1990: Starting from Baojia Street

René Angeli had just hung up the phone when Celine Dion came down from upstairs.

"Who called?"

"It's Jeff Nordsa." René Angeli replied with a smile.

"Are you getting a new job?"

"Ah."

"Couldn't he wait two days before calling us, knowing that our vacation was about to end?" Celine Dion couldn't help but complain.

In the past two years, they have been so busy that they have no time to rest.

They have returned to Quebec three times this year, but the previous two times were for work, and they did not stay in Quebec for long each time.

Celine Dion hasn’t had a good rest since she married René Angelil.

This time she finally got a few more days of rest, so of course she didn't want to be disturbed by anyone.

Hearing his wife's complaints, René Angeli said with a smile, "I'm afraid we have to end our vacation early, but the good news is that we don't have to go too far this time. The other party is in Dartmouth now."

"Who are you talking about?" Celine Dion asked curiously.

"Y-chou, his agent called Jeff and said there's a song he wants to talk to us about."

When Celine Dion heard it was Y-chou, she also became interested. Y has released a total of three songs in North America, and all of them were popular.

The new song "We Are Young" released by Backstreet Boys recently is so popular that it has been dominating the charts for a long time.

The song "We Are Young" is also very popular in Canada. A few days ago, Celine Dion was seen singing this song on the street.

I have to say, this song is really nice. It makes people want to sing along after listening to it once, and it is also very suitable for the young group Backstreet Boys.

"Is this a new song written by Y-chou?" asked Celine Dion.

René Angeli shook his head. “I don’t know either. Jeff told me that Y’s agent will call us. We’ll talk to him then.”

"Ah."

……

A phone call from Jeff Nordsa made the couple's originally calm hearts a little uneasy. While eating lunch, they would look in the direction of the phone from time to time.

Apparently, they were all waiting for a call.

Not long after the two had lunch, the phone finally rang.

When he heard the phone ringing, René Angeli smiled, but he did not rush to get up. Instead, he waited for a while, then stood up gracefully and answered the phone.

"Hello."

"Hello, is this Mr. Angeli?"

"Yes, I am. May I ask who you are?"

"I'm Y-chou's agent, you can call me Zhang."

"Oh, it's you. Jeff called me and told me..."

On the phone, Zhang Youan told Reni Angeli about the situation, and then he said, "Do you have time to come to Dartmouth recently?"

René Angeli actually wanted to be reserved and not appear too anxious, but when the words came to his lips, he still didn't hold back, "No problem, anyway, we are in Quebec now, not far from Dartmouth."

"That's great. When are you coming over? Y and I will be waiting for you here."

"How about tomorrow afternoon?"

"no problem."

After René Angeli hung up the phone, he smiled to Celine Dion and said, "We have to go to Dartmouth tomorrow, so we can go see the sea."

Celine Dion smiled and said, "The seaside in Dartmouth is really worth seeing."

……

On this side, Zhang Youan hung up the phone and said to Zhou Yan with a smile, "We are lucky. Celine Dion and her family are in their hometown of Quebec right now. I have already made an appointment with them and they will come over tomorrow afternoon."

Zhou Yan nodded, "Is there a place to record here in Dartmouth?"

"Luckily, there is an open recording studio in Dartmouth. Although it's not big, it can meet our needs. Assistant Director Christie recommended this place, and I asked her to help contact them. The studio has reservations these two days, so we can book it for tomorrow and the day after tomorrow." Zhang Youan smiled and asked Zhou Yan, "Everything is arranged on my side now, so what about your lyrics and music?"

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "I'll write it now."

After the crew finished work in the morning, he returned to the hotel and first talked to Zhang Youan about the song, and then went back to sleep.

I slept until one o'clock in the afternoon and just woke up not long ago.

Of course, he hasn't had time to write the lyrics and music for "My Heart Will Go On", but it's a simple thing and won't take Zhou Yan much time.

