1990: Starting from Baojia Street

While waiting in line at the phone booth, Zhou Yan received the third message from Sun Qin.

Call back to Sun Qin quickly.

Seeing this third message, Zhou Yan muttered to himself, what urgent matter does Sun Qin have? How come a fatal serial call was launched?

Could it be that there was a problem with the broadcast of Forbidden City: Memory today?

That's not right. If there is a problem during the broadcast, there is no use for Sun Qin to look for him.

A junior sister who was in front of Zhou Yan saw that he was a little anxious, so she smiled and said, Senior Brother Zhou Yan, please queue in front of me.

In the past six months, Zhou Yan's popularity in the school has greatly increased, and more and more people know him.

He didn't refuse at this time and thanked with a smile, Thank you, junior sister. It's indeed a bit urgent.

When the call came through, Zhou Yan just said Hello when he heard Sun Qin's urgent voice, Old Zhou, you finally answered my call.

Is there something urgent? Can't you send a few more words?

Sun Qin called Zhou Yan three times in a row. If he told the truth, these three paging messages were enough for him to explain one thing clearly.

But the focus of Sun Qin was not to tell Zhou Yan things, but to share them with Zhou Yan.

Sun Qin said excitedly, Today, a comrade from the International Department of the Sports Commission called and said that he was very interested in The Forbidden City: Memory.

International Department of Sports Commission? What does it do? Zhou Yan had never heard of this unit.

Don't worry about what this department originally does. The comrade who called today should be in the Olympic Bid Committee, responsible for the Olympic bid publicity.

Hearing Sun Qin's explanation, Zhou Yan raised his eyebrows, So, his interest in Forbidden City: Memory has something to do with the promotion of the Olympic bid?

Yes, he means to have a chat with us. The team leader asked me to ask what you mean and then give the other party a reply.

Zhou Yan didn't think much and said, No problem, let's talk.

Sun Qin said with a smile: I knew you would definitely agree, so I'll call you back later, and then I'll call you after we confirm the time and place to meet.

When you call me again, just send me the time and place. Don't ask me to call you back.

no problem.

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yan turned around and thanked the junior sister again: Junior sister, thank you.

The junior sister smiled shyly and said, Senior brother, you're welcome. I'm He Yu, a 90-level piano student.

Zhou Yan smiled and nodded, Well, Junior Sister He Yu, you can make a call, I'll leave first.

After saying hello to He Yu, Zhou Yan ran back to class.

On the way, he kept thinking about the Olympics. During this period, there was indeed more news related to the Olympics in the country, and the higher-ups were also deliberately stoking the emotions of the people.

Newspapers often see stories about individuals or companies donating money to bid for the Olympics, and the purpose is self-evident.

Zhou Yan has no impression of this Olympic bid. He doesn't even know what the promotional video for this Olympic bid is or who shot it.

Later, he found out that the promotional video for the bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games was directed by Zhang Yimou.

This time, there is a high probability that he will not succeed, but whether he succeeds or not, it will be a good thing for him to get on this bus.

Later, Sun Qin called Zhou Yan again and sent the time and place of the meeting. It would be at their Yanjing TV station at ten o'clock tomorrow morning.

…

The next morning, Zhou Yan rode to the TV station.

Zhou Yan arrived at half past nine, thinking of coming over early to chat with Sun Qin, but when Zhou Yan arrived, he found that Liang Yu had also arrived, and Sun Qin and Sun Zonglu were chatting with him in the reception room.

When Zhou Yan arrived in the reception room, Sun Zonglu smiled and said to Liang Yu, This is the soundtrack director of Forbidden City: Memory, Zhou Yan.

Sun Zonglu then introduced Zhou Yan, This is Comrade Liang Yu from the International Department of the Sports Commission.

Liang Yu took the initiative to come over and shook hands with Zhou Yan, Hello, Director Zhou.

Zhou Yan smiled and replied, Hello, Comrade Liang Yu.

Looking at Zhou Yan, Liang Yu had a lot of surprise hidden behind his smile.

Although he already knew from Sun Zonglu and others that Zhou Yan was a student, he still couldn't help but be surprised to see him so young. No wonder people say that Yangyin produces geniuses. This is not true at all.

After saying hello and sitting down, Liang Yu got straight to the point, In order to bid for the Olympics, we plan to shoot two promotional videos for the Olympic bid. The Forbidden City: Memory promotional video was very well shot, especially the soundtrack, so I thought Come and get to know you two, maybe we can have a chance to cooperate when the plan officially starts later.

Hearing what Liang Yu said, Zhou Yan knew that it was still early to plan the promotional video.

Think about it, now that the Olympic bid has just begun, it is still unknown whether China will be shortlisted. It is impossible to shoot a promotional video so early. I am afraid that this plan will not be launched until it is confirmed that it can be shortlisted.

