After Zhou Yan finished playing the piano, he heard a burst of applause from the door, he turned to look and saw Shizuka Kudo and them standing at the door.

"It's too much at stake."

Shizuka Kudo praised Zhou Yan while smiling and walking in his direction.

Zhou Yan raised his eyebrows in surprise, Kudo Shizuka's words were said in Chinese, it seems that she has indeed been learning Chinese recently, and it sounds pretty good.

Seeing Shizuka Kudo walking straight towards him, Zhou Yan stepped back, leaving a piano bench between the two, the last time he was attacked and hugged by Shizuka Kudo at the concert, and now he still remembers.

However, this time Shizuka Kudo didn't hug Zhou Yan, and stopped when he arrived, "Zhou Yan, goodbye to Nagoya, I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you doing lately?" ”

This next week, Zhou Yan's eyebrows are raised even more, because Shizuka Kudo is also said in Chinese, and it is the same standard.

Could it be that Shizuka Kudo turned out to be a language genius? Can you practice a language to this level in such a short time? Or did Shizuka Kudo have a foundation before?

"Uh, it's been a long time, and you're welcome to China, Miss Kudo."

Shizuka Kudo didn't fully understand Zhou Yan's words, but she understood the welcome and her own name, and she could probably guess the meaning.

"It's a pleasure to come, China, and I...... Uh, uh......"

The sentence just now was specially memorized by her, and after she finished speaking, when it was time to really communicate, she began to get stuck.

Zhou Yan rolled his eyes, daring to love this girl.

Nangong Songzi, the assistant next to him, said at this time, "Mr. Zhou Yan, it's a pleasure to meet you, Shizuka's Chinese is still learning, and she has made rapid progress recently, but it still takes a little time." ”

The translator they brought translated Nangong's words, and Zhou Yan nodded, "Go to my office and talk." ”

Immediately, Zhou Yan took them to his office, and on the way Kudo Shizuka was very lively, asking everything she saw, and she had to ask in Chinese.

Shizuka Kudo's personality is very cheerful, she is the same age as Zhou Yan, but standing in front of Zhou Yan, it feels like a generational inferior, Zhou Yan looks like an old cadre, and she looks like a middle school student.

The main thing is that she wears very few women, small brown leather shoes with high-waisted shorts, a short knitted sweater on the upper body, and a ball head, the overall style is very playful.

When she arrived at the office, Zhou Yan asked her secretary Xiao Li to make a few cups of tea, and then asked, "When is Miss Kudo's performance?" ”

"Five days later." Shizuka Kudo held out five fingers.

Zhou Yan nodded, "I wish you a successful performance." ”

Nangong Songzi said, "Mr. Zhou Yan, Shizuka sang your three songs before, and the response in Neon was very good, so this time, the company also asked me to express my gratitude to you." ”

Zhou Yan waved his hand, "No need to thank you, this is all normal cooperation, and you have also given money." ”

Nangong Songzi twitched the corners of his mouth, Zhou Yan is obviously an artist, but he speaks very straightforwardly, and he always puts money in his mouth.

Just when Nangong Matsuko was about to say a few words of greeting and then talk about business, Shizuka Kudo said directly in Chinese, "Zhou Yanjun, can you help me write a few more songs?" ”

Zhou Yan's expression froze, didn't he say a song, good guy, now that we are starting to meet super doubled?

And Kudo Shizuka's words are very standard, and they are obviously practiced in advance.

The translator translated Kudo Shizuka's words to Nangong, and Nangong was also stunned for a moment, afraid of something, Kudo Shizuka suddenly interrupted her conversation.

Zhou Yan looked Kudo Shizuka up and down, to be honest, Kudo Shizuka's Chinese level did not meet his requirements, but it could be seen that she was really attentive, not perfunctory.

If you don't have some talent, you can't learn it well in a short period of time.

After a moment of silence, Zhou Yan said, "I can write you a song, but you have to memorize the lyrics clearly before you can sing it." ”

Shizuka Kudo almost jumped up when she heard the three words "I can" at the beginning, and when Zhou Yan finished speaking, she immediately asked the translator for verification, "Did he say yes?" ”

The translator nodded, "Mr. Zhou Yan said that he can write you a song, but you have to memorize the lyrics." ”

Shizuka Kudo patted her chest and said confidently in Chinese, "I can." ”

Nangong Songzi looked at Zhou Yan and then at Shizuka, and was also a little confused, things were simpler than she imagined, it seems that Zhou Yan's requirements are not very high.

Or, Zhou Yan actually wants to write a song for Shizuka, but he deliberately says it with an attitude?

