Zhou Yan was still thinking before, who moved so quickly to sign Chen Hong, but he didn't expect that it was an own mistake, and Chen Hong took Xu Junrong as a liar.
"Why do you think he is a liar?" Zhou Yan asked.
“Because his Mandarin is too strong, and he told me when he came up that his company was planning to sign famous actors such as Leslie Cheung and Gong Li, which sounded a bit fake.”
Zhou Yan He twitched his lips, "Good guy, is this Xu Junrong so wild? He really mistook Chen Hong for an ignorant girl."
Chen Hong was also very considerate, but said it was a bit fake, and there was no way this thing was fake.
Zhou has never thought about signing Gong Li and Leslie Cheung. When it comes to signing well-known actors, Zhou Yan is more interested in Liang Jiahui and has no other ideas.
Like Leslie Cheung, Zhou cannot sign. If he insists on signing, the price will be too high.
"Manager Xu is quite ambitious," Zhou Yan explained helpfully.
Chen Hong said with a smile, "I thought he was lying before, but now that I know this company belongs to your family, I think what he said is still possible."
Zhou Yan glanced at the smile on Chen Hong's face with his peripheral vision, and sighed secretly. Sure enough, good-looking people have advantages. Such obvious respect, coupled with Chen Hong's beautiful face, makes it difficult for people to dislike it.
"Zhou has no plans to sign A-list actresses for the time being." Zhou Yan added.
Chen Hong's eyelashes fluttered, "Are you telling me that if I go to Zhou's, I will get key development?"
Zhou Yan nodded, "You can understand it that way. "
"Then if I sign Zhou, can I play your role?"
"The filming of "The Sixth Sense" has not been completed yet. I have no new plans for the time being, but I do. I will let you take on the script that suits you. In fact, you don’t have to focus on my drama. If you sign the contract, the company will contact you for the script later.”
"In addition to helping me choose scripts, what else will the company help me with?"
"You are wrong to ask me these questions. If you are interested, I will ask Xu Junrong to contact you."
"Is that the person who contacted me last time?"
"Yes."
Chen Hong nodded, "Then let's talk."
...
After sending Chen Hong home, Zhou Yan drove to school again, where the orchestra was rehearsing this afternoon.
During the summer vacation, there are relatively few people in the school. No one uses either the piano room or the concert hall, so the orchestra can come here to rehearse basically every day.
When Zhou Yan arrived at the place, they were rehearsing "Eternal Night".
Unlike other songs, "Eternal Night" is very difficult and will not be effective if the rehearsal time is short, so they rehearse this song the most frequently.
Because there will be an Oriental Heritage Concert later, the orchestra now has many folk music musicians. Although the music rehearsed today does not involve folk music, students of these folk music have also come to the concert hall.
They had nothing to do in the summer, so they made the concert hall their home every day.
What surprised Zhou Yan was that Wang Feng, Long Long and Zhao Muyang were also sitting below.
Zhou Yan walked over and chatted with them for a few words before finding out that they would come over every other day during this period. Although they didn't say it, Zhou Yan knew that they should be here for Xu Junrong.
Xu Junrong has been pretty busy with the band signing these two days, so he should be free to discuss signing with Wang Feng and the others.
Zhou Yan came over now, wondering if he could meet Xu Junrong and tell him about Chen Hong, but he didn't see Xu Junrong.
Xu Junrong didn’t come over until Zhou Yan was about to go home.
Seeing Zhou Yan, Xu Junrong was also surprised, "Mr. Zhou, why are you here?"
Zhou Yan smiled and said, "This is my school, and the people above are all my classmates and students. Why did you come here?"
"I thought you came to see me."
"I'm here to call you by the way. Do you still remember Chen Hong, who asked you to contact me last time?" "
"She didn't sign with the company. There was a misunderstanding. Find time to contact her again and talk about the signing."
"Well, I understand, then wait. After I've finalized Wang Feng's affairs, should I call Chen Hong again?"
"Yes." Zhou Yan looked back at Wang Feng and the others: "What are you doing? Time to talk to Wang Feng and the others?”