Liang Yu came here today, probably just to prepare for a rainy day.

Zhou Yan smiled and said, I feel very honored to be able to contribute to the country's Olympic bid. I wonder who your Olympic Committee is going to invite to be the director of the promotional video this time?

He was curious about this because he had no impression of the promotional video for this Olympic bid.

Liang Yu waved his hand, We don't have a candidate yet, and we should wait until the plan is finalized before looking for one. We lack domestic producers with experience in this field, so it is quite troublesome to find them domestically.

Zhou Yan raised his eyebrows. Hearing what Liang Yu meant, they might consider looking for a director abroad later.

However, this matter was still a bit far away, and it was not good to ask too many questions, so Zhou Yan did not continue to ask any more questions.

Sun Zonglu next to him said with a smile, If you do your work first, there will definitely be no problems. After all, Yanjing's bid for the Olympics is a large-scale public relations event in itself, and publicity is naturally the top priority. Comrade Liang Yu, you shoulder the responsibility With the important responsibility of publicity, the burden on me is not light.

Liang Yu smiled and waved his hand, I am only responsible for a small part of it. I am satisfied if I can take some of the worries off the leader.

I have been doing publicity work for so many years, and I think I have some experience in publicity. What is the purpose of publicity? Naturally, it is to make others recognize us, and the basis for others to recognize us is to make them interested in us. Our station has been , we have planned many topics and produced many special programs. Even if some subjects are very boring, we can still find points in them that interest the audience.

Sun Zonglu smiled and continued, Take Forbidden City: Memory as an example. This subject matter is extremely old. Most of the audiences we are facing are in Yanjing. Many of them have no idea about the Forbidden City. It’s not easy to get them interested in this promotional video because of its freshness. So this time, we put a lot of effort into the soundtrack...

Next, Sun Zonglu talked about a lot of concepts and ideas for producing promotional videos and documentaries in his station.

Liang Yu was not an idiot, so he naturally understood what Sun Zonglu meant. He smiled and said, If we really want to launch the plan later, we may need some help from you, Director Sun. Your experience is very valuable to us.

His words were exactly what Sun Zonglu wanted. Sun Zonglu squinted his eyes and smiled, It is our honor and our obligation to contribute to the Olympic bid. If you need it, just tell us. These young people in Taiwan, Sun Qin, And Zhou Yan, they are both talented and motivated, so they can still be of help when the time comes.

Zhou Yan heard Sun Zonglu's words from the side and smiled secretly. Old Sun was so cunning that he was bound to Yanjing TV Station in one sentence.

Then Liang Yu asked some questions related to Memory of the Forbidden City, such as how these songs were created. He also asked Zhou Yan about his personal experience and whether he had participated in other works before.

When Liang Yu learned that Zhou Yan had also participated in the soundtrack of movies such as Raise the Red Lantern, he kept nodding.

Although Zhou Yan is young, his qualifications are not bad. Raise the Red Lantern won the Silver Lion Award in Venice last month. The news has spread in China, and you can read about this movie in newspapers every day. news.

By the way, when will Raise the Red Lantern be released? I haven't seen any news yet. I will definitely support it when it is released.

Some time ago, Liang Yu's lover talked about going to see Raise the Red Lantern every day, but he didn't know when the movie would be released in China.

Today I happened to meet Zhou Yan, an insider, and Liang Yu asked casually.

Zhou Yan smiled and said: It has just been decided, December 20th.

The movie's release time was decided just the day before yesterday, and Zhou Yan just found out about it. The news should have been in the newspapers in the past two days.

Liang Yu was also very happy after hearing the inside information, There are still two months left, it's almost over.

…

After returning from Yanjing TV, Zhou Yan didn't think about bidding for the Olympics anymore because it was too far away.

According to the process, Yanjing will not formally submit its application to the International Olympic Committee to host the 2000 Olympic Games until the beginning of 1993. The filming of the promotional video may not be carried out until the application is approved.

In the meantime, there is still more than a year at least, so there is no need for Zhou Yan to focus on it now.

Back at school, Zhou Yan studied Peking Opera while preparing for this semester's semester production and next year's graduation production. The rest of the time he spent basically at Yanjing Film Studio.

The post-editing work of The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly is in progress, and Zhou Yan will watch it whenever he has time.

At other times, if he was free, he would go to see how the preparations for Farewell My Concubine were progressing. When he met He Wuming, he would also ask He Wuming for some advice on Peking Opera.

Zhou Yan often saw Leslie Cheung, and he was already familiar with him after going back and forth. He even took the opportunity to ask Leslie Cheung for a signed tape, completing the task that Jia Guoping had entrusted to him.

In November, Zhou Yan got good news. The process of graduating early had been completed, and he would be able to graduate with the Class of 1987 students next semester.