Zhang Youan was no longer surprised. Even if Zhou Yan took out the lyrics and music of a song, let alone ten, he would not be surprised at all.

After spending a long time with Zhou Yan, he gradually understood one thing: this kind of pop music was a piece of cake for Zhou Yan.

Compared with the extremely complex multi-movement symphonies written by Zhou Yan, these pop songs are really too simple. What they lack is just that moment of inspiration, and Zhou Yan has no lack of inspiration at all.

Knowing that Zhou Yan was going to write lyrics and music, Zhang Youan did not stay to disturb him and turned back to his room.

He had originally planned to go to New York, but now that this had happened, he naturally would not leave. Things in New York were not urgent anyway, so he decided to stay and finish the song issue first.

The recording of the song and the coordination with Celine Dion are easy to handle. Now Zhang Youan is considering how to deal with James Cameron.

Although he has not yet heard the song written by Zhou Yan, Zhang Youan definitely stands on Zhou Yan's side unconditionally. Since Zhou Yan thinks this song is suitable for inclusion in the movie, he must act towards this goal.

Of course, everything still has to wait until Zhou Yan finishes the song. Maybe he doesn’t even need to do anything, as Zhou Yan’s song can directly convince James Cameron.

……

The next day at two o'clock in the afternoon, Celine Dion and René Angeley and his wife arrived in Dartmouth.

When Zhang Youan saw them, he apologized, "Sorry, Y is still sleeping."

René Angeli was very smart and he immediately realized that the crew must have been shooting a night scene last night.

He smiled and said, "It's okay, we can wait for him for a while." "Okay, you two go sit in my room for a while, he should wake up soon. If he doesn't wake up by three o'clock, I'll go knock on his door."

"No, no." René Angeli waved his hand, "We are not in a hurry."

Zhang Youan smiled and said, René Angeli was not in a hurry, but they were.

The recording studio has only scheduled these two days, and the crew doesn’t have much time left in Ghana, so Zhang Youan certainly hopes to finalize things as soon as possible.

Zhang Youan didn't need to knock on the door, Zhou Yan woke up on his own at two o'clock.

The crew finished work too late this morning and didn't arrive at the hotel until half past nine.

After eating and taking a shower, it was almost eleven o'clock when Zhou Yan lay down on the bed. He slept until two o'clock, so he only slept for more than three hours.

After a quick wash, Zhou Yan felt a little hungry, so he took a few bites of the sandwich and bread he hadn't finished in the morning.

After eating, Zhou Yan felt better and went to Zhang Youan's room.

Zhang Youan was chatting with Celine Dion and the others. When he heard the knock on the door, he frowned and said, "It should be Y."

He ran to open the door, and Celine Dion and René Angelier also stood up from the sofa and looked towards the door with smiles.

"I was just about to knock on your door." Zhang Youan looked at Zhou Yan at the door and smiled, "Reni and Celine have been here for a while."

Zhou Yan first glanced at the two people in the room.

René Angelil and Celine Dion are an older man and a younger wife, with a 20 to 30-year age difference between them.

Celine Dion is less than thirty today, while René Angelil is already in his fifties.

In fact, the combination of the two also caused some public opinion storms, and many negative voices appeared.

The reason for this is not only because of the large age gap between the two, but also because of their relationship.

René Angelil has always been Celine Dion's agent. When René Angelil signed Celine Dion, Celine Dion was only twelve years old and still an ignorant little girl.

In a sense, the relationship between them is a teacher-student relationship.

Even though movies in North America portray teacher-student relationships in a positive light, most people are opposed to teacher-student relationships. Not only the general public is opposed to it, the government's attitude towards teacher-student relationships is also very clear.

The key point is that Celine Dion was too young when she met René Angelil. If she was twenty years old instead of twelve, the public's attitude would definitely be very different.

Many people are not optimistic about the couple's future, but for now, their relationship is still solid.

