Chapter 369 A Young Female Singer

The members of the band all breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Zhou Yan coming.

The two concerts in New York were large in scale and had a large audience. The reason why the tickets sold so quickly was naturally because of Zhou Yan.

If Zhou Yan didn't show up, the box office appeal would be greatly reduced.

In Taiwan, when Zhou Yan parted with Fang Xiu and the others, he had already arranged another set of plans. If he couldn't make it for some reason, Fang Xiu and the others would have to perform by themselves.

When the afternoon rehearsal was over, Zhou Yan was talking to Fang Xiu when a middle-aged man with blond hair came over.

"Hi, Zhou Yan."

Zhou Yan turned around and saw the person coming, and smiled and replied, "Hi, Mr. Brown."

The person who came was none other than Jeff Brown, the agent of the Backstreet Boys. Zhou Yan had met him before in London, so he knew him.

"Long time no see." Jeff Brown walked to Zhou Yan and shook hands with him with a smile. "I am very honored to see the rehearsal of the performance in advance. The program is very exciting. I am already looking forward to the official performance tomorrow night."

"Thank you for the compliment. I am also very happy that you can come. Where are the boys?"

"They are still on tour recently and can't make it. They are also very sorry about this and asked me to apologize to you."

Zhou Yan waved his hand, "You're welcome. It's just an ordinary performance. Speaking of which, I haven't been to their concert yet. I must go to see it if I have the chance."

Jeff Brown opened his arms, "You are very welcome. If they see you at the concert, they will definitely be very happy."

"I heard from Zhang Youan that "We Are Young" will be officially released tomorrow?"

"That's right." Jeff Brown nodded with a smile, "Tomorrow at ten o'clock in the morning, this single will be on major radio stations, and the MV of the song will also be played on TV."

As New Balance's advertising song, the MV of "We Are Young" will of course be produced as soon as possible and appear in front of the public with the song.

The MV of this song is actually a long advertisement. The whole MV is full of New Balance elements. All the characters in the camera are wearing New Balance shoes.

For such an advertising song, Jeff Brown does not need to worry about the promotion. New Balance will help to handle everything.

New Balance hopes that this song will be popular even more than they do. After all, this song has cost New Balance nearly 10 million US dollars, and this does not include the endorsement fee for Backstreet Boys.

If the song does not become popular in the end, they will lose a lot.

New Balance spent a lot on this song, and Zhou Yan also knew that it cost 3 million US dollars to produce the MV alone.

Hearing that a few minutes of MV cost 3 million US dollars, Zhou Yan couldn't help but sigh that these big brands are really rich and powerful. This money is enough to make a movie.

If "Time Traveler" is taken to the United States to shoot, as long as no well-known actors are invited, 3 million US dollars is completely enough, and some money can even be squeezed out for publicity.

Of course, spending three million dollars to shoot an MV is a lot, but it is not very rare. I heard that Michael Jackson's MV two years ago cost seven million dollars, which is completely equivalent to a mid-cost movie.

Zhou Yan smiled and congratulated Jeff Brown, "Then congratulations in advance on your new song's success."

"Haha, I want to congratulate you as well."

Zhou Yan is of course also a beneficiary of the song's success. He can not only gain fame, but also get subsequent share of income.

The two chatted for a while, and Jeff Brown invited Zhou Yan, "Do you have time tonight? Let's have dinner together?"

Zhou Yan waved his hand and said, "Forget about tonight. I just flew here from China and came here directly without going to the hotel. Now I have to go back to the hotel to settle down. Let's talk about dinner later when we have a chance."

Jeff Brown nodded, "No problem, then I won't bother you tonight. When you have time, we will have dinner together. George also said he wanted to have dinner together when he chatted with me two days ago."

The George he mentioned is from Columbia Records. This time, "We Are Young" needs a female singer from Columbia Records, and it was recommended by Zhou Yan.

Because of Zhou Yan, Columbia Records and Jive Records now have a delicate relationship, because so far, only these two companies have received songs from Zhou Yan.

They are both opponents and allies. They compete with each other, but they don't want other companies to compete for Zhou Yan's resources.

"Well, no problem, I'll make an appointment with you later when I have time."

...

After arriving at the hotel, Zhou Yan put his luggage away first and called Sebadisian Silva first.

Although "Titanic" has not been officially filmed yet, the staff have basically arrived at the set.

There are several filming locations for the movie, and the most important one should be Mexico, because the hull models are all there. Now that the movie has not started shooting, the staff are all gathered there.

