Seeing Zhou Yan coming, the members of the band breathed a sigh of relief.
The two concerts in New York were relatively large in scale and had a large audience. The reason why the tickets sold out so quickly was naturally because of Zhou Yan.
If Zhou Yan is not present, the appeal of the box office will be greatly reduced.
In Taiwan, when Zhou Yan and Fang Xiu and the others parted, they had already arranged another set of plans. If he couldn't arrive due to something, Fang Xiu and the others would have to perform by themselves.
When the afternoon rehearsal ended, Zhou Yan was talking to Fang Xiu, and a middle-aged man with blond hair came over.
"Hi, Zhou Yan."
Zhou Yan turned around, saw the person coming, smiled and replied, "Hi, Mr. Brown."
The person who came was none other than the Backstreet Boys. Zhou Yan met his agent Jeff Brown before when he was in London, so he knew him.
“Long time no see.” Jeff Brown walked up to Zhou Yan and shook hands with Zhou Yan with a smile. “I am very honored to see the performance rehearsal in advance. The show is very exciting. I am already looking forward to the official performance tomorrow night. Performance."
"Thank you for the compliment. I'm very happy that you can come. Where are the boys?"
"They are still out on tour recently and can't come over. They are very sorry for this and asked me to apologize to you."
Zhou Yan waved his hand, "You're welcome, it's just an ordinary performance. . Speaking of which, I haven’t been to their concert yet. I will definitely go there if I have the chance.”
Jeff Brown opened his arms and said, “You are very welcome. If they are in concert.” I will definitely be very happy to see you there.”
“I heard from Zhang Youan that “We Are Young” will be officially released tomorrow?”
“That’s right,” Jeff. ·Brown smiled and nodded, "At ten o'clock tomorrow morning, this single will be launched on major radio stations, and the song's MV will also be played on TV."
As New Balance's advertising song, the MV for "We Are Young" will of course be produced immediately and appear in front of the public along with the song.
The MV for this song is actually a relatively long advertisement. The entire MV is full of New Balance elements. As long as the characters appear in the camera, they are all wearing New Balance shoes.
For such an advertising song, Jeff Brown doesn’t need to worry about the promotion at all, New Balance will help take care of everything.
New Balance hopes this song will be a hit even more than they do. After all, this song cost New Balance nearly 10 million US dollars, and this does not include the endorsement fee for the Backstreet Boys.
If the song fails to become popular in the end, they will suffer a big loss.
New Balance spent a lot of money on this song, and Zhou Yan also knew it. He heard that the production of the music video alone cost three million US dollars.
Hearing that a few-minute music video cost three million U.S. dollars, Zhou Yan couldn't help but sigh. These big brands are really wealthy. This amount of money is enough to make a movie.
If "Space Traveler" is filmed in the United States, as long as no well-known actors are hired, three million US dollars will be enough, and some money can even be squeezed out for publicity.
Of course, spending three million US dollars to shoot a music video is quite a lot, but it is not very unusual. I heard that Michael Jackson’s music video cost seven million US dollars the year before last, which is completely worth the price of a music video. It's a mid-budget movie.
Zhou Yan smiled and congratulated Jeff Brown, "Congratulations in advance on your new song selling well."
"Haha, I want to congratulate you too."
The song was a hit, and of course Zhou Yan was also a profiteer. He not only gained fame, but also received subsequent share of the income.
The two chatted for a while, and Jeff Brown extended an invitation to Zhou Yan, "Do you have time tonight, let's have a meal together?"
Zhou Yan waved his hand, "Forget it tonight. , I just flew over from China and came here directly without going to the hotel. Now I have to go back to the hotel to settle down. I’ll talk about it later when I have a chance.”
Jeff Brown nodded, “No. Question, then I won’t disturb you tonight. When you have time, we will have dinner together. When George chatted with me two days ago, he also said that he wanted to have dinner together.”
The George he was talking about was from Columbia Records. This time "We Are Young" needed a female singer. She was from Columbia Records and was recommended by Zhou Yan.
Because of Zhou Yan’s relationship, Columbia Records and Jive Records now have a delicate relationship, because so far, only their two companies have obtained songs from Zhou Yan.
They are both opponents and allies. They compete, but they don’t want other companies to compete for Zhou Yan’s resources.
“Well, no problem, I’ll make an appointment with you later when I have time.”
……
After arriving at the hotel, Zhou Yan put his luggage away and called Sebastian Silva.
Although "Titanic" has not been officially filmed yet, the staff are basically on the set.
There are several filming locations for the movie, the most important of which should be Mexico, because the ship hull models are all there. The filming of the movie has not started yet, and the people are gathered there.
