Wang Zuan was also afraid that his mother would really go, so he quickly said, "It's better not to leave. It's already disturbing others."
"Oh, okay."
Wang's mother also listened to the advice. , nodded and said nothing more.
After a while, she asked again, "How long will Xiaoxian stay in Beishi this time? When she comes back this time, she doesn't like to run home. There is no chance to chat with her. She is not filming now. "Are you that busy?"
"I didn't ask either." Wang Zuan shook his head.
"I'm going to talk about her later..."
Wang Yaohuang said in a deep voice, "The performance is about to start, please be quiet."
Hearing her husband's words, Wang's mother rolled her eyes at him , but didn’t say anything anymore. At this moment, the band members had begun to arrange their seats on the stage, and the audience was much quieter than before.
Not long after, the lights on the stage came on, indicating that the performance was about to begin. The audience applauded to welcome Zhou Yan's appearance.
Amidst the applause of the crowd, Zhou Yan walked onto the stage with conductor Yue Lin.
After the two came on stage, they bent towards the audience. Then Yue Lin walked to his seat and stood up, while Zhou Yan walked behind the microphone, smiled into the microphone and said, "Good evening everyone, I am Zhou Yan."
The applause became enthusiastic again.
This is the second time Zhou Yan has held a concert in Beishi. Compared with the last time, this concert attracted completely different attention.
After the announcement of the various stops of this Piano Boy World Tour concert, news about the concert in Taiwan has not stopped.
And this time it was not only reported by the media, but also practitioners from some functional departments on Taiwan Island publicly expressed their welcome to Zhou Yan. Some local officials were also present in the audience today.
Originally, the other party also proposed to arrange a condolence session and organize some people to go backstage to meet Zhou Yan, but Zhou Yan politely refused.
Zhou Yan came here just to hold a concert, and he didn’t want to make it too high-profile.
The key is that his status is rather special, and it is not convenient for him to get too close to local officials.
Every time he performed in Hong Kong or Taiwan, Zhou Yan’s grandfather would have a phone call with Zhou Yan, reminding him to pay attention to the language in the local area. If there were any problems, it would not only be with him personally. If it is related, it may be mistaken as a signal released by the Zhou family.
Of course, apart from the call from his grandfather, Zhou Yan did not receive any calls from other relevant leaders in the mainland, so he could not have any special tasks.
After saying "good evening", Zhou Yan said with a smile, "I am very emotional to revisit my old place. The music fans in Beishi left a deep impression on me at the last concert. Some of you here may I was here last time, so you should know that Beishi can be said to be the starting point for all tour concerts of the Piano Youth Orchestra."
Different from the quick fixes in the past, Zhou Yan decided to chat a little more with the audience this time. , as soon as he came on stage, he saw where Wang Zuxian was and the people next to him should be other family members of Wang Zuxian.
Facing Wang Zuxian’s family, Zhou Yan still wanted to show his friendly side.
“Beishi is a city full of humanity, and I have gained a lot from this city...”
Although Zhou Yan talked a lot, the content was all gossip. , intending to get closer to the audience.
And his goal was achieved. For most music fans, "Zhou Yan" is more like a symbol, an illusory existence
After hearing what Zhou Yan said this time, they felt that Zhou Yan's image Becoming more specific and getting closer to them.
After talking for six or seven minutes, Zhou Yan turned off the microphone and started playing for the audience.
The program list of the tour concert is fixed, and the difference between each show is very small. There is only one difference between the program list on Taiwan and Hong Kong. Zhou Yan took "Journey to the West Fantasia" Removed it and replaced it with "Dark Fragrance Floating".
The official performance lasted for two hours, and then entered the encore.
This time Zhou Yan also returned many times, even more than the first game in Xiangjiang, a total of fifteen times.
However, although he returned many times, he did not add many additional shows, only five, which was one less than the first show in Xiangjiang.
Because when he walked off the stage for the first time, a staff member told him that there were many people outside the concert hall today, and they hoped that he could shorten the time inside the concert hall as much as possible and leave more time for the outside.
After the fifteenth closing ceremony, the audience in the hall was still unsatisfied and applauded vigorously, trying to call Zhou Yan up again, but this time Zhou Yan never appeared again.
Seven or eight minutes later, the audience left the concert hall one after another.