After receiving Zhou Yan's call, Sebadisian was also very happy, "Hey, Y, have you arrived in New York?"

"Yes, I just arrived."

"It's a pity that I can't go to your concert tomorrow. The set has been very busy recently and the shooting is about to start. When can you come over? James asked you a few days ago."

"I have to wait until all the concerts here are over before I can go over. What did James ask me? There shouldn't be any rush for the soundtrack, right?"

"I'm just asking when you will arrive, nothing special."

"Okay, if you need anything, you can always tell me. What have you been busy with lately?"

"There are many things, including the improvement of the scenery, the study of the script, and many meetings every day. You are also the director, so you should know all of these."

"Although I am a director, I have never made a movie with a budget of US$1.5 billion."

Sebastian laughed, "Who has filmed it again?"

He is right. No director in the world has ever made such a high-cost movie, and neither has James himself. "Titanic" is the first of its kind.

"Will you stay here for a long time this time?" Sebastian asked again.

"It's hard because I have other things going on."

"Are you going to leave after only a few days?" Sebastian muttered, "James may be dissatisfied."

Zhou Yan didn't care, "It doesn't matter, James will understand me."

Although Zhou Yan only had contact with James Cameron once, he had some understanding of his character. James valued the results more than the process.

As long as James can get the results he wants, he doesn't care what the process is.

On the contrary, no matter how hard you try during the process, as long as the result is not good, he will not be satisfied.

Just like when he collaborated with Horner on "Alien" before, he didn't care how difficult Horner's work was, he only looked at the final result. No matter what Horner said, it was all excuses in his opinion.

On the other end of the phone, Sebastian curled his lips. He felt that Zhou Yan had not yet experienced James Cameron's fiery temper, otherwise he would not be so relaxed.

However, he and Zhou Yan had just met and were not familiar with each other, so he had no obligation to remind Zhou Yan. Seeing Zhou Yan say this, he didn't say anything more and instead smiled, "I look forward to you coming to the set. The scene here is very big. In These people here can probably fill your concert hall.”

Sebastian's statement is definitely an exaggeration. When the ship was built in the early stage, there were indeed a lot of staff on site, but now that the movie is about to start shooting, the total number of staff and actors can only be a few hundred people. It is impossible to fill the concert hall Stuffed.

Of course, Sebastian just wanted to use such exaggeration to explain the excitement of the scene to Zhou Yan.

"I'll try to get there after the concert."

"You have to hurry up, otherwise, you will have to go to New Scotland." Sebastian reminded.

"OK."

Although the main filming location of "Titanic" was in Rosarito Beach, Mexico, the first filming actually started in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, where the research ship Keldish modern adventure scene.

The filming in Mexico is expected to take place in September or October. Zhou Yan calculated the time and found that he would not be able to catch up with the filming in Mexico.

After talking to Sebastian on the phone, Zhou Yan went to have a meal first, then returned to the room and started drawing the storyboards of "Space Traveler".

But he didn't work too late, and went to bed at eleven o'clock in the evening.

…

Saloli knocked on the door of her good friend Olivia's room early in the morning. Olivia, who was sleeping with her head covered, shouted angrily, "Saloli, it is a crime not to let people sleep. You do you know?"

"Really, when was it written into the constitution?" Saloli smiled outside the door.

Olivia sighed slightly, got up sleepily, and after opening the door, she muttered dissatisfiedly, "It should be written into the constitution that depriving people of sleep is a crime. The maximum sentence is one million years. I will immediately Take you to court."

"I wish I could live that long." Salori smiled and sat down on Olivia's bed. "You should really open your eyes and see what time it is now."

Salori looked up at the clock on the table, "It's only eight o'clock, is it too late?"

"You forgot, "We Are Young" will premiere at nine o'clock today."

"Isn't there still another hour?"

Salori looked at Olivia up and down, "Are you sure you want to listen to the Backstreet Boys' new song with me like this?"

"Okay." Olivia said defeated, "I'm going to brush my teeth."

By the time Olivia came out of the shower, Saloli had turned on the TV at home and locked it on Channel 6.

Channel 6 has a program called "Pure White Music Station" at nine o'clock every morning. This program is nothing special. It just plays some popular songs. New songs are often premiered on it.

This time "We Are Young" will be broadcast on many programs, but Olivia and the others usually watch "Pure White Music Station" more, so they chose it.

The program has not started yet, and other programs are being played. It is a boring science and technology popularization program that specializes in teaching children to do small science experiments, but Salori is watching it with gusto.

Olivia held the milk cup and mocked Salori, "This kind of program is just suitable for college students like you."