"I came here today just to talk to them. Mr. Zhou, do you want to come with me?"
Zhou Yan shook his head, "You can talk to them yourself, I won't get involved, and don't call me Mr. Zhou in the future. , I’m not used to it, and it’s easy for you to call me my brother.”
“Then what should I call you?”
“Call me Zhou Yan, or Director Zhou, Zhou. Teacher, it’s okay.”
“Then I’ll call you Teacher Zhou”
"Okay." Zhou Yan nodded, "You can watch and talk about Wang Feng and his band's affairs. Just let me know when there is an outcome. The same goes for Chen Hong. Let me know when there is an outcome."
"Understood, Teacher Zhou."
"You go ahead, I'll go back first."
On the way, Zhou Yan's pager received a message from Zhang Youan, and he didn't let him call back. , let’s just say that “Piano Boy” has been released in Europe.
Zhang Youan told him about this a few days ago. It was not important news, it was all a plan that had been arranged long ago.
Although "The Piano Boy" has average performance at the European box office, it has been released in quite a few countries. In addition to Britain, Germany, Italy and France, it has also been released in Spain, the Netherlands and other countries.
......
Gilbert just had lunch when his good friend Robin called him.
"Good afternoon, Robin."
No one spoke on the other side of the phone, just a burst of sad music.
"Robin?" Gilbert called again.
At this time, Robin said from the opposite side, "Have you not heard this piece of music?"
"No."
"This seems to be what you said last time "Really?" Gilbert asked in surprise, "Where did you hear this song?"
"The CD I bought in the video store, the author's name sounds very similar to the one you mentioned last time, and he is also a Chinese musician. That's why I bought it."
"This CD is called What?”
“Piano boy, have you heard of it?”
“No.”
Gilbert on the other end of the phone shook his head, he had only heard of " Mysterious Kingdom".
He and his wife Maria stayed in China for two weeks. They had a very busy schedule and spent most of their time in the scenic spots. Although "Mysterious Country" was very interesting, they did not bother to find out about the author, nor did they bother to find out more about the author. You know, Zhou Yan also has other music albums.
At a certain scenic spot, they also talked about Zhou Yan with others, but unfortunately, not everyone in China knows Zhou Yan.
After returning, Gilbert shared the good music he heard in China with his good friend Robin.
"Which store did you buy it from?" Gilbert asked again.
“It’s that store called A Little Kitten. Do you want to buy it?”
"Well, I want to see if the author is Zhou Yan."
"How can you know if it is Zhou Yan?"
"Uh..."
Luo Bin's words immediately stopped Gilbert. Yes, even if he went to the video store, how would he know if the author of "The Piano Boy" was Zhou Yan?
Gilbert thought for a while and asked, "Isn't there an introduction by the author in the album?"
"It seems there is. Let me take a look at the box."
There was a sound of rummaging for things from the other side. Gilbert couldn't help but shook his head. Robin is really confused. He just bought the CD. , the box can’t be found.
After a while, Robin finally found the box, "Let me take a look... Zhou Yan, a well-known Chinese musician and director, "The Piano Boy" is his first music album. In this album It includes the soundtracks from movies such as "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly", "San Mao's Army", "Reply from Heaven", etc. Among them, "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" is also Zhou Yan's first film, and it is a short version of this film. Won the Special Jury Award at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival...Zhou Yan's second album "Mysterious Country" was a great success as soon as it was auditioned..."
"Wait a minute, what did you just say? Did you remember "Mysterious Kingdom"? "
"Oh, it seems that the CD you played to me last time was called Mysterious Kingdom "
Gilbert clapped his hands and said, "That's right, the author is Zhou Yan. I didn't expect that he has other music albums, and they are also released here."
"I have listened to it once, and it sounds very good. But the style is very different from "Mysterious Country""
"If you..."
Gilbert originally wanted Robin to play a few more songs for him. I thought I might as well forget it, "I'll buy one myself."
Listening on the phone not only wastes the phone bill, but the effect is much worse. The music is transmitted through the phone line and is distorted. The experience Not too good.
After saying that, without waiting for Robin to respond, Gilbert hung up the phone, then picked up his wallet and CD player and walked out.
