1990: Starting from Baojia Street

When many people heard that Zhou Yan was from Yangyin, they asked him how many musical instruments he could play.

In fact, this is not a misunderstanding. Although musical instruments are neither a sufficient nor a necessary condition for composing music, Zhou Yan, who has a professional background, can at least know two instruments.

The Composition Department of Yangyin University has very high requirements for students' piano proficiency, which can be said to be second only to the piano major. In addition, many students also take other musical instruments such as violin.

Zhou Yan is relatively good at three musical instruments. He has learned the bamboo flute from his mother since he was a child, and he has childish skills. He only started learning the piano when he was in junior high school in order to take the Yangyin test. He is a semi-monk, and later graduated from high school. I started learning the violin mainly because learning the violin is more conducive to composing music.

Zhou Yan also knows how to play other musical instruments, such as the erhu and the guqin, but not many, and not to the level where he can perform on stage.

There are many types of flutes. Zhou Yan’s hand is a C-key bamboo flute, which is perfect for playing Journey to Suzhou.

The first part of Travel to Suzhou consists of three short paragraphs. These three short paragraphs form a peaceful introduction, and there is an emotional expectation of meeting your lover. When the composer Jiang Xianwei wrote this song, he wanted to express This is also my reverie and expectation before going to Suzhou Gardens.

A layman can watch the excitement, and an expert can listen to the rules.

Other staff members only thought that Zhou Yan was good at playing the bamboo flute, almost the same as Teacher He. However, He Wuming knew from just one opening that Zhou Yan's skills on the southern style bamboo flute were much higher than his.

Zhou Yan expresses the delicate emotions in the song very well, making people feel as if they can see the waterside pavilions, rockery and bamboos looming in the clouds and mist, as if they can see the true appearance of the beautiful scenery with just a flick of the hand, which makes people feel itchy. .

In the second paragraph, the clouds and mist are gently pushed aside, finally revealing the true appearance of the garden. The breeze blows away the lotus leaves, wrinkles the surface of the pond, and follows the bees and butterflies dancing in the garden. There are more details shown in this paragraph. .

In the first two sections, Zhou Yan's body posture was relatively stable, but in the third section, the intensity of the tune suddenly increased, and his body also swayed significantly.

By this time, even laymen like Jiang Mengfei could see the difference between Zhou Yan's and He Wuming's performances. They didn't know much about music. They only knew that Zhou Yan played the flute more vigorously than He Wuming.

When He Wuming played, they only felt the music was melodious and melodious, but when Zhou Yan played it, they felt real happiness.

Several little girls on the set looked at Zhou Yan with stars in their eyes. They usually get along with Zhou Yan, and they only think that Zhou Yan is humorous and an interesting big boy. They didn't expect that he has such a talented side.

Zhang Yimou's eyes were also filled with stars, but the stars in his eyes were different from the stars in the eyes of those little girls. What he wanted was to let Zhou Yan replace Chu Xiao as Chen Feipu.

During this period, Zhang Yimou continued to mediate, trying to get the coal mine art troupe to release him, but the matter made no progress at all. Seeing that the filming of the movie was about to begin, Zhang Yimou could only start looking for other candidates.

When he met He Wuming at noon yesterday, because He Wuming and Zhou Yan lived in the same dormitory, he casually asked He Wuming if Zhou Yan could play the flute. He Wuming said he didn't know at the time, but today at noon he came to him and said that Zhou Yan could play the flute. flute. So there is this scene now. Zhang Yimou wants to see how Zhou Yan plays the flute.

Zhang Yimou's expectations were not high before, as long as Zhou Yan could play the music normally, but he never expected that Zhou Yan gave him a big surprise. He could play the flute at a higher level than He Wuming.

That's all. The main reason is that Zhou Yan is tall and handsome. When he stands with his flute sideways, his elegant temperament comes out. The reactions of the little girls on the crew are proof. This is exactly the same as Chen Feipu imagined by Zhang Yimou.

The character Chen Feipu actually plays a lot of roles in the novel, and the character is very complex and carries a lot of authorial expression. But in the movie script, they simplified the character of Chen Feipu.

In the novel, there are many scenes of Songlian and Chen Feipu playing the flute and drinking. It is also very clear that Chen Feipu is gay or bisexual.

In the movie script, most of these plots have been deleted, and only some metaphors have been used. As a result, Chen Feipu's role has become much less. He is more often a symbolic figure who lives in the conversations of others. What such a character needs most is an image counterpart.

Zhang Yimou was thinking about the feasibility of letting Zhou Yan play Chen Feipu, but Zhou Yan had already finished his song.

The crew clapped one after another, and it was louder than the applause given to He Wuming in the morning. Regardless of his level, this was Zhou Yan's first time performing in public, so everyone naturally wanted to support him. Even if Zhou Yan's performance today is average, he will definitely receive warm applause based on his relationship with the rest of the crew.

Jiang Mengfei booed again, Door God, let's listen to Er Quan Ying Yue again!

Everyone in the yard laughed, Isn't Erquan Yingyue Erhu?

Musical instruments are just a form of expression, you don't understand...

Zhou Yan ignored Jiang Mengfei and looked at Zhang Yimou, Director Zhang, are you okay?

Okay, the music is very good. Zhang Yimou smiled.

Zhou Yan handed the flute to Zhang Yimou, Director Zhang, this flute is for you.

Zhang Yimou waved his hand, You can keep the flute for now.

After Zhang Yimou left, everyone watching the excitement dispersed. Jiang Mengfei came up and patted Zhou Yan on the shoulder, Door God, you are here to hide your secrets. Is this flute difficult to learn? Why don't you teach me?

Zhou Yan glanced at Jiang Mengfei and said, It must be difficult for others to learn, but it will be easy for you to learn.

Jiang Mengfei said happily, Can you tell that I have very good bones and am a good candidate for learning music?

You are usually so good at bragging, so playing the flute is definitely not an issue. They are almost the same, and your skills are all in playing the flute.

Jiang Mengfei reacted quickly and immediately smiled and said, No wonder you play the flute so well.

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Zhou Yan returned to the room and was playing with the flute. He Wuming came back with a stool. He looked at the flute in Zhou Yan's hand and said with a smile, This flute is of average workmanship.

Indeed. Zhou Yan nodded.

This bamboo flute is just an ordinary product. It looks okay when you look at it from a little distance, but when you look closer, it reveals its secrets. It may be that purple bamboo is used in pursuit of appearance, but in fact, purple bamboo flutes are not very suitable in the north, and the price/performance ratio is not good. high. Like He Wuming's flute, although it looks ordinary at first glance, the materials and workmanship are of high quality.

Zhou Yan himself has a lot of flutes in various tunes. They are basically kept at school, and there are also some in his hometown. When he came, he hesitated whether to bring an instrument, but in the end he didn't bring anything. At that time, he couldn't play the flute smoothly.