1990: Starting from Baojia Street
Chapter 544 Earn an extra song
Leslie Cheung is idle, naturally not because he can't get a job, but because he feels a little tired in the past two years and wants to take a break.
Speaking of which, Leslie Cheung is over forty years old this year. Although he has only been a few years since filming "Farewell My Concubine", his energy is already very different from that time.
When filming "Farewell My Concubine", he felt that he still had endless energy to use, but over the past few years, he obviously felt that he was not as good as before.
In order to play Cheng Dieyi well, he not only practiced Mandarin hard every day, but also practiced Peking Opera hard, and had very little rest time.
But now, if he was asked to play a role that required him to work so hard like Cheng Dieyi, he might be willing, but he might not have such confidence.
Some characters don’t fight when they are young, and when they get older, they won’t fight.
Leslie Cheung felt that he was about to be unable to fight, but fortunately he had already fought what he should have.
Since Leslie Cheung said he had time to come, Zhou Yan didn't ask again, but just smiled and said, "I will definitely keep the ticket for you, but when the time comes, you will have to take care of yourself. I'm busy those days and don't have much time to take care of you. .”
Leslie Cheung laughed, "I am not the only acquaintance in Yanjing, and then several of us will not need to worry about it, don't worry."
Zhou Yan nodded. Leslie Cheung has been in Yanjing for a long time and has known a lot of people, so he really doesn't need to take care of him.
"Okay, you can arrange it yourself then, but you can contact me anytime if you need it."
"no problem."
After hanging up Leslie Cheung's phone call, Zhou Yan took out a notebook from the drawer and wrote down Leslie Cheung's two tickets.
Zhou Yan held a concert in Yanjing, and it was almost inevitable that someone would come to ask for a ticket.
And this time I was in Taimiao, and the attention was very high, so there must be more people asking for votes.
However, this time they planned to set up three thousand seats in Taimiao, and there were nine thousand seats in three consecutive sessions, so it would not be burdened to send tickets.
They were originally planning to arrange more seats, but after comprehensive consideration, they would only make 3,000 seats, otherwise the effect would be greatly reduced.
The budget for building a stage in Taimiao this time is higher than Zhou Yan expected, about 12 million yuan, and the cost per game is 4 million yuan.
This is just the cost of on-site arrangement, as well as ticketing, publicity, personnel and other expenses.
Of course, ticketing can be ignored, let alone publicity. CCTV contracted all the publicity work of the concert this time, and the studio did not need to spend a penny on publicity.
Nowadays, there is no publicity channel in the country that can compare with CCTV.
Therefore, the majority of other expenses is the attendance fee of the personnel.
Although the performance team is all from Zhou Yan's own studio, he will not give any less money. When ordinary bands go out to perform, Zhou Yan will give them as much as the appearance fee.
The ticket revenue is about 300,000 yuan per game, which is not enough to be one-tenth of the cost.
So in this case, it will be no more or less to set the seats.
After writing down Leslie Cheung's name, Zhou Yan called Xu Xiangjie again.
Normally, Zhou Yan would not call them at this point, but today the situation is special. He also knew that Xu Xiangjie must have not been asleep yet, so he made this call.
I made this call mainly to ask about Wang Lihong’s situation.
Jeff Brown invited Wang Lihong to participate in the performance of Backstreet Boys today. This is also the first time that Wang Lihong has made a debut in Europe and the United States. Zhou Yan pays special attention.
It's still morning in Los Angeles, and there's still a while before the performance. Xu Xiangjie has been paying attention and everything is normal.
After hearing that everything was normal, Zhou Yan didn't ask anything else and hung up the phone.
He could not have been waiting for the night to keep sleeping in order to pay attention to Wang Lihong's dynamics. If the specific situation is, he would be fine if he asked about it tomorrow morning.
...
Backstreet Boys' performance today was held at the Hollywood Amphitheater. Although the venue is not very large, with less than 20,000 seats, the performances here are usually very popular because of Hollywood's special geographical location.
Nowadays, the popularity of the boys in the street is definitely the number one boy group in North America. No matter where they perform, they don’t have to worry about the box office. There are less than 20,000 venues like this, and they are in Hollywood, so there is no need to worry about it.
As Zhou Yan’s music fans and also a fan of the Backstreet Boys, Jessica and Hardison naturally could not miss this concert.
Long before the concert was released, they bought two front tickets.
This afternoon, they also came here early in the morning and the first batch of ticket checks entered the venue.
After entering the venue, Hardison looked around and smiled, "I heard that there were special guests coming today, and I don't know who it would be."
"Is that?" Jessica said curiously.
Although she is a fan, she rarely pays attention to these news.
Hardison nodded with a smile, "Well, I heard many people say this, but the official did not announce who the special guest was. Some people speculate that it might be Maria Carey, because Maria Carey two days ago Appearing in Los Angeles…but Maria Carey already has a house in Los Angeles, so it’s not surprising that she appears here.”
"That would be Y." Jessica smiled.
Even though she said that, she knew in her heart that this was impossible.
Y has never appeared at anyone's concert... Even Maria Carey, who works the most with Zhou Yan, has never invited Y.
In fact, Y rarely comes to the United States. Every time he comes, he basically has a concert to hold or promotes a movie. He rarely appears in other occasions.
Moreover, if Y can really be invited as a guest, why not promote it in advance?
With Y's current popularity, it will definitely be good for the Backstreet Boys.
A few days ago, Y's new song "All of Me" written for Celine Dion became popular in the United States again. This song can be heard everywhere during this period, and there are many covers.
On the way to the Hollywood Bowl today, Jessica and the others heard a street artist singing "All of Me".
Y is like a legend in the North American music circle. Every song he wrote is a big hit, and none of them is a small hit.
