After hanging up the phone with Nakamori Akina, Zhou Yan started working on the arrangement of "People Like You" again.
During the time he came back, he had been very busy and didn't take time to do it. Maria even called specifically to urge him.
Zhou Yan originally thought that Maria would not have much time or energy to take care of new songs because of her divorce. However, after chatting on the phone for a while, he actually felt that Maria was in good condition. Even better than the previous meeting.
At least Maria's mood is much more stable, she doesn't talk nonsense, and she can still make jokes from time to time.
Three or four days have passed since Maria called to urge him. Zhou Yan estimated that if he didn’t complete the arrangement, she would call again to urge him.
It just so happened that other work ended early today, so I took the time to start working on it.
It wasn't until after nine o'clock that Zhou Yan packed his things and went out, but heard the sound of chatting coming from the other end of the corridor.
When Zhou Yan reached the stairs, he saw Wang Feng and others coming down from upstairs.
Seeing Zhou Yan, Wang Feng and the others greeted him one after another.
"Teacher Zhou."
"Senior brother."
Zhou Yan smiled and said, "When did you come back? I didn't see you at dinner at night."
"We came back in the afternoon, but it was late for dinner, maybe we didn't Just catch up, stay in the practice room the rest of the time," Wang Feng explained.
Long Long said with a smile: "The food at home is delicious. When I go out to perform, I never get a good meal."
"It's good if you can eat on time. "Okay, don't be so demanding," Zhao Muyang said.
Zhou Yan glanced at Zhao Muyang and felt that this guy had become more outgoing recently. At this time before, he would not answer the phone.
It has been several months since their band's first album "No. 43 Baojia Street" was released. The response was not great at first. Of course, it was not particularly bad. After all, they had performed many times before, even I also went to Shizuka Kudo's concert as a guest and sold some albums after it came out.
However, it is still far from becoming an instant hit.
Zhou Yan has also been observing them, wanting to see if they will lose confidence because their album sales have not met expectations, but judging from their performance during this period, it is not bad.
“Where have you performed recently?”
During this period, either Zhou Yan was outside, or they were outside and never touched him.
Since I met you today, I would like to ask a few more questions.
“I just came back from Shanghai, and the fans there are still very enthusiastic.”
“Have you been in various bars?”
“It’s not all bars. ...But most of them are.”
Zhou Yan nodded, and then said: "This kind of performance cannot be absent, but it is enough. It is getting late today, so you should go back and rest early."
Acupoints can be maintained to a certain extent in a place like a bar. The performance state can also be close to the masses, but too much is not good.
Wang Feng nodded and responded, "Okay."
......
The next morning, Zhou Yan called Xu Junrong.
"Lao Xu, I want to tell you about Wang Feng and the others."
As soon as Zhou Yan finished speaking, Xu Junrong laughed, "Teacher Zhou, I was just about to tell you about this matter. The company We are preparing some more formal performances for No. 43 Baojia Street and are already choosing a place."
Hearing what Xu Junrong said, Zhou Yan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and said, "What a coincidence." br>
He called Xu Junrong for this reason.
""Grown Ups" will be released soon. No matter how the movie market performs, our company must take this opportunity to promote their band."
"Well, I think so too."
Zhou Yan also thought that "Grown Up" would be released soon, and felt that such a good opportunity could not be wasted.
Compared to Xu Junrong, Zhou Yan is definitely more confident in the movie "Grown Up".
Although "Grown Up" has no way of becoming a hit movie, there is a high probability that the market performance will not be bad. Zhou Yan has seen the film that finally passed the review, and it is even better than the original version. may attract an audience.
In the original movie, although the protagonist is a band member, there are not many rock-related things in the whole movie, and there is no impressive music.
But this version is different now. With Wang Feng's participation, the soundtrack of the movie is much higher, and the few songs Wang Feng put in the movie are just right.
After the movie is released, several songs in it will definitely be heard by more fans.
"Aside from the performance, what other instructions does Teacher Zhou have?" Xu Junrong asked.
Zhou Yan thought for a while and said, "Shizuka Kudo will come to China to hold a concert in July, and we will arrange it again for them to be guests."
"No problem, I will do it later Contact Omu Production and there should be no problem.”
"There's nothing else, just follow the arrangements."
"Okay."
"What's going on with Wu Bai recently?" Zhou Yan asked.
"It's not like the album was just released in June. It performed very well. I'm now arranging activities for him in the Mainland."
"Oh, the new album has been released."
Zhou Yan has been busy with other things during this time and has not noticed that Wu Bai's new album has been released.
When Wu Bai's new album "The End of Love" was just being prepared, Zhou Yan also watched it. Several of the songs in it are very classic, such as "Norwegian Wood" and "Lastdance", both of which are chorus pieces.
Zhou Yan expected this album to be popular.
Speaking of which, Zhou's opportunity to sign Wu Bai is indeed very good. If he waits until Wu Bai completes "The End of Love", it will not be easy to sign.
