Chapter 113 Disappointment (Three-in-One)
The next morning, Zhou Yan was awakened by a knock on the door.
He got up sleepily, "Who is it?"
"Director Zhou, it's me."
Zhang Jianya's voice came from outside the room.
Zhou Yan first picked up the watch on the bedside table and squinted at it. It was just early eight o'clock.
Then he got out of bed and opened the door, only to see Zhang Jianya and Cui Jie standing at the door.
Inviting the two people into the room, Zhou Yan asked, "Director Zhang, why are you here now?"
Zhang Jianya smiled and said, "I was planning to leave in the afternoon, but I called from the studio and had something to deal with, so I came over to tell you. I’ve already told Xiao Liu that if you want to watch the film, just ask her.”
Actually, that’s it. Zhang Jianya could have sent a message to Zhou Yan's pager without coming over in person, but to show respect, he still asked Xiao Cui to drive over.
"You guys are going to Su City." Zhou Yan rubbed his head and said, "If you wait for me for a while, I will go with you."
Hearing that Zhou Yan was also going to the set, Zhang Jianya met With a look of surprise, she asked, "Director Zhou, are you going too?"
During dinner yesterday, Zhou Yan mentioned that he was going to Taiwan. Zhang Jianya thought that Zhou Yan would not go to the studio again.
Actually, Zhou Yan had no plans to go to Su City, so he planned to watch movies at the Shanghai Factory.
However, when watching the movie yesterday, Zhou Yan became very interested in Zhang Jianya's filming on the set. He especially wanted to go to the scene to learn how Zhang Jianya shot, so when he heard that Zhang Jianya was going to the set, he proposed I want to go with you.
"Well, can your car fit in?" Zhou Yan asked.
"Yes, Xiao Cui and I are the only two people in the car. It's very spacious." Zhang Jianya said with a smile.
Zhou Yan nodded and pointed to the two chairs in the room, "Then you guys sit down first and I'll wash up. It'll only take ten minutes."
After saying that, Zhou Yan didn't waste any time. Time, I went directly to the bathroom to wash up.
When Zhou Yan entered the bathroom, Zhang Jianya took Cui Jie and sat down on the chair.
After sitting down, Zhang Jianya was attracted by a stack of music scores on the table. The music scores were not stacked neatly, and the pen was next to it.
Zhang Jianya raised his eyebrows and looked at the status. Are these scores newly written?
They knocked on the door for a long time just now, and Zhou Yan answered the door only when he was inside. Moreover, after opening the door, he didn't seem to be in a good condition. He seemed to have stayed up late.
At first, Zhang Jianya thought it was because Zhou Yan drank a lot last night and came back to cause trouble.
Although the alcohol content of the rice wine is not high, it has a lot of stamina, and it will make you dizzy when the wind blows.
But after he came in, there was no smell of alcohol in the room.
Zhang Jianya looked at the score on the first page... This should be a draft. It has scrawls on it. There are many notes and revisions. The handwriting is relatively new. Even if it was not written last night, it should be written Not long after.
Looking at so many scores, Zhang Jianya was also wondering, if these scores were all written last night, could they be so fast?
Zhang Jianya doesn’t know much about music and can’t read music scores, but he still has a certain understanding of the speed of composing music.
They have worked with many composers in their factory, and Zhang Jianya has also worked with some composers. He has seen people who write fast, but this is the first time he has seen someone as fast as Zhou Yan.
Of course, these songs may not all have been written last night.
What Zhang Jianya is most concerned about now is not whether these songs were written last night, but whether these songs have anything to do with "Sanmao Joins the Army".
Over there, Zhou Yan finished washing up in five minutes, and then spent another five minutes packing his luggage.
Finally, when Zhou Yan was collecting the scores, Zhang Jianya finally couldn't help but ask, "Director Zhou, are there any songs from "Sanmao Joins the Army" in this?"
Zhou Yan laughed. , "We are still working on other songs for "Sanmao Joins the Army", this is another project."
Zhang Jianya was slightly disappointed, but still said with a smile, "Director Zhou has a new project, congratulations, congratulations."
Zhou Yan smiled and didn't say much. The project "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" still has horoscopes. Not a word, it's not appropriate to tell people now.
Then the three of them drove to Su City.
