The two chatted for a while, Zhou Yan got up to say goodbye, and Yu Songlin said, "It's time for dinner in a while, do you want to eat lunch before leaving?" ”

Zhou Yan smiled and declined, "The regiment commander is not polite, I still have something to do when I go back, I should come over often later, and I should not eat less in the canteen of the regiment." ”

"Our cafeteria is definitely not as good as your studio." Yu Songlin said with a smile, "Yu Jia mentioned the canteen of your studio several times, praised the food in your canteen, and made her mother jealous. ”

Zhou Yan joked, "Then she still goes home too often, and the next time I take them abroad for a while longer, she will know that the food at home is still delicious." ”

"Haha, that's true. Okay, since you have something to do, I won't force you to stay, I'll send you out. ”

"Commander, stay and go, I'll just go by myself."

……

The reason why she was able to improve it was also because she had a lot of exchanges with Wei Yuru during this time, so her understanding of Zhongruan became more profound.

But Zhou Yan's tailor-made sections for these techniques have brought these skills to the extreme.

After all, he also knew that Zhou Yan's itinerary this time was relatively tight.

"This is a good thing, the regiment naturally can't have any constraints on you, as long as you are willing to go, the regiment will definitely support it."

Whether it is Wang Ciheng or Wei Yuru, they are all quite famous in their respective fields, especially Wang Ciheng, who held a bamboo flute solo concert a few years ago.

The first show sold the most tickets, but so far, just over 2,000 tickets have been sold, and more than 1,100 tickets have not been sold.

In fact, Yu Songlin didn't feel it deeply, but in his daughter, he deeply realized this.

Seeing Zhou Yan, Martin Brest was very happy, he held Zhou Yan's hand and said with a smile, "Y, welcome to Hollywood, we have been waiting for you for a long time." ”

So much so that later, Wang Ciheng liked the song "Dark Fragrance Floating" more and more, and practiced this piece outside of rehearsals every day.

"Commander, we understand."

Briegman is very interesting, and he personally brought someone to pick up Zhou Yan and them, and invited everyone in the orchestra to dinner that night.

Speaking of this, Yu Songlin felt that he had sung the key too high, so he said, "But you don't have to be too stressed, just treat it with a normal heart and play your due level." ”

Yu Songlin nodded and said, "Yes, there is every return." ”

Even because of these new techniques researched by Wang Ciheng, Zhou Yan also revised the "Dark Fragrance Floating" he wrote before, and the modifications in some places are to make the song better use of these innovative techniques.

This can make Wang Ciheng very happy, and the creation of new techniques is actually to make the wind more expressive, but not all tunes are suitable for using these techniques.

In order to make this piece more suitable for Wei Yuru's Zhongruan performance, Zhou Yan made some adjustments on the basis of the original song, compared with the original "Thoughts Through Time and Space", the modified version of the tune is more complex and uses more techniques.

The next morning, the rest of the orchestra stayed at the hotel to recuperate, while Zhou Yan rushed to Columbia early in the morning to work on the soundtrack for "The Sixth Sense."

Of course, this is also what they calculated in advance, their goal this time was to be able to sell 7,000 tickets, as long as they can complete this goal, it will not be a loss.

In fact, Wang Ciheng himself usually does this kind of thing, performers have a creative heart in the end, and Wang Ciheng is of course no exception, but his composition level is not enough for Zhou Yan, so he can't change the effect.

The Chinese Orchestra and Zhou Yan are both in Yanjing, and Zhou Yan has more time in November, so it passed early, and the venue is easier to make an appointment at this time, because most of the programs have not yet started rehearsals.

From Wang Ciheng learning the bamboo flute to now, he has never fought such a rich battle.

For a period of time after that, Zhou Yan would spare two hours every day to go to the Chinese Orchestra and rehearse "Memories of the Forbidden City" with the orchestra.

Only then did he realize how happy it was to have a master composer to work with him.

