1990: Starting from Baojia Street

Yu Hua glanced at the house number of the courtyard to make sure he was looking for the right place, then raised his hand and knocked on the door.

After a while, the door opened, and Zhang Yimou, Gong Li, and a young man stood inside.

Zhang Yimou smiled and said, It came quite quickly, come in quickly.

Yu Hua smiled and nodded, I came here non-stop.

After entering the courtyard, Zhang Yimou introduced Yu Hua, This is our music director, Director Zhou Yanzhou.

Looking at Zhou Yan, Yu Hua was quite surprised. When Zhang Yimou called him, he told him that he was coming to the music director's house for dinner. He thought that the music director must be at least thirty or forty years old. He didn't expect him to be so young.

Hello, Director Zhou. Yu Hua greeted Zhou Yan with a smile, and then raised the red plastic bag in front of Zhou Yan, It's my first time here, and I don't know what to bring, so I just bought whatever I wanted. Had some fruit.”

Zhou Yan took the plastic bag with a smile, My family will be able to open a fruit shop soon. Let's go inside. It's quite cold outside.

The four of them entered the living room. Zhou Yan poured tea for Yu Hua and said with a smile, Director Zhang and Sister Li, I haven't seen each other for a long time. Director Zhang finally came to Yanjing, so naturally I can't let him go. Yes. And I am also a loyal reader of Teacher Yu, so when Director Zhang said that he wanted to treat you to dinner tonight, I took the initiative to take over the matter. This temporary change of place has also caused trouble for you.

In a few words, after Zhou Yan explained the changes in tonight's game, he also praised Yu Hua.

Praising people is Zhou Yan's passive skill, but he also praises Yu Hua from the bottom of his heart. As a Chinese teacher, he has been exposed to too many works of Yu Hua.

Yu Hua took the tea cup and said with a smile, I have no other merits except that I am active in eating. As long as I eat enough, I have no objection to changing to Tongzhou.

When he took the tea cup, Zhou Yan took out another cigarette and offered him a cigarette. Yu Hua took the cigarette and lit it subconsciously, then stopped, There are lesbians here, so I won't smoke anymore.

Gong Li smiled and said, It's okay, don't worry about me.

Yu Hua was just polite. He couldn't control it at all. When he heard Gong Li say this, he lit up the cigarette with a smile.

Because it was the first time Zhou Yan and Yu Hua met, Zhang Yimou took the initiative to stir up the topic.

Actually speaking, you two should have something in common. In addition to making music and movies, Zhou Yan also publishes novels.

Hearing that Zhou Yan had published a novel, Yu Hua puffed out smoke and said in surprise, Oh? Where was it published?

“I haven’t published many novels, mainly in Yanjing Literature.”

Yu Hua also became interested when he heard about Yenjing Literature. Although he is now more closely connected with Harvest, Yenjing Literature played an important role in the beginning of his literary career.

Which issue contains your works? Basically, I read every issue of Yanjing Literature.

He has a novel called Tree Hole, do you have any impression? Zhang Yimou said.

Tree hole? Yu Hua's face was full of surprise. He looked at Zhou Yan, Are you pregnant with a child?

Zhou Yan nodded, Well, Zhou Wen is my pen name.

Yu Hua's expression became strange when he heard that Zhou Yan was Zhou Chan. He had paid attention to Zhou Chan when Death of the Mayor came out. Later he saw The Knife in Clear Water and Zhou Chan. Tree Hole, the impression is even deeper.

The last time he chatted with Liu Zhenyun, they also talked about the writer Zhou Chan. They were very curious about this writer who suddenly appeared.

China's literary circle is both large and small. Most of the writers who are more active now know each other. Many of them have studied at the Lu Xun Institute of Literature before.

If you stay in Yanjing permanently, you will have more opportunities to meet, including various seminars and other activities.

Yu Hua never thought that Zhou Yan would be so young. When he first started writing novels, he should be about the same age as Zhou Yan, in his early twenties.

