1990: Starting from Baojia Street

When Wei Yuru and the others were signing autographs for these Japanese fans, the fans also asked questions about several other members of Qingyinfang.

These music fans actually didn’t know what was going on with Wei Yuru and the others. They just saw Qingyinfang on the promotion for today’s concert, so they came over. They thought all the members of Qingyinfang were there.

Wei Yuru explained with a smile, "We are not only Qingyinfang, but also belong to China's Central National Orchestra. There is a performance here, so we came. As for the other members, they are from the Piano Youth Orchestra and did not come with us this time."

"I know Yu Jia is from the Piano Boys Orchestra, but I thought she had completely left the group. It seems like we won't be able to see you and Qingyinfang perform together this time," a music fan said regretfully.

"Is Qingyinfang planning to come to Los Angeles?" asked another fan.

Wei Yuru shook her head. "I don't know about this for now. Maybe there will be a chance later."

"I really hope you can come to Los Angeles. You will definitely be welcomed here. I can't go back to Neon for a while, and I can't go to your performances. If you can come to Los Angeles, I can support you here."

"Thanks for your support."

Wei Yuru smiled and lowered her head to sign autographs for others.

As for Qingyinfang coming to Los Angeles, she knew that it would not happen for a while.

They have developed very smoothly in Neon. What they need to do at this stage is to consolidate their market in Neon and not rush into anything recklessly.

Once Japan's market is consolidated, their next step will be to enter other Asian countries and regions.

These plans were what Zhou Yan had told her before.

In fact, Wei Yuru herself didn’t think too much about it. She was quite satisfied with the present. Although she was developing in Japan, she could occasionally return to China to reunite with her family.

If you want to enter the European and American markets, it may not be so easy to go home.

After signing autographs for the fans, Wei Yuru took a few girls into the theater. There would be a performance in the evening, so they had to go in early to prepare.

On the way to the backstage, Zhu Lanxi smiled and said, "I heard that Mr. Zhou came to Los Angeles to give a concert. Every time he came, there was a large group of people waiting outside the concert hall, all wanting to see him."

"Yes, it's true." Wei Yuru nodded, "In addition to fans, there are also many media reporters."

“I didn’t see any reporters today.”

"There must be reporters here today, but they won't come so early. I guess we'll be able to see it in the evening."

"It would be great if we could hold a concert in the United States with the same fanfare as Teacher Zhou's."

"Haha, let's not think too far ahead and just sell out the tickets first."

"Didn't they say that today's tickets are almost sold out?"

"More than 80% of the tickets should be sold."

"It doesn't matter. The next goal is 90%."

Hearing her sisters chattering away, Wei Yuru just kept smiling and didn't say anything. She felt in her heart that it was indeed good to be young. She was only a few years older than them, but she didn't have their ambition.

When she was around 20 years old, she was just like her sisters, carefree and just thinking about having more performances every day.

……

Zhou Yan finally participated in the Sun Yat-sen Birthday Symphony Competition. Today he recorded "My Heart Will Go On" for Celine Dion. The process went very smoothly and there was no delay at all.

During this period, Celine Dion had a new understanding of the song "My Heart Will Go On", which was even better than her last performance in Canada.

Zhou Yan felt that Celine Dion had no problems with her first take when she entered the studio, but in order to achieve perfection, he still recorded with Celine Dion many times.

It wasn't until Celine Dion's condition began to decline that he called a halt, and that was only half a day later.

The Sun Yat-sen Birthday Symphony Competition was held at the Yenching Concert Hall, not far from the studio.

The Yenching Concert Hall is not very big and can only accommodate a few hundred people, so the scale of this competition cannot be large.

Moreover, in the hall with several hundred people, more than half of them were not from the music industry.

This competition is more political than musical. Many of those who came here today are cadres and their families, many of whom Zhou Yan knows.

As soon as Zhou Yan entered the hall, he heard someone calling him.

"Third Brother!"

Zhou Yan turned his head and saw a fat young man walking towards him.

"Oh, you are Mr. Shen." Zhou Yan recognized the other person.

This Mr. Shen was none other than the person who had competed with him for the warehouse of the electronics factory. He was the nephew of Director Zhao of the Forestry Bureau. After knowing Zhou Yan's identity, he took the initiative to withdraw from the competition.

