1990: Starting from Baojia Street

Chapter 137 "The Great Wall"

Du Zizhi didn't know Zhou Yan well and had not paid attention to "Piano Boy" before. He first asked Hua Xing about Zhou Yan, and then got Zhang Youan's contact information from Hua Xing.

After getting the contact information, Du Zizhi contacted Zhang Youan immediately.

"Hello?"

When the call was connected, Du Zizhi smiled and said, "Hello, Mr. Zhang, I'm Du Zizhi."

Du Zizhi is well-known in the pop music circles in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Zhang Youan naturally knew that. Zhang Youan was surprised to hear that it was Du Zizhi who called him, "Hello, Mr. Du."

"Mr. Zhang, it's like this. Recently, Lin Yilian is planning to make a Cantonese album. I wonder if Zhou Yan is willing to help write two songs." Du Zizhi got straight to the point and didn't delay at all.

Lin Yilian plans to release a Cantonese album next spring. Du Zizi is one of the producers and has been helping Lin Yilian find songs recently.

Zhang Youan was naturally very happy when he heard that Du Zizhi asked Zhou Yan to help Lin Yilian write songs. This shows that the two songs "If Love Is God's Will" and "Stand With Me" have attracted the attention of professionals in the pop music industry.

This album has just been released. Since Du Zizi likes it, it means that these two songs will definitely be loved by many fans. The market sense of a professional producer like Du Zizi is worthy of trust.

But after he was happy, Zhang Youan became embarrassed again, "Mr. Du, of course we hope to cooperate with you. After all, it is a very rare thing to be able to write songs for Lin Yilian, but Zhou Yan has no plans to write songs for people yet. I I think you must have come here because of the two songs "If Love Is Provident" and "Stand With Me", right?"

"Yes, that's right. As soon as I heard these two songs, I contacted Huaxing and asked for your phone number, Mr. Zhang. I am very sincere," Du Zizhi replied.

"Of course I don't doubt your sincerity, but Zhou Yan really has no intention of writing songs for anyone, and the two songs for Miss Anita Mui were not written specifically for her. These two songs were originally the soundtrack of the movie, and were written by Anita Mui. After the lady saw it, she felt very good about it and offered to change it into a song." Zhang Youan explained.

Zhang Youan's words have made it very clear that Zhou Yan doesn't write songs at all.

When Du Zizhi heard this, he pondered, but he didn't want to give up, so he asked, "Mr. Zhang, can I have a chat with Mr. Zhou Yan?"

"I have to ask Zhou Yan what he means. He really has a lot of work. Recently, Tomson has two new movies in preparation. He is the screenwriter and director."

"Then please help me ask. I just want a chance to talk to Mr. Zhou Yan."

"Okay, let me ask."

"Okay, thank you."

……

When Zhang Youan called Zhou Yan, Zhou Yan was drawing the storyboard of "The Sixth Sense".

After listening to what Zhang Youan said about Du Zizhi, Zhou Yan said thoughtfully, "Let's not talk anymore. I've been busy recently, and I don't have the idea of ​​​​helping others write songs for the time being."

This is not surprising to Zhang Youan at all. Zhou Yan had said before that when writing songs, he had to follow the circumstances, and recently Zhou Yan was busy with movies and orchestra rehearsals, so he really didn't have time.

"Okay, I understand."

"Explain it clearly to him and let's cooperate again if we have the opportunity in the future."

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yan continued to draw the storyboard of "The Sixth Sense".

The storyboard he drew is the first part of the movie. Xiao Ke breaks into the hero's house naked. The hero and heroine look at him with wary faces. The hero also protects the heroine behind him.

When he was drawing this section, he originally had in mind what Liang Jiahui and Gong Li looked like, but as he drew it, something didn't feel right. He always felt that Gong Li's temperament was not suitable for this role, and her aura was a bit too strong. .

The aura thing is a bit metaphysical, but it doesn’t feel fake.

Then he went through some well-known actresses in his mind, and he felt that Zheng Yuling and Anita Mui met the requirements more than Gong Li.

If these two actresses were put together and asked Zhou Yan to choose, he would definitely choose Anita Mui.

