1990: Starting from Baojia Street

When Akina Nakamori talked about her childhood, she was very calm, without the expected sadness, as if she was telling someone else's story.

Akina Nakamori's mother loved singing very much, but she gave up her dream of singing for the sake of her family. Akina Nakamori's singing talent was inherited from her mother.

Her mother saw Akina Nakamori's talent, so when she was very young, she arranged for her to study ballet with her sister at the Yokoyama Akiko Modern Ballet Studio, and learn singing at the same time.

These studies laid the foundation for her later performance and singing.

Their family's financial situation is not that good, and with so many children, their life naturally cannot be very good.

In order to improve her family's life, Akina Nakamori started participating in "Star Birth" at the age of thirteen, but failed the first two times. It was not until 81, when she was sixteen years old, that she won the highest score since the show started with a song "Dream Guide" by Yamaguchi Momoe.

After her debut, she initially took the pure and cute route like most female idol singers, but did not achieve much success.

It was not until later that she changed her style and took a more mature route, with more mid-bass voices in her songs, that she became increasingly loved by fans.

It was also because of the change in route that she transformed from an idol singer into a talented singer.

"I was really happy during those years. Our family's financial situation improved a lot, everyone smiled more, and my mother was proud of me."

It can be heard that Akina Nakamori misses the period when her career was just beginning, but has no feelings about her life at the peak of her career.

This is also human nature, because when people are on the rise, life is the most hopeful and they look forward to the future every day.

But after reaching the peak, this motivation will disappear and life will lose its purpose.

Whether a person's life is happy often has nothing to do with how much he has already obtained.

If you want to be happy, you must have something to look forward to every day.

Therefore, it is best to make progress step by step. If you develop too quickly, problems will easily arise.

At this time, as his fame grew, he encountered more and more problems in life.

There are six children in their family, and their ages are not much different, so their family situation is destined to be complicated.

Because she became famous and could earn more money, she had to bear a lot of the financial burden of the family.

Although money is nothing to her, it is difficult to find a sense of existence in such a family.

This is probably why she cut off ties with her family after her mother passed away.

However, from her words, it can be heard that she is not completely without lingering feelings for her family. At least she has very deep feelings for her little sister.

"Now, I am satisfied as long as I can sing on stage occasionally. As long as there are fans who like me, I will keep singing."

For her, what can support her to move forward now is probably the stage and her fans.

The stage is the only place where she can find her self-worth now, and her fans are her most important bond.

The reason why her life was so decadent before was that she not only lost her family and love, but also gradually lost her stage and fans.

Later, the song "Snow Flower" saved her.

Akina Nakamori looked at the children not far away playing with fireworks excitedly and suddenly smiled, "Thank you, Teacher Zhou."

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "You said thank you too much today."

"I promise, this is the last thank you I'll say to you today." Akina Nakamori tilted her head. She felt that this was the most relaxing moment in her recent years. She didn't have to think about anything.

After a while, Akina Nakamori suddenly asked, "Teacher Zhou, do you want to listen to some music?"

Zhou Yan smiled and nodded, "Of course, do you want to sing?"

Akina Nakamori pushed the left side of her hair behind her ear, revealing her entire side face.

She didn't say what she was going to sing, but just prepared a little and then started singing.

"You freed your hands, walked through the night and held me
In the palms of two hands, there is a whole wide sky

......"

It is the Chinese version of "Snow Flower". Compared with the previously officially released version, Akina Nakamori's pronunciation is much better at this moment, and her singing pronunciation is better than her speaking pronunciation. After all, she has sung this song many times and is very familiar with the lyrics.

As soon as she finished singing a line, Zhou Yan couldn't help but sigh.

She deserves to be called the original singer, her talent is really strong.

In the mid-bass range, the quality of her voice is just so good and the timbre is very pleasant.

This kind of voice is most suitable for singing love songs.

Even without any skills, her performance in the middle and low range can win her a large number of fans, not to mention that her skills are also very good, fully worthy of the title of diva.

