Chapter 357 Heavy Rain
After returning from shopping for groceries, Mrs. Wang rolled up her sleeves and entered the kitchen, and also called Wang Zuxian into the kitchen.
"Xiao Xian, come and help me."
Wang Zuxian couldn't help muttering, "I can't cook."
"Help me wash the vegetables." OK.”
Zhou Yan volunteered, "Auntie, let me help you."
"No, no, just wait for dinner."
Originally, Zhou Yan planned to continue writing the script after breakfast , but now that mother and daughter were busy in the kitchen, he couldn't go to the study alone to work, so he found a book and sat on the sofa to read, glancing in the direction of the kitchen from time to time.
Seeing Zhou Yan reading on the sofa, Mrs. Wang asked her daughter in a low voice, "How long have you two been together?"
"Not long." Wang Zuxian hesitated, she I was afraid that my mother would be angry if I told her that I had been with Zhou Yan for several years.
"How long is not long?"
"It should be...maybe, more than two years."
Saying two years is already very conservative. In total, he and Zhou Yan have been together for a long time. It's been four years since they got together in the summer of 1992 when they were filming "Green Snake".
But even so, Mrs. Wang was still surprised when she heard that her daughter had been with Zhou Yan for two years, "You didn't tell us for so long?"
" I haven’t found the right time yet.”
Mother Wang said angrily, "If I hadn't met you this time, how long would you have planned to keep it a secret?" The schedule is too busy, so I put it on hold for now. The plan is to go home when he comes to Beishi later. "
"Really?" Nodding, "I told you a long time ago."
Hearing what Wang Zuxian said, Mrs. Wang no longer dwelled on this issue. Instead, she became concerned about Zhou Yan's family situation like any other mother. "What's going on at Zhou Yan's family?" , do you know what his parents do?"
"The third brother's mother passed away early, and his father was in business. He also had a brother and a sister." Wang Zuxian truthfully reported Zhou Yan's family situation.
Hearing that Zhou Yan’s mother was gone, Wang’s mother sighed slightly, “I didn’t expect that Zhou Yan was also a hard-working child. It was not easy for his father to raise three children.”
Wang Zuxian pursed his lips and said nothing. She didn't know what to say about Zhou Yan's parents' divorce very early. If she did talk about it, it couldn't be explained clearly in one or two sentences.
Actually, she didn't know much about these situations. She only knew that Zhou Yan's parents divorced when Zhou Yan was a child. Later, Zhou Yan and his mother, brother, sister and father.
"Is there anyone else at home?" Mother Wang asked again.
"Their family is quite big. There are five brothers and sisters from the father's generation. Two aunts are married outside, and the eldest uncle and third uncle both work in Jinling. My grandparents are still alive and they are all very good people."
Wang Mom immediately grabbed the key information, "Have you been to his house?"
"Uh... I went there once."
Mother Wang sighed, not catching this point. Of course, although they were a little unhappy that Wang Zuxian had been hiding it from them, the information disclosed by Wang Zuxian was still positive. At least his daughter and Zhou Yan were in the open at Zhou Yan's house, instead of being completely secretive.
My daughter has been to Zhou Yan's house, and there is still no problem with their relationship, which means that it is more likely that they will end up together.
As for the situation of other people in Zhou Yan's family, Wang's mother didn't ask much. She just asked about Zhou Yan's brother and sister.
"What's going on with Zhou Yan's brother and sister? Is the brother married?"
"No, the second brother seems to be only two years older than the third brother, and the younger sister is still in school."
"Then his father has to worry about their family affairs. But Zhou Yan shouldn't need his father to worry too much. His income is probably not bad now."
Wang Zuxian smiled to himself Laugh, Zhou Yan’s income is not bad.
When they first got together, although Zhou Yan gained a little fame for his movie soundtracks, his net worth was far behind hers, and he was a typical example of a strong woman and a weak man.
But it’s completely different now. A conservative estimate is that Zhou Yan’s net worth is several times that of hers.
And even if Zhou Yan doesn't make money himself, his family is rich enough.
Although Wang Zuxian didn't know much about the Zhou family's business, seeing Zhou Hong's arrogance, he knew that their family's business was not small. Zhou Yan was originally a rich second generation.
“It’s useless to have too much money, just spend enough.” Wang Zuxian said.
Mother Wang nodded, "It's good for you to think so. Of course you can't live without money, but just enough is enough. Life still depends on your own management. It was the first time I met Zhou Yan, and I didn't know him well, but he seemed quite calm. Yes, it feels quite comfortable."
Hearing what his mother said, Wang Zuxian smiled, "Mom, are you satisfied?"
"It doesn't matter if I am satisfied, it still depends on you in the end. I'm not satisfied. After I go back, I won't tell your father that I bumped into him, I'll just say that you took the initiative to tell me, otherwise your father will definitely complain."
