Zhao Jiping asked Zhou Yan to do the soundtrack of "The Red Lantern Hangs High" with him, first, he felt that Zhou Yan was a manufacturable material and wanted to bring Zhou Yan with him; the second is that with Zhou Yan, he himself can indeed be a little easier; The third Zhou Yan is Shi Wanchun's student, which can also sell Shi Wanchun a face.

In addition, Zhao Jiping is also for the next cooperation.

After Sun Ling went to the kitchen to cook, Zhao Jiping asked Zhou Yan, "Do you know Tomson Film Company?" ”

"Tomson?"

Because Tomson Yipin was particularly famous in later generations, Zhou Yan knew about Tomson Group, but he was not sure whether the Tomson Film Company in Zhao Jiping's mouth had anything to do with Tomson Group.

Zhao Jiping nodded, "Well, the film company under Tomson Group, Xu Feng, who came just now, is the wife of Tang Junnian, the founder of Tomson Group, and the general manager of Tomson Film Company." ”

Zhou Yan was a little surprised, it turned out that the chairman of Tomson Group just now was the wife, but he didn't understand why Zhao Jiping suddenly said this.

Seeing that Zhou Yan was a little puzzled, Zhao Jiping continued, "Tomson Film Company found Chen Kaige and was going to make a movie, and today she came over to invite me to be the soundtrack director of the movie. ”

Hearing this, Zhou Yan suddenly understood.

At this point in time, Chen Kaige filmed it, and it was also Zhao Jiping's soundtrack, this movie should be "Farewell My Concubine", which is known as Chen Kaige's pension insurance.

In this way, Xu Feng is the investor of "Farewell My Concubine".

"Is there a movie coming soon?" Zhou Yan asked.

"No, now that the protagonist has just been decided, the preliminary work will be officially prepared in June and July, and the crew will be formed at that time. If filming actually starts, it is estimated that it will not be until the spring of the following year...... In fact, if you count the solar calendar, it should be said that it is next year. ”

Zhou Yan nodded, Zhao Jiping was right, it was already January 1991.

At this time, the preliminary preparation for the filming of many movies was very sufficient, and Zhou Yan also knew what the preliminary work was.

For a professional movie like "Farewell My Concubine", the training of the actors in the early stage is the most time-consuming and energy-consuming.

The identity of the protagonist of "Farewell My Concubine" is a Peking Opera actor, but no matter from the perspective of performance effect or actor popularity, the director will not find a real Peking Opera actor to play.

Zhang Fengyi, who plays Duan Xiaolou, has never studied Peking Opera Zhou Yan doesn't know, but Zhang Guorong, who plays Cheng Dieyi, should not have learned it.

He hadn't learned, so he had to learn, just like He Saifei had done before.

He Saifei at least has a foundation in drama, and he learns it very quickly, but Zhang Guorong is different, he lacks basic skills, and the training time must be longer.

Peking Opera, if you don't have a foundation, you just want to make a difference, and you can't do it without practicing for half a year.

Zhou Yan looked at Zhao Jiping, figuring out Zhao Jiping's intention to suddenly tell him about this matter.

Zhao Jiping didn't let him guess much, and said directly, "I have an idea and want to ask your opinion." We have cooperated well in the filming of "The Red Lantern Hangs High", and you see if you can continue to participate in the filming of this new movie? ”

Hearing Zhao Jiping say this, Zhou Yan was also a little moved, the movie "Farewell My Concubine" has a special status in China, and of course he wants to learn and learn.

But he thought that he was still in a state of suspension, so he said with some embarrassment, "Teacher Zhao, you know, I am only suspending my studies now, and I will go back to school in April next year, and I am afraid it will be difficult to follow the group at that time." ”

Zhao Jiping smiled and waved his hand, "You don't need to follow the group this time, the filming location of the new movie is in Yanjing, you just need to go over every once in a while, it is more convenient for you to go from school than for me to go from Chang'an." You should go to school and do a part-time job, and if you agree, your salary will not have to be cut off, directly from the beginning of "The Red Lantern Hangs High" to the end of the filming of the new movie. ”

With such good conditions, Zhou Yan couldn't refuse at all, he agreed with a smile, "Teacher Zhao, since that's the case, then I have no problem." ”

Seeing Zhou Yan's promise, Zhao Jiping said happily, "Okay, I wish us a happy cooperation again." ”

……

At noon, Zhou Yan didn't leave, stayed at Zhao Jiping's house to eat, and accompanied Zhao Jiping to drink two glasses.

After drinking, Zhao Jiping left Zhou Yan to drink tea.

When drinking tea, Zhao Ling was also sitting next to him, and Sun Ling found an opportunity to say, "Xiao Ling, if you don't understand anything in your studies, you can ask you Brother Zhou Yan." ”

Zhou Yan smiled and waved his hand, "We have been taking the exam for so many years, and our studies may not be as good as Zhao Liang." ”

"