1990: Starting from Baojia Street

On the way to Shi Wanchun's office, Zhou Yan happened to bump into Guo Wenjing, deputy director of the department, and greeted him with a smile, "Senior Brother Wenjing."

"Junior Brother Zhou Yan, are you looking for Teacher Shi?"

"Well, the teacher called me over and said he had something to tell me."

Guo Wenjing said with a smile, "It should be a good thing."

Hearing what Guo Wenjing said, Zhou Yan asked, "Senior brother, do you have any news? Can you share it with me?"

"I won't tell you anymore. Let Teacher Shi tell you. I haven't seen you for a few days. What have you been busy with recently?"

"Working on my new movie."

"how is the progress?"

"Waiting for the release."

"Well, then I wish you a great success at the box office."

"Then let me borrow my senior brother's good words."

"Okay, I'm very busy since the beginning of the semester. You can go in. If you have time, let's have a meal with colleagues from our department."

"no problem."

Looking at Guo Wenjing's leaving figure, Zhou Yan smiled. Although one of them was the deputy director of the department and the other was the assistant to the department director, they had met very rarely in school in the past two years.

Not only is Zhou Yan rarely in school, but Guo Wenjing, the deputy director, also goes out a lot.

Guo Wenjing was a student in the 77 and 78 classes, and he was in the same class as Tan Dun and Chen Qigang. The year Zhou Yangang traveled back in time, he came back from abroad to teach, and became the deputy director of the composition department the year before last.

As an internationally renowned composer, Guo Wenjing goes out for activities relatively frequently, similar to Zhou Yan. He is like a mascot, and he can't take care of much in the department.

Although Guo Wenjing has not done much work in the department, he is the most promising person to succeed Shi Wanchun and become the director of the department. This is what Yangyin is like. Whether you can be promoted does not depend on your work ability, but more on your work ability. Musical achievement.

Take the position of director of the composition department, for example. No matter how strong your work ability is, if you don't have good results in composition, you won't be able to hold it.

Turning his head, Zhou Yan knocked on the door of Shi Wanchun's office.

"Come in."

Zhou Yan walked in with a smile, "Teacher, are you looking for me?"

Shi Wanchun nodded, "Sit down."

Zhou Yan sat down obediently, and then Shi Wanchun put down the pen in his hand and said, "I asked you to come here to tell you to hand over the work. Starting from this semester, Lin Xiao will officially take over as the assistant to the department director."

Zhou Yan was quite surprised to hear Shi Wanchun's words. His dismissal came too suddenly.

But it's understandable, after all, he doesn't do much in this position, he's just like a mascot.

Lin Xiao is a teacher in the department and Zhou Yan's senior brother. He joined the school in 82. After graduating with a master's degree, he stayed at the school to teach. He is also down-to-earth and responsible.

Lin Xiao helped with many tasks in the department.

"No problem, I'll go meet up with Senior Brother Lin later."

"You don't need to meet, just hand over to me directly. Originally, he was doing a lot of your work, and there is nothing you need to hand over to him."

Hearing this, Zhou Yan felt a little embarrassed, "Thank you for your hard work, Senior Brother Lin."

Shi Wanchun lit a cigarette and said with a smile, "You're embarrassed."

"Haha, my assistant to the department director is indeed a bit of a vegetarian."

"You don't have to think so. Everyone performs their duties and does a good job. The school needs people like Lin Xiao and Huang Xuanliang who can help with mundane affairs, and it also needs people like you and Guo Wenjing." Shi Wanchun spat. Yan continued, "Removing you from your position as the assistant dean of the department does not mean that you will not have to do anything. The leaders have already voted. Starting from this semester, you will officially serve as the assistant dean."

"What?" Zhou Yan was stunned. After working for a long time, he got promoted.

And without his knowledge, they had all voted.

"This matter has already been voted on. If you have any opinions, tell Principal Liu yourself if you meet him."

"No, no, I follow the school's arrangements, but has the job content of this assistant dean changed a lot?"

