1990: Starting from Baojia Street

After leaving Lang Guoren's residence, Zhou Yan did not go back to school, but instead went to Yanjing Studio.

In the corner of Xia Gang's office, Zhou Yan found Senior Lu.

At this time, Senior Lu was immersed in reading a book. He was thin, had long hair, and wore a pair of thick glasses. He was sitting in the corner and could not be noticed without paying attention.

Road guide.

Zhou Yan walked up to Senior Lu and said hello.

Senior Lu looked up blankly and saw Zhou Yan. He pushed up his glasses and said with a smile, Director Zhou.

Are you busy? Zhou Yan offered another cigarette to Senior Lu.

Senior Lu took the cigarette but did not light it in a hurry. He shook his head and said, No, I am reading a book. Director Zhou, do you have anything to do with me?

Looking at Zhou Yan, Senior Lu looked confused.

Zhou Yan is considered a celebrity in their factory. He often hangs out in the factory and is quite familiar with the people in the factory. They have exchanged a few words before but have not had much contact, so Senior Lu doesn't understand why Zhou Yan suddenly came to him.

There is indeed something. Zhou Yan sat down opposite Senior Lu with a smile and asked, Director Lu, do you have any projects to follow these days?

Newcomers like Mr. Lu, who have been here for less than a year, basically focus on following projects. If there are movies, they will follow them, and if there are TV series, they will follow TV series. Sometimes other units are short of people, and they may be seconded. .

Each studio has different regulations and different attitudes towards recruiting new people. However, no matter which studio it is, it is impossible to make movies independently without a few years of experience.

Many studios explicitly stipulate that newcomers must hone their skills for five years before they can make a movie alone.

This rule may sound unfriendly to newcomers, but in fact, the reality is even more unfriendly than the rule. Even if most people survive five years, it is still impossible for them to make films independently.

It costs at least hundreds of thousands of dollars to make a movie, and it is certainly impossible for studios to spend the money on young directors.

Take Yanjing Film Studio as an example. The annual budget in the factory is only so much. If it doesn’t give senior directors like Chen Kaige, Tian Zhuangzhuang and Wang Junzheng, how can it give it to newcomers like Lu Xuexiang?

Unless there are private enterprises willing to invest money, and new directors have no works, naturally no one will invest money for them.

After all, I still have no money.

Senior Lu is just passing the time now, working when there is work and resting when there is no work.

Starting in September, there are two TV series, but I haven't been busy recently. Senior Lu said with a smile. He is now looking forward to September, when he can also be busy.

Zhou Yan actually knows that Senior Lu is not busy right now, and he knows what Yanjing Studio has planned recently. He didn't need to inquire specifically. He could just chat with people in the factory and they would naturally chat.

It's like this. I'm preparing a movie recently, which is invested by Tomson Film Company. Now I'm short of an executive director. I want to invite you to come. I don't know if you are willing. Zhou Yan explained his intention to Senior Lu.

Hearing Zhou Yan's words, Senior Lu was surprised.

Senior Lu's surprise was divided into two parts. One part was surprise that Zhou Yan was actually preparing a movie. Wasn't he the soundtrack director? In what capacity did he prepare the film? director? Producer? It can’t be the music director!

The other part was that he was surprised that Zhou Yan approached him. Although he was confident that he had the ability to make movies, he was only a newcomer who had only been here for less than a year.

But he was more concerned about the movie, What kind of movie is it?

Zhou Yan briefly explained the script of The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly to Senior Lu. After listening to it, Senior Lu was very interested.

The plot of this movie sounds quite dull, but it is very attractive to Senior Lu. The key is that he really wants to be busy recently. During the ten months he stayed in the factory, he felt that he had nothing to do all day long. Seriously, if this continues, it will soon become useless.

Although he likes quiet, he is often alone in the office, which feels too uncomfortable.

He felt that everyone who walked by their office would definitely think: Oh, Senior Lu is not following the project.

Senior Lu was bored, but he was not a hypocritical person. He lit the cigarette that Zhou Yan had just given him and said, Director Zhou, I am very interested in this script, but the unit...

Zhou Yan knew what he was going to say, so he smiled and said, As long as you agree, I will tell Director Chen.

It is not difficult at all to borrow someone from the factory. Although he has not had much contact with Chen Zhigu, Zhou Yan knows a little about him. He attaches great importance to the training of young directors in the factory.

It's just that the resources in the factory are limited, and there aren't many people who can lean towards young directors. Now that someone is willing to help them train directors, it's not too late for him to be happy.

Facts have proved that Zhou Yan was right.

He ran to Chen Zhigu's office and mentioned the matter, and Chen Zhigu agreed without even thinking, Just borrow it, as long as you remember to pay it back.

After taking care of Chen Zhigu, Zhou Yan returned to the director's office and told Senior Lu about the matter.