Originally, the Wang family wanted to go home directly after the concert, but when they walked out of the concert hall and saw the huge crowd of people outside the door, Wang's mother was reluctant to leave and wanted to join in the fun.
"Why don't you stay and watch for a while."
Wang Yaohuang heard his wife say that she wanted to watch again, and he wanted to agree in his heart, but he glanced at his father and said, "It's better. Let's go back. It's getting late. If you delay any longer, it will be late at night before you get home."
Of course the old man Wang Guofan knew that his son was caring about him, so he smiled and waved his hand, "It's rare to see such excitement. , you can stay and watch, I can go back by myself."
Wang Yaohuang nodded and said to his eldest son, "Okay, Zu Pei, take grandpa back."
Although Wang Zupei also wanted to stay and join in the fun, after hearing what his father said, he could only nod and accompany his grandfather back.
After Wang Guofan and his grandson left, Wang Yaohuang and his family of three began to look for a suitable seat to watch the performance at the entrance of the concert hall.
In fact, there is no better seat at this moment. The good seat has been occupied by people waiting outside. They can only find a place relatively close to the stage on the periphery.
Fortunately, the three members of the family are not short. Even the shortest in the family, Mrs. Wang, is relatively tall compared to the average Taiwanese women.
There were so many people at the scene, several times as many as in the hall. Now that the venue has ended, many people stayed and the crowd grew even bigger.
However, there were many police officers at the scene to maintain order, so although there were many people, it was still orderly and not particularly chaotic.
Maybe it was because I saw the grand scene at the entrance of the cultural center when Zhou Yan performed in Xiangjiang before, so this time the concert hall was very well prepared in advance, and the ground at the entrance of the concert hall had already been marked with landmarks. .
Audiences watching the performance outdoors only need to line up according to the landmark lines.
Every few lines, a fifty centimeter-wide passage will be left.
This passage can not only prevent some accidents, but can also be used for commercial purposes. The concert hall has arranged several small carts to constantly walk back and forth in the passage. Many drinks are placed on the carts for the convenience of the audience. They buy.
From time to time, someone would pass by with a garbage truck to collect garbage from the audience to prevent them from littering.
Compared with the one in Xiangjiang, the concert hall in Beishi has another advantage, that is, the large screen.
The outdoor audience will not be bored if they come to the venue in advance to wait, because some videos related to Zhou Yan will be played on the big screen.
There are not only wonderful concert scenes, but also some interview shows of Zhou Yan, and even promotional videos of several of Zhou Yan's movies and some videos of Zhou Yan accepting awards.
Each video is not short, so you can pass the time just by looking at it. After the Wang family settled down, the documentary "Distant Journey" was being played on the big screen, and in this documentary, Wang Zuxian also appeared.
When Joey Wong appeared on the big screen, the scene burst into cheers.
Seeing her daughter appear on the big screen, Wang’s mother was also very happy, "This should be the time to film "The Sixth Sense", right?"
Wang Zuan nodded and said, "It should be "The Sixth Sense" "The Sixth Sense" set."
"I have never seen this movie."
"This is a documentary, which is very popular in Neon. There is a scene of Zhou Yan playing the flute in the front."
"I want to watch this documentary if I have a chance. I don't know if we can buy it here."
“There must be some there, little sister.”
“That’s right, I’ll ask her later.” After saying that, Mother Wang looked towards the door again, wanting to see if her daughter had any Didn't leave.
Wang Zuxian is a big star after all and attracts a lot of attention, so after the show, they only chatted for a few words and then separated instead of leaving together.
The documentary is very long and of course it is impossible to play it all live, so after Joey Wang came out, it cut to the scene where "Sense and Sensibility" won the Oscar for Best Score.
Although Zhou Yan did not show up to receive the award, cheers erupted at the scene. The impact of the Oscar on everyone was still very strong.
After the Oscar ceremony clip ended, the screen suddenly dimmed, paused for a few seconds, and then turned on again. A "10" appeared on the screen, and then turned into a "9".
The audience immediately understood what it meant and started counting down along with the numbers displayed on the big screen.
“8……7……”
"3...2...1!"
When the last "1" sounded, a voice sounded: "Let us welcome the musician-Zhou Yan!"
Amid the cheers of the crowd, Zhou Yan led some band members onto the makeshift stage in front of the big screen.
