Seeing Katozawa's hair, one of the girls made a gesture and gestured: "Boss, it's Ukulele, which looks about the same as the guitar, the smaller one, and it's very cheerful to play." ”

Katosawa pursed his lips, and couldn't help but feel funny, this girl actually felt that she didn't know ukulele.

"Well, of course I know what it is, but you're late, and we have two ukuleles in our store before, and they were bought."

Hearing that the ukulele in the store had been sold out, several of the girls were very disappointed.

In fact, this is not the first store they have come to, and the last store has no ukulele to sell at all.

Katosawa was curious, "Why did you buy ukulele?" ”

When the last wave of guests came, he didn't think to ask people this question at all.

"Because we have to learn "Small Hands Holding Big Hands"."

Katosawa suddenly realized, it turned out that it was because of Shizuka Kudo's very popular song recently.

After all, he sells musical instruments, and he must pay more attention to the current popular songs, Kudo Shizuka's new album is very popular these days, he knows it, and the arrangement of "Little Hands Holding Big Hands" in it does use ukulele.

But......

"Can you tell it's a ukulele?"

In fact, the ukulele's voice is quite recognizable, but the average fan doesn't pay attention to these things at all - many fans don't even know what ukulele is.

"Last night, Shizuka played live on the music station. And Shizuka also said that this instrument is particularly simple. One of the girls said.

"It's a little simpler than the guitar, and the ukulele in "Little Hands Hold Big Hands" is really easy to learn, and there are no special skills. If it's just for this song, you should be able to learn it quickly. ”

As soon as Katosawa said this, several girls became more interested.

There are so many beautiful instruments, and the main reason why they want to learn ukulele is because of simplicity.

And compared to the guitar, the ukulele is small and cute, which is more suitable for girls.

"Otherwise, if you really want to buy it, you can place an order first, and I will help you order, and you can get it in two or three days."

Hearing Katosawa say this, several girls nodded again and again, "Okay, okay." ”

……

Ukulele suddenly became popular among neon young people, especially girls, after seeing Shizuka Kudo playing and singing "Little Hands Holding Big Hands" on stage, many girls fantasized that they could be like Shizuka Kudo.

Shizuka Kudo said that she had never touched the instrument before, but she learned it quickly, and she said that it was very convincing, because everyone had never seen her play it before.

The number of orders for ukulele in Neon has risen all of a sudden.

TV Asahi didn't expect that after the program was broadcast, it directly took orders from domestic ukulele.

Naturally, the TV station did not let go of this good opportunity to brag, and even made a special program to report on this phenomenon.

[A song that makes the neon ukulele all sold out.] 】

This news headline is exaggerated, but it is true, after all, Neon does not have much ukulele stock in the first place, and it is easy to be drained.

Nowadays, it is difficult to buy ukulele in the big cities.

Some businessmen have begun to look for goods everywhere, and some businessmen have begun to raise prices.

After all, it is not easy to find goods quickly, and the best way to make more money is to increase the price.

Others are eyeing ukulele teaching.

Although the ukulele is simple, but it is also to learn, so many people buy ukulele must be looking for someone to learn, many institutions that used to teach guitar, piano, violin and the like, have begun to open ukulele teaching classes.

These teaching institutions are very targeted, and the slogans are "seven days to master "Little Hands Big Hands" and "Three days to speed up "Small Hands to Big Hands", which is too attractive for those who follow the trend to buy ukulele.

……

Zhou Yan has returned to Jinling to prepare for the New Year, and he didn't expect that a song would actually lift the sales of a musical instrument, and he asked Shizuka to learn ukulele at that time, also because he felt that the song "Little Hands Holding Big Hands" was better played and sung live, and it could also enrich Shizuka's stage style.

Shizuka Kudo's previous stage style was too limited, and if you want to go further, the quality of the songs is one thing, and the stage style is also very important.

Ukulele is cost-effective, and it's a perfect fit for Shizuka Kudo.

In the past few days since he returned to Jinling, Zhou Yan's daily life has been very regular.

I got up at half past seven in the morning, got some breakfast for myself, and started working at half past eight until half past eleven.

After lunch, watching TV or reading a book, going out for a walk in the afternoon, the weather was good in the previous year, although it was cold, but there was sun every day.

