Chapter 340: Do You Have Mixed Noodles?

After entering the recording studio and seeing the equipment in the recording studio, Akina Nakamori was also very emotional.

When she first arrived at the studio, the old and crude building made her look down upon Zhou Yan's studio. She thought the studio's equipment would not be very good.

But after walking around, she found that the equipment in this studio was very good. Although she had not used this recording studio yet, she could tell that it was very professional just by looking at the design and equipment inside.

There is also the practice room that Zhou Yan took them to see just now. The details of the acoustic design are also very good. This is almost the best state this building can achieve. If it wants to be better, it must be that This is a building that professionally serves music performances.

There was no recording task today, so Zhou Yan took Nakamori Akina to briefly try out the recording studio to let her get familiar with it.

After the trial, Zhou Yan said to her, "While you are in Yanjing, if you want to practice singing, you can come to our studio at any time and have someone set up a practice room for you, or you can find someone to help you first." Record some and listen.”

After saying that, Zhou Yan looked at Li Xing and said, "Xiao Li, you are more familiar with this place. If Miss Zhongsen has any needs, try your best to meet them."

Li Xing nodded and said, "Okay, Teacher Zhou."

"Well, under normal circumstances, the practice room must be free, but the recording studio is not necessarily free. If you want to use the recording studio, it is best to ask in advance. Liu Hang has a timetable. You can ask for a copy."

Although the studio's recording studio is mostly for personal use, it also accepts some outside work.

Under normal circumstances, studios handle traditional music work, so large recording studios are relatively open to the outside world, because there are not many large recording studios like them in China that can record symphonies professionally.

Of course, I occasionally take on some popular jobs, which are introduced by people in the industry, and ordinary people can't contact me here.

After all, they also have a lot of recording tasks in their own studio, so it is easy not to rent out the studio.

Although there are not many singers in their studio, there is a lot of work, and some work is quite time-consuming. Not to mention other things, just the production of a movie's soundtrack takes up a lot of time.

At this time, Akina Nakamori asked, "Will this Chinese version be recorded when you come back next time?"

Zhou Yan said with a smile, "Then it depends on your pronunciation. If your pronunciation is okay at that time, then the two versions will be recorded at once, but if the pronunciation is not good, it will be postponed for a while."

Akina Nakamori nodded and said, "I will try my best."

Zhou Yan nodded and didn't say anything. This thing doesn't just require hard work.

Kudo Shizuka's language talent is considered good, but it took a long time before, and Kudo Shizuka had actually learned Chinese for some time before.

It is not yet known what Nakamori Akina's language talent is, but Zhou Yan feels that she should not be better than Kudo Shizuka. The key is that she is learning from scratch, and the road to go will definitely be longer than Kudo Shizuka.

Now it is definitely impossible for her to learn Chinese seriously. The only option is to teach her the pronunciation and then let her memorize it by rote.

Zhou Yan looked at his watch. It was not even ten o'clock yet, so he said to Akina Nakamori, "Let Li Xing take you for a walk. I have something else to do, so I'll excuse you now. If you're not in a hurry to leave at noon, I'll leave Stay in the studio for lunch.”

Akina Nakamori nodded and said, "Sorry to trouble you."

"You're welcome."

Zhou Yan smiled and left.

After Zhou Yan left, translator Nariko Ida smiled and said to Li Xing, "Mr. Zhou Yan is really busy."

When talking on the phone before, Ida Nariko felt that Zhou Yan was very busy. After this meeting, this feeling became more obvious.

Li Xing nodded and said, "Of course, Teacher Zhou has been very busy. The band will go to Xiangjiang tomorrow and a new tour will begin. In addition to the performance, he also has film scores to do."

Akina Nakamori worried: "If he goes on tour, will he come back next time we come back?"

"Probably. Since he promised, he will not break his promise. Teacher Zhou is very committed to his promise." Li Xing smiled and asked, "What are you going to do now? I will take you around again? In fact, the one next to him The building is also a studio, but it’s the film and television production department.”

