From Ye Xiaogang's point of view, the job they take on film soundtracks depends entirely on chance. They don't get many jobs all year round. Even if they can get jobs, they can't do it. There is no need to cooperate with Zhou Yan's studio.
Tang Jianping had a different idea. He smiled and said, "I think Zhou Yan's idea is good. With the help of their studio, we can save a lot of things. As for whether it is profitable, Zhou Yan should know better than us. "
Guo Wenjing asked curiously, "Old Tang, are you also involved in film scoring?"
He had not heard that Tang Jianping did film scoring before, so it was a bit strange.
“No.” Tang Jianping shook his head, “But I think Zhou Yan’s studio can help us, whether it’s film scoring or other work. Some time ago, someone from the Grand Theater came over to discuss with me They want me to compose music for one of their operas, but there are so many chores that waste both of our energy.”
"Is the Grand Theater going to release a new opera?" Ye Xiaogang asked curiously.
Tang Jianping nodded, "I have such an idea, but I don't know the specific situation now."
"Zhou Yan's studio can't help you with this, right? ?" Guo Wenjing said.
Zhou Yan smiled and said, "We can complete the early stage of docking with the theater for Teacher Tang, such as the negotiation of remuneration."
"It is not easy to negotiate remuneration with the theater, and Composing music for the theater is also a good opportunity, and you don’t have to pay too much attention to it,” Guo Wenjing added.
"There's nothing hard to talk about. The value of creation needs to be reflected. You can't always think about promoting style. You have to help where you need it, and you have to get the money you need. Just now, Senior Brother Ye said that you don't have many jobs. It’s not profitable. This is a misunderstanding of our studio and its own value.”
At this point, the boss brought a plate of hot food, and Zhou Yan picked up the wine bottle. Pouring Ye Xiaogang a drink, he continued, "In recent years, domestic films have paid more and more attention to soundtracks during production, and investment has continued to increase, so the market will only get better and better. And domestic films are The reform has been going on for two years and will become more and more commercialized. As a result, the overall investment in film soundtracks will naturally increase. "
"But at this stage, domestic film and television production will continue to increase. I don’t know much about the soundtrack. When preparing a movie, many directors don’t know where to find a soundtrack director. In most cases, they can only find a soundtrack director through an acquaintance, and then the two parties will discuss the film. Communication about the direction of the soundtrack is another big issue. Sometimes you will find that you can’t talk about a certain point. The filmmaker doesn’t understand the music, and the composer doesn’t understand the movie either.”
Zhou Yan said. Here, Ye Xiaogang nodded, "That's true. I discovered this problem before when I was scoring the soundtrack for "Date After Dusk". Chen Yifei has outstanding achievements in art, but his understanding of music is too taken for granted. , his feeling was too illusory and could not be conveyed to me well. I actually have a lot of regrets about the soundtrack of this movie. The most critical problem is that Chen Yifei never considered the soundtrack at the beginning until the movie was almost over. It was only after the filming that I thought about doing the soundtrack, so that when I do the soundtrack later, it won’t be too easy.”
In fact, Chen Yifei is a cross-border director. He was originally a painter and made great achievements in oil painting. In the 1980s, he held many art exhibitions abroad.
It was not until 1993 that Chen Yifei made his first electric shock, directing the autobiographical art film "Old Dreams at Sea-Chen Yifei's Personal Random Notes".
Two years later, he directed and completed the film "A Date at Dusk".
Chen Yifei not only doesn’t know much about music, but he also doesn’t know much about movies, so when he was directing, he couldn’t even think of many details.
“Well, this is another question I want to talk about. Many directors like to put the soundtrack at the back. They think that after the movie is shot, they can just find a scorer to add music to the movie. But As a result, the things that the composer can do will be greatly compressed, and the preparation work that the composer can do is very little, so it is difficult to be comfortable when creating movie soundtracks. The movies that our studio now accepts require everything. We get involved in the film preparation stage, and we simply won’t accept some films that come to us after filming.”
Zhou Yan and his studio have received many inquiries, many of which are related to the situation he just mentioned.
Many filmmakers don’t think about scoring at all in the early stage. They don’t think of finding a scoring director to score the film until the movie is finished.
