Chapter 315 Do You Know Zhou Yan?

The two chatted for a long time. Wang Zuxian finally asked Zhou Yan what things he should bring before reluctantly hanging up the phone.

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yan called Tomson's music department.

Tomson is a film company, but for Zhou Yan, they set up a separate music business department. Now this department mainly serves Zhou Yan and Yangyin students.

Department head Liang Youxing was very happy to receive a call from Zhou Yan, because under normal circumstances, if Zhou Yan had anything to do, he would either contact Xu Feng or Zhang Youan, and rarely contact him as the department head.

The key is that their department's main service provider is Zhou Yan, and Zhou Yan never comes to him, which makes him feel that he is of no use as a supervisor.

If he cannot reflect his value, he will feel insecure. He always feels that he may lose his job at any time.

"Teacher Zhou, what are your orders?"

Zhou Yan went straight to the topic and asked, "Did a neon record company contact you and want to buy the song "Snow Flower" to write the lyrics?"

Liang Youxing smiled and said, "Teacher Zhou, I can't count the number of Neon Records companies that contacted us about buying this piece to make it into a song. I don't know which company you're talking about."

"MCA-VICTOR." Zhou Yan said the name of the record company.

Liang Youxing thought for a while and said, "There seems to be such a company. Although this company is not well-known, they said they wanted to buy it for Akina Nakamori to sing, so I have some impressions. What's wrong with this company?"

"Let's talk to them. If the conditions are similar, I'll give them "Snow Flower", but make sure to sing it to Akina Nakamori."

"Okay, no problem, I'll contact them right away."

Liang Youxing was quite surprised by Zhou Yan's decision. Before, he thought Zhou Yan would give the song to Kudo Shizuka again, but he didn't expect that he would name Nakamori Akina.

Akina Nakamori is indeed a good neon singer, but her development has not been very good in the past few years. The sales of the records she released in the past two years were not satisfactory.

Whether it is due to personal relationship or commercial value considerations, it is better to give the song to Kudo Shizuka than to Nakamori Akina.

Of course, no matter how hard he understood it, Liang Youxing would not raise any objections.

Teacher Zhou finally asked him to do something, so of course he had to do it smoothly. Moreover, Zhou Yan wrote this piece of music. Zhou Yan could give it to whoever he wanted, and he had no control over it.

Not to mention that he couldn't control it, even if their boss, Mr. Xu, came, he still couldn't control Zhou Yan.

Although Zhou Yan has a management contract with their company, Tomson, the company basically has no binding force on Zhou Yan. Both parties have an equal cooperative relationship. If Zhou Yan becomes unhappy one day, and if he quits, there is nothing Tangson can do.

In Liang Youxing's eyes, Zhou Yan is not just a director or musician signed by Tomson, he is even the boss.

"It's done, please tell me."

"Teacher Zhou, you are too polite. I will definitely report to you when things are done."

"okay……"

Zhou Yan was about to hang up the phone when Liang Youxing said quickly, "Teacher Zhou, Nakamori Akina has not signed with a regular agency now. Do you think we should sign her?"

Zhou Yan was stunned for a moment. He didn't quite understand why Liang Youxian wanted to tell him this. There was no need to report to him any artist Tang Chen wanted to sign.

It seems that Liang Youxing is really in a hurry. The music department wants to expand the size of their department, which is not a matter of a day or two. However, Xu Feng has no ambitions for the music career and just wants to serve Zhou Yan well. Just a studio.

As for Zhou Yan, his music career does not entirely rely on Tomson Company. His own studio can do many things, and there are also some things that Zhou Entertainment can do.

When there is a need to sign someone, Zhou Yan will go to Zhou Hong instead of Xu Feng.

"Director Liang, I think you should ask Mr. Xu about this matter," Zhou Yan said.

Liang Youxing was not disappointed, or he was used to being disappointed. He had mentioned the expansion of the music business department to Xu Feng before, but Xu Feng had never been interested.

The main reason was that this time Zhou Yan took the initiative to call him and asked him to contact the record company that Akina Nakamori was signed to, and he happened to remember that Akina Nakamori was not signed to a regular agency, so he thought of it and mentioned it casually.

"Okay, I'll ask Mr. Xu later."