In the evening, he drove to his grandparents' house for dinner, came back after eating, worked for a while, and went to sleep.

During the time he came home, he slept well.

On the afternoon of the 28th day of the lunar month, Zhou Yan was wandering near the New Century Department Store, and happened to pass by the Provincial Song and Dance Theater, so he stopped to take a look.

His mother used to work in the Provincial Song and Dance Theater, so he has a lot of memories of this place.

Because there is only one person with children, my mother often brings Zhou Yan to the Provincial Song and Dance Theater, which is a normal time in this era, when there were many children similar to Zhou Yan in the theater, all of whom belonged to other colleagues.

Zhou Yan watched at the door for a while, but did not go in, and just as he turned his head and was about to leave, suddenly a voice sounded behind him.

"It's Zhou Yan."

Hearing someone call his name, Zhou Yan turned his head.

The person who called his name was a woman about forty years old, and she looked dressed like she was engaged in literature and art.

"You ......"

Zhou Yan looked at the woman's face, recalled, and then said with some uncertainty, "Are you Sister Huanhuan?" ”

Hearing Zhou Yan recognize herself, the woman showed a bright smile, "Hey, by the way, I didn't expect your kid to recognize me." ”

"Sister Huan is the same as before, she hasn't changed at all."

"Nonsense, after so many years, I am old." Although he knew that Zhou Yan was flattering, Yu Huan was still very happy.

What woman doesn't like to be praised for being young?

Yu Huan is a colleague of Zhou Yan's mother, when Zhou Yan was young, she was in her twenties, and she didn't have long after she arrived at the song and dance theater.

"I didn't expect you to recognize me, Sister Huanhuan."

"Look at what you said, you are a big star now, you are often seen on TV, and you look so similar to the second sister."

The second sister is talking about Zhou Yan's mother, and this title actually came from his father.

Zhou Yan's father Zhou Yaowen is the second in the family line, and many people around him call him the second brother, and Zhou Yan's mother should be the second sister-in-law, but in order to be cordial, they are all called the second sister.

I got used to calling it like this, and later Zhou Yan's parents divorced, and others didn't change their names.

In fact, many people who met later followed others and didn't know why they were called second sister.

Zhou Yan does look like his mother, but if he hadn't seen Zhou Yan on TV, Yu Huan would definitely not have recognized him.

Glancing at the theater building, Zhou Yan asked, "Sister Huanhuan, have you been in the theater for so many years?" ”

Yu Huan nodded, "Yes, it's always been there, are you here to the theater today for something?" ”

"No, I'm just passing by."

"Are you okay now, do you have anything to do and go in and sit?" Yu Huan made an invitation.

Zhou Yan shook his head, "It's better not to bother, it will affect your work." ”

"What's the bother, coming here is not like going home." Yu Huan was more enthusiastic, so he got started directly, and grabbed Zhou Yan's sleeve, "Our group has not changed much over the years, and there are many old acquaintances of your mother, everyone must be very happy to see you." ”

It was difficult to resist the enthusiasm, and Zhou Yan was not easy to throw up his sleeves and leave, so he nodded and followed Yu Huan into the theater building.

The song and dance theater building looks relatively simple, they were formerly known as the song and dance troupe, and the regulations are not large, and it is good to have a building.

When he arrived at Yu Huan's office, Zhou Yan learned that Yu Huan had now mixed into the position of the head of the opera troupe.

Pouring a cup of tea for Zhou Yan, Yu Huan smiled and said, "You also know that our troupe has to be a little busier when it comes to the end of the year, I just went to the Grand Theater today, and there is a performance on the first day of the new year, and our troupe also has performance tasks." ”

There are many holiday activities, and the opera house has a heavy performance task, so it will be a little busier.

"You do work hard."

Yu Huan looked Zhou Yan up and down, and sighed again, "It's really unforgiving, when you stayed in the group every day, I was still about the same age as you are now, and now that you have grown into a young man, we are also old." I saw you on TV before, and if it weren't for the right name, I wouldn't have recognized it. Just now, I watched you for a while before I dared to go up and call you. ”

Zhou Yan smiled, "It's a coincidence, in fact, I haven't been here for many years, and the first time I came here today, I met you, Sister Huanhuan." ”

"It's called fate." Yu Huan clasped his palms and smiled, then got up to pick up the phone, "I'll call your brother-in-law." ”

"Brother-in-law? Isn't he in the art troupe? ”

When Yu Huan got married, Zhou Yan was still mixing in the group with her mother, so she knew her husband.

