In fact, Zhou Yan was not as confident as Huang Wencan thought. He was just thinking about the novel "Xu Sanguan Sells Blood" when he was writing "Xu Sanguan", trying his best to capture the inspiration. No time to think about anything else.
Creators are most afraid of being too confused when creating and being unable to do what they want.
Sometimes, I clearly want to do this, but when I am doing it, I am worried that the audience will not buy it, so I worry about the gain and loss, and finally create a work that cannot truly express myself.
After the second prize performance ended, the host directly announced the last two first prize works, which were "A Hundred Years of Legend" by Su Xia and "Sun Yat-sen" by Guo Zurong.
It seems that these two pieces of music were selected for this competition. It is not surprising that they won the first prize.
The performance of the two first prize pieces has ended, and today's concert is coming to an end.
Finally, Xu Cong, the vice chairman of the Music Association, took the stage again, gave a concluding speech, and then announced the end.
A lot of people suddenly surrounded Zhou Yan, and everyone came to congratulate him.
Guo Wenjing came over with his third-prize medal and said with a smile, "Zhou Yan, show me the difference between the second-prize medal and our third-prize medal."
Zhou Yan smiled and handed over the medal, "Well, the color is different."
Guo Wenjing compared them and nodded, "Well, the size, thickness, and even weight are the same."
Zhou Yan smiled, they are all made from the same mold, of course they are the same.
If he guessed correctly, whether it is a gold medal, a silver medal or a bronze medal, they are all copper inside, but the gold and silver medals are plated with gold and silver on the outside.
The medals are all in the same style, with a portrait of Dr. Sun Yat-sen on them and a line below the portrait: Yanjing Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s 130th Anniversary Outstanding Composition Competition.
There is not even a label for "first prize" or "second prize".
"The shell of the second-prize certificate is different from our third-prize certificate," Huang Wencan said.
Guo Wenjing took Zhou Yan's certificate and looked at it, nodded and said, "The second prize certificate has a much more exquisite shell. The shell alone costs several dollars, but it doesn't matter. I I know the person who made this shell. I will spend more money to package it for him... and make it look like the second prize."
Seeing Guo Wenjing joking, Zhou Yan also smiled and said, "I want to do it for you. It shouldn’t look like a second prize, it should look like a first prize, that way it will be more respectable.”
“I don’t know what the outer shell of the first prize certificate looks like.”
"It doesn't matter. Just ask Teacher Su for the certificate. If you're embarrassed, I'll shout for you."
With that, Zhou Yan opened his mouth to call Su Xia who was not far away. Guo Wenjing quickly grabbed Zhou Yan and said, "You kid!"
Guo Wenjing was more afraid of Su Xia because Su Xia was his teacher.
Su Xia is one of the earliest teachers in the Composition Department of Yangyin University and has many students. Not only Guo Wenjing is his student, but also Xu Zhenmin, who won the second prize previously, is also his student.
Zhou Yan just wanted to scare Guo Wenjing. Of course, he couldn't really call Su Xia. After being pulled back by Guo Wenjing, he said with a smile, "Why don't you go back and ask Senior Brother Su to help you get Teacher Su's certificate?" I stole it out for you to see.”
The Senior Brother Su he was talking about was Su Xia’s son Su Cong, the same Su who won the Oscar for Best Score for his co-soundtrack of “The Last Emperor”. Cong.
Su Cong was also a student in the Composition Department in 1977 and 1978, and was a classmate of Guo Wenjing.
Guo Wenjing rolled his eyes, "Why don't you go steal it for me? Isn't your dormitory upstairs from Teacher Su's house?"
"I haven't been back to my dormitory for a long time. When you said that, I remembered that I had to go back and clean up some time.”
“Let’s not talk about hygiene. The organizer of today’s concert does not have a dinner, why don’t we go together. Have dinner?”
“Do you want to go out for dinner at this time?”
Guo Wenjing looked at his watch, "It's no problem to go out to eat at this time. There is a food stall near the school that is open until two or three in the morning every day. In this way, I will call Lao Tang and Lao Ye, and see if there are anyone else. Together."
As he spoke, he looked at Huang Wencan and asked Zhou Yan, "Is this your friend?"
Zhou Yan introduced, "This is Teacher Huang Wencan from Shangyin."
"Oh, Teacher Huang, if you have anything going on later, let's go have a meal together?"
