Chapter 495 A Special Interlude

After waving her hand, Akina Nakamori was about to hand the microphone back to Kong Chao, preparing to sit down and continue drinking and eating, but Zhou Yan had no intention of letting her go.

"Since you've already sung, then Akina should sing the complete "Snow Flower" for everyone."

Akina Nakamori didn't act coy, but smiled and asked Zhou Yan, "Then can you cooperate with me?"

Hearing Akina Nakamori say this, the classmates began to make a noise.

"Teacher Zhou, cooperate!"

"Teacher Zhou!"

"Cooperate!"

In fact, they had long wanted Zhou Yan to play an instrument on stage, but they had never been embarrassed to speak up. Now that Akina Nakamori had spoken up, they were of course excited.

Zhou Yan was also very straightforward, smiling and nodding, "No problem, I'll accompany you."

The classmates were even more excited. They didn't expect that today they would not only meet a big star like Akina Nakamori, but also have the opportunity to hear Zhou Yan perform live.

Amid the cheers of the crowd, Akina Nakamori walked onto the stage with the microphone.

Zhou Yan first went to get a guitar, and then walked onto the stage.

When he got closer, Zhou Yan saw that Akina Nakamori's face was already red, and it seemed that she had drunk a lot of wine.

Because today is New Year's Day, Zhou Yan specifically asked the kitchen to prepare a table of sumptuous dishes for Akina Nakamori and the others, and also specifically told the chef to set the dishes.

There was also red wine, which Zhou Yan bought specifically to entertain the guests, but it was not the kind of particularly expensive wine, only about 7,000 or 8,000 yuan a bottle, which could not be compared with the special wines from well-known wineries that cost tens of thousands of yuan a bottle.

The vintage is probably only five or six years old, just the right time to drink.

"I'll use the version I compiled before for the accompaniment, is that okay?"

Akina Nakamori looked at Zhou Yan with blinking eyes and smiled, "I'll just sing according to the original rhythm."

"That's fine."

In theory, as long as both parties can grasp the rhythm very accurately, there is no need to discuss it at all, and the accompaniment can be directly carried out, because the accompaniment knows when the singer will sing to what place.

However, this requires a high sense of rhythm, and many people can't do it.

Of course, when you are actually accompanying someone, you don't need to be so demanding. It's normal to have some instability in the rhythm. And it doesn't necessarily depend entirely on the rhythm. The direction of the chords is regular, and people with good musical sense can naturally keep up.

Because of this, many singers can play freely during live performances.

If the accompaniment is of a high level, simple songs like this can be improvised very freely.

After discussing with Akina Nakamori, Zhou Yan first tried his fingers. He hadn't played the guitar for a long time and was a little rusty.

Originally, the guitar was not his favorite instrument, and he could make mistakes if he was not careful. However, the guitar accompaniment of "Snow Flower" is not difficult, or in other words, the accompaniment of most pop songs is not very difficult to play.

As long as he tries to avoid using some complicated techniques when playing, and deliberately increases his strength, he will basically not make mistakes.

He just tried a paragraph casually, and the students in the audience started screaming.

Zhou Yan smiled and said to the microphone, "You called too early, I haven't started yet."

"Hahaha."

Hearing this, the students all laughed.

Akina Nakamori, who was standing next to him, also smiled. She rarely saw Zhou Yan like this. Usually when they met, Zhou Yan was quite cold.

Sometimes, Akina Nakamori would hear some people from the piano youth orchestra talking about Zhou Yan, and everyone had different understandings of Zhou Yan.

People who knew Zhou Yan earlier basically thought that Zhou Yan was a person with high emotional intelligence, good at talking, cheerful and refreshing, but people who knew Zhou Yan later thought that Zhou Yan was quite serious and didn't talk much.

At this moment, Zhou Yan was more like the Zhou Yan in the mouths of those old people.

Perhaps, Zhou Yan at this moment was the real Zhou Yan.

Just when Akina Nakamori was staring at Zhou Yan and thinking about random things, Zhou Yan had already started playing the guitar.

Soon, the prelude ended. Nakamori Akina hadn't recovered from the first time and missed the first two bars. Zhou Yan had to successfully play the first two bars again.

