1990: Starting from Baojia Street

Zhou Yan and Kudo Shizuka didn't eat, so they went to the cafeteria to have a meal.

In the afternoon, Shizuka Kudo and the others went to the large studio to watch the recording of the album arrangement. Zhou Yan wrote the score and lyrics of Little Hand Holding Big Hand in his office. After all, it was a borrowed song, so it was not difficult to write it.

It's just that when writing, Zhou Yan was always distracted, and the image of Kudo Shizuka wearing his white shirt and looking at him passionately always appeared in his mind.

At around three o'clock, there was a knock on the door, and Zhou Yan shouted, Come in.

The person who pushed the door open was Ma Shuguo. He came over with two test papers, Teacher Zhou, these are the test papers given to Haining and the others two days ago. You were not here these two days, so I didn't show them to you.

Zhou Yan nodded and took the test paper.

He first glanced at the scores on the two test papers. One had a score of 42 and the other had a score of 36, which were both far away from the passing line.

Ma Shuguo also scratched his head, This is the first time I gave out a test paper, and I didn't control the difficulty well.

When Zhou Yan asked him to teach Li Haining and the others music theory before, he said that the difficulty of the test paper should be controlled so that they could get around 60 points, but he obviously made the test paper a little more difficult.

fine.

Zhou Yan looked at the content of the test paper again. In fact, the test items were already very simple. Zhou Yan didn't know how to lower the difficulty of the test. If he lowered the difficulty, the test might not be about music-related things.

There is even a fill-in-the-blank question: The keys on the piano have two colors, one is _color and the other is _color.

This kind of question is purely a question for points.

Fortunately, neither of them did anything wrong in this kind of question that requires points.

As for the question about the four properties of sound, they were unable to answer all the questions. Xia Guobao filled in pitch and timbre, and got two of them right. Li Haining filled in pitch, timbre, and sound intensity, and got three of them right.

There were also simple questions such as note names and roll calls, but they didn't get them right either.

In addition, both children's handwriting is too ugly.

Zhou Yan does not have high requirements for students' handwriting, but it must be neat.

Xia Guobao's handwriting is better. Although it is crooked, it is written stroke by stroke. However, Li Haining's handwriting is very sloppy. Many words need to be carefully identified to know what they are.

After reading all the questions, Zhou Yan handed the test paper back to Ma Shuguo, It doesn't matter, just try it at this level of difficulty next time.

Okay, I understand. Equestrian Kingdom nodded.

How is their learning attitude? Zhou Yan asked again.

Ma Shuguo pushed up his glasses and said, Their study attitude is quite good, which is a bit beyond my expectation. Although they were disappointed that they failed this time, they are still very motivated. When I came over, they were reading textbooks. I estimate that if questions of the same difficulty are asked next time, they should be able to pass.

Oh, by the way, the strangest thing is that they didn't clamor to learn the songs anymore.

This is what puzzles Ma Shuguo the most. Li Haining and Xia Guobao used to clamor to learn songs every day. After passing Let's Swing the Oars, they clamored to learn the next song that day, but now they don't talk about it. It's over.

Zhou Yan smiled. Ma Shuguo didn't know, but he understood the reason.

Li Haining and the others also knew that if they failed the exam, they would be deducted from singing lessons, so they might as well focus on the exam first so that they could get 40 yuan per song later.

These two guys are pretty good at calculating.

You don't have to worry about this. As long as they are willing to learn, you can teach them well. If they have words they don't know, you can also teach them. Also, don't just teach them basic knowledge, you can also teach them Let’s talk about some music history, I see there is no relevant content in your test paper.”

Ma Shuguo nodded and said, I'm actually planning to add some content in this area to them. I found that they are quite interested in these things and just listen to them as stories.

It's not enough to just listen to the story as a lesson, you have to give them a test later.

clear.

After Ma Shuguo left, Zhou Yan called Xiao Can again.

Brother Xiao, please contact the local children's choirs in Yanjing that I listed for you in the next two days. Let's take a look.

