Chapter 106 Is this good news (two-in-one)
Zhou Yan’s eyes lit up when he saw the man in the wheelchair.
Ditan Park is now in such a shabby state. Under normal circumstances, Zhou Yan has no interest in running inside.
The reason why I came in was because I was expecting to see Shi Tiesheng in the Temple of Earth.
Unexpectedly, he really saw it.
Although Shi Tiesheng is sitting in a wheelchair, he gives people a very burly look. It is still very cold, but he is only wearing a single coat. There was a book on his lap, but instead of reading, he stared at the big tree in front of him in a daze.
Zhou Yan did not disturb him, but ran to the stone steps next to him and sat down, looking at the tree quietly.
Zhou Yan has watched "The Temple of Earth and Me" many times, and has imagined the scene of Shi Tiesheng in the Temple of Earth countless times, so the scene in front of him now makes Zhou Yan feel a bit dreamy.
After a long while, Shi Tiesheng stopped looking at the tree and turned to look at Zhou Yan.
Although he had been looking at the tree, he also noticed someone watching him.
Shi Tiesheng said nothing, but his eyes were full of questions.
Zhou Yan stood up with a smile, "You are Shi Tiesheng, right."
"Yes." Shi Tiesheng nodded.
Hearing Zhou Yan call out his name, Shi Tiesheng was no longer confused.
Since his works became a little famous, people have come to visit often. At first, they just visited his home, and later, people often came to the Temple of Earth to meet him by chance.
Although it doesn't happen every day, it happens a few times a month.
So, Shi Tiesheng classified Zhou Yan into this category.
Zhou Yan walked up and offered Shi Tiesheng a cigarette, but Shi Tiesheng picked up half a cigarette from the side and said, "I haven't finished smoking yet."
Shi Tiesheng smokes and likes smoking. Press it out halfway through and light it up again after a while.
After saying that, Shi Tiesheng took out a match and lit the half of the cigarette. Then he took out a cigarette from the cigarette case and handed it to Zhou Yan, "Friend, come here."
"I don't smoke."
Shi Tiesheng nodded, put the cigarette back into the cigarette case, and said nothing.
Zhou Yan took the initiative to introduce himself, "My name is Zhou Yan. I am a student of Yangyin. I particularly like your works."
Hearing that Zhou Yan was a student, Shi Tiesheng smiled and said, "You guys The school is not close to here. Did you come here specifically to visit the park? "
"I have something to do at the coal mine art troupe, so I just came in to take a look." Zhou Yan explained.
There wasn't much left in the half of the cigarette in Shi Tiesheng's hand, and he finished it in a few puffs. Zhou Yan gave him another cigarette. This time, Shi Tiesheng took it with a smile, struck another match and lit it, and then asked with a smile, "What musical instrument did you study?"
"I majored in composition, and the instrument I majored in was bamboo flute."
Shi Tiesheng nodded, "In the Temple of Earth, you can often hear The sounds of various musical instruments, flutes, flutes, suonas, and sometimes the sound of piano... Maybe I heard it wrong. For people like us who don't know much about music, what do we hear and think? That’s it.”
Zhou Yan blinked, Shi Tiesheng was more talkative than he expected.
Originally, he was worried about being left in the cold and thinking about how to find a topic, but now he found that he didn't need to say anything at all. As long as he followed Shi Tiesheng's words, Shi Tiesheng could keep talking.
Shi Tiesheng's essays are all about life, but when chatting, he doesn't like to talk about daily life. As he chats, he turns to metaphysics, which sounds inscrutable.
The two chatted for about half an hour, and Shi Tiesheng suddenly said, "I have to go home for dinner."
Then he politely invited Zhou Yan, "Why don't you come to my house for dinner? One bite."
Zhou Yan smiled and shook his head, "No, I have to go back. See you again when I have the chance."
Shi Tiesheng nodded and smiled, "I hope to hear your work if I have the chance. ”
...
After watching Shi Tiesheng leave, Zhou Yan also walked out of Ditan Park and rode his bike to Yanjing Studio.
After walking around the set and having lunch in the factory, Zhou Yan rode home.