After receiving a call from Zhou Yan, Sebastian was also very happy, "Hey, Y, have you arrived in New York?"
"Well, I just arrived."
"It's a pity that I can't go to your concert tomorrow. The studio is very busy recently and the filming is about to start. When can you come over? James asked you a few days ago."
"We have to wait until The concert here has to be over. What did James ask me? Isn’t the music issue urgent?” br>
"Okay, if you have anything, you can tell me at any time. What have you been busy with recently?"
"A lot of things, the improvement of the scenery, the study of the script, there are many things every day Meeting. You are also a director, so you should know all of this.”
"Although I am a director, I have never made a movie with a budget of 1.5 billion US dollars."
Sebastian laughed, "Who has made one?"
He You're right. No director in the world has ever made a movie with such a high cost, and neither has James himself. "Titanic" is a precedent.
"Will you stay here for a long time this time?" Sebastian asked again.
“It’s hard because I have other things going on.”
"Are you leaving after only a few days?" Sebastian muttered, "James may be dissatisfied."
Zhou Yan didn't care, "It doesn't matter, James will understand me."< br>
Although Zhou Yan only had contact with James Cameron once, he had some understanding of his character. James valued the results more than the process.
As long as James can get the results he wants, it doesn't matter what the process is.
On the contrary, no matter how hard you try during the process, as long as the result is not good, he will not be satisfied.
Just like when he collaborated with Horner on "Alien" before, he didn't care how difficult Horner's work was, he only looked at the final result. No matter what Horner said, it was all excuses in his opinion.
On the other end of the phone, Sebastian curled his lips. He felt that Zhou Yan had not yet experienced James Cameron's fiery temper, otherwise he would not be so relaxed.
However, he and Zhou Yan had just met and were not familiar with each other, so he had no obligation to remind Zhou Yan. Seeing Zhou Yan say this, he said nothing more and instead smiled, "I look forward to having you come to the set, here. The scene is huge, these people on site can probably fill your concert hall.”
Sebastian’s statement is definitely an exaggeration. During the early stage of shipbuilding, the staff on site were indeed. A lot, but now that the movie is about to start shooting, the total number of staff and actors is only a few hundred people, and it is impossible to fill the concert hall.
Of course, Sebastian just wanted to use such exaggeration to explain the excitement of the scene to Zhou Yan.
"I will try my best to rush there after the concert."
"You have to hurry up, otherwise, you will have to go to New Scotland." Sebastian reminded.
“Okay.”
Although the main filming location of "Titanic" was in Rosarito Beach, Mexico, the first filming location was actually from Nova Scotia, Canada. Unfolding in Dartmouth, Alta., is the setting for a modern-day expedition aboard the research vessel Keldish.
We are going to Mexico for filming, which is estimated to be in September or October. Zhou Yan has calculated the time and he probably won’t be able to catch up with the filming in Mexico.
After talking to Sebastian on the phone, Zhou Yan went to have a meal first, then returned to the room and started drawing the storyboards of "Space Traveler". But he didn't work too late, and went to bed at eleven o'clock in the evening.
……
Saloli knocked on the door of her good friend Olivia’s room early in the morning. Olivia was sleeping with her head covered. She shouted angrily, "Saloli, it is a crime to prevent people from sleeping, do you know?"
"Really, when was it written into the constitution?" Saloli laughed outside the door. .
Olivia sighed slightly and got up sleepily. After opening the door, she murmured dissatisfiedly, "It should be written into the constitution that depriving people of sleep is a crime. The maximum sentence is one million years. I will immediately Send you to court."
"I wish I could live that long." Salori smiled and sat down on Olivia's bed. "You should really open your eyes and take a look. , what time is it now?"
Salory looked up at the clock on the table, "It's only eight o'clock, is it very late?"
"You forgot, "We Are Young" will premiere at nine o'clock today."
"Isn't it still an hour away?"
Salori looked at Olivia up and down, "Are you sure you want to listen to the Backstreet Boys' new song with me like this?"
"Okay." Olivia was defeated. Come on, "I'm going to brush my teeth."
By the time Olivia came out of the shower, Salori had already turned on the TV at home and locked it on Channel 6.
Channel 6 has a program called "Pure White Music Station" at nine o'clock every morning. This program is nothing special. It just plays some popular songs. New songs are often premiered on it. .
This time "We Are Young" will be broadcast on many programs, but Olivia and the others usually watch "Pure White Music Station" more, so they chose it.
The program has not started yet, and other programs are being played. It is a boring science and technology popularization program, which is designed to teach children to do small science experiments, but Salori is watching it with gusto.
