Chapter 444: Cooperation
Day. Yenching Film Academy. The 4th College Student Short Film Festival was held at the Yenching Film Academy, and the award ceremony was held this evening. Cheng Yijian and the others took leave and came to Yenching Film Academy with Ye Zheng. There are also **, Wang Ying, Ma Huijie, Du Xiaoyun, and Xu Qi and other key members of the crew.
Three days ago, Cheng Yijian, as a director, received an invitation from the jury and asked him to take some people from the crew to participate in the micro film festival. Cheng Yijian, who received the invitation, was lying on the top bunk in the dormitory reading a book, and after hanging up the phone, he screamed and jumped up. Then his head hit the ceiling hard, and with a roar of pain, he collapsed on the bed again.
The invitation issued by the jury means that the micro-film "I Heard" has at least one nomination, or one of the twenty excellent works. The 4th College Student Short Film Festival set up a total of 12 awards. They are Best Micro Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Original Music, Best Animated Micro Film, Most Creative Micro Film, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Editing Award, and Best Cinematography Award. There will be four nominations and one final winner for each award. In addition to this, twenty excellent works will be selected among the works that have not won awards and nominations.
Only the crews that have been nominated and qualified for outstanding works will be invited by the judging panel. Cheng Yijian informed everyone in the crew of the news at lightning speed through chat tools, phone calls, etc., and even Yang Lan and Luo Wen made a special call. After learning the news, everyone was very excited and wanted to go to the awards party, but the jury team only gave ten tickets, so after discussion, Ye Zheng and Cheng Yijian went in with the tickets. The rest of the people who followed the people who went to play were outside watching the big screen live at night.
"There are more than 2,100 entries in this college student micro film festival, more than 300 more than the previous one. With the holding of the micro film festival, its influence is also expanding, this time the micro film festival is jointly organized by 20 universities and five film and television companies across the country. Cheng Yijian pointed to the billboard outside the award hall and said. Ye Zheng nodded, looked at the five film and television companies, and unexpectedly saw Five Elements Film and Television. Just three days ago, Time Music and Five Elements Film and Television reached a series of cooperation agreements and formed a cooperative alliance.
Time and Space Music handed over the script of "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb", and there are other commercial partnerships. Five Elements Film and Television has opened up many channels of sharing to time and space music. As a result, several high-level executives of Time and Space Music learned about Ye Zheng's other identity, a movie screenwriter. Two scripts, one helped Wuxing Film and Television win the box office of 950 million so far and immediately broke 1 billion, and the other "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb" has become the basis of cooperation between the two sides and an important bargaining chip for time and space music negotiations. Ye Zheng's contribution to the music of time and space has once again added a strong stroke. Not only the music team admired Ye Zheng, but the managers led by Sun Zhaofu also admired the young chairman of the company for a long time. Let's ask, how many people in the world are there who start from scratch and build a huge company at such an age with their own talent and hard work?
"Huh, there is even Kyushu Film and Television!" Cheng Yijian frowned and said. Kyushu Film and Television Company was founded by Zhou Bin's father, Zhou Hongxin, and when Zhou Bin had a conflict with them, he was slapped by Ye Zheng. Ye Zheng also noticed it and nodded slightly. It seems that this time, they also received an invitation from the jury, and it is said that Zhou Bin learned from his father that there was more than one nomination for their micro-film "Etude of Love". Cheng Yijian said again.
"It must be through the back door!" Mr. Xu said. "Don't say that, Zhou Bin's character is not very good, but he still has a hand in making movies. ** said: "I probably know the script of this "Etude of Love", which seems to be about two college students male and female classmates who have been good friends since high school, and the girl likes the boy but is embarrassed to confess directly, so he lets the boy pretend to be his boyfriend in order to practice falling in love and getting close to him, and finally the boy also likes the story of the girl. ”
"Practicing falling in love? What kind of thing? Isn't it the story of a woman seducing a man!" Xu Qi said disdainfully: "Can we have our deaf and mute creativity? Hmph, I curse them that no matter how many nominations there are, they won't get any awards." By the way, **, I think there should be a nomination for your Best Actor, right?" "It's hard to say, there are so many entries, even if there is one excellent one out of a hundred, there are twenty, and the competition for each award is fierce and cruel, even if it is a nomination, it is difficult to get. ”
** smiled: "So when you participate in an award ceremony like this, unless you have strong confidence or know the result in advance, don't have the mentality that you will definitely win the award." Otherwise, the higher the expectations, the higher the disappointment. Last year, I saw a crew go to the awards party with flowers and streamers to celebrate after winning the award...... They thought they could win one or two awards, but in the end they only got one award for excellence. Although it was also a good thing, compared to their original expectations, this gap was too big, and the group went happily, and finally left gloomily. ”
"I don't think it's a big problem. Wang Ying said with a smile: "**, when the micro-movie is in the online movie, you will come to the stage to accept the award." Cheng Yijian said. Ye Zheng squinted at him: "Hey, I found that you can fantasize better than Xu Qi?" "Ah, what did Brother Ye tell me to do?" Xu Qi was discussing with ** the academic question of which beauty here is white-skinned, and suddenly heard Ye Zheng mention him, thinking that he was calling him.
