After returning home and tidying up a little, Zhou Yan first went to the Bayi Factory.
Wu Ziniu did not have a separate office, so Zhou Yan went directly to the reception room. When he arrived at the reception room, Ge You, the leading actor of "Tree Hole", had already arrived early.
Seeing Zhou Yan, Ge You stood up with a smile, "Hey, Director Zhou is here."
Taking advantage of the situation, he gave Zhou Yan another cigarette, and Zhou Yan waved his hand and pushed it back: " Brother Ge You, it’s not like you don’t know that I don’t smoke.”
Next to him, Wu Ziniu said, “Zhou Yan learns everything quickly, even if he smokes, he can’t.”
"Smoking is something that is easy to learn, but difficult to learn if you don't," Ge You said.
After the three of them sat down, Wu Ziniu said, "Speaking of which, have you two collaborated on several dramas?"
Ge You nodded, "It's true, before " We have already collaborated on "Farewell My Concubine", plus "Tree Hole" and "Alive", it will be three films."
In fact, it was originally possible that there would be four films, and Zhou Yan almost took on "". The soundtrack of "Big Sabbath", if that collaboration is successful, will also be their first collaboration. "Big Sabbath" was filmed earlier than "Farewell My Concubine".
But of course Ge You wouldn't mention this matter. Wouldn't that be asking for trouble? There was quite an unpleasant commotion because of this matter before.
“It’s an honor for me to work with a drama star like Brother Ge You.”
“Oh, Director Zhou, you are overrated. It is our honor as actors to be able to work with you and Director Wu. If I hadn’t benefited from you, I wouldn’t have been able to get involved with the Berlin Film Festival.”
Ge You is also very high-spirited now. In the past two years, he has participated in award-winning works at the Cannes and Berlin Film Festivals, especially. In "Tree Hole", he is also the protagonist.
There is also another film "Alive", which is currently impacting the Cannes International Film Festival. If it can succeed, his position in the film industry will be raised again.
After "Tree Hole" won the award, Ge You received more scripts, and many of them were very high-quality literary films.
And his salary has now skyrocketed, almost approaching one million.
But if you think about it carefully, Zhou Yan is still the winner. For two of these three movies, he was the soundtrack director, and for one he was the original author and screenwriter.
In addition to these three films, Zhou Yan is also the soundtrack director of "A Dream of Life", and "A Dream of Life" won the Jury Prize at the Cannes International Film Festival.
Although ordinary audiences will only pay attention to the director and the protagonist, in the film and television industry, everyone attaches great importance to the people behind the scenes, especially the soundtrack director and screenwriter.
Every successful director knows that if you want to make a good movie, the script and soundtrack are very important.
Otherwise, not so many directors would think of adapting literary works, and Zhao Jiping and Zhou Yan would not be so popular.
"Ge You, you are too humble. Without your wonderful performance, the movie would be much inferior." After praising Ge You, Wu Ziniu asked Zhou Yan, "Are you ready for your new movie "The Sixth Sense"? When will it be released? "
"The Sixth Sense" was not sent to the three major film festivals, so Wu Ziniu directly asked when the movie would be released.
"Starting in June, it will be released one after another." Zhou Yan replied.
"The Sixth Sense" will first be released in mainland China in mid-June, and then will be released in Xiangjiang, Taiwan, Neon and other places in China.
If everything goes well, it will be released in several European and American countries in October or November.
The focus of Tomson's promotion is still in Asia. As for Europe and the United States, it is purely a matter of having dates and not having dates, so he doesn't have much hope.
Previously, "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" was released in Europe, and its box office performance was quite average. Although domestic news always reports that this movie broke some records in Europe, in fact, they are all prefixed records, which are basically compared with other mainland movies.
But even so, it is enough to make other directors envious. After all, no director in the mainland can say that a film can be released in so many countries and regions at the same time.
Most people would think that a director like Zhou Yan would be the kind of person who likes to compete for awards. He is a musician and a writer, and the films he scored and wrote have won several awards from the three major film festivals. award.
But unfortunately, except for his first short film, Zhou Yan rarely went to film festivals, and even if he did, he would not participate in the three major film festivals.
Movies produced by Zhou Yan mostly perform well in the market.