Although Su City is very close to Shanghai, it took them nearly three hours to drive.
It was already noon when we arrived at the place. The three of them went to have a meal first and then went to the set.
As soon as he got off the bus, Zhou Yan saw Wei Zongwan, who played the veteran Youzi, standing outside the bungalow smoking.
Seeing Zhang Jianya, Wei Zongwan also walked over with a smile, "Director Zhang, it's been a hard journey."
"You're welcome, Teacher Wei, you have worked hard." Zhang Jianya smiled, He then introduced Zhou Yan to Wei Zongwan, "Mr. Wei, this is the score director of our play, directed by Zhou Yanzhou."
Wei Zongwan had long known that the score director of "Sanmao Joins the Army" was a young man He had already listened to the two songs "Awakening" and "San Mao", so he was not particularly surprised to see Zhou Yan. He smiled and greeted Zhou Yan, "Hello, Zhou Yan."
Zhou Yan smiled and replied, "Teacher Wei, I have long admired you."
"What a famous name." Wei Zongwan smiled and waved his hand, "I'm old, it would be great if someone is willing to film with me. Director Zhang, let's talk about the afternoon's scene?"
Zhang Jianya nodded, "Okay. "
Then several people entered the bungalow, and Cui Jie went to call Jia Lin, who played San Mao, and Zhang Jianya began to tell them about the afternoon's play.
What I was going to shoot this afternoon was a few scenes that I hadn’t shot in the previous two days. I originally planned to wait until tomorrow to reshoot them, but considering Wei Zongwan’s time, Zhang Jianya took all the reshoots. Put it aside for this afternoon.
Fortunately, these reshoots are not particularly complicated, and temporary shooting is no problem.
They didn't rest at noon. After Zhang Jianya finished talking about the scene with Wei Zongwan, he started to take people to set up the scene. At three o'clock in the afternoon, the filming officially started.
After filming for more than an hour, during a break, Wei Zongwan walked to Zhou Yan and sat down next to Zhou Yan in disgrace.
Seeing the dirt on Wei Zongwan's face, Zhou Yan couldn't help but sigh. No wonder Wei Zongwan was unwilling to participate in "Sanmao Joins the Army" before, although this drama is not a serious war movie. , but there are not many scenes related to war at all.
There are many scenes in the trenches, and Wei Zongwan is directly half-buried in the soil.
Zhou Yan handed Wei Zongwan a cigarette, and the latter took the cigarette, said "Thank you", and then lit the cigarette.
At this time, Zhang Jianya also brought a water glass and handed it to Wei Zongwan, "Teacher Wei, it's hard work."
Wei Zongwan waved his hand, "It's not hard work when filming. To say hard work, Jian Zongwan It's even harder for you. You came all the way from Shanghai and started filming without taking a break. If it weren't for taking care of me, you wouldn't have to work so hard."
"It's all mutual." Zhang Jianya smiled and asked, "The crew of "Three Kingdoms" are already urging you?"
"They are starting to urge you, but they are not urging you too hard. You can just follow the current normal filming schedule. There’s no need to rush,” Wei Zongwan said.
Hearing them mention "Three Kingdoms", Zhou Yan raised his eyebrows. It seems that Sima Yi in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" this time turned to Wei Zongwan. It should be that Sima Yi's scene was about to be filmed, so the "Three Kingdoms" side began to urge Wei Zongwan to come over.
Zhou Yan asked with a smile, "Teacher Wei, where was "Three Kingdoms" filmed?"
"There are many filming locations, and my scenes are mainly in Xicheng and Zhuo City." Wei Zongwan said.
“Xicheng is not far away.”
“Well, if we are all shooting in Xicheng, it doesn’t matter when it ends here, I can just run in both directions.”
Xicheng is dozens of kilometers away from Su City. It can be reached by car in an hour. It is completely possible to drive to both ends.
Wei Zongwan didn't know much about the Three Kingdoms crew, and couldn't get much information from him. Zhou Yan chatted with him for a few words, and filming started again.
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Zhou Yan only stayed on the set of "Sanmao Joins the Army" for two days, but he experienced a big night.
The so-called big night means shooting all night.
However, even though it was late at night, it was not too painful to shoot, because the scene we were shooting was the "Shanghai Ladies and Soldiers Benefit Performance".
