1990: Starting from Baojia Street

On July 31st, the afternoon of the third day after the audition, Zhou Yan was in the dormitory thinking about the meeting tomorrow morning when a shout came from outside.

Is Director Zhou Yan and Zhou here?

Zhou Yan replied Yes and then walked over to open the door.

Standing at the door was a short, single-eyed, somewhat thin young man. This young man was wearing a very clean white shirt with no wrinkles at all. He looked refreshing, but Zhou Yan had no impression of him.

Who are you? Zhou Yan asked.

The other party smiled and said, Hello, Director Zhou, I am Wang Xiaoshuai. I was introduced by Senior Lu.

When Zhou Yan heard that the other party said that he was Wang Xiaoshuai, Zhou Yan was stunned for a moment. The Wang Xiaoshuai in front of him was completely different from the Wang Xiaoshuai in his impression.

In Zhou Yan's impression, Wang Xiaoshuai was chubby and didn't have much hair, while the one in front of him had thick hair and a thin figure.

Speaking of gaining weight, Chen Kaige also gained weight in his later years, but Zhou Yan could still recognize the young version of Chen Kaige at a glance, but the Wang Xiaoshuai in front of him could not see the shadow of the later Wang Xiaoshuai at all.

After being stunned, Zhou Yan invited Wang Xiaoshuai into the room. When Wang Xiaoshuai looked at the room full of children, big and small, Zhou Yan said to the Zhou family soldiers, This is brother Xiaoshuai.

Hello, handsome brother Xiao.

Zhou Yan introduced Wang Xiaoshuai with a smile, These are my younger brothers and sisters.

Wang Xiaoshuai tried his best to put a smile on his face and said, Hello.

After asking Wang Xiaoshuai to sit down, Zhou Yan said with a smile, I thought you didn't want to come. Senior Lu recommended you to me several days ago.

Wang Xiaoshuai scratched his head and said sheepishly, Sorry, Director Zhou, I was delayed by some personal matters.

It's okay. Now that we're here, let's talk. Senior Lu should have told you the specific situation of our crew, right?

Wang Xiaoshuai nodded, As I said, the senior said that you are a very talented director. He also said that if I can really join this crew, I will definitely be able to learn a lot, so I came with a learning mentality.

Did Lao Lu really say that? Zhou Yan asked with a smile.

Wang Xiaoshuai continued to nod, He did praise you a lot.

In fact, Zhou Yan knew that Senior Lu's words must have been processed when they came out of Wang Xiaoshuai's mouth.

When Wang Xiaoshuai spoke, his expressions were not rich, but he was better at talking than Senior Lu. At least he could say some complimentary words, which Senior Lu could not.

After that, Zhou Yan chatted with Wang Xiaoshuai for nearly half an hour. Zhou Yan didn't mention professional matters. Wang Xiaoshuai graduated from the directing department. Zhou Yan's own theoretical knowledge in directing was relatively weak, so there was no need to pretend to test others.

From beginning to end, they were talking about Wang Xiaoshuai's life and things related to Senior Lu.

After chatting, Zhou Yan felt that Wang Xiaoshuai's communication skills were still good. Sometimes he could feel that he had different ideas about a certain issue, but his behavior was still very calm.

This kind of emotional stability is certainly a plus in Zhou Yan's opinion. If Wang Xiaoshuai is as talkative as Senior Lu, then Zhou Yan will definitely not want it.

When filming begins in the future, both the executive director and the director's assistant will be bored, and he, the director, will have to do all the communication work, which is very tiring.

He also asked Wang Xiaoshuai about his wishes and requirements. Wang Xiaoshuai said that he had no requirements, so Zhou Yan appointed him as the director's assistant.

Zhou Yan gave Wang Xiaoshuai a set of scripts, and then asked him to attend a meeting in the composition classroom on the 1st.

Later, Zhou Yan watched Wang Xiaoshuai leave on the second floor. When he was about to turn back, he saw a girl coming out from the shade of a tree and holding Wang Xiaoshuai's arm.