Wu Ziniu and Ge You don't know much about "The Sixth Sense". They only know that the male and female protagonists of this movie are well-known actors, and the investment cost is not low.
Therefore, they did not chat in depth.
The three chatted for a while, and the heroine Chen Hong also came.
Chen Hong was obviously dressed up carefully today, because she was wearing a sky blue windbreaker, so Zhou Yan couldn't help but take a second look.
He especially likes sky blue, which many friends know.
Because there was an empty seat next to Zhou Yan, after Chen Hong greeted the three of them, she took the opportunity to sit down next to Zhou Yan, and then said with a smile, "Director Zhou, long time no see."
Ge You joked, "Chen Hong, you are so unfavorable to one another. We haven't seen each other for a long time, right?"
"It's mainly because Brother Ge has many works and often appears on TV. I see you on TV from time to time. Yesterday I watched "Da Saba" at home, and it feels like I haven't seen you for a long time."
Chen Hongting was good at talking, and she solved Ge You's joke in one sentence, and even praised Ge You.
In fact, Zhou Yan and Chen Hong haven’t seen each other for a long time. Chen Hong even went to Zhou Yan’s "Yanjing·Silent" concert before.
Wu Ziniu knew about Chen Hong's contract with Zhou. Although Wu Ziniu didn't know what Zhou's Entertainment was like, he knew from the name that this company was closely related to Zhou Yan.
So he was not surprised at all when he saw Chen Hong sitting next to Zhou Yan.
"Chen Hong, have you found your next movie?" Wu Ziniu asked.
Chen Hong nodded, "Well, it's confirmed. Director Zhou Xingchi has a new movie, and I will play a supporting role."
"Oh, then they have made a profit. You are now the female star of the Berlin Film Festival's award-winning film. Protagonist." Ge You said.
Chen Hong smiled and waved her hand, "Brother Ge You, please don't praise me. I was just lucky enough to be cast in "Tree Hole". I was still a solid newcomer at the film festival. I was very happy if I got the role. Satisfied."
"Well, Chen Hong, you have a good attitude. No one can advance step by step. If nothing else, the box office of Zhou Xingchi's movie will not be bad. With this one. It’s a good thing to have more faces in the movie.”
“Yes, I think so, and there are many excellent actors participating in this movie. I can learn more from them after going there.”
"The crew in Xiangjiang sometimes encounters some uncomfortable situations. You have to be mentally prepared for this in advance." Ge You reminded.
Ge You said it more tactfully.
Mainland and Hong Kong have co-produced many movies, and conflicts often arise between the two parties. As an old man in the film industry, Ge You naturally knows a lot of inside stories.
There is a clear gap in the level of film production between the two sides, and there are also conflicts in concepts. In most cases, practitioners in Xiangjiang look down on film practitioners in the mainland.
Coupled with language communication difficulties, conflicts are commonplace.
Sometimes a small conflict can easily turn into a big conflict.
When Zhou Yan went to the set of "Green Snake" before, he never encountered this kind of situation. This was mainly because he was not only an actor, but also the film's soundtrack director. Most people on the set did not dare to provoke him.
Also, it has something to do with the composition of the crew of "Green Snake".
The two heroines of "Green Snake", Zhang Manyu, often go to the mainland for filming. She can speak Mandarin well, not to mention Wang Zuxian. She is not from Xiangjiang and has only spoken Cantonese for many years. With Zhou Yan Communicating is even smoother.
Zhao Wenzhuo, who plays Fahai, is originally from the mainland.
However, Ma Jingwu, who was playing a supporting role at the time, was being made difficult for, and Zhou Yan helped. If Zhou Yan was not on the crew at that time, Ma Jingwu would definitely be made more difficult for.
Often those who make things difficult are not the main creative staff, but the inconspicuous behind-the-scenes staff.
It is said that the king of hell is easy to mess with and the little devil is difficult to deal with. This is also true.
Chen Hong understood what Ge You meant and said with a smile, "Don't worry, brother Ge You, this time the shooting will be in the mainland."
Ge You nodded and said nothing more.
In fact, Chen Hong was not worried about this at all, because Zhou Yan was also on the crew, and he felt that he would not suffer in this crew.
Speaking of Xiangjiang Movies, Chen Hong said to Zhou Yan again, "By the way, congratulations to Director Zhou for being shortlisted for the Academy Award."
