Chapter 88 "Reunion" (2-in-1, please subscribe)
On July 31, the afternoon of the third day after the audition, Zhou Yan was in the dormitory thinking about the meeting tomorrow morning, when a shout sounded outside Voice.
"Is Zhou Yan, Director Zhou here?"
Zhou Yan replied "Yes", then walked over and opened the door.
Standing at the door was a short, single-eyed, somewhat thin young man. This young man was wearing a very clean white shirt with no wrinkles at all. He looked refreshing, but Zhou Yan did not care about him. No impression.
"Who are you?" Zhou Yan asked.
The other party smiled and said, "Hello, Director Zhou, I am Wang Xiaoshuai. Senior Lu introduced me."
Hearing that the other party said that he was Wang Xiaoshuai, Zhou Yan was stunned for a moment. This Wang Xiaoshuai was completely different from the Wang Xiaoshuai in his impression.
The Wang Xiaoshuai in Zhou Yan's impression was chubby and didn't have much hair, while the one in front of him had thick hair and a thin figure.
Speaking of gaining weight, Chen Kaige also gained weight in his later years, but Zhou Yan could still recognize the young version of Chen Kaige at a glance, but the Wang Xiaoshuai in front of him could not see the shadow of the later Wang Xiaoshuai at all.
After being stunned, Zhou Yan invited Wang Xiaoshuai into the room. When Wang Xiaoshuai looked at the room full of children, big and small, Zhou Yan said to the Zhou family soldiers, "This is brother Xiaoshuai."
" Hello, brother Xiaoshuai."
Zhou Yan introduced Wang Xiaoshuai with a smile, "These are my younger brothers and sisters."
Wang Xiaoshuai tried his best to put a smile on his face, " Hello."
Inviting Wang Xiaoshuai to sit down, Zhou Yan said with a smile, "I thought you wouldn't come. Senior Lu recommended you to me a few days ago."
Wang Xiaoshuai scratched his head and said sheepishly, "Sorry, Director Zhou, I was delayed by some personal matters."
"It's okay. Since we're here, let's talk. Senior Lu should have told you about our crew. "The specific situation?"
Wang Xiaoshuai nodded, "As I said, the senior said that you are a very talented director, and he also said that if I can really join this crew, I will definitely learn a lot, so I I came here with a learning mentality."
"Did Lao Lu really say that?" Zhou Yan asked with a smile.
Wang Xiaoshuai continued to nod, "He did praise you a lot."
In fact, Zhou Yan knew that Senior Lu's words must have been processed when they came out of Wang Xiaoshuai's mouth.
Wang Xiaoshuai's expressions are not rich when he speaks, but he is better at talking than Senior Lu. At least he can say some complimentary words, which Senior Lu cannot.
After that, Zhou Yan chatted with Wang Xiaoshuai for nearly half an hour. Zhou Yan didn’t mention anything professional. Wang Xiaoshuai graduated from the directing department. Zhou Yan’s own theoretical knowledge in directing was relatively weak, so there was no need to pretend to take the exam. Someone else.
From beginning to end, they were talking about Wang Xiaoshuai’s life and things related to Senior Lu.
After chatting, Zhou Yan felt that Wang Xiaoshuai's communication skills were still good. Sometimes he could feel that he had different ideas about a certain issue, but his performance was still very calm.
This kind of emotional stability is certainly a plus in Zhou Yan's opinion. If Wang Xiaoshuai is as talkative as Senior Lu, then Zhou Yan will definitely not want it.
When we start filming in the future, the executive director and assistant director will both be bored. He, the director, has to be the one to do all the communication work, which is very tiring.
I asked Wang Xiaoshuai again about his wishes and requirements. Wang Xiaoshuai said that he had no requirements, so Zhou Yan appointed him as the director's assistant.
Zhou Yan gave Wang Xiaoshuai a set of scripts, and then asked him to attend a meeting in the composition classroom on the 1st.
Later Zhou Yan watched Wang Xiaoshuai leave on the second floor. When he was about to turn back, he saw a girl coming out from the shade of a tree and took Wang Xiaoshuai's arm.