The two chatted about some movie-related things, and the more they chatted, the more they became more and more speculative. When they learned that Zhou Yan lacked an assistant, Senior Lu was hesitant to speak.

Seeing him like this, Zhou Yan smiled and asked, Lao Lu, do you have anyone to recommend?

After hearing Zhou Yan's question, Senior Lu said: He is a classmate of mine in college. He was originally assigned to Yanjing Studio like me. However, due to various changes, it did not come to pass. Now he is still unemployed.

What's your classmate's name? Zhou Yan asked.

Wang Xiaoshuai.

When Senior Lu mentioned that there was a classmate just now, Zhou Yan was wondering if he was a well-known director in the Sixth Generation, and sure enough, it turned out to be Wang Xiaoshuai.

Among the sixth generation directors, the more famous are Jia Zhangke, Lou Ye, and Wang Xiaoshuai. Compared with them, Mr. Lu may be less famous because he produced less frequently and died young.

But compared to others, what Zhou Yan admired the most was Senior Lu in front of him, because Senior Lu was very special, and even among the six generations of directors, his works were special.

Seeing Zhou Yan's silence, Senior Lu spoke kindly of his classmate again, Xiao Shuai has a very solid foundation.

He wanted to say more nice things to Wang Xiaoshuai, but due to his personality, he just said this and was embarrassed to continue.

Zhou Yan smiled, Is he in Yanjing now?

Yes, still there. Senior Lu nodded.

Then let him come to me.

Zhou Yan took out another card from his pocket with his paging number on it, and then he wrote his address on the back.

…

Zhou Yan thought that Wang Xiaoshuai would contact him before Lang Guoren, but he did not expect that he would receive news from Lang Guoren that afternoon.

After Lang Guoren sent Lang Lang to Teacher Zhao's house for class, he went to find Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan didn't say much and just handed the script to Lang Guoren along with the player, which recorded Mimac at the Station and Croatian Rhapsody.

After Lang Guoren read the script and listened to the two pieces of music, Zhou Yan said to him with a smile, The second piece of music is only recorded as a piano solo, but the version shown in the movie will be performed by a professional orchestra. Piano concerto. The subsequent film will be sent to Europe to participate in film festivals, and then the performance of the protagonist will be shown internationally through the film festival.

Did you write this? Lang Guoren looked at Zhou Yan in surprise.

Zhou Yan nodded, Well, I wrote it for this movie.

Lang Guoren looked at Zhou Yan and forced a smile on his face, Director Zhou, you are so talented.

After reading the script and listening to the music, Lang Guoren's thoughts changed dramatically. Thinking of his bad attitude yesterday, he now wanted to make up for it.

The script comes second, and the most important thing is the second piece. Lang Guoren has even begun to imagine his son playing the piano on the stage, with a professional orchestra playing for him next to him.

Isn't this the picture he thinks about day and night?

And Zhou Yan said that he would participate in foreign film festivals, which completely defeated his defense.

Zhou Yan smiled. Of course he could feel Lang Guoren's attitude change, and this was all what he expected.

If Lang Lang is willing to come, then we will continue to talk.

Lang Guoren immediately said, He can do it.

At this time, Zhou Yan smiled and said, Although you are Lang Lang's father, I still want to understand the actor's own wishes. I have to talk to him.

Okay, then I will bring him here after he finishes class. Lang Guoren nodded, and then he asked with a smile, Director Zhou, can this second piece be used as Lang Lang's exclusive piece?

Zhou Yan knew what Lang Guoren meant. The exclusive track was to let Lang Lang record this song and release it in his own album. In this way, when others heard this song, the first thing they thought of was Lang Lang.

Just like in another time and space, when people hear Croatian Rhapsody, they will think of Maxim who played it, not other pianists. Not many people even know the composer who wrote this piece.

Of course Zhou Yan would not agree to such a request, but he did not refuse directly. Instead, he said with a smile, It depends on Lang Lang's future performance and development.

Lang Guoren nodded repeatedly, Okay, I understand. Don't worry, Director Zhou, Lang Lang will not let you down.

Now Lang Guoren has been completely controlled by Zhou Yan. He is now thinking about letting his son participate in Zhou Yan's movie and perform well in it.

In the evening, Lang Guoren brought Lang Lang over again, and Zhou Yan chatted with Lang Lang alone for a while.

Lang Lang is a good kid in every aspect, but his accent is a bit heavy.

Zhou Yan thought of He Saifei's accent again. The two of them were playing mother and son, so the accents didn't match. But that didn't matter. He didn't plan to record the scene on the spot anyway. He would just find someone to dub it in the later stages.

There is also the need to find a younger actor to play the male protagonist in the kindergarten version. This is not difficult, because the requirements are not high. In the script designed by Zhou Yan, the male protagonist in the kindergarten version has fewer scenes than the original film.

Before leaving, Zhou Yan gave Lang Lang a copy of the script and score, asking him to study it more when he had nothing to do.

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