1990: Starting from Baojia Street

Zhou Yan was surprised to hear that someone wanted to use Forever Together, Teacher Zhao, who wants to use it?

Have you heard of Wang Junzheng? Zhao Jiping asked.

Zhou Yan thought for a while and said, No.

Have you seen the movie The First Woman in the Forest?

Zhou Yan raised his eyebrows. He had watched The First Woman in the Forest and remembered that this movie was directed by the same director as Heaven Replies. The latter was a domestic movie that Zhou Yan liked very much and he had watched it several times.

Although Heaven Replies is not as famous as Raise the Red Lantern and other internationally award-winning films, in Zhou Yan's heart, this film can definitely be ranked in the first echelon of Chinese film history.

Zhao Jiping smiled and said, The director of this movie is Wang Junzheng. She is also from Shaanxi Province. We usually have contacts. She came to my house the afternoon before yesterday and heard Zhao Chang playing your song Forever Together... You also know that Zhao Ji likes this piece of music very much. After Wang Junzheng heard it, he thought it sounded very good, and he had never heard it before, so he asked about the origin of this piece of music.

Then it seems that I have to thank Zhao Zhang. Zhou Yan said with a smile.

Listen to me first. I didn't agree to this for you, and I didn't tell Wang Junzheng about your specific situation. I wanted to ask you what you meant first. I want to make one thing clear to you. Wang Junzheng's film The movie is produced by Yanjing Studio, and its budget is completely incomparable to Raise the Red Lantern...

I understand, the licensing fee for the music is not much, right?

Yes, it's definitely not comparable to the amount you got in Raise the Red Lantern.

In fact, the licensing fee Zhou Yan received for Raise the Red Lantern was not very high, but the domestic market is like this these days. If you can get a few hundred yuan for one song, it's not bad.

There are also some disgusting production teams who use other people's music. Not only do they not want to pay, but they act like it's an honor to use your music.

It's fine that I didn't ask you for publicity fees, but you still ask us for money?

Zhou Yan actually doesn’t care much about licensing fees. It’s not that he doesn’t value money, but it’s just that there’s not much difference between a few hundred yuan and a thousand yuan. If it’s less, people won’t starve, and if it’s too much, he won’t make a fortune.

He paid more attention to the movie Wang Junzheng was filming, Teacher Zhao, can I ask what the theme of Director Wang's movie is?

I didn't read the script, but I briefly chatted with her. The movie mainly revolves around the family relationship between a grandfather and grandson.

Hearing this, Zhou Yan smiled. This must be Heaven Replies. If he could score this movie, Zhou Yan would be willing to do it no matter how little money he had.

What do Director Wang want to say? Do you want to talk face to face?

Yes, she wants to talk face to face. She has returned to Yanjing now. What I mean is that after you arrive in Yanjing, you can go directly to Yanjing Studio to find her, or you can ask her to find you.

I'll go find her. Zhou Yan said with a smile. At this time, there was no need to act like a composer.

Well, I'll give you her work number first, and you can call her to contact her.

good.

Then remember it.

…

Zhou Yan dialed the phone number given by Zhao Jiping, and it took a while before the call was picked up.

Hello.

Is this the director's office of Yanjing Studio?

Yes, who are you looking for?

I'm looking for Teacher Wang Junzheng.

Wait a moment...Sister Wang, I'm looking for you.

The phone was put down and picked up again after a while. A cheerful female voice with a northwest accent came from the other end of the phone, Hello, who are you?

Hello, Teacher Wang, my name is Zhou Yan. Teacher Zhao said that you are interested in the song Forever Together and asked me to contact you.

It's you. Wang Junzheng's tone was full of surprise, I didn't expect you to call me so soon. Teacher Zhao told you everything, right?

Teacher Zhao said that you are making a movie about family love, and you want to add Forever Together to it.

Yes, the script of our movie has just been finalized and we will go to Zhu City to shoot next month.

Zhu City? Zhou Yan was a little surprised. The movie was obviously all about Yanjing, so why go to Zhu City for filming?

What's wrong? Wang Junzheng was also surprised. Is there something wrong with the Pearl Market?

Oh, no, I didn't expect the filming to go so far.

Hey, it was suggested by the factory. Wang Junzheng smiled and did not continue the topic. He turned to the song again, When I heard Zhao Xi play this song the afternoon before yesterday, I felt very warm. It has a bit of sadness and a bit of dreaminess, which is very consistent with the theme of my movie. I asked Teacher Zhao, and he only said that it was written by an alumnus of Yangyin and asked me to wait for you to contact me.

It seems that Zhao Jiping did not disclose his specific information, only said that he was an alumnus.

Teacher Wang, Teacher Zhao may not have told you my specific situation. In fact, I haven't graduated yet.

Wang Junzheng said in surprise, Are you still in school?

Although Zhou Yan sounded young from the voice on the phone, Wang Junzheng didn't expect that he was still in school. The key point is that Zhao Jiping only introduced him as an alumnus, so Wang Junzheng thought he was at least in his thirties or forties.