"Basically, there is no change. It's just that you moved the vase from one place to another."

Seeing Shi Wanchun comparing himself to a vase, Zhou Yan curled his lips and said, "Teacher, you are too straightforward."

"What's wrong with vases? Our school has been in school for so many years just to teach more vases. Do you think vases are good? Unsightly vases will be an eyesore wherever they are placed."

Shi Wanchun chuckled and continued, "I will resign in more than two years. If nothing else happens, Guo Wenjing will be my successor. Principal Liu has the same idea as me. I hope you will serve as the deputy director of the department. "

Zhou Yan couldn't help but sigh, this is a shady story. The job transfer after more than two years has been decided now.

Before Zhou Yan could speak, Shi Wanchun added, "You have a lot to do in the past few years, such as evaluating associate professors, winning the Huo Yingdong Award, and if you have time, winning the National Composition Award for two more years. Compared with Guo Wenjing, you now lack It’s just industry awards. Why do I feel that you are not enthusiastic about winning awards? If you take out "Eternal Night" or "Flow Wind", you can win some awards."

"I'm still far behind the other seniors."

"It's time to be humble. I know you have too many things to do now and don't have time to do this, but you must pay attention to it in the next two years."

Zhou Yan nodded, "Yes, I understand."

In fact, the reason why Zhou Yan did not participate in the competition was because there were no such needs for the time being.

For Guo Wenjing and others, these awards in the industry are very important, and these things directly affect his subsequent development.

Moreover, the teacher said it too easily, asking him to win two National Composition Awards. Can this thing be guaranteed?

"Okay, don't hang around here. Go to Principal Liu's office. You will be his assistant from now on. Go and hear what work arrangements he has for you."

Zhou Yan nodded, stood up and said, "Then I'll go over first."

After leaving Shi Wanchun's office, Zhou Yan walked directly towards Liu Lin's office.

When I arrived at Liu Lin's office, Yang Hongnian from the command department was also there.

"Teacher Yang is here too, how about I come back later?"

Liu Lin smiled and waved, "It's okay, you can come in and sit down."

Yang Hongnian also said, "I'm almost finished talking about my business. Zhou Yan, please come in and wait for a while."

Zhou Yan nodded and walked in.

Yang Hongnian sat there for about two or three minutes, then stood up and left. Before leaving, he smiled and said to Zhou Yan, "Teacher Zhou has time to come and sit in our conducting department. I heard from Yue Lin that your orchestra is planning to recruit another person." command."

"Yes, there are so many orchestra performances now that Yue Lin can't take care of him alone. I'll have to ask Teacher Yang to help recommend some."

"It's no trouble. If you want someone, just go and pick someone. We don't have many students in the command department, and you know them all. Okay, you guys can talk, I'll leave first."

"Teacher Yang, walk slowly."

After Yang Hongnian left, Liu Lin smiled and said to Zhou Yan, "Did you just come from Teacher Shi?"

"Yes, the teacher told me to see what work arrangements you have."

"There are no work arrangements. Everything is business as usual. An appointment letter will be issued later and needs to be announced. I heard you talking to Teacher Yang just now. Are there going to be more orchestra performances in the future?"

Zhou Yan nodded, "Well, there will be more performances starting this semester. On average, there will be one a week."

"It's a good thing to have more performances. I originally wanted to tell you this. Now that the Piano Youth Orchestra is getting more and more famous, it really can't be wasted. Moreover, many people in the orchestra have graduated and have more time. Generous.”

When the piano orchestra was first established, it was basically all school students, but after several years of development, some students have graduated.

Some graduate from undergraduate studies and directly stay in school for graduate school, while others directly sign up in the studio as official musicians of the orchestra.

The reason why Zhou Yan increases the frequency of performances is also because of these people.

They have formal jobs now. Although Zhou Yan has arranged a basic salary for them, if the performances are not enough, it will be difficult for them to increase their income.

Besides, these people are willing to stay in the Piano Youth Orchestra not mainly for the salary, but for better development in music.

If you want to develop, you can't do it without performances.

