1990: Starting from Baojia Street

"The Chorus" had such a strong box office performance that the Yanjing Film Studio, as a co-producer, naturally got a lot of attention.

Han Sanping is a leader who is very performance-oriented. Since he took office, he has held a meeting every two or three days.

Other leaders may hold meetings with little content and procrastinate, but Han Sanping is not like that. He needs to get substantive content every time he holds a meeting, and the theme of most of his meetings is to make money and projects.

Almost every month, Han Sanping personally leads a team to various places to make money.

Anyway, after Han Sanping took office, the atmosphere in the factory has been tense.

Privately, many people in the factory joked that their factory was not like filming a movie, but more like a counter in a big shopping mall, where they had to pull in business every day.

The word that appears most frequently in the film studio every day is not "movie" but "money". Under Director Han, everything else doesn't matter. Getting money is the only way.

Whoever can get investment will get the attention of Factory Director Han.

Moreover, Factory Director Han has said that projects in the factory are not limited to certain people, regardless of seniority, as long as they can attract investment, they can set up projects.

In other words, whoever can get the money can make movies. It's as simple and crude as that.

But these have nothing to do with most people in the factory, because few people have the connections to get money.

Moreover, everyone also had a wait-and-see attitude towards what Han Sanping said and did not dare to move easily.

Now that we are engaged in film reform, we don’t know which way the limelight is blowing. Everyone in the factory is trembling with fear, fearing that they will be blown away by a tornado.

However, after the release of "Spring in the Cowherd Class", Han Sanping's mood improved a lot, and he smiled every time he walked in the factory.

He was in a good mood, and the atmosphere in the entire factory became relaxed.

On January 16, after it was basically confirmed that "Spring in the Cowherd Class" would surpass "Sunny Days" at the box office, Han Sanping went to Zhou Yan's studio in person.

When they arrived at Zhou Yan's office, Han Sanping was not polite. He sat down, lit a cigarette and said with a smile, "Third brother, make a pot of tea for brother."

Zhou Yan was correcting the score of "Xu Sanguan" when he saw Han Sanping sitting on the sofa, so he put down his pen, walked over with a smile and made him a cup of tea.

"Third brother is in a good mood today."

Han Sanping took the teacup and laughed, "It's not that I'm in a good mood today, but I've been in a good mood during this period."

Before "Spring of the Cowherd" was released, Han Sanping's expectations were not so high. After all, he also knew that this was a more literary film.

He never expected that the movie would give him such a big surprise after its release.

In fact, this year's mainland box office market has already surprised Han Sanping once.

He is very familiar with the current policy changes and knows that imported blockbusters in the future will have an impact on mainland movies, so he is not surprised at all that imported blockbusters such as "True Lies" can achieve such high box office.

On the contrary, he was surprised that "Sunny Days" had a box office of 50 million yuan.

Looking at it this way, the introduction of blockbusters will not make it impossible for mainland movies to survive at all. "Sunny Days" and "Spring of the Cowherd" are good proofs.

This also proves that there is no problem with policy reform.

The purpose of introducing foreign films is to stimulate the mainland market and film industry. However, what everyone was most worried about before was that the impact would be too strong and squeeze out all the living space of mainland films.

Now it seems that this worry is actually unnecessary.

On the one hand, the mainland can produce good movies. Although it cannot completely compete with imported blockbusters, it is not without the ability to fight back. On the other hand, domestic audiences do not watch only blockbusters, such as "Spring of the Cowherd Class" and " "Sunny Day" can also be favored by the audience.

The success of these two films at the box office has also provided a new path for Chinese films. Chinese films do not necessarily have to imitate those imported blockbusters.

“In fact, I was quite surprised that the movie got such good box office in China,” Zhou Yan said.

Han Sanping looked at Zhou Yan up and down and said with a smile, "But I don't think you are particularly excited."

"I'm secretly happy."

Han Sanping pursed his lips. Zhou Yan, like the second oldest child in the Zhou family, was both happy and angry. However, the second son of the Zhou family has a wooden face and basically has no expression, but the third son is different. He always smiles when he meets everyone.

"What's the plan next?"

"Plans? The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and I don't have any special plans. Next year there will be a concert tour with more concerts, so I may be a little busier by then."

"That's not what I'm asking. I'm asking, what are your plans for your next movie."

Zhou Yan laughed and said, "Brother Daqing, you are here to urge me to make my next movie. To be honest, I really don't have any plans for my next movie. "Spring of the Cowherd Class" has just been released in the mainland. There are still many things to do. "

"I'm not rushing you, I'm just more concerned. But let me put it down for now. No matter what movie you make next, our Yanjing Film Studio will definitely support you unconditionally."

Zhou Yan smiled. This third brother Han was very skillful in speaking. He obviously wanted to continue to cooperate with him, but he said that Yanjing Factory supported him unconditionally.

But for Zhou Yan, it is not a bad thing to cooperate with Yanjing Factory, or in other words, it is not a bad thing to cooperate with Han Sanping.

The situation in China is like this. With the help of Han Sanping, the road will definitely be easier.

As long as Han Sanping doesn't hinder him, he is willing to continue to cooperate with Han Sanping.

