1990: Starting from Baojia Street

"Since you have already established contact, I won't ask any more questions."

Sun Qin said with a smile, "Aren't there a few others?"

"Don't worry, wait until I believe it."

"Okay, then I'll wait for your news. Also, I want to congratulate you. The box office of Time Traveler is another big hit. I heard that it has made more than 30 million, and it's only been released for more than ten days."

"It's a small scene, no need to make a fuss."

"Oh my god, I installed it for you. But speaking of which, 'Time Traveler' is probably the movie you criticized the most. I didn't know it before, but I just saw it these two days. Many newspapers criticized it, and many of them were literary newspapers."

"Yes, it was first published in the At Your Service newspaper, an article by Zhang Yiwu, the main content of which was to criticize me."

"What are you criticizing? I don't pay much attention to it, so I don't know what they are arguing about specifically."

"Zhang Yiwu said that my works are copied from the West and lack the Eastern core, which is a spiritual compromise."

"..." Sun Qin was silent for a while, "Is this person a film critic?"

“I’m a literary critic.”

"Uh, he's someone important? You're scolding him just because of an article he wrote? Didn't you get into trouble?"

"The circle is so small that when something happens, many people are like it's Chinese New Year."

"That's true... I actually know a little about this At Your Service Newspaper. Their editor-in-chief's surname is Chen. He used to be a cartoonist. I met him once."

"His last name is Chen, and he draws comics?" Zhou Yan went over these two pieces of information in his mind, and was stunned that no one had thought of this.

"Oh, he should be quite familiar with Wang Shuo and Ma Weidu's group."

Zhou Yan raised his eyebrows. This was a new situation.

However, he did not associate this incident with Wang Shuo. After all, he and Wang Shuo had no grudges in the past or today, so Wang Shuo had no reason to deal with him.

Moreover, according to Wang Shuo's personality, if someone really has a grievance against him, he would not look for someone to scold him. As for scolding people, Wang Shuo is addicted to it and would not let others do it for him.

"Actually, I didn't pay much attention to how they cursed me these past two days."

Sun Qin laughed and said, "They are scolding you passionately, but you, the protagonist, are just relaxing every day, not taking it seriously. If those who scold you knew you were in this state, they would definitely be so angry that they would vomit blood."

"I would like to thank them. After all, they have contributed to the good box office of Time Traveler."

"Haha, you have a good attitude, but I think you can't stop scolding me. How will this end?"

"Over time, it will naturally fade away."

"It feels difficult this time. It might get out of hand."

Zhou Yan didn't take it seriously. This kind of thing wouldn't be a big deal no matter how much he made a fuss about it.

When intellectuals talk nonsense, sometimes it is very lethal, able to kill people without them even noticing, but sometimes it is completely harmless, so just treat it as someone farting.

"Anyway, I don't have the energy to care about those things now."

Zhou Yan had a good rest a few days ago, but now he has more work to do.

As the end of the year is approaching, jobs of all sizes are pouring in. Alan Rickman has made several phone calls in the past two days, all of which were about discussing the soundtrack for "The Winter Visitor" with Zhou Yan.

This was a job Zhou Yan had agreed to do before, so of course he couldn't just ignore it now. His plan now was to find time to go to the UK after the New Year.

"Winter Visitors" is a small job, and the soundtrack doesn't have much music. Zhou Yan is confident that he can finish it in a short time.

But after all, this was the first time that Alan Rickman directed a movie, so he attached great importance to every aspect of the film, and the soundtrack was no exception.

In addition, Zhou Yan is not only a composer, but also a well-known director. When Alan Rickman called him, he didn't just talk about composing music, but also talked to him about the filming of the movie.

Zhou Yan has always been generous when it comes to sharing experiences, and with just a few phone calls, he helped Alan Rickman solve many problems.

And the more Zhou Yan was willing to help, the more Alan Rickman liked to look for him.

In addition to "Winter Visitors", Zhou Yan is also working on the manuscript of "The Greatest Showman".

Fortunately, the progress is good and it should be completed before the Chinese New Year.

After chatting with Sun Qin for a few more sentences, Zhou Yan hung up the phone and continued to work.