Maria asked him, "Are you going out?"
"Well, I'm going to buy a music album and I'll be back in a while."
"Oh. ”
After leaving the house, Gilbert got on his bicycle and rushed towards the video store Robin mentioned.
There were quite a lot of people in the video store in the afternoon, and Gilbert saw what he was looking for on the new product shelf in the front row.
Taking a copy of "The Piano Boy" from the shelf, Gilbert walked to the cashier and said, "Hello, check out."
Looking at Gilbert entering the door in a hurry, he went straight from the new product I took "Piano Boy" from the shelf and came to check out. The boss was quite curious, "Are you here specifically for this album?"
Gilbert nodded, "Yes."
“Do you know the author of this album?”
"Yeah."
"But he is Chinese."
"I traveled to China some time ago, and this author is very famous in China."
The boss laughed He said, "It seems that the person who supplied the product did not lie to me. He told me that the author is very famous in Asia."
"It seems like this. When I went to the Great Wall of China, I heard someone Play Zhou Yan’s music ”
"Is the Great Wall fun?"
"It's very interesting. If you happen to meet someone playing "The Great Wall of Ten Thousand Miles", it will double the happiness."
"What is the Great Wall of Ten Thousand Miles?"< br>
"It's also Zhou Yan's song."
The boss nodded, "I heard from the supplier that this author's movie is being screened here at this time. If you are interested, you can Go check it out.”
"Really? Are you talking about "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly"?"
"Well, that's what the supplier told me anyway."
"Thank you "
......
After paying the bill, Gilbert couldn't wait to open the CD, put it in the CD player, and listened to it while riding.
What Robin said is absolutely correct. Zhou Yan's album is completely different in style from "Mysterious Country".
"Mysterious Country" has a very strong oriental cultural color. Whether it is the melody or the orchestration, you can hear the flavor of China as soon as you listen to it.
Before today, Gilbert had always thought that Zhou Yan was a musician who specialized in writing music like "The Great Wall".
But "Piano Boy" gives people a very different feeling. The songs in this album have a more Western feel, and the orchestration used is basically piano and violin.
If listening to "Mysterious Country" reminds people of ancient and magnificent buildings such as the Great Wall and the Forbidden City, then listening to "Piano Boy" will make people feel like they are in an unknown place. By the river.
The small river passes through the vast grassland, and is occasionally forked by the tree roots sticking out from the shore. The flowers, plants and trees on the shore, when blown by the wind, show their smiling faces...
But the sun will not always be bright, Smiling faces will not always be there, and when it comes to some songs, it starts to rain on the grassland, and the raindrops hit the river, causing a touch of sadness.
The light, sad, naughty, melancholy... later merged into the river, flowing towards the farther and wider grassland, and finally disappeared into the sky.
When Gilbert got home, the songs in the album had not yet been played. He couldn't bear to part with the wonderful feeling of listening to music while riding a bike, so he passed by the door of his house and rode into the distance.
He didn't turn back until the music ended.
As soon as he got home, Maria asked, "Why did you pass by the house just now and then leave? I called you from behind and you ignored me."
"Did you call me? I was listening to music. It’s so fascinating.”
“What music are you listening to that makes you so fascinated?”
“Zhou Yan’s new album... I should say Zhou Yan’s old album.”
"Is he the author of "Mysterious Kingdom"?"
"That's right." "Listen to me too."
"Okay." Gilbert handed the CD player to his wife, "Let's go watch a movie together tonight."< br>
While playing with the CD player, Maria asked strangely, "Why do you want to go to the movies all of a sudden?"
"I heard from the owner of the video store that the movie "The Piano That Wants to Fly" made by Zhou Yan "Youth" will be released here during this time."
"Isn't Zhou Yan a musician? He also makes movies?"
"Yeah."
"You have to be mentally prepared. He may be great at music, but his movies are average. "
Gilbert shrugged, "At least listen to the music."
......
In the evening, the Gilberts came to the cinema and bought the 7:30 show.
