After Zhou Yan returned home, he thought about it and called Shizuka.
From what she heard, she didn’t seem to know anything. Akina Nakamori probably didn’t tell her.
Since Akina Nakamori didn’t say anything, Zhou Yan also chose not to say anything. He just told Shizuka that he had too much work tonight and couldn’t go to the Xufeng Hotel.
Shizuka could only complain a few words about this, but said nothing more.
In the morning of the next day, not long after Zhou Yan arrived at the studio and the tea in the cup had not yet been brewed, Shizuka pulled Akina Nakamori over.
As soon as he entered the door, Shizuka smiled and said, "You are busy, do you have time to accompany us for a walk today?"
Zhou Yan looked up and saw Shizuka's smiling face first, and then made eye contact with Akina Nakamori next to him. .
Like a kitten, Akina Nakamori dodged as soon as her eyes touched Zhou Yan, and she couldn't help but lean behind Shizuka.
If Zhou Yan was still a little unsure whether the woman last night was Akina Nakamori, then after seeing her performance today, Zhou Yan was 100% sure.
Zhou Yan was a little confused about this woman. Last night, she could obviously reveal her identity immediately, but she remained motionless, letting him hold her like that, without even making a sound.
If Zhou Yan hadn't noticed something was wrong first and then made the next outrageous move, the scene might have been even more embarrassing.
She didn't tell Shizuka about it afterward, and even came to the studio with Shizuka today.
"Of course."
Zhou Yan put down the pen in his hand directly. Although he also had a lot of work to do, he still decided to take a day to spend time with Shizuka. After all, he had said before that he would I wanted to accompany Shizuka around Chang'an, but in the end I broke my promise.
After simply tidying up, Zhou Yan took the two girls and set off together.
Zhou Yan didn't take them to any special place. He just walked around the Forbidden City and then went to Wangfujing for lunch.
Nakamori Akina didn't say much during the whole process, but Shizuka didn't find it strange. After all, Nakamori Akina's Chinese was not good.
Zhou Yan was originally going to take them to Beihai Park in the afternoon, but Jingxiang said: "Okay, I'm very satisfied with you staying with us for half a day. I know you are busy with work, so go back to work." "
Zhou Yan said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, I don't care about it for a long time."
"Okay, listen to me, go back to work." Jingxiang started pushing Zhou Yan.
"What about you two?"
"We won't go shopping anymore, let's go to your studio to have some fun. Akina is quite interested in making movies and wants to go to the movie studio again. "
After that, she said something to Zhongming's famous dish in neon language.
Hearing Shizuka's words, Nakamori Akina quickly waved her hand, "No need to bother, let's go back to the hotel."
She did tell Shizuka before that she wanted to go to the movie studio again. But in this situation, she didn't want to stay in the studio, it was too embarrassing.
In the past half day, she had been extremely embarrassed.
Now she has no way to face Zhou Yan with an ordinary attitude, or even face Shizuka with an ordinary attitude.
Obviously she was not to blame for what happened last night, but when facing Shizuka, she felt guilty, as if she and Zhou Yan were having an affair.
What she fears most is that Zhou Yan glances at her from time to time. Every time she is touched by Zhou Yan's eyes, the scene of Zhou Yan hugging her from behind last night will appear in her mind.
Although Akina Nakamori clearly refused, Shizuka thought she was just embarrassed, so she still held her hand and said, "It's okay, let's go together. I'm also interested in movies, and Zhou Yan is also You won’t find us intrusive.”
"Right, Teacher Zhou?" Jingxiang asked Zhou Yan again in Chinese.
Although Zhou Yan didn't understand what Shizuka said before, he still nodded unconsciously, "Yeah."
Just like Nakamori Akina responded to Shizuka last night, she just felt that she should be given some advice at this time Affirmative answer.
“Let’s go.”
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After arriving at the studio, Zhou Yan took them to Hong Xin and asked Hong Xin to take them to play in the studio.
If no one comes with an in-depth experience and just visits briefly, there is really nothing interesting in the film studio. It takes less than ten minutes to walk through it from top to bottom, inside and out, and you will be confused. came in, and then went out confused.