During this period, in addition to his graduation work "The Nightingale", he was also preparing the soundtrack for "San Mao's Military Journey".
The style of the movie "San Mao Joins the Army" is black humor, so the soundtrack naturally follows this style and takes a humorous and interesting route.
When he left Shanghai, he asked Zhang Jianya for a movie script. During this time, he read the script several times and took a lot of notes.
After some time, he will go to the set of "San Mao Joins the Army" to discuss with Zhang Jianya the things written in his notes. Maybe he can also write two pieces of music for Zhang Jianya to listen to.
Zhou Yan worked in the study until about four o'clock in the afternoon. The pager received a message from Hou Xiaoxian, so he ran to the living room and picked up the phone and dialed it.
After Hou Xiaoxian received the call, he was quite surprised, "Why are you so fast? Are you not at school?"
Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Not at school, I moved to a new place. I just moved to a new place. Installed a phone.”
"That's more convenient. If you give me your phone number, I won't call your pager later."
Zhou Yan gave me the phone number and then asked, "Director Hou, what do you want from me? , is there any change in the promotion work of "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly"? "
"No, I called you because I wanted to tell you about my new movie," Hou Xiaoxian said with a smile.
Hearing Hou Xiaoxian talk about his new movie, Zhou Yan scratched his head, what is supposed to come will still come.
“I heard from Sister Feng that your new movie is related to the puppet show?”
"Well, it is a biographical film that mainly tells the story of the first half of the puppet show master Li Tianlu's life."
Zhou Yan knows Li Tianlu. In the movie "Sad City" made by Hou Xiaoxian, Li Tianlu played the role of the head of the Lin family.
"Dream Life" Zhou Yan also knew about it, but he was not very impressed.
Xu Feng said that Hou Xiaoxian is the emperor of boring movies. This is not true at all. Zhou Yan, his "City of Sadness", can still be watched, but "Dream Life" can only be watched half of it.
Zhou Yan really didn’t want to accept a movie that he could only watch half of. When he was about to tell Hou Xiaoxian that he didn’t understand puppet theater, he heard Hou Xiaoxian say again, “As for the soundtrack, you You don’t need to know anything about puppetry. Some of the performance scenes use traditional music. There is no room for performance in this aspect. Just treat it as an ordinary movie and let me tell you the story of this movie..."
Next, regardless of whether Zhou Yantong agreed or not, Hou Xiaoxian spontaneously told Zhou Yan the story of the movie.
This is a biographical movie, telling the story of Li Tianlu from childhood to adulthood.
Li Tianlu was born in 1910. He followed his father in the puppet theater troupe Yanghuatai since he was a child.
There is a big line and a small line in the movie. The big line is the background of the times. At that time, Taiwan was colonized by neon. After Li Tianlu grew up, the war broke out again, and the small line is Li Tianlu’s personal life. Growing up, his mother passed away when he was young, his stepmother was very cold to him, his grandfather passed away, he had a falling out with his father and stepmother, and he married into his wife's family...
On the phone, I listened to Hou Xiaoxian speaking vividly about " Zhou Yan couldn't help but sigh that Hou Xiaoxian's oral story was more exciting than the movie, at least he could listen to it.
On the contrary, after it was made into a movie, it made people feel boring.
After Hou Xiaoxian finished telling the story, he finally asked Zhou Yan with a smile, "Will you accept this movie?"
Zhou Yan pondered. To be honest, the soundtrack work for this movie is not It's complicated because the performance scenes are all samples of traditional drama pieces that existed before. He doesn't need to put too much thought into it. He just needs to write one or two new songs.
"How is it?" Hou Xiaoxian asked again.
Hearing Hou Xiaoxian speak again, Zhou Yan agreed directly without hesitation, "No problem."
To be honest, Hou Xiaoxian has helped Zhou Yan a lot since "Raise the Red Lantern". This is also the first time Hou Xiaoxian asked him for help. Zhou Yan really couldn't say no if he refused.
And this job is indeed not difficult.
Hearing that Zhou Yan agreed, Hou Xiaoxian smiled and said, "Anyway, you are going to Taiwan in a while. We will meet and have a chat then."
