Chen Kaige's name is naturally like thunder to Zhang Ziyi and the others.
Nowadays, there are only a few well-known directors in China, and those on the first level should be Zhou Yan, Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou.
Of course, Zhou Yan's entry into the first echelon is also related to his soundtrack and the box office of the movie.
Several girls also know what Chen Kaige looks like and will not misunderstand him as a liar.
It was just that it was so late that Chen Kaige appeared at the gate of their school and suddenly jumped out to introduce himself. This was difficult for them to understand.
In fact, Mei Ting saw Chen Kaige when she was at the factory tonight, so she was even more surprised. If Chen Kaige really wanted to find them, why didn't he look for them when he was in the factory?
Mei Ting is older and has worked for so many years. When faced with sudden situations, she needs to be much calmer. She is the first to say, "Hello, Director Chen, are you looking for us?"
Chen Kaige smiled, looked at Zhang Ziyi, and said directly, "I want to find classmate Zhang Ziyi."
"Me?" Zhang Ziyi looked surprised. She had never interacted with Chen Kaige before.
The other three girls were all puzzled, wondering why Chen Kaige was looking for Zhang Ziyi and whether they had known each other before.
"Well, it's you. Can we chat?"
To be honest, it was a bit abrupt to make such a request to a girl at this time.
But Chen Kaige is a celebrity after all, and they think there should be no problem.
Of course, it still depends on Zhang Ziyi herself whether she agrees or not. The other three girls can't help her make the decision.
Hu Jing looked at Zhang Ziyi and then at Chen Kaige, but hesitated to speak.
She actually wanted to tell Zhang Ziyi not to agree. After all, it was so late. If she didn't fear ten thousand, she would just be afraid of the worst.
You can talk about ordinary things in front of them. If it is something that is not convenient to talk to in front of them, you can wait until the day tomorrow.
It's just that it's a good opportunity to get to know a big director. Hu Jing wants to persuade her now, but she's also worried about offending someone.
Zhang Ziyi thought for a while, nodded and said, "No problem."
Seeing that Zhang Ziyi agreed, Mei Ting said, "Then you talk to Director Chen. We will go back to the dormitory first and wait for you to come back."
"Yeah."
After the other three left, Chen Kaige took out a cigarette, lit it for himself, and then asked Zhang Ziyi, "Do you smoke?"
Zhang Ziyi smiled and shook her head, "Thank you, I don't smoke."
Chen Kaige took a long drag on his cigarette, then smiled and said, "I asked your name from Lao Zhou."
Seeing the confusion on Zhang Ziyi's face, he added, "That's Director Zhou Yanzhou."
Zhang Ziyi was quite surprised. She didn't expect that Chen Kaige's search for her was related to Teacher Zhou.
In fact, she had very little contact with Zhou Yan. They only met a few times when they went to rehearse.
But during the rehearsal, many people were there, and she thought Zhou Yan didn't remember her name. After all, she didn't think she was very prominent among her classmates.
"Does Director Chen have anything to do with me?"
Chen Kaige got straight to the point, "I want to have an audition with you."
"Me, audition?" Zhang Ziyi was particularly surprised.
She wanted to ask Chen Kaige why he was looking for her, but she felt it was a bit silly to ask. After calming herself down, she asked, "What movie is it? What kind of role is it?"
"Jing Ke assassinated the King of Qin, and Zhao Ji."
Zhao Ji?
Zhang Ziyi remembered that she had seen news before that Chen Kaige was going to make a movie about Qin Shihuang, but she didn't care about the specific story.
But this Zhao Ji is not suitable for her.
Isn’t Zhao Ji the mother of Qin Shihuang?
Since it is a story about Jing Ke's assassination of the King of Qin, Qin Shihuang should be quite old.
Zhang Ziyi doesn't know much about history, but she remembers that it shouldn't have been long before Jing Ke assassinated King Qin and unified Qin Shihuang, and Qin Shihuang must have been an adult at that time.
To play the mother of Qin Shihuang, she must not be of her age.
"Is it when Zhao Ji was young?" Zhang Ziyi asked.
Maybe there will be stories about Qin Shihuang's childhood in the movie, Zhang Ziyi speculated.
Chen Kaige shook his head, "The Zhao Ji I'm talking about is not the same person as the Zhao Ji you think of."
"Is that so?"
"Are you willing to audition?" Chen Kaige asked again.
Zhang Ziyi was caught in a dilemma. Of course she wanted to audition. Being able to work with a great director like Chen Kaige was a rare opportunity. How many times can an actor get such an opportunity in a lifetime?
