Chapter 63 I’m Here to Listen to the Music (Second Update 4.4k)
The filming was over, but the rain didn’t stop. Everyone ran to the eaves of the Meridian Gate to take shelter from the rain.
Many people got wet, but they came because of the rain, so they were well prepared. As soon as the show was over, the venue staff began to distribute towels to the crew.
Seeing that Sun Qin and the others were also covered in water, Zhou Yan asked for three more towels from the field attendant and handed them to Sun Qin.
“Wipe it. It’s still cold today. If you don’t wipe it dry, it’s easy to get sick.”
"Thank you, thank you so much." Sun Qin took the towel with a grateful face: "We were not prepared at all, we didn't even bring an umbrella."
"Is the machine okay?" Zhou Yan asked.
Sun Qinchao looked behind and said with a smile, "It's okay. I've been blocking it. If something goes wrong with the machine, it will be difficult to get back."
"It's okay." Zhou Yan nodded. , and went to help other people pack their things.
Although they were all caught in the rain, the scene was finally over. Everyone in the crew was in a good mood, and some of them were already discussing where to go for dinner in the evening.
Before the filming of this scene, Wang Junzheng told them that he would take them to a dinner party after the filming was completed.
Wang Junzheng also kept his word and asked people to find a place to eat as soon as the filming was over.
After she dried Shi Chen's hair, she ran over to Zhou Yan and said, "Don't leave for a while. Come have dinner with us tonight."
Zhou Yan didn't have anything to do at night anyway, so he didn't. He was pretentious, smiled and nodded, "Okay, Cengfan is my favorite."
"What Cengfan? You are our soundtrack director. I, the director, can't starve you even if I have nothing to eat. .”
At this moment, Sun Qin returned the towel and passed by. Wang Junzheng said to him again, "Xiao Sun, if you have nothing to do in the evening, let's have a meal together."
Sun Qin said with a smile, "The rain will lighten up in a while. We have to go back to the stage to shoot. The filming in the Forbidden City has come to an end. We need to quickly sort out the materials and show them to the team leader. As you know, our team leader is very impatient."
" Teacher Sun is really impatient." Wang Junzheng nodded and said, "Go back and tell Teacher Sun that you can't be careless about the soundtrack, especially for the kind of promotional video you are shooting now, the soundtrack may be more important than the picture."< br>
Hearing Wang Junzheng mention the soundtrack again, Sun Qin raised his eyebrows and looked at Zhou Yan. Director Wang seemed to want to recommend Zhou Yan to score them?
He smiled and said, "How about Director Zhou give us some advice?"
In fact, Sun Qin had misunderstood. The reason why Wang Junzheng mentioned the soundtrack twice was because she really believed that Sun Qin and the others should pay attention to the soundtrack. It was all out of good intentions.
But when Sun Qin said this, Wang Junzheng followed his words and said, "Yes, talk to Zhou Yan more, he is a professional. Let me tell you, if it weren't for Zhou Yan, everyone would There is no such scene today."
"What do you mean?" Sun Qin asked curiously.
Wang Junzheng explained with a smile, "Originally, this scene was planned to be shot on a sunny day, but the music Zhou Yan gave me before made me feel like it was a rainy day. I think it is such a good mood. It’s a pity to cooperate, so we changed the scene to a rainy day.”
Sun Qin didn’t expect that there is such a story behind today’s scene. According to common sense, the soundtrack is based on the picture. Appropriate music was provided, but in Wang Junzheng's case it was reversed. She actually changed the original shots because of the soundtrack.
This made Sun Qin curious about that piece of music. How good does it have to be for Wang Jun to have such an idea?
You know, in order to shoot this rain scene, their crew stayed in Meridian Square for several days. The cost of changing the scene was not small.
“What kind of music has such charm?”
Wang Junzheng said with a smile, “Go to our factory when you have time, and I will play it for you. I guarantee that your jaw will drop. "
Listening to Wang Junzheng praising himself in this way, Zhou Yan said modestly, "Sister Wang is too praised. In fact, there is no absolute good or bad in music. A piece of music just happens to meet people who like it. The blessing of this song is also the blessing of the creator. I also want to thank Sister Wang for allowing more people to hear this song.”
Hearing Zhou Yan's words, Sun Qin blinked and thought to himself, is Zhou Yan really a student? Never been in a government agency? Why do these words sound so familiar? I always feel like I have heard them in the workplace?
Many people actually know how to say some words, but it is not easy to say them so naturally like Zhou Yan.
Wang Junzheng is used to it. She has already experienced Zhou Yan's ability to praise people. The key is that Zhou Yan praises people. It feels very sincere, and his words are not too exaggerated, so that people will not feel that he is. Flattery.
"Director Zhou is so humble." Sun Qin smiled and asked, "Where are you studying? I will ask you if I have a chance in the future."
"I am at Yangyin Department of Composition.”
