1990: Starting from Baojia Street

In the afternoon, Zhou Yan's agent Zhang Youan knocked on the door of the courtyard.

Zhang Youan's appearance is similar to what Zhou Yan imagined. He is about forty years old, of medium build, wearing a pair of glasses, his hair is meticulously combed, and he always maintains a smiling expression, but not a smile.

Stable yet refined, this is how Zhou Yan feels about Zhang Youan.

Zhang Youan arrived in Yanjing at noon. After going to his residence to tidy up, he calmly came to find Zhou Yan.

After looking at the courtyard where Zhou Yan lived, Zhang Youan smiled and said, Can we talk about work here in the future? Of course, only occasionally.

Okay, my yard has office properties. Zhou Yan smiled nonchalantly, and then poured a glass of water for Zhang Youan.

When receiving water, Zhang Youan bent down slightly. He seemed to pay great attention to these details, and even the angle of bending was very particular.

After that, he started to talk about work with Zhou Yan, In the past few days, I have also focused on understanding your business. Now our work is still focused on the movie The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly. First of all, promotion, There are six promotional events that have been scheduled before, four in Taiwan and two in Hong Kong...

Zhang Youan took out another form with the times for these six activities.

The so-called six activities are actually six announcements.

Zhou Yan stayed in Taiwan for six days and only had four announcements, which was relatively small, because one announcement did not take too long, and if you squeezed in, it could basically be done in two or three days.

The most time-consuming thing is the press conference for the movie, which takes half a day. Apart from the press conference, the rest are talk shows on radio and television.

In the remaining time, Zhou Yan had other things to do, such as going to Hou Xiaoxian to arrange the soundtrack for Dream Life with him.

The two events in Xiangjiang were similar, a press conference and a TV talk show.

After talking about the six announcements, Zhang Youan talked about the music album again, There are a total of three original songs in The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly. I suggest that the songs in Reply from Heaven should be put together with these three songs. , make it into an album, and strive to release it before the movie is released.

Why don't you wait until the movie is released before releasing it? Zhou Yan asked.

“It’s a bit late to release it after it’s released.”

Zhou Yan nodded and asked, Are these songs too few when put together?

Zhang Youan shook his head slightly and said, In addition to the three long songs in Reply from Heaven, there are also many short passages. If you put them in, the number of songs must be quite a lot. It is a pity that the song If Love was given to Anita Mui. God's Will, we have to wait until her song is released before we can release it, otherwise we can put it in this time.

This was an agreement made between the two parties before. Zhou Yan could release music, but he had to wait until Anita Mui's songs were released. The movie A Dream of Life must also be released after Anita Mui's songs were released.

Of course, in order to prevent Hua Xing from delaying the release of the movie and delaying the release of the movie, they also agreed on a time, no later than the end of this year.

Actually, I have other songs. Zhou Yan said.

Yes, I know. Zhang Youan nodded, I have watched the movie Forbidden City: Memory, and the music in it is very good, but I think we can make a separate Memory of the Forbidden City music album in the future. It is necessary to put them into the current album. I haven't heard the other song Nightingale yet, but I know that this song is more ancient and it is also a flute song. I think it can be compared with your other song. Ode to the Lotus put together.

Zhou Yan didn't expect that Zhang Youan had done so much work in the past few days.

What Zhang Youan said makes sense. Memory of the Forbidden City and Ode to the Lotus are indeed not suitable for inclusion in this album, as the styles do not match well.

A music album is not a hodgepodge or a mashup. The songs included must have a unified style or a similar theme.

Zhou Yan thought for a while and said, I wrote two songs for San Mao's Army, which can be included.

Zhang Youan raised his eyebrows, Have you started writing the soundtrack for San Mao Joins the Army?

Of course Zhang Youan knew that Zhou Yan had taken over the task of directing the soundtrack for Sanmao Joins the Army, but he didn't expect that two soundtracks had been written so quickly. After all, Zhou Yan had just given two songs to A Dream of Life and Green Snake. Finished writing a song.

It was written not long ago. Zhou Yan smiled, I just recorded a version for Zhang Jianya this morning.

