Although Matthew Knowles is thick-skinned, he knows how to look.
He knew that Zhou Yan didn't want to talk to them anymore at this moment.
So after chatting with Zhou Yan for a while, he took the initiative to say goodbye, and then left the backstage with Beyoncé.
After the father and daughter left, Zhou Yan ran to prepare for the performance with the orchestra.
……
The atmosphere in Houston is really good, and the space in front of the theater is spacious and can accommodate a lot of people.
The weather is very good today, so starting from about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, a large number of music fans slowly gathered at the door.
Felipe and Kanter had already made preparations and built a temporary stage at the entrance of the theater.
Not only did they equip the stage with valuable equipment, they also set up some "stands" on the edge of the square.
These stands are not high, only two or three floors, but they cover a large area, which greatly improves the experience of watching the performance for the audience in the back row.
They had calculated in advance that the entrance of the theater could accommodate a total of 12,000 to 16,000 people watching the performance at the same time.
Based on this calculation, they also made several sets of plans.
Houston is also the only city that seriously promotes outdoor performances. Although previous cities also promoted outdoor performances, they were mentioned in passing. After all, outdoor performances are There is no admission fee, and there is no guarantee that it will be held.
Just like those days in Taiwan, the rain directly delayed the subsequent outdoor performances.
Felipe and the others were not worried about this at all. After all the tickets were sold out, they frantically promoted today's outdoor performance.
There are even many people who don’t even know about the concert. They only know that there is a free outdoor performance in front of the theater today.
In this case, there are naturally many people coming to join in the fun.
At six-thirty, when the concert hall started checking tickets, four to five thousand people had gathered at the entrance of the theater, not including the audience who had already bought tickets.
Matthew Knowles appeared at the entrance of the concert hall with several members of Mr. Right at six-thirty.
The reason why I chose to come at this time is naturally because there are so many people now, and it is a good time for a few girls to show their faces.
In order to ensure that reporters would come to take pictures of them, Matthew Knowles even hired two people. When they got out of the car, the two people took pictures of them with cameras.
There were many other reporters at the scene. Of course they were very interested when they saw two people taking photos of four girls with cameras. Even though they didn't know who these girls were, they still joined them.
The scene flashed constantly. After taking a few photos, a reporter asked another reporter next to him.
"Who are these girls?"
The other party shook his head, "I don't know."
Both parties were a little confused, and they followed him to take pictures in a daze.
At this time, someone suddenly shouted, "This is the real-name Tiannu group, and that girl is the girl who sang in "We Are Young"."
When they heard this, the reporters immediately understood , they all accelerated the shutter speed.
They may not have heard of "The Right Girl", but "We Are Young" has become extremely popular recently.
Especially the reporters who can come to the concert today must know this song.
At first they didn't recognize Beyoncé as the girl in the music video, but after being reminded and taking a closer look, they recognized it.
Matthew Knowles had already told several girls to take advantage of this opportunity to show their faces, so they all walked forward slowly and asked reporters to take more photos of them.
Facing interviews with reporters, they all responded excitedly.
Seeing this situation, Matthew Knowles was also very satisfied. He had to do what he should, and this time he was very successful.
……
After the two concerts in Houston, Zhou Yan rested for a day and then went to Canada with Zhang Youan to meet James Cameron and the others.
On the road, Zhou Yan held a local newspaper in Houston, which reported on the grand event of the two concerts.
[The two concerts held at the Houston Grand Theater had a total outdoor audience of more than 30,000 people. Y-chou has undoubtedly become a phenomenal musician. His ten concerts in the United States this time have demonstrated his unparalleled box office appeal. 】
【Local TV stations receive many calls every day, all asking about Y-chou's concerts. Everyone wants to know if he has other concerts. No doubt, if there are other shows, the tickets will be snapped up quickly. But unfortunately, the Piano Youth Orchestra's tour in the United States has officially ended...]