But at that time, he was more studying and exploring. No one wanted many of the works he sent out at the beginning. Not to mention big magazines like Yenjing Literature, even some local magazines were unwilling to accept him. s work.

Later, his novel Stars published in Yanjing Literature, looking back now, is actually relatively immature. His style, that is, Going Away at the Age of Eighteen only gradually began to mature.

After pondering for a moment, Yu Hua said, So you are pregnant every week.

Zhang Yimou smiled and said, Be surprised.

Yu Hua nodded, Surprised. I thought the birth this week was quite mysterious. It turns out I'm not a professional writer.

Seeing Yu Hua's reaction, Zhang Yimou was very satisfied. If he was surprised, he couldn't be the only one surprised. He was even more surprised than Yu Hua when he knew that Zhou Yan had published novels in Yanjing Literature.

After all, Yu Hua was not familiar with Zhou Yan. The reason why he was surprised was mainly because Zhou Yan was relatively young.

But Zhang Yimou and the others were different. When Zhang Yimou first met Zhou Yan, Zhou Yan was just a soundtrack assistant in their crew and a student who had not graduated. The contrast was too big.

Although he knew Zhou Yan was pregnant, Yu Hua didn't ask too many questions, and he didn't chat with Zhou Yan about literature as Zhang Yimou thought. They mostly talked about movies.

Yu Hua is very interested in making movies, but he is different from Zhou Yan. Zhou Yan is interested because he wants to do it himself, but Yu Hua is purely curious.

In fact, Zhou Yan understands Yu Hua's state quite well. Some writers are like this, preferring to absorb rather than output.

Where does a writer's inspiration come from? It’s still what you see and hear, and what a person sees is limited after all. Especially in this era of underdeveloped information, many people understand something only by listening to what others say.

Therefore, writers get a lot of their inspiration from other people.

When chatting, these writers like to talk about things they don’t understand, but the chat partner understands. The main focus is listening. This is called absorptive chatting.

Chen Kaige is a typical counter-example. That guy prefers output-based chatting. He prefers to talk about things he understands and things others don’t understand, so as to make the conversation enjoyable.

The four of them chatted for a while, then the restaurant brought the food and they started eating.

Zhang Yimou used to be okay with drinking and smoking, but now he has stopped smoking and drinks less. Yu Hua usually drinks a little, but because his wife is pregnant now, he drinks less, otherwise he will cause trouble to his wife when he goes back.

Gong Li, on the other hand, has a good drinking capacity and drinks generously. She had two drinks with Zhou Yan.

At the end of the drink, Gong Li still underestimated Zhou Yan's drinking capacity. Later, the alcohol got stronger and she got a little drunk.

When Zhang Yimou saw that Gong Li was already on top, he came out in time to stop the fight, We have something to do tomorrow, so let's drink less.

Although Gong Li was reluctant, she didn't say anything and didn't continue drinking. They did have something to do tomorrow.

After dinner, Zhou Yan first sent Zhang Yimou and others away, and then accompanied Yu Hua to pick up his bicycle.

The moonlight is just right tonight, but the wind is a bit cold. I drank some wine during the meal and my body was warm. Now that the cold wind blew, Yu Hua couldn't help but shrink his neck, The wind in Yanjing is better than the wind in Haiyan. Be cold.

Zhou Yan glanced at Yu Hua, wondering if he meant something else.

Maybe this wind was blown by sea salt. Zhou Yan said with a smile.

Hearing this, Yu Hua nodded solemnly, Then he is still from my hometown. We are all from Haiyan.

This was not a joke, but both of them laughed heartily.

While joking, Yu Hua found his bicycle, unlocked it and stepped on it. He originally wanted to say goodbye to Zhou Yan, but after thinking about it, he asked, Director Zhou, what kind of music do you usually listen to?

Zhou Yan was quite surprised when Yu Hua asked him what music he was listening to.