Although it was only the two of them now, at least they could see hope.

In mid-November, Zhou Yan and the others went to the Spring Festival Gala studio for the first time.

Wang Ciheng studied under the master, and was good at innovation, and studied a lot on the interoperability of the skills of the qudi and the bangdi, and Zhou Yan learned a lot from him during rehearsals.

After all, the cost of a trip to the United States is very expensive, and if only one or two concerts are held, it is still not very cost-effective, so three concerts were set, starting from the 13th to the 15th, for three consecutive days, one per day.

Perhaps, after this time, folk music can really go out.

Rehearsing with them is sure to be able to learn a lot.

In particular, these students of the folk band are completely different from the students they have seen before who study folk music, and these students who have experienced large-scale performances abroad still have a different aura.

It is estimated that the first show should eventually be able to sell 24,500 tickets, which is about 80 percent of the attendance, which is not bad.

At lunchtime, Yu Songlin saw Wang Ciheng and Wei Yuru sitting together, so he walked over with a smile.

Until December 9, the rehearsal of "Memories of the Forbidden City" was suspended, because the piano youth orchestra was about to leave for Los Angeles.

He Jianguo glanced at Tang Feng, and said in his heart that this kid is still young, which pot is not opened, which pot is not opened, and in the current situation of the Chinese orchestra, it is good to be able to develop well in China, and he still thinks about foreign tours.

Zhou Yan is not only talented, but also wealthy, such a person, if Briegman didn't know how to woo him, it would be too stupid.

"Commander."

Martin Brest is in his forties, in the prime of life, but his hair has become quite bald.

"This shows that Zhou Yan is very attentive to the promotion of folk music."

Although the overall music atmosphere and level in Europe and the United States are indeed higher than those in China, it is not bad to put these outstanding players abroad and compete with those foreign musicians on the same stage.

They can see that Zhou Yan is really good for their orchestra, not just polite, so they have more expectations for Wang Ciheng and Wei Yuru's trip to the United States, and they are also full of gratitude to Zhou Yan.

Many songs, if you deliberately use these techniques, put the cart before the horse.

It can only be said that compared with Zhou Yan's previous concerts, the tickets sold out not very well this time, and this is also the first time that Zhou Yan's concert tickets have not been sold out.

……

"Zhou Yan also came this morning, how did you communicate?" Yu Songlin asked.

I didn't expect the efficiency to be so high, I have already mentioned it to the head of the regiment.

I have to say that I still need to practice and learn more about musical instruments.

"It's not too late to come, I'll take you to watch the film now." Brest is also very refreshing to do things, he didn't drag the mud and water, and he directly took Zhou Yan to watch the film.

In the past few years, Zhou Yan's bamboo flute level has not improved much, but after practicing with Wang Ciheng for a while, there is even a feeling that he wants to break through.

When they were chatting at home, Yu Jia also mentioned that after going abroad, she found that their performances could also conquer foreign audiences, so culturally, she developed a kind of self-confidence from the inside out.

Although Yu Songlin made up for it later, the pressure had already been given, Wang Ciheng and Wei Yuru glanced at each other, and they both saw the pressure in each other's eyes.

The two of them were also very happy to see the young students of the orchestra, who were not only very capable, but also full of energy and hope.

Hearing Yu Songlin say that Zhou Yan wanted to borrow someone, everyone looked at Wang Ciheng one after another. Zhou Yan was in the concert hall just now, and he said this.

He pioneered new bamboo flute techniques such as "card cavity" and "rolling play", and very boldly applied the large continuous voicing and big jumps that Xiao Bangdi is good at to the performance of the qu flute, which benefited Zhou Yan a lot.

In fact, there is no need for Brigman to invite everyone in the orchestra, because these people have nothing to do with their company on this trip to the United States, but this guy can be a man, he knows that Zhou Yan attaches great importance to this orchestra, and spending some money to invite the orchestra members to dinner can get closer to Zhou Yan, so why not.

