Chapter 341 Old Friends and New Friends

In the afternoon of the next day, Zhou Yan led the piano orchestra to Xiangjiang.

As soon as they arrived at the arrival hall, they saw a group of people holding signs such as "Piano Boy" and "Zhou Yan", standing outside the line and looking forward to it.

Seeing these music fans picking up the airport, Ma Dongfang asked unexpectedly, "Are we so famous in Hong Kong?"

Xiangjiang and Taiwan were the first places where they held concerts, and the results were good. However, they have not been here for a long time, and they did not expect that so many people would come to pick them up this time.

They were on a chartered flight, and this group was all members of their band. There was no need to look for people to pick them up. When they saw people coming out, they would start waving signs and shouting the names of "Piano Boy" and Zhou Yan.

In addition to the music fans who picked him up at the airport, there were also many local media reporters, all holding long guns and short cannons. As soon as they saw Zhou Yan appearing, they started to press the shutter frantically.

Although Zhou Yan has not been to Hong Kong for a long time, his reputation in Hong Kong is getting higher and higher. His last movie "The Sixth Sense" performed very well at the box office in Hong Kong.

The remake of "The Sixth Sense" has grossed more than 400 million US dollars at the global box office and caused an uproar in Hong Kong.

In addition, Zhou Yan won the Special Jury Prize at the Berlin Film Festival and the Oscar for Best Score. He is already an international star in the eyes of Hong Kong people.

So this time Zhou Yan came to Xiangjiang, all parties paid great attention to it. Some of the media that came were related to music, some were related to film and television, and of course, there were also a large number of gossip and entertainment news.

Originally, Zhou Yan planned to leave directly, but seeing that there were many music fans coming, he still came closer to say hello to them.

It doesn't matter to him. The key is that he has brought these members of the band with him, and he still needs to get closer to the fans.

If the Piano Boy Band wants to go far, he cannot be the only one to become famous. In the future, Piano Boy will not be able to follow him all the time when he tours.

As soon as Zhou Yan came closer, a reporter eagerly stretched out the microphone in his direction, "Mr. Zhou, how do you feel about coming to Xiangjiang again after such a long time?"

Hearing this question, Zhou Yan smiled and said, "I just got off the plane. It's too early to express my thoughts. You'd better wait for me to stay for a while before answering your question."

"Xiangjiang is the first stop of this Piano Youth Orchestra tour. Does it have any special meaning? Is it related to the handover next year?"

Zhou Yan raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect the reporter to associate the tour with next year's return.

However, it is understandable for reporters to ask.

In 1984, China and Britain signed a joint declaration, confirming that China would resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong on July 1, 1997. As the time gets closer, the entire Hong Kong is paying close attention to this matter, so anything may go here. Think about it.

The Piano Youth Orchestra's tour this time has nothing to do with their return. Zhou Yan definitely can't force it, but he can't just say it doesn't matter.

After thinking about it, Zhou Yan replied, "Hangjiang has always been a city that I like very much. I have many good friends here, so when I decided on the itinerary for this tour, I put Xiangjiang first. Before coming , I also talked on the phone with Sister Amei and Guorong. We haven’t seen each other for a long time, so we just took this opportunity to get together. "

Seeing that Zhou Yan did not talk about his return, the reporter asked, "Can you talk about the handover next year? What changes do you think will happen to Xiangjiang after the handover next year?"

Zhou Yan immediately said, "There is no doubt that after the return, Xiangjiang will get better and better. First of all, I would like to congratulate all the compatriots, because starting from July 1st next year, you will truly become the masters of the land of China. I I believe that all Xiangjiang people who truly love Xiangjiang will be happy about this.”

"Can we talk about the one country, two systems policy?"

Zhou Yan rolled his eyes and looked at the reporter who asked the question, thinking to himself, you must be trying to mess with me.

If the other party was a reporter from a serious political media, Zhou Yan would not mind having a "discussion" on the spot, but the other party was an entertainment reporter, and Zhou Yan had no time to answer him.

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "We are here to hold a concert this time. It is not a political visit. I still hope that everyone will ask more questions related to music. Xiangjiang is a city with a strong music atmosphere. The people of Xiangjiang We also generally have a very high musical aesthetic, and I believe everyone will pay more attention to our music.”

At this point, Zhou Yan asked the fans next to him in less than standard Cantonese, "You guys said, right?"

