1990: Starting from Baojia Street

After talking to Xiao Can and the others about moving the office, Zhou Yan was about to leave. Huo Jianqi suddenly remembered something, By the way, Director Zhou, there is feedback about Zhu Lin's weight loss. She is now 105 pounds. .”

How old is she? Zhou Yan asked.

It turns out to be one hundred and eighteen pounds.

Zhou Yan frowned, Is she losing weight too quickly? Tell her to pay attention to her health. It's just a movie. Don't ruin your body. It's not worth the loss. And this movie doesn't require her to be particularly thin. That’s almost it.”

Although the character Lin Lin is on the thin side, she is not scrawny either.

Zhou Yan asked Zhu Lin to lose weight so she could get closer to the character. What he thought was that since there were still a few months left before filming, Zhu Lin could just slowly lose weight without causing any damage to her body.

But in just a short time, Zhu Lin lost 13 pounds, and she probably ate very little.

Losing weight in this way is not only harmful to the body, but may also make you gain weight again.

Zhou Yan is not a paranoid man who pursues art. In his eyes, no matter how great a work is, it should not be completed at the cost of damaging the body.

Actors should gain or lose weight for roles, but they should also be controlled within a reasonable range.

Huo Jian nodded and said, Well, I understand, I will remind her.

Zhou Yan thought for a while and asked, Does she have any other scenes to film during this time?

There is a drama with a supporting role and not many roles. It seems that it will end in a few days, and there will be no other dramas for the time being. I talked to her about this, and she meant that she will not be involved in the next period. I will take on other roles and concentrate on preparing for Spring of the Cowherd Class.

In this case, let her come to Yanjing. I will arrange for her to work in a state-owned electronics factory for a period of time, and let her eat in the studio cafeteria every day.

In the movie, Lin Lin is set as a female factory worker. Let Zhu Lin go to the production line to get familiar with the workers' lives, which will definitely be useful for her to shape her character later.

The most important thing is that eating in the studio cafeteria and fixing the caloric and nutritional structure of her three meals a day can ensure that she will not gain weight and stay healthy at the same time.

Zhou Yan didn't want to hear the news that Zhu Lin had regained weight or that her body had broken down in order to lose weight. It would be troublesome to find other actors by then.

In fact, Zhou Yan was most afraid that Zhu Lin would lose weight on her own and her complexion would be so bad.

Speaking of which, there is an advantage to making movies these days, and that is that the actors are really cooperative. Whether they are big or small actors, basically whatever the director says is done, and most of the requirements can be met.

It is common for actors to spend half a year or even several years preparing for a role before filming begins.

In the next 20 to 30 years, when actors with a little bit of celebrity come to the set to film, they will have to discuss schedule matters with you. If the film preparation time is a little longer, they will not do it.

Not to mention the situation like Zhu Lin. She didn't have many roles in Spring of the Cowherd Class. She had to pay too much for this drama, and Zhou Yan was a little bit embarrassed.

Huo Jianqi didn't find it strange at all about Zhou Yan's decision. He thought it was natural and that's how an actor should be.

Understood, I will tell Zhu Lin about this.

Is there anything else?

temporarily unavailable.

Zhou Yan nodded and left the crew office.

After leaving the Yanjing Factory, Zhou Yan went to a bookstore and bought a copy of Sense and Sensibility. Seeing that there were other Jane Austen books nearby, he handed over Emma and Pride and Prejudice as well. Bought.

After buying the book, Zhou Yan saw that there was no one in the bookstore, so he found a place to sit down.

Although the bookstore is not as quiet as home, Zhou Yan still prefers reading in the bookstore, probably because the bookstore is surrounded by books and the aura is very suitable for reading.

Regardless of the era, Sense and Sensibility is not a great novel. Its story is old-fashioned and its writing techniques are backward.

But when evaluating a work, there is no way to put aside the era. In the era in which Jane Austen lived, these works of hers obviously created an era.

Most of the old-fashioned love stories written by later generations can also be found in these works. The reason why they have become classics is due to the accumulation of time and the continuous learning of latecomers.