After that, it is time to go through the process of staying in school to teach. If nothing happens, the process will be completed at the end of this semester at the earliest, and it will definitely be available at the beginning of next year at a later time.

By next year, he will basically not have to attend classes and focus on preparing his graduation project. At the same time, he will also start handing over work in the department.

Shi Wanchun told Zhou Yan that after he came, the course tasks were not too tight and he asked him to teach the course of twentieth century music analysis first to make a transition.

Because he had completed the process of graduating early and other teachers in the department knew about it, they turned a blind eye to Zhou Yan's class this semester.

At this time, Zhou Yan had more freedom. He spent most of the day in Yanjing Studio. The film was edited very slowly. Zhou Yan and the others were not in a hurry because it was useless to edit the film now.

The follow-up plan still depends on how the short film performs at film festivals.

If the short film can achieve success at the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival, then Xu Feng and the others will naturally have different plans for the film. Not to mention other things, the publicity expenses alone will have to be raised a level.

In the meantime, Zhou Yan and Hou Xiaoxian had several phone calls, and each time Hou Xiaoxian invited Zhou Yan to visit Taiwan. However, Zhou Yan really had no intention of going there, so he declined every time.

…

There was a calendar hanging in Zhou Qing's room, and she would tear out a page every day. Sometimes she wished she could tear out a few more pages, as if December 20 would come earlier if she could tear out a few more pages.

Time passed slowly, and finally it was December 20th.

As soon as school was over that day, Zhou Qing ran to the cinema with his seventh child, Zhou Jing, and his eighth child, Zhou Yuan.

When they arrived at the cinema, the eldest brother Zhou Yu and his eldest brother Zhou Qing were already waiting at the entrance of the cinema.

Because they knew Raise the Red Lantern would be released today, they prepared in advance.

Seeing that there were only the eldest and the ninth, Zhou Qing asked, Brother, where is the fourth sister?

Your fourth sister is a little far away from here. She went to watch it with her classmates. Let's go in. Zhou Yu explained, then waved and led his brothers and sisters into the cinema.

On the other side, Zhou Qian and her roommate Gu Fangfang also arrived at the entrance of another cinema.

They all walked to the door of the cinema. Gu Fangfang was still a little confused, Qianqian, why did you suddenly drag me to watch a movie?

Didn't you say you wanted to watch this movie before?

Hearing what Zhou Qian said, Gu Fangfang curled her lips and said, I told you there are many movies to watch.

Gu Fangfang did say before that she wanted to watch Raise the Red Lantern, and she was not the only one who said she wanted to watch it. Many people in the class also said they wanted to watch it. After all, this movie has been very popular recently.

Director Zhang Yimou and protagonist Gong Li, this golden combination has won an international award again, and everyone wants to see it.

Moreover, Gu Fangfang is a fan of Gong Li. She will definitely support Gong Li's movie when it is released.

But Zhou Qian doesn't usually watch movies. Gu Fangfang tried to drag Zhou Qian to watch movies more than once in the past, but never succeeded. This time, I don't know what happened. The sun came out in the west. Zhou Qian not only wanted to go to the movies, but also took the initiative Buy a ticket for her to watch.

The only possibility is that this movie is adapted from Wives and Concubines, which is Zhou Qian's favorite novel, but this explanation is a bit far-fetched, because Zhou Qian likes many novels, and many of them have been adapted into movies, but other Zhou Qian's Qian has never seen it.

The two of them lined up to enter the cinema with their tickets. During the process, they met several classmates they knew. Before entering the cinema, they also chatted about the movie. Everyone was guessing whether the movie would be based on the original work or whether it would be adapted a lot.

I heard that the movie was shot in western Shanxi, so the style may be very different...

Halfway through the conversation, people started to be let in, and they followed the team inside.

After the movie started, Gu Fangfang turned to look at Zhou Qian from time to time, because the movie has been adapted a lot compared to the novel, and the original Jiangnan courtyard has become the Northwest courtyard, with a wide range of styles.

She was quite worried that Zhou Qian, who liked the original work, would be unhappy, but Zhou Qian had been watching it with all her concentration and did not seem to show any unhappiness.

In the middle of the movie, a melodious flute sound suddenly sounded.

Hearing the sound of the flute, Zhou Qian suddenly sat upright.

Noticing Zhou Qian's movements, Gu Fangfang looked at her unexpectedly and asked in a low voice, What's wrong, Qianqian?

Zhou Qian shook her head, said nothing, and still stared at the big screen.

Seeing that she didn't say anything, Gu Fangfang also focused on the movie again.

In the movie, Songlian asks: Who is playing the flute?

Then the maid explained that the flute player was their eldest son Chen Feipu, and Songlian followed the sound of the flute and walked up to the second floor.

In the small attic on the second floor, a man was sitting on the windowsill playing the flute.