I only know that her husband's surname is Cui and he works in the art troupe, but I don't know anything else.

"I was transferred to the orchestra a few years ago, and now I am in the symphony orchestra." Yu Huan said as he dialed the phone.

After the phone was dialed, she said into the phone, "Lao Cui, are you free, come to my office if you are free." ”

Hearing Yu Huan's tone, Zhou Yan couldn't help pouting, obediently, Sister Huanhuan, the leader Fan, came out all of a sudden, it seems that this brother-in-law is not having a good time at home.

After a few minutes, a middle-aged man in his forties with a fairly high hairline walked in.

Seeing the man, Zhou Yan was stunned for a moment.

When he saw Yu Huan just now, Zhou Yan really didn't feel how unforgiving the years were, after all, Yu Huan still looked relatively young.

But the traces of this brother-in-law's years are too obvious, Zhou Yan has not seen him many times, but in his impression, he is still a young man with thick hair, compared to now, it is like two people.

Cui Jiu received a call from his wife, and the second monk was confused, so he came over in a daze, entered the office, and saw Zhou Yan, he was a little stunned.

Isn't this Zhou Yan?

Cui Jiu was originally engaged in music, and he was very familiar with Zhou Yan, and their troupe had rehearsed Zhou Yan's "Eternal Night" before, but he had never performed it.

"Lao Cui, let me introduce you, this is Zhou Yan, the son of the second sister. Xiaoyan, this is your brother-in-law Cui Jiu, who is now the head of the symphony orchestra. ”

Zhou Yan greeted Cui Jiu warmly, "Hello brother-in-law." ”

When Zhou Yan was young, Cui Jiu met Zhou Yan, but he didn't remember Zhou Yan, after all, he didn't come many times at that time, and it was impossible to remember a child in the group.

However, he knew that the second sister Yu Huan said was Yu Huan's former leader who took good care of Yu Huan.

"Hello, hello, Zhou Yan, I have admired the name for a long time."

"Brother-in-law said that it was just a false name."

"You are too modest, our regiment also has students from your school, and I have heard a lot about your deeds." Cui Jiu smiled and said, "Actually, our troupe has rehearsed your "Eternal Night" before, but the song "Eternal Night" is either a piano solo, or it should be made bigger, otherwise it will not work. ”

Zhou Yan nodded, "That's true, we rarely perform "Eternal Night" ourselves. ”

"Eternal Night" is not a common piece performed by the Piano Boys' Orchestra, on average, it can only appear once in three or four performances, because the piece is relatively long, and the audience may not like it.

The tickets for the Piano Youth Orchestra sold well, naturally because of the songs in the two albums "Piano Boy" and "Mystic Country", many audiences didn't listen to the concert before, and it was because of the songs of these two albums that they went.

What they want to listen to is naturally those songs that are widely circulated.

In this case, I still try not to play a repertoire like "Eternal Night", which has a high threshold for appreciation.

The three chatted for a while, and Zhou Yan also knew more about Cui Jiu.

Zhou Yan used to only know that Cui Jiu was from the Art Troupe, but he didn't know what Cui Jiu was doing, and now he learned through conversation that Cui Jiu used to study cello in a literary school, and then went to the Provincial Art Troupe as a band player and cello.

During his time in the art troupe, he also studied music composition with several teachers and wrote several good works.

Later, because of his good grades, he went to the composition department of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music for further study, and it was not until 90 years that he returned to Suzhou Province and worked in the song and dance troupe.

From the perspective of experience, Cui Jiu is somewhat similar to Jia Guoping, but Jia Guoping's later development in music creation is better than Cui Jiu's, and Cui Jiu's current experience is still more focused on management.