It was too far away to see clearly, but Zhou Yan always felt that this girl looked familiar.
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On August 1st, it was gloomy early in the morning, and it seemed like a heavy rain would come at any time.
Zhou Yan took his younger brothers and sisters to a nearby mutton soup restaurant for breakfast, and then went to the composition department classroom.
They went very early, arriving at 7:40, but when they arrived, they found Lin Juan already standing at the door of the classroom.
When Lao Jiu was far away, he saw Lin Juan and greeted Lin Juan sweetly, "Sister Juan."
"Jiu sister, good morning." Lin Juan also smiled.
When they arrived, Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Xiaojuan, you are here so early."
Lin Juan smiled and said, "I came in advance to help set up the scene."
In fact, Lin Juan has been here for a while. She first went downstairs to Zhou Yan's dormitory, but she didn't find Zhou Yan. By that time, Zhou Yan had already taken Zhou Jiajun to dinner.
After a short while in Zhou Yan's dormitory, she came to the classroom.
"There's nothing to be busy with. Just arrive before half past eight."
Zhou Yan opened the door of the composition classroom and led them in.
There is really nothing to decorate in the composition classroom. Zhou Yan has moved the materials that will be used today to the classroom in advance, and a banner with the name of the crew has been hung up.
This classroom was borrowed by Zhou Yanwen from the school. He not only borrowed the classroom from the school, but also borrowed the piano room and concert hall. The last scene where the young male protagonist holds a concert was in the school concert hall. shoot.
The school knew that Zhou Yan wanted to film a movie, and they were very supportive of it. Moreover, since it was summer vacation, it wouldn't delay anyone's studies. Zhou Yan also promised the school that when the movie is broadcast later, he will give special thanks to the school at the end.
At early eight o'clock, the behind-the-scenes staff of the crew arrived one after another.
Wang Xiaoshuai came with Senior Lu. Zhou Yan smiled and introduced to the others, "Before anyone else comes, let me introduce to you. This is Assistant Director Wang Xiaoshuai, who is also Director Lu's college classmate. "If you can't find me in the future, just ask Director Wang. If you can't find Director Lu, just ask Director Wang." Assistant director, he feels pretty good.
Zhou Yan did not introduce the others to Wang Xiaoshuai one by one. Although their crew is not large, there are dozens of people behind the scenes.
There are three people in the director's team, eight people in camera and lighting, three people in makeup, and seven people in props team and art... There are all kinds of people in total, thirty or forty people.
At 8:30, investor Xu Feng and producer Hou Xiaoxian also arrived.
Xu Feng looked around the classroom and said with a smile, "Is Teacher Zhou going to teach us today? This is my first time to hold a meeting in the classroom."
"And it's still "Composition Department classroom." Hou Xiaoxian followed and looked at the three pianos on the stage, "Is it necessary to have so many pianos in your classroom?"
"It is really necessary, even this piano is not enough." Use.”
Hou Xiaoxian pouted, "You only have so many pianos in one classroom. It's hard to imagine how many pianos there are in the whole school. With so many pianos, it takes a lot of effort just to maintain them."
Zhou Yan said with a smile, "In the musical instrument department. The teacher must have been very touched when he heard what you said, Director Hou. "
The musical instrument department at Yangyin is one of the most difficult departments in the school. There are too many musical instruments in the school and they need to be inspected and maintained every once in a while. Even the maintenance and musical instrument teachers are really busy from morning to night.
Now that they have a holiday, they can't be idle. They have to check the instruments every few days.
Zhou Yan witnessed a musical instrument teacher cleaning the oil stains on the piano while cursing, almost scolding the guy who was eating on the piano for eighteen generations.
If that guy stood in front of the teacher, the teacher would probably kill him.
"Zhou Yan, are you going to play the piano for us today?" Xu Feng asked.
Zhou Yan smiled and shook his head, "I won't play the piano today. I have a lot to say and not enough time."
"That's a pity, I really want to hear you play the piano. "Yes." Xu Feng said regretfully.
