1990: Starting from Baojia Street

Chapter 57 You taught me a lesson (ten thousand words today, happy Mid-Autumn Festival)
Yu Ran is somewhat familiar with the composition department. She has listened to or performed many works by students in the composition department.

The music that composition students usually write is certainly not popular music, but it is different from the classical music that Yu Ran usually performs. It is more of the kind of avant-garde serious music that sounds a little strange.

Yu Ran wanted to ask Zhou Yan what other works were similar to "Kite" and if he could show her the score, but they had only known each other for two days. She thought it was too abrupt, so she didn't ask in the end.

When the two of them arrived at the school gate, Jia Guoping was already there. The three of them took the bus to Wangfujing Yanjing Roast Duck Restaurant. The good thing about going to school in Yangyin is that the school is within the second ring road, so it is convenient to go anywhere.

After eating, Jia Guoping suggested walking back to school to eat, and Zhou Yan and Yu Ran both nodded in agreement.

Although it was a quick ride from Yangyin to Wangfujing, it was still ten miles away and took an hour or two to walk there, but they didn't think it was a big deal.

These days, even in the capital Yanjing, the pace of life has slowed down, so it seems reasonable to walk for an hour or two to eat.

Moreover, the section from Wangfujing to Yangyin happens to pass by the Forbidden City, so the night view is pretty good.

……

In the afternoon of the next day, Zhou Yan came to Yanjing Film Studio again with his things.

Zhou Yan originally planned to come in the morning, but he called Wang Junzheng in advance, and Wang Junzheng told him to come back in the afternoon.

When Zhou Yan arrived at the entrance of the director's department, he found that the office was busier today than last time. There were seven or eight people inside, all gathered together now. They were basically young people in their 40s and 60s. Only the one standing in the middle was older. Point, probably over [-] years old.

Chen Kaige and Wang Junzheng were also there, and Zhou Yan didn't recognize the others.

At this moment, I heard the older man in the middle say: "Don't be afraid, dare to venture and do it. If anything goes wrong, I will tell you the truth. For these projects this year, we..."

People were talking about business, so Zhou Yan didn't want to disturb him, so he waited outside the door.

He listened outside for a while and probably understood. The person speaking in the middle should be Chen Zhigu, the director of Yanjing Studio. He was currently injecting blood for the directors in the directing department.

Their studio is quite busy this year. There are many projects to be launched, the work is tight and the tasks are heavy.

The factory director's style was quite straightforward. After only five or six minutes, the chicken blood was finished.

After saying what needed to be said, Chen Zhigu said "dismissed" and then walked out of the director's department.

After going out, he saw Zhou Yan standing at the door. He took another look. He was about to leave, but when he saw Zhou Yan smiling at him, he stopped and asked, "Are you Zhou Yan?"

Zhou Yan was thinking, the two of them met each other's eyes, it would be bad not to smile, but he didn't expect the other person to stop.

This old man has a very special temperament, a bit majestic.

Zhou Yan nodded and replied, "Well, hello, I'm Zhou Yan."

Chen Zhigu looked at Zhou Yan's bag again, "Did you record the soundtrack?"

"I just recorded a little demo and brought it to Director Wang to listen to."

"Come in." Chen Zhigu turned around and entered the director's office, "Kaige, can the tape recorder in your office be used?"

As soon as Chen Kaige sat down in his seat, he didn't expect that Chen Zhigu would come back again and ask if the cassette player could be used. He was a little confused, "It should work. I used it yesterday afternoon."

Another person sitting next to me said, "It works. I used it just now."

"That's good." Chen Zhigu nodded and said to Wang Junzheng, "Xiao Wang, Zhou Yan is here."

Wang Junzheng was stunned for a moment, and then she saw Zhou Yan walking in the door behind Chen Zhigu, and she couldn't help but frowned.

Zhou Yan called her in the morning and she asked him to come back in the afternoon. The reason why she asked Zhou Yan to come in the afternoon was because the factory director Chen Zhigu was not in the factory in the morning and came back in the afternoon.

But what Wang Junzheng didn't expect was that when Zhou Yan came in the afternoon, he would meet Chen Zhigu directly.

Her original plan was to meet Zhou Yan first, see how Zhou Yan was preparing, discuss it with Zhou Yan, and then go see the factory director, so that she would feel confident.