Zhang Jianya...is the director of Sanmao Joins the Army? Zhang Youan asked.

Well, he came to Yanjing for business, and we had dinner together last night.

Zhang Youan nodded and asked, Can you listen to those two pieces of music for me?

No problem, I'll record another version just in time.

Zhou Yan ran to get his Walkman and violin again, and played Awakening and Sanmao to Zhang Youan.

After listening to Zhou Yan's performance, Zhang Youan fell silent.

At this time, Zhang Youan looked calm on the outside, but his heart was already in turmoil.

Before taking this job, Zhang Youan knew Zhou Yan somewhat. After all, there were only a few directors that Tang Chen worked with, and Zhou Yan was the youngest one.

Zhang Youan had watched Zhou Yan's The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly. Because he had worked in the record industry for a long time, several songs in the movie caught his attention at that time.

However, Zhang Youan didn't think much about it at that time. He just thought that Zhou Yan was a music school student who was good at filming. When the company cooperated with Zhou Yan, they also took a fancy to Zhou Yan's potential in making movies.

This time Xu Feng told him to take over Zhou Yan's business, and he got to know Zhou Yan seriously.

After getting to know him, Zhang Youan discovered that Zhou Yan's talent in music was truly astonishing.

The day before yesterday, when he watched the promotional video for Forbidden City: Memory for the first time, he felt like he was out of body. He was so surprised that he realized at that time that there was a huge treasure hidden in Zhou Yan.

Today, Zhang Youan discovered that he didn't know Zhou Yan well enough. Zhou Yan's talent was beyond what he had seen before.

Realizing this, Zhang Youan was both surprised and stressed.

To his surprise, he found a treasure. Even if Zhou Yan didn't know how to film, his talent in music alone was already amazing enough. However, this treasure was too eye-catching, and he was worried that he would waste Zhou Yan's talent.

After a moment of silence, Zhang Youan said, Would you like to slow down these two songs? Put them in the later music album. There are too many excellent songs in one album, and I'm worried about wasting them.

Hearing that Zhang Youan was worried about waste, Zhou Yan laughed and said, I think it's better not to slow down, otherwise there will be no place to play other songs in the future.

Even though Zhang Youan was thinking calmly, he was slightly startled when he heard Zhou Yan's words.

Although Zhou Yan said it very calmly, it was very crazy. The implication is that he has a lot of songs, and the album production speed may not be able to keep up with his song writing speed.

But after Zhang Youan thought about it, he was right. After the album was released, he could plan the Forbidden City album for Zhou Yan non-stop.

If Zhou Yan writes a few more ancient-style songs in the future, he can put them together with Ode to the Lotus and Nightingale to make a flute album or an ancient-style album.

Okay, I understand. Let's put the soundtracks of the three movies Reply from Heaven, The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly and Sanmao Joins the Army together to make an album. After finishing speaking, Zhang Youan laughed, Speaking of which, these three movies all have one thing in common, that is, the protagonists are all children.

Zhou Yan smiled and nodded, which was indeed a coincidence.

Zhang Youan wrote down these three movies in his notebook, and then asked Zhou Yan for the scores of all the original songs in them.

If an album is to be made, except for the three songs in The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly, all other songs must be re-recorded.

Let's not talk about the two San Mao Joins the Army, which are rough samples. The songs in Heaven's Reply were limited by production costs, and the music recording at that time was not particularly ideal. If you want high quality, the previous version must be It cannot be used.

And according to the rules, the soundtrack of Heaven Replies was recorded by Yanjing Studio, and they couldn't use it directly.

I will contact the production company and production company during this period, and will communicate with you at any time if there is any news. Zhang Youan put the score into his bag, and then suddenly changed the subject and asked Zhou Yan, Have you considered the soundtrack for the TV series?

It depends on what kind of TV series it is. Zhou Yan smiled, If it is a general TV series, I don't want to accept it. As you know, I have been very busy this year, especially in the first half of the year. I will wait until I am less busy in the second half of the year. You can think about it. Someone contacted you and wanted me to be a part of a TV series?

