Zhou Yan looked around and asked, "Where are the others?"
"Naiwen and Xiaoran have already arrived. They are too simple. I asked them to go to the dressing room to touch up their makeup. Teacher Jiao and Teacher Li haven't arrived yet, but they will be there soon," Xu Feng said.
Han Sanping smiled and said, "Teacher Xie came with me in the car and went to the bathroom."
Zhou Yan nodded. Except for Xu Guanwen and Chen Derong, most of the other creative staff will be present at today's premiere ceremony.
Several members of the directing team set out from the studio. The car was right behind Zhou Yan and they would be there immediately.
Several people came for a while, and Yu Hua pushed Shi Tiesheng, followed by Mo Yan and Liu Zhenyun.
Seeing them, Xu Feng and Han Sanping were not surprised. After all, Zhou Yan had just attended the author representative meeting.
The film and television circle and the literary circle seem to be two circles, but in fact they have many intersections.
As for the "Four Heavenly Kings", without exception, all of them have cooperated with the film and television industry.
Yu Hua, Mo Yan and Zhang Yimou all have a good relationship, Shi Tiesheng has worked with Chen Kaige, and Liu Zhenyun has worked with Feng Xiaogang and his group.
They are not the only writers who are coming today. Su Tong, Wang Anyi, Han Shaogong, Shi Zhongshan and others are coming one after another.
After receiving more than a dozen writers in a row, Xu Feng said with a smile, "If you don't know, you might think this is some kind of literary exchange meeting, with so many well-known writers here."
Han Sanping nodded, "This is not a matter of quantity, the key is quality. The writers here today can definitely be regarded as half of the literary world in terms of popularity."
He knows more about the mainland literary circle than Xu Feng, so he has a clearer understanding of the popularity of Mo Yan and others.
In fact, he said "half of the country" is a bit conservative. If we just talk about the current popularity among the general readership group, these writers today must account for at least 70-80%.
This year, just one Wang Anyi can basically sweep the entire field.
Wang Anyi and Chi Zijian have basically accounted for 90% of the popularity of female writers in the literary circle in the past two years. Bi Shumin has developed well in the past two years, but she is also a bit less interesting. As for others such as Chi Li, Female writers such as Fang Fang and Can Xue are really not famous.
As for male writers, a lot of them have developed over the same period. In addition to those here today, there are also a series of writers from Shaanxi, such as Chen Zhongshi, Jia Pingwa and others.
……
After the writers came, another group of colleagues from Yangyin came.
Vice dean Wang Cizhao brought a dozen colleagues, including Zhou Yan’s teachers Shi Wanchun and Wu Zuqiang.
After meeting Zhou Yan, Wang Cizhao first wished Zhou Yan a great success in his new movie, and then said, "Principal Liu originally wanted to come, but he has been feeling unwell during this time and has not been at work for several days. He specially called The phone told me to bring his blessings.”
Zhou Yan knew that Liu Lin was not feeling well and went home to rest.
Liu Lin's health has been poor before, but depending on the situation this time, Liu Lin will not come back to work. This means that for a while, the school's affairs will be taken care of by the deputy dean Wang Cizhao.
The last time they met, Liu Lin specifically asked Zhou Yan for tickets to the premiere. He really wanted to come and have a look, but he was not able to come due to poor health.
"When I finish my busy work these days, I must go and see Senior Brother Liu." Zhou Yan said.
"Okay, we'll be together then." Wang Cizhao smiled and looked at Wang Zuxian, "Ms. Wang, the piano you donated is a timely help to our school. Today I finally have the opportunity to meet you in person. I must be my teacher." Thank you. Principal Liu is not here today, so I would like to express my sincere gratitude to you on behalf of Yangyin.”
As he spoke, he turned to look at Sun Dong behind him. The latter understood and immediately presented a box.
Wang Cizhao took the box and handed it to Wang Zuxian, "Ms. Wang, here is a small gift prepared by our school to thank you for your selfless dedication. In addition to the certificate, there is also a small badge. I hope you like it."
Wang Zuxian was also very considerate. After taking the box, he opened the box in person, first took out the certificate inside and looked at it, and then took out the badge.
Zhou Yan was quite surprised when he saw the badge, because he had never seen such a badge in school before.
