Nowadays, domestic movies are at the other extreme in terms of the proportion of film remuneration. The proportion of remuneration in many films is too low.
Although in recent years, there have been more and more actors working as part-timers, and more and more actors can get high salaries.
But most actors still only get relatively small salaries.
For some movies, the actors' remuneration only accounts for a fraction of the total production cost, or even can be ignored.
Zhou Yan actually took advantage of this aspect when he filmed "Time Traveler".
In the crew, mainland actors like Li Jingfei and others, although Zhou Yan's salary is much higher than the mainland average, it is still not comparable to the actors in Xiangjiang.
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After the post-production of "Space Traveler" was completed, Zhou Yan originally planned to take a good rest for two days. During this time, he worked non-stop and felt a little tired.
Since it was a break, he didn't go anywhere, just stayed at home.
The weather in Yanjing happened to be good these days, and the sun was shining brightly every day. During the day, he moved a chair to the yard to bask in the sun and read a book.
The temperature in Yanjing in late November is already quite low, but Zhou Yan's yard is still relatively warm. If you use the charcoal stove to cook a pot of black tea, you don't have to find other food to eat. You can use the warm sun to drink tea, and your body will be warm. .
Zhou Yan only lived through such a pleasant day for one day.
The next morning, not long after Zhou Yan got up, the principal Liu Lin called and asked him to go to the school to report on his work.
The school has approved the appointment of him as the deputy director of the Orchestra Department.
Although the deputy director is a casualty and does not need Zhou Yan to do anything, he will definitely show up as a new official.
Even if it's just a show, it's still necessary.
After receiving Liu Lin’s call, Zhou Yan immediately went to school.
He did not go to Liu Lin, but went directly to the office of Qu Ke, the director of the orchestral department.
Qu Ke was born in this school. After graduating from this school in the 1960s, he stayed at the school to teach until today, and he is about to retire.
Zhou Yan had had more contact with Qu Ke before, and his impression of Qu Ke was that he was a good old man.
Qu Ke is usually very silent, and Zhou Yan rarely heard him speak when he was in contact with him before.
As a department head, it is definitely not good to be too silent, but Qu Ke is quite efficient in doing things. For example, he contributed a lot to the previous cooperation between the Piano Youth Orchestra and the orchestra. .
Seeing Zhou Yan, Qu Ke said with a smile, "Teacher Zhou, welcome to the Orchestra Department."
Zhou Yan also laughed, "I am new here, and I will ask Director Qu to do more in the future. Take care of it.”
“The orchestra is also your home, I don’t need to take special care of it.”
Qu Ke just doesn't like to talk at ordinary times, but if he can sit in the position of department director, he will definitely not be ignorant of the ways of the world.
He knows that Zhou Yan's development in the school will definitely be good. This time he came to the Orchestra Department to be the deputy director of the department is just a transition. He will still return to the Composition Department in the future, and there will be no conflict with him.
Even if Zhou Yan, the deputy director, is not a sinecure, he actually has no conflict with Qu Ke.
Qu Ke will not be able to stay in the position of director of the orchestral department for much longer. The one who is really threatening should be deputy director Sun Dong.
"Director Qu, where is my work station? Is there any handover process?"
"We don't have any process here. As for what process you have, I don't know."
Logically speaking, Zhou Yan used to be the assistant to the principal and is now transferred to the Orchestra Department as the deputy director. He must have a job. Handover to the new assistant principal.
But the problem is that Zhou Yan, the assistant to the principal, has a false position. He has not done many things during his tenure, so naturally there is no need for handover.
When Liu Lin called, he also mentioned this matter and told him not to worry about anything else and just come to the orchestral department.
“I have nothing to hand over.”
"That's okay." Qu Ke nodded, "I'll take you to your workstation."
Zhou Yan smiled and said, "I have to trouble you with such a small matter. Just tell me the place and I'll go by myself. Or you can assign someone to connect with me."
"That's okay, after all, you are familiar with the people in our department. Then you go to Qin Hong, and she will arrange your work station for you. Yes. In fact, you just need to go to our collective office. The one with nothing on the table must be your workstation."
"Okay, I'll go find Sister Qin right away. Director, do you have anything else to tell me? ”
“Nothing else, but you are new to the Orchestra Department, and I am going to arrange a reception for you. Do you have time tonight?”
