1990: Starting from Baojia Street

After returning home and tidying up a little, Zhou Yan first went to the Bayi Factory.

Wu Ziniu did not have a separate office, so Zhou Yan went directly to the reception room. When he arrived at the reception room, Ge You, the male protagonist of Tree Hole, had already arrived early.

Seeing Zhou Yan, Ge You stood up with a smile, Hey, Director Zhou is here.

Taking advantage of the situation, he offered another cigarette to Zhou Yan. Zhou Yan waved his hand and pushed it back: Brother Ge You, it's not like you don't know that I don't smoke.

Wu Ziniu next to him said, Zhou Yan learns everything quickly, but he can't even learn how to smoke.

Smoking is easy if you can learn it, but difficult if you don't learn it, Ge You said.

After the three of them sat down, Wu Ziniu said, Speaking of which, have you two collaborated on several movies?

Ge You nodded, It's true, we have collaborated on Farewell My Concubine before, plus Tree Hole and Alive, it counts as three.

In fact, it was originally possible that there would be four movies. Zhou Yan almost took over the soundtrack of Big Sabbath before. If that cooperation was successful, it would also be their first collaboration. The filming time of Big Sabbath was longer than that of Farewell My Concubine 》Be early.

But of course Ge You wouldn't mention this matter. Wouldn't that be asking for trouble? There was quite an unpleasant commotion because of this matter before.

It's an honor for me to work with a drama star like Brother Ge You.

Oh, Director Zhou, you are overly praised. It is an honor for us as actors to work with you and Director Wu. If I hadn't benefited from you, I wouldn't have been able to get involved with the Berlin Film Festival.

Ge You is also very high-spirited now. In the past two years, he has participated in award-winning works at the Cannes and Berlin Film Festivals, especially Tree Hole, in which he is also the protagonist.

There is also another movie Alive, which is currently impacting the Cannes International Film Festival. If it can successfully impact, then his position in the film industry can be raised again.

After Tree Hole won the award, Ge You received more scripts, and many of them were very high-quality literary films.

And his salary has now skyrocketed, almost approaching one million.

But if you think about it carefully, Zhou Yan is still the winner. For two of these three movies, he was the soundtrack director, and for one he was the original author and screenwriter.

And in addition to these three movies, Zhou Yan is also the soundtrack director of Dream Life, and Dream Life won the Jury Prize at the Cannes International Film Festival.

Although ordinary viewers will only pay attention to the director and the protagonist, in the film and television industry, everyone attaches great importance to the people behind the scenes, especially the soundtrack director and screenwriter.

Every successful director knows that if you want to make a good movie, the script and soundtrack are very important.

Otherwise, not so many directors would think of adapting literary works, and Zhao Jiping and Zhou Yan would not be so popular.

Ge You, you are too humble. Without your wonderful performance, the movie would be much inferior. After praising Ge You, Wu Ziniu asked Zhou Yan, When is your new movie The Sixth Sense going to be released?

The Sixth Sense was not sent to the three major film festivals, so Wu Ziniu directly asked when the movie would be released.

Starting in June, it will be released one after another. Zhou Yan replied.

The Sixth Sense will first be released in mainland China in mid-June, and then will be released in Xiangjiang, Taiwan, Neon and other places in China.

If everything goes well, it will be released in several European and American countries in October or November.

Tomson's promotion focus is still in Asia. As for Europe and the United States, it is purely a matter of having dates and not having dates, so he doesn't have much hope.

Previously, The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly was released in Europe, and its box office performance was quite average. Although domestic news always reports that this movie broke some records in Europe, in fact, they are all prefixed records, basically comparing them with other mainland movies.

But even so, it is enough to make other directors envious. After all, no mainland director can say that a film can be released in so many countries and regions at the same time.

Most people would think that a director like Zhou Yan would be the kind of person who likes to compete for awards. He is a musician and a writer, and the films he scored and wrote have won several awards at the three major film festivals.

But unfortunately, except for his first short film, Zhou Yan rarely went to film festivals, and even if he did, he would not participate in the three major film festivals.

The movies made by Zhou Yan mostly perform well in the market.

