On the way back to Zhenbeibao, Zhao Yan kept talking about the song that Zhou Yan played live.
He didn’t expect that Zhou Yan could handle rock music so well.
As for Chen Hong, while listening to Zhao Lao singing the song, she stared at Zhou Yan who was driving. After today's experience, she felt that her relationship with Zhou Yan was different.
Zhou Yan knew that Chen Hong was staring at him, but he kept avoiding it.
He admitted that when he was next to Chen Hong at the scene, he had thoughts about Chen Hong, but afterwards, after the hormones subsided, he calmed down and felt that he should not get entangled with Chen Hong.
After returning to Zhenbei Castle, they first arrived at the residence of Zhou Yan and Zhao Zhang. Chen Hong looked at Zhou Yan and said, "Director Zhou, why don't you give me a section, it's a bit dark."
Zhou Yan looked at it, It was indeed a little dark inside Zhenbei Fort at this time, and there were not many rooms with lights on, and the place where Chen Hong lived was still some distance from their dormitory, so he nodded, "Okay."
Zhao Kuo entered the house, The two of them walked towards Chen Hong's dormitory together.
Zhou Yan deliberately kept a distance from Chen Hong, but Chen Hong got closer and closer to him. Halfway there, Chen Hong was almost touching Zhou Yan.
Just when Chen Hong was about to hug Zhou Yan's arm, Zhou Yan suddenly stood still and turned to look at Chen Hong.
There is no moon or stars tonight, and the only light source is a lamp in a room about ten meters away.
With this little light, Zhou Yan saw Chen Hong’s face covered with a smile.
"Do you have something to tell me?"
Chen Hong spoke softly, with a bit of expectation in her voice. She asked Zhou Yan to see her off in order to create a chance to be alone.
Zhou Yan sighed slightly and said, "Chen Hong, actually I have a girlfriend."
Hearing this, the smile on Chen Hong's face suddenly froze. She originally expected Zhou Yan to say something to her about his confession, but she didn't expect this to be what she got.
After finishing speaking, Zhou Yan walked forward without waiting for Chen Hong's response.
Chen Hong stood there and did not move for a moment.
A minute ago, Chen Hong felt that she might be the happiest person in the world. She had even imagined how beautiful her dream would be tonight.
But all her fantasies and all her longings for happiness seemed to be shattered by Zhou Yan's words.
She froze in place, feeling increasingly uncomfortable, and tears burst out of her eyes unconsciously.
Zhou Yan took two steps and saw that Chen Hong did not follow, so he turned around and looked.
In the dim light, Zhou Yan saw Chen Hong's tears.
Men always lack resistance to women's tears, but Zhou Yan knew that now was not the time to be soft-hearted. He stood there, several meters away from Chen Hong, and said in a steady voice, "Because of the environment. I can understand your impulse, but today’s incident should be treated as if it didn’t happen. It’s better for you and me.”
Chen Hong bit her lip and said, “Zhou Yan, why are you doing this? Me.”
Zhou Yan was stunned for a moment. It was clearly Chen Hong who kissed him, so how could this woman beat him so hard?
Before Zhou Yan could respond, Chen Hong asked again, "Have you ever been even a little tempted by me?"
Zhou Yan did not answer and remained silent.
"I understand, don't worry, I will definitely forget what happened today. Just go back and send it here."
After saying that, Chen Hong walked straight past Zhou Yan Side by side, walking towards her dormitory.
Zhou Yan looked at her back and disappeared into the darkness after a while.
Sighing slightly, Zhou Yan turned his head and walked towards the way he came.
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In the next few days, Zhou Yan could see Chen Hong on the set every day, but Chen Hong was different from before. Now she wouldn't even say hello to Zhou Yan.
Such a result was expected by Zhou Yan. If Chen Hong could still get along with him as before, he would be afraid.