Zhou Yan originally wanted to check out the recent quarrels in newspapers such as the Literary Gazette and At Your Service, because from what Sun Qin said it seemed to have escalated, but after thinking about it, he gave up.

He thought that even if the verbal fights escalated, there probably wouldn't be any problem. When everyone had cursed enough and had said all the possible words, it would be time to call it a day.

But what Zhou Yan never expected was that the development of things gradually exceeded his expectations.

The next day, January 6, Han Shaogong sued the At Your Service Newspaper as well as Zhang Yiwu and Wang Gan.

Now, two things became one.

"Spiritual Lack" and "Spiritual Compromise" written by Zhang Yiwu are regarded as a series, so Zhou Yan is naturally tied together.

Now that Han Shaogong is suing Zhang Yiwu, it is as if Zhou Yan has also sued Zhang Yiwu.

The nature of the matter suddenly changed.

Han Shaogong's lawsuit not only failed to stop Zhang Yiwu and others from fighting, but instead aroused their fighting spirit and the verbal battle became more intense.

Zhang Yiwu probably thought it was not worthwhile to publish an article to scold only one person, so the articles he published later in "At Your Service Newspaper" were all about AOE skills, and he also scolded Zhou Yan and other people who helped Zhou Yan talk to Han Shaogong.

……

On the afternoon of January 8th, Zhou Yan and Liu Hang were studying the renovation plan in Workshop No. 7.

Zhou Yan finally decided to renovate Workshop No. 7 into a simple theater, which could be used for performances and activities in the future.

The reason he made this decision was that he learned that it would take at least three years to build a real concert hall.

Now we can make some simple modifications to Workshop No. 7 and complete the transition within three years.

In Zhou Yan's vision, the ultimate goal is to connect workshop No. 7 and workshop No. 8 and transform them into a large music center.

Factory buildings No. 7 and No. 8 are connected together and cover a large area of ​​nearly 100 acres.

With such a large area, it is of course impossible to build just a concert hall.

Zhou Yan plans to build a concert hall with a capacity of 1,600 to 2,200 seats, two multi-functional halls, as well as a recording studio and a piano room.

For such a large renovation project, it would probably take a long time just to find someone to design the blueprints.

The renovation of Factory No. 7 is now much simpler. We just need to build a stage, get some seats, purchase a set of audio equipment, and at most a set of lights, and we're done.

As for the sound field effect, there is no way to expect it for the time being.

"Although it's for transition purposes, the stage can't be too small. We'll need 600 hard seats first." Zhou Yan didn't want to spend too much on chairs, so he might as well save the money on audio and lighting equipment.

"Boss, do you want to replace the windows?"

Zhou Yan looked at the windows around him. They were all made of ordinary glass and the sound insulation was not very good.

But if you want to change it, it will cost a lot.

After hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth and said, "Change it. This window is really too bad."

"Is that door..."

"Change!" Zhou Yan said immediately.

Now that the windows have been replaced, the doors must be replaced as well, otherwise the windows would have been replaced in vain.

After talking about changing the door, Zhou Yan looked at the ceiling of the factory again.

"Let's add some wooden boards on the top and make a simple sound field structure. Anything we can save is good."

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The first floor of the factory building is not very high, only about eight meters. If you want to make it into a large concert hall, the two upper floors must be connected. Adding some wooden boards to modify the sound field structure can only be said to be better than nothing.

Liu Hang nodded and wrote down Zhou Yan's words in his notebook. After that, he asked, "What about the wall..."

Zhou Yan waved his hand, "Don't touch the other things. Even if you want to touch them, you have to wait until next year. Let's finish the ones I just mentioned first."

He was afraid that the more he spoke, the more things he would want to change.

He is not afraid of spending money, as he is not well off now. However, he can still afford to renovate a small concert hall. However, if he has to renovate too many places, he may not have enough time for the construction.

They planned to hold the studio's New Year's Eve party on January 29th. Today is the 8th, so there are only 21 days left.

However, among the items Zhou Yan just mentioned, only the windows take a longer time to complete.

The stage was built very quickly, in just a few days.

As for equipment such as sound and lighting, the main issue is the time it takes to purchase the equipment. Once the equipment arrives, the installation is very quick.

After explaining the renovation project, Zhou Yan said to Liu Hang, "Let's set the date on the 29th. You can inform all departments later, and also tell the school-enterprise cooperation office."