This time, Nakamori Akina reacted and sang perfectly.

"You freed a pair of hands and held me through the night..."

The speakers in the cafeteria were of course not very good, but Nakamori Akina sang with a high-end feeling.

When Chen Ying was singing before, everyone thought she sang well, but now it was found that professionals are still professionals. Whether it is breath, resonance, sense of language, or timbre, it is not comparable to non-professionals.

And Nakamori Akina is not an ordinary singer. Her level is definitely the top among singers, especially in the middle range. Her voice expression can definitely be ranked first.

What is rare is that with such control in the middle range, her performance in the high range is not bad at all. Although it can't be compared with those top masters in the high range, it is better than ordinary singers.

The slightly tipsy state not only did not affect her voice, but made her singing more hazy and intoxicated, making this "Snow Flower" a little different from the usual version.

Zhou Yan quite liked this version. Unlike the previous version which was a little sad, this version was full of more expectations.

Many students in the audience not only lamented that Nakamori Akina's singing was beautiful, but also lamented that her Chinese pronunciation was so good, and some of the lyrics could not be heard at all.

Chang Li watched Zhou Yan play the guitar on the stage and sighed secretly. Director Zhou was so attractive to little girls.

If Zhou Yan was a teacher in their school, the dean would probably be on guard every day, fearing that he would get too close to a female student.

It is not strange for teachers and students to fall in love in art schools. Chang Li has been teaching in schools for so many years and has seen too much.

As someone who has been there, Chang Li knew from the look in Nakamori Akina's eyes that she had thoughts about Zhou Yan.

Of course, Akina Nakamori's look may have been performed, but if it was performed, Chang Li could only say that Akina Nakamori is very talented as an actor.

Chang Li didn't know that Akina Nakamori was not only a singer, but also acted in many film and television dramas, and her performance was not bad.

In Chang Li's view, even a famous star like Akina Nakamori can't resist Zhou Yan, let alone the little girls in the school.

Looking back, she had to be careful not to let the female classmates in the class get too close to Zhou Yan, otherwise problems would easily arise.

Tian Youliang didn't notice Nakamori Akina's eyes, he just looked at Zhou Yan.

Tian Youliang was really envious when he saw Zhou Yan playing guitar on stage.

This is so handsome.

Tian Youliang himself likes music, and he also plays guitar, and his level is not bad, but he always feels that he is not as handsome as Zhou Yan when he plays guitar.

In Tian Youliang's view, playing a musical instrument handsomely is a talent, and it is a talent that is difficult to train.

When it comes to playing musical instruments, in fact, as long as you work hard and accumulate over time, you can generally play very well. Even if you cannot become a top master, there is no problem in becoming a master in the general sense.

But if you want to play well, it cannot be achieved by accumulating time.

Of course, what Tian Youliang envied even more was Zhou Yan's musical instrument ability.

He heard that Zhou Yan can play more than a dozen instruments, and the guitar is just one of his many instruments. He should be able to play other instruments better than the guitar.

Most of the girls in the acting department had their eyes fixed on Zhou Yan.

Obviously when Zhou Yan was sitting there just now, although they felt handsome, they didn't feel anything special. But now when Zhou Yan walked on the stage and hugged the guitar like this, his whole aura was completely different.

A song goes by very quickly, and there were no surprises in the collaboration between Zhou Yan and Akina Nakamori.

"Thank you everyone."

"Thank you everyone."

The two of them thanked the audience respectively.

But this time the audience didn't let them go.

"Teacher Zhou, one more."

"One more."

"Nakamori Akina, one more song."

"Mingna, Mingna, one more song."

…

Seeing how enthusiastic the students were, Zhou Yan looked at Akina Nakamori with questioning eyes.

After receiving the inquiry in Zhou Yan's eyes, Nakamori Akina nodded and said, "I have no problem at all, but what should I sing?"

They have only collaborated on one song, "Snow Flower". If they did another one, I really don't know what to sing.

"How about we sing "Station", is that okay with you?"

"station……"

The song "Station" flashed quickly in Zhou Yan's mind.