It was too far away to see clearly, but Zhou Yan always felt that this girl looked familiar.

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On August 1st, the sky was gloomy early in the morning, and it seemed like a heavy rain would come at any time.

Zhou Yan took his younger brothers and sisters to a nearby mutton soup restaurant for breakfast, and then went to the composition department classroom.

They went very early, arriving at 7:40, but when they arrived, they found Lin Juan already standing at the door of the classroom.

Lao Jiu saw Lin Juan from afar and greeted Lin Juan sweetly, Sister Juan.

Jiu Mei, good morning. Lin Juan also smiled.

When he arrived, Zhou Yan smiled and said, Xiaojuan, you are here so early.

Lin Juan smiled and said, I'll come in advance to help set up the scene.

In fact, Lin Juan had been here for a while. She first went downstairs to Zhou Yan's dormitory, but she didn't find Zhou Yan. By that time, Zhou Yan had already taken Zhou Jiajun to dinner.

After a short while in Zhou Yan's dormitory, she came to the classroom.

There's nothing to do. Just arrive before half past eight.

Zhou Yan opened the door of the composition classroom and led them inside.

There is really nothing to decorate in the composition classroom. Zhou Yan has moved the materials that will be used today to the classroom in advance, and a banner with the name of the crew has been hung up.

This classroom was borrowed by Zhou Yanwen from the school. He not only borrowed the classroom from the school, but also borrowed the piano room and concert hall. The last scene where the young male protagonist holds a concert was filmed in the school concert hall.

The school knew that Zhou Yan wanted to film a movie and was very supportive. Moreover, it was summer and would not delay anyone's studies. Zhou Yan also promised the school that when the movie is broadcast later, he will give special thanks to the school at the end.

At early eight o'clock, the behind-the-scenes crew members arrived one after another.

Wang Xiaoshuai came with Senior Lu. Zhou Yan smiled and introduced to the others, Before anyone else comes, let me introduce to you. This is Assistant Director Wang Xiaoshuai, who is also Director Lu's college classmate. What's going to happen in the future? If you can’t find me, go to the guide. If you can’t find the guide, go to the guide.”

Everyone greeted Wang Xiaoshuai one after another, and he responded one by one. He felt pretty good on his first day as an assistant director.

Zhou Yan did not introduce the others to Wang Xiaoshuai one by one. Although their crew was not large, there were dozens of people behind the scenes.

There are three people in the director's team, eight people in camera and lighting, three people in makeup, and seven people in props team and art... There are all kinds of people in total, thirty or forty people.

At 8:30, investor Xu Feng and producer Hou Xiaoxian also arrived.

Xu Feng looked around the classroom and said with a smile, Is Teacher Zhou going to teach us today? This is my first time to have a meeting in the classroom.

And it's also a classroom of the composition department. Hou Xiaoxian followed up and looked at the three pianos on the stage. Is it necessary to have so many pianos in your classroom?

It's really necessary. Even this piano is not enough.

Hou Xiaoxian curled his lips, You have so many pianos in one classroom. It's hard to imagine how many pianos there are in the whole school. With so many pianos, it takes a lot of effort just to maintain them.

Zhou Yan smiled and said, The teachers in the musical instrument department must have been very moved when they heard what you said, Director Hou.

The musical instrument department of Yangyin is one of the most difficult departments in the school. There are too many musical instruments in the school, and they need to be inspected, maintained and even repaired every once in a while. The teachers of the musical instrument department are really busy from morning to night.

Now that they are on vacation, they can't be idle. They have to check the instruments every few days.

Zhou Yan witnessed a musical instrument teacher cleaning the oil stains on the piano while cursing, almost scolding the guy who was eating on the piano for eighteen generations.

If that guy stood in front of the teacher, the teacher would probably kill him.

Zhou Yan, are you going to play the piano for us today? Xu Feng asked.

Zhou Yan smiled and shook his head, I won't play the piano today. I have a lot to say and not enough time.

