Kudo Shizuka only stayed in Yanjing for four days. After her work in Yanjing was over, she followed Nangong Songzi and the others back to Neon.
A few days after she left, Zhou Yan suddenly received several song purchase requests from Neon.
It turns out that after the full version of "Meteor" premiered on TV Asahi, it attracted the attention of many music companies.
The complete version of "Meteor" not only has accompaniment, but also a melody. Anyone can hear it. This is a song. Just fill in the lyrics and you can sing it.
Maybe a singer has already tried to write lyrics and sing.
The song "Meteor" is indeed very catchy, and it is also an advertising song for Panasonic, so those music companies are naturally not willing to miss it.
These companies first contacted Panasonic. They thought that the copyright of the song belonged to Panasonic, but Panasonic told them that the copyright of the song was clearly divided. If the singer wanted to sing, , the company couldn’t make the decision at all and had no choice but to go to Zhou Yan.
However, Zhou Yan ignored any of these requests. He was not prepared to give the song to a neon singer, at least not the first version.
He had two choices, one was to fill in Chinese lyrics and have them sung by Chinese singers, and the second was to have them sung by English singers.
In fact, Zhou Yan considered Xu Wei at the earliest time.
Zhou Yan believes that Xu Wei is the best choice among Chinese singers to sing "Meteor", but Xu Wei writes lyrics and music for his own songs and may not be willing to sing songs written by others.
Moreover, Zhou Yan did not sign Xu Wei in the end.
Here in China, he has not thought of any suitable candidate to sing this song. For the time being, he can only wait for a destined person.
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Zhou Yan had not considered letting a Neon singer sing this song, but Neon fans were very concerned about this matter.
TV Asahi even held a poll for viewers to choose the neon national singer they most wanted to sing "Meteor".
The popular candidates include veteran singers Shinji Tanita, Seiko Matsuda, Takuro Yoshida, etc., as well as rising stars like Izumi Sakai, and even Mina Nakamori, Shizuka Kudo and Miyuki Nakajima.
The audience voted and didn't care whether these singers were suitable for the song "Meteor". They only relied on their own preferences.
However, there are still some people who believe that Zhou Yan's music should not be made into songs, and it is enough to just listen to pure music.
In fact, this argument has always been there. Although the two songs "If Love Is God's Will" and "Stay with Me" are very popular in Neon, some people still think that Zhou Yan's music should not be made. song, this will ruin the tune.
Zhou Yan also heard about the voting conducted by TV Asahi, but he didn't know exactly who the audience voted for.
After Kudo Shizuka left, he devoted himself to his work.
The construction of the school for "The Spring of the Cowherd Class" has begun, and Zhou Yan took the time to take the director team to the site.
But they know nothing about civil construction, and they can’t see anything until the house is built.
This set project includes not only the construction of the school, but also the renovation of some nearby environments.
The location of the school is relatively remote, and there is no decent road nearby. Therefore, while building the school, the crew will also build a new road next to it and transplant two rows of trees next to the road.
The local government welcomes the crew's initiative to build roads.
Although the road built by the crew is only two or three kilometers long, it is still a road and has a positive effect on the local economy.
When Zhou Yan went to Jiangjuntuo, the local mayor was very enthusiastic. To the mayor, Zhou Yan and the others were the gods of wealth.
A lot of labor was used in the construction of schools and roads.
Now is not the busy farming season. The villagers have nothing to do and come to help, and they can earn a lot of money.
After looking around the scene, project manager Shu Guangji ran over and asked Zhou Yan, "Teacher Zhou, do you want to take a photo?"
"Do you want a group photo? Okay."< br>
"No, you use a shovel to shovel a shovel of cement to make a show and keep a memory. In the past, leaders had such a process when inspecting projects."
Hearing what Shu Guangji said, Zhou Yan Waving his hand, "Forget it, I'd better not delay the workers' work."
"Where are the other directors?"
"No, no need."
Huo Jianqi and the others waved their hands repeatedly. Zhou Yan had already refused, so how could they agree.
Seeing that they all refused, Shu Guangji said nothing. Since the leader didn't like to do this, it would save him trouble.
"All the directors are indeed very pragmatic." Shu Guangji also flattered him a little stiffly.
Zhou Yan himself is a master of flattery and has a very strong immunity to flattery. He smiled and said, "It doesn't matter if you work slower, the main thing is to pay attention to the safety of the workers."
"Director Zhou Don’t worry, our project department will pay close attention to safety to ensure that there will be no accidents.”
Zhou Yan nodded, and he just casually mentioned that their project is not big, and the school only has two floors. At half a floor, at such a height, the possibility of safety accidents is relatively small.
This project is led by Tomson, and the management must be stricter than that of ordinary construction teams.
“Oh, by the way, Shu Gong, there is one more thing I want to trouble you with.”
"If Director Zhou has something to do, just give me your instructions."
"Please help me bring two people."
Zhou Yan waved to Li Haining and Xia Guobao who were not far away, "You guys "Two, come here."
