Zhou Yan knew that even if he didn't say it, Zhang Youan would definitely do publicity.

Zhang Youan may not raise the offer, but Shiseido's desire to spend 3 million Hong Kong coins to buy "The Street Where the Wind Lives" will definitely be in the news.

Although Xu Feng didn't like Zhang Youan's style, he still didn't quit him, just because his ability was really good.

Zhou Yan was able to develop so smoothly, and Zhang Youan naturally had a lot of credit, as long as Zhang Youan seized a little opportunity, he could create a wave of momentum for Zhou Yan.

He doesn't just build momentum, he takes advantage of it.

For example, when Shiseido came to Zhou Yan this time, he knew that Shiseido wanted to build momentum for the next new product release.

Since Shiseido wants to build momentum, Zhang Youan naturally can't give up such a good opportunity, and he will also take advantage of Shiseido's momentum to promote Zhou Yan.

It is troublesome to build momentum by yourself, and it is simple to borrow the momentum of others.

Zhang Youan didn't delay Zhou Yan for too long, the two chatted for a while, and then he said goodbye, and then Zhou Yan set off to find Wang Zuxian.

They made an appointment to meet at Sensoji Temple, and Zhou Yan arrived first, and Sensoji Temple was also quite popular on weekdays.

Sensoji Temple is said to be the temple with the longest neon history, and it is also a must-see attraction for tourists when they arrive in Tokyo, just like foreigners who go to Yenching have to go to the Forbidden City.

Comparing the Forbidden City with the Sensoji Temple, it is really a bit of a bully, and the entire Sensoji Temple may not be as big as the Forbidden City.

However, the business of Sensoji Temple is very good, and you can see some small stalls before you go in, and I heard Wang Zuxian say that there is a commercial street with a very long history here, and the main purpose of their visit to Sensoji Temple today is also to visit that commercial street.

In fact, standing at the door, you can see the commercial street inside, and there are indeed a lot of people.

Standing at the gate of the Thunder Gate for a while, Zhou Yan saw Wang Zuxian from a distance.

He was about to raise his hand to say hello, but suddenly noticed that there was a man not far behind Wang Zuxian.

About twenty or thirty meters away, the man was still holding a camera in his hand, and his attention was on Wang Zuxian.

Realizing that Wang Zuxian may have been followed by the paparazzi, Zhou Yan did not greet Wang Zuxian, but stepped into the gate of Sensoji Temple with his feet raised and leaned on the side of the door.

At this time, Wang Zuxian also saw Zhou Yan, and she was about to wave to Zhou Yan, but saw Zhou Yan running inside the door.

Seeing Zhou Yan enter the Sensoji Temple, Wang Zuxian was full of question marks.

Soon Wang Zuxian thought of a possibility, she didn't turn her head immediately, but walked forward slowly, and then pretended to be looking for someone, and began to turn around and look around.

As soon as she turned around, she saw a man turning around.

The man was facing her sideways, holding a camera in his hand.

In a place like Sensoji, it's too normal to hold a camera, but the camera in this man's hand is obviously a little more professional, and the point is that he is a little sneaky and very suspicious.

After knowing that he might be followed, Wang Zuxian was not in a hurry, and first walked to the edge of the Thunder Gate, pretending to be waiting for someone.

She noticed that after she stopped, the man also stopped, and kept pretending to be in place to take pictures of the building next to her.

In fact, there is nothing to see next to the Kaminarimon Gate at all, just some ordinary modern buildings, and the temple is inside, and you have to walk through the commercial street inside to see it.

It's certainly not normal to take pictures here, and for so long.

Seeing the man's behavior like this, Wang Zuxian has already determined that he is a paparazzi.

Fortunately, Zhou Yan's eyes are good, otherwise she would have been photographed today, she is not afraid to make it public with Zhou Yan, but it is not the same that they take the initiative to make it public and are forced to make it public after being photographed.

Wang Zuxian stayed at the door for a while, and when she saw the man with his back to her, she immediately turned around and walked around the side of the Kaminari Gate to the commercial street, and then quickly hid in the crowd.

When the paparazzi turned his head, he found that Wang Zuxian was gone, and he hurriedly ran in the direction of the Thunder Gate.

Passing through the Thunder Gate, looking at the rubbing commercial street, the paparazzi had a headache, so many people, there was no Wang Zuxian's figure at all.

Although Wang Zuxian is tall, he is not taller than most men, so it is difficult to see in the crowd.

But there was no way, his target was Wang Zuxian, so he could only sigh and squeeze into the crowd, trying to find Wang Zuxian's figure.