In fact, these musicians are also being recruited by some outside orchestras. After their last performance in London, a British orchestra contacted them and wanted to recruit Hong Chen, the orchestra's concertmaster, but Hong Chen refused.

The main reason is that the two bands that came to poach people are not particularly famous. If there are bigger bands that come to poach people, Zhou Yan will persuade him to leave even if Hong Chen doesn't go.

Zhou Yan had two purposes in forming the Piano Youth Orchestra. One was to facilitate the performance of his own music, and the other was to help the school train students. If students could be transported internationally through the orchestra, of course Zhou Yan would be willing to do so.

"We will arrange more international venues in the future. The last two performances in the UK were quite good, and the band has gained a bit of fame there."

Hearing that Zhou Yan would arrange more international games, Liu Lin nodded, very satisfied.

The reason why he supported Zhou Yan to start a piano youth orchestra was because of this.

Now the Piano Youth Orchestra can be said to be the ace orchestra of their school. Several orchestras in the school recruit new students at the same time, and students will give priority to the Piano Youth Orchestra.

Although the Piano Youth Orchestra is led by only Zhou Yan, the repertoire is relatively simple, and the history is relatively short, the Piano Youth Orchestra has advantages that other orchestras do not have.

First, the Piano Youth Orchestra is well-known and has a large audience; second, the Piano Youth Orchestra has generous subsidies, and as long as you join the orchestra, you basically don’t have to worry about daily needs; third, the Piano Youth Orchestra has a fixed rehearsal venue. The facilities are much better than those at school, and you don't have to compete with others for time.

These three advantages are really attractive to students.

"When will your new movie be released?" Liu Lin asked about the new movie again.

"It will probably be by the end of the year. The final time has not been determined yet."

"I heard that this movie is related to education and music?"

"Well, yes, the theme is education and music."

"In that case, when your movie comes out, our school will book a theater at the cinema to support you."

"How about I make the arrangements?"

Liu Lin waved his hand, "No need, the school can still afford the funds for booking a movie."

Now that Liu Lin said this, Zhou Yan was no longer polite, "Thank you very much for the school's support."

Afterwards, the two chatted for a few more words, and someone came to see Liu Lin again, so Zhou Yan stood up and left.

……

Not long after Catherine Zeta Jones flew to the United States from London, she received a call from her agent Vance.

"Vance, call me. Is there any good news?" Catherine asked.

Catherine came to Hollywood a few years ago because she met Jean Peters. She acted in a TV series and a movie, but the response was mediocre. In desperation, she could only return to London and continue to star in stage plays.

Last year, she came to Hollywood again and acted in several works, two of which have been broadcast, but the response was very average. Another movie "Blue Juice" will be released in the middle of this month.

The most recent of these works was completed at the beginning of the year, so she has been without work in Hollywood for more than eight months.

If the response to "Blue Juice" continues to be bad, she really doesn't know if she should still stay in Hollywood.

Vance smiled and said, "There is indeed good news. There is a good job opportunity now and you are invited to audition." "Movie or TV series?"

"Movie."

"Which company is it from and who is the director?"

"Colombia, you should have heard of it. There were a lot of reports some time ago about the remake of "The Sixth Sense" that they are going to do."

Catherine was stunned for a moment when she heard "The Sixth Sense" because she had just met Zhou Yan in London some time ago.

In fact, she wanted to go over and say hello, but she didn't go over in the end. No one introduced her, and it was a bit presumptuous to run there suddenly.

She didn't expect that "The Sixth Sense" would now invite her to audition.

“What role should I audition for?”

"It must be the heroine. There are not many female characters in this movie, and you can't play the role of the little hero's mother."

Catherine's eyes lit up when she heard she was the heroine, "When is the audition?"

"Have you seen the movie "The Sixth Sense" on the morning of the 16th?"

"No."

Catherine only found out about the movie from the news when Columbia was about to reshoot it.

The last time she met Zhou Yan in London, she only knew that Zhou Yan was a musician at first. Later, she heard from others that she knew that the recently famous "The Sixth Sense" was directed by him.

