1990: Starting from Baojia Street

When the ethereal sound of the bamboo flute rang out in the concert hall, many people in the audience had satisfied smiles on their faces. Sure enough, it was Zhou Yan who caught people's ears with just a brief opening.

And the taste of this music is so right. Although it is played on a bamboo flute, you can still hear the New Age style in it, and New Age music is Zhou Yan's specialty.

Someone once jokingly called Zhou Yan the "King of the New Age", but this title was opposed by many of Zhou Yan's loyal fans, because these fans believed that Zhou Yan only occasionally played New Age music and should not be labeled as a New Age. He is an all-around player.

The beginning of this paragraph sounds melodious and brisk at first, but upon closer listening, you can feel a hint of tension, just like the calm before the storm.

The audience's feeling was correct. The light and melodious melody ended quickly, and the mood of the tune gradually became tense, and gradually there was a feeling of a horse sharpening an army.

There was no fierce fighting, just the tension of everyone getting ready before the big battle.

No, it’s not just a simple sense of tension, but also a variety of emotions, such as anxiety, anticipation, excitement... What it depicts is the complex emotions in people’s hearts when war is coming.

At the beginning of Xiyun, the pavilion was sinking, and the rain was about to come and the wind filled the building.

Many viewers now understand why Zhou Yan named this song "The Beginning". Isn't this depicting a scene where the war is about to begin? The name is very apt.

The song "The Beginning" is not Zhou Yan's original creation, but the background music in the movie "Red Cliff". Its name is also "The Beginning". Zhou Yan did not change its name.

The movie "Red Cliff" has been criticized by many people. Some people think that the production level of this movie is very high, and the service and special effects production are much better than those of the same period and similar film and television works. However, some people think that this movie is It's just artistic garbage, just superficial and completely devoid of the connotation of the story of the Three Kingdoms.

Generally speaking, the reviews of this movie are average. Many people can't remember what the movie is about after watching the movie. Moreover, the casting of the movie also made many people feel uncomfortable.

Although the actors who participated are all very well-known, when it comes to the characters, nothing feels right. The key director was also unwilling to dub these actors, and insisted on using their original voices. The lines would be painful to the ears.

Especially when they saw Xiao Qiao speaking with a Taiwanese accent, many viewers were confused.

The most famous thing in the movie is Lin Chiling's words "Cute and cute".

But no matter what, the soundtrack of this movie is still remarkable.

The film's soundtrack director is neon musician Taro Iwashiro, and the song "The Beginning" was also composed by him.

Although Taro Iwashiro is not as famous as Kitaro, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Joe Hisaishi and others, he is by no means an unknown person. He has always been active in the fields of games, TV series and movies.

In addition to "Red Cliff", the works that he participated in the soundtrack are probably "Memories of Murder" and "Tai Ping Wheel" that Chinese people are most familiar with. Among them, "Memories of Murder" is the most widely circulated.

Iwashiro Taro is probably only in his thirties now. He has made a name for himself in Neon and is not very famous.

The original orchestration of "The Beginning" was a Western orchestral instrument, with some more Western drum beats. After Zhou Yan took it over, he made some adaptations based on the timbre and playing skills of the bamboo flute, which sounds quite different from the original version.

However, Zhou Yan still did not choose to put this piece of music into "Three Kingdoms" back then, because even if it was an adapted version, it still did not fit well with the overall soundtrack style of "Three Kingdoms".

In fact, there are three pieces of music in "Red Cliff" that impressed Zhou Yan the most. One was the song "The Beginning", another was a guqin piece played by Zhou Yu and others, and the last one was a flute played by a child on the hillside when Zhou Yu's army was training. .

Of these three pieces of music, Zhou Yan’s favorite is the guqin piece, which was written by Tang Jianping, their Yangyin teacher. However, there are too many distractions in the movie, and even the position of the guqin during the performance can be wrong. The music direction is so unqualified and such low-level mistakes should not be made.

The music was written by Tang Jianping, and Zhou Yan knew Tang Jianping very well because they were colleagues in the same department.

Tang Jianping knows Chinese folk musical instruments very well. As long as the director can consult Tang Jianping, he will not make such a stupid mistake.

