1990: Starting from Baojia Street

It is a great pleasure to see outstanding actors performing live.

Watching Jiang Wenli's performance even made Zhou Yan feel like he had watched Gong Li perform live before. It's just that the two people's subsequent development were very different. One became Emperor Gong and the other became Wenli Girl.

When the scene ended, Jiang Wenli ran to the basin to wash her hands. The basin happened to be not far away from Zhou Yan, so he took a step closer to Jiang Wenli and said, Wenli, your performance just now was very good.

Jiang Wenli was also very cheerful. She smiled and said, If there is any drama after this week's guidance, think of me.

No problem, if there is someone suitable, I will definitely find you. Zhou Yan nodded with a smile.

At this time, the chief photographer Gu Changwei came over with a towel and said, Wen Li, wipe your hands.

Jiang Wenli took the towel and wiped her hands. Gu Changwei asked again, Have you finished eating the pastries I brought you yesterday? If so, I'll get some for you.

I haven't finished eating yet. Jiang Wenli smiled and stuffed the towel back into Gu Changwei's hand.

Afterwards, Jiang Wenli nodded to Zhou Yan, Director Zhou, I'm going to change clothes.

After Jiang Wenli left, Gu Changwei looked at Zhou Yan with some caution in his eyes, Zhou Yan, do you have anything to do with Wenli?

Zhou Yan smiled and waved his hand, No, I was just next to the basin and chatted with her.

Gu Changwei is pursuing Jiang Wenli, and everyone in the crew knows this.

Jiang Wenli has a boyfriend now, and everyone in the crew knows about it.

Moreover, Wang Quanan’s ex-girlfriend is Kong Lin.

Originally, their affairs had nothing to do with Zhou Yan, so Zhou Yan didn't want to get involved.

Hearing Zhou Yan's explanation, Gu Changwei smiled and asked, Why are you alone today? Why didn't Xu Qing come?

Zhou Yan was stunned for a moment, what is this word?

Does gossip spread so quickly among the crew?

And Gu Changwei, who looks quite honest and honest, why is he so gossipy?

Zhou Yan did not answer Gu Changwei's question, but just smiled and said, Gu She, what kind of pastries did you buy for Wen Li? Is it delicious? I also like eating pastries. If she doesn't like them, you can give me some.

Sure enough, when talking about this, Gu Changwei laughed, took the towel and left with his head bowed.

After the afternoon play ended, Zhou Yan was going to the cafeteria for another dinner. When he saw Dong Wenmiao and Li Bihua in the courtyard, he walked over with a smile and said, Teacher Dong is here.

Yes. Dong Wenmiao nodded lightly, and then said to Li Bihua, The effect you want can be modified according to traditional drama costumes. In the end, it must be paired with a skirt and gauze, and the makeup must also match the costume... …”

After listening to a few words, Zhou Yan understood that Dong Wenmiao and Li Bihua were talking about the costume design of Green Snake.

Li Bihua couldn't help but nodded. She felt that what Dong Wenmiao described was very consistent with her imagination.

But they were just chatting. Regarding clothing design, Li Bihua could only make suggestions to Tsui Hark, but was not very able to intervene.

Naturally, Dong Wenmiao just had a casual chat with Li Bihua, and she never thought about being the costume designer of Green Snake.

But even in a casual chat, Li Bihua still had a lot of questions and kept throwing them at Dong Wenmiao.

What drama is the best costume to draw from?

What is the main color?

Zhou Yan originally wanted to wait for them to go to the cafeteria to eat together, but after hearing that they would not be able to finish chatting for a while, he told them that he would go to eat first.

When they came out after eating, they saw Dong Wenmiao and Li Bihua still chatting. Zhou Yan smiled and reminded them, Two beauties, if you don't go to eat, there will be no food in the cafeteria.

Li Bihua patted her forehead, Sorry, sorry, Teacher Dong, let's go eat.

…

The next morning, Li Bihua and a woman wearing sunglasses arrived at the door of Zhou Yan's house.

The woman looked at the door of the courtyard, scratched her head, and asked doubtfully, Are we here to listen to music?

Li Bihua nodded, Well, it's right here. Hey, listen -

The woman listened carefully and seemed to hear the sound of a violin, and then more violins sounded. Soon, more and more musical instruments came from the yard, such as pianos, flutes...

But these sounds are all out of tune and messy.

Li Bihua walked to the door, raised her hand and knocked on the door.

She knocked a little softly, but no one responded. The woman in sunglasses behind saw her knocking on the door so gently, so she walked up and raised her hand to knock on the door several times.

Different from Li Bihua's gentleness, this woman's way of knocking on the door was more like a debt collector.

Li Bihua was startled by the woman, Amei, why are you knocking so hard!

