Chapter 96 The Magical Circuit (2-in-1)
Hearing Guan Jinpeng’s name, Zhou Yan’s brain began to spin rapidly, and he thought, did Leslie Cheung give him a life?
Of course Guan Jinpeng knows that "Rouge Button", "Ruan Lingyu" and "Lan Yu" were all filmed by Guan Jinpeng.
The latest one should be "Ruan Lingyu", but this movie was already filmed last year when I saw the news. When Zhang Manyu arrived in Shanghai, the TV station reported it with great fanfare.
In other words, the movie has been filmed and you are looking for a soundtrack? However, the timing is probably not right. For a movie that was shot last year, there is no way that we still haven’t found a soundtrack director.
After thinking for a while, Zhou Yan said, "Of course I know Guan Jinpeng. The "Rouge Button" you played before was directed by him, right?"
Leslie Cheung smiled and nodded, "Well, he recently filmed a biography Do you know the movie "Ruan Lingyu"?"
"Yes, I saw it on the news. This movie should be released soon."
"Do you know the heroine of "Ruan Lingyu"? Who is it?" Leslie Cheung asked again.
“Zhang Manyu?”
Zhou Yan was a little confused by Leslie Cheung's question. He found that Leslie Cheung was a bit difficult to figure out. Sometimes Leslie spoke very directly, but sometimes he liked to foreshadow a lot, which could make people anxious to death.
"Well, Maggie Cheung has recently received another film, and the director is Tsui Hark."
As expected, Leslie Cheung mentioned Tsui Hark from Maggie Cheung again.
Zhou Yan asked tentatively, "What then?"
He was afraid that Tsui Hark was not the end of the topic, and Leslie Cheung would introduce other characters later.
Leslie Cheung said with a smile, "The movie Tsui Hark is going to shoot is called "Green Snake", and this movie is adapted from Li Bihua's novel "Green Snake"."
Hearing this, Zhou Yan was completely shocked They were all stunned.
Good guy, after a long circle, it comes back to Li Bihua. Zhou Yan really doesn’t understand why Leslie Cheung started this topic with Guan Jinpeng. Even if Leslie Cheung didn’t talk about Li Bihua directly, but first talked about Xu Both Ke and Zhou Yan can understand.
Zhou Yan just thought that Leslie Cheung was going to get work for him from Guan Jinpeng.
However, Leslie Cheung didn’t think there was anything wrong with what he said. The reason why he started with Guan Jinpeng was because he had just met with Guan Jinpeng some time ago, and he also learned from Guan Jinpeng that Zhang Manyu had recently accepted A movie by Tsui Hark.
Later, when he talked to Tsui Hark on the phone, he learned that the movie Zhang Manyu accepted was the "Green Snake" adapted from Li Bihua's novel of the same name, which he had rejected before.
So Leslie Cheung said this in the order of the things he has experienced himself. He feels that this is more organized and complete.
And he thought it was quite interesting, so he went around and around again.
But it didn’t sound like that to others, and he didn’t tell everything he had experienced, so Zhou Yan naturally couldn’t understand his brain circuit.
Zhou Yan's reaction also made Leslie Cheung a little disappointed. He thought Zhou Yan would be very surprised and lamented why it was such a coincidence, but Zhou Yan just looked at him and waited for him to continue.
After a pause, Leslie Cheung said, "I recommended You to Tsui Hark."
"Me?" Zhou Yan frowned and asked with a puzzled look, "Do you want me to score this movie?"
Leslie Cheung smiled and shook his head, "No, I recommend you to play Xu Xian."
Zhou Yan was stunned, "Want me to play Xu Xian?"
"Well, two days ago I talked to Tsui Hark on the phone and he asked me to play Xu Xian, but I felt that this role was not suitable for me, so I recommended you to him. I thought your performance in "Raise the Red Lantern" was very weak. The feeling of a scholar." Leslie Cheung smiled, "If you have any ideas, you can talk to Tsui Hark."
Zhou Yan twitched his lips. In his impression, the design of the character Xu Xian in "Green Snake" was not very pleasing. After watching the movie, many people only remembered Xu Xian as a scumbag who had no responsibility.