Her performance in the next two sentences was still steady, but what surprised Zhou Yan was that after she sang "If I can only live for this day", she switched to Neon language.

If it had just switched to Neon, Zhou Yan wouldn't have felt strange. The problem was that the last two lines she sang were different from the Neon version.

Although Zhou Yan didn't understand Neon, he had listened to the Neon version of this song many times, and he listened to it word by word when recording the song.

Of course he remembered that these two sentences were not sung like this at all.

And it's not just a little different, it's completely different. It's obvious that she changed the lyrics on the spot.

However, only the last two sentences were different. After that, she switched back to the Chinese version, and the lyrics remained unchanged.

When I sang it the second time, it was the same thing, and these two lines of lyrics were changed into Neon language.

In addition to the changes in the lyrics, Akina Nakamori was obviously too happy when she sang this song today.

Although the lyrics of this song do not express the sadness of love, they are also about memories and longing, and Akina Nakamori's emotions at the moment are obviously not in line with this.

However, the emotion of singing cannot remain unchanged, and the singer must have his or her own interpretation.

When she finished singing a song, Zhou Yan smiled and clapped his hands, "It sounds great, a little different from the version in the recording studio."

Akina Nakamori lowered her head, looking a little shy. "Do you think it sounds better than in the recording studio?"

"It's hard to say which one sounds better, but I definitely prefer this version today, A-choo..."

Zhou Yan suddenly sneezed. After they got off the car, his clothes were still draped over Akina Nakamori. However, since they had just gotten off the car and were busy playing with fireworks, she was not very cold.

But now, sitting here listening to Akina Nakamori talking about a lot of past events and singing a song, Zhou Yan's heat was almost gone.

Seeing Zhou Yan sneeze, Nakamori Akina quickly took off her clothes and said, "Sorry, Mr. Zhou, I'll give you my clothes back."

Zhou Yan waved his hand and said, "You need it more." In comparison, Zhou Yan was wearing much thicker clothes, and he was a man and could handle it.

With Akina Nakamori's outfit, it would be impossible for her to hold up without his coat. Especially her exposed calves, which looked very cold.

"How about, let's go back. We've kept you waiting for a long time." Akina Nakamori suggested.

Zhou Yan looked at the time and said, "Since we have been outside for so long, let's wait a little longer for the New Year's Eve. We can see a wave of fireworks soon. However, we can wait in the car first."

It was really cold outside, and they had almost finished playing with the fireworks anyway, so there was no need for them to freeze outside.

Akina Nakamori nodded, "Yeah."

……

The two returned to the car and felt much warmer.

"Do you want to listen to music?" Zhou Yan asked.

"What music?"

Zhou Yan opened the big box containing the tapes and started searching inside.

The car he drove today was a new Passat, which came with a standard tape player, and he usually kept some tapes in the car.

These tapes were prepared by the driver, probably to please Zhou Yan. Most of them were Zhou Yan's works, and some were classical music.

Zhou Yan wanted to find a more popular one, but he didn't see any at all.

However, Akina Nakamori saw the album "Mysterious Excess" in the middle and said with a smile, "Or, listen to this one."

"This? The mysterious country?" Zhou Yan asked.

Akina Nakamori nodded, "Yeah, that's it. This is the album I listen to most often at home."

"Mysterious Country" should be the best-selling pure music album of Japan in recent years. Even if the limitation of pure music album is removed, it is still the best-selling one.

And even after so many years, the annual sales of this album are still very impressive, and it is on the charts almost every year.

It can be said that half of Zhou Yan’s success in Japan was achieved through this album.

Compared to the earliest album "Piano Boy", "Mysterious Country" is obviously more popular in Japan.

For many Neon fans, this is their first musical love.

If Zhou Yan had only released "Piano Boy", to them, Zhou Yan would be just a relatively outstanding musician. However, it was different after he released "Mysterious Country". Fans have already distinguished him from ordinary musicians.