There are not many screenings of this movie. Many people are not interested when they see that it is made by a Chinese director. It is not that they have any objections to China, but except for a few specific countries, other countries Movies are of little interest to the audience.
However, there are some East Asian faces in the hall, maybe they are here for this movie.
Gilbert was an acquaintance. After handing the ticket to Maria, he approached a young man with an East Asian appearance.
“Hello.” Gilbert greeted in Chinese.
The young man was stunned for a moment.
Seeing the young man in a daze, Gilbert thought he was not Chinese, and said hello in neon language, "Wow."
The young man then said in Dutch, " Hello, I’m Chinese.”
“Hello, hello.” Gilbert said hello twice in Mandarin, but his Mandarin skills were only limited to this, so he still used it later. Dutch said, "Are you here to see "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly"?"
"Yes." The boy nodded, "You too?"
"Yes, I like Zhou Yan very much. When I found out that his movie was released, I came over to watch it."
"You like Zhou Yan very much?" The boy was very surprised.
Zhou Yan’s movie has just been released, and his music album has only been released for two days. Why does this foreigner like it so much?
“I have been to China before, and when I was in China, I listened to his album "Mysterious Country"."
I heard that Gilbert had been to China and listened to "Mysterious Country" ·Kingdom", the boy was both happy and very envious, "I haven't even heard of "Mysterious ·Kingdom"."
He came to Amsterdam this spring, before "Mysterious Country" was released.
The news about this album was told to him by a friend when he called him some time ago. Unfortunately, he cannot buy the album here, and it would be too expensive to mail it.
Looking at the boy's envious expression, Gilbert smiled and said, "I can listen to you, I even brought the album."
When setting off from home, Gil Bert originally only brought "The Piano Boy", but after thinking about it, he felt that the "Mysterious Country" was brought from China and was very commemorative. Today they were watching Zhou Yan's movie again, so they also brought it come over.
Seeing Gilbert take out the album from his bag, the boy felt like he was dreaming. The album "Mysterious Country" that he had been thinking about was actually taken out from a Dutchman's bag?
"It's actually a signed model!"
The boy was even more surprised when he saw the signature on the album.
Gilbert smiled and said, "No, this is signed by a Chinese friend of mine."
"That's not right."
The boy took the album, Looking carefully, "Although the writing is rather sloppy, it is definitely Zhou Yan. However, I have never seen Zhou Yan's signature. I can only confirm that it is Zhou Yan, but I don't know if it was signed by Zhou Yan himself."< br>
Gilbert frowned, "But Zhou said that this is his own name."
"That medieval friend of yours also has the surname Zhou?"
"Well, his surname is also Zhou, or A music teacher."
The boy swallowed, "Could this friend of yours be Zhou Yan... He is tall and thin, with fair skin and good looks."
“High is not very high.”
"It's definitely not high here in the Netherlands. Is he taller than me?"
"Probably taller than you."
"Meet him in Yanjing?"
"Meet me on the Great Wall."
The more the boy asked, the more excited he became, and then he scratched his head again, not knowing how to confirm this matter. After thinking for a long time, he suddenly patted his thigh, "By the way, there is a scene of Zhou Yan at the end of "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly". You will know it when you see it."
Seeing the boy so excited, Gilbert was still a little confused.
What does it mean?
The person he met on the Great Wall was Zhou Yan himself?
Looking back now, it is indeed possible. At that time, Zhou and Wang always wore sunglasses and hats and only took pictures in places with few people.
He was also a little excited. If it was really Zhou Yan, then this experience would be too wonderful.
"Can I listen to this album?" the boy said, pointing to "Mysterious Country".
"Of course." Gilbert gave the CD player and the album to the boy directly, "I'm going to have a few words with my wife."
Back to his wife, Gilbert Holding back his excitement, he said, "Maria, do you still remember Zhou we met at the Great Wall?"
"Remember, wasn't he the one who gave you that music album?"
"You may see him today."
"What do you mean?"
Maria's curiosity was aroused, but Gilbert smiled and said nothing, trying to keep it secret.
Maria rolled her eyes, "You do this every time."
"Haha, you will know soon."
