1990: Starting from Baojia Street

Chapter 63 I’m here to listen to the music (4.4nd update [-]k)

The filming was over, but the rain did not stop. Everyone ran to the eaves of the Meridian Gate to take shelter from the rain.

Many people got wet, but they came because of the rain, so they were well prepared. As soon as the show was over, the venue staff started distributing towels to the crew.

Zhou Yan saw that Sun Qin and the others were also covered in water, so he asked for three more towels from the venue attendant and handed them to Sun Qin.

"Wipe it. It's still cold today. If you don't wipe it dry, it's easy to get sick."

"Thank you, thank you so much." Sun Qin took the towel with a grateful face: "We were not prepared at all, we didn't even bring an umbrella."

"Is the machine okay?" Zhou Yan asked.

Sun Qin looked behind him and said with a smile, "It's okay. I've been blocking it. If something goes wrong with the machine, it will be difficult to get back."

"It's okay." Zhou Yan nodded and went to help others pack their things.

Although they were all caught in the rain, the scene was finally over. Everyone in the crew was in a good mood, and some of them were already discussing where to go for dinner in the evening.

Before the filming of this scene, Wang Junzheng told them that he would take them to a dinner party after the filming was completed.

Wang Junzheng also kept his word and asked people to find a place to eat as soon as the filming was over.

After she dried Shi Chen's hair, she ran over to Zhou Yan and said, "Don't leave for a while. Come have dinner with us tonight."

Zhou Yan didn't have much to do at night anyway, so he stopped being pretentious and nodded with a smile, "Okay, eating rice is my favorite."

"What are you talking about? You are our soundtrack director. As a director, I can't starve you even if I don't have anything to eat."

At this moment, Sun Qin returned the towel and passed by. Wang Junzheng said to him again, "Xiao Sun, if you have nothing to do tonight, let's have a meal together."

Sun Qin said with a smile, "The rain has subsided in a while, and we have to go back to the stage to light the moon. The filming at the Forbidden City has come to an end, so we need to quickly sort out the materials and show them to the team leader. As you know, our team leader has a bad temper." Very anxious."

"Teacher Sun is really impatient." Wang Junzheng nodded and said, "Go back and tell Teacher Sun that the soundtrack should not be careless. Especially for the kind of promotional video you are shooting now, the soundtrack may be more important than the picture."

Hearing Wang Junzheng mention the soundtrack again, Sun Qin raised his eyebrows and looked at Zhou Yan. Director Wang seemed to want to recommend Zhou Yan to score the soundtrack for them?

He smiled and said, "How about Director Zhou give us some advice?"

In fact, Sun Qin had misunderstood. The reason why Wang Junzheng mentioned the soundtrack twice was because she really believed that Sun Qin and the others should pay attention to the soundtrack. It was all out of good intentions.

But when Sun Qin said this, Wang Junzheng followed his words and said, "Yes, talk to Zhou Yan more, he is a professional. Let me tell you, if it weren't for Zhou Yan, there would be no such scene today. "

"How do you say this?" Sun Qin asked curiously.

Wang Junzheng explained with a smile, "Originally, this scene was planned to be shot on a sunny day, but the song Zhou Yan gave me before gave me the feeling of a rainy day. I think it would be a pity not to match such a good artistic conception, just Change this scene to a rainy day.”

Sun Qin didn't expect that there was such a story behind today's scene. According to common sense, the soundtrack is to match the picture with appropriate music, but with Wang Junzheng, it was reversed. She actually changed the original version because of the soundtrack. lens.

This made Sun Qin curious about that piece of music. How good does it have to be for Wang Jun to have such an idea?
You know, in order to shoot this rain scene, their crew stayed in Meridian Square for several days. The cost of changing the scene was not small.

"What kind of music has such charm?"

Wang Junzheng smiled and said, "Go to our factory when you have time, and I will play it for you. I guarantee that your jaw will drop."

Listening to Wang Junzheng praising himself in this way, Zhou Yan said modestly, "Sister Wang is overly praised. In fact, music is not absolutely good or bad. If a piece of music happens to meet people who like it, it is the blessing of the piece and the creator. Blessing. I also want to thank Sister Wang for allowing more people to hear this song."

Hearing Zhou Yan's words, Sun Qin blinked and thought to himself, is Zhou Yan really a student?Have you never been in a government agency?Why do these words sound so familiar? I always feel like I have heard them in the workplace?
In fact, many people know how to say some words, but it is not easy to say them as naturally as Zhou Yan.

Wang Junzheng was used to it. She had already experienced Zhou Yan's ability to praise people. The key was that Zhou Yan praised people. It felt very sincere, and his wording was not too exaggerated, making people think that he was flattering.

"Director Zhou is so humble." Sun Qin smiled and asked, "Where are you studying? I will ask you for advice when I have the opportunity in the future."

"I'm in the Composition Department of Yangyin University."