Leslie Cheung himself did not take this role, probably because the character design did not suit him.
Otherwise, as Li Bihua’s leading actor, Leslie Cheung would have no reason to refuse.
Zhou Yan is very interested in making movies, but he is not particularly interested in acting, so he is not very interested in the role of Xu Xian.
But Zhou Yan thought that he could talk to Tsui Hark. On the one hand, he could broaden his network of contacts. On the other hand, even if he didn't play Xu Xian, he might be able to find other jobs, such as scoring music. guide.
The main reason is that the job of directing the soundtrack does not require him to follow the crew every day, so it will not affect his work too much.
Besides, Leslie Cheung was kind enough to help me, so he also wanted to give people face.
After thinking about it, Zhou Yan nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll talk to Director Xu."
Seeing Zhou Yan nodding, Leslie Cheung also laughed, "Well, I'll talk to Director Xu later. I’ll give you his contact information.”
In fact, Leslie Cheung gave Zhou Yan a try, partly because he really felt that Zhou Yan’s performance in “Raise the Red Lantern” was good, and it fit in with the traditional image of Xu Xian. On the other hand, he also looked at He Wuming's face.
While studying opera with He Wuming, Leslie Cheung admired He Wuming very much. Boss He was not only a good singer in Peking Opera, but also knowledgeable and talented. He was a very powerful person.
Boss He and Zhou Yan have a very good relationship, and Leslie Cheung can see that. Boss He is in a good mood every time he sees Zhou Yan.
And Leslie Cheung also knew that Li Bihua had a good impression of Zhou Yan. When chatting before, Li Bihua mentioned Zhou Yan several times.
……
After getting Tsui Hark’s contact information from Leslie Cheung, Zhou Yan received a message on his pager the next morning before he had time to contact Tsui Hark.
"This is Tsui Hark, please dial XXXX"
Zhou Yan did not expect that Tsui Hark would take the initiative to contact him, so he found a number and called back.
"Thunder Monkey."
After the call was connected, a Cantonese greeting came from the other side.
Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Is it Director Xu? I am Zhou Yan."
Hearing that it was Zhou Yan, Tsui Hark on the opposite side switched to Mandarin and said, "Hello, Zhou Yan, have you eaten?"
This ordinary yet strange greeting made Zhou Yan laugh, "Have eaten, Director Xu. "
After a brief greeting, Tsui Hark did not say any more pleasantries and went directly to the topic, "Leslie Cheung recommended you to play Xu Xian. What do you think? If you are willing to participate, I will wait for a while. We are going to the mainland, so we can meet and have a chat."
Zhou Yan asked with a smile, "Director Xu, where are you going to shoot this movie?"
Hearing Zhou Yan. Focusing on the location, Tsui Hark probably understood what he meant, so he smiled and said, "My initial idea is to shoot in Wuyi Mountain. Of course, it may also be shot in other places, such as Hangzhou."
"When will filming start?" Zhou Yan asked again.
"July and August next summer will be easier to film because there are a lot of scenes in the water."
Tsu Hark patiently explained that he guessed that Zhou Yan was thinking about the schedule. He often encounters things like this. For example, this time he was originally looking for Zhou Runfa to play the role of Fa Hai, but Zhou Runfa's schedule was not available.
Although Zhou Yan is a new actor, he has schedule issues, which is not incomprehensible. After all, "Raise the Red Lantern" that Zhou Yan just participated in is currently very popular. Maybe Zhou Yan has received invitations to other dramas by now.
The reason why Tsui Hark wanted to meet and chat with Zhou Yan is because Zhou Yan participated in "Raise the Red Lantern". Although he is a new actor, he is also popular.
Moreover, Tsui Hark originally planned to invite Gong Li to participate in "Green Snake", but Gong Li's schedule was not available, so he had to give up. In addition, Tsui Hark also planned to invite Ma Jingwu, who played Mr. Chen in "Raise the Red Lantern", to participate.
