Maybe it was because he had seen a lot of larger parks, so Zhou Yan didn't think Da'an Forest was big, but in terms of the overall design, Da'an Park had a lot to offer.
As an urban park, its first priority is to integrate into the city.
But this kind of integration must have a degree to separate it from the downtown area.
In terms of grasping this degree, Daan Forest Park has done a good job. It not only makes citizens feel very convenient, but also gives them a feeling of temporarily escaping from the city.
In the center of the park, there is an open-air music stage, which is very stylish.
This open-air music stage is not small, and it also has a roof, which can accommodate relatively formal performances. Rows of benches are arranged in an orderly manner in front of the stage for the audience to sit and enjoy the performance.
Zhou Yan made a visual inspection and found that these benches should be able to seat about a thousand people.
But if we really want to stuff people inside, plus the surrounding turf, it should be able to accommodate eight to nine thousand people.
Although the entrance of Xiangjiang Cultural Center can accommodate so many people, the effect of watching the performance is actually very poor. Unlike this terrace, there is a natural slope. This slope must be specially designed to match the music. The stepped seats in the hall are similar. Even if you stand on the grass at the back, you can see the performance on the stage without being blocked.
"Are there usually performances here?" Zhou Yan asked.
"Maybe."
Wang Zuxian is not sure, because she has been to Da'an Forest Park once before and doesn't know much about the situation here.
Usually she doesn't spend much time in Taiwan, and even when she comes back, she doesn't have time to visit the park. The last time she came, Chen Derong told her that it was open, and the two of them came and walked around.
If Chen Derong hadn't told her, she probably wouldn't have known it was open.
“This is suitable for holding some small-scale performances.”
Zhou Yan stood under the stage and looked at the structure of the ceiling. Wang Zuxian suddenly pointed to the side of the stage and said, "There is a poster there."
Looking in the direction of Wang Zuxian's finger, Zhou Yan saw a roll-up banner. But the light here is average at night, so I can’t see clearly what’s above.
The two of them leaned over and took a look, only to realize that it was a promotional poster for the show.
When Zhou Yan saw the handsome young man holding a guitar on the poster, he suddenly narrowed his eyes.
Isn’t this Wang Lihong?
He looked at the text below again.
The first line of big words when I look up is: If you hear my love.
The following is Wang Lihong's personal profile, the most prominent title of which is "The Top Student at Berklee College of Music."
After reading all the information, Zhou Yan probably understood that Wang Lihong should have just debuted, and he just released his first solo album in December last year.
In August this year, he will release his second solo album "If You Hear My Song".
It is estimated that the response to the first album was not very good, and his reputation is average. In order to promote his upcoming new album, he will hold a free concert here.
Coincidentally, the time turns out to be 6:30 tomorrow evening.
Wang Zuxian had no interest in this new singer, but when Zhou Yan kept reading the text, he smiled and said, "It seems that there are often performances here, but they are all newcomers who are not well-known."< br>
“Have you heard of this singer?” Zhou Yan asked.
“No.” Wang Zuxian shook his head, “Didn’t it say that he only debuted at the end of last year? But the name of his album is quite interesting, Love Rival Beethoven.”
Zhou Yan smiled. The name of his love rival Beethoven was indeed not a good one and was completely unattractive.
Perhaps the record company wants to highlight Wang Lihong's classical skills. The introduction on this poster also mentions that he is proficient in violin, piano, guitar, jazz drums and other musical instruments.
Wang Lihonghui does have many musical instruments, but when it comes to proficiency, it depends on how you define the word proficiency.
It is said outside that Zhou Yan is proficient in more than a dozen musical instruments, including piano, bamboo flute, erhu, guitar, violin... It seems that he is proficient in all common musical instruments.
But in fact, professionals all know what's going on.
Except for the bamboo flute, Zhou Yan's other instruments are average, and some are even poor.
If the standard of proficiency is adjusted to a professional level, no one in the world can be proficient in multiple instruments at the same time, because mastering each instrument requires a lot of practice.