There is not much difference between Anita Mui's and Zheng Yuling's salaries, and since Zhou Yan and Anita Mui are acquaintances, Anita Mui's asking price will definitely not exceed her own market price.

Zheng Yuling is indeed very popular recently, but in the long run, Anita Mui can bring more to the movie.

Zhou Yan wrote Anita Mui's name on the manuscript. He planned to put the matter aside for now. If there is no other candidate after a while, he would ask Anita Mui.

But what Zhou Yan didn't expect was that he didn't call Anita Mui. A few days later, Anita Mui called him first.

When he received Anita Mui's call, Zhou Yan was rehearsing with Yu Ran and the others at home.

"Ayan, are you busy?"

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "I was rehearsing with my junior brothers and sisters just now."

Hearing Zhou Yan say that they were rehearsing, Anita Mui remembered the scene where she listened to a live concert at Zhou Yan's house before, and couldn't help but sigh, "I will go to your house again when I have time to listen to their performance. I really miss that feeling."

"You're welcome at any time." Zhou Yan smiled and asked, "Sister Amei, did you call me if you have anything to do with me?"

Anita Mui smiled and said, "I am also entrusted by others, Du Zizhi, you know, right? He wanted to find you some time ago, but you declined, so he found me and wanted me to help him build a bridge. I have cooperated with Zizhi before Many times, since he has asked me to talk to him, I can't refuse, so I can only give you a call. If you have time, just chat with him and make friends. If you are really busy, then Never mind."

Zhou Yan was a little surprised. He originally thought that Anita Mui called to talk about the new album. Unexpectedly, it was Du Zizhi who approached Anita Mui to bridge the gap.

This Du Zizhi is quite perseverant.

Since Anita Mui made this call, Zhou Yan couldn't help but smile, and said with a smile, "Sister Amei, you've already opened your mouth, so I'll talk to him, but about song writing..."

Anita Mui smiled and said, "Just talk to him. Whether you can help them write songs or not is up to you. Since you agree, I'll give him your phone number and ask him to contact you."

"Okay, then I'll wait for his call."

After talking about this matter, Anita Mui did not hang up the phone and talked about the new album again.

"Although the new album has just been released, the response has been very good. I want to thank you very much this time."

"Sister Amei, you're welcome. It's a matter of mutuality, and it's not like Hua Xing didn't pay her."

Anita Mui smiled and said, "I heard from Zhang Youan that you are planning to hold a concert in Xiangjiang at the end of the year. What do you think? Do you want me to sing two songs for you?"

Hearing Anita Mui's words, Zhou Yan was really moved. If Anita Mui could be allowed to sing two songs at the concert... don't sing two songs, just sing "If Love Has God's Will" or "Stand With Me", yes. Concerts help a lot.

But after thinking about it, Zhou Yan still shook his head and said with a smile, "Sister Amei, we are just a small-scale concert with a limited budget, so we can't afford to hire you."

"I'm not as valuable as you think." Anita Mui laughed and said no more, "Okay, I won't disturb you anymore. Let's talk later."

"Okay, talk back."

Zhou Yan actually wanted to tell Anita Mui about the heroine of "The Sixth Sense" by the way, but he felt that it was a bit inappropriate for him to mention this matter just after Anita Mui asked him to do something, so he didn't say anything about it yet.

Anyway, this matter is not too urgent, we can talk about it later.

……

After the two talked on the phone, less than an hour later, the phone at home rang again.

Before the other party introduced himself, Zhou Yan knew it was Du Zizhi after saying "Thunder Monkey".

"Mr. Zhou Yan, I'm Du Zizhi. I'm very happy to be on the phone with you."

Du Zizhi's Mandarin was very poor, and he tried hard to make his pronunciation clearer, but it didn't take effort, and Zhou Yan still found it difficult to listen.

"Mr. Du, nice to meet you."

Du Zizi smiled and said, "Mr. Zhou, the two songs you wrote for Amei are really good. I don't know how many times I have listened to them in the past two days. The more I listen to them, the more I feel that the quality of the songs is high."

"Thank you for the compliment. Sister Amei performed well." Zhou Yan said modestly.