Zhou Yan only took a glance and walked in with a smile, "Sorry, you two, I kept you waiting for a long time."

"No, we just arrived too. In fact, we haven't even finished our cup of coffee yet," René Angeli said politely.

The two men were holding hands at this moment, and René Angeli couldn't help but look at Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan is not particularly tall, but looks well-proportioned. The first impression he left on René Angeli was that of being elegant and relaxed, a relaxed state that is rarely seen in ordinary young people.

Usually, people who can achieve this state are those who have rich social experience and relatively high social status.

Although Zhou Yan is very young, even looks younger than his actual age, like a college student, but Reni Angeli does not regard him as a young man at all.

Just from the first contact, Zhou Yan gave him the feeling that he was the same age.

After a brief greeting, Zhou Yan didn't waste any time and said directly: "I suggest that we go directly to the recording studio now."

Of course, René Angeli didn't want to waste time and nodded in agreement.

Afterwards, Zhang Youan borrowed a car and a driver from the crew and took them to the recording studio.

When they arrived at the recording studio, Zhou Yan gave Celine Dion the lyrics and music score of "My Heart Will Go On" and said, "Take a look at the score first. If you don't understand anything, you can ask me."

"Okay." Celine Dion nodded, took the score and began to study it.

René Angeli beside him also stuck his head out to look.

While the two of them were studying the music score, Zhou Yan turned to Zhang Youan and asked, "Old Zhang, do you have all the instruments I want?"

"Yes, it will be delivered soon."

Most of the instruments Zhou Yan wanted were relatively common, except for one that was probably relatively rare, and that was the Irish whistle.

There are many types of flutes, and when so many flutes are put together, people can't tell which is which.

For example, many people cannot hear the difference between the Scottish bagpipe, Irish whistle and Irish bagpipe.

Even some professionals can make mistakes, such as the movie "Braveheart", which won the biggest Oscar this year but lost to "Sense and Sensibility" in the Best Original Score category.

In the movie, the performer in the funeral scene is holding a Scottish Highland bagpipe, but the actual sound produced is from an Irish elbow bagpipe.

This is a mistake, but ordinary audiences can't notice it at all.

Zhou Yan wanted an Irish whistle to use as the prelude to "My Heart Will Go On".

However, if the Irish bagpipe cannot be found, Zhou Yan does not mind using other similar flutes instead, or even an ordinary flute.

Anyway, the difference is not something that an outsider can hear, and it can be post-processed after recording. Zhou Yan will definitely be able to do this, and he will do it very well. After all, he played with these things when he was making "Mysterious Kingdom" before.

Now that he has the Irish whistle, Zhou Yan doesn’t have to bother anymore, which saves him a lot of time.

This was the song that René Angeli watched first. At first glance, he thought it was too simple. There were many sections that used the same musical phrase, which was very repetitive. What was outrageous was that this phrase basically only used two notes, and there was only a slight difference in the ending notes of the two phrases.

Wouldn't it be annoying to sing the same melody four times over?
To be honest, if you just look at this score, you can only feel that it is simple and you can't tell anything from it. You still have to see how it feels when Celine Dion sings it.

Celine Dion naturally had no problem sight-singing such a simple melody.

After a quick look, Celine Dion ignored the lyrics and started singing.

When she sang, René Angeli felt something different. The melody was very simple, but it sounded very nice and had a Celtic feel.

The first time, Celine Dion simply sang the score without adding too much technique and emotion. When she sang it the second time, René Angelier's eyes lit up. The song was actually better than he had imagined.

Listening to Celine Dion's voice, René Angeli suddenly realized something.

When Y wrote this song, he seemed to deliberately abandon the usual techniques of pauses and boldly weakened the rhythm and the relationship between strong and weak, creating a sense of strangeness in the melody.

At the same time, he also cleverly used the two notes 1 and 7, using two semitones as the backbone to form a musical phrase, which impacted the audience's ears and gave people a sense of freshness. (End of this chapter)