“I listen to a variety of music, including classical, pop, ethnic, and Western music. However, due to the nature of my work, I listen more to Western classical music.”

Yu Hua nodded, I've recently become interested in classical music. What do you usually listen to? I bought a Walkman a few days ago and I usually listen to tapes.

Zhou Yan smiled and said, Actually, as long as the music suits you, the medium is secondary. However, if you have higher pursuit of sound quality, you can consider purchasing a set of audio equipment.

Yu Hua shook his head, We don't have this condition now.

In fact, Yu Hua doesn't know how much a good set of audio equipment costs, but the place where he lives now is relatively small. Not only does he have no place to put the audio equipment, but he also has concerns about disturbing the residents.

If you want to listen to music, you can come to my house...or go to our school, and I will take you to listen to live music.

No problem, I'll definitely go and have a look when I get the chance. Well, thanks for the hospitality tonight, I'll go back first.

Well, be careful while riding. After all, you've been drinking.

I didn't drink much tonight. I'll treat you to a drink when I have time.

Okay, I've written it down.

Yu Hua nodded, got on the car and left without saying anything else.

When Yu Hua's back disappeared at the end of the alley, Zhou Yan raised his head and looked at the moon in the sky. Just when he was sighing that the moon was really big tonight, another gust of cold wind hit him. He also shrank his neck and ran inside the house.

…

In the next few days, Zhou Yan was busy working at school. Although this year Zhou Yan still had two classes every week, just like last semester, on Thursday morning, he was busier at the beginning of school.

In addition, the band's musician recruitment was also in progress. Although he delegated power to Fang Xiu and the others, he certainly couldn't ignore it.

Zhang Youan has already negotiated with Zhang Yimou about the soundtrack for Alive, and finally decided to give Zhou Yan a salary of 6,500,500 yuan.

Zhao Jiping was asked to score the soundtrack for Tree Hole and was given a salary of 10,000 yuan. Compared with this, 6,500 yuan is certainly not much. However, Zhou Yan's previous offer of 10,000 yuan to Zhao Jiping was completely sky-high in the industry. No one in the mainland had ever given him this price before. .

Let alone 10,000, it is 6,500, which has never been available in the industry before.

Alive is indeed very generous this time. It not only gave Yu Hua 25,000 yuan in film and television adaptation licensing fees, but also gave Ge You a salary of 700,000 yuan, which has completely broken the industry record.

If it weren't for the 10,000 soundtrack guidance fee given to Zhao Jiping for Tree Hole, the 6,500 for Alive would have broken another record this time.

Zhou Yan doesn't care too much about the remuneration of the soundtrack director. Anyway, as long as he can hold the copyright of the soundtrack, he is afraid that when signing the contract, the copyright ownership is not done well, and there will be disputes later.

Some musicians were paid hundreds of dollars for scoring films and TV series, but failed to secure the copyright. Later, they could not get a cent from the commercial copyright fees for the soundtrack.

On Thursday morning, after Zhou Yan finished two classes, he went to the cafeteria to have a meal first, and then went to the big office. There was a meeting in the department this afternoon, and the orchestra also had to rehearse, so he did not go home.

As for the dormitory, Zhou Yan didn't go either. He came here at the beginning of the new year and the bed in the dormitory hadn't been made yet.

The other teachers in the office had returned to the dormitory at this time, and Zhou Yan was alone in the office. At about 12:40, the phone in the office rang, and Zhou Yan got up to answer it.

Hello.

Is this the composition department office of Yangyin University?

Zhou Yan narrowed his eyes. The voice sounded familiar to him.

Well, who are you looking for?

I'm looking for Zhou Yan.

I am Zhou Yan...

The person on the other side smiled, Zhou Yan, I'm Chen Zhigu.

Zhou Yan said unexpectedly, Director Chen, what do you want from me?

I'm here to treat you to dinner.

take me Out to eat?

Haha, you are not the only one. There is a director's party at our factory on Saturday. Do you have time to attend?