After chatting for more than half an hour, Yu Huan said with a smile, "Xiaoyan, you are from Jinling, you have to take care of your hometown more, and if you have the opportunity, you can cooperate with the theater and make a show." ”

Zhou Yan glanced at Cui Jiu and said with a smile, "The theater has a master like my brother-in-law, how can I be needed." ”

Cui Jiu immediately said, "Only by constantly colliding can sparks burst out, although the composition of this troupe may not be bad, but there are always limitations, and more cooperation with young and promising composers like you can continue to improve." ”

In fact, Yu Huan and Cui Jiu still took a fancy to Zhou Yan's fame, and the musical "Drinking the Yangtze River Water" choreographed by Zhou Yan helped the front-line song and dance troupe is now very popular, and this show has been on several large-scale events.

And this show has also been performed in theaters, and it is very popular with ordinary audiences.

The song of "Drinking the Water of the Yangtze River" is based on "The Street Where the Wind Lives", and the song "The Street Where the Wind Lives" has become so popular that it can often be heard in the streets and alleys.

If their song and dance troupe collaborates with Zhou Yan on a show, it may be as popular as "Drinking the Yangtze River Water Together".

Seeing that Cui Jiu and they didn't look like they were fake polite, Zhou Yan also began to seriously consider this matter.

The Song and Dance Theater is the unit where his mother worked before her death, and from the perspective of personal feelings, Zhou Yan certainly hopes to help them in the Song and Dance Theater.

Moreover, the song and dance theater is not an unknown small unit, the level of their symphony orchestra and song and dance troupe is not low, and it is still reliable to cooperate with them.

After pondering for a moment, Zhou Yan said, "I have a score for the Erhu Concerto in my hand, if you are interested, you can take a look." ”

Yu Huan and Cui Jiu glanced at each other, they were quite surprised, they didn't expect Zhou Yan to be so simple.

It seems that Zhou Yan still has feelings for the theater, Yu Huan thought secretly.

"Of course, I can't ask for it." Cui Jiu said happily.

"I don't have a ready-made score at hand for the time being, if you are not in a hurry, after I go to Yanjing, make a copy and send it over."

He could have done a little more, it wasn't too difficult for him, he remembered every note of the score clearly, but it was a lot of work, and he didn't want to waste time on it.

Cui Jiu nodded, "No problem, no hurry, no hurry, I'll be honest with you, we've been busy with the activities in the province for a while now, and we can't squeeze out time to arrange other programs." ”

Yu Huan also said, "Xiaoyan, don't worry, I will report this matter to the dean, and I will have the treatment I deserve." ”

Zhou Yan smiled and waved his hand, "These are easy to say, my mother used to work in the regiment, and for me, this is indeed half a family." ”

"yes, I'm looking at you......"

Yu Huan originally wanted to say that he watched Zhou Yan grow up, but halfway through speaking, he felt that this was not rigorous, because after Zhou Yan's mother died, they hadn't seen each other.

"Do you still live in the old family compound?" Yu Huan asked.

Zhou Yan nodded, "Well, it's still my mother's house." ”

"Well, we moved a few years ago, otherwise we wouldn't have seen each other for so long."

Zhou Yan now lives in the old family compound, and now there are not many opera house employees living in it, a few years ago, when the song and dance troupe was changed to an opera house, many people moved out.

Two years ago, Vice President Zhang Hongjun's family still lived in Zhou Yan's building, but they also moved out the year before last.

Even if they don't move out, they have fewer opportunities to meet Zhou Yan.

That is, this year, Zhou Yan is still wandering around the neighborhood when he has nothing to do, and when he came back a few years ago, he either stayed at home or went to his grandparents' house.

After staying in Yu Huan's office for a while, Zhou Yan got up and said goodbye.

The couple said that they wanted to stay with Zhou Yan for dinner, but Zhou Yan refused, and he said today that he would go to the third uncle's house for dinner.

Every year, he can't stay for a few days when he comes back, and it's important to accompany his family, Yu Huan and they know about this situation, so they don't force them to stay.

They also wanted to take Zhou Yan to meet the dean and vice president, but Zhang Hongjun and they were not in the regiment today.

The couple sent Zhou Yan downstairs all the way, and Zhou Yan waved at them, "Sister Huanhuan, brother-in-law, go in, it's cold outside." ”

"You go slowly, come and sit here if you're fine."

"Okay."

Leaving the opera house, Zhou Yan walked home along Hongwu Road, and as soon as he arrived at the North Gate Bridge, the BP machine in his pocket rang.

He took it out and saw that it was Zhang Youan calling, and without saying anything, he left his name and phone number. (End of chapter)