Hearing that the filming would start in July and August, Zhou Yan nodded. This time period is good and it will not affect his school work.
Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Director Xu, I am personally very interested in this movie and I am very much looking forward to meeting you."
Tsu Hark also smiled, "Then wait until I arrive. Let’s meet and chat when we are in Yanjing.”
“When will Director Xu come over?” Zhou Yan asked.
"February."
Of course Tsui Hark would not make a special trip to see Zhou Yan. There are several characters in this movie who were also found from the mainland, such as Ma Jingwu. When he goes to Yanjing in February, he will meet these actors together.
After talking about the business, Tsui Hark did not talk to Zhou Yan anymore, and the two of them hung up the phone.
......
After hanging up the phone from Tsui Hark, Zhou Yan was about to go to the piano room, but halfway there, he suddenly received another paging message.
"Xu FengXXXXX"
is a string of Shanghai phone numbers.
Zhou Yan turned back and rushed to the phone booth. Fortunately, there was no one in line at the moment. He picked up the phone again and dialed.
When Xu Feng received Zhou Yan's call, he was surprised, "Why did you reply so quickly?"
"Because I was near the phone booth." Zhou Yan smiled and asked , "Sister Feng, what do you want from me?"
"Good thing."
Xu Feng laughed. Her laughter was so contagious that Zhou Yan could feel her happiness on the other end of the phone.
"I have received news that "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" has been shortlisted for the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival."
Zhou Yan raised his eyebrows, no wonder Xu Feng was so happy, This is indeed good news. They hurriedly cut out the short film in order to gain something at the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival.
Now that the film has been shortlisted, it can be considered a big step forward.
"How many works are there in total?" Zhou Yan asked.
“More than 2,500 films were applied for, and 75 were shortlisted.”
When he heard that 75 films were shortlisted, Zhou Yan was slightly disappointed. With so many films shortlisted, the probability of winning the prize Not too high.
As for the number of registrations for more than two thousand units, Zhou Yan also knew that many of them must be top-ups. For China, France is far away, and it is very difficult for Chinese directors to send their films to the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival. However, for Europeans and even French locals, it is an easy task to send their films to the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival. A very easy thing.
Many students who live nearby will even send their semester works to participate in exhibitions. Anyway, this thing costs nothing. If you send it here and won't win, you might be lucky enough to be favored by some copyright distributors and sell it for some money.
There are also all kinds of other people who will shoot something if they have the equipment at hand.
Among the works received by the film festival, there are often random tapes, such as home videos recorded by someone.
“When will their film festival be held this time?” Zhou Yan asked.
Xu Feng smiled and said, "I was just about to tell you this. The film festival is from January 27th to February 4th, which coincides with the Chinese New Year. It's not convenient for you to arrange the time. Go there? If you can, please arrange a visa as soon as possible.”
Zhou Yan frowned when he heard the time. This year's Chinese New Year is on February 3rd, which coincides with the film festival. It can't be wrong.
If it weren't for the Chinese New Year, Zhou Yan would really like to visit, but he had promised Zhou Qing and the others before that he would go back to celebrate the Chinese New Year, and now he suddenly let go, which made him feel a little regretful.
Of course, the main reason is because this is a short film festival. If it were Cannes, Palme d'Or, or Venice, then he would definitely choose to participate in the film festival without any hesitation.
After thinking about it, he asked, "Sister Feng, are you going?"
"I can't go. If I go to the film festival and don't celebrate the New Year at home, my two sons will definitely have to go. Noisy." Xu Feng also heard that Zhou Yan didn't want to go, so he smiled and said, "It doesn't matter if you don't go. Hou Xiaoxian is going anyway. If you really want to win, let him collect the trophy for you. , mainly because the film festival will have many copyright distributors participating, mainly selling films.”
Zhou Yan smiled and said, "If it's about selling movies, then it's useless for me to go there."
"I can't say it's useless, I can only say it's not very useful."
"..."
Don’t these two sentences mean the same thing?
"Then I'd better not go. I will go home for the Chinese New Year. I have already made arrangements with my family in advance."