"It's okay, you can continue to look at the beauties. Ye Zheng said. "Oooh. Xu Qi turned his head and continued to discuss with **: "I think the girl you just talked about, beautiful is beautiful, but looking at the face, you know that she has a bad temper and is difficult to serve, such a girl can't have it." "Uh-huh!" ** nodded sympathetically: "You're right, hey, look at the girl who is drinking juice over there, it's very pure!" "It's really good!" Xu Qi's eyes lit up.
"Go and ask her for a phone number?" "Don't go now, I'll go again when our crew comes on stage to accept the award, how face-saving does it seem?" Xu Qi said: "Let's stop there and say, sister, give me a phone number, and I'll guide you on how to make a movie another day." She will definitely be very excited to hand over her phone number, maybe even ask an hour earlier, Ye Zheng and the ten of them enter the hall with admission tickets, this is a theater of the Yenching Film Academy, which can accommodate more than a thousand people. In fact, generally invited crews can only get about three tickets, and there is a saying that if the jury gives a certain crew more than five tickets, it means that they are likely to have more than one nomination. Ten admission tickets. This number makes the people in their crew look forward to this awards party more and more intensely, are there three nominations? A group of people happily found their place and sat down, Du Xiaoyun said with emotion: "I have taken on a lot of scenes over the years, but it is the first time to come to the scene of this kind of awards party. Although it was an awards party for micro-films, it was also very memorable for me. But you are different, you are still very young, and there is still a long way to go. You are also very good, and you will definitely be able to make a difference in the future. Aunt Du is looking forward to seeing you win the Hundred Flowers Golden Horse Award. ”
"We'll definitely be in touch with you in the future if there's a role for you. Ye Zheng said with a smile. "Well, I like to perform, and although I open a restaurant, acting is my lifelong career. Du Xiaoyun said. "Cut, career?hehe......" A voice came, and Ye Zheng didn't have to look back to know who it was, Zhou Bin.
"What do you mean?" ** turned his head and looked at Zhou Bin lightly. Zhou Bin's eyes flashed with resentment, but he didn't do anything out of the ordinary, just snorted coldly: "I didn't expect you to be invited by the jury, it seems that you also have your nominations today? But don't be too happy! Having your nomination doesn't mean that you can win the award!" He looked at ** and said: "**, don't laugh, you won the best actor last year, it doesn't mean that you can still get it this year! We didn't win the best short film and the best director last year, but we will definitely get it this year!"
"Good luck. ** said lightly. Zhou Bin snorted coldly, then looked at Ye Zheng, gritted his teeth and said: "Boy, you don't have to look calm, I don't know how thick the sky is, I will let you see today, what is a good movie, and what kind of talent can make a difference in the future." My future, our future, is not something that you rabble can imagine!" After that, he waved his hand to the group of people who followed him: "Let's go, when we come to the stage to receive the award, they will look good!" A group of people followed Zhou Bin to the front row, they have a relationship with the jury, and it is relatively simple to get some top positions.
"It's funny, do you know who gave them so much confidence?" asked Ye Zheng with a smile. "They also came in with ten people, and they got the same number of tickets as us, does that mean they will also have three nominations?" asked Ma Huijie. Xu Qi said a little unpleasantly: "I said it all, no matter how many nominations they make, they can't get any of them!" "Don't talk nonsense." Ye Zheng looked at someone sitting in front of them and said, "Honestly wait for the start of the party." ”
Not long, Ye Zheng and the others saw another crew from Huaxia University of the Arts. This time, there are about 50 invited crews at the college student micro film festival, and the organizer Yenching Film Academy has special rights to place some uninvited crews and audiences to come in to watch the awards party, in addition to some media reporters. The influence of the college student micro film festival is getting bigger and bigger, and the college students in the past two years
"Lao Zhou, what is Xiao Zhengzheng going to do?" In the entire company, only Guo Meimei is the one who calls Ye Zheng like this. "I don't know, it looks pretty serious anyway. Zhou Ke said, "Is there something going on in the company?"
