1990: Starting from Baojia Street

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Because there is no way to develop it in a short time, the film that has been taken is placed in a special box to ensure that the undeveloped film can be stored in an environment with suitable temperature and humidity to prevent it from being developed later. There's something wrong with the film.

In fact, film may not be that delicate. As long as it is stored normally, there will generally be no problems. However, it was Zhou Yan's first time making a movie, so he had to be more careful.

After dinner in the evening, Zhou Yan took Zhao Fei to chat alone again, mainly to discuss the problems encountered during today's shooting.No matter what he does, Zhou Yan likes to summarize it. At first, he forced himself to do it, but later it became a habit.

Zhao Fei knew that Zhou Yan was unsure when he was a director for the first time, so he said with a smile, "Keep your heart in your stomach. There will be no problems with the pictures taken today. You will be able to see them after they are developed later. During the post-editing, You will have confidence in your heart.”

Zhou Yan nodded and asked about editing: "Do you know about the editing room in your studio?"

"How could you not understand that in our studio's editing workshop, apart from the editors, I should be the one who goes the most frequently, and the directors may not go there as much as me." Having said this, Zhao Fei was still a little proud. , "Director Yang from the editing workshop of our factory gets annoyed when he sees me."

Zhou Yan twitched the corner of his mouth, not understanding what there was to be proud of being annoyed by others, and continued to inquire, "How is Director Yang's temper?"

"That's quite popular." Zhao Fei smiled, "So I advise you to wait until the film is edited before you do the sound, otherwise if something goes wrong, it will be very troublesome later. There are so many films, and if you change them later, Just flipping the film takes a lot of effort. I remember that that year, when Director Tian was filming "The Horse Thief", there was a problem. The film was mixed at that time, but Brother Xiaosong felt that there was a problem with the music, so he had to Change. Oh, by the way, brother Xiaosong is also from your Yangyin family, do you know him?"

Zhou Yan frowned and thought for a while, "Are you talking about Qu Xiaosong?"

Zhao Fei raised his eyebrows and said in surprise, "You really know me."

"We know each other." Zhou Yan nodded with a smile, "He is our senior brother and a teacher in our department. When I entered the school, he had just stayed at the school to teach for a few years, but he is not in the school now and has gone to the United States."

Some people say that the 77th and 78th grades of the Composition Department of the Central Conservatory of Music can be called a piece of music history, and Qu Xiaosong is a 78th grader.It is said that there are two classes, 77 and 78. In fact, it should be regarded as the first class. Due to special circumstances, the students of these two classes were admitted in 1978, so later everyone talked about them together and called them "77 and 78 classes."

Students from the "77 and 78 classes", such as Tan Dun and Chen Qigang, are troublemakers. Compared with others, Qu Xiaosong is more stable. After graduation, he stayed at the school to teach and did the soundtrack for several movies.

Last year, at the invitation of the U.S.-China Art Exchange Center at Columbia University, I went to the United States for an academic visit. I probably won’t be able to come back for a while.

"Yeah, I haven't seen him for a long time. Brother Xiaosong is very nice."

Thinking of Qu Xiaosong, Zhao Fei also sighed with emotion. In the eyes of people like them, the favored son of the composition department is somewhat distant, but Qu Xiaosong is very down-to-earth and can get along with him.

He looked at Zhou Yan again. Although Zhou Yan's style was different from Qu Xiaosong's, he was still quite approachable.

Zhou Yan didn't care much about Qu Xiaosong. He was more concerned about editing, so he brought the topic back, "Then the film was mixed and Qu Xiaosong wanted to make changes. What did you, Director Yang, say?"

Zhao Fei laughed, "That's just getting angry and expressing his determination in public that he will not change."

"Did it change later?"

"Of course it has been changed. Director Yang just said it. The main creator said it would be changed. There is no way they wouldn't change it."

Zhou Yan nodded, which sounded okay.

The two of them chatted for about an hour. Because there was still filming tomorrow, it was not advisable to go to bed too late, so they ended the chat and prepared to wash up and go to bed.

……

The next day, Zhou Yan and the others got up early in the morning and continued filming "Antfly".

Just as Zhou Yan thought, after the familiarity on the first day, the shooting efficiency would be much improved on the second day. By about two o'clock in the afternoon, most of the shots had been taken.

