Chapter 291 Titanic


Zhou Yan is not convinced that the North American box office of "The Sixth Sense" can exceed 100 million US dollars. Although the original version performed very well in North America, there are many factors that affect whether a movie can achieve high box office.

Now that the director has changed, the actors have changed, and the timing is different, "The Sixth Sense" may not be able to achieve good results.

It’s just that Zhou Yan felt that if the box office revenue was only 50 to 60 million US dollars, it wouldn’t be worth his while to attend the celebration banquet.

Not long after Zhou Yan and Bregman talked on the phone, there was a knock on the office door.

Without raising his head, he replied, "Come in."

The door was pushed open, but no one spoke.

Zhou Yan raised his head and saw a woman in a red and gray coat, holding a paper bag in her hand to cover her face, and said angrily, "Guess who I am."

Hearing her voice, Zhou Yan couldn't help laughing, "What kind of role-playing are you doing today?"

Chen Hong put down the paper bag covering her face, curled her lips and said, "It's boring, next time?" I'll cover it up a little more to see if you can guess it."

"It's useless no matter how much you cover it, I can tell it just by walking in."

"Your ears are too exaggerated." Chen Hong walked up to Zhou Yan carrying the bag, "The clothes I bought for you, see if they fit."

Zhou Yan nodded, took the bag and looked at it Look, it's a black coat.

He put it on and tried it on, "Well, it fits quite well."

"Black is still too monotonous, but since you are not around, I don't dare to buy you other colors. It’s safer to wear black.”

“Actually, you don’t need to buy me clothes, I don’t have enough clothes in my wardrobe.”

"There are no clothes to wear out. You are just too lazy to change them. You will wear a few coats all winter." Chen Hong carefully adjusted Zhou Yan's collar, then said with a nymphomaniacal smile, "It's so beautiful."< br>
Chen Hong wore a coat outside, but only wore a slim-fitting cheongsam underneath, which perfectly outlined the curves of her body.

Zhou Yan put one hand on her waist and gently pushed the hair behind her ear with the other hand, "Why do you have time to come here today?"

Chen Hong hugged Zhou Yan and put her face on Zhou Yan's chest, "I have some time recently, but you have been very busy. I am very good, so I don't dare to disturb you."

"I'm really busy during this period. Once I'm done, I'll go shopping with you."

Chen Hong said with a smile, "Mr. Zhou, I will be busy in a while. Yesterday afternoon, Director Zhang and others asked me to audition, and the heroine of "The Master of Tai Chi" has been decided. After a while, I will go to the martial arts team to learn swordsmanship and Tai Chi, and then I have to film "Sweet Honey". After filming "Sweet Honey", I will then shoot "Tai Chi Master"."

"Director Zhang and his colleagues are so efficient. ?”

Zhou Yan did not expect that Zhang Xinyan and the others would schedule an audition with Chen Hong so quickly. He thought that it would take at least some time for the results to come out.

Maybe Zhang Xinyan and the others also want to take advantage of this visit to Yanjing to settle things quickly so that Chen Hong can go to the martial arts team to study as soon as possible.

"How long do you want to study in the martial arts team?" Zhou Yan asked.

"I heard from Director Yuan that you need to learn swordsmanship for two months first, and then learn Tai Chi for one month."

"You have no foundation in martial arts, so you are going to suffer a lot this time."
< br>"I'm not afraid of hardship. The role you choose for me must be worth it."

Zhou Yan nodded, "The script they wrote is very good, and it would be good for you to practice martial arts. In the future The acting scope is also wider. In the future, I can not only play Diao Chan, but also Sun Shangxiang."

"Don't worry, I will study hard."

Chen Hong's chin gently pressed against Zhou Yan's chest, and she looked up at Zhou Yan with a spring in her eyes. This made Zhou Yan unable to control himself and lowered his head to kiss Chen Hong.

But as soon as he lowered his head, the phone on the table rang.

Zhou Yan rolled his eyes and raised his hand to pick up the phone, "Hello?"

Zhang Youan's voice came from the other end of the phone, "Are you busy?"

Zhou Yan glanced at Chen Hong in his arms, curled his lips and said, "What's going on?"

"Let me tell you something. Didn't you mention James Cameron's new movie to me before? Then I contacted it, but they were not short of money at the time, so nothing came of it."
< br>Hearing Zhang Youan's words, Zhou Yan was not surprised at all. Moreover, Zhang Youan also said at that time that there was no hope. Zhou Yan thought Zhang Youan would not contact him.