"I posted this just when you came back from the United States. The wind has not yet reached the mainland, but it should be soon."
There are many reasons why Wu Bai is willing to sign with Zhou's Entertainment. One of them is that he also wants to develop more in the mainland market. Although Zhou's Entertainment is only a new company, its influence is actually not small.
Now that he has released a new album, of course Zhou will vigorously push him inland.
Zhou Yan didn’t ask much about Wu Bai. After all, it was useless no matter how much he asked. The key still depends on Wu Bai himself and the resources provided by the company.
There is no doubt about Wu Bai’s strength. The company, without Zhou Yan’s advice, attaches great importance to Wu Bai’s development.
After all, there are not many musicians signed by the company now. Wu Bai can be said to be Zhou's number one at this stage. If there are any resources, Wu Bai will not be treated badly.
"Have you discovered any new people recently?" Zhou Yan asked.
“There are a few who perform well, but it is difficult to recruit them, such as Zhang Yu, Zhang Xinzhe, and Ren Xianqi, they all have potential.”
Hearing these names , Zhou Yan rolled his eyes, these are not just as simple as having potential, they have all been in the industry for a few years, but they have not become popular yet, similar to the situation before Wu Bai.
Everyone can see the potential in them, but of course it is difficult to tap it.
And among these people, Zhang Yu Zhouyan is the only one who is interested. He pays more attention to singers with creative ability.
Singers without creative ability have a low error tolerance rate. After signing them, you still have to find suitable songs for them.
Signing Wu Baiduo is worry-free, as long as you provide him with conditions. He can handle the songs himself. When he has time, he can also help other singers write songs.
"Is there anyone who has just debuted and is less well-known?" Zhou Yan asked again.
"Yes, there is, but Liangyan hasn't noticed it yet."
Zhou Yan sighed secretly, he was thinking too much. If Xu Junrong really had this ability, he wouldn't be able to do it later. No name.
Before many singers debuted, or when they first debuted, not many people could have imagined that they would become very popular in the future. "Clean up more of this kind of singers and give me the information. It's best if you can also give me the works to see."
Actually, Zhou Yan said this before, but the company I haven't been too concerned about it. Xu Junrong did send information, but the ones he sent were all already somewhat famous singers, similar to Zhang Yu and Zhang Xinzhe.
Now that Zhou Yan mentioned this matter again, Xu Junrong said, "Understood, I will collect the information as soon as possible and have it sent over."
"It is best to have some creative ability." Zhou Yan warned again.
"Okay."
......
After hanging up the phone from Xu Junrong, Zhou Yan continued working on the arrangement of "People Like You".
The morning passed and the rest of the arrangement work was basically done.
After finishing the arrangement of "People Like You", Zhou Yan didn't have time to rest. He was busy writing the novel "Shutter Island".
This novel was to be released in conjunction with the movie, so Zhou Yan wrote it completely according to the original setting without making any modifications based on the situation in China.
Zhou Yan made some fusions between the original work and the original movie, taking the essence and discarding the dross, and first made an outline.
After the outline is drawn up, the subsequent work becomes easy. Just follow the outline and work your way down slowly.
It wasn't until the evening that Zhou Yan stopped writing. He stretched and saw that it was already past six o'clock, so he got up and prepared to go to the cafeteria to eat.
But before he reached the door, the phone on his desk rang, and he turned around to pick up the phone.
On the other end of the phone, Akina Nakamori said in Chinese, "Hello, Mr. Zhou, have you had dinner?"
Hearing Akina Nakamori's greeting, Zhou Yan smiled, not knowing who she learned Chinese from. , I asked if I had eaten before. Although it was reasonable, it sounded quite awkward.
And she just learned it on the fly, and her pronunciation is really bad. If it weren't for this classic sentence, Zhou Yan wouldn't be able to understand what she said.
Although Akina Nakamori is better than Shizuka Kudo in singing skills, her language talent is much lower. Shizuka’s speed in learning Chinese is not comparable to that of ordinary people.
Zhou Yan did not answer whether he had eaten, but asked, "Ms. Zhongmori, you called me again. Do you want to tell me something about the lyrics?"
The girl who was in charge of translating on the other side babbled, and then heard a man speak in neon language. Then the translator said to Zhou Yan in Chinese, "Mr. Zhou Yan, the creator of today's lyrics, Oyama Yoshi, is also here. , he made some modifications to the lyrics based on the questions you raised yesterday. If there are still questions today, he wants to discuss them directly with you."
Hearing that the lyricist was there, Zhou Yan smiled and said. Greeting, "Hello, Mr. Dashan."
"Hello, Mr. Zhou Yan, nice to meet you." Dashanyi said in neon language.
“Now that the lyrics have been changed, sing it to me again.”
Hearing what Zhou Yan said, Akina Nakamori prepared a little and then started to use the new changes. singing lyrics.
In fact, Zhou Yan didn't ask many questions, and it didn't require many revisions. Zhou Yan only had to pay attention to a few important points.