Xu Feng smiled, "It's good if you don't go, and you can save some travel expenses, but when the follow-up feature film is to be promoted, you still have to be present at some activities."
"I know this, I will definitely do it when the time comes. Cooperate."
"It's okay, just wait for the news."
After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yan rushed to the piano room again.
Halfway through this time, he suddenly heard someone calling him.
"Director Zhou."
Zhou Yan turned around and saw Yu Feihong standing at the intersection leading to the teaching building and the piano room, looking at him with a smile.
"Yu Feihong?" Seeing Yu Feihong, Zhou Yan was a little surprised, "Are you here to find me?"
Zhou Yan felt very strange, what day is it today, and why are so many people looking for him?
But Yu Feihong shook his head, "No, Director Zhou, I was waiting for a friend. I didn't expect such a coincidence that I happened to meet you."
Zhou Yan was even more surprised, "Do you have any friends in our school? I haven't heard you mention it."
Yu Feihong spent a lot of time at Yangyin before, but Zhou Yan had never heard her talk about herself. I have friends in Yangyin.
Yu Feihong smiled and said, "I haven't had time to report to you that I have friends in Yangyin."
"Then you should pay attention next time." Zhou Yan followed Yu Feihong's words. He made a joke, and then said, "When will your friend arrive? Just let you wait here? It's very cold today."
It's been very cold in Yanjing these days, and Zhou Yan saw Yu Feihong wearing Not much, just jeans, a turtleneck, and a plaid coat. Zhou Yan felt cold just looking at it.
This girl is still too young and doesn't know the importance of keeping warm.
"We should be there soon..."
Before Yu Feihong finished speaking, Zhou Yan saw Xu Yuhong from their class walking out of the teaching building. Xu Yuhong walked towards this side with concern. As he walked, he said, "Feihong, why are you staying outside? It's so cold."
Zhou Yan looked at Xu Yuhong walking this way with a look of surprise on his face, "Do you know each other?"
< br>"Ang, can't we know each other?" Xu Yuhong smiled crookedly and took Yu Feihong's arm, "Let's go, Feihong, let's go shopping."
Yu Feihong smiled and waved to Zhou Yan, "Goodbye, Director Zhou."
Zhou Yan also raised his hand and waved. Looking at the retreating figures of Yu Feihong and Xu Yuhong, Zhou Yan couldn't figure it out. How did we meet?
At this time, a cold wind blew. Zhou Yan shrank his neck, crossed his arms and walked towards the piano building.
......
The semester works music exchange meeting went very smoothly. Many people came that day, all to listen to "Croatian Rhapsody". When the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra came before, many people came People are very sorry if they don't hear it.
The composition department classroom was full of people, and there were not enough chairs to sit in, so they stood. They couldn't stand, so they ran to the door. There were two to three hundred people in the originally small composition department classroom.
Zhou Yan didn't feel anything, but the students of 88 Composition were more and more excited. Before the concert started, they were all gearing up, waiting for the concert to show off their talents.
In the end, their performance was really good.
The semester works exchange meeting of 88 Composition in the past few years, this semester is considered the highlight moment, even more brilliant than the performance of "Memory of the Forbidden City" last semester. The main reason is that these students have made rapid progress this semester. The works submitted are also better than last semester.
At the end of the concert, the head of the department fully affirmed and highly praised the students' performance.
Xu Lang almost burst into tears when he heard Shi Wanchun's praise.
In the past few years, their 88-level compositions have been too suffocating. They were sandwiched between 87 and 89. Their father did not love their mother and they did not love them. Unexpectedly, now that they are seniors, the situation has suddenly improved a lot. Let me It felt like they had counterattacked.
They also know that all this is related to Zhou Yan.
It is one thing that Zhou Yan takes over Li Bingyang’s class, but the most important thing is that since Zhou Yan came to their class, their class has received countless times more attention than before.
Although they know that it is Zhou Yan who is receiving the attention, some eyes will always look at them when they pass by Zhou Yan, so they have unprecedented enthusiasm for learning.
After the semester works concert is over, it’s basically the rhythm of vacation.
