Chapter 519: Inviting Singers for the New Year

When Zhou Yan came out with the phone, he found that the neighbors who were visiting to say goodbye to the old year had come to the living room.

After saying hello to the neighbors, Zhou Yan took his brothers and sisters out to set off fireworks.

There would be many people coming to the house soon, and their house was not big, so it was really crowded. They might as well go out and play for a while.

The brothers and sisters have grown up, and Xiaojiu is already a teenager, but they still like to set off fireworks.

They not only play by themselves, but also take other children in the yard to play.

The children of the Zhou family have grown up, but the children in the yard are like rice, growing up one after another, and every year when they come back, they can see children of all ages.

However, as time goes by, the children's names for Zhou Yan and others have changed.

Zhou Yan remembers that when he just came back that year, Xiaojiu introduced him to everyone as their brother, and most of the children in the yard followed suit and called him brother.

But this year, many people called him Third Uncle. Among their peers, many children have been born in recent years.

Those people who call him Third Uncle naturally call Xiaojiu Jiuyi or Jiugugu.

Zhou Yan was also very moved. These children had a good memory. So many people could remember it.

In addition to the children who followed behind him, Zhou Yan also found that there were teenage boys in the yard, following behind Xiaojiu, as if they were flower protectors.

In fact, when Xiaojiu was very young, there were a bunch of boys of the same age following her because she was beautiful and smart, especially attracted by little boys.

Her sisters were all very beautiful and had been liked by boys since childhood.

But the most boys liked Xiaojiu, because this girl was particularly good at controlling people's hearts, and she would have different faces when she met people of different ages.

After setting off fireworks with his brothers and sisters until more than ten o'clock, Zhou Yan asked the driver to take him back to his residence.

The villa built by Zhou Hong was not yet completed. Zhou Yan was still living in the house left by his mother when he returned to Jinling.

Although he was not at home, someone often came to take care of the house, so Zhou Yan did not need to worry about it and could move in directly when he came back.

When he got home, Zhou Yan first lit a stick of incense for his mother, and then sat on the sofa in the living room with a book in his arms to read.

He turned on the TV in the living room, which was playing the Spring Festival Gala. He occasionally looked up to take a look while reading.

At this time last year, he was waiting to go on stage in the studio. He was not invited to the Spring Festival Gala this year, but many TV stations invited him to record programs such as the Lantern Festival Gala, but he turned them down because he had to go home for the New Year.

At 11 o'clock, the phone in the living room rang, and Zhou Yan turned sideways to answer the phone: "Who is it?"

The woman on the other side said in English, "Can't you hear my voice?"

Zhou Yan frowned, the voice coming from the phone was seriously distorted, and he couldn't hear who it was at all.

But he could probably guess, because among the people he knew, there were not many women who spoke English, and there were even fewer who could call at this time.

"Maria?" Zhou Yan asked.

"Haha, you guessed right. It's so hard to make a phone call today."

"It's hard to make a long-distance call. How do you have my home phone number?"

"I asked Zhang for it. I called your mobile phone but couldn't get through, so I asked him for the number."

"Oh, that phone is out of battery."

His phone received too many calls today and the battery ran out. He didn't charge it. On the one hand, he was lazy, and on the other hand, he didn't want to receive any more calls.

There are too many people who know that phone number. Many people who are not very familiar with each other also called to send blessings today.

No matter who calls, as long as they know each other, it is inevitable to exchange a few words.

Everyone should not chat for too long. One or two minutes is enough for Zhou Yan to spend a lot of time in this day.

The battery life of mobile phones nowadays is also relatively short. It will run out of battery after receiving too many calls.

In fact, his mobile phone has SMS service, so blessings can be sent to him through SMS, but few other people have mobile phones that can send SMS, so they can only call.

In a few years, SMS service will be popularized, and fewer people will call to send blessings, and everyone will start to edit group SMS.

Zhou Yan remembered that in those years, every New Year's Eve, the communication company would make a lot of money from the text message business.

