1990: Starting from Baojia Street

Zhou Yan is not convinced that the North American box office of "The Sixth Sense" can exceed 100 million US dollars. Although the original version performed very well in North America, there are many factors that affect whether a movie can achieve high box office.

Now that the director has changed, the actors have changed, and the timing is different, "The Sixth Sense" may not be able to achieve good results.

But Zhou Yan felt that if the box office revenue was only 50 to 60 million US dollars, it would not be worth his while to attend the celebration banquet.

Not long after Zhou Yan and Bregman talked on the phone, there was a knock on the office door.

Without raising his head, he replied, "Come in."

The door was pushed open, but no one spoke.

Zhou Yan raised his head and saw a woman wearing a red and gray coat, holding a paper bag in her hand to cover her face, and said angrily, "Guess who I am."

Hearing her voice, Zhou Yan couldn't help but laugh, "What kind of role play are you doing today?"

Chen Hong put down the paper bag covering her face and pouted, "It's boring. I'll cover it more next time and see if you can guess it."

"No matter how much you cover up, it's useless. I can tell when you come in and take just a few steps."

"Your ears are too exaggerated." Chen Hong walked up to Zhou Yan carrying the bag, "The clothes I bought for you, see if they fit you."

Zhou Yan nodded, took the bag and looked at it. It was a black coat.

He put it on and tried it on, "Well, it fits quite well."

"Black is still too monotonous, but since you're not here, I don't dare to buy you other colors, so black is safer."

"Actually, you don't need to buy me clothes. I don't have enough clothes in my wardrobe."

"There are no clothes to wear out. You are just too lazy to change them. You will wear a few coats all winter." Chen Hong carefully adjusted Zhou Yan's collar, and then said with a nymphomaniacal smile, "It's so beautiful."

Chen Hong wore a coat outside, but only a slim-fitting cheongsam underneath, which perfectly outlined the curves of her body.

Zhou Yan put one hand on her waistline and gently pushed the hair behind her ear with the other hand, "Why do you have time to come here today?"

Chen Hong hugged Zhou Yan and put her face against Zhou Yan's chest, "I have some time recently, but you have been very busy. I am very good, so I don't dare to disturb you."

"I'm really busy during this period. Once I'm done, I'll go shopping with you."

Chen Hong said with a smile, "Mr. Zhou, I will be busy in a while. Yesterday afternoon, Director Zhang and others asked me to audition, and the heroine of "The Master of Tai Chi" has been decided. After a while, I will go to the martial arts team to learn swordsmanship and Tai Chi, and then I will film "Sweet Honey". After filming "Sweet Honey", I will film "Tai Chi Master".

"Director Zhang and the others are so efficient?"

Zhou Yan didn't expect that Zhang Xinyan and the others would schedule an audition with Chen Hong so quickly. He thought it would take at least some time for the results to come out.

Probably Zhang Xinyan and the others also wanted to take advantage of this visit to Yanjing to settle things quickly so that Chen Hong could go to the martial arts team to study as soon as possible.

"How long do you want to study in the martial arts team?" Zhou Yan asked.

"I heard from Director Yuan that you need to learn swordsmanship for two months first, and then learn Tai Chi for one month."

"You have no foundation in martial arts, so you are going to suffer a lot this time."

"I'm not afraid of hardship. The role you choose for me will definitely be worth it."

Zhou Yan nodded, "The script they wrote is very good, and it would be good for you to practice martial arts. In the future, you will have a wider range of roles. In the future, you will not only play Diao Chan, but also Sun Shangxiang."

"Don't worry, I will study hard."

Chen Hong gently pressed her chin against Zhou Yan's chest and looked up at Zhou Yan with spring in her eyes. This made Zhou Yan unable to control himself and lowered his head to kiss Chen Hong.

But as soon as he lowered his head, the phone on the table rang.

Zhou Yan rolled his eyes and raised his hand to pick up the phone, "Hello?"

Zhang Youan's voice came from the other end of the phone, "Are you busy?"

Zhou Yan glanced at Chen Hong in his arms, curled his lips and said, "What's the matter?"

"Let me tell you something. Didn't you mention James Cameron's new movie to me before? Then I contacted him, but they were not short of money at the time, so nothing came of it."

Zhou Yan was not surprised at all when he heard Zhang Youan's words. Moreover, Zhang Youan also said at that time that there was no hope. Zhou Yan thought that Zhang Youan would not contact him.

"Didn't you foresee this in advance? Why did you call me specifically?"

