1990: Starting from Baojia Street

Chapter 78 I can’t control it (please subscribe)

After another twenty minutes, Xu Feng finally put down the script in his hand.

She did not comment on the storyline at the first moment, but asked about the soundtrack mentioned in the script, "I see that I am not familiar with the names of several piano pieces in it. Is it because I am ignorant, or..."

In Zhou Yan's script, every time the young male protagonist plays the piano, he will note what music he plays. There are several songs Xu Feng has heard of, such as Liszt's "Bell" and Chopin's "Torrent", but there are also A few songs she had never heard of.

Zhou Yan knew what she wanted to ask, so he smiled and said, "There are two songs in this short film that I wrote myself."

"Which two are they? Clown Morning Song and Secret Joy?" Xu Feng asked.

Zhou Yan shook his head, "No, it's "Hidden Joy" and "Croatian Rhapsody."

"Croatian Rhapsody?" Xu Feng turned over the script, "Why didn't I see this piece?"

Zhou Yan said with a smile, "Because this song appears at the end of the story, I'm still writing it, and it's not in the script you have."

"I see... that's right." Xu Feng then remembered to ask about the rest of the story, "What's the final ending?"

"The ending is that the male protagonist and the orchestra perform his original piece "Croatian Rhapsody" on the stage, and his family is listening to his performance in the audience."

Xu Feng laughed and said, "This is a very warm ending, just like the whole story. Unfortunately, grandpa passed away, otherwise he would have been able to see the male protagonist on stage playing the piano again, and he would have been very happy."

"There will always be some regrets in life."

"Yes, there will always be some regrets in life, just like a person who wants to be a pilot, but ends up being a carpenter." Xu Feng sighed, and then asked Zhou Yan, "The two songs "Hidden Joy" and "Croatian Rhapsody" Have you recorded this song?"

"Not yet." Zhou Yan shook his head.

Xu Feng said regretfully, "What a pity, I really want to listen to these two pieces of music."

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Sister Xu Feng, if you really want to hear it, there is nothing you can do."

"What can I do?" Xu Feng's eyes lit up.

Zhou Yan raised his hands and said, "Let them play for you."

Xu Feng looked at Zhou Yan's hands and felt like she was looking at a pair of magician's hands. Yes, she could let Zhou Yan play for her.

But she shook her head again, "But there is no piano, so your school's piano room shouldn't be open during the summer vacation, right?"

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "In principle, it is not open, but it doesn't matter, I have a way."

With that said, Zhou Yan stood up and prepared to take Xu Feng out.

As soon as he stood up, Zhou Qing and the others, who were immersed in reading, looked up.

Lao Jiu looked at Zhou Yan with a cute look on his face, his eyes twitching, and said in a pleading tone, "Third brother, can we also go and listen to you play the piano?"

It turned out that these guys seemed to be reading, but in fact they had been secretly listening to him talking to Xu Feng.

Zhou Yan looked at several expectant faces. Under such circumstances, of course he couldn't refuse.

"Okay." Zhou Yan nodded.

"yeah."

"Oh, I'm listening to Third Brother play the piano."

They put down the books in their hands one after another, and then lined up from small to large to go out.

Seeing how amused Zhou Jiajun was, Xu Feng covered his mouth and laughed: "Are all your children so funny?"

She couldn't help but stretched out her hand in front of Lao Jiu, "Come, little girl, I will take you with me."

Lao Jiu didn't hesitate at all. He took Xu Feng's hand and asked Xu Feng, "Then you must hold me tightly and don't lose me."

Seeing Lao Jiu so cute, Xu Feng's heart almost melted, and he only regretted that he had not given birth to a daughter.

Zhou Qing was very smart. She saw that her third brother had a good attitude towards this aunt, so she wanted to have a good relationship with this aunt so that her third brother could treat her well.

Seeing Lao Jiu like this, Zhou Yan couldn't help but hold his forehead.

Lao Jiu, you are already eight years old. You can no longer act cute like this. This is not the real you.

When Zhou Yan met Lao Jiu for the first time, he thought the youngest in the family was really cute. Later, he discovered that this girl had two faces. When she was playing with other children of the same age in the yard, she was a standard eldest sister. .

"Let's go."

Zhou Yan did not go directly to the piano room, but first went to the office of the composition department, found Jia Guoping, and then continued to set off with Jia Guoping.

Yangyin's Qinlou is in principle closed during the summer vacation, but there are exceptions.

Some students who need to use piano can submit an application to the college. Once approved, they can also use the piano room during the summer.

Except for this situation, teachers can generally use it at any time if they want.

Zhou Yan originally wanted to take Xu Feng to the piano room, but because his younger brothers and sisters were also going, he changed his mind and went to the composition major classroom.

