Chapter 328: Weird Scandal

Zhou Yan sang "Someone Like You" to Maria, and Zhang Youan was very happy.

He had told Zhou Yan before that if he could not find a more suitable candidate, he would sing this song to Maria.

On the one hand, Maria really wants to sing, and the conditions given will definitely be good. On the other hand, there are almost no female singers more popular than Maria. Since the release of "Daydream", Maria's commercial influence The strength increased a little more.

If you sing the song to Maria, it will definitely spread more widely.

In Zhang Youan's view, what is suitable or not is considered suitable only if it can be sold.

"One more thing, who do you want to sing the song "We Are Young"? When talking to New Balance, they mentioned this issue."

"When I was chatting with Williams before, didn't he say that he wanted to invite the Backstreet Boys to endorse their brand? It would be a good time to give them this song to sing."

"Okay, that's what I told them. And the lyrics, do you do it yourself, or do you give it to someone else?"

Zhou Yan thought for a while and said, "I'll do it. You can have someone come and get it tomorrow morning."

"Okay." Zhang Youan smiled. Zhou Yan's efficiency was really impressive.

…

The next morning, Zhang Youan ran to find Zhou Yan.

Opening the door to Zhang Youan, Zhou Yan was quite confused, "Why did you come in person?"

For such trivial matters as lyrics, Zhang Youan can just send someone. After all, Zhang Youan is quite busy now, so there is no need to waste time on such matters.

Zhang Youan said with a smile, "Originally, I was going to ask Karen to come and get it, but there was an emergency."

"What's the emergency?" Zhou Yan asked as he went to get the score.

"Your scandal has been exposed."

Hearing this, Zhou Yan stopped, turned to look at Zhang Youan with a surprised expression, and said uncertainly, "Are you talking about the scandal?"

"Ang." Zhang Youan nodded.

"Here in the United States, or at home?"

"This way." Zhang Youan pointed at his feet.

Zhou Yan became more curious, "What kind of scandal can I have in the United States?"

Catherine's face flashed quickly in his mind, because he didn't know many women in the United States, and Catherine was the most likely one. Catherine came to him at night before, and the atmosphere was quite ambiguous.

Zhang Youan said with a smile, "Yes, didn't Maria just come to see you yesterday?"

"Maria?" Zhou Yan never thought that the target of his scandal was Maria. He asked in surprise, "Isn't Maria married?"

Zhang Youan curled his lips and said, "Can't you spread scandals with others if you are married? And they are getting divorced recently."

"What? Divorce?" Zhou Yan didn't know about this at all.

No wonder Maria was not in the right mental state yesterday. It turned out that she was divorcing her husband.

Maria is the same age as Zhou Yan, but she got married very young, and she got married when her career was on the rise.

"They were divorcing at the beginning of this year. The matter was quite big and many media reported it. I thought you knew."

"how could I know."

Zhou Yan didn't ask Maria why she got divorced, because it had nothing to do with him. What he cared about was the extent of the scandal between him and Maria.

He was not afraid of ordinary scandals, but having an affair with a married woman was a bit too much. Even if he doesn't care, it will affect Maria and his wife, regardless of whether they are actually divorcing.

"How bad is this scandal?"

"Some photos leaked out, of Maria entering the hotel and of you going out together. Although they are not intimate, the news is so imaginative. The popularity is not very high for the time being, but it is hard to say what will happen later. After all, it is Mary now. It’s a sensitive time for divorce.”

Zhou Yan immediately guessed what the news would say, which was simply that Maria came to Zhou Yan's hotel and stayed for an hour or two.

What is reported is the truth, and readers will definitely think more about it.

Zhou Yan usually doesn't reply to this kind of thing, because it is very difficult to prove himself. Those who purify themselves will purify themselves. As time goes by, everyone will forget about this matter.

It is strange to say that Zhou Yan was never photographed when he was with Wang Zuxian and others, but he was photographed more than once with other women.