"You are too modest." Du Zizi said with a smile, "You should know the purpose of my call, so I won't beat around the bush with you. Recently I am making a Cantonese album for Lin Yilian, and I want to talk to you Invite two songs... or just one. I think your composition style is very suitable for Lin Yilian."

"Mr. Du, you are Sister Amei's friend. I will definitely help you if you can, but I have too much work recently and can't spare time to write songs. And I have never written pop songs myself. The two songs that Sister Amei collaborated on were also coincidental. The songs were both soundtracks for the movie, and she sang them because she thought they were good."

Du Zizhi had heard Zhang Youan say these words before, and he was not surprised to hear Zhou Yan say this.

Du Zizhi thought for a while and said, "Mr. Zhou, if you take this matter to heart, if you write something more suitable for becoming a song in the future, how about you consider me more?"

Having said this, Zhou Yan nodded and said, "Okay, if there is such a song, I will contact you."

Du Zizhi was very happy to hear Zhou Yan's agreement, "Thank you, thank you, it's because I really like these two pieces of music, otherwise I wouldn't have contacted you through Amei. I apologize for any intrusion."

"Mr. Du, you're welcome. Sister Amei's friends are my friends."

"I heard that Mr. Zhou is from the Composition Department of Yangyin University?" Du Zizhi began to get closer, not just to invite him to sing, but also because he was really interested in Zhou Yan.

In the past few days, he also got to know Zhou Yan better, and even bought a copy of "Piano Boy" to take home.

After listening to "Piano Boy", Du Zizhi discovered that Zhou Yan was indeed not on the same track as them. Although this is a popular music album, Zhou Yan's solid foundation can be seen from this music.

Combined with Zhou Yan's background, it's not surprising that Du Zizhi is a solid player in the composition department of Yangyin University.

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Yes, I have been studying composition at Yangyin for the past five years, and now I stay at the school to teach."

"Mr. Zhou is indeed young and promising. When I was your age, I had just entered the pop music recording industry. Maybe it was because of my father's influence..."

Du Zizhi then chatted with Zhou Yan about his own career experience and childhood learning experience. His father is a well-known jazz pianist in Hong Kong and a music teacher. He has collaborated with Gu Jiahui, a popular music tycoon in Hong Kong, for a long time.

When Du Zizhi was 22 years old, his father introduced him to Gu Jiahui as an assistant, and he entered the pop music recording industry.

In fact, Du Zizhi is not very old, he is just 30 years old this year. However, because of his talent and his high starting point, he has developed very quickly. He has basically collaborated with all the big-name singers in Hong Kong over the years.

It was useful for him to approach him this way, and Zhou Yan chatted with him naturally, mostly about music.

After chatting for a while, Zhou Yan discovered that Du Zizi was very knowledgeable about blues jazz, bossa nova and electronic music.

Of course, Du Zizhi's research on electronic music is only compared to Hong Kong's pop music scene, and it is actually still at an exploratory stage.

He has also been exposed to new age music, but now around the world, the development of new age music is just like that, and he has no chance to learn.

After a period of conversation, Du Zizhi discovered that Zhou Yan not only had a solid foundation in classical music, but was also very familiar with emerging music genres.

Especially when it comes to new age music, Zhou Yan knows much more than he does.

After the two chatted for more than ten minutes, Zhou Yan looked at the time and said, "Mr. Du, I have an orchestra rehearsing here, so I may not be able to continue chatting with you..."

Hearing that there was a band rehearsing over Zhou Yan's side, Du Zizhi raised his eyebrows. He had just been hearing unclear music coming from the other end of the phone, but he didn't take it seriously and thought it was Zhou Yan's family playing music. , I didn’t expect that there was an orchestra rehearsing.

"Mr. Zhou, do you have a band at home?" Du Zizhi asked.

Zhou Yan said with a smile, "Aren't we going to perform concerts in Hong Kong and Taiwan at the end of the year? So I took the band members to rehearse quickly. There is some space at home, so they often practice at my place."

Hearing that Zhou Yan was going to hold a concert in Xiangjiang at the end of the year, Du Zizhi suddenly became excited, "Mr. Zhou, are you coming to Xiangjiang to hold a concert? When, I will go to the site to study."