That's a pity. I really wanted to hear you play the piano. Xu Feng said regretfully.

Hou Xiaoxian said with a smile, Zhou Yan, don't be anxious. If you can't finish talking in the morning, we'll talk in the afternoon. If we can't finish talking in the afternoon, we'll talk tomorrow.

Xu Feng curled his lips and said, You are the least anxious producer I have ever seen.

Hou Xiaoxian shrugged, There has to be something new.

In fact, Hou Xiaoxian did not regard himself as a producer. He just came to watch Zhou Yan film. If Zhou Yan had problems, he could help solve them. If there were no problems, he would not care about Zhou Yan, so he had a relatively relaxed attitude.

After 8:30, the actors also arrived one after another, including He Saifei, Li Shouhai, Lang Lang and Yu Feihong. The hero's father had chosen Zhu Shimao, chosen by Xu Feng.

After 8:30, it began to rain lightly outside, and then it started to rain heavier and heavier.

At 8:50, Zhou Yan looked at the rain outside and then at the sign-in sheet. He couldn't help but frowned. There were still more than a dozen people who hadn't arrived.

Everyone else was fine. The key was that costume designer Dong Wenmiao didn't arrive.

Yes, this time the costume director of The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly is also Dong Wenmiao, but she was not hired by Zhou Yan, but recommended by Xu Feng.

At that time, Xu Feng specifically asked Zhou Yan for his opinion and told Zhou Yan that she only recommended it, and the decision-making power was still in Zhou Yan's hands. If Zhou Yan didn't want to use Dong Wenmiao, he could refuse.

Of course, Zhou Yan would not refuse. He had collaborated with Dong Wenmiao for one and a half movies, and the process was quite good. Plus, Xu Feng had already opened his mouth, so it was even more impossible for him to refuse.

After all, costume design represents a department. It would really not be good if we didn't wait for her to start.

Zhou Yan sat on the piano bench, put his hand on his chin, and looked at the door of the classroom. It was raining really hard outside. You really can't blame the following people for being late.

However, Zhou Yan decided to officially start at nine o'clock. Even Dong Wenmiao was not prepared to wait any longer.

Time passed by, and it was getting closer and closer to nine o'clock.

At 8:58, Dong Wenmiao finally arrived. She looked quite embarrassed, with her long hair wet. The right hair was tucked behind her ear, exposing the side of her face and neck, and she could still see the water. The beads trickled down her hair and onto her neck.

Dong Wenmiao's clothes were not spared either. The sleeves of the plaid shirt he wore were already soaked through, and the slim-fitting jeans underneath had no dry spots below the knees.

Seeing Dong Wenmiao like this, Zhou Yan was also curious. How did she manage to keep the lower part of her knees and hair wet, but the middle part dry?

But this was the first time Zhou Yan had seen Dong Wenmiao in such a hurry.

Seeing Dong Wenmiao standing at the door twisting the water from his sleeves, Zhou Yan suddenly thought of his movie for some reason. In the script, the meeting scene he arranged for the young male protagonist and the female protagonist was in a stereo store.

The male protagonist and the female protagonist meet again. Although the female protagonist no longer knows the male protagonist, they have the same music hobby.

Zhou Yan had always been dissatisfied with this scene before, but he couldn't think of anything better. But just now, when Dong Wenmiao came in, something suddenly flashed in his mind.

He thought of The Pianist on the Sea, in which the male protagonist 1900 was recording a music record when he suddenly saw a girl walking past the window. He fell in love with the girl at first sight, and his fingers followed his emotions and played a song to express his feelings. Inner tune.

Zhou Yan thought, why can't I design a similar scene?

Rainy day, first love, reunion, piano, these words flashed quickly in Zhou Yan's mind, slowly forming a set of pictures.

One rainy afternoon, the young male protagonist sat in front of the piano in a video store, staring blankly out the window. He wanted to play the piano, but he was worried that he would be exposed.

Although he didn't know anyone in this video store, he was still worried. The long-term disguise kept him alert.