Seeing that Shizuka Kudo was very confident, Zhou Yan reminded, "If the pronunciation doesn't meet the standard I require, this song won't be given to you." ”

This time, Nangong Songzi said, "Mr. Zhou Yan, rest assured, Shizuka will definitely practice hard." ”

In Nangong Songzi's opinion, if he agrees to this matter, he will not suffer at all, even if Zhou Yanlai is real, in the end, Shizuka's pronunciation does not meet his requirements, then if he is not invited to sing, the situation will not be worse.

Zhou Yan nodded, "That's okay, you go back to rest first, and come back tomorrow morning, and I'll give you the song then." ”

"Tomorrow?" Nangong Songzi looked surprised.

"What's the problem?"

Nangong waved his hand again and again, "No problem, we'll come over tomorrow morning." ”

After speaking, Nangong got up first, but Shizuka Kudo didn't move, "Matsuko, we've just arrived." ”

Nangong pulled Shizuka Kudo, "Let's go first, don't disturb Mr. Zhou Yan's creation, and we'll come back tomorrow morning." ”

"Okay." Shizuka Kudo reluctantly stood up, and then said to Zhou Yan, "Then I'll come back tomorrow." ”

Zhou Yan nodded, "See you tomorrow." ”

After Shizuka Kudo and the others left, Zhou Yan returned to the big recording studio and sat down in front of the piano again.

In fact, he can get the song out for Shizuka Kudo today, but he doesn't have time at this time, because when he wrote the soundtrack of "Spring in the Cattle Herding Class" just now, he had some ideas, so he was in a hurry to "monetize" these inspirations.

There is a song called "Summer Dawn" in the original version of "Spring of the Cattle Herding Class", the tune is relaxed and bright, Zhou Yan added a small paragraph on the basis of the original song, and paddled the darkness before the morning light at the beginning of the song.

After writing the instrumental music, Zhou Yan began to write vocals again, because the vocal part is not what Zhou Yan is good at, so he basically refers to the original song.

By the time Zhou Yan got out the adapted version of "Summer Dawn" except for the lyrics, it was already dark.

He sat down on the piano bench, stretched his arms, and then got up to collect the score and prepare to go back.

As he was cleaning up, he suddenly heard a voice from the door, "Boss, are you going to eat dinner here, or are you going to the cafeteria?" ”

Zhou Yan turned his head and saw Kong Chao, the young master of the canteen, standing at the door.

He looked at his watch, and it was already half past seven.

"Xiao Kong, you haven't left yet?"

Kong Chao touched his head and said with a smile, "I see that you have been busy all the time and haven't eaten, so I want to wait for you to finish." I've left you food, and I'm going to give you a bite now. ”

Hearing him say this, Zhou Yan nodded and said, "If you have work, I'll go to the cafeteria to eat." I'll pack up here and go over. ”

When Zhou Yan arrived at the cafeteria, Kong Chao had already heated the meal and put it on the table.

Although Zhou Yan was the only one to eat, Kong Chao left a lot of dishes, probably knowing that Zhou Yan loved to eat braised pork, so he deliberately left a small half plate.

After the meal was served, Kong Chao sat in the kitchen by himself and did not come out.

Halfway through eating, Zhou Yan asked in the direction of the kitchen, "Xiao Kong, your hometown is from Nanyang, right?" ”

Hearing Zhou Yan's voice, Kong Chao walked out, "Yes, boss, my family is Nanyang Nanzhao." ”

Zhou Yan nodded and asked again, "How old are you this year?" ”

"Nineteen."

Zhou Yan counted the days, "Nineteen years old, a rabbit." ”

"I'm nineteen years old, and I'm a dragon."

"How many years have you been out?"

"It's been five years." Kong Chao replied with a smile.

Zhou Yan's chopsticks paused for picking up vegetables, Kong Chao was eighteen years old, but he had been out for five years, which meant that he came out at the age of thirteen.

At the age of thirteen, he has just finished primary school, and children in remote and backward areas are late in school, and there is a high probability that he has not even finished primary school at the age of thirteen.

As a teacher, I always feel a little upset when I see this situation.

But he also knows that Kong Chao's situation is not an isolated case, there should be many children in rural areas who are like this, not to mention graduating from primary school, and many students in some areas may not even know what books look like.

Although the country began to implement nine-year compulsory education in 86, in fact, backward areas could not implement it at all, and now the cities are full of child labor.

Last year, Sun Hailang's non-fiction essay "The Skewed World of Child Labor" described the use of child labor in informal enterprises in coastal areas, mainly by private individuals, in recent years.