"Okay, no problem. ”
……
The next morning, Zhou Yan rode a bicycle to find Xu Qing.
After meeting, Zhou Yan handed her a bag, "Your breakfast."
"What did you bring me?"
Xu Qing accepted it with a smile. He passed the plastic bag, opened it, and then the smile on his face disappeared, "Are these fried cakes and sugar pancakes?"
Zhou Yan nodded, "Don't you want fried or sweet ones? That's it. Two that best meet your requirements.”
Xu Qing rolled her eyes to the sky, "Oh, I said I don't eat fried or sweet food, but you just heard the back."
"How about I take you out to buy two buns?"
Xu Qing shook her head, "Forget it, I'll eat this fried cake, and you can eat the sugar pancakes."
Zhou Yan also shook his head, "No, I've been building muscle recently, sugar pancakes. I can’t even touch this stuff.”
Xu Qing: “…”
In the end, Xu Qing ate the fried cake. In line with the principle of not wasting, Zhou Yan took the remaining sugar cake back and gave it to Huang Jianxin.
Comrade Lao Huang was quite touched when he saw Zhou Yan bringing him breakfast, and asked with a smile, "How do you know I didn't eat breakfast?"
Zhou Yan was not embarrassed to break Comrade Huang's Beautiful fantasy, just smiled and said, "I wonder if you didn't eat it."
Zhou Yan then introduced Xu Qing to Huang Jianxin. Huang Jianxin looked at Xu Qing while chewing the sugar cake, "Classmate Xu Qing's The image really suits Ma Yunying. When will Kong Ling arrive?"
Zhou Yan looked at the time and said, "It should be here soon."
About ten minutes later, Kong Ling also arrived.
Then Huang Jianxin found a few scripts and asked Kong Ling and Xu Qing to try out one scene each, and then asked them to try out two scenes together.
After about an hour of audition time, Huang Jianxin took out all the scripts with a smile, "I am very satisfied with the performance of both of you. You two will read the scripts first, and then I will tell you something." Tell us about the filming time and location, and then you decide whether to take the film."
Xu Qing and Kong Ling had no objections to the script, filming time and filming location, and finally agreed to participate in "In Clear Water." Knife", this matter is settled.
After two actors were cast at once, Huang Jianxin was of course very happy. He smiled and said to Xu Qing and Kong Ling, "Before you go to Chang'an in June, I probably won't come to Yanjing again. This period If you have any questions, you can call me or ask Zhou Yan.”
Xu Qing blinked and asked, "Is Zhou Yan the assistant director or the soundtrack director this time?"
"How can I use such a high-level assistant director? Zhou Yan is now an international director." Huang Jianxin smiled He waved his hand, "As for the soundtrack director, I hired another teacher Zhao Jiping." Xu Qing and Kong Ling were both confused. Zhou Yan was neither the deputy director nor the soundtrack director, so what else could he be?
"Is that a screenwriter?" Kong Ling asked.
Huang Jianxin smiled and said, "Forget it, he wrote the original novel."
The two girls looked at Zhou Yan, their eyes full of doubts, but Xu Qing's eyes were filled with surprise, as if she had discovered a new world.
Then Xu Qing pulled Zhou Yan and asked a lot of questions. What was the original name of the novel and where was it published...
After Huang Jianxin auditioned Xu Qing and the others, he set off back. In Chang'an, Zhou Yan took Xu Qing back to their school by bicycle.
In this world, the fastest-spreading thing is gossip. Just because Zhou Yan took Xu Qing a few times while riding a bicycle, there are already rumors in the film school that the two of them are in love.
As soon as Xu Qing returned to the dormitory, her roommate Li Ting asked her, "Aren't you dating Zhou Yan?"
"Why do you want to talk to someone? It sounds so ugly." Xu Qing curled her lips.
“This is being spread throughout the department.”
“How did it get spread?” Xu Qing was also quite curious.
"You said that you, 88, acted like a flower and it was picked away by others. Seriously, is that what happened?"
"Zhou Yan and the others have a movie to make. , asking me to participate in the show, it’s not what you think.”
"Are you sure you're going to star?"
"Yes."
