After taking the phone, Zhou Yan quickly returned to his seat to prevent Maria from causing trouble again.
The audience in the record store was much larger than at the beginning. Zhou Yan noticed it when Maria and the others sang a chorus.
When someone was standing on the stool in the last row just now, Zhou Yan was standing on the stage and couldn't see the door.
Now that the stools have been removed, Zhou Yan can see the door, but from the stage to the door, there are crowds of people, and the corridor between the shelves is packed with people.
Recordsurplus is located on Santa Monica Boulevard. There are many pedestrians passing by. It is estimated that these are passers-by attracted by the sound of music.
"Thank you Maria for the performance, but I'm sorry to tell you that there is no appearance fee today."
As a joke, Zhou Yan put down the violin and picked up the bamboo flute.
As soon as I saw the bamboo flute, the scene burst into cheers.
The audience may not really like bamboo flutes, but bamboo flutes are relatively rare, so the idea is to give them a sense of freshness.
And when Wang Ciheng performed with the orchestra in the United States last year, he also showed the charm of bamboo flutes. During that time, music fans were very interested in bamboo flutes and pipa.
Some Americans even went out of their way to buy bamboo flutes in order to learn how to play them.
But after I bought the bamboo flute, I discovered that it looked easy, but it was very difficult to play. Many people fumbled for several days and couldn't even produce a sound.
The most outrageous thing is that when some people buy bamboo flutes, they don’t even know that they need to put a film on the flute, so they just play it blankly.
During the book signing just now, a music fan brought a bamboo flute over to show it to Zhou Yan.
It was a very inferior purple bamboo flute, but judging from the look of that music fan’s treasure, it probably cost a lot of money. The musical instrument business is a very deep one, and there are people who take advantage of it all over the world.
Zhou Yan didn't point out the fact that the bamboo flute was poor. The other party didn't play it anyway, so it didn't matter whether it was good or bad, as long as he felt it was good.
It is rare for people to be confused.
However, the engraved characters on the bamboo flute are quite interesting. What is engraved is a line of Chinese characters: Misfortune lies where blessings depend, and blessing lies where misfortune lies.
This engraving is much more cultural than the Chinese character tattoos that many foreigners get. Even though it has nothing to do with music, the music fan has no idea what this line of writing means.
If it weren’t for the tight schedule for signing today, Zhou Yan would have wanted to explain the meaning of these two sentences to the music fan and promote Chinese culture.
"What I'm going to play next is also an earlier piece. This piece is called "Nightingale". I wonder if you have heard it."
"Have heard it!" said the person sitting in the first row. Hardison shouted loudly.
Zhou Yan couldn't help but glance at Hardison. When he came on stage, he noticed that this kid in the first row was particularly excited. He responded the fastest and loudest every time.
This time too, as soon as Zhou Yan finished speaking, he shouted, and the shouting voice was very loud and prominent.
Many people have heard the song "Nightingale", but they may not remember the name.
The sales volume of the song "Mysterious Country" in the United States is not as good as that of several other albums, and the songs in it are also less well-known.
And pure music often encounters a problem, that is, music fans cannot remember the title of the song.
The titles of pure music are not as easy to remember as the names of songs, because under normal circumstances, the names of songs are hidden in the lyrics, and fans can passively remember them after listening to them a few times.
In addition, when listening to songs, fans tend to sing along, which makes it easier to deepen their impression.
To be able to react so quickly, this boy must be a die-hard fan.
Zhou Yan smiled, stretched the microphone directly to Hardison, and asked, "Since you know "Nightingale", can you tell me which album this song is in?"
Seeing suddenly Holding out the microphone in front of him, Hardison had a look of surprise on his face. He didn't expect that he was so lucky that Zhou Yan would still interact with him, and his roar just now was not in vain.
This question was not difficult at all for Hardison. He blurted out, "Of course it's from "Mysterious Country". I've listened to this album countless times and I know every song. ."
As expected, Zhou Yan nodded with a smile and asked, "Do you know about bamboo flutes?"
"I have several bamboo flutes at home."
Zhou Yan raised his eyebrows and asked, "Can you play?"
Hardison smiled and shook his head, "No, I just think the bamboo flute is very beautiful and is very suitable to be placed in the piano room."
< br>"Piano room...you study music?"
"No, I just think the piano room gives people a good feeling, so I made a piano room at home to store some beautiful music Musical instruments. When I have nothing to do, I go in and sit around. I enjoy the feeling of being surrounded by musical instruments." Hardison's words made Zhou Yan a little confused. What kind of weird hobby is this? He doesn't learn music, but he has to do it at home. A piano room dedicated to collecting musical instruments.
Could it be that this guy is here to show off his wealth?
First of all, this guy’s house must be relatively big, otherwise there would be no room for a piano room. Of course, that's not unusual. Even though this is Los Angeles, housing isn't expensive everywhere.
But he also collected a lot of musical instruments. Without some money, he really couldn’t play.
Perhaps seeing the confusion in Zhou Yan's eyes, Hardison smiled and explained, "Jessica studies music."