Okay, I'll contact you right away. Do you want to contact other choirs?

Come on one by one, don't rush yet.

Yes, I understand, Director Zhou.

How is the filming going? Has Lou Ye contacted you?

The filming was arranged for Lou Ye, but Lou Ye usually didn't report directly to Zhou Yan, either to Wang Xiaoshuai or Xiao Can.

There has been no progress on this matter. I heard from Lou Ye that he has gone to four or five places, but none of them are suitable. If there is a suitable place, he will tell us as soon as possible.

“How many places are there that you haven’t seen yet?”

There should be seven or eight more.

Tell Lou Ye, no matter whether these seven or eight places can be completed, come back and report to me within ten days. We can't put off the filming matter any longer. If we really can't find a ready-made place, we will You have to build it yourself quickly.”

If you build it yourself, it will be easier to find the location. You can just find a random countryside.

Seeing that the weather is getting colder and colder, if this matter is not decided as soon as possible, it will probably be postponed until next year, which will definitely affect the start-up time.

As for building a house, Zhou Yan doesn't have to worry about it. The Tomson Group is engaged in real estate. It is not difficult for them to build a prison-style school. Tomson can help mobilize the team at any time.

Don’t worry about the procedures, Tomson will help you with it.

In fact, the management of building houses these days is not strict, so it can be done first and then dealt with.

Okay, Director Zhou, I will convey your words to Lou Ye. Xiao Can paused and then said, There is something that I don't know if I should tell you.

Well, tell me what it is.

Director Han met me yesterday and asked me a few questions about the movie heroine.

Heroine, is there a heroine in our play... He asked if it was Lin Ai's mother Lin Lin?

Yes.

How did you ask specifically?

I just asked our heroine if she had decided. I told the truth, and the other Korean directors didn't ask anything.

Zhou Yan pondered, Han Sanping couldn't ask this for no reason, he must have some ideas.

The same goes for this old man. If you really have any ideas, just come to him directly. You should also ask Xiao Can. There is no need for Xiao Can to lead the conversation between them.

Okay, I understand this.

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yan didn't think about Han Sanping anymore. As long as Han Sanping didn't come to him, he would pretend he had never heard of it. Moreover, maybe Han Sanping was really just asking casually.

After talking to Ma Shuguo and the others, he continued to write the score and lyrics of Little Hand Holding Big Hand. This time he was more focused and faster.

By about five o'clock, Zhou Yan had written the score and lyrics. He not only wrote the score of the melody, but also part of the arrangement.

The arrangement of this song is simple and it was simple to write.

Zhou Yan had just put down the score and stretched when someone knocked on the door again.

Come in.

As soon as he finished speaking, the door opened a crack, and Kudo Shizuka's head stuck in.

you are busy?

You're done, is there anything you want?

It's time to eat.

After saying that, Kudo Shizuka closed the door and ran away.

When they went to the cafeteria to eat, many people from the band were there, including Nangong Songzi and the others. She also confirmed the song with Zhou Yan, Mr. Zhou Yan, what time is it appropriate for us to come over tomorrow morning?

Zhou Yan thought for a while and said, Between nine and ten o'clock.

Okay, we will arrive on time tomorrow. After saying that, Nangong Songzi looked at Kudo Shizuka again. She felt a little strange why Shizuka said so little today.

Every time she met Zhou Yan before, whether she was eating or in the practice room, Shizuka would talk a lot to Zhou Yan. Her Chinese has improved so quickly because of her talking so much.

But that's okay, every time Shizuka says so many words, she wants to cover her mouth.

…

At nine-thirty the next morning, when Zhou Yan arrived at the studio, Kudo Shizuka and the others had already arrived.

Have you been waiting for a while?

Nangong Songzi was also very polite and said with a smile, No, we just arrived not long ago.

Kudo Shizuka muttered, It's obviously been more than half an hour.

She said this in neon language, and the accompanying translator didn't translate it. Zhou Yan couldn't understand it, but he could feel her emotions from her expression.