Hearing that Qu Ke wanted to help him, Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Well, I just came here, give me a chance to show off, I will make arrangements tonight and treat everyone to a meal."
"You come first God, there’s no reason to ask you to treat me to dinner.”
“Hey, director, don’t argue with me about this. Let me show off. I happen to have an acquaintance in a nearby restaurant. It's easy to book."
Seeing that Zhou Yan was not polite, Qu Ke nodded, "In that case, I'll let you spend the money. I'll tell them in the afternoon."
< br>If it were anyone else, Qu Ke would probably not agree, but Zhou Yan is different. Zhou Yan is a wealthy businessman.
It's not that Zhou Yan is rich, so Zhou Yan should treat him to dinner, but Zhou Yan is relatively rich, and Qu Ke is afraid that if he arranges it, it may not go as Zhou Yan wants, so he simply lets Zhou Yan make the arrangements himself.
“Okay, then I’ll trouble Director Qu.”
After coming out of Qu Ke’s office, Zhou Yan went directly to the orchestra’s big office.
As soon as he entered the office, a young man sitting near the door smiled and said, "Teacher Zhou, why are you free to come here today?"
The person speaking was Song Xu, Students from Violin 88 stayed in the department to teach after graduation.
Sung Wook also spent time in the Piano Youth Orchestra before quitting last year.
So Song Xu was very familiar with Zhou Yan and very happy.
Zhou Yan responded with a smile, "I'm here to see Director Qin."
"Oh, Director Qin..."
Song Xugang was about to look back at Qin Hong's workstation, over there Qin Hong had already stood up and said with a smile, "Teacher Zhou...oh, I should call you Director Zhou now."
"Director Zhou?" Song Xu's eyes widened, "Mr. Zhou, are you the new deputy director?"
Song Xu has heard that their orchestra is going to have a new deputy director. Yes, but he didn't know who this person was.
Yesterday when Qin Hong asked people to clean up the work station, Song Xu asked about it, but Qin Hong kept it secret at that time and did not tell Song Xu.
Now that he learned that Zhou Yan was the new deputy director, Song Xu was extremely surprised.
In Song Xu's opinion, Zhou Yan is a treasure of the composition department, and he will definitely develop in the composition department. He did not expect to come to the orchestral department. Zhou Yan patted Song Xu on the shoulder and said, "From now on, we will be colleagues in the same department."
Song Xu also bared his teeth, "You have become my leader again."
Song Xu was in the Piano Youth Orchestra before, and Zhou Yan was indeed his leader.
Qin Hong came over at this moment and pointed to a workstation by the window, "Director Zhou, that is your workstation. If you are dissatisfied with anything, you can mention it to me."
< br>The deputy directors of the Orchestra Department are all in the big office, and no one has his own independent office. The window position Qin Hong arranged for him is actually pretty good among the deputy directors.
Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Thank you, Director Qin. I think this is very good."
"If you need anything, you can tell me. Of course, you can also tell others that we are here. In fact, you can also We are all familiar with each other."
"Well, okay." Zhou Yan looked around the office again. There were only three of them in the whole office now. "Is everyone else going to class?"
"Most of them have gone to class. At this time, there are few people in the office, and everyone has coursework."
Zhou Yan nodded. He was probably the only one in the entire office who didn't have coursework.
Because Zhou Yan was quite familiar with the orchestral department, Qin Hong had nothing to say to Zhou Yan. After arranging his work station, he returned to his position.
Song Xu came over very attentively, "Teacher Zhou, do you have anything to move? I will help you."
Zhou Yan's workstation was empty, there was nothing. , looks particularly conspicuous.
As for Zhou Yan's original desk in the Composition Department, there was basically nothing, except for a pile of newspapers subscribed by the school.
He rarely comes to school, and there is no pile of dust on the desk. His colleagues in the office are already diligent.
Zhou Yan smiled and shook his head, "There's nothing to move. I'll just go and get it later."
"Okay, just ask me if you need anything. Teacher Zhou, after you come to the Orchestra Department, you will often Are you staying in the office?"
Zhou Yan shook his head, "I'm afraid not."
