The students on the stage were also looking at Zhou Yan at this moment, and their expectant eyes directly made Zhou Yan stand up.
Actually, Zhou Yan couldn't give them much advice. In terms of musical instruments, Zhou Yan only studied bamboo flutes, and other instruments were simply not as good as these students on the stage.
These students have basically practiced one instrument since childhood, and their level is very high, otherwise they would not be able to enter Yangyin.
In terms of music, they played "Solweig's Song", which was the version adapted by Edvard Grieg. There was basically no innovation.
For such a classic piece with no innovation, the difference between performances by different orchestras is mainly reflected in the level of the conductor and the level of the musicians. The conductor should not be from the conducting department, because basically all the students in the conducting department know Zhou Yan .
The level of temporary guest conductors can be imagined, and these students lack orchestra experience and have not practiced together for a long time, so the performance will definitely not be very good.
Of course, the biggest problem with their performance is not only the conductor nor the performers, but the lack of coordination.
After pondering for a moment, Zhou Yan said, "You are too strong-willed to play certain instruments."
Because Zhou Yan said it too euphemistically, the monitor didn't quite understand, "Teacher Zhou, Can you tell me in detail?”
“I listened for a while, and I can see that your preparations are not enough. Before the symphony orchestra performs, all the players must reach an agreement. , this is very important. There is no fixed answer to the performance of a piece of music. Each orchestra has different styles and different performance effects. So before you play, you must make sure of one thing, that is, what you want to do. What style is this piece played in?"
Seeing that the students on the stage were all listening attentively, Zhou Yan raised the volume so that they could all hear clearly, "After reaching an agreement, it is necessary to run in during the action. At this time, command is very important. Since there is a command , then it must be used. The conductor cannot be used as a decoration. For example, playing the violin as a solo player is completely different from playing in an orchestra. The performer cannot think that the violin has a more important position in the group. Other instruments and parts are all serving themselves. Not cooperating with other instruments and not obeying the conductor's instructions will cause the violin to be too prominent in the performance and affect the overall effect. "
In fact, what Zhou Yan said is also a problem that often occurs in ordinary orchestras.
The violin has a mellow tone and flexible skills, and its position in the symphony orchestra is self-evident. However, often because of this, many violin players have the wrong idea that other instruments are only for the violin. It expresses itself too much and makes the overall music unbalanced.
In fact, what makes the violin strong is not its solo ability, but its strong complementarity and fusion, which can form a good cooperation with other instruments.
There are four violins in their orchestra. When Zhou Yan said this, he was a little nervous, worried that there was something wrong with him.
Zhou Yan didn’t name the violins by name. In fact, it wasn’t one violin that had a problem, but that the four violins were not in sync with the whole.
If this group was led by Zhou Yanlai, he would definitely have to say a few more words, but these problems cannot be solved in a few words, so I probably clicked and stopped talking.
The squad leader was also very knowledgeable. He thanked Zhou Yan and then went on stage to lead everyone to pack up their instruments.
After a while, people from the Piano Youth Band also came over one after another, waiting with Zhou Yan for the stage to be cleaned up.
After the freshmen packed up their instruments, many of them were not in a hurry to leave. They also sat down in the audience, ready to watch Zhou Yan and the others rehearse. After all, this was also a good opportunity to learn.
When the rehearsal was about to begin, Zhao Muyang came with long hair and sunglasses.
Zhou Yan smiled and waved to him, "Muyang, here."
Many people in the orchestra knew Zhao Muyang, such as Yu Ran and Fang Xiu, who had collaborated with Zhao Muyang before. , also greeted him one after another.
“Brother Zhao is here.”
“Brother Zhao, long time no see.”
Zhao Muyang waved to them very coolly.
After arriving next to Zhou Yan, Zhao Muyang smiled and said, "What are you rehearsing now?"
"It's the songs I wrote."
"There is a performance. "?"
Zhou Yan nodded, "Well, I will go to Xiangjiang and Taiwan to hold a concert in a while."