Zhang Youan shook his head, No, it's just that I think there is a good opportunity recently. If you have ideas, I can help you get in touch.

What good opportunity? Zhou Yan asked.

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms being filmed.

Zhou Yan was stunned. He didn't expect Zhang Youan to be able to throw a big bomb with such a calm expression.

Hearing Zhang You'an's tone just now, he really didn't take it to heart.

Zhou Yan couldn't help but check with Zhang Youan, Is it CCTV's Romance of the Three Kingdoms?

Of course. Zhang Youan smiled and nodded.

What Zhou Yan actually asked was nonsense. Although there were rumors in recent years that several parties were planning to film Romance of the Three Kingdoms, in the end, it was only CCTV that actually implemented it.

CCTV's filming of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is not a small matter. It can be said to have attracted national attention. Since last year, Zhou Yan has often seen related news.

Moreover, some people from Yanjing Studio were selected to be part of the cast of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. For example, Zhang Guangbei, who plays Lu Bu, is quite familiar with Zhou Yan. When they were eating in the cafeteria before, Zhou Yan heard Zhang Guangbei say The Romance of the Three Kingdoms The Romance crew came to their factory to cast actors.

This TV series has been in preparation since 1989, but the official filming did not begin until the end of last year. The preliminary preparation time lasted for more than three years.

Zhou Yan had never cared about the soundtrack for Romance of the Three Kingdoms before. After all, this was a project that attracted national attention, and he had nothing to do with it on the crew.

Ye Shisheng, one of the screenwriters of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is the deputy director of the Yanjing Production and Literature Department. Another screenwriter, Zhu Xiaoping, just came here last year, and Zhou Yan is not familiar with them.

He looked at Zhang Youan with some curiosity, Do you have any contact with the production team of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms?

There must be channels for contact. Zhang Youan smiled, Relationships are secondary, the main thing is to see the works.

The reason why Zhang Youan thought of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms was because he had just listened to the song Awakening written by Zhou Yan. He felt that Zhou Yan was also good at writing such passionate songs. Combined with Zhou Yan's previous song Memory of the Forbidden City , he can compose grand and passionate music.

The project Romance of the Three Kingdoms is so well-known across the country. If Zhou Yan can write a few songs for this TV series... no, as long as he writes one important song, it will be very beneficial to his subsequent development.

And Zhang Youan knows that Neon is also paying close attention to this drama. Maybe Zhou Yan can break into Neon's music market with the soundtrack of this TV drama.

If it comes to a TV series like The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, I certainly won't refuse it, Zhou Yan said with a smile.

Zhang Youan nodded, I happened to be in Yanjing during this period, so I went to take a look at this matter.

In fact, the song creation for Romance of the Three Kingdoms has been finalized and work is already underway, but the pure music aspect has not yet been fully developed.

Hearing what Zhang Youan said, Zhou Yan nodded.

Although he attaches great importance to this matter, he still maintains a normal heart. If I gain something, I will be lucky, but if I lose it, I will die.

…

After Zhang Youan left, Zhou Yan no longer thought about the soundtrack for The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

In the days that followed, he either went to the studio to watch the filming of Farewell My Concubine or rehearsed The Nightingale with Yu Feng and others.

On March 28, Zhou Yan packed his luggage at home and prepared to go to Shanghai.

This time he was not just going to Shanghai, but after finishing his business in Shanghai, he was going to go directly from Shanghai to Xiangjiang, and then to Taiwan.

This time, he will stay out for half a month.

Just when Zhou Yan was about to pack his luggage, he suddenly received a call from Zhang Youan.

After the call was connected, Zhang Youan's first question was, Zhou Yan, are you still at home?

This sounds a bit silly.

Zhou Yan smiled and said, If I'm not at home, can I answer your call?

Just be at home. Don't leave yet. Wait for me at home.

Zhou Yan frowned and said, How long will it take? My flight is at three o'clock, or did you buy the ticket for me?

Zhang Youan smiled and said, It's okay. If you can't make it, just go tomorrow and wait for me.