"You called me at this time, what's the matter?" Zhou Yan asked.

He actually hadn't contacted Mariah Carey for some time, and he was quite surprised to receive a call from Mariah Carey today.

"Nothing special, just want to say Happy New Year to you."

Zhou Yan glanced at the clock on the wall and smiled, "It's a bit too early to say Happy New Year now, it's an hour later until next year."

"Why don't we talk until tomorrow."

Zhou Yan smiled, didn't respond, and asked, "Are you busy recently?"

"I'm preparing for my new album, but everything is fine, not particularly busy. You know, what really makes people anxious is not work, but life, especially a bad marriage."

Mariah Carey has officially divorced her husband, and it can be seen that she is in good shape after the divorce.

After the divorce, she also has time to worry about her new album.

Her divorce was a big deal before, but now it is finally cooling down.

Fortunately, Zhou Yan rarely goes to the United States, otherwise his scandal with Mariah Carey would have been even more serious.

"Then I wish you success in your new album in advance."

"There are still two songs that haven't been decided on for the new album... Actually, I was just about to talk to you about this."

"Uh... How about you put "Someone Like You" in the new album?" Zhou Yan suggested.

"Someone Like You" was released as a single, and it's completely normal to put it in the new album now.

Although this is considered a rehash, most people do this.

"I've already put it in, but I still want something new. In fact, I listened to the songs in your new movie and I really like them."

"The songs in the new movie?" Zhou Yan asked in confusion, "Are you talking about "All of Me"?"

"The Time Traveler" was not released in the United States, and Mariah Carey should only have heard Celine Dion's "All of Me", so Zhou Yan guessed this.

Mariah Carey said, "No, I watched the whole movie and listened to all the interludes in it."

"You watched the whole movie? Where did you watch it?"

"I asked someone to buy the CD of "The Time Traveler."

Hearing this, Zhou Yan couldn't help rolling his eyes.

"Time Traveler" has not been released yet, and there is no CD at all. What Mariah Carey can buy must be a pirated copy.

Zhou Yan was also convinced. Mariah Carey asked someone to buy her a pirated CD from China in order to watch the movie. The key is that she must know it is a pirated copy.

"The movie has no translation and no subtitles. How did you watch it?"

"I don't understand the plot, but I can understand the music. There are many good songs in it, such as that one..."

Mariah Carey didn't know the name of the song, so she sang, "How long will I love you..."

Zhou Yan nodded, "This is the theme song of "About time", and the name is the first line of the lyrics."

"I guessed right." Mariah Carey laughed, "Can I cover this song and put it in the new album?"

Zhou Yan smiled. Maria called on the New Year's Day, and it seems that she was still asking for a song.

He thought for a moment and said, "You'd better not cover this song, because the male singer who sang this song will probably develop in Europe and America in the future."

"Really? That's a pity. I like this song very much." Mariah Carey was a little regretful.

"I can't give you this song, but I can let you sing another song."

"Which one?"

"Bleeding love."

"Bleeding love?" Mariah Carey's tone was full of doubts. She didn't know which song it was.

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"Let me think about it..." Zhou Yan recalled the part of "Bleeding Love" selected in the movie, and then hummed it.

Mariah Carey immediately remembered, "There is this song. I remember it, but it's too short."

"Bleeding love" did not appear for a long time in "Time Traveler", and it certainly couldn't be compared with "How Long Will I Love You".

In fact, there are too many interludes in "Time Traveler", most of which did not appear for a long time, and many of them just flashed by.

The song "bleeding love" was also recorded by someone from China at that time, and only a short section was recorded.

Today, Mariah Carey called to invite her to sing a song. Zhou Yan felt that "bleeding love" was quite suitable for her, so he decided to sing this song for her.

Because Zhou Yan's "singing skills" were average, and he only hummed a short section, he did not give Mariah Carey any surprise. In comparison, she must still prefer "how long will I love you".

"Can you sing the whole song for me?" Mariah Carey asked.

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "I can't sing it well. How about this, when I go to Yanjing, I will find someone to record a complete version of the demo for you."