Salori smiled and shrugged, "You're right, it's just right for me to watch. When I was a kid, I couldn't understand it either."

Seeing that her attack had no effect, Olivia was a little frustrated. She walked over to Salori with the milk and sat down, and started watching with her.

Don't tell me, even though it is a children's program, it is quite interesting. Olivia watched it and watched it.

Halfway through the show, Salori turned to look at Olivia, "Isn't it pretty good?"

"It doesn't look good." Olivia immediately denied it, but her eyes were still fixed on the TV screen.

"Should we leave early in the afternoon?" Salori asked again.

"Let's go? Oh, you said we were going to Wireless Music City. Doesn't the concert start at seven o'clock? What's the use of going early?"

"Maybe we can see Y himself."

"Can't you see it when you enter the concert hall?"

"That's different."

"What's different? If I go there earlier, can I still get an autograph?"

"Who can say for sure? Anyway, we have nothing to do in the afternoon, so let's go there early."

"It's quite hot today..."

"Go ahead."

"All right."

Olivia compromised because she knew that as long as she didn't agree, Salori would definitely keep pestering her about it.

…

The two watched popular science programs for a while, and finally the time reached nine o'clock, and "Pure White Music Station" started on time.

Because the format of the program is simple, there is only one host, and the only host's task is also very simple, which is to introduce the songs to be played to the audience. Sometimes they don't even introduce the songs and just play them directly.

However, there is a new song premiering today, so the host naturally wants to focus on it.

"Hello everyone, welcome to "Pure White Music Station", I am the host Davis."

"Today I want to introduce the Backstreet Boys to you. Although we have introduced them more than once in previous programs and played many of their songs. But we still have to introduce them again today because their new song "We "Young" premieres worldwide today."

Then the host introduced the Backstreet Boys, mainly their members and their famous songs.

"This new single "We Are Young", like the previous "Yellow" that was loved by countless listeners, is both composed by the famous musician Y-Chou. Okay, no more nonsense now, I believe everyone will follow I am also eager to hear this new single, let’s enjoy the music together now.”

After the host finished speaking, the screen on the TV changed and a stage appeared. All the members of the Backstreet Boys were standing on the scene, and there was also the sound of rapid drumbeats.

Seeing the members of the Backstreet Boys, the two girls' eyes lit up at first, and then the drumbeat surprised them.

This kind of rapid drum beat seems to have never been heard in Y's music. From the sound of this drum beat, it felt like the boys on the stage were about to roll up their sleeves and start a fight at any time.

As soon as the two girls looked back at each other, Brian began to sing a fast and rhythmic song, which seemed to be pop, but also had a bit of hip-hop feel.

Olivia opened her mouth and was about to say something when the drum beat of the song suddenly changed, the rhythm became slower but the power was stronger.

The chorus comes on.

"tonight——"

When the first line of the chorus came out, Olivia felt as if someone had slapped her on the head, and it almost knocked her out of her body.

This chorus... is too sudden.

However, such a sudden chorus does not make people feel inconsistent. The passionate shouts and powerful lyrics make the song more dramatic, at least visually shocking.

This is a song that has a lot of energy and is easy to sing along to.

Saloli even wanted to sing along with the phrase "tonight——" on the spot, but Chang Kaizui discovered that this seemingly simple lyric was not that easy to sing.

But even though she didn't sing well, Saloli was still willing to sing along, which shows how powerful this song is.

At this time, the members of the Backstreet Boys were seen walking off the stage holding microphones and musical instruments, mingling with the audience, and the scene was plunged into a carnival.

It looked like it should be a university, the stage was set up outdoors, and the audience was all young people.

Although the picture looks chaotic at first glance, if you look closely you can find that there are many small stories happening, including love and friendship...

If "tonight——" was the first surprise this song gave Olivia and the others, then the high-pitched and loud voice of the girls behind it was the second surprise this song gave them.

Looking at the black girl appearing on TV, both of them were a little surprised because they had not seen this female singer before.

Although he is black, he is not particularly black. He must be of mixed race. He looks quite young, maybe not even an adult.

However, Xiao Gui is still young, but he sings very well and his tune is very high.

This may be the newcomer Jive Company wants to promote, Olivia guessed.

Salori had the same idea as Olivia. Otherwise, she really couldn't figure out why such a young girl would be arranged to sing with the Backstreet Boys.

Of course, now is not the time for them to think wildly. The chorus of young girls and Backstreet Boys is very effective. All they need to do now is to enjoy the music with their heart. (End of chapter)