When leaving Hamamatsu Music Hall, the Japanese media reporters who came after hearing the news almost asked Liao Yuan and others to stay in this land forever.
After escaping the attack, the group returned to the hotel to observe the video they had just taken.
Obviously, during this trip to Japan, I met Liao Yuan by chance, and "Love Travel" was an unexpected surprise.
Several cameras completely recorded the entire competition process. After director Qu Liangwei witnessed all this, he was so excited that he said, "This, this video can definitely be used as a documentary!"
"Teacher Liao's performance is great. I have already thought of the title, The Wife-Protecting Maniac's First Shot!"
"No, no, no, it should be called 'Destroy you, what does it have to do with you!'"
"I'm laughing so hard. You didn't see Tokugawa Seimei's desperate eyes! Oh my god, it's so heartbreaking!"
"This incident reminds us that every mountain is higher than the other, and we must not act arrogantly..."
Liao Yuan took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Actually, it's our fault. Doing this is no less than ruining someone else's event. After all, it is an internationally renowned event. If it is so noisy, it will have a bad reputation."
"That's not your fault, Teacher Liao. It's that Tokugawa Seimei who is too arrogant and insists on making fun of the entire audience!"
"Yes, if I had Teacher Liao's ability, I would have beaten this grandson to the ground long ago. If you still want to fight if you don't accept it, bah!"
"The competition rules and the judges are obviously biased towards Japan. Miss Lin Weiyin is at a huge disadvantage!"
A group of people chatted for a while, and soon Lin Weiyin's team returned to the hotel.
Liao Yuan's move did not change the final result of the competition. Lin Weiyin still only won second place in the end, not to mention the bonus was halved. She also missed the tour concert project that originally ranked first, but Lin Weiyin did not
She didn't feel any regret. This kind of thing may have been accustomed to her. The only surprise was this time...
Lin Weiyin secretly glanced at Liao Yuan.
Liao Yuan is holding dumbbells and exercising his biceps.
Without the camera tracking, Liao Yuan has obviously changed into a different person. There is almost no interaction with her. The glib words in the camera have turned into a silent and cold style. Even when faced with Lin Weiyin's active chat, he is slightly aloof.
Perfunctory.
A trace of disappointment flashed in Lin Weiyin's eyes.
…
After the trip to Japan, the "Love Travel" team returned to China and immediately edited the previous filming.
The entire Hamamatsu International Piano Competition can fully support two episodes of broadcast content.
This resulted in the originally written script being temporarily postponed to the next recording, and because of this unexpected incident, the performance script between the man and the woman had to be revised, in an effort to increase the sense of camaraderie between the two, at least for the audience to watch.
Only when the girl's heart is bursting.
On the other hand, as June is approaching, the Tchaikovsky Competition is about to begin.
Peter Leighton, deputy secretary-general of the Geneva Competition Federation, also sent an invitation to the competition to Liao Yuan in advance, inviting Liao Yuan to go to Russia to serve as a judge for this year's Tchaikovsky Competition.
At the same time, the performance video submitted by Pei Hongyu, a young player under Little Yellow Fish, also passed the qualifying review of the Tchaikovsky Competition Organizing Committee and received an invitation to the competition.
The two will go to Russia to participate in the competition on June 14th. The competition will be held for about a week in total.
During this time, "The Phantom of the Opera", which the Kyoto Opera House had been preparing for nearly a year, was officially released.
Zhou Yijun referred to Liao Yuan's idea, invited a large number of ordinary audiences for a test screening, and found a new high-pitched actress at the Central Conservatory of Music, with good looks, figure, etc., to replace the previous elderly actress. After a trial
After the screening, the audience generally responded well.
After several months of preparation, "The Phantom of the Opera" officially debuted at the Kyoto Opera House in mid-May.
And it received a huge response on the first day it was released.
In just one week, "Phantom of the Opera" became the most popular opera in the entire capital thanks to its word-of-mouth effect.
The theme song of the same name in "Phantom of the Opera" also became popular along with the popularity of the opera and spread rapidly on the Internet.
Soon, people discovered that the script and theme song of "The Phantom of the Opera" were all written by Liao Yuan.
Liao Yuan's popularity has been very popular recently, and there has naturally been a lot of attention, so many media and experts have been studying "Phantom of the Opera" one after another.
The response to the concert was generally good.
But the script of "Phantom of the Opera" itself has been criticized by almost all experts.
"Is this the same Liao Yuan who wrote "The Signal", "Ghost Blows Out the Lamp", and "The Tuner"?"