Wu Ziniu and Ge You didn't know much about The Sixth Sense. They only knew that the male and female protagonists of this movie were well-known actors, and the investment cost was not low.

Therefore, they did not chat in depth.

The three chatted for a while, and the heroine Chen Hong also came.

Chen Hong was obviously dressed up carefully today, because she was wearing a sky blue windbreaker, so Zhou Yan couldn't help but take a second look.

He especially likes sky blue, which many friends know.

Because there was an empty seat next to Zhou Yan, after Chen Hong greeted the three of them, she took the opportunity to sit down next to Zhou Yan, and then said with a smile, Director Zhou, long time no see.

Ge You joked, Chen Hong, you are so unfavorable to one another. We haven't seen each other for a long time, right?

The main reason is that Brother Ge, you have many works and often appear on TV. I can see you on TV from time to time during this period. Yesterday I watched Big Sabbath at home, and I feel like I haven't spent much time with you. No time to meet.

Chen Hongting is good at talking, and she solved Ge You's joke in one sentence, and even praised Ge You.

In fact, Zhou Yan and Chen Hong haven't seen each other for a long time. Chen Hong even went to Zhou Yan's Yanjing·Silent concert before.

Wu Ziniu knew about Chen Hong's contract with Zhou's Entertainment. Although Wu Ziniu didn't know what Zhou's Entertainment was like, he knew from the name that this company had something to do with Zhou Yan.

So he was not surprised at all when he saw Chen Hong sitting next to Zhou Yan.

Chen Hong, have you found your next movie? Wu Ziniu asked.

Chen Hong nodded, Well, it's confirmed. Director Zhou Xingchi has a new movie, and I will play a supporting role.

Hey, then they have made a profit. You are now the heroine of an award-winning film at the Berlin Film Festival. Ge You said.

Chen Hong smiled and waved her hands, Brother Ge You, please don't praise me. I was just lucky enough to be cast in Tree Hole. I'm still a solid newcomer at the film festival. I'm very satisfied if I get the role.

Well, Chen Hong, you have a good attitude. Take it one step at a time. No one can get up in one step. If nothing else, Zhou Xingchi's movie will definitely not be bad at the box office. It is a good thing to show more of your face through this movie.

Yes, I think so, and there are many excellent actors participating in this movie. I can learn more from them after I go there.

The crew in Xiangjiang sometimes encounters some uncomfortable situations. You have to be mentally prepared for this in advance. Ge You reminded.

Ge You said it more tactfully.

The Mainland and Hong Kong have co-produced many movies, and conflicts often arise between the two parties. As an old man in the film industry, Ge You naturally knows a lot of inside stories.

There is an obvious gap in the film production level between the two sides, and there are also conflicts in concepts. In most cases, practitioners in Xiangjiang look down on film practitioners in the mainland.

Coupled with language communication difficulties, conflicts are commonplace.

Sometimes a small conflict can easily turn into a big conflict.

When Zhou Yan went to the set of Green Snake before, he never encountered this kind of situation. This was mainly because he was not only an actor, but also the film's soundtrack director. The average person on the set did not dare to mess with him.

Also, it has something to do with the composition of the crew of Green Snake.

The two heroines of Green Snake, Zhang Manyu, often go to the mainland to film, and she can speak Mandarin well, not to mention Wang Zuxian. She is not from Xiangjiang and has only spoken Cantonese for many years. She can communicate with Zhou Yan even more smoothly.

Zhao Wenzhuo, who plays Fahai, is originally from the mainland.

However, Ma Jingwu, who was playing a supporting role at the time, was being made difficult for, and Zhou Yan helped. If Zhou Yan was not on the crew at that time, Ma Jingwu would definitely be made more difficult for.

Often those who make things difficult are not the main creative staff, but the inconspicuous behind-the-scenes staff.

It is said that the king of hell is easy to mess with, and the devil is difficult to deal with. This is also true.

Chen Hong understood what Ge You meant and said with a smile, Don't worry, brother Ge You, this time the filming will be in the Mainland.

Ge You nodded and said nothing more.

In fact, Chen Hong was not worried about this at all, because Zhou Yan was also on the crew, and he felt that he would not suffer in this crew.