Nakamori Akina asked in surprise, "Is there a film and television production department here?"

"Of course, Teacher Zhou is a great director."

"Then how about we go over and take a look?"

Nariko Ida was very interested in the film and television production department, but Akina Nakamori shook her head and said, "I want to study the Chinese version of the lyrics of "Snow Flower" first."

Zhou Yanke just said that if her pronunciation is good, she can record the Chinese version at the same time next time she comes over, and she is also very interested in the Chinese lyrics.

Hearing Akina Nakamori say that she wanted to study Chinese lyrics, Li Xing smiled and said, "Then I'll find a practice room for you. It's more convenient in the practice room."

"sorry to bother you."

Li Xing then took the two of them to a practice room and began to study the Chinese version of the lyrics of "Snow Flower".

When they arrived at the practice room, Nariko Ida roughly translated the meaning of the lyrics. After listening to it, Akina Nakamori nodded and said, "It is indeed very different from the neon version of the lyrics."

The neon version of the lyrics is full of expectations and a little bit of disappointment, while the Chinese version of the lyrics is more about memories.

To be honest, Akina Nakamori still prefers the neon version of the lyrics. This is her own reason, because her memories of love are almost not beautiful.

The Chinese version of the lyrics all say "love without regrets", which sounds a bit harsh to her.

Ida Naoko translated for Akina Nakamori while observing her expression.

Akina Nakamori's love story was a big deal, and everyone in Japan knew about it, and this lyric was obviously contrary to Akina Nakamori's love experience.

However, Akina Nakamori did not show obvious emotions. After all, she was a professional singer and would not be broken by the lyrics.

After explaining the meaning of the lyrics, Ida Naoko began to teach Akina Nakamori pronunciation.

After learning a few sentences, Akina Nakamori sighed, "Chinese is so difficult, I don't know how Shizuka learned it at that time."

After Ida Naoko translated Akina Nakamori's complaint to Li Xing, Li Xing smiled and said, "I heard that Miss Kudo used to stay in the studio every day to learn Chinese, and also went to make friends with the members of the band."

Hearing what Li Xing said, Akina Nakamori sighed again. She couldn't make friends everywhere.

When talking about Kudo Shizuka, Iida Chengzi asked Li Xing with a gossipy look on her face, "I heard that Shizuka learned Chinese because she was pursuing Mr. Zhou Yan. Is this true?"

Many people in Japan also know that Kudo Shizuka publicly expressed her love for Zhou Yan, and there are still rumors about the two of them.

When the scandal between Mariah Carey and Zhou Yan broke out a few days ago, the scandal between Kudo Shizuka and Zhou Yan was also mentioned by many people, and many "opposition parties" expressed their support for Kudo Shizuka and Zhou Yan.

Li Xing smiled. Everyone in the studio knew that Kudo Shizuka was pursuing Zhou Yan.

However, he didn't dare to discuss Zhou Yan's affairs, so he smiled and said, "I don't know about this. Didn't you learn Chinese because you wanted to sing Chinese songs at that time?"

Iida Chengzi was a little disappointed that she didn't hear the gossip. She smiled and asked, "Does your teacher Zhou have a girlfriend?"

Li Xing scratched his head, "I don't know about this either. I think he doesn't."

This time he really didn't know. He had only heard about the scandals of Teacher Zhou, but there was no real evidence.

Zhou Yan doesn't look like someone who is in love. Every time Li Xing sees Zhou Yan, Zhou Yan is busy with work.

Many members of the piano youth orchestra are students of the same period as Zhou Yan at the Central Conservatory of Music. They know Zhou Yan's past. Li Xing sometimes chats with them, but they say that Zhou Yan never had a relationship when he was in school.

For ordinary students, even if they are in love, the juniors and seniors in the same school probably don't know.

But Zhou Yan is different. Zhou Yan is a celebrity in school. If he is in love, someone will definitely know.