"Disappointed, huge disappointed!"
"The plot is simple and straightforward, with no depth at all!"
"Is this ghostwriting? It must be ghostwriting!"
"Compared with Liao Yuan's previous works, the quality is indeed a bit unsatisfactory..."
The plot of "Phantom of the Opera" is indeed too straightforward.
The overall story mainly tells the story of a love triangle, which is not very attractive in film and television works, but if it is presented as a stage play, the charm of "Phantom of the Opera" will obviously still exist.
The fact that the Kyoto Opera House screened this work to full houses is the most powerful evidence.
But this obviously does not meet the expectations of netizens, especially some viewers who have never seen the concert. They think that works that I don’t like must be garbage.
However, it turns out that as time passes, "The Phantom of the Opera" gradually shows its huge influence.
…
Delia Lane is a reporter for the American "National Geographic" magazine. Due to work reasons, she often travels to the Beijing branch of China.
That day, on the flight, she read the plot synopsis of "The Phantom of the Opera" through a magazine.
The love triangle in the story, as well as a series of plots caused by jealousy, pursuit, and murder, intrigued Delia.
The most important thing is that by downloading the theme song of "Phantom of the Opera", she felt the tension and moving parts of the plot in the lyrics, which moved her heart and made her feel that this musical is extraordinary.
So after getting off the plane and finishing her work matters, Delia couldn't wait to go to the opera house to buy tickets.
However, she was told by the conductor that the tickets were sold out, which made Delia very distressed.
Because after today, she will fly back to the United States again.
If you want to come to China again, you may have to wait until a month later.
Just when she was distressed, a man wearing a baseball cap and carrying a pocket sneaked up to Delia, poked Delia on the shoulder, and said mysteriously: "Comrade, I want you to
Do you want tickets? You can watch it right away after buying it, so you won’t miss a minute of the excitement!”
"What?" Delia looked at him doubtfully.
Seeing this, the man quickly made body language movements and hurriedly explained. He also took out a poster of "Phantom of the Opera" and tickets, and stretched out a finger: "One thousand!"
Delia gets it, scalpers!
There are also scalpers in the United States, who were transformed from the early "ticket brokers". They are extremely professional in all aspects and do not give the police any leverage to obtain evidence.
There is no such blatant ticket scalper!
"Five hundred." Delia opened her wallet and said in blunt Chinese.
"Five hundred won't do, comrade, you are bargaining too hard. How can you just cut it in half? At least eight hundred!"
"Six hundred!"
"Eight hundred, not even a penny less!"
In the end, the transaction was completed for 700 yuan.
After the ticket seller left happily, the conductor, who had witnessed this scene from beginning to end, said abruptly when he took the scalper's ticket: "Silly girl, our opera house has a big offer for guests and a big discount on tickets. The lowest ticket price is only 80."
, the highest one is only 490, your ticket position is 80 yuan."
Delia blinked.
After entering the theater, "Phantom of the Opera" has just begun.
Delia took her seat and finally found her place in the corner of the second floor.
Fortunately, it did not affect the viewing. Delia did not care about it and began to enjoy the opera happily.
Because she often travels to China on business, she also studied Chinese for a period of time. However, because Chinese is too difficult to speak, she has been studying for two years and can only exchange short greetings. However, she still cannot listen to some simple daily exchanges.
questionable.
The straightforwardness of the lines in "Phantom of the Opera" almost perfectly matches her Chinese vocabulary.
She watched the scene after scene without blinking:
In an opera house in Paris, strange things happened frequently. The original prima donna was almost smashed to death, and a creepy illusory male voice appeared in the theater.
This voice comes from the "ghost" who lives in the underground maze of the theater. He falls in love with the actress Manni, secretly teaches her singing, and helps her get the position of the heroine. However, Manni falls in love with the theater agent Song Zhexuan, which causes
Jealousy, chase, murder and a series of plots.
In the end, the "ghost" found that his love for Manni had exceeded his personal possessiveness, so he got rid of Manni, leaving behind his cloak and mask, and disappeared alone into the dark underground maze.
The entire opera lasted for more than two hours, during which Delia never left her seat. Every second she was fascinated by the rough fate and thrilling actions of the male and female protagonists.
It wasn't until the whole play was over and the singing of the theme song of "The Phantom of the Opera" was heard in her ears that Delia came back to her senses.
She felt her scalp numb and her heart felt extremely excited.
There is no trace of Eastern cultural heritage in the entire "Phantom of the Opera". This is a musical based entirely on Western culture!