Seeing the man playing the flute, Gu Fangfang was also amazed. Chen Feipu was so handsome, no wonder Songlian fell into it. Moreover, the flute seemed to be played for real, and the movements looked so elegant, like a handsome young man from a novel. .

Looking at Zhou Qian next to her, she was stunned when she saw Chen Feipu in the movie.

Gu Fangfang couldn't help but wonder, does Zhou Qian like this one?

Of course, there's nothing strange about this. Who wouldn't like such a handsome man?

Later, when Chen Feipu appeared again, Gu Fangfang went to observe Zhou Qian and found that Zhou Qian's eyes were shining. She did not see this in other plots. She only behaved like this when Chen Feipu appeared.

…

After the movie ended, Gu Fangfang and Zhou Qian walked out of the cinema. Everyone else was lamenting the evil of feudal dross, but Gu Fangfang looked at Zhou Qian with interest, Qianqian, don't you like the actor who played Chen Feipu?

Zhou Qian asked, What do you think of him?

Gu Fangfang nodded and said, Of course, he is very handsome. If I were Songlian, I would definitely be fascinated by him. Moreover, it seems that the flute is really played, and there are close-ups. If it is not really played, it is impossible to give such a Lens.”

Zhou Qian said with certainty, The flute is played for real.

Gu Fangfang smiled and asked, What, you still know how to play the flute?

My brother has been learning the flute since he was a child.

Your brother is still learning the flute. Gu Fangfang curled her lips and snorted, I thought he would fool around every day.

Gu Fangfang has met Zhou Qian's brother Zhou Yu several times. Although Zhou Yu is good-looking, he is slippery and carefree. Gu Fangfang does not have a good impression of him.

Gu Fangfang was surprised to hear Zhou Qian say that her brother had played the flute since elementary school, because she didn't think Zhou Yu had any artistic talent. It's hard to imagine what it would be like for Zhou Yu to play the flute.

Zhou Qian shook her head, I'm talking about my third brother.

Oh, yes, your family is all grouped together in this generation. Gu Fangfang suddenly said.

Gu Fangfang knew that Zhou Qian had other brothers and sisters, and she had met two of them when they were in high school, but this third brother had not been mentioned by Zhou Qian before.

Does your third brother play the flute well? Does he look good? How do you compare with the actor who plays Chen Feipu?

Zhou Qian smiled and said, Absolutely.

Gu Fangfang curled her lips and said, It's your brother. Of course you said he was good. You said your eldest brother was good before.

Isn't my eldest brother good? Zhou Qian asked with a smile.

You look pretty good... Let's not talk about your eldest brother, let's talk about your third brother. When will you show me your third brother? If you are so good, I wouldn't mind being your third sister-in-law.

Zhou Qian said with a smile, He, haven't you already seen it?

Gu Fangfang was stunned, What do you mean, why do you say I have already seen it?

I just watched it inside. Zhou Qian pointed to the inside of the cinema, and then continued walking outside the cinema.

Gu Fangfang looked back at the cinema, and a guess suddenly emerged in her mind. She slapped her thigh and shouted to Zhou Qian, Qianqian, don't tell me that Chen Feipu is your third brother.

Her words immediately attracted the attention of other viewers, who all looked over, but soon they turned back and continued discussing the plot of the movie.

Gong Li is still pretty.

No wonder the movie won an international award, it was really well done.

It's a pity that Chen Feipu has too few scenes, and his love affair with Songlian seems a bit abrupt.

Do you know who plays Chen Feipu?

I haven't seen him before, he must be a new actor.

The new actors also performed so well.

I don't see what's so good about him, he just looks pretty good.

You play the flute beautifully too.

He didn't brag on his own.

It must be, it's all close-up.

…

After Raise the Red Lantern was released, it received an enthusiastic response.

After all, the movie has already won the grand prize at international film festivals. Even if someone finds the movie boring, they are embarrassed to say it.

Raise the Red Lantern is a drama with a female protagonist. In addition to the female protagonist Gong Li, several other concubines also have the most roles. It can be said that this is a drama for women.

The male protagonist, Mr. Chen, never showed his face from the beginning to the end. Many viewers did not notice this at all while watching the movie. It was not until they finished the movie and thought about Mr. Chen's face that they realized that they were not interested in this Mr. Chen. His appearance has no impression at all.

Therefore, although Chen Feipu only appeared twice in the movie, it was these two times that made the audience remember his face, and he is also the most impressive male character in the entire movie.

After walking out of the cinema, many viewers asked, what is the name of the actor who plays Chen Feipu?

Someone can answer the actor's name: Zhou Yan.

They saw it when the credits rolled at the end of the movie. Someone with better eyesight said: It seems that the soundtrack assistant is also named Zhou Yan.

But most people don’t look at the credits. Even if they do, they only look at the director and starring actors.