On the way to Shi Wanchun's office, Zhou Yan happened to bump into Guo Wenjing, deputy director of the department, and greeted him with a smile, "Senior brother Wenjing."
"Junior brother Zhou Yan, are you looking for Teacher Shi?"
" Well, the teacher asked me to come over and tell me something."
Guo Wenjing said with a smile, "It should be a good thing."
Hearing what Guo Wenjing said, Zhou Yan asked, "Senior brother, do you have any news? Can you share it with me?"
"I won't tell you anymore. Let Teacher Shi tell you. I haven't seen you for a few days. What have you been busy with recently?"
"Busy with my new movie."
"How's the progress?"
"Waiting for the release."
"Well, then I wish you a big hit at the box office."
"Then I'll lend you my senior brother's good advice."
"Okay, I'm very busy since the beginning of school. You can go in. If you have time, let's have a meal with colleagues in our department."
"No problem."
Looking at Guo Wenjing's leaving figure, Zhou Yan smiled. Although one of them is the deputy director of the department and the other is the assistant to the department director, they have met many times in the school in the past two years. few.
Not only is Zhou Yan rarely at school, the deputy director Guo Wenjing actually goes out a lot.
Guo Wenjing was a student in the 1977 and 1978 classes, and he was in the same class as Tan Dun and Chen Qigang. The year Zhou Yangang traveled back in time, he came back from abroad to teach, and became the deputy director of the composition department the year before last.
As an internationally renowned composer, Guo Wenjing goes out for activities relatively frequently, similar to Zhou Yan. He is like a mascot, and he can’t take care of much in the department.
Although Guo Wenjing has not done much work in the department, he is the most promising person to succeed Shi Wanchun and become the director of the department. This is the case with Yangyin. Whether you can be promoted does not depend on your work ability. , it depends more on musical achievements.
For example, take the position of director of the composition department. No matter how strong your work ability is, if you do not have good results in composition, you will not be able to hold the position.
Turning his head, Zhou Yan knocked on the door of Shi Wanchun's office.
"Come in."
Zhou Yan walked in with a smile, "Teacher, are you looking for me?"
Shi Wanchun nodded, "Sit down."
Zhou Yan sat down obediently, Then Shi Wanchun put down the pen in his hand and said, "I asked you to come here to tell you to hand over the work. Starting from this semester, Lin Xiao will officially take over as the assistant to the department director."
Hearing Shi Wanchun Zhou Yan was quite surprised. His dismissal came too suddenly.
But it's understandable, after all, he doesn't do much in this position, he's just like a mascot.
Lin Xiao is a teacher in the department and Zhou Yan's senior brother. He joined the school in 1982. After graduating with a master's degree, he stayed at the school to teach. He is also down-to-earth and responsible.
Lin Xiao helps with many tasks in the department.
"No problem, I'll meet with Senior Brother Lin later."
"You don't need to meet, just hand over to me directly. Originally, he was doing a lot of your work. There is nothing to explain to him.”
Hearing this, Zhou Yan was a little embarrassed, "Thank you for your hard work, Brother Lin."
Shi Wanchun lit a cigarette and said with a smile, "You are embarrassed."
"Haha, my assistant to the dean of the department is indeed a bit of a vegetarian."
"You don't have to think so, everyone has done their own duties and done a good job. The school needs both Lin Xiao and Huang Xuanliang to be able to People who help with mundane affairs also need appearances like you and Guo Wenjing." Shi Wanchun puffed out his smoke and continued, "Removing you from your position as assistant to the department director does not mean that you will not have to do anything. The leaders have already done so. The vote has been passed. Starting from this semester, you will officially serve as the assistant to the dean."
"What?" Zhou Yan was stunned for a long time, and he was promoted.
And without his knowledge, they had all voted.
"This matter has already been voted on. If you have any opinions, tell Principal Liu yourself when you see him."
"No, no, I follow the school's arrangements, but this Assistant Dean, has there been a big change in the work content?”
“Basically nothing has changed, it’s just a matter of moving your vase from one place to another.”