Zhou Yan hesitated, Is there an internal party in your factory? Is it appropriate for me to go?

Chen Zhigu smiled and said, It's not that particular. You are considered half of our factory.

Hearing what Chen Zhigu said, Zhou Yan stopped being pretentious, Okay, where can we get together?

You come to the factory on Saturday afternoon, and I'll have someone take you there with me.

Okay, I'll come find you then.

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yan didn't think much, just remembered that he was going to have dinner on Saturday night, and then got busy with his own affairs.

In the afternoon, the department meeting opened at 1:30. Zhou Yan was the first to arrive. Later, several colleagues from the department came and asked Zhou Yan what the meeting was about today.

The reason why they asked Zhou Yan was naturally because they believed that Zhou Yan was a direct descendant of the department director Shi Wanchun and should know some inside information. Zhou Yan could only spread his hands and express that he, like them, knew nothing about the content of today's meeting.

Today's meeting is an impromptu meeting. We were notified yesterday afternoon that today's meeting will be held, and the timing is also interesting. Yangyin's class schedule starts at one o'clock at noon, while the Composition Department basically does not have classes until the eighth period on Thursdays. .

But even the eighth period class starts at 2:45, which means that today's meeting will not be very long.

After Shi Wanchun arrived, he didn't say anything and said directly, Today's meeting has only one content. Teacher Kuai Yonggang will be transferred to the teaching office next week. He will definitely not be able to take care of some of the work of our department in the future, so we need to A new teacher will take over Teacher Kuai's work.

After hearing Shi Wanchun's words, everyone started talking.

I haven't heard of it either.

That's right, Teacher Kuai does such a good job of keeping things confidential.

Teacher Kuai, congratulations.

Kuai Yonggang was the assistant to the department director Shi Wanchun, and now he has been transferred to the Teaching Office. Although he did not know the specific position, he must have been promoted, so they said congratulations.

The position of assistant to the department head is originally for transitional purposes, and generally no teacher will stay in this position for too long.

Some people couldn't help but look at Zhou Yan. Although Shi Wanchun said nothing, they guessed that this position might belong to Zhou Yan.

Whether the position of assistant to the department head is important or not should be looked at separately.

If you are a new teacher and can serve as the assistant to the head of the department, it will be a great job, but if you have been in the college for several years, you will definitely not be favored.

Among the young teachers, Jia Guoping and Zhou Yan are the most promising. Not only are they closely related to Shi Wanchun, but they are also the most famous in the school and will definitely rise.

After letting others discuss for a while, Shi Wanchun spoke again, If any of you are willing to take on more responsibilities, come to me to sign up within five days. If there are many people, an election will be arranged later. Or, whoever you think is suitable can also You can recommend it to me.”

As soon as Shi Wanchun finished speaking, Kuai Yonggang said with a smile, I personally recommend Teacher Zhou Yan. The piano youth orchestra he organized was a great success in Hong Kong and Taiwan. His organizational skills are obvious to all, and his student foundation is relatively strong. When it comes to It has more advantages when it comes to handling student affairs.”

Huang Xuanliang, the deputy director of the department, said with a smile, Of course Zhou Yan is very good, but Zhou Yan has a lot of side responsibilities, so he may not be able to settle down and be the assistant to the department director. I think Teacher Jia Guoping is more suitable, and Teacher Jia's student foundation is not bad. , and have more experience in managing classes.”

Zhou Yan and Jia Guoping looked at each other, both of them a little confused. What is going on today?

The two principals had no idea what Kuai Yonggang meant by discussing with Huang Xuan.

There was no unnecessary expression on Shi Wanchun's face. After Huang Xuanliang finished speaking, he looked at the other teachers and asked, Are there any other candidates to recommend?

Everyone was silent. The situation was unclear at this time, so it was natural to say less and make fewer mistakes.

