Hearing Xu Guanwen's words, Ana Shen smiled and said, "If it were released too early, wouldn't it be equivalent to a civil war? They are all songs written by Director Zhou, just like the left hand beating the right hand."
Xu Guanwen pushed up his glasses. , smiled and said, "Haha, that's good."
Ana Shen thought about it and felt that Xu Guanwen's words made sense.
If Mariah Carey's new song competes with Nakamori Akina's new song on the Neon chart, it will be very beneficial to Zhou Yan, because in this way, the discussion about Zhou Yan as a producer will be endless. increase.
"That..."
"Okay, let's concentrate on filming. Today's task is quite heavy."
Zhou Yan interrupted Shen Yan who wanted to continue gossiping and began to lead him into work.
As for the two songs competing for the Neon Chart, Zhou Yan is not worried. After all, they are both singles and have relatively little impact on each other's markets.
On the one hand, although Mariah Carey is Neon's most popular foreign female singer, Neon people are still more protective when it comes to listening to music, as was the case with "Snow Flower" Next, it is difficult for "someonelikeyou" to dominate the list.
On the other hand, the market for "Someone Like You" is global, mainly in Europe and the United States. The distribution situation of Neon will not affect the overall situation.
"Snow Flower" itself only has a neon language version and a Chinese version, which is impossible to affect the global distribution of "Someone Like You".
The fact is as Zhou Yan expected, "Someone Like You" quickly entered the neon market. Although this song has swept the charts in many countries, it encountered "Waterloo" in neon. ", can only succumb to "Snow Flower" which has been released for some time.
Because "Snow Flower" is so popular in Neon, it is completely phenomenal. In the past few years, Neon has not been able to find a song with such popularity, even if it was a hit before "First Dream" and "Little Hand Holding Big Hand" cannot compare with "Snow Flower" in terms of popularity.
With the popularity of this song, other songs by Akina Nakamori have also become popular again.
That is to say, Mariah Carey is very popular in Neon. If another female singer, even Whitney Houston, were to sing, the situation would only be worse. She might not even be in second place. Can't keep it.
Other European and American singers are so popular in Neon that they are not even worthy of carrying Mariah Carey's shoes.
And Mariah Carey will have a concert in Tokyo in November this year, so Neon fans are also paying more attention to her songs during this period.
Due to the popularity of "Snow Flower", Akina Nakamori's career has improved a lot recently, and invitations to shows that she hasn't seen in a long time are coming one after another.
However, Akina Nakamori is not too interested in participating in the show now. Now that her career is booming again, she is taking the initiative to cool herself down.
As for Nakamori Akina's "lay down" attitude, Tomson didn't say anything. When a program was invited, he just gave her the program information and let her choose.
As for which company she chooses and whether she chooses it or not, Tomson Corporation never interferes and gives her full freedom.
This also makes Nakamori Akina feel more and more that signing with Tomson is a very wise choice. If she changes to another company, I am afraid that she can’t wait to let her go out to do business at this time.
After all, with such a good opportunity, it would be a pity not to consolidate the business while the iron is hot. This is all wasted money. Which company is willing to miss such a money-making opportunity?
Because of this, even though Nakamori Akina wanted to live in peace, in order to live up to the resources that Tomson invested in her, she still chose a few programs to accept, at least she could not let Tomson lose money on her. .
But now, except for music programs, she refuses to accept any other programs.
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After Zhou Yan filmed in Xiangjiang for a few days, the filming was going well, but he soon ran into trouble.
It turned out that Zhou Yan came to film without any fanfare, and he did not even inform Anita Mui and others who had visited the studio at the end of the filming.
But they stayed here for a few days, and many people knew about it because of media reports.
Kelly Chen was the first person to visit the class after they arrived in Xiangjiang.
After that, Tsui Hark, Zhang Manyu, Zhang Xueyou, Du Zizhi and others came to visit the class, and even Zhou Xingchi came over.
Of course, Zhou Yan can understand that these people came to visit the class. After all, they are all friends and have cooperated more or less.
What Zhou Yan didn’t expect the most was that Xiang Huaqiang also came to visit the class.
Before, Zhou Yan had no interaction with him at all, at least not directly.