In this case, Zhou Yan and the others would not accept it, even if the other party expressed their willingness to pay a high salary.
“It seems that signing in your studio is indeed useful.” Ye Xiaogang nodded.
“One more thing, the equipment and environment of the studio are very good, which can help you create and save your time greatly.”
"Well, that's true." Guo Wenjing agreed.
Composers are different from writers. Most writers basically only need pen and paper when creating. However, most composers are unable to create good music using only paper and pen. , they must use musical instruments to assist in composing music, because no matter how well the score is written, it must be presented through musical instruments.
Zhou Yan’s studio is well-equipped and has a good environment. There is even an orchestra to assist in the creation.
The most important thing is that Zhou Yan also has a film studio, which means he has a complete industrial chain.
After Ye Xiaogang and the others have finished the music, they can record it in time, then cut it into the movie in time to see the effect, and then make adjustments in time according to the presentation effect.
The feedback time is very short, which greatly improves work efficiency.
When Ye Xiaogang was doing the soundtrack for "Date at Dusk" before, he made the score and gave it to the producer. If there was anything inappropriate, both parties had to spend time communicating, and the feedback was not timely enough.
Sometimes if something is not perfect, they don’t even bother to communicate and make changes, and just make do with it.
Tang Jianping said with a smile, "Having said this, I remembered that if I sign with your studio, the soundtrack can be recorded by your studio in the future, and there is no need to find anyone else."
“Well, that’s right, this is also one of the ways studios make money.”
After Zhou Yan said this, Ye Xiaogang also became interested, and now he lowered his head to think.
Guo Wenjing held the wine glass and said, "I think this is feasible. Why don't you go back to Zhou Yan's studio and have a look."
Zhou Yan took advantage of the situation and picked up the wine glass and said, "Well, let me invite a few of you to visit our studio."
Ye Xiaogang and Tang Jianping also picked up their wine glasses, and the four of them clinked their glasses and took a sip. Ye Xiaogang said, "Okay, I'll wait until I have time in the next two days. Let's go and have a look. Although I did the soundtrack for "Date in the Night", I still don't know much about soundtracks and film post-production. I just happened to go over to study this time."
"Okay, I'm working. Let’s put things aside for a while and let’s have a good drink. The food will get cold and it won’t taste good.”
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The next morning, Zhou Yan didn't wake up until after nine o'clock.
Last night, it was close to four o'clock when Zhou Yan went home and took a shower. He slept until about nine o'clock, which was only more than five hours of sleep.
Actually, they only finished drinking last night after twelve o'clock. The reason why Zhou Yan didn't go to bed until after four o'clock was because Ye Xiaogang became drunk after drinking.
Ye Xiaogang performed very well at the beginning, drinking easily and in a normal state. Zhou Yan once thought that he had a very good drinking capacity.
But when he was halfway through drinking, Guo Wenjing winked at Zhou Yan, meaning not to let Ye Xiaogang drink any more.
Later, Zhou Yan found out that it was Guo Wenjing who understood Ye Xiaogang.
After drinking, Ye Xiaogang started to take the initiative to ask for a drink. If Zhou Yan and the others hadn't stopped him, he would have asked the boss for a few more bottles of Erguotou to drink.
When they finished the drinking party and walked into the school, Ye Xiaogang climbed over the wall and climbed the tree. As soon as they entered the school gate, the three of them were chatting. When they didn't pay attention, they turned around and saw that Ye Xiaogang had climbed up a tree.
Zhou Yan was shocked when he saw Ye Xiaogang hugging a tree branch.
The tree branch is two meters high from the ground. Even if Ye Xiaogang didn't drink too much, it would be difficult for him to climb up the tree branch. After drinking, his athletic ability soared, and he could climb up without paying attention. .
The three people were standing under the tree and coaxing Ye Xiaogang to come down. The guy in the tree turned a deaf ear and muttered without knowing what he was talking about while holding the branch of the tree.
More than half an hour was wasted just to get him off the tree.
After getting off the tree, Ye Xiaogang ran around in the yard again, and he ran very fast, quite like an athlete.
Later, when I was tired from running, I just lay down on the ground and fell asleep.