"Hey, I'm talking too much about studying. If Mr. Du is interested, I'll give you two front-row tickets later. As for the time of the concert, it hasn't been decided yet. My manager Zhang Youan is making arrangements."

"Then I'll thank you in advance and I'll be there when the time comes. I won't disturb you anymore. We'll chat when we have time."

"Well, let's talk when we have time."

After talking to Du Zizhi on the phone, Zhou Yan went to take Yu Ran and the others to continue rehearsing.

After Yu Ran and the others left in the evening, Zhou Yan ran to the study to continue drawing the storyboard for "The Sixth Sense". However, not long after he finished drawing, another call came in.

Zhou Yan pouted, what day is it today, why are the calls coming one after another?

The call was from Zhang Youan.

"There is good news."

As soon as the call was connected, Zhang Youan said this.

"What's the good news?" Zhou Yan asked.

"It has something to do with the concert, some time ago..."

Then Zhang Youan told Zhou Yan that Tang Chen was planning to organize a concert by himself because he had failed to reach an agreement with several contracting companies some time ago.

After hearing this, Zhou Yan asked doubtfully, "Is this good news?"

"Of course this is not good news." Zhang Youan said with a smile, "The good news is that Du Zizi contacted me today. He heard that our concert was not completed yet, so he took the initiative to ask for help."

"He helped?" Zhou Yan was even more confused.

"Well, Du Zizhi is not only a producer, but also a well-known concert producer. He has worked with many big-name singers such as Zhang Xueyou and Leslie Cheung and helped them conduct concerts. He is very experienced in this area. And he gave The conditions are very good and the price is completely friendly. With his help, we will save a lot of worry."

Zhou Yan twitched the corners of his lips. Of course he understood that Du Zizhi wanted to sell him favors, and the purpose was self-evident.

He had no doubt that Du Zizhi could indeed help them a lot, but once this favor was taken, he would have to pay it back later.

"Did he have any other requests?"

Zhang Youan knew what Zhou Yan meant and said with a smile, "No, Du Zizhi is a very smart person and will not take the initiative to make demands at this time."

Zhou Yan nodded, and after pondering for a moment, he said, "Since he is willing to help, let him help. As for this favor... I will pay it back later."

Hearing what Zhou Yan said, Zhang Youan also laughed. He naturally knew what Zhou Yan was going to do to repay the favor. If Zhou Yan could help Lin Yilian write a song at this time, it would definitely be beneficial to Zhou Yan's subsequent development in Xiangjiang and Taiwan.

It's just that Zhang Youan was warned by Xu Feng before, so he couldn't take the initiative to give Zhou Yan more work.Now that Zhou Yan himself took the initiative, Zhang Youan was certainly happy.

"When will Lin Yilian's Cantonese album be released?" Zhou Yan asked again. "I heard from Du Zizhi that it should be April or May."

"okay, I get it."

Since the album was only released in April, Zhou Yan put this matter aside for the time being. If there are any new songs suitable for Lin Yilian during this period, then give it to her to try.

……

The next morning, Zhou Yan received a call from Lu Mengping, the editor of "Flower City", asking him if he had any articles recently.

Lu Mengping would basically call Zhou Yan once a week or two. The topic every time was the same, which was about drafting, but the conversation was never long and hung up after talking for about 50 and [-] seconds. After all, the phone bill was not cheap.

After hanging up the phone from Lu Mengping, Zhou Yan waited at home for a while, and assistant Jiang Xia came.

Greenspan came to Yanjing. Zhou Yan made an appointment with him to meet today. Jiang Xia was here to pick Zhou Yan up.

In order to facilitate his work, Greenspan stayed at the Huiqiao Hotel where the Olympic Bid Committee's office is located. When Zhou Yan arrived, Sun Qin had already arrived.

Greenspan's room is quite large, and in addition to his living room, there is also a small office. The Olympic Bidding Committee has equipped him with a lot of office supplies.

The filming of the promotional video for the Olympic bid was mainly done in cooperation with Yanjing TV Station. Yanjing TV Station not only produced Sun Qin, but also a filming team, and the equipment was also provided by the TV station.