"If it's a company thing, why do you have to gather artists and creative teams, and you don't call a general manager. Guo Meimei shook her head. "It's not like a sudden convulsion, you want to see the company he has built, right, gather us to listen to him, and satisfy your sense of accomplishment?" Zhou Ke guessed.
"Do you think he's the kind of brainless young man?" said Lu Chunsheng, another top producer of Time Music, with a smile. Several of them discussed and made a few jokes, and the others were entangled, especially the few newcomers who had just signed a contract with Time and Space Music, in front of these seniors, they didn't dare to talk much, let alone joke.
"Kiki, do you know what's going on?" asked Wan Chengcheng, a newly signed young singer, Xiao Qi. Everyone in the company knows that Xiao Qi and Ye Zheng came out of the same school, and they are also the first singers to sign a contract with Time and Space Music, and many people know that Xiao Qi seems to be interesting to Ye Zheng, and everyone knows that their relationship is not ordinary. And Xiao Qi himself has a very good temper, except for sometimes domineering side leaks to show the style of a rock queen, he is usually quite kind to everyone. So the people in the company also like her.
Sometimes Wan Chengcheng and their newly signed singers also want to ask for a song from Ye Zheng through Xiao Qi. They have a sense of awe and distance from their predecessors like Zhou Ke, so they are often with Xiao Qi. Xiao Qi shook his head: "I don't know ......" "Sister Xiao Qi, what kind of temperament is Ye Dong?" Wan Chengcheng asked, this question is also of concern to other rookie singers, none of them have officially met Ye Zheng, nor have they talked to Ye Zheng.
Ye Zheng created one or two songs for each of them, and they only got it after they created it and gave it to the company. In fact, they are not familiar with Ye Zheng, but they know Ye Zheng's great achievements in time and space music, and they also feel Ye Zheng's terrifying creative talent from the songs Ye Zheng wrote for them. Because of this, they had a feeling of admiration and fear for Ye Zheng. "He's good-tempered, it's fine. Xiao Qi smiled and said, "He is younger than you, you don't have to be afraid of him." ”
Wan Chengcheng and they were silent, Xiao Qi said it easily, they didn't have the intimate relationship between Xiao Qi and Ye Zheng. The door was suddenly pushed open, and the entire conference room instantly fell silent, and everyone's eyes looked at Ye Zheng, who walked in with a stack of papers in his hand. smiled and nodded to everyone, said hello to Zhou Ke, Guo Meimei, and Lu Chunsheng, and then sat in the chief position. Looking at the people sitting here, Ye Zheng was indeed quite emotional, he was an ordinary middle school student a year ago, and now he is the chairman of a music company and a well-known genius creator in the music industry. Today, the total number of employees in Time Music, including artists and production teams, has exceeded 500, and it is approaching the scale of a music company like Peacock Music.
"Sorry to interrupt everyone's work. Ye Zheng said. No one spoke, Zhou Ke smiled and said, "Ye Dong can tell him if he has anything." In this kind of formal meeting situation, he will not joke with Ye Zheng. "I called everyone here today because when I went to Tianjin yesterday, I encountered an incident that gave birth to some of my feelings...... Ye Zheng said slowly, and then briefly described the matter of Sangsang. "She is going to come here in a while, and it will be troublesome for Brother Zhou to do a good job of signing her contract. Ye Zheng said to Zhou Ke.
"Well, yes, don't worry. Zhou Ke nodded, such a news also made the atmosphere fall silent again. Ye Zheng continued: "This incident makes me quite emotional, not about Sangsang himself, but about the entire group of parents...... It's not easy to be a parent, but the experience of friends who are already parents must be even more profound. I'm still a young man, except for Xiao Qi, everyone here is older than my youth, so I won't make too many sensational remarks about it, but everyone must understand what I mean. ”
"So, on the way back, I came up with the idea that I wanted to make an album about my parents. Ye Zheng said, and then he took the pile of white paper and gestured: "That's them." There was a suppressed exclamation. Like Zhou Ke, a few of them who have seen Ye Zheng's perverted creative speed and creative quality have responded well, and they are all amazed in their hearts, but they are gradually getting used to it. And Wan Chengcheng, the newly signed singers and songwriters, made huge waves in their hearts. These days, they have also heard people talk about music, Ye Zheng once created Su Momo's album in a very short period of time, and also created a song "On the Moon" for the Phoenix Legend on the spot. But after all, hearing is heard, and it is far less powerful than the shock of personal experience.
I had an idea on the way here, and now I have created it directly...... Look at those papers, there are at least seven or eight songs!" Ye Dong is really a god-like creator, the little woman admires the five-body ......" Wan Chengcheng sighed in a low voice. Originally, there was a suppressed whisper in the room, but everyone quickly quieted down and waited for Ye Zheng's words, so Wan Chengcheng lowered his voice and said this sentence clearly, and everyone heard it clearly, and collectively looked at Wan Chengcheng. Wan Chengcheng also realized that something was wrong, his face flushed, and he looked at Ye Zheng with some apprehension. When she saw Ye Zheng also looking at her, her heart tightened, thinking that this was the end......
