Chapter 347: A Sea of ​​People and a New Song

Charmaine Sheh went to the ticket gate to queue up very early, and there were only three people in front of her.

They waited for about forty minutes, and it wasn't until 6:30 that they finally started checking tickets.

After she entered the concert hall, she found that there were many people sitting in the first row, all of whom were the celebrities who had just entered.

With an anxious mood, Charmaine Sheh walked to the middle seat of the second row and sat down, and in front of her was Anita Mui.

Sitting on the left of Anita Mui was Leslie Cheung, and on the right sat Lin Qingxia. They were chatting and laughing at the moment, and they did not stop talking because of Charmaine Sheh's arrival.

Because the topic they talked about was related to today's concert, there was nothing to avoid.

"It's been a long time since I heard Zhou Yan's concert." Anita Mui said with emotion.

Leslie Cheung laughed and said, "His concerts are not many in the first place, so even if you want to, you can't hear them."

"The concert hall still has limitations. It can accommodate too few people."

"If it were in a gymnasium that could accommodate more people, the effect wouldn't be as good."

Lin Qingxia smiled and said, "This is my first time to listen to his concert live."

"You will definitely not be disappointed. Zhou Yan's concert is very special. It is more popular than classical music and more traditional than pop music." Anita Mui said.

"Well, that's why he is so popular. I think the route he has taken in recent years is quite good. Giving the songs to pop singers to sing can greatly increase the popularity of the songs." Leslie Cheung said.

"I think this is not an active strategy on his part, but a passive one. Every time after the song comes out, others ask him to sing." Anita Mui smiled, pointed at her nose and said, "Like me."

Anita Mui has sung two songs by Zhou Yan, one "Stay with Me" and one "If Love Has God's Will". The former was Zhou Yan's soundtrack in the movie "Heaven Replies", and the latter was heard when she and Li Bihua went to Zhou Yan's house. They played it live.

These two pieces of music were both passively played by Zhou Yan and turned into songs.

Nowadays, these two songs have become Anita Mui's classic songs, ranking first among all her songs.

Moreover, these two songs were also covered by Neon's Shizuka Kudo, and they are also very well-known in Neon.

Charmaine Sheh sat in the back and did not deliberately eavesdrop on their chat, but she heard their words clearly.

Speaking of which, Charmaine Sheh can be considered Zhou Yan's old fan.

In Xiangjiang, for most Zhou Yan music fans, there are several important stages in getting into the trap.

The first stage was when "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" was released in Hong Kong. That movie achieved very good results in Hong Kong, and the music in it also caused a great response in Hong Kong. Many people were attracted by this movie. I learned about Zhou Yan, a treasured director and musician.

However, "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" did not make Zhou Yan's face well-known to the public. Although he also appeared in the movie's Easter eggs, it did not leave a deep impression on people.

The second stage is the release of "Green Snake". Although this movie did not get a good box office in Hong Kong, many viewers got to know Zhou Yan, who played Xu Xian, and Zhou Yan also won the Best Newcomer Award for this movie. .

The third stage should be when "The Sixth Sense" was released. At that time, not only was the movie doing well at the box office in Hong Kong, but there was also a lot of news related to Zhou Yan.

He always appears in media reports and is well known as he goes.

The fourth stage is this year. Zhou Yan has successively won the Special Jury Award at the Berlin Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Score. In addition, the remake of "The Sixth Sense" has become popular all over the world, making Zhou Yan's popularity in Hong Kong extremely high. A step.

Charmaine Sheh knows Zhou Yan. Before these four stages, when "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" was not released, she went to see "Raise the Red Lantern".

In the movie, the scene of Chen Feipu half-sitting by the window playing the flute left a very deep impression on her.

It’s just that Zhou Yan was not famous at all at that time. Charmaine Sheh didn’t find any information about him. She only knew that his name was Zhou Yan.

Later, when Zhou Yan went to Hong Kong to film "Green Snake" and had an affair with Zhang Manyu, she saw news about Zhou Yan again.

After that, she slowly began to pay attention to Zhou Yan.

Whether it's Zhou Yan's music or movies, she has always been chasing them.

Anita Mui and the others were chatting about things related to Zhou Yan, and she listened with interest, but then there were more and more people, so they stopped talking.

The musicians of the orchestra also came on stage and found seats to sit down. Although the light on the stage was relatively dark, Charmaine Sheh was sitting in the front row and could see clearly.

After more than twenty minutes, the lights in the concert hall suddenly dimmed.

The originally noisy hall immediately became quiet because everyone knew that the concert was about to begin.

About ten seconds later, the lights on the stage came on, and the performers who had already taken their seats appeared in front of the audience.

Seeing the performers, the audience applauded.