Hong Xin and Jingxiang know each other. Although they are not close friends, they usually exchange a few words after meeting.
After hearing Zhou Yan ask him to take them to play in the studio, Hong Xin smiled and said, "Director Huo's new movie is just being produced, I will take you to see it."
"Oh, Has the post-production process of Lao Huo’s new movie started? ”
Of course Zhou Yan knew about Huo Jianqi's new movie.
After "Winner" was released this year, the response was very good, so Huo Jianqi continued to work hard and started filming his second movie.
This movie is still directed by Huo Jianqi, written by his wife Su Xiaowei, and then invested by Tomson Film Company and produced by Yanjing Studio.
Of course, although it is said to be produced by Yanjing Studio, the filming work was actually done by Zhou Yan's studio, which means that Yanjing Studio outsourced the filming to Zhou Yan's studio.
Some people also joked that Zhou Yan's film studio was a branch of Yanjing Studio, because many people in the studio were employed by Yanjing Studio.
Like Hong Xin and others, they are still from Yanjing Film Studio in name only.
The relationship between the two parties is no longer a secret, and most people in the industry know about it.
Some people will say slanderous words and even stumble in the middle, accusing them of violating the rules.
If this accusation was made ten or twenty years ago, then Zhou Yan and the others might really be in trouble, but when is it now? Times have long since changed. The national film industry is undergoing drastic reforms. So what does Zhou Yan’s cooperation with Yanjing Studio mean?
Besides, given the backgrounds of Zhou Yan and Han Sanping, they would not be affected by this little thing.
Some people say that they are poaching the social zy, but in fact, except for Hong Xin and others being established at Yanjing Studio, all expenses are paid by the studio.
Many studios also want to find someone like Zhou Yan to cooperate. After all, they can work lightly without affecting the main frame, and Zhou Yan can also attract investment to the studio.
Although the money is not invested directly in the studio, the studio is the profiteer.
For example, Huo Jianqi’s new movie "Singer" does not require a dime from the Yanjing Factory, nor does it require a roll of film from the Yanjing Factory. It only needs some people from the Yanjing Factory. In the end, the Yanjing Factory Not only can they make money, but their factory's name must be printed on the title of the movie. Nowadays, major studios are responsible for their own profits and losses, and every studio is trying to find ways to make money.
But investors' money doesn't come from strong winds, and times have changed. It's no longer the time when film studios were superior. If the project is not good, no one is willing to invest a dime.
Other factories are also looking for similar types of collaborators, and some have found similar ones, but I am afraid they will never be able to find one as high-quality as Zhou Yan.
It is also because there is no one like Zhou Yan, and he cannot eat grapes and say grapes, so he has those sour words.
Since the filming of "Singer" was planned, Zhou Yan has not interfered. He has implemented a free-range policy towards the directors of the studio.
Except for checking their budget, he rarely interferes with other matters, relying entirely on the directors to perform on their own.
For directors like Huo Jianqi and others, the movie would not be a failure without Zhou Yan asking. On the contrary, if he asked too many questions, it might affect their performance.
But since they met today, Zhou Yan decided to go and have a look.
Huo Jianqi is naturally in the editing room. A good director must do more editing and cannot rely too much on the editor.
Of course, directors cannot trust themselves too much. Most of the time, they still have to take advice from editors, because directors can easily fall into the trap of being obsessed with the authorities when watching their own films.
Even if many directors try to jump out and watch, this is difficult to do. After all, people are emotional animals, not cold machines. No matter how rational a person is, they will still have a perceptual gaze, even Yu said that reason itself is part of sensibility.
In terms of editing, the situation in China is very different from that in Hollywood. In comparison, domestic directors have higher rights and freedom in editing.
But in Hollywood, only a few directors have the final editing rights. Most directors need producers and editors.
In order to attract Zhou Yan to help them make movies, Warner had previously proposed that it would allow Zhou Yan to have greater editing freedom, which is indeed very attractive to ordinary directors.
In fact, it makes sense for Hollywood to have such rules, because many directors do not have good control over editing. Editing is not something that can be done with just a pair of scissors. After all, it is a professional job. .