"Mom is the best. "Wang Zuxian hugged his mother's arm with a smile, "You are the best mother in the world, let me help you."
Mother Wang waved her hand, "Whatever I want you to do, it will only make it more difficult. Just watch from the side.”
...
Because she had already inquired about Wang Zuxian’s information in advance, during the meal, Mrs. Wang did not ask about Zhou Yan’s family situation. Instead, she asked about some of his daily work matters.
She knows quite a lot about Zhou Yan. She has watched two of Zhou Yan's three movies. He must have watched "The Sixth Sense". After all, Wang Zuxian is the heroine of the movie, and the other one It is Zhou Yan's debut novel "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly".
Compared to "The Sixth Sense", she obviously prefers fresh movies such as "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly".
“You have so many works, do you spend a lot of time composing music every day? Do you get a lot of inspiration every day?”
Zhou Yan shook his head and smiled, "In fact, inspiration only happens in a moment. In most cases, music creation is a boring thing, especially for multi-movement symphonies. There are many rules to follow, and there is no way to do whatever you want."
"Oh, that's it. I thought the music came out just after I got inspiration."
"If it's some simple music, it's like this, such as "The song" performed live last night "We Are Young" and "How Long Will I Love You" are relatively simple songs. With a simple melody, it's enough. If you have inspiration in your mind, you can write it right away, but like "Eternal Night". You have to pick out the music piece by piece."
Mother Wang smiled, "The more difficult the piece is, the harder it is to understand."
Zhou Yan nodded. Head, "Auntie, it's okay for you to understand this way. Complexity is also one of the important components of art. Of course, it doesn't mean that complex ones are better than simple ones. After all, it's a great sound. I still advocate leaving art to the audience. , the same work, different audiences will have different feelings.”
"Art still has a threshold. You can say that because you are already within the threshold, or even at a higher level in the professional field. Looking down from your position, the perspective is completely different."
< br>Hearing this, Zhou Yan couldn't help but look at Mrs. Wang in a new light. She was not an ordinary housewife and had a certain level of appreciation.
Many people are confused as to whether there is a threshold for art. Some say there is, while others say there is no. Those who say yes may not necessarily be professionals, and those who say no may not necessarily be laymen. Naturally, people from different positions will have different opinions.
Even the same artist may have hugely different artistic aesthetics and evaluation views at different stages of his career.
Diversity of evaluation is inherently an important part of art.
However, when people make evaluations, they must not easily deny others, nor should they easily deny themselves. There are two situations in denying yourself, one is the current self, and the other is the past. Own.
Zhou Yan has met many people who especially loved pop music when they were young. They think classical music is just arty and fear authority, so they want to resist authority.
As I got older, I gradually fell in love with classical music, but then turned around and despised fashion. I was even ashamed to say that I once liked fashion, and began to speak for authority.
This is not a good attitude toward art. It is very sad that a person cannot even face up to what he once liked.
After all, it was a home-cooked meal. Zhou Yan naturally did not extend too much, just smiled and slapped a rainbow fart, "Auntie, you are not wrong at all. It is completely from a high position. Musical aesthetics is to cross from one threshold to another, but In the end, you will find that there will always be another threshold not far away."
Wang's mother waved her hand and said, "Zhou Yan, we are just chatting normally, don't flatter me deliberately, I also know that I am one. It’s ridiculous for an ordinary person to have a high position.”
Zhou Yan sighed, “They say everyone doesn’t like to wear a high hat, but I didn’t expect you, aunt, to live so clearly. I was the one who was arrogant, and I shouldn’t be. That's it."
Mother Wang said with a smile, "After all, I have lived so many years longer than you, so I have to be a little more transparent, so I don't blame you."
Hearing this, Mom. Wang Zuxian lowered his head silently and suppressed a smile at his bowl.
Sure enough, no one in this world can escape the third brother's tricks, and my mother doesn't even know that she has fallen into the trap.
Seeing Wang Zuxian suppressing a smile at the bowl, Zhou Yan coughed lightly and said, "I was still wondering why Xiaoxian couldn't cook. I finally found the answer when I met Auntie today. Yes. With a chef like you, there is no room for her to show off."
Mother Wang was pleased, but she began to scold her daughter, "Xiao Xian is just too lazy and unwilling to learn."
After finishing speaking, she felt that it was not appropriate to scold her daughter in front of her future son-in-law, so she added, "Of course, I don't blame her. There are me and his two brothers at home, who are always cooking." Not her. And she started working at a young age and doesn’t have time to learn this. I’m afraid you have to be more tolerant about this.”
Zhou Yan said with a smile, “It’s okay, auntie, I can actually cook. Although my cooking skills are not as good as yours, I will cook if I have time. If I don’t have time, we will go out to eat. My studio also has a canteen and the chef is pretty good.”