The more instruments you pick up, the more likely you are to be broad-minded but not masterful. Zhou Yan is an example. If he hadn’t been exposed to too many instruments and concentrated on chiseling the bamboo flute, his bamboo flute level would definitely be better. It will be better.
"Let's come here to watch the show tomorrow night." Zhou Yan said.
Wang Zuxian was a little surprised and said, "Don't you have to rehearse tomorrow?"
"The performance here starts at half past six, and my rehearsal should be over by then."
Wang Zuxian nodded. It seems that Zhou Yan is indeed very interested in this newcomer. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for Zhou Yan to come. Join in the fun.
After all, Zhou Yan is very busy recently and is busy writing scripts every day.
But since Zhou Yan wants to come, she will definitely be willing.
"Would you like me to come early tomorrow and hold a seat for you?"
"No, there won't be many viewers for this kind of performance. Even if there are no seats, it's still the same as standing on the ground to watch it."
"Okay."
...
< br>The two wandered around Daan Forest Park for a while and then went back.
Zhou Yan did not go back to the hotel where the band was staying, but went to her residence with Joey Wang.
Wang Zuxian, who likes to buy a house, naturally also bought a house in Taiwan. However, she is not optimistic about the real estate market in Taiwan, so she only bought a small house with a small area, and she lives there by herself when she comes back.
She has two brothers, and they all live at home now, so even when she comes back, she rarely stays at home and always lives alone.
It can be seen that she did not put much thought into this house, and the decoration is the most ordinary kind.
Wang Zuxian has prepared all daily necessities for Zhou Yan in advance, and even prepared several sets of clothes for him from inside to outside, so Zhou Yan doesn't need to bring any luggage when he comes.
After entering the house, she pointed to a room on the east side, "Third brother, that's the study over there. You can work in it."
"Yeah."
Zhou Yan nodded, walked over, opened the study door and took a look. When he saw the layout of the study, he showed a surprised expression.
He originally thought that the so-called study room was an ordinary small room, but he did not expect that it turned out to be a real study room.
There are two bookshelves against the wall in the room, filled with a variety of books, CDs, and tapes. In addition, there is also a square desk.
Wang Zuxian also came over, leaned next to Zhou Yan, and asked, "Third brother, are you satisfied?"
"Did you build this study just for me?"
"Of course, I don't need such a study myself. Many of these books were bought from the mainland. I know whether you like it or not. Your music albums are basically available here.”
Hearing what Wang Zuxian said, Zhou Yan felt very heart-warming. It is not easy to decorate such a study, and it takes a lot of thought.
There are at least hundreds of books on these two bookshelves, as well as hundreds of records and so on. It will definitely take a lot of time to buy these books, and Wang Zuxian also said that many books are bought from the mainland. of.
Zhou Yan approached the bookshelf and looked at it. There were novels by Yu Hua, Shi Tiesheng, Liu Zhenyun, Wang Anyi, and Su Tong, as well as many issues of "Harvest" and "Yanjing Literature".
The collection he wrote with Yu Hua and Shi Tiesheng was placed in the C position.
Except for Zhou Yan’s records, they are basically all classical music.
There are also some movie CDs, all of which are movies related to Zhou Yan.
Zhou Yan pulled Wang Zuxian into his arms, kissed her on the forehead, and said softly, "Thank you."
In fact, Zhou Yan must not have read many of these books, but Wang Zuxian's This thought moved him very much.
"Do you want to say thank you to me?" Wang Zuxian smiled and said, "Actually, I want to build a piano room for you, but the piano room is more troublesome and I don't understand it very well."
Zhou Yan smiled and said, "No need to waste money. You can buy a bigger house in Beishi in the future. It won't be too late to build a piano room then."
"Change to a bigger house. The houses here in Beishi are nothing. The value of investment. "
The real estate market in Taiwan has been very sluggish in recent years, and the prospects are not promising. The main reason is that it rose too much before the 1990s, coupled with the slow economic development, the demand for housing has weakened. Various reasons have led to house prices not rising.