Of course, it is reasonable to think about it carefully, because Wang Zuxian and the others are more careful when they come to Zhou Yan, but Maria came here yesterday without covering up at all, and she was probably spotted on the way.

Even though he is so generous and generous, he has not escaped from scandals.

Zhang Youan was also relatively relaxed. He said with a smile, "This is nothing to worry about. There are far more gossips and scandals in the entertainment industry here in the United States than in China. You are just going to eat. If you are photographed passing by the hospital, it may be spread. Maria is pregnant with your child."

As he said, the level of outrageous gossip in the United States is beyond the reach of domestic gossips, so scandals of this level will not have any impact on Zhou Yan.

Men, in particular, have an advantage in this regard. It is perfectly normal for a male artist to have a romantic affair. In the minds of many viewers, this is even a plus.

"It's better to ignore these news and don't affect your cooperation with Maria. Just follow the normal process." Zhou Yan said.

"Of course, the new songs will not be affected in any way."

Zhou Yan glanced at Zhang Youan. He always felt that he and Maria had an affair, and Zhang Youan was quite happy.

If Zhou Yan hadn't known Zhang Youan's methods, he would have doubted whether this scandal was created by Zhang Youan.

In fact, Zhou Yan was not wrong. Zhang Youan was indeed very happy because this scandal was good for the promotion of the new song.

Maria's single "Someone Like You" will be released soon. If the scandal really attracts public attention, it will also be a good opportunity to promote a wave of new songs.

Now many entertainment companies also like to do this kind of marketing. Every time before an artist has a new work, they will always release some eye-catching but harmless news.

Spreading rumors is the most common method. Creating CP is not something that has only been around since then. It has been played very well now. Many companies will also cooperate to let their artists hype up scandals.

This trick is very useful, otherwise there would not be a lot of companies using it thirty years later. Often the simplest routine is also the most useful.

Zhou Yan gave Zhang Youan the score of "We Are Young" and asked, "Let the Backstreet Boys record it for me first."

The implication was that if the Backstreet Boys didn't sing well, he would consider others.

"No problem." Zhang Youan nodded, and then asked, "Will the autograph session tomorrow morning be held as scheduled?"

This time when Zhou Yan came, Zhang Youan also arranged a autograph session for him.

The publicity of the autograph session was not strong, the scale was not large, and it was only arranged for two hours. If it took too long, Zhou Yan would not be able to sign all the autographs.

The purpose of arranging this autograph session was actually to test the waters.

If the autograph session is good this time, when Zhou Yan and his team come again in the summer, they can expand the scale of the autograph session a little bit.

"Go on as usual, it's only two hours anyway, it won't affect anything."

"Okay."

...

When the Backstreet Boys received the call from Jeff Brown, they were in Las Vegas, where they had just finished a three-day performance.

The popularity of the Backstreet Boys is no longer comparable to before. They performed three shows in three days, with more than 30,000 people in each show.

When receiving a call from Jeff Brown, the captain Kevin Richardson said excitedly, "Jeff, you really should come to Las Vegas to see our live show. The atmosphere is really great."

"You did a good job." Jeff Brown praised, and then said, "But there is nothing to regret, because I believe that soon you will be on a bigger stage, and hundreds of thousands of people will gather in one place to watch your performance."

Jeff Brown's words also made Kevin Richardson excited.

The atmosphere of 30,000 to 40,000 people on the scene was so good, it was hard to imagine what it would be like with hundreds of thousands of people.

Although they had three shows in three days, the audience added up to more than 100,000, but there was still a big gap between 100,000 people in three shows and 100,000 people in one show, because many fans bought tickets for three shows in a row.

Kevin was very excited when he thought that they might stand on such a stage in the future.

"Jeff, we will work hard, and I believe that day is not too far away."

"I believe it too." Jeff Brown smiled, "Your next stop is Phoenix, and there will be three or four days of rest in between. During this time, you can go to Los Angeles."