When Xiang Huaqiang came, the crew was filming a scene where the hero’s sister had a car accident and was admitted to the hospital.
This scene was not shot in a real hospital. The crew found a room and arranged a ward scene themselves, because this scene only used one ward and did not require other shots of the hospital.
If you find a hospital to shoot, it will be a lot of trouble. It is better to set up the scene yourself, which is economical and saves time.
Zhou Yan was telling Li Xiaoran a play when he heard the noise coming from outside. He immediately realized that someone might be visiting the class.
Sighing slightly, he said to Li Xiaoran, "Rest for a while first."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiang Huaqiang came in with two people.
Zhou Yan was very surprised when he saw Xiang Huaqiang. Before he could react, Xiang Huaqiang walked up to him with a smile and said, "Hello, Director Zhou, hello."
Then he spoke to Xu Guanwen who was present at the scene. And Wang Zuxian greeted, "Mr. Xu, Zuxian."
Zhou Yan looked at Xiang Huaqiang, nodded and said, "Hello, Mr. Xiang, I wonder why you are here today?"
"I heard that Zu Xian was filming here, so I came here to visit the team. After all, we have worked together several times before. And I have also admired you, Director Zhou, for a long time. I have always wanted to find a chance to meet you, so I just happened to come here this time. . ”
Although Xiang Huaqiang said that he came here because of Wang Zuxian, after he came, most of his attention was focused on Zhou Yan.
Zhou Yan narrowed his eyes, unable to figure out Xiang Huaqiang's purpose.
Zhou Yan has heard a lot of rumors about the Xiang brothers, both good and bad, but of course, the majority are bad.
Whether these rumors are true, Zhou Yan has no way to confirm. Originally, Zhou Yan didn't care about these rumors. After all, there was basically no intersection between them.
But when Xiang Huaqiang took the initiative to visit today, he had to be cautious. The Xiang Huaqiang in front of me is of medium height, looks quite energetic, and has a smile on his face, not as fierce as in the movie.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Xiang. The crew is shabby and there is no tea to entertain you. Please forgive me."
"It's okay, it's okay. I'm just here to have a look and I'll be leaving soon. Director Zhou's film will be filmed in Xiangjiang How many days?"
"It will be over in about a week or two," Zhou Yan replied.
"In such a hurry?"
"Many scenes have been filmed in other places, and we will go to Taiwan for filming later. We have also filmed a lot of scenes here in Xiangjiang."< br>
"I don't know, before I leave Xiangjiang, do you have time to give me a chance to treat you to a meal?" Xiang Huaqiang directly extended the invitation.
Zhou Yan frowned and said, "I'm really sorry. The filming of this drama is in a hurry. I'm afraid I won't have time to keep the appointment. Director Xu and the others came over before and said they wanted to have dinner together, but they had no choice but to turn it down. Xiang I accept the general offer. Let’s talk about the meal later when we have a chance.”
After being rejected by Zhou Yan, Xiang Huaqiang did not try again, but said with a look of regret, “That’s a pity, Zhou Yan did it before. Director Zhou has been to Xiangjiang several times, and I have always wanted to find a chance to meet you, but I have never found a good opportunity. Speaking of which, I am also a fan of your movies, Director Zhou, and I have watched all the movies you have made before. I finished watching it without finishing it, especially "The Sixth Sense" which left a deep impression on me."
Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Thank you, Mr. Xiang, for your support. You are a senior in the industry. If you have the opportunity, I will do it." I also hope to ask you for more advice."
Xiang Huaqiang waved his hand and said, "Director Zhou, you are joking. Although I started filming earlier, it is just because I am older. In terms of my attainments in film, You are far better than me. If I have the chance, I would like to direct a film with you. Although our Starlight Entertainment started late, we are still developing well, and I guarantee that we will not hold you back.”
Although Xiang Huaqiang took the initiative to bring up the matter of cooperation, Zhou Yan did not respond. He just smiled and said, "We all see Mr. Xiang's contribution to the development of Hong Kong's film industry. We still have a lot to learn."< br>
Before Xiang Huaqiang could say anything, Ana Shen came over and said, "Director Zhou, all teams are ready. This scene..."
Ana Shen has been following Zhou Yan for a while. , naturally saw that Zhou Yan didn't want to waste time with Xiang Huaqiang, so he ran out to urge Zhou Yan at the right time.