Zhou Yan took the train back to Jinling after not staying at school for a few days.
......
Original Zhou Yan thought that since his house had not been occupied for a year, there would definitely be a peculiar smell inside, but as soon as he opened the door, he felt that the air was very refreshing, except for the hint of sandalwood. Taste, no other odor at all.
Look at the incense burner on the altar table. People should often come here to burn incense.
Only then did Zhou Yanzhe remember that before leaving at the beginning of the year, he gave Zhou Hong a key.
Besides the fact that there is no peculiar smell, the house is clean from inside to outside, from top to bottom. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as spotless. Someone should clean it frequently.
If someone just came to clean it, it would be fine. The key is that there are a lot more things in the house.
The phone was installed at the beginning of the year, but what happened to the TV cabinet, coffee table, and sofa in the living room? And what's going on with this big color TV?
No need to ask, Zhou Hong must have bought these things.
Although Zhou Qing has some pocket money, he can't afford so many things. This color TV alone probably costs tens of thousands, not to mention a set of exquisite sofas, coffee tables, and TV cabinets.
......
Zhou Yan arrived home in the afternoon. He rested for a long time, had a good sleep at night, and went to his grandparents' house the next morning.
As soon as he arrived, he saw a large family, nine brothers and sisters, everyone except Zhou Hong, the second oldest, was there. Among the elders, Zhou Yan's father Zhou Yaowen was also absent.
The business at home seems to be very busy recently. Zhou Yan and Zhou Hong talked on the phone a few days ago. Zhou Hong said that he and his father should be back late during the Chinese New Year.
As soon as Zhou Yan entered the door, Zhou Jiajun's passive skill was triggered.
"Hello, third brother."
This shout also alerted the men in the meeting hall and the women in the kitchen.
Grandma ran out of the kitchen first. As soon as she saw Zhou Yan, grandma touched his head and kept calling "good grandson".
The old man Zhou Minnong was particularly opposed to touching the child's head. He wanted to say a few words, but in the end he held back. Little Laosan only comes back for a few days throughout the year to let his wife touch his head.
The old lady grabbed Zhou Yan's hand and kept asking, have you eaten yet? Are you dressed warmly? Have you been bullied outside?
Only after Zhou Yan's hand was warmed up did the old lady finally let it go.
Zhou Yan followed his grandma to the kitchen to greet the two aunts, and then ran to the "meeting hall" to chat with his grandfather and uncle.
Grandfather Zhou Minnong was also very happy to see Zhou Yan coming back. He looked at Zhou Yan up and down, "It looks like he is doing well outside, and he has gained some weight compared to when he came back last year."
"I eat a lot during this period." Zhou Yan nodded with a smile, and then asked, "How is grandpa's health lately?"
Zhou Minnong said with a smile, "Don't worry, I can live for a few more years, so you don't have to worry about it for the time being."
Zhou Yanze said with a smile, "Of course you don't have to worry about us, but we still need your care, so you You must take care of yourself."
Zhou Yu patted Zhou Yan on the shoulder and said, "Look, our third child is becoming more and more talkative now. , we have all seen it, and now you are also a star. Some colleagues in our agency asked me for your autographed photo. "
When he said this, Zhou Yu specially added the words "signature photo". The bite was very hard. Zhou Yan knew what he meant. He must be talking about Gong Li's autographed photo.
But Zhou Yan could only shrug, because he had not met Gong Li during this period and could not ask Zhou Yu for an autograph or photo.
At this time, uncle Zhou Yaohua pushed up his glasses and said with a smile, "The movie is really good. In our unit, we can hear people discussing it every day some time ago, including you."
Those who are watching TV over there are When the young generals heard them talking about "Raise the Red Lantern", they coaxed them to take out a video tape from the drawer and put it in the video tape.
Without asking, he knew that what they were going to show must be "Raise the Red Lantern". Zhou Yan couldn't help but hold his forehead. The video tape of "Raise the Red Lantern" hasn't started to be sold yet. They There is a high probability that this is a pirated copy...
(End of this chapter)