"Go to Los Angeles, why?" Kevin looked puzzled.

They are not far from Los Angeles now, and they can get there in half a day by car, but why do they suddenly want to go to Los Angeles at this time? Although there are still three or four days before the performance in Phoenix, it is better for them to go there in advance and make preparations.

"Y wrote a song and wanted you to try it. His agent contacted me today. He originally wanted to give you the score and lyrics, but I thought, since you are not far from Los Angeles, I will go there and meet Y. He is in Los Angeles now."

"Did Y come to Los Angeles?" Kevin said in surprise.

In the hearts of these boys in the group, Y is very important. Although Y has only written one song for them, it is this song that made them famous.

Their rapid development is inseparable from the success of "yellow".

Although the group has many songs now, the most popular song during each performance is "yellow". Every time this song is sung, the chorus is the loudest.

This song has now become the fixed last song in their program. As long as this song is sung, it means that the concert is coming to an end.

In Kevin Richardson's heart, besides Jeff Brown, the mentor, Y is the person he respects the most.

So when he learned that Zhou Yan was in Los Angeles, he was surprised and happy. Even if Y didn't write a new song, he was willing to go to Los Angeles to meet Y.

"Well, he came to attend the celebration party of "The Sixth Sense". You know how popular this movie is now. I heard that the box office has exceeded 300 million US dollars."

"Yes, this movie is too popular."

After the movie came out, they also went to the cinema to watch it. It was indeed very good and the attendance rate was very high. Now you can often see news about "The Sixth Sense" in the news.

However, every time Kevin thought that Y was also a genius director, he felt a little unreal. It was not easy for most people to do one thing well, but Y was able to achieve great success in both music and film.

Kevin thought about the new song again, "Have you heard the melody of the new song? How do you feel about it?"

"I haven't heard it yet. Go check it out first. Go tomorrow. Get it done as soon as possible so as not to delay the performance in Phoenix."

"Okay, I'll tell the others right away."

After hanging up the phone with Jeff Brown, Kevin ran to tell the others the news.

The other members were excited to hear that Y was in Los Angeles and had written a new song.

"What's the new song like?" Nick Carter asked.

Kevin shook his head, "I don't know either. We'll know when we go there tomorrow."

"Did Y write it specifically for us this time?" Nick asked again.

"Probably not."

Nick was a little disappointed, but soon became happy again, "Anyway, there's finally a new song to sing."

In the past year, they have also released some songs, some of which are also very good, but they feel that none of them can compare to "yellow". They always feel that the songs written by Y are very special, just different from other songs.

"Yellow" is not only popular as soon as it was released, but as time goes by, more and more fans like this song.

"Guess what kind of song it will be? Will it be about love? For example, something like "young and beautiful"?" Hoy said with a smile.

"Of course not. If it is the same song as "young and beautiful", we will definitely not sing it. Do you think we will sing "young and beautiful" better than Maria?" Brian said.

"Maybe, haha, we can also have a variety of styles." Alexander said.

"Anyway, as long as it is Y's song, I am willing to sing it."

"Everyone is willing to sing Y's songs. I heard that many people want to sing his songs now. Many people want to sing "Someone Like You" in "Sense and Sensibility", but Y didn't give it to anyone."

To be honest, Zhou Yan has only released two songs in the United States, but with these two songs, major companies have competed for his songs. Everyone knows what's good, and of course they know that Zhou Yan's songs are not ordinary.

Besides, the performance of the two songs that have been released is too good.

"Everyone should have a good rest tonight. We will get up early tomorrow morning and set off for Los Angeles." Kevin said.

Nick rubbed his hands and smiled, "I can't wait any longer. How about we go there tonight?"

Kevin rolled his eyes, "What time is it now? Even if we get to Los Angeles, it will be midnight. How can Y see us?"

"If we go there tonight, we can see him early tomorrow morning."

Kevin did not accept this suggestion, "Let's go to bed early."

"Okay..." (End of this chapter)