Chapter 218 There is a piece for you
This piece is much more complicated than "The Street Where the Wind Lives", and the difficulty of sight-reading must be much higher. After Ma Dongfang saw the score, he did not start playing immediately, but I flipped through the music sheet and pondered it for a while.
Seeing Ma Dongfang pondering over the score, violinist Zhou Hongbing joked, "Dongfang, are you too timid to play directly?"
Ma Dongfang glanced at Zhou Hongbing and said, "You You know what, this piece of music is different.”
This is a music score specially created for Erhu. It contains many techniques. Ma Dongfang needs to pay attention to this when studying the music score.
Where to use bow shaking and where to use natural overtones, there are markings in the score. Although Ma Dongfang does not play according to the techniques marked on the score, it is fine, but if he wants to express the feelings expressed in this piece of music, the techniques marked by the composer You must refer to it, otherwise the effect will be much worse.
While Ma Dongfang was studying the score, others also followed suit.
Although Ma Dongfang has not started playing yet, just looking at this score, everyone feels that it is very impressive.
Senior Brother Zhou Yan’s music scores are always so beautiful, the structure and direction are always so majestic, and there are little thoughts hidden everywhere.
In this score, some places are very complicated, and some places are very simple, but whether it is simple or complex, there are some ingenuity in it.
Without hearing the music, these musicians know that it is a piece of music that combines both technique and listenability.
When Ma Dongfang started to play the music, the musicians’ ideas were confirmed. This music uses many techniques and is very listenable.
The eyes of the musicians of other instruments were full of envy. Senior Brother Zhou Yan really doted on Ma Dongfang so much that he even wrote such a high-quality piece specifically for the erhu.
Zhou Yan did not leave in a hurry, but stood at the door and listened for a while. He nodded while listening. Ma Dongfang's skills were still superb, and the effect of playing this piece of music was much better than what he played back then.
You know, it was the first time that Ma Dongfang got the music score today. Even so, Ma Dongfang's performance was better than what Zhou Yan played at that time. Zhou Yan clearly knew how to use many techniques, but he just couldn't use them. come out.
Musical instruments don't just mean you can use them well once you understand them, they require a lot of practice.
After pausing for a while, Zhou Yan said to Fang Xiu, "You should supervise Ma Dongfang for a while. I will give you the remaining scores in the next few days. After a while, we need to record one of them. "Come out."
"Journey to the West Fantasia" is a combination of "Fantasy Ballade" and "Journey to the West: A Long and Distance Journey". Zhou Yan is going to take out two of them and put them in "Westward Journey". After the soundtrack is finalized, the music will definitely be recorded.
Zhou Yan has always felt that some parts of the soundtrack of "Westward Journey" are too repetitive, so he needs to add a slight change, and this change should not be too contrasting. Two sections from this song are very suitable.
Fang Xiu nodded, "Senior brother, don't worry. I will definitely supervise Ma Dongfang during this period to ensure that he will live up to your high expectations after practicing hard every year."
"Well, then you practice hard, I'm leaving first."
Zhou Yan left the large recording studio, and then went to the practice room where Wang Feng and the others were.
Wang Feng and the others have taken on a lot of activities recently, but the remuneration is average.
Although the country's economy has gotten better and better in the past two years, the appearance fees for rock bands have become less and less. This is because there are more and more bands.
For those units that hold events, except for the well-known bands that have appeared on TV, it is almost the same to invite other bands.
Among many bands, naturally whoever wants the least money will be used.
These bands also pay a lot of money, even for free, just for a chance to perform.
No. 43 Baojia Street receives a lot of activities, and these activities are actually screened by Zhou. What Zhou values is not the appearance fee, but the influence and specifications of the activities.
As long as the activity has a positive impact on the band, no matter how much or how little the money is, Zhou is willing to accept it.
Actually, Zhou Yan has been observing Wang Feng and the others to see if they have the patience. What Zhou Yan is most worried about is that Wang Feng and the others are so ambitious and want to become famous not long after they formed the band.