After saying that, Zhang Youan hung up the phone.

Listening to the busy signal coming from the phone, Zhou Yan felt confused. He didn't explain clearly what Zhang Youan had to do, so he thoughtlessly told him to wait at home.

About half an hour later, Zhang Youan came.

What's the matter? We can't talk over the phone. Do we have to talk about it in person? Zhou Yan asked doubtfully.

Zhang Youan smiled and said, Good thing, I have already contacted the TV Drama Production Center. There is some progress in your soundtrack for The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Hearing this, Zhou Yan raised his eyebrows, What kind of progress?

Director Wang and the others have already appointed a composer, Li Yiding, their own composer from the production center. However, their current plan is to let Li Yiding compose the first forty episodes, and the next forty episodes will be handed over to another one or more Musician.

Zhang Youan quickly talked about the soundtrack of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms and then continued, During this period of time, after my wanderings, Director Wang and several other creative staff, including teacher Li Yiding, have heard your work... …Speaking of which, it’s all thanks to your previous soundtrack for “Forbidden City: Memory”. Because of this film, they had an impression of you, and it was a very good impression. After listening to the music such as “Awakening” this time, they were even more impressed. I'm very interested in you.

Zhou Yan smiled, and it sounded like things were going smoothly.

However. Zhang Youan made another twist: After all, you are young, and the number of works is still a little less than others, so Director Wang and others are more worried.

Zhou Yan nodded, Their concerns are understandable. After all, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms has many episodes and a heavy soundtrack task. The projects I participated in do not reflect my ability to handle such a large project.

Their internal opinions are not very unified now. Li Yiding believes that it is best to hand over the next forty episodes to the same composer, so as to ensure that the soundtrack style is as unified as possible. The more people involved, the more likely the style will be chaotic. Director Wang’s intention is to find more scorers, which can improve efficiency and prevent accidents. As for the issue of unified style, Li Yiding can be appointed as the chief scorer to provide coordination.”

If we follow Director Wang's advice, would it be more likely that I would participate? Zhou Yan asked.

Zhang Youan nodded, Yes, according to Director Wang's advice, arrange a few more scorers, each of whom will be responsible for ten to twenty episodes. In this way, you should be able to get ten episodes. But this possibility is lower. It can be seen that Director Wang still respects Li Yiding's opinion. If Li Yiding insists that it is best to give the remaining forty episodes to one person, then this plan should be followed in the end. Therefore, we must set goals now and strive for This is the next forty episodes.”

Zhou Yan originally treated it with a normal attitude. It didn't matter whether he could win this project, so there was no pressure. But now when he heard what Zhang Youan said, he suddenly felt a pressure.

Zhou Yan suddenly understood why Zhang Youan told him the inside story of this matter in such detail, as if to arouse his desire to win.

He looked at Zhang Youan's calm face and thought that his manager was playing psychological warfare with him.

But Zhou Yan was indeed very interested in this project. He smiled and asked, What do I need to do now?

Zhang Youan said, My suggestion is that when you return to Yanjing later, you can go and talk to Li Yiding. It doesn't matter whether you talk to Director Wang or not. The main thing is Li Yiding. As long as Li Yiding approves of you, this matter will be fine. . Of course, the effect of just chatting will not be very good. If you can make a song about The Romance of the Three Kingdoms during this period and bring the song to chat with her, it will definitely get twice the result with half the effort. Zhang Youan said.

Zhou Yan pondered for a moment, nodded and said, No problem, I will compose a piece of music during this period, and then take the music to Teacher Li Yiding.

Zhang Youan smiled and nodded, You have to participate in activities in half a month. Are you pressed for time?

It's okay. Zhou Yan looked at the time, Is there anything else? Nothing else. I have to catch a plane. It's still too late to leave now.

Of course. Zhang Youan took out a stack of scripts from his bag, This is part of the script of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Take it with you and read it if you have nothing to do. See if you can find inspiration.

good.

Zhou Yan took the script and nodded. No wonder Zhang Youan had to meet and talk. It turned out that he wanted to give him the script.