He is no stranger to this song, and he has heard many versions, including the version by the original singer Akina Nakamori, the version by the original singer Maria Takeuchi, and the Chinese version by Li Jian.

"Of course I have no problem." Zhou Yan said.

As long as it is a song he has heard, he can directly accompany it, and basically there is no restriction on instruments.

Even if it's a song you haven't heard before, you can figure it out as long as you have a rough idea of ​​the genre or a few lines from the singer.

He had heard this song before, so it was easy to play the accompaniment. He just started playing it.

The prelude ended and Nakamori Akina began to sing.

"The raincoat in front of me seems familiar.

Standing at the station at dusk, my heart was pounding..."

Zhou Yan was quite surprised when he heard the first few lines, because it was very different from the version Nakamori Akina had sung before.

Nakamori Akina's previous versions basically had a very sad feeling, similar to her other love song "Unbreakable".

Many people like to say that Akina Nakamori has a sense of brokenness, because the love songs she sings are indeed very sad.

But the "Station" she sang today was obviously different.

Maybe it was because of drinking.

After drinking, a person's current emotions will be amplified. Maybe she is happy inside at the moment, so she doesn't sing that sad feeling.

And the further you sing, the more relaxed you feel.

Although Zhou Yan couldn't understand the lyrics, and he didn't know if Nakamori Akina had changed the lyrics, he could clearly feel that the song was different from the original.

If "Station" is a sad love story, according to Nakamori Akina's previous singing style, she is the heroine in this tragic story.

But according to her current singing style, she has become a bystander in this story, and can openly face her past self and what happened in the past.

If she had any emotion at this time, it was for life and the world, not for her past or a specific person.

If the original author Maria Takeuchi heard Akina Nakamori singing at this moment, I don’t know what she would think.

After giving "Station" to Akina Nakamori, Mariya Takeuchi was quite dissatisfied with her singing style. She thought that Akina Nakamori sang too sadly, which was different from what she wanted.

Because of this, Mariya Takeuchi later sang a version of her own, which was much more free and easy than Akina Nakamori's version.

Different people have different tastes. Some people like Akina Nakamori's extreme sadness, while others will fall in love with Mariya Takeuchi's freedom and ease.

Everyone has a different understanding of a song. Different people can understand different meanings of the same tune and the same lyrics.

Most of the people in the audience had never heard the song "Station". They didn't know how Akina Nakamori sang it before. When they heard this song, they only felt that Akina Nakamori, who was singing on the stage at this time, was generous and generous, and didn't know that this was actually a sad song.

Akina Nakamori also knew her changes. It seemed that when she sang "Station" for the first time, she felt relaxed, unlike before when she sang this song, she felt like she was suffocating.

Maybe it was because she drank alcohol and her mind was not as clear as usual, or maybe it was because she did not regard this stage as a formal performance.

There were no cameras, no gorgeous lights, only a group of lively and lively college students.

Oh, and Zhou Yan was accompanying her on the stage.

She suddenly remembered the gorgeous fireworks last night and the song "Fireworks" played by Zhou Yan.

Then she thought of what happened between her and Zhou Yan in the car, and her face suddenly felt hot.

But her face turned red because of drinking alcohol, and she could not see any change in her face at this time.

Feeling that Akina Nakamori was looking at her, Zhou Yan turned his head to her.

When the two looked at each other, Akina Nakamori suddenly showed a smile at the corner of her mouth.

Zhou Yan was stunned. At this time, Akina Nakamori was more beautiful than ever before, and her charm also blossomed with this smile.

At this time, a song was just halfway through, and it was the interlude.

Originally, Zhou Yan had already decided what interlude to play, but now he had a thought, and a melody that Akina Nakamori felt very unfamiliar flowed from his fingertips.

Hearing this melody, Akina Nakamori raised her eyebrows slightly. This interlude did not have any similarity with the melody of "Station", but it was placed in the middle, but there was no sense of disobedience, and there was a fit in the emotions.

The key is that this interlude is particularly nice, even... Akina Nakamori even feels that this interlude is more memorable than the chorus of "Station", and it is the kind of melody that you will never forget once you hear it. (End of this chapter)