Fortunately, for the time being, they don't have such problems, and they cherish every opportunity to perform.
The band makes very little money from performing abroad, which is just enough for their daily expenses, and these expenses do not include the rehearsal space and various musical instruments provided by the company.
In other words, overall, No. 43 Baojia Street is still losing money.
The Zhou family can definitely afford to lose this little money, but they are afraid that Wang Feng and the others will become discouraged if they always fail to make money.
After watching Wang Feng and the others rehearse for a while, Zhou Yan returned to the office. He had just been in the office for about half an hour when Zhang Youan called.
After the call was connected, Zhang Youan said, "Fumio Otsubo, the director of Panasonic's TV system department, will come to Yanjing tomorrow. He wants to meet with you. Do you have time?"
"For the spokesperson What happened?" Zhou Yan asked.
Zhang Youan told Zhou Yan before that Panasonic had contacted them and hoped to make Zhou Yan the global image spokesperson of Panasonic.
Panasonic Electric wanted to develop better in the industrial market, and Noriko Sakai's endorsement contract with them was about to expire, so they decided to find a global spokesperson in China.
Zhou Yan is their number one target. If Zhou Yan disagrees, they will also choose a singer in China, and it will also be a new singer.
"Otsubo Fumio's visit to China this time should be about the production line, and he happened to come to Yanjing." Zhang Youan said.
"Why did he come to see me when he is the head of the TV System Department?" Zhou Yan felt a little strange. Advertising endorsements are not under the control of the TV System Department.
"Although Otsubo Fumio is only the director of the TV System Department, his position in Panasonic is extraordinary, and it is normal to pay more attention to the spokesperson."
Zhou Yan nodded and said, "Let's do this, ask him to have dinner with him at noon tomorrow."
"Then I'll book a hotel."
"Yeah."
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At noon the next day, Zhou Yan met Fumio Otsubo at the hotel.
Otsubo Fumio is in his forties, and he is very energetic. Whether it is his appearance or the way he speaks, he is the same as most of Neon's corporate executives.
Gentle, thrifty, and extremely polite.
But he was very efficient. While nodding and bowing to Zhou Yan, he talked about business. "Mr. Zhou Yan, I come to you this time to formally invite you to be the global image spokesperson of Panasonic. Panasonic has developed more and more deeply in China in the past five years, and its cooperation with Chinese companies and governments has also become more and more intense. There are many, so we need to find an image spokesperson in China who can bring positive improvements to our company."
Zhou Yan nodded and said: "As for the spokesperson, Zhang Youan has already told us. I have said that I am not opposed to being a brand endorser, but I don’t have much time and I cannot cooperate with many brand activities. For example, I have not participated in any of their promotional activities this year.”
"Well, Mr. Zhang Youan has also communicated with our company about this situation. Our company has also seriously considered your demands. In principle, our company is willing to satisfy them to the maximum extent. But based on the company's publicity For consideration, we still hope to negotiate on the terms."
Zhou Yan smiled secretly, these company executives all spoke in similar ways.
They obviously disagreed with the conditions proposed by Zhou Yan, so they hoped that Zhou Yan would make concessions, but they still had to take a roundabout way to express their thoughts.
Zhang Youan was supposed to talk to Panasonic about these matters, but they all came over, so Zhou Yan was ready to have a good chat with him.
It’s just that he didn’t have much time to deal with Fumio Otsubo, so he asked very directly, “What are your conditions?”
“The contract has been signed for two years. Mr. Zhou Yan needs to serve us The company produces advertising videos that are no less than thirty seconds long. In addition, they need to participate in our promotional activities at least twice a year."
Zhou Yan didn't think much and shook his head and said, "Two times a year is too much. , let’s do it twice in two years, one time is not limited to any location, and the other time is limited to mainland China. As for the advertisement, I don’t quite understand. Do you mean that I will produce it, or do you mean that I only need to participate? Shooting? ”
"You are responsible for making it."
Zhou Yan glanced at Zhang Youan. Zhang Youan had not mentioned this situation to him before.