"Listen to what I have to say. Originally, it didn't work out, so I gave up. But Fox called me this morning and said they hoped to cooperate."

Zhou Yan said in surprise, "Cooperation? Are they suddenly short of money again?"

"It's not that I'm short of money, it's that I want to cooperate with you."

"I?"

"Well, I want to invite you to be the soundtrack director of "Titanic"."

Hearing Zhang Youan's words, Zhou Yan narrowed his eyes.

He had never thought about scoring the soundtrack for "Titanic" before. At most, he thought about whether he could catch a mistake, invest a little money, and make a big profit.

Who would have thought that Fox would take the initiative to find him.

"What's the attitude of the other side? Does he want me to run against someone?"

"No, I just invited you to be responsible for the entire soundtrack. I also inquired about it. It was director Cameron who wanted to ask you. Didn't the soundtrack of "Sense and Sensibility" just get nominated for an Oscar, which attracted Cameron's attention? , he admired the film’s soundtrack very much.”

Zhou Yan raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that an Oscar nomination would have such an effect.

"Have you discussed the conditions?" Zhou Yan asked.

"No, I'm asking you what you mean first. Don't you know yourself? It's not like you can take any job. If you don't want to take it, I'll negotiate the job in advance. I won't let others go later. Well, that’s not good. By the way, let me tell you something.”

"whats the matter?"

"Kate Winslet has been confirmed as the heroine of this new movie. I heard what Fox said. This girl is also very perseverant. She wrote many letters to Cameron recommending herself before she won the role. You have worked with her, so you have an acquaintance on the set."

Zhou Yan smiled when he heard that Kate Winslet got the female lead. The matter of the female lead has not changed.

"Where's the male protagonist?" Zhou Yan asked curiously.

"The leading actor is Leonardo DeCap, a young boy who has recently made a name for himself. If you haven't paid attention to North American movies, you probably don't know this. This guy is good-looking. Although he is in his early twenties, he has already made many movies and was nominated for one. He won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor and is a great talent.”

Sure enough, the male protagonist is still Xiao Lizi.

As for the other characters, Zhou Yan didn't ask any more questions. The male and female protagonists have not changed. There is no problem with any changes in other characters.

Seeing that Zhou Yan was silent, Zhang Youan asked again, "Will you take this job? I'm waiting for my reply."

Zhou Yan thought for a moment and said, "Take it, ask less for the remuneration and more for the share of the film."

"Hey, it seems that you are very optimistic about this movie, but it is not necessarily easy to talk about the share. The investment in the movie is so large, people will definitely not be able to give you much share." "Try to talk as much as possible, if you can bring up one more thousand points One more thousand points.”

If the box office of "Titanic" can be as high as in its previous life, then just one thousandth of the box office will be close to two million US dollars.

"If it doesn't work out, I don't want a dime in salary."

"Tsk, tsk, you really like this movie. Okay, I know what you mean. I will find a way to talk to them. I hope you don't lose money this time."

"It's okay, I can afford the loss." Zhou Yan said with a smile.

"Okay, then let me first—"

Before Zhang Youan finished speaking, Zhou Yan hung up the phone first.

With the beauty in his arms at the moment, he had no intention of wasting time with Zhang Youan.

……

The negotiations between Zhang Youan and Fox didn't go very quickly. Fox was also cooperating with Zhou Yan for the first time. They didn't know Zhou Yan's situation, and Zhang Youan didn't know Fox's bottom line. The two sides kept testing back and forth.

Zhou Yan, on the other hand, left the matter directly to Zhang Youan to discuss, while he himself focused all his energy on the preparations for the Spring Festival Gala.

It has been exposed that he is going to attend the Spring Festival Gala.

Every time there is a Spring Festival Gala rehearsal, a group of reporters will stand outside the studio. Anyone who enters the studio will be photographed.

When it was first photographed, maybe everyone was still unsure.

But in the subsequent rows, Zhou Yan can be photographed every time, which explains the problem.

The programs of the Spring Festival Gala every year attract a lot of attention. From the day the gala began, major media have not stopped reporting on the Spring Festival Gala.

Because during the end of the year, there were a lot of reports about Zhou Yan. He was already very popular, and now that the media has photographed him attending the Spring Festival Gala, the level of discussion cannot be low.

Now everyone is speculating on what program Zhou Yan will participate in.

After all, Zhou Yan is a musician by trade, so most people speculate that his show is related to music.