Originally, Zhou Yan wanted to go to Shahu with Liu Zhenwei and the others before leaving, but the situation changed. Liu Zhenwei and the others did not have time to go there recently, so Zhou Yan stayed in Zhenbeibao for a week before leaving.
In the middle of the process, Zhou Yan's original plan to treat Lu Shuming and the others to dinner also fell through, because the crew had something to do basically every night these days, and there was always someone who didn't have time.
So before leaving, Zhou Yan divided the things he had bought before with Lu Shuming and others, and agreed to meet again later.
After Zhou Yan returned to Yanjing, Jiang Xia sent him two work lists within less than half a day of rest.
“Boss, this is a job that has been confirmed. This is some cost-effective job invitations that Mr. Zhang has selected. Let you choose and see if you are interested.”
Zhou Yan took the two lists and looked at the one he had decided on first.
The contents of this list are relatively small, and only two of them are relatively important. One is the celebration banquet of "The Sixth Sense" and the other is the final release conference of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
The two events are relatively similar in time, both in mid-to-late September.
After several years of filming and production, "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is finally scheduled to be broadcast in late October. This scheduled press conference actually has little to do with Zhou Yan, but there will be a dinner party for the creative staff. Everyone will participate, and Zhou Yan, as one of the soundtrack directors, naturally cannot be absent.
For those who don’t know, you may think that the production team is extravagant and wasteful, and they have to eat every time, but in fact, this dinner is more like a wrapping banquet. When the TV series was wrapping up before, there was no meal, but this time it is considered Make up for last time.
After reading the confirmed jobs, Zhou Yan looked at the job invitation list again.
The content of this list is much larger, and it has been screened. If it were not screened, the number would be many times this.
Among them, there are seven or eight film directing invitations, including Golden Harvest, New City and Shaw Brothers.
Zhou Yan had previously filmed "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" and there were many such invitations, but at that time the number was average and the offers were all small productions.
But after the release of "The Sixth Sense", the number of such invitations increased dramatically, and the scale of film productions invited to direct him was much higher, with investments of 20 to 30 million at every turn.
It's just that Zhou Yan has never heard of most of these movies. There is only one "Daughter's Red" that Zhou Yan is more impressed by. Zhou Xun also participated in this movie.
The invitations sent by Xin Yicheng and Yong Sheng did not have a script, which meant that as long as Zhou Yan was willing to cooperate with them, Zhou Yan would choose the script himself. Yong Sheng was very generous, and the production fee was directly paid 30 million Hong Kong dollars.
Zhou Yan is not very interested in these plans. Those who have scripts, he is not interested in these scripts, and those who do not have scripts, he is not interested in these companies. If he wants to make a movie, he does not have to worry about lack of money. Xu Feng now wants to spend tens of millions to let him make a movie, even if Xu Feng Feng doesn't support it, and Zhou's company also supports him.
He continued to look back and saw that in addition to those who asked him to be the director, there were also several movies that invited him to score music. This time he saw a few more famous movies, one of which was "Woman" directed by Xu Anhua. , Forty", and the other one is "Sweet Honey".
Needless to say, "Sweet Honey" is Chen Kexin's god-making movie, and the movie is very popular and has been seen by many ordinary audiences.
"Woman, Forty" may be less well-known, but its status in the film industry is not low at all. The film was a hit at the Hong Kong Golden Horse Awards and the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards, and the heroine Xiao Fangfang also This film won the Best Actress Award at the Berlin Film Festival.
In fact, the subject matter is somewhat advantageous. In recent years, the three major film festivals have paid more and more attention to women and special groups. Female-themed films are naturally required at these film festivals. Advantages.
Otherwise, how could "The Piano Lesson" win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival together with "Farewell My Concubine".
Although "The Piano Lesson" is a good movie, it cannot be compared with "Farewell My Concubine" at all.
"Woman, Forty" and "Sweet Honey" are both very good movies, but when it comes to the soundtrack, Zhou Yan is not too interested because he thinks that the two movies have more room for manipulation. Small.