Sun Qin gave a thumbs up, "Yangyin Composition Department, no wonder."

The directors of Yanjing Film Academy, the actors in Chinese dramas, and the composers of Yangyin are all famous. Sun Qin himself graduated from the directing department of Yanjing Film Academy.

People often talk about these three majors together, but Sun Qin himself knows that the Composition Department of Yangyin University is not of the same dimension as their other two majors.

As for the soundtrack for the promotional video, Sun Qin didn't go into detail because he couldn't make the decision.

He can find the music composer of his unit by himself, and he can also talk to the music composer about what music to use, but when it comes to outsourcing work, the situation is different. Sun Zonglu, the leader of their special group, must nod his approval.

Since you can't make the decision, it may cause embarrassment later if the conversation goes too deep.

Sun Qin did not talk further, and Zhou Yan and Wang Junzheng did not take the initiative to mention this matter again.

The main reason is that this promotional video is a bit too short, and there is very little material related to the Forbidden City, which makes Zhou Yan not interested.

After the rain subsided, Sun Qin took the other two young people and left first.

Zhou Yan and the others did not stay long, and the army set off back to Yanjing Film Studio first, and then to the hotel.

……

On the way back, the young man in charge of driving asked Sun Qin, "Brother Sun, do you think that Zhou Yan is really the music director?"

Sun Qin glanced at the young man. His name was Hu Wei. He was a new foreign reporter in the station and he was very high-spirited.

Maybe it was because he saw that Zhou Yan was younger than him, so he felt a little unconvinced.

"Then you mean, Director Wang told us lies?"

"No... I think he has a very good relationship with Director Wang. They call each other Sister Wang."

Sun Qin rolled his eyes and looked at Hu Wei and said nothing. However, he was already thinking about how to find an opportunity to transfer Hu Wei away. This kid was not careful and would get into trouble sooner or later.

Sun Qin was not without doubts as to whether Zhou Yan was as good as Wang Junzheng said, but Zhou Yan definitely had something, and it wouldn't be all through the back door. He knew the rules of Yanjing Studio, and he also knew the personalities of Wang Junzheng and Chen Zhigu. Know.

After returning to the stage, Sun Qin went to talk to their team leader Sun Zonglu about the soundtrack, but he didn't say anything about his encounter with Zhou Yan today.

Sun Zonglu didn't say anything and asked him to shoot the material first and decide on the soundtrack later.

About four or five days later, when Sun Qin was about to put down the music score, he happened to pass by the gate of Yanjing Film Studio when he was out doing errands.

Thinking of Wang Junzheng's words that day, Sun Qin turned the front of his car and rode towards the factory.

When I arrived at the director's office, I didn't see Wang Junzheng. Only two directors, Chen Kaige and Tian Zhuangzhuang, were there.

"Excuse me, where is Director Wang?"

Sun Qin knew Chen Kaige and Tian Zhuangzhuang, but they didn't know him. Chen Kaige looked at him and said, "Director Wang should have gone to the editing workshop. Is there something urgent you want to see her for? If it's not urgent, just wait for a while. I think it will be over soon." came back."

"Then I'll wait for her for a while." Sun Qin nodded.

"You can sit down wherever you want." Chen Kaige said, then turned to continue talking to Tian Zhuangzhuang, "Now the preliminary preparations are almost complete, we are just waiting for the actors to train their skills."

Tian Zhuangzhuang narrowed his eyes and smiled and said, "I heard that you also hired the soundtrack director of "Reply from Heaven"?" Chen Kaige waved his hand, "Nothing, Zhou Yan was originally the on-site director invited by Teacher Zhao Jiping. This is related to Lao Tian You have to figure it out, and what does digging mean? One person can't score two movies? But since you were away during this period, I heard a lot of news from the factory."

Tian Zhuangzhuang laughed, "There's nothing I can do about it, there are people who are willing to talk to me about these things."

……

The two people were chatting over there, and Sun Qin was also listening with his ears pricked up.

He just heard Zhou Yan's name and wanted to hear more about Zhou Yan. Unfortunately, Chen Kaige and Tian Zhuangzhuang never talked about Zhou Yan again.

Chen Kaige said that Wang Junzheng might be back soon, but Sun Qin waited in the office for more than half an hour until Chen Kaige and Tian Zhuangzhuang left before waiting for Wang Junzheng.

Wang Junzheng was also surprised to see Sun Qin coming, "Xiao Sun, why are you here?"

Sun Qin smiled and said, "I went out to do something. When I passed by, I came in to take a look."

"Oh, you've been here for a while, I just went to the editing workshop to watch a film."

"Well, Director Chen and the others were here just now and told me." Sun Qin nodded.

"Sit down." Wang Zhengjun poured a glass of water for Sun Qin, "You came to me just to see me, right?"

Wang Zhengjun was a straight-tempered man, so he asked directly without making any detours.