Seeing that Zhou Yan still remembered him, Shen Siyuan said happily, "Third brother, you are embarrassing me. How can I be worthy of the title of Master Shen in front of you. You can call me Xiao Shen or Siyuan. Before I came here today, I was wondering if you would be here, and I didn't expect that I guessed it right."

"Do you like listening to symphonies?"

Shen Siyuan touched his head and smiled, "I don't have much artistic talent. I usually just listen to pop songs, and I've never been exposed to symphony music. I came here today because I knew that many leaders would be here, so I came to see if I could make some connections."

What he said was quite realistic, and he didn't say anything empty.

In fact, Shen Siyuan was not trying to be realistic, but he knew that Zhou Yan was a professional. If he insisted that he usually listened to symphony music, he would probably be exposed after a few words with Zhou Yan.

Since I can't pretend, I might as well be honest. It will also help me gain some points in front of Zhou Yan.

"Now that you're here, you might as well listen carefully. Maybe you'll fall in love with it."

"Although I don't understand, I am definitely very devout when it comes to art." Shen Siyuan smiled and asked Zhou Yan, "Third brother, do you have any works to exhibit today?"

Zhou Yan shook his head. "I don't know. You have to ask the jury. The works on display today are all award-winning."

"I believe your work will definitely win a prize..."

Shen Siyuan had just finished speaking when someone called Zhou Yan from a distance, "Xiao Yan."

The two turned to look at the person who was talking. Before Zhou Yan could speak, Shen Siyuan greeted with a smile, "Aunt Shu, Aunt Li, hello."

Li Xianglan only recognized Zhou Yan at first, but when she saw the person next to Zhou Yan calling her Aunt Li, she looked at the person carefully and then remembered who he was. "Oh, you must be Director Zhao's nephew."

She only remembered that the other person was Director Zhao's nephew, whom she had met twice before. As for his specific name, she couldn't remember it.

Shu Yuanxia next to her also looked at Shen Siyuan. Her memory was worse than Li Xianglan's, and she couldn't remember where she had seen him before.

Even after hearing Li Xianglan say that he was Director Zhao's nephew, Shu Yuanxia still couldn't remember. There were too many officials in Yanjing, and there were a lot of directors, and there were also many with the surname Zhao. Who knew which Director Zhao Li Xianglan was talking about? "Yes, yes, auntie, just call me Xiao Shen."

Li Xianglan nodded, then turned her gaze to Zhou Yan with a smile on her face, "I was chatting with your Aunt Shu on the way, you must be here today, I guessed it right."

"I happened to be in Yanjing, so I came to take a look."

Li Xianglan is Huo Siqi's mother. The Huo family and the Zhou family are old friends and have always had a good relationship. Although Zhou Yan and Li Xianglan have not met many times, Li Xianglan is very enthusiastic every time they meet.

Zhou Yan had a good impression of Aunt Li.

As for Aunt Shu next to him, Zhou Yan had never seen her before, but the way she looked at him was strange, which made Zhou Yan a little confused.

Li Xianglan then remembered that Zhou Yan didn't know Shu Yuanxia, ​​so she smiled and introduced, "This is your Aunt Shu, the daughter of your Grandpa Shu Jianghuai."

When she mentioned Shu Jianghuai, Zhou Yan knew it.

Shu Jianghuai is an old subordinate of Zhou Yan's grandfather Zhou Minnong. It is said that Shu Jianghuai's daughter married the son of Minister Zhan.

That being said...

Zhou Yan suddenly realized why Aunt Shu looked at him strangely.

For a while, his family always wanted to arrange a blind date for him. One of them was the granddaughter of Minister Zhan, the granddaughter of Shu Jianghuai, and the daughter of Aunt Shu.

What Zhou Yan didn’t know was that it was Shu Yuanxia who took the initiative to propose the blind date.

After watching Zhou Yan's performance that time, Shu Yuanxia decided that he would be her son-in-law. Unfortunately, the plan did not work out, and Shu Yuanxia felt sorry for a long time, after all, it would be difficult to find such a good son-in-law even with a lantern.

"Aunt Shu." Zhou Yan greeted her politely.

Shu Yuanxia smiled and said, "I have seen you before, but I was offstage and you were onstage. Are you going to be onstage today?"

"Today, I am just like you, Auntie, and I am also a spectator in the audience."

"That's a pity. I really want to see you perform on stage. Your last performance left a deep impression on me. What have you been busy with recently? I haven't heard about any news about your performance."

