1990: Starting from Baojia Street

Zhou Yan breathed a sigh of relief on the stage. He felt a little difficult to play this piece of music now.

As expected, the fists never leave the hands and the music never leaves the mouth. If the piano is lack of practice, it will indeed become rusty.

The main reason is that his piano is a half-way monk, and his foundation is not as solid as his bamboo flute.

He turned to look at the audience, where Xu Feng and several younger brothers and sisters were applauding vigorously.

But it was obvious that Lao Jiu was not clapping as hard as before. There was no way, clapping like her would make an adult's hands hurt. How could this girl's fleshy little hands bear it?

Seeing their support, Zhou Yan wanted to stand up and bow down to thank them, but that was too shameful and he couldn't do it.

He raised his hand to suppress it. After the applause stopped, Zhou Yan said with a smile, Okay, today's performance is over.

Ah, is this the end? Zhou Qing said with a disappointed look, Isn't this just the beginning?

Zhou Qian smiled and said, Yes, third brother, let's play ten more songs.

No, twenty more.

Too short, too short.

Jia Guoping laughed loudly when he heard this, Let your third brother play La San twenty times to practice your skills.

Zhou Yan gave Jia Guoping a roll of his eyes, and then told Zhou Qing and the others, If you want to listen, you can play it again when you have the chance.

Lao Jia laughed again and said: What's the point of just watching your third brother play the piano? In the future, let him find some musicians, and dozens of people will play this piece of music on the stage for you. What do you think?

good!

Zhou Yan knew that the piano solo of this piece was still a bit uninteresting, especially in the middle and later parts. If other instruments such as violin could be added, the effect would definitely be much better than it is now.

When Jia Guoping said this, he probably meant the same thing.

After Zhou Yan came off the stage, Xu Feng smiled and said, Zhou Yan, let's talk alone.

Okay. Zhou Yan nodded and said to Zhou Qian, Qianqian, take your brothers and sisters to play for a while. Sister Xu Feng and I have something to talk about.

Before Zhou Yan could say anything, Jia Guoping said with a smile, It's okay. I'll take them to my office to play.

Is it convenient to go to the office?

Jia Guoping said with a smile, What's the inconvenience? There's no one else in the office now.

Since Jia Guoping said this, Zhou Yan nodded and said, Okay, you take them there, and I will go find you later.

When leaving, Zhou Jiajun said goodbye to Xu Feng very politely, Sister Xu Feng, we are leaving.

Lao Jiu said again alone, You want to play with me in the future.

Xu Feng knelt down and touched Lao Jiu's head, and said with a smile, Auntie, can I treat you to dinner tomorrow?

At this time, Xu Feng started calling herself aunt because she was not used to Lao Jiu calling her sister.

Hearing that Xu Feng wanted to invite them to dinner, Lao Jiu turned to look at her third brother and nodded crazily.

Xu Feng immediately looked at Zhou Yan and complained, I'll treat you to dinner tomorrow, so don't stop me.

Zhou Yan scratched his head and thought to himself that he didn't say anything, so why did he stop him?

But he did say polite words: Sister Xu Feng, how can I let you spend money? I will come tomorrow...

Xu Feng pretended to be angry and said, Why are you so polite to me? It's settled. I will make arrangements tomorrow.

Zhou Yan nodded, Okay, Qing'er, you go play with Brother Guoping first, and then meet Sister Xu Feng tomorrow.

Yes. Lao Jiu straightened her head and waved her little hand, Auntie, goodbye.

Zhou Yan curled his lips, this girl knew how to climb the pole, so she called her aunt.

When Xu Feng heard Lao Jiu calling her aunt, her face burst into laughter. This was much more comfortable than hearing them call her sister.

After Jia Guoping took them away, Xu Feng smiled and said, Zhou Yan, do you want to accept investment from our Tomson to make this short film?

Zhou Yan frowned, a little embarrassed, Director Hou said before that he hoped that I could cooperate with Time Company, and I promised him that I would show him the script.

This is really not Zhou Yan's intention to whet Xu Feng's appetite in order to raise the price.

Although Zhou Yan is not a noble and upright gentleman, since he has promised to others, he cannot break his promise. This is a matter of principle.

It is not necessary to cooperate with Time Company for the short film, but at least the script must be shown to Hou Xiaoxian. Whether the cooperation can be negotiated is another matter.

Xu Feng said with a smile, This has no impact at all. You may not know that Hou Xiaoxian is not bound to Time Company. He can cooperate with Time Company or our Tomson Film Company.

If you are willing to cooperate with us, I can also ask him to serve as a producer or producer.

Does this kind of short film need to find another producer and producer?

In fact, Zhou Yan definitely needs a producer to help him when filming The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly. There are many things that a producer needs to do.

