1990: Starting from Baojia Street

While the two were chatting, Xu Guanwen heard someone fiddling with a tape recorder and asked Zhou Yan curiously, "Has the soundtrack for this movie been completed? I see the media is also paying attention to this."

The soundtrack of Zhou Yan’s movies is bound to attract attention.

Every time he releases a new movie, regardless of how it performs at the box office, the soundtrack is sure to sell well.

Among the three films he made since his debut, only the soundtrack of "The Sixth Sense" was less popular, while the soundtracks of the other films were very widely circulated.

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Some of them have been done, and the rest will have to wait until the film is finished."

"Will the song you wrote for Japanese singer Akina Nakamori be included in the new movie?"

Zhou Yan was quite surprised, "You also know this song?"

"I happened to notice a couple of days ago that there was a promotion for Akina Nakamori's new song. I saw that the promotion said that the song will be released in Hong Kong tomorrow."

"It seems to be these two days."

Zhou Yan has been busy filming recently and doesn't care much about the release of Akina Nakamori's new song.

The single "Snow Flower" will be released simultaneously in mainland China, Hong Kong and Japan, but the versions are different. Although they all include the same three songs, the versions released in mainland China and Hong Kong contain the Chinese versions of the songs.

To be honest, the Japanese version is obviously lacking in sincerity, because except for "Snow Flower", the other two songs are new renditions of old songs.

Moreover, the two new songs were not very popular before.

"The song sung by Akina Nakamori has nothing to do with my new movie, otherwise, I wouldn't have let her release it now."

All the interludes in "Time Traveler" will be released after the movie is released.

Xu Guanwen nodded, "I see. I was thinking that maybe I could hear the theme song of the new movie in advance."

"That can only disappoint you."

"I'm not the only one who's disappointed. I also read the news reports and guessed that Akina Nakamori's new song might be the theme song for your movie."

Zhou Yan smiled but said nothing. He was not sure whether it was the media's own blind guess or a deliberate attempt by Tang Chen to lead the media.

After all, Zhou Yan’s new movie has been quite popular recently. If the new song can be related to the new movie, it will definitely be beneficial to sales.

Of course, even if Tang Chen did it on purpose, Zhou Yan would not be angry. It was just publicity, which was normal.

……

In fact, the fact that Akira Nakamori's new song "Snow Flower" is related to Zhou Yan's new movie has nothing to do with Tang Chen.

Although Liang Youxing knew that mentioning Zhou Yan's new movie would have a very positive effect on the release of Akina Nakamori's new song, Liang Youxing did not have the courage to do it.

Tomson's music department only accounts for a small part of the entire Tomson, and this part is basically for the service of Zhou Yan.

Xu Feng set up the music department in order to sign Zhou Yan, and Xu Feng has always treated Zhou Yan as a treasure. Liang Youxing certainly wouldn't dare to set his sights on Zhou Yan easily.

This was completely the work of those entertainment reporters. They had no evidence and it was all hearsay. Just because "Snow Flower" was composed by Zhou Yan, they linked the two things together.

By the way, the scandal between Zhou Yan and Akina Nakamori was also written.

Hong Kong entertainment reporters have written a lot about Zhou Yan's scandals.

From the earliest Zhang Manyu to later Joey Wong and Shizuka Kudo, any woman who had any connection with Zhou Yan would be mentioned in a few words.

The key is that they always arrange the same few stories, and there is never any solid evidence. After a long time, the audience will get tired of it.

Therefore, as soon as Akina Nakamori came out, she was assigned to the position.

Akina Nakamori also saw the scandal between herself and Zhou Yan on the news. She was angry and a little guilty at the same time.

Ever since what happened that night, the relationship between her, Zhou Yan and Kudo Shizuka has changed.

She tried not to think about it, but she couldn't help it.

Kudo Shizuka's reaction to the news was very different from hers. Not only was she not angry at all, she laughed and hugged her shoulders, "Akina, did you see what was written there? It said you were with Zhou Yan."

"These reporters always write nonsense, you know."

"Of course I know. They don't even think about it. With your current Chinese level, if you were to date Zhou Yan, you might need to find a translator to help you communicate."