Li Xianglan smiled and said, "Yuanxia, ​​you are out of date. It's not that Xiaoyan doesn't have performances, but his recent performances are all abroad. He is doing very well abroad now."

"We need to develop overseas, and we also need to develop domestically. We can't favor one over the other. When you have a performance in Yanjing next time, remember to tell me and I will definitely go to support you."

"Oh, you're still showing your support. You want to ask Xiaoyan for tickets, right? Tickets for his concert are hard to buy."

"Haha, Xiaoyan calls me auntie, so it's not too much for me to ask for a ticket, right?"

Zhou Yan said quickly, "That's not too much, that's not too much. Next time I perform in Yanjing, I will definitely keep the tickets for you."

“There really is a performance recently.”

"Not recently, but there should be some next spring."

“It takes that long to wait.”

Li Xianglan smiled and said, "Just wait, it's better than nothing."

"Yeah, that's right." Shu Yuanxia nodded, "I'll make a note of this. If I don't receive the ticket by then, my aunt will be unhappy."

"Don't worry, Auntie. Just tell me how many tickets you need and I'll arrange them for you."

"That's good."

……

They chatted for a while, and more and more people came into the hall. They stood in the aisle and it was a bit of a hindrance to others to pass through. Li Xianglan pulled Shu Yuanxia, ​​said hello to Zhou Yan, and went to find their seats.

Shen Siyuan wanted to pull Zhou Yan aside to chat for a while, but he had no reason to do so, and he could see that Zhou Yan didn't want to talk to him, so he had to give up.

After Shu Yuanxia and Li Xianglan found their seats, Shu Yuanxia turned around to look in Zhou Yan's direction and couldn't help but say, "The more I look at Zhou Yan, the more I like him. It's a pity that he and our Xiaoqin don't like each other. Otherwise, he would be my son-in-law now."

Li Xianglan laughed and said, "You were too impatient at the time. Xiaoqin was still in school, and you were busy arranging a blind date for her."

"You have to be impatient. The good boys are snatched away early. If you act a little later, you will only be able to pick up what others have left."

Li Xianglan curled her lips, "Times have changed. Children are getting married later and later now. Not to mention after the age of 25, even getting married after the age of 30 is gradually becoming normal. The granddaughter of the old Hu family is already 31 this year, but she is still not married. And the second grandson of the old Xie family is about to turn 30."

"I don't object to getting married at 30, but it's not okay to find a partner after 30. The first 30 years are the prime of a person's life. If you don't look for a partner now, how can you find a good one after 30?" Shu Yuanxia rolled her eyes and then asked, "Is Xiaoyan still not married?"

"Of course not. If he was getting married, would your family not have received an invitation?"

"That's true." Shu Yuanxia nodded.

Her father Shu Jianghuai used to be a subordinate of Zhou Minnong. Although the two families have not had much contact in recent years, they still exchange gifts. When their eldest grandson Zhou Yu got married, he sent an invitation to the Shu family.

If Zhou Yan gets married, he will definitely send an invitation to their family.

"Among the children of this generation of the Zhou family, only Zhou Yu is married, the others are not." Li Xianglan said.

Shu Yuanxia rolled her eyes and said, "Xiang Lan, if I ask Qinqin to contact Zhou Yan more now, will this be possible?"

Li Xianglan felt that this was not very reliable, but seeing that Shu Yuanxia was very enthusiastic, she did not want to pour cold water on it: "In theory, Qinqin and Zhou Yan are not married, so it is definitely possible. But your Qinqin has many ideas, so you should ask her opinion. It's useless for you to worry too much."

Speaking of her own daughter, Shu Yuanxia sighed, "This girl is indeed very opinionated, which is a good thing, but she is too opinionated. She doesn't want to listen to me and her father."

Li Xianglan said with a smile, "You are just not satisfied. Qinqin is not only satisfied, but also doesn't let you worry."

"Other matters are indeed not something we have to worry about, except for this important matter of marriage..."

"Qinqin is only 24 years old. It's too early for you to worry about her."

"If you don't worry about the future, you will have immediate worries. If you don't worry about it when you are 24, it will be too late in a few years."

……

Many people Zhou Yan knew came to the scene today. He had been sitting in his seat for less than half an hour when he met seven or eight people who greeted him.

Some are friends in the same industry, and some are just old friends.

Guo Wenjing also came and sat in Zhou Yan's row, just a few seats away from him. (End of this chapter)