Zhou Yan looked at the girl next to Hardison and said with a smile, "Are you a couple?"
Hearing Zhou Yan's question, Hardison's face suddenly turned red, "We..."
Jessica next to her also pursed her lips and said nothing.
Looking at their reactions, Zhou Yan probably knew that these two people were close to breaking the window paper.
The love of young people is so young.
Looking at the two of them, Zhou Yan was quite emotional. Then he thought of another piece of music and said with a smile, "I suddenly changed my mind and decided to play "Nightingale" later and play another one first. A song, you may have never heard of this song, the title is very interesting, it’s called "Borrowing Cucumber""
"Borrowing Cucumber" is very popular in Neon, but few people in Europe and the United States have heard it, because this song was not included in Zhou Yan's album, but was made into a video tape with "Distant Journey" and released in Neon. So Zhou Yan took it for granted that the audience had never heard this piece of music.
But what Zhou Yan didn't expect was that as soon as he said "borrow a cucumber", the boy in the first row shouted, "I heard it, I heard it."
"Listen Passed?" Zhou Yan looked at Hardison in surprise.
"Yes, I have heard that in your interview tape, you played this piece of music facing the mountain."
Originally, Zhou Yan was still wondering if this kid was lying. Or maybe he misremembered the title of the song, but after hearing his description, Zhou Yan knew that he had indeed heard it.
Zhou Yan was very confused about this. That video tape was in neon language and was not released in Europe and the United States. How did this kid watch it?
However, there was a performance going on at the moment, and Zhou Yan had no time to ask Hardison where he saw it. He smiled and nodded, "Then this song is for you two."
After saying that, Zhou Yan put the microphone back and started playing.
The song "Borrowing Cucumbers" originally described how he, Yu Hua, and Shi Tiesheng ran out to buy cucumbers in the dark when they were staying overnight in Jiangjuntuo.
However, after the song came out, fans had a new interpretation of it. Now most fans think it is a song describing love.
This piece of music is divided into four stages. The first section is like flowing water on a small bridge, which is very pleasant; the second section is brisk and joyful, with a little expectation and excitement; the third section is even more exciting and makes people's hearts beat faster. , a little panicked; the fourth paragraph has a feeling of rebirth after a disaster, and becomes relaxed and happy again.
Although this is Zhou Yan’s journey of stealing cucumbers, it is indeed in line with the mood of young lovers when they fall in love.
With so many people present, only Hardison and Jessica had heard this song, and no one else had, so everyone was very happy to hear that there was a new song to listen to.
"Borrowing Cucumber" is very suitable for bamboo flute solo. The overall style is light and interesting, which makes people feel happy and ready to move.
This piece of music also made the audience feel the charm of bamboo flute again.
Such a small piece of bamboo can express so many emotions.
Jessica watched Zhou Yan play "Borrow Cucumber" at close range, and the scene in the video of Zhou Yan playing solo to the mountains and fields emerged in her mind.
Although the sound quality of that video tape is not as good as the one recorded in the studio, it is better in nature, and the picture is so beautiful. Now when talking about China, Jessica not only thinks of the Forbidden City, the Great Wall and other scenic spots, but also thinks of Think of that mountain.
But when she thought that Zhou Yan had given this piece to her and Hardison, Jessica couldn't help biting her lips and her cheeks became a little red.
When "Borrowing Cucumber" ended, Zhou Yan continued to play "Nightingale" without stopping.
The styles of "Borrowing Cucumber" and "Nightingale" are slightly similar, and both have a feeling of being close to nature, so when played together, there is no sense of incompatibility at all. Maria was sitting on the stool now, much quieter than before. She put her elbows on her thighs, supported her chin with her hands, and looked at Zhou Yan who was playing on the stage seriously.
When she watched Zhou Yan's concert before, she discovered that when Zhou Yan played an instrument, he would exude a unique charm and look much better than usual.
Maria doesn’t understand the bamboo flute and doesn’t know what Zhou Yan’s level is, but she knows that Zhou Yan’s piano level can only be considered average and is definitely not as good as those professional pianists.
If nothing else, he is far inferior to the concertmaster of their orchestra.
But Zhou Yan is beautiful when he plays the piano. He is elegant and has a sense of power. He visually surpasses those performers.
People's aesthetics will really change subtly. Maria used to think Zhou Yan was average-looking, even a little too young, but now she seems to be able to appreciate Zhou Yan's handsomeness.
In fact, although Zhou Yan's appearance does not conform to the mainstream aesthetics in Europe and America, there is still some market for it. Maria has heard people around her say that Zhou Yan is good-looking more than once before.
After Zhou Yan played "Nightingale", he played "Distant Journey", which is also a "new song" that has not been included in the album.
After that, Zhou Yan ended his performance.
The normal performance lasted for more than half an hour in total, which was not very long, but after all, it was just an incidental performance to the autograph session, so half an hour was not too short.
And the audience heard two "new songs" in succession tonight, and they were very satisfied.