Seeing Shi Wanchun comparing himself to a vase, Zhou Yan curled his lips and said, "Teacher, you are too straightforward."
"What's wrong with vases? Our school has been in school for so many years just to teach more vases. Do you think vases are good? Unsightly vases are an eyesore wherever they are placed."
Shi Wanchun haha He smiled and continued, "I will resign in more than two years. If nothing else happens, Guo Wenjing will be my successor. Principal Liu has the same idea as me. I hope you will serve as the deputy director of the department by then."< br>
Zhou Yan couldn't help but sigh, this is a shady story. The job transfer after more than two years has been decided now.
Before Zhou Yan could speak, Shi Wanchun added, "You have a lot to do in the past few years, evaluate associate professors, win the Huo Yingdong Award, and if you have time, win the National Composition Award for two more years. What do you do now? Compared with Guo Wenjing, what he lacks is awards in the industry. Why do I feel that you are not at all enthusiastic about winning awards? Your "Eternal Night" or "Flow Wind" can win awards, both big and small. Some.”
“I’m still far behind the other seniors.”
"It's time to be humble. I know you have too many things to do now and don't have time to do this, but you must pay attention to it in the next two years."
Zhou Yan nodded, "Well, I understand. . ”
Actually, the reason why Zhou Yan did not participate in the competition was because there were no such needs for the time being.
For Guo Wenjing and others, these awards in the industry are very important, and these things will directly affect his subsequent development.
And the teacher said it too easily. He just asked him to win the two National Composition Awards. Can this thing be guaranteed?
"Okay, don't hang around here. Go to Principal Liu's office. You will be his assistant from now on. Go and hear what work arrangements he has for you."
Zhou Yan nodded and stood up. He said, "Then I'll go there first."
After leaving Shi Wanchun's office, Zhou Yan walked directly towards Liu Lin's office.
When I arrived at Liu Lin's office, Yang Hongnian from the command department was also there.
"Teacher Yang is here too, how about I come back later?"
Liu Lin smiled and waved, "It's okay, you come in and sit down."
Yang Hongnian also said, "I'm almost finished talking about my business, Zhou Yan, please come in and wait for a while."
Zhou Yan nodded. , walked in.
Yang Hongnian sat there for about two or three minutes, then stood up and left. Before leaving, he smiled and said to Zhou Yan, "Mr. Zhou has time to come and sit in our command department. I heard Yue Lin say, Your orchestra is planning to hire another conductor.”
“Yes, there are so many performances in the orchestra now that Yue Lin can’t take care of him alone. I’ll have to ask Teacher Yang to recommend him later.”
"It's no trouble. If you want someone, just go and pick someone. We don't have many students in the command department, and you know them all. Okay, you guys can talk, I'll leave first."
"Yang Teacher, walk slowly."
After Yang Hongnian left, Liu Lin said to Zhou Yan with a smile, "Did you just come from Teacher Shi?"
"Yes, the teacher told me. , let me see what work arrangements you have.”
“There are no work arrangements. Everything will be as usual. An appointment letter will be issued later and needs to be announced. I just heard you talking to Teacher Yang. There will be more orchestra performances later. Up?”
Zhou Yan nodded, "Well, there will be more performances starting this semester. On average, there will be one a week."
"More performances is a good thing. I originally wanted to tell you this. Yes, now that the Piano Youth Orchestra is becoming more and more famous, it really can’t be wasted. Moreover, many people in the orchestra have graduated and have more time.”
When the Piano Orchestra was first established, it was basically a waste. They are all current students, but after several years of development, some students have graduated.
Some graduate from undergraduate degree and directly stay in school for graduate school, while others directly sign up in the studio as official musicians of the orchestra.
The reason why Zhou Yan increases the frequency of performances is also because of these people.
They have formal jobs now. Although Zhou Yan has arranged a basic salary for them, if the performances are not enough, it will be difficult for them to increase their income.
Besides, these people are willing to stay in the Piano Youth Orchestra not mainly for the salary, but for the hope of better development in music.