As soon as the applause became smaller, Zhou Yan and conductor Yue Lin walked onto the stage from the side together, and the applause became even more tearful.

Arriving at the center of the stage, Zhou Yan and Yue Lin bent towards the audience.

Then Yue Lin walked to his seat and stood up, and Zhou Yan said into the microphone, "Good evening everyone, I am Zhou Yan."

A simple greeting was once again met with warm applause.

Zhou Yan looked at the audience in the audience, smiled, and continued, "After a few years, the Piano Youth Orchestra came to Xiangjiang again. The last time we came to Hong Kong, the Piano Youth Orchestra had just been established not long ago, and the performance experience was also limited. Relatively few. Thank you to the Xiangjiang music fans for their tolerance and support, which has given us great encouragement. Naturally, it is impossible for the band to be where it is today. ”

"Hangjiang is the first stop of this Piano Junior World Tour Concert, and today is also the first concert in Hong Kong. Speaking of which, I am still a little nervous..."

Hearing Zhou Yan say he was nervous, the audience couldn't help laughing.

Zhou Yan has never seen any big scenes. Who would believe him if he said he was nervous?

"Because time is tight and in order to present more performances to you, I won't say much more. I hope that the next performances can bring you a wonderful night."

After that, Zhou Yan walked into the orchestra and prepared to start playing.

The opening few songs of today's performance are all in oriental style, and the people on the stage at this time are also members of the folk band.

The first piece is "Memory of the Forbidden City" that must be included in every concert. This piece is often used as the opening piece because of its magnificent beginning.

Immediately following are "The Great Wall", "Distant Journey", "Drinking the Yangtze River Water Together" and "Journey to the West Fantasia".

The first few songs are very familiar to the audience, but the last one, "Journey to the West Fantasy", is a little unfamiliar to everyone.

However, when the song reached the middle section, some people still heard that this song appeared in "Westward Journey".

Although the box office of "Westward Journey" is not ideal, this is only relative to the investment in the movie. The first and second parts of the movie still made tens of millions at the box office, and many people watched it.

Of course, only a small part of "Journey to the West" was used in "Westward Journey", and the rest of it has not been heard by everyone.

This piece is very long, but has a good rhythm and is exciting enough, so the audience found it quite enjoyable.

Zhou Yan's current concert program is arranged in this way. Most of them are highly popular pieces, but there are also some pieces with a higher threshold for appreciation, higher technical difficulty, and higher artistic content.

To put it simply, it is the kind of music that even if the audience doesn’t understand it, they will give a thumbs up and say it’s awesome after listening to it.

The folk music side includes "Journey to the West Fantasy", while the Western music side includes songs like "Eternal Night" and "Flowing Wind".

At ten past nine, the regular concert time ends.

The next step was the finale and encore. Zhou Yan was very generous this time and made fourteen encores, playing six pieces of music.

After the fourteenth bow, Zhou Yan never came up again. The audience had an encore for seven or eight minutes before reluctantly starting to leave. By this time, it was already ten minutes past ten.

The entire concert was over three hours long.

After such a long time, the audience did not feel tired at all, and many people even felt that the time was too short.

Of course, today's performance is not over yet, because as usual, the band will go outside to give free extra performances to those who have not bought tickets.

At this time, the smart spectators had already rushed out quickly, hoping to get outside before other spectators and occupy a favorable position.

Charmaine Sheh is the smarter one. She was at the front when checking tickets and also at the front when the show ended.

But when she walked out of the center gate, she found that many people had gathered in front of the makeshift stage.

The square at the entrance of the center is not small, and two or three thousand people can stand there without feeling crowded. However, at this time, the square feels like it is almost full.

Especially near the stage, the gaps are basically invisible.

Originally, there were many seats in front of the stage, but at this time it was impossible to tell who was standing and who was sitting.

Charmaine Sheh was a little dumbfounded. Where could there be a good position for her now?

She had no choice but to get into the middle, because the security staff had pulled the cord and no one could enter the inner floor.

She had no choice but to find a place at the back where there were fewer people and wait for Zhou Yan and the orchestra to appear.

After a while, when the audience in the concert hall came out, Charmaine Sheh began to feel lucky that she came out earlier, because the people who came out later had to squeeze to the side of the road, which was very far away from the stage, and those who were a little shorter would have nothing to do with it. can not see.

When Anita Mui and the others came out, they were also shocked by the scene in front of them.

There is almost no open space at the entrance of the entire cultural center.

"Tsk, this scale is almost the same as a concert." Leslie Cheung said with a smile.

"Of course it's not as good as the stadium, but there are definitely five to six thousand people."

"So many people haven't bought tickets. I feel like Zhou Yan and the others will have ten more shows in Hong Kong and they won't have to worry about not selling out the tickets."