Huo Yilun was greedy. When he saw Mariah Carey singing, he wanted to let the Backstreet Boys perform a song, but Zhou Yan didn't let Huo Yilun do it. After the performance, , and left with the members of the Backstreet Boys.
……
After returning to the hotel, they had a simple meal in the hotel restaurant.
After dinner, Zhou Yan directly told them about the new song at the table, "This song is called "We Are Young". The style is more youthful and exuberant, which suits your style. This song will be used as the advertising song for New Balance. Do you know about this?"
Captain Kevin nodded, "Well, I heard Mr. Brown mentioned it."
"There is something I want to tell you in advance, this song. It’s not already decided for you, I have to listen to you finish singing before I can decide.”
Kevin and the others have known about this situation for a long time, so they are not surprised at all.
“We will definitely work hard.” Kevin smiled.
Zhou Yan also smiled. Whether they are suitable for this song has nothing to do with their efforts. It mainly depends on their feeling.
However, Zhou Yan felt that they would probably be suitable because the song "We Are Young" is relatively close to the style of the Backstreet Boys.
"Go to my room later. I will give you the score and lyrics. You can think about it yourself. I will take you to Tomson's office tomorrow morning."
"No problem."< br>
Zhou Yan nodded, stood up and said, "Let's go."
Zhou Yan then took them to his room and handed them the score and lyrics.
After getting the score and lyrics, they didn't stay in Zhou Yan's room and went back to ponder the new song.
After they left, Zhou Yan lay directly on the sofa. Although today's signing was not particularly intense, he was also exhausted. At the end of the signing, he felt like he almost didn't recognize his own name.
For the first time, he wrote his name until he felt like vomiting.
If he has a child in the future, he must have fewer strokes in his name. If his child becomes a celebrity in the future and often has to sign autographs, it will be a big advantage.
But there is a problem, no matter how you choose a name, as long as the surname is Zhou, strokes are indispensable.
Forget it, let’s let the child come up with a pen name or stage name that is easy to write.
Just when he was thinking wildly, the phone in the room rang. He lay there like this and reached out to put the phone to his ear, "Hello."
There was a call on the other end of the phone. Wang Zuxian's voice came, "What are you doing?"
Zhou Yan smiled and said, "I am thinking about what to name our child in the future."
He just made a joke because he just thought of naming the child, but Wang Zuxian was suddenly stunned. After a long while, she said, "Third brother, do you want to get married?"
Zhou Yan scratched his head. He didn't expect that his casual words would make Wang Zuxian think about marriage.
When it comes to marriage, Zhou Yan doesn’t know what to say.
But this head started because of him. If he stepped back at this time, Wang Zuxian would definitely be disappointed.
He thought for a while and said, "Do you want to take me to meet your family first?"
These words made Wang Zuxian a little apologetic, "I'm sorry, Third Brother, I should have taken you to meet my family a long time ago. Don't worry, I will take you home when you go to Taiwan."
"I don't blame you, it's just that I haven't taken the initiative to go there. I have been too busy in the past two years, and I feel like I have been running around."
Wang Zuxian smiled and said, "You are on the rise in your career. , I must be very busy. From what you said, there will be a lot of people attending the autograph session today?”
“Well, there are more people than expected, and we have to work overtime.”
“Then. That’s great, but it’s a pity that I couldn’t come along.”
"Let's go together next time if we have time."
"Okay."
......
The next morning, as soon as Zhou Yan got up, there was a knock on the door. .
He looked at the time, it was just early eight o'clock.
He chatted with Wang Zuxian for a long time last night. By the time he hung up the phone, it was already midnight after washing up, and he was really tired recently, so he slept a little longer.
Zhou Yan went to open the door, and as he expected, it was the members of the Backstreet Boys.
The young men were particularly excited to see Zhou Yan.
“Mr. Y, this song is so good, we practiced it all night.”
“Practice all night?”
Zhou Yan looked around at the faces of several young men and found that their faces looked a little excited, and they didn't look like they had just gotten up.
“You didn’t sleep all night last night, right?”
“Yes.” Kevin nodded, “We want to present this song better, of course we must seize the time ."
Zhou Yan could understand their mood, but he was also a little confused, "But I didn't hear any singing last night."
In order to facilitate his meeting with Zhou Yan, The Street Boys also stayed at the hotel.
The hotel is so big and there is no sound insulation like a recording studio. If they sing, Zhou Yan will definitely hear it.
"Of course we won't practice singing in the hotel, we will be complained. Last night, we specially asked the company to find a singing practice room."
Zhou Yan nodded, that's it.
In fact, they don’t have to work so hard, because Zhou Yan doesn’t want to hear their final presentation.
Zhou Yan originally planned to take them to the office this morning and let them sing live. It didn't matter whether they were proficient or not. Zhou Yan just wanted to hear how they felt.
Some things don’t just get better if you practice them more.
Of course, their attitude is worthy of recognition.
Zhou Yan said with a smile, "If you go to bed now, you will definitely not be able to sleep. I will take you to the office and finish it quickly, and then you can go to sleep again." (End of Chapter)