1990: Starting from Baojia Street

On the morning of the second day of Valentine's Day, "All of Me" was played simultaneously on many radio stations, and listeners could also call to request it.

On February 15, "All of Me" occupied the top spot on the radio request list in many regions.

Some radio stations in some areas almost played "All of Me" in a loop from morning to night, because listeners were willing to call to request it, and the anchors also found that everyone was willing to listen to this song.

This song has not been officially released, and tapes and CDs are not available. Fans can only listen to it through TV and radio stations.

Obviously, radio is much more convenient than TV, and it can be requested.

Although Celine Dion had sung this song in a concert before, for most people, the melody of this song suddenly appeared and became popular.

Many people feel that a love song suddenly appeared after Valentine's Day, which is particularly beautiful and everyone can sing it.

As "All of Me" spreads more and more, more and more people know that this song comes from Zhou Yan's new movie "About Time", and people are paying more and more attention to this new movie.

At this time, Bantam Book Group suddenly announced that Y will have a novel to be released in April, and the title is "Shutter Island".

Some fans who pay more attention to Zhou Yan's news, seeing "Shutter Island", remembered the news of the previous movie "Shutter Island". They didn't expect that this movie actually has an original book.

Jessica and Hardison were very surprised when they saw this news. On Valentine's Day, they were still complaining that they couldn't see Y's novel in the United States. Unexpectedly, they heard the news that Y's new book would be sold in the United States a few days later, as if someone had heard their complaints.

"Shutter Island, I remember the director was Martin Scorsese, right?"

"Yes, that's him, and the cast seems to be pretty strong too. I didn't expect this movie to have an original novel. This seems to be a suspense movie? Y also wrote a suspense novel?"

"I heard that Y is a traditional writer. Do you still remember "Tree Hole"?"

"Well, of course, maybe his style is more varied. Bantam only said that the new book will be released in April, but didn't say the specific time. Can I buy it in Los Angeles?"

"It should be possible. Bantam Group has promoted it so loudly, so the first print run will definitely not be small."

"That's right."

...

On the day the news of the release of the novel "Shutter Island" was released, Bantam Group received many calls, all asking about the news of the new book, asking them when the new book will be released, and whether they accept advance reservations.

For these inquiries, Bantam also answered them uniformly through the media, announcing the specific release date as April 18th.

As for the advance reservation, since not many people proposed it, we did not open the advance reservation channel, but just told everyone that there are bookstores selling it in major cities.

The first print of "Shutter Island" is one million copies, are you still worried that the distribution is not comprehensive enough?

In addition to ordinary readers, some of the people who called were booksellers, and they naturally asked about getting the goods.

Looking at the current news popularity, booksellers also know that "Shutter Island" will definitely sell well.

For such a book that is destined to sell well, it is necessary to confirm the goods in advance, so as not to miss the first wave of sales climax due to insufficient goods.

On this side, Bantam is taking advantage of the popularity of "all of me" and promoting the novel "Shutter Island" in full swing. On the other side, Warner will naturally not miss such a good opportunity and hurriedly promote the movie "Shutter Island".

This time, Zhou Yan's new movie is linked with the movie "Shutter Island" through the song "all of me".

Because of the popularity of "all of me", the promotion effect is very good.

Warner was also secretly happy. They had not expected much from the agreement they had made with Zhou Yan before. It seemed like they were just trying their best.

But they never expected that Zhou Yan would write the novel so quickly and negotiate the publishing. What surprised them even more was that the novel had received such high attention before it was released.

Let alone how the sales of the novel "Shutter Island" would be in the future, even the current wave of popularity has saved their company a lot of publicity costs.

If the novel "Shutter Island" can really sell well in the future, then the box office of the movie is basically a foregone conclusion. Movie fans are particularly respectful of movies adapted from such literary works.

It seems that the popularity that Y can bring is higher than they expected.

At least so far, the popularity that Zhou Yan has brought to the movie alone has exceeded that of the director and several leading actors.