This made Akina Nakamori a little unconvinced, "In fact, my Chinese level has improved now."

"Although it has improved, it's not yet to the point where we can have a romantic relationship." Kudo Shizuka said with a smile.

Akina Nakamori bit her lip and wondered, what level of Chinese proficiency would be required to be able to date Zhou Yan?
Perhaps Shizuka has the most say in this matter.

She was basically certain that Shizuka was in a relationship with Zhou Yan, but she didn't know when they were together.

Was Shizuka's Chinese already very good when they started dating?

Akina Nakamori was daydreaming, and Shizuka Kudo thought she was affected by the news, so she smiled and comforted her, "Don't worry about these boring news, your new song will be released tomorrow, and it will definitely get better and better, just as good as before."

Hearing this, Akina Nakamori smiled and shook her head, "I feel like I have no desires now. After going through a lot of things, I don't have any special ideas anymore. I'm very happy to be able to sing the song "Snow Flower". As for whether the song will be a big hit, I'm not particularly concerned about it."

"That won't do. I got this song for you with great difficulty. It must be a big hit. And I believe it will be a big hit, unless the audience's ears are damaged."

Kudo Shizuka's words touched Akina Nakamori a little. When she was down, Akina Nakamori helped her a lot and always stayed with her.

"Thank you, Shizuka."

"If you want to thank me, please treat me to dinner tonight."

"no problem."

……

"Snow Flower" is more popular in Japan than in Hong Kong. Although Akina Nakamori has been in a bad state recently and her popularity is much lower than before, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse.

After all, Akina Nakamori was once glorious and basically stood at the pinnacle of the Japanese pop music world. The things that happened in the middle caused her to lose many fans, but there are still many people who continue to support her.

In addition, the song "Snow Flower" itself is very popular in Japan.

After Zhou Yan played this song on the show, it attracted considerable attention. Later, Qingyinfang continued to tour in Neon and played this song every time.

Therefore, when the news of the release of the song "Snow Flower" came out, it was highly anticipated. Listeners who liked this song wanted to hear whether this song would work after it was made into a song.

It doesn’t mean that a nice tune can definitely be made into a song.

Many very nice songs feel wrong when they are made into songs, and lose their original flavor. However, Zhou Yan's songs have successful cases before, and there are quite a lot of them.

The earliest "Forever Together" and "If Love Has Destiny", as well as the later "Yellow" and "Young and Beautiful" were all great successes.

People also hope that this time "Snow Flower" can be like those songs.

……

On September 11, Tanakamaji got up early in the morning and rode his bike to Ibuki Suzune's house.

Ibuki Suzune had been waiting for Tanaka Kenji's arrival at the door of her house. Tanaka Kenji's car didn't even stop, he just slowed down a little, and Ibuki Suzune stepped into the back seat.

Sitting steadily on the back seat, Ibuki Suzune hugged Tanaka Kenji's waist tightly. The two have been together since their second year of college.

Holding her boyfriend's waist and breathing the morning air, Ibuki Suzune felt very comfortable.

Feeling that Tanaka Jianji was speeding up, she reminded him, "Be careful, there's no need to rush. The bookstore is definitely not open."

"But Kazuhiro and the others may have arrived. I haven't seen that guy in a long time."

Their small group of four has maintained its relationship over the years, but Hiramatsu and Hiro went abroad to study and only returned two days ago.

This time, they made an appointment to meet up when Akina Nakamori's new song was released.

Ibuki Suzune said disapprovingly, "He's always late, so he definitely hasn't arrived yet. But Rina might have already arrived."

Speaking of Rina, Ibuki Suzune felt sorry for her.

When they were playing together, they all thought they would become two couples, she and Tanaka Kenji, and Sato Rina and Hiramatsu Kazuhiro.

But what no one expected was that Hiramatsu Kazuhiro suddenly went to study abroad.

Although Ibuki Suzune said this, Tanakama's bicycle speed did not slow down at all.

They soon arrived at the door of the bookstore where they used to gather often, but to their surprise, the bookstore was already open.

