1990: Starting from Baojia Street

“This guy started off by playing ‘Eternal Night’.” Yu Hua said with a smile.

Liu Zhenyun usually doesn't pay much attention to music and didn't know "Eternal Night". When he saw Yu Hua recognize the song right away, he smiled and said, "Yu Hua, you are now considered a semi-expert."

"I'm not an expert, but Tie Sheng and I go to Zhou Yan's studio every day to listen to their orchestra rehearsals, so of course I'm familiar with these songs."

"Oh, you really listen to music every time you go there. I thought you were only familiar with their cafeteria." Liu Zhenyun always couldn't help but make a sarcastic remark when he spoke.

Yu Hua chuckled and said, "I'm familiar with the cafeteria, too."

……

After "Eternal Night" came out, many diners looked over here.

Although no one knows much about music, through comparison, one can tell that the person playing the piano has changed.

The person playing the piano now is obviously much better than the girl just now.

Zhou Yan did not finish playing "Eternal Night". He only played for more than 40 seconds and then moved on to another song - Early Morning, First Snow, Red Sun.

This piece of music was also not played too long, just over half a minute, and then Zhou Yan changed to another piece of music.

When the third song came out, the reactions of the diners suddenly became enthusiastic.

Just now many people looked over here and then turned back. This time when they turned back, they did not turn back, but watched Zhou Yan's performance seriously.

The reason why everyone is so interested is that the third song Zhou Yan played is "A Thousand Years", an interlude in the recently popular movie "Time Traveler".

This song is one of the most familiar songs to Hong Kong audiences among the many songs in "Time Traveler", because this song has been made into a complete song, sung by Hong Kong female singer Kelly Chen, and has been released in Hong Kong.

Recently, "A Thousand Years" has been very popular in Hong Kong.

This song is nice to begin with, and because of the song "Time Traveler", it has become incredibly popular. All the songs released by other singers recently have been overshadowed by this song. You can hear this song everywhere, whether on TV or radio.

When Zhou Yan was playing this song, several girls at the table in front of the piano couldn't help but hum along.

Especially during the chorus part, the voices of several girls could be heard from two or three tables away.

Fortunately, the girls sang very well, so the other diners in the restaurant not only did not feel disturbed, but found it very interesting.

Zhou Yan played this piece for a longer time, just playing half of it.

After this song was finished, Zhou Yan did not stop and continued playing "How Long Will I Love You".

When this song came out, the audience's reaction was certainly no worse than the previous one, because this is the theme song of "Time Traveler", and Wang Lihong had already released the single a long time ago.

Because this song has been released for a long time and everyone is more familiar with it, more people are singing along.

As of the day before yesterday, the number of viewers of "Time Traveler" in Hong Kong reached 211 million, ranking third in the Hong Kong film and television audience ranking list. The two films ahead of it were "Best Partner" with 195 million viewers and "Best Partner: Her Majesty's Secret Service" with million viewers.

The third place originally occupied by "A Time Traveler" was "Best Partner". That is to say, before "A Time Traveler" was released, the top three in the Hong Kong film history audience rankings were all from the "Best Partner" series, and "A Time Traveler" squeezed in.

"Time Traveler" has not been removed from the shelves yet, and the number of moviegoers is still increasing. Maybe it will have a chance to surpass the second place with 195 million. After all, there are only viewers left.

If the difference is just a few thousand or tens of thousands in the end, Tang Chen will probably just choose to increase the box office to move up the ranking.

As for the first place of 211 million visitors, there is no chance of success. Because it is far away, the cost is high, and this record is not very useful. Usually no one pays attention to this record. The box office record is more intuitive.

Nowadays, "Time Traveler" has become the number one in Hong Kong's box office history, so it is not particularly concerned about the number one in the number of moviegoers.

It’s better to have it, but it doesn’t matter if you don’t have it.

"Best Partner" was released in 82. At that time, the number of moviegoers was more than it is now, so this movie was able to set such a record.

Today, the box office of "Time Traveler" is more than twice that of "Best Partner", but the number of moviegoers is far behind, mainly because the ticket price is much more expensive than before.