The piano room was very small, so it seemed a bit crowded when they entered.It is also more convenient to go to the classroom. Jia Guoping can go directly to the musical instrument department or the management office to get the key.

After Jia Guoping helped get the keys, he didn't leave. Instead, he stayed in the classroom and waited to watch Zhou Yan play the piano.

"What music did you write this time?" Jia Guoping asked.

"The soundtrack for my short film." Zhou Yan replied.

Jia Guoping nodded. He knew that Zhou Yan was writing a short film script, but he didn't pay much attention to it.

Xu Feng and Zhou Jiajun sat down in the first row, while Jia Guoping was half leaning on the table.

Zhou Yan briefly tried the sound test first, and then said to Xu Feng in the audience, "This song is "Secret Joy"."

After finishing speaking, Zhou Yan did not hesitate. He raised his left hand and started a continuous big jump, which suddenly set the cheerful tone of the whole song.

The melody comes in later, and it is also particularly playful and cute.

This song "Hidden Joy", formerly known as "Mimac's Station", is the soundtrack of the movie "Play Yourself". This song feels lively, vivid and dramatic.

Zhou Yan used this song in the short film where the young male protagonist secretly plays the piano and is discovered by his grandfather. It not only expresses the joy of the male protagonist who has not touched the piano for a long time and suddenly plays a song, but also expresses the deception in his heart of everyone. That little bit of pride that people have.

Listening to this cheerful song, Jia Guoping raised his eyebrows. Since Zhou Yan joined the soundtrack work, he often writes this kind of popular and pure music. There are fewer and fewer avant-garde and experimental songs written.

Of course, this is not necessarily a bad thing. Zhou Yan is following his own path, and his understanding of classical music is no less than before.

Pioneers and experiments are sometimes contrary to "people-oriented".

When they compose music, they often fall into a dilemma, that is, swinging between "what to write" and "how to write".

When you focus on what you write, you must put people first. What you write is for yourself and the audience to be cleansed and express your emotions. How to write emphasizes various "respecting rules" and "breaking rules."

Many songwriters want to break the rules, but breaking the rules itself is a rule and makes people obsessed with "how to write."

Xu Feng didn't think as much as Jia Guoping thought. She was completely immersed in the intuitive feeling that the melody brought to her.

Light, witty, playful, and proud... these are the emotions she felt in "Secret Joy".

Xu Feng couldn't help but sigh that Zhou Yan's self-written and composed music was indeed the most suitable. The song was written so appropriately that it completely showed the heart of the young male protagonist.

This piece is very short, just over a minute, and it ends quickly.

When the last note ended, Lao Jiu was like a little sea lion, clapping her hands wildly and applauding her third brother wildly. The other brothers and sisters were not far behind and applauded one after another.

A few of them felt as if they were dozens of people.

This piece is very good.

Even better, it was played by their third brother.

None of these younger brothers and sisters had ever seen Zhou Yan play the piano before, not even Zhou Qing.

So when they heard Zhou Yan playing the piano for the first time, their emotions were very exciting and uncontrollable.

Because the applause lasted too long, Zhou Yan had to press his hands towards them.

"Lao Jiu, control your emotions, your little hands are all red."

Lao Jiu said with a smile, "Third brother, I can't control it!"

Zhou Yan had nothing to do with her, and said to Xu Feng, "The song now is "Croatian Rhapsody."

After saying that, Zhou Yan took a long breath before putting his hands on the keys.

The difficulty of this piece is not high, and it is not a test for Zhou Yan, but it still requires a little skill to fully express the emotion of the piece.

When Jia Guoping heard the name of the song "Croatian Rhapsody", he was wondering whether this song had something to do with this year's war in Croatia.

After listening for a while, Jia Guoping was probably sure that Zhou Yan should have written it just for this war. The whole song can be divided into three parts, theme, transition and reproduction, showing joy, mystery and tenacious vitality, faintly A hint of sadness can be heard.

The only pity is that the piano solo is still a bit monotonous. If it can be matched with orchestral music, the performance will be even better.

However, the tune, which was a bit monotonous in Jia Guoping's eyes, hit Xu Feng like a hail of bullets, leaving her with nowhere to escape and almost unable to breathe.

In Xu Feng's eyes, this piece of music was extremely passionate. The notes, as fast as machine gun fire, enveloped her, making her unable to move, and leading her to a mysterious and unfamiliar place.

Xu Feng couldn't tell what was classical and what was popular. She simply enjoyed the spiritual resonance that the music brought to her.

This time, when the song ended, Xu Feng was even more excited than Lao Jiu.

She stood up excitedly and clapped her hands excitedly, but even so, she could not express her inner excitement.

Before coming to see Zhou Yan, she thought that Zhou Yan would give her a surprise, but she didn't expect that the surprise would be so big.

She doesn't even have to worry about the story, just these two songs are enough to make this short film shine.

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