Charmaine Sheh went to the ticket gate to queue up early, and there were only three people in front of her.
They waited for about forty minutes until 6:30, when they finally started checking tickets.
After she entered the concert hall, she found that there were many people sitting in the first row, all of whom were the celebrities who had just entered.
With a feeling of anxiety, Charmaine Sheh walked to the middle seat of the second row and sat down, and in front of her was Anita Mui.
Leslie Leslie was sitting on Anita Mui's left, and Lin Qingxia was sitting on her right. They were chatting and laughing at the moment, and they did not stop talking because of Charmaine Sheh's arrival.
Because the topic they talked about was related to today's concert, there was nothing to avoid.
“It’s been a long time since I heard Zhou Yan’s concert.” Anita Mui said with emotion.
Leslie Cheung said with a smile, "There are not many concerts of his, and you can't even listen to them if you want to."
"The concert hall still has limitations, and it can accommodate too few people. . ”
“If it were in a gymnasium and could accommodate more people, the effect would be poor. ”
Lin Qingxia smiled and said, "This is my first time to listen to his concert live."
"I will definitely not disappoint you. Zhou Yan's concert is very special, more popular than those classical music, and It’s more traditional than pop music,” Anita Mui said.
“Well, that’s why he is so popular. I think the route he has taken in recent years is quite good. Giving the song to a pop singer to sing can greatly increase the popularity of the song. "Leslie Cheung said.
"I think this is not his active strategy, but his passive strategy. Every time after the song comes out, others ask him to sing." Anita Mui smiled, pointed at her nose and said, "For example Me.”
Anita Mui has sung two songs by Zhou Yan, one is "Stay with Me" and the other is "If Love Has God's Will". The former is Zhou Yan's soundtrack in the movie "Heaven Replies", and the latter is I went to Zhou Yan's house with Li Bihua and heard them playing live.
These two pieces of music were both passively played by Zhou Yan and turned into songs.
Nowadays, these two songs have become Anita Mui’s classics, ranking in the first echelon among all her songs.
Moreover, these two songs were also covered by Neon’s Shizuka Kudo, and they are also very well-known in Neon.
Charmaine Sheh sat in the back and did not deliberately eavesdrop on their chat, but she heard their words clearly.
Speaking of which, Charmaine Sheh can be considered Zhou Yan’s old fan.
In Xiangjiang, for most Zhou Yan music fans, there are several important stages in getting into the trap.
The first stage was when "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" was released in Hong Kong. That movie achieved very good results in Hong Kong, and the music in it also aroused great repercussions in Hong Kong. There were many Everyone got to know Zhou Yan, a treasured director and musician, because of this movie.
However, "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" did not make Zhou Yan's face well-known to the public. Although he also appeared in the movie's Easter eggs, he did not make a deep impression on people.
The second stage is the release of "Green Snake". Although this movie did not get a good box office in Hong Kong, many viewers got to know Zhou Yan, who played Xu Xian, and Zhou Yan also relied on this movie Won the Best Newcomer Award.
The third stage should be when "The Sixth Sense" was released. At that time, not only did the movie do well at the box office in Hong Kong, but there was also a lot of news related to Zhou Yan at the same time.
He always appears in media reports and is well known as he goes.
The fourth stage is this year. Zhou Yan has successively won the Special Jury Award at the Berlin Film Festival and the Oscar for Best Score. In addition, the remake of "The Sixth Sense" has become popular all over the world, making Zhou Yan very popular in Hong Kong. The heat has risen to a new level.
Charmaine Sheh knows Zhou Yan. Before these four stages, when "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" was not released, she went to see "Raise the Red Lantern".
In the movie, the scene of Chen Feipu half-sitting by the window playing the flute left a very deep impression on her.
It’s just that Zhou Yan was not famous at all at that time. Charmaine Sheh didn’t find any information about him. She only knew that his name was Zhou Yan.
Later, when Zhou Yan went to Hong Kong to film "Green Snake" and had an affair with Zhang Manyu, she saw news about Zhou Yan again.
After that, she slowly began to pay attention to Zhou Yan.
Whether it is Zhou Yan’s music or movies, she has always been chasing them.
Anita Mui and the others were chatting about things related to Zhou Yan, and she listened with interest, but then there were more and more people, so they stopped talking.
The musicians in the orchestra also came on stage and found seats to sit down. Although the light on the stage was relatively dark, Charmaine Sheh sat in the front row and could see clearly.
After more than twenty minutes, the lights in the concert hall suddenly dimmed.
The originally noisy hall immediately became quiet because everyone knew that the concert was about to begin.
About ten seconds later, the lights on the stage came on, and the performers who had already taken their seats appeared in front of the audience.
Seeing the performers, the audience applauded.