Zhou Yan also liked the flute music played by the children, but this part was Iwashiro Taro's big mistake.

The mode of this flute piece is "Yale Seven Tones Feather Mode". This mode has a Persian style and can be heard in northwest China, but it is impossible to appear in the music of Jiangnan. It is really difficult to play it by a child. A bit outrageous.

Taro Iwashiro doesn't understand these things at all, so it's easy to lose touch with reality when scoring movies.

This is also the problem with finding a foreigner to be the soundtrack director. Of course Iwashiro Taro’s musical quality is no problem, but his grasp of the style of Chinese folk music is not accurate enough.

Later, when some Chinese films were being shot, foreign musicians would be chosen as soundtrack directors in an attempt to achieve "internationalization", but in fact many of the results were not very good.

In fact, Taro Iwashiro's performance was quite good. What impressed Zhou Yan the most was another movie "Heroes of Heaven and Earth". The director hired Rahman, a well-known Indian composer, to serve as the soundtrack.

Of course, there is no problem with Rahman's level. He is a world-renowned musician, but his style does not fit with Chinese movies. As a result, the music of "Heroes of Heaven and Earth" sounds good when you put it in the movie. It seems a bit nondescript inside, which is difficult for many people to accept.

Moreover, Zhou Yan believes that there are too many musical passages in "Heroes of Heaven and Earth", and it even looks a bit like a musical. In some places, the music passages are too closely connected to each other, making people breathless. This is not only The impact only weakens the film's image itself, and also weakens the role of the music.

If "Heroes of Heaven and Earth" can find Zhao Jiping or some other outstanding Chinese composers to serve as soundtrack guide, then the musical performance will definitely be better.

But for a certain period of time, Chinese people lacked self-confidence and always liked to pursue internationalization.

In terms of movies, as long as it has something to do with Oscars, I will believe it without thinking.

The adapted version of "The Beginning" is slightly longer, nearly six minutes in total, but Zhou Yan plans to make this version longer.

After Qingyinfang formed a group, although they could rely on their old songs to develop, they were still a bit uninteresting.

So Zhou Yan wanted to leave some songs for Qingyinfang, so that whenever the audience hears these songs in the future, they can think of Qingyinfang immediately.

On the basis of already having "Snow Flower", Zhou Yan is ready to leave "The Beginning" to them as well.

After Zhou Yan finished playing the song "The Beginning", many audience members couldn't help but stood up again and applauded Zhou Yan.

This previously unreleased song gave them too many surprises.

At first, when they heard Zhou Yan say that "The Beginning" was a piece eliminated from "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", many viewers subconsciously thought that the piece would not be very long. After all, even the pieces that became the soundtrack were not long. Zhou Yanneng Do you want to make the eliminated songs longer?
But what they didn't expect was that the piece was six minutes long and so complete that it didn't look like a random composition at all.

After listening to "The Beginning", many viewers also expressed doubts, why such a beautiful song did not become the soundtrack of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms"?

Of course, many viewers understand that the song "The Beginning" is indeed very nice and impeccable in all aspects, but it is not suitable for "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" because it does not fit in with the overall style of the soundtrack of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" . Amid the enthusiastic applause of the audience, Zhou Yan put away his bamboo flute and stood on the stage waiting for a while to let the applause last for a while.

When the applause gradually subsided, Zhou Yan stepped forward, bowed down to greet the stage, and then said: "As an old Chinese saying goes, there is no such thing as a feast that never ends. Thank you all for spending such a wonderful night with me. See you tomorrow. ”

After saying that, Zhou Yan waved his hand and said again: "Auntie washes the railway."

The audience has already formed muscle memory at this time. When Zhou Yan says, "Auntie washes the railway," they will also reply with "Auntie washes the railway," and it is already very neat.

The second time, some people shouted "Auntie washes the railway", while others shouted "I love you".

Zhou Yan smiled, that was good. Although he was saying goodbye, there was not a word of goodbye in the audience.

After Zhou Yan went down this time, he never returned.

Although some viewers still shout Zhou Yan's name, most people know that Zhou Yan will probably not come up again.