However, Zhou Yan still circled the two movies with his pen, "Pay attention to these two movies."
Zhou Yan looked back again, followed by interview invitations from various TV stations, from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and three places. Yes, there are neon ones. Skip this part, here is an advertisement endorsement.
Zhou Yan was a little surprised when he saw the advertising endorsement. Zhang Youan had told him before that several brands wanted him to shoot advertisements and write songs. At that time, Zhou Yan told Zhang Youan I didn't have much time, so I didn't expect Zhang Youan to include this item this time.
The invitation this time was from Panasonic Electronics, and they invited Zhou Yan to be their global image spokesperson.
"What's going on with Panasonic Electronics?" Zhou Yan asked.
Jiang Xia explained, "Panasonic Electronics' original global image spokesperson was Noriko Sakai. Their last advertisement had a very good response in China, and Noriko Sakai became famous in China. However, Noriko Sakai's endorsement contract will expire next year. It’s over. Panasonic Electronics now wants to find a global image spokesperson in China. If we refuse, they will also find another Chinese person, and it will most likely be a female singer.”
Zhou Yan thought for a while. Said, "Let's pay attention to this first, and then show me the latest advertisement of Panasonic Electronics later."
"Okay, I'll look for it later." Jiang Xia nodded and said, " Mr. Xu has something to tell you. I know you are busy in Yinchuan and asked me to tell you to call her back when you come back."
"Did you tell me what it is?"
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"That's not said."
Zhou Yan was quite confused, because he actually called Xu Feng in Yinchuan, but Xu Feng didn't say anything else except about "The Sixth Sense".
"Okay, I understand, go ahead and do your work."
After Jiang Xia left, Zhou Yan called Xu Feng.
After receiving the call from Zhou Yan, Xu Feng smiled and said, "Have you returned to Yanjing?"
"Well, I heard Xiao Jiang say, Sister Feng, are you looking for me?" Zhou Yan replied.
“Yes, I told you last time that I asked you to think about a new movie. Do you have any ideas now?”
“I really haven’t thought much about it recently.”
"How about you listen to me?"
"Uh, okay, Sister Feng, please tell me."
"I have two scripts here, one is "Once Upon a Time in Yanzhou" and the other is "Once Upon a Time in Shanghai"."
Zhou Yan had no impression of the first script, but he knew about "Once Upon a Time in Shanghai" , "Is this "Once Upon a Time in Shanghai" the novel written by Zheng Nian?"
"Well, yes, that's the one. "Once Upon a Time in Yanzhou" is written by Li Bihua, and these two scripts are mine. I want to shoot it." Xu Feng then told Zhou Yan very frankly, "Actually, I originally wanted Chen Kaige to shoot "Once Upon a Time in Yanzhou", but he wanted to shoot "Feng Yue", so now I want to shoot these two movies. I'll give you a script."
Zhou Yan thought for a while and said, "I don't know about "Once Upon a Time in Yanzhou," but "Once Upon a Time in Shanghai" probably won't pass the review. "
In. In Zhou Yan's opinion, there was no need for Xu Feng to touch this novel, and his evaluation of the novel was also very average.
If the novel "Once Upon a Time in Shanghai" can be filmed, then Zhou Yan will have other, better choices.
Xu Feng was quite confident, "If you change it carefully, it should be fine."
Zhou Yan said thoughtfully, "Sister Feng, why don't you try changing it first."
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“If you’re not interested, just tell me directly, no need to beat around the bush.”
After Xu Feng said this, Zhou Yan stopped being pretentious and said directly, "I don't want to touch these subjects. It's too troublesome. The key is that I have no pursuit in this area."
Hearing Zhou Yan's words Xu Feng sighed, "I understand what you mean. Let's forget about it for now and talk about it later. However, you have to do something for yourself. I have always said that you can't be too busy, but you can make a movie every two or three years." I still want it."
Zhou Yan thought for a while and said, "I still want to make a movie that is more related to music."
"Why do I hear this? I have an idea.”