As soon as the applause became smaller, Zhou Yan and conductor Yue Lin walked onto the stage from the side together, and the applause became even more tearful.
Arriving at the center of the stage, Zhou Yan and Yue Lin bent towards the audience.
Then Yue Lin walked to his position and stood up, and Zhou Yan said into the microphone, "Good evening, everyone, I am Zhou Yan."
A simple greeting, once again exchanged for enthusiasm of applause.
Zhou Yan looked at the audience, smiled, and continued, "After a few years, the Piano Youth Orchestra came to Hong Kong again. The last time we came to Hong Kong, the Piano Youth Orchestra had just been established not long ago. We have less time and less experience in performing. We also want to thank the Xiangjiang music fans for their tolerance and support, which has given us great encouragement. Naturally, the band can not do without you.”
“Xiangjiang. This is the first stop of the Piano Junior World Tour Concert, and today is also the first concert in Xiangjiang. Speaking of which, I am still a little nervous..."
Hearing Zhou Yan say he was nervous, the audience couldn't help laughing.
Zhou Yan has never seen any big scenes. Who would believe him if he said he was nervous?
“Because time is tight, in order to present more performances to you, I won’t say much more. I hope that the next performances can bring you a wonderful night.”
After that, Zhou Yan walked into the orchestra and prepared to start playing.
The opening songs of today's performance are all in oriental style, and the people on the stage at this time are also members of the folk band.
The first piece is "Memory of the Forbidden City" that must be included in every concert. This piece is often used as the opening piece because of its magnificent beginning.
Following closely behind are "The Great Wall", "Distant Journey", "Drinking the Water of the Yangtze River Together" and "Journey to the West Fantasia".
The first few songs are very familiar to the audience, but the last one, "Journey to the West Fantasy", is a little unfamiliar to everyone.
However, when the song reached the middle section, some people still heard that this song appeared in "Journey to the West".
Although the box office of "Westward Journey" is not ideal, this is only relative to the investment in the movie. The first and second parts of the movie still made tens of millions at the box office, and many people watched it.
Of course, only a small part of "Journey to the West" was used in "Westward Journey", and the rest of it has not been heard by everyone.
This piece is very long, but has a good rhythm and is exciting enough, so the audience found it quite enjoyable.
Zhou Yan’s current concert program is arranged in this way. Most of them are highly circulated pieces, but there are also some songs with higher appreciation threshold, higher technical difficulty, and higher artistic content. song.
To put it simply, it is the kind of music that even if the audience doesn’t understand it, they will give a thumbs up and say it’s awesome after listening to it.
On the folk music side there is "Journey to the West Fantasy", while on the western music side there are tunes like "Eternal Night" and "Flowing Wind".
At ten past nine, the regular concert time ends.
The next step was the finale and encore. Zhou Yan was very generous this time and made fourteen encores, playing six songs.
After the fourteenth closing ceremony, Zhou Yan never came up again. The audience had an encore for seven or eight minutes before reluctantly starting to leave. By this time, it was already ten minutes past ten.
The entire concert was over three hours long.
After such a long time, the audience did not feel tired at all. Many people even felt that the time was too short.
Of course, today's performance is not over yet, because as usual, the band will go outside to give free extra performances to those who have not bought tickets.
At this time, the smart spectators had already rushed out quickly, hoping to get outside before other spectators and occupy a favorable position.
Charmaine Sheh is the smarter one. She was at the front when checking tickets and also at the front when the show ended.
But when she walked out of the center gate, she found that many people had gathered in front of the makeshift stage.
The square at the entrance of the center is not small. Two or three thousand people can stand there without feeling crowded. However, at this time, the square feels like it is almost full.
Especially near the stage, the gaps are basically invisible.
Originally there were many seats in front of the stage, but at this time it was impossible to tell who was standing and who was sitting.
Charmaine Sheh is a little dumbfounded, where is there a good position for her now.
She had no choice but to get into the middle, because the security staff had pulled the cord and no one could enter the inner floor.
She had no choice but to find a place at the back where there were fewer people and wait for Zhou Yan and the orchestra to appear.
After a while, when the audience in the concert hall came out, Charmaine Sheh began to feel lucky that she came out earlier, because the people who came out later had to squeeze to the side of the road, which was very far away from the stage, and those who were a little shorter would have nothing to do with it. Can't see.
When Anita Mui and others came out, they were also shocked by the scene in front of them.
There is almost no open space in front of the cultural center.
“Tsk, this scale is almost the same as a concert.” Leslie Cheung said with a smile.
“Of course it’s not as good as the stadium, but there must be five or six thousand people.”
