Chapter 187: Flying Flowers and Snow
Zhou Yan was talking to the museum expo, and a staff member came over and said to Zhou Yan, "Miss Shizuka Kudo is outside, do you want to let her go?" ”
Hearing that Shizuka Kudo was outside, Zhou Yan was a little surprised.
Zhou Yan knew that the museum was going to come to the concert, and his agency Yoshimoto Xingye had communicated with Zhou Yan in advance.
So after the museum arrived, he came directly to the backstage to greet Zhou Yan.
But Shizuka Kudo was coming, but Zhou Yan didn't know at all.
"Is she alone?" Zhou Yan asked.
"Yes, she's the only one."
"Not even a security guard?"
"No, but we've sent someone to protect her, she's still in the crowd for reporters, and it will probably be a while before she comes in."
Zhou Yan nodded, "If she wants to come, let her go directly." ”
Since people are here, they naturally want to meet, and the scene must be passable, and it will have no impact on Zhou Yan.
If he hadn't let Kudo Shizuka in today, there would have been a lot of news to write.
With Zhou Yan's consent, the staff nodded, "Okay, understood." ”
After the staff left, the museum was also curious, "Kudo Keika came to the scene, didn't you know in advance?" ”
"I don't know." Zhou shook his head.
Guan Bo secretly sighed, Shizuka Kudo is really rebellious, she definitely didn't tell the brokerage company, she came directly.
Shizuka Kudo belongs to idol singers, and usually the management of these idol singers by the agency is very strict, and whether to attend a concert like this will be decided by the agency.
If Shizuka Kudo's agency knew about this, it would definitely communicate with Zhou Yan in advance.
"Mr. Tatehiro, do you know Shizuka Kudo?" Zhou Yan asked.
"I've seen it before, but I don't know each other, the age gap between us is too big, and I haven't been in the music industry for a long time."
Kanbo also worked as a singer before, but his performance was average, and now he is mainly filming some TV series, and it is really difficult to intersect with idol singers like Shizuka Kudo.
The two chatted for a while, and the pavilion said goodbye, he came over to say hello, and he didn't want to delay Zhou Yan for too long, and before the concert started, Zhou Yan was still very busy.
After the museum left, about half an hour later, Zhou Yan was tying the imperial guard he bought with Wang Zuxian at Sensoji Temple last time to the bamboo flute.
Many people like to tie all kinds of pendants on the bamboo flute, but under normal circumstances, Zhou Yan will not tie things on the bamboo flute, because he thinks that it is not good to tie things around.
But since Wang Zuxian asked him to tie it, he made an exception.
He had just tied up the guard when there was a commotion at the door of the backstage lounge.
When he looked up at the door, Shizuka Kudo had already walked in surrounded by several staff members.
Seeing Zhou Yan, Kudo Shizuka's eyes lit up, and she quickened her pace and walked over.
"Mr. Zhou Yan, it's a pleasure to meet you."
The reason why Shizuka Kudo is an idol singer is naturally because she is good-looking, and it is said that the Maoli Lan in "Detective Conan" is painted according to Shizuka Kudo.
Although Zhou Yan doesn't know if it's true or not, if you look at the hairstyle, Mao Lilan is indeed very similar to Shizuka Kudo, both of them have that kind of parted long hair.
Maybe it's because several staff members are not too tall, so when Shizuka Kudo first came in just now, Zhou Yan felt that she was quite tall, but when she got to the front, after Zhou Yan stood up, she found that Shizuka Kudo was not yet the tip of his nose, and this was still when her heel was a little high.
Removing the heel, Shizuka Kudo should have just reached the position of Zhou Yan's chin.
The neon translator next to him translated Kudo Shizuka's words to Zhou Yan, and Zhou Yan nodded and replied, "It's a pleasure to meet you, Miss Shizuka Kudo." ”
"Can I take a picture with you?"
This is not an excessive request, Zhou Yan nodded, "Of course there is no problem." ”
As soon as the photographer with the group came over, Shizuka Kudo walked up to Zhou Yan and hugged his arm, looking at the camera with a smile.
When the group photo ended, although Shizuka Kudo let go of Zhou Yan's arm, the distance did not widen.
Because she was standing too close, she looked at Zhou Yan and tilted her head.