Although the story is simple and not too suspenseful, it does contain a series of musical elements such as jealousy, ethics, murder, and chase that attract Westerners' keen attention.
“Great work!”
"America needs you!"
Delia quickly left the Kyoto Opera House.
Musicals are very popular in the United States. There is a Broadway Avenue in the United States. The street is more than 20 kilometers long and is extremely huge. It is dedicated to American dramas and musicals. When talking about Broadway in the United States, musicals will inevitably come to mind.
This shows the popularity of American opera culture.
And Delia's father is the owner of several opera houses on Broadway!
A week later, Zhou Yijun of the Kyoto Opera House unexpectedly met a potbellied American and invited him to watch the entire performance of "The Phantom of the Opera."
More than two hours later, the American asked Zhou Yijun with shining eyes: "How much is it?"
"What?" Zhou Yijun was stunned for a moment.
"How much does it cost? I want to buy the rights to this opera!"
The Yankee said domineeringly: "I am Tony from Broadway. If you have been to the United States or Broadway, you should know who I am!"
Only the hell do you know who you are!
Zhou Yijun was a little hesitant, and after first making an excuse to deal with the other party, he asked someone to check Broadway Tony's identity.
Soon, the results of the investigation came out. Tony Lane, the American theater boss, has seven opera houses under his name, all of which are stationed on Broadway, a long street of more than 20 kilometers, and also has many famous opera houses under his name.
Opera copyright.
This shocked Zhou Yijun.
He couldn't make the decision, and in fact he had no right to make the decision, because the copyright of the musical was in Liao Yuan's hands.
Soon, Liao Yuan received news from Zhou Yijun and met with Tony Lane.
When he learned that "Phantom of the Opera" was actually written by the young man in front of him, Tony tried his best to open his eyes wide and said, "Hello, Liao, I may have seen you, yes, I have definitely seen you. Your appearance is very familiar to me."
Liao Yuan was surprised and said with a smile: "Really?"
"certainly!"
Tony couldn't think of it, so he stopped talking nonsense and directly patted the "Phantom of the Opera" poster on the table: "Liao, you should know that this kind of opera can only be carried forward in Europe and the United States. In the whole drama, except for the actors and names,
Besides, there is no oriental element at all. I guess you must be a young man who really likes to understand British culture! Because your understanding of British culture in this opera is very profound, and we in the United States and the United Kingdom are already culturally connected.
, I believe that under my operation, this opera will develop into a behemoth, and it will lead us to the pinnacle of opera!"
Tony is a person with great leadership ability. At least in a few words, he laid out all the characteristics of "Phantom of the Opera" and its future in front of Liao Yuan.
No one is unmoved.
"How much do you think it's worth?" Liao Yuan asked with a smile.
Tony was stunned, but still said: "At least one billion US dollars! Of course, I mean the box office!"
Liao Yuan smiled. In his previous life, "Phantom of the Opera" took in more than three billion U.S. dollars at the box office and was almost the most successful musical. But without the ability to predict, Tony was obviously very optimistic about being able to predict a billion U.S. dollars in box office.
The future achievements of this musical.
Next to him, Zhou Yijun was shocked when he heard the figure of one billion US dollars.
"Liao Yuan, can't you be a liar?"
Zhou Yijun approached Liao Yuan and asked in a low voice.
Liao Yuan asked; "Have you investigated his identity?"
Zhou Yijun nodded and said: "I investigated, but the figure he said is too bluffing. I can't believe it. One billion US dollars, converted into RMB, doesn't mean it has a box office of more than 6 billion?"
Hearing this, Liao Yuan looked at Tony: "I heard that you have seven opera houses on Broadway?"
Tony looked proud: "Yes, this is a record achieved by three generations of us. At its peak a hundred years ago, our Lane family owned more than twenty opera houses on Broadway!"
Liao Yuan smiled and said: "That's pretty awesome."
Tony looked at Liao Yuan and said with some discouragement: "Liao, although we are in decline now, we are not really without strength. We have rich operating experience, but we just lack a stunning work. Broadway never treats any one badly."
Excellent work, and "The Phantom of the Opera" is the key factor that can make our Ryan family shine again!"
"Let me think."
Liao Yuan stood up and said, "I'll give you an answer in three days, okay?"
Tony looked a little embarrassed, but he still said: "Can you guarantee that you will give priority to cooperating with me? Don't worry, the price is not an issue, we Americans are very generous."
"Sorry, this might be difficult."
Liao Yuandao: "Just wait for my news!"——
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