Wang Zuxian came out in disguise alone, he must have made an appointment with someone, and if he wants to photograph the other party, it will be big news.

Therefore, he did not want to give up easily.

Zhou Yan was standing behind the door, and when he was closest to the paparazzi, he was only two meters apart.

Seeing the paparazzi, Zhou Yan looked puzzled, where did Wang Zuxian go?

After the paparazzi squeezed into the crowd, Zhou Yan walked to the front of the Thunder Gate again, and after looking around, he didn't find Wang Zuxian's figure.

At this time, he regretted a little, he should have brought a mobile phone out, so that he could call Wang Zuxian.

However, he didn't move, because he knew that in this case, he could stay here and wait for Wang Zuxian, but if he also ran around, it would greatly increase the difficulty of meeting.

Zhou Yan stood at the door for about ten minutes, and a girl with red hair wearing a top hat and leather coat walked towards him.

Because this woman's walking posture is particularly exaggerated, and the whole person is twisted like a water snake, so Zhou Yan took a second look.

The woman walked past him, but quickly turned around and walked back and said in neon, "Hello." ”

As soon as Zhou Yan heard this voice, he pulled the corners of his mouth, no wonder he looked at the posture of twisting his waist a little familiar, it turned out to be Wang Zuxian.

"Where did you get this new piece of equipment after a while?"

Hearing that Zhou Yan recognized himself, Wang Zuxian was surprised, "How did you recognize me?" ”

Zhou Yan pointed to his ears, "Do you know what your boyfriend's ears do?" ”

"I also deliberately changed my voice...... "Wang Zuxian muttered.

Zhou Yan looked Wang Zuxian's clothes up and down again, except for the shoes, his whole body was changed, but this one was really a hodgepodge.

Black leather jacket, long red hair, blue JK skirt, purple leggings, the whole Victorian non-mainstream style, quite postmodernist.

But her legs are straight and long, and this short skirt with purple leggings can hold it up.

And the biggest failure of this disguise is also this, these legs are too eye-catching, if you want to disguise, you should change to a pair of loose pants.

"Shall we change places?" Zhou Yan asked.

Wang Zuxian shook his head, "What are you doing in a different place, if you change places, won't my clothes be changed for nothing?" ”

Zhou Yan smiled, "That's the same, then let's go shopping in the commercial street?" ”

"Let's go."

Wang Zuxian took Zhou Yan's arm and walked towards the commercial street.

This shopping street is basically full of snacks and accessories, and there are many traditional items from the Edo period.

Walking on the street, you can see people of all kinds of hair colors and costumes, and even Wang Zuxian's red hair is not unusual.

There are also many people who wear kimonos, and there should be a place to rent kimonos from tourists.

The shops on this street are very attractive to girls, and the two of them basically don't leave one shop, and they have to stop in front of each store to have a look.

Walking to a stall selling imperial guards, Wang Zuxian pointed to the two imperial guards and said, "This is very good-looking." ”

The two omamori are clearly a pair, with two small figures embroidered with similar clothing styles, looking like cartoon characters, a man and a woman.

"It's pretty good."

Zhou Yan nodded and asked the boss in English, "How much?" ”

The boss smiled and compared four fingers, "Four thousand neon coins." ”

"Oh, four thousand, ah......"

Then Zhou Yan reacted that this boss actually spoke Chinese, and it was very standard, with no accent.

"Boss, are you Chinese?"

The boss shook his head, "I'm Korean." ”

Zhou Yan raised his eyebrows, a Korean man opened a shop in neon, but he spoke fluent Chinese, which sounded a little magical.

Wang Zuxian was also very surprised, "Boss, you speak Mandarin really well." ”

"I've been in Shenyang for two years, so that's okay."

Zhou Yan couldn't help but sigh that this boss's language talent is really good, and he can speak Chinese so fluently after only two years in China.

Many people have been in China for more than ten years, and they may not speak Chinese as well as him.

The boss also did not forget to promote his own products, "The two of you have a very good eye, you fancy this is a good match, and it is also the best pair in our store." The embroidery on it is made of silk, and you can also see the workmanship, the characters are lifelike, whether you wear it on your body or hang it on your bag after you buy it, it is very suitable. ”

Wang Zuxian took off the one embroidered with the girl, and the more she looked at it, the more she liked it, she turned her head and said to Zhou Yan, "Isn't there a pendant missing on your bamboo flute, this one can just be hung on it." ”

"Okay, I bought it."