"Actually, the last time you had a concert in Tokyo, I wanted to go, but I had a job in Fukuoka at the time, so I couldn't make it."
"Well, you must be busy at work." Zhou Yan put the bamboo flute into the box, and took a step back, distancing himself from Shizuka Kudo.
Then he waved to the staff of Daifeng Entertainment, and when the staff came, he asked, "Are there any reserved seats in the front row?" ”
The staff said, "All the reserved seats have been arranged." ”
They reserve some seats for each concert just to deal with this unexpected situation, but it is impossible to keep a ticket until now, and the concert will start later.
Shizuka Kudo waved her hand and said, "No, no, I bought the ticket in advance." ”
Zhou Yan was polite, and when he heard Shizuka Kudo say this, he nodded, "Wait for you to come back next time, say it in advance, and I'll let someone leave a ticket for you." ”
"Okay, I'll definitely go to the next few shows if I have time."
"Thanks for the support."
Then the two chatted a few more words, and Fang Xiu next to him came to Zhou Yan and said that he had to make final preparations.
Shizuka Kudo saw that Zhou Yan was busy and very knowledgeable, so she took the initiative to leave.
After saying goodbye to Zhou Yan here, Shizuka Kudo went to the hall.
Arriving in the hall, Shizuka Kudo was a little surprised, because there were already two people sitting in the first row before her.
A man and a woman, still far away.
Among them, the man she knew, was the actor Guan Bo, and the other woman was wearing a hat and scarf, and the light in the front hall was so good that she couldn't see her appearance clearly.
She looked at the woman twice, then walked up to the pavilion and bent down to say hello, "Hello, senior pavilion senior." ”
"Well, hello, Miss Kudo, you're coming to the concert today."
"Yes, I came here today because I didn't have a job."
"You must have been busy lately."
"It's okay, I've been busy some time ago."
……
The two chatted for a few words, and Shizuka Kudo couldn't help but ask about the pavilion, "Senior pavilion, do you know that young lady?" ”
Guan Bo shook his head with a smile, "I don't know, she has already arrived when I came, maybe it's Zhou Yan's friend or someone from the organizer." ”
"It's mysterious."
After a while, the orchestra began to slowly walk onto the stage to prepare, and the audience outside began to check in, and Shizuka Kudo went to find her place and sit down.
She bought the first row of seats herself, but they were on the side, not in the center.
At 6:55, Zhou Yan came to the stage in advance and said a few words, and then the concert officially began.
The concert series doesn't take much work, the process is basically the same, and the regular time repertoire is printed on the program in advance, so it can't be easily changed.
It's different, and it's all the tracks that come back later.
But Nomura Xiu, who has been with Zhou Yan, found something different, that is, the bamboo flute used by Zhou Yan for this performance was equipped with a pendant.
Such details are not found by ordinary people at all, because it is very normal to hang things on the bamboo flute.
Even if some people have seen Tokyo before, they don't pay much attention to this.
But Nomura Shu is a news person, he is more sensitive than ordinary people, and he knows more about Zhou Yan than ordinary neon people, he knows that Zhou Yan does not have a pendant on a bamboo flute.
Including many videos of Zhou Yan's previous performances, Nomura Xiu watched them, and without exception, no pendants appeared.
There will always be a reason for a person's habits to change.
Such details may not indicate that something special has happened, but Nomura Shu still takes this matter to heart, and he has been staring at the pendant, wanting to see what it is.
However, he sat in the middle, some distance from the stage, and he couldn't see the pendant clearly.
It looks a bit like a omamori...... But I'm not sure.
If it's really a mamori, it's a news that can be written, after all, it's also a neon element.
Shizuka Kudo kept staring at Zhou Yan, and her eyes never moved.
Originally, when Zhou Yan held a concert in Tokyo last time, Shizuka Kudo was going to go to the scene, but the company did not allow her to go at that time, so she didn't go in the end.
But Shizuka Kudo is obviously not a good baby, this time Zhou Yan was holding a concert in Nagoya, she didn't tell the company, she sneaked over.
Shizuka Kudo's rebellion has always given her agency a headache.
When she was still in the group, she often had problems.
Once on the show, the host asked her if there were any annoying people in the club.
Normally, in the face of such a problem, even if there is a person who is annoying, ordinary people will not say it directly, but Shizuka Kudo is different from ordinary people, and directly says the name of the person she doesn't like.