Speaking of Xiangjiang Movies, Chen Hong said to Zhou Yan, By the way, congratulations to Director Zhou for being shortlisted for the Academy Award.

Hearing this, Ge You and the others wondered, What's the Academy Award?

The Hong Kong Film Awards just announced the shortlist the day before yesterday. Green Snake was shortlisted for several categories, two of which were related to Director Zhou, one was for Best Score, and the other was for Best New Actor.

Nowadays, the speed of information dissemination is slow. If you don’t pay special attention, it will take a while to see the news.

Chen Hong's agent is Xu Junrong, and he receives news from Xiangjiang faster than ordinary people.

Upon hearing the news, Wu Ziniu and Ge You also expressed their congratulations.

Congratulations, Zhou Yan. Wu Ziniu was obviously more interested in the Best Newcomer Actor Award. If you win the Best Newcomer Actor Award, that would be incredible. It's a crazy start.

Director Zhou is here to steal our actors' jobs. Ge You puffed on his cigarette and said with a smile, Are there no actors in our mainland who have won the Academy Awards?

Wu Ziniu thought for a while and said, It seems so. The actresses include Siqin Gaowa, and the actors seem to have been shortlisted. If Zhou Yan can win this time, it will be a first.

When you hear it like this, it's really exciting. The Best Newcomer Award is not easy to win. It only happens once in a person's life. If you don't win it this time, you will never have another chance in the future.

It doesn't matter if you can't win the Best Newcomer Award. It's okay if you can win the Best Score Award. Compared with the Best Newcomer Award, the Best Score Award is more important.

Zhou Yan also pays more attention to the Best Score Award. After all, being an actor is just a side job in his side job. It is not certain whether he will star in a movie in the future.

And for the movie Green Snake, it would definitely be better to win the Best Score Award.

This time Green Snake performed very poorly in terms of awards. It was shortlisted for four awards at the Academy Awards, namely Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best New Actor and Best Film Score.

At first glance, four nominations may sound like a lot, but these four are not important awards. The ones that attract more attention at the Academy Awards are Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Actor and Actor. Green Snake was not shortlisted.

If Tsui Hark were to choose, among the four shortlisted awards, he would definitely choose Best Score. Best New Actor is an individual award and has little impact on the film.

Compared with the best costume design and the best art direction, the best soundtrack is more famous.

Tsui Hark is also the most confident in the best score, and his confidence comes from Zhou Yan and Huang Zhan.

Originally, the soundtrack of this movie was excellent. Although the reviews given by various circles after the movie came out were not very good, the attitudes of all parties towards the movie's soundtrack were surprisingly consistent, and basically there was nothing they could not praise.

Both Wu Ziniu and Ge You thought it would be better to win the best composer, but Chen Hong said, Maybe, I can win both the best soundtrack and the best new actor.

Ge You laughed, That's the best.

Well, that's definitely the best. Wu Ziniu said.

Although they both said this, they didn't really believe that this would happen. It would be good if the Academy Awards could award one award to a mainlander, but it would be basically impossible to give two awards to a mainlander.

The four of them chatted for a while, then got up and rushed to the hotel where they were eating.

There were no other activities at the celebration banquet, just eating.

Tomson Company invited everyone from the crew of Tree Hole and some leaders from Bayi Factory, but many people couldn't make it. About thirty people came today.

The boss Xu Feng sat at a table with several creative staff. She sat in the middle, Zhou Yan and Wu Ziniu sat on either side, Ge You sat on Zhou Yan's right hand side, and Chen Hong sat on Ge You's right hand side. The seating arrangement was similar to that of a normal crew dinner.

Wu Ziniu looked around in the box and said regretfully, It's a pity that Teacher Wei Zongwan didn't come. Before the Chinese New Year, he even called me and specifically asked about the Berlin Film Festival.

Xu Feng said, He will come to the next premiere.

Ge You lit a cigarette and said to Zhou Yan, We should invite the two great writers Yu Hua and Shi Tiesheng. After all, they are also participating in the show.

This is all Ge You's nonsense. There is no way he can invite Yu Hua and the others to today's celebration banquet.

If you want to invite them, you have to invite the villagers from Jiangjuntuo as well. Zhou Yan said with a smile.