Zhou Yan said with a smile: “It’s a little bit immature. I want to make a movie related to education and music.”
"Tell me more specifically."
"I can't tell you in detail. I haven't written the outline of the script yet. It's just an idea for now."
Xu Feng pondered for a moment and said, "Then No, you should think more about it during this time. When the celebration party of "The Sixth Sense" is held, we will meet and talk in detail. It will be September soon. The script has been finalized and preparations will be made in the middle of next year. Shoot."
"I can't tell when it will be shot. Let's wait until I get the script out."
"No problem, I'm looking for you just for the new movie. There’s nothing else going on, so let’s leave it at that.”
"Okay."
After talking to Xu Feng on the phone, Zhou Yan got up and walked to the piano room, took out his violin, and played a piece of Strauss's "The Artist's Life".
The reason why Zhou Yan plays this song is because the movie he is going to make next is related to this song.
This time, he fell in love with "Spring of the Cowherd", or in other words, he fell in love with the original version of "A Cage of Nightingales".
"A Cage of Nightingales" is a French film in the 1940s. This film did not receive much attention in film history, but a few decades later it was remade in the film "The Cowherd". "Spring" has become a classic in film history, not only selling well but also selling well.
The reason why Zhou Yan fell in love with "Spring of the Cowherd Class" was because he told Xu Feng that his next movie would be about music and education. After all, he is a music teacher himself. Such a movie is perfect. It perfectly fits his identity.
Furthermore, the movie "Spring of the Cowherd" is not very regional. It won't make people feel strange if the story is set in any country. The adaptation does not need to be too strong. It follows the original story line. Just go.
The relationship between movies and music is very strong. It can even be said that the overall story direction revolves around music. This is completely Zhou Yan's style.
The story is actually very simple. A well-known musician returned to the countryside to attend his mother's wedding and met a friend from his childhood. The friend took out a diary and showed it to him. Looking at the diary, he saw a lot of past events. Memories came to mind instantly.
The owner of the diary was once a talented musician, but because his talent was not appreciated, he later returned to the countryside to work as an assistant teacher in a boys' boarding school.
Most of the students in this school have problems. The teacher wants to use his own methods to improve the situation. The ideal is great, but the reality is not easy. In the process, he encounters a lot of troubles.
But Huangtian paid off. With his efforts, the situation improved, and he also discovered the musical talent of one of the students, and this student was the famous musician.
Obviously it was because of the teacher's infection that he was finally able to become a musician.
In the movie, the teacher's ending was actually not good. He was not only made things difficult by the students at school, but also by the principal and other colleagues, and was eventually fired by the principal.
The whole story is full of warmth, thinking, and struggle, and the soundtrack is also very well done. This is also a movie that Zhou Yan likes very much.
And such a subject is almost tailor-made for him. He can completely direct and act by himself, and the cost of this movie is not high. Zhou Yan himself roughly estimated that if it were shot in China, it would save one province and six months. Seven million would be enough to make a good photo, and even more extravagantly, more than ten million would be enough.
But filming is still difficult, and the difficulty lies in the selection of actors. He needs to find a real choir child, eleven or twelve years old, and his appearance must meet the requirements.
The casting of other students also requires a little thought, so the preparation before filming this time will definitely take longer than that of "The Sixth Sense".
Fortunately, for him, this matter is considered a professional counterpart. Not to mention, Yangyin has two children's choirs, both of which are of very high quality.
Even if he couldn't find it in Yangyin, he could contact all the children's choirs across the country. With the huge number, Zhou Yan didn't believe that he couldn't find a suitable young male lead.
As for the role of teacher, Zhou Yan's first choice is Li Xuejian. His performance in the movie "Jyl" is very consistent with Zhou Yan's imagination of the teacher in "Spring of the Cowherd Class".
After finishing "The Artist's Life", Zhou Yan found paper and pen and started writing the script of "Spring of the Cowherd Class". (End of this chapter)