After Zhang Youan talked with Dante Self on the phone, he called Zhou Yan again.
It was just 7:30 in the morning when Zhou Yan received the call.
"Old Zhang, why are you calling so early in the morning?" Zhou Yan had just gotten up and didn't even brush his teeth.
"Isn't it the Chinese New Year? Let me say Happy New Year to you." Zhang Youan said with a smile.
“Have you returned to China?”
Zhang Youan went to the United States two days ago, so Zhou Yan asked this question.
“No, I’m still here.”
“Then it’s still 1996 over there.”
Zhang Youan laughed, “Yes, it’s still here. It has to be a few hours before New Year's Eve."
"Tell me, what's the matter?" Zhou Yan couldn't believe that Zhang Youan just wanted to say Happy New Year.
"Harry Kane is very interesting and has brought the manuscript of "Shutter Island" to Bantam. Dante Self, the head of their business book department, is very optimistic about this book and is willing to cooperate. I have also I've contacted him and discussed cooperation."
"Well, it's good news that you are in the United States now, so it's convenient for them to talk."
“In fact, I don’t know much about books.”
Zhou Yan smiled and said, “It’s okay, Lao Zhang, I believe in your ability, and there’s no Harry Kane either. He knows a lot about the book industry.”
“Thanks to Harry this time. I will really help him promote his bookstore if I get the chance next time.”
"Okay, you can arrange it when you have the chance."
"The main reason I called you is to talk about this matter. When we have reached an agreement, I will give you another call. In addition, didn't you write a new movie? Is it the work? Is it finished? "
Zhang Youan only learned from Yu Hua and Shi Tiesheng when they met at the premiere of "Space Traveler" last time.
"It has been written. I just sent the manuscript to "October" yesterday. The magazine means that we have to wait until the March issue to start serializing it."
"This Do you have any ideas about publishing the novel abroad?" Zhang Youan asked.
"There's no rush for now. Let's wait until it's announced in China."
"Well, I'm just asking first. Even if I have this plan, I can't take action immediately. After all, "Shutter Island" "has not been published yet. When I was talking to Dante Self, he was also very interested in your other works. If "Shutter Island" can be sold this time. Very good, they will definitely offer to publish your other works in the United States."
"We will wait until "Shutter Island" is released. What about the movie? When will it start filming?" >
“The movie will probably start shooting in March.”
“That’s still some time.”
"In March..." Zhou Yan thought about the time, and then said, "Then I might go there when they are filming."
"Where is "Titanic", are you still going?" "Zhang Youan asked.
"If you want to go to the set of "Shutter Island", you will definitely go to the set of "Titanic"."
"Then your schedule... By the way, the concert at the Forbidden City What's going on? Did you call Director Yang last time?" Zhang Youan suddenly remembered this matter again. He hadn't paid attention to it since he asked last time.
"We are talking about holding this concert in May. The TV station is already making preparations. We must first determine the specific time and then report it. We don’t have to worry about these things. CCTV will take care of it. Okay.”
"Well, now that you've said it, I'm relieved. If there's nothing else, I'll hang up the phone first."
...
Zhou Yan did not go out in the morning and stayed at home.
It was almost noon when he went to the studio.
The reason he came to the studio at this time was naturally to eat. He was at home alone and didn’t want to cook, nor did he want to go to a restaurant to eat.
Breakfast is served here in the studio. Usually around 11:30 is the peak time for people in the cafeteria. By 12 o'clock, everyone has basically finished eating.
When Zhou Yan arrived at the cafeteria, it was just after twelve o'clock. He deliberately came at this time because he didn't want to encounter a crowded time.
In fact, their cafeteria is very big now, and there are not many people in the studio, so even when there are the most people, the cafeteria will not be crowded, and it is impossible to find a vacant seat.
It’s just that Zhou Yan feels that he is gradually becoming farther away from everyone, and he also wants to get closer to everyone and mingle with them like before.
But every time he comes to the cafeteria, everyone greets him warmly. If they sit next to him, they will always find topics to talk about.
Since we were familiar with him, it was good to chat with him. I'm afraid that some people I don't know well would take the initiative to find topics, which would make the atmosphere a bit awkward.