Their girl group is all well-behaved and pure, and of course the company hopes that Shizuka Kudo can be consistent, but Shizuka Kudo ignores these completely, her makeup and dressing style are bold, and even her "bad style" has caused many neon young women to follow suit.
In the end, the company had no choice but to take Shizuka Kudo out alone and let her fly solo.
After flying solo, Kudo Shizuka's development has entered the fast lane, and in just a few years, it has become popular all over the neon country, Xiangjiang and Taiwan Island.
The first time she went to Xiangjiang to hold a concert with Taiwan Island, it was even more lively than Zhou Yan's previous "Piano Boy".
Tickets for "Piano Boy" were sold out near the start of the concert, but the tickets for Shizuka Kudo's concert were basically sold out within one day.
Before Kudo Shizuka expressed her appreciation for Zhou Yan in front of the media, the company did not care, because Zhou Yan is now quite famous in East Asia, and it may be helpful for Kudo Shizuka to enter the market of Xiangjiang and Taiwan Island, and may also enter the market in Chinese mainland later.
But Shizuka Kudo said that she wanted to come to the concert, and the company disagreed, after all, Shizuka Kudo is not a newcomer now, and it is not good to take the initiative to go over without receiving an invitation from Zhou Yan.
Shizuka Kudo has to come today, also because I heard that Zhou Yan played the new song "Drinking the Yangtze River Water" when he returned to the last game.
After arriving at the scene, she also found that the live performance was still better than listening to the CD, because Zhou Yan's appearance was very eye-catching.
People say that she is an idol singer, and she thinks that Zhou Yan should belong to an idol musician, but in her impression, there doesn't seem to be such a good-looking composer.
Ryuichi Sakamoto has been in contact with her before, but when she looks at it face-to-face, it is Zhou Yan who is better.
……
Zhou Yan returned to perform five pieces in Tokyo, and this time he did not favor one over the other, and also arranged five encore performances, the last of which was still a new song "Drinking the Yangtze River Water Together".
When the five returns were over, the audience was still enthusiastic, and then Zhou Yan took the musicians to take a leave of service.
The whole process, nothing special.
But there were still some special episodes, and when Zhou Yan took Ma Dongfang and Yue Lin to the stage for the sixth time, Shizuka Kudo suddenly walked up with a bouquet of flowers.
Under normal circumstances, Zhou Yan's concert does not have a flower offering link, and some audiences who wanted to go on stage to offer flowers before were stopped by the staff and explained the situation.
But today Shizuka Kudo came, and the staff couldn't stop her, and even they thought that Shizuka Kudo's flowers were arranged in advance, so they let her go.
As soon as the audience saw Shizuka Kudo holding the flowers, the cheers became more enthusiastic, and many of them were young people who were coaxing.
Young people usually pay attention to entertainment news, and many know that Shizuka Kudo has expressed her appreciation for Zhou Yan before, and handsome men and beautiful women always make people reverie.
Zhou Yan was also stunned when he saw Shizuka Kudo coming up with flowers.
Where did this girl get the flowers?
It doesn't matter...... The key is that there is no flower offering link in the concert, and this staff member is really, so let her come up.
But at this point, Zhou Yan couldn't get rid of people, so he could only keep a smile on his face and watch Shizuka Kudo come over.
When he arrived at Zhou Yan, Shizuka Kudo handed him the flower with a smile, "Mr. Zhou Yan, thank you for bringing such a wonderful performance to everyone." ”
Zhou Yan took the flower and was about to bend down to express his gratitude, when Shizuka Kudo actually gave him a hug.
It didn't take long to hug, it was a polite hug, but Zhou Yan was still startled, and hurriedly looked to the left of the first row, where Wang Zuxian was.
Although it was a courtesy hug, it could make the audience excited, especially news people like Shu Nomura, which meant that they had news to report after they went back.
It's a pity that you can't take photos or videos at the scene, otherwise if you take a picture of the scene just now, there will be photos on the front page of the news.
After waiting for Shizuka Kudo to go down, Zhou Yan handed the flower to Ma Dongfang next to him, and then coughed lightly and said, "Thank you Miss Kudo for the flower." ”
After saying thank you, he took Ma Dongfang and them off the stage.
In the next few thank-ups, there were no accidents, and they all passed peacefully.