There are a lot of people who have had a crush on Zhou Yan, but none of them succeeded. It is said that Teacher Zhou used to be a very cold person. Not to mention talking to girls, he rarely talked to boys.

In recent years, there are fewer women around Zhou Yan, but more men. Yu Hua and Shi Tiesheng come every now and then.

Seeing that Li Xing didn't know anything, Iida Chengzi lost interest and turned to teach Nakamori Akina the pronunciation of Chinese lyrics.

…

Until eleven o'clock, Akina Nakamori was still practicing pronunciation. Li Xing looked at his watch and said, "You two, it's getting late. Let's go to the cafeteria for lunch."

Hearing that they were going to have lunch, Akina Nakamori asked, "Does the cafeteria have noodles?"

Li Xing was stunned by this question, "Noodles?"

Akina Nakamori's words somewhat overturned Li Xing's impression of Akina Nakamori, because after getting to know her, Li Xing felt that Akina Nakamori was a bit cold. He didn't expect that she would be so interested in food, especially noodles.

In fact, Li Xing didn't know that the reason why Akina Nakamori asked about noodles was entirely because Shizuka Kudo always said in front of her that the noodles in Zhou Yan's studio were delicious, which made her want to eat them too.

Li Xing thought for a while and said, "The food in the cafeteria is different every day. I really don't know what's available today."

"Okay." Akina Nakamori pouted. She thought noodles were available every day.

Seeing Akina Nakamori's regretful expression, Li Xing smiled and said, "Miss Nakamori, if you want to eat mixed noodles, I can tell the chef and ask him to make it for you in the evening."

Akina Nakamori waved her hands repeatedly, "No, no, it's too troublesome."

Not only is it troublesome, if this gets out, people will think she is a big shot and has to make requests when she comes to the studio as a guest.

Li Xing smiled, "It's okay."

"Really, no." Akina Nakamori refused again, she was too afraid to bother others.

After the three of them arrived at the cafeteria, Li Xing was about to ask Kong Chao, who was serving the dishes, what dishes were available today, Kong Chao smiled and said, "Today there are mixed noodles and dumplings."

Li Xing scratched his head and said in surprise, "There really are mixed noodles."

"I heard that there are guests from Japan today, so I made it specially. When Miss Shizuka was here before, she liked to eat mixed noodles and dumplings." Kong Chao explained.

Li Xing suddenly realized that it was no wonder that Akina Nakamori asked about mixed noodles. It turned out that these were special supplies for Japanese guests.

Akina Nakamori was also very happy to hear that there was noodle soup. She asked Ida Naoko for noodles and dumplings.

It turned out that Shizuka Kudo did not lie to her. The noodles in Zhou Yan's studio were indeed delicious. The only drawback was that the noodles here were not spicy enough, and she liked spicy food.

After a full meal, Akina Nakamori went to the practice room again to continue studying the Chinese version of the lyrics of "Snow Flower".

…

After Shuyanakamori Akina and the others said goodbye, they returned to the office to continue writing "Shutter Island".

At 6:30 in the evening, Zhou Yan put away the manuscript and went to the cafeteria to eat.

The cafeteria was deserted at this time, and Kong Chao and the others were also packing up to get off work.

Zhou Yan said with a smile, "It's delayed your get off work again today."

Kong Chao was cleaning the table, and when he heard Zhou Yan's voice, he turned around and said with a smile, "Teacher Zhou, I have saved your food for you. I will bring it to you now."

"Good work."

When the reserved food was brought out, Kong Chao said, "I originally wanted to leave some dumplings for you, but the two guests from Li Xing and Nihong ate them all."

Zhou Yan asked unexpectedly, "Have they left yet?"

After saying goodbye in the morning, Zhou Yan had not seen Nakamori Akina and the others, and thought they had left.

He was wondering before that Akina Nakamori and the others didn't go over to say hello to him before they left, but he didn't expect that they never left.