“Data shows that the average annual growth rate of housing prices in Taiwan in recent years is less than 2%, which is lower than bank mortgage interest rates.” This data means that investing in Taiwan in recent years For real estate, it is better to deposit the money in the bank and collect interest.
Zhou Yan smiled: "You know all these data."
"Of course." Wang Zuxian smiled proudly.
Zhou Yan tapped Wang Zuxian's forehead with his finger, "Now you are thinking about investing in real estate, but you have forgotten that you buy a house to live in. Although your house is good, it is still too small. We will come here later You can’t live here forever in Beishi. It’s more convenient to buy a bigger one.”
“Look at your house, it only has three bedrooms. If you add a piano room, you’ll only have one bedroom. If I have a child in the future, I won’t have anywhere to live.”
As soon as Zhou Yan mentioned having a baby, Wang Zuxian's face immediately turned red, "There's nothing shameful about having a baby... Even if you have a baby, you can live with us in the master bedroom when you are a child... But you can also buy a bigger one." Okay, my parents can stay here as guests."
Speaking of his parents, Wang Zuxian thought of another thing, "Oh, by the way, give me a few more tickets for your concert. "
"Do you have any friends to go?" Zhou Yan asked curiously.
Zhou Yan gave her two tickets before, and she should have given the other one to Chen Derong.
“This concert is very popular in Beishi, and my brother and others also said they want to see it.”
Zhou Yan nodded and smiled, "Okay, my brother-in-law wants to see it. I have to make arrangements. How many tickets do you want?"
"Four...give me six."
"Six." If so, they don’t have to be together, and they don’t have to be in the first row.”
“It doesn’t matter, as long as you have a ticket, you can sit anywhere.”
“Okay, I’ll do it tomorrow. Have someone give me the ticket.”
......
That night, Zhou Yan did not work too late and went to bed at around eleven o'clock.
The next morning, after Zhou Yan woke up, he opened the refrigerator door and took a look. There was nothing inside except mineral water and beer.
He had no choice but to change his clothes and go out to buy some breakfast. He originally wanted to buy some vegetables, but he couldn't find the vegetable market.
When he came back, Wang Zuxian had already gotten up and was looking for Zhou Yan in the living room in his pajamas.
Seeing Zhou Yan come back from outside with a bag in his hand, she said with surprise, "Third brother, are you out?"
Zhou Yan raised the bag in his hand, "Well, I bought some. For breakfast, there isn’t even an egg in the refrigerator.”
“I don’t live here often, so of course I don’t know how to buy food.”
Zhou Yan joked, “If you live here all the time. Can you cook if you live alone?”
Wang Zuxian is the youngest sister in the family. She was pampered since she was a child and has no cooking skills at all.
Wang Zuxian was quite dissatisfied with this. He held his head high and said, "Don't underestimate me. I have grown a lot now and can cook a lot. If you don't believe me, I will cook at noon and let you have a taste of my craftsmanship."
"Don't bother, let's go out to eat."
Zhou Yan wanted to give her a step to come down, but he didn't expect that instead of coming down, she stepped up step by step, and said firmly, "No. , I have to cook today."
Seeing her insistence, Zhou Yan smiled and nodded, "Then I'll see."
After breakfast, Zhou Yan went into the study to work. Wang Zuxian changed his clothes and went out to buy groceries.
At noon, Zhou Yan heard the sound of ping-pong-pong-pong-pong from the kitchen, so he got up and went over to take a look, only to see Wang Zuxian eye-to-eye with a bream that had already died.
Wearing an apron with cartoon patterns on it, she held a spatula in one hand and a kitchen knife in the other. She seemed to not know where to start with the fish.
Zhou Yan leaned against the door frame, folded his arms and said with a smile, "What's the matter, classmate Xiaoxian, do you need to give it salvation before eating it?"
Wang Zuxian turned around with a smile on his face A flash of embarrassment flashed, "I want to make braised fish, and I forgot the first step."