Zhou Yan also made a guest appearance as a big-headed soldier, right next to Sanmao and the others.
Their mission is very simple, which is to cheer and do not even have to act, because the live performance is really beautiful.
The ladies were all beautiful, and they all wore shorts, tube tops, exposing their belly and thighs, and fishnet stockings, and danced various provocative dances on the stage.
Not to mention Zhang Jianya, the people who played the big-headed soldier took the initiative to applaud the performance.
But after the ladies went down and the celebrities came up to sing, the atmosphere was completely different. Everyone applauded and applauded, but obviously, their applause was not as genuine as watching the beauties dancing with their legs exposed.
The most tiring people in this scene were probably the dancing girls. They rehearsed it seven or eight times.
This play cannot be rehearsed during the day because the light is not suitable. We must wait until the light dims at night before we can start rehearsing.
Night scenes are inherently difficult to shoot because the lighting is very difficult. The first few rehearsals were all about adjusting the lighting on the stage.
By the time this scene was finished, it was already dark.
After breakfast, Zhou Yan did not go to rest, but ran to say goodbye to Zhang Jianya. The film delivery guy was going back to Shanghai, and he happened to follow him, so as not to have to find other cars later.
When he heard that Zhou Yan was leaving, Zhang Jianya didn't try to stay. He knew that Zhou Yan was very busy during this period, and it was already very difficult to come to the set for two days.
On the way to send Zhou Yan to the car, Zhang Jianya smiled and said, "Thank you for staying up all night with us. Let Xiao Shen drive more slowly on the way, and you can sleep more."
"It's better to hurry up. I'll go to Shanghai to rest." Zhou Yan smiled and said sincerely, "I've learned a lot here these two days."
When filming comedies, many people They pay too much attention to language and storyline, and like to use "jokes" to entertain the audience, but ignore the lens language itself.
And Zhang Jianya is obviously a master at using camera language to express humor. His shots do not require language or a coherent story to make the audience laugh.
There are many small details that Zhou Yan couldn't notice when watching movies before, but when he participated in the filming on the spot, he could understand them.
For example, in the scene last night, when the celebrities came out to dance, there was nothing on the lake, but when the celebrity tickets came out, misty dry ice appeared.
It’s not a lot of dry ice, just a little bit, but it made a huge difference in these two stages.
Many viewers may not notice this change when watching the movie, but this is the director's thinking.
Every shot, every prop and every person that appears in it does not appear randomly, but is carefully arranged by the director.
Some people may say that since the general audience can't notice it, then the arrangement is of little use.
But it is these details that make an excellent movie the winner. When you watch a movie and find something you haven't noticed before every time you watch it, that means the movie is successful.
Furthermore, when ordinary viewers watch a movie, although they cannot obviously detect this change in details, they can still vaguely perceive it.
Some shots cannot be said to be good, but they are different.
Zhang Jianya also noticed that Zhou Yan paid great attention to the filming of the scene in the past two days. He even felt that Zhou Yan was here to steal his teacher.
Of course, even if Zhou Yan comes to steal his skills, Zhang Jianya is very welcoming. In this industry, everyone learns from each other. When he usually chats with Zhou Yan, he will also ask Zhou Yan some knowledge related to music scores.
Zhou Yan's professionalism is indeed very strong. Every time he talks about certain points, Zhang Jianya is enlightened.
Zhang Jianya does not want to score his own music, but he believes that as a director, he should at least have some understanding and grasp of the music.
If nothing else, every scorer has his own style. What kind of movie is suitable for what kind of scorer? The director needs to understand this in order to find a more suitable scorer.
However, after getting in touch with Zhou Yan more, Zhang Jianya discovered that what kind of movie is suitable for what kind of composer is not applicable to Zhou Yan, because Zhou Yan seems to be able to play any type of soundtrack. .
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When Zhou Yan arrived in Bei City, it was already the afternoon two days later.
Seeing Zhou Yan in the hotel, Hou Xiaoxian gave Zhou Yan a bear hug.
He is not tall and his arms are not long, so it is a bit difficult to pick up Zhou Yan.
“I haven’t seen you for a while. You’ve become a lot stronger.” Hou Xiaoxian said with a smile.