Hearing this, Ge You and the others were confused. said, "What Academy Award?"
"The Hong Kong Film Awards just announced the shortlist the day before yesterday. "Green Snake" was shortlisted for several items, two of which were related to Director Zhou, and one was for Best Score , and the other is the Best New Actor Award.”
Nowadays, information spreads slowly, and if you don’t pay special attention, you will not see the news for a while.
Chen Hong's agent is Xu Junrong, and he receives news from Xiangjiang faster than ordinary people.
Hearing the news, Wu Ziniu and Ge You also congratulated each other.
"Congratulations, Zhou Yan." Wu Ziniu was obviously more interested in the Best Newcomer Actor Award. "If you win the Best Newcomer Actor Award, that would be incredible. It's a crazy start."< br>
"Director Zhou is here to steal our actors' jobs." Ge You puffed on his cigarette and said with a smile, "Are there no male actors in our mainland who have won the Academy Award?"
Wu Ziniu thought for a while and said, "It seems so. The actresses include Siqin Gaowa, and the male actors seem to be shortlisted. If Zhou Yan can win this time, it will be a first."
"When you hear it like this, it's quite exciting. The Best Newcomer Award is not easy to win. It only happens once in a person's life. If you don't win it this time, you will never have another chance in the future."
"I can't win it. It doesn’t matter if you get the Best Newcomer Award, you can also win the Best Score Award. Compared with the Best Newcomer Award, the Best Score Award is more important.”
Zhou Yan also pays more attention to the Best Score Award. , after all, being an actor is just a side job in his side job, and it is not certain whether he will star in a movie in the future.
And for the movie "Green Snake", it would definitely be better to win the Best Score Award.
This time "Green Snake" performed very poorly in terms of awards. It was shortlisted for four awards at the Academy Awards, namely Best Art Director, Best Costume Design, Best New Actor and Best Actor. Film soundtrack.
At first glance, four nominations may sound like a lot, but these four are not important awards. The ones that attract more attention at the Academy Awards are Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Actor and Actor. "Green Snake" was not shortlisted.
If Tsui Hark were to choose, among the four shortlisted awards, he would definitely choose Best Score. Best New Actor is an individual award and has little impact on the film.
Compared to the best costume design and the best art direction, the best soundtrack is more famous.
Tsui Hark is also the most confident about the best soundtrack, and his confidence comes from Zhou Yan and Huang Zhan.
Originally, the soundtrack of this movie is excellent. Although the reviews given by people from all walks of life after the movie came out were not very good, the attitudes of all parties regarding the soundtrack of the movie are surprisingly consistent, and basically there is no one who cannot praise it. .
Both Wu Ziniu and Ge You thought it would be better to win the best composer, but Chen Hong said, "Maybe I can win both the best soundtrack and the best new actor."
Ge You laughed. , "That's the best."
"Well, that's definitely the best." Wu Ziniu said.
Although they both said this, they didn't really believe that this would happen. It would be good if the Academy Awards could award one award to a mainlander. Giving both awards to a mainlander is basically Impossible.
The four chatted for a while, then got up and rushed to the hotel where they were eating.
There were no other activities at the celebration banquet, just eating.
Tomson Company invited everyone from the crew of "Tree Hole" and some leaders from Bayi Factory, but many people couldn't make it. About thirty people came today.
Boss Xu Feng sat at a table with several creative staff. She sat in the middle, Zhou Yan and Wu Ziniu sat on both sides, Ge You sat on Zhou Yan’s right hand side, and Chen Hong sat on Ge You’s right hand side. It’s almost like a normal crew gathering.
Wu Ziniu looked around in the box and said regretfully, "It's a pity that Teacher Wei Zongwan didn't come. Before the Chinese New Year, he called me and specifically asked about the Berlin Film Festival."
Xu Feng said, "He will come to the next premiere."
Ge You lit a cigarette and said to Zhou Yan, "We should invite the two great writers Yu Hua and Shi Tiesheng. After all, they are also participating in the show."
This is completely nonsense from Ge You. No matter how hard you calculate, it is impossible to invite Yu Hua and the others to the celebration banquet today.
“If you want to invite them, you have to invite the villagers from Jiangjuntuo as well.” Zhou Yan said with a smile.