Gojima Takashi didn't go to Zhou Yan again. The effect tonight had far exceeded his expectations.

Afterwards, the Radio Art Troupe returned twice and tonight’s concert finally came to an end.

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Later, the Broadcasting Art Troupe went outside the concert hall and performed several additional shows for the audience who had not bought tickets, but this time Zhou Yan did not attend.

Zhou Yan didn't come, but Gojima Takashi was very happy.

As the organizer of this series of concerts, NHK certainly hopes that the audience will come and buy tickets. For those who have not bought tickets, it is best not to let them see the performance, otherwise it will reduce the overall enthusiasm of the audience to buy tickets.

They should let them know that if they can't buy tickets, they won't be able to see Zhou Yan.

In this way, if you want to see Zhou Yan, you have to buy a ticket, so their tickets can be sold more expensively.

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The next day, as Gojima Takashi expected, all major media reported on last night's concert.

But what Gojima Takashi didn't expect was that the most popular people this time were Kudo Shizuka and Nakamori Akina joining hands to support the concert.

Although Kudo Shizuka and Nakamori Akina disguised themselves well, they were still recognized and took photos.

The reporter who photographed them must have noticed them a long time ago, and even had photos of them entering the concert hall.

There are also photos of two people sitting in the front row shouting along with other spectators.

Originally, two female stars going to a concert was not a big deal worth discussing, but when the two female stars were Shizuka Kudo and Akina Nakamori, the situation became different.

Let’s talk about Shizuka Kudo first. Since the beginning of last year, she has been firmly at the top of the list of popularity in the neon singer circle. She usually attracts a lot of attention in everything she does.

Moreover, she and Zhou Yan have been rumored, so reporters must be very concerned about her appearance at the concert.

Let’s talk about Akina Nakamori. She has rarely appeared in front of the media and the public recently. There are rumors that she is going to retire, and some people directly speculate that she has committed suicide.

Her appearance at Zhou Yan's concert this time was indeed a surprise.

And looking at the photos taken by reporters, Akina Nakamori seemed to be in a pretty good mood, and she would shout like other viewers at the scene.

The hottest news the next day was this, followed by Zhou Yan saying "Auntie Washes the Railway" and "I Love You" at the concert, and he played another long-lost song "The Beginning".

But in any case, because of these news, the popularity of the "Three Kingdoms" theme concerts has soared, and it has also aroused the desire of many people to buy tickets to attend the concerts. However, when people went to buy tickets, they realized that the tickets for the first three shows Sold out.

If you want to buy tickets now, you can only buy tickets for the next three games, but the prices of the remaining tickets for the next three games have increased.

The sixth concert was held in Nagoya, and the ticket price for this concert was 25% higher than the ticket price for the first concert in Tokyo.

Nagoya's population size, economic level, and music market are completely incomparable to Tokyo. If there is a ticket that is more expensive, it should be Tokyo.

But the fact is the opposite. The Nagoya show is also the most expensive in the entire series.

Zhou Yan doesn't care about the ticket price of the concert, because no matter how much the ticket price is, it doesn't matter to him. He is getting a fixed salary this time.

For a while, Zhou Yan played concerts with Li Yiding and others every day, and wrote his own score when he had time.

The score for "Snow Flower" has been written, but the score for "The Beginning" has not yet been completed. Of course, basically at the end of the day, Zhou Yan has a lot of leisure time every day these days, and his work efficiency is much faster.

As for Qingyinfang, Zhou Yan naturally didn't have time to follow them, but every time their activities ended, Zhou Yan had to pay attention to the specific situation.

After Dongyi’s concert, relevant units soon approached Qingyinfang and wanted to cooperate.

Now Qingyinfang has added two more university concerts, an interview, and two business performances.

Zhou Yan only nodded in agreement after watching the two commercial performances.

According to the current pace, I am afraid that Qingyinfang will not leave Neon in the short term. Zhou Yan is already considering setting up a studio specifically for Qingyinfang in Neon.

The nine people in Qingyinfang are only responsible for the performance, but the logistics work and external relations work need to be done by dedicated personnel. (End of chapter)