It has been fifteen years since 82. During these fifteen years, the number of moviegoers in Hong Kong has been declining year by year.

Fewer and fewer Hong Kong people go to the cinema, so the record of moviegoers created by "Best Partner" is becoming increasingly difficult to break.

In recent years, only "Time Traveler" has a chance of touching this record, and other movies are far behind.

And if this trend continues, future movies will be further and further away from this record.

Although it did not break the record of "Best Partner", it is still a very impressive thing for a movie to be watched by more than 1.9 million people in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong now has a permanent population of over six million, and the average person watched "Time Traveler" 0.3 times.

Although the number of moviegoers does not represent the total number of moviegoers, the number of people who went to the cinema in Hong Kong to watch "A Time Traveler" was definitely less than 1.9 million, but even if it was cut in half, it would still be close to one million.

That is to say, one in every six people in Hong Kong has watched "Time Traveler".

In fact, the number of viewers of "Time Traveler" is definitely more than one million.

An organization has conducted a survey and calculated that the ratio between the number of viewers of "A Time Traveler" and the total number of viewers should be less than 1.5, which means that the number of viewers of "A Time Traveler" is at least 1.3 million.

If we calculate based on 1.3 million, that means one out of every five people in Hong Kong has seen this movie.

Movie fans are mainly young people, and the audience of "Time Traveler" is basically young people. It can be said that at least half of the young people in Hong Kong have seen this movie.

Especially for young people who are in a relationship, at least 80 to 90 percent of them have watched movies. During this period, the first choice for couples when they go to the cinema is definitely "Time Traveler", which is a typical date movie.

Therefore, it is understandable that everyone responded so enthusiastically when Zhou Yan played the theme song in the restaurant.

After playing "How Long Will I Love You", Zhou Yan continued with "Bleeding Love".

This song has been released in Hong Kong and movie fans in Hong Kong are very familiar with it.

Hearing Zhou Yan playing the songs from Time Traveler, Yu Hua said with a smile, "I was wondering why this guy agreed to play the songs on stage so readily. It turns out he wanted to promote his movie."

Shi Tiesheng laughed and said, "Does he still need to promote his new movie? And isn't it a bit late to promote it now? It's almost been taken off the screen."

"Even a mosquito's leg is still meat. We must always be prepared to do propaganda work."

Yu Hua was of course joking. The box office of the movie "Time Traveler" is so high that ordinary publicity is meaningless. Moreover, the movie is about to be released, and further publicity at this time will not increase the box office much.

If Zhou Yan really wanted to promote the movie, it would definitely be effective if he came to Hong Kong before or just after the movie was released, but he never came once for the early promotion of the movie.

After Zhou Yan finished playing "bleeding love", he played the interlude of "Time Traveler". However, unlike the previous songs, this song has not been released as a complete song.

It's called "catch my breath" and it's one of the three songs at the dance party at the beginning of the movie.

This song appeared in the movie for a very short time, and fans only heard a small part of it.

Therefore, when Zhou Yan first started playing, many people at the scene did not know that it was a song from "Time Traveler", they thought it was some other song.

It was not until Zhou Yan played the chorus that some people reacted.

Li Jingyi, who was standing behind Zhou Yan, also widened her eyes when she heard the chorus.

"Is this the song from Time Traveler?"

The reason why Li Jingyi was so surprised was that she had only heard the chorus before, and she heard the other parts for the first time today.

However, she was not sure whether this was in the original version or added by the man in the hat himself.

It is not uncommon to complete a piece of music. Many people who study music like to do this, which can be considered a kind of adaptation.

I have to say, if this paragraph was really added by this person himself, then he is really talented.

Li Jingyi thought that this song sounded very complete and smooth. It was simply a single song without any trace of patchwork. She even felt that even if Zhou Yan wrote it, it probably wouldn't be much better.

Suppose... this was not added by the man in front of me himself, but was in the original version, then how did he know the original version?