The badge in Wang Zuxian's hand is very exquisite. The overall style is the school badge of Yangyin, but the school badge is square, and this badge is round.
The inner circle is red with a purple-gold logo "乐" in the middle, and the outer circle is bright gold with the words Central Conservatory of Music printed on it.
On the back of the badge, the words "Wang Zuxian" are engraved.
This badge was most likely made specifically for Wang Zuxian, but I don’t know what material it is made of.
Although Zhou Yan didn't get his hands on it, he knew it wasn't plastic.
It shouldn't be pure gold. The school is not that generous. It might be gold-plated copper.
If the cost is higher, silver can be plated with gold; if the cost is higher, it can be gold-plated with silver.
"Wow, so beautiful." Wang Zuxian praised.
Wang Cizhao said with a smile, "Miss Wang, you just wear this badge at ordinary times, because it is made of gold and silver, so it will not fade due to wearing it."
In fact, this badge is not worth much even if it is pure gold, but the school is willing to use gold to cover it with silver, and it still shows some thought.
Moreover, the craftsmanship of this badge is very good. Zhou Yan estimates that the craftsmanship cost will be at least dozens of dollars higher.
Wang Zuxian really likes this badge. She is naturally familiar with the logo on it. She can see this logo everywhere in Zhou Yan's house.
The manuscript paper Zhou Yan used, the teaching materials used by the students, and some of Zhou Yan's IDs all had the word "乐" on them.
She has always thought that the word "乐" is very beautiful, and now she also has one, of course she is very happy.
Zhou Yan also saw that Wang Zuxian liked this badge very much. He couldn't help but sigh that Wang Cizhao was really a capable person. In this regard, Liu Lin was not as good as Wang Cizhao.
Shi Wanchun and Wu Zuqiang did not give Zhou Yan too many instructions. They just smiled and wished him a box office success for his movie.
After all, Zhou Yan is also the deputy director of the Orchestra Department. In front of so many people, they can't talk to Zhou Yan like a student. They must give Zhou Yan face.
……
After they went to the front, Zhou Yan looked at the badge in Wang Zuxian's hand, smiled and said to Xu Feng, "Sister Feng, ask Dean Wang to arrange one for you later."
The last time they had dinner at Xu Feng's house, they made an agreement that Xu Feng would donate a piano to Yangyin for every two million yuan more in the box office of "Space Traveler."
Xu Feng smiled and said, "Don't worry, I haven't forgotten about donating the piano, so you don't have to remind me all the time. But this badge is really pretty, so it would be good to get one. Does anyone who donated to you before have this thing?" ”
Zhou Yan shook his head, "As far as I know, no, there was a certificate before. At the earliest, there wasn't even a certificate."
"That means, Xiaoxian's one is still the first one?"
"It should be. I guess this badge was made by Dean Wang."
Han Sanping smiled and said, "Dean Wang is very understanding of people's hearts. The only drawback is that this badge does not have a name."
Zhou Yan joked, "Third brother, you can donate hundreds of pianos. Maybe Dean Wang can name this badge after you."
"Can you sell me for hundreds of pianos?" Han Sanping rolled his eyes, "You sponsor your school every day, so your leader can't promote you quickly."
"Director Han, don't you know? He is now the deputy director of the Orchestra Department, which is almost the limit of his age." Xu Feng said with a smile.
Han Sanping nodded, "Deputy Director, that's okay, but we still have to work hard and strive to become the principal as soon as possible."
"Being the principal will not be as easy as it is now." Xu Feng said.
"There are many types of top leaders. It is not necessary to do everything personally. Yangyin's system is so mature that the principal can go out and show his face to promote the school. It is enough to train an effective vice principal to handle the specific affairs within the school."
What Han Sanping said was very reasonable. Yangyin's current structure is very stable, and the presence or absence of a principal will not actually have a big impact.
Just like when Liu Lin retired from illness and Wang Ci was summoned to take charge of the overall situation, the school could still operate well.
Of course, Han Sanping was just joking when he said he wanted Zhou Yan to become the principal soon.
After all, Zhou Yan is too young. Even if he can become the principal in the future, it will take many years.