After a while, no one spoke. Shi Wanchun nodded, Okay, today's meeting ends here. If anyone is interested in this position, you can come to me to sign up within five days. Zhou Yan, Jia Guoping, Come to my office.

After saying that, Shi Wanchun left.

The other teachers didn't say anything and stood up to disperse. Shi Wanchun was very efficient in meetings and they were all used to it.

Zhou Yan and Jia Guoping walked to the department director's office together. On the way, Jia Guoping asked Zhou Yan, What's going on today?

You don't know it every day in school, and I don't even know it.

I can understand why Kuai Yonggang recommended you. Why did Huang Xuanliang recommend me?

I think you're good. Zhou Yan smiled and said, You might as well take over as assistant to the department director.

Jia Guoping shook his head, I can't.

Why can't you? Zhou Yan asked strangely.

I may not be able to stay in school much longer.

Hearing this, Zhou Yan stopped and asked, Are you going abroad?

Jia Guoping nodded, If I don't leave next semester, I will leave next year as well, so you think, what's the point of me being the assistant to the department head?

Zhou Yan nodded slightly. Jia Guoping was right. Since he was leaving, there was no need to be the assistant to the department director. Otherwise, he would have to recruit people again soon, which would delay things.

Didn't you tell the teacher that you were going abroad?

I haven't had time to say it yet. After all, the matter has not been completely settled. I told you in advance. If anything goes wrong, it will be difficult to explain. Otherwise, this assistant to the department director...

Zhou Yan knew what he meant and waved his hand quickly, You know me, I don't have time to care about this.

That's not the case. The job of the assistant to the department head is not as complicated as you think... It is much easier than when you helped Li Bingyang manage 88 Composition. Didn't you do it with ease at that time?

You're just coaxing me, and a lot of things will happen by then.

Why am I coaxing you? Look at Kuai Yonggang. He is leisurely and at ease every day. In addition to doing the work of assistant to the department director, he still has time to hang out with the teaching office.

There was nothing wrong with him.

…

The two of them walked to Shi Wanchun's office while they were talking.

Shi Wanchun had just lit a cigarette, and when he saw the two of them arriving, he pointed to the sofa and said, Sit down.

The two sat down obediently.

Tell me, what do you think about this assistant to the department head?

Jia Guoping said first, Teacher, I really can't do it. As you know, I am applying for a scholarship from the German Advanced Academic Exchange Foundation. This matter has already been decided.

Shi Wanchun raised his eyebrows, This is a good thing. In that case, then you should prepare for this matter. Daad has language proficiency requirements. German learning cannot be left behind. Have you contacted the instructor? Do you want me to help you? ?”

Jia Guoping smiled and said, I contacted Professor Hempel, and he personally agreed to be my advisor.

That's good. I'll ask Principal Liu to write you a letter of recommendation later. It's more secure.

Liu Lin had studied at the Paris Conservatoire before, so his letter of recommendation still carries some weight.

Thank you teacher.

It's a good thing that you can go out. Shi Wanchun looked at Zhou Yan again, What about you?

Zhou Yanwei said, Teacher, I can't do it either. This band has a lot of things for me to do. If I can't take care of it then, won't I delay your work?

Are you too busy with the orchestra, or are you too busy with other things? How busy can the assistant to the department chair be?

I……

In this case, if you don't go abroad for further study like Guoping, I will contact your instructor now and write a letter of recommendation for you. You can choose whether to go to Germany, France, or Russia.

this……

If you don't want to go abroad, that's fine. I'll tell Principal Wu that you go to his teaching and research office and get a part-time graduate degree. You can graduate in one or two years and it won't delay your teaching.

Before Zhou Yan could speak, Shi Wanchun said again, You said that you don't want to go abroad for further study, and you don't want to study at school. You just want to be a lecturer every day, and hang out in two classes a week? When will you be able to do this? Promoted to associate professor? When can you be promoted to professor again? You are in good condition now and you are ready for everything. You just need Dongfeng. If you think about it and work hard, you may not be able to develop faster than Yu Feng.