After saying goodbye to Zhang Youan, Zhou Yan embarked on the road to Shanghai.

In fact, Zhang Youan also wants to go to Xiangjiang and Taiwan, but he will set off directly from Yanjing later.

…

After arriving in Shanghai, Zhou Yan rested for a while in the hotel and then called the director's room of Shanghai Studio.

The call was answered by a young man. When he heard Zhou Yan calling for Zhang Jianya, the young man smiled and asked, Are you Director Zhou?

Yeah. Zhou Yan responded with a smile, Who are you?

I am Cui Jie, the assistant director of Sanmao Joins the Army. Director Zhang told me that you will be coming in the next two days.

Hello, Director Cui. After greeting Cui Jie, Zhou Yan asked again, Is Director Zhang in the office now?

He is in the editing room. If you want to find him, Director Zhou, just come directly to the factory. I will wait for you in the office. Cui Jie said.

good.

…

When Zhou Yan arrived at Shanghai Studio, Cui Jie had been waiting in the office for a long time.

After a brief exchange of greetings, Cui Jie smiled and said, Director Zhou, I will take you to the editing workshop to find Director Zhang.

The two rushed outside the review room of the editing workshop and heard a burst of laughter from inside.

Haha, these neon people are too short and can't reach the ground. It's so funny.

Sanmao made me laugh so hard.

Director Zhang, aren't your props made too fake?

It just has to be so fake to be interesting.

Judging from the sound, there were many people in the screening room, both men and women.

Zhou Yan was a little confused. He had spent a lot of time in the editing workshops of Chang'an Studio and Yanjing Studio, but he had never seen it so lively.

Whether it is the Chang'an Factory or the Yanjing Factory, the editing workshop is an important place and ordinary people cannot enter it at all.

Cui Jie seemed to be used to it. He didn't knock on the door and just opened the door and went in.

In the review room, there were about seven or eight people, including Zhang Jianya, who were chatting and laughing. When they saw Zhou Yan and Cui Jie coming in, they all looked this way.

Zhang Jianya showed an expression of surprise, walked over quickly, took Zhou Yan's hand and shook it, Director Zhou, you are here. I thought you would not come until tomorrow.

Zhou Yan told Zhang Jianya before that he would come in the next two days, but he didn't say when he would arrive. Zhang Jianya thought Zhou Yan was coming by train, so he thought Zhou Yan would not arrive until at least tomorrow.

After shaking hands with Zhang Jianya, Zhou Yan smiled and said, It's quite lively.

We just brought back the film, let's join in the fun and watch it. Zhang Jianya said with a smile.

Next to him, Cui Jieduo explained a few words, Ever since we started filming Sanmao Joins the Army, everyone in the factory has been looking forward to the delivery of the samples every day, and everyone gathered in the review room to watch the film together.

Zhou Yan smiled and nodded, You can tell from everyone's laughter that the film was shot very well.

That's not true. A girl who was standing next to Zhang Jianya said, Director Zhang's movie was so interesting. We were almost laughing to death every day.

As soon as she opened her mouth, several other people also started to praise her.

Yes, what I look forward to most every day now is for the samples of San Mao's Army to be sent back to the factory from Sioux City.

It's more interesting than going to the cinema to watch a movie.

Director Zhang is so awesome.

Zhou Yan smiled, and he could tell that they really liked Sanmao Joins the Army.

You know, the samples that were sent back were not very big and had no sound in the review room, but they were still able to make the people in the factory laugh so happily, which shows that the pictures were indeed shot very well.

Zhang Jianya was praised by these colleagues every day, and he usually didn't care. Today, Zhou Yan felt a little embarrassed in front of him. He coughed lightly and said with a smile, Xiao Liu, do you know? The song you listened to with the demo two days ago is Written by Director Zhou.”

When they heard that San Mao and Awakening were actually written by Zhou Yan, several girls immediately became excited.

Wow, you wrote those two songs. They're so awesome.

“It’s so interesting to go with the picture.”

The songs are really good, but there are too few. It would be nice if there were more songs.

Really, really, at first I thought those songs were written by some dead master!

...

