1990: Starting from Baojia Street

After Zhou Yan and Kudo Shizuka came out of the video store, they entered the YSU campus.

For teachers like Zhou Yan, the status of Yan'an Normal University may be higher than that of other schools at Yan'an University. When Zhou Yan took the college entrance examination, his first choice was the Chinese Department of Yan'an Normal University, but he failed in the end and went to Jinshi Normal University.

But there is no regret. His level was not as high as that of Yan Normal University, so he performed normally when he went to Jin Normal University.

Walking inside the campus, Kudo Shizuka was very happy.

She opened her arms in a gesture of embracing nature, "I like this carefree feeling very much."

Zhou Yan smiled, Shizuka's Chinese proficiency has gotten better and better recently, she really has some language talent.

"When many people are in school, they always complain about too much homework. When they go out of campus, they start to miss the freedom of school."

Kudo Shizuka said with a smile, "It would definitely be best if you work for a while and then go to school after you have money."

At this time, a young couple walked towards each other and chatted with each other. Kudo Shizuka chased them for a while and looked at them. Suddenly she turned around and asked Zhou Yan, "What if we were in the same school and I was not a singer?" You are not a musician, you are just an ordinary student. If you meet me, will you still like me?"

Zhou Yan discovered that women really like to ask hypothetical questions.

This question itself is problematic. With Kudo Shizuka looking like this, can she be an ordinary student? As for Zhou Yan himself, if he were an ordinary student, let alone his appearance, first of all his musical talent would have to be removed. In this case, would Kudo Shizuka still like him?
Zhou Yan thought for a while and said, "Whether I like you or not depends on whether you like me."

He threw the question back to Shizuka Kudo, but this was actually his true thought. If Shizuka Kudo hadn't taken the initiative before, there was a high probability that they would not have anything to do with each other.

Emotionally, he is passive.

Hearing this answer, Shizuka Kudo went crazy, "Ah, you can't do this."

Zhou Yan smiled and grabbed Kudo Shizuka's hand, and said with a half-smile, "Then let me ask you a question."

Kudo Shizuka looked up at him, "Just ask."

"If your mother and I fell into the water at the same time, and you were standing by the river, who would you save first?"

Kudo Shizuka was stunned for a moment, what kind of problem is this? Have I done something wrong? My mother and my boyfriend are going to fall into the water together?
She frowned and thought for a while, "But, I can't swim."

"Suppose you can swim."

"But my mother can swim and doesn't need me to save her, so I can save you."

"Suppose your mother doesn't know how to swim."

"Then I can find..."

"Suppose there is no one else but you on the shore."

"..."

Zhou Yan blocked what she wanted to say.

Seeing Kudo Shizuka's dumbfounded look, Zhou Yan was secretly proud. Fortunately, he took the initiative and asked this classic question.

After Kudo Shizuka was defeated, she pouted and said, "How did you come up with such a problem?"

Zhou Yan said with a smile, "This is not what I thought about, it was what Hua Jinzi thought about."

"Who is Hua Jinzi?"

"She is Jiao Daxing's wife."

"Who is Jiao Daxing?"

"A friend of mine."

"Your friend's wife... is really powerful." Shizuka Kudo thought for a long time and then came up with this adjective: "Her name is like a neon person."

"I'll take you to get to know her when I have time."

Hearing that Zhou Yan was going to introduce him to his friends, Kudo Shizuka was very happy, "Okay."

Kudo Shizuka always bounces when she is happy. She is the same age as Zhou Yan, but her personality is still that of a little girl, and she is very active.

Zhou Yan originally wanted to walk quietly around the school with Kudo Shizuka and enjoy their leisure time after an afternoon.

Although the temperature is relatively low today, the sunshine is very good, which is very suitable for walking.

Kudo Shizuka's name carries the word "quiet", but she can't be quiet at all. She wants to join in the fun of everything she sees.

There were people playing roller skating in the school, so she wanted to see them, and there were people playing chess, so she wanted to see them too.

She couldn't even play chess, but she could watch it with great interest for more than ten minutes.

The key is that she also loves to chat, and she can chat with others even when they are playing chess.

Zhou Yan couldn't help but sigh that it was not unreasonable for her Chinese to improve so quickly.

Fortunately, she is not well-known in mainland China. Otherwise, she would be easily recognized by people no matter how big a hat or thick scarf she wears because of her high intensity of contact with the crowd.