Hou Xiaoxian said with a smile, "Zhou Yan, don't be anxious. If you can't finish what you said in the morning, we'll talk in the afternoon. If we can't finish what we said in the afternoon, we'll talk tomorrow."
Xu Feng pouted, "You are the least anxious producer I have ever seen."
Hou Xiaoxian shrugged, "There has to be something new."
Actually, Hou Xiaoxian didn't. As a producer himself, he just came to watch Zhou Yan film. If Zhou Yan had problems, he could help solve them. If there were no problems, he would leave Zhou Yan alone, so he had a more relaxed attitude.
After 8:30, the actors also arrived one after another, including He Saifei, Li Shouhai, Lang Lang and Yu Feihong. The hero's father chose Zhu Shimao, who was selected by Xu Feng.
After 8:30, it began to rain lightly outside, and then it started to rain harder and harder.
At 8:50, Zhou Yan looked at the rain outside and then at the sign-in sheet. He couldn't help but frowned. There were still more than a dozen people who hadn't arrived.
Everyone else is okay, the key is that the costume designer Dong Wenmiao didn't arrive.
Yes, this time the costume director of "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" is also Dong Wenmiao, but she was not hired by Zhou Yan, but recommended by Xu Feng.
At that time, Xu Feng also specifically asked Zhou Yan for his opinion and told Zhou Yan that she only recommended it, and the decision-making power was still in Zhou Yan's hands. If Zhou Yan didn't want to use Dong Wenmiao, he could refuse.
Of course Zhou Yan would not refuse. He had collaborated with Dong Wenmiao for one and a half movies, and the process was quite good. In addition, Xu Feng had already opened his mouth, so it was even more impossible for him to refuse.
After all, costume design represents a department. It would really not be good if we didn't wait for her to start.
Zhou Yan sat on the piano bench, put his hand on his chin, and looked at the door of the classroom. It was raining really hard outside. You really can't blame the following people for being late.
However, Zhou Yan decided to officially start at nine o'clock. Even Dong Wenmiao was not prepared to wait any longer. Time passed by, and it was getting closer and closer to nine o'clock.
At 8:58, Dong Wenmiao finally arrived. She looked quite embarrassed, her long hair was wet, and the right hair was tucked behind her ear. The side of her face and neck were exposed, and water droplets could be seen dripping down her hair onto her neck.
Dong Wenmiao's clothes were not spared either. The sleeves of the plaid shirt he wore were already soaked through, and the slim-fitting jeans underneath had no dry spots below the knees.
Seeing Dong Wenmiao like this, Zhou Yan was also curious. How did she manage to keep the lower part of her knees and her hair wet, but the middle part dry?
But this was the first time Zhou Yan saw Dong Wenmiao in such a hurry.
Seeing Dong Wenmiao standing at the door twisting the water from his sleeves, Zhou Yan suddenly thought of his movie. In the script, the meeting scene he arranged for the male protagonist and the female protagonist was in a room. Audio store.
The male protagonist and the female protagonist meet again. Although the female protagonist no longer knows the male protagonist, they have the same music hobby.
Zhou Yan had always been dissatisfied with this scene before, but he couldn't think of anything better. But just now, when Dong Wenmiao came in, something suddenly flashed in his mind.
He thought of "The Pianist on the Sea". When the male protagonist 1900 was recording a music record, he suddenly saw a girl walking past the window. He fell in love with the girl at first sight, and his fingers moved with his emotions. Played a song that showed his heart.
Zhou Yan thought, why can’t I design a similar scene?
Rainy day, first love, reunion, piano, these words flashed quickly in Zhou Yan's mind, slowly forming a set of pictures.
On a rainy afternoon, the young male protagonist sat in front of the piano in a video store, staring blankly out the window. He wanted to play the piano, but he was worried that he would be exposed.
Although he didn't know anyone in this video store, he was still worried. The long-term disguise kept him alert.
At this moment, a girl hiding from the rain appeared outside the glass window. She was holding a book in her hand and looked very embarrassed. And this girl was the sister next door that he liked when he was a child. .