The owner, Nangong Huizi, was putting up posters in front of the bookstore. When she saw Tanaka Jianji and Ibuki Suzune, she curled her lips and said, "Why are you here first? Where's that boy Hiramatsu?"

Tanaka Jianji asked in surprise, "Hiramatsu, Keiko, do you already know that he is back?"

"Of course, he called me last night and asked me to come early to open the door for you today. Otherwise, I would still be sleeping at this time." Nangong Huizi yawned, "I am not young anymore, I am not as energetic as you guys."

Nangong Huizi is not very old, but compared to a few years ago, she is now a mother of two children. Her daily life is full of trivial matters, and she has gradually handed over the bookstore to her younger brother.

However, Nangong Huizi was still very happy to see Tanaka Jianji and the others.

The Nangong family's bookshelf is always crowded with Zhou Yan's fans, because Nangong Huizi plays Zhou Yan's music almost every day, and always puts Zhou Yan's albums on the front row of shelves in the lobby on the first floor.

But among many music fans, the four-member group including Tanaka Kenji left a very deep impression on people.

First of all, these four people are all very good-looking. Although I have to admit that Nangong Huizi is also a person who judges people by their appearance.

In addition to being good looking, the four-member team always manages to get some unique stuff.

For example, when the "Yellow" single was first released in the United States, they brought a tape and asked her to play it in the store.

The same thing happened when "Young and Beautiful" was released.

They are always one step ahead of the domestic market and get singles or albums in advance.

They were also able to get some things that were not available in Japan, and they even got a pirated copy of Zhou Yan's live recording of a concert in London.

At that time, this concert had just been held.

In other words, what they did was illegal.

Of course, although she knew there was a risk of breaking the law, Nangong Keiko didn't mind because she could understand the feelings of Tanaka Jianji and the others.

"Sister Nangong, you don't look old at all. You still feel like you were in high school."

"Although your words make me feel good, I still have to pay for the single." Nangong Huizi said with a smile.

When she mentioned the single, Tanaka Kenji immediately asked, "Where is the single?"

"Of course it's on the first row of bookshelves." Nangong Huizi smiled and said as a matter of course.

Tanaka Kenji ran in quickly and found Akina Nakamori's latest single "Snow Flower" on the first row of bookshelves.

The moment he got the single, Tanaka Kenji even felt a little excited. Akina Nakamori is her favorite singer, and Zhou Yan is his favorite musician.

He had imagined these two people working together countless times before, but he didn't expect his dream to come true so soon.

When Tian Zhongjianji opened the package and took out the CD player to listen, Nangong Huizi smiled and said, "Listen to it with the speakers in our store. It will feel better that way."

The entire set of audio equipment in the store cost Nangong Huizi over a million neon coins, and the effect is very good.

The reason why so many people like to listen to music in her store has a lot to do with this set of audio equipment.

Tanaka Jianji nodded and ran to put the single CD into the player.

Soon, a soothing piano solo began to play.

In fact, it can't be considered a solo. In addition to the piano, you can also hear the sound of another instrument, but the sound of that instrument is very similar to that of the piano, and it blends perfectly with the piano.

It looks a bit like a triangle, but Tanaka Kenji and the others are not sure.

Perhaps because the name of the song is "Snow Flower", when they heard this prelude, Tanaka Kenji and the others naturally thought of the sound of snowflakes falling.

Does snowflakes make a sound when they fall to the ground?

Tanaka Jianji had never heard it before, but he always felt that there should be a sound when snowflakes fall to the ground, and it should be like the sound in the prelude.

The melody of the prelude is not a new piece, but is taken directly from the song "Snow Flower", and it is a relatively "climax" section.

After a while, the violin came in, and soon Akina Nakamori's clear yet not soft voice rang out.

As soon as the first line of the song came out, the three of them's eyes lit up.

That’s right, this sentence alone caught the ears of the three of them.

Nangong Huizi also stopped what she was doing and stood at the door quietly listening to the new song. The corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl up. It was indeed Zhou Yan and Nakamori Akina. It was a combination that would never disappoint. (End of this chapter)