"So many people haven't bought tickets. I feel like Zhou Yan and the others won't worry about not selling out the tickets if they add ten more shows in Xiangjiang." . ”
It doesn’t take 20,000 people to absorb more than 20,000 tickets, because many people buy tickets repeatedly, and some fans can come to every game.
On average, each person watches two shows, so only 10,000 people can buy these tickets.
Now, there are at least 5,000 people at the entrance of the center.
Anita Mui was actually planning to watch at the door for a while, but now that she saw so many people, she gave up the idea. There were too many people, and they would cause trouble here.
She turned to Lin Qingxia and the others and said, "Let's go back."
"Well, there are too many people." Lin Qingxia nodded.
Others also said they wanted to go back.
Anita Mui looked around and asked curiously, "Where is Xiaoxian?"
"I don't know. I was in the back just now."
"Do you want me to go in and look for it?" Leslie Cheung said.
Anita Mui directly grabbed him, "Forget it, she is such an adult and won't lose it, let's go first."
Hearing what Anita Mui said, Leslie Cheung nodded and said nothing more .
Then they went home. ……
After about ten minutes, at 10:30, Zhou Yan came out with some band members.
The temporary stage was not particularly big, so of course it was impossible for Zhou Yan to bring out everyone in the band.
As soon as they appeared, there were loud cheers.
There are only two thousand people in the concert hall, and everyone is more restrained inside, so the sound is not as good as it is now.
The scene was no longer like a concert, but more like a music festival, with people everywhere.
Originally, only a few people from the police came to help maintain order, but later they found that there were too many people here and had to increase their manpower. Now there are at least dozens of police people on site.
But even so, it was still very difficult to maintain order at the scene.
The main reason was that there was no advance deployment and the organization was a little confused. The police did not expect that so many people would gather today.
There is another key issue. The cultural center is close to the pier, and the flow of people is actually relatively large. The movement at the entrance of the center has attracted the attention of people on the other side of the pier, and there are still people rushing here. .
Ma Dongfang and the others looked quite excited when they saw the Wuyang Wuyang crowd in the audience. They had participated in many concerts, but this was the first time that they were so commotion like today.
As soon as he came out, four words came to Ma Dongfang's mind - water leakage.
Fortunately, there were people on site to maintain order, otherwise there would have been chaos.
Zhou Yan walked up to the makeshift stage and took a microphone. The sound equipment on the stage was pretty good. The small square was past the shore. When he was standing on the stage, he could still feel the sound of the harbor. The wind blows.
But the sound of the speaker is not affected too much and is still relatively clear.
The situation in outdoor performances is complicated, and the auditory enjoyment is completely different from that in the concert hall.
However, the audience at the venue was more enthusiastic than inside, and the main theme was an atmosphere.
After taking the microphone, Zhou Yan smiled and said, "I didn't expect that so many people didn't buy tickets."
Hearing Zhou Yan's words, the people in the audience began to Yelled.
“Tickets are too hard to buy.”
"Open a few more games, four games are simply not enough."
"A hundred more games will be enough."
"Let's go to the stadium and play."
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Listening to the complaints from the audience, Zhou Yan said with regret, "Seeing how enthusiastic everyone is, I also want to stay for a while, but the rest of the itinerary has been arranged, and the four games in Xiangjiang are over. After that, we will go to Taiwan and then the United States... But don’t worry, I will come again this year.”
When they heard that Zhou Yan was coming again this year, the audience howled with joy.
“Keep your word.”
“You must come this year.”
“We are waiting for you in Xiangjiang.”
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"Thank you all for your support, and thank you to the security personnel at the scene for your hard work. Next, let's not waste time and start the performance directly. The first song is the folk music version of "Guanghan Palace", I hope everyone will like it."< br>
After Zhou Yan finished speaking, the audience burst into applause and cheers.
When Zhou Yan raised the bamboo flute in his hand, the scene gradually became quiet.
After all, it is outdoors, there are so many people, and there are still people walking this way, so it is impossible to be completely quiet.
But now that he has performed outdoors, Zhou Yan doesn’t care about this anymore.
Everyone has heard the song "Guanghan Palace" because it is included in "Yulin Ling", but everyone has not heard the folk music version. It is also a new experience for the audience.
It's a pity that today is the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, and there is no moon at this time. Otherwise, the artistic conception would be better.
After "Guanghan Palace", Zhou Yan played "Nightingale" and "Missing Through Time and Space".
After these three pieces of music have been played, today’s free extra performance is supposed to be over. Zhou Yan originally only prepared three pieces of music.
But there were too many people here today. If it ended like this, Zhou Yan would feel a little sorry for them.
At this time, Zhou Yan said into the microphone, "Normally, my concerts do not have a music ordering session, but today I will make an exception and leave the choice of the programs to be performed to you. Next, I will Draw the audience and let you order some music."