At this point, Han Sanping did a very good job. He was able to position himself correctly and not interfere with the specific production of the movie.

During the filming of "Spring in the Cowherd Class", apart from not giving him any money, Han Sanping agreed to everything else as long as Zhou Yan needed it, and he would not worry about Zhou Yan's other projects in the factory.

And when filming on-site, even if he goes to the scene, he only observes and never makes any comments.

Han Sanping is a director himself, so he naturally knows that no director likes others to point fingers when filming. Moreover, Zhou Yan's past resume is so successful, he has no reason to point fingers.

Not only did he not know how to point fingers, but he also protected Zhou Yan and prevented others from interfering with Zhou Yan's creation. Together with Xu Feng, he provided Zhou Yan with a very good shooting environment.

With Han Sanping and Xu Feng, Zhou Yan only needs to focus on making the movie well, and there is no need to worry about other things.

In addition, Han Sanping can also help him with other things.

For example, when Han Sanping came forward to settle Liu Qing and Jiang Mengfei, Yanjing Factory had already loaned these people from Chang'an Factory.

Now Liu Qing and the others are hanging under the Yanjing Factory, but their offices and other things are in Zhou Yan's studio.

This operation solved many of Zhou Yan's problems. In the future, whenever Zhou Yan wanted to recruit people, he could go to Han Sanping and ask him to lend them to Yanjing Factory.

And this is no loss to Yanjing Factory, because there is no need to pay anything, which is just the basic salary of a few people. Even when recruiting people in the future, Zhou Yan can pay the salary.

"Then I will thank Third Brother first. I will definitely be unable to do without your support in the future."

"They are all our own brothers. Just saying this is a big deal." Han Sanping smiled, waved his hand, and asked, "By the way, how was the box office of "Sense and Sensibility"? I heard it was pretty good before, but then I stopped listening. What’s the news?”

"It's pretty good. It's already over 60 million US dollars."

"Hiss." Han Sanping took a breath.

The box office of "Sense and Sensibility" is so good. This is only the box office in North America. It will be released in other places later, so it must not exceed 100 million.

In this way, Zhou Yan has also participated in projects with a box office of over 100 million US dollars.

This is just the beginning. Han Sanping knows that as long as "Sense and Sensibility" has a good response, more Hollywood movies will definitely come to Zhou Yan to score music.

With this, Zhou Yan can successfully enter overseas markets.

If there are a few more movies like "Sense and Sensibility" in the future, maybe Zhou Yan can establish himself as a world-class soundtrack master.

Zhou Yan's step by step was really steady and steady.

"Then the soundtrack of this movie should sell very well." "Not necessarily, because the soundtrack of the album "Sense and Sensibility" will have an impact."

"Rain Ring" contains several soundtracks from "Sense and Sensibility", and it contains the best parts. Music fans and movie fans will definitely consider it when purchasing.

No one's money comes from the strong wind. The two albums repeat several songs, and many ordinary music fans and movie fans are not willing to spend money to pay for them.

"Hey, wouldn't it be better if everyone bought "Yulin Ling"?" Han Sanping said with a smile.

Zhou Yan shrugged and said nonchalantly, "For me, there's not much difference. The money I can earn from the two belts is not much different."

Han Sanping smiled and shook his head, "When you say this, I feel like I deserve a beating."

……

On January 17, the first concert of the Spring Festival Gala began, and Zhou Yan went to Studio No. 1 with the folk band.

Because it is a large theater, the studio is very lively today. There are people everywhere, and many of them are familiar faces.

Many of the performers in the singing and dancing area graduated from Yangyin University, and some of them are acquainted with Zhou Yan. For example, baritone Yuan Chengye and "Unforgettable Spring Night" erhu player Chen Jun are only two years ahead of Zhou Yan.

They knew Zhou Yan when they were in school.

Although it's just a party and we don't interact much, we still create some small circles.

There are many conditions for forming a circle, and the school you graduated from is one of the more important ones. It is easy for people who graduated from the same school to get together because they have many common topics without having to search hard.

Although Zhou Yan didn't do it deliberately, he was quickly drawn together by several Yangyin alumni.

Among a group of alumni, Zhou Yan is the youngest and has the smallest grade, but others dare not neglect him and even vaguely focus on him when chatting.

In addition to Zhou Yan’s current fame, it is also because Zhou Yan graduated from the composition department. At Yangyin, composition and conducting students are expected to be more precious.

Besides, Zhou Yan now teaches in the school and is also the assistant principal. From a certain level, he also represents the school.

Apart from Zhou Yan, the most well-known person at the scene should be Cheng Fangyuan.

Cheng Fangyuan is the same as Tan Dun and others, grade 77, but she learned Erhu in school. This Spring Festival Gala she will sing "Childhood" on stage.

This was the first time Zhou Yan and Cheng Fangyuan met. Cheng Fangyuan was quite curious about her younger brother, who was famous overseas. After saying hello, she smiled and said, "I just heard them say that you also have a show this year."

"I put on a show with the folk band."

"Play your own music."

Zhou Yan nodded, "Yes, "Memory of the Forbidden City."