When Sun Qin saw Wang Jun asking directly, he also smiled and said, "I want to hear the piece you mentioned last time, the one made by Director Zhou."

"Oh, I'm here to listen to the music." Wang Junzheng smiled, "What else do I care about? Okay, just wait a moment, I don't have any tapes here."

After that, Wang Junzheng left the office and came back not long after with a tape.

"The original is at Zhou Yan's place, so we made two copies. I took one copy home, and I got the other one from the reference room."

Wang Junzheng explained, and then put the tape into the tape recorder.

Idling, recording sound, idling.

More than 20 seconds later, the first note came out of the radio.

Like everyone else, the previous piano solo did not make Sun Qin feel any emotional turmoil. It was just a piano piece that sounded nice but had no characteristics.

But when the violin came in, he, like everyone else who had heard the piece before, had a look of surprise on his face.

Until a few minutes later, when the song ended, Sun Qin still maintained the same expression as when the violin sound came in.

"Is this a piece written by Director Zhou?" Sun Qinana asked.

"I'm surprised." Wang Junzheng smiled. She liked to see other people's surprised expressions when they heard "Kite". It would be even better if they could hear them cry.

"If you know the plot of "Reply from Heaven", you will definitely feel more emotionally, but I can't show you the script."

Sun Qin nodded. He began to understand why Wang Junzheng would modify the movie shots for a song, because it was worth it.

There are many kinds of good songs, some are high-pitched and have a certain appreciation threshold; some are just average at first hearing, but become very good after listening to them several times; and some can catch the ears of the audience after listening to them for the first time.

This song "Kite" belongs to the third type.

Sun Qin believes in Wang Junzheng's words. If it can be combined with the story of "Reply from Heaven", the listening experience will definitely be better.However, he believes that even if it does not match any plot scenes, the song is enough to move people's hearts when eaten alone.

A song like this will definitely add a lot of points to the movie.

If only their promotional videos could be paired with music of this quality...

"Director Wang, can I take this tape back?" Sun Qin couldn't help but ask.

He knew that if he wanted to persuade the team leader to agree to hand over the music to outsiders, he had to let the team leader hear the music.

In fact, when asked this question, Sun Qin didn't have much hope, but what he didn't expect was that Wang Junzheng nodded, "Okay, but this is the only part of our data room. If you want, I'll have to add more." Go and make a copy."

They have a tape copying machine in the factory, so it's not a hassle.

In fact, there is nothing to worry about when giving the tape to Sun Qin. Anyway, the music in it has been filed, which means it has been published, but now Sun Qin can hear it in advance.

Sun Qin said gratefully, "Thank you, Director Wang."

"Haha, you're welcome. If you have the opportunity in the future, your station will also help our factory with special topics." Wang Junzheng said with a smile.

"Director Wang is joking, why does your factory need us to help promote it? But if you are willing, we can ask you for help later when we do special topics related to movies. When it comes to Chinese movies, your Yanjing Film Studio must be I can’t help but mention it.”

"Hey, stop complimenting us." Wang Jun waved his hand, "I'll ask them to copy the tape for you."

……

After getting the copied tape, Sun Qin rushed to the TV station, but halfway through, he stopped again.

After pondering for a moment, Sun Qin finally turned the car and rode in the direction of Yang Yin.

He realized that he had to talk to Zhou Yan first to see what Zhou Yan thought about the soundtrack for the promotional video, otherwise he might not have any good results if he rashly went back to find Sun Zonglu.

"Kite" is indeed a good song, but it is not suitable to appear in their promotional video "Aftertaste of Yanjing".

Some people can write a certain type of music well, but that doesn't prove that they can also write another type of music well.

But when Sun Qin arrived at the gate of Yangyin's school, he remembered something - he didn't know where Zhou Yan lived.

Sun Qin only knew two pieces of information, his name and major. He didn't even know what grade Zhou Yan was in.

But now that he was at the door, he had no choice but to look for it. He looked around the door and then stopped a male classmate.

"Hello, classmate, do you know Zhou Yan?"

Sun Qin just wanted to try his luck, and never thought that he could ask just anyone, but the boy actually said, "Are you talking about Senior Brother Zhou Yan from the Composition Department?"

"Yes, that's right. Do you know my classmates from the composition department?" Sun Qin said in surprise.

The boy nodded, "Well, he should be in the composition department classroom at this time. Enter through this gate, walk straight, and pass..."

Halfway through, the boy may have felt that it was a bit confusing, so he simply said, "I'll take you there."

In fact, the sound of Yangyang is not big, but the road inside is quite circuitous, so it is more troublesome to describe it.

The boy took Sun Qin to the composition department classroom, and then Sun Qin saw Zhou Yan standing on the podium giving a lecture.

This scene made Sun Qin a little dazed. He suddenly felt that his memory was biased. That day, Zhou Yan said that he was studying at Yangyin, not teaching, right?

(End of this chapter)