took the envelope and went back to the dormitory, there was no one in the house, He Wuming should have gone upstairs to practice at this time.

Seeing the rejection in the envelope, Zhou Yan was a little surprised, because this time it was "The Death of the Town Mayor" that was voted for "Yanjing Literature", which was a work that had won the Lu Xun Literature Award.

When Zhou Yan sent "The Death of the Town Mayor" at that time, he was very sure, and he thought that he couldn't even get the manuscript of the Lu Xun Literature Award back.

Unexpectedly, if it was really returned, there is something in this "Yenching Literature".

But along with the rejection, there is also a letter.

Zhou Yan unfolded the letter and wrote on his head: Zhou Chan personally opened.

Zhou Chan is the pen name that Zhou Yan has been using, and he has not changed it after getting used to it.

The letter was written by Hua Yang, the literary editor of "Yanjing Literature", and the content probably said that "The Death of the Town Mayor" was very well written, but there were some imperfections, and asked Zhou Yan if he was willing to revise it before sending it, or he could go directly to Yanjing to revise it, and the magazine society would bear all the costs.

And Xin Zhongyang also very tactfully said that Zhou Yan could provide an introduction to his other works.

The implication is that I think the manuscript is really good, but Zhou Yan has no resume introduction and lacks competitive advantage.

Zhou Yan has no resume at all, and he can't write it if he wants to, as for the revision, Zhou Yan has no time in the crew now, but he is not in a hurry to refuse, but is ready to reply to the letter and discuss with the other party whether he can go back after a while.

After the end of "The Red Lantern Hangs High", I will go back to Yanjing anyway, so I will take the time to take a look.

After thinking about it, Zhou Yan began to write a reply, and as soon as he wrote a line, he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door.

Zhou Yan turned his head and saw that it was Zhang Yimou standing at the door.

"Director Zhang?"

Zhang Yimou walked inside with a smile, "Didn't bother you, right?" ”

"No, no, I'm taking some notes." Zhou Yan got up with a smile, and then took a bench over, "Director Zhang has something to do with me?" ”

Zhang Yimou sat down on the bench, then looked around the room, and said with a smile, "Your room is quite spacious...... Don't pour water, I've just drunk it. ”

Zhou Yan put down the kettle with a smile, "Then I won't pour it, we don't have tea here." ”

"If you want to drink tea, I have it in my room, I'll get you some later."

"No, no, I don't usually drink tea."

Zhang Yimou nodded, looked at the flute on the table again, and said with a smile, "I heard Mr. Zhao say, you are from the composition department of Central Yin, and you haven't graduated yet?" ”

"Well, I had an illness in April, so I'll just take a break until April next year."

"You play the flute very well, and you learned it after you got to the central sound?"

Zhou Yan shook his head, "The flute is from elementary school. ”

"No wonder that, it's really solid." Zhang Yimou suddenly changed his words, "I won't go around the bend with you, our movie will start filming in half a month, but the actor who plays Chen Feipu has not yet been decided, I want to ask you if you are willing." ”

Zhang Yimou only said that the actor who played Chen Feipu had not been decided, but he did not say that it had actually been decided, but the actor could not come, in order to save some face for himself and leave some space for Zhou Yan.

"Me?" Zhou Yan made a surprised expression, in fact, as soon as Zhang Yimou came in just now, he guessed what Zhang Yimou was about to say.

"Well, the role of Chen Feipu doesn't have many roles in our script, but it is also an important role, and your image is very suitable."

Zhou Yan was embarrassed, "But I have never acted, so I'm afraid that my performance will not be good and will drag everyone back." ”

Of course, this is not to refuse, but to give Zhang Yimou a preventive shot: I'm a newcomer, you have to tolerate me when filming.

Zhang Yimou is very good, he comforted Zhou Yan and said, "No one is born to act, many actors appear from scratch, and Chen Feipu doesn't have many shots, and you don't have a lot of pressure." When it's time to shoot later, I'll teach you how to do it, and you just listen to me to make sure you can get started. ”

This is said very confidently, but Zhang Yimou does have the capital of self-confidence, and he has been very successful since his debut.

Not long after graduation, he took charge of the movie "One and Eight" for the first time, and won the Chinese Film Outstanding Cinematography Award, and then starred in "Old Well" and won three actors in one go.

The most powerful thing is to be a director, his first film "Red Sorghum" won the first Golden Bear Award at the International Film Festival for China, and "Ju Dou" won the Golden Harvest Award and was nominated for the Palme d'Or.

This is the same resume, who is confident if he is not confident?

Zhou Yan pondered for a while, and then said, "Director Zhang, I want to promise you, but I am Mr. Zhao's assistant, and this is another job, which is not suitable." ”

Hearing that Zhou Yan was worried about this, Zhang Yimou smiled and said, "Don't worry about this, I have already told Mr. Zhao, he agreed, your play will end soon, and it will not delay the work of the soundtrack assistant." ”

Zhou Yan smiled: "Then there is no problem on my side." ”

"Okay." Zhang Yimou patted his thigh and got up, and then remembered one more thing, "Oh, by the way, I want to tell you about the salary, we won't end the whole movie, we will add 300 yuan a month, from today onwards, when will we leave the show and when will it end, do you think it's acceptable?" ”

Zhou Yan said very happily, "No problem, I'm already very satisfied with being able to make extra money." ”

Zhang Yimou looked at Zhou Yan with a smile, he suddenly liked this young man a little, not only is he an old-fashioned person, but he is also not hypocritical, and he is not shy about making money.

It shows the desire for money, but also does not have insatiable greed, such people are easy to socialize.

……

After Zhang Yimou left, Zhou Yan sat back on the edge of the desk and began to calculate his salary.

As a soundtrack assistant for Zhao Jiping for 15 a month, and playing Chen Feipu for 300 a month, if the film is filmed in December, then he can earn more than 2,000 in half a year, which is really a huge amount of money.

And here is food and shelter, and his money can be saved.

The salary of 300 yuan given by Zhang Yimou is indeed a lot, after all, Gong Li, who has become famous, is only more than a thousand a month now, and it is said that most of it has to be handed over to the unit, and he can only keep a little bit.

Compared with Gong Li, who came to film with an iron rice bowl, Zhou Yan is self-employed, and he has no trouble handing in, so he may save more. But because it is self-employed, it is not stable enough.

In fact, there is another thing that Zhou Yan is quite surprised, everyone says that Zhang Yimou is demanding, and according to Zhou Yan's observation during this time, Zhang Yimou's requirements are indeed high, but he didn't ask for an audition.

A few days ago, when Zhou Yan was thinking about filming, he often said his lines in the mirror when He Wuming was not in the house, thinking that Zhang Yimou might give him an audition.