Chapter 384 The Last Queen

When Kelly Chen received Li Yaming's call, her first reaction was that Li Yaming was looking for her about the new album.

Her first Mandarin album will be officially released on October 1st, and now is an important stage for promotion, so she has been participating in various activities in Taiwan recently.

However, Li Yaming's next words surprised her.

"Kelly, do you have time to come back and record an English song now?" Li Yaming asked.

"Record an English song, what do you mean?" Kelly Chen was confused.

"Huanyin may want to release an English song, and they just need a female singer who is good at English. We think you are quite suitable, so we hope you can record an English song and send it to them."

Although Li Yaming explained it once, Kelly Chen became more and more confused.

What is Huanyin? Is it also a music company?

Logically speaking, there are many large and small music companies in Taiwan, and it is normal that there are some that Kelly Chen has not heard of.

But from Li Yaming's tone, Huanyin seems to have a great background.

Otherwise, the other party may just release an English song, and Fumao Records will be so proactive? She was also asked to sing an English song for him. Only top music producers can do this. There are only a handful of top music producers in Taiwan or Hong Kong.

"What is this phantom sound?" Kelly Chen asked directly.

"A relatively new record company." Li Yaming said with a smile, "Why, are you not interested?"

"No, I'm just curious. I can record songs anytime."

"Okay, come over this afternoon."

"No problem."

...

Li Yaming did not tell Kelly Chen that phantom sound was related to Zhou Yan. After all, they were not sure whether the song Xu Xiangjie mentioned was written by Zhou Yan, so there was no need to raise Kelly Chen's expectations too high.

When Kelly Chen came in the afternoon, they were at a loss about what song to record.

The song should not be too famous, nor too unknown.

If it is too famous, it will be difficult to sing out its own characteristics. If the song is not famous, it will also be a disadvantage.

Zhang Gengyu originally wanted Kelly Chen to sing "young and beautiful" just to please Zhou Yan.

But Kelly Chen is not very good at singing this song, and to be honest, her voice is not very suitable for this song.

Later, they discussed for a long time, and Kelly Chen took the initiative to mention a new song "lemon tree" that was just released last year.

This is a song that Kelly Chen likes very much. It was only released in Germany at the end of last year. It is not very famous now. Li Yaming and Zhang Gengyu have not even heard of this song.

Therefore, when Kelly Chen said she wanted to sing a song they had never heard of, both of them were a little skeptical.

However, after Kelly Chen sang "lemon tree" once, they immediately decided to let Kelly Chen sing this.

This is a very light song, it is natural to be beautiful, and Kelly Chen sang it very well.

After all, it was just a demo recording, so there was nothing special. Li Yaming composed a simple accompaniment on the spot and asked Kelly Chen to sing it a few times, and the recording was over.

After the recording was completed, Zhang Gengyu immediately recorded the tape and sent it to Huanyin.

After Xu Xiangjie heard the demo, he thought it was pretty good and called Zhou Yan again.

Zhou Yan was quite surprised when Xu Xiangjie told her to listen to a singer's English song demo. He didn't expect Xu Xiangjie to be so efficient and get the demo on the same day.

"Okay, just play it for me over the phone."

Zhou Yan was working on the storyboard in the office, so he put down the microphone and turned on the hands-free. While continuing to draw the storyboard, he waited for Xu Xiangjie to play the song.

After a while, a brisk female voice came from the microphone.

Zhou Yan raised his eyebrows. It was actually a relatively new song.

This kind of long-distance call has serious distortion. Although Zhou Yan felt that the singing voice was a little familiar, he couldn't remember who it was.

Overall, the singing was good. The female singer's voice was quite suitable for this song, and her English was also good.

Of course, it can only be considered good, not very good. The accent is still quite obvious, and it is definitely not comparable to Wang Lihong.

However, for Zhou Yan, this pronunciation level is already acceptable. He is not going to hold an English proficiency competition. The focus is still on singing well, and English proficiency can only be ranked behind.

After listening, Zhou Yan was quite satisfied. He asked, "Who is this female singer?"

"It's Kelly Chen, a female singer from Hong Kong." Xu Xiangjie replied.

Zhou Yan suddenly realized that it was Kelly Chen. No wonder he felt that the voice was familiar.

Kelly Chen is known as the last queen of Hong Kong, which shows that her status in the Hong Kong band cannot be underestimated.