The rest is to shoot some more special shots, such as mid-shot reverse shots, small panoramic push shots, and large close-ups. These shots are mainly to enhance the atmosphere.

It wasn't until four o'clock that all the shots were taken.

Everyone else looked at Zhou Yan, waiting for his instructions whether they needed to reshoot or add more shots, or just call it a day.

They have seen a lot of reshoots or additional shots. Many times, it’s like lifting up your pants before remembering that you haven’t pulled them clean. At the end of the movie, the director will suddenly have some inspiration, or think of a certain item that he didn’t know before. Once the photo is taken, the photo should be postponed for a while.

Zhou Yan took the storyboard script, lowered his head and pondered for about five or six minutes, and finally looked up with a smile, "Call it off!"

"Great!"

Lighting engineer Yuan Yu jumped up and said, "It's finished!"

Everyone else also smiled. Although the filming only lasted for two days, the intensity was still quite high. There was basically no time to breathe from morning to night.Now that it was finally done, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The happiest person is of course Zhou Yan, whose first movie has been filmed.

After putting away the speech manuscript, Zhou Yan waved his hand, "Everyone, pack up and go have a roasted whole lamb later."

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The final banquet cost about 30 yuan, which may not sound like much, but it was more than [-] yuan per person.In a place like Qixian, you can eat very well in a restaurant for only ten yuan per person.

The average per capita is thirty, not to mention in Qixian County, even in Yanjing, it is a very high-end restaurant.

Mainly because Zhou Yan and the others bought a few bottles of good wine to increase their per capita consumption, otherwise they really wouldn't be able to spend so much.

When it comes to eating, Zhou Yan is not picky at all and tries his best to eat well.

Besides, the cost of the wedding banquet was paid for by the National People's Congress, so there was no need for him to dig around.

After drinking and eating, they stayed in the county overnight. Early the next morning, they rushed back to Qiaojiapu, preparing to pack up and evacuate with the large army in the past few days.

In the two days since they were absent, the set had been almost tidied up, the costume team had left, and there were not many people left in the production team.

When Zhou Yan returned to the dormitory, he was quite surprised to see He Wuming.

"You haven't left yet?"

He Wuming was reading a book. He looked up at Zhou Yan and said, "Leave this afternoon. Is your movie finished?"

"The filming is over." Zhou Yan smiled and lay down on his bed with a relaxed look on his face, "I'm so tired."

I drank very late with Liu Qing and the others last night. Although I wasn't drunk, I slept very little. I rushed back early in the morning and I was really sleepy now.And he is a bit familiar with beds. He is not used to sleeping in hotel beds.

"How was the filming?" He Wuming asked about the movie.

"Look at the smile on my face, isn't the answer obvious?"

"Obviously." He Wuming nodded and asked, "When will you leave?"

"Just these two days, I'll go to Chang'an Studio first. Are you going back to Yanjing to celebrate the New Year?"

"Back in the group, there is still a lot of work to be done."

"Then I wish you good luck in your work..."

As he spoke, Zhou Yan felt sleepiness coming over him violently, and finally couldn't bear it anymore and fell asleep.

He Wuming stared at the book in his hand, originally waiting for Zhou Yan to continue talking, but after waiting for a while, he looked up and found that Zhou Yan had fallen asleep.

He shook his head and continued reading.

……

When Zhou Yan woke up, He Wuming was already gone.

He sat up sleepily, and when he was ready to go outside to take a look, he heard Jiang Mengfei calling him at the top of his lungs from outside.

"Zhou Yan, your letter."

Before Zhou Yan could reply, a letter flew in from outside the door. The letter was very thin and obviously lacked kinetic energy in the air. It fell to the ground halfway through the air.

Zhou Yan looked at the letter on the ground and shouted, "Jiang Mengfei, you are looking for death!"

By the time Zhou Yan grabbed the broom and rushed out, Jiang Mengfei had already disappeared.

Cursing, he walked back and picked the letter up from the ground.

Zhou Yan was a little surprised when he saw the words "Yenjing Literature" on the corner of the envelope. Why was there another letter from Yanjing Literature? Didn't the matter have been settled before?Could it be that he was urging himself to go there?

When Zhou Yan read the content of the letter, he became even more confused.

It was written by literary editor Hua Yang. In the letter, Hua Yang told Zhou Yan that "Yanjing Literature" had decided to adopt his "Death of the Mayor" and would publish it in the January issue.

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