"Okay, I heard that the Central Academy of Drama has already prepared the programs, but do we need to review or select these programs in advance?"

Zhou Yan waved his hand and said, "No need, we can just wait until the final rehearsal and see. Whether the show is good or not, the consequences will be borne by them."

"Well, then invite guests..."

"I'll make a list for you later, and you can contact them. I'll contact the others myself."

"no problem."

"Then what else..."

Zhou Yan was just about to say that there was nothing else and was about to leave the factory, but he saw Yu Hua pushing Shi Tiesheng in from the front door.

"Why are you two here?" Zhou Yan asked curiously.

It was normal for Yu Hua and Shi Tiesheng to come to the studio, so he certainly wouldn't feel strange, but it was quite strange that the two of them came to the factory.

It's so cold, who doesn't want to stay indoors?

"We went to your office just now, but we couldn't find you. Xiao Li said you came to the factory."

"What's going on that's worth you coming to the factory in such a cold weather?"

"I came here to tell you a piece of news, and also to see how you plan to renovate the factory."

"What news?" Zhou Yan asked.

"Hasn't Han Shaogong sued At Your Service Newspaper and Zhang Yiwu? Now there are new developments. CCTV has also reported this incident."

"CCTV?" Zhou Yan was very surprised.

He didn't expect that even CCTV would report this incident.

Nowadays, ordinary people have few channels to receive information, and many people get news from the outside world from CCTV. Therefore, everything that appears on CCTV is a big deal, and the speed of dissemination far exceeds other media channels.

"Yes, we were also surprised. We didn't expect things to develop to this point. Now this matter is becoming more and more entertaining," said Yu Hua.

Shi Tiesheng laughed and said, "It has already been turned into entertainment. Didn't Yangcheng Evening News publish the article in the 'Entertainment World' section before? Do you think literature and entertainment are still separate now?"

Zhou Yan was very surprised after hearing what they said. He never expected things to develop to this point.

He always felt that he understood the media's tricks, so when Zhang Yiwu scolded him at the beginning, he was not surprised because he had already anticipated what would happen next.

But now he finds that he has overestimated the degree of acceptance of these writers, critics, and cultural figures towards the rise of popular culture and media.

Obviously, many people have not yet learned how to deal with the rapidly emerging popular culture and media.

Although today's media has not yet completely transformed into a cesspool that will do anything to earn clicks, the media will not think about issues from the perspective of the parties involved in the news. What they always pursue is attention.

Today, all major media outlets as well as these critics and authors are embroiled in each other's efforts to make the matter bigger and bigger, and ultimately even CCTV could not escape this vortex.

"Now everyone is paying attention to whether Han Shaogong can succeed in suing At Your Service Newspaper." Yu Hua smiled and asked Zhou Yan, "What do you think?"

Zhou Yan shook his head. "I don't know either. But a lawsuit would definitely not be good for either party."

Shi Tiesheng nodded. "Everyone knows that suing is useless. Han Shaogong knows that too. Now many people are scolding him for making a mountain out of a molehill. There is no need to take matters between critics and writers to the government office. But Shaogong has no other choice. Zhang Yiwu and his colleagues published such an article. All major media outlets have taken turns to make the matter more and more heated, and are about to make his plagiarism a fait accompli. Faced with this overwhelming stigma, he can only think of suing."

Zhou Yan naturally understood this situation. He also knew that even if Han Shaogong won the lawsuit, the negative impact could not be eliminated.

"Alas, this matter will probably end up badly for both parties." Yu Hua sighed.

Zhou Yanyue shook his head and said, "No."

Yu Hua looked at Zhou Yan strangely, "Why not?"

"No matter who wins the lawsuit, Zhang Yiwu has achieved his goal. He has the fame he wanted."

"If he loses the lawsuit, can he still be famous?"

"Well, just wait and see. People like Zhang Yiwu will become more and more famous the more he curses others."

"What's the point of having such a name?"

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Being famous brings benefits. Zhang Yiwu naturally knows this truth. The more people he scolds, the more money he can make."

Yu Hua knew that Zhou Yan was probably right. He could only sigh and say, "This world is becoming more and more incomprehensible." (End of this chapter)