In addition, it is true that many directors will fall into self-indulgence. In the end, only the director himself can understand the final cut, which greatly reduces the commercial value.
Many viewers are superstitious about the director's cut and believe that the director's cut can better express the director's artistic concept.
This also makes some sense, but in fact, many director's cuts are neither commercial nor express the director's own ideas well, but the director himself thinks that he expressed his own ideas.
Zhou Yan believes that directors still need to understand some editing. The most basic thing is to understand what editing is for movies.
Many directors regard editors as tool people and think that editors are just the "scissors" that help them express themselves. This idea is very undesirable.
After Zhou Yan made his first short film, he spent a lot of time in the editing room. The editing room at Chang'an Factory was like Zhou Yan's home. He went to the editing room more than anyone who worked there. diligent.
Huo Jianqi hadn't seen Zhou Yan for a long time. When he saw Zhou Yan coming to visit the class, he greeted him with a smile, "Why does Director Zhou have time to come here today?"
"I heard that "Singer" is already in post-production? It’s pretty fast.”
“It’s pretty fast. It’s been several months since I filmed it. I would be embarrassed if I did it again.”
Compared to the first time. When they met, Huo Jianqi was radiant at this time, not always as sad as before. The success of "Winner" greatly increased his confidence, and now his directorial career is on the right track.
Signed in Zhou Yan's studio, he doesn't have to worry about anything else. He only needs to think about how to make a good movie every day, which is naturally much faster than before.
"Let me introduce to you, these two neon singers, Shizuka Kudo and Akina Nakamori."
"Hello." Huo Jianqi said hello with a smile.
Actually, he had met Kudo Shizuka quite a few times, but he had never met her formally.
"They are more interested in film production, and "Singer" happened to be in production, so I brought them to have a look."
"It just so happened that the two of them came and gave some guidance. , after all, the name of this movie is Singer, and it tells the story of a female singer, so the two of them have the most say.”
Huo Jianqi's words were naturally polite. Now that the filming of the movie is over, even if they really have any ideas, it will be difficult to use them in the movie.
"Is it actually a movie about a singer?"
Shizuka looked surprised, and then translated for Akina Nakamori, who also looked surprised.
Seeing their interest, Huo Jianqi suggested showing them some movies.
The editing work just stopped at this moment, and it was not that busy.
Hong Xin took them to watch a movie, while Zhou Yan and Huo Jianqi walked aside.
After the two chatted about "Singer" for a while, Zhou Yan asked again, "Do you have any plans for the next movie?"
Hearing Zhou Yan ask this, Huo Jianqi's expression was a little awkward, "I This movie hasn’t been finished yet, it’s too early to think about a new movie.”
Looking at his expression, Zhou Yan knew that he must have thought about it.
“It doesn’t matter, it’s not illegal if you think about it.”
"Speaking of which, my wife does have some ideas. She wants to change a novel. It is a short story by Peng Jianming. She also won the National Outstanding Short Story Award that year."
Zhou Yan narrowed his eyes, " Are you talking about "That Mountain, That Man, That Dog"? "
Huo Jianqi looked at Zhou Yan in surprise. Although he knew that Zhou Yan was still a writer, he was still shocked that Zhou Yan was so knowledgeable and knowledgeable.
Peng Jianming himself is not a particularly famous writer. Although "That Mountain, That Man, That Dog" won the National Outstanding Short Story Award, that was more than ten years ago.
“Can you guess this?”
Zhou Yan said with a smile, "I happen to be very impressed by this novel. It should have been published in "Sprouting". I was still in middle school at that time. "Sprouting" was very popular among middle school students. "That Mountain, That Man, That Dog" It is indeed a very good novel and suitable for being made into a movie. Now that you have an idea, let’s polish the script.”
“I’m not in a hurry at all. I’ll wait until “Singer” is released.”< br>
Zhou Yan nodded, "Just make your own decision."
Again, Zhou Yan adopts a free-range approach to the directors of the studio and will not interfere too much.
Even though Zhou Yan can't wait to see "That Mountain, That Man, That Dog", he still has to let nature take its course. (End of chapter)