Zhou Yan didn't say a word, and paid directly.

When the boss saw that the business was done, he was also very happy, "Do you want to wrap up the two of you?" ”

"Wrap this up." Wang Zuxian handed the female version in his hand to the boss, then took off the male version and said to Zhou Yan, "You help me put it on." ”

Zhou Yan nodded, and gave Wang Zuxian to put the imperial guard around her neck.

The boss helped them pack and reminded, "There are some scriptures and other things in this omamori, all of which have been petitioned, so don't be curious and open them." ”

"Understood."

After buying the imperial guard, Wang Zuxian was very happy, and he touched it for a while.

The two walked slowly inside, and when they got to the front, they saw someone begging for a signature, and Wang Zuxian pulled Zhou Yan over again.

She should have been prepared, and when she arrived at the place, she directly stuffed two hundred silver coins into the box, and then picked up the holder and began to shake.

While shaking, she was still silently reciting something.

"What are you reading?" Zhou Yan asked.

Wang Zuxian glanced at Zhou Yan, "If you say it, it won't work." ”

As she spoke, she shook out a signature that read Fifty-Six, and she followed the number to the top of the cabinet to find drawer Fifty-Six, and then took out a signature from it.

There are a few lines of large characters on the signature, and the header reads "Fifty-sixth Wei Xiaoji".

The next four columns of vertical signatures are still read from right to left.

"Career is happy and sorrowful, before the old man is white, he works hard for thousands of degrees, and he meets a noble person to stay."

There are also dense neon notes next to the Chinese characters, and Zhou Yan can't understand them.

But this signature is really vernacular, like a slip of the tongue.

The signing is still quite auspicious as a whole, although there will be some ups and downs in the first half of life, but the results in the back are very good, so it belongs to Xiaoji.

This kind of signature, the language is very vague, and most people can match it.

Wang Zuxian read the signature several times, then carefully folded the signature and put it in his bag, and said to Zhou Yan, "You also ask for one." ”

Zhou Yan nodded, the money was given, not asking for nothing, although a hundred neon coins was less, but the mosquito legs were also meat.

He also picked up the stick holder and shook it, and shook out a stick, Wang Zuxian hurriedly picked it up, and then exclaimed, "It's the No. 1." ”

Zhou Yan stretched out his head and looked, and sure enough, it was No. 1.

Wang Zuxian ran to the edge of the No. 1 drawer again and took out a signed document from it.

"First Fortune"

"Qibao Futu Tower, the top of the peak is safe, everyone looks up, don't wait to see"

Sure enough, it was the first sign, and this sign was too good to be scored.

"What did you just ask for?" Wang Zuxian asked curiously.

"I-"

Zhou Yan was just about to speak, Wang Zuxian suddenly reacted, and immediately came up to cover Zhou Yan's mouth, "Don't say it, it won't work if you say it." ”

In fact, when Zhou Yan shook the lottery holder just now, he didn't think about anything, just thought that the money was given, and he didn't shake it.

However, seeing that Wang Zuxian still attached great importance to it, he nodded.

Seeing him nodding, Wang Zuxian let go of his mouth.

In fact, Zhou Yan didn't know why he couldn't tell others what he was asking for, and when he asked for a sign in many places and asked someone to unsign, he asked what he asked for in the first sentence.

After letting go of Zhou Yan, Wang Zuxian looked at the signature again, and the more he looked at it, the happier he became, "This signature must require a career." ”

This kind of signature, that is, to ask for the best career, if you ask for something else, such as marriage, it is more strange.

If it is to seek marriage, then how should "Qibao Futu Tower, the peak of the peak" be explained?

and the later "everyone looks up, don't wait and watch" is even more difficult to explain.

And if it's for a career, it couldn't be more reasonable.

But this signature is really a bit outrageous, even if ordinary people get this signature, I guess they will mumble.

Most of them are ordinary people, and this sign is "the peak is on the top", and it is "everyone looks up", and it is impossible for ordinary people to reach it.

But this sign was asked by Zhou Yan, which made people think about it.

Wang Zuxian carefully folded the signature and put it in his bag.

"I'll keep it for you."

Then they entered the main hall of Sensoji Temple.

There is nothing special in the temple, Europeans and Americans come here, and they may still see a strange look, but Zhou Yan and they came from China, and there is really no special feeling when they see Sensoji Temple.

But an interesting thing happened in the middle, they met the paparazzi who was with Wang Zuxian just now in the temple.

But Wang Zuxian has changed his clothes now, and they passed by, and the paparazzi didn't recognize him.

