1990: Starting from Baojia Street

Because it was late, there were not many people in the school. Many of them were young lovers holding hands, some walking in and some walking out.

Chen Hong and Zhou Yan walked side by side. Looking at Yang Yin under the night, she smiled and said, "You know, when I have nothing to do, I often come to your school for a walk."

"It's not that far."

"But I haven't met you once." Chen Hong added.

Zhou Yan was not surprised at all when Chen Hong said that he had not met him, because he had only appeared in school less often in the past two years, and he only came probably twice a week.

Except for regular classes on Thursdays, he only comes here when school has something to do at other times. Not to mention Chen Hong, many juniors and juniors in the school have never seen him.

"Come here, aren't you worried that the students will recognize you?"

"Just recognize me if you recognize me." Chen Hong smiled, and then said, "No one recognized me before."

A month ago, when Chen Hong was walking on the road, no one could recognize her, but now the situation is a little different.

"The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" began to be broadcast on CCTV at the end of last month. As a highly anticipated TV series, "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was sold out as soon as it was released.

During dinner tonight, many people were talking about this TV series.

Of course, there are inevitable flattering scenes, after all, Zhou Yan is one of the soundtrack directors for this TV series.

However, although this TV series is popular, the soundtrack did not create any waves. Most viewers focused on the plot or the actors.

Even when listening to music, they only remember the theme song, and the theme song was not written by Zhou Yan and the others.

Therefore, people in the industry are paying more attention to Zhou Yan's soundtrack for "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

In fact, in February, before the production of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was completed, two episodes had already been piloted.

It was a trial broadcast after the Spring Festival Gala. Originally, the director just wanted to test the waters, but unexpectedly the ratings were surprisingly good, even as high as the Spring Festival Gala.

The pilot programs were "Three Brothers in the Taoyuan" and "Serial Story", which directly whetted the audience's appetite.

At that time, many viewers thought that "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" had been filmed for several years and was finally going to be aired. However, they did not expect that it was just a false shot. After two episodes, it was not aired anymore.

The audience waited for eight or nine months before finally waiting for the TV series to officially launch.

Chen Hong played Diao Chan in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Although she didn't have many roles, she left a deep impression on the audience.

As a TV series with mainly male characters, there are only a few female characters that can leave an impression on people. The character Diao Chan itself is a little more dramatic than other female characters. In addition, Chen Hong’s appearance It's really stunning, so it leaves a deeper impression on the audience.

If it were daytime and the school was crowded, someone would probably recognize her as Diao Chan.

The two walked for a while, and Chen Hong suddenly asked, "When you were in school, were there many female classmates pursuing you?"

Zhou Yan smiled and shook his head, "That's not true. I used to be very low-key in school."

Chen Hong pursed her lips with a look of disbelief, "Why did I hear Sister Xin say that there are a lot of girls who like you, whether in school or on the crew?"

"This is pure rumors. Besides, Director Hong is not from our school, so she doesn't know the situation."

"She said you received a lot of love letters."

"Occasionally."

Zhou Yan did receive letters, a lot of them, maybe two or three every month.

It doesn't have to be a love letter, some just want to make a friend. Many people these days like to make friends through pens.

Of course, the reasons are always high-sounding, but the ultimate goal is still the same.

"When I was in school, I often received love letters." Chen Hong said not to be outdone.

Zhou Yan nodded, "I believe this."

"It's boring." Chen Hong curled her lips and walked forward with her hands behind her back.

The two of them walked to the door of the piano room. Chen Hong looked up and looked at the lit rooms upstairs, "Can you take me in and have a look? I've been to Yangyin so many times and I haven't entered the piano room yet."

"The Qinfang Building is open to the public, and you can enter without anyone."

"I'm sorry."

"Okay, I'll take you in to feel it."

Zhou Yan went directly to the building management office on the first floor, asked for a key, and then took Chen Hong upstairs.

At night in Yangyin, the piano room is the busiest. As the two walked through the corridor, they could hear a variety of different tunes coming from each piano room.

Some are great to listen to, others are harder to listen to.

Chen Hong was not surprised at all when she heard good things, but she was very curious when she heard bad things, "Is there anyone in your school who is so bad at playing the piano?"

Zhou Yan said with a smile, "Not every Yangyin student knows all the instruments. They all learn the instruments slowly without ever attending a class."

While talking, the two of them walked to the piano room 301. Zhou Yan looked up at the door number and said, "We're here."