"Indeed, you are so busy now. In fact, we don't have time to stay in the school. There are so many things that even Director Qin and Director Sun don’t need to come to you every day. Then can you teach the orchestral department’s theory courses? There are many Zhou Yan who can teach them. The students here take many of the same courses as students in the composition department.
Many teachers in the composition department originally taught in the orchestral department.
That’s why Song Xu asked this question.
Zhou Yan smiled and said, "I don't even have the composition class now."
"Oh, that's a pity." Song Xu looked regretful, "If I were an orchestra student We know that they will be very happy if you come to the orchestra department to teach them. I often take out your music to explain to them in class."
"What grade are you teaching now?"
"I mainly teach first and second grade classes. In addition, I am also the class teacher of Violin 95."
"Oh, is Nan Xiaoqin your student?"
Nan Xiaoqin is Violin 95. student, she joined the Piano Youth Orchestra in the first half of this year. She performed very well and is already the main force.
"Yes, Xiaoqin is in our class. She performed well, right?"
Zhou Yan smiled and nodded, "Yes, Nan Xiaoqin's performance has been outstanding in the past few sessions. ”
"Anyway, it's definitely better than what I was back then." Song Xu touched his head in embarrassment, "I stayed in the band for so long that I couldn't even sit as the main member."
If it weren't for staying in the band After several years of being unable to secure his position as the main band, Sung Wook will not quit the band.
Even if he now stays in school and becomes a teacher, it will not affect his stay in the Piano Youth Orchestra.
Now there are several teachers in the Piano Youth Orchestra. In fact, many teachers have more free time than students.
Zhou Yan smiled and said: "You performed very well at that time. I still remember that when you first joined the troupe, you played Bach's "Violin Concerto in E major", which was very powerful."
"Do you remember this Teacher Zhou?" Song Xu asked in surprise.
"Of course, because you performed really well at that time, otherwise I wouldn't be able to remember it."
Hearing what Zhou Yan said, Song Xu was of course very happy.
Song Xu was also very sorry to withdraw from the Piano Youth Orchestra, but he felt that since he could not secure his main position, he might as well let more newcomers come in for experience.
“Actually, I am very happy to be a teacher now, especially when I meet an outstanding student like Xiaoqin, who is even better than I am at playing the piano myself.”
Zhou Yan nodded. Song Xu's mentality was very suitable for being a teacher.
A good teacher needs strong empathy.
It is not easy to be happy for other people's achievements. Even among teachers, there are many people who cannot be sincerely proud of their students.
Many teachers even have a condescending idea, thinking that their students are inferior to them.
Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Work hard and try to cultivate more outstanding students for our orchestra."
Hearing what Zhou Yan said, Song Xu began to complain again, "Teacher Zhou, the entry threshold for the Piano Youth Orchestra is getting higher and higher now, and it is getting harder and harder for students in the lower grades to get in."
"No way, This is the inevitable result of the development of the orchestra. A stable orchestra will definitely have very few new members.”
“I actually don’t want all students to join the orchestra, I just hope that more students can get experience. Many of our previous students were able to join the orchestra and perform with large groups around the world. These are rare opportunities for experience, especially after performing abroad, our confidence has become stronger. . Nowadays, these students lack the opportunity of piano youth, especially the opportunities to perform abroad. "
In fact, it is not just as simple as going abroad, mainly because the piano youth orchestra participates in many stages. It was a large-scale event, with thousands of spectators present.
This battle cannot be experienced by ordinary orchestras.
"Next year will be better. Next year the Piano Youth Orchestra will be divided into two groups, AB. Then group B will need to recruit a lot of new people, and group B will also increase mobility in the future."
"Really?" Song Song Xu said in surprise, "Teacher Zhou, this is not a benefit you gave us when you became the deputy director of our department."
"Haha, just think of it as a benefit."
Zhou Yan plans to divide the Piano Youth Orchestra into two groups, AB, next year. From now on, group A will tour abroad, while group B will stay in China.
Group B is mainly composed of school students, and Zhou Yan also plans to set a time limit for Group B. After members join the group, they will stay in Group B for four years. If they still cannot enter Group A, then You must quit the group.
In this way, the mobility of Group B can be ensured and more students can participate.
With this Group B, it is great news for the Orchestra Department. Students in their department now have an additional way to exercise.
As for the Piano Youth Orchestra, Group B is also cultivating talents for Group A. (End of this chapter)