In Yanjing at the end of October, it was already very cold late at night. Zhou Yan and the others did not dare to let him sleep on the ground, so they could only help him to the dormitory. But this guy seemed determined to sleep on the ground, as long as When Zhou Yan and the others pulled him, he would flail his arms and act violently.
Zhou Yan originally thought that he was strong enough to pick up Ye Xiaogang without any problem, but when he went to hug Ye Xiaogang, he realized that his little strength was not enough. Can't hold it.
Finally, Guo Wenjing came up with an idea. He dragged a large plastic trash can from somewhere and put Ye Xiaogang into the trash can. Then the three of them carried the trash can and sent Ye Xiaogang back to the dormitory.
I don’t know how Ye Xiaogang would feel when he woke up and remembered that he was put in the trash can and carried home.
I have to say that Guo Wenjing's move was really damaging, but it was also really effective.
After being put into the trash can, Ye Xiaogang became much more honest inside and could no longer act recklessly.
After getting up, Zhou Yan was brushing his teeth. The phone rang in the room, so he went over to pick up the phone with his toothbrush in his mouth.
“Hello.”
Zhang Youan on the other end of the phone smiled and said, “Just got up?”
"Yeah."
"It's not your style to get up so late."
Zhou Yan used his feet to reach the trash can in front of him, spit, and said, "Last night I went out drinking with some seniors and stayed very late.”
“I won the prize, so I want to celebrate. This second prize is not easy. I have seen the list of first prize and second prize. You are the only young man."
"Well, the jury is quite bold."
"This award can be well publicized. After all, it contains a lot of gold." Zhang Youan smiled and said, "Harry Kane contacted me. He said that he had arranged for "Shutter Island" to be with Bantam. Contact there, after they receive the manuscript, they can formally discuss the first printing and royalties."
Zhou Yan nodded, "Harry Kane is really serious about it, he has it. Any other demands?"
"There is only one demand. He said that he hopes that after the novel is published, you can hold a book signing at his Little Bear Record Bookstore."
"That's it. This? "
"Well, that's it, he didn't mention any other demands... Oh, by the way, does asking for two of your signed books count as a demand?"
"It's simple. After the book comes out, I will sign it for him."
"Harry Kane is a smart man. Even if he has any ideas, he will not mention it at this stage."
Zhou Yan nodded, he could understand what Zhang Youan meant.
Harry Kane is not stupid. He knows that it is difficult to repay favors. Now that he has helped Zhou Yan, any cooperation he wants to have in the future will be a matter of course. There is no need for him to rush at all. Make a request.
Proposing your own demands at this time only made things sour.
"Since he is a smart man, then we can cooperate more with him. Let's do this. He wants me to do a new book signing in his bookstore, so I will put the new book signing of "Shutter Island" in the Little Bear Bookstore. When the time comes, Let Warner help promote it and make it a good show."
"Okay, but we still need to finalize the publication first. Your manuscript..."
Zhou Yan turned over. He rolled his eyes. Zhang Youan just urged this matter the day before yesterday, and he came again today, "Tomorrow night, I will have someone deliver the manuscript to you."
Zhang Youan laughed, "Okay, I will follow you soon. Harry Kane shared the good news."
Zhou Yan looked up at the clock on the wall. It was already half past nine.
"It's getting late over there."
"It's okay, he went to bed relatively late, and it's still early now."
Zhou Yan nodded, "Is there anything else? ”
He was still in a hurry to brush his teeth. Halfway through brushing, his mouth felt uncomfortable.
“One more thing, the preparations for "Go Fighting" are very good and filming will start soon."
"Well, that's a good thing."
Zhang Youan didn't need to tell Zhou Yan about this, but it was Zhou Yan who recommended investing in this movie at the time, so now that the movie preparations are progressing, he will share it with Zhou Yan.
"There is nothing else to do... Celine Dion and his wife are going to stay in Yanjing for a few days. I have arranged for someone to accompany them. You don't have to worry about this."
" "Yeah, okay."
Zhou Yan was still thinking about how to arrange for Celine Dion and his wife. They came from afar, so they couldn't just ignore it after the work was done. Now that Zhang Youan has made arrangements, he just decided. Relax. (End of chapter)