…

Originally, everyone thought that this wave of joint promotion would basically end with the movie, but what was unexpected was that just after Warner had just taken advantage of the wave of popularity, Mariah Carey also announced that she would add a new song by Y to her new album this year, and this new song was also from the new movie "About Time".

For a time, both the film industry and the pop music industry became more lively, and everyone turned their attention to the new movie.

"What kind of movie is this?"

"How many songs are there in this movie?"

Especially in the pop music industry, attention to the movie "About Time" has increased to a very high level.

Major music companies have begun to ask people to find out how many songs there are in this movie and whether there are any songs for their own singers to sing.

…

Zhang Youan's phone suddenly exploded with calls.

The first person to call him was Jeff Brown, Jive's deputy general manager.

He single-handedly created the Backstreet Boys, and he was also responsible for the Houjie Boys singing "Yellow".

It can be said that Jeff Brown was the first European and American musician to collaborate with Zhou Yan, and the relationship between the two parties has always been good.

After the call was connected, Jeff Brown quickly explained his purpose.

"In the new movie, are there any songs that these young men can sing?"

Zhang Youan was not surprised to hear that Jeff Brown came here for the songs in the new movie. He said with a smile, "Jeff, there are indeed many songs in Y's new movie, but many of them have already been determined."

"A lot...that means not every song has been finalized, and there are still some that haven't been finalized."

"Yes, there are still some songs that have not been determined, but they may not be suitable for young people to sing. You know, the songs written by Y will not be easily sold to singers. He will evaluate whether the singer is suitable."

"Of course I understand, so I called to ask if there were any suitable songs."

"You still have to ask Y himself about this, but it's better not to disturb him these days because he is celebrating the New Year in his hometown."

When Jeff Brown heard what Zhang Youan said, he could only sigh slightly, "Then please help me say Happy New Year to Y, and we'll talk about the song in a few days."

"no problem."

…

Not long after hanging up the phone with Jeff Brown, Zhang Youan received another call from Warner Records. The caller had exactly the same purpose as Jeff Brown, which was to ask if there were any new songs in "About Time" that could match their singer. cooperate.

When he first received a call from Jeff Brown, Zhang Youan didn't think much about it and thought it was normal.

But then he received a call from Warner Records and he felt something was wrong.

He was in China these days and didn't pay much attention to the news in the United States, but he knew that "All of Me" premiered on Valentine's Day, so he took it for granted that their invitation to sing was related to "All of Me".

But he didn't know that although this matter was related to "All of Me", the most important thing was that Mariah Carey was going to add an interlude "About Time" to her new album.

It's just that because of the Chinese New Year during this period, Zhou Yan didn't tell Zhang Youan about this at all.

Of course, more and more phone calls were received later, and Zhang Youan also got information from these callers, knowing that Zhou Yan had given Mariah Carey a song from the movie.

…

The next morning, Zhang Youan called Zhou Yan.

When she received a call from Zhang Youan, Zhou Yan was shopping in Xinjiekou with Wang Zuxian. Wang Zuxian arrived yesterday, the tenth day of the lunar month. She planned to stay in Jinling until the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, and then go to Yanjing with Zhou Yan to spend some time.

Zhou Yan rubbed the phone, took a breath, and answered the call.

"Are you busy?"

Hearing Zhang Youan's voice, Zhou Yan curled his lips and said, "I'm busy. Lao Zhang, why are you calling me?"

Zhang Youan smiled and said, "Let me report the situation to you. Starting from eight or nine o'clock last night, I took phone calls for two or three hours. There were more than a dozen calls. They were all asking about the episode of "Time Traveler"."

"Who asked all these questions?" Zhou Yan asked.

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"Some record companies over there in the United States, including Jeff Brown, he was the first."

"Why are there so many calls?" Zhou Yan was curious.

"Don't I have to ask you this? "All of Me" premiered on Valentine's Day, and two days later Mariah Carey announced that she would add a song from your new movie to her new album. Now all the record companies are paying attention. It’s your new movie.”

"Oh, that's it." Zhou Yan didn't expect that this would attract major record companies to inquire about new movies.