"In this case, I have to ask you for a script in advance, and there is no place to watch the movie now."

The movie has been released in North America for a long time, and the disc has not yet been released. The only chance to watch this movie is that some TV stations may purchase the rights to broadcast the movie.

"Okay, hurry up and bring the script, and I'll take a look at it more."

"Well, you wait for my news."

After hanging up the phone, Catherine was still very excited.

The original version of the movie "The Sixth Sense" grossed more than 10 million U.S. dollars at the box office in North America. Since the remake was made in Colombia, the box office will definitely be more than that. As long as the final box office can exceed 10 million U.S. dollars, it will be her participation. highest-grossing movie.

She suddenly felt that her development in Hollywood was not hopeless.

Now, all she needs to do is seize this opportunity and win the heroine.

……

On the afternoon of the 16th, Catherine went to the audition place for "The Sixth Sense" with anxiety.

This morning, she got bad news.

Yesterday, the movie "Blue Juice" in which she starred was released, but the result could no longer be described as ordinary. She also went to a nearby movie to watch it, and there were only a few viewers in the entire theater.

Although the cost of this movie is very low, it is difficult to recover the cost.

This means that "The Sixth Sense" is her only chance now. If she can't win "The Sixth Sense", she really has to go back to London.

Only after Catherine went there did she find out that she was the only one who came to audition, and that there was only one heroine in the entire movie that had not yet been decided.

The crew's audition is very strict. The director and producer will chat with her for a while, and then ask her to wear designated clothes, and then the crew's makeup artist will do her makeup.

Before I even got in front of the camera, I had already been working on it for four or five hours.

But for Catherine now, these don't matter at all. For this role, she has read the script four or five times in the past few days.

The more she read the script, the more determined she became to win this role.

She firmly believes that the film will be successful.

Before reading the script, she heard that it was a horror movie, but after reading the script, she insisted that this movie was not scary at all, but a movie about love and family.

Catherine's audition was for the dinner scene with the male protagonist, and director Martin Brest personally acted for her.

When Catherine appeared in front of the camera, producer Bregman couldn't help but nod. Zhou Yan has a good taste and the actress has a very good temperament.

In fact, when they first met, Bregman felt that Catherine's appearance was a bit too wild and sharp, but now that she had changed clothes and put on makeup and sat at the table, she felt different, a bit like a heroine. Taste it.

Catherine's subsequent performance was also very good. She played the heroine's feeling of resentment and longing.

When they were chatting just now, Catherine said that she read the script four or five times for this role.

Now it seems that even if she didn't watch it four or five times, she must have studied the character carefully.

After the audition ended, Martin Brest smiled and said, "It's good. The audition is over. You can go back and wait for the news."

The director did not announce the results immediately, which made Catherine a little uneasy. She wanted to ask the director how he was doing, but was too embarrassed to ask. In the end, she could only nod and go to change clothes.

After she returned her clothes, took off her makeup, and was about to leave, she happened to run into Bregman.

Bregman smiled and said, "You performed well today. Just go back and wait for the announcement."

Although Bregman did not say the result, his words and his attitude made Catherine feel hopeful.

"Mr. Bregman, actually I could have performed better in that scene just now."

Sensing Catherine's worry, Bregman said, "You don't have to worry too much. Your on-set performance will definitely be fine, but we still need to wait until the film is developed to know what's going on in the camera. You also know that there are What we see with our eyes is different from what the camera captures.”

"Well, I understand, then I'll go back and wait for the notification."

"It won't take long. There will be results tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. By the way, Van Si told you that if you are confirmed to play this role, the movie will start shooting soon. Is there any problem with your schedule?"

Catherine said quickly, "No problem at all."

Then she felt that she was acting too anxious and added, "It just so happens that I'm not too busy during this period."

"That's good." Brigman nodded, and then asked, "Do you know Y-chou?"

Catherine was stunned for a moment, and then answered truthfully, "I met him in London before."