When filming Tree Hole, many local villagers were invited to act as extras. Speaking of which, Yu Hua and Shi Tiesheng did not have as many scenes as the villagers in Jiangjun Tuo.

I won't call them for dinner. When the premiere is held, we can invite them to watch a movie. Wu Ziniu said.

Zhou Yan nodded, Okay, I'll invite them both later.

People at the table chatted for a while, and then the meal started.

After the dinner started, it became busy. Their table was also the busiest because the main creators were here.

Xu Feng was very happy and drank a little more, but Zhou Yan controlled it well. After drinking seven or eight taels of wine, he was slightly drunk, but he was still sober.

Chen Hong also drank a lot, but no one tried to persuade her to drink. She took the initiative to drink.

After the wine party ended, Xu Feng saw Chen Hong drunk and said to Zhou Yan, When Jiang Xia takes you back later, take Chen Hong back with you. Your residence is not far away.

Zhou Yan glanced at Chen Hong, nodded and said, Okay.

When getting into the car, Zhou Yan asked Jiang Xia to help Chen Hong into the back seat, while he ran to the passenger seat and sat down.

But on the way back, Chen Hong seemed to be even more sinful. She kept pulling on the car doors and windows and refused to listen to her.

Jiang Xia was startled when she saw her pulling open the car door. She quickly pulled over and said to Zhou Yan, Boss, why don't you sit back and watch her?

Zhou Yan got out of the car, opened the rear door, and asked Chen Hong, Are you going to vomit?

Chen Hong didn't seem to understand the words at all. She held her forehead and said, It's okay, I can still drink.

Zhou Yan shook his head and sighed, then asked Jiang Xia, Are there any plastic bags?

Yes, yes. Jiang Xia quickly found a plastic bag and gave it to Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan took the plastic bag, squeezed into the back seat, and said to Jiang Xia, Let's go.

When Zhou Yan sat in the back seat, Chen Hong stopped pulling on the car door, but started pulling on Zhou Yan, and even leaned her head on Zhou Yan's shoulder.

When Zhou Yan was about to push her head away, she made a sound of vomiting. Zhou Yan quickly opened the bag to catch it, but Chen Hong did not vomit, but rested her head firmly on Zhou Yan's shoulder.

Seeing Chen Hong like this, Zhou Yan had some doubts. Is this woman really drunk or pretending to be drunk?

Fortunately, Chen Hong just rested her head on Zhou Yan's shoulder and made no further movements. Zhou Yan also straightened his body to reduce the contact between the two.

Mainly because it was almost time to arrive at Chen Hong's residence, Zhou Yan thought, and gave it up.

A few minutes later, the car arrived at the place where Chen Hong lived. Zhou Yan called her, Chen Hong, we're home.

Chen Hong raised her head and glanced at Zhou Yan with drunken eyes, Well, come on, drink again, I'm not drunk...

After saying that, she fell down again and lay on the back seat.

Zhou Yan got out of the car first, and then said to Jiang Xia, Xiao Jiang, help her in.

okay.

Jiang Xia got out of the car, walked to the back, and dragged Chen Hong, but found that she couldn't drag her at all. Zhou Yan helped her again, and it took a lot of effort to drag Chen Hong out.

After she was dragged out, Zhou Yan said to Jiang Xia, Please help her back, I'll wait below.

Jiang Xia said with a bitter face, Boss, don't look at me as a tall person, but I am a woman and I am not strong enough, so you should help me.

It's okay, I'll help you.

Jiang Xia sighed, That's okay.

Then Jiang Xia carried Chen Hong's arm, while Zhou Yan held Chen Hong's other arm, and together they carried Chen Hong to her residence.

It was fine in the front, but when it came time to go upstairs, things ran into trouble. After a few attempts, Jiang Xia suggested, Why don't you, boss, carry her on your back? Can't you put those muscles of yours to use? ?”

Zhou Yan rolled his eyes, then bent down and directly carried Chen Hong on his shoulders.

He also wanted to go up quickly and finish quickly, so he walked a little fast.

But soon something went wrong.