"Oh." Zhao Muyang also nodded. He was wearing sunglasses and his expression couldn't be seen.
Zhou Yan looked Zhao Muyang up and down with a smile, "Has your hair grown a bit longer recently?"
"Mainly too lazy to cut my hair."
"I'm too lazy to cut my hair. , I don’t worry about the trouble of washing my hair.” Zhou Yan teased him with a smile, and then asked, “Are you still following those rock bands during this time?”
“Well, the bands have changed a few times, but Most people are still the same people.”
Zhou Yan nodded. The current domestic rock band is like a fire, burning very brightly, but its life cycle is not long, especially those rock bands. They may be established this month and disbanded next month.
Many bands are also formed very hastily. It may be that a few friends are drinking together and bragging. They seem to feel the resonance between music and life, and they immediately want to form a band.
And the threshold for this thing is really not high. If you have a lead singer and a guitar, you dare to form a band. Drummers like Zhao Muyang are rare talents.
Zhou Yan did not comment on rock in front of Zhao Muyang. In the eyes of musicians like Zhou Yan, rock is just a form of music, but Chinese rock is pieced together by rock enthusiasts, and in many rock In the eyes of fans, rock's stage performance is greater than the music itself.
Some rock bands have gone into a misunderstanding. They pursue less about the quality of the music itself and more about the "style" of stage performance. Naturally, it is difficult to last long.
Zhou Yan said with a smile, "Give yourself some time to rest and be more exposed to other forms of music so that your thoughts will not become rigid."
Zhao Muyang also laughed, "I am not here to educate you. "
In fact, Zhou Yan said that he also realized that after performing with different bands and making albums in the past two years, many things were the same, and he felt that he had not improved at all.
There are so many stages, many of which are very lively, but occasionally when he calms down and thinks back, he still feels that playing "Memory of the Forbidden City" with Zhou Yan and others was more impressive.
Although the "Memory of the Forbidden City" stage is not as lively as rock music, it soothes the soul for a long time, like a trickle, and an endless stream.
In fact, Zhao Muyang didn't tell Zhou Yan the truth. He is no longer in any band. Dou Wei disbanded the Dreaming Band some time ago, which made Zhao Muyang a little frustrated. Now he doesn't want to join any band, he just wants to be a professional drummer.
......
Wang Feng was adjusting his piano while looking at Zhao Muyang below. He felt that Zhao Muyang looked familiar, so he asked Fang Xiu, "Sister Xiu, who is this person?"
Fang Xiu said with a smile, "Why, you are interested because my hair is longer than yours?"
"Don't keep talking about my hair." Wang Feng muttered.
"I just think your long hair is not pleasing to the eye."
Fang Xiu always likes to talk about Wang Feng's hair. He also said before that he would cut Wang Feng's long hair, which made Wang Feng sometimes I was scared when I saw Fang Xiu.
"Is he familiar with Senior Brother Zhou Yan? I think you all know him too."
Fang Xiu didn't tease him anymore and said with a smile, "Don't you care about rock music? Well, he is Zhao Muyang."
"Zhao Muyang?" Wang Feng was very surprised.
Of course he knew who Zhao Muyang was, he was the number one drummer in the rock circle.
In the rock circle, if someone says that he is the number one rock person, many people will definitely scold him, but if he says that Zhao Muyang is the number one drummer, not many people will question it.
However, Zhao Muyang rarely shows up, and he has long hair and sunglasses. Nowadays, there are so many people dressed like this on the street that it is impossible to tell who is who.
"How did Brother Zhou Yan know Zhao Muyang?"
In Wang Feng's view, Zhou Yan and rock music are two different worlds, and there should be no overlap.
Fang Xiu explained with a smile, "Last year, senior Zhou Yan performed "Memory of the Forbidden City" in his grade concert. Zhao Muyang was the jazz drummer. We rehearsed together for a long time at that time. But we haven't seen him since then. "
Wang Feng nodded, I see, it makes sense. After all, there are not many people in China who can play jazz drums. It is normal for Brother Zhou Yan to find Zhao Muyang.