Opening the door and entering the piano room, Zhou Yan introduced Chen Hong, "Although 301 is small, the piano is new and the tuning is good. I occasionally come here when my hands are itchy."

Chen Hong walked to the piano and sat down, playing a few notes randomly, then nodded seriously and said, "Well, this piano is indeed pretty good."

Seeing her pretending, Zhou Yan couldn't help but find it funny, "Why don't you play a song?"

"Just play."

Chen Hong was not polite and raised her hand to play a section, but at first glance she was playing randomly.

After she finished playing, she asked Zhou Yan, "How was it?"

Zhou Yan applauded her and said, "She can do it smoothly and easily. It's like a master level."

"You really know how to coax people." Chen Hong moved her butt to the side, "How about you, a true master, come and teach me, a little girl, how to play the piano?"

Zhou Yan sat down next to Chen Hong with a smile, took her hand and put it on the keys, "I'll teach you something quick."

After placing Chen Hong's hands on the keys, Zhou Yan originally wanted to help her adjust her hand shape, but found that her hand shape was surprisingly standard.

"Your hand shape is quite standard."

Chen Hong's eyes were clear, "Really? I let it go casually. Does that mean I'm very talented?"

"Well, you are indeed quite talented. Now I will teach you a simple version of "Red River Valley", as long as you can play a few notes. Play first..."

Zhou Yan told Chen Hong a few keys that needed to be played, and then Chen Hong played it awkwardly. Although the playing was relatively stiff, every note was correct and the order was exactly right.

"You are really talented." Zhou Yan sighed.

At least she is more talented than Shizuka Kudo and Joey Wang. They have also learned some piano, but their hands are not as good as Chen Hong's.

Seeing Zhou Yan's serious look, Chen Hong suddenly burst into laughter.

Zhou Yan asked doubtfully, "Why are you laughing?"

Chen Hong covered her mouth and said, "I laugh at how smart a person like you can be deceived."

Before Zhou Yan could react, Chen Hong raised her hand and played a piece of "Wind", followed by "Moonlight Sonata".

Seeing Chen Hong moving her fingers like flying on the keyboard, Zhou Yan was stunned. He knew that this girl had just deliberately pretended not to know how to play the piano, but he was still thinking about how to make her play "Red River Valley" quickly.

Chen Hong's piano skills are not at the level of a beginner. It would take at least two or three years to play the piano like this. She should have practiced it since she was a child.

After Chen Hong finished playing, Zhou Yan rolled his eyes and said, "Thank you so much for pretending to be like that just now."

Seeing Zhou Yan's resentful look, Chen Hong burst into laughter, and she even covered her stomach with laughter.

"Is it that funny?"

"It's funny, I finally took advantage of you."

Zhou Yan smiled and shook his head, then asked her, "Can you play my other songs?"

"Yes, I can play "Eternal Night"."

"Can you play "Eternal Night"?"

Zhou Yan showed a suspicious expression. "Eternal Night" is not an ordinary song. It was written by him to show off his skills. It is very difficult to play, and he has great difficulty playing it himself.

Under normal circumstances, Zhou Yan himself would not play "Eternal Night" because the effect is really not good.

"Don't underestimate me."

Chen Hong straightened her posture and played a piece of "Eternal Night". Not to mention, she played it very well. She must have worked hard.

But the front part is good, but the back part is exposed.

Chen Hong herself also knew that the latter part was not played well, so she stopped playing the later part.

Although the song was not completed, Zhou Yan still did not hesitate to praise, "I didn't expect you played it really well."

Chen Hong stroked the keys with a smile, "When I was a child, my parents wanted me to be a talented girl and asked people to teach me calligraphy and piano, but later these were all abandoned. I hated playing the piano when I was a child. I always felt that the piano was cold and boring. Compared to calligraphy and piano, I still think performance is more interesting. But now that no one wants me to learn it, I think it’s good to play it when I have nothing to do.”

Seeing the smile on Chen Hong's beautiful face, Zhou Yan was also touched. He seemed to have never understood Chen Hong in depth.

Chen Hong's beauty makes it easy for people to ignore other things.

Zhou Yan casually played the second half of "Eternal Night" and then laughed, "Many people who learn musical instruments have this mental journey. When they were young, they were forced to learn by their families. After letting go, they realized that music has been integrated into their lives. in life.”

Chen Hong turned her head and looked at Zhou Yan, her eyes full of tenderness, "Is love the same? Even if you let go, the memories can't be erased."

"That's probably it."

Chen Hong looked away, looked at the piano keys and said, "Play a piece of "Meteor", I want to hear it."