Chen Hong's belly was originally pressed against Zhou Yan's shoulder, but with such a sudden movement, she vomited directly, and even vomited on Zhou Yan's back.

At this time, Zhou Yan no longer had any doubts. Chen Hong was probably really drunk.

However, Zhou Yan did not slow down, and even sped up, sending Chen Hong to her room.

After putting Chen Hong on the bed, Zhou Yan said to Jiang Xia, Look at her.

Then he took a broom and dustpan to clean up the place where Chen Hong vomited. After cleaning the floor, Zhou Yan took off his coat and wiped the dirt behind.

After getting dressed, Zhou Yan glanced at Chen Hong, who was lying on the bed, and shook his head slightly. No matter how good-looking a girl is, she looks ugly when she is drunk.

Zhou Yan looked at the time and then said to Jiang Xia, Xiao Jiang, why don't you stay here and watch her for a while.

With Chen Hong so drunk, Zhou Yan was also worried about what danger might happen. It was not convenient for him to stay here, so he could only ask Jiang Xia.

Jiang Xia also knew that Zhou Yan was not suitable to stay here, so she nodded, It's okay, boss, please go back first. How about I call you a car?

Zhou Yan waved his hand, No, I'll just walk back. You can wait for a while and see if she's in good condition. You can go back first.

Don't worry, I will take good care of her.

…

Zhou Yan was only a little drunk at first, but after walking back, he became very sober. He took a bath first, and when he came out of the bath, Wang Zuxian's call came.

Wang Zuxian knew that Zhou Yan was having a celebration party tonight. After the call was connected, she smiled and said, It seems you didn't drink too much tonight.

Zhou Yan boasted, It's unlikely that they'd like to drink me too much.

It's still blowing. Will you come to Xiangjiang in April?

She was talking about the Academy Awards ceremony.

If there are no other emergencies, I should go. If I go, I will probably go there on Thursday afternoon. I have classes in the morning.

I'll pick you up then.

No need to pick up, I will go directly to the hotel then and meet Tsui Hark.

Oh, okay.

Zhou Yan happened to see the invitation on the coffee table and asked Wang Zuxian, Are you free on March 9th?

What happened on March 9th? Wang Zuxian asked.

Jia Guoping is getting married on March 9th. If you have time, I would like to take you to attend.

Wang Zuxian agreed without thinking, Okay, I'll join in the fun. I don't have any new roles now and have very little work. I will basically have time in March. Brother Jia and I are also friends. Then I will go and give He gave me a big red envelope.

Then you come early and I will take you to celebrate the festival.

What festival? Wang Zuxian asked doubtfully.

Women's Day.

…

The next morning, Zhou Yan received a call from Xu Feng. She said that she was leaving and would come back after the premiere ceremony in a few days.

One more thing. I forgot to tell you yesterday. The premiere date of The Flying Piano Boy in the United States has been announced. It is one week later than the one in France, April 29th.

Is there anything I need to do?

No, I just want to tell you, you don't have to worry about this matter. Just serve some snacks for The Sixth Sense. Are you going to the Academy Awards ceremony?

I should go. I checked my schedule. I shouldn't have anything else to do during that time.

If you have time, let Zhang Youan arrange a press conference for you. The Sixth Sense will be released in Hong Kong on June 21st. When the Academy Awards are presented, it will be the last round of publicity period. .”

The Academy Awards ceremony was held on April 22nd. It was exactly two months before The Sixth Sense was released in Hong Kong. It was a little early to hold a press conference at that time, but Zhou Yan happened to go there and put things into perspective. It's done, so you don't have to run around later.

In the future, if there are any publicity activities in Xiangjiang and Zhou Yan cannot go by himself, Liang Jiahui and others can attend.

On Taiwan Island and Neon, Wang Zuxian can be given a run.

Wang Zuxian doesn't have any other jobs now, so he has this time. Moreover, she is from Taiwan and is well-known in Neon. If she goes to these two places to promote, the effect will be better.

In fact, Neon's publicity is relatively simple. After all, Zhou Yan is well-known there, and now he has become the spokesperson of Shiseido. Shiseido will also help him with publicity.

…

In the following period, Zhou Yan spent most of his time helping Jia Guoping with the wedding.