After reading the report, Zhou Yan asked Zhang Youan next to him with a smile, "Are there 30,000 people outside in these two games?"
Zhang Youan nodded, "It's almost the same. The first game seemed to be more than 14,000 people, and the second game was more than 16,000 people. This data was told to me by Felipe himself. There shouldn't be any lies. It can be seen. , he is very happy. The opening day of the Houston Theater District will be in a few days, and they will definitely take the opportunity to promote it. "
In the report, the opening day of the theater district was indeed mentioned, and there was even a special mention. Mentioned that members of the Piano Boys Band will also participate.
The purpose is also very clear, which is to use this event to attract more tourists to participate in the theater district’s open day activities.
“The atmosphere in Houston is indeed better than that in New York.” Zhou Yan affirmed the atmosphere in Houston.
"It's a bit crowded over there in New York. The theater area here is very well planned. At least it can be used outdoors, which is incomparable to Radio City Music Hall." Zhang Youan smiled and said, " However, we are willing to have an outdoor performance, but other bands may not be happy with it.”
Zhou Yan actually felt that adding outdoor venues was getting bigger and bigger, and the development was a bit different from what they thought before.
In the early days, the outdoor extra scenes were very small, and there were not so many outdoor audiences. Zhou Yan just led a few people out to play a few simple songs.
However, as more and more concerts are held, the scale of outdoor venues is also getting larger and larger. Nowadays, it seems that it is not uncommon for the number of people outside a single concert to exceed 10,000.
With so many people, it is natural that it cannot be as simple as before.
In these two concerts in Houston, nearly 20 pieces of music were played outdoors, and each concert lasted more than 40 minutes.
Coupled with the preparation time, Zhou Yan and the others had to put in an extra hour or two every night, which was actually very tiring.
As for the outdoor performances, all are free, and they can't get a dime.
Zhou Yan sometimes wonders whether he should remove the outdoor part and spend more time on formal events.
But for the time being, at least the popularity of outdoor performances is still beneficial to the band.
If there were no outdoor performances, there would definitely be fewer relevant news reports, and word-of-mouth among music fans would be greatly reduced.
"When I have time next year, I will do some pop special performances. I will not play songs like "Flow·Wind" and "Eternal Night", so I can consider performing in an open-air venue."
"This is also good. Yes, we can also do a separate special performance of folk music and divide it into several series.”
“Let’s go back and plan.” It is located in the southeast corner of Canada, which is also in the northeast corner of the United States.
Zhou Yan and the others traveled from Houston and basically walked half of the coastline of the United States, which was a very long distance.
If Zhou Yan had known that he was going to Nova Scotia instead of Mexico, he would have reversed the order of the concerts.
If they set off from New York, it is much closer to Nova Scotia. The crew of "Titanic" is currently in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. This city is next to the provincial capital of Halifax, and the two cities are separated by a bay.
When Zhou Yan and the others arrived at Turtlemouth, it was already past eight o'clock in the evening.
Sebastian was very happy to see Zhou Yan, "Y, you are finally here."
Seeing him so happy, Zhou Yan was a little surprised. After all, they were not very familiar with each other, and the current work of the crew It has little to do with him as a composer.
"How is the recent filming?"
"It's not bad. As you know, there aren't many scenes here."
Although Sabati Si'an said it was not bad, but his expression was not good. It could be seen that he was not having an easy time during this period.
But he didn't tell, and Zhou Yan didn't ask.
"As long as it goes well." Zhou Yan just smiled.
Sebastian also laughed, "Have you eaten? Do you want me to take you to eat something?"
"I already ate on the plane."< br>
"That's good. In fact, at this time, I really can't find anything for you to eat."
The crew of "Titanic" eats packaged meals, which are provided at a fixed time and in a certain amount. It is not easy to get food after missing the time.
This area is also relatively desolate, and there are not many shops. It is probably wishful thinking to go out at this time to get a meal.
Zhou Yan and Zhang Youan knew this, so they chose to finish their dinner on the road.