Toronto is not close to Los Angeles, and he needs to take a half-day flight, and after attending the premiere, he must rush to Los Angeles immediately, otherwise it will affect the concert the next day.

However, the three games are connected together, and there is a bad place, that is, the tickets are not easy to sell.

He Jianguo has been abroad and participated in relatively large performances, he said with a smile, "The unknown is always worrying, but as long as you experience it once, you will be different." ”

Halfway through, Wang Ciheng and Wei Yuru also took time to go to Zhou Yan's studio to rehearse with the Piano Youth Orchestra, and everyone in the orchestra was very happy about the arrival of the two masters.

During this time, Zhou Yanke not only changed "Dark Fragrance Floating", but also changed "Thoughts Through Time and Space".

Yu Songlin waved his hand, "If there are no special circumstances, you must go this time, this is also a task given to you by the regiment." ”

When he arrived at Columbia, Zhou Yan first met Martin Brest, the director of the American version of "The Sixth Sense".

"Okay." Yu Songlin nodded, and looked at Wei Yuru again, "Yuru, what about you?" What do you think? ”

"Well, I've also heard that Zhou Yan's performances in Neon are full every time, and their folk band's performances are also very popular."

Before he went abroad, He Jianguo was also nervous, always afraid of going abroad to show his timidity, but after really experiencing it, he became very confident.

Zhou Yan did this, He Jianguo and they all saw it.

That kind of confidence is something that people who have never experienced it cannot experience.

Compared to Zhou Yan, the rest of the orchestra is much more relaxed, they only need to prepare three concerts.

"It's all there."

The last two shows were even worse, with the second showing only selling 1,600 tickets, and the third now selling just over 1,400 tickets.

As it turned out, the tickets did not sell particularly well either.

Ducai is a separate rehearsal, this time is relatively free, generally as long as the studio has a schedule, the actors have a schedule, you can pass.

If the next two shows can finally sell 2,000 tickets, and the attendance rate reaches 60 percent, it is actually not a loss.

Zhou Yan was also very happy to see Martin Brest, because Zhou Yan liked his "Smell a Woman", and the reason why Zhou Yan agreed to hand over the film to Colombia at that time had a lot to do with their promise to invite Martin Brest to direct.

Yu Songlin nodded, he was not polite, he sat down directly in the middle, he looked around first, and made sure that they were all folk bands, and then said, "You should pay attention to this program, it is not only the Spring Festival Gala program, but also a cooperation with Zhou Yan." Now you also know Zhou Yan's situation, he is not less popular than those well-known pop singers, and our show may become the most discussed performance program. ”

Because Wang Ciheng and Wei Yuru are going to the United States, they are very excited.

In these students, they also see the hope of folk music, so when communicating with students, they naturally spare no effort to teach.

Knowing that Wei Yuru and Wang Ciheng were going to the United States, Tang Feng was quite envious, "It would be good when our troupe could also tour abroad." ”

……

And this time their concert was scheduled at the Chandler Theater, with nearly 3,200 seats, and the three performances combined were close to 10,000 tickets.

Yu Songlin smiled, "Didn't Ci Heng and Yuru get off to a good start, the situation will get better and better." ”

"Yes, Zhou Yan opened his mouth with me to borrow you and Ciheng."

Wang Ciheng opened his mouth and said, "Zhou Yan did mention this matter, and I listened to everything arranged by the group. ”

"That being the case, then this matter is decided, there should be someone from the Piano Youth Orchestra to contact you later, and there must be procedures to go abroad. This time, the two of you followed Zhou Yan to perform abroad, not only on behalf of you personally, but also on behalf of our Chinese folk orchestra, and even on behalf of our Chinese folk music. ”

This is Ho Jianguo's experience.

"Me?" Wei Yuru looked surprised, she didn't expect that there was something about her here.

"Zhou Yan's concert in London during the summer vacation seems to have a folk music program, right?"