Fang Xiu waved his hand in front of him, "Okay, stop looking, get ready, we'll start soon."
"Oh, okay."
Today they mainly practice two songs, one is "Awakening" and the other is "Forever Together".
These two pieces of music are not difficult in the first place, and they have been practicing for such a long time, so there is no problem with the results.
After reciting "Awakening" twice, they took a short break. Zhao Muyang took advantage of this opportunity to turn his head and said to Zhou Yan, "This song "Awakening" seems to be different from the original version."
Zhou Yan nodded, "I made some new attempts. I conceived the first violin and the second violin in two divisions. In this way, the two groups of violins have clear priorities."
This way of conceiving is actually more classical. Modern music arrangements basically unify the first and second violins into one part.
This orchestra arrangement is also called the European arrangement. In contrast, the violin group is on the left of the conductor, which is the American arrangement. The former is more suitable for classical repertoire and the arrangement is more beautiful, while the latter More suitable for modern repertoire.
Zhao Muyang didn't know much about symphony arrangements, but he could probably understand it, and he had just noticed that the two sets of violins on the stage were separated, on the left and right sides of the conductor, probably because of Zhou Yan's arrangement.
In fact, in addition to this, Zhou Yan also improved the performance of the bass part in this piece, making the whole piece more high-spirited and more oppressive.
After rehearsing "Awakening" several times, the instruments of the live performers were readjusted. The two sets of violins were on the left hand side of the conductor, and the flute and piccolo in the middle were also moved back, becoming American arrangement.
“Will these two pieces of music be played in subsequent concerts?” Zhao Muyang asked.
Zhou Yan nodded, "Yes, we all have to play."
"Then it will be too troublesome to change places like this."
Zhou Yan said with a smile, "No, this version of "Awakening" will only be played in the last show in Xiangjiang, and the other three shows It’s an American arrangement. So the last one is a bit more troublesome, but it’s not that troublesome at all. Don’t you think the change was pretty smooth?”
“Oh, that’s true.”
It can be seen that these band members should change positions frequently, so they are all quite skilled.
……
Two hours later, the rehearsal ended. Wang Feng quickly put away his piano and ran to Zhou Yan and the others.
"Senior Brother Zhou Yan."
Seeing Wang Feng suddenly running in front of him, Zhou Yan raised his eyebrows and said, "What's wrong?"
Wang Feng said with a smile, " I want to get to know Brother Zhao Muyang."
Hearing that he wanted to get to know Zhao Muyang, Zhou Yan looked at Zhao Muyang with a smile and introduced, "Muyang, this is my junior brother Wang Feng. He also likes rock music. .”
"Hello." Zhao Muyang has always been very cool to people he doesn't know.
Wang Feng pushed up his glasses and said, "Brother Zhao, I have listened to most of your songs many times."
Zhao Muyang nodded, "Well, we have time to communicate."
His speaking style was like this, but to Wang Feng's ears, it sounded like he wanted to end the topic.
"Uh..." Wang Feng was not a person who was good at finding topics. After holding it in for a long time, he asked, "Has your Dream Band released any new works recently?"
Zhao Muyang twitched the corner of his mouth. The Dreaming Band had disbanded, but the outside world didn't know it yet. Wang Feng's words undoubtedly exposed his scars.
"Not yet."
Zhou Yan was also quite surprised. He could feel that after Wang Feng asked about the Dream Band, Zhao Muyang's mood suddenly became not good, and he didn't know why. Because of what.
"Fang Xiu and the others are summarizing. Wang Feng, please go and listen."
Wang Feng nodded, "Okay, I'll go over first. Goodbye, Brother Zhou."
"Well, goodbye."
After Wang Feng left, Zhou Yan did not ask Zhao Muyang about anything related to the Dream Band, mainly because he didn't care much.