From the beginning of the movie There was still one hour left. Originally, Gilbert didn't think this hour would be very difficult. He had brought two music albums with him, and this hour was not enough for him to listen to both albums.
But now that he knew that the Zhou he knew might be Zhou Yan, he felt like every second seemed like years, and he wished he could rush into the movie theater right now.
The boy over there was just the opposite. He finally listened to the album "Mysterious Country". Before that, he had only listened to a short piece of "The Great Wall" on the phone.
If the album is compared to a veiled woman, then he has not even lifted a corner of the woman's veil before.
No wonder this album sold well in Neon Club. This type of music style is indeed easy to conquer Neon listeners. In many cases, Neon people worship traditional Chinese culture even more than the Chinese themselves.
After the boy finished listening to "Mysterious Country", "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" also started checking in.
Gilbert walked over with a smile, "It's time to check in."
The boy returned the album and CD player to Gilbert, "Thank you very much for letting me hear Zhou Yan's new album in a foreign country. ”
“I also want to thank you. It was you who let me know that I might have met Zhou Yan. You also made this album more meaningful.”
The boy looked at the ticket. Mouth, "I hope you meet Zhou Yan really."
"I hope too."
...
When she entered the theater, Maria was still thinking about what her husband had told her before, but she quickly became immersed in it while watching the movie.
Although she has been to China, this was her first time watching a Chinese movie in a cinema.
Although it was after seven o'clock, the attendance rate was not very high, and many of the people who came to watch the movie were also Chinese.
Most Dutch people rarely pay attention to Asian movies, so they are still a little uncomfortable seeing East Asian faces. Maria and the others may have spent some time in China and have seen too many Chinese faces, so they I'm quite used to watching movies and can enjoy it.
Maria also wanted to say before that if a musician makes a movie, it may not be good-looking, but this movie far exceeded her expectations. The story is very touching and the rhythm is very good. Especially the use of the camera, it is not like anything at all. It can be photographed by a layman.
And with the addition of music, the movie becomes more full-bodied. As a musician, Zhou Yan made the movie, not only did he not expose any shortcomings, but he also played to his strengths.
As Gilbert said, even if the movie is not good to watch, it is good to listen to the music in it.
Waiting until the movie ended and everyone started to leave, Gilbert still didn’t see Zhou Yan. He looked confused and turned around to look behind him, trying to find the boy just now.
At this moment, a flute sounded.
Gilbert turned to look at the screen and saw a man standing on the grassland with his back to the audience playing the flute. The music was melodious and very beautiful.
Suddenly a paraglider appeared in the sky, getting closer and closer.
Seeing that the paraglider was about to hit the man, the man quickly threw the flute away and ran away. At this time, Gilbert saw the man's face.
His eyes widened, it was really Zhou Yan!
Maria's eyes were even wider than Gilbert's. She finally understood why her husband said she would see Zhou, and it turned out that Zhou was here.
There was a burst of laughter in the theater, and Gilbert also laughed. Other viewers laughed because this scene echoed the beginning of the movie and was more interesting, but Gilbert's laughter was because of his adventure on the Great Wall that day.
When the Easter eggs were over, Maria asked Gilbert, "Is Zhou the same as Zhou Yan?"
Gilbert nodded, "That's right."
Maria Taking a deep breath, "It's amazing."
"Yes, it's amazing."
When Gilbert walked out of the theater, the boy was waiting outside. As soon as he saw him, he couldn't wait to ask, "Sir, is that Zhou Yan you know?"
Gilbert smiled and nodded. , "Yes, that's him."
Seeing Gilbert nod, the boy felt amazing and at the same time extremely envious. This Dutchman is also very lucky. He can try it once he travels to China. Go to Zhou Yan and get Zhou Yan's signed album.
There is another thing he doesn't know, that is, Gilbert not only has a signed album, but also has Zhou Yan's contact information.
If he knew this, he would be jealous beyond recognition.
...
Zhou Yan did not know that his identity had been "discovered" by Gilbert in the Netherlands. He was standing next to Zhao Fei and looking at Liang Jiahui and Wang Zuxian who were playing opposite each other.
