Chapter 355 Five-Digit Audience

Wang Zuan was also afraid that his mother would really go, so he quickly said, "It's better not to go, it's already disturbing others."

"Oh fine."

Mrs. Wang 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, and there is no chance to chat with her. She is not filming anymore, is she so 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, Mrs. Wang rolled her eyes at him but said nothing. At this time, the orchestra members had already started arranging 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, and the audience applauded to welcome Zhou Yan's appearance.

Amid the applause of the crowd, Zhou Yan led conductor Yue Lin onto the stage.

After the two came on stage, they bent towards the audience. Yue Lin then 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 loud 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 the Piano Junior World Tour, there has been no shortage of news about the concert in Taiwan.

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. There were also some local officials 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 quite 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 was any problem, it would not only be related to him personally, but also to the local language. It was mistaken as a signal released by the Zhou family.

Of course, apart from his grandfather's call, 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 the Piano Youth Orchestra’s touring concerts.”

Different from the quick decisions 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 Zuan 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 about gossip, aiming to get closer to the audience.

And his goal has been achieved. For most music fans, "Zhou Yan" is more like a symbol, an illusory existence.

After listening to Zhou Yan's words this time, they felt that Zhou Yan's image had become more concrete and he was 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 removed "Journey to the West Fantasia" and replaced it with "Journey to the West Fantasia". The subtle fragrance floats".

The formal 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 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.

After seven or eight minutes, 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 sea 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 see her again, and he wanted to agree in his heart. However, he glanced at his father and said, "It's better to go back. It's getting late. If you delay any longer, it will be late at night before you get home."

The old man Wang Guofan naturally knew that his son was caring about him, so he smiled and waved his hands and said, "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 at the entrance of the concert hall to watch the performance.

In fact, there was no better seat to be found at this moment. The good seat had already been occupied by people waiting outside. They could 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 very many people at the scene, many 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.

Perhaps because he saw the grand scene at the entrance of the cultural center when Zhou Yan performed in Xiangjiang, the concert hall was well prepared in advance this time, and landmark lines had been posted on the ground at the entrance of the concert hall.

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 that constantly move back and forth in the passage. Many drinks are placed on the carts for the convenience of the audience to purchase.

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.

Outdoor audiences 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 wonderful concert scenes, 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, there was a burst of cheers.

Mother Wang was also very happy to see her daughter appear on the big screen, "This should be the time to film "The Sixth Sense", right?"

Wang Zuan nodded and said, "It should be the set of "The Sixth Sense"."

"I've never seen this movie."

"This is a documentary that is very popular in Neon. There is also 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 this, Mother Wang looked towards the door again to see if her daughter had left.

After all, Wang Zuxian is a big star 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 finish it 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 back on. 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" sound fell, 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 set up, it looked quite presentable because there was a large screen behind it.

Before coming out, Zhou Yan had heard that there were many 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 the exact number of people, 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 band members 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 so many viewers willing to come even if the tickets are sold, then that's the real deal."

Ma Dongfang is quite confident, "I think as long as you play, senior brother, it shouldn't be a big problem."

Zhou Yan smiled and did not continue.

If Zhou Yan holds an outdoor concert now, as long as the ticket price is 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.

Zhou Yan's concert venues are now 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 a little worse, the performance will encounter many difficulties.

If the performance is cancelled due to the weather, not only will manpower and material resources be wasted, but the plan will also be disrupted.

Zhou Yan glanced at the big screen behind him. The scene had synchronized his picture to the big screen in real time. Although the picture was average and the smoothness was not very good, it made Zhou Yan feel quite satisfied.

It is not easy for the big screen at the entrance of the concert hall to do this.

With the big screen synchronizing the camera's picture, even the audience at the back can see Zhou Yan clearly.

Zhou Yan tried the microphone roughly. There was some delay in the sound and picture, but it was not particularly obvious.

He faced the camera and adjusted his position to put himself 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 really late. I hope you are not impatient to wait."

As soon as he finished speaking on the stage, the audience responded one after another.

"No, it's worth waiting for you."

"Let's play a few more songs tonight."

"For you, I can wait as long as I want."

...

At this time, the staff brought a chair over, and Zhou Yan took it without hesitation 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 also breathed a sigh of relief, "Every time I see so many audiences gathered outside the concert hall, I am both happy and terrified. I am happy because my orchestra and I are liked by you, but I am also terrified because I am worried that we will not live up to everyone's expectations. Music is a very subjective thing, and everyone likes it. They are all different, and fortunately, my music happens to be liked by you. ”

“Before the concert started just now, I said in the concert that Taipei 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 for my fourth feature film. When I came to rehearsal yesterday, a reporter friend asked me if there would be elements related to Taipei in this movie. I gave him a positive answer that my new movie would definitely be related to Taipei. ”

Cheers immediately rang out from the audience. They did not forget that Zhou Yan is not only a musician, but also an internationally renowned director.

The news that the remake of "The Sixth Sense" is like a dark horse, stepping on the European and American box office has been talked about recently.

The news related to the movie was also played on the big screen just now. "The Sixth Sense" is now at the top of the global box office rankings this year.

Maybe it will be surpassed by the aggressive "Independence Day" later, but it should be no problem to take the top three.

Zhou Yan's new movie has elements of Taipei, which naturally delights local audiences.

After a pause, Zhou Yan saw that the instruments behind him were almost in place, so he continued, "When I went to the United States some time ago, I wrote an interesting song that is just right for today's occasion. Next, I will bring you "We Are Young" with my partners. I hope you will like it." (End of this chapter)