Chapter 272 You Can Give It to Her, but She Must Be the Main Character

Before the concert started, a girl wearing a peaked cap in the front row asked her friend next to her, "John, when will the song your friend mentioned be played?"

John said with a smile: "We should wait until the encore."

"That'll have to wait a while."

"Don't worry, let's just enjoy the music quietly. I heard Helen say that Y's concert is very worth listening to."

The girl in the peaked hat smiled and nodded, "I don't doubt this, after all, there are so many good songs. It's a pity that the songs of "Memory of the Forbidden City" will not be heard in this concert."

"I heard that Y's concerts all have fixed themes. Maybe you can hear those songs in concerts with other themes in the future," John said.

"I wonder when he can go to the United States to give a concert."

"God knows, he has too few concerts, and I heard his albums are not selling well in the United States."

"Isn't it good?" The girl in the peaked hat was a little surprised, "I heard the music from "The Flying Piano Boy" several times on the street, and also heard it several times on the radio."

"That's because you pay attention, so you will remember it after hearing it. In fact, there are not many times. Next time you can compare the frequency of your own songs, you will find that the frequency of his songs is not high."

"How can songs and pure music be compared together?"

John smiled and shook his head, "I heard that in Neon, Y's music can be heard everywhere."

"everywhere?"

"Well, as long as you walk on the street, you can definitely hear his music. No other singer can have such popularity."

"Is it that exaggerated?"

"It's no exaggeration at all. Zhou Yan's music is deeply loved by shopping malls, shops, and restaurants, and Neon's most popular female singer Kudo Shizuka, the most popular songs recently are all written by Zhou Yan."

"I've never seen a musician so popular."

John smiled, "Maybe it's because he looks good."

The girl in the peaked cap curled her lips, "But I feel like he looks like a middle school student."

"His appearance is very popular in Asia. Asians look at him probably like we look at Tom Cruise."

"Impossible, you must be lying to me." The girl in the peaked hat looked surprised and couldn't believe it was true.

Tom Hanks is a young actor who is currently popular. Although he is not tall, he is handsome and very popular among female movie fans.

Tom Hanks' performance in "Top Gun" captured the hearts of many female movie fans.

John said with a smile, "Why did I lie to you?"

The girl in the peaked cap was still surprised, because in her eyes, Y was not ugly, but at best he could only be considered a handsome guy. With talent, he might be considered an average handsome guy.

But she knew that John probably wouldn't lie to her.

She was also thinking that if Tom Cruise was an outstanding musician like Zhou Yan, it would be really difficult for ordinary girls to resist.

After a while, the concert officially started and Zhou Yan walked onto the stage.

Perhaps because of what John said, seeing Zhou Yan standing on the stage, the girl in the peaked hat actually felt a little more handsome.

After all, humans are social animals, and their cognition and aesthetics will also be affected by others.

The program of the second concert was similar to that of the previous one, basically all songs from "The Sixth Sense" and "Piano Boy", plus "Eternal Night", "Flow·Wind" and "Morning·First Snow" ·Red sun".

This is also the first time for Duck Cap to hear the following three pieces of music. She has received formal music training since she was a child, and has dabbled in opera and classical music, so she can understand the charm of these three pieces of music better than the average audience.

Especially "Eternal Night", this piece is very complex and very organized. You can not only see the creator's technique, but also feel the creator's aura.

Although "Early Morning, First Snow, Red Sun" is less technical, it has a strong narrative, and you can also feel the unparalleled talent of the creator.

During the encore, Zhou Yan led the orchestra to play oriental-style songs such as "Drinking the Water of the Yangtze River Together" and "Distant Journey", which also pleased the duck cap. She likes some songs with national music labels, and these songs are often given to her. Some inspiration.

When Zhou Yan came back for the fifth time and walked off the stage, the peaked hat asked John curiously, "Where is the new song you mentioned? Did you play it just now?"

John shook his head, "I don't know."

He just heard about the new music, but he didn't know much about the new music.

Just when the two were confused, Zhou Yan returned to the stage again for his sixth comeback.