Sun Qin was also very happy to see Zhou Yan and greeted him with a smile, "Old Zhou, here you go."

"Here we come." Zhou Yan replied with a smile, and then greeted Greenspan with a smile, "I'm sorry, Mr. Greenspan, for keeping you waiting."

Greenspan looked at the time and smiled, "No, it's not even the time we agreed on."

After spending some time in China, Greenspan also got to know the Chinese somewhat. They always like to arrive early and say they are late.

After a brief chat, Greenspan sent a copy of the promotional video plan to Zhou Yan and others.

"This is the plan for the first promotional video. You two can take a look first."

Zhou Yan and Sun Qin nodded and began to read the plan.

This kind of promotional video plan is different from the script of a film and television drama. It contains more conceptual things, such as the theme of the promotional video, the focus, which scenes will be used, etc.

Of course, not all promotional videos are like this. Some promotional videos are like a short film with a complete story, but Greenspan’s plan is obviously not like this and pays more attention to the capture of elements.

Of course, even though the shooting of a promotional video is very different from that of a movie, Greenspan's shooting plan still provides some split shots, but these split shots focus on the performance of the lens, including where to pan, where to move the camera, and where to track. Lenses, not to mention zoom lenses, Greenspan has done more detailed work on these aspects.

Looking at the entire plan, there is nothing special. There are two key points. One is the traditional elements of Yanjing, such as the Forbidden City, Yanjing, Peking Opera, etc., and the other is the daily life of citizens, drinking tea, walking birds, and eating breakfast. And of course, there's the sport...table tennis.

After reading it, Zhou Yan and Sun Qin looked at each other with complicated expressions in their eyes.

It’s not that the plan of this promotional video is not good. In fact, it is difficult to make a good promotional video. What Greenspan gave is a mediocre plan with nothing eye-catching.

Sun Qin pondered for a moment and then spoke first, "Director, this plan is very good in all aspects, but there are some parts that I think can still be improved."

Among the three, Greenspan is the director, and Zhou Yan is the assistant director and soundtrack director, so Sun Qin is ranked last. At this time, he spoke first, which can be regarded as leaving room for Zhou Yan to speak later.

Greenspan smiled and said, "Really? Sun, please tell me what you think."

"First of all, although our country's table tennis project has indeed developed very well in the past 20 years, we are also actively developing other sports. I think more sports can be added to it, not just Table tennis this one.”

Greenspan nodded and said, "I think so too. Although I only mentioned table tennis in the plan, I still left it blank for other sports. But I still need your input on the specific sports. suggestion."

"Well, there is also the area of ​​citizen activities. Can it be enriched?"

After finishing speaking, Sun Qin looked at Zhou Yan again, meaning that my brothers have already taken the lead for you, why don't you say a few words?

Zhou Yan understood and took over the conversation with a smile, "Mr. Greenspan, Sun Qin is right. For example, I don't think it is suitable to include the scene of walking birds."

Greenspan was stunned for a moment, "Why? I think this picture is very life-like and is also part of the culture of the city of Yanjing. Is there anything inappropriate about it?"

Zhou Yan explained bluntly, "I'm worried about causing criticism from animal protection organizations."

Greenspan raised his eyebrows. He had never thought about this before, but when Zhou Yan said this, he felt it made sense.

The nerves of animal protection organizations are very sensitive. If they see the Yanjing Olympic bid promotional video with a picture of a bird in a cage, they might really use the topic to their advantage.It's better to be more careful about this kind of thing.

Freedom is originally one of the themes of the Olympic Games, but in the promotional video, the bird is put in a cage. Isn't that uncomfortable?

"What you said makes sense. There is no need for the scene of walking a bird."

Sun Qin blinked and was also very surprised. He didn't expect Zhou Yan's angle to be so tricky. A birdcage could be associated with an animal protection organization. This was too meticulous.

Zhou Yan smiled and continued, "In addition, I think sports culture and traditional elements can be connected together. For example, the storyboard you gave in the plan, director, is an overhead shot of the Great Wall. This section I Thinking that one or some athletes could run on it.”

