Chapter 332 Do You Want to Get Married?

After taking the microphone, Zhou Yan hurried back to his seat to prevent Maria from causing any trouble again.

There were many more people in the record store than at the beginning. Zhou Yan noticed it when Maria and the others were singing together.

When someone stood on the stool in the last row just now, Zhou Yan stood on the stage and could not see the door.

Now that the stools were removed, Zhou Yan could see the door, but from the stage to the door, there were crowds of people, and the corridor between the shelves was crowded with people.

Record surplus is located on Santa Monica Boulevard, and there are many pedestrians passing by. It is estimated that these are passers-by attracted by the music.

"Thank you Maria for the performance, but I'm sorry to tell you that there is no appearance fee today."

After making a joke, Zhou Yan put down the violin and took out the bamboo flute.

As soon as the bamboo flute was seen, cheers broke out at the scene.

The audience may not really like the bamboo flute, but the bamboo flute is relatively rare, and they just want a sense of novelty.

Moreover, when Wang Ciheng and the orchestra performed in the United States last year, they also showed the charm of bamboo flute. During that time, music fans were very interested in bamboo flute and pipa.

Some Americans even bought bamboo flutes to learn how to play them.

But after buying bamboo flutes, they found that this thing looks easy, but it is very difficult to play. Many people tried to play it for a few days, but they couldn't even play a sound.

The most outrageous thing is that some people bought bamboo flutes and didn't know to stick the flute membrane, and just played it.

During the signing just now, a music fan brought a bamboo flute to show Zhou Yan.

It was a very low-quality purple bamboo flute, but judging from the look of the music fan's treasure, it may have cost a lot of money. The music instrument business is very complicated, and there are many people who are cheated all over the world.

Zhou Yan didn't point out the fact that the bamboo flute was very bad. Anyway, the other party didn't play it, so it didn't matter whether it was good or bad, as long as he thought it was good.

People are rarely confused.

However, the inscription on the bamboo flute is quite interesting. It is a line of Chinese characters: Misfortune is the place where fortune depends, and fortune is the place where misfortune lies.

This inscription is much more cultural than the Chinese characters tattooed by many foreigners, but it has nothing to do with music, and the fan has no idea what this line of words means.

If it weren't for the tight signing time today, Zhou Yan would have wanted to explain the meaning of these two sentences to the fan and promote Chinese culture.

"The next song I'm going to play is also an earlier song. This song is called "Nightingale". I wonder if you have heard it."

"I have heard it!" Hardison, who was sitting in the first row, shouted loudly.

Zhou Yan couldn't help but glance at Hardison. He found that the kid in the first row was particularly excited when he went on stage just now. He always responded the fastest and loudest.

This time, as soon as Zhou Yan finished speaking, he shouted, and his shouting voice was very loud and prominent.

Many people have heard the song "Nightingale", but they may not remember the name.

The song "Mysterious Country" has not sold as well as other albums in the United States, and the songs in it are less well-known.

Moreover, pure music often encounters a problem, that is, fans can hardly remember the song titles.

The names of pure music are not as easy to remember as the names of songs, because under normal circumstances, the names of songs are hidden in the lyrics, and fans can passively remember them after listening to them a few times.

In addition, when listening to songs, fans often sing along, which is also easier to deepen the impression.

This boy should be a die-hard fan to be able to react so quickly.

Zhou Yan smiled, directly put the microphone in front of Hardison, and asked, "Since you know "Nightingale", then tell me, which album is this song in?"

Seeing the microphone suddenly stretched in front of him, Hardison was surprised. He didn't expect that he was so lucky that Zhou Yan would interact with him, and it was worth the roar he just made.

This question was not difficult for Hardison at all. He blurted out, "Of course it's from "Mysterious Country". I have listened to this album countless times and I know every song."

As expected of a die-hard fan, Zhou Yan nodded with a smile and asked, "Do you know about bamboo flutes?"

"I have several bamboo flutes at home."

Zhou Yan raised his eyebrows and said, "Can you play it?"

Hardison smiled and shook his head, "No, I just think bamboo flutes are very beautiful and very suitable for being placed in the piano room."

"Piano room...are you studying music?"

"No, I just think the piano room gives people a good feeling, so I made a piano room at home and put some beautiful musical instruments. I go in and sit when I have nothing to do. I enjoy the feeling of being surrounded by musical instruments."

Hardison's words made Zhou Yan a little confused. What kind of weird hobby is this? He doesn't study music, but he has to make a piano room at home to collect musical instruments.

Could it be that this kid is here to show off his wealth?

First of all, this kid's house must be relatively large, otherwise there would be no room for a piano room. Of course, this is not surprising. Even in Los Angeles, not all houses are expensive.

But he also collected a lot of musical instruments. Without some money, he really couldn't play.

Perhaps seeing the confusion in Zhou Yan's eyes, Hardison smiled and explained, "Jessica studies music."