"Well, okay, I'll wait for your news about MCA."

"Teacher Zhou, don't worry."

…

Liang Youxing hung up Zhou Yan's phone, and asked his assistant to bring over the memo that had recently contacted them to invite them to sing. He found the contact information of MCA-VICTOR in it, and then dialed it directly.

The call went directly to the office of Shinji Aikawa, general manager of MCA-VITCOR. Shinji Aikawa answered the phone and said, "Moses Moses."

Liang Youxing replied in English, "Hello, I am Liang Youxing, the director of the music division of Tomson Company. Your company contacted us some time ago and wants to buy the song "Snow Flowers". I am calling you this time. To talk about this.”

When Shinji Aikawa heard this, he almost stood up from his chair with joy.

He sat up straight and said, "Hello, I am Shinji Aikawa, the general manager of MCA. You can talk to me directly about this matter. Has Mr. Zhou Yan agreed to hand over the song to us?"

"First of all, we have to make sure of one thing. This song will be sung by Akina Nakamori." Liang Youxing said.

Shinji Aikawa immediately said, "Of course, we bought this song just for her."

"Well, we will write this in the contract, and then let's talk about the conditions."

"No problem. If you have any conditions, please just mention them."

"OK……"

After that, Liang Youxing roughly stated the conditions to Aikawa Shinji, including copyright distribution and remuneration. When Zhou Yan sells songs, he basically emphasizes copyright over one-time remuneration.

The conditions given to MCA this time are also the same. The remuneration is not much, mainly because the copyright regulations are relatively strict.

Aikawa Shinji fully accepted the conditions proposed by Liang Youxing. For a small record company like theirs, getting Zhou Yan's music was completely pie-in-the-sky, so what conditions could be negotiated.

Furthermore, the conditions proposed by Tomson are not very harsh. Although the copyright regulations are relatively strict, they are still within a reasonable range, and the remuneration is not much. This condition is very suitable for a small company like theirs. , because it can reduce costs to a great extent.

Shinji Aikawa doesn't think they can eat well with Akina Nakamori.

In recent years, Akina Nakamori has been unable to sign with major record companies due to various reasons, otherwise it would not be possible for them to be cheaper.

After signing Akina Nakamori, MCA also worked very hard to bring Akina Nakamori back to life, but their efforts had no effect.

This time when Akina Nakamori was asked to sing, Shinji Aikawa just wanted to give it a try. Who would have thought that Tomson would actually come?

It seems that Nakamori Akina's name can still be of some use.

Liang Youxing was not surprised to hear that Shinji Aikawa agreed to all the conditions so quickly. After all, neither Akina Nakamori nor MCA had the capital to condition them.

"We will draw up a specific contract here. If you have no problem with it, you can sign it. Oh, by the way, there is one more thing. After you fill in the lyrics, you need to pass Zhou Yan's review. Only he agrees. Only then can the songs be recorded and released.”

"no problem."

Shinji Aikawa also agreed to this condition. In his opinion, this was not a condition that bound them, but a benefit.

After agreeing on a date to sign the contract, the two hung up the phone.

Aikawa Shinji immediately called Nakamori Akina.

When she received the call, Akina Nakamori was sitting in front of the window, staring out the window in a daze.

Now when she has nothing to do, she likes to sit alone in front of the window, doing nothing, just being in a daze.

There was a time before that she also liked to sit in front of the window, but she would always hold a bottle of wine in her hand. During that time, she was in a bad state and could only use wine to numb herself every day.

Now she also wants to drink, but she can control it.

"Mingcai, there's news from Tomson. They agreed to give you "Snow Flower" to sing. We've roughly reached an agreement. I'm going to find someone to write the lyrics right away. Once the lyrics are completed, you can Ready to sing."

Nakamori Akina's eyes looked out the window with a glimmer of light. She didn't expect that this thing would really happen.

"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Aikawa." Akina Nakamori thanked her.

"You're welcome, Akina, this is a good opportunity to sing "Snow Flower", you must seize it."

"I understand."

"Well, I hope it goes well this time." Shinji Aikawa smiled and asked, "Akina, do you know Zhou Yan?"

The reason why Aikawa Shinji asked this was because Nakamori Akina took the initiative to invite the song. For Nakamori Akina, this behavior was somewhat abnormal.