In this atmosphere, the young male protagonist no longer cared, put his hands on the piano, and played a song.
Zhou Yan looked at Dong Wenmiao at the door and thought about this plot. Then he thought, what kind of music should be used for this section?
After thinking for a moment, Zhou Yan, just like the little hero in his mind, pushed open the piano lid, put his hands on the keys, and then a sweet piano sound sounded.
As soon as the piano sounded, the originally noisy scene immediately became quiet. Everyone looked at Zhou Yan on the stage and listened quietly to Zhou Yan playing the piano.
Although they don’t know why Zhou Yan suddenly played the piano, since it was the director who played it, they certainly wanted to give him face, and many people were curious about Zhou Yan and wanted to hear how he played the piano.
Some people have heard that Zhou Yan is a student of Yangyin, but they don’t know that he majors in composition. Some people don’t know that Zhou Yan is a student of Yangyin at all. They know very little about Zhou Yan, the director.
This piece of music played by Zhou Yan gives people a feeling of concentration and calmness, as if a small independent world has been separated on this rainy day.
Yu Feihong looked at Zhou Yan in the audience, with surprise written all over her face. She was the kind of person who didn’t understand Zhou Yan at all. She didn’t know that Zhou Yan majored in composition, and she didn’t know that all the soundtracks in the movie were Written by Zhou Yan.
Before coming, she was still wondering why the crew's meeting was held in a music conservatory classroom. Was it because the movie was about music?
This is a piece of music that Yu Feihong has never heard before, but the first time she heard it, her ears were caught by this piece of music.
She seemed to hear the sound of rain from the music, and a picture appeared in her mind. A pair of lovers were half sitting on the sofa, quietly watching the raindrops slowly outside through the window. It hits the leaves, and then flows along the leaves to the branches and then to the trunk.
The raindrops in front disappeared halfway, and the raindrops behind slowly opened up along the path of the predecessors.
The birds were hiding in their nests, poking their heads out from time to time.
But when the song reached the middle, she felt a hint of excitement in her emotions. It didn't feel like her lover was beside her, but more like she met the person she liked on a rainy day.
Actually, Yu Feihong heard it right. The name of this piece is "When It Rains", and naturally people can hear the drizzle falling from it.
Dong Wenmiao also stopped twisting the water at this moment, turned around and looked at Zhou Yan on the stage.
Zhou Yan's eyes touched Dong Wenmiao, and then he took it back, looking seriously ahead, but before that, Xu Feng had already caught his gaze staring at Dong Wenmiao. arrive.
Listening to the music played by Zhou Yan, Xu Feng's eyes revealed a hint of doubt and gossip.
A few minutes later, a song ended. Old Nine Zhou Qing took the lead in applauding, and the others followed closely and applauded Zhou Yan.
It seems that this is not a meeting of the crew, and the person on the stage is not a director. It is more like they are attending a concert, and Zhou Yan is the pianist performing for them.
After the applause ended, Zhou Yan was about to pay attention to his colleagues who were soaked in the rain, but he heard Xu Feng smiling in the audience and asked, "Director Zhou, is this your new song?"
"Yes." Zhou Yan nodded with a smile, "Listening to the sound of rain, I suddenly felt something, and played a piece of music casually."
Of course he would not say that he was doing it because he saw Dong Wen Miao Cai played this part, otherwise, the crew would definitely misunderstand it.
Hearing that Zhou Yan played this piece because of the rain, there were also comments below.
"Director Zhou is really awesome. He can play the piano and compose music."
"No wonder I heard the feeling of rain just now.
"This music is so nice. Will it be used in a movie? "
"There seems to be no rain scene in the movie, right? ”
"Everything you play sounds so good!"
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Zhou Yan is already good-looking, and he is also a director. He just played another original piece. The scene of him playing the piano just now is very interesting to women. The destructive power of children is too strong.
Although Lin Juan has experienced Zhou Yan's talent many times, she was still looking at Zhou Yan with stars in her eyes just now. When Zhou Yan finished playing, she was still immersed in it.