She swore that she had studied the recipe carefully before, and she knew every step by heart, but Now when I really wanted to get started, I completely forgot all the steps in the recipe, as if I had never seen the recipe before.
Damn it, the recipe was at home in Xiangjiang and I didn’t bring it over.
If I had known better, I would have bought a cookbook when I went out.
There are so many books in the study, but not a single recipe.
Seeing her embarrassed look, Zhou Yan walked over with a smile, took the kitchen knife and shovel from her hand and put them aside, and then started to check the ingredients in the kitchen.
Fortunately, although she forgot how to make braised fish, there are all the ingredients.
The fish has also been processed, and it must have been handed over to the enthusiastic stall owner to help handle it, making it very clean.
Zhou Yan conveniently chopped some green onions and ginger, then poured oil into the hot pan and began to fry the fish...
In about half an hour, Zhou Yan finished cooking three dishes and one soup.
Wang Zuxian has seen Zhou Yan's cooking skills, so she is not surprised at all. It's just that she was the one who said she wanted to cook, but in the end it was Zhou Yan who took care of everything. She was a little embarrassed.
But this embarrassment soon disappeared.
Find a husband who can cook, and you won’t have to worry about eating at home in the future.
Perhaps to make up for his guilt, after dinner, Wang Zuxian also took the initiative to take over the washing of dishes and pots.
Zhou Yan didn't compete with her, and went back to the study to continue working after dinner.
Until 1:30 in the afternoon, Zhou Yan left for the concert hall.
This time, the four concerts in Taiwan were held in the same concert hall as in Xiangjiang, where they held their first concert.
What is special about this concert hall is that there is a very large LED screen at the entrance. More than two years later, the screen has been replaced with a larger one, and the distance between the lamp beads is smaller, making the image clearer.
LED technological innovation is rapid. Every once in a while, screens with smaller spacing and better colors appear on the market, and the screen in front of you should be the latest on the market today.
It can be seen that this concert hall is very powerful. If it were an ordinary concert hall, it would be impossible to spend huge sums of money on it. For a long time, LED screens have not been cheap, especially the latest model. kind.
The situation at the entrance of the concert hall is similar to that in Xiangjiang. Although the concert will not start until next year, many people have already gathered a day in advance. Some of them even held a sign with Zhou Yan's name written on it.
Seeing this scene, Zhou Yan did not rush into the concert hall. Instead, he took the initiative to approach the crowd and greet them.
Zhou Yan was dressed very casually, with a peaked cap and sunglasses. At first, the music fans didn't recognize him, and they didn't realize it until Zhou Yan greeted them.
One of the girls reacted very quickly and ran towards Zhou Yan quickly.
But when she arrived in front of Zhou Yan, the girl still asked uncertainly, "Excuse me, are you Zhou Yan?"
Zhou Yan smiled and took off his sunglasses directly, "I am. ”
Seeing Zhou Yan’s face, Zheng Youqing covered her mouth excitedly, “It’s really you”
Zhou Yan made a sign gesture, "Do you want me to sign it for you? Everyone else will be here soon."
"Yes, yes." Zheng Youqing quickly took out a stack of things from the bag and handed it to Coming to Zhou Yan, "There are many, but you only need to sign one...one or two."
Zhou Yan took the pile of things with a smile, and then looked up at the girl in front of him in surprise.
There are not only photos of him participating in the "Walk and Talk" program back then, but also ticket stubs from his first concert in Taiwan that year, and he was in the front row.
It seems that this little girl is still her old fan.
A large part of Zhou Yan's early fame in Taiwan came from the program "Walk and Talk".
Originally, "Walk and Talk" was a very ordinary program with a monotonous format and not very attractive. It was only after Zhou Yan put forward many opinions when he participated in the program that the program was changed.
And that change also benefited both of them.
Nowadays, this program has become a well-known variety show in Taiwan. The host has changed, but the ratings are still very high.
And the model of this program was later imitated by many programs.
Since he was an old fan, Zhou Yan was naturally not stingy and patiently signed everything on the pile of things Zheng Youqing handed over. (End of this chapter)