1990: Starting from Baojia Street

579 - One Head Two Big

A few people chatted for a while beside the stage. Anita Mui squinted her eyes and looked down at the stage. "What is that?"

Zhou Yan also turned around and saw that it was Akina Nakamori, Shizuka Kudo and Izumi Sakai who were walking towards the stage.

"They are..."

As soon as Zhou Yan opened his mouth, he saw Anita Mui standing to the side, as if trying to avoid people.

The reason why she reacted like this was naturally because she recognized Akina Nakamori.

Although she was also a victim in the previous incident, objectively speaking, she was indeed sorry to Akina Nakamori. She played a not-so-good role in that relationship.

But soon, Anita Mui forced a smile on her face. She was not the kind of person who would hide when encountering such things.

"Did they come all the way from Neon just to watch your concert?" Anita Mui asked.

"Izumi Sakai came here specially. Akina Nakamori and Shizuka Kudo should have work in China." Zhou Yan replied.

"Oh, yes, they are both doing very well in the mainland now. Before, Kudo Shizuka often went to Hong Kong, but now she often goes to the mainland. She probably sees that the market potential here is greater."

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "There are more people in mainland China, so the market is definitely bigger, but the music market doesn't need to be divided so finely. Both the mainland market and the Hong Kong market are part of the Chinese market. We still need to take a long-term view. We can try to develop the Asian market, and even the European and American markets."

"From what you said, we shouldn't call you Teacher Zhou, but Director Zhou." Anita Mui joked.

As soon as Anita Mui finished speaking, Kudo Shizuka and the other two walked to the bottom of the stage.

Kudo Shizuka looked up and smiled, "Hello."

Before Anita Mui and the others could reply, the band members on the second and third floors responded one after another.

"Hello, Ms. Kudo."

"Sister Shizuka, you're here."

……

Because it was a rehearsal, the band members were all there the whole time, but they just hadn't been talking.

Shizuka Kudo has spent the longest time in the studio and is very familiar with the band members.

Anita Mui said with a smile, "Ms. Kudo not only speaks Mandarin well, but also has a good relationship with the students in the orchestra."

"Thank you for the compliment. I go there often to record songs, so I have a good relationship with everyone." Shizuka Kudo said with a smile.

Joey Wong laughed and said, "Let's go down. It's uncomfortable for them to talk with their heads tilted up like this."

"Oh, okay." Anita Mui pulled Mariah Carey downstairs.

……

Ma Dongfang was standing on the second floor. Seeing the scene below, he smiled and said, "Otherwise, it's said that girls like Brother Yan. These girls are all beautiful. It's hard to see even one of them at ordinary times, but there are so many of them at once, surrounding Brother Yan."

"Hey, Brother Dongfang, who is the one next to Sister Shizuka? I haven't seen him before." Another erhu player Liu Yuan poked Ma Dongfang's arm and asked.

"That one, she's also a Japanese singer named Izumi Sakai. She's very low-key and rarely appears on TV. She's also never come to China to develop her career. It's normal that you don't know her."

When the people around heard the name Izumi Sakai, most of them looked puzzled.

Just as Ma Dongfang said, Izumi Sakai is usually very low-key. She rarely appears on TV and has never developed her career in China. She is not well-known here and not many people can recognize her appearance.

The reason why Ma Dongfang knew her was because he had specially gone to watch the show that Qingyinfang participated in in Neon, and on that show, he met Izumi Sakai.

"Who's that guy wearing the hat?" someone else asked.

Ma Dongfang rolled his eyes, "Don't you know Anita Mui?"

"Oh, oh, she was wearing a hat, so I couldn't see her face clearly."

"The one that Anita Mui is holding should be the Mariah Carey who has been in the news a lot recently, right?"

"Yes, that's her." Ma Dongfang turned his head and pouted, "It's not right for you not to know a singer like Mariah Carey who has written songs for Brother Yan. Our Brother Yan has never written songs for many singers."

"I only know Mariah Carey, but that face doesn't match up. I feel like all foreigners look the same."

"Well, she seems to have darkened recently."

"Tsk tsk, there are six lesbians in total, half of them must have had scandals with Brother Yan, right?"