When filming "Tree Hole", many local villagers were invited to act as extras. Speaking of which, Yu Hua and Shi Tiesheng did not have as many scenes as the villagers like Jiangjun Tuo.
“I won’t invite them for dinner. When the premiere is held, we can invite them both to watch a movie.” Wu Ziniu said.
Zhou Yan nodded, "Okay, I'll invite them both later."
The people at the table chatted for a while, and then the meal started.
After the dinner started, it became busy. Their table was also the busiest because the main creators were here.
Xu Feng was very happy and drank a little more, but Zhou Yan controlled it well. After drinking seven or eight taels of wine, he was slightly drunk, but he was still sober.
Chen Hong also drank a lot, but no one tried to persuade her to drink. She took the initiative to drink.
After the wine party ended, Xu Feng saw Chen Hong drunk and said to Zhou Yan, "When Jiang Xia takes you back later, take Chen Hong back with you. Your residence is not far away."< br>
Zhou Yan glanced at Chen Hong, nodded and said, "Okay." When getting in the car, Zhou Yan asked Jiang Xia to help Chen Hong into the back seat, while he ran to the passenger seat and sat down.
But on the way back, Chen Hong seemed to be even more sinful. She kept pulling on the car doors and windows and refused to listen to anything she said.
Seeing her pulling open the car door, Jiang Xia was startled and quickly pulled over, then said to Zhou Yan, "Boss, why don't you sit back and watch her?"
Zhou Yan got out of the car, opened the rear door, and asked Chen Hong, "Are you going to vomit?"
Chen Hong seemed not to understand the words at all, holding his forehead and said, "It's okay, I can still drink."
Zhou Yan shook his head and sighed, and asked Jiang Xia, "Is there a plastic bag?"
"Yes, yes." Jiang Xia quickly found a plastic bag and gave it to Zhou Yan.
Zhou Yan took the plastic bag, squeezed into the back seat, and said to Jiang Xia, "Let's go."
When Zhou Yan sat in the back seat, Chen Hong stopped pulling on the car door, but started pulling on Zhou Yan, and even leaned her head on Zhou Yan's shoulder.
When Zhou Yan was about to push her head away, she made a sound of "vomiting". Zhou Yan quickly opened the bag to pick it up, but Chen Hong did not vomit, but rested her head firmly on Zhou Yan's shoulder. superior.
Looking at Chen Hong like this, Zhou Yan was a little suspicious. Is this woman really drunk or pretending to be drunk?
Fortunately, Chen Hong just rested her head on Zhou Yan's shoulder and made no further movements. Zhou Yan also straightened his body to reduce the contact between the two.
The main reason is that they are almost at Chen Hong’s residence, Zhou Yan thought, and gave it up.
A few minutes later, the car arrived at the place where Chen Hong lived, and Zhou Yan called her, "Chen Hong, I'm home."
Chen Hong raised her head and glanced at Zhou Yan with drunken eyes, "Well, come on, Drink again, I'm not drunk..."
After saying that, she fell down again and lay on the back seat.
Zhou Yan got out of the car first, and then said to Jiang Xia, "Xiao Jiang, help her in."
"Okay."
Jiang Xia got out of the car, walked to the back, and dragged Chen Hong, but found that she couldn't drag her at all. Zhou Yan helped her again, and it took a lot of effort to drag Chen Hong out.
As she was dragged out, Zhou Yan said to Jiang Xia, "Please help her back, I'll wait below."
Jiang Xia said with a bitter face, "Boss, don't look at it. I'm tall, but I'm a woman and I don't have enough strength. You should help me."
"It's okay. I'll help you."
Jiang Xia. Sighing, "That's okay."
Then Jiang Xia carried Chen Hong's arm, while Zhou Yan held Chen Hong's other arm, and together they carried Chen Hong to her residence.
It was fine in the front, but when it came time to go upstairs, we ran into trouble. After trying it for a few times but not getting it up, Jiang Xia suggested, "Why don't you, boss, put her on your back? With all your muscles, Can't it come in handy?"
Zhou Yan rolled his eyes, then bent down and directly carried Chen Hong on his shoulders.
He also wanted to go up quickly and finish quickly, so he walked a little fast.
But soon something went wrong.
Chen Hong's belly was originally pressed against Zhou Yan's shoulder, but with such a sudden movement, she vomited directly, and even vomited on Zhou Yan's back.