At this moment, a girl hiding from the rain appeared outside the glass window. She was holding a book in her hand and looked very embarrassed. This girl was the sister next door whom he had liked when he was a child.

In this atmosphere, the young male protagonist no longer cared, put his hands on the piano, and played a song.

Zhou Yan looked at Dong Wenmiao at the door and thought about this plot. Then he thought, what song should be used for this section?

After thinking for a moment, Zhou Yan, just like the little hero in his mind, pushed open the piano lid, put his hands on the keys, and then a sweet piano sound sounded.

As soon as the piano sounded, the originally noisy scene immediately became quiet. Everyone looked at Zhou Yan on the stage and listened quietly to Zhou Yan playing the piano.

Although they didn't know why Zhou Yan suddenly played the piano, since it was the director who played it, they certainly wanted to give him face, and many people were curious about Zhou Yan and wanted to hear how he played the piano.

Some people have heard that Zhou Yan is a student of Yangyin, but they don't know that he majors in composition. Some people don't know that Zhou Yan is a student of Yangyin at all. They know very little about Zhou Yan as a director.

This piece of music played by Zhou Yan gives people a feeling of concentration and calmness, as if a small independent world has been separated on this rainy day.

Yu Feihong looked at Zhou Yan in the audience, with surprise written all over her face. She was the kind of person who didn't know Zhou Yan at all. She didn't know that Zhou Yan majored in composition, and she didn't know that Zhou Yan wrote all the soundtracks in the movie.

Before coming, she was still wondering why the crew's meeting was held in a music conservatory classroom. Was it because the movie was related to music?

This is a piece of music that Yu Feihong has never heard before, but the first time she heard it, her ears were caught by this piece of music.

She seemed to hear the sound of rain from the music, and a picture appeared in her mind. A pair of lovers were half sitting on the sofa, quietly watching the raindrops slowly hitting the leaves through the window, and then Then it flows along the leaves to the branches and then to the trunk.

The raindrops in front disappeared halfway, and the raindrops behind slowly opened up along the path of the predecessors.

The birds were hiding in their nests, poking their heads out from time to time.

But when the song reached the middle, she felt a hint of excitement in her emotions. It didn't feel like her lover was beside her, but more like she met someone she liked on a rainy day.

In fact, Yu Feihong heard it right. The name of this song is When It Rains, and people can naturally hear the drizzle falling from it.

Dong Wenmiao also stopped twisting the water at this moment, turned around and looked at Zhou Yan on the stage.

Zhou Yan's eyes met Dong Wenmiao's, then he looked back and looked ahead seriously, but before that, Xu Feng had already caught his gaze staring at Dong Wenmiao.

Listening to the music played by Zhou Yan, Xu Feng's eyes showed a trace of doubt and gossip.

A few minutes later, a song ended. Old Nine Zhou Qing took the lead in applauding, and the others followed closely and applauded Zhou Yan.

It seemed that this was not a meeting of the crew, and the person on the stage was not a director. It was more like they were attending a concert, and Zhou Yan was the pianist who performed for them.

After the applause ended, Zhou Yan was about to pay attention to his colleagues who were soaked in the rain, but he heard Xu Feng smiling in the audience and asking, Director Zhou, is this your new song?

Yeah. Zhou Yan nodded with a smile, Listening to the sound of rain, I suddenly felt something, so I played a piece of music casually.

Of course he would not say that he played this part because he saw Dong Wenmiao, otherwise, the crew would definitely misunderstand it.

Hearing that Zhou Yan played this piece because of the rain, there were also comments below.

Director Zhou is really awesome. He can play the piano and compose music.

“No wonder I heard it raining just now.

This song is really nice. Will it be used in a movie?

There seems to be no rain scene in the movie, right?

Everything I play sounds so good!

…

Zhou Yan is good-looking, he is also a director, and he just played another original piece. The scene of him playing the piano just now is too lethal to girls.

