Chapter 372 This Is a Fake

The scene was a little simpler than Zhou Yan imagined. There were no banners or posters. It was not clear whether Harry Kane was short of time and had no time to get it done, or whether he really just let Zhou Yan come to hang out and never thought of trying to mess with Zhou Yan.

Although it was morning, the flow of people in the bookstore was pretty good. As everyone walked inside, Harry Kane introduced, "The first floor is the comprehensive area, which has both records and books. Whether it is books or records, they are placed They are all recent popular works, such as your "Raining Ring" and Mariah Carey's "Daydream."

Zhou Yan looked in the direction pointed by Harry Kane. In the bookstore closest to the doorman, there were two rotating bookshelves. One of them held books and the other held records. Zhou Yan's "Yu Linglin" was on The c position of the record rack.

Because there are more than one, it is very conspicuous. Basically, guests can see it as soon as they enter the door.

Zhou Yan couldn't help but smile when he saw the location of "Rain Lin Bell". He guessed that this was probably specially arranged by Harry Kane knowing that he came here.

The sales volume of "Yu Linglin" in the United States can only be considered good. It is not at the same level as the sales of popular records such as "Daydream". Now it is better, "Yu Linglin" is actually better than "Daydream" .

Also on the same shelf were MJ's "Scream" and Whitney Houston's "Waiting to Exhate", which seemed to be defeated by "Yulinling".

What can be found on this shelf are basically albums that have been highly circulated in the past year or so, and "Yu Linglin" is also one of the rare pure music albums.

Maybe he guessed that Zhou Yan would think so, Harry Kane also smiled and explained, ""Yu Linglin" has been on this bookshelf since it was released, and the same position has not been moved."

Hearing this, Zhou Yan glanced at Harry Kane in surprise.

Logically speaking, there is no need for Harry Kane to tell such a lie. Is this true?

Zhang Youan told him before that Harry Kane liked his music. He thought it was a polite comment, but now it seems that it might be true.

In fact, not only "Yulin Ling" is on the C position of the record shelf, Zhou Yan's first two albums, "Piano Boy" and "Mysterious Country" are also on the shelf, but there is no "Yulin Ling" in the lower place. 》So conspicuous.

Zhou Yan expressed his gratitude to Harry Kane, who smiled and said, "I am very grateful that you can come to our bookstore. The second floor is a place dedicated to placing records. I will take you up to have a look."

Then Harry Kane took Zhou Yan and Zhang Youan to the second floor. As Harry Kane said, the second floor was dedicated to records and not even a single book.

The single-floor area of ​​Little Bear Record Bookstore is quite large, and the utilization rate of the second floor is obviously higher than that of the first floor.

Perhaps to facilitate the exhibition and the passage of guests, the first floor is quite empty, and the distance between the passages is also very wide.

But the second floor was different. As soon as Zhou Yan went up to the second floor, he felt like he had entered a small video store in Yanjing. There were records everywhere and it seemed very crowded.

The passage between the shelves is very narrow, so two people have to turn sideways to pass by. If they were two big fat men, they might not be able to miss each other even if they turned sideways.

The records sold at Little Bear Record Bookstore are very diverse, including classical, pop, jazz, basically every type you can think of can be found here.

And there are many old records here. Zhou Yan saw many records from decades ago. They were well preserved, but the prices were correspondingly high.

"Although we don't specialize in selling jazz records here, we still attract many jazz fans because we can always find some relatively rare old jazz records in our store. Usually, on Sunday nights, some jazz fans Will party here.”

"Oh, isn't today Sunday?" Zhou Yan said with a smile.

"Well, it's a coincidence, but it's also a pity that tonight happens to be your concert... Do you usually listen to jazz?"

Zhou Yan shook his head, "I don't listen to a certain type of music specifically now."

After that, he joked again, "What I hear the most now is the homework submitted by the students."

"Oh, I almost forgot, you are still a teacher." Harry Kane patted his forehead. Zhou Yan's achievements and reputation in music and movies made it easy for people to overlook that he was also a teacher at the Conservatory of Music.

