Chapter 28 Teacher He, follow my rhythm
Although Zhou Yan couldn’t understand He Wuming’s thoughts, the condition was not difficult, so he nodded and agreed, “No problem, I’ll buy it later. A better one."
"When will you buy it?"
"Wait until you have time. A better flute can only be purchased in the county."
< br>In fact, the possibility of buying good flutes in the county is relatively small. Dizi are not rare and can be made from any bamboo or even wood, but good quality flutes are hard to find.
In Qixian County, if you want to find someone to play suona, you can find them all over the street. You can grab a lot of them, but it is not easy to find someone to play bamboo flute. No one plays it, so naturally there are few for sale.
Different places have different art forms.
He Wuming naturally knew about this situation, so he said, "I'll ask someone to buy it for you. Buy a bangdi and ask someone to send it over later."
Zhou Yan nodded, " That’s fine. How much does the flute cost? I’ll give it to you later.”
“Okay, let me know the price.”
"Then the performance is settled, you can't go back on it."
"A gentleman's words are hard to follow."
Zhou Yan smiled and gave a thumbs up, what a gentleman. ! Although he is not a gentleman himself, he likes to deal with gentlemen.
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The next morning, Zhou Yan and He Wuming went to the Fourth Hospital to rehearse while the crew was not filming.
Zhou Yan first told He Wuming about the play. After the explanation, he said with a smile, "Mr. He, you have never acted in a movie, so you may not know much about acting, but it doesn't matter. You can follow my rhythm in a while. You just Just be responsible for saying the lines. "
According to Zhou Yan's opinion, He Wuming is a Peking Opera actor, which is very different from a movie actor, and he is definitely not familiar with movie performances.
But Zhou Yan was wrong, and so wrong.
When Zhou Yan walked into the room from the door and saw He Wuming looking drunk and hazy, his eyes straightened. This... He Wuming actually acted like a drunken beauty, even better than Gong Li. Be weak and pity.
Of course, this is not to say that He Wuming is a better actor than Gong Li. The role of Song Lian should not be so weak. Obviously Gong Li understands the role more thoroughly.
But even if He Wuming didn't play Song Lian, he at least played a drunken woman. His every frown, every smile, and every look in his eyes proved one thing - he was a professional actor, and a professional actor.
At least he is... much more professional than Zhou Yan.
Seeing He Wuming's performance, Zhou Yan felt a little ashamed. Just now he had questioned He Wuming, but now it seemed that he was just a pure clown.
But at the same time, Zhou Yan was also very happy because he found the right person. Even if He Wuming is not as good as Gong Li, it is still better than just pulling in someone. The role of a partner is still very important in rehearsing this matter. of.
After a brief moment of astonishment, Zhou Yan quickly adjusted his state and began to enter the play.
Although there were many problems in the first rehearsal between the two, and He Wuming's lines were not yet familiar to me, it was overall quite satisfactory.
The two rehearsed several more times, and each time they got better and better, which also made Zhou Yan more and more motivated.
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In the next half month, if the crew was filming, Zhou Yan would come close to observe and record. If there was no filming, he would drag He Wuming to the Fourth Academy to rehearse. Every day is very fulfilling.
When Zhou Yan went to observe the filming, he didn’t just watch. Most of the time, he would help the staff on the set. After all, he was a young worker. He helped with many things on the set and made it easier for others. burden. As he helped more and more, many people on the set joked that Zhou Yan's salary was already too low, so he should be given an extra salary.
Of course a salary increase is impossible, but Zhou Yanle is involved in it. The process of helping others is also a process for him to learn and understand movies. Sometimes he is lucky and can take over the job as a scene recorder, so he understands Understand what information is written on the clapperboard and why there is a clapperboard.
Zhou Yan wants to learn more about movies. This does not mean that he is determined to make movies or act in the future. It is just that he has the most fundamental interest in making movies. He believes that acting or filming, This is quite fun.
Others did not think that Zhou Yan wanted to learn this. They only thought that he might not have seen these things before, so he was just curious. After a while, the novelty wore off, and he would not be so enthusiastic.
The flute that He Wuming ordered for Zhou Yan had been bought by someone a few days ago and is being sent here.
Zhou Yan felt a pain in his body when he mentioned the flute. After He Wuming ordered the flute, Zhou Yan found out that a flute costs more than three hundred and sixty yuan.
This was the year 1990, when most people’s monthly salary was less than 100 yuan, and a flute cost 360 yuan.
Zhou Yan used to feel that he could earn thousands of dollars from a play, which was so much that he couldn't spend it all, but now it seems that he can only buy a few bamboo flutes.
According to He Wuming, he was very considerate and did not choose too expensive one for Zhou Yan, otherwise his friend would have had a lot of flutes with four-digit prices.
Zhou Yan has been waiting for the flute for the past few days. Although it hurts, after spending the money, Zhou Yan also has expectations for the flute. In fact, he has had enough of the flute given to him by the crew. It is indeed not good. It sounds so good.
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Before Dizi arrived, Zhou Yan first waited for a letter from the publishing house.
Liu Qing brought it to him from the town.
The letter this time was very thin. Before he opened it, Zhou Yan's face lit up. Sure enough, it was an unscripted letter.
The letter was sent from Yangcheng City, Guangdong Province. When he saw the word Yangcheng, Zhou Yan already knew that it should be sent to him by "Flower City" magazine.
The sender was Lu Mengping, the literary editor of the "Flower City" novel group. She said in the letter that she liked the article "The River Wet by Rain" very much, and the magazine had decided to publish it in the November 5th issue. novel.
The payment was signed on July 15th, more than a month has passed since then.
The piece "The River Wet by the Rain" that Zhou Yan copied for "Flower City" is the same as "The Death of the Mayor" that was previously submitted to "Yenjing Literature", both of which were Lu Xun Literature Award-winning works.
The reason why Zhou Yan chose "The Rain-Drenched River" for "Flower City" is because the story of this novel revolves around the situation of farmers going south to work after the reform, and "Flower City" magazine Yangcheng, where the company is located, is a popular city for migrant workers heading south.
Furthermore, "Flower City" currently promotes newcomers and does not pay special attention to the author's past resume, so Zhou Yan is more suitable.
Facts have proved that Zhou Yan's choice was right, and "Flower City" decisively accepted the manuscript.
Lu Mengping told Zhou Yan in the letter that the total manuscript fee was sixty-six yuan, and she would need to wait until the manuscript was published before remitting it to Zhou Yan.
"The River Wet by the Rain" has a total of more than 3,000 words. After all, the standard fee they paid Zhou Yan was twenty-two dollars per thousand words. This price is actually not bad. Nowadays, the fee for most magazines is They are all between ten yuan and twenty yuan per thousand words.
At this time, the state has regulations on manuscript fees. The standard for manuscripts is 10 to 30 yuan per 1,000 words. Except for some manuscripts that really have academic value, the standard can be raised to 40 yuan per 1,000 words. Except for this, everything else cannot exceed 30 yuan.
According to the salary standards of ordinary people, sixty-six yuan is naturally not a small amount. As long as two articles are published every month, the salary can be higher than that of ordinary workers.
But Zhou Yan, as a high-paid person who earns hundreds of dollars a month, naturally doesn't value the sixty-six yuan royalties, but he knows that good times will come later, and there is no need to care about this royalties now.
Good night everyone, sweet dreams
(End of this chapter)