Huang Wencan wanted to go, but he also saw that Guo Wenjing and the others were having a party together from the same school. Then he shook his head and said, "You're welcome, Teacher Guo, I have to go back to the hotel in a while."
Guo Wenjing was just being polite, not a sincere invitation. When Huang Wencan declined, he nodded and said, "Then let's get together next time when we have a chance."
Then he said to Zhou Yan, "I'll go find Old Tang Ask Lao Ye if they want to do it, and meet at the entrance of the concert hall later."
"Okay." Zhou Yan nodded.
After Guo Wenjing went to find Tang Jianping and Ye Xiaogang, Zhou Yan walked towards the door and met people he knew along the way, all congratulating him.
……
Zhou Yan waited at the entrance of the concert hall for a while, and Guo Wenjing, Tang Jianping and Ye Xiaogang came over.
Guo Wenjing said with a smile, "It's just us, the others won't shout."
Many of the people who came today are from their school, but the others are different in age from them. Too big.
Although Guo Wenjing and the others are ten years ahead of Zhou Yan, they are still considered young musicians and are of the same generation. Moreover, the four of them currently have similar positions in the school, so they can still chat together.
A few people arrived at the "Fat Sister's Restaurant" in front of the school. Before they could sit down, Guo Wenjing said to the boss who was cooking at the door, "Fat Brother, are there any fish? Let me make a plate of braised fish." , what other dishes are there, please help us, there are four people in total.”
Guo Wenjing must have frequented this stall and was very familiar with the owner.
The boss said with a smile, "Okay, you guys sit down first, and I will arrange it for you in a moment. What kind of wine do you want to drink today?"
"Two bottles of Red Star Erguotou."
"Okay."
Guo Wenjing asked Zhou Yan and the others to sit down.
Zhou Yan looked at the tall and thin boss and asked curiously, "Brother Guo, why do you call him Fat Brother? He used to be fat?"
Guo Wenjing said with a smile, "As far as I know, this fat man I've never been fat before."
"Then why..."
"Because the boss lady is a fat lady, and everyone who calls her boss is a woman who follows her husband."
“That’s it.” Zhou Yan nodded, “It seems you come here often.”
"His store opened late and the taste is pretty good. Old Tang and Old Ye have also been here with me before." "Well, I've been here three or four times. The boss's craftsmanship is indeed pretty good." Ye Xiaogang acknowledged.
Although it is already past nine o'clock, there are still many customers in the stall, all of them seem to be students.
The person who appears here so late is most likely a student of Yangyin.
As soon as Zhou Yan and the others came in, these students looked in their direction, probably knowing them.
But since the students didn't take the initiative to say hello, they probably weren't from the composition department.
The four of them all teach in the Composition Department, basically covering all students in the Composition Department. If they are students in the Composition Department, they can recognize them without the students taking the initiative to say hello.
Guo Wenjing also noticed the gazes of several students and sighed with a smile, "The living conditions of students today are still good. I remember when we were in school, it was not easy to go out to eat at night."
< br> "It's not that it's not easy to eat out at night, but it's also not easy to eat out during the day. At that time, everyone ate in the cafeteria, and if you had money, you couldn't eat outside." Ye Xiaogang said.
When they went to school, it happened to be that the cultural festival had just ended. There were no private restaurants at that time, let alone food stalls open so late.
Zhou Yan nodded and said, "Don't talk about your time. When I first entered the school, the business environment outside the school was not very good. It will improve a lot in the past ten years."
"Oh, Zhou Yan, you have ten years of experience in enrolling. "
"Less than ten years, more than nine years."
"We both entered the school at the same time, I was in 1985," Tang Jianping said.
“I am 87 years old.”
Tang Jianping studied at Shenyin for his undergraduate degree, enrolling in 1978, and later came to the Composition Department of Yangyin for graduate studies in 1985. He is also the first domestically trained composition doctor.
"You guys, the class of 1987, are very powerful. Besides you, Jia Guoping also performed very well in school." Ye Xiaogang said.
“There is also Li Tao.” Tang Jianping said.
"Li Tao is indeed not bad, but his temper is not stable." Guo Wenjing said with a smile.
Ye Xiaogang rolled his eyes, "Lao Guo, you said this as if you had a stable temperament. I remember back then..."
"Can you please stop talking about what happened back then? A good man won't mention his bravery in the past."
"Yes." Ye Xiaogang nodded seriously, "A bad man won't open up old wounds."