Writers who write about love unconsciously imitate Jane Austen, leaving Austen's shadow spread throughout literary works around the world.

In Jane Austen's works, when designing characters, it is like conducting experiments in a laboratory, often setting up a control group.

The title Sense and Sensibility basically summarizes the main theme of the work. Henry's eldest daughter and younger daughter, one is rational and the other is impulsive.

The eldest daughter knows what she wants and whether she can get it. She will weigh the pros and cons so that she is not in an embarrassing position.

She likes someone, but at the same time she also knows whether she can get this love. If she finds it difficult, she will find a way to solve the problem. If the problem cannot be solved in the end, she will also accept the reality.

The second daughter relies entirely on emotion. She doesn't think too much about other things. When dealing with relationships, she only looks at her own feelings.

This seemingly old-fashioned character setting is still used in many literary works and film and television dramas even after more than two hundred years.

For example, the domestic drama Xia Family's Three Daughters, the Korean TV series Reply 1988, the American TV series Broke Sisters, etc., the character design in these film and television works all use the control group.

In most film and television works, if there are two brothers or two sisters in a family, then the characters of the brothers or sisters must be different, and it is a very typical contrast.

This kind of design does not conform to reality, but it must meet the requirements of drama.

When Zhou Yan read Sense and Sensibility in the past, he wouldn't think too much about it. Although he would explore the themes and writing techniques of the novel when reading many books, more often than not he would rather relax and enjoy reading.

For a Chinese teacher, enjoying the pleasure of reading is actually a very rare thing. If you have to think so much when reading outside class, it will be too tiring.

But this time, after all, he was reading a book with a mission, so Zhou Yan would also notice many details.

Since Jane Austen set up a control group in the arrangement of characters, when Zhou Yan was doing the soundtrack later, he also planned to do different types of soundtracks for the two daughters.

The two people have different exclusive BGM in each other's emotional stories, which can increase the intensity of the contrast between the characters and increase the tension of the drama in the auditory sense.

But the two types cannot be too different, and they must be blended together skillfully.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yan took out a pen and paper again and began to write down his thoughts.

After writing for a while, his stomach suddenly growled and protested fiercely to him.

Zhou Yan raised his hand and looked at his watch. It was already half past one in the afternoon.

He stepped into the bookstore at ten o'clock. It took him three and a half hours to read Sense and Sensibility, and he even missed lunch.

This book is quite long, with 200,000 words. Zhou Yan would not have been able to finish it so quickly if he had not read it before.

In order to stop his stomach from protesting, Zhou Yan walked out of the bookstore with three books in his arms. He didn't bother to look for them, so he found a nearby food stall and simply took a bite.

…

After Zhou Yan arrived home, he received a call from Zhang Youan.

He originally thought that Zhang Youan came to tell him about the soundtrack of Sense and Sensibility, but he guessed wrong. Zhang Youan told him that Panasonic's advertisement was about to be released.

Oh, that's pretty quick.

It hadn't been long since he handed the finished product to Panasonic, and they were still operating very quickly.

In today's era, such advertisements can basically only be placed on televisions. Unlike the new media era, the advertisements can be placed on online platforms the same day after they are completed.

Panasonic must first negotiate with the TV station to determine the price and release time. Their advertisement this time will be placed on CCTV, and CCTV's advertisements do not mean that they can be inserted and broadcast at any time.

They are also in a hurry. It will take another week to be officially launched in China. Neon launched it today and will also launch it in some countries and regions in Europe and Latin America later.

Zhou Yan nodded, Remember to ask them to settle the payment with me quickly.

Zhang Youan laughed, Are you short of money again?

Not yet, but there will be more places to spend money later.

Zhou Yan didn't spend much money during this period, and Tang Chen paid him a lot of money. He should have six to seven million yuan in hand now.

But Zhou Yan didn't want to spend money. Once he spent money, it was not a small amount. He wanted to prepare it in advance, otherwise he would have to worry when it came time to spend money.

I will urge them on this. Colombia has already started talking about your soundtrack. This deal should be able to get a lot of money. The production cost of Sense and Sensibility was 16 million US dollars, which is not a small amount. Yes, there should be a lot of money divided into the soundtrack.