"There are only more than 20,000 tickets for ten shows, so they will definitely be sold out."

It doesn’t take 20,000 people to digest more than 20,000 tickets, because many people buy tickets repeatedly, and some fans can come to every game.

On average, if each person watches two shows, only 10,000 people can buy these tickets.

And now, there are at least 5,000 people at the entrance of the center.

Anita Mui was actually planning to watch at the door for a while, but now that she saw so many people, she gave up the idea. There were too many people, and they would cause trouble here.

She turned to Lin Qingxia and the others and said, "Let's go back."

"Yeah, there are too many people." Lin Qingxia nodded.

Others also said they wanted to go back.

Anita Mui looked around and asked curiously, "Where is Xiaoxian?"

"I don't know, she was just behind me."

"Do you want me to go in and look for her?" Leslie Cheung said.

Anita Mui grabbed him directly, "Forget it, she's so old and won't get lost, let's go first."

After hearing what Anita Mui said, Leslie Cheung nodded and said nothing more.

Then they went home.

...

After ten minutes, at half past ten, Zhou Yan came out with some band members.

The temporary stage was not particularly large, so Zhou Yan certainly couldn't bring all the band members out.

As soon as they appeared, there was a thunderous cheer.

There were only about two thousand people in the concert hall, and everyone was more restrained inside, so the sound was completely inferior to what it was now.

The scene on the scene was no longer like a concert at all, but more like a music festival, with people everywhere.

Originally, the police only came with a few people to help maintain order, but later they found that there were too many people here, so they had to increase their manpower. Now there are at least dozens of police officers on the scene.

But even so, it is still very difficult to maintain order on the scene.

Mainly because there was no advance deployment, the organization was a little flustered, and the police did not expect that so many people would gather today.

There is also a key problem. The cultural center is close to the dock, and the flow of people is actually quite large. At this moment, the movement at the entrance of the center has attracted the attention of people on the dock, and some people are rushing here.

Ma Dongfang and his friends were all quite excited when they saw the crowds of people under the stage. They have participated in many concerts, but it is the first time to see such a movement as today.

As soon as he came out, four words emerged in Ma Dongfang's mind-water-packed.

Fortunately, there were people on the scene to maintain order, otherwise it would definitely be chaotic.

Zhou Yan walked onto the temporary stage and patted with the microphone. The sound equipment on the stage was not bad. The small square was the shore. He was standing on the stage at this time and could still feel the wind blowing from the harbor.

But the sound of the speakers was not affected too much, and it was still relatively clear.

Outdoor performances are complicated, and the auditory enjoyment is completely different from that in the concert hall.

However, the audience on site is more enthusiastic than inside, and the main focus is on the atmosphere.

After taking the microphone, Zhou Yan smiled and said, "I didn't expect that so many people didn't buy tickets."

Hearing Zhou Yan's words, the people in the audience began to clamor.

"Tickets are too hard to buy."

"Hold more shows, four shows are not enough."

"Hold another 100 shows."

"Hold it in the stadium."

...

Listening to the complaints of the audience, Zhou Yan said with regret, "Seeing that everyone is so enthusiastic, I also want to stay for a while, but the subsequent schedule has been arranged. After the four shows in Hong Kong, we will go to Taiwan Island and then to the United States... But don't worry, I should come again this year."

Hearing that Zhou Yan would come again this year, the audience howled with joy.

"Keep your word."

"You must come this year."

"We'll be waiting for you in Hong Kong."

...

"Thank you for your support, and thank you to the security personnel on site. You've worked hard. Next, let's not waste time and start the performance directly. The first song is the folk music version of "Guanghan Palace". I hope everyone will like it."

After Zhou Yan finished speaking, the scene broke out into applause and cheers.

When Zhou Yan raised the bamboo flute in his hand, the scene slowly quieted down.

After all, it was outdoors, there were so many people, and there were people constantly walking towards this side, so it was impossible to completely quiet down.

But since it was already performed outdoors, Zhou Yan didn't care about these.

Everyone has heard the song "Guanghan Palace" because it was included in "Yu Linling", but everyone hasn't heard the folk music version yet, which is also a new experience for the audience.

It's a pity that today is the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, and there is no moon at this time, otherwise the artistic conception would be better.

After "Guanghan Palace", Zhou Yan played "Nightingale" and "Missing Through Time and Space"

After these three songs were played, the free extra show today was supposed to be over. Zhou Yan had only prepared three songs.

But there were too many people at the scene today. If it ended like this, Zhou Yan felt a little sorry for them.

At this time, Zhou Yan said to the microphone, "Under normal circumstances, my concerts do not have a song selection session, but today I will make an exception for a while and give you the right to choose the program to be performed later. Next, I will randomly draw the audience and let you select the song."