What happened now was so sudden that she was caught off guard.

Is Zhou Yan ready?
She wanted to say something else, but she saw that Chen Zhigu had already asked Zhou Yan to take the tape.

After getting the tape, Chen Zhigu put the tape directly into the radio.

Except for Wang Junzheng and the others, everyone else was confused about this sudden situation. They all looked at this side with great curiosity.

What is Director Chen doing? Who is this young man next to him?

Zhou Yan took this opportunity to say hello to Chen Kaige and Wang Junzheng.

The tape rotated in the radio for a while, and Zhou Yan's voice suddenly sounded.

"Serial number 4, "After sending the letter"."

Immediately afterwards, there is a piano piece that sounds a bit disappointing.

The song is very short, only about twenty seconds.

After it ended, the tape ran in the radio for a while, and Zhou Yan's voice sounded again.

"Serial number 5, "Radio Recorder"."

Similarly, it is followed by a piano piece, which feels a bit warm and short, less than 30 seconds.

……

Chen Zhigu and Wang Junzheng had been listening very carefully. After listening to two paragraphs, the others stopped caring.

These songs don't seem to be anything special, just ordinary soundtrack passages.

After playing side B, Chen Zhigu looked at Zhou Yan and continued to turn to side A without saying a word.

Chen Zhigu is an arbitrary person, but not impatient. In this situation, he will not rush to a conclusion.

In fact, these songs are very well written. Chen Zhigu can tell Zhou Yan's musical skills, but these songs are nothing special. Because they are all short paragraphs, they can't hear anything by themselves, and they can't impress people. Feel.

If it were just a clip like this, it might not be enough to convince Chen Zhigu to use a student as the soundtrack director for the film.

The idling in front of front A was a bit long. About 20 seconds passed before Zhou Yan's voice was heard.

"Serial number, "Kite"."

After the sound ended, the tape idled for nearly ten seconds before the music started to sound.

At first, this section seems to be no different from the ones on side B. They are all short piano solo passages.

Just when Chen Zhigu thought that this song "Kite" was the same as the short passages on side B, the sound of a violin suddenly appeared.After the sound of the violin came in, the feeling of this piece suddenly changed.

Chen Zhigu narrowed his eyes unconsciously, and everyone else in the office also looked this way.

This is the first time so far that the sound of an instrument other than piano has appeared in the radio. This is quite eye-catching, and the melody after the violin is played is very catchy and can be listened to at once.

But the surprise is yet to come. The melody slowly advances with the violin. When the mood slowly reaches a small high point, the violin sound slowly weakens and finally stops.

This is followed by a 20-second piano interlude.

After the interlude, the sound of another instrument came in...it was the cello!
The cello has a rich and rich sound, which has an advantage in narrative. When the cello comes out, everyone present feels that the emotion of the tune is being pushed by a pair of big hands to a higher point, which is more surging than when the violin entered just now.

Chen Zhigu looked at Zhou Yan again. This time, his eyes looked a little different.

Although he had only listened to a short section of the song so far, and he didn’t know how long it would last, the richness of the song exceeded his imagination. He tried to think of the story of "Reply from Heaven" in his mind, and then discovered that this This song is indeed very suitable for "Heaven Replies". This sad mood of suddenly losing support is just like the emptiness of the grandson after losing his grandfather in the movie.

In conjunction with the script and story, he also had a lot of emotions.

When he saw the script revised by Wang Junzheng before, he was moved by the family love in the story. He would also think of his little grandson. Although the relationship between him and his grandson was different from that in the script, the feelings were similar.

On the other side, Wang Junzheng could no longer stand properly. She lowered her head and put her hands on the table, as if her legs had given out.

Wang Junzheng's adoptive father, like the grandfather in the movie, was also a postal and telecommunications employee, so during the adaptation process of the script, Wang Junzheng poured a lot of affection for his adoptive father.

Many details of the relationship between grandfather and grandson also come from Wang Junzheng's own memory.

It can even be said that she made this movie just to dedicate it to her adoptive father.

Wang Junzheng is a very sensitive person who sheds tears easily. When she was revising the script of "Reply from Heaven", she would cry while revising it. Tears stains can be seen on many scripts.

When she heard Zhou Yan's song, those past memories came out like a tide again, impacting her heart and her tear ducts.