Ma Dongfang laughed and said, "More than that, among the few of them, it seems that only Izumi Sakai has never had a scandal with Brother Yan. Sister Xiaoxian should be the first to have a scandal with Brother Yan. At that time, when Brother Yan played Xu Xian, rumors about the two of them and Zhang Manyu were everywhere. Later, it should be Sister Shizuka... Some of you may not know that Sister Shizuka was very proactive at the time. She directly expressed her love for Brother Yan in front of the media. Later, when we went to Neon to perform, she even went to the scene to give flowers and hug us..."

Some of the people next to Ma Dongfang joined the band later and did not participate in the concert tour to Neon that year, and did not see the scene of Kudo Shizuka hugging Zhou Yan on the stage.

Therefore, when they heard what Ma Dongfang said, everyone was very excited, and their eyes were burning with the fire of gossip.

In fact, what Ma Dongfang said has all been in the news, but many people have not heard of it. Moreover, it is more interesting to hear Ma Dongfang say it.

Ma Dongfang was quite excited when they were watching him. "The rumors about Sister Mei and Brother Yan were not very popular. They were just after Brother Yan wrote a song for Sister Mei. As for Sister Mingcai, it was only after Brother Yan wrote "Snow Flower" for her that the rumors gradually spread."

"What about Mariah Carey? She also had an affair with Teacher Zhou?"

"Tsk tsk, it's more than just rumors. The rumors about them were the most serious. Didn't you see it on the news? Mariah Carey was divorcing her ex-husband at the time, and then Brother Yan was photographed walking with Mariah Carey in Los Angeles. Originally, this was nothing. Neither of them had done anything that crossed the line. But Motorola... Mariah's ex-husband publicly said that Brother Yan and Mariah were in close contact."

"There is such a thing, I didn't know about it before."

"This news caused quite a stir in the United States and Japan."

"It's understandable that there's a big fuss in America, but why is there a big fuss in Japan too?"

"Because Mariah Carey is the most popular European and American female singer in Japan. Her popularity in Japan is one level higher than that of Whitney, who is second. You all know the influence of our brother Yan in Japan, so the scandal between the two of them must be very popular in Japan."

"That's it."

"Hey, Brother Dongfang." Liu Yuan poked Ma Dongfang's arm again, "Tell me, are there any truths in these rumors?"

Ma Dongfang rolled his eyes and said, "We can just talk about the news report, but don't make blind guesses about the rest."

Liu Yuan shrank his neck and said, "Got it, Brother Dongfang."

……

At this moment, Zhou Yan was standing outside several women.

That’s right, it’s the periphery.

Logically speaking, these women came together because of her, but at this moment they naturally stood in a circle, blocking Zhou Yan outside.

They all spoke Mandarin when they chatted.

Izumi Sakai and Mariah Carey don't speak Mandarin, so they often need help from others to translate.

But even so, it did not affect the pace of their conversation at all.

"Shizuka, when did you guys arrive?"

"I arrived this morning. How about you guys?"

"Mariah Carey and I came earlier, a few days in advance. Xiaoxian just arrived, about the same time as you."

"Is Izumi Sakai here just for the concert?"

"um, yes."

"Do you like Zhou Yan's music?"

"Of course, in Japan, few people don't like Zhou Yanjun's music." "Haha, it's the same in China."

"It's the same in America," Mariah Carey added.

"Maria, you have a new song, I heard it's from "About Time"?"

"um, yes."

“I don’t know which one.”

“bleeding love.”

"Which song is Bleeding Love? Is it the one where the hero and heroine first meet?"

"No, it's another one."

"Have you all seen the movie?"

"Of course, 'Time Traveler' is now showing in Japan. And Akina and I have seen it in China before."

"Wow, I'm so envious. I wonder when this movie will be released in the US."

“I believe it will be released soon.”

"Don't even mention America, it hasn't even been released in Hong Kong yet."

"Yes, A-Yan doesn't take the Hong Kong market seriously. Of course, it's not surprising at all. After all, there are too few people in Hong Kong, and the box office ceiling is so limited."

……

Zhou Yan was listening to their conversation and felt a little bit impressed by them.

Generally speaking, if several people want to have a fluent conversation in different languages, they must have very strong logic and the theme must be clear.

But these women had no fixed topics to talk about.

They talked about songs, movies, books, and books, shopping malls and weather in Yanjing.

Jumping from one topic to another is very smooth without any lag.

Even after a few minutes, they can smoothly return to the previous topic.

Zhou Yan had no way to interrupt such a conversation, nor did he have the interest to do so.