But in fact, her fame in the mainland is completely incomparable to other queens, at least in terms of music.

To compare the popularity of a singer, the most direct thing is the representative works. Kelly Chen's representative works that have become popular in the mainland are relatively few. The most impressive ones may be "Let's Dance" and "Notebook" in collaboration with Xiaogang.

As for the song "Notepad", many people only know Xiaogang's version.

Compared with other divas, such as Anita Mui, Sally Yeh, and Sandy Lam, Kelly Chen is indeed at a disadvantage in this regard.

But it is not without reason that she can be called a queen. She has good pitch, clear and sweet voice, and can do very well in a certain type of song.

And her type is exactly what Zhou Yan wants.

After a moment of silence, Zhou Yan said to Xu Xiangjie, "You contact the other party and let her try my new song."

"Go to Yanjing?"

"It's better to come to Yanjing."

In fact, Zhou Yan can wait until he goes back to Taiwan or Hong Kong to film before meeting Kelly Chen, but Zhou Yan still wants to settle this matter as soon as possible.

After all, he is relatively free during this period. When he really goes to Hong Kong and Taiwan to film, he may not be able to find time to do these things.

As long as the work can be done in advance, Zhou Yan never wants to delay it.

Xu Xiangjie originally wanted to say that Kelly Chen was promoting her new album recently and might not have time to go to Yanjing, but he didn't say it in the end.

In any case, the opportunity is given to Fumao Records and Kelly Chen. It depends on whether they know how to cherish it.

Given Zhou Yan's current situation, no one in China has a better market than him. Even a master like Uncle Zhan cannot compare to Zhou Yan in terms of commerciality.

There is no way. Whoever sings Zhou Yan's songs will become popular, and they are not ordinary popular, basically without exception.

The key is that Zhou Yan's songs can always be matched with movies, which is an advantage that other composers do not have.

…

After talking to Xu Xiangjie on the phone, Zhou Yan refocused on the storyboard.

About an hour later, there was a knock on the door outside.

"Come in."

After saying that, Zhou Yan looked up and saw Shizuka Kudo and Akina Nakamori walking in hand in hand.

"Teacher Zhou, are you still working?" Shizuka Kudo said with a smile.

Because he had already called in advance and knew that the two of them were coming, Zhou Yan was not surprised at all.

He smiled and put down the pen in his hand, "Revise the manuscript. Have you eaten?"

"We have dinner, but you can also treat us to a midnight snack." Kudo Shizuka smiled and walked to Zhou Yan. Seeing the storyboard on the table, her eyes were full of curiosity, "Is this your new movie?"

The top storyboard was a picture of the male protagonist in a suit and tie, standing on the stage waiting for the bride.

Zhou Yan's painting skills have improved a lot now. Although he can't draw the groom vividly, the atmosphere of the scene is still well portrayed.

Kudo Shizuka couldn't help but pick up the manuscript, "Is this a wedding?"

"Yeah." Zhou Yan nodded, "It's a wedding scene."

"That's great." Kudo Shizuka's face was full of envy, and then she said with some resentment, "Actually, I have also made a movie."

The implication was that she was complaining that Zhou Yan didn't ask her to play the heroine.

"If you come to shoot, it means we are in a cross-border relationship." Zhou Yan smiled and changed the subject, "Did the concert go well?"

"Of course it went well. Don't you see how popular I am now?" Kudo Shizuka looked proud and pulled Nakamori Akina's arm again, "Akina, am I right?"

"Yes." Nakamori Akina nodded.

Zhou Yan looked at Nakamori Akina in surprise, because Kudo Shizuka just spoke Chinese, not a single word was in Japanese, and Nakamori Akina's answer was still in Chinese.

Could it be that after not seeing each other for a while, Nakamori Akina's Chinese level has improved greatly?

This speed is too fast, right?

How long has it been since they last met? It's only been a little over a month.

At that time, Nakamori Akina's Chinese was still fragmented.

"Did you understand what Shizuka said?" Zhou Yan asked.

Strangely, this time Nakamori Akina looked confused, as if she didn't understand what Zhou Yan said at all.

Zhou Yan finally understood. Akina Nakamori probably only understood "right?" and then replied "yes" in a confused manner.

There are not so many language geniuses in the world.

He shook his head and asked, "Do you want to have a midnight snack?"

Shizuka Kudo rolled her eyes, "What midnight snack? Haven't you noticed that we have gained weight recently?"