Shen Yan has done this many times, so he is quite familiar with it.
When Tsui Hark and Zhang Manyu came before, Ana Shen would come forward to urge them, but usually they would wait until Zhou Yan chatted with them for a while before urging them. Today, he saw that Zhou Yan did not want to chat, so he urged him. So fast.
Zhou Yan could only apologize, "Mr. Xiang, I'm really sorry. The crew's filming schedule can't be stopped. How about I find someone else to accompany you?"
Xiang Huaqiang glanced at Ana Shen, and then smiled. , "Zhou Jieyan is serious. Since you are busy, I will take my leave first. We will make an appointment again when we have time in the future. My arrival today is indeed abrupt. If I delay your filming, then I will really feel sorry for you."
"Thank you Mr. Xiang for the T-shirt, then I won't keep you." Zhou Yan nodded and said to Jiang Mengfei, "Mengfei, help me give it to Mr. Xiang."
"You're welcome." Xiang Huaqiang smiled. He smiled and waved to Wang Zuxian and Xu Guanwen again, "Mr. Xu, Zuxian, I'm leaving first. Let's have tea together when we have the chance."
"Okay, Mr. Xiang, please go slowly."
After Xiang Huaqiang left, Zhou Yan didn't say anything, and took Ana Shen and the others back to start shooting. Chen Derong was still lying on the hospital bed in a daze, but when he heard the shooting started, he immediately sat up.
During this period, Chen Derong has become more and more into the character, and her performance is getting better and better. Every time she plays a role, the filming goes smoothly.
It was the same today. Chen Derong performed very well and the shots were quickly completed.
After the filming of the scene, when Zhou Yan was resting, Wang Zuxian walked up to him and said: "Mr. Xiang came here just now. I guess I hope to win you over and let you help their company film."< br>
In fact, Star Entertainment Company had handed Zhang Youan a script before and wanted to invite Zhou Yan to help them film a movie. Of course, Zhou Yan refused. He did not accept the script that was handed over to him at all.
Zhou Yan didn't take these things seriously. After all, there were many companies looking for him to film, and Star Entertainment was just one of them.
“Have you known each other before?” Zhou Yan asked.
Wang Zuxian shook his head, "I'm not very familiar with him, I just worked together a few times. Sister Amei is very familiar with his wife, and we have had dinner together in private. Their company is developing very well now. This year Starlight Entertainment has just been acquired and listed on the Stock Exchange. It is estimated that he will not participate in movies in the future."
Zhou Yan nodded. After the company is listed, Xiang Huaqiang, as the boss, has to maintain its image. , it’s really not appropriate to have to go out and film in public.
But for Xiang Huaqiang, filming is just for fun, and he mainly makes money behind the scenes through production.
"How is he usually?" Zhou Yan asked again.
“I don’t know much about him, but he is always polite to everyone, very polite, and very civilized.”
Hearing Wang Zuxian’s words, Zhou Yan was surprised It was quite surprising. He didn't expect that Wang Zuxian's impression of Xiang Huaqiang was that he was polite and civilized.
But this is the same as what Xiang Huaqiang showed when he came over just now.
Zhou Yan didn't ask any more questions. It's very difficult to understand a person from other people's mouths.
Not to mention that Wang Zuxian is not familiar with Xiang Huaqiang, even if he is very familiar with him, the Xiang Huaqiang she talks about may not be the real Xiang Huaqiang.
People themselves are complex and multi-faceted, and behave differently in front of different people.
The key point is that Zhou Yan doesn’t have much interest in Xiang Huaqiang.
After a short rest, the shooting resumed.
Because people kept coming to visit the crew, it still had some impact on the crew's filming. The filming progress was a little delayed than Zhou Yan planned. Now he had to speed up to catch up with the plan.
After arriving in Xiangjiang, although the shooting schedule was not as tense as the one at the end of the set, Zhou Yan was much busier.
Because the conditions here in Xiangjiang are good, he thought of taking advantage of this time to compose the soundtrack for the movie.
If the soundtrack can be produced as much as possible before the filming of the movie is completed, it can save a lot of time in the post-production period.
So during this period, after the crew finished work, he would still be busy until late. (End of this chapter)