Zhou Yan was already a little confused by what Shi Wanchun said. It turned out that the teacher planned this route for him.

Jia Guoping next to him lowered his head and said nothing, but Zhou Yan saw from the side that this guy was snickering!

Zhou Yan wanted to give himself a few words of defense, but he felt that his words of defense might sound more like nonsense to the teacher.

Uh... how about I fight for it?

Hearing what Zhou Yan said, Shi Wanchun laughed, That's right, it's time to take on more responsibilities. There are few people in our department and there are few things to do. The position of assistant to the department director will not delay you too much. Time. And you will be allowed to work for a maximum of two years. You should also consider the on-the-job postgraduate studies that I just mentioned.

Zhou Yan nodded repeatedly, Okay, okay, I will definitely consider it.

Okay, you can go out. We will discuss the matter of the assistant to the department head at the meeting next week.

Okay, okay, we're leaving.

The two of them left Shi Wanchun's office and walked about ten steps. Jia Guoping finally couldn't help it and laughed out loud, Comrade Zhou Yan, you must be feeling the pressure. I think the teacher means this, and maybe he hopes you can shoulder it in the future. The banner of the composition department.”

Zhou Yan curled his lips and said, The banner of the composition department should wait until you come back from studying abroad. You can carry it.

Hey, to be serious, I think the teacher is right. Your talent cannot be wasted. Going to Principal Wu's teaching and research office for a period of time will not delay your work. If not, you can get a degree. You will be the head of the department later. , when the principal...

Zhou Yan quickly stopped him, Comrade Jia Guoping, you are going further and further away.

Haha, don't be pretentious now. When I come back from abroad, I will find that you have taken over the teacher's flag.

Bullshit...

Whether it's nonsense or not, you'll know when the time comes.

…

Ever since he was scolded by Shi Wanchun, Zhou Yan always thought about what he said that day, and even made a trip to Wu Zuqiang's teaching and research office by accident.

Wu Zuqiang was quite happy to see Zhou Yan and chatted with him for a long time. His liking for him was beyond words.

On Saturday afternoon, Zhou Yan asked Jiang Xia to drive him to Yanjing Studio.

After entering the factory, Zhou Yan went directly to Chen Zhigu's office.

Seeing Zhou Yan, Chen Zhigu smiled all over his face. Yanjing Factory now has two treasures. The first treasure is Chen Kaige, a staff member, and the second treasure is Zhou Yan.

Because Chen Kaige cooperates very closely with Zhou Yan, Tomson and Yanjing Studio, life in the studio has been very good in the past two years. Other studios are worried about their livelihood every day, but Yanjing Factory has been very nourishing.

Relying on Tomson's films, the staff at Yanjing Film Studio received a lot of subsidies. Because there was a lot of work, Ma Zhouyan had to shoot The Sixth Sense and had to transfer a lot of people from Yanjing Film Studio. The crew paid these people the salary It's a lot of money, and most of the remuneration goes to the factory.

The main reason is that now that the new policy has come out and everyone has tasted it, the original system may be broken.

In late December last year, relevant departments held a national film work conference and released Document No. 3, titled Several Opinions on Deepening the Current Mechanism Reform of the Film Industry. The core of this document is to delegate power to enterprises.

In January this year, the document was officially issued, and institutional reform began immediately. However, now everyone is crossing the river by feeling for stones, and no one dares to act rashly.

But Chen Zhigu knows that if a studio wants to develop, it may still have to ask for money from the market.

The market is ethereal, but Chen Zhigu knows where the money is.

Xu Feng had a chat with Chen Zhigu last time, and Xu Feng also said implicitly that as long as Zhou Yan is willing, Tomson will make a movie for Zhou Yan in one or two years, and the production will not be low.

In this case, when the directors of Yanjing Factory gather for dinner, Chen Zhigu will definitely call Zhou Yan.

After the script is reviewed, when will the reading meeting be held?