Zhou Yan coughed lightly and took it as a compliment.

I have to say that the working atmosphere here in Shanghai Factory is really good. It gives people the feeling of being in a group of people. Zhang Jianya and the others are so happy to work in this environment every day.

But there is also a disadvantage, that is, it is like this every day and it is easy to swell.

Zhang Jianya smiled and asked Zhou Yan, Director Zhou, I'm just here. Do you want to see the samples?

Okay. Zhou Yan nodded and leaned over.

Film reviewer Xiao Liu was very cooperative and showed Zhou Yan the samples.

The samples sent this time were all scenes of war. Sanmao picked up a hand and threw it to the old ghost in fright. The old ghost took off the ring from the hand and said that the lifeline of the owner of the hand was too short and the ghost had taken it. Sanmao's trenches, but the trenches were too deep and they couldn't jump in. This scene also explains why Sanmao and the others dug the trenches one foot deep and brought benches with them.

No wonder the reviewers laughed, these paragraphs are indeed interesting.

Of course, their complaints are not fake. The hand prop used in it is real and fake, not even as real as the hand of the model in the window.

To make realistic props, it is not without this technology. This is of course Zhang Jianya’s intention. Everything is for the purpose of humor. If realistic props are used, not only will they not be humorous, but they will be scary.

When Zhou Yan saw the samples, the reviewer Xiao Liu asked with a smile, Director Zhou, after watching the samples, have you thought of what kind of music to use?

Zhou Yan said with a smile, These few paragraphs are so interesting. I just kept giggling and didn't even think about the soundtrack.

In fact, these sections will definitely be accompanied by a lot of war sounds in the later stage, basically sound effects such as gunfire and gunfire. Even if the soundtrack is added, it is dispensable.

After watching the samples, Zhang Jianya took Zhou Yan to the printing room and looked at some clips that had been cut out.

While Zhou Yan was watching, Zhang Jianya said with a smile, Those two songs received a very enthusiastic response in the factory. Did you know that Xiao Liu and the others called the song Awakening by its original name, but gave it another name? It gave it a name.”

What's the name? Zhou Yan continued to watch the film and asked without raising his head.

It's called Niu Runs for Life. Zhang Jianya said with a smile.

It's quite appropriate. Zhou Yan also laughed and asked: Where is Sanmao, have they given it a name?

That's not true. I think Sanmao is easy to read.

The two briefly chatted for a few words, and Zhang Jianya stopped disturbing Zhou Yan, because Zhou Yan was very serious when watching the movie. He would watch a section of the movie back and forth and keep taking notes.

In fact, Zhou Yan had already planned the soundtrack of Sanmao Joins the Army in his mind, but he still wanted to watch the film seriously. On the one hand, he wanted to see if he could continue from the perspective of the soundtrack. To bring improvements to this movie, on the other hand, the movie may not be exactly the same as the version he saw in his previous life. If there are differences, he will have to make adjustments in time.

There are some small fragments that Zhou Yan can write himself without sampling or borrowing them.

Zhang Jianya went out to do something and came back. Finally he couldn't help but call Zhou Yan, Director Zhou, it's getting late. Let's rest.

Zhou Yan raised his head, looked at Zhang Jianya, and then looked at the time. Unexpectedly, two and a half hours had passed.

He rubbed his eyes and smiled, Looking at it, I'm fascinated by it.

This was not Zhou Yan's intention to compliment Zhang Jianya, but his true words. Although they were all fragments, from these clips, Zhou Yan could feel the unconstrained ideas and ingenuity that Zhang Jianya showed during the filming process.

Speaking of which, from Zhang Jianya and Chen Kaige, we can see that people should not be judged by their appearance.

In reality, Chen Kaige and Zhang Jianya have completely opposite personalities. The former is a typical Yanjing native and speaks a little impoverished, while Zhang Jianya is a relatively boring person, and his enthusiasm is limited to movies.

Zhang Jianya can kneel down with the actors for the sake of the movie, but when drinking, he will not take the initiative to lift the cup.