Kong Chao nodded and smiled, "I haven't left yet. I seem to have gone to the practice room upstairs again after dinner."

"Yeah." Zhou Yan nodded and said nothing more.

After dinner, Zhou Yan did not go home, but went upstairs again to the practice room.

Standing outside the door, through the glass, you can see Akina Nakamori practicing singing, while Nariko Ida and Li Xingze are sitting next to them, looking bored.

The soundproofing of the practice room is very good, and I can only vaguely hear the sound of Akina Nakamori singing. Although her pronunciation is not very good, I can tell that she is singing in Chinese.

But that's all. If Zhou Yan didn't know the lyrics, he wouldn't be able to understand what she was singing.

After listening for a while, Zhou Yan opened the door and entered.

As soon as he opened the door and walked in, Nakamori Akina's singing voice stopped abruptly, and Ida Nariko and Li Xing also looked at Zhou Yan.

"Teacher Zhou." Li Xing stood up and said hello. He looked at Zhou Yan as if he was looking at the savior.

Since the morning, he had been studying lyrics with Nakamori Akina and the others. Although he had nothing to do, he couldn't leave.

It was okay at first, he was watching and found it quite interesting, but as time went by, he felt like he was in prison.

While eating dinner, he breathed a sigh of relief. He originally thought that today was over, but who would have thought that Akina Nakamori would continue to practice.

Not only Li Xing, Ida Nariko also felt like she was going crazy. She had been teaching Akina Nakamori's pronunciation today, over and over again. By the end, she felt that half of her face was almost numb.

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Still practicing."

Ida Nariko nodded and said, "Well, Akina wants to practice a little more."

"Well, hard work is a good thing." Zhou Yan nodded, and then said to Nakamori Akina, "Sing it to me again."

Ida Nariko translated Zhou Yan's words to Nakamori Akina, who smiled and nodded, and then started singing.

When Nakamori Akina finished singing, Zhou Yan frowned. Nakamori Akina's pronunciation could be described as terrible. From the beginning to the end, there was not a single word that was passable.

What's outrageous is that even though her pronunciation is not correct at all, she is very confident and can sing the whole song smoothly.

This is not a good thing. Zhou Yan is worried that she sings these wrong notes too much and will not be able to correct them later.

After pondering for a moment, Zhou Yan said, "Well, don't sing it now. I'll find someone to sing the song again and record it, and then you can listen to it more."

Zhou Yan believes that Nakamori Akina's pronunciation problem has a lot to do with Ida Nariko, because Ida Nariko's own pronunciation is not particularly standard.

This can't be blamed on Ida Nariko. After all, she is a foreigner. She works at Neon most of the time, so it is difficult to achieve standard pronunciation.

After hearing Zhou Yan's proposal, Ida Nariko was naturally the happiest, because this way, she would not have to teach Akina Nakamori pronunciation sentence by sentence.

Her pronunciation is not particularly good to begin with, and the key is that the pronunciation of singing is different from the pronunciation of speaking. Today when she was teaching Akina Nakamori, she was almost confused by the teaching.

Nakamori Akina also thought this proposal was good, so she nodded and said, "I'll trouble you then."

Zhou Yan waved his hand, "No trouble, you are also tired today. Go back and rest early. Aren't there still interviews tomorrow?"

Now that Zhou Yan has spoken, Nakamori Akina no longer insists, and she also understands that Zhou Yan must think that her pronunciation is poor, so she has to find someone to sing it to her first.

If your pronunciation is really bad, there is really no point in continuing to practice like this.

Li Xing and Ida Nariko also breathed a sigh of relief. They had wanted to go back for a long time.

Several people walked out of the studio. In the corridor, Akina Nakamori asked Zhou Yan, "Are you leaving tomorrow?"

Zhou Yan nodded, "Well, we will leave tomorrow morning, so I have to go back early today to pack up."

Akina Nakamori smiled and said, "Then I wish your concert success."

"Thank you." (End of chapter)