Amei smiled and said, It's so loud inside, how can anyone hear it if you don't knock on the key points? We'll never get in if you knock on the door like this. Look, no one responds even if I knock like this.

After saying that, Amei raised her hand to knock on the door again.

This time, her movements were wider and her strength seemed to be stronger. If she were to knock on the door, there would definitely be several loud bangs.

Just when she raised her hand in the air, there was a sudden creak and the door was opened from the inside.

Amei's hand was hanging in the air, looking like she was about to open the door.

Zhou Yan held the door open with both hands, looked up and saw the hands hanging in the air, and smiled, I've been waiting for a long time.

Amei took her hand back. She didn't feel embarrassed, but Li Bihua next to her was extremely embarrassed. She quickly explained, We heard the sound inside was louder, so we were afraid you wouldn't hear the knock on the door.

Li Bihua is like this, she cares about things that others don't take seriously at all.

Hey, this door is really hard to knock. I'll find someone to install a doorbell later.

Zhou Yan smiled and looked at the woman next to Li Bihua. This woman was wearing a black leather jacket and a pair of sunglasses. She was very cool.

Her sunglasses were very big and covered half of her face, but Zhou Yan still felt familiar when he saw the half of her face that was not covered.

This is... Anita Mui? Zhou Yan asked tentatively.

When she heard that she was recognized, Anita Mui simply took off her sunglasses and stretched out her hand to Zhou Yan, Hello, I am Anita Mui.

Although it felt like it, Zhou Yan was still very surprised to see that it was really Anita Mui. He shook hands with Anita Mui and said, Hello, I am Zhou Yan.

Anita Mui smiled and nodded, I know you.

Since Li Bihua brought Anita Mui over to listen to music, he must have introduced Zhou Yan to Anita Mui.

Zhou Yan smiled and invited the two of them into the courtyard.

He took Anita Mui and Li Bihua into the piano room, and everyone who was doing free exercises stopped one after another.

Everyone was surprised to see Anita Mui.

Anita Mui is quite well-known in China. Although those here pay little attention to pop music, they have basically heard of Anita Mui's songs, and several of the movies in which Anita Mui has participated are also quite popular.

Especially Rouge, which was released two years ago, is said to be about an Oriental person who has a ghost relationship. Many people's impression of Anita Mui is also her appearance in the play.

Of course, after all, everyone is from the Conservatory of Music, so the reaction to seeing Anita Mui is better than ordinary movie fans and fans.

This is Ms. Li Bihua, the author of Farewell My Concubine, and next to me is Ms. Anita Mui. They came specially to listen to our performance today. Everyone welcomes them.

After Zhou Yan finished speaking, everyone applauded.

Anita Mui had the air of a big sister. She waved her hand and said, You don't have to be so polite. We are just here to listen to music today, so you don't have to worry too much about us.

Zhou Yan went to pick up his bamboo flute and said to them with a smile, Sit down for a while. We will get ready and start practicing together later.

Li Bihua smiled and said, Amei is right, you don't have to worry about us, just treat us like air.

Zhou Yan nodded, said nothing more, and went to lead others to make preparations.

After about ten minutes, Yu Feng, dressed in a suit and leather shoes, stood up, raised his right hand in the air, and shook it.

All the musicians, including Zhou Yan, looked at Yu Feng.

Seeing their posture, Anita Mui raised her eyebrows, turned sideways and whispered to Li Bihua, Is there actually a conductor?

After all, Anita Mui is a singer and knows a little bit about music, so she knows the value of conducting.

Of course, there may also be guest appearances by non-professionals. It is normal for some people who are not professional in conducting to conduct some things. But looking at this man's suit and leather shoes, he looks professional.

With a conductor, it was different. When Yu Feng stood in front, all the musicians formed a uniform army, and everything obeyed the conductor.

It can be seen that these musicians have a tacit understanding with the conductor. There is no need for the conductor to make gestures. The musicians can understand the meaning of his casual glances and movements.

Ever since the conductor came out, Anita Mui has been staring at the conductor's movements.

After Yu Feng completed the start gesture, a sad and distant flute sounded. Anita Mui followed the flute sound and saw that it was Zhou Yan who was playing the flute.

Then the rhythm of the flute became faster and faster, and the last two sounds were like bird calls.

These two bird calls seemed to be calling the people in the house, and the people in the house were attracted by the calls and pushed the door open. Then the sounds of piano and violin sounded at the same time, and the melody of this section suddenly became as high-spirited as a flood. Generally, it is like the response of the people in the house to the birds.

At this time, the flute also joined in, repeating the second melody again, but this time the mood was fuller and more passionate than before.