……

The two of them walked around Sensoji Temple until half past four, and then changed places and went to Ueno Park for a stroll.

In fact, compared to the lively Sensoji Temple, Zhou Yan prefers this side of Ueno Park.

Although there are a lot of people in the park, the density is not comparable to that of the commercial street, and there are still more trees than people.

Ueno Park is known as the largest city park in the neon sky, and this kind of park nestled in the middle of the city is a bit like a spring in the desert.

It's a great place to see cherry blossoms, but unfortunately the cherry blossoms don't bloom until March or April, and Ueno Park is now a lot more impressive.

Ueno Park is not just a park, but also a zoo and cultural venues such as museums, cultural centers, art galleries, and even a concert hall.

Because it was not early, the two did not enter any of the pavilions, but casually rolled the road in the park.

Travel still depends on the state of mind, as long as the mood is adjusted, even if you take a walk in the park like this, it feels very good.

Passing through some cultural places in the middle, the two arrived at the side of the artificial lake, and when they walked here, they were also a little tired from walking, and there happened to be a bench next to it, so they sat down to rest.

There are a lot of pleasure boats in the lake, which are the kind of small kayaks, and people have to paddle them.

After about seven or eight minutes of doing, Zhou Yan heard a burst of music not far away, and he turned his head to look.

Seventy or eighty meters away from them, there was a bunch of people fiddling with musical instruments.

Wang Zuxian also heard the voice and looked over.

Those people were holding traditional instruments that were common in neon, such as shakuhachi, neon pipa, shamisen, bamboo flute, sheng, and flute.

Wang Zuxian turned his body, put his two long legs on Zhou Yan's legs, and then put his hand against the back of the bench to support his head and look over there, "Are they going to perform outdoors?" ”

Zhou Yan smiled, "I think they are more like some students practicing outdoors, these should be students of traditional musical instruments." ”

"That's similar to Ma Dongfang."

"Well, almost."

"That's like an erhu."

Zhou Yan looked around, only to see that the shamisen and the shape of the erhu could be touched.

"That's the shamisen, which evolved from the Chinese shamisen."

"Isn't it the same as the erhu, it's also pulled, and it sounds like it's more strings than the erhu."

Zhou Yan shook his head, "It's not the same thing, the shamisen and the shamisen are both plucked instruments, and the way they are played is actually more similar to the guitar, and the material of the shamisen is very different from the shamisen, so the timbre is also very different, and the shamisen is used in many neon songs." Do you see the thing that the man is holding in his right hand? ”

"I can't see it clearly, it looks like a rice spoon."

“……”

Rice Scoop ...... Not to mention, Wang Zuxian's description is quite apt, and the shamisen picks used by many people look very similar to wooden rice spoons.

"You can think of it as a guitar pick, but it's one size bigger, and as for the shape, it depends on personal preference, there is no fixed pattern."

"Oh." Then Wang Zuxian pointed to a musical instrument, "That's a pipa, right?" ”

"Well, that's a lute, but it's a neon lute."

"What's the difference between a neon lute and a normal lute?"

"There are many kinds of pipa, all of which have evolved from one shape, and the neon pipa is smaller than the Chinese pipa, and it is covered with animal skin at the bottom, and the sound is a little thinner and duller than the Chinese pipa."

"I feel like they all look the same, but you can tell at a glance." Wang Zuxian sighed.

"It's not a great skill, but if you soak it with an instrument every day, you can recognize it. In fact, musical instruments are not so complicated, they are always changing, and there are only a few ways to pronounce them. ”

"Do you know all these instruments?"

Zhou Yan said with a smile: "It depends on how you define the word "will", if you just say that you can play simple tunes, then I can get any kind of instrument in this world in my hands, and I can know it in less than half an hour." ”

Half an hour is all Zhou Yan's modesty, as long as it is a conventional instrument, he can touch his hand, and he can play a simple repertoire in a few minutes.

Even if he gives him a pile of stones, as long as he takes the time to try the sound of each stone, he can play the tune, and the melody of a general pop song will definitely be no problem.

"So powerful?"

Zhou Yan touched Wang Zuxian's leg, "Believe it or not, I can use your leg to make a tune?" ”

"That's an exaggeration." Wang Zuxian pursed his lips, and then said curiously, "You try." ”

"Okay, I'll try." Zhou Yan rolled up his sleeves and straightened Wang Zuxian's legs, "Don't move, otherwise it will affect the pitch." ”

"Well, I don't move." Wang Zuxian jumped his legs straight.