"Miss Wan Chengcheng, right?" Ye Zheng asked her with a smile. "Well, Ye Dong is good!" Wan Chengcheng heard Ye Zheng call her name, and quickly stood up and replied, lowering his head and not daring to look at Ye Zheng, scolding himself in his heart for why he didn't take care of his mouth just now, and now he was named, I don't know what the consequences will be. She prayed, hoping that Ye Zheng's temper would not be bad. Looking at Wan Chengcheng's appearance, Ye Zheng couldn't help but smile, and said in his heart, "You don't have to stand up, just sit down and talk." Ye Zheng smiled: "That's the case, take a look at this song." I think it's better for you to sing it. ”
As he spoke, Ye Zheng took out a piece of paper and asked people to pass it to Wan Chengcheng. This scene made everyone murmur in their hearts, is Ye Zheng going to hand over this album to Wan Chengcheng to sing? So what are you going to do by calling them all? No, no, Ye Zheng just said that the song is suitable for Wan Chengcheng to sing.
He took so many songs, did he mean...... As if to confirm the thoughts in some people's hearts, Ye Zheng continued: "There are eight songs here, and I am going to give them to different people to sing, these songs have different styles, but they are all popular songs.
Then put it on the market at a low price. What do you think?" "To be honest, I don't really agree with that. Zhou Ke said: "I understand your original intention, but I don't think it's necessary to put them all in one album, it can be completely disassembled and put in the original albums of these singers." And in this case, it is rare for a singer with a different track on an album to sing. After all, no one wants to be compared, so putting it on an album will make it easier for listeners to compare. Moreover, everyone's singing style is different, and putting different kinds of songs in one album will feel nondescript. Unless it's already famous songs put together to make a compilation. ”
"You have a point. Ye Zheng nodded and said with a smile: "But I think that with such an album that praises parents, few people will be idle and compare who sings better." Well, let's go through these songs first. Eight songs were circulated, and Ye Zheng sat there quietly watching them. This is an album composed entirely of songs praising his father and mother, the eight songs are "Father" and "Mother" by Mr. Yan Weiwen, "Understand You" by Man Wenjun, "White-haired Mother", and "Mother in the Candlelight", "Kneeling Sheep", "Thinking of Old Mother", "Holding Your Hand".
Among them, "Holding Your Hand" is "Father" sung by Wei Jia, because there is already a song "Father", so Ye Zheng changed the name of the song. And the reason why he called these people was not to preach to them about the ideology of honoring their parents, but to take into account some problems with these songs. Especially for songs like "Father", "Mother", and "White-haired Mother", there is no doubt that they are classics, but they are not suitable for today's music market, nor are they suitable for today's mainstream fan groups, so these songs should be arranged differently from the original version, and the composition should also be modified to a certain extent, so that it is more suitable for the status quo without losing the original touch, and the best thing is of course to be able to make their artistic conception and moving a higher level with everyone's efforts. When writing songs, he also made some changes himself, but his current level is not as good as these experienced people, so he still needs them to revise some of them.
After about twenty minutes, the songs were cursoryly skimmed. Then, everyone looked at Ye Zheng's eyes full of amazement again. Ye Zheng feels that the arrangement and composition style of several of these songs are not suitable for the current situation of the music market, but in the eyes of others, Ye Zheng shows another creative style. How many music creation styles he has mastered, starting from the first album, carefully speaking, Ye Zheng has shown a different style in each album. Now, these songs of his show the style and form of popular music in the first decade. For today's creators, especially young creators, there are very few people who can master this creative style.
"You're right, he's a god-like creator. Xiao Qi whispered to Wan Chengcheng. She added in her heart, this is the man I have my eye on!" Because the style of these albums ......" Ye Zheng said his considerations, and then signaled to everyone: "Please express your opinions again." "No comment. Zhou Ke said: "As for the style of this album, well, it does need to be revised." Hey, Ye Dong, I finally saw you take the initiative to ask everyone to revise your work, it's not easy!"
"What do you mean? I've always said that if you have a better opinion on the songs I took out, you can modify them completely, okay? Didn't the two albums of Su Momo and Phoenix Legend be modified to a certain extent?" Ye Zheng said. "That's not what you took out, there's really no need to modify it?" Zhou Ke said: "Everyone has been hating crazy recently, as long as it's something you take out, just sort it out, and then make arrangements directly." ”
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