All walks of life are now gradually paying attention to this matter, but there is still a long way to go to solve it.

Later, Zhang Yimou's "No One is Missing" also talked about this problem.

"You don't have to wait for me in the future, tonight is relatively early, and sometimes I may be busy until late. You've been waiting like this, and it's a waste of your time. ”

Kong Chao smiled and shook his head, "It's okay, boss, anyway, I don't have anything else to do after I get off work, I think it's good to listen to music here." ”

Zhou Yan nodded, didn't say anything more, and began to eat seriously, so that Kong Chao could go back early.

After eating, Zhou Yan remembered one more thing, "Will you make noodles if you cook three more people's meals tomorrow?" ”

"Yes, boss, I used to help cook at the fried noodle restaurant."

"Then I'll make some jajangmyeon tomorrow."

"Okay."

……

The next morning, Zhou Yan arrived at the studio very early.

The song he promised to write for Shizuka Kudo yesterday hasn't started writing yet, and today he also got up early and was ready to come over and get the song out.

In fact, it didn't take long, the tunes of the pop songs were simple, and it didn't take much trouble to write, and Zhou Yan didn't write it himself, he borrowed it purely this time.

Borrowing something, it's always quick.

It only took less than half an hour for Zhou Yan to write the melody and lyrics, and then it took another half an hour to write a rough arrangement.

After doing this, he began to write the soundtrack of "Spring of the Cattle Herding Class" again.

At about half past ten, Shizuka Kudo and they came.

Today's style of Shizuka Kudo is very different from yesterday's, with black high heels, a black bandeau skirt on her body, the skirt just reaches the knee, and several large purple leaf lilies embroidered on the waist and left chest.

A pair of black gemstone earrings is also carefully matched according to this outfit.

If Shizuka Kudo doesn't speak, this body still looks very elegant, but as soon as she speaks, her temperament is broken, and she still feels like a babbling girl.

"Zhou Yanjun, let's meet again."

Zhou Yan smiled, didn't waste time, and asked directly, "Do you know how to read the score?" ”

The reason why he asked this is only because many pop singers can't even read the score, which is not a shameful thing, although many singers can't read the score, but the song is very good.

"Of course, don't underestimate me, I'm also an executive producer for my own records."

Zhou Yan handed her the written score, "Since you can read it, let's take a look at the score first." ”

Although Shizuka Kudo can read scores, her sight-singing ability is average, and she can't sing while watching it very smoothly, and she stumbles to gnaw on one note at a time.

And it's not something that can be sung right away.

Zhou Yan was on the side, as long as he heard that she couldn't pronounce correctly, he would open his mouth to remind him.

"It's low."

"It's high."

"Half a note lower."

This is actually quite difficult for Shizuka Kudo, because the songs she usually gets are recorded demos, as long as she sings along with the demo, she doesn't need to knock according to the score.

It took a long time for Shizuka Kudo to finish the first paragraph.

Zhou Yan opened his mouth and said, "You hum the first six sentences." ”

Shizuka Kudo nodded and began to hum the first six lines.

When Shizuka Kudo began to hum, Nangong Matsuko and the translator's eyes lit up.

When Shizuka Kudo knocked one note at a time just now, they didn't actually feel that there was anything special about this song, but when Shizuka Kudo connected these notes and hummed them together, they immediately felt the charm of this song.

This is a very high-spirited song, and the first six lines make people feel a special courage.

On the way here, Nangong Songzi was still thinking that Zhou Yan spent less than a day writing a song, would it be perfunctory to them, but now it seems that there is no such thing at all, this song is definitely a masterpiece.

And Nangong Songzi knows that this kind of song will definitely be popular in neon, and now that the neon economy is not good and the social pressure is high, people hope to get motivation and courage from film and television works or music works.

Zhou Yan listened to Shizuka Kudo hum the first six sentences, nodded, and began to take her to continue to talk about the back.

After humming the whole song, Zhou Yan was also quite satisfied, and Shizuka Kudo's performance was better than he expected.

She speaks quietly, but her singing voice is powerful.

After he finished humming, Zhou Yan began to teach her the lyrics again.

"I'll walk you through the lyrics, and you'll have to memorize it yourself."

Shizuka Kudo nodded repeatedly, "Okay." ”

Nangong Songzi was quite confused, she didn't expect Zhou Yan to not only write the song, but even write the lyrics, isn't this efficiency a bit too high.

Before, they all said that Zhou Yan had a strong ability to improvise, but now it seems that it is not false at all.

Zhou Yanke didn't care what they thought, now he wanted to quickly take Shizuka Kudo through the lyrics, and then throw the song to them to get it himself.