After Fang Xiu, conductor Yue Lin, and the team members finished summarizing, Zhou Yan called Fang Xiu again, and they went out to have a meal with Zhao Muyang, whom they had met before.
If Wang Feng and Zhao Muyang had not met for the first time today and the atmosphere was not very good, Zhou Yan would probably have called Wang Feng as well. Maybe if they had contacted each other earlier, they could have started a band earlier.
Zhou Yan actually hopes that Wang Feng can focus more on the violin. He has talent and can make a living.
As for Zhao Muyang, Zhou Yan wanted to bring him into the symphony orchestra as a drummer, not to engage in rock music.
But everyone has their own preferences and choices. This is difficult to stop. Since you can't stop it, it doesn't matter if you give it a push.
......
In the next three days, Zhou Yan, Greenspan and Sun Qin finished filming the diving and Forbidden City scenes, and spent another day editing the film.
On Wednesday, Zhao Jiping came to Yanjing, and Zhou Yan was going to the factory to hold the final score finalization meeting with him and Chen Kaige.
Their appointment was at nine o'clock. Before Zhou Yan went to Yanjing Factory, he first went to the production office of "The Sixth Sense".
The director's office is very different from the last time he came. The office has been completely purchased, and electrical appliances such as computers, TVs, and video recorders have also arrived.
In order to facilitate discussion, the director’s office also purchased a set of sofas and coffee tables.
When Zhou Yan arrived, Wang Xiaoshuai was tinkering in front of the computer. He didn’t know what he was tinkering with? He had never touched a computer before and couldn't type. He used his two index fingers to slowly poke at the keyboard.
“What are you fussing about?”
Wang Xiaoshuai touched his head in embarrassment, "I'm trying to figure out how to type."
"Do you know how to type?"
"I guess you do, but it's a little slow."
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Zhou Yan went over and took a look, only to see five words typed out on the computer: supernatural sixth sense.
“How long have you been typing these words?”
"A few minutes."
Zhou Yan curled his lips, it was slow enough, but it was a good thing that Wang Xiaoshuai was willing to learn. After all, the computer is a production tool that can greatly improve efficiency, and it will definitely be beneficial to learn it.
“Are you typing fast?” Wang Xiaoshuai asked.
"It's okay."
"How about you demonstrate to me?" Wang Xiaoshuai tilted his butt and made way for Zhou Yan.
"Okay." Zhou Yan nodded, bent down and typed a line of words on the keyboard: Typing is that simple.
Due to the limitations of the input method, Zhou Yan's typing speed was greatly slowed down, but in Wang Xiaoshuai's eyes, this speed was already considered a magical skill.
"Are you so fast? How do you practice? Is it because you can play the piano, so it is especially easy to practice typing?"
"That's not the case. Just practice seriously for a few days. You can reach my speed."
Wang Xiaoshuai curled his lips, "I feel like you are coaxing me."
"You'll know after you practice." Zhou Yan smiled, "You continue to practice, I'll go to the office next to you."
The two offices next to it have been almost decorated, with tables, chairs and benches set up, but There are no electronic devices such as computers.
After reading it, Zhou Yan said hello to Wang Xiaoshuai and then went to Yanjing Factory.
After arriving at the factory, Zhou Yan went directly to the editing building. As soon as he entered the gate, he saw Wang Jun walking from the east end of the corridor, so he smiled and said hello, "Sister Wang."
"Let's have a final meeting for the soundtrack of "Farewell My Concubine". Chen Kaige and the others are already in the screening room."
"Well, I'll go over now."
"Don't worry, let me ask you something." When he said this, Wang Junzheng looked around specifically.
Seeing her like this, Zhou Yan was a little surprised. What did she want to tell him?
After the two got closer, Wang Junzheng asked in a low voice, "Didn't you have some beef with Teng Wenji from Chang'an Factory?"
Zhou Yan frowned, "Sister Wang, why do you suddenly ask that? ?”