When they heard Zhou Yan talking to them in Cantonese, the fans were very excited and responded loudly, "That's right!"

“Ask more questions about music.”

"Zhou Yan, sign me, I love you."

"I will always support you."

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Zhou Yan also took advantage of the opportunity to get in front of a music fan, took the album and pen from the other person's hand, and signed his name with a swish of a swish.

As soon as Zhou Yan was signing autographs, other music fans also screamed and crowded over, pushing the reporters who were originally gathered in front to the side.

Although there were a lot of reporters, the number was far outnumbered by the fans who came to pick them up. They wanted to hold on to their position, but they quickly lost it.

Zhou Yan took the album autographs handed over by fans and led the band members towards the exit.

It took a long time to finally reach the exit.

After arriving at the exit, Zhou Yan waved to the fans without further delay, and then left under the guidance of the staff.

After getting in the car, Ma Dongfang still looked excited, "The music fans in Xiangjiang are so enthusiastic. Some people asked me for my autograph just now."

There were too many fans at the scene, so it was impossible for everyone to get Zhou Yan's autograph. Some fans were smarter and asked other band members for autographs, and they basically got them, which was not in vain.

Ma Dongfang loves to be in the limelight. I just saw reporters and music fans moving closer to Zhou Yan, so besides Zhou Yan, he also signed the most autographs.

In fact, Ma Dongfang is quite famous in the mainland. Anyone who knows a little bit about the Piano Youth Orchestra knows about Ma Dongfang. In addition to Ma Dongfang, conductor Yue Lin and principal piano Zhang Zuoquan have also attracted much attention.

Seeing Ma Dongfang's excited look, Zhou Yan smiled. After this concert tour, there will be more fans asking for their autographs.

Their concert tour this time has a total of four concerts in Hong Kong, which are also four days in a row, starting the day after tomorrow and ending on the 18th.

They will arrive in Taiwan on the 19th. There are also four games in Taiwan, starting on the 21st and ending on the 24th. Then they will fly to the United States on the 26th and start in New York on the 31st. ’s first concert.

Generally speaking, although there are quite a few performances, it is not really rushed because they are concentrated in two concert halls.

It is difficult to sell tickets for this kind of back-to-back concerts, but the tickets for this concert tour were sold out not long after they started to be sold out, so there is no need to worry about not selling out the tickets.

Not only did the tickets for Hong Kong and Taiwan sell well, but the tickets for the next ten concerts in New York, Washington, and Colombia have also been almost sold out.

When he arrived at the hotel where he was staying, it was already past four o'clock in the afternoon. As soon as Zhou Yan took out the clothes in his suitcase and hung them up, the mobile phone given to him by the staff rang.

This mobile phone was specially arranged for him by Zhang Youan for his visit to Hong Kong. Very few people knew the phone number. Apart from Zhang Youan and other staff members, only Anita Mui and Wang Zuxian knew it.

Zhou Yan guessed it was Wang Zuxian's call, but when he answered the phone, he heard Anita Mui's voice.

"Ayan, have you arrived at the hotel?"

"Well, we just arrived. What instructions does Sister Amei have?"

"Come here and play mahjong. I've sent someone to pick you up."

Zhou Yan looked surprised, "Where are you going to play mahjong?"

"I told you, you don't know. Anyway, someone will pick you up soon, so just follow. Many old friends are here, as well as new ones."

Zhou Yan curled his lips and listened to Anita Mui talking, she really looked like a big sister.

But he didn't ask any more questions, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll see you later."

Before coming to Xiangjiang, Anita Mui said on the phone that she would find a chance to meet, but Zhou Yan didn't expect that Anita Mui's phone call would come as soon as he arrived, and she also asked him to play mahjong.

I don’t know why I called him when playing mahjong. This is not something he is good at.

Not long after Anita Mui hung up the phone, someone came to pick up Zhou Yan.

She was Anita Mui's assistant, whom Zhou Yan had met before.

In the car, Zhou Yan asked his assistant who was there today, but the assistant said that he didn't know. Anita Mui only asked him to pick up Zhou Yan and gave no other instructions. After sending Zhou Yan to the place, he left.

Zhou Yan was not familiar with Xiangjiang either. Looking at the street scene along the way, he had no idea where he was being taken.

Their final destination was a building that was not too tall. It looked like a hotel, but there was no sign at the door. It should be a private club or something like that.

