1990: Starting from Baojia Street

There are two programs, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, so there is still plenty of time.

The radio program Zhou Yan participated in recording in the morning was "Music World", the channel was 102.7FM, belonging to the kiis-fm radio station.

kiis-fm is a commercial radio station licensed in Los Angeles, California, broadcasting to the greater Los Angeles area, with their studios located in Burbank.

The program content of "Music World" is relatively complex. It belongs to the comprehensive music category, mainly preferring country and classical music, and occasionally playing some rhythm and blues.

The reason why Zhang Youan chose this program is because the musical aesthetic of their program is more suitable for Zhou Yan.

There were some rock programs that invited Zhou Yan, but Zhang Youan did not agree to any of them. Although Zhou Yan has a song called "Yellow", he couldn't always talk about this song on the show.

Moreover, the rock music popular in North America is quite different from the style of "Yellow".

The host of "Music World" is a girl in her twenties with a slightly hoarse voice. Her name is Jennifer.

Although she is a radio host, Jennifer did not neglect her dressing. As soon as Zhou Yan entered the radio room, he was dazzled by Jennifer's exaggerated makeup and clothes.

Jennifer was wearing a colorful short dress. The dress was a little tight, and she was a little fat, so the dress could hardly cover her body, and half of her buttocks was exposed.

Her face was covered in thick smoky makeup, and it was hard to tell what she looked like.

If Zhou Yan saw a woman dressed like this on the streets of Los Angeles, he wouldn't be too surprised, but it was a bit strange to see a radio host dressed like this.

Everyone else in the radio station was dressed normally, except Jennifer.

"Mr. Y, welcome to Music World."

Jennifer greeted Zhou Yan politely. Before the show started, they would take some time to familiarize themselves with each other and then go over the flow of the show.

After a brief chat, Jennifer smiled and said, "I'm so happy to know that you can come to participate in "Music World". You may not know that I am a big fan of yours. Your music is the one I listen to the most in the past six months."

"Thank you for your support." Zhou Yan smiled.

However, he did not take Jennifer's words to heart. He just thought that the other party was just being polite. As a host, this was a very common way of speaking.

Especially some female hosts, when they meet male guests, they will set themselves up as fan girls, because most male guests really fall for it.

But what Zhou Yan didn't expect was that Jennifer actually talked seriously about Zhou Yan's music.

"Your new album, Rain Bells, has given me a great shock. Although we have heard some of the music in it before, the arrangements in this album are very interesting. For example, in Someone Like You, you used..."

Once Jennifer started talking, she couldn't stop and quickly analyzed the music in "Yu Lin Ling" in a very professional manner.

If that were all, Zhou Yan would think it was not surprising that Jennifer had done some homework in advance.

After all, it is easy to find analysis of these songs. Jennifer can find these analysis articles in advance and memorize them.

But after analyzing "Yu Lin Ling", Jennifer actually analyzed the song "Eternal Night" and even talked about some professional content such as harmony and texture.

When Zhou Yan heard Jennifer say this, he showed a surprised expression.

These things cannot be remembered simply by memorizing them. For Jennifer to be able to talk about them to this extent, it means that she must have studied classical music.

There are some professional terms that you simply cannot understand if you are not studying them.

Although Zhou Yan has not been on many shows, he has met some TV and radio hosts, and Jennifer is definitely the most professional host in music among all the hosts he has met.

Being in such a radio station, and Jennifer being dressed so strangely, gave Zhou Yan a strong sense of contrast.

Perhaps, it is because Jennifer has such professional music knowledge that she was not fired by the radio station.

But on the other hand, it might be because of her strange appearance that she was not able to work for those big TV stations. After all, with Jennifer's professionalism, she could definitely be on a bigger stage.

After chatting for a while, Zhou Yan also had a new understanding of Jennifer.

He admitted that he had judged people by their appearance just now, and he was even pessimistic that today's show would definitely be very bad because the host did not look reliable.

But now it seems that Jennifer is a very reliable host, and there should be no problems with the show later.

Ten minutes later, both were ready and the show officially began.

After the director's room made a gesture, Jennifer smiled into the microphone and said, "Welcome everyone to Music World. I'm Jennifer. Before the show ended yesterday, I announced that there would be a very important guest on our show today. I believe everyone has been waiting in front of the radio, waiting for him to appear. Now let us invite the famous musician, Y-Chou——"

Jennifer gave Zhou Yan a look, and Zhou Yan smiled and introduced himself into the microphone, "Good morning, friends in Los Angeles, I am Zhou Yan."

After hearing Zhou Yan's self-introduction, Jennifer said, "Zhou Yan is the pronunciation of the Chinese name Y-chou. When I first heard it, I thought it was Joey. We all know that Mr. Y is not only a very great musician, but also a very successful director. The recently popular movie "The Sixth Sense" is adapted from his movie. Of course, today we are not talking about "The Sixth Sense", but another movie, "Sense and Sensibility". Mr. Y was in charge of the soundtrack of "Sense and Sensibility" and won this year's Oscar for Best Original Score for this movie. And there is a song in it that I believe everyone is familiar with, "Young and Beautiful", a song that has been on the charts for many weeks in a row."

After Jennifer finished speaking, the chorus of "Young and Beautiful" began to play on the radio, but it only lasted about ten seconds before the song stopped.

The show is not very long, and it would be a waste to spend time playing songs. We can only play them interspersed during conversations like this.

"Mr. Y, can you tell us about the creative process of the soundtrack for Sense and Sensibility?" Jennifer asked.