"I have been exercising recently."
In order to get the role of Fahai, Zhou Yan did very strict body management. Although he did not become a muscular tyrant, he was indeed much stronger than before.
Now that he has changed his role as Xu Xian, Zhou Yan’s body management plan is still not over. He will still strictly control his diet and do moderate exercise every day.
Seeing Zhou Yan's tired look, Hou Xiaoxian smiled again and said, "Hurry up and take a rest. I'll introduce you to my pretty girl tonight."
"..."
If Zhou Yan didn't know Hou Xiaoxian well enough, he would have doubted whether this guy had any other profession, so why was he so obsessed with introducing the beauty?
"Is there anyone else besides us at night?" Zhou Yan asked.
"Of course, besides us, there are also girls."
"Besides girls?"
"Besides girls, there is Chen Songyong."
Zhou Yan nodded and asked, "Who are the beauties?"
Hou Xiaoxian said with a smile, "It seems that you still pay attention to the beauties, but I have to give you a break. Got it.”
At night, Zhou Yan and Hou Xiaoxian went to the hotel.
A few people in the box were chatting. As soon as Hou Xiaoxian and Zhou Yan entered, these people stood up.
Zhou Yan quickly looked around the box and was a little disappointed.
There were only four people in the box, three women and one man.
The male is Chen Songyong. He previously played the eldest brother Lin Wenxiong in "Sad City" directed by Hou Xiaoxian. He also won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor for this role.
But his most well-known role to the audience is the Thunder Tiger in "Fang Shiyu".
His classic line "Idhu people" is still often used decades later.
Zhou Yan also knows the other three girls. They are all well-known local female singers in Taiwan, Yang Lin, Cai Qiufeng and Yi Nengjing.
They all have collaborated with Hou Xiaoxian, but the first two have already collaborated, and Yi Nengjing should be the one to collaborate in the future.
These three girls are not bad-looking, but they are not Zhou Yan’s cup of tea.
Actually, Zhou Yan is neither here for a blind date nor a beauty pageant, so whether a girl is pretty or not has nothing to do with him. The key is that Hou Xiaoxian has to mention this topic every time he calls before, and gradually His appetite was whetted.
However, the beauties in Taiwan’s film and television industry are not as good as those in Xiangjiang. People like Lin Qingxia and Wang Zuxian are basically hanging around in Xiangjiang. Recently, the more famous beauties in Taiwan should be It's Xiao Qiang. Although he was a little disappointed, Zhou Yan still kept his smile and greeted everyone present.
Yang Lin and the others were also curious about Zhou Yan.
When Hou Xiaoxian was planning this dinner, he only told them that a very talented young boy from the mainland was coming, but he did not tell them in detail.
They also don’t know much about Zhou Yan’s deeds.
Zhou Yan is quite good-looking, especially his eyes. Cai Qiufeng feels that Zhou Yan’s eyes are somewhat similar to those of Tony Leung, whom he worked with before, but Zhou Yan’s look is less melancholy and more sunny. He is also taller.
The girls are quite talkative and cheerful. Chatting with them gave Zhou Yan the feeling of being on a variety show on Taiwan Island, and people kept making jokes.
There are many popular memes nowadays, but in the eyes of someone like Zhou Yan, they are all outdated and bad memes.
However, there were a few girls at the dinner table who kept adjusting the atmosphere, so the meal was not bad.
After the dinner, on the way back to the hotel, Hou Xiaoxian asked Zhou Yan if there was anyone he liked. If so, he could help introduce it.
And it can be heard that Hou Xiaoxian is very optimistic about Yi Nengjing and seems to want to bring him and Yi Nengjing together.
Hearing what Hou Xiaoxian meant, Zhou Yan waved his hands repeatedly: "I have no idea of having sex for the time being."
Hou Xiaoxian actually saw that Zhou Yan was not interested in the three girls, so he said nothing more.
Although he told Zhou Yan about introducing Mei Mei every time, he was mainly just joking, and today he fulfilled his promise.
Back at the hotel, Hou Xiaoxian sat in Zhou Yan's room for a while, then stood up and left.
Not long after Hou Xiaoxian left, Zhang Youan knocked on Zhou Yan's door again.