"When will you go to Yanjing?"

"It should be sixteen days later."

Zhou Yan planned to spend the Lantern Festival at home, and then set off for Yanjing.

Hearing that Zhou Yan would return to Yanjing in half a month, Mariah Carey was a little anxious, "That's too long, I can't wait."

"Your album is so urgent?" Zhou Yan asked in confusion. From her tone just now, it was obviously not very urgent.

If it was a new album, Mariah Carey would definitely not be in a hurry. She still had a long time to prepare. According to the plan, the new album would not be released until summer.

But she was worried that the longer the night, the more dreams there would be. What if something unexpected happened in the past half month?

And she was really anxious to hear this song.

"How about..." Mariah Carey thought for a long time and said, "I'll go find you."

Zhou Yan pouted, "You can't come to me in the next two days. There are visa procedures to go through. And you can only come to Yanjing if you want to find me. It's not convenient to record anything here. Otherwise, I'll send you the score tomorrow, and you can sing it yourself."

Mariah Carey has the ability to read the score, and she can sing it even if you give her the score directly.

"That's fine, have you written the lyrics?"

"Yes, I have. By the way, when will your new album be released?"

"It should be in July or August, what's wrong?"

"Nothing, just asking. I want to see if my movie will be released in the United States when your new album is released."

"When will your new movie be released here?"

"That's probably about that time."

"That's good, I can also promote the movie to you. Haha, don't worry, I will definitely promote the movie to you on various occasions later."

"You should have helped me promote the movie more to make up for your mistake of buying pirated CDs."

Mariah Carey laughed even harder, "When the movie is released, I will definitely pay for your movie tickets...I won't be the only one to watch it. I will book a few shows for my friends to watch."

"I think you can just sell the album and give away movie tickets later."

Zhou Yan was just joking casually, but Mariah Carey actually thought about it very seriously, "It's definitely not possible if we send it directly. Many fans may not be willing to go, and we can't afford it."

Movie tickets are not cheap either, so buying an album and getting a ticket for free is definitely not cost-effective.

"I was just joking." Zhou Yan said.

Mariah Carey continued to say seriously, "You can't give it away directly, but you can draw a lottery. As long as you buy the album, you can draw a lottery. Let's increase the winning rate to one percent... Isn't it a bit low? If it is ten One... will this activity be troublesome?"

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "You don't have to do this. You can just help me with more publicity."

This kind of activity seems simple, but without a complete system, it is very troublesome to operate, and it is also easy to make mistakes. Zhou Yan thinks there is no need to do it.

The most important thing is that the effect may not be very good.

Too many tickets are given away, and the cost is too high.

If you give away less, you don’t care. The publicity effect will not be achieved.

If we have the funds and energy, we might as well use other publicity channels.

If more than ten or twenty years later, this kind of linkage activity would be relatively simple. Just create a small program to draw a lottery. It is completely operated online, which is simple and less error-prone.

"When the movie comes out, do you want to come here to promote it?"

"I probably won't be doing publicity, at least not specifically to promote the past. But I may go there in the first half of this year, because I also have to score "Titanic"."

"Oh, yes, you are composing the soundtrack for this movie. This movie should have been shot for a long time, hasn't it been finished yet?"

"No, it should take some time."

Mariah Carey's words also reminded Zhou Yan of the lack of money on "Titanic".

Earlier, Zhang Youan went to talk to Fox about investment, but they kept silent and there is no news yet.

Zhou Yan was not in a hurry, but it felt a pity to miss such a good opportunity.

"When you come to the United States, remember to tell me in advance that I will treat you to dinner."

“I’m not necessarily going to Los Angeles or New York.”

"It's okay, just tell me in advance."

"Okay." Zhou Yan nodded in agreement.

The two chatted for about five or six minutes before Mariah Carey hung up the phone. It was obvious that she was bored today and wanted to chat with Zhou Yan for a while, but Zhou Yan was worried about the phone bill. (End of chapter)