"There was a director exchange meeting two days ago, held here in Yanjing. The meeting was attended by directors from our factory, Changchun factory and Chang'an factory. Someone mentioned your "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" at the meeting. Teng Wenji expressed "
Wang Junzheng said this, and what Teng Wenji said was definitely not a good thing.
"What did he say?" Zhou Yan asked.
“I didn’t say anything else, except that the movie has no depth and the details are rough. Our exchange meeting this time has nothing to do with your movie. It’s just that someone mentioned it casually during the chat, and he suddenly provoked it. "No, I feel it's quite abnormal, so I asked if there is any quarrel between you and him." Zhou Yan and Teng Wenji are not familiar with each other, but it is possible that there is a quarrel between them.
Li Jiehan, who was taken away by Zhou Yan when he was in the Qiao Family Courtyard, was Teng Wenji's disciple.
This is the younger one, the older one is coming?
But Zhou Yan was a little confused. Could Teng Wenji cause trouble for him because of something like Li Jiehan?
Of course, a few innocuous comments behind his back would have no impact on Zhou Yan.
“Hey, I had some unpleasantness with his student Li Jiehan before, maybe because of this, I’m not particularly sure.”
Wang Junzheng nodded, "That's all I want to tell you, as long as you know it."
"Thank you, Sister Wang." Zhou Yan said gratefully.
Wang Jun was waving his hands, "It's okay. Don't be affected by his words. It's okay. Sister still thinks highly of you."
"Don't worry, sister, I won't be affected by this. The influence of such words."
"Well, that's good." Wang Junzheng smiled.
In fact, when Teng Wenji said that that day, Wang Junzheng expressed a different opinion on the spot and praised "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly", but she did not tell Zhou Yan because she was not ready to claim credit in front of Zhou Yan.
Others may care about Teng Wenji's face, but Wang Junzheng doesn't care at all. She and Teng Wenji are directors of the same generation, and she has a straightforward personality and says whatever she has to say.
After separation from Wang Junzheng, Zhou Yan did not take Teng Wenji's matter to heart. It was useless for him to worry about such things, but he still kept an eye on it. If he encountered any trouble in the future, he might The first thing that comes to mind is Teng Wenji and Li Jiehan.
In the screening room, Chen Kaige was taking Zhao Jiping to watch the film "Farewell My Concubine". Now, except for the soundtrack, the rest of the film has basically been completed.
They didn’t just watch it. There was a cassette player next to them. Every time they saw a section, they would play a pre-made soundtrack.
Zhao Jiping was very happy to see Zhou Yan. He shook hands and patted Zhou Yan on the shoulder.
“Zhou Yan, you’ve been working really hard during this time.”
Chen Kaige also smiled and said, “Zhou Yan, when you weren’t here, Master Zhao was always praising you.”
"Haha, I am also seeking my position and doing what I should do." Zhou Yan smiled and asked, "Where did you see?"
"That's all. It’s about ten minutes of film, you came just in time, let’s watch it together.”
Zhou Yan nodded, and they sat down directly to continue watching the movie without exchanging pleasantries.
Because the soundtrack has been written in advance, when they watch the film, they only need to discuss whether the music is suitable and whether it needs to be deleted or modified.
There must be some modifications, because they used to write the music based on the fragments. Now that the whole movie is cut out, some parts may not be suitable. However, even if the modifications are made, they will be small-scale. Just make some fine-tuning. .
It took the three of them a whole morning to watch the film, and then Zhou Yan and Zhao Jiping conducted further discussions based on the problems encountered during the viewing process. Finally, they divided the work a second time and each completed the revision of their own part.
Things were not that complicated. In one day, Zhou Yan and Zhao Jiping worked until about eight o'clock in the evening and corrected most of the problems.
In the end, it was Chen Kaige who couldn't bear it any longer.
"Let's just stop here today. We will continue tomorrow. In fact, it's basically no problem."
Zhao Jiping also nodded, "Well, if we have another morning tomorrow, we should be able to It's all finalized."