At this time, Zhou Yan no longer doubted that Chen Hong was probably really drunk.
However, Zhou Yan did not slow down, and even sped up, sending Chen Hong to her room.
After putting Chen Hong on the bed, Zhou Yan first said to Jiang Xia: "Look at her."
Then he took a broom and dustpan to clean up the place where Chen Hong vomited. After getting on the ground, Zhou Yan took off his coat and wiped the dirt from behind.
After getting dressed, Zhou Yan glanced at Chen Hong, who was lying on the bed, and shook his head slightly. No matter how good-looking a girl is, she looks ugly when she is drunk.
Zhou Yan looked at the time, and then said to Jiang Xia, "Xiao Jiang, why don't you stay here and watch her for a while."
Chen Hong was so drunk that Zhou Yan was worried that If something dangerous happens, it's not convenient for him to stay here, so he can only ask Jiang Xia.
Jiang Xia also knew that Zhou Yan was not suitable to stay here, so she nodded, "It's okay, boss, please go back first. How about I call you a car?"
Zhou Yan waved his hand. , "No, I'll just walk back. You can wait for a while and see if she's in better condition, or you can go back first."
"Don't worry, I will keep an eye on her."
......
Zhou Yan was only a little drunk at first, but when he walked back, he became very sober. He took a shower first, When I got out of the shower, Wang Zuxian's call came.
Wang Zuxian knew that Zhou Yan was having a celebration party tonight. After the call was connected, she smiled and said, "It seems you didn't drink much tonight."
Zhou Yan boasted, "Theirs If you want to drink too much, it’s unlikely.”
"It's still blowing. Will you come to Xiangjiang in April?"
She was talking about the Academy Awards ceremony.
"If there are no other emergencies, I should go. If I go, I will probably go there on Thursday afternoon. I have classes in the morning."
"Then I will go I'll pick you up."
"No need to pick you up. I'll go directly to the hotel and see Tsui Hark then."
"Oh, okay then."
Zhou Yan happened to see the invitation on the coffee table and asked Wang Zuxian, "Are you free on March 9th?"
"March 9th What's wrong?" Wang Zuxian asked.
"Jia Guoping is getting married on March 9th. If you have time, I would like to take you to attend."
Wang Zuxian agreed without even thinking, "Okay, I'll go get it together." Just to join in the fun, I don’t have any new roles right now, and I have very little work, so I’ll basically have time in March. I’m also friends with Brother Jia, so I’ll give him a big red envelope when the time comes.”
"Then you come early and I will take you to celebrate the festival."
"What festival to celebrate?" Wang Zuxian asked doubtfully.
"March 8th Women's Day."
......
The next morning, Zhou Yan received a call from Xu Feng. She said she was leaving and would wait for a while. Come back for the premiere of Days.
"One more thing. I forgot to tell you yesterday. The premiere date of "The Flying Piano Boy" in the United States has been announced. It is one week later than in France, April 29th."
" Is there anything I need to do?”
“No, I just want to tell you that you don’t have to worry about this. You just want to have some snacks at the Academy Awards ceremony. Are you going?"
"I should go. I looked at my schedule and I don't think I have anything else to do during that time."
"If I have time, let Zhang Youan do it for you. Arrange a press conference. "The Sixth Sense" will be released in Hong Kong on June 21st. When the Academy Awards are presented, it is almost the last round of promotion period."
The Academy Awards ceremony was held on April 22nd. It was exactly two months before "The Sixth Sense" was released in Hong Kong. It was a little early to hold a press conference at that time, but Zhou Yan happened to go there and put things into perspective. It's done, so you don't have to run around later.
In the future, if there are any publicity activities in Xiangjiang and Zhou Yan cannot go by himself, Liang Jiahui and others can be invited to attend.
On Taiwan and Neon, Wang Zuxian can be given a run.
Wang Zuxian doesn’t have any other work now, so he only has this time. Moreover, she is from Taiwan and is well-known in Neon. If she goes to these two places to promote, the effect will be better.
In fact, Neon’s publicity is relatively simple. After all, Zhou Yan himself is famous there, and now he has become the spokesperson of Shiseido. Shiseido will also help him with publicity.
...