"Don't worry, the head of the regiment, we have a good communication, Senior Brother Zhou Yan is a good person to get along with, and I have dealt with him at school before." Tang Feng said.

After Yu Jia went abroad to perform with the Piano Youth Orchestra, the level of stage performance improved very quickly, and the aura of the whole person sitting on the stage became different.

The Chinese Orchestra had hardly had the opportunity to go abroad before, and although both of them had plenty of performance experience, it was a new experience for them to perform in the United States with the Piano Youth Orchestra.

And making money is secondary, the key is to be able to give three concerts in a row at the Chandler Theatre, which is a good resume.

The remake of "The Sixth Sense" is just the first step in their cooperation, and they will definitely have more opportunities to work together in the future.

"Indeed."

Hearing Yu Songlin's words on this, Wei Yuru bowed his head and said, "Leader, I'm fine." ”

Wang Ciheng was not reserved at this time, "Leader, I definitely want to try." ”

This time, Zhou Yan stayed in the United States for more than a week, in addition to three concerts, he also had to complete the soundtrack of "The Sixth Sense", and on the 12th, he would go to Toronto to attend the premiere of "Sense and Sensibility".

Tang Feng also realized that what he said just now was not appropriate, so he made up for it, "Yes, there are two if there is one, and it will definitely get better and better." Not to mention Europe and the United States, I feel that neon is still very promising, and the songs in "Mystic Country" are particularly popular in neon, which shows that neon is very interested in our folk music. ”

The orchestra also has special compositions, but to be honest, the level is not as good as Zhou Yan, at least in the creation of flute music, and the composers in the orchestra basically do not compose specifically for Wang Ciheng.

This time he came to the United States, and Zhou Yan's itinerary was very full.

However, Zhou Yan and the others are not particularly panicked, under normal circumstances, before the concert starts, some tickets will be sold.

This matter was a bit sudden, Wei Yuru didn't know how to answer for a while, "I ......"

Everyone chatted and chatted, and the more they chatted, the happier they became.

When he went abroad, he found that foreigners did not have more arms or legs than them.

In the morning, they use the venue for the orchestra, and in the afternoon, they let the folk music choir use it, and the folk music choir does not have rehearsal tasks every day, and the team members usually do not come to the concert hall to practice their voices, they have their own practice room.

On the afternoon of December 10, the plane landed in Los Angeles.

Seeing that Yu Songlin was coming, Tang Feng immediately gave up his position and sat on the side.

As soon as the connoisseur made a move, he knew if there was one, and after Zhou Yan's tune was changed, Wang Ciheng played it very comfortably.

Colombia wants to enter the Chinese market, it has been one step behind Warners before, and now if it wants to catch up, it must take some thought, and in Brightman's view, Zhou Yan may be that key figure.

Yu Songlin also nodded and said, "Jianguo is right, that's the truth. ”

He Jianguo said with a smile, "The head of the regiment is right, we were still discussing the rehearsal later. ”

In other words, on the day of the twelfth, Zhou Yan basically ran on the road.

One of the better places for Chinese orchestra rehearsals is that the concert hall is basically used casually, because there are very few programs for orchestras to rehearse recently.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Brest, I should have come sooner."

"Actually, I'm really not worried about this, as Tang Feng said, Zhou Yan is a very easy person to get along with, he is talented, very low-key, and very old-fashioned." praised Zhou Yan, Yu Songlin continued, "Later, he came to my office again and chatted with me for a while, in addition to the program, he also said one thing, that is, he wanted to borrow people from our group. ”

Seeing that he was refreshed, Zhou Yan was of course happy, and he didn't want to waste time.

After going to the screening room, the staff had already put the film away and showed it directly to Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan sat down, took out a notebook and pen from his bag, and was ready to start recording, although it was a remake, and many soundtracks did not need to be moved, but Zhou Yan was not perfunctory and still took it seriously. (End of chapter)