Zhou Yan on the stage looked at the audience below and said with a smile, "The next thing I will play is a new song. It is the soundtrack I made for the movie "Sense and Sensibility". Yes, it was written by Jane Austen. The book "Sense and Sensibility". It's an honor to be the soundtrack for such a movie. I also especially want to share this piece with you in Jane Austen's hometown. If you are interested in the movie, you can pay attention to it. It will be released at the end of this year.”

Many people still don't know that "Sense and Sensibility" is going to make a new movie, and they don't even know that Zhou Yan will compose the soundtrack for this movie. When they heard such good news, they were very excited and couldn't help but applaud.

Seeing the audience applauding, Zhou Yan also smiled and said to himself that Columbia really found a treasure. How could there be a soundtrack director who worked so hard to promote the movie?

In the audience, John and Peaked Hat also sat upright, they finally waited for this new song.

"This song is called "young and beautiful"."

After that, Zhou Yan walked directly to the command post.

Seeing Zhou Yan appear in this position, there was another burst of applause, because they had never seen Zhou Yan conduct a certain piece of music before.

Of course Zhou Yan has the ability to conduct, but for the sake of performance, he usually lets Yue Lin conduct.

However, this piece had just been arranged, and it was just a string quartet, with three violins and a cello. Whether or not there was a conductor didn't really matter. Zhou Yan stood on it mainly for the visual effect.

When Zhou Yan started taking pictures and sent them out, the music started playing.

This song shows a sense of sadness at the beginning, which can instantly arouse the emotions of the audience.

Alan Rickman, who was sitting in the first row, couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. This was not the first time he listened to the song "Young and Beautiful", but last time Zhou Yan played a solo, the feeling was very different from this time. Same.

Although it is only a quartet, the overall feeling is much thicker and more grand than the solo performance.

Of course, it's just a little grander than a solo. There are no drums in the quartet, so it's a little more soothing than one with drums.

However, if it is too grand, it will not be suitable in this concert hall, and it will make people feel noisy, which is fine.

After listening to the first verse, John couldn't help but nod his head. It was indeed Y. It must be a masterpiece. The first verse of this song is attractive enough. I have to say that Y's songs have a very strong sense of narrative, and this song is the same. The tune is full of memories and questions.

He looked at the girl next to him again, and then smiled. He knew that Mary must have liked this song.

Zhang is right, this piece is indeed suitable for writing lyrics and making it into a song.

…

After Zhou Yan returned for the sixth time, no matter how much the audience gave him an encore, he never returned.

However, the performance was not over yet. Zhou Yan took a short break and took the orchestra outside the concert hall.

Different from the first time, this time the organizer and the concert hall were well prepared. A temporary stage was set up for Zhou Yan and the others, and some imaging equipment was also equipped. The performance was much better than last time.

However, God was not kind to us. As soon as the third piece of music was played, it started to rain lightly.

Seeing that it was raining, Zhou Yan quickly asked Fang Xiu to retreat with the orchestra.

Although playing in the rain is very romantic, their instruments are very expensive and cannot be exposed to rain.

However, Zhou Yan did not retreat. He asked someone to help him hold an umbrella, and then played a solo piece of "Thoughts Across Time and Space" on a bamboo flute. By the time he finished playing the song, the wind and rain became so strong that he couldn't even hold up the umbrella.

The audience at the scene listened to the song in the rain. Not only were they not panicked, they were even very happy.

Londoners are indeed accustomed to windy and rainy days.

…

Zhou Yan returned to the backstage lounge, and Fang Xiu handed him a towel, "Brother, wipe it off, don't catch a cold."

"Well, are your pianos okay?" Zhou Yan asked while wiping his hair.

Fang Xiu smiled and said, "We evacuated quickly, and nothing happened. The same is true for the rain. If it doesn't rain sooner or later, it will have to fall halfway through the performance."

"Take good care of the piano. We will all take the car back in a while. The performance in London is over. You can go shopping around tomorrow and the next two days. We will go back the day after tomorrow."