"Don't jump too tightly, or the sound will be hard to find."

"Oh." Wang Zuxian relaxed again.

When she relaxed, Zhou Yan slowly slapped on her legs, in different positions, with different strengths, and probably found a few needed notes.

He started filming.

After seven or eight shots, Wang Zuxian was surprised, "It's a little star!" ”

Zhou Yan nodded, "Well, the little star with a reduced tone." ”

After the tone is lowered, the difference is quite big, and the reason why Wang Zuxian can hear it is also because the rhythm is here.

There are a lot of tunes, even if there is no tone, you can hear it just by listening to the rhythm.

"Can you make a more complex tune? For example, "The Street Where the Wind Lives". ”

Zhou Yan pursed his lips, and then said seriously, "Yes, you can, but you have to change the iron ruler to shoot, otherwise you won't be able to shoot a lot of sounds." ”

Although he knew that Zhou Yan was joking, when he heard the iron ruler, Wang Zuxian couldn't help but shrink his legs.

How much it hurts!

The two of them played for a while, and the students over there also adjusted and began to practice the song.

After listening to a paragraph, Wang Zuxian asked Zhou Yan, "What kind of song is this?" ”

Zhou Yan shook his head, "I haven't heard of it." ”

Hearing Zhou Yan say that he hadn't heard it, Wang Zuxian also laughed, "It turns out that you also have tunes that you haven't heard." ”

"That's too much."

The piece played by these students is very ordinary, and it seems that some arrangements have been made with care, but the key is very strange, not smooth at all, and the orchestration is not good.

The song is on the high-spirited side overall, but with the addition of neon lute, the taste is a little wrong.

Of course, these are the simplest things, if you are studying composition, you will not understand, these people are either students who do not have a composition department, and they are messing around on their own, or they just want to do experiments.

Some composition students, when orchestrating, like to be unconventional, engage in some contrasts, and call it "experimental".

Many people fall into the misconception that what is incongruous is experimental music.

In fact, most of the experimental, avant-garde music just doesn't sound congruous, but they all have their own set of rules, but this set of rules is not quite the same as the traditional and classical ones.

Zhou Yan listened to it for a while and judged that the skits played by these students should be written by themselves.

Neon has a large music market, and the overall level of popular musicians is higher than that of China, but the level of these students is not very good.

If these students are from CCTV, Zhou Yan will definitely go up to give them guidance, the harmony and orchestration of these tunes are a mess, and there are too many problems.

Even Wang Zuxian can hear the average level of these tunes.

"It doesn't sound good."

She can't say what's wrong, she just doesn't feel good.

"Let's go." Zhou Yan patted Wang Zuxian's leg, "It's uncomfortable to hear." ”

It's not that the tunes are so bad, it's just that when he hears them so incongruous, he always wants to go up and tell them about them.

This is also a teacher's occupational disease, when encountering problems, they just can't see it, and they always want to go over and guide others.

So, just out of sight and out of mind, it's better to go somewhere else.

"yes, okay."

Wang Zuxian withdrew his legs, and then the two got up and walked in the other direction.

However, just after walking about 20 meters, a familiar music sounded, and Wang Zuxian said in surprise, "It's "Treading Snow and Seeking Plum Blossoms". ”

Hearing these students play "Treading the Snow and Looking for Plum Blossoms", Zhou Yan also stood still and turned to look at them.

The music was written, but the instruments were rearranged.

It's not bad, but it still doesn't feel like it's funny. Originally, this piece was accompanied by Western instruments, mainly violin and clarinet.

If you want to adapt it into a traditional musical instrument, bowstrings are indispensable, and the orchestra in front of you, when playing "Treading Snow and Seeking Plum Blossoms", the main theme is realized by relying on neon pipa, and the taste is much worse.

If you go to erhu, it will be much better.

Seeing that Zhou Yan was interested, Wang Zuxian pulled him again, "Let's get closer and listen." ”

Zhou Yan nodded and followed along.

At this time, there are already some people around the area, although these people play ordinary tunes, but after all, it is a free performance, and it looks quite formal, and passers-by will inevitably join in the fun.

When they got closer, Zhou Yan found that there was an erhu next to it, but they didn't put it in, and they didn't know what they thought.

In fact, it is not impossible to arrange it like this, but the song needs to be changed, and this orchestra is completely based on the original song, so the taste is naturally not good.

There were also two drums on the scene, but the drums didn't quite go in the right way.

Zhou Yan frowned when he heard this, and shook his head from time to time. (End of chapter)