Zhou Yan looked at the girl next to Hardison and smiled, "Are you a couple?"

Hearing Zhou Yan's question, Hardison's face suddenly turned red, "We..."

Jessica next to him also pursed her lips and didn't speak.

Seeing their reactions, Zhou Yan probably knew that the two were about to break the window paper.

The love of young people is really immature.

Looking at the two, Zhou Yan was quite emotional, and then thought of a song, and said with a smile, "I suddenly changed my mind and decided to put "Nightingale" aside and play another song first. You may not have heard of this song. The name of the song is very interesting, called "Borrowing Cucumbers."

"Borrowing Cucumbers" is very popular in Japan, but few people in Europe and the United States have heard it, because this song was not included in Zhou Yan's album, but was made into a video tape with "Distant Journey" and released in Japan, so Zhou Yan naturally thought that the audience had never heard of this song.

But what Zhou Yan didn't expect was that as soon as he said "Borrowing Cucumbers", the boy in the first row shouted, "I have heard it, I have heard it."

"You have heard it?" Zhou Yan looked at Hardison with surprise.

"Yes, I have heard it. In your interview video, you played this song facing the mountain."

Originally, Zhou Yan was still wondering if this guy was talking nonsense or if he remembered the song title wrong, but after hearing his description, Zhou Yan knew that he had indeed heard it.

Zhou Yan was very confused about this. The video was in Japanese and was not released in Europe and the United States. How did this guy see it?

However, since the performance was in progress, Zhou Yan had no time to ask Hardison where he saw it. He smiled and nodded, "Then this song is for both of you."

After saying that, Zhou Yan put the microphone back and started playing.

The song "Borrowing Cucumbers" originally described the mental journey of him, Yu Hua, and Shi Tiesheng running out in the dark to pick cucumbers when they stayed overnight in Jiangjuntuo.

However, after the song came out, music fans had a new interpretation of it. Now most music fans think it is a song about love.

This song is divided into four stages. The first part is like a small bridge and flowing water, which is very pleasant; the second part is light and pleasant, with a little expectation and excitement; the third part is even more exciting, which makes people's heartbeats faster and a little panic; the fourth part has a feeling of rebirth after a disaster, and becomes relaxed and happy again.

Although this is the mental journey of Zhou Yan and his friends stealing cucumbers, it is indeed in line with the mood of young couples when they are in love.

Among so many people at the scene, only Hardison and Jessica have heard this song, and no one else has heard it, so everyone is very happy to hear that there is a new song to listen to.

"Borrowing Cucumbers" is very suitable for bamboo flute solo. The overall style is light and interesting, which makes people feel happy and eager to listen.

This song also made the audience feel the charm of bamboo flute again.

Such a small bamboo can express such rich emotions.

Jessica watched Zhou Yan play "Borrowing Cucumbers" up close, and the scene of Zhou Yan playing solo in the mountains in the videotape appeared in her mind.

Although the sound quality of the videotape is not as good as that recorded in the studio, it is more natural and the picture is so beautiful. Now when talking about China, Jessica will think of the Forbidden City, the Great Wall and other attractions, as well as the mountain.

However, when she thought that Zhou Yan gave this song to her and Hardison, Jessica couldn't help biting her lips, and her cheeks became a little red.

When "Borrowing Cucumbers" ended, Zhou Yan did not pause and continued to play "Nightingale".

The styles of "Borrowing Cucumbers" and "Nightingale" are a little similar, both of which have a feeling of being close to nature, so there is no sense of disobedience when playing together.

Maria is sitting on a stool now, much quieter than before. She rests her elbows on her thighs, and holds her chin with both hands, looking seriously at Zhou Yan who is playing on the stage.

When she watched Zhou Yan's concert before, she found that when Zhou Yan played instruments, he would exude a unique charm, much better looking than usual.

Maria didn't know how to play bamboo flute, and didn't know how good Zhou Yan was, but she knew that Zhou Yan's piano skills were only average, and definitely not as good as those professional pianists.

Apart from other things, he was much worse than the pianist of their orchestra.

But Zhou Yan's piano playing was beautiful, with a sense of power in his elegance, and visually surpassed those performers.

People's aesthetics really change subtly. Maria thought Zhou Yan looked average, even a little too young, but now she seems to be able to appreciate Zhou Yan's handsomeness.

In fact, although Zhou Yan's appearance does not conform to the mainstream aesthetics in Europe and the United States, there is still a market for him. Maria has heard people around her say that Zhou Yan looks good more than once.

After Zhou Yan finished playing "Nightingale", he played "Distant Journey", which was also a "new song" that had not been included in the album.

After that, Zhou Yan finished playing.

The normal performance lasted for more than half an hour in total, which was not very long, but after all, it was just a performance attached to the signing event, so half an hour was not short.

Moreover, the audience was very satisfied to hear two "new songs" in a row tonight.