Moreover, Chen Kaige came to her on his own initiative. How many actors can get such treatment?
However, the head teacher, Teacher Chang, had repeatedly warned them not to go out to film without permission. How could she dare to agree to Chen Kaige's request now?
If she wants to go out to film, it means she has to drop out of school.
Unless Chen Kaige asked her to play a very small role that could be completed in a few days, or the filming took place during the holidays and did not take up school time.
After struggling for a while, Zhang Ziyi asked, "Director Chen, when will this movie be shot and how big will our role be?"
"It will be filmed next summer. You will have a lot of roles."
When she heard that it was being filmed in the summer, Zhang Ziyi's heart ignited with hope.
If we can finish filming the show during the summer, it won’t take up class time and we can get the best of both worlds.
"Can I finish filming my movie during the summer?" Zhang Ziyi asked expectantly.
Chen Kaige shook his head, "I can't guarantee you this. It's not even sure whether the shooting time is summer. The Qin Palace is still under construction, and our time has to be based on the construction time. I know what you are worried about. In fact, there is no need to worry too much. If you’re worried, I can tell your teacher later.”
"Is that okay?"
Chen Kaige said confidently, "It should be no problem."
Seeing how confident he was, Zhang Ziyi also believed it. After all, for a director as big as Chen Kaige, it was normal for the school to give him some face.
Zhang Ziyi smiled and said, "If the school agrees, of course I have no problem."
Chen Kaige nodded, "In that case, let's do it. You go to the Yanjing Factory for an audition tomorrow. If there is no problem in the audition, I will go to a school to talk about it."
Zhang Ziyi felt that Chen Kaige was right. If he didn't pass the audition, there would be no need for Chen Kaige to tell the school about it.
After the two agreed, Chen Kaige took the initiative to call Zhang Ziyi, and Zhang Ziyi also gave Chen Kaige her home phone number.
"School is on holiday now. I will go home tomorrow. Director Chen, if you want to find me, you can call this number directly. It's from my home."
"No problem."
After getting Zhang Ziyi's home phone number, Chen Kaige didn't say anything more, put his hands in his pockets, and left with a cigarette in his mouth.
Zhang Ziyi stood at the door for a long time and then returned to the dormitory.
As soon as she arrived at the dormitory, several other girls started chirping and asking. "Ziyi, why does Chen Kaige want you?"
"Is he looking for you to film a movie?"
"I came here in person, which shows that I attach great importance to you."
……
Zhang Ziyi was in a good mood and said with a smile, "Director Chen said he has a role in his new movie for me to try."
"You agreed?" Qin Hailu asked.
"Well, I agreed to audition first and wait until the results of the audition come out."
Hearing what Zhang Ziyi said, Mei Ting rolled her eyes and asked, "Then if the audition is successful, what will happen next?"
Although she didn't explain it clearly, they all knew what Mei Ting meant.
According to their school's rules, even if they succeed in the audition, they will not be allowed to go out for filming.
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"Director Chen said that if the audition goes through, he will tell the school for me."
"Can the school agree?"
"I don't know. Anyway, I think Director Chen is quite confident."
"Maybe the school will really give the great director face." Qin Hailu sighed, "Ziyi, if you can cooperate with Director Chen this time, the road ahead will be easy."
"Yes, the starting point is too high. If it is the protagonist, if I don't care about anything, even if the school doesn't let me study, I will still go to the filming." Hu Jing said.
Upon hearing Hu Jing's words, Mei Ting blinked her eyebrows.
In fact, Mei Ting is also facing a similar problem to Zhang Ziyi. A few days ago, director Wang Rui approached her and hoped that she would participate in the TV series "Northern Story".
Over the years, Mei Ting has received many scripts, but this one was the most exciting to her.
What moved her heart was not director Wang Rui, but screenwriter Jiang Wen and leading actor Zhong Zhentao.
This TV series was invested and produced by Yanjing Sunshine Production Company. Jiang Wen wrote the story himself and invited Zhong Zhentao to star in it. The investment was large and the goal was not small.
Even before the TV series has been filmed, it has been negotiated with Yanjing TV Station to broadcast it during prime time.
Mei Ting was very moved, but she was also worried that the school would not let her go. She gave up her promising future in the Frontline Song and Dance Troupe in order to study at China National Theater. Of course she was reluctant to drop out of school at this time.
So she was very confused during this period and had not yet given a reply to the director.
When she heard about Zhang Ziyi's incident today, she was very concerned. If Zhang Ziyi's incident could be successful, could her incident be successful as well?