Although the other young girls were not as exaggerated as her, they all had a new understanding of Zhou Yan. Even Yu Feihong's expression when she looked at Zhou Yan became very different.
Zhou Yan ignored their discussion and walked to the front and said to a young man from the logistics department, "Li Hong, go to the first floor and ask Uncle Lin to take you to the school supplies department to see if there are new towels and ask them to borrow a dozen. Come."
Li Hong is two years older than Zhou Yan, and he is considered young among the crew, but he is quite lively and has a good eye, so Zhou Yan likes to ask him to do anything.
As for Uncle Lin on this floor, Li Hong has only been here two or three times before he became familiar with him. If it were someone else who went there, he might not be able to do it.
After Li Hong left, Zhou Yan looked at his watch and saw that it was already 9:05. Although there were still four or five people who had not arrived, he was not prepared to wait any longer and started today's work directly. Meeting.
Different from the previous "Farewell My Concubine" meeting, "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" was written, directed and scored by Zhou Yan. The screenwriter, score and director are all himself, so basically there is no debate.
As for the opinions of the producers and other members of the directing team, they were basically communicated before the meeting.
So at today’s meeting, Zhou Yan mainly helped everyone smooth out the entire shooting process so that all of them could be aware of it. In addition, if other departments have any questions, they can also raise them together today.
He has a lot to talk about today, so he talks very quickly.
First, turn on the computer. The time has been set. It is 8:06 in the morning on August 6th. Xu Feng seems to particularly like the two numbers eight and six. Someone previously suggested that eight o'clock on August 8th be Zero and eight were all rejected.
Second, most of the filming locations have been decided.
Third, the specific arrangements for each behind-the-scenes team and the actor team. If you encounter problems, you can contact which department or staff member. For example, for some actors who have just arrived on the set, how to arrange their accommodation and whom to contact.
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Zhou Yan told them many things, trying to express each one in the simplest language because he did not want to waste time.
And if you express too much, it is easy for people not to listen.
Now Zhou Yan speaks one by one, crisply and concisely. Even if there are a lot of words, they can basically listen to them. , you can hear it clearly.
When encountering something they couldn't remember, Zhou Yan also thought about it in advance for them. For example, he had printed out the list of contacts and would post it directly at the door of the crew office, the actor's residence, and other conspicuous places.
In every department, Zhou Yan not only cared about their needs, but also made requirements for them.
If Zhou Yan can solve the problems raised by various departments, he will solve them on the spot. If he cannot solve them on the spot, Wang Xiaoshuai will write them down and find an opportunity to solve them after the meeting.
However, most of the questions raised by various departments are minor problems. Usually they are missing something. You just need to write it down and purchase it later.
At 11:15, everything that needs to be said has been said. Zhou Yan finally asked, "Do each group have any questions? If so, raise them on the spot, the later they are raised. The more difficult it is to solve.”
The leaders of each group looked at each other and shook their heads, indicating that there was no problem.
They shook their heads, and Zhou Yan nodded, "Well, today's meeting will end here. Let's go have a meal and let the meeting end."
Because many plays will be completed in Yangyin, Therefore, the crew reserved a small area at the Yangyin Canteen. They can eat at the Yangyin Canteen when they are filming here in the future.
On the way to the cafeteria, Xu Feng asked Zhou Yan, "Does that piece of music just now have a name?"
Zhou Yan thought for a while and said, "We meet again."
"Reunion." Xu Feng frowned and repeated the name, and then asked curiously, "Why is it called reunion?"
Zhou Yan smiled, "I was about to tell you about this. In fact, not only did I I only composed this song and also thought of a new plot. I planned to change the scene in the script where the male protagonist meets the female protagonist again."
Xu Feng understood immediately, "So this song "Reunion". Is it used in this changed plot?"
Zhou Yan nodded and said with a smile: "That's right."
The easter egg chapter of the song "When It Rains" has been advanced. It has been placed at the end of the previous chapter, and you can move on to eat
(End of this chapter)