Zhou Yan nodded. The two girls seemed to be a little more plump than before.

I have to say that the two of them are also quite interesting. They gained weight together. Now the two of them are still similar in body shape, and even their hairstyles are very similar. If you only look at the back, they look like twins.

"If we don't have a midnight snack, it's so late and we have nowhere to go. We can't just say, you still want to go to the bar?"

"Forget the bar. We just came to take a look and will be back soon. When will you work tonight?"

"It depends. It will probably be after ten o'clock."

Shizuka Kudo nodded, "Then you work. We won't disturb you."

After that, she left with Akina Nakamori.

Before leaving, Zhou Yan noticed that she deliberately took a pen out of the pen holder.

After a while, Shizuka Kudo came back and raised the pen in her hand with a smile, "Teacher Zhou, I'm sorry to take your pen away. I'll give it back to you."

Zhou Yan looked at her, wanting to see what she was up to.

She came over, put the pen back into the pen holder, and then put a key on the table, and then whispered, "603, I'll wait for you."

After that, she left in a flash.

Looking at the key on the table, Zhou Yan smiled. It turned out that the girl came back just to leave the key.

It seems that I have to finish work early tonight.

…

At nine o'clock, Zhou Yan put down his work and drove to the Asahi Wind Hotel where Shizuka Kudo and her friends were staying.

When he arrived at the hotel, he went straight to the sixth floor and found room 603, took out the key and opened the door.

After entering the room, he saw Shizuka Kudo standing by the window, looking at the scenery outside the window. He smiled, walked over and hugged Shizuka Kudo from behind, and exhaled softly in Shizuka Kudo's ear, "What are you looking at?"

When hugging Shizuka Kudo, Zhou Yan could clearly feel that her body stiffened suddenly, as if she had been electrocuted.

Zhou Yan was quite surprised. When did this girl become so reserved again?

He kissed Shizuka Kudo's hair again, and when he was about to say something else, he suddenly felt something was wrong.

Shizuka Kudo smelled different.

Shizuka Kudo always smelled the same, and she liked to use the same shampoo, but today it was completely different.

Under normal circumstances, Zhou Yan might think that Shizuka Kudo had changed her shampoo, but combined with her abnormal behavior at the moment, Zhou Yan thought of a terrible situation.

This is not Shizuka Kudo.

If it is not Shizuka Kudo, who would it be?

Zhou Yan could only think of one person, that is Akina Nakamori.

Now it was Zhou Yan's turn to stiffen. For the current situation, he didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

What puzzled him even more was that if the person he was holding at the moment was Akina Nakamori, why didn't Akina Nakamori react at all?

But there was no time for Zhou Yan to think about these things at this time. His brain turned rapidly and he made a decision quickly.

He first gently let go of Akina Nakamori, then slowly retreated, gently closed the door, and left without looking back.

In the room, hearing the sound of the door closing, Akina Nakamori took a deep breath. Just now, she didn't even dare to breathe.

At first, when she heard someone open the door, she naturally thought that Shizuka was back, so she didn't take it seriously and continued to look at the scenery outside the window.

Then she was hugged by someone, and then she heard Zhou Yan's voice.

When Zhou Yan's voice mixed with the hot air from his mouth entered Nakamori Akina's ears, her mind went blank, and she didn't understand why this happened.

She could only understand half of what Zhou Yan said, as if he was asking her what she was looking at?

A few minutes later, Nakamori Akina finally dared to turn her head and looked at the empty room. She was a little dazed, and what happened just now seemed like a dream.

Did Zhou Yan really come and hug her? Did this really happen?

Also, why does Zhou Yan have the key to this room?

Did Shizuka give it to him?

Then why did Shizuka give him the key, and why did he hug her when he came in?

Could it be that he and Shizuka...

Just then, Kudo Shizuka opened the door and came in.

Seeing Nakamori Akina's face flushed, she wondered, "Akina, what's wrong with you?"

Nakamori Akina bit her lip and wanted to ask Kudo Shizuka if there was something going on with Zhou Yan, but the words didn't come out when they came to her lips.

Even if she got a positive answer and understood why Zhou Yan came, it was difficult for her to confess this to Kudo Shizuka.

Finally, she shook her head, "Maybe I stood by the window for too long and was blown by the wind."

"Oh." Kudo Shizuka smiled and nodded, "I thought you were drunk. Let's go, I'll help you change the room and take you there." (End of this chapter)