After the assistant brought Zhou Yan to the lobby, he handed him over to the waiter at the club, who then took him to the door of a private room.

The waiter pressed the doorbell, and soon the door opened from the inside. It was Zhang Manyu who opened the door.

Seeing Zhou Yan, Zhang Manyu turned around and shouted, "The third brother is here."

Zhang Manyu has always been called Brother Zhou Yan, and she learned it from Wang Zuxian before.

Then she took Zhou Yan's arm and led him in, "Everyone is waiting for you."

Entering the room, Zhou Yan took a quick glance. The room was very large, about one or two hundred square meters. It was divided into three areas. There was a set of sofas and coffee tables on the far left, a large round table in the middle, and a mahjong table on the far right. It looked like Like a large hotel box.

As soon as he entered, everyone in the room greeted him one after another. Before he could respond one by one, Anita Mui, who was sitting at the mahjong table, smiled and said, "Ayan, if you want to come and touch a few, I will make room for you."

Zhou Yan waved his hand and said, "Forget it, I'm not good at this. I only serve money as a gift."

Hearing what Zhou Yan said, Leslie Cheung, who was sitting opposite Anita Mui, smiled and said, "Then you should come."

"Ayan finally came to Xiangjiang, and you still want to win his money."

Anita Mui smiled and stood up. After all, she had saved up for today's game. Zhou Yan arrived, so of course she couldn't sit still: "There are new friends today, let me introduce them to you."

Apart from Zhou Yan, there were nine people in the room, most of whom were acquaintances. There were only three people Zhou Yan had not interacted with before, namely Lin Qingxia, Carina Lau and Faye Wong from mainland China.

When Faye Wong was introduced, Anita Mui said with a smile, "We were all surprised when Faye said that you two didn't know each other before. After all, you are both in Yanjing and you have never met each other."

Faye Wong smiled and said, "I have always wanted to meet Teacher Zhou, but I never found the opportunity."

"I don't dare to be a teacher. If you want to see me, my studio welcomes you at any time."

"We met today." Anita Mui laughed, "Ah Yan, if you have any good songs in the future, think about asking our Ah Fei."

Carina Lau smiled and said, "I heard that it is difficult to invite Director Zhou's songs now."

Zhang Xueyou nodded on the other side, indicating his approval, "Indeed, I wanted to ask A Yan to invite a song for my new album, but I never got it."

Zhang Xueyou had worked with Zhou Yan once before, and Zhou Yan wrote two songs for him, one was a solo "Messy Hair" and the other was a duet with Sandy Lam "Why Do I Love You So Much".

Although these two songs were not as popular as "If Love Has Destiny" and other songs, they were also very popular, especially in KTV.

Later, PolyGram did often help Zhang Xueyou to invite songs from Zhou Yan, but Zhou Yan never agreed.

Wang Zuxian had been sitting on the sofa, but now she came over and said with a smile, "I'll give you a tip. Don't ask for songs. Just listen to his new album or the movie with the soundtrack. If you see something suitable to be made into a song, ask for it."

Just now, Zhou Yan saw Wang Zuxian when he came in. Before they could exchange any glances, they were interrupted by Anita Mui.

At this moment, Wang Zuxian came over, and Zhou Yan also looked at her, and then saw that she was staring at Zhang Manyu's hand holding her arm.

Zhou Yan immediately became nervous and walked to the side without making a sound. His arm also left Zhang Manyu's hand.

Seeing Zhou Yan's action, Wang Zuxian also smiled with satisfaction.

Others thought Wang Zuxian's suggestion made sense.

Leslie Cheung smiled, "That's right, Wang Zuxian's movie soundtrack is indeed worth exploring. Wasn't Mariah Carey's popular song last year from the movie soundtrack?"

"Yes, I also watched the movie "Sense and Sensibility". The soundtrack in it is so beautiful." Li Bihua said.

Li Bihua and Zhou Yan are old acquaintances. Zhou Yan played Xu Xian because of Li Bihua's recommendation.

After not seeing each other for such a long time, Li Bihua is still the same, even the glasses on her face have not changed.

When Li Bihua mentioned the movie "Sense and Sensibility", everyone started to discuss it, and naturally they couldn't help but talk about the Oscar for Best Original Score, and praised Zhou Yan again. (End of this chapter)