Hardison also knew that Jessica was just talking casually, and he didn't believe that Y could come to the scene.
"The media reported that there are many songs in "About Time". I wonder if the Backstreet Boys can sing one. Until now, we have only heard "All of Me". It's so anxious."
Jessica nodded, "We could have heard the second song yesterday."
When "All of Me" first became popular, there was a message that a singer named Leehom Wang was about to release a new song "How Long Will I Love You", which is the theme song of "About Time".
Originally, the announcement said that the song would be released on the 15th.
But some time ago, there was suddenly another announcement that the release of the song would be delayed, and there was no explanation.
The good news is that the delay is not long, only two days, and they can still hear the song on the 17th, which is tomorrow.
Hardison smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, it's only delayed for two days, and you can listen to it tomorrow."
"Yeah." Jessica nodded, and then they didn't talk about this topic again.
After about half an hour, the concert finally started.
Backstreet Boys are getting older and better, and their performances are getting better and better. The performances are very exciting, and everyone likes the songs they sing.
Especially the popular songs "We Are Young" and "Yellow", which are basically sung in every concert.
The atmosphere was very good and the audience enjoyed it very much.
When the concert was coming to an end, "Yellow" was over, and they did not start the next program immediately. Nick took the microphone and said with a smile: "From everyone's chorus, I heard your love for this song. I believe that many people here know us through this song."
When Nick said this, many people at the scene couldn't help but nod.
"Yellow" can definitely be said to be the famous work of Backstreet Boys. It is because of this song that they have entered the public's field of vision.
No mistakes in one song, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar, and one look!
Up to now, among their many songs, "Yellow" still ranks first in terms of playback volume.
You know, "We Are Young" is New Balance's advertising song. At that time, the brand promoted it heavily and this song could be heard everywhere. New Balance is still using this song.
In addition, some sports programs and inspirational programs also like to use "We Are Young" as background music.
But even so, the number of plays of "We Are Young" is still not as high as "Yellow".
Although "Yellow" did not win the North American champion single that year, its subsequent performance was very good and it has been a hot song for so many years.
As Nick said, the first song that many people heard from the Backstreet Boys was "Yellow".
After seeing the response from the audience, Nick smiled and continued, "This is the first song Y wrote for us. Interestingly, the first letter of this song is also Y, haha... I still remember when I first heard the melody of this song, my tears almost flowed down. At that time, I couldn't even believe that we could sing this song..."
Nick said it sincerely, and the audience also sighed a little. Many of them have watched the Backstreet Boys come to where they are today. Obviously, Y is an indispensable noble person on their growth path.
Jessica looked at Nick who was emotional on the stage. Although she was also very moved, she was confused.
Why did Nick suddenly confess to Y today? There was no such link in the previous concerts.
The members of the Backstreet Boys are grateful. They often mention Y's name on TV programs and thank Y for their help.
But in occasions like concerts, they will not say these things, and even...somewhat inexplicable.
But soon, Jessica knew the reason.
Nick didn't talk for too long. After chatting for a while, he smiled and said, "Next, I will invite a mysterious guest to bring you a good song. Let's welcome him with applause - Leehom Wang!"
When the name "Leehom Wang" appeared, the audience reacted differently.
Some people didn't pay attention to the news of the new song and were very unfamiliar with this name, so they wondered: Who is this person?
Some people may have heard related news before, but they can't remember clearly, so they feel that the name is familiar, but they just can't remember where they heard it.
Some others know about the new song, so they are very surprised to hear the name.
Jessica and Hardison are like this, they almost stood up.
"Is it a new song?!" Hardison asked loudly.
Many people have the same question as him, will this Wang sing a new song? If he sings, it means that they can hear the new song in advance.
Nick stood on the stage with the members, and after a while, a young man holding a guitar ran up.
"Hello everyone, I am Leehom Wang." Wang Lihong simply introduced himself without saying too much.
Nick smiled, "Wang, can you tell us what the song you are going to sing next is called?"
"The name of this song is "How Long Will I Love You", I hope everyone will like it."
Nick helped introduce, "This song is the theme song of Y's new movie "About Time", and Wang is the original singer. Okay, let's not waste time, let's start."
Wang Lihong nodded and walked to the front with his guitar.
After a simple solo, Wang Lihong spoke.
"How Long Will I Love You?"
When Wang Lihong spoke, the members of the Backstreet Boys were not idle either, they all helped Wang Lihong with the harmony.
The version they sang today was the version sung by the street artists in the movie Subway. It sounded lighter, and with the harmony of the Backstreet Boys, it added a bit of special flavor.
The most memorable part of this song is "How Long Will I Love You", and this sentence is placed in the first sentence, so this song can catch people's ears from the first sentence.
Therefore, when the first sentence came out, many audiences had goosebumps.
Some even exclaimed.
"Wow!"
The melody, lyrics, and emotions of this song are all given directly, and the audience does not need to think deeply at all, they can directly feel the emotions of this song and fall into it.
Moreover, although the lyrics and melody of this song seem simple, the layers are still very rich. The more you listen to it, the more you feel the urgency to grasp happiness.
Jessica sat in her seat, a little absent-minded. She passively emptied herself, and the moving melody was still drilling into her ears.
She felt that she had to say sorry to "Yellow". At least tonight, her favorite song was "How Will I Love You".
She also had to say sorry to Backstreet Boys. Her favorite singer today was Leehom Wang.
She originally thought that she would have to wait until tomorrow to hear the new song, but she didn't expect to have such a surprise at the Backstreet Boys' concert.
And Y really didn't disappoint her. This song was no worse than "All of Me".
She said before that it was worth watching "About Time" just for the song "All of Me".
And now she wants to say that watching "About Time" can at least earn you one more song. (End of this chapter)
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