"Let's get started, ahem."

"The first sentence, if pride is not coldly photographed by the sea of reality"

"How do you know how to work harder?"

"I can go far"

……

That's right, the song that Zhou Yan wrote for Shizuka Kudo is "The First Dream", and the original version is a neon song, "Riding on the Back of the Silver Dragon" created by Miyuki Nakajima.

The Chinese lyrics of this song were written by Yao Ruolong, but the lyrics of the Chinese version are not as magnificent as the neon version.

But the Chinese version of the lyrics is not without advantages, that is, it is more direct and easy for ordinary listeners to remember.

When the listener hears the word "silver dragon", they may not understand what it means, but when they hear the phrase "the first dream", they will know what to express.

There is subtle beauty in subtlety, and there is also direct goodness in directness.

Whether it is the lyrics of the Chinese version or the neon version, they are all positive, but the style is slightly different.

After reading the lyrics with Shizuka Kudo, he got up directly and said, "There is no one in this studio recently, so you can practice here, and if you don't understand the lyrics, you can also ask your translator." ”

Nangong Songzi hurriedly said, "Thank you very much Mr. Zhou Yan for writing such a good song for Shizuka." ”

Zhou Yan waved his hand and said, "This song is not Miss Kudo's for the time being, I have made it very clear yesterday that her pronunciation must meet my requirements before this song can be given to her." ”

After speaking, he looked at Shizuka Kudo again, "I hope that before you leave China, your pronunciation will satisfy me." ”

What else did Nangong Songzi say, Zhou Yan nodded with a smile, and then left.

After Zhou Yan left, Nangong Songzi touched her forehead, and things exceeded her expectations.

When Zhou Yan mentioned the pronunciation yesterday, she was still thinking that she could try, even if Shizuka's final pronunciation was not up to standard, it would be a big deal if she didn't get a song, and there would be no loss.

But now that she hears the song, she can't accept Shizuka's loss of the song at all.

If Shizuka can't sing this song, it will be a great loss.

"Shizuka, you have to work hard this time, and you must memorize the lyrics well." After instructing Shizuka Fuji to finish, Nangong said to the translator again, "Watanabe-kun, this time is going to be hard for you." ”

Although Shizuka Kudo has to stay in Yanjing for more than a week, she doesn't have much time to practice her songs because she has a lot of work in Yanjing.

Not to mention the performance, I had to prepare at least a day or two in advance, and I had to be interviewed by three media outlets.

In this way, the time to memorize the lyrics for Shizuka Kudo is only two or three days at most.

If she just memorized the lyrics, Nangong was not worried at all, but if the pronunciation was up to standard, the difficulty would be much higher, and the key was that she didn't know what Zhou Yan's standard was.

What level of practice do you have to go to pass the level?

Shizuka Kudo was very optimistic, "It's okay, it's a big deal that I'll postpone it for a while and then go back to Neon, didn't he say that as long as I can meet the requirements before I return to Neon?" ”

"The key is that you also have a lot of work ...... in Neon"

Nangong sighed slightly, if it really needs to be postponed, then there is no way, for the sake of this song, it is completely worth it.

"Hurry up and practice."

……

Zhou Yan left the recording studio with Shizuka Kudo, and he went to a practice room to continue writing the soundtrack of "Spring in the Cattle Herding Class".

For the next two days, Shizuka Kudo came early in the morning and practiced "The First Dream" in the recording studio until it was dark at night.

On the third day, Shizuka Kudo went to work again, but Zhou Yan didn't care about her.

Anyway, he only looks at the results, and as for the process in between, he doesn't care.

After another four days, Shizuka Kudo came to the studio again.

Zhou Yan counted the time, Shizuka Kudo should be neon, and it is estimated that he will have to hand in his homework today.

But what Zhou Yan didn't expect was that Shizuka Kudo didn't look for him, and he still came to the studio early in the morning to start practicing, and then practiced until the evening.

Although she was curious, Zhou Yan didn't care about her, the door of the recording studio was closed, and Zhou Yan didn't know how she was practicing.

And just like that, another three days passed.

That night, Zhou Yan was busy until more than eight o'clock in the evening, and when he left, he found that the lights in the recording studio were still on.

He walked to the door of the large recording studio, gently pushed the door open, and then heard Shizuka Kudo's singing.

"If dreams never fall off a cliff

Tremble in the balance

How can you know the persistent person?

Possess invisible wings

……”

Hearing the singing, Zhou Yan was very surprised, because Shizuka Kudo's pronunciation was already very good, although she could hear the neon accent, she sang every lyric very clearly, and she could definitely understand what she was singing.