Zhang Youan actually arrived in Taiwan two days ago and has been moving around Bei City. Hou Xiaoxian originally called him for dinner tonight, but he had something to do with China Television and did not come over.
After meeting with Zhou Yan and briefly talking about the activities of the past few days, Zhang Youan also left.
......
On the afternoon of the next day, Zhang Youan took Zhou Yan to China Television Station.
Today they have an interview show called "Movie Date" to be recorded on China Television. This is a new program that China Television just released last year. It is a serious interview show. It is not long and has nothing to do with it. A very entertaining session.
They went downstairs to CTV, and Hong Xiaofeng, the director of the column team, came to pick them up in person.
Hong Xiaofeng is not very old, only in his early thirties, so he can be considered a very young director. "Movie Date" is also the first program he independently produced.
He is tall and thin, and he stands out in the crowd.
Seeing Zhou Yan, Hong Xiaofeng was very polite, "Hello, Director Zhou, I have admired your name for a long time. It is really an honor for our program team to invite you this time."
This is pure. Due to commercial tout, Zhou Yan still has some connections and fame in the mainland, but in Taiwan, he is basically no different from an amateur who has never debuted.
Zhou Yan shook hands with Hong Xiaofeng and said with a smile, "Today's program is up to you. "Movie Date" is the first program that "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" participated in Taiwan. For us, "Movie Date" is of extraordinary significance, and I also hope that the program can lay a good foundation for the promotion of "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" in Taiwan."
Hong Xiaofeng was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that Zhou Yan, who was so young, would always talk in the same way.
After that, Hong Xiaofeng asked Hou Xiaoxian again, "Has Director Hou come yet?"
The reason why "Movie Date" wanted to interview "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" was mainly because The producer of this film is Hou Xiaoxian. Although they are a new show, their ratings and reputation are good, and the crew they have taken on before are all relatively well-known.
"Director Hou will come over by himself in a moment." Zhang Youan said.
Hong Xiaofeng nodded and led Zhou Yan and the others towards the elevator.
"Then let's go up first."
Entered the elevator and passed the floor. Just as the elevator door began to close, Zhou Yan and the others suddenly heard a shout.
"Brother Hong, wait for me."
At this time, the elevator door was halfway closed. Through the remaining gap, Zhou Yan saw a short-haired girl wearing blue denim overalls. Running this way in a hurry.
Hong Xiaofeng obviously knew the girl and helped press the door door button, but at this time the elevator did not respond at all and slowly closed.
Just when the elevator was about to close, the girl had already rushed forward, and she and Zhou Yan looked at each other through a door.
The girl stretched out her hand and grabbed it in the air, "No..."
Seeing that the elevator door could not be opened, Hong Xiaofeng could only say to the girl outside, "Niuniu, what are you going to do next? Come on."
Then Hong Xiaofeng smiled and said to Zhou Yan, "You are so reckless, little girl."
Zhou Yan nodded and said nothing.
But the face of the girl just now was still in his mind.
He also recognized this "Niuniu", it was Jia Jingwen who had played Zhao Min.
At this time, Jia Jingwen should not be very old, definitely no more than twenty years old. She looks like she has just grown, and she looks like a full of vitality and vitality.
Soon the elevator stopped on the fourth floor. Hong Xiaofeng walked out of the elevator first and said with a smile, "Let's go to the dressing room first and put on Director Zhou's makeup while reviewing the script."
Zhou Yan said this When he came back to his senses, he smiled and nodded, "Okay."
After that, they went to the dressing room.
Zhou Yan originally didn’t want to wear makeup. He thought that he would do more behind-the-scenes work in the future, and even if he was an actor, he would definitely follow the path of strength and not rely on his appearance. However, Zhang Youan insisted that he must Let him put on makeup, even if it is light makeup.
The makeup artist followed Zhang Youan's request and put "no makeup" on Zhou Yan.
This makeup looks the same as before, but it makes my face look a little brighter.
When normal people go on camera without makeup, no matter how good-looking they are, the light on their face is relatively dark. Makeup is actually to add light to the face.
Earlier, in the silent film era, the filming technology was not very good. In order to let the audience see their faces, actors would put on very exaggerated makeup. Basically, they would put a layer of white ash on their faces, which was no different from painting a wall.