"There is also a Tai Chi performance in the park. I think it can also be included in the Forbidden City scene..."

Zhou Yan made several suggestions in succession, and Greenspan listened carefully and nodded from time to time.

In fact, Zhou Yan had a lot of opinions, but he didn't say them all. He only said a few and didn't go on. After all, it was the first time that the three directors met, and they immediately revealed the plan of Greenspan, the director. If everything is rejected, then where does Greenspan’s face go?
Greenspan is indeed quite able to listen to opinions. After listening to Zhou Yan's words, he said with a smile, "Actually, I thought about adding some storylines before to connect various elements together, but it is a pity that because of my understanding of China, There is still a lack of understanding of the situation, and the results are not very good, so I decided to play it safe and make this plan.”

Sun Qin immediately said, "It's okay, director, we are here to assist you. If you have any ideas, you can discuss them with us."

Zhou Yan smiled. Sun Qin's words were quite clever. Although he said it was to let Greenspan have ideas to discuss with them, the basic meaning was to let Greenspan listen to their opinions.

Greenspan smiled and nodded, "Of course, this is the purpose of our sitting together today. If you want to make this promotional video into a story, what are your ideas?"

Hearing what Greenspan said, Zhou Yan and Sun Qin both smiled. Since Greenspan was always willing to give advice, they were not polite.

"I think this shot of the Great Wall can be used as the first scene..."

In the following time, the three of them started a long-lasting discussion.

The first day's discussion was over, but the plan had not yet been revised. The next day, the three of them huddled in Greenspan's office to continue the discussion.

The final plan discussed was completely different from the original version produced by Greenspan, and the theme of the shooting also became "relay."

It started with an overhead shot of the Great Wall, and then the camera slowly moved forward, and a running athlete appeared on the Great Wall. As he ran, everything in the picture changed to a diver standing on a high platform, leaping from the high platform. Down.

The camera then switches to underwater, where a swimmer is in the pool...

This change is indeed visually stimulating, and the overall promotional video is smoother. However, there is a problem, that is, the new plan is much more difficult to shoot than the previous version, and it will definitely need approval from the Olympic Committee.

However, Zhou Yan and the others believed that since they were going to shoot, they should shoot well and not be afraid of trouble.

In order to make the approval faster, they even took the time to make some storyboards.

Three people, three styles of storyboards, but the effect is pretty good when viewed together.

After several days, the three of them finally revised the second version of the plan and sent it for approval.

"Wait for news."

After the plan was sent to the headquarters, Zhou Yan said hello to Greenspan and the others and went home.

While waiting for the approval results, Zhou Yan was not idle and started writing the soundtrack for this promotional video.

There are scenes of the Forbidden City in this film, but not many. Even if "Memory of the Forbidden City" is shown, not many can be shown.

Zhou Yan's plan is to cut out ten to 15 seconds from the memory of "Memory of the Forbidden City" and add the scene of the Forbidden City opening its doors, and rewrite the soundtrack for other parts.

In the entire promotional video, the most noteworthy thing for Zhou Yan was the overhead shot of the Great Wall at the beginning.

After much deliberation, Zhou Yan finally decided to change "The Great Wall" and put it at the beginning to give it a head start.

The song "The Great Wall" is similar in style to "Memory of the Forbidden City". It is also a song composed by Neon Man. It was composed by the composer Michihiko Ohta for the cartoon "The Little Master of China". It usually appears in the grand transition. scene.

Just in time to shoot the promotional video for the Olympic bid, Zhou Yan lent it back.

It took four days for Zhou Yan to finish writing and recording the score of "The Great Wall", and planned to take it to Greenspan and others to listen to it when the plan was approved.

After the recording, it was three o'clock in the afternoon. Zhou Yan lay on the sofa and prepared to take a nap before going to have dinner. However, as soon as he lay down and squinted for a while, he heard a knock on the door from outside.

He sat up, rubbed his hair, and walked into the yard with a sleepy look on his face. He yawned and asked, "Who is it?"

But there was no response from outside, only a knock on the door.

Zhou Yan went to open the door with a puzzled look on his face, only to see Wang Zuxian wearing a hat and scarf standing outside the door.