What Zhou Yan usually listens to most cannot be students’ homework. Although he does not take time to listen to music, if conditions permit, he will play some traditional music while working. However, compared to traditional works, students The homework impressed him even more.

Of course, sometimes Zhou Yan will go out of his way to listen to some traditional works that he has never heard before to expand his music library.

For songwriters, the amount of listening is very important.

Some people may wonder, for people like Zhou Yan who have been playing music since primary school, don’t they still have many classical and traditional music works that they haven’t heard?

In fact, compared to the vast number of famous songs, Zhou Yan has only listened to the tip of the iceberg.

There are too many well-known composers at home and abroad in ancient and modern times, and each famous composer has created many works. Just the works of Beethoven, Chopin, Bach, Mozart, Brahms, and Tchaikovsky, etc. It’s enough for the average person to listen to.

There are also some who are very powerful but not as famous as these people.

The same is true for domestic music. Zhou Yan has been learning the flute since elementary school, but he has never heard many excellent flute pieces. There are southern and northern schools, with or without sources, which dazzles people.

In fact, this is also a big problem in learning music. As time goes by, there will be more and more pieces. The representative works of each period are enough for students to study. Can they still spend time studying modern music works?

However, if modern works are not studied, the level of music cannot be improved. Most people can only make choices among them.

Zhou Yan also took a look at the place where classical works are concentrated, and found that the closest to modern works is Shostakovich, and Shostakovich has been dead for more than 20 years.

There must be some works of living classical composers in this bookstore, but Zhou Yan has not found them yet.

Zhou Yan is more interested in the second floor, so they spent a lot of time on the second floor. Every time they walked into a section, they would stop to look and chat.

Later, when they arrived at the pop section, Zhou Yan just picked up a Whitney Houston album of the same name, "Whitney", when a surprised voice suddenly sounded next to him.

"Y?!"

Zhou Yan and his friends turned around and saw two young girls standing at the end of the long and narrow corridor, looking at this side with surprise.

Sure enough, he was recognized. Zhou Yan smiled and greeted the two girls: "Hello."

Saloli and Olivia were originally choosing records in another adjacent corridor. When they heard someone mention the name "Y", they walked around to take a look out of curiosity and then saw Zhou Yan.

Seeing Zhou Yan respond to them, Saloli almost jumped up in surprise, "It's really you!"

She was just wondering whether the other party was talking about why or Y.

Saloli couldn't help but walk towards Zhou Yan, saying as she walked, "We just watched your concert last night, and we didn't expect to see you here today."

"Thank you for your support, I hope you didn't disappoint me last night."

"Of course I didn't disappoint you, the feeling of listening to it live was much better than listening to it on TV, and the performance last night lasted so long, we are already very satisfied."

"That's good." Zhou Yan smiled, and then asked, "Do you often come to this bookstore?"

"Well, we come at least twice a week." Saloli nodded, and then whispered to Zhou Yan, "Y, let me tell you, the owner of this bookstore must be your fan, your album has always been on the shelf at the door, and you can see it every time you come."

Zhou Yan couldn't help but glance at Harry Kane next to him, thinking that these two girls were not arranged by him, right?

Harry Kane was very happy and said with a smile, "You are right, the boss is indeed a fan of Y."

"I knew it was like this." Salori smiled and said to Zhou Yan, "I wish you a smooth concert tonight and the concerts afterwards. We will always support you."

"Thank you." Zhou Yan nodded, and then took the initiative to ask, "Do you want me to sign for you?"

"Can I?" Faced with the sudden happiness, Salori was even a little bit unbelievable.

"Of course no problem, do you have a pen, where should I sign?"

Salori touched her pocket and didn't find a pen, then she looked at Olivia behind her, who also shook her head.

Harry Kane smiled and said, "Wait a minute, I'll get you a pen."

After that, Harry Kane actually ran downstairs to find a pen himself.

Less than a minute later, he came back with not only a pen in his hand, but also a stack of albums.

Zhou Yan took the pen and the record, and signed without saying a word.

There are six albums in total, two each for "Piano Boy", "Mysterious Country", and "Rain Bells and Rain".

After signing, Zhou Yan handed over six albums to Salori.