As there are more and more people in the studio, there are gradually more people who are not familiar with Zhou Yan, and there will be more in the future.
Once or twice was okay, but as time went by, Zhou Yan felt that he was affecting everyone's meal.
After Zhou Yan arrived at the cafeteria, he had just glanced around the cafeteria when he saw Nariko Ida waving to him excitedly, "Teacher Zhou, you have just come to eat."
Zhongmori Akina sat opposite Ida Nariko, with her back facing Zhou Yan. At this moment, Ida Nariko greeted Zhou Yan, but she did not look back.
Zhou Yan smiled and nodded at Ida Nariko, and then went to get food.
At this time, there is actually not a lot of food left, but the cafeteria knows that Zhou Yan always comes late, so it always leaves some food for Zhou Yan. This is also a privilege of being a boss.
After preparing the meal, Zhou Yan went to Ida Nariko and the others, and then sat directly next to Nakamori Akina. After all, there was no one else in the cafeteria at the moment. Nariko Ida had just greeted him, so it was hard for him to sit elsewhere.
And even if Nariko Ida didn't say hello to him, he still wanted to come here.
“Why don’t you two eat until now?”
"Because Famous Food has been practicing singing, and there are fewer people in the canteen at this time."
"Are you used to eating here? If you want to eat something, you can tell the chef, it's normal They will all meet your requirements.”
“No, no,” Ida Nariko waved her hands repeatedly. , "It's already very good, and the chef in the cafeteria also takes great care of us, often making some of our favorite noodles and dumplings. If I eat it for a while, I feel like I'm going to gain weight."
< br>"It would be nice to gain some muscle, you are all quite thin." Zhou Yan smiled and turned to look at Akina Nakamori.
She is wearing a little warmer today than yesterday. She wears a black woolen skirt that reaches her ankles, a black base underneath, a loose green thick sweater on the outside, and there is a A brown coat was not worn.
With this configuration, except for the cold spots on my ankles, everything else is fine.
Her fluffy curly hair was scattered naturally. She lowered her head and her face was mostly covered by her hair, but Zhou Yan could see her slightly trembling eyelashes from this angle. "What time will you record the program this afternoon?"
"At three o'clock, we will leave soon after dinner." Nariko Ida replied.
“Oh, what time will the recording last?”
"It is said to be one and a half hours. The specific situation depends on the on-site recording. However, we have cooperated with Yanjing TV several times, and the efficiency is relatively high. Basically, it can be completed within the agreed time."
Zhou Yan nodded, "Well, it ends at half past four. Then come to the studio after you finish recording, and I will ask the kitchen to leave food for you."
As soon as Nakamori Akina was about to speak, Ida Nariko said with a smile. , "Thank you so much, We are worried about having no place to eat."
Zhou Yan smiled, "You are afraid that the TV station will not care about the food when you go to record the program."
"Of course we are not afraid that they will not care about the food. We are just worried that they are too good at controlling us. This was the case last time when we went to record a show. They took us to a hotel and ordered a lot of dishes that didn’t look cheap. It was too tiring and wasteful to have a meal like this. Time.”
It is understandable for Ida Nariko to complain about Zhou Yan. Ordinary entertainers will definitely actively participate in a dinner party hosted by a TV station. After all, they have to consider their career development.
But if it’s someone like Nakamori Akina who doesn’t want to socialize, the dinner party will be a burden to her.
"Do you want me to send someone to take you there later?" Zhou Yan asked.
“No, our car is ready, I can just drive.”
“You know the road, you won’t get lost, right?” Zhou Yan joked.
"Don't worry, it won't happen."
When Zhou Yan was talking to Ida Nariko, Nakamori Akina remained silent.
But Ida Nariko didn’t take it to heart. After all, it was normal for Nakamori Akina to be like this.
It was Zhou Yan who took the initiative to say so much today, which surprised Ida Nariko slightly, but then she also felt it was reasonable. After all, they had known each other for such a long time and were already acquaintances.
The two finished eating first and then stood up to leave.