The album is characterized by its oriental style, grand and melodious, and full of mystery.

Actually, Zhou Yan hadn't listened to this album for a long time. When he revisited it now, he suddenly thought of the time when he was filming "Letter from Heaven".

"Letter from Heaven" was the first time he wrote the soundtrack for a movie on his own, and it was also a work that truly made his mark in the field of film soundtracks.

The album "Mysterious Country" came into being because when "Letter from Heaven" was filming at Tiananmen Square, it encountered the crew of Yanjing Television.

It was because he knew that Yanjing Television was going to shoot a documentary about the Forbidden City that he thought of producing songs such as "Memories of the Forbidden City", which eventually led to the album "Mysterious Country".

In a blink of an eye, five or six years have passed. Time flies so fast.

Zhou Yan's thoughts followed the musical notes back to the past and he was lost in memories. It was not until the first two songs finished playing that he came back to his senses.

When he came to his senses, he found that Akina Nakamori had fallen asleep on the passenger seat.

She hugged Zhou Yan's coat tightly, leaned her head on the back of the chair, and faced Zhou Yan.

Akina Nakamori had a relaxed brow while she was sleeping, not as tightly furrowed as usual.

Although she is already 31 years old, she still looks like a girl in her twenties, and the years have not left many traces on her face.

For the first time, Zhou Yan discovered that Akina Nakamori had a very beautiful neck, slender and smooth. Maybe because of the hot air blowing in the car, her fair neck had a little pink color.

"Can you sleep like this?"

Zhou Yan shook his head secretly. He didn't expect that Akina Nakamori could fall asleep while listening to an album like "Mysterious Country". This album is very magnificent.

Maybe she does listen to it at home often, but only before going to bed.

Zhou Yan reached out to turn down the volume, then took his coat from Akina Nakamori's hand and covered her with it.

However, because she was leaning on the seat and she was petite, the clothes could not be hung on her shoulders, so Zhou Yan thought of wrapping her up with a coat.

He first stuffed the clothes on the side closest to himself under Akina Nakamori's arm, then leaned forward to tuck the clothes on the other side under as well.

However, just as he stood up and was about to put his clothes in, he found that Akina Nakamori had opened her eyes.

At this time, his head just reached in front of Akina Nakamori. When Akina Nakamori opened her eyes, the two of them looked at each other, and the distance between them was very close.

Zhou Yan clearly saw that Akina Nakamori's face suddenly turned red. The redness first spread from her cheeks, then spread to her entire face, and finally to her neck.

Akina Nakamori's neck was originally white with a hint of pink, but now it has turned bright red.

"You..." Akina Nakamori opened her mouth.

Zhou Yan hurriedly said, "Don't get me wrong, I just..."

But before Zhou Yan could finish his words, Akina Nakamori raised her head and kissed Zhou Yan.

The two of them were too close, with their nose tips only a fist's distance apart. Akina Nakamori didn't have to exert much effort. She just raised her head slightly and kissed Zhou Yan's lips.

Zhou Yan was stunned when he was suddenly kissed by Akina Nakamori. He never expected things to turn out like this.

After Akina Nakamori kissed Zhou Yan, she did not take any further action. She just kept her lips against Zhou Yan's lips, but she did not step back either.

Zhou Yan didn't move either. At first, he stared at Akina Nakamori's eyes with wide eyes, but when Zhou Yan was looking at her, Akina Nakamori closed her eyes embarrassedly.

After closing her eyes, Akina Nakamori's cheeks became redder, and even her lips were burning hot. Zhou Yan could clearly feel the temperature coming from her lips.

Zhou Yan could also clearly feel the hot air coming out of her nose.

The heat suddenly seemed to rush into Zhou Yan's brain, making him confused. He began to respond to Akina Nakamori.

He only gave a little response, and Akina Nakamori seemed to be completely ignited, and she immediately hugged Zhou Yan's neck. (End of this chapter)