Today is Wang Zuxian's last scene. She and her husband came to the restaurant "together" for dinner.
The so-called "together" is just what the male protagonist thought. In fact, the female protagonist came to eat alone. She could not see her husband at all. From beginning to end, she did not say a word to her husband. .
In the male protagonist's opinion, this kind of neglect is just because his wife is angry with him.
"He is very likely to have been abused... There are scratches on Xiaotian's arm. I think they were scratched by nails. Maybe they were scratched in defense. I'm not sure..."
The male protagonist takes care of himself As he said this, he thought his wife could hear him, but she was just complaining that he should no longer have contact with such patients, so she deliberately ignored him.
Finally, after the wife paid the bill, she said to the table, "Happy Anniversary, and then got up and left."
Seeing the heroine leave, the hero touched his forehead and sighed. .
At this time Zhou Yan shouted, "Stuck."
As soon as this sound card came out, the scene burst into applause. This was Joey Wong's last scene, and this sound card meant that Joey Wong had finished filming.
Zhou Yan also clapped, "Congratulations on finishing the shoot."
Without Zhou Yan's instructions, the staff had already pushed a small cart over, with a lot of wine on it, including red wine, white wine, Champagne.
Zhou Yan sent a bouquet of flowers to Wang Zuxian on behalf of the crew. When he took the flowers, Wang Zuxian’s smiling eyes turned into two crescents. This was the second time Zhou Yan gave her flowers during the filming process. , the last time was when Zhou Yan himself finished filming "Green Snake".
Wang Zuxian held the flowers in his arms without giving them to anyone, and then bowed down to everyone at the scene, "Thank you for taking care of me during this period. I am very happy to be on the crew of "The Sixth Sense". I hope there will be more I still have the opportunity to continue working together. The crew still has scenes to shoot, and I hope it will go smoothly.”
After she finished speaking, Zhou Yan took over, "Everyone has worked hard tonight. Ms. Xiaoxian is very generous. She wants to treat you to a late-night snack. The place has been reserved. Everyone, please pack up quickly and go there together. We have a day off tomorrow, so everyone has a good time. Rest.”
Wang Zuxian finished filming the scene at night. It’s past nine o’clock now. If we go to have a late-night snack, it will probably be late at night, so Zhou Yan simply gives them a day off tomorrow. Fake.
And the crew hasn’t had a dinner together for a long time, so we just took this opportunity to let them have a good meal and drink. If they have to film tomorrow, they won’t be able to enjoy themselves.
Anyway, the recent filming has been going very smoothly and there is no problem with the progress.
The late night snack was arranged by Zhou Yan, and he had already found a place in advance. Otherwise, it would be really difficult to find a restaurant so late.
When Zhou Yan and the others arrived at the restaurant, it was just ten o'clock. Because the food had been served in advance, the food was served not long after they sat down.
After the wine was poured, they all asked Zhou Yan to say a few words. Zhou Yan simply said a few words, which probably meant that they should eat and drink well tonight and not think about anything else. They should be energetic tomorrow and whole body the day after tomorrow. Put your heart into your work.
After he finished speaking, he let them play freely.
After drinking a few glasses of wine, Zhou Yan looked at Wang Zuxian next to him. This girl was holding flowers in her arms all the way. When she arrived at the restaurant, she specially made a chair and placed the flowers on the chair, for fear that the flowers would be covered with flowers. Broken.
“You want to take this flower back to Taiwan when you turn around?”
Wang Zuxian said with a smile, "I'll keep it at your house. You can help me take care of it."
"Then you have found the right person. I am a diligent person when I grow flowers. I basically need water every two days." "Change."
Before Wang Zuxian could praise him, he said, "It takes three days to change."
"..."
The atmosphere at the wine table just changed. When they got up, the door of their box was pushed open, and two drunk men walked in, both holding wine glasses in their hands.
When the door was pushed open at first, they thought it was another table coming to toast. When they saw two strangers, everyone was a little confused.
Is this... a wrong move?
After the two men came in, they glanced around the table. When they saw Wang Zuxian, they smiled and walked towards this side holding wine glasses. (End of this chapter)