This is Anita Mui's first time to watch an orchestra perform at such a close distance.

How close?

The person in charge of the command was only one meter away from her, and even after the command started to move, she could feel the wind caused by the swing of his clothes.

Of course, this was also the first time she heard such a standard music performance in such a simple concert hall.

But even in such a simple environment, Anita Mui was immersed in the power of music.

Last night, after Li Bihua returned to the hotel, he told her that he would take her to listen to a soundtrack from Green Snake today. She had nothing to do anyway, so she came with Li Bihua.

Speaking of which, if it weren't for Gong Li's schedule, she would have already accepted the role of Green Snake, so she is also quite curious about the soundtrack of Green Snake.

Because I knew it was a soundtrack, Anita Mui thought it was just a short piece, but I didn't expect it to be such a complete and long piece of music.

After the whole song was played, four or five minutes passed.

At this time, Li Bihua applauded gently, but Anita Mui next to her applauded very loudly.

After applauding, she gave two thumbs up and said, It sounds good, it sounds very good.

Although there were only two audiences at the scene, Anita Mui and Li Bihua, Yu Feng still bowed to pay tribute to them and did all the things that should be done in a formal performance.

In fact, in Zhou Yan's opinion, it is better not to do this when practicing together, just perform the music well, but Yu Feng is more insistent. He believes that this is also an indispensable part of the whole performance of the music.

Zhou Yan and the others are already used to it. Every time they finish training together, Yu Feng will do this.

Anita Mui and the others found it quite interesting, after all, they were the only two viewers.

After that, they didn't rest long and started training together for the second, third, and fourth time...

Four times in total, at the end of each time, Yu Feng would bend down and thank Anita Mui and the others, and Anita Mui and the others were used to it.

Although they have listened to it four times, Anita Mui and the others are not bored by it. On the one hand, the music is really good and it is not boring to listen to it four times. On the other hand, the feeling of watching the performance live is different from listening to the tape.

In fact, the emotions expressed by the performers are different every time they play. Although the difference is not obvious, you can still hear it if you listen carefully.

For example, on the last play, when entering the second section, Yu Feng was obviously more excited than the previous three times. The reason is unknown, but because of his excitement, the musicians followed his rhythm, so the fourth time The melody of the second section is also more exciting.

There are many small details like this. These things can only be felt on the spot, and you must experience it with your heart. Therefore, although she listened to it four times in a row, Anita Mui felt that the more she listened, the better it sounded.

Also, the melody of the second verse is very catchy. The first time she listened to it, she had already roughly memorized it, and now she can hum the melody of the second verse.

After four times, everyone began to rest.

Taking advantage of the break, Zhou Yan ran to Anita Mui and the others and said with a smile, Aren't you two bored?

Anita Mui shook her head, It's not boring, it's very interesting. This is my first time listening to music in this form. Although this environment is not as good as a concert hall, listening to music here is very special. It gives people a feeling of being able to blend in, and you all The orchestra is playing for me and A Hua, which feels very good.

That's good. Zhou Yan nodded with a smile.

Anita Mui has completely different personalities from Li Bihua. She is carefree and talks like a boy, which is very different from Rouge Button.

If she had to say which character resembled her, the first thing Zhou Yan thought of was the King Qi Xuan she played in Zhong Wuyan. It's not that she has a similar personality. After all, King Qi Xuan in the movie is a lecherous and timid monarch... It's just Anita Mui talking. Her demeanor and feeling are somewhat similar to her role as King Qi Xuan.

Li Bihua asked, Zhou Yan, does this piece of music have a name?

Yes. Zhou Yan nodded, Its name is Nightingale.

Nightingale... Li Bihua thought of the flute sound at the end of the first paragraph that was very similar to the song of a bird, and couldn't help but sigh, It does feel like a nightingale singing. If this song is put into a movie, will it have to be separated?

Well, the first section will be used for lanterns, and the second section will be used for umbrella delivery.

Li Bihua recalled the plots of these two places, and then nodded in agreement, These two places just form a response, and it is really good to separate this piece of music into these two places. In fact, I think that the repeated words at the end of the song That paragraph can be placed after Xu Xian and White Snake are together, just like their lives. Xu Xian seems to be living in a dream every day, there is no difference from day to day...

Haha, Ah Hua, let's talk about work later. Let's listen to music today. Anita Mui asked Zhou Yan again, Have you written other songs?

Before Zhou Yan could answer, Li Bihua said, Zhou Yan has written a lot of songs. There is a movie Reply from Heaven in mainland China. I like several of the soundtracks in it very much. Unfortunately, now, whether it is a video tape of the movie or an audio tape of the music, Didn’t come out.”

Really? Anita Mui became a little interested, How nice are those songs...