Sun Qin gave a thumbs up, "Yangyin's composition department, no wonder."
Yandian's directors, Chinese opera performers, and Yangyin's compositions are all famous, and Sun Qin himself He graduated from the Directing Department of Yanjing Film Academy.
People often talk about these three majors together, but Sun Qin himself knows that the Composition Department of Yangyin is not of the same dimension as their other two majors.
As for the soundtrack for the promotional video, Sun Qin didn’t go into detail because he couldn’t make the decision.
He can find the music composer of his unit by himself, and he can also talk to the music composer about what music to use, but when it comes to outsourcing work, the situation is different. Sun Zong, the leader of their special group, must be there. Lu nodded in agreement.
Since you can't make the decision, it may cause embarrassment later if the conversation goes too deep.
Sun Qin did not talk further, and Zhou Yan and Wang Junzheng did not take the initiative to mention this matter again.
The main reason is that this promotional video is a bit too short, and there is very little material related to the Forbidden City, which makes Zhou Yan not interested.
After the rain subsided, Sun Qin took the other two young people and left first.
Zhou Yan and the others did not stay long. The army set off and returned to Yanjing Film Studio first, and then went to the hotel.
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On the way back, the young man in charge of driving asked Sun Qin, "Brother Sun, do you think that Zhou Yan is really the music director?"
Sun Qin glanced at the young man. The boy's name is Hu Wei. He is a new foreign reporter in the station and he is very high-spirited.
Maybe it was because Zhou Yan was younger than him, so he felt a little unconvinced.
“Then you mean, Director Wang told us lies?”
"No... I think he has a very good relationship with Director Wang. They call each other Sister Wang."
Sun Qin rolled his eyes and looked at Hu Wei and said no more, but he was already thinking about how to find him. I'll take this opportunity to transfer Hu Wei away. This kid is not keeping his mouth shut, and he will get into trouble sooner or later.
Whether Zhou Yan is as good as Wang Junzheng said, Sun Qin is not without doubts, but Zhou Yan must have something, and he will not rely on the back door. He knows the rules of Yanjing Studio, Wang Junzheng He also knows Chen Zhigu's character.
After returning to Taili, Sun Qin went to talk to their team leader Sun Zonglu about the soundtrack, but he didn’t say anything about meeting Zhou Yan today.
Sun Zonglu didn’t say anything and asked him to shoot the material first and decide on the soundtrack later.
About four or five days later, when Sun Qin was about to put down the music score, he happened to pass by the gate of Yanjing Film Studio when he was out doing errands.
Thinking of Wang Junzheng’s words that day, Sun Qin swung the front of his car and rode towards the factory.
When I arrived at the director's office, I didn't see Wang Junzheng. Only two directors, Chen Kaige and Tian Zhuangzhuang, were there.
"Excuse me, where did Director Wang go?"
Sun Qin knew Chen Kaige and Tian Zhuangzhuang, but they did not know him. Chen Kaige looked at him and said, "Director Wang should have gone I'm in the editing workshop. Are you in a hurry? If it's not urgent, just wait a moment. I think she'll be back soon."
"Then I'll wait for her for a while." Sun Qin nodded.
"You can sit down wherever you want." Chen Kaige said, then turned to continue talking to Tian Zhuangzhuang, "Now the preliminary preparations are almost complete, we are just waiting for the actors to train their skills."
Tian Zhuangzhuang narrowed his eyes and smiled, "I heard that you also hired the soundtrack director of "Reply from Heaven"?" Chen Kaige waved his hand, "Nothing, Zhou Yan was originally invited by Teacher Zhao Jiping to be the on-site director. Lao Tian, you need to understand this relationship, and what does digging mean? One person can't score two movies? But you have been away during this time, and I have heard a lot of news in the factory."
Tian Zhuangzhuang laughed, "There is no way, there are people willing to talk to me about these things."
...
The two people were chatting over there, and Sun Qin was also listening with his ears pricked up.
He just heard Zhou Yan's name and wanted to hear more about Zhou Yan. Unfortunately, Chen Kaige and Tian Zhuangzhuang never talked about Zhou Yan again.
Chen Kaige said that Wang Junzheng might be back soon, but Sun Qin waited in the office for more than half an hour until Chen Kaige and Tian Zhuangzhuang left before waiting for Wang Junzheng.
Seeing Sun Qin coming, Wang Junzheng was also surprised, "Xiao Sun, why are you here?"
Sun Qin smiled and said, "I was out doing errands. I passed by here and came in to take a look."
"Oh, you have been here for a while. I just went to the editing workshop to watch a film."
"Well, Director Chen and the others were here just now and told me." Sun Qin nodded.
"Sit down." Wang Jun was pouring a glass of water for Sun Qin, "You came to me, didn't you just come to see me?"
Wang Jun was a straight-tempered person, so he didn't make any detours. Asked directly.
