Water of the Yangtze River" came out, many people became interested in that poem.
In fact, Neon people also like this. They are very yearning for ancient Chinese culture, and ancient poetry is naturally a top priority.
The music is connected with ancient poetry, which also makes the music more traditional oriental charm.
After explaining the name, Zhou Yan did not waste any time. He stood up and bowed to the audience to greet him, and then led the team members off the stage.
This time, the audience continued the encore, but Zhou Yan did not appear again.
Because the snow was getting heavier and heavier, when Zhou Yan walked off the stage just now, he saw a lot of snow falling on the heads of many audience members.
It is better to end it early and let them go home early.
……
When Zhou Yan returned to the hotel, Wang Zuxian had already gone back first.
Wang Zuxian sat cross-legged on the bed and looked at Zhou Yan with a half-smile, "Why didn't the great musician bring the flowers back?"
Zhou Yan pretended to be dumbfounded and said, "What kind of flower?"
"The beautiful Miss Kudo gave you the flower."
Zhou Yan patted his head, "Suddenly enlightened" and said, " Oh, what are you talking about? Even if the audience sends flowers, I can't take them home, so I just give them to Ma Dongfang and the others."
As he said that, he walked next to Wang Zuxian again, "Why, you are so jealous. Eat."
Wang Zuxian said harshly, "How could I be jealous?"
"Otherwise, Comrade Xiaoxian is very enlightened." Zhou Yan flattered his girlfriend, and then said, "Look at the royal guard hanging on my bamboo flute today, does it look good?"
Speaking of Watching, Wang Zuxian showed a smile, "Of course it looks good, and you don't care who chose it for you."
Zhou Yan nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, Xiaoxian has good taste. Today, it matches this "Pendant, I feel like I'm a little more breathy than usual when I play the flute."
Zhou Yan immediately said, "Isn't this simple? In the next performance, I will specially arrange a flower-laying session for you... If you are not satisfied, I can go down and give you flowers."
< br>
Wang Zuxian was a little jealous, but not angry. After being coaxed by Zhou Yan, she felt much better.
Actually, it was because of Kudo Shizuka's initiative that she felt a little threatened.
There are often girls around Zhou Yan, and many have a crush on him, but Wang Zuxian is relatively confident in himself, so he doesn't take them seriously.
It's just that Kudo Shizuka is not an ordinary girl, so she can't ignore it.
The next performance of "The Legend of the East" will be in Osaka three days later. Thinking of this, Wang Zuxian muttered, "I don't know if I can be there for the next performance."
Zhou Yan smiled and said, "There should be no problem."
Wang Zuxian asked doubtfully, "Why do you say that?"
"Because I have agreed to Shiseido's endorsement, this advertisement will be based on my Arrange it according to the time." Zhou Yan said.
“Why did you suddenly agree?”
“Because they agreed to shoot according to my request.”
This afternoon, Zhou Yan had another phone call with Hattori Jiro. Hattori Jiro showed full sincerity, agreed to shoot according to Zhou Yan's request, and invited Zhou Yan to be the director of this advertisement.
For Zhou Yan, shooting this advertisement was an easy matter. He already had a complete idea and took the time to write out the advertisement script. It would take another day to shoot the advertisement. It will affect his schedule in Neon. (End of this chapter)