Time passed slowly, and on March 7th, Zhou Yan went to pick up Wang Zuxian.

Although Zhou Yan told Wang Zuxian before that he would take her to the festival, when Wang Zuxian arrived, he found that Zhou Yan had no time to take her out to play. Jia Guoping was getting married, and Zhou Yan was even busier than Jia Guoping himself.

This time Wang Zuxian did not pretend anymore, but appeared openly in front of Jia Guoping and the others.

Jia Guoping was also very surprised to see Wang Zuxian coming. Of course, he would not think that his little friendship with Wang Zuxian would allow Wang Zuxian to come all the way to attend his wedding.

So Wang Zuxian is here definitely because of Zhou Yan.

But Wang Zuxian only said that he would come to his wedding, so he couldn't ask any more questions.

It is true that he has a good relationship with Zhou Yan, but it is still difficult for him to ask some personal questions.

Except for Jia Guoping, everyone else who saw Wang Zuxian was also very surprised, but they all sighed. They didn't expect that Jia Guoping and Wang Zuxian had a good personal relationship, and they could actually let Wang Zuxian come to his wedding.

Because of the thorough preparations in advance, the wedding day went smoothly, and every step was according to plan.

From the time Jia Guoping set off to pick up the bride, to the final ceremony between the two of them in the cafeteria, there was a variety of music accompanying the whole process.

Some were played through speakers, while others were played on the fly by a traveling band.

That's right, when Jia Guoping got married, Zhou Yan arranged an accompanying orchestra for them to play the songs Jia Guoping had written before.

This is also the most impressive aspect of this wedding. How many people can bring a high-level orchestra to their wedding?

During the ceremony, Wang Zuxian sat next to Zhou Yan and looked at the bride and groom on the stage. Her eyes were full of longing and envy.

Under the table where no one could see, she poked Zhou Yan's feet with her toes, and then whispered, Third brother, will you write a lot of music when you get married?

Zhou Yan turned his head and said in a low voice, How many songs I write for the wedding depends on how many the bride wants. So, I have to ask you about this.

Wang Zuxian curled his lips and said, Ask me why.

Women, they just say what they say and mean what they mean.

Wang Zuxian is now so happy that he is almost blooming, but he is still pretending.

Zhou Yan asked her again, Do you like Chinese or Western style?

Wang Zuxian thought about it seriously, The Western style is of course good, but the Chinese style seems to be quite special as well.

Zhou Yan nodded and said, If you want Chinese style, then I will write some traditional style music. If you want Western style, I will write some Western music. I will also do it if it is neither Chinese nor Western. I will give you something new. century.

You will coax me.

Then Wang Zuxian looked at Jia Guoping and Zhang Xinning on the stage. She felt that marriage was so far and so close to her.

…

Not long after Jia Guoping and Zhang Xinning got married, they both flew to Germany.

Fortunately, the 89th grade has graduated, otherwise Zhou Yan's burden would be heavier.

The fact that Wang Zuxian came to attend Jia Guoping's wedding was also reported. The title of the report was Zhou Yan and Wang Zuxian attended a friend's wedding.

There were reports that Zhou Yan and Wang Zuxian snatched Zhou Yan from Zhang Manyu. Now there is such a news, which seems to confirm this matter.

However, neither Zhou Yan nor Wang Zuxian showed up to respond to this matter, so the news media could only report on it themselves.

There are too many different kinds of news in the entertainment industry. As long as you can't take real photos, it's useless.

Because Chen Hong went backstage to visit the concert, there were rumors about the scandal between Zhou Yan and Chen Hong, saying that Zhou Yan had abandoned his old love Wang Zuxian and found a new love Chen Hong.

Those media people wished that Zhou Yan had some relationship with all the women. They loved to report stories about romantic talents and beautiful women.

This tidbit lasted until Zhou Yan went to attend the Academy Awards ceremony.

On the day of the ceremony, Zhou Yan, Wang Zuxian and Zhang Manyu appeared at the same time, which made the entertainment reporters extremely happy.

At the entrance of the Xiangjiang Cultural Center, Zhou Yan and his friends were frantically asked questions about their relationship by reporters and readers. (End of chapter)