The two children were watching the workers working with great interest. When they heard Zhou Yan's call, they ran over.
When Shu Guangji heard that Zhou Yan asked him to bring two people, he was full of doubts. When he saw Zhou Yan calling for two children, his eyes widened.
"Director Zhou, do you want me to take them?"
Zhou Yan nodded, "Please arrange some work for them."
Shu Guangji was a little confused, "Are they... a little Too young? "
It's not just a small problem. Shu Guangji doesn't know the origin of these two children. Judging from the situation, they are probably relatives of Director Zhou.
Two young masters come to experience life, but they will be the ones who suffer when the time comes.
Director Zhou said he wanted to arrange some work for them. Can he really arrange work? He must provide a good service. If something goes wrong, he can't afford it.
“I’ve seen many construction sites, and there are children of this age, and there are quite a lot of them.”
Shu Guangji couldn’t refute Zhou Yan’s words.
Although there are currently no minors in their team, many construction sites in other places do have children as old as Li Haining and even younger ones.
Some children have not even finished elementary school, so they go out to work with the adults at home.
Although the labor force of these children is relatively weak, their wages are also very low. They may only be able to do one-fifth of the work of adults in a day, but their wages are one-tenth.
For the contractor, with more such labor force, he can make more money.
The most outrageous team Shu Guangji has ever seen. The entire team of bricklayers came from the same village. Except for the forty-year-old contractor, the other workers were between the ages of 12 and 18. There were about twenty people in total.
These children are basically the nephews of the contractor from the same village. They cannot afford to go to school, so they go out into society with their elders. The contractor only needs to pay a small salary to support the entire team.
As long as these children do not die outside, their parents will still have to thank the contractor when they return home.
If the contractor had more conscience and gave the children a dozen yuan or more during the Chinese New Year, the parents would be extremely happy. After all, children stay at home and eat when they open their mouths. Going out not only saves food, but also makes some money to support the family.
A few dozen yuan is not a small amount for some rural families. Although there are many such situations outside, Shu Guangji still has a problem, "These two children have tender skin and tender flesh, so they are not suitable for..."
Shu Guangji hasn't finished speaking yet, Zhou Yan smiled and said, "It's because I have thin skin and tender flesh that I come to you to exercise."
When Li Haining and Xia Guobao first arrived at the studio, they were both thin and shabby.
But after staying in the studio for such a long time, the two of them ate and drank well every day, gained a lot of weight, and looked radiant.
If this continues, these two guys will get further and further away from their character settings.
Zhou Yan does not require them to be disgraced. They look like rural children at first glance, but at least they cannot be chubby. It is easy for people to gain weight through the camera. If they look fat in real life, they may look fatter in the camera.
And letting them work at the construction site for a period of time can also hone their character.
Seeing Zhou Yan's insistence, Shu Guangji couldn't say anything else and could only nod in agreement, "Okay then."
Zhou Yan smiled and said to Li Haining and the others, "You work here and you get paid every day. I will settle the accounts for you then."
Listening to what Zhou Yan said, the two boys were both They were very happy. They stayed in the studio for a long time, and the passion they cultivated gradually weakened. They began to feel that music learning was becoming more and more boring.
Compared with studying music in the studio every day, they find it more interesting to work on the construction site. In their eyes, the work on the construction site is much more interesting than studying.
"Okay, you go and play, we will start working officially tomorrow."
"Okay."
After Li Haining and the others left, Zhou Yan said to Shu Guangji, "Shu Gong, be strict with these two boys. If you have any work, do it for them. As long as there is no personal danger, it doesn't matter how hard or tired you are."
< br>Shu Guangji gritted his teeth and said, "I understand."
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When Zhou Yan and the others left Jiangjuntuo, they kept Li Haining and Xia Guo at the construction site. Zhou Yan also Leave your luggage with them.
Seeing Zhou Yan give two bags of luggage to Li Haining and the others, Huo Jianqi said with a smile, "Director Zhou, it seems you have a premeditated plan."
Lou Ye also laughed, "Director Zhou, your move is quite damaging. These two boys are so happy now. They will probably cry for their father and mother in a few days."
"They are too busy during this time. It's easy." Zhou Yan said casually.
Li Haining and the others have indeed been too comfortable during this time, so comfortable that they do not cherish the hard-won learning opportunities.
Although Li Haining and the others are the children of workers, in fact, they have not suffered too much. Many things are carried by their parents.
It is not a bad thing for them to throw them into the construction site now and feel some pain.
"Director Zhou, aren't you afraid that after working for a while, the two of them really fall in love with the work on the construction site and don't want to go back to study music?" Xiao Can asked with a smile.
Zhou Yan also smiled and said: "If that's true, then I wouldn't mind sending them to study civil engineering. They will definitely become construction site wizards."
Hearing this, everyone laughed stand up. Xiao Can's question was naturally mostly joking. How could anyone in this world be willing to do tiring work?