Zhou Yan nodded and said, "When I received a call from An Li and invited me to compose the music for Sense and Sensibility, I was very surprised because I had never participated in the production of a Hollywood movie before. I don't know much about the production process of Hollywood movies, especially the process of music production. So at the beginning, I was quite hesitant. I was worried that I would not be able to adapt to the working mode of Hollywood."

"So what made you finally decide to take this job?"

"It's the sincerity of director Ann Lee and the script of Sense and Sensibility. I have read most of Jane Austen's novels, and Sense and Sensibility is no exception. But I know that if I want to make a movie, I can't shoot it completely according to the original, otherwise there will be an obvious gap between the characters. Fortunately, Emma Thompson's script solves this problem very well. They..." Zhou Yan talked seriously about the script of Sense and Sensibility, and took the opportunity to talk about the inspiration for his creation of Someone Like You and Young and Beautiful.

He attributed the inspiration for composing these songs to the script of "Sense and Sensibility", and this explanation seems reasonable.

While Zhou Yan was speaking, the director often played some clips from the soundtrack of "Sense and Sensibility".

Their program team is relatively mature, the whole process is very smooth, and the director is very responsive.

After this interview, the next part will be the audience question session.

Zhou Yan asked vaguely whether this segment was scripted, but Jennifer told him that the calls from the audience of "Music World" were real and random.

The first person to call was a middle-aged man with a deep and polite voice.

He first expressed his love for Zhou Yan's music, and then said, "I particularly like the song 'Don't Cry' sung by sister Marianne in Sense and Sensibility. Do you have any works of the same type before?"

Zhou Yan asked with a smile, "What do you mean by the same type?"

“It’s like a choir-like song.”

Hearing what the other party said, Zhou Yan touched his eyebrows and smiled, "Perhaps my new movie "The Chorus" can meet your needs."

Jennifer took the opportunity to introduce the information of "The Chorus". "This is Mr. Y's latest movie. The theme is education and music, and it contains a lot of original music. At this year's Berlin Film Festival, Mr. Y also won the Special Jury Award for this movie. I have good news for everyone. This movie will be released in the United States soon. I hope everyone can go to the cinema to support it."

I have to say that Jennifer is really dedicated and did a lot of preparation in advance. She just spoke out the information without any need for any piece of paper.

For a host, reaction ability is certainly important, but the most important thing is advance preparation and accumulation. Whether the preparation is good or bad is the key to distinguish whether a host is professional or not.

In fact, Zhou Yan could also say the information Jennifer said, but when Zhou Yan said it himself, the flavor changed. Especially the award information, Zhou Yan himself inevitably seemed a bit self-boasting.

And it is very appropriate for the host to say it.

After hearing Jennifer's explanation, the caller also laughed and said, "I'm very happy to hear such good news. After the movie is released, I will definitely go to the cinema to support it as soon as possible."

Jennifer continued, "Attention viewers who want to watch The Chorus. Starting today, for the next week, our program will draw a lucky viewer and give away two movie tickets for The Chorus. Even if you don't get a call, as long as you try to call, it will be recorded by our backstage and you will have a chance to win the movie tickets."

After hearing this, the audience member asked, "Do I also have a chance to win a movie ticket?"

Before Jennifer could speak, Zhou Yan spoke first, "Please rest assured, sir. Even if you don't win the movie ticket, I will give you two tickets as a gift because you are the first audience member to connect with me today."

Jennifer looked at Zhou Yan and blinked. This speech was not designed by them, but added by Zhou Yan himself. However, this speech added by Zhou Yan was quite effective for the show.

When the online audience learned that they could get movie tickets, they were very happy and said, "Thank you Y, I will always support you."

"Well, thank you sir, next..."

Time was running out, so they certainly couldn't waste time on one audience member, and quickly connected with a second audience member.

The second audience member who was successfully connected sounded like a child, but she claimed to be a female college student.

"Y, do you have any plans to hold a concert in the United States in the near future? I have attended one of your concerts before and it was very memorable."

“There will be a concert, but the exact time has not been decided yet.”

"Is it in Los Angeles?"

“The specific city has not yet been decided.”

Jennifer said, "Please rest assured, audience member, our program will continue to pay attention to Mr. Y's concert information. Once there is any progress, we will announce it on the program."

Zhou Yan also smiled and said, "Well, once the concert time and address are confirmed, we will tell Music World as soon as possible."

This paragraph was not included in the previous design and was added by the two of them on the spur of the moment.

Jennifer smiled. Y was really giving her face by making such a promise.

Being able to get first-hand information about Zhou Yan's concert will undoubtedly be very beneficial to their program.

Although she didn't know what the program's current ratings were, but from the gestures given by the director's studio, she knew that the ratings would not be bad.

They have been warming up for today's program for many days, and the listeners all know that Zhou Yan will come to participate in "Music World" today.

It now seems that Zhou Yan is still quite well-known in the United States. Although he is not as well-known as those well-known pop singers, he is far beyond the reach of ordinary behind-the-scenes musicians.

Their program has interviewed some composers before, including some well-known film composers in the industry, but none of them are as topical as Zhou Yan.

Compared to those composers, Zhou Yan’s advantage is the wide range of his works, and the bonus of movies.

Of course, there is another point that Jennifer believes is a huge advantage of Zhou Yan compared to other composers, that is, he looks really good.

Although Asian faces cannot fit into the mainstream aesthetic in the United States, Jennifer knows that there are still many people in Europe and the United States who like Zhou Yan's style.

Fair and clean, with clear lines, and most importantly, a nice temperament. (End of this chapter)