If you want to develop, you can’t do it without performances.
In fact, these musicians are also being poached by some outside orchestras. After their band performed in London last time, a British orchestra contacted them and wanted to poach Hong Chen, the concertmaster of the band, but Hong Chen went there. Chen refused.
The main reason is that the two bands that came to poach people are actually not particularly famous. If there are bigger bands that come to poach people, Zhou Yan will persuade him to leave even if Hong Chen doesn't go.
Zhou Yan had two purposes in forming the Piano Youth Orchestra. One was to facilitate the performance of his own music, and the other was to help the school train students. If students could be transported internationally through the orchestra, of course Zhou Yan would be willing to do so.
“We will arrange more international venues in the future. The last two performances in the UK were quite good, and the band has gained a bit of fame there.”
Hearing more about Zhou Yanhui Arranging the international venue, Liu Lin nodded, very satisfied.
Why did he support Zhou Yan to start a piano youth orchestra? This was the purpose.
Now the Piano Youth Orchestra can be said to be the ace orchestra of their school. Several orchestras in the school recruit new students at the same time, and students will give priority to the Piano Youth Orchestra.
Although the Piano Youth Orchestra is led by only Zhou Yan, the repertoire is relatively simple, and the history is relatively short, the Piano Youth Orchestra has advantages that other orchestras do not have.
Firstly, the Piano Youth Orchestra has a great reputation and has a large audience; secondly, the Piano Youth Orchestra has a large allowance. As long as you join the orchestra, you basically don’t have to worry about daily needs; thirdly, the Piano Youth Orchestra There is a fixed rehearsal space, the facilities are much better than those at school, and you don’t have to compete with others for time.
These three advantages are really attractive to students.
“When will your new movie be released?” Liu Lin asked about the new movie again.
“It will probably be by the end of the year. The final time has not been determined yet.”
"I heard that this movie is related to education and music?"
"Well, yes, the theme is education and music."
"In that case, let's wait for your movie to be released. The school will also book a movie theater to support you."
"How about I arrange it?"
Liu Lin waved his hand, "No, the school can still afford the money to book the movie. ”
Now that Liu Lin said this, Zhou Yan was no longer polite, "Thank you very much for the school's support."
The two chatted for a few more words, and someone came to Liu Lin again, so Zhou Yan stood up and left.
……
Not long after Catherine Zeta Jones flew to the United States from London, she received a call from her agent Vance.
"Vance, call me. Is there any good news?" Catherine asked.
Catherine came to Hollywood a few years ago because she met Jean Peters. She acted in a TV series and a movie, but the response was mediocre. In desperation, she could only return to London and continue to star in stage plays.
Last year, she came to Hollywood again and acted in several works, two of which have been broadcast, but the response was very average. Another movie "Blue Juice" will be released in the middle of this month.
The latest of these works was completed at the beginning of the year, so she has not worked in Hollywood for more than eight months.
If the response to "Blue Juice" continues to be bad, she really doesn't know if she should still stay in Hollywood.
Vance smiled and said, "There is indeed good news. Now there is a good job opportunity and you are invited to audition." "Movie or TV series?"
“Movie.”
“Which company and who is the director?”
“Colombia, you should have heard of it, there were a lot of reports some time ago, it’s them "The Sixth Sense" to be remade. "
When she heard about "The Sixth Sense", Catherine was stunned because she had just met Zhou Yan in London some time ago.
In fact, she wanted to go over and say hello, but she didn't go over in the end. No one introduced her, and it was a bit presumptuous to run there suddenly.
She didn’t expect that “The Sixth Sense” would now invite her to audition.
"What role should I audition for?"
"It must be the heroine. There are not many female characters in this movie, and you can't play the role of the little hero's mother."
Katherine's eyes lit up when she heard she was the heroine, "When is the audition?"
"On the morning of the 16th, have you seen the movie "The Sixth Sense"?"
"No."
Katherine was in the news because of the reshoots in Colombia later. I know this movie.