"Tsk, tsk, you agreed so quickly. I really don't believe you when you say you have nothing to do with Zhou Yan. Director Chen Kaige asked you to film a movie before. , but I waited for you for a week or two before you agreed.”
“Because I’m about to graduate and I have time to take on a role.” Xu Qing explained casually and asked Li Ting, “ Do you know where we can buy "Yanjing Literature" here in our school? It would be best to buy past issues."
Li Ting shook her head, "I don't know. Why don't you go to Xinhua Bookstore? It’s the post office asking. But why are you asking? I don’t see you paying attention to these literary magazines.”
Xu Qing smiled and said, "Because the original work of the movie we filmed this time is a novel, which was previously published in "Yanjing Literature"."
"Oh, you have to see it, but the crew also You're quite stingy, didn't you say I would send you a copy?"
"I sent you the script"
......
Zhou Yan started after returning from Yanjing Film Academy. Wrote the soundtrack for "Dream Life".
After listening to Hou Xiaoxian's description, Zhou Yan felt that the melody of Gao Li's "If Love Has God's Will" was very suitable to be used as the soundtrack for "Dream Life". The rhythm of "Dream Life".
Zhou Yan decided to write a violin and piano ensemble version of this piece, and later try it with the Taiwanese Yueqin. If the effect is good, both versions can be included in the movie. .
The whole song is very long. When the time comes, the song can be divided into various places in the movie and used, so that this song can run through the entire movie.
As soon as Zhou Yan was writing a little, the pager on the table rang.
What surprised Zhou Yan was that the person who sent the message turned out to be Li Bihua.
The content of the message was very simple. Li Bihua wanted to chat with Zhou Yan and left a phone number.
Zhou Yan first wrote down the phone number, then picked up the phone and dialed it.
As soon as the call was dialed, it was picked up. Li Bihua should be next to the phone.
"Hello, are you Director Zhou?" Li Bihua's voice came.
Zhou Yan smiled and replied, "Well, hello, Teacher Li."
"Director Zhou, where are you now? Can I meet you?"
"I'm at home... Teacher Li, what do you want to see me for?"
"It has something to do with "Green Snake" , said it was inconvenient on the phone."
Hearing that it was related to "Green Snake", Zhou Yan said, "I'll give you an address. Come and find me."
Zhou Yan is going north today. I made two trips to the Third Ring Road, but I really didn’t want to go there anymore.
"Okay." Li Bihua said.
Then Zhou Yan reported the location of his home to Li Bihua and told her roughly how to get there.
More than half an hour later, Zhou Yan heard someone knocking on the door outside, so he got up and opened the door. Sure enough, it was Li Bihua at the door.
"Teacher Li, please come in."
Inviting Li Bihua to the lounge, Zhou Yan asked while pouring tea for her, "What is it that requires you, Teacher Li, to come here in person?" Is it going to be a while before the filming of "Green Snake" starts?"
"Well, several important roles have not been decided yet." Li Bihua pushed up the glasses on the bridge of her nose. Her glasses were very large, and her face was small, which made people feel that wearing glasses was very heavy on her.
"The White Snake hasn't decided yet?"
The Green Snake has already decided, and it's Zhang Manyu. Zhou Yan knows this. He thought that the White Snake should have decided during this time, but he didn't expect that the White Snake has also decided. Not decided yet.
The version he saw was White Snake played by Wang Zuxian. He didn’t know if there would be any changes this time.
“Well, Gong Li was originally asked to play the role of White Snake, but Gong Li was not available. Later, Anita Mui, who was originally scheduled to play the role of Green Snake, was asked to play White Snake, but Anita Mui and Gong Li agreed to play the role together. If you don’t act, you won’t act.”
"Come, drink water."
Li Bihua took the water glass and pushed up his glasses, "I came to you this time because I hope to show you the script."
"Script? "Zhou Yan looked confused, "Director Tsui Hark has already read the script to me."
Li Bihua took out a script from her bag and handed it to Zhou Yan, "This is the newly revised script. Look again."
The confusion on Zhou Yan's face became more intense. He took the script and began to read it seriously without asking any more questions.