It would be amazing for someone who can’t even bear the hardship of studying music to fall in love with working on a construction site.
After the car drove for a while, Lou Ye suddenly asked, "The road behind has been repaired, will it end here?"
Zhou Yan stretched his head and looked out the window, then nodded and said, "Well, this is probably the location."
After receiving Zhou Yan's confirmation, Lou Ye said to the driver in front of him, "Master Huang, please stop the car. "
Master Huang is a person who doesn't like to talk. Hearing what Lou Ye said, he didn't ask any questions and directly stepped on the brakes and stopped the car.
After Lou Ye got off the car, he took several photos of the dirt road under his feet.
After taking the photo, he returned to the car and said with a smile: "Take a photo and keep it as a souvenir. Maybe next time you come here, this place will be completely different. After leaving the image, people will compare it. Looking at the pictures from the past, you may feel a little more emotional when you look at this road.”
Huo Jianqi also turned to look at the road behind and said with emotion: "If we were filming a movie like "Jyl", we could film the changes before and after, so that we can create a strong sense of contrast. The changes of the times , hidden in these concrete changes."
Wang Xiaoshuai joked, "Lao Huo, you can make a movie in the future called "One Road". Ten years ago, there was only one step in the grass. Ten years later, the path that was created in one step will be replaced by a hardened road with no grass and people riding bicycles. Twenty years later, it will become a paved road with people riding motorcycles. Thirty years later, it will be a paved road with people riding motorcycles. It turned into a concrete road again, with cars on it. This movie doesn’t need other scenes, the camera is locked on this road, and all the stories happen on it.”
Huo Jianqi curled his lips. Said, "That's not a movie, that's a promotional video. But a road movie is a bit interesting."
"Road movies are good, I think Lao Hu, you might as well just remake "Journey to the West", that's really A real road movie."
"..."
A few people were joking around for a while, and Wang Xiaoshuai suddenly asked Zhou Yan, "Director Zhou, I heard a few days ago that "The Sixth Sense" will be released in North America. How is the situation now?"
After hearing Wang Xiaoshuai's words, the others Everyone turned their attention to Zhou Yan.
Although "The Sixth Sense" has nothing to do with them, they are also very concerned about the fact that Chinese movies have not achieved good results in North America.
In fact, very few Chinese films are screened in North America.
If there is any film directed by a Chinese director that has the greatest hope of achieving good results in North America, it is undoubtedly Zhou Yan. Therefore, "The Sixth Sense" was released in North America and attracted much attention.
First of all, "The Sixth Sense" has already achieved great success in Neon, indicating that the film has the ability to conquer overseas markets.
Secondly, "The Flying Piano Boy" has done very well at the box office in Europe and the United States, and this movie is a remake of "The Flying Piano Boy", which shows that Zhou Yan's story has the ability to attract European and American audiences.
Taken together, "The Sixth Sense" is indeed very promising.
Zhou Yan replied with a smile, "The movie will be released only the day after tomorrow. I don't know what the situation is now, but I advise you not to have too high expectations. After all, it is a Chinese movie, and the filming schedule is not ideal. ”
Although "The Sixth Sense" got the opportunity to be released in North America, it did not get a good film schedule. This is also what Zhou Yan expected. This movie has no gimmicks in North America and is still a foreign language film. It’s normal for movie theaters and distributors not to be optimistic about a movie.
In Asia, Zhou Yan's musical influence can still have some effect, but in Europe and the United States, it is not so effective.
In Europe and the United States, Zhou Yan's music is not unknown. The soundtrack of "Flying Piano Boy" also sold well, but those who bought the soundtrack were not very sure who composed the music in it. focus on.
That is the "Flying Piano Boy" soundtrack, not "Zhou Yan's album".
When American listeners hear songs such as "Tears", "Reunion" and "Wind", they may say "This is the music from "The Flying Piano Boy"", or even "This is It's the music of a certain French movie I watched" without thinking of Zhou Yan's name.
Even if the publisher uses this for marketing and explains to the audience that Zhou Yan is the creator of these music, those people will most likely just say "oh" and then praise it, and not because of this, Just spend money to go to the movies.
Although Zhou Yan advised them not to have too high expectations, their enthusiasm remained undiminished.
"I'm optimistic about this movie anyway. If the box office can reach 10 million US dollars..."
"It would be great if it could reach 5 million US dollars. Chinese-language movies have a box office of 10 million US dollars in North America. Is it more than five million US dollars?”
“Yes, didn’t “Farewell My Concubine” have a box office of more than five million US dollars in North America? Five million dollars?”
"Can "The Wedding Banquet" be considered a Chinese-language film?"
"Forget it."
"Well, it should be counted. In fact, there are films in Hong Kong that have sold over 10 million in North America."
< br>“Really?”
“Yes.”
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Listening to their discussion, Zhou Yan looked at the scenery outside the car window. He did not expect that these directors who least care about box office would get together to discuss the box office with such enthusiasm. (End of this chapter)