Mei Ting was also thinking, if Chen Kaige was looking for her instead of Zhang Ziyi today, would she still hesitate?
The answer is no.
If Chen Kaige had found her, she would have decisively given up on being in the drama.
……
Zhou Yan didn't know that Chen Kaige went to see Zhang Ziyi privately. At the moment, he was reading the neon lyrics of "Return to the Province" with Akina Nakamori.
Zhou Yan had already figured out the score of this song, but he never had the lyrics.
The lyrics were written by Yoshi Oyama, who also wrote the neon version of the lyrics for "Snow Flower" before. Akina Nakamori was quite satisfied with the lyrics of "Snow Flower", so she chose to collaborate again.
"The closer I get to my hometown, the more shy I feel..."
Zhou Yan couldn't understand Neon, so Akina Nakamori translated it for him sentence by sentence.
After hearing the first sentence, Zhou Yan raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "Isn't the next sentence about not daring to ask people from my hometown?"
Now it was Nakamori Akina's turn to be surprised, "Although it is different, the meaning is similar. This sentence means that I want to ask people from my hometown about the situation in my hometown, but I am cautious and don't know how to ask. How do you know this is the case? ”
Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Because there is an ancient poem in China. There are two sentences in it that are closer to home than to ask people who are coming."
"Oh, so that's it." Akina Nakamori suddenly realized.
After Oyama Yi received the job, he had a phone call with Zhou Yan and asked Zhou Yan how he felt when writing the song. Naturally, he wanted to determine the tone of the song through Zhou Yan's thoughts.
Zhou Yan told him that this song mainly talks about feeling the warmth from his hometown when he returns home, thereby gaining strength to fight against the loneliness and anxiety in a foreign country.
Dashanyi probably also studied ancient Chinese poetry after hearing this, so he incorporated these two sentences from Song Zhiwen.
But Zhou Yan felt weird writing it like this.
The word "coward" in "Nearly Nostalgic Feelings Are More Cowardly" is obviously inappropriate to be directly translated as "shy".
When Song Zhiwen wrote this poem, he was escaping from Longzhou, where he was demoted, and passed by the Han River, so this poem is called "Crossing the Han River".
At this time, he was actually still some time away from home, and he had been cut off from his family for many years. He didn't know the situation at home, so he was full of worries about his family.
He was worried that something big would happen to his family during his absence. Are all the family members still there?
The "cowardice" here mainly means worry, and this worry becomes stronger as we get closer and closer to home.
Therefore, when he met someone from his hometown, he did not dare to ask about the situation inside the other person's home, because he was afraid that the situation he was worried about before would happen, and that the dream he had been looking forward to to reunite with his family would be shattered.
To sum up, in addition to worry, the word "coward" also means panic and vulnerability.
Anyway, no matter how you say it, it would definitely not work well when translated as shy.
After thinking about it, Zhou Yan didn't say anything, but asked Nakamori Akina to continue translating the following lyrics.
After Nakamori Akina finished translating all the lyrics, Zhou Yan nodded. Overall, the lyrics were pretty good. At least the main body was clear and there were long narrative sentences.
Using longer narrative sentences can make the lyrics more spatial and more artistic than lyrics filled with words.
Many lyrics that look very simple, but are endlessly memorable, are also due to the use of long narrative sentences.
Zhou Yan did not want to change the lyrics according to the meaning of the lyrics, because he did not understand the neon language and his understanding of the meaning of the words would be biased. If he modified the neon lyrics according to his own understanding of Chinese, it would obviously be easy to cause problems. .
So he asked Akina Nakamori to sing it according to the version of the lyrics written by Oyama Yoshi, and then he made suggestions based on Akina Nakamori's pronunciation.
What he wants is a perfect fit between the music and the pronunciation of the lyrics.
This can at least guarantee one thing, that is, listeners who do not understand Neon language will find it pleasant to listen to, because people who do not understand Neon language will not care about the meaning of the lyrics at all, they will only listen to the fit of the pronunciation of the lyrics with the music.
When the lyrics of "Snow Flower" came out last time, Zhou Yan also changed them in this way.
This time, Nakamori Akina was also familiar with the song. She tried to sing the lyrics of "Return to the Province" to Zhou Yan, and in order to give Zhou Yan more reference, she also used several pronunciation methods.
Afterwards, they will submit their opinions to Dashanyi and let Dashanyi make revisions.
Zhou Yan's plan is to record the two songs "Return to the Province" and "Fireworks" next spring. (End of chapter)