Chapter 45: Stay and do it together
When Zhao Jiping returned to Chang'an, it was already the end of January, and Zhou Yan had also been in Chang'an Studios for nearly a month.
As soon as he received the news from Zhao Jiping, Zhou Yan rushed to Zhao Jiping's residence.
Zhao Jiping lives next to the Provincial History Museum, not far from the Chang'an Film Studio, only ten miles away.
Liu Qing drew a map for Zhou Yan, and then lent his 28th Da Da to Zhou Yan.
The path between the two places is very simple, it is basically a big straight road, there are very few twists and turns, and Zhou Yan has been out a few times before, and he is not completely unfamiliar with Chang'an City.
As the ancient capital of the Thirteen Dynasties, Chang'an is full of antiquity, compared to Yanjing, there are fewer high-rise buildings here, and the urban area is smaller, which has the feeling of an ancient city.
After riding for about half an hour against the cold wind all the way, Zhou Yan found Zhao Jiping's residence, which was in a small building not far from the Provincial Museum, saying that it was the unit dormitory of their song and dance theater.
Rao is Zhou Yan wrapped himself very tightly, and when he arrived at the place, he was still frozen with snot.
went upstairs and found No. 203 where Zhao Jiping lived, Zhou Yan listened to the movement inside, and vaguely heard someone talking, as if it was Zhao Jiping's voice, so he raised his hand and knocked on the door.
"Here we are."
There was an answer from inside, and soon the door opened.
Seeing Zhou Yan, Zhao Jiping smiled, "I knew it was you coming, come into the house and warm up." β
As soon as he entered the house, he felt completely different, the room was very warm, and most of the cold air on Zhou Yan's body was immediately swept away. Because of the sudden warmth, Zhou Yan's face also became red.
A few years after Chang'an began to develop collective heating, most places have not been popularized, and some units will make their own honeycomb coal for heating, which should be the case for Zhao Jiping and them.
On the side of the studio, there is no such heating condition, Liu Qing and they got a charcoal basin in the house, which is violent, but there are also many inconveniences.
Entering the house, Zhou Yan saw the person talking to Zhao Jiping.
A woman in her thirties and forties, with dyed yellow hair and large curls, and a fur coat on her body, looked very fashionable.
Zhou Yan felt that the woman was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where she had seen it.
Seeing Zhou Yan come in, the woman also politely got up from the chair.
"Teacher Zhao, who is this?" The woman asked.
She speaks with a very heavy Taiwanese accent, but she gives people a very capable feeling.
Zhao Jiping introduced with a smile, "Zhou Yan, Mr. Shi Wanchun's proud protΓ©gΓ©, this time I specially asked him to come over to help with the soundtrack of "The Red Lantern Hangs High". β
Zhou Yan glanced at Zhao Jiping in surprise, he didn't expect him to praise himself so much.
Sure enough, hearing Zhao Jiping's introduction, the woman's eyes lit up, "It turned out to be Teacher Shi's student, hello, hello, I met Teacher Shi in Yanjing a few days ago, but I didn't expect to meet you here again, it's really fate." β
She also took the initiative to run over and shake Zhou Yan's hand.
At this time, Zhao Jiping introduced Zhou Yan again, "This is President Xu Feng and Xu." β
The introduction is simple and doesn't reveal much information.
"Hello Mr. Xu."
Xu Feng said with a smile, "Teacher Zhao just likes to joke, what kind of president am I, Zhou Yan, you can call me by my name, or call me Sister Xu." β
Zhou Yan was not polite, and nodded with a smile, "Sister Xu Feng." β
"That's right." Xu Feng smiled and looked at Zhao Jiping again, "Teacher Zhao, then our matter is decided, Zhou Yan come here, you talk, I'll go first." β
"Why don't you stay for a meal?"
"No, there's something else going on at noon."
Zhao Jiping said with a smile, "Actually, you don't need to come on purpose, Director Chen has already told me about this before, and I also agreed." β
"The number of courtesies that should be there is still to be arrived."
"I'll send you."
"No, no, it's cold outside, you guys are at home." Xu Feng waved his hand again and again, and then said to Zhou Yan, "Zhou Yan, I'll leave first, and I'll see you later when I have time." β
"Goodbye, Sister Xu Feng."
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After Xu Feng left, Zhao Jiping looked at Zhou Yan with a smile, "You don't know Xu Feng?" β
Zhou Yan shook his head, "It looks a little familiar, but I don't remember where I've seen it." β
"She's acted in a few movies before, and she's quite famous."
Zhao Jiping didn't say what movie it was, but got down to business again, "Did you bring the record on the set?" β
"Of course." Zhou Yan took out several notebooks from his satchel.
Seeing the thick stack of books, Zhao Jiping looked surprised, "So many? β
"In addition to the on-set records, there are also some thoughts that I have summarized myself."
Zhao Jiping nodded and took the book from Zhou Yan's hand.
There are five books in total.,Each book is also marked with a mark from one to five.γ
Turning the first page of the first book, Zhao Jiping raised his eyebrows in surprise, and the first page was marked with the words "Catalog Index".
Further down, there is a detailed table of contents, mainly sorted by time, each with a date and a page number at the end.
Zhao Jiping flipped back, this book originally had no page numbers, and the page numbers in it were all manually added by Zhou Yan.
Although he has not seen the specific content behind, Zhao Jiping has been shocked by Zhou Yan's rigorous style.
What a treasure!
Zhao Jiping secretly sighed that the appointment of Zhou Yan as the soundtrack assistant at that time was really the most correct decision he had made in the past year. Speaking of which, I also have to thank Su Tong, if it wasn't for Su Tong, I would have missed it at that time.