Chen Kaige looked at the sky outside and then at his watch, "Actually, I was planning to finish at dinner time. Seeing how serious you guys are, I didn't bother you. There must be no food in the cafeteria now. I will take you to find a place to eat outside."
Zhou Yan said with a smile, "Go to my house and I will make some."
Chen Kaige did not give in, "Then I won't be polite to you."
"You are not a polite person."
Then Zhou Yan called a restaurant near his home. Make a phone call and ask them to cook some food and deliver it to the courtyard in a moment.
Not long after Zhou Yan and the others arrived at the courtyard, the food was already delivered.
They didn't eat much at noon and stayed up until now. The three of them were already very hungry. Looking at the steaming meal, the three of them moved their index fingers.
Chen Kaige couldn't help but look at the cabinet in the living room.
Before he could speak, Zhou Yan took out two bottles of Maotai from the cabinet. After all, this was Zhao Jiping's first time visiting his home, so naturally he wanted to get Zhao Jiping some good wine.
Chen Kaige was not polite at all, he directly turned against the guests, took the bottle and started pouring wine.
When it comes to drinking, Chen Kaige is true love.
Zhao Jiping rubbed his hands, "It's really cold today."
Chen Kaige poured the wine and said, "It's so cold today. It's the warmest in the past few days. But Master Zhao, you come from Chang'an, so you naturally feel it's colder here."
Zhou Yan nodded, today It is indeed the warmest in Yanjing these days, even a little abnormally warm.
After the wine was poured, Chen Kaige gave Zhou Yan and the others a glass, then he held up the glass and said with a smile, "Master Zhao, then I will borrow flowers to offer to Buddha, and use this glass of wine to welcome you."
< br>Zhao Jiping also picked up the wine glass, "Don't toast anyone, let the three of us drink together."
After a glass of wine, the bodies of the three of them warmed up. Zhou Yan hurriedly took a bite of the food. He really couldn't drink while eating vegetables, so Chen Kaige was busy pouring them a second glass of wine.
As soon as Zhou Yan had eaten a piece of meat, Zhao Jiping picked up the wine glass again and said, "Kaige, I suggest that we both toast Zhou Yan and thank him for his hospitality."
"No problem."
I drank the second cup again.
When Zhou Yan took his second bite of food, Chen Kaige picked up the wine glass again, "This glass is for me, as the director, to thank the two soundtrack directors for their contribution to our film. Thank you very much."
After that, he raised his head and started doing it. Naturally, Zhou Yan and Zhao Jiping couldn't fall behind.
Just like that, without saying a few words or taking a few bites of food, they had already finished three glasses of wine. They used small cups, one glass cost seven yuan, and three glasses cost more than 20 yuan.
Even though Zhou Yan had a good drinker, it was a bit hard to drink two ounces of alcohol on an empty stomach.
However, Chen Kaige was not in a hurry to attack at this time, and began to talk about movies. The three of them ate, chatted and drank, and the rhythm slowly slowed down.
For "Farewell My Concubine", Chen Kaige is very confident and anxious. He is anxious for the movie to be released to the public as soon as possible, and he is anxious to let everyone know how powerful he is.
After three drinks, Chen Kaige suddenly asked Zhou Yan, "Are you familiar with Director Teng Wenji from Chang'an Factory?"
As soon as Zhou Yan heard Chen Kaige talking about Teng Wenji, he knew that Chen Kaige was probably present at the exchange meeting Wang Junzheng was talking about, otherwise he would not have suddenly mentioned it.
"I'm not familiar with it. I met him before at Chang'an Factory. What's wrong?"
Chen Kaige smiled and said, "It's nothing. I just saw Director Teng a few days ago. I thought I thought you had stayed in the Chang'an factory for some time before, so maybe you knew Director Teng, so I asked him."