When the second verse of the song played, Wang Junzheng couldn't bear it anymore. A teardrop burst out of his eyes and fell on the table.Wang Junzheng didn't dare to wipe it, so he could only sit down and lower his head to cover up his gaffe.

At this time, no one in the office paid attention to Wang Junzheng, everyone's attention was on this piece of music.

What kind of tune is this?
New song?

What does this young man have to do with this song?
Why does Director Chen play this song?
Everyone is guessing.

When Chen Kaige heard this piece of music, he also raised his eyebrows.

This piece of music is good and easy to resonate with. He looked at Zhou Yan and thought that Zhou Yan was Zhao Jiping's assistant. He also had a guess in his mind. Could it be that Zhao Jiping was hired as the soundtrack director for "Reply from Heaven" and this piece was written by Zhao Jiping. of?
But it's a little different. This piece of music is not the same as Zhao Jiping's style.

……

When the song ends, five or six minutes have passed.

While the tape was idling, one hand directly pressed the pause button.

Chen Zhigu ejected the tape, then showed a smile to Zhou Yan, "Zhou Yan, come to my office, Xiao Wang, you can come too."

Wang Junzheng secretly wiped his tears and nodded, "Okay."

Although she tried to control it, everyone could tell that her voice was hoarse, as if she had cried.

Then Wang Junzheng took Zhou Yan, and they followed Chen Zhigu to his office.

As soon as he arrived at the factory director's office, Wang Junzheng said with firm eyes, "Director, if you don't agree to let Zhou Yan serve as the soundtrack director of "Reply from Heaven," then I won't make this movie."

Chen Zhigu glanced at Wang Junzheng and suddenly smiled, "Do you think I will still reject you now?"

Wang Junzheng showed a surprised expression, "Director, do you agree?"

"Agreed." Chen Zhigu nodded and looked at Zhou Yan with emotion on his face, "Sure enough, a hero comes from a young age. Zhou Yan, you taught me a real lesson today."

Zhou Yan didn't know Chen Zhigu's attitude before, but after hearing Wang Junzheng's words just now, he could probably guess that Chen Zhigu must have been opposed to his role as "Reply from Heaven" before.

Therefore, Zhou Yan also felt a little grateful to Wang Junzheng. It seemed that Wang Junzheng had helped him fight for this matter.

"Director, you are joking."

"It's because you are humble and you have such talent. No wonder Director Wang insists on giving you a chance to show it off. I will leave it to you for the soundtrack of "Heaven Replies" later on."

Chen Zhigu is arbitrary because he believes in his own judgment. When his judgment changes, his arbitrary will change. He now believes that Zhou Yan is the best candidate for "Reply from Heaven".

Of course, if he encounters this kind of situation again in the future, Chen Zhigu will behave as before.

Because he knows that Zhou Yan's situation is quite special. Not every student can behave like Zhou Yan, even students from Yangyin.

Zhou Yan smiled and nodded, "Don't worry, director, I will take the soundtrack work of "Reply from Heaven" seriously."

"Thank you very much." Chen Zhigu smiled and asked about Zhao Jiping again, "How is Teacher Zhao recently? I haven't seen him for a while."

"Everything's going well lately. I'm pretty busy with the last project."

Zhou Yan didn't say what the last project was, but Chen Zhigu knew it was "Raise the Red Lantern". Then the two briefly chatted for a few words. Chen Zhigu had nothing to say, so Zhou Yan and Wang Junzheng left.

……

After walking out of Chen Zhigu's office, Wang Junzheng smiled and said, "Zhou Yan, your performance today really surprised me. That song "Kite" is really suitable for this movie."

"I was inspired by it after reading the script." Zhou Yan said with a smile.

"I also want to say what Director Chen said just now. You really taught me a lesson today."

In fact, Wang Junzheng didn't pay much attention to the soundtrack directing at the beginning.

She believes that the soundtrack is just the icing on the cake for the movie.

But now she believes that a good soundtrack can make a huge difference to the movie. When she was listening to "Kite" just now, she actually had a new picture in her mind.

In the original split shot, the last scene of flying a kite was a sunny day, but just now, listening to the music, the scene of flying a kite appeared in her mind again. The background turned out to be a rainy day, and the raindrops hit the kite heavily, making it swing hard. Body.

Now she is considering whether to change the storyboard.

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