Although the stage was temporarily built, it looked quite presentable because there was a large screen behind it.
Before coming out, Zhou Yan heard that there were a lot of spectators outside tonight, so he was mentally prepared. However, when he actually stood on the stage and looked down, he was still shocked.
The area in front of the Beijing Concert Hall is much larger than that of the Xiangjiang Cultural Center, and there is basically no obstruction, so it can accommodate a lot of people.
Zhou Yan didn’t know exactly how many people there were, but the number of people for the fourth outdoor concert in Xiangjiang was definitely larger, and it should have reached five figures.
This should also be the performance with the largest audience for their band.
The members of the orchestra were very excited. Ma Dongfang rubbed his hands behind Zhou Yan and joked, "It's a pity that so many people didn't buy tickets."
Zhou Yan said with a smile, "If there are still so many viewers willing to come when tickets are sold, then that's the real deal."
Ma Dongfang was quite confident, "I think as long as you play, senior brother, it shouldn't be a big problem."
Zhou Yan smiled and didn't continue.
If Zhou Yan holds an outdoor concert now, as long as the ticket price is made more affordable, it should be no problem for so many people to come.
But from a business perspective, it is not necessary to lower the price in order to attract more viewers.
Nowadays, Zhou Yan’s concert venue is full, and the ticket prices are much higher than ordinary concerts. If it is held outdoors, the ticket price will be greatly reduced. Although there are more audiences, the overall income is actually about the same.
Moreover, outdoor concerts may encounter many problems. Not to mention the performance, which is definitely very different from that of a concert hall. In addition, there are also weather problems.
The weather has been good these days, but if there are too many performances, it is inevitable that there will be wind and rain. If the weather is worse, the performance will encounter many difficulties.
When the performance is canceled due to weather, not only manpower and material resources will be wasted, but the plan will also be disrupted.
Zhou Yan glanced at the big screen behind him. His picture had been synchronized to the big screen in real time. Although the picture was average and the smoothness was not very good, Zhou Yan felt quite satisfied.
It is not easy to do this with the large screen at the entrance of the concert hall.
With the large-screen synchronized camera image, even the audience at the back can clearly see Zhou Yan.
Zhou Yan probably tried the microphone. There was some delay in the audio and video, but it was not particularly obvious.
He faced the camera and adjusted his position so that he was in the middle of the big screen. Then he smiled and said, "It seems that God is very kind to me. Today is another cool night. It is indeed getting late. I hope you are not impatient to wait."
His voice was just right on the stage. Fall, the audience responded one after another.
“No, it’s worth waiting for you.”
"Let's play more songs tonight."
"For you, I can wait as long as I want."
......
At this time, the staff brought over a chair, Zhou Yan Without being polite, he took the chair and said to the audience, "You don't mind if I sit and chat with you?"
The audience naturally responded that they didn't mind. After Zhou Yan sat down, he let out a long sigh of relief. , "Every time I see so many spectators gathered outside the concert hall, I am both happy and scared. I am happy because the orchestra and I are liked by everyone, but also scared because I am worried that we will not be popular. Music is a highly subjective thing. Everyone likes different things, and luckily, my music happens to be liked by you.”
"Before the concert started, I already said that Beishi is a very important city to me and I have gained a lot here. Some friends may have seen the news and know that I am writing the script of my fourth feature film. When I came to the rehearsal yesterday, a journalist friend asked me if this movie would have elements related to Beishi. I gave him a definite answer, my new movie will definitely be related to Beishi.”
The audience immediately burst into cheers. They did not forget that in addition to being a musician, Zhou Yan is also an internationally renowned director.
The news that the remake of "The Sixth Sense" is like a dark horse, and it is taking the box office in Europe and the United States, has been talked about recently.
Movie-related news was also played on the big screen just now. "The Sixth Sense" is now at the top of this year's global box office rankings.
Maybe it will be surpassed by the menacing "Independence Day" in the future, but there should be no problem in winning the top three.
Zhou Yan's new movie features elements from Beijing, which naturally delighted local audiences.
After pausing for a moment, Zhou Yan saw that the instruments behind him were almost arranged, and continued, "When I went to the United States some time ago, I wrote an interesting song, which is just right for today's scene. Next, I will bring you "We Are Young" with my partners. I hope you will like it." (End of this chapter)