The "Meteor" she was talking about was "yellow", which is the Chinese name of "yellow".

Zhou Yan nodded and started playing the piano version of "Meteor".

Listening to this piece of music, Chen Hong's thoughts suddenly returned to that day at the Yinchuan Stadium.

During the restless concert, the crowd pushed her into Zhou Yan's arms. The place was crowded that night and there were all kinds of complicated sounds. But after the whole concert, the only thing she remembered was Zhou Yan's heartbeat. . That night, everything she had longed for, but was later shattered, at this moment, it seemed as if those fragments had flown back through time and space, reuniting into a beautiful picture.

Looking at Zhou Yan's serious profile, Chen Hong didn't think about tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow. As long as Zhou Yan belonged to her at this moment, everything would be worth it.

When the piano sound ended, Chen Hong was about to say something when the door of the piano room was knocked.

Zhou Yan got up and went to open the door. There was a boy standing at the door. He asked, "Is something wrong, classmate?"

The student was about to say something, but when he saw Zhou Yan's face, he was stunned: "Teacher Zhou?"

"Ah, it's me, is something wrong?"

The boy suddenly felt embarrassed. He scratched the back of his head and said, "I just heard this song was pretty good. I wanted to ask what it was."

When he heard that he was asking about the song, Zhou Yan smiled and said, "This is my new song."

"Oh, no wonder...Okay, I understand, Teacher Zhou, then I won't disturb you." The boy quickly turned around and ran away.

After the boy left, Zhou Yan returned to the piano and said, "A student is interested in "Meteor"."

"Then he knows his stuff."

In fact, it is difficult for a piece like "Meteor" to attract much attention in Yangyin. As a pure piano piece, it is nothing special. It's an extremely simple song, with no changes at all and nothing outstanding about the melody.

This piece doesn’t have to be played on a guitar and it tastes half as good.

The student just now probably came to ask because he was curious.

This kind of thing often happens in the piano room. If they hear a piece of music they are interested in, many people will take the initiative to ask about it. This is also something advocated by the school. Although the person being asked is disturbed, usually they will not Annoying.

The two of them didn't stay in the piano room for too long. Chen Hong also felt the atmosphere in the piano room, and Zhou Yan took her away.

Except for Qinfang Building, they didn't visit the school much, so Zhou Yan drove Chen Hong back to her residence.

After the car stopped, Chen Hong exhaled, "I'm here."

Zhou Yan asked her with a smile, "Won't you invite me to come up and sit down?"

Chen Hong's face suddenly turned red. She quickly unbuckled her seat belt, opened the car door and got out.

"Tonight... next time."

After saying that, she walked quickly towards the unit door.

When she arrived at the door of the unit, she suddenly turned back, opened the car door and quickly kissed Zhou Yan on the face.

Before Zhou Yan could react, Chen Hong ran away again.

This time Chen Hong went up and didn't come back. Zhou Yan sat in the car and watched the lights in Chen Hong's room turn on before leaving.

As soon as he got home, he received a call from Chen Hong. When she learned that Zhou Yan was home, she said good night gently and hung up the phone.

When Zhou Yan came back from washing, the phone rang again.

He thought it was Chen Hong who was calling. When he picked up the phone, he heard Wang Zuxian's voice.

"Third brother, have you slept?"

"No, I invited the crew to dinner tonight and I just got back."

"Drinking?"

"No, I drove back. Why are you still up so late? Are you still busy with the house?"

During this period of time, the frequency of calls between the two became less frequent, but they would still call once every three days. During this period, Wang Zuxian was still busy with house matters. He had taken a fancy to a house two days ago and is currently preparing to buy it.

"Well, the apartment I was looking at two days ago was taken over by someone else. I have to look at other houses."

"Do you want my help? My brother also has some connections in Xiangjiang Real Estate."

The boss Lin Changgong Lin whom Zhou Hong introduced to Zhou Yan before was involved in real estate in Xiangjiang, and it seemed that his career was not small.

"Don't bother me, second brother. Trust me, it can be done. I have a very good eye."

Zhou Yan smiled. He didn't know what Wang Zuxian's vision was in real estate, but he knew that the possibility of losing money when investing in real estate in Xiangjiang was relatively small.

For ordinary people, the key to investing in real estate is not vision, but luck.

In the current of the times, there is nothing wrong as long as you follow the direction of the trend. And when the general trend is not there, no matter how good the ordinary people are, they will only be reaped.