As soon as Zhou Yan said this, the atmosphere at the scene reached its peak. Many audiences immediately raised their hands, and some audiences kept jumping on the spot, wanting Zhou Yan to see.

The voices of "choose me" at the scene also rose and fell.

In order not to cause confusion, Zhou Yan did not throw things to choose, but directly called the name. He chose a young boy in the front position.

"That handsome guy in the blue shirt, yes, that's you."

The boy who was chosen was excited and shouted, "I want to order a song called "If Love Has Destiny."

This is the advantage of choosing the audience in the front. Although the scene was noisy, Zhou Yan still heard his voice.

"'If Love Is Provident', well, this song is good, because it hasn't been played today. Can I ask why you chose this song?"

"I want to give it to my girlfriend."

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "It seems that you love your girlfriend very much. Is she here today, and is this person next to you?"

The boy waved his hand and said, "No, this is my friend. I have broken up with my girlfriend."

Zhou Yan couldn't help but roll his eyes. This guy was here to create a show effect.

He didn't ask any more questions and started playing "If Love Is Provident" directly.

Needless to say, this song is very popular in Xiangjiang. When Zhou Yan was playing, there were even people singing along.

That is to say, Anita Mui left early. Otherwise, if she went on stage and sang along, the atmosphere would explode again.

After the performance of "If Love Is God's Will" ended, Zhou Yan was ready to continue ordering lucky audience members.

He originally wanted to click on another female audience member near the front. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly saw a flash of white coming out of the back.

That's right, it just came out of nowhere.

Zhou Yan took a closer look and saw that it was a woman wearing a white wedding dress.

This woman must have been picked up by someone or carried on someone's shoulders, but her skirt was very long and the person underneath could not be seen clearly.

Zhou Yan couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, this was too much effort.

The other party has worked so hard, and Zhou Yan can't explain it to her if he doesn't point it out.

"That girl in the wedding dress, what song do you want to play?"

When the girl was called, she was very excited and shouted loudly, but because she was too far away and the scene was very noisy, Zhou Yan could not hear clearly.

Seeing that Zhou Yan couldn't hear clearly, she raised her hands to make a trumpet shape and wanted to shout again, but as soon as she raised her hands, she almost fell down when she tilted her body. She was so frightened that she quickly put her hands back in front of her. She was supposed to be in front of her. Holding the head of the person carrying her.

Seeing this, Zhou Yan could only ask the staff to send him a microphone.

Although the scene was very crowded, the security personnel came out through some passages, so the microphone was quickly handed over.

After getting the microphone, the girl said excitedly, "Zhou Yan, I am your loyal music fan and movie fan. I have watched all your music and all your movies. When I am at home, I only listen to your music..."

Seeing that the girl seemed unprepared to stop, Zhou Yan asked with a smile, "May I ask, why are you wearing a wedding dress? Is there any special meaning?"

"Because I'm getting married and I'm taking wedding photos today."

After the girl finished speaking, there was a burst of cheers.

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Fortunately, you are not getting married today."

This time the audience laughed even louder.

Zhou Yan asked again: "You must not have taken the wedding photos alone, right? Where is your husband?"

The girl pointed under her skirt and said, "He is here."

At this time, a hand was raised under the skirt and waved towards Zhou Yan.

"Well, groom, I've seen you greet me." Zhou Yan joked, and then said, "I wish you a happy wedding, a happy marriage, and a son soon. What song do you want to listen to?"

The girl had just talked a lot, but when it came time to ask for some music, she was confused, "I think, I think... I want to hear too much."

This girl obviously has difficulty choosing, and many spectators nearby gave her advice.

"'Kite'."

""Hidden Joy", this song is cheerful."

"It's better to be reunited."

""Young and Beautiful", this song is for you."

…

The more a girl listens to other people's advice, the more entangled she becomes.

Seeing how confused she was, Zhou Yan mused, "Since we are so destined, how about I give you a piece of music that has never been played before?"

Before the girl could react, the audience was already cheering in unison.

That was a piece of music that had never been played before, which meant that they would be the first audience to hear it.

After the audience applauded, the girl reacted and said with a look of surprise, "Okay, okay."

Zhou Yan nodded and explained the origin of the song, "I'm actually writing the script for my new movie recently, and this song is the soundtrack."

The script has not been written, but the soundtrack has been created. This is a very rare thing, but the audience at the scene is not surprised at all, because this is nothing to Zhou Yan.

They just felt extremely pleasantly surprised because it meant they would have a new movie to watch and new music to listen to.

"The next song is called "How Long Will I Love You". You are the first listeners of this song. I hope you like it." (End of Chapter)