"This song is good." Cheng Fangyuan gave a thumbs up, then smiled and said to the people next to him, "You don't know how popular Junior Brother Zhou Yan is in the United States now, and his music can be heard everywhere."

Cheng Fangyuan went to the United States for further study this year and stayed in the United States for a while, so he knew a little bit about it.

Tang Feng said with a smile, "Sister, even if you don't tell us, we already know that an American pop singer sang Zhou Yan's song some time ago."

"Not only that, but now the movie "Sense and Sensibility" has been released in the United States. The box office is very good, and the music in it has also attracted a lot of attention. So his new album "Yulin Ring" also sold very well, and I also bought a copy. ”

"The movie he made himself, "Spring in the Cowherd Class," is also very popular in China. My family and I went to watch it." After that, Tang Feng patted Zhou Yan on the shoulder and joked, "Junior brother , remember to reimburse the movie tickets later.”

"No problem, I'll treat you to a big dinner later."

"That's daring."

……

A group of their alumni chatted together for a while, and people kept coming over to say hello.

Zhou Yan found that there seemed to be a barrier between the singing and dancing performers and the language performers, and they did not communicate much with each other.

In general, small circles, no matter which school they are from, basically have contact. For example, the folk band has people from various schools.

Even if they are not familiar with each other, they will come up to say hello and chat for a few words.

But most language program performers stayed far away from Zhou Yan and the others, and at most they nodded when they met.

In fact, the performers of language programs also have a circle. The relationship between Yanjin and Tianjin is obviously better, while the actors from Northeast China have their own group.

Initially, Zhou Yan had no intention of saying hello to anyone else, but then he met Ni Ping and Zhu Shimao. Ni Ping was very enthusiastic and introduced many people to Zhou Yan, forcing him to increase his network of contacts.

But today's platoon tasks are very tight, and I don't have much time to make friends.

This is the first time Zhou Yan has participated in the Spring Festival Gala, and it is also the first time he has felt the pressure of preparing for a live broadcast.

Although it was the first time to perform a joint rehearsal, the director team was already very strict.

Being able to participate in the Spring Festival Gala, everyone must have taken it very seriously, but there were still many problems during the platoon.

Of course, the problem is mainly concentrated in language programs, performance programs like Zhou Yan and others, and some opera programs, because they are all "old work", basically there will be no problems.

Therefore, Zhou Yan and the others were relatively relaxed. Although they were rehearsing together, apart from having to wait for others, it was not much different from usual rehearsals.

……

The day after the first screening of the Spring Festival Gala ended, Zhou Yan received a call from Xu Feng.

Xu Feng excitedly shared the good news with Zhou Yan. The shortlist for the Berlin Film Festival had been announced, and "Spring of the Cowherd" also appeared on the shortlist as expected.

"I knew it, no problem." Xu Feng said with a smile.

Zhou Yan smiled. There must be no problem in being shortlisted. This time, the Berlin Film Festival took the initiative to find Tomson. He hoped that "Spring of the Cowherd Class" would participate in the exhibition. It would not be funny if he was not even given a shortlist. Play?

"What other movies are shortlisted this time?" Zhou Yan asked with concern.

"Haha, I was just about to tell you that in addition to "Springtime of the Cowherd Class" being shortlisted, there is also good news, that is, "Sense and Sensibility" is also shortlisted."

"That's good." This is what Zhou Yan cares about, and he is very happy that An Li can be shortlisted.

"Chinese directors are very popular at the Berlin Film Festival this time. In addition to you and An Li, there are three Chinese directors whose films have been shortlisted."

"Oh, really? Who else?"

""Sunlight Canyon" by He Ping, "The Sun Has Ears" by Yan Hao and "Mahjong" by Edward Yang."

Zhou Yan has also seen the previous two movies, "Sunlight Canyon" starring Wang Xueqi and Zhang Fengyi, and "The Sun Has Ears" is adapted from Mo Yan's novel "Auntie in Red Silk".

No wonder Xu Feng said that Chinese directors are very popular this time. There were only about 20 films shortlisted for the Berlin Film Festival, and there were five films directed by Chinese directors, accounting for more than 20%.

In fact, at the last Berlin Film Festival, there were quite a few films shortlisted by Chinese directors, including four, which was only one less than this year.

It's just that all the films at last year's Berlin Film Festival combined were not as popular as this year's two films by Zhou Yan and An Li.

Let's not talk about "Sense and Sensibility". It was originally an adaptation of a classic, and now it has received more than 60 million U.S. dollars at the box office. The box office will continue to increase in the future, and it is likely to exceed 100 million U.S. dollars.

Although the box office of "Springtime of the Cowherd" is completely different from that of "Sense and Sensibility", it still earned more than 50 million yuan at the box office in mainland China without any awards. It is not a film shortlisted for ordinary film festivals. Comparable.

In the past, many films were only recognized by the audience after winning awards at film festivals, and then achieved very good box office results.

But this year is different. These two films have already been recognized by the market before they even participated in the exhibition.

This is good news for the Berlin Film Festival. With these two films nominated, the popularity of this year’s film festival awards ceremony will certainly not be low. (End of chapter)