Well, it will take another two or three years to graduate. The composition department has a five-year schooling system, and Zhou Yan took a year off in the middle, so it will take a total of six years.

Wang Junzheng said with emotion, It's true that the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead. But you are from Yangyin, so it's not surprising. You Yangyin are really full of talents.

Director Wang is overly praised.

You are too modest. Wang Junzheng smiled and then said straight to the point, Zhou Yan, let's be more direct. Whether you are studying or graduating does not affect my appreciation of this song. I want to license this song, and you can pay the licensing fee. Any ideas?

Zhou Yan did not answer the question, but asked, Director Wang, have you decided on the soundtrack director for this film?

Wang Junzheng was stunned for a moment. Zhou Yan asked what he meant by this. Did he want to recommend himself?

Before Wang Junzheng could reply, Zhou Yan said again, If it's not decided, I don't know if I can give it a try.

On the other end of the phone, Wang Junzheng was silent for a long time, and finally said, Zhou Yan, in fact, our film's soundtrack director doesn't get much money.

Zhou Yan smiled and said, Director Wang, I don't particularly care about the money. I just participated in the soundtrack of Raise the Red Lantern and I am very interested in this work. And your movie The First Woman in the Forest I also liked it very much, so I recommended myself to be the soundtrack director of the new film.

The reason why he mentioned Raise the Red Lantern was to beautify his resume and increase the possibility of his successful bid for the soundtrack director of Heaven Replies.

This trick worked. When he heard that Zhou Yan also participated in the soundtrack of Raise the Red Lantern, Wang Junzheng raised his eyebrows, but he was no longer as firmly negative as before.

It is true that she likes the song Forever Together and believes in Zhou Yan's talent. However, there are some differences between film scores and ordinary compositions. She does not dare to take the risk of letting an inexperienced student serve as the score director.

Even if she dares to take the risk, can the leaders in the factory pass it? The soundtrack direction is not something she can decide on.

After thinking for a while, Wang Junzheng said, Zhou Yan, I can't decide on the soundtrack guidance, and I can't give you a reply. How about this, you wait until I ask the leader for advice, and see what the leader's opinion is, and then I'll tell you, what's the matter? Sample?

Zhou Yan knew that if he went to ask the leader for instructions, the matter would definitely go wrong, so he hurriedly fought for himself, Director Wang, if you let me be the score director, you only need a salary as a score director, and the music I composed will be given to you for free. This is your new movie. In fact, the soundtrack work is relatively behind the scenes. I think you can make some bold attempts. If it doesn’t work, you can change people at any time before the filming ends. The more you try, the more possibilities you have.

Wang Junzheng did not expect Zhou Yan to be so tenacious. At the same time, she also felt that what Zhou Yan said was quite reasonable. Maybe Zhou Yan could give her a surprise other than Forever Together.

When will you go back to school? Wang Junzheng asked.

Hearing Wang Junzheng ask this, Zhou Yan smiled. He knew that this matter was somewhat hopeful, In ten days.

Okay, how about we meet in ten days?

No problem. See you there in ten days.

…

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yan was in a good mood. He was very familiar with the movie Reply from Heaven and had many ideas. He was confident that if Wang Junzheng and others were willing to let him serve as the soundtrack director, he would definitely be able to do a good job.

In this matter, Zhou Yan's disadvantage is that he has not graduated yet. Yanjing Studio is probably not willing to let a student serve as the soundtrack director of the film. Not only does it not trust the students' experience, but it also has nothing to do with the operation within the system. Patterns matter.

If it were Chang'an Studio, the situation might be better. Wu Tianming's courage is still very admirable.

But Zhou Yan also has some advantages. He has just participated in the soundtrack work of Raise the Red Lantern, and his name will also appear in the movie later. This is a gimmick.

Another advantage is the song Forever Together, which can add a lot of points to Zhou Yan.

In fact, there is another matter. Zhou Yan will also participate in the Farewell My Concubine that Yanjing Studio is about to produce. However, this matter has not been completely settled yet. Zhou Yan didn't say it just now. Don't let anything go wrong later. Then It's embarrassing.

The reason why Zhou Yan is so positive is that on the one hand, he really likes Heaven Replies and he feels honored to score this movie. On the other hand, he also wants to make a jump in the film scoring industry through this time.

From a score assistant to a score director, there is a hurdle in the middle. This hurdle is so deep that many people cannot cross it in their lifetime and can only work behind the score director.

But skipping over, it's different.

It is simply impossible for Zhou Yan to work as a soundtrack director on a crew like Farewell My Concubine. Only films with less attention like Heaven Replies can have such an opportunity.

As long as Zhou Yan can successfully complete the soundtrack guidance work for Heaven Replies, others will not care whether he has graduated or not.

Today is Tuesday, the most critical period of reading, this is the autumn when the survival of the sincerity is critical!