The last time she met Zhou Yan in London, she only knew that Zhou Yan was a musician at first. Later, she heard from others that she knew that the recently famous "The Sixth Sense" was directed by him.
"In this case, I have to ask you for a script in advance, and there is no place to watch the movie now."
The movie has been released in North America for a long time, and the disc has not yet been released. The only chance to watch this movie is that some TV stations may purchase the rights to broadcast the movie.
"Okay, hurry up and bring the script and I'll read more."
"Well, wait for my news."
After hanging up the phone, Catherine I still feel very excited.
The original version of the movie "The Sixth Sense" has a box office of more than 10 million U.S. dollars in North America. Since the Colombian remake has a box office of more than that, as long as the final box office can exceed more than 10 million U.S. dollars, then It will become the highest-grossing movie she has ever starred in.
She suddenly felt that her development in Hollywood was not hopeless.
Now, all she needs to do is seize this opportunity and win the heroine.
......
On the afternoon of the 16th, Catherine went to the audition for "The Sixth Sense" with anxiety.
This morning, she got bad news.
Yesterday, the movie "Blue Juice" in which she starred was released, but the result could no longer be described as ordinary. She also went to a nearby movie to watch it, and there were only a few viewers in the entire theater.
Although the cost of this movie is very low, it is difficult to recover the cost.
This means that "The Sixth Sense" is her only chance now. If she can't win "The Sixth Sense", she really has to go back to London.
Only when Catherine went there did she find out that she was the only one who came to audition, and that there was only one heroine in the entire movie that had not yet been decided.
The audition of the crew is very strict. The director and producer will chat with her for a while, and then ask her to wear designated clothes, and then the makeup artist of the crew will do her makeup.
Before I even got in front of the camera, I had already been working on it for four or five hours.
But for Catherine now, these are completely irrelevant. For this role, she has read the script four or five times in the past few days.
The more she read the script, the more determined she was to win this role.
She firmly believes that this movie will be successful.
Before reading the script, she heard that it was a horror movie, but after reading the script, she insisted that this movie was not scary at all, but a movie about love and family. .
Catherine's audition was for the dinner scene with the male protagonist, and director Martin Brest personally acted for her.
When Catherine appeared in front of the camera, producer Bregman couldn't help but nodded. Zhou Yan has a good taste and the actress has a very good temperament.
Actually, when they first met, Bregman felt that Catherine's appearance was a bit too wild and sharp, but now that she had changed her clothes and put on makeup and was sitting at the table, she felt different. Now, she has the flavor of a heroine.
Catherine's subsequent performance was also very good. She played the heroine's feeling of resentment and longing.
When they were chatting just now, Catherine said that she read the script four or five times for this role.
Now it seems that even if she didn't watch it four or five times, she must have studied the character carefully.
After the audition, Martin Brest smiled and said, "It's good. The audition is over. You can go back and wait for the news."
The director did not announce the results immediately, which made Catherine a little bit Uneasy, she wanted to ask the director how he was doing, but was too embarrassed to ask. In the end, she could only nod and go to change clothes.
When she finished returning her clothes, took off her makeup, and was about to leave, she happened to run into Bregman.
Bregman smiled and said, "You performed well today. Just go back and wait for the announcement."
Although Bregman did not say the result, his words and his attitude made Catherine feel hopeful.
"Mr. Bregman, actually I could have performed better in the scene just now."
Seeing Catherine's worry, Bregman said, "You don't have to Don’t worry too much, your on-set performance will definitely be fine, but you still have to wait until the film is developed to know what’s going on. Sometimes what we see with our eyes is not the same as what is captured by the camera.”
"Well, I understand, then I'll go back and wait for the notification."
"It won't be long, there will be results tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. By the way, Van Si told you Well, if it is confirmed that you will play this role, the movie will start shooting soon. Is there any problem with your schedule?”
Catherine quickly said, "No problem at all."
Then she felt that she was acting too anxious, and added, "It happens that I am not too busy during this period."
"Then Okay." Brigman nodded, and then asked, "Do you know Y-chou?"
Katherine was stunned for a moment, and then answered truthfully, "I met him before in London."