Shinji Aikawa didn't take it seriously before, but Akina Nakamori had been dormant for a long time and was anxious to make a comeback. In addition, "Snow Flower" is a really good song, so it's normal for her to want to sing it.

But the moment he hung up the phone with Liang Youxing, he suddenly felt something was wrong, because Tang Chen was too straightforward.

Two abnormal things came together, and it was difficult for him not to associate them.

After much thought, he could only think of the possibility that Akina Nakamori and Zhou Yan knew each other.

However, he was a little confused because he had never heard that Akina Nakamori knew Zhou Yan. Although Zhou Yan was famous in Neon, Zhou Yan had no interaction with the artists here.

The only one who has more interactions is probably Kudo Shizuka.

Moreover, if the two of them knew each other, why not contact them directly instead of contacting Tomson Company?

Akina Nakamori said very honestly, "I think we know each other. We met once."

"Did we only meet once?"

"Um."

After hearing what Nakamori Akina said, Aikawa Shinji didn't ask any more questions, just smiled and said, "No matter what, just be prepared."

After hanging up the phone, Akina Nakamori was still staring out the window in a daze.

Perhaps Zhou Yan was willing to give her "Snow Flower" because of Jingxiang, because it was Jingxiang who suggested that she ask MCA to invite Tomson to sing.

It seems that the relationship between Shizuka and Zhou Yan is indeed very good, and it can influence Zhou Yan's decision-making.

After being in a daze for a while, she suddenly stood up and opened the window, breathing in the fresh air blowing in from the window. She felt that the sky was much brighter.

…

When Zhou Yan arrived in Los Angeles, it was already noon local time.

Bregman took his arrival very seriously and even came to pick him up personally.

After meeting, Bregman shook Zhou Yan's hand and said happily, "I have good news for you. The global box office of "The Sixth Sense" has exceeded 300 million US dollars."

Zhou Yan smiled and nodded, "This is indeed good news."

"The Sixth Sense" has been released in some European countries, and the box office performance is also very good. It is a foregone conclusion that the global box office will exceed 300 million US dollars.

And according to Columbia's own prediction, there is no problem for the global box office of this movie to exceed 400 million US dollars.

"Why do I feel that you are not excited at all?"

Zhou Yan shrugged, "I am very excited."

"I can only say that your way of expressing excitement is very special." Bregman smiled, "The celebration party will start tomorrow evening, and you still have a day and a half to rest. I will take you to the hotel first. You can tell me if you need anything."

"Nothing, I still have some things to do. In fact, you can send someone else to pick me up."

"Oh, are you going to meet Director Cameron?"

Zhou Yan smiled, did not answer this question, and asked Bregman instead, "Is there any special process for tomorrow's dinner?"

"Except for the interview session with reporters, there is nothing special, and don't worry, there are not many media reporters invited this time. Catherine and Kevin are staying in the same hotel with you. Do you want to meet them in advance?"

Zhou Yan shook his head, "Let's meet at the dinner tomorrow."

"Well, okay, let's go to the hotel first."

Zhou Yan said that he would see Catherine and the others tomorrow, but the two of them ran into Catherine in the lobby as soon as they arrived at the hotel.

The weather was hot, and Catherine was wearing a cool green tube-top skirt that perfectly outlined her figure. She looked thin, but unexpectedly she was quite curvy.

Although Zhou Yan didn't like the color of the skirt, he still thought it was good.

Catherine was very happy to meet Zhou Yan and Bregman, and greeted them with a smile, "Mr. Bregman, Y, what a coincidence, did Y just come?"

Bregman nodded with a smile, "Yes, I just picked him up from the airport."

Zhou Yan also smiled and greeted, "Long time no see, Catherine."

"Yes, long time no see, I'm also very happy to hear that you are coming to the cocktail party."

Catherine was grateful to Zhou Yan. With the popularity of "The Sixth Sense", she finally gained a foothold in Hollywood.

At that time, Zhou Yan recommended her to play the leading role. Although she didn't know why Zhou Yan recommended her, without Zhou Yan, she might still be worried about getting a role. It's not like now, with all kinds of scripts coming to her every day, and the media who want to interview her are lining up. (End of this chapter)