The styles of their films are also completely opposite. Whether it is the early or late stages, whether the stories he tells are down-to-earth or romantic, Chen Kaige always stands on a high ground and is determined to face a large audience from the beginning. .

But Zhang Jianya's movies are different. He is more like telling stories to friends around him. He doesn't need to speak too loudly, and he doesn't need to be mysterious or bother to explain.

Zhou Yan also learned a lot from the films San Mao Joins the Army.

Zhang Jianya smiled and said, Let's go eat.

Zhou Yan looked at the time and said, Is there still food in your factory cafeteria right now?

Since you're here, I can still let you eat in the cafeteria. Zhang Jianya smiled and took Zhou Yan's arm, Let's go to my house.

…

Zhang Jianya's family lives in Liangyou Apartment not far from the studio. This building is quite famous because its house is quite special and there is an irregular spiral staircase inside.

When he arrived at Zhang Jianya's house, Zhou Yan heard the sound of ping-pong-pong-pong from the kitchen. Zhou Yan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. Could it be that Zhang Jianya has found a partner again?

Even though Zhang Jianya is a little bored, he has chased the nationally renowned goddess Zhang Yu.

Love in Lushan Mountain starring Zhang Yu, as the first kissing scene in China, caused a sensation in China at that time. It is said that a cinema was built on Mount Lushan specifically to show Love in Lushan Mountain, and it is still playing every day.

But then Zhang Yu went to the United States, and the two were separated by an ocean, and their relationship gradually ran into problems, and they finally divorced the year before last.

When he came here just now, Zhou Yan was still thinking that Zhang Jianya was just like him, a single man, and even asked him to come to his house for dinner. Could he also follow his example and let the restaurant deliver the food to his door?

Just when Zhou Yan was guessing, Cui Jie, wearing an apron, walked out of the kitchen and said, Brother Zhang, Director Zhou, sit down for a while, there is still one braised pork, just simmer for a few more minutes.

Then let it suffocate for now. Xiao Cui, wash your hands and come over to eat. Zhang Jianya took out a jar of rice wine from the cabinet, Director Zhou, I don't know if you are used to drinking this rice wine.

Zhou Yan smiled and said, I can drink anything.

…

Drinking in the north is completely different from drinking in the south. Zhang Jianya doesn't try to persuade him to drink. When he wants to drink, he just lifts the cup towards Zhou Yan.

But I didn’t drink less wine either.

The jar that Zhang Jianya took out was a five-pound bottle. Xiao Cui had a very poor alcohol capacity. Although Zhou Yan and the others did not persuade him to drink, he might have felt that Zhou Yan had come all the way and it would be bad not to drink, so he drank half a pound.

That is, just half a catty of rice wine made Xiao Cui Zui lie down on the table.

The other four and a half pounds were divided between Zhou Yan and Zhang Jianya.

More than two kilograms of rice wine was nothing to Zhou Yan. After the meal, he chatted with Zhang Jianya for a while, agreed to go to the factory tomorrow, and took a taxi back alone.

In the car on the way, Zhou Yan still felt sleepy, but after returning to the hotel and taking a shower, his sleepiness and drunkenness were gone, and he became very energetic.

Since he couldn't sleep, Zhou Yan simply took out the script of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms and started thinking about it.

In fact, he wanted to compose the soundtrack for The Romance of the Three Kingdoms without reading the script because he had seen the finished film.

Even if you haven't seen the finished film, you can actually feel it by reading the original work, or even better.

Scripts and novels seem to be completely different. The former is very different from the latter in terms of stimulating emotions, because scripts rarely have more detailed descriptions.

However, to be on the safe side, Zhou Yan decided to read the script again.

Of course, the script Zhang Youan gave him couldn't be all eighty episodes, but the thirteen episodes from forty-five to fifty-seven.

By the time Zhou Yan finished reading, another two hours had passed.

It was really getting late now, so Zhou Yan forced himself to go to bed, but after lying in bed for a long time, he still couldn't fall asleep. The war scenes in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms always appeared in his mind.

Ten minutes later, Zhou Yan simply got up from the bed, took out his composition book, and started writing.