In fact, when Zhou Yan saw Kudo Shizuka and Nakamori Akina coming just now, he still had a headache. They suddenly met Joey Wong, and he didn't know if anything would go wrong.

……

After a while, when it got dark, there was another rehearsal on site, mainly to test the lighting.

The test took about half an hour, and the result was of course good, all the lights were fine.

After the test, Zhou Yan took the team members directly back to the studio and had lunch in the cafeteria.

Anita Mui and a few others also came over, and Zhou Yan arranged a private box for them.

After dinner, Anita Mui suggested going to Zhou Yan’s office, and then they went to Zhou Yan’s office together.

In Zhou Yan's office, they sat from eight o'clock to twelve o'clock.

None of the six women offered to leave first.

At twelve o'clock, Zhou Yan looked at his watch and felt a headache.

Among the six women, the most confused one should be Izumi Sakai. She simply didn't understand why everyone had to sit in Zhou Yan's office and no one suggested going back to the hotel first.

At first everyone was in high spirits to chat, but later on everyone became obviously tired and often fell into collective silence.

But Akina Nakamori and Shizuka Kudo didn't say they were leaving, so it was difficult for her to say so.

This time when she came to China, Izumi Sakai did not bring an interpreter. If it weren't for Akina Nakamori and Shizuka Kudo, it would have been difficult for her to even get back to the hotel.

Anita Mui didn't have any special ideas, she just wanted to accompany Joey Wong and Mariah Carey.

As for Joey Wong, she didn't necessarily want to stay until the end, but when she saw that Kudo Shizuka and Nakamori Akina didn't mention leaving, she became a little competitive.

Before, when Zhou Yan went to Neon to hold a concert, when Kudo Shizuka hugged Zhou Yan on the stage, Joey Wong was watching below the stage.

In Joey Wong's eyes, Shizuka Kudo is a particularly dangerous person.

In Kudo Shizuka's eyes, Joey Wong was obviously a very dangerous person. After all, she was the only actress who had filmed a kissing scene with Zhou Yan. Two days ago, they watched Zhou Yan and Joey Wong kissing in the cinema.

"Ahem, it's so late, aren't you going back to the hotel? Otherwise, I'll arrange some dormitories for you in the park?"

The dormitories in the park are now in good condition. Zhou Yan also has a dormitory here, and he often lives here.

Whether it is his courtyard house or a commercial house he bought later, they are not very far from the park, but there is still some distance and it is not as convenient as the park dormitories.

Living in the campus dormitory, he only needs to walk a few steps to get there after get off work in the evening.

When Zhou Hong was talking to Zhou Yan on the phone before, he heard that Zhou Yan often lived in the dormitory in the park, and he directly said that Zhou Yan was crazy.

Zhou Hong is usually very busy at work, but when he is resting he will try to stay away from work and separate his life from work.

It is impossible for Zhou Hong to live in the park like Zhou Yan does.

Moreover, Zhou Hong is a person who loves to enjoy life, and he cannot get used to living in ordinary dormitories in the park.

Although Zhou Yan's dormitory is more than 100 square meters, which is considered a "luxury house" in the park, it is still very simple in Zhou Hong's eyes.

"Can we live in the park?" Anita Mui asked.

Zhou Yan curled the corner of his mouth. He asked this question just to remind them that it was time to go to the hotel, but who knew that Anita Mui would actually ask further questions based on his words.

"Well, that's OK. There are guest rooms, but they are rather simple and definitely not as comfortable as a hotel."

"Okay, I'll stay in the dormitory tonight." Joey Wong said.

"Let's live here too."

"It's really inconvenient to go back to the hotel so late."

"I want to stay, too, but I don't have any change of clothes."

"Our luggage is all in the car, so there's no problem."

"My luggage is here too."

Finally, Joey Wong, Shizuka Kudo, Akina Nakamori and Izumi Sakai, who had luggage, decided to stay here.

Mariah Carey also wanted to stay here and experience it, but her luggage was all in the hotel, so it was inconvenient for her to stay here.

……

Zhou Yan wanted to slap himself in the mouth.

If he could turn back time, he would definitely not say anything about arranging dormitories for them in the park.

It was so late and the logistics department had all gone off work, so he had to go there in person to get the key, and then prepare four sets of clean bedding.

In addition to bedding, four sets of toiletries were prepared.

(End of this chapter)