As soon as Zhou Yan said this, the atmosphere at the scene reached its peak. Many audience members immediately raised their hands, and some of them kept jumping on the spot, trying to make it happen. Zhou Yan saw it.
The voices of “choose me” also kept coming and going.
In order not to cause confusion, Zhou Yan did not throw things to choose, but directly named him. He chose a young boy in the front position.
“That handsome guy in the blue shirt, yes, that’s you.”
The boy who was selected looked excited and shouted, "I want to order a song called "If Love Has God's Will."
This is the advantage of choosing the front of the audience. Although the scene was noisy, Zhou Yan Still heard his voice.
""If Love Is Provident", well, this song is good, because it has not been played today. Can I ask, why did you choose this song?"
"I think Give it to my girlfriend."
Zhou Yan smiled, "It seems that you love your girlfriend very much. Is she here today? Is this person next to you?"
The boy waved his hand and said, "No, this is my friend. I have broken up with my girlfriend."
Zhou Yan couldn't help but roll his eyes. This guy was here to make a show.
He didn't ask any more questions and started playing "If Love Is Provident" directly.
It goes without saying that this piece of music is very popular in Xiangjiang. When Zhou Yan was playing, there were even people singing along.
That means Anita Mui left early, otherwise if she went on stage to sing along, the atmosphere would explode again.
After the performance of "If Love Is God's Will" ended, Zhou Yan was ready to continue ordering lucky audience members.
He originally wanted to click on another female audience member near the front. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly saw a flash of white coming out of the back.
Yes, it just came out of nowhere.
Zhou Yan took a closer look and saw that it was a woman wearing a white wedding dress.
This woman must have been picked up by someone, or carried on someone's shoulders, but her skirt was very long and the person underneath could not be seen clearly.
Zhou Yan couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, this was too much effort.
The other party has worked so hard, and Zhou Yan can’t explain it without giving her a thumbs up.
"That girl in the wedding dress, what song do you want to order?"
The girl was very excited and shouted loudly, but because she was too far away, the scene was too crowded. It was so noisy that Zhou Yan couldn't hear it clearly.
Seeing that Zhou Yan couldn't hear clearly, she raised her hands to make a trumpet gesture and wanted to shout again, but as soon as she raised her hands, she almost fell down when she tilted her body. She was so frightened that she quickly put her hands back in front of her. , she was supposed to be supporting the head of the person carrying her.
Seeing this, Zhou Yan could only ask the staff to send him a microphone.
Although the scene was very crowded, the security personnel came out through some passages, so the microphone was quickly handed over.
Getting the microphone, the girl said excitedly, "Zhou Yan, I am your loyal music fan and movie fan. I have watched all your music and all your movies. Usually when I am at home, I only listen to you. The music..."
Seeing that the girl didn't seem to be ready to stop, Zhou Yan asked with a smile, "I would like to ask, why are you wearing a wedding dress? "
"Because I'm getting married, I'll take wedding photos today."
After the girl finished speaking, there was a burst of cheers.
Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Fortunately, you are not getting married today."
The audience laughed even louder now.
Zhou Yan asked again: "You must not have taken the wedding photos alone. Where is your husband?"
The girl pointed to the bottom of her skirt, "He is here."
At this time, a hand was raised under the skirt and waved towards Zhou Yan.
"Well, groom, I've seen you greet me." Zhou Yan joked, and then said, "I wish you a happy wedding, a happy marriage, and a son soon. What song do you want to listen to? "
The girl just talked a lot, but when it came time to order some music, she was confused, "I think, I think... I want to hear too much."
This. The girl obviously had difficulty choosing, and many spectators nearby gave her advice.
“Kite.”
""Secret Joy", this song is cheerful."
"It's better to meet again."
""Young and Beautiful", this song is suitable for you."
……
The more a girl listens to other people’s advice, the more entangled she becomes.
Seeing how confused she was, Zhou Yan mused, "Since we are so destined, how about I give you a piece of music that has never been played before?"
Before the girl could react, the audience had already gathered. Yelled.
That was a piece of music that had never been played before, which meant that they would be the first audience to hear it.
After the audience applauded, the girl reacted and said with a look of surprise, "Okay, okay."
Zhou Yan nodded and explained the origin of the song, "I recently I’m actually writing a script for my new movie, and this song is the soundtrack.”
The script has not been written, but the soundtrack has been created. This is a very rare thing, but the audience at the scene is not surprised at all, because this is nothing to Zhou Yan.
They just felt extremely surprised, because it meant they would have new movies to watch and new songs to listen to.
"The next song is called "How Long Will I Love You". You are the first listeners of this song. I hope you like it." (End of Chapter)
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