Zhou Yan has been following Shizuka Kudo, watching her talk to others without saying anything himself. There is still a high possibility that she will be recognized here, so be careful.

If he is here alone, he will be recognized if he is recognized, but if he is recognized with Shizuka, it will not end well.

After coming out of Yan Normal University, the two went to the cinema again. They originally wanted to look for any romance movies, but they couldn't find any romance movies. Zhou Yan unexpectedly discovered that there were still screenings of "Alive".

"Alive" was released in the mainland in the summer. It has been less than half a year, but it is normal for cinemas to show old movies because there are not many new movies to show.

Anyway, the copies have been bought, and the movie theaters won’t show it in vain.

Zhou Yan pointed to "Alive" on the bulletin board and said to Kudo Shizuka, "The original author of this movie is Yu Hua."

Kudo Shizuka is now quite familiar with Yu Hua. Not only have they met, she also bought the Chinese version of "Zhou Yan, Yu Hua, Shi Tiesheng", but the book is still in her suitcase and has not been read.

With her current level of Chinese, she still cannot read novels smoothly.

Hearing that "Alive" was adapted from Yu Hua's novel, Kudo Shizuka said enthusiastically, "Then let's watch this."

"you sure?"

"Are you sure? What's wrong? Doesn't it look good?"

"It's very interesting. "Alive" is a very humorous novel."

Zhou Yan didn't mean to deceive Shizuka Kudo, he really thought "Alive" was very humorous.

It's not that the story of "Alive" is very humorous, but that Yu Hua's writing style is very humorous, but it's the kind of black humor.

People often use absurd to describe "Alive", but it is absurd and humorous at the same time, and there are many plot designs in it that make people find it funny.

For example, Fugui likes to let his father-in-law carry him on his back and salute his father-in-law when passing by his tailor shop.

For example, the production team asked a Feng Shui master to order a house and "boil" the steel with water.

The funniest part is naturally the scene where Fugui and the others are recruited by the Kuomintang and surrounded on the battlefield. The level of black humor is not inferior to Zhang Jianya's "Sanmao Joins the Army".

"I like humorous movies best. Let's go watch them."

Zhou Yan nodded, "Okay, I'll go get the tickets."

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Two hours later, Shizuka Kudo walked out of the theater dumbfounded. Zhou Yan kept touching his right arm with a dark face.

While watching a movie just now, Kudo Shizuka pinched his triceps from time to time, and he even suspected that his arm was already blue.

If he had known that Shizuka Kudo would have such a strong reaction, Zhou Yan would not have taken her to watch "Alive", and it was himself who suffered.

Of course, this account must be kept on Yu Hua's head.

"You lied to me, you lied to me, you told me the humor of such a tragic story." Shizuka Kudo kept complaining about Zhou Yan.

She was in high spirits when she entered the cinema, but she didn't expect the movie to be so miserable. When Youqing passed away, she burst into tears.

Zhou Yan said seriously, "Actually, the novel should be more humorous."

In fact, the novel is even worse.

In the movie, Youqing was sleeping behind a wall. Chunsheng reversed his car and knocked down the wall, killing Youqing.

But in the novel, Youqing was drained to death while still alive.

In fact, whether it is tragic or not does not mean that the way of death is different, but that in the novel, Yu Hua laid the groundwork before Youqing died, saying that Youqing was a good runner and ranked first in school.

So when it was time to go to the county magistrate's wife, Youqing was also the fastest and the first one to arrive.

This kind of foreshadowing is like a flying knife from the sky, killing people is the most painful.

But this time, faced with Zhou Yan's deception, Kudo Shizuka didn't believe it at all.

"I don't believe it, I don't believe it."

Seeing that Shizuka Kudo was still depressed, Zhou Yan laughed again, "Don't be sad. I will take you to see Yu Hua in two days. You can spit at him to relieve your anger."

"Oh, that's disgusting." Kudo Shizuka looked disgusted.

Zhou Yan took her hand and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to dinner."

"I want to eat groceries..."

As soon as she said a miscellaneous word, Zhou Yan said quickly, "What you want to eat tonight is up to me."

Miscellaneous noodles are good, but you can’t eat them every day.

Moreover, Zhou Yan was already working out, and noodles with soybean paste were not very friendly to the muscles.

In the evening, Zhou Yan took Kudo Shizuka to eat hot-pot meat in a copper pot to replenish protein.

After that, the two of them didn't wander around outside. Zhou Yan sent Kudo Shizuka back to the hotel.