Although Lin Juan had experienced Zhou Yan's talent many times, she was still looking at Zhou Yan with stars in her eyes just now. When Zhou Yan finished playing, she was still immersed in it.

Although the other young girls were not as exaggerated as her, they all had a new understanding of Zhou Yan. Even Yu Feihong's expression when he looked at Zhou Yan became very different.

Zhou Yan ignored their discussion and walked to the front and said to a young man from the logistics department, Li Hong, go to the first floor and ask Uncle Lin to take you to the school supplies department to see if there are new towels and ask them to borrow a dozen. Come.

Li Hong is two years older than Zhou Yan, and he is considered young among the crew. However, he is quite lively and has a sharp eye, so Zhou Yan likes to ask him to do anything.

As for Uncle Lin on this floor, Li Hong has only been here two or three times and has become familiar with him. If it were anyone else, this matter might not be possible.

After Li Hong left, Zhou Yan looked at his watch and saw that it was already 9:05. Although there were still four or five people who had not arrived, he was not prepared to wait any longer and started today's meeting directly.

Different from the previous Farewell My Concubine meeting, The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly was written, directed, and scored by Zhou Yan. The screenwriter, score, and director are all himself, so there is basically no dispute.

As for the opinions of the producers and other members of the directing team, they were basically communicated before the meeting.

So at today's meeting, Zhou Yan mainly helped everyone smooth out the entire shooting process so that everyone could be aware of it. In addition, if other departments have any questions, they can also raise them together today.

He had a lot to talk about today, so he spoke very quickly.

First, turn on the phone. The time has been set. It is 8:06 in the morning on August 6th. Xu Feng seems to particularly like the two numbers eight and six. Someone had previously proposed 8:08 on August 8th, but they were all rejected. .

Second, most of the filming locations have been decided.

Third, the specific arrangements for each behind-the-scenes team and the actor team. If you encounter problems, you can contact which department or staff member. For example, for some actors who have just arrived on the set, how to arrange their accommodation and whom to contact.

…

Zhou Yan told them many things, trying to express each one in the simplest language because he didn't want to waste time.

And if you express too much, it is easy for people not to listen.

Now Zhou Yan was talking one by one, clearly and concisely, and even though he said a lot of things, they could basically all listen. , you can hear it clearly.

When encountering something they couldn't remember, Zhou Yan also thought about it in advance for them. For example, he had printed out the list of contacts and would post it directly at the door of the crew office, the actor's residence, and other conspicuous places.

In every department, Zhou Yan not only cared about their needs, but also made demands on them.

If Zhou Yan can solve the problems raised by various departments, he will solve them on the spot. If he cannot solve the problems on the spot, Wang Xiaoshuai will write them down and find an opportunity to solve them after the meeting.

However, most of the issues raised by various departments are minor issues, usually something is missing, and you just need to write it down and purchase it later.

At 11:15, everything that needs to be said has been said. Zhou Yan finally asked, Does each group have any problems? If so, raise them on the spot. The later they are raised, the harder it will be to solve them.

The leaders of each group looked at each other and shook their heads, indicating that there was no problem.

They shook their heads, and Zhou Yan nodded, Well, today's meeting ends here. Let's go have a meal and let the meeting end.

Because many scenes will be completed in Yangyin, the crew reserved a small space in Yangyin Canteen. They can eat at Yangyin Canteen when they are filming here in the future.

On the way to the cafeteria, Xu Feng asked Zhou Yan, Does that piece of music just now have a name?

Zhou Yan thought for a while and said, Reunion.

Reunion. Xu Feng frowned and repeated the name, and then asked curiously, Why is it called reunion?

Zhou Yan smiled and said, I was about to tell you about this. In fact, I not only composed this piece of music just now, but also thought of a new plot. I am going to change the scene in the script where the male protagonist meets the female protagonist again.

Xu Feng understood immediately, So the song Reunion was used in this changed plot?

Zhou Yan nodded and said with a smile, That's right.

The easter egg chapter of the song When It Rains has been placed at the end of the previous chapter in advance. You can eat it here.