"Which song did you give Mariah Carey? Why didn't I know when?"

Zhou Yan said with a smile, "You're still asking me? Didn't you give her your phone number? After she got the number from you on New Year's Eve, she called me and said that there were two songs missing from her new album. I I gave her "Bleeding Love" without telling you, because I was busy during this period, so I didn't want to delay your vacation."

"I think you are afraid of delaying your vacation."

"They are all there. Anyway, we have been working together with Maria for a long time. There is no need to talk too much about the details. We can just make up a contract later."

"Maria asked me for my number and just said Happy New Year to you. I didn't say anything else. I will let someone handle the contract matter. But you are so kind to Maria. You gave me all this." What’s her song?”

"It's okay, there aren't many songs."

"Not many songs. There shouldn't be any singer who has sung more of your songs than her, right? Not only have you written more songs for her, but every one of them is a hit."

Zhang Youan's words made Zhou Yan irrefutable. He indeed only wrote a few songs for Mariah Carey, but this was already more than other singers.

In addition to Mariah Carey, there are also Anita Mui, Shizuka Kudo, Backstreet Boys and Akina Nakamori.

There are also two songs by Celine Dion, but only one has been released for the time being.

"I feel like this song suits her very well, and it's not easy to say no when I call during the Chinese New Year."

Zhang Youan pondered for a moment on the other end of the phone and asked, "There shouldn't be any special relationship between you and her, right?"

He emphasized the word "special" very strongly, and his meaning was very clear.

Zhou Yan glanced at Wang Zuxian next to him and raised his lips, "What are you guessing? She and I have only met a few times, so what kind of special relationship can we have? Besides, if others don't know, how can you not know?" "

On the other end of the phone, Zhang Youan pouted, saying that he didn't know.

Now he spends very little time with Zhou Yan, and he doesn't have much control over Zhou Yan's private life. In other words, he doesn't know which actress or female singer Zhou Yan is with.

"It's okay if you don't have it. You still have to keep a little distance from her. She and Motola have made a mess. If you get involved, you will definitely make a mess. Of course, there is no problem in writing songs for her normally, just don't just give it to her. One person writes.”

Zhou Yan curled his lips and said, "Write it to her, isn't it because she is popular? If it were someone else, would my songs be that popular?"

Although the songs Zhou Yan sang for Mariah Carey are all very good, there is a high probability that they will become popular even if they are sung to others, but it is unlikely that they will become such a hit.

Mariah Carey is in her prime, at the top of her game in every aspect, and singing songs to her can be said to bring her own traffic.

The success of those songs was also due to their mutual success.

"It doesn't mean that you don't write for her, but take the time to give some songs to other people, such as some new generation female singers. If the scandal spreads, it will be nicer, at least it won't say that you are trying to take advantage of her."

"What about spreading scandals, trying to gain leverage, and talking nonsense." Zhou Yan said with a serious expression.

Zhang Youan said with a smile, "It's normal to hear rumors..."

Zhou Yan quickly interrupted him, "Okay, I'm busy here, is there anything else?"

"There's nothing else, that's all. What do you say when they ask about the movie insert?"

"Let it dry for now and wait until I officially start work."

"Okay."

…

After Zhou Yan hung up the phone, Joey Wang looked at him with a half-smile, "Mariah Carey called you alone on New Year's Eve. Was it before me or after me?"

"after."

"Did that hit the old house?"

"Um."

"She even has a phone number in her old house."

"Didn't I just say that this guy Zhang Youan gave it to her."

"It seems you had a great time chatting with her and even gave her a song."

"Ahem, her call was just to invite me to sing. There was nothing else. We chatted for a while and then hung up."

"We only chatted for a while and you gave her the song. It was nice of her."

"..."

"Haha, I'm just kidding you, I won't be jealous of her."

Wang Zuxian smiled and hugged Zhou Yan tighter. The two of them walked towards the mall. Her suitcase in Jinling was filled with gifts for the Zhou family, but there was no room to put clothes.

Today they went shopping, and their main purpose was to buy her some sets of clothes. (End of chapter)