Something suddenly happened in the morning, so I came a little late. Zhou Yan explained simply.

Nangong Songzi was quite surprised to hear Zhou Yan's explanation. Although Zhou Yan was usually polite, he often said words like I'm sorry and Sorry, but he basically didn't know how to explain anything to others.

It seems that during this time together, their relationship with Zhou Yan has taken a further step.

It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, you originally said nine to ten o'clock, it's not too late.

Zhou Yan nodded, You guys go to practice room No. 1 and wait for me. I'll be there in a moment.

no problem.

Then Nangong Songzi took Kudo Shizuka to practice room No. 1, while Zhou Yan went to the office to get the music scores and lyrics.

But he didn't rush to the practice room, but called Huo Jianqi.

At around eight o'clock, Zhou Yan was ready to leave, but suddenly he received a call from Han Sanping.

When he received a call from Han Sanping, Zhou Yan had a hunch that he was going to ask about the heroine. Sure enough, he called to ask Zhou Yan if he had decided on the heroine.

Since Han Sanping called, there must be someone he wanted to recommend. Zhou Yan didn't beat around the bush and asked him directly which actress he wanted to recommend.

Zhou Yan was also surprised that the actress recommended by Han Sanping was Zhu Lin.

Zhou Yan didn't know much about Zhu Lin, he only remembered that she played the role of the king of the daughter country.

Zhu Lin's role as the king of the daughter country was indeed amazing, but the other roles did not leave much of an impression on Zhou Yan. Even Zhou Yan couldn't remember whether Zhu Lin had acted in a movie.

Zhu Lin was an actress at Emei Factory, and it was normal for her to know Han Sanping. However, Zhou Yan did not expect that Han Sanping would go out of his way to find her for her.

In fact, Zhu Lin's age is not a problem. She is just in her early forties, which fits the role of Lin Lin, but Zhou Yan is not sure whether she is qualified for the role of Lin Lin.

There is a huge gap between ancient costumes and fashion, TV series and movies. Zhu Lin is very good at playing the king of the daughter country, but she may not be able to play Lin Lin.

However, Han Sanping didn't say that Zhou Yan must use Zhu Lin. He only said that Zhou Yan should think about it and give him a chance.

Zhou Yan readily agreed to Han Sanping's request and gave Zhu Lin a chance to audition. It was nothing to him, both in public and private matters.

After talking to Han Sanping on the phone, Zhou Yan called Huo Jianqi, who was in charge of casting, but no one answered. Probably Huo Jianqi hadn't arrived yet, so he came to the studio and dialed Huo Jianqi's number again.

This time the call was picked up quickly, and Huo Jianqi's voice came from the phone, Hello, hello.

Director Huo, it's me.

Huo Jianqi recognized Zhou Yan's voice, Oh, Director Zhou, what's the matter?

You will contact Zhu Lin from Emei Factory later and ask her to come to Yanjing for an audition.

Let her audition Lin Lin?

There are not many female characters in Spring of the Cowherd Class. Huo Jianqi immediately thought of Lin Lin, and there seemed to be no need to explain the other female character Zhou Yan.

Well, it's Lin Lin.

Just contact her, or contact a few more and audition together?

Do you have any candidates for other roles?

There are a few, the guard Lao Ge, the former superintendent Wang Guorui, the teacher Tao Yong...

If there are candidates, please call them together and arrange the audition collectively.

Okay, I'll contact them right away. When is the appropriate time?

Zhou Yan thought for a while, today is Friday, and this Sunday is definitely not possible. It is difficult to make it if he is far away.

Next Sunday.

no problem.

After talking to Huo Jianqi on the phone, Zhou Yan took the score and lyrics to the practice room.

When he arrived, Kudo Shizuka was sitting in front of the piano playing the first two lines of the chorus of Little Hand Holding Big Hand, playing back and forth.

Nangong Songzi knew that this was the melody of a new song and kept asking her to play more, but she could only play these two lines.