After receiving the albums, Salori was dumbfounded. She was just thinking about where to sign, whether to go downstairs to buy an album and then come up, or just let Zhou Yan sign on their clothes.

Unexpectedly, he actually brought six albums up directly.

"Thank you, thank you, it's so happy, I'll go downstairs to pay now." Salori held the albums and prepared to go downstairs to pay.

Harry Kane smiled and said to her, "No, these six albums are for you."

The surprise in Salori and Olivia's eyes became even greater. They didn't understand that there was such a good thing in the world. Not only could they get Y's signature, but they also got six albums for free.

Seeing the confused looks of the two girls, Zhou Yan smiled and said, "This is the bookstore owner you just mentioned."

Harry Kane took over the conversation, "Thank you for helping me authenticate the identity of Y's fans. These six albums are considered a gift."

Saloli and Olivia could only thank them repeatedly and then left excitedly.

After the two girls left, Harry Kane laughed and said, "These two people are really not the actors I invited."

Zhang Youan laughed beside him, "So you also know that they look like actors."

"Indeed, they look too much like them."

Such a small episode also made the atmosphere between them more relaxed, and Harry Kane and Zhou Yan became familiar with each other.

Later, he took Zhou Yan to the third and fourth floors.

Although Little Bear Record Bookstore sells both records and books, its main business is actually books. The third and fourth floors are filled with all kinds of books, but occasionally there are one or two small corners where some records are placed, mainly Play a role in regulating the atmosphere.

After visiting the four floors, they returned to the first floor. Harry Kane meant to take Zhou Yan to the rest area to sit and have a cup of coffee, but he was recognized after just a few steps.

The customer flow in the bookstore is much greater now than when Zhou Yan first arrived, so the probability of him being recognized is also much greater.

One person recognized him and quickly attracted the attention of others. After a while, many people gathered around him.

After being recognized, Zhou Yan was also generous and chatted with them in an easy-going manner while guiding them to a quieter place so as not to hinder the bookstore's business.

Someone asked if he could sign, and Zhou Yan readily agreed and took out the pen that Harry Kane had just found.

Zhou Yan has the habit of writing smoothly. After signing the names of the two little girls just now, he just put the pen in his pocket and moved smoothly.

One person asked for an autograph, and others naturally followed suit. Soon everyone spontaneously went to buy records, and then queued up to wait for Zhou Yan to sign his autograph.

Harry Kane very thoughtfully found a table for Zhou Yan in the rest area and asked him to hold a temporary book signing in the bookstore.

There were many people in the bookstore who didn't know Zhou Yan. When they saw someone coming around, they also came to join in the fun.

Those who knew Zhou Yan began to introduce Zhou Yan to these people.

"Y-chou, an internationally renowned musician, has many famous songs. Have you heard of "Young and Beautiful"? Have you heard of "Yellow"? None? Have you heard of "Tears", "Kite", and "Reunion"? Haven't heard of it either..."

Just as the person introducing it was scratching his head and head anxiously, he suddenly pointed to the top of his head and said, "Listen, have you heard of this piece of music?"

"Oh, isn't this just "The Wilderness"? I've heard of it."

"This is 'Forever', what a wilderness."

“There used to be a nature program called Wilderness.”

…

Many people have actually heard Zhou Yan's music, but they don't know the name and origin of the music.

Although Zhou Yan's songs are not as popular in the United States as Neon and China, there are still many shopping malls, cafes and other places that like to play Zhou Yan's songs, and some TV programs also like to use them.

Over time, this happened. Many people will be familiar with Zhou Yan's music, but they just don't know what it is called.

Of course, some people know Zhou Yan and are familiar with Zhou Yan's music, but they just don't know what Zhou Yan looks like.

Although it was an impromptu autograph session, there were not many people there. It took Zhou Yan half an hour to sign about seventy or eighty records.

Seeing this situation, Harry Kane also secretly lamented that it was a pity. If there had been a little advance promotion, even if two posters were placed at the door in the morning, at least hundreds of records would have been signed today.

Harry Kane didn't care about the sales. He just felt that this was a good publicity opportunity for their bookstore and the Y. The key was that it didn't take much effort and it was completely smooth. (End of chapter)