Kudo Shizuka booked a suite at the Xufeng Hotel. It was quite spacious. Kudo Shizuka said that she would stay in this room every time she came here.

The room faces south, the sun is very bright, and standing in this room, you can also see the alley where Zhou Yan lives.

After a day of shopping, Zhou Yan was tired, so he turned on the TV and sat on the sofa to watch TV.

Kudo Shizuka was a spirited girl outside, but when she came back, her energy suddenly disappeared and she huddled in Zhou Yan's arms like a cat.

"I'll lie down first and take a shower later."

"Well, you can rest."

Zhou Yan straightened Kudo Shizuka's head, and then turned down the volume of the TV.

Kudo Shizuka was indeed tired from shopping today. Not long after she finished speaking, she fell asleep.

After about ten minutes, Shizuka Kudo not only did not wake up, but fell into a deeper and deeper sleep. Seeing that it was awkward for her to sleep like this, Zhou Yan picked her up and carried her to the bed.

After sending Kudo Shizuka to bed, Zhou Yan went back to the living room to watch TV.

Yanjing TV is currently broadcasting "The Story of Qianlong" starring Zheng Shaoqiu and Zhao Yazhi. This TV series may not be broadcast on Yanjing TV for the first time. Zhou Yan has watched it on Yanjing TV before.

Zhou Yan rarely watches TV. He is usually busy working most of the time and has no time to turn on the TV.

Speaking of which, he basically watches TV with Joey Wang, and now he has a TV partner like Shizuka Kudo.

That is, when he is with them, he can stop for a moment and temporarily forget about work.

When you have nothing to do, this kind of old-fashioned TV series can indeed pass the time.

After Zhou Yan finished watching an episode and was about to change the channel to see if there were any other good ones, the BP player in his pocket rang.

Zhou Yan took it out and looked at it. It read: Hello Zhou Yan, my name is An Li. If you have time, please reply.

Behind it is a string of phone numbers, still from the United States.

Zhou Yan was quite surprised when he saw the word An Li. He didn't understand why An Li came to him suddenly.

Of course, Zhou Yan is no stranger to An Li. As a Chinese director who has won two Oscars for Best Director, An Li is not only famous domestically, but also very important internationally.

But now Anli is still in a state of just getting started.

It has only been three years since An Li's first independently directed feature film "Pushing Hands" was released.

But An Lee's second feature film "The Wedding Banquet" has won numerous awards at home and abroad, the most eye-catching of which is naturally the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin International Film Festival.

An Li is definitely the kind of director who makes a big splash when he debuts. To most people in the film industry, An Li seems to have suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

In this regard, he is very similar to Zhou Yan.

Although Zhou Yan's two films did not win any major awards, their box office was the envy of many people, and they were also very explosive.

Zhou Yan couldn't understand why An Li contacted him, but he didn't mind chatting with An Li.

Xufeng Hotel is qualified to receive foreign guests, and the phone in the suite should be able to make international long distance calls. Zhou Yan walked over and picked up the phone and tried it, and sure enough, the call was connected.

The response time for international long distance calls is relatively long. It took a while before the call was picked up.

"Hi, this is An Li." An Li's voice came from the other side, speaking in English.

Zhou Yan responded in Chinese with a smile, "Hello, Director An, I am Zhou Yan."

An Li was very happy to hear that it was Zhou Yan and replied in Chinese, "Hello, Director Zhou. I'm sorry to bother you. It should be getting late in Yanjing now."

"It's not too late." Zhou Yan smiled and then went straight to the point, "I wonder what Director An wants to see me for?"

"I got your contact information through director Hou Xiaoxian. You have worked together many times before, so I should be familiar with it, so I asked him to try it, and sure enough, I got it from him." An Li explained his contact information Where did the method come from, and then began to explain the purpose of his visit, "Director Zhou, I have a movie to start shooting in May next year, and I want to invite you to be the soundtrack for the movie."

"Soundtrack? Is your movie going to be shot in China?"

"No, if there are no accidents, we should go to the UK for filming. This movie is adapted from Jane Austen's novel of the same name, Sense and Sensibility."

Zhou Yan became interested when he heard it was "Sense and Emotion".

Jane Austen is arguably the most famous female writer in history, and it would be difficult to find another female writer who is as famous internationally as she is.

Even if the three Brontë sisters and Duras were tied together, they would probably not be as famous as Jane Austen alone.

The number of Jane Austen's works is actually not many, but "Pride and Prejudice" is too powerful. (End of chapter)