In fact, it can only be counted as one sentence, because the pronunciation of the two sentences is exactly the same, but the lyrics are different.

The reason why she kept playing was because she came up with this sentence casually, but she didn't tell Nangong Songzi, treating it as a secret between her and Zhou Yan.

Seeing Zhou Yan coming, Nangong Songzi breathed a sigh of relief. She always felt like her ears were getting calluses when she heard Jingxiang play that line.

I'll play the melody for you first.

Zhou Yan walked to the piano, and Kudo Shizuka stood up consciously and gave up the piano bench to Zhou Yan.

Then Zhou Yan played the melody of Little Hand Holding Big Hand on the piano.

When Zhou Yan finished playing the first verse and chorus melody, Nangong Songzi breathed a long sigh of relief. She had heard Kudo Shizuka keep playing that line before, and she was afraid that the song would not work.

It's not that the line played by Shizuka Kudo was bad, it was just too simple. It was so simple that Nangong Songzi doubted whether it was really from Zhou Yan's new song.

But after listening to Zhou Yan's performance, she discovered that this song was definitely not what Shizuka Kudo had performed. Although the whole song is simple, it is very listenable.

The style of this song is very different from First Dream. The tune is relaxed and lively, and it has the feeling of a girl's love for spring.

There was no similar song by Shizuka Kudo before, but Nangong Songzi was not worried that this song was not suitable for Shizuka Kudo. She believed that Shizuka Kudo would sing this song very well.

I have to say that Zhou Yan really understands what the audience likes, especially Neon listeners. This song will definitely be loved by the majority of Neon listeners.

Ogi Productions was so optimistic about First Dream because the song was positive and high-emotion, which is very suitable for today's neon society. Today's neon listeners like this kind of song.

And now Zhou Yan's new song, although not high-pitched, is very sweet and light. When the economy is bad, people like this kind of song.

After playing the melody, Zhou Yan took Shizuka Kudo to learn the lyrics.

I still remember the fireworks at that concert, and I still remember that cool late autumn.

This line was sung by Zhou Yan, and Kudo Shizuka suddenly pulled up the corners of his mouth and laughed, You sang it, it's not allowed.

Zhou Yan was a little embarrassed when Shizuka Kudo said that he couldn't sing accurately, because what the girl said was true. If he just hummed, he could control his pitch well, but it was easy to make mistakes when singing with his mouth open.

He only has a pair of good ears, but not a good voice. He knew how high each note should be sung, but he couldn't control it.

After listening to the translation, Nangong Songzi scratched his eyebrows and dared not laugh even if he wanted to.

No wonder Zhou Yan took Kudo Shizuka to read the lyrics of First Dream last time. It turned out to be because he didn't sing well.

Hearing that Zhou Yan's singing was inaccurate, Nangong Songzi felt that it was quite good. Zhou Yan's previous image was too perfect, which always made people feel unreal. There are those little flaws that make it feel real.

After Shizuka Kudo said something, Zhou Yan stopped singing and began to lead Shizuka Kudo through the lyrics by humming them in succession.

This time, Zhou Yan was more serious than last time and taught every sentence to perfection. Kudo Shizuka's Chinese level has also improved a lot compared to last time, and she can learn it faster.

Nangong Songzi saw that they were very attentive in teaching and learning, and that there was no matter between her and the translator, so she took the translator out of the practice room without disturbing Zhou Yan and the others. She was also anxious to contact the company and explain the situation.

After leaving the practice room, Nangong Songzi called the company's leaders and reported the situation of the new song to them.

Minister, do you need me to send the sample back to the company for evaluation?

No, just record it. When you come back, just bring back the finished album.

Okay, I will discuss the authorization with Zhou Yan's agent here.

The concert matters must be finalized as soon as possible.

I'll do it as soon as possible. The procedures here are a bit troublesome.

If necessary, you can ask Zhou Yan's agent for help. They should have some energy there.

Ok, I see.