But some people speculate that he may participate in some language programs, such as performing a sketch or something. After all, Zhou Yan is both a director and an actor, so it is not impossible to perform a sketch in the Spring Festival Gala.

The directing team also didn't expect that Zhou Yan's participation in the Spring Festival Gala would be so popular, and the discussion would exceed that of old people like Uncle Benshan.

At this moment, the directors are all rejoicing that they made the right decision in inviting Zhou Yan.

In fact, Zhou Yan's high attention this time is also related to the fact that it is his first time to attend the Spring Festival Gala. There have been too many old faces in the Spring Festival Gala over the years, and the audience also wants to see some new faces.

It's just that ordinary new faces don't attract attention at all, unlike Zhou Yan, who is now wearing the two hot spots of "Berlin Film Festival" and "Oscar Award", so the audience has high expectations for him to attend the Spring Festival Gala.

……

On the night of New Year's Eve, the Zhou family had their New Year's Eve dinner early, and then gathered in a circle in front of the TV, quietly waiting for the Spring Festival Gala to begin.

This is the first time in so many years that their family has watched the Spring Festival Gala in such an orderly manner.

Seeing the family gathering together to watch TV, the old lady said with a smile, "I thought Fangfang would come in because there would be more people in the house during the Chinese New Year this year, but I didn't expect Xiaoyan didn't come back."

Zhou Yu smiled and said, "Although the third brother hasn't come back, it's the same if you can see him on TV."

The old man Zhou Minnong took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "Xiaoyan is an artist. Artists belong to all the people. Let's talk about dedication."

The old lady pursed her lips, "Forget it if you don't come back for the New Year, you won't be able to come back after the New Year."

"Isn't he going to Germany to attend a film festival? He is a director this time, so it's hard not to go." Zhou Yaowen said.

"I don't know if this German guy can give me a prize."

"I guess it's embarrassing. He's too young. These film festivals also use seniority to rank people, and they don't like to give awards to young people." Zhou Yu said.

Gu Fangfang tilted her head, "I feel that the Oscar for Best Score is more likely. That award is not about age."

The old lady snorted, "If they don't give me a reward, it's because they don't know what they are doing. My dear grandson won't be surprised."

Zhou Yu chuckled, "That's right, it's their honor for my third brother to attend their film festival. When he makes a few more good movies, none of these film festivals will be able to flatter him."

Zhou Yaohua coughed lightly and said, "Be careful of arrogance and impetuosity. You are the boss, and you can't be so impetuous."

Zhao Lan smiled and said, "I think Xiaoyu is right. Our Xiaoyan doesn't care about these awards."

"Of course it's up to you to treat your own children as you please."

……

The family was chatting, and the neighbor who had resigned had already come to the door.

The neighbors were quite surprised when they saw the Zhou family sitting around the living room. They asked themselves, "What's going on this year? The old Zhou family is actually watching TV together?"

After listening to the Zhou family's explanation, they found out that Zhou Yan was going to attend the Spring Festival Gala this year, so he stayed with the Zhou family to wait for Zhou Yan to show up.

Slowly, there were more and more people in the Zhou family's living room.

In the end, the living room couldn't accommodate it, and the rest of the people had no choice but to go back to their homes and stay in front of the TV.

The Zhou family only knew that Zhou Yan would appear, but they didn't know when Zhou Yan would appear, so they could only watch one program after another.

At the end of the skit "Three Whips", the host Ni Ping announced: "Dear audience friends, next, we will dedicate a special song to you, which is "" "Memory of the Forbidden City".

Then the camera turned, and Zhou Yan and the folk band appeared on the screen.

"Third brother is out!"

Xiaojiu pointed at the screen and shouted.

As soon as she finished shouting, there were countless looks from beside her, and she quickly covered her mouth, not daring to make any more noise.

Everyone was excited to see Zhou Yan appear, but they didn't want to make any noise that would affect their performance.

"when--"

A loud bell rang, and the performance officially began.

Although the re-arranged "Memory of the Forbidden City" is a little less grand, it is still full of momentum.

Although it's not the New Year's Eve yet, the ringing of the bell makes people feel the arrival of the New Year.

The music led the audience to slowly open the door to the New Year, rolling the New Year into a scroll and slowly unfolding it. In this scroll, there is a scene of a prosperous age, which makes people's hearts beat.

The director team naturally had some considerations in choosing "Memory of the Forbidden City" to perform on the Spring Festival Gala. This piece sounds quite like the golden age. (End of chapter)