“Didn’t you foresee this in advance? Why did you call me specifically?”

“Listen to me. Originally, this matter didn’t work out, so I just let it go. But Fox called me this morning and said they hope to cooperate."

Zhou Yan said in surprise, "Cooperation? They are suddenly short of money again?"

"It's not that I'm short of money, I just want to cooperate with you."

"Me?"

"Well, I want to invite you to be the soundtrack director of "Titanic"."

Hearing Zhang Youan's words, Zhou Yan narrowed his eyes.

He had never thought about scoring the soundtrack for "Titanic" before. At most, he thought about whether he could catch a mistake, invest a small amount of money, and make a big profit.

Who would have thought that Fox would take the initiative to find him.

"What's the attitude of the other party? Who do you want me to run against?"

"No, I just invited you to be responsible for all the music. I also inquired about it. I asked you to do this because of the director's card. What Melon meant. Wasn't the soundtrack of "Sense and Sensibility" just nominated for an Oscar, which attracted Cameron's attention. He admired the film's soundtrack very much."

Zhou Yan raised his eyebrows. , he didn’t expect that an Oscar nomination would have such an effect.

"Have you discussed the conditions?" Zhou Yan asked.

"No, I'm asking you what you mean first. Don't you know yourself? It's not like you can take any job. If you don't want to take it, I'll negotiate the job in advance. I won't let others go later. Well, that’s not good. By the way, let me tell you something.”

“What is it?”

“Kate Winslet is confirmed to be in this new movie. The heroine, I heard from Fox, this girl is also very perseverant. She wrote many letters to Cameron to recommend herself before she got this role. You have worked with her, so you have an acquaintance on the set. .”

Hearing that Kate Winslet got the leading role, Zhou Yan smiled, but the matter of the leading role has not changed.

“Where is the male protagonist?” Zhou Yan asked curiously.

"The leading actor is Leonardo DeCap, a young boy who has recently made a name for himself. If you haven't paid attention to North American movies, you probably don't know this. This guy is good-looking. Although he is in his early twenties, he has already made many movies and was nominated for one. He won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor and is a good prospect.”

As expected, the male lead is still Leo.

As for the other characters, Zhou Yan didn’t ask any more questions. The male and female protagonists have not changed. There is no problem with any changes in other characters.

Seeing that Zhou Yan was silent, Zhang Youan asked again, "Will you take this job? I'm waiting for my reply."

Zhou Yan thought for a moment and said, "Take it. , ask for less remuneration, and ask for more share.”

"Hey, it seems that you are very optimistic about this movie, but it is not necessarily easy to talk about the share. The investment in the movie is so large, people will definitely not be able to give you much share." "Try to talk as much as possible, if you can bring up one more thousand points Just mention one more thousand point."

If the box office of "Titanic" can be as high as in its previous life, then just one thousand point at the box office will be close to 2 million. US dollars.

"It really doesn't work, I don't want a dime of the salary."

"Tsk, tsk, you really like this movie. Okay, I know what you mean, I will find a way to talk to them Yes, I hope you won’t lose money this time.”

"It's okay, I can afford the loss." Zhou Yan said with a smile.

"Okay, then let me first——"

Zhou Yan hung up the phone before Zhang Youan finished speaking.

Now that the beauty is in his arms, he has no intention of wasting time with Zhang Youan.

……

The negotiations between Zhang Youan and Fox didn't go very quickly. Fox was also cooperating with Zhou Yan for the first time. They didn't know Zhou Yan's situation, and Zhang Youan didn't know Fox's bottom line. The two sides kept testing back and forth.

And Zhou Yan directly handed the matter over to Zhang Youan for discussion, while he himself focused all his energy on the preparations for the Spring Festival Gala.

It has been exposed that he is going to participate in the Spring Festival Gala.

Every time there is a Spring Festival Gala rehearsal, a group of reporters will stand outside the studio. Anyone who enters the studio will be photographed.

When it was first photographed, maybe everyone was still unsure.

But in the subsequent rows, Zhou Yan can be photographed every time, which explains the problem.

The programs of the Spring Festival Gala every year attract a lot of attention. From the day the gala began, major media have not stopped reporting on the Spring Festival Gala.

Because there are a lot of reports about Zhou Yan during the end of the year. He was already very popular, and now that the media has photographed him participating in the Spring Festival Gala, the level of discussion cannot be low.

Nowadays everyone is speculating on what program Zhou Yan will participate in.

Zhou Yan is a musician by trade after all, so most people speculate that his program is related to music.