And to Zhou Yan's surprise, Shizuka Kudo was the only one who was there, and her agent and translator were not there.

Zhou Yan didn't interrupt soundly, but leaned against the door and listened quietly.

It wasn't until Shizuka Kudo finished singing it again and again that Zhou Yan spoke, "Very good." ”

The sudden sound startled Shizuka Kudo.

She clutched her chest and turned around, and when she saw that it was Zhou Yan, she smiled again, "Zhou Yanjun, you're here." ”

Although Shizuka Kudo came every day during this time, the two had not met a few times or said a few words, and it was the first time that Zhou Yan took the initiative to come to her like today.

"It's so late, why are you still here, your agent and translator?" Zhou Yan asked.

Shizuka Kudo looked at Zhou Yan a little blankly, because she didn't understand what Zhou Yan meant.

Zhou Yan also suddenly realized that because he listened to the pronunciation of Kudo Shizuka when he sang, he didn't realize that in fact, Kudo Shizuka's Chinese level was very bad.

He began to gesture with his hand, and spoke at a full speed, "It's late, what about your agent, Miss Nangong?" ”

Shizuka Kudo understood key words such as time and Nangong, and also understood what Zhou Yan meant.

She also gestured with her hand, "They, soon, will come to me." ”

It's a bit of a struggle, but it's not enough to communicate.

Zhou Yan nodded, and asked again, "Have you eaten?" ”

Shizuka Kudo understood this, she covered her stomach, and said pitifully, "No." ”

Zhou Yan smiled and gestured, "I'll take you to dinner." ”

Shizuka Kudo showed an embarrassed expression, "I still want to practice." ”

"Let's eat first, come with me."

After speaking, Zhou Yan beckoned to her, and then went out first, and Shizuka Kudo obediently followed.

Kong Chao hadn't left yet, and when he saw Zhou Yan and them coming, he immediately stood up, "Boss, your work is over, I'll give you a hot meal." ”

Zhou Yan nodded, "Thank you for your hard work, please make another bowl of noodles for Miss Kudo." ”

"Okay, boss, wait a minute."

When Kong Chao went to the back kitchen, Shizuka Kudo looked at Zhou Yan expectantly, "Zhou Yanjun, did I pass?" ”

Zhou Yan nodded, "Passed." ”

Seeing Zhou Yan nodding, Shizuka Kudo clenched her fists excitedly, "yes, this song is mine." ”

"When your agent comes, I'll ask her to talk to my manager about the song licensing, and after the negotiation, you can use the song to sing."

After speaking, seeing the confusion on Kudo Shizuka's face, obviously not understanding his words, he smiled again, "Work hard." ”

Shizuka Kudo understood, and she clenched her fists again, "Work hard, come on!" ”

Later, Shizuka Kudo has been looking for topics in Chinese, she wants to communicate more with Zhou Yan, and she also wants to practice her Chinese level more.

During her time in Yanjing, her Chinese level has improved, and she can understand many simple things.

Otherwise, even if Zhou Yan compares, it will be useless.

Zhou Yan was not in a hurry, and chatted with her slowly.

While Shizuka Kudo was eating a bowl of noodles, Nangong Matsuko and the translator hurried over.

When they went to the recording studio, they found that there was no trace of Shizuka Kudo, but they were startled and ran over to see the lights in the cafeteria on.

As soon as she saw Nangong Matsuko, Shizuka Kudo said excitedly, "Matsuko, Zhou Yan has already promised to sing the song to me." ”

Nangong Songzi was also very surprised: "Really? ”

Zhou Yan nodded, "It's true, tomorrow you can contact my agent Zhang Youan and discuss with him about the song licensing." ”

"No problem, I'll contact Mr. Zhang Youan tomorrow morning."

……

The next day, Zhang Youan finalized the song with Ogi Production, and not only the song "The First Dream" was negotiated, but also the Chinese version of the three songs "Walk with Me".

Kudo Shizuka's first Chinese album, a total of ten songs are planned, in addition to the four written by Zhou Yan, the other six are Kudo Shizuka's original songs, just change the neon lyrics to Chinese lyrics.

Ogi Production also proposed that these ten songs should be recorded in the recording studio of Zhou Yan's studio, which can be regarded as pulling a business for Zhou Yan's studio.

Shizuka Kudo is the happiest in this matter, because it means that she can come to Yanjing again to meet Zhou Yan after a while.

After Shizuka Kudo left, it was already the end of August, the piano youth orchestra returned from its tour, the studio slowly became lively, and Zhou Yan also put down the work at hand a little and went back to school to prepare for the start of school. (End of chapter)