Chapter 16 Director Hou, you are destined to this song!
Going up to the second floor, walking through the corridor, and walking to the door, Hou Xiaoxian did not rush to disturb Zhou Yan, but quietly watched Zhou Yan play.
Waiting until the end of the song, when Zhou Yan adjusted his posture and was about to play the next song, Hou Xiaoxian said, "Hello."
Zhou Yan stopped and turned his head.
The person who called him was a short middle-aged man, wearing jeans and a Polo shirt. The man looked quite special, with thick eyebrows, short eyes, a standard bulbous nose, and an accent. They are from the south, either Hu Jian or Taiwanese.
"Who are you?" Zhou Yan asked.
“I am Hou Xiaoxian.”
It turns out to be Hou Xiaoxian. Zhou Yan has watched several Hou Xiaoxian movies, but he doesn’t recognize Hou Xiaoxian’s face. In fact, when he heard the accent just now, he guessed The other party is either producer Hou Xiaoxian or investor Qiu Fusheng.
The capital behind "Raise the Red Lantern" is the Times Film Company in Hong Kong, which was established by Qiu Fusheng in order to avoid the Taiwan authorities' policy prohibiting cross-strait cooperation in filmmaking.
After the company was established, it signed two film contracts with Zhang Yimou. It can be said that Era Film Company was established just for Zhang Yimou.
Zhou Yan did not expect Hou Xiaoxian to come so early. Although Hou Xiaoxian was the producer of "Raise the Red Lantern", it was more like a nominal one. Everything on the scene was listened to by Zhang Yimou.
"Hello, Director Hou, hello." Zhou Yan walked over enthusiastically and held Hou Xiaoxian's hand, "Have you just arrived?"
Hou Xiaoxian nodded, "Yes. Ah, I heard you playing the flute when I got here. I thought the music was quite interesting, so I came up to ask what it was called.”
“I’m afraid I can’t tell you.”
"Why is this?" Hou Xiaoxian asked in surprise, "Can the title of the song be something that needs to be kept secret?"
Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Director Hou, you have misunderstood. It's not that I want to keep it a secret from you, but because this piece has no name yet. It was composed by me today."
Hou Xiaoxian's expression froze, he didn't expect it You will get the answer that this flute music was actually composed by the young man in front of you.
The reason why he was so eager to know the name of this piece of music was because he felt that this piece of music was particularly suitable for Chen Feipu to play when he saw Songlian for the first time. It felt right.
That’s why you need to find out clearly in advance. If you really want to use this song later, it will be more convenient.
Seeing Hou Xiaoxian's shocked look, Zhou Yan felt a little embarrassed, because this piece of music was not completely original to him, but based on the piece he had seen played by Chen Feipu in "Raise the Red Lantern" The main credit for the adaptation goes to Zhao Jiping.
But this embarrassment quickly dissipated. Zhou Yan looked at Hou Xiaoxian and thought about it, "Director Hou, this is the first time I have played this piece today. You are also the first person to ask about this piece. Since you I am so destined to this song, why don’t you help me come up with a name?”
Although Hou Xiaoxian is also a person who has seen the world, he was still a little moved by Zhou Yan’s words, and he really believed that he was related to this song. There is fate.
However, he still shied away and said, "This is your song, how can I name it?"
Zhou Yan waved his hands and said, "Hey, even if it is a child born by himself, it won't be the same. I also want to ask someone with high moral integrity to help me choose a name. And I also want to hear the audience’s impressions of this piece. I think the name you give can definitely represent your actual feelings.”
Hou Xiaoxian. Being a little confused by Zhou Yan's ecstasy soup, he couldn't help but nodded and said, "It does make sense."
Zhou Yan struck while the iron was hot and said with a smile, "Then don't be polite and give me a name."
Hou Xiaoxian pondered for a while and then said, "What do you think of the name Songlian?"
< br>"Songlian..." Zhou Yan lowered his head and thought for a while, then said with his hands, "This is a good name. To tell you the truth, I have been thinking about this scene every day for the past few days, and my mind is full of Songlian, so I named it Director Hou, you really have a unique vision in composing this piece. From now on, this piece will be called "Ode to the Lotus"."
Hearing Zhou Yan say that he had been thinking about this scene every day, Hou Xiaoxian didn't think much about it, thinking that Zhou Yan would do it. As a composer, I was thinking about this scene. Hou Xiaoxian wanted to say something more, but suddenly Jiang Mengfei called him downstairs, "Director Hou, Director Hou, Director Zhang is back and has something to do with you."
"Okay, I got it." Hou Xiaoxian responded, and then said to Zhou Yan, "I just came here today and there are a lot of things to do. I will go to Director Zhang Yimou first, and then I will go to you after I finish my work."
"Hey, okay, you can get busy."
After Hou Xiaoxian left, Zhou Yan started playing the flute again, but this time it was not "Ode to the Lotus" but a famous bangdi song "Happy Encounter".
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Hou Xiaoxian went downstairs and followed Jiang Mengfei to Zhang Yimou's room.
After meeting, the two exchanged a few words, and then Zhang Yimou said in a serious tone, "Director Hou is here this time, and I still want to ask you to give us more guidance on our work. Your rich experience is particularly worth learning from."
This scene is quite blunt, and Hou Xiaoxian also knows that Zhang Yimou is not telling the truth. Zhang Yimou is the same type of person as him, and he would not let others interfere in his movie.
Actually, most directors are like this. No one wants others to interfere with their work.
He is here as the producer this time. He will not interfere too much in the filming. He will help coordinate the scene and control the cost.
"Director Zhang was joking. This time we have a clear division of labor. You will be in charge of the filming, and I will assist with matters other than filming."
Zhang Yimou stopped being polite and said with a smile, "Thank you for the hard work."
"It's all as it should be."
"I heard Jiang Mengfei say, you just went Looking for Zhou Yan? "
Zhang Yimou heard from Jiang Mengfei that Hou Xiaoxian ran upstairs to look for Zhou Yan without even entering his room, so he was particularly curious.
Hou Xiaoxian smiled and nodded, "Yes, I was just about to tell you this. Zhou Yan wrote a flute song, which I think is very suitable for Chen Feipu to play. We can spend some money to license the song. ”
Zhang Yimou subconsciously looked in the direction of the second floor. Did Zhou Yan write a flute song? How come he doesn't know about this?
Seeing Zhang Yimou's doubtful expression, Hou Xiaoxian smiled and explained, "It's also a coincidence that he just wrote this piece today and played it for the first time. I just happened to hear it when I came here."
< br>These words solved Zhang Yimou's doubts, but instead he was surprised. He didn't expect that Zhou Yan could not only play, but also write music... By the way, he almost forgot that Zhou Yan was originally a composer.
This Zhou Yan always surprises people.
Zhang Yimou just came back from outside. He didn’t hear the piece Hou Xiaoxian mentioned, so he couldn’t judge whether the piece was suitable for Chen Feipu. He mused, “We’ll talk about the piece later. Let me tell you about Chen Feipu first. Character thing.”
Hou Xiaoxian nodded, "Last time you said that the actor group who played Chen Feipu would not be released. What is the situation now? Has the matter been resolved?"
"Now I have replaced the person."
“Who?”
Zhang Yimou smiled and said, “It’s the Zhou Yan you just met.”
(End of this chapter)