What Zhang Youan told Zhou Yan before was that Panasonic Electronics invited him to be their global image spokesperson, and he did not say that he would also help produce commercials.
Zhou Yan didn't have time to help them do this, so he refused directly, "Sorry, I'm afraid there's nothing I can do to make a commercial."
"Why?" Fumio Otsubo looked confused. I don’t understand why Zhou Yan refused so decisively.
The reason why Panasonic made such a request was because they saw that Zhou Yan's advertisement for Shiseido received a good response.
Since Zhou Yan can shoot commercials for Shiseido, why can't he help them?
If it was to negotiate terms, I shouldn’t refuse so quickly.
“I really don’t have time.” Zhou Yan said.
“You don’t have to worry about the cost, it’s all negotiable.”
Zhou Yan waved his hand, "This has nothing to do with the cost. I really don't have time. During this time, I am preparing for my new movie, so most of my energy is focused on the movie. And besides movies, I have many other Other jobs. "
After hearing what Zhou Yan said, Otsubo Fumio pondered for a moment, and then said, "If that's the case, we can only accept it, but we have another request, and I don't know if you can agree to it."< br>
Zhou Yan nodded and said, "Well, you say."
"I wonder if you can write a song for our brand?"
Since Zhou Yan shot an advertisement for Shiseido After that, Shiseido promoted "The Street Where the Wind Lives" everywhere. Now, whenever Neon people hear this song, they will think of the Shiseido brand. It is equivalent to saying that "The Street Where the Wind Lives" has become Shiseido's advertising song.
In this wave, Shiseido's publicity effect is very good. "The Street Where the Wind Lives" is now very popular in Neon, and this song can often be heard in the streets.
In view of this, Panasonic also hopes that Zhou Yan can help their brand write a song.
As for Panasonic's request, Zhou Yan did not immediately reject it, but asked, "What is your product positioning this time?"
When it comes to product positioning, Otsubo Fumio sat up straight. "At this time when we are changing our spokesperson, we are also going to launch a new series of products. The brand positioning is young and fashionable, and the target customers are mostly young people under the age of 35. We hope to bring TV into the market." Among more ordinary families, this new product is cheaper than the previous series and has better performance. "
"Moreover, this new product comes in three colors, black, silver and champagne. Color, the latter two colors are also our main colors, they are more in line with the aesthetics of young people.”
In fact, this is not what Zhou Yan wants to hear. What he wants to hear more is the key points that Panasonic wants to reflect in the commercial this time.
Ads are very short, usually between ten and fifteen seconds, and longer ones are only twenty or thirty seconds.
In such a short time, it is impossible for the spokesperson to introduce the three colors of the TV.
Zhou Yan thought for a while and said, "How is the clarity of the TV?"
"Of course there is no problem. Both the color and sound presentation are better than those of the same type of TV. Much better, which is what our brand has always been proud of.”
As the representative of Panasonic, Fumio Otsubo would definitely boast about his own brand, which Zhou Yan expected.
"Actually, I have a song that suits you very well."
Otsubo Fumio said in surprise: "Really?"
"It's a rock song, but Now there is only music, no lyrics yet.”
When he heard that it was a rock song, Otsubo Fumio was surprised. He didn’t expect Zhou Yan to write rock songs.
Zhou Yan has also written songs for pop singers. For example, the songs that Kudo Shizuka is popular in this section were all composed by Zhou Yan.
But those songs are all relatively soothing songs, especially "Stay with Me", which was even adapted from the pure music "Forever Together" from "Piano Boy".
Zhou Yan and Rock Rock can’t seem to get in touch.
While surprised, Fumio Otsubo was naturally also curious about what it was like for Zhou Yan to write rock songs.
"Is this song recorded? Can I listen to it?" Fumio Otsubo nodded.
Zhou Yan nodded and said: "It has been recorded. It is in my studio. If you have time in the afternoon, you can go to my studio to listen."
"Of course there is no problem. I don't have any other time in the afternoon. "
"Okay, let's go to my studio after dinner."
Otsubo Fumio smiled and nodded, "I'll excuse you."
(End of chapter)