After he put on makeup, Hou Xiaoxian also came, and Hong Xiaofeng began to review the script with them.
The issues were all decided in advance and communicated before. This time we mainly talked in person to see if there were any changes.
Through these set questions, Zhou Yan knew that "Movie Date" is still a serious talk show, and the questions asked are basically relatively conventional, and basically do not involve personal life.
When the program was being recorded, Hong Xiaofeng came over and patiently communicated with Zhou Yan about the details that needed to be paid attention to during the recording process.
Zhou Yan has participated in interviews with Yanjing TV before, but Yanjing TV only had two cameras at that time, while "Movie Date" has four cameras, so the recording process of the program was very different from that of Yanjing TV.
And the biggest difference is that in the previous interview program Zhou Yan participated in on Yanjing TV, there were only staff with them in the studio, but there were many viewers in the studio of the "Movie Date" program.
From this point of view, it can be seen that the way of programming in Taiwan is very different from that in the mainland. There is an audience on site, which is more interactive and naturally more entertaining.
But after all, it is just a talk show, and Zhou Yan and the others do not need to do much. The main thing is to chat with the host.
The host is a lesbian in her thirties, and her style looks like that of a female anchor who broadcasts the evening news.
After the recording started, the host recorded an opening.
"Good evening to all the viewers in front of the TV, the weekly "Movie Date" is with you again."
Although the recording time is in the afternoon, it will be broadcast later It was at night, so it was also said to be night when recording.
"After entering the 1990s, it seems that the issue of children's education has caused more and more parents to feel headache... The movie that just recently won the international award..."
The entry point of this program into "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" is family education. Although this point is not that good, it is still relevant.
After the "introduction" was finished, the host smiled and said, "Today we are also fortunate to have Mr. Hou Xiaoxian, the producer of the movie "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly", and Mr. Zhou Yan, the director."
The audience at the scene They applauded very cooperatively to welcome Zhou Yan and Hou Xiaoxian.
Then Hou Xiaoxian and Zhou Yan waved to the camera and said hello, and then said hello to the audience.
“Hello everyone, my name is Hou Xiaoxian.”
“Hello everyone, my name is Zhou Yan.”
After the introduction, the host said with a smile, "Taiwanese audiences should be familiar with Mr. Hou Xiaoxian. Mr. Hou is a native of Taiwan. He has previously shot a series of films such as "Sad City" and "Green by the River." They are all well-known masterpieces, and "Sad City" even won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice International Film Festival."
The host then talked about Zhou Yan, "Director Zhou Yan is from mainland China, and this is his first time here. When he arrived in Taiwan, although "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" was his first feature film directed, before that, his debut short film "Antfly" won the first prize at the Kurta International Film Festival, and also Participated in the production of "Raise the Red Lantern" and "Farewell My Concubine""
The host's introduction was a trick, saying only that Zhou Yan had participated in "Raise the Red Lantern" and "Farewell My Concubine". The production of "Farewell My Concubine" did not mention that he participated in the soundtrack.
Viewers who don’t know the situation will definitely think that Zhou Yan participated in these two movies as an assistant director or something like this.
After briefly introducing the two of them, the host asked the first question, "I think the audience must want to know how the two of you met. Can you tell us something? ”
Hou Xiaoxian picked up the microphone and said with a smile, "Let me answer this question. The host also mentioned just now that Zhou Yan participated in the production of "Raise the Red Lantern" and I was one of the producers of that film. So obviously, we met on the set of "Raise the Red Lantern". I remember riding to the set because I was motion sick and felt uncomfortable along the way. Just when we were about to arrive at Qiao's compound, Suddenly I heard a melodious flute sound..."
After telling the story of the first meeting between the two, Hou Xiaoxian finally said with a smile, "It is also a very fateful thing. That song This was Zhou Yan’s first time playing outside, and I happened to encounter it, so I was very lucky to name this piece.”
The host made a surprised expression, “Wow, this is amazing. It’s a scene that only appears in TV dramas.”
Of course her expression was staged. She knew how Zhou Yan and Hou Xiaoxian met before.
But the surprised expressions of other audience members were not fake. They originally thought that Zhou Yan was a director, but they did not expect that he could also compose music and play the flute.
"What's the name of that song?" the host asked.