Olivia held the milk glass and mocked Salori, "This kind of program is just suitable for college students like you."
Salori shrugged with a smile, "You're right, it's just right for me to read. When I was a kid, I couldn't understand either."
Seeing that her attack had no effect, Olivia was a little frustrated and walked to Salou with the milk He sat down next to Li and started watching with her.
Don’t tell me, although it is a children’s program, it is quite interesting. Olivia watched it and watched it.
Halfway through the show, Saloli turned to look at Olivia, "Isn't it pretty?"
"It's not pretty." Olivia immediately denied it, but her eyes Still staring at the TV screen.
"Should we leave early in the afternoon?" Saloli asked again.
“Let’s go? Oh, you said we were going to Wireless Music City. Doesn’t the concert start at seven o’clock? What’s the use of going early?”
“Maybe we can see Y Me.”
"Can't you see it when you enter the concert hall?"
"That's different."
"What's different? Could it be that if we go there early, we can still get autographs?"< br>
"Who can say for sure? Anyway, we have nothing to do in the afternoon, so let's go there early."
"It's quite hot today..."
"Go ahead."
"Okay."
Olivia compromised because she knew that as long as she didn't agree, Salori would definitely keep pestering her about it. .
......
The two watched popular science programs for a while, and the time finally reached nine o'clock, and "Pure White Music Station" started on time.
Because the format of the program is simple, there is only one host, and the only host's task is also very simple, which is to introduce the songs to be played to the audience. Sometimes they don't even introduce the songs and just play them directly.
However, there is a new song premiering today, so the host naturally wants to focus on it.
"Hello everyone, welcome to "Pure White Music Station", I am the host Davis."
"Today I would like to introduce to you the Backstreet Boys. We have introduced them more than once on the show and played many of their songs, but we have to introduce them again today because their new song "We Are Young" will be premiered worldwide today."
Host. The person introduced the Backstreet Boys, mainly their members and their famous songs.
"This new single "We Are Young", like the previous "Yellow" that was loved by countless listeners, is both composed by the famous musician Y-Chou. Okay, no more nonsense now, I believe everyone will follow I am also eager to hear this new single, let’s enjoy the music together now.”
When the host finished speaking, the screen turned on the TV and a stage appeared. All members of the Street Boys stood at the scene, and there was also rapid drumbeats.
Seeing the members of the Backstreet Boys, the two girls' eyes lit up at first, and then the drumbeat surprised them.
This kind of rapid drumbeat seems to have never been heard in Y's music. From the sound of this drumbeat, it feels like the boys on the stage are about to roll up their sleeves and start a fight at any time.
As soon as the two girls looked back at each other, Brian began to sing a fast and rhythmic song, which seemed to be pop, but also had a bit of hip-hop feel.
Olivia opened her mouth and was about to say something when the drum beat of the song suddenly changed, the rhythm became slower but the power was stronger.
The chorus appears.
“tonight——”
When the first line of the chorus came out, Olivia felt as if someone had slapped her on the head, almost giving her It was mind blowing.
This chorus... is too sudden.
However, such a sudden chorus does not make people feel inconsistent. The passionate shouts and powerful lyrics make the song more dramatic, at least visually shocking.
This is a very energetic song that makes people want to sing along.
Saloli even wanted to sing along with the phrase "tonight——" on the spot, but Chang Kaizui discovered that this seemingly simple lyric was not that easy to sing.
However, even though she didn’t sing well, Saloli was still willing to sing along, which shows how powerful this song is.
At this time, in the picture, the members of the Backstreet Boys, holding microphones and instruments, walked off the stage, mingling with the audience, and the scene fell into a carnival.
It looked like it should be a university, the stage was set up outdoors, and the audience was all young people.
Although the picture looks chaotic at first glance, if you look carefully, you can find that there are many small stories happening, including love and friendship...
If you say "tonight——" it is this song The song was the first surprise for Olivia and the others, and the high-pitched and loud voice of the girls behind was the second surprise for them.
Looking at the black girl appearing on TV, both of them were a little surprised because they had not seen this female singer before.
Although he is a black man, he is not particularly black. He must be of mixed race. He looks quite young, perhaps not yet an adult.
But Xiao Gui is still young, but he sings very well and his tune is very high.
This may be a newcomer that jive company wants to promote, Olivia guessed.
Saloli had the same idea as Olivia. Otherwise, she really couldn’t figure out why such a young girl would be arranged to sing with the Backstreet Boys.
Of course, now is not the time for them to think wildly. The chorus between young girls and the Backstreet Boys is very effective. All they need to do now is to enjoy the music with their heart. (End of this chapter)