"Actually, you don't have to worry too much about making money, I can still afford to support you."

"I don't want to be a canary." Wang Zuxian smiled, "Do you miss me? I can get over it in January."

"Do you still have to wait until January? Are you not going to accompany me on New Year's Eve this year?"

"I'll try my best to get there during New Year's Eve. If I can't get there, you'll have to suffer a little and get through it alone."

"Then I can only go find Ma Dongfang and the others to celebrate the New Year."

"It's okay, go and have fun with your friends. Look how good a girlfriend I am, I don't care about you at all. You can't find such a good girlfriend even if you hold a lantern."

"You can't find it even with a flashlight, let alone a lantern."

The two chatted for a while, and Wang Zuxian began to yawn, "I won't tell you, I have to go to bed, so you should go to bed early. Don't be wronged, I will make it up to you when I go to Yanjing."

"How to compensate me?"

"I bought a new set of underwear. I'll show you how to wear them when the time comes."

"Am I such a superficial person...What color is it?"

"You'll know by then that you're dead."

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yan lay on the bed. He was a little sleepy at first, but Wang Zuxian's last words aroused the fire in his heart. He tossed and turned in bed but couldn't fall asleep.

Having lots of energy is a good thing, but it can also be difficult sometimes.

……

In the next few days, Zhou Yan has been busy with "Spring of the Cowherd Class".

As for Chen Hong, the two had not seen each other since Zhou Yan sent her back that night, because she had a TV series that she had not finished filming and had already rushed to the set.

Zhou Yan even wondered if this girl was taking revenge on him and deliberately rushed to the set at this time without stopping.

On the morning of December 6, Zhou Yan had just finished breakfast and was about to go to Yanjing Studio when there was a knock on the door.

He shouted in the yard, "Who is it?"

The person outside the door made no sound and only responded with two knocks on the door.

Zhou Yan walked over and opened the door.

There was no one at the door. Just when he was wondering, a figure suddenly jumped out from the side.

"Dang-dang-dang-dang!"

Seeing the person who jumped out, Zhou Yan curled his lips and said, "Jingxiang, why are you acting like a child."

Seeing Zhou Yan pouting, Kudo Shizuka muttered with a look of resentment, "You are not happy to see me."

"It's good that I wasn't scared by you." Zhou Yan took Kudo Shizuka's hand and led her into the yard.

Kudo Shizuka's hand felt a little cold when he touched it. He said in a slightly reproachful tone: "It's such a cold day and you're still wearing a short skirt. You're really not afraid of freezing."

Hearing Zhou Yan's concern for him, a smile appeared on Kudo Shizuka's face, "Then you, take me to buy clothes. I didn't bring any thick clothes."

"Okay, okay, I'll take you to buy it. Why did you come here suddenly today? Didn't you say two days ago that you would have to wait until the concert?"

Shizuka Kudo twitched her lips and said, "If I tell you in advance, can it still be a surprise?"

Zhou Yan also curled his lips, wondering why Kudo Shizuka, like Wang Zuxian, both like surprises. This is a bit unsafe.

"Next time, you should tell me in advance. If I'm not at home, won't you make a fuss?"

"If you want, if you're not at home, I'll just give you a call."

"It's cold outside, go inside."

Zhou Yan brought Kudo Shizuka into the house again. As soon as they sat on the sofa, Kudo Shizuka put her calves on Zhou Yan's legs.

Her calves were very cold. Zhou Yan warmed her with his hands and asked her, "Do you have any work when you come here this time?"

Feeling the warmth of Zhou Yan's palm, Kudo Shizuka felt that her body suddenly became much warmer.

They hadn't seen each other for a few days, and she originally thought they would kiss passionately when they met, but now Zhou Yan carefully stretched her legs, which made her feel very romantic.

"My Chinese album was released today, so I came over to take a look. Songzi returned it to me and arranged two interviews with the TV station."

"Are there just two interviews?"

Zhou Yan felt that with only two interviews, it was not worthwhile to go all the way.

"Both interviews are quite long. It may take two days to record."

"Start today?"

Zhou Yan nodded, "Then let me go shopping with you today. I said I wanted to go shopping with you last time, but I didn't have time."

"Come with me to the record store and have a look. I want to see how "Original Dream" is received."

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "You still have to go to the scene to see it."

"That's interesting."

"Okay, I'll go with you, but before that, I have to take you to buy a new suit of clothes. Just like you, wandering around in a short skirt, it's so eye-catching that it's hard not to be recognized." ( End of this chapter)