After the concert, Zhou Yan took some musicians to perform for the audience outside.
Now Zhou Yan's concert is almost a tacit acquiescence that after the official performance is over, it will be performed outdoors.
However, after Zhou Yan went outdoors today, he found that the sky began to snow.
There doesn't be much snow in Nagoya in winter, and there was no snow in the weather forecast before, so Zhou Yan was quite surprised to see snow in the sky.
Fortunately, it was snowing, and the snow was not very big at this time, so it had no impact on the outdoor performance, but because of the snow, the atmosphere at the scene was quite good.
Walking onto the makeshift stage, Zhou Yan first looked up at the sky, then took the microphone and said with a smile, "I heard that it doesn't snow often in Nagoya in winter, so it seems that my luck is not bad." It just so happens that the first song to be performed outdoors today is "Treading the Snow and Looking for Plum Blossoms", which is also more appropriate. ”
After finishing speaking, Zhou Yan led the orchestra to play four pieces including "Treading the Snow and Looking for Plum Blossoms", but many people were waiting for the last song.
At the end of the Tokyo session, Shuhiko played a new piece without a name, and many of the audience members in the audience knew about it, so they were also looking forward to hearing this "nameless" song.
Zhou Yan did not disappoint the audience, and when he reached the fifth piece, he changed to shakuhachi and played this nameless song for them.
Last time, Zhou Yan played this nameless song with a large bamboo flute, and he used the bamboo flute to simulate the sound of shakuhachi, which has the element of showing off his skills, and this time he changed to shakuhachi, and used shakuhachi to show this piece completely.
After all, it was originally composed for shakuhachi, and the effect of performing it with shakuhachi is still better than that of the bamboo flute.
When the song ended, Zhou Yan did not walk off the stage or speak, but looked up at the sky again.
At this time, the snow seemed to be getting heavier and heavier, and each snowflake was thicker than half an hour ago, and after Zhou Yan raised his head, a snowflake fell on his eyebrows.
After the snowflakes touched Zhou Yan's skin, they began to melt slowly.
The melting process was very slow, much slower than the speed of the snowflakes falling around him, but Zhou Yan could clearly feel the feeling of the snowflakes slowly fitting into his skin because of the melting.
It's as if his six senses have been pulled to the center of his eyebrows by this snowflake, and he is not affected by foreign objects.
The audience was originally applauding, but when they saw Zhou Yan raising his head and not speaking, the applause slowly stopped, and he remained quiet like him.
Although they didn't know what Zhou Yan was doing, they always felt that under such a situation, they shouldn't disturb Zhou Yan loudly.
After more than a minute, Zhou Yan suddenly let out a breath, he raised the shakuhachi to his mouth again, and then a long, low voice came out of the shakuhachi.
After a long silence, there was a sudden sound, which made the hearts of many viewers tremble.
The sound was long and desolate, and when the long note ended, it was followed by a simple melody.
Those who are more familiar with shakuhachi may hear that this song is a bit like "Xuduo", but it is just similar in style, and the tune is not the same.
The tune of Zhou Yan's piece is adjusted to a downward movement, fluttering and flickering, and every note will be released, and finally it will be retracted.
This is also the difference between shakuhachi and Di Xiao, Di Xiao pays attention to not letting go or receiving on the basis of free retraction, but shakuhachi is more in pursuit of letting it go and taking it back.
Because the tune is simple, it doesn't sound special at first glance, and the audience's attention is also on the timbre of the shakuhachi instrument.
But with the picture of snow, the artistic conception of the song suddenly came up.
The so-called big sound Xisheng may be this feeling.
When Zhou Yan's song ended, the audience at the scene was still immersed in this artistic conception, I don't know if it was because of this song, many viewers felt that the snow here was actually better than the snow just now.
Zhou Yan put down the shakuhachi and said into the microphone, "I felt something in my heart on a snowy day, and I played a simple tune at random, I hope you can like it." I just came up with a name for this piece as well, and it's called "Flying Flowers". ”
When the translator translated this passage to the audience, the audience was both surprised and puzzled.
Surprisingly, Zhou Yan improvised another tune, and all of them present were witnesses.
And the puzzle is, why is this song called Feihua?
This scene and this scene, should it be called "Flying Snow" to be more appropriate?