For example, if a paraglider is going to appear in his movie, but he has no way to do it, the producer needs to step in to solve the problem.

However, if Zhou Yan wants to cooperate with Tomson, the producer must be Xu Feng himself, and there is no need to find another producer or producer.

Xu Feng thought that Zhou Yan was worried that his creation would be interfered by Hou Xiaoxian, so he smiled and said, Don't worry, asking him to supervise the production will not affect your directing.

Zhou Yanze shook his head and said with a smile, I don't mean that. If I can really ask Director Hou to come over, I will be very happy. To be honest, I am a newbie in terms of directing. I have only shot a few-minute film so far. Short film. My experience is definitely insufficient. If I can have an experienced person like Director Hou to help me, I will definitely be happy.

When Xu Feng heard what Zhou Yan said, he secretly lamented that most young people are either submissive or arrogant because of their talents. It is rare to find someone like Zhou Yan who is calm, humble and eager to learn.

In fact, is Xu Feng worried?

Of course, as Zhou Yan himself said, he has only made a short film of a few minutes, and that film only had one actor and one scene. Not only has the length of this film increased several times, but the difficulty has also increased a lot. Will he still Capable?

But people always have to be adventurous. Xu Feng is willing to bet on Zhou Yan's potential. Zhou Yan's songs alone are worth her risk.

Since you don't mind, it's no problem. Xu Feng said.

But for such a short film, is Director Hou willing to be the producer? Or is it just in name?

Xu Feng smiled and said, Zhou Yan, you can think longer and further, why are you limited to short films? After reading your script, especially after listening to the two songs just now, I feel that the story can be expanded. Make it longer and dig into more details.”

Sister Xu Feng, what do you mean?

I mean, we can just expand it into a feature film. Of course, if you want to send it to the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, that's no problem, we can cut it out as a short film.

Zhou Yan frowned and said, But there is not enough time. There are less than three months left before the deadline.

Xu Feng waved his hand and said with a smile, That's no problem. We can shoot the content of the short film first, then cut it out and send it over. Doing these two things at the same time will not have any impact.

After listening to Xu Feng's operation, Zhou Yan nodded, this is indeed a way.

Originally, some movies were edited while filming. It was normal to cut a short film in advance. However, Xu Feng's operation was quite advanced for the country. No one had done this before.

In fact, it is mainly because there are few people making short films in China, so naturally there is no need to do this.

In this case, the script needs to be rewritten.

This is indeed the most time-consuming step. Xu Feng pondered for a while and said: Well, if the script can be finalized before August, then follow what I just said. If it cannot be finalized before August, Let’s change the approach, shoot a short film first, send it to an exhibition, and then expand it into a full-length film later.”

Zhou Yan nodded, Xu Feng's thinking was very clear, these two methods are indeed very good, there is advancement and retreat.

Seeing Zhou Yan nodding, Xu Feng smiled and said, Well, after I go back today, I will call and talk to Hou Xiaoxian. If it is confirmed, the three of us will talk together tomorrow, how about it?

Having said this, Zhou Yan naturally couldn't have any objections, so he nodded and said, Okay.

Okay, just wait for my news. Xu Feng looked at his watch, It's getting late now, I'll go back first, and we'll see you tomorrow.

…

Zhou Yan sent Xu Feng to the school gate and then turned to Jia Guoping's office.

There was indeed no one else in the office, and Jia Guoping was telling them some anecdotes about the school.

Every school has its own legends and stories, and Yangyin is no exception. Several of the more famous rumors about Yangyin are all related to music.

What Jia Guoping was telling Zhou Qing and the others was a rumor called The Piano Demon, which Zhou Yan and the others had heard when they first arrived at school.

It is said that there is a piano demon living in the piano building of the school. Every night when it is dark and windy, the piano demon will haunt the piano building and kill people.

Previously, a senior sister was killed by the piano demon, and only a piece of bloody music was left at the scene. The song on it was called Spiritual Eyes. It was said that this piece of music contained information about the piano demon.

There are many versions of the song Psychic Eyes, and Zhou Yan has listened to several of them. It is indeed quite supernatural, but the song is not complicated.

These rumors must be a prank by the students. It is said that some people thought that there were too many people in the piano room, so they made up this rumor to scare other students and stop them from coming to the piano room.

But after this rumor came out, the piano room became more crowded at night, and many piano rooms played various versions of Spiritual Eyes.

After Jia Guoping finished telling this rumor, he thought that Zhou Jiajun would be scared and scream, but what he didn't expect was that they actually looked expectant.

Lao Jiu asked, Brother Guoping, what's going on behind the scenes, has Qin Mo's information been deciphered? Has Qin Mo been caught? What does it look like?

Jia Guoping: ...

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