Not long after Yang Yin's group arrived, Chen Lian also came with Wang Zhongyang. Along with them were several female relatives who were about the same age as Chen Lian. Chen Lian did not introduce everyone to Zhou Yan one by one, but just briefly mentioned that some were colleagues from her school, and some were colleagues or family members of Wang Junhua.
Chen Lian hasn't left yet, but Shu Yuanxia and Li Xianglan are also here.
Li Xianglan's lover, Huo Siqi's father, was Wang Junhua's leader. The two families had always had a good relationship in the past, just like they were family friends like the Zhou family.
They both knew that the other was coming today, so they were not surprised. Li Xianglan smiled and said, "On the way just now, I told Yuan Xia that you might have arrived first."
Chen Lian smiled and said, "Sister Xiang Lan, Sister Yuanxia, we have just arrived."
"That's good, let's go to the front together later." Li Xianglan smiled, then looked at Zhou Yan and Han Sanping, his smile became even brighter, "You two, one is the eldest and the other is the youngest, come together ”
"Sister Xiang Lan, please stop making fun of me." Han Sanping said with a smile.
"What a joke, we are here to cheer you two on today."
Han Sanping nodded repeatedly, "Thank you sisters for supporting us."
"You, don't thank me. If you want to thank me, you have to thank Xiaoyan. Speaking of which, you are also an elder, and you rely on your juniors to help you every day. I was on the phone with my aunt a few days ago, and we also talked about Xiaoyan, the old lady She has a big problem with you. She thinks it’s you who find work for her grandson every day, leaving her grandson with no time to go home.”
Han Sanping quickly raised his hands and said, "It's an injustice, it's an injustice, it's a huge injustice. Sister, don't think I'm a factory director, but I'm actually just serving them. If you want to blame me, I have to blame the old lady herself. It was she who trained Brother Yaowen to be so good. Only her son has such a talented grandson as Zhou Yan. Her grandson is very talented, and I just try my best to serve her grandson.”
"You have a lot of lies. Next time you have a chance to see the old lady, you can tell her face to face." Li Xianglan smiled, and then held Wang Zuxian's hand enthusiastically, "Miss Xiaoxian is more beautiful in person than on TV." He’s good-looking, and he’s quite tall. He matches up well with Zhou Yan...I mean, let’s make a movie together.”
Wang Zuxian also didn't know Li Xianglan well. When they met for the first time, he was a little confused by Li Xianglan's enthusiasm.
Zhou Yan introduced her from the side, "This is Aunt Lan, this is Aunt Xia."
"Hello Aunt Lan, hello Aunt Xia." Wang Zuxian greeted obediently.
Shu Yuanxia looked at Wang Zuxian and sighed secretly. After all, Zhou Yan was her favorite son-in-law. The situation of Zhou Yan and Wang Zuxian gradually became known in their circle.
Even after such a long time, Shu Yuanxia still felt a little pity.
However, it was a pity that Zhou Yan had no fate with her daughter, so she could only accept it.
At this time, Wang Zuxian called her aunt, and she responded enthusiastically, "Hello, Xiaoxian, you are from the south, are you used to coming to Yanjing? It's still relatively cold in Yanjing these days."
"Thank you Aunt Xia for your concern. I have come to Yanjing often before. Except for feeling a little dry, everything else is fine."
"Well, if you have any need for us, just ask, don't be shy. Zhou Yan..."
The more Shu Yuanxia spoke, the more obvious it became. Li Xianglan coughed lightly from the side, "Xiaoyan, the premiere ceremony will start soon, and we won't disturb you here."
……
Shu Yuanxia and the others walked out of the backstage, and Li Xianglan said, "Yuanxia, why are you talking so much? They haven't announced anything about their situation now."
"It's not that..."
"Who said it clearly?"
"Didn't the old lady say..."
"The old lady said that Zhou Yan has a partner now, a movie star. Did she clearly say it was Wang Zuxian?"
Shu Yuanxia curled her lips, "Who else could it be besides Wang Zuxian? They both get paid every day."
"Maybe it's Maggie Cheung, and wasn't there a Neon star who was also involved in a scandal with Zhou Yan?"