However, Akina Nakamori left in a hurry and forgot about the coat on the seat next to her. Zhou Yan reached out to pick up the clothes and took her in his mouth with a smile, "Akina, your clothes."
Akina Nakamori He quickly turned around and took the clothes from Zhou Yan's hand, then lowered his head and left.
Looking at her panicked look, Zhou Yan smiled and shook his head. The woman was really strange. She was the one who took the initiative to kiss him last night.
……
In the afternoon, a large number of guests came to the school.
Zhou Yan originally thought that there would be some people in each of the four classes who would not come, so if he had fully planned, he would only be able to have sixty or seventy students. After all, today is a holiday, not every student has time, and not every student is willing to come.
There are many students who are already filming outside.
But he never expected that more than eighty students would come this time.
After asking about it, I found out that there were not only undergraduate performance students, but also some music classes and the like, and there were also students who were not from the performance department.
Zhou Yan doesn’t know much about the specific situation.
Five teachers came to lead the team. In addition to Huang Dingyu, Chang Li, Tian Youliang and Gao Jinwen whom they met yesterday, there was also Liang Bolong, a 95-level teacher.
Yesterday Zhou Yan did not see Liang Bolong. After they came today, they specially introduced Liang Bolong to Zhou Yan.
Tian Youliang smiled and said, "Director Zhou, there are many people here today, and some of them are not from the performance department. We should say hello to you in advance."
Huang Dingyu followed, " We didn't think much about it before. When we announced it last night, we thought many students would not come today. But we didn't expect that not only would no one let go, And there are also non-staff members coming."
Zhou Yan waved his hand, "It's okay, everyone is willing to come, I'm very happy, but there are many people, so it would not be good to divide the students into groups. Several batches, and then I send people to take them to visit the school separately, so that the students can see things instead of just looking at them. ”
"That's a good thing." Gao Jinwen said with a smile, "On the way here, we were saying that with so many people together, it would be inconvenient to see anything. If we divide it into multiple batches, we need you to arrange for more people to accompany you. "
"It doesn't matter, the studio is not busy these days. Excuse me, let’s go according to grade. I’ll take care of you teachers personally.”
“I’ll trouble you.”
Zhou Yan smiled and called Liu Hang to his side, gave him a few instructions, and then he went to make arrangements for the students.
Because there was no need to worry about dividing the teams, the arrangement was very fast. In less than ten minutes, eighty people were divided into four groups and taken out.
Yesterday Zhou Yan told Liu Hang about the visit by teachers and students from China National Theater. Liu Hang made a plan when he got back and planned four visiting routes for the students.
These four routes do not interfere with each other, ensuring that students can work in the studio in an orderly manner and experience the entire post-production process of film production.
After all the students left, Zhou Yan smiled and said to Gao Jinwen and the others, "Teachers, let's go too. I'll take you around the music studio first."
< br>The students had just set out at this time, and the entire film studio building was full of students. Zhou Yan took a few teachers to visit the music studio first.
These teachers are actually very familiar with the film production process. Especially people like Gao Jinwen, who often participate in group actual combat, know the film production process better than ordinary actors.
So it didn’t matter whether they saw the post-production area of the studio or not. Zhou Yan was going to take them to rest for a while and then quickly go over there.
Except for Gao Jinwen, Chang Li and others came to Zhou Yan's studio for the first time, and they were still very curious about the music studio.
Before coming, they did not expect that Zhou Yan Studio would have such a luxurious recording studio.
Especially when they saw the large recording studio, Tian Youliang and the others' eyes were straightened.
If it is used for performances, this large recording studio is not very big, but it is just a recording studio, and its area is already very impressive.
And the configuration inside is simply amazing. Although Tian Youliang and the others don't know much about these things, there are many things that don't need to be understood very well. It's not easy to see them with just your eyes.
"Director Zhou, how much did this recording studio cost?" Tian Youliang asked
Zhou Yan thought for a while and said, "Probably a few million, I don't remember the specifics."
“Is this a shed?”
"Well, this shed is smaller than the other sheds, so it costs less."
A few people looked at each other, the price was really too high. (End of this chapter)