Before Anita Mui finished speaking, Zhang Xinning, who was sitting on the piano bench, raised his hand and started playing on the piano.

A piece of brisk music sounded, it was the song Wind.

Just as Zhang Xinning finished talking about a short section, Yu Ran's violin started playing again, and then Fang Xiu's cello came in. They played the last section of Kite in the movie.

After a while, the piano comes on again, this time Forever.

This was followed by the violin performance of Reunion followed by the piano solo of Secret Joy.

The whole process lasted only three minutes, and a few people played five pieces of music and made a simple skewer.

They had played like this before during practice, but they didn't expect it to come in handy today.

Anita Mui was stunned. In just three minutes, five very stylized melodies rushed into her ears one after another. She didn't even have time to react, she just felt good, good, good, all the songs were good.

Li Bihua asked, Are the last two songs new songs?

Because The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly has not yet been released, and the songs in it have not been made into an album and circulated, naturally Li Bihua has never heard it, so she has this question.

Zhou Yan explained with a smile, This is the soundtrack from the movie I made before, called Reunion and Hidden Joy.

The piano boy who wants to fly? Li Bihua heard the news that this movie won the award. Everyone on the Farewell My Concubine crew knew about it.

Well, that's it. Zhou Yan nodded.

Li Bihua said to Anita Mui again, Zhou Yan's movie even won the grand prize at an international film festival.

Anita Mui had not paid attention to this before, and Li Bihua's statement misled her, making her think that Zhou Yan had won the feature film award.

She just thought about all the previous important international film festival awards in her mind. It seemed that there was no The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly, so she thought that Zhou Yan might have won an unknown international film festival award.

Of course, even so, Anita Mui felt very powerful, after all, Zhou Yan was very young.

Will this movie be released? Li Bihua asked.

Well, it will be released in early July. There should be news in a few days.

Then we will definitely go see it then.

Anita Mui said, Will it be released in Hong Kong? I must have been in Hong Kong at that time.

It will be released in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

That's good. Anita Mui smiled, You can then listen to the complete versions of these songs.

Zhou Yan smiled and said, If you want to listen, I will give you a tape later, but I recorded it myself, so the sound quality will definitely not be very good.

It doesn't matter, as long as you can hear the music. Anita Mui smiled.

At this time, Yu Feng looked at the time, stood up, and raised his hands in the air... Zhou Yan knew that the rehearsal was about to start again, so he said something to Anita Mui and others, and then quickly took his place.

A new round of rehearsals began.

…

At noon, Anita Mui and the others stayed at Zhou Yan's house and had a meal with them, and then they went out in the afternoon.

Before leaving, Anita Mui asked them if there would be rehearsal tomorrow. After getting the answer in the affirmative, she said she would come again if she had time tomorrow.

Zhou Yan didn't take Anita Mui's words to heart, but the next morning, when they were rehearsing, Anita Mui did come, and this time she came alone.

Ah Hua is very busy today, so I'm here to have it all to myself.

It was only their second meeting, and Anita Mui was very familiar with Zhou Yan's house. As soon as she entered the piano room, she set up a seat for herself next to her, and then sat down generously to listen to their rehearsal.

After finishing today's two rounds of practicing seven times, Fang Xiu rubbed his neck and said, Let's change the song. I keep playing this song and I'm almost numb.

Zhang Xinning smiled and said, Xiu, what are you trying to do?

How about just playing Kite...or Wind.

I think Kite is good.

Let's play Wind again, be more relaxed and lighten up your mood.

Seeing that they wanted to play other songs, Zhou Yan smiled and said, Don't worry, I'll find you a new job.

Then, amid everyone's puzzled expressions, Zhou Yan took out the score of If Love Has God's Will that he had recently written.

Look at this.

What is this? Fang Xiu took the score and asked with some confusion.

Is it a soundtrack I wrote for another movie? It's called If Love Is Provident.

The reason why Zhou Yan took out If Love Has God's Will at this time was because he wanted to record a rough demo of this song before going to Taiwan, and then go back to Taiwan to show it to Hou Xiaoxian.

There was a new song, and everyone was very happy and gathered around.

Because it was an impromptu idea, Zhou Yan did not copy the music score, so everyone could only stare at one sheet of music.

Anita Mui also leaned over curiously, and at the same time sighed that she was lucky to encounter them rehearsing a new song.

In addition, she also lamented that Zhou Yan had a lot of work. Before Green Snake started, there was already another movie.

Kite - the rain see the easter egg after Chapter 56

Wind - Summer See the Easter Egg after Chapter 68

Hidden Joy - Mimac at the Station, see the easter egg after Chapter 76

Reunion - When It Rains See the Easter Egg after Chapter 85