Hoylen was greedy. When he saw Mariah Carey singing, he wanted to let the Backstreet Boys perform a song as well. However, Zhou Yan did not let Hoylen do so. After the performance, he took the members of the Backstreet Boys away.

…

After returning to the hotel, they had a simple meal in the hotel restaurant.

After dinner, Zhou Yan told them about the new song directly at the table, "This song is called "We Are Young", and the style is more youthful, which is quite suitable for your style. This song will be used as the advertising song for New Balance. Do you know about this?"

Captain Kevin nodded, "Yes, Mr. Brown mentioned it."

"There is something I want to tell you in advance. This song has not been confirmed for you. I have to listen to you sing it before I can decide."

Kevin and his friends knew about this situation a long time ago, so they were not surprised at all.

"We will definitely work hard." Kevin smiled.

Zhou Yan also smiled. Whether they are suitable for this song has nothing to do with whether they work hard or not. It mainly depends on their feelings.

However, Zhou Yan thinks that they will probably be suitable because the song "We Are Young" is quite close to the style of Backstreet Boys.

"Come to my room later, I'll give you the score and lyrics, you can figure it out by yourself, I'll take you to Tomson's office tomorrow morning."

"No problem."

Zhou Yan nodded, stood up and said, "Let's go."

Then Zhou Yan took them to his room, and handed them the score and lyrics.

After getting the score and lyrics, they didn't stay in Zhou Yan's room, and went back to figure out the new song.

After they left, Zhou Yan lay directly on the sofa. Although the intensity of today's signing was not particularly high, he was also exhausted. At the end of the signing, he felt that he almost didn't recognize his own name.

For the first time, he wrote his own name until he wanted to vomit.

If he has children in the future, the strokes of the name must be less. If his children become celebrities in the future and often have to sign autographs for people, it will be a great advantage.

But there is a problem, that is, no matter how the name is given, as long as the surname is Zhou, the strokes are indispensable.

Forget it, let the child have a pen name or stage name that is easy to write.

Just as he was thinking about it, the phone in the room rang. He lay there and reached out to put the phone to his ear, "Hello."

Wang Zuxian's voice came from the other end of the phone, "What are you doing?"

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Thinking about what name to give our child in the future."

He just made a joke because he just thought about naming the child, but Wang Zuxian was suddenly stunned. After a long while, she said, "Third brother, do you want to get married?"

Zhou Yan scratched his head. He didn't expect that his casual words would make Wang Zuxian think about getting married.

Speaking of marriage, Zhou Yan didn't know what to say.

But this head was given by him. If he backed off at this time, Wang Zuxian would definitely be disappointed.

He thought for a moment and said, "Do you want to take me to meet your family first?"

This made Wang Zuxian feel a little apologetic, "I'm sorry, Third Brother, I should have taken you to meet my family a long time ago. Don't worry, I will take you home when you go to Taiwan."

"Don't blame you, I haven't taken the initiative to go. I've been too busy these two years, and I feel like I've been running around."

Wang Zuxian smiled, "You are in the rising period of your career, so you must be very busy. From what you said, there are a lot of people going to the book signing today?"

"Yes, more than expected, and overtime."

"That's great, but it's a pity that I can't go with you."

"Next time we have time, let's go together."

"Okay."

...

The next morning, Zhou Yan just got up and there was a knock on the door.

He looked at the time, it was just after eight o'clock.

He talked to Wang Zuxian for a long time last night. When he hung up the phone and washed up, it was already midnight. In addition, he was really tired recently, so he slept a little longer.

Zhou Yan went to open the door, and as expected, it was the members of the Backstreet Boys.

Seeing Zhou Yan, the boys were particularly excited.

"Mr. Y, this song is so good, we practiced all night."

"Practice all night?"

Zhou Yan looked around at the faces of the boys and found that they all looked a little excited, not like they had just got up.

"You didn't sleep all night last night."

"Yes." Kevin nodded, "We want to present this song better, of course we have to hurry up."

Zhou Yan could understand their mood, but he was also a little confused, "But I didn't hear any singing last night."

In order to facilitate meeting Zhou Yan, the Backstreet Boys also stayed in this hotel.

The hotel is so big, and there is no sound insulation like a recording studio. If they sing, Zhou Yan will definitely hear it.

"Of course we won't practice singing in the hotel, we will be complained. Last night, we specially asked the company to find a practice room."

Zhou Yan nodded, that's it.

In fact, they don't have to work so hard, because Zhou Yan doesn't want to hear their final presentation effect.

Zhou Yan originally planned to take them to the office this morning and let them sing live. It didn't matter whether they were proficient or not. Zhou Yan just wanted to hear how it felt.

Some things don't get better just by practicing more.

Of course, their attitude is worthy of recognition.

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "If I ask you to go to bed now, you will definitely not be able to sleep. I will take you to the office now, finish quickly, and then you can go to sleep." (End of this chapter)