" Who doesn’t have scars on your body?”
“Okay, let’s talk about their class of ’87. I have heard a saying among students before that they are the silver generation of our school. . ”
“If you ask me, the silver generation is not suitable, it should be the golden second generation... That is not suitable. By saying this, doesn’t it mean that we are the golden generation?”
When the term "golden generation" is mentioned, Ye Xiaogang seems not to be very interested.
Although they are said to be the golden generation in those two years, there is a huge gap in development between people. Many of his classmates have developed better than him.
Ye Xiaogang returned to school to teach in 1994. When he first returned to China, he was full of ambitions. However, two years later, he felt that he was still standing still.
Especially tonight, the other three people here all won prizes, but he was the only one who came back empty-handed, which still made me feel a little uncomfortable.
I think back then, he was also one of the eight talents in the composition department. Along with Tan Dun, Liu Sola, and Qu Xiaosong, they were all the best in the department.
Most of the Eight Great Talents are still developing abroad. He and Guo Wenjing are now teaching in schools, but his domestic development is far inferior to Guo Wenjing.
In the past few years, Guo Wenjing has won many awards and became the deputy director of the composition department.
Some time ago, Ye Xiaogang also won an award, the first National Film Music Award, which was very popular because Zhou Yan won the award.
In that award selection, Zhou Yan's movie "Spring of the Cowherd Class" won the gold medal, but his soundtrack for the movie "After Dusk" only won an insignificant Outstanding Composition Award. There is a huge gap between the two. huge.
The National Film and Music Awards have been so popular recently, but there are not many news mentioning his award.
In fact, the Outstanding Composition Award of the First National Film Music Awards is not bad. It is not the same as the Excellence Awards of other awards. This award is more like a supplement to the Gold Award. It represents that the organizing committee also highly recognizes the soundtrack of "After Dusk" .
But with the gold medal for "Spring of the Cowherd Class", others will not pay attention to his award.
In the two years since he came back, Ye Xiaogang has a strong sense of gap.
Sometimes, he even doubted whether his choice to return to China was right.
He didn’t come back to China because he couldn’t survive abroad, but he took the initiative to return to China and teach at his alma mater.
Before returning to China the year before last year, he had just received the "Academic Outstanding Achievement Award" from the "Lee Foundation" in the United States. He had also won many awards in the United States in his early days. He could also develop well if he stayed in the United States.
Zhou Yan noticed that Ye Xiaogang's expression was a little lonely, so he changed the subject and said, "Brother Ye, have you paid more attention to movie soundtracks recently?"
"It's not that I pay attention to movie soundtracks, it's just that There are indeed some movies that have come to us for soundtracks in the past two years. I am quite interested in this matter, so I have taken some jobs. Why do you suddenly ask this?"
Zhou Yan said with a smile, "You should also know me. Have you set up a studio?”
“Yeah, I know.” Tang Jianping nodded, “Isn’t the Piano Youth Orchestra just below your studio?”
"Not only that, my studio also has a soundtrack engineering department, which specializes in film soundtrack work."
"I know this. Isn't Li Tao in your studio? And Zhao Lao." Guo Wenjing said.
"Yes, Li Tao is now in charge of the soundtrack engineering department, but in addition to them, our studio has also signed many foreign aids, such as Wang Liping, Zhao Jiping and Xu Jingqing."
"This All of them are masters of soundtracks... Of course, the most powerful one is you. Previously, Su Cong won the Oscar for best soundtrack with "The Last Emperor", but it was still a collaboration with Ryuichi Sakamoto and others. In terms of gold content, it is far less valuable than you with "Sanity". and Emotion" won the Oscar for Best Score."
"I was also lucky enough to come across the movie "Sense and Emotion"," Zhou Yan said modestly.
Guo Wenjing smiled and waved his hand, "Don't be so humble in front of us. The movie "Sense and Sensibility" is really well matched. You are indeed unique in the movie soundtrack."
"It's not just that. Well, he is also good at making movies," Tang Jianping continued.
"Brothers, please stop teasing me. When I talked about the studio just now, I actually wanted to take this opportunity to extend an invitation to you. Do you want to sign in to my studio and pick up the soundtrack later? , you just create, the studio will help you with the rest, so you don’t have to worry a lot.”
Ye Xiaogang is not interested: “How long will it take for us to take on a job, and we won’t make much money, you. There is no profit in signing us over." (End of Chapter)