"When did Maggie Cheung happen? I haven't heard anything about the two of them since then. As for the neon star, that's even more impossible. The Zhou family can let a neon person be their granddaughter-in-law? How enlightened could Uncle Zhou be? , and it is impossible to allow this to happen.”
"It's true. Those who wrote these news must not know the situation of the Zhou family."
"Even if you know something, as long as Zhou Yan doesn't say it in public, who would dare to write it?"
……
When Shang Wenya arrived at Yanjing Concert Hall, the premiere ceremony was about to begin.
Although the premiere ceremony was held at the Yanjing Concert Hall, which has more than 800 seats, no official tickets were sold to the public.
And Shang Wenya was able to get the tickets because she is now the president of the Yan Normal University Zhou Yan Supporters Association. Their supporter association got two tickets, and she gave one of the tickets to the previous president Li Yuanyuan.
After many years, many Zhou Yan support clubs have been established across the country, ranging in size from large to small. Their Yan Normal University support club can only be regarded as an above-average one. After all, their members are basically students in school, and everyone is star-chasing. They are all relatively rational and it is difficult to make the support club too big.
However, the Yan Normal University Support Club is still the most famous Zhou Yan Support Club in the country, not only because they were founded the earliest, but also because they are the only support club that has direct contact with Tomson Company and Zhou Yan Studio.
Moreover, the logos used by Zhou Yan’s support clubs across the country are all from Yan Normal University’s support clubs.
The things Dong Wenmiao designed for the Yan Normal University Support Club have spread to other support clubs and become a symbol of unity.
Therefore, for this premiere ceremony, only the Yan Normal University Support Club got two tickets, and no other support clubs had this honor.
Sitting in the Yanjing Concert Hall, Shang Wenya took a deep breath. For some reason, the current scene suddenly reminded her of that early summer four years ago, when she and the first president Zuo Li went to Yangyin to watch Graduation work exhibition of the 1987 Composition Department.
There were even more people in the Yangyin Concert Hall that day than there are today.
The Yangyin Concert Hall has one to two hundred more seats than the Yanjing Concert Hall, but many of the people present that day had no seats.
That day, Zhou Yan played "Nightingale", and the elegant and unrestrained image of him playing the bamboo flute was deeply imprinted in Shang Wenya's mind.
Looking at the stage, Shang Wenya seemed to see the handsome young man again, holding a bamboo flute and conquering the entire concert hall.
"Wenya, what are you doing?"
A familiar voice sounded in his ears. Shang Wenya came back to his senses and looked at the visitor with a smile, "Sister Yuanyuan, you are here."
"Well, hurry up and hurry up. Fortunately, you're not late."
Li Yuanyuan is now in her third year of graduate school. She is usually very busy with schoolwork. Recently, Shang Wenya has not been able to see her very much. If it hadn't been for the premiere of a new movie today, Li Yuanyuan might not have been able to come out.
In order to be able to attend today's premiere ceremony, Li Yuanyuan worked hard the day before yesterday and finally managed to find some time.
"There's still a while, the premiere ceremony starts at 5:10, and the movie screening won't be until 5:40."
"Then I must catch up to watch the premiere ceremony. Teacher Zhou should be able to speak."
"Probably. Teacher Zhou is a director, screenwriter and leading actor. It would be inappropriate not to speak."
"Haha, it saves them trouble. Teacher Zhou alone represents the director, screenwriter, leading actor and soundtrack director." Li Yuanyuan glanced at the empty stage and asked strangely, "Is the event going to be on stage now? There are no banners. , there were no tables, chairs or benches, not even a microphone.”
“I guess it’s because there will be a movie showing soon, so it’s a bit of a waste of time to put up banners and set up tables, chairs and benches.”
"Oh, is that so?"
Neither of them had attended any premieres, so they didn't know how other premieres were held.
Moreover, they heard that this was the first time that the Yanjing Concert Hall held a premiere ceremony, and many of the equipment in the concert hall were newly equipped.
Just as the two were discussing seriously, there was a sound of footsteps coming from the speakers on the wall.
The sound of footsteps gradually became clearer from far to near.
Hearing the footsteps, the audience fell silent and turned their attention to the stage.
They all knew that the footsteps should indicate that the premiere was about to begin. (End of chapter)