“Well, good luck to you.”
"Thank you."
After Bregman left, Catherine was still thinking about what had just happened. She didn't quite understand why Bregman asked this in the end. Could it be that her audition had something to do with Y?
But the only contact she had with Y was that time in the bar, and they didn't speak at that time.
On the way back, she heard Mariah Carey's latest single "Fantasy" on the radio.
This single was only released on Tuesday this week, but it is already very popular. I can often hear this song on the radio. She likes Mariah Carey very much, and she also likes this song very much. Now she has some expectations for the new album.
It's just that right now, she doesn't have much thought for listening to music. "The Sixth Sense" is what she should care about.
......
"Fantasy" won the love of fans as soon as it was released.
Mariah Carey's career has experienced some ups and downs in the past two years, and her performance is unsatisfactory, but this year's new single is refreshing.
Columbia Records is also very happy. They have obtained the data in advance. This song should be able to get the number one song this week. This will become the first female song in history to have no number one song.
With such a good start, the subsequent development of this album will definitely not be bad.
Next Tuesday, "youngandbeautiful" will be released. As long as the results are not too bad, it will be okay.
Originally they wanted to follow the promotion of the second wave of hits, but now that the first single has performed so strongly, the company has decided to put more resources into the first song and strive to win more weekly championships. .
Therefore, the promotion intensity of "youngandbeautiful" is a little smaller than previously planned.
……
Due to insufficient publicity, Elsa, as a Mariah Carey fan, only found out about the release of the second wave of title songs on the afternoon of the 19th.
She heard this song on the radio on her way home from get off work.
When Elsa turned on the radio, the song had already started playing, and she didn't even know it was a new song.
“This voice sounds a bit familiar.”
Because the style of music and singing method are different from Mariah Carey’s previous songs, Elsa did not recognize that it was Mariah Carey at first. Sung by Leah Carey.
She didn't recognize it until she heard two sentences.
This voice... seems to be Mary!
But the style of this song is so special.
There’s nothing showy about this song, it’s all about telling the story slowly.
And the lyrics really match the melody.
"It's midsummer night, July is still young, we are young and frivolous, and we are not afraid of the passage of time."
The lyrics are concise, concise and catchy.
The combination of Maria's singing voice, beautiful melody, and touching lyrics is like playing a movie in front of Elsa's eyes.
In the movie, a gorgeous woman stands on the beach under the setting sun. As the setting sun gradually disappears under the sea level, her figure slowly disappears into the darkness.
Especially in the middle section, the constant "asking", regret, unwillingness, expectation, and various complex emotions suddenly poured into Elsa's heart.
"God, when I enter heaven, will he be by my side..."
Although the lyrics are pleading, they are still full of pride.
When a song ended, Elsa let out a long sigh of relief. In the last part, she almost forgot to breathe. She had been driven by the song and was waiting for God to give that gorgeous woman a chance. answer.
However, in the end, the woman received no response and fell into the dark night.
After listening to this song, Elsa was also full of questions.
"What song is this? Is it the second hit of the album? I've never heard of the promotion before."
At this time, the voice of the radio host came out.
“A very touching song, Maria’s fifth album gave us two waves of surprises in succession. This song in particular is different from her previous songs. From my personal experience, this is the song that moved me the most after "Without You". "
"But the difference is that "Without You" is a cover song, while this one is. It's original. The lyrics, music, and arrangement of this song were all completed by the famous musician and director Y-chou. I want to hear this name, and many fans will have the answer to why this song was written so differently. There are not many songs. The last one we heard was "Yellow" by the Backstreet Boys. "
"Next, we will play "Yellow" for you to feel Y-chou's music. Musical talent.”
Hearing that the lyrics, music, and arrangement were all Y-chou, Elsa was a little confused because she didn't know much about the musician. However, the host said that she had heard "Yellow" some time ago and it was indeed a good song.
Although she didn’t know Y-chou, she was very happy that Mariah Carey could sing this song.
She believes that this song is better than the first wave of "fantasy". (End of this chapter)