After the movie was released, Li Jingyi and her classmates frantically searched for the music in "Time Traveler". They bought all the songs that had been released.

But unfortunately, among so many songs in "Time Traveler", only a few were released as singles. Most of the others were not released, and even the extra notes were not released.

For many passages, no one is sure whether there is a complete version, and the official has never made a public announcement.

For example, the song "catch my breath" is a song full of positive energy. Although it only appears in a short clip in the movie, the audience can clearly feel its power.

It’s a pity that you can’t hear this song outside the cinema, and even in the cinema you can only hear a small part of it.

But how did this man in front of me get the complete version?

Li Jingyi wanted to ask, but was embarrassed to disturb him while he was playing the piano.

It was not until the song "Catch My Breath" was finished that Li Jingyi mustered up the courage to ask, "Hello, may I ask?"

Zhou Yan had raised his hand to play the next song when he suddenly heard a voice coming from behind. He turned around and looked, "What do you want to ask?"

As soon as he turned his head, Li Jingyi saw Zhou Yan's eyes.

These eyes...

When Li Jingyi saw Zhou Yan's eyes, she was stunned.

She was so familiar with these eyes. In her own room, there was a big poster on the wall. On the poster, Zhou Yan was sitting in front of the piano and smiling at the camera.

Li Jingyi was lying on the bed, and when she looked up, she could see Zhou Yan's eyes in the poster.

The pair of eyes in front of her gradually overlapped with the pair of eyes on the poster, and Li Jingyi had a feeling that it was not real.

Is this really Zhou Yan?
Why is he here?
Come to eat?
"What do you want to ask?" Zhou Yan asked with a smile.

"me……"

Li Jingyi didn't know what to ask for a moment, but suddenly an idea struck her. She took out a notebook and a pen from her schoolbag and said, "Can you sign your name for me? Just sign it here."

She was referring to the cover of the book.

Seeing Li Jingyi's actions, Zhou Yan realized that she must have recognized him.

"No problem." Zhou Yan took the notebook readily and signed his name on the cover.

Li Jingyi was a little unsure at first, but after seeing the signature, she was 100% sure that the man in the hat in front of her was Zhou Yan.

After taking the notebook, Li Jingyi's face turned red with excitement.

As a loyal fan of Zhou Yan, Li Jingyi has imagined the scene of meeting Zhou Yan more than once.

This was the first time she met Zhou Yan in person. Although Zhou Yan had been to Hong Kong before, Li Jingyi had never had the opportunity to be there, whether for airport pickup or activities.

After all, there are only a few people who can put aside their studies and work to chase stars. Li Jingyi is a case of most people. They are usually very busy with their studies and work and have no time to chase stars. They can only watch them on TV, or spend money to go to the cinema to support the box office and buy Zhou Yan's works.

Li Jingyi had thought of many scenarios of meeting Zhou Yan, but she had never thought of this situation once because she didn't dare to think about it.

Seeing Li Jingyi's expression, he smiled and said, "I'm leaving now. I'll give the piano back to you."

Li Jingyi nodded blankly.

Zhou Yan stood up and walked off the stage, returning to their table.

"Have you finished eating? Let's go."

When Yu Hua and the others saw Li Jingyi taking a notebook to Zhou Yan for autograph, they knew that Li Jingyi had recognized Zhou Yan. In that case, they should not stay here for long.

Anyway, they had already eaten, so it was a good time for them to leave.

When leaving, some guests at some tables gave Zhou Yan a thumbs up, praising him for his good piano playing.

After Zhou Yan left, Li Jingyi sat on the piano bench, still in a daze.

The little boy who had said that "Wind" was the school bell for the end of school, saw Li Jingyi in a daze and asked, "Sister, are you still playing the piano? The brother just played better than you."

Hearing the child's words, Li Jingyi didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

I have to say, this kid speaks really directly.

The little boy's mother was sitting nearby. When she heard her son say this, she quickly covered his mouth and said, "Xingxing, please be more polite."

Li Jingyi smiled and said, "It's okay, he is right, that person played very well, much better than me." (End of this chapter)