The revised lyrics are indeed much better and fit the melody better than yesterday’s version.
Zhou Yan only cares about these. As for whether the meaning of the lyrics has been changed and what it has been changed to, he actually doesn't care much.
After Nakamori Akina finished singing once, Zhou Yan said with a smile, "No problem, that's all."
Hearing Zhou Yan's words, Nakamori Akina and Oyama Yoshito on the other end of the phone He breathed a sigh of relief.
Oyama Yoshi is a newcomer and has never written a few lyrics before. He is very nervous to be able to cooperate with Nakamori Akina and Zhou Yan this time.
Before writing the lyrics, he spent a lot of energy studying the works of Zhou Yan and Nakamori Akina, and then also studied the creative background of the song "Snow Flower" before finally writing the lyrics.
After the lyrics were written, he communicated with Akina Nakamori and the people at VICTOR for a long time before finally sending the lyrics to Zhou Yan.
When Dashanyi learned that Zhou Yan was "dissatisfied" with the lyrics, he was particularly panicked, fearing that the lyrics would be completely rejected. Fortunately, only a small part had to be modified.
But even if he only revised a small part, he was very serious and did not waste a moment. It took him one day to change the lyrics according to Zhou Yan's needs.
Then he was still worried and came to communicate with Zhou Yan with Akina Nakamori.
So when Zhou Yan said it was okay, he breathed a sigh of relief.
However, he couldn't help but confirm, "Is it really okay?"
Zhou Yan smiled and said, "It's really okay, Miss Zhongmori is ready to record. "
"Are you going to Yanjing to record?" Nakamori Akina asked.
"You can come to Yanjing or stay in Neon, it depends on your choice."
Nakamori Akina thought for a while and said, "Then I will go to Yanjing."
She wanted to go to Yanjing to record, not only because she wanted the producer Zhou Yan to guide her, but also because Tomson Company wanted to sign an agent contract with her before. She did not agree immediately at that time because of Tomson Company’s The main body is in China, so signing a contract with them may not be a good thing.
But during this time, she figured it out. Anyway, she didn't sign with a serious agency now, and no big record company was willing to sign with her. So she might as well try to sign with Tomson. After all, the conditions given by Tomson were very good.
So this time I went to China to finalize the signing.
And wouldn't Shizuka be going to China in a while? She would just be with Shizuka, so she wouldn't be so lonely.
When Zhou Yan heard that Akina Nakamori was coming to China, he didn’t think much about it. He just said, “Then you can arrange your own time and tell me in advance before coming.”
“Well, okay. Yes, I’ll let you know when I confirm the time.”
“That’s it, let’s talk when we have time.”
“Goodbye.” br>
After a simple hello, Zhou Yan hung up the phone.
This time, Dashanyi was the only one on the other end of the phone who was in a daze. This was his first time contacting Zhou Yan. He didn't expect Zhou Yan to be such a "simple" person.
Before Dashanyi came, he had planned to have a good communication with Zhou Yan, but from the time he connected the phone to the time he hung up, he didn't say a few words to Zhou Yan.
Not to mention him, even Akina Nakamori didn’t say a few words to Zhou Yan.
"Is Mr. Zhou Yan always like this?" Dashanyi asked weakly.
The translator nodded, "Yes, Mr. Zhou Yan is a very efficient person."
Hearing the word "efficient", Oyama Yi nodded in agreement. Probably only such an efficient Mr. Zhou Yan can create Produce a large number of works of high quality.
Nakamori Akina couldn't help but say, "He is actually a very gentle person."
Although Zhou Yan hung up the phone quickly, Zhou Yan left a good impression on Nakamori Akina when they met before .
Zhou Yan in reality is a gentle and elegant person.
The translator curled her lips secretly. She really didn't see how gentle Mr. Zhou Yan was. But it is understandable that such a talented and good-looking man would make people feel gentle just standing there.
Many girls in Neon are now very fascinated by Zhou Yan. He also appears on various lists, such as "most popular foreign star", "most popular musician", and even and “the man I most want to marry.”
And Zhou Yan already has enthusiastic female fans in Neon.
Although the scandal between Zhou Yan and Maria has not been reported by the media in China, it is quite popular in Neon. After all, Zhou Yan and Maria are both top celebrities in Neon.
There are now rumors of a scandal between two top celebrities, and of course the neon media will report it.
Regarding these scandals, Zhou Yan's fanatical female fans reacted very fiercely. They firmly did not believe that the news was true, because they believed that Zhou Yan could not be with a married woman, and even if Maria was not married, she would be worthy of it. Not Zhou Yan.
Zhou Yan has ardent fans, and so does Maria.
However, the attitude of Maria's fans is different from that of Zhou Yan's fans. They think that Maria's husband, who is divorcing, is not a good match. She and Zhou Yan are a match made in heaven.
Zhou Yan’s fans definitely disagreed with this idea, and the two parties even had a heated argument over it. (End of this chapter)