When Sun Qin saw Wang Jun asking directly, he also smiled and said, "I want to listen to the piece you mentioned last time, the one made by Director Zhou."
"Oh, I'm here to listen to the piece. Ah." Wang Junzheng smiled and said, "I don't care, okay, just wait a moment, I don't have a belt here."
After that, Wang Junzheng left the office. After a while, he took a bag. Zhang tape came back.
"The original is with Zhou Yan, so we made two copies. I took one home and the other from the reference room."
Wang Junzheng explained, and then Put the tape into the tape recorder.
Idling, recording sound, idling.
More than twenty seconds later, the first note came out from the radio.
Like everyone else, the previous piano solo did not make Sun Qin feel any emotional disturbance. It was just a piano piece that sounded nice but had no characteristics.
But when the violin came in, his face was full of surprise like everyone else who had heard this piece before.
Until a few minutes later, when the song ended, Sun Qin still maintained the same expression as when the violin sound came in.
"Is this a piece written by Director Zhou?" Sun Qinana asked.
"I'm surprised." Wang Junzheng smiled. She liked to see other people's surprised expressions when they heard "Kite". It would be even better if they could hear them cry.
"If you know the plot of "Reply from Heaven", you will definitely feel more deeply, but I can't show you the script."
Sun Qin nodded, and he began to understand why Wang Junzheng did this I modified a movie shot for a piece of music, because it was worth it.
There are many kinds of good tunes, some are highbrow and have a certain threshold for appreciation; some are just average at first listen, but become very good after listening to them several times; and some are catchy to you even after listening to them for the first time. It catches the ears of the audience.
This song "Kite" belongs to the third type.
Sun Qin believes in Wang Junzheng’s words. If it can be matched with the story of "Reply from Heaven", the listening experience will definitely be better. However, he believes that even if it does not match any plot scenes, the song is enough to move people's hearts when eaten alone.
Such a song will definitely add a lot of points to the movie.
If their promotional video could also be paired with music of this quality...
"Director Wang, can I take this tape back?" Sun Qin couldn't help but ask.
He knew that if he wanted to persuade the team leader to agree to hand over the music to outsiders, he had to let the team leader hear the music.
Actually, Sun Qin didn't have much hope when asked this question, but what he didn't expect was that Wang Junzheng nodded, "Okay, but this is the only one we have in our data room. What do you think?" If you want, I’ll have to make another copy.”
They have a tape copying machine in the factory, so it’s not a hassle.
In fact, there is nothing to worry about when giving the tape to Sun Qin. Anyway, the music in it has been filed, which means it has been published, but now Sun Qin can hear it in advance.
Sun Qin said gratefully, "Thank you, Director Wang."
"Haha, you're welcome. If you have the opportunity in the future, your station will also help our factory with special topics." Wang Junzheng said with a smile.
"Director Wang was joking, your factory still needs our help in publicity, but if you are willing, we can ask you for help later when we do special topics related to movies. When it comes to Chinese movies, you Yanjing The film studio must mention it."
"Hey, don't flatter us." Wang Jun waved his hand, "I'll let them copy the tape."
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After getting the copied tape, Sun Qin rushed to the TV station, but halfway through, he stopped again.
After pondering for a moment, Sun Qin finally turned the car and rode in the direction of Yang Yin.
He realized that he had to talk to Zhou Yan first to see what Zhou Yan thought about the soundtrack for the promotional video, otherwise he might not have any good results if he rashly went back to find Sun Zonglu.
"Kite" is indeed a good song, but it is not suitable to appear in their promotional video "Aftertaste of Yanjing".
Some people can write a certain type of music well, but it does not prove that they can also write another type of music well.
But when Sun Qin arrived at the gate of Yangyin's school, he remembered something - he didn't know where Zhou Yan lived.
Sun Qin only knew two pieces of information, his name and major. He didn't even know what grade Zhou Yan was in.
But now that he was at the door, he had no choice but to look for it. He looked around the door and then stopped a male classmate.
"Hello, classmate, do you know Zhou Yan?"
Sun Qin just wanted to try his luck, and never thought that he could ask just anyone, but that The boy actually said, "You're talking about Senior Brother Zhou Yan from the Composition Department, right?"
"Yes, that's right, from the Composition Department, do you know my classmates?" Sun Qin asked in surprise.
The boy nodded, "Well, he should be in the composition department classroom at this time. Enter through this gate, walk straight, and pass..."
Halfway through, the boy may feel that it is a bit confusing, so he simply said, " I’ll take you there.”
Actually, Yangyin is not big, but the road inside is quite circuitous, so it is more difficult to describe.
The boy took Sun Qin to the composition department classroom, and then Sun Qin saw Zhou Yan standing on the podium giving a lecture.
This scene made Sun Qin feel a little dazed. He suddenly felt that his memory was biased. Zhou Yan said that day that he was studying at Yangyin, not teaching, right?
(End of this chapter)