Fang Xiu was very excited when he heard that they were given two days to play. Although Zhou Yan also gave them two days off after the last concert, they basically didn't go out much.

…

The next morning, all the junior brothers and sisters went out to play, and they didn't take Zhou Yan with them.

Zhou Yan found that the distance between himself and these junior brothers and sisters seemed to be getting farther and farther. In the past, they only regarded him as a senior brother and friend, but now they treated him more like a leader and a teacher.

Since I was going out to play, of course I didn’t want to go with my teacher.

The young people were unwilling to take them with them, so Zhou Yan went out alone.

London is a good city. It combines classicism with modernity very well. This is worth learning from other cities.

Zhou Yan didn't have any destination, he was just wandering around, but he was lucky enough to encounter a football match.

In a very simple football field, the turf is full of holes.

When Zhou Yan entered, the two teams had just started playing.

The game looked quite formal. Both sides wore uniform jerseys and socks. In addition to the referee, there were two linesmen and a fourth official on the field.

There were about one or two hundred spectators sitting on the sidelines, cheering for their respective teams.

Zhou Yan thought it was a low-level regular match, but after asking, he found out that both teams were Chelsea fans and had arranged to play a friendly match together today.

A friendly match also had a referee and a fourth official, which surprised Zhou Yan.

Moreover, looking at everyone's actions on the field, there is no friendship at all. The intensity is very high, and there are all kinds of flying tackles.

However, the referee controlled the scene, and although the moves were big, they were nothing out of the ordinary.

Seeing their football culture, Zhou Yan couldn't help but lament that Chinese football would have no hope of catching up with them in another fifty years.

In China, let alone friendly matches, even slightly formal amateur matches do not have such a standard and atmosphere.

What surprised Zhou Yan the most was that one of the teams actually used the 4231 formation. This formation was widely used later, but in fact almost no team used it at this time.

Nowadays, 442 is in the limelight, and some teams are using 451. Recently, Real Madrid is developing a 4321 formation.

So in such a game, Zhou Yan was particularly surprised to see one of the teams put up a 4231 formation.

However, Zhou Yan looked at it for a while and found that the team's 4231 formation was just superficial. It did a very poor job in transitioning between offense and defense. As soon as it was pressed by the opponent, it became 451, and after a while it became 442, and finally it became 451. A simple long pass.

Seeing this, Zhou Yan's mentality became a little more balanced.

After watching a game, it was already noon. Zhou Yan found a place to eat and started walking to the hotel.

After arriving at the hotel, Zhou Yan was lying on a recliner and reading a book. At about two o'clock in the afternoon, there was a knock on the door of the room.

"Who?" Zhou Yan asked.

"Me." Zhang Youan's voice came from outside.

Zhou Yan got up and opened the door, then returned to the recliner to read.

After Zhang Youan came in, he smiled and asked, "Everyone has gone out to play, why don't you go out?"

"I went out. I just came back not long ago. Did you come to see me for anything?"

"There is something really wrong. Crave wants to buy the song "Young and Beautiful"."

"crave? Is it Mariah Carey's company?" Zhou Yan closed the book and asked.

"Yes."

"Buy it to sing for Mariah Carey?"

"Um?"

"Why would they want to buy this piece of music? Did you take it to them?"

"No, they came to listen to it themselves. Crave's general manager John Droman also attended the concert last night. He particularly liked this piece of music, so let me ask your opinion."

Zhou Yan thought for a while and said, "It's not impossible to sing for her..."

This song keeps playing. If you want to find someone to sing it, there are not many singers to choose from. Mariah Carey is indeed a good candidate.

"You agreed?"

"Their general manager liked the song, but what about Mariah Carey herself?"

"She loved it too."

Zhou Yan nodded, "I can give it to her, but I have a condition."

"It must be the main focus, at least in the top two positions."

"This..." Zhang Youan hesitated, because he was not sure whether the other party could agree to this condition.

"This is my only condition. If you agree, we can negotiate."

Hearing what Zhou Yan said, Zhang Youan nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go talk to John and see if they are willing." (End of Chapter)