Zhao Jiping burped. He didn't know whether it was a wine burp or a full burp. He smiled. Said, "Zhou Yan has acquaintances wherever he goes. Chang'an Factory is half of his family. We are familiar with him from top to bottom. Last time I went to the editing workshop of Chang'an Factory, Director Yang asked me how Zhou Yan was doing recently. . ”
“It’s the same here at Yanjing Factory. Some people are more familiar with him than me. To be honest, I’m a little jealous. ”
Zhou Yan smiled and said, "It's not that exaggerated."
Zhao Jiping waved his hand, "It's not exaggerated at all. Especially the little girl from Chang'an Factory has a good impression of you."
"Yes, he just likes little girls."
"It's normal to like him. If I were a girl in my early twenties, I would definitely like him too."
"Li Bihua, the screenwriter of our movie , Master Zhao, you know, I have a very good impression of Zhou Yan. She quarrels with me every day, but she always smiles when talking to Zhou Yan."
Zhou Yan twitched the corner of his mouth. The more the two people talked, the more serious they became. Even Li Bihua was involved.
"Come on, come on, stop talking about that, let's drink." Zhou Yan could only stop their mouths with wine.
......
In the second half, Zhou Yan's condition improved and he began to speed up the pace. In a short while, he knocked down Zhao Jiping, and Chen Kaige was almost there.
Because there are still things to do tomorrow, when Zhao Jiping couldn't support it anymore, Chen Kaige also stopped and retreated.
"I have to go back. We'll see you in the factory tomorrow. Master Zhao, don't leave at night. Just rest here."
With that said, Chen Kaige got up, picked up his clothes and walked out.
But when he opened the door, he saw a vast expanse of white outside.
Chen Kaige looked at the white yard under the lights, rubbed his eyes, and finally exclaimed, "It's snowing."
Zhou Yan also ran out to see, and it actually snowed.
"It's snowing a lot, so don't leave at night. Just spend the night with Master Zhao in my guest room."
Chen Kaige saw a layer of snow on the ground and knew he would go home now. It was indeed inconvenient, so he nodded, "Okay."
When he returned to the table, Chen Kaige poured himself another glass of wine, "Since we are not leaving, let's have two more drinks."
“…”
The next morning, while Zhou Yan was still in bed, he heard a burst of piano music coming from outside. This piece may be an improvisation, sometimes passionate and sometimes soothing and sentimental. .
Zhou Yan put on his coat and went to the piano room, where he saw Zhao Jiping sitting on the piano bench playing the piano selflessly.
After he finished playing, Zhou Yan clapped.
Zhao Jiping smiled and said, "Seeing that the piano was good, I started playing it with itchy hands."
"Is it impromptu?"
"Well, it sounds very casual."
"It fits the occasion." Zhou Yan smiled, took out the violin again, and played the music that Zhao Jiping had just played. "With the violin, the effect is much better."
For Zhou Yan, he can play it after just one listen. , Zhao Jiping was not surprised at all. This only shows that Zhou Yan has a good ear and a good memory, and the piece he played casually just now is also simple.
After finishing Zhao Jiping’s section, Zhou Yan played another section.
The chord pattern of this section he played happened to be connected with Zhao Jiping’s section, but the content of the performance was completely different.
If Zhao Jiping's paragraph expresses the speed and slowness of snow, then the paragraph followed by Zhou Yan has the feeling of snow falling quickly and clearing up, as if there is a ray of sunshine shining on the snow, and then the snow falls. Slowly melting, the earth slowly recovers.
Feeling the emotion of the music, Zhao Jiping couldn't help but put his hands on the keys and played a set of triplets.
Zhou Yan understood what he meant and responded to this group of triplets with a brisk melody. After that, the two played and played, as if in a dialogue, back and forth, and finally the music reached a climax.
After the song ended, both Zhou Yan and Zhao Jiping laughed. The ability to complete such a well-matched improvisation was due to their strong sense of music.
The advantage of having a strong sense of music is that even if it is a piece you have never heard before, you can roughly predict what kind of harmony and melody it will be based on the parts you have heard, and you can even rely on your feelings. Know where it should be strong, where it should be weak, where the accent is.
Of course, it’s not just that they have a strong sense of music, but also because both of them have rich experience.