For a period of time after that, Zhou Yan spent most of his time helping Jia Guoping with the wedding.
Time passed slowly, and on March 7th, Zhou Yan went to pick up Wang Zuxian.
Although Zhou Yan told Wang Zuxian before that he would take her to the festival, when Wang Zuxian came, he found that Zhou Yan had no time to take her out to play. Jia Guoping was getting married, and Zhou Yan was even busier than Jia Guoping himself.
This time Wang Zuxian did not pretend anymore, but appeared openly in front of Jia Guoping and the others.
Jia Guoping was also very surprised to see Wang Zuxian coming. Of course, he would not think that his little friendship with Wang Zuxian would allow Wang Zuxian to come all the way to attend his wedding.
So Wang Zuxian is here definitely because of Zhou Yan.
But Wang Zuxian said on the surface that he would come to attend his wedding, so he couldn't ask any more questions.
It is true that he has a good relationship with Zhou Yan, but it is still difficult for him to ask some personal questions.
Except for Jia Guoping, everyone else who saw Wang Zuxian was also very surprised, but they were all sighing. They didn't expect that Jia Guoping and Wang Zuxian had a good personal relationship, and they could actually let Wang Zuxian come to attend his event. wedding.
Because of the thorough preparations in advance, the wedding day went smoothly, and every step was according to plan.
From the time Jia Guoping set out to pick up the bride, to the last ceremony the two held in the cafeteria, there was a variety of music accompanying the whole process.
Some were played through speakers, and some were played by an accompanying band on the fly.
Yes, Jia Guoping got married, and Zhou Yan arranged an accompanying orchestra for them to play the songs Jia Guoping had written before.
This is also the most impressive aspect of this wedding. How many people can bring a high-level orchestra to their wedding?
During the ceremony, Wang Zuxian sat next to Zhou Yan and looked at the bride and groom on the stage. Her eyes were full of longing and envy.
Under the table where no one could see, she poked Zhou Yan's feet with her toes, and then whispered, "Third brother, will you write a lot of music when you get married?"
< br>Zhou Yan turned his head and said in a low voice, "How many songs I write for the wedding depends on how many the bride wants. So, I have to ask you about this."
Wang Zuxian curled his lips and said, "Ask What am I doing? ”
Women, they just mean what they say.
Wang Zuxian is now so happy that he is almost blooming, but he is still pretending.
Zhou Yan asked her again, "Do you like Chinese or Western style?"
Wang Zuxian thought about it seriously, "Of course Western style is good, but Chinese style seems to be quite special too."
< br>Zhou Yan nodded and said, "If you want Chinese style, then I will write some traditional style music. If you want Western style, I will write some Western music. I will do it for you if it is neither Chinese nor Western. Click New Century."
"You will coax me."
Then Wang Zuxian looked at Jia Guoping and Zhang Xinning on the stage. She felt that marriage was so far and so close to her.
……
Not long after Jia Guoping and Zhang Xinning got married, they both flew to Germany.
Fortunately, the 89th grade has graduated, otherwise Zhou Yan’s burden would be heavier.
The fact that Wang Zuxian came to attend Jia Guoping's wedding was also reported. The title of the report was "Zhou Yan and Wang Zuxian attended a friend's wedding."
There were reports that Zhou Yan and Wang Zuxian snatched Zhou Yan from Zhang Manyu. Now there is such a news, which seems to confirm this matter.
However, neither Zhou Yan nor Wang Zuxian showed up to respond to this matter, so the news media could only report on it themselves.
There are too many kinds of news in the entertainment industry. As long as you can’t take real photos, it’s useless.
Because Chen Hong went backstage to visit the concert, there were rumors about the scandal between Zhou Yan and Chen Hong, saying that Zhou Yan abandoned his old love Wang Zuxian and found a new love Chen Hong.
Those media people wish that Zhou Yan had some relationship with all the women. They love to report stories about romantic talents and beautiful women.
This tidbit lasted until Zhou Yan went to attend the Academy Awards ceremony.
On the day of the ceremony, Zhou Yan, Wang Zuxian and Zhang Manyu appeared at the same time, which made the entertainment reporters extremely happy.
At the entrance of Xiangjiang Cultural Center, Zhou Yan and his friends were frantically asked questions about their relationship by reporters and readers. (End of this chapter)