Aware of the confusion of the audience, Zhou Yan explained with a smile, "There was a famous poet Han Yu in ancient China, who once wrote a poem, the New Year was not blooming, and in early February, I was surprised to see grass buds, but the snow was too late in spring, so I wore the garden trees to make flying flowers." ”
This translation is quite familiar with ancient Chinese poetry, and it is a very accurate translation of this poem.
Under normal circumstances, if neon people want to understand ancient Chinese poetry, they have to use the exegesis method, that is, by adding exegetical symbols to ancient Chinese sentences and sending kana, the sentences are rewritten according to the neon word order.
It depends on the experience and level of the translator.
After translation, the audience at the scene also roughly understood why this song is called Feihua, it turns out that Feihua represents Feixue, and the name seems to show a kind of expectation for spring.
They also found that Zhou Yan liked to use ancient Chinese poetry allusions to name the music, and after "Drinking the Yangtze River Water Together" came out, many people became interested in the poem.
In fact, neon people also eat this set, they are very yearning for ancient Chinese culture, and ancient poetry is naturally the top priority.
The music is associated with ancient poems, and it also makes the music more traditional oriental charm.
After explaining the name, Zhou Yan did not waste time, got up and bent down to greet the audience, and then took the members of the team off the stage.
This time, the audience continued to encore, but Zhou Yan did not appear again.
Because the snow is getting heavier and heavier, when Zhou Yan walked off the stage just now, he saw a lot of snow falling on the heads of many audiences.
It's better to end it early and let them go home early.
……
When Zhou Yan returned to the hotel, Wang Zuxian had already gone back first.
Wang Zuxian sat cross-legged on the bed and looked at Zhou Yan with a smile, "Why didn't the big musician bring the flowers back?" ”
Zhou Yan pretended to be stupid and said, "What flower?" ”
"That beautiful Miss Kudo gave you flowers."
Zhou Yan patted his head and said, "Oh, you said this, the audience sent flowers, I can't bring them home, I can give them to Ma Dongfang." ”
Saying that, he walked up to Wang Zuxian's side again, "Why, you can eat all this vinegar." ”
Wang Zuxian said stiffly, "How can I be jealous." ”
"Otherwise, Comrade Xiaoxian has a high consciousness." Zhou Yan slapped his girlfriend's ass, and then said, "You see that I have a royal guard hanging on the bamboo flute today, is it good?" ”
Speaking of the imperial guard, Wang Zuxian showed a smile, "Of course it's good-looking, you don't look at who chose it for you." ”
Zhou Yan nodded again and again, "Yes, yes, Xiaoxian's vision is good." With this pendant today, I feel that when I play the flute, my breath is a little longer than usual. ”
"Flim Flam." Wang Zuxian gave Zhou Yan a roll of his eyes, and then said, "No, I haven't given you any flowers." ”
Zhou Yan immediately said, "Isn't this simple, in the next game, I will arrange a flower offering session for you...... If you're not satisfied, I'll go down and offer you flowers. ”
Wang Zuxian was a little jealous, but she was not angry, she was coaxed by Zhou Yan for two sentences, and she was in a much better mood.
In fact, it was because of Shizuka Kudo's initiative that she felt some threats.
There are often some girls around Zhou Yan, and there are many people who have a good impression of him, but Wang Zuxian is still relatively confident in himself, so he doesn't take it seriously.
It's just that Shizuka Kudo is not an ordinary girl, so she can't ignore it.
The next show of "Voices of the East" is three days later, in Osaka, thinking of this, Wang Zuxian muttered, "I don't know if I can go to the scene in the next show." ”
Zhou Yan smiled, "There should be no problem." ”
Wang Zuxian was puzzled, "Why do you say that?" ”
"Because I have already agreed to the Shiseido endorsement, this time the ad will be arranged according to my time." Zhou Yan said.
"Why did you suddenly agree?"
"Because they agreed to shoot as I asked."
This afternoon, Zhou Yan had another phone call with Hattori Jiro, and Hattori Jiro showed full sincerity, agreed to shoot according to Zhou Yan's request, and invited Zhou Yan to serve as the director of this advertisement.
For Zhou Yan, shooting this advertisement is also a convenient thing, he already has a complete idea, go back and take time to write the advertising script, and it will take another day to shoot the advertisement, and it will not affect his itinerary in Neon. (End of chapter)