The reading meeting is to review the script. Different crews are different and there is no final conclusion. The script was reviewed several times in the few months before the filming of Raise the Red Lantern.

The script workshop for Farewell My Concubine started half a year in advance, and several small-scale readings were held before filming.

Zhou Yan smiled and said, I plan to take a weekend at the end of May to hold a reading meeting.

The filming of the movie will start at the end of June, and Zhou Yan is planning to hold a reading meeting one month in advance, and then hold the last reading meeting one week before filming starts.

Okay, you can tell me in advance when the time comes, and I'll have someone make room for you.

Thank you.

Chen Zhigu waved his hand, You're welcome, this is what we should do, and we will cooperate for a long time in the future. You and Kaige have a very good relationship, and it is convenient for us to cooperate. If you weren't in Yangyin, I would We all want you to come to our factory.”

Zhou Yan naturally knew that Chen Zhigu was just talking politely, so he didn't take it seriously. However, he thought of Senior Lu and said with a smile, It's a pity that Senior's health has not recovered recently. Otherwise, I won't be able to film The Sixth Sense this time. I must be holding him back. Our Yanjing factory is really full of talents. After our last cooperation, the abilities of the seniors really surprised me.

Chen Zhigu was an old man, so he naturally knew that Zhou Yan was speaking for Senior Lu, so he smiled and said, Yes, Senior is indeed a very thoughtful young man, but Zhou Yan, you also know that the conditions in all factories are average now. It’s difficult to give young directors too many resources.”

Zhou Yan smiled and said, The situation will always get better. Just like me, I am also lucky, with the help of Tomson Company.

It is not easy for a thousand-mile horse to meet Bole. Chen Zhigu said with emotion.

…

Zhou Yan sat in Chen Zhigu's office for a while, then stood up to say goodbye, and then went to the director's office. At this time, Tian Zhuangzhuang was the only one in the director's office.

Tian Zhuangzhuang seemed to be in a bad mood, but when he saw Zhou Yan, he still managed a smile.

The reason why he forced a smile was because he didn't want to look too embarrassed in front of outsiders.

As soon as Blue Kite was finished filming, he already knew that the film would not be released in China, which was undoubtedly a huge blow to him.

Zhou Yan probably knew what happened to Tian Zhuangzhuang, but he couldn't comment on such matters. After simply saying hello, Zhou Yan ran to the editing workshop.

After staying in the editing workshop for a while, Xia Gang came over to him and said he was going to a restaurant for dinner.

The hotel was not far from the Yanjing Factory, and it was less than ten minutes away by car. On the way, Xia Gang told Zhou Yan that Chen Kaige and the others had not gone to work today and had already gone to the hotel first.

When they arrived at the hotel room, a bunch of acquaintances greeted Zhou Yan. As soon as Zhou Yan responded, he found that Chen Hong was there, not only Chen Hong, but also Teng Wenji who was sitting next to him.

Teng Wenji also glanced at Zhou Yan, but only once, and then turned to continue chatting with Chen Zhigu next to him.

Chen Hong, on the other hand, took the initiative to stand up and say hello to Zhou Yan, Director Zhou, we meet again.

Hearing Chen Hong's greeting, Teng Wenji looked up at Chen Hong again, and the look he gave Chen Hong was also seen by Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan nodded to Chen Hong, We meet again.

Later Zhou Yan discovered that it was said to be a director's party, but in fact there were not only directors present. In addition to Chen Hong, there were also actresses Zhang Xiaomin and Song Shu from the factory, both of whom were beauties.

Seeing this lineup, Zhou Yan couldn't help but curl his lips. Many dinner parties are like this now. They always have to find a few beauties to accompany them. It's not that there is anything dirty, but in Zhou Yan's opinion, this is also a kind of behavior. Bad atmosphere.

Perhaps it was not Chen Zhigu's instruction to bring these beauties, but arranged by the people below, but these leaders must have acquiesced. (End of chapter)