Although it is improvisation, it is not a random creation and there are rules to follow.
Zhao Jiping said with a smile, "This is your piano, please give it a name."
Zhou Yan also laughed, "I'm not good at naming, and this You started the song, so you should do it."
Zhao Jiping thought for a while and said, "It's called "Early Morning, First Snow, Red Sun." What do you think?"
Zhou Yan felt that this name was really trouble-free, but it was still relevant, so he smiled and said, "I think it's pretty good."
"Okay, let's call it that. Now let's write down the score."
"Okay, I'll write down the back and you write down the front."
Zhou Yan found a pen and staff , started notating music with Zhao Jiping.
As soon as they started writing, Chen Kaige came over, rubbing his hair, "You guys have been playing the piano so early in the morning."
Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Wake up."
"I can't do it until I wake up. The music you play is fast and slow. It's very teasing." Chen Kaige yawned and saw Zhou Yan's clothes again, "You are still young and in good health. It's not cold at all."
< br>It was okay if he didn't say that. When Zhou Yan said this, he started to tremble and quickly put on his coat and went back to the house to get dressed.
......
When he came back after changing clothes, Chen Kaige already knew that they had improvised a song, so he told them to move their morning work to the afternoon and let them write new songs in the morning. sheet music.
Then Chen Kaige went back first.
After Chen Kaige left, Zhou Yan was not in a hurry. He went to buy some breakfast and wrote with Zhao Jiping while eating.
After the score was finished, the two took the score and started discussing whether there was anything to modify.
At noon, when the score was almost ready, Zhou Yan said with a smile, "I will edit the music later and let our orchestra play it."
Zhao Jiping knew about Zhou Yan's involvement in the orchestra. Yes, after all, his son was in Zhou Yan's class, and he had already told him about this.
“It’s great to have an orchestra perform after you write it.”
"The music is not in vain. If there is a public performance in the future, I will pay part of the fee or buy it out directly."
Zhao Jiping smiled and waved his hand, "Let's talk about money..."
" We have to talk about money. If we don’t talk about it, it won’t look good. Teacher Zhao, just listen to me on this matter.”
Seeing Zhou Yan’s determination, Zhao Jiping didn’t say anything more, and he didn’t feel that this was the case. How much can I charge for the tune.
Zhou Yan looked at the score, and then thought of something. He smiled and said, "Teacher Zhao, I have a job that I want to ask you for help. I wonder if you have time."
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"What kind of job?"
"There is a movie. I am the screenwriter and the director is Wu Ziniu. I want to give you the soundtrack for this movie."
I heard that Zhou Yan is the screenwriter. , Zhao Jiping was only slightly surprised. After all, Zhou Yan had even made a movie, so being a screenwriter didn't seem to be a big deal.
"Why don't you do it yourself? Since it's your script, it would be more appropriate for you to do the soundtrack yourself."
Zhou Yan smiled, "I actually have a movie to make. , I will definitely be too busy by then. If I can ask you to do this movie, I will be relieved.”
"When will the movie be shot?"
"Next spring."
Zhao Jiping pondered for a while, then nodded and said, "No problem, I'll take this job."
" Don’t you read the script?”
“It’s okay, what else am I worried about about your work?”
In fact, it was not only because of Zhou Yan, but also because of Wu Ziniu. If these two people were together, the things they would come up with would definitely be good, so he had nothing to worry about.
Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Well, after "Farewell My Concubine" is over, I will show you the script and talk about the remuneration by the way."
"Okay, No problem.”
The two went to Yanjing Factory in the afternoon and worked with Chen Kaige to finalize the soundtrack. The next step was to record and then edit it into the film.
Taking advantage of the time in the evening, Zhou Yan took Zhao Jiping to read the script of "Tree Hole" and set a salary of 10,000 for him.
In Zhou Yan's opinion, the price was definitely not high, but it shocked Zhao Jiping. Compared with the music he had given to other people, the price had increased a lot. (End of this chapter)