Looking at Zhou Yan's stunned expression, Wang Zuxian smiled and said, "Why, you are not happy to see me."

Zhou Yan was still a little confused. He scratched his head and said, "Am I too tired? I'm dreaming."

Wang Zuxian smiled and stepped into the courtyard gate, "Looking at you, you are sleeping in broad daylight."

Only then did Zhou Yan wake up. He closed the door first, then turned around and said with a smile, "You, couldn't have told me in advance."

"When I called you last night, I asked you about today's itinerary, but you didn't understand what I meant."

When they were on the phone last night, Wang Zuxian did ask Zhou Yan about today's schedule, and Zhou Yan told him that he was at home today.

After entering the room, Wang Zuxian took off the scarf and handed it to Zhou Yan.

The weather in Yanjing is quite cold now, but there is no need to wear a scarf. She probably wears this scarf for disguise.

Zhou Yan looked at the scarf and said with a smile, "Is this scarf just bought on the roadside? The stitches are all messed up."

Hearing this, Wang Zuxian gritted his teeth and said, "Is it very messy?"

"It's quite..." Zhou Yan suddenly realized, "You wouldn't say that you knitted this, right?"

"Humph." Wang Zuxian turned his head and said angrily, "I bought it casually on the roadside. Throw it away for me."

Zhou Yan smiled and leaned over, "Given it to me?"

"Giving it to a pig, are you a pig?"

"Hang bang——"

Zhou Yan imitated the pig bray twice, and then put the scarf around his neck, "Oh, this scarf is so beautiful. I have never seen such a beautiful scarf in my life. Who has such skillful hands?"

As he said that, he grabbed Wang Zuxian's hand again, and then screamed strangely, "It can't be these hands."

Wang Zuxian was amused by him, turned around and patted Zhou Yan's chest, and Zhou Yan hugged her.

……

It was broad daylight, and Zhou Yan didn't do anything bad. After kissing and hugging him, he sat on the sofa. Wang Zuxian saw that he was very tired, so he let Zhou Yan rest on her legs and close his eyes to rest.

"Has the soundtrack for the promotional video been written?" Wang Zuxian asked while fidgeting with Zhou Yan's eyelashes.

"Well, it's been recorded. I'll play it for you later."

"After the soundtrack is written, can I take a break? Are you in a hurry to shoot?"

"We don't know yet, because the approval of the plan has not yet been approved. We have to wait until the approval results are obtained before we can start filming, but it will definitely not be too urgent. There is still a lot of preliminary work to be done."

"It will be relaxing for a while."

Zhou Yan shook his head, "I'm afraid I won't be able to relax. I have a concert at the end of the year. I have a lot of rehearsals recently, and I also have casting for a new movie."

When he heard about the casting for the new movie, Joey Wong raised his eyebrows and asked, "Is there any idea about the casting?"

"The male lead should be almost ready. Liang Jiahui read the script and was very interested. The female lead is more troublesome. I asked around but there is no suitable one. I plan to find Sister Amei later."

Wang Zuxian curled his lips, "Did you really ask around?"

"Pretty much, I've basically asked all the front-line people."

Wang Zuxian curled his lips even more, "Am I not considered a front-line person?"

Zhou Yan opened his eyes, looked at Wang Zuxian, and said with a smile, "Of course you are in the top line, but you are too young. If you come to act, I will make you look like you are in your 40s or [-]s."

"What's the point? Even if I turn into a 60-year-old or [-]-year-old."

Zhou looked at Wang Zuxian and said, "Do you really want to act?"

Wang Zuxian asked Zhou Yan, "Do you want me to act?"

To be fair, of course Zhou Yan wanted Joey Wong to play the role. In fact, Joey Wong's temperament is more suitable for the heroine. Although she is younger, there is no big problem as long as the makeup is closer to those in her 30s.

but……

"Your salary is too high."

Wang Zuxian's current salary is in the first echelon in Hong Kong, only a little lower than Michelle Yeoh and Lin Qingxia, and a bit higher than Anita Mui and Cheng Yuling, about 200 million.

"You have already approached Sister Amei. My salary is not higher than hers, and I can also give you a discount." Wang Zuxian said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)