The beginning of this script is no different from the beginning of the script Tsui Hark gave him last time. It can be said that it is exactly the same. However, after Xu Xian came on the stage, there were some changes in the script.
Zhou Yan later discovered that the changes to the script were basically concentrated on the character Xu Xian, while the other characters basically had no changes. Even if there were changes, they were changed because of Xu Xian's changes.
In the version of the script that Zhou Yan read before, Xu Xian was very scumbag and ugly, even worse than in the movies he had seen.
But now in the version of the script Li Bihua gave him, Xu Xian has become very different.
Xu Xian in this script actually has problems. He not only loves the white snake, but also has thoughts about the green snake. However, in this script, he shows more resistance and struggle.
And at the end, Xu Xian also showed a compassionate side, and the whole character became more full-bodied than before.
After reading the script, Zhou Yan asked doubtfully, "Mr. Li, did you change this script?"
Li Bihua nodded, "This is after I discussed it with Director Tsui Hark , what do you think of the reworked version?"
Zhou Yan pursed his lips, "If I guessed correctly, did you come to me with this script to persuade me to play Xu Xian? ?"
"Yes." Li Bihua nodded, "I still think you are more suitable for the role of Xu Xian. You have a special temperament... I know you think this. The character design is not very good, but I think it will be much better now that it has been revised.”
"Well, it's better."
In fact, there are not many changes, but just a simple change of some details will have a great impact on the character.
For example, in the movie, Xu Xian looked at two colors of grapes and finally chose the purple grape that represented Xiaoqing. This detail nailed the character of Xu Xian to the scumbag pillar.
In the new script, Li Bihua changed this paragraph. Xu Xian finally chose the grape that represented his wife and put down the other purple grape.
Including the scene where I saw the green snake and the white snake taking a bath, I saw the white snake first, and then I used my sleeves to cover my eyes after seeing the green snake.
These two paragraphs alone changed Xu Xian's image a lot.
This shows that although the righteousness in Xu Xian's heart has been shaken by the temptation of the green snake, it is still there.
But even so, Zhou Yan still looks down on Xu Xian. In the new script, he is just not so scumbag, but still cowardly and incompetent.
After thinking for a moment, Zhou Yan said, "I am still more inclined to play Fahai."
"Director Zhou, are you still dissatisfied with the design of the character Xu Xian? You can also tell me.”
Zhou Yan said with a smile, "If we change it further, Director Tsui Hark probably won't agree."
If it were changed according to Zhou Yan's idea, then Xu Xian would not be tempted by the green snake first, and secondly after discovering that his wife is a witch. After that, he didn't care at all, and tried his best to protect his wife, and finally died in the hands of Fahai. The image of such an infatuated man with love and righteousness emerged.
But if it were changed like this, it would not be much different from the TV series, and Tsui Hark would definitely not do it.
Of course Li Bihua also knows that although she is the original author and screenwriter, she cannot change the script however she wants. It is not easy to change it to what it is now.
"Is there no hope for you to play Xu Xian?" Li Bihua said a little frustrated.
Zhou Yan smiled and nodded, "I have no intention of playing Xu Xian for the time being."
"Oh, okay."
Zhou Yan smiled again and said, "There are still ways to deal with the soundtrack. Regarding the role of Hai, I will let Tomson contact Tsui Hark."
"I don't care about the soundtrack." Li Bihua shook her head, and then said, "You can play Fa Hai, but. I still think you are more suitable for Xu Xian."
It can be seen that Li Bihua really wants Zhou Yan to play Xu Xian, and he is still fighting for it at this time, but Zhou Yan has different ideas from her.
...
About two hours after Li Bihua left, Zhou Yan received a call from Xu Feng.
As soon as the call was connected, Zhou Yan heard Xu Feng smile and say, "I have to tell you good news."
Hearing the good news, Zhou Yan became excited, " What’s the good news?”
“Tsu Hark just called us, hoping that you can play the role of Xu Xian.”
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yan curled his lips, "Sister Feng, is this good news?"
Xu Feng laughed, "Listen to me first, they are offering you fifty-five dollars Thousands of Xiangjiang coins”
(End of this chapter)