"Is the protagonist here?" Zhou Yan asked.
“You mean Kate and Leonardo?”
"Yeah."
"Of course not. The filming here is a modern plot, and there is no part of them. If you want to see them, you can wait until the filming here is finished and go to Mexico with us."
Zhou Yan smiled and shook his head, "After the filming here, I should go back to China. When will the filming here be finished?"
"It will be the end of August."
"Then I definitely won't be able to make it this time, but I should go to the United States after a while, and I should be able to go to the scene by then."
"Then you have to hurry up."
"How many people are there in the crew now?" Zhou Yan asked again.
"Including you, there are eighty-six people."
"So many."
What they are filming here is a modern plot. In fact, there are not many scenes. Many of the scenes were shot on site by Cameron and the others when they went to the Titanic wreckage.
This part of the movie scene is not big, so Zhou Yan did not expect that there would be so many people in the crew.
"It's nothing. When I went to Mexico to shoot later, there were more than a hundred stuntmen alone." Sebastian laughed.
Zhou Yan couldn't help but sigh, it was indeed a big scene.
Looking at it this way, it is not impossible that there were thousands of crew members on site during the filming in Mexico.
Zhou Yan also went to the big crew, and there were many people during the filming of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
But in fact, when "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was being filmed, there were not many crew members. The main reason was the large number of extras, and other conditions were relatively limited.
Sebastian chatted with Zhou Yan for a while and then left.
Zhou Yan didn't have any work that night and went to bed at half past ten.
If you go to bed early, you will naturally wake up early.
The next morning, he got up at half past six, washed up and went out at exactly seven o'clock.
He originally thought there wouldn't be many people at this point, but when he opened the door, he found a lot of people in the corridor, and most of them were holding equipment, and it seemed they were about to start working.
A young man recognized Zhou Yan and greeted him proactively, "Hi, Y, you're here."
"Hello." Zhou Yan responded with a smile, and then asked, " Are you about to start working?”
“Yes, we are going to shoot the scene where the elderly heroine sees the news about the survey team.”
"It's nearby, about a mile."
The young man tried to point out the direction of the shooting location to Zhou Yan, but he couldn't tell the difference between south, south, north and south in the corridor, so he pointed blindly and finally gave up.
“If you want to go, you can come with us.”
Zhou Yan originally wanted to go after breakfast, but faced with the current situation, he decisively gave up breakfast and nodded. , "Then please take me for a ride."
"It's an honor." The young man smiled, "Actually, I also like your music very much."
Another young man next to him smiled and said, "I can prove it for Lori."
On the way to the shooting location, Zhou Yan chatted with three young people for a while and learned that they were in charge of props. Before filming begins, they have to deliver the props to the scene.
Going with them was another car with members of the camera crew on top.
The shooting location is indeed not far from the hotel. It is a single-family house.
"If you are interested, just go shopping by yourself. We need to start working." Lori said to Zhou Yan.
Zhou Yan nodded, "You guys should be busy and don't worry about me."
Then he wandered around the house by himself. This was a simple house. The reason why it was chosen as the residence of the elderly heroine was Probably because it is relatively close to the hotel and is convenient for shooting.
Because it is a modern plot, there is not much to pay attention to in the layout, but Zhou Yan can still see that a lot of thought was put into the layout of the house.
The paintings on the wall and the pottery products that can be seen everywhere in the house are obviously not from the original house. All these furnishings reflect the aesthetics of the owner of the house.
This aesthetic may not have a standard, but it must be unified.
Just looking at these furnishings, Zhou Yan already had an image of a character in his mind. He knew that this was the effect James Cameron wanted.
To create a character, it is not only the performance of the character itself that is important, but the environment in which the character lives is also an important part.
Especially in this modern scene in "Titanic", the elderly heroine appears for so little time, and what she can express is very limited. The audience wants to know how she has been doing for so many years. her environment. (End of this chapter)