“Are they going to package it for me, or am I just going to write the score?”

This also depends on the specific negotiation. Anyway, you have the ability to contract it. If the price is right, I think it is better to contract it all.

Well, if you can cover it all, let's cover it all.

The studio has hired a lot of people during this time. In the music production area alone, not including the band, there are more than a dozen people.

As the team gets bigger and the expenses increase, it becomes easier to do some packaging work.

In fact, what Zhou Yan values ​​​​is not the package money, but the team building. He wants to give the team more practice. Only in this way can the team grow.

Many music composers do not work alone, but have many people under them.

For example, HZ, it is said that his team has one to two hundred people.

Because there were so many people to support, he went around to pick up soundtrack work, and he was contracted for many jobs in Hollywood.

With so much work, it is naturally impossible for him to write the soundtrack of every movie by himself. For some movies, he took over the work without even doing it himself, and directly handed it over to the team members.

HZ’s model is very consistent with the factory nature of Hollywood.

Hollywood is a movie factory, and HZ's studio is a soundtrack factory.

Zhou Yan had never thought about forming a team as large as HZ, but they had to be able to produce the entire production process without borrowing the help of outsiders.

He still writes the score and texture by himself, but some of the detailed work can be handed over to others, which can free him up.

Okay, the negotiations with Colombia have made progress, I will let you know.

Um.

After hanging up the phone with Zhang Youan, Zhou Yan started writing the preparation notes for the soundtrack of Sense and Emotion at home.

He first continued to record the unfinished inspiration in the bookstore, and then sorted out these inspirations.

After dinner in the evening, Zhou Yan was watching Pride and Prejudice on the sofa in the living room when there was a knock on the door outside.

Zhou Yan went over and opened the door, and Shizuka Kudo rushed into his arms and hugged him.

Kudo Shizuka buried her head in Zhou Yan's arms and said coquettishly, I miss you.

Zhou Yan smiled and smoothed her hair with his hand, We just separated in the morning, and you started to miss me?

I miss you even if I don't see you for a minute.

have you eaten?

Have you eaten the meal invited by the TV station?

Well, I just ate.

Zhou Yan pulled Kudo Shizuka into the room.

Seeing the book on the sofa, Shizuka Kudo asked curiously, Are you reading a book?

She walked over and tried her best to read the words on it: Uh... what's the matter of being arrogant and prejudiced.

She only recognized three of the five words.

Pride and Prejudice, a novel by Jane Austen.

I've heard of this novel.

I have a job later, which is related to her novel, so I'll do some research in advance. Zhou Yan explained.

Is it the soundtrack?

Well, the soundtrack.

Filmed by a Chinese director?

No, it's a Hollywood movie, and the director is Chinese. Have you heard of An Li?

Kudo Shizuka shook her head, I haven't heard of it.

You'll find out about him later.

Kudo Shizuka nodded again, Then you can work, I won't disturb you.

After saying that, she sat on the other side of the sofa.

We'll finish watching it in a while. Zhou Yan turned on the TV and said, Watch TV for a while.

Watching TV doesn't affect your reading?

Zhou Yan smiled and said, It's okay. I can see it in any environment. I have already practiced it.

Shizuka Kudo nodded and said nothing more, but she silently turned the sound of the TV to the lowest level, still afraid that the noise would affect Zhou Yan.

Although Kudo Shizuka said not to disturb Zhou Yan, she couldn't help but lie down on her side and rest her head on Zhou Yan's lap after watching TV for a while.

The heating in the room was very strong, and Shizuka Kudo took off her coat not long after she came in. She was wearing very cool clothes now, with a suspender belt on the upper body and a knee-length skirt on the lower body.

Zhou Yan looked at the book and unconsciously put his hand through her collar.

When turning the pages of the book, he took his hand out, turned a page, and then put it back.

When he was about to finish reading Pride and Prejudice, Zhou Yan's hand began to reach down again.

Kudo Shizuka quickly held down the hem of her skirt, What are you doing?

Zhou Yan said seriously, Moisten your hands so you can turn the pages. (End of Chapter)