"Ode to the Lotus." Hou Xiaoxian smiled, "It was also used in the movie later, with Chen Feipu playing the flute."
"Director Zhou can give us a live demonstration of the song " "Ode to the Lotus"? "
This link was arranged, and Hong Xiaofeng had already communicated with Zhou Yan before.
Zhou Yan nodded with a smile and asked, "Do you have a flute?"
Of course he knew that there was a flute on the scene, but according to the script, he had to ask this question so that the audience could feel that this section was not planned in advance.
Soon, the flute was delivered.
The material of this flute is ordinary. It is just a new flute. When it was delivered, the film had already been affixed.
Zhou Yan picked up the flute and started playing "Ode to the Lotus". After he finished, he was naturally applauded by the whole house.
Although there are not many people who know music at the scene, the music is good, and Zhou Yan is good-looking, which also adds points to the music.
After Zhou Yan finished playing the flute, the host kept praising him and then brought the topic to "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly".
"Director Zhou, as far as I know, the movie "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" is also very related to music. There are many scenes of piano playing in it..."
Immediately afterwards, the host introduced some of Zhou Yan's original songs from the movie.
After that, they got another piano, and Zhou Yan played the two songs "Secret Joy" and "Reunion" live.
As for the reason why "Croatian Rhapsody" was not performed, on the one hand, the interview time was limited, and on the other hand, it was also necessary to leave a suspense for the audience to watch the movie.
Director Hong Xiaofeng, who was sitting behind the camera, kept nodding when he saw the audience's reaction after Zhou Yan finished playing the music.
It is indeed useful to design these two links to showcase talents. No matter how glamorous the host introduced it before, it was not as good as Zhou Yan's performance of these songs. After listening to the music, the young people at the scene became more and more competitive. Excited.
Especially some little girls, looking at Zhou Yan, their eyes started to have stars.
I don’t blame them for this. Hong Xiaofeng felt that if he were a young girl, he would definitely be fascinated by Zhou Yan. Let’s not talk about the movie, it is rare to grow up to be a director like Zhou Yan.
Hou Xiaoxian and Zhou Yan sit together. At first glance, they don’t look like producers and directors, but more like directors bringing actors to participate in a show.
Behind Hong Xiaofeng was the audience. When Zhou Yan finished playing the piano and the staff pushed the piano down, the little girls behind him kept chattering.
“This Zhou Yan is so good-looking, even prettier than any actor.”
“He looked in my direction just now.”
“Zhou Yan’s eyes are so beautiful "
"His fingers are so long and thin, they look like pianist's hands at first glance."
"The two pieces of music just now were so nice."
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Listening to the words of the female audience members in the back row, Hong Xiaofeng was also sighing, what kind of director is Zhou Yan? He might as well be an actor. With his face, combined with composing music, playing the flute and playing the piano, he can easily create a talented persona.
After using Zhou Yan’s talent show to impress the audience, the host began to ask some questions related to the movie.
More than an hour later, the recording of the program finally ended.
The host came over very politely and bowed down to thank Zhou Yan and the others.
“Thank you for your hard work, two directors.”
Hou Xiaoxian smiled, “It’s not hard work, and I didn’t say much.”
Zhou Yan also said with a smile, "I'm not working hard at all. It's quite relaxing to play the piano and chat."
"Director Zhou plays the piano very well. When the movie is released, I will definitely take my family to watch it."
"Thank you for your support."
At this time, director Hong Xiaofeng came over and said, "You two, it's over here, let's go to the lounge."
Hou Xiaoxian looked at the time. He smiled and said, "I won't go to the lounge. I have something to do today. Zhou Yan, why don't you take a rest here."
Zhou Yan shook his head with a smile, "I won't be here to delay Director Hong and their work. "
After hearing what Zhou Yan and the others said, Hong Xiaofeng stopped staying. After all, now that the recording of the program is over, he still has to focus on the post-production, and he really doesn't have time to accompany them.
"If something happens later, I'll treat you to dinner." Hong Xiaofeng said politely.
“No problem, we’ll make an appointment later.”
When he went downstairs, Zhou Yan kept looking around.
Hong Xiaofeng and the others didn't think much about it. They just thought that Zhou Yan was coming to CTV for the first time, so he was just curious.
(End of this chapter)