In the past six months, although Zhao Jiping did not go to the set, he also knew some things about Zhou Yan on the set from others, among which Zhao Jiping was most surprised by Zhou Yan's role as Chen Feipu and the writing of "Song Lian".
"You sit down for a while, and if you want to drink tea, you can pour it yourself, and I'll take a look at this note first."
Zhao Jiping greeted Zhou Yan, and then walked to the desk with his notes.
Zhou Yan is not a reserved person, after nodding, he took off the scarf first, the room is quite warm at this time, and it is a little hot to wear a scarf.
Taking off his scarf, Zhou Yan poured himself another cup of tea.
Compared with the courtyard house where Zhao Jiping lived in Yanjing, this house is much smaller, but the conditions are already very good, two bedrooms, with bathroom and kitchen, the living room is also quite large, there is a square table and a lot of space after the sofa and TV, and the usable area of the whole house should be sixty or seventy square meters.
Looking at the layout, it is estimated that the previous courtyard house was not lived in often, and there is even a high probability that it was not Zhao Jiping's own, and this suite should be his permanent residence.
On the wall near the kitchen side of the living room hangs a family portrait of Zhao Jiping's family of three.
Zhao Jiping has a lot of musical instruments at home, suona and erhu are placed on the cabinet at the door, and there is a large piece in the back room - piano.
On the coffee table there was a copy of Dostoevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov (Volume II)", Zhou Yan picked it up easily, he had read this book many times, and he had also read many translations, and every time he read it, he had a new experience.
Translation is a re-creation, so there will be great differences between different versions, and each version has its own advantages and disadvantages.
The set in front of me is the Rongderu version, although the translation of some words and sentences in this version is not very accurate, but the translation of the dialogue emotion is very full, of course, sometimes it is too much, and it will seem that the dialogue is too floating.
Zhou Yan didn't pick a lot of books, and there were no other options to choose at the moment, so he picked up the second half of the "Karamazov" brothers and read it.
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After about half an hour, Zhao Jiping hadn't finished reading the notes, and his wife Sun Ling came back with her son.
Seeing Zhou Yan, Sun Ling was not surprised, "You are Zhou Yan, Lao Zhao said that you are coming today." β
Sun Ling is a person who seems to be very gentle, not tall, smiling when she speaks, and her voice is also very soft.
Their son is sixteen or seventeen years old, very similar to Zhao Jiping, especially the lower half of the face, the father and son are simply carved out of the same mold.
Zhou Yan put down the book, got up and said with a smile, "Teacher Sun, hello." β
"Sit down, you're welcome." Sun Ling waved her hand and said to her son, "Zhao Ling, say hello to your brother Zhou Yan." β
"Brother Zhou Yan is good." Zhao Liang greeted Zhou Yan very obediently.
"Hello."
After saying hello, Zhao Ling went into the house to do his homework, and Sun Ling carried the dishes into the kitchen, "Xiao Zhou, you sit by yourself for a while, and I'll choose the dishes." β
Zhou Yan took the initiative to run over, "I'll help you." β
"No need to ......"
Sun Ling was about to refuse, but Zhou Yan had already got the dish in his hands.
Zhou Yan smiled, "I'm fine anyway." β
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Here Zhou Yan and Sun Ling were chatting and laughing, and Zhao Jiping was still looking at Zhou Yan's notebook seriously.
It wasn't until eleven o'clock that Zhao Jiping rubbed his shoulders and stood up.
Zhou Yan saw him come out and asked with a smile, "Has Mr. Zhao finished reading it?" β
"Five books, how can I read them so quickly, but don't worry, let's read them slowly." Zhao Jiping went to pour himself a glass of water, and then sat next to Sun Ling, "Didn't you write a poem "Song Lotus", which also reduced my workload. β
Sun Ling accosted beside her, "I heard Lao Zhao say, Xiao Zhou, you also dubbed a tune to the movie yourself." β
"During that time, I practiced every day, and I played the flute a lot, so I wrote a song by myself, but I didn't expect the clumsy work to be taken by Director Zhang and them."
Zhao Jiping waved his hand, "Don't be so modest, I listened to the tune, it's very suitable, even if I write it myself, it may not be much better than you." β
"Luck."
Zhao Jiping smiled and talked about the notes, "Your notes have helped me a lot, completely exceeded my expectations, and also made the later soundtrack work much easier." I still want to thank Mr. Shi, he recommended a talent for me. β
"I'm your soundtrack assistant, and that's what I'm responsible for. And this time I went to the crew, I also learned a lot and opened my eyes. β
"I've heard about you in the crew, and I also played Chen Feipu part-time, I really want to know how you acted. It's okay, the soundtrack will start right away and I'll be able to see you perform. β
Speaking of this, Zhao Jiping suddenly changed his words, "By the way, when will you go back for the New Year?" β
"I'm not sure yet, maybe I'll just stay in Yanjing, and when I go back for the New Year, there will be no one at home."
The original mother died, and he didn't have much contact with his father, so Zhou Yan was also hesitating whether to go back or not, this kind of family relationship, he had a headache when he thought about it.
"Oh, that's it, then do you have time to stay here in Chang'an for a few more days, and let's do the soundtrack work in the later stage."
Zhou Yan raised his eyebrows, this is a good thing, it shows that Zhao Jiping wants to bring himself. If he can participate in Zhao Jiping's work, Zhou Yan will definitely be able to learn a lot, which is why Shi Wanchun recommended Zhou Yan before.
Thinking of this, Zhou Yan didn't hesitate much, "Of course it's no problem, I can leave later." It is a great honor for me to be able to study with Mr. Zhao. β
"Hey, don't talk about studying, let's discuss with each other."