But some people speculate that he may participate in some language programs, such as performing a sketch or something. After all, Zhou Yan is both a director and an actor, so it is not impossible to perform a sketch in the Spring Festival Gala.

The director team also didn’t expect that Zhou Yan’s participation in the Spring Festival Gala would be so popular, and the discussion would be even greater than that of old people like Uncle Benshan.

At this moment, the directors are all glad that they made the right decision in inviting Zhou Yan.

In fact, Zhou Yan's high attention this time is also related to the fact that it is his first time to attend the Spring Festival Gala. There have been too many old faces in the Spring Festival Gala over the years, and the audience also wants to see some new faces.

It’s just that ordinary new faces don’t attract attention at all. Unlike Zhou Yan, he is now wearing the two hot spots of “Berlin Film Festival” and “Oscar Award”, so the audience has high expectations for him to attend the Spring Festival Gala. .

...

On the night of New Year’s Eve, the Zhou family had New Year’s Eve dinner early, and then formed a circle in front of the TV, quietly waiting for the Spring Festival Gala to begin.

This is the first time in so many years that their family has watched the Spring Festival Gala so neatly.

Seeing the family gathering together to watch TV, the old lady said with a smile, "I thought Fangfang would come in because there would be more people in the house during the Chinese New Year this year, but I didn't expect Xiaoyan to come back again."

Zhou Yu smiled and said, "Although the third brother has not come back, it is the same if you can see him on TV."

The old man Zhou Minnong took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "Xiaoyan is an artist. Artists belong to all the people. Let's talk about dedication." I won’t be able to come back after the New Year.”

“Isn’t he going to Germany to participate in a film festival? He is a director this time, so it’s hard not to go,” Zhou Yaowen said.

“I don’t know if this German guy can give me an award.”

“It’s probably a shame. He’s too young. These film festivals also have seniority rankings and don’t like to give awards to young people. People." Zhou Yu said.

Gu Fangfang tilted her head, "I think the Oscar for Best Score is more likely. That award doesn't matter age."

The old lady snorted, "If they don't give the award, it's because they don't It’s not rare for my dear grandson to know something.”

Zhou Yu chuckled, “That’s right, it’s their honor for my third brother to attend their film festival. We’ll wait until he makes a few more good movies. , these film festivals are trying to flatter him, but they can’t find it.”

Zhou Yaohua coughed lightly, “You have to guard against arrogance and impetuosity. You are the boss, and you can’t be so impetuous.”

Zhao Lan smiled and said, "I think Xiaoyu is right. Our Xiaoyan doesn't care about these awards."

"Of course you can treat your child as you please."

......

The family was chatting, and the neighbor who had resigned had already come to the door.

The neighbors were quite surprised when they saw the Zhou family sitting around the living room, wondering what happened this year. The old Zhou family actually gathered together to watch TV?

After listening to the Zhou family’s explanation, they found out that Zhou Yan was going to attend the Spring Festival Gala this year, so he stayed with the Zhou family to wait for Zhou Yan to show up.

Slowly, there were more and more people in the Zhou family's living room.

In the end, the living room couldn’t even fit in the room, and the rest of the people had no choice but to go back to their homes and stay in front of the TV.

The Zhou family only knew that Zhou Yan would appear, but they didn't know when Zhou Yan would appear, so they could only watch one program after another.

At the end of the skit "Three Whips", the host Ni Ping announced: "Dear audience friends, next, we will dedicate a special song to you, which is composed by the Central Chinese Orchestra and Zhou Yanwei "Memory of the Forbidden City" brought together by everyone."

Then the camera turned and Zhou Yan and the folk band appeared on the screen.

"Third brother is out!"

Xiaojiu pointed at the screen and shouted.

As soon as she finished shouting, there were countless looks from beside her. She quickly covered her mouth, not daring to make any more noise.

Everyone was very excited to see Zhou Yan appear, but they didn’t want to make any noise that would affect their performance.

“When——”

A loud bell rang, and the performance officially began.

Although the re-arranged "Memory of the Forbidden City" is a little less grand, it is still full of momentum.

Although it is not the New Year's Eve yet, the sound of the bell makes people feel the arrival of the New Year.

The music leads the audience to slowly open the door to the New Year, rolling the New Year into a scroll and slowly unfolding it. In this scroll, there is a scene of a prosperous age that makes people's hearts beat.

Choosing "Memory of the Forbidden City" to be performed on the Spring Festival Gala, the director team naturally had some considerations. This piece sounds like a golden age. (End of chapter)

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