"It doesn't matter what age you are now, I don't worry about your meals."
...
After finishing the meal, the more Mrs. Wang looked at Zhou Yan, the more satisfied she became.
Zhou Yan is not only good-looking and talented, but he also speaks very comfortably and has a very good sense of proportion.
After dinner, Mrs. Wang didn’t stay too long. She gave Wang Zuxian a few instructions and then went back.
After his mother left, Wang Zuxian turned around and slumped down on the sofa, sighing, "I'm finally gone."
Seeing her look like this, Zhou Yan smiled and said, "I'm not even nervous, why are you doing this?" Nervous."
Wang Zuxian rolled his eyes, yes, Zhou Yan should be nervous. Why is she nervous?
Logically speaking, she doesn’t need to be nervous at all. Zhou Yan is so good, and his mother will definitely not be dissatisfied.
And Zhou Yan really had nothing to say when dealing with her elders. Although she didn't say much today, she made her mother very happy.
Especially the "Wearing a High Hat" section was so smooth and silent that she almost couldn't hold back her laughter.
"The part about wearing the top hat really amused me to death. How did you come up with it?"
Zhou Yan smiled and sat down next to Wang Zuxian, "I didn't come up with this. "It's the experience of previous generations. Have you heard of Yuan Mei's story?"
"No." Wang Zuxian shook his head, not knowing such a person at all.
"Yuan Mei was a talented man in the Qing Dynasty and one of the three great families of the Xingling Sect. In his early years, before he went out to serve as an official, he visited his mentor Yin Wenrui. Yin Wenrui asked him what preparations he had made for this appointment. Yuan Mei told Yin Wenrui , He didn’t prepare anything when he went out this time, but he prepared a hundred high hats.”
"Hearing this, Yin Wenrui was very unhappy and scolded him for not doing his job properly and just trying to flatter others. He replied that what his teacher taught him was, but now all the officials in office like to wear high hats. How can someone like you, my teacher, who doesn't like high hats and be high-spirited and upright? Too few. After hearing this, Yin Wenrui nodded with great satisfaction. Later, when Yuan Mei walked out of Yin Wenrui's house, she said that there were only ninety-nine of the hundred hats she had prepared. "
Wang Zuxian laughed so hard. It hurts, "Haha, third brother, you are so hurtful, using this trick against my mother."
Zhou Yan said sternly, "I have never liked flattering others, but it is my duty to make my future mother-in-law happy."
Hearing what Zhou Yan said, Wang Zuxian felt sweet, and then he reacted and pouted, "Third brother, are you trying to coax me again?"
Zhou Yan smiled and rubbed her head, "Is it wrong to coax your girlfriend?"
...
The temporary stage at the entrance of the Bei City Concert Hall was not dismantled, and more police officers were dispatched that day to help maintain order.
Ten thousand to several thousand people gathered at the scene yesterday, and no one knows whether there will be more tonight.
When Zhou Yan arrived at the entrance of the concert hall, there were still many staff making preparations in full swing. Some of the landmark lines posted yesterday were damaged, and some were not posted properly. They will be repaired today. .
And this time the landmark lines are posted in a wider area, and the concert hall is also preparing to welcome more audiences.
Audiences who did not buy tickets also came earlier than yesterday.
Many people came yesterday after the concert started, but when they arrived, they found that all the good seats were gone and they could only stand at the back.
In order to stand closer to the front, many people came to line up at three or four o'clock. Some people even prepared their own small benches to prepare for a protracted battle.
The official concert will end at least after nine o'clock. If they come to line up after three o'clock, it means they have to wait in the square for at least six hours.
The concert hall was also very considerate. Before four o'clock, the outdoor large screen was activated and played Zhou Yan's films in a loop, so that the waiting audience would not be too bored.
There are also some audience members who arrive at the entrance of the concert hall early and run to the ticket office from time to time to ask if anyone has refunded their tickets so they can get in.
It’s not like there are no refunds. After all, with so many spectators, there are always people who encounter special circumstances and are unable to attend. But those who want refunds don’t have to go to the ticket office at all. They just need to shout at the door and sell the tickets, and they can still Make some extra money.
And this situation is very rare, and you can't wait for a few refunds in an afternoon, so most of the audience still puts their hope in outdoor performances.
While countless audiences were waiting for the outdoor performance, God was very disrespectful. It started to rain lightly at five o'clock.
The rainfall was very light at first, and the spectators who occupied the front row were reluctant to leave. They all waited outside in the rain. There were also some smart vendors who brought umbrellas and raincoats to sell, and they were all sold out.
But then the rain became heavier and heavier, and the people maintaining order at the scene began to persuade the audience to leave.
With the rain falling like this, even if they could hold on, it would be impossible for the band to perform on stage.
(End of this chapter)