"Well, good luck to you."

"Thank you."

After Bregman left, Catherine was still thinking about what had just happened. She didn't quite understand why Bregman asked this in the end. Could it be that her audition had something to do with Y?
But the only contact she had with Y was that time in the bar, and they didn't speak at that time.

On the way back, she heard Mariah Carey's latest single "Fantasy" on the radio.

This single was only released on Tuesday this week, but it is already very popular. You can often hear this song on the radio. She likes Mariah Carey very much, and she also likes this song. Now she also has feelings about the new album. Have some expectations.

It's just that right now, she doesn't have much thought for listening to music. "The Sixth Sense" is what she should care about.

……

"Fantasy" won the love of fans as soon as it was released.

Mariah Carey's career has experienced some ups and downs in the past two years, and her performance has been unsatisfactory, but this year's new single is refreshing.

Columbia Records is also very happy. They have obtained the data in advance. This song should be able to get the number one song this week. This will become the first female song in history to have no number one song.

With such a good start, the subsequent development of this album will definitely not be bad.

Next Tuesday, "young and beautiful" comes out, so as long as it doesn't turn out too badly, it'll be okay.

Originally, they wanted to follow the promotion of the second wave of hits, but now that the first single has performed so strongly, the company has decided to put more resources into the first song and strive to win more weekly championships.

Therefore, the promotion intensity of "Young and Beautiful" is a little smaller than previously planned.

……

Due to insufficient publicity, Elsa, as a Mariah Carey fan, only found out about the release of the second wave of title songs on the afternoon of the 19th.

She heard this song on the radio on her way home from get off work.

When Elsa turned on the radio, the song was already playing and she didn't even know it was a new tune.

"This voice sounds familiar."

Because the music style and singing method were different from Mariah Carey's previous songs, Elsa did not immediately recognize that it was Mariah Carey singing.

She didn't recognize it until she heard two sentences.

This voice... seems to be Mary!

But the style of this song is so special.

There's nothing showy about this song, it's all about telling the story slowly.

And the lyrics really match the melody.

"It's midsummer night and July is still young. We are young and frivolous, and we are not afraid of the passage of time."

The lyrics are concise, concise and catchy.

The combination of Maria's singing voice, beautiful melody, and touching lyrics was like a movie playing in front of Elsa's eyes.

In the movie, a gorgeous woman stands on the beach under the setting sun. As the setting sun gradually disappears under the sea level, her figure slowly disappears into the darkness.

Especially in the middle section, the constant "asking", regret, unwillingness, expectation, and various complex emotions suddenly poured into Elsa's heart.

"God, when I enter heaven, will he be by my side..."

Although the lyrics are pleading, they are still full of pride.

When a song ended, Elsa let out a long sigh of relief. In the last part, she almost forgot to breathe. She was already moved by the song, waiting for God to give that gorgeous woman an answer.

However, in the end, the woman received no response and fell into the dark night.

After listening to this song, Elsa was also full of questions.

"What kind of song is this? Is it the second hit of the album? I've never heard of the promotion before."

At this time, the radio host's voice came out.

"A very touching song, Maria's fifth album gave us two surprises in a row. This song in particular is very different from her previous songs. From my personal experience, This is also the song that moved me the most after "Without You".

"But the difference is that "Withou You" is a cover song, while this one is an original. The lyrics, music, and arrangement of this song were all completed by the famous musician and director Y-chou. I want to hear this name, and many fans We have the answer in our mind as to why this song is so different. Y-chou doesn’t write many songs, the last one we heard was “Yellow” by Backstreet Boys.”

"Next, we will play "Yellow" for everyone, let us feel Y-chou's musical talent."

Hearing that the lyrics, music, and arrangement were all Y-chou, Elsa was a little confused because she didn't know much about the musician. However, the host said that she had heard "Yellow" some time ago and it was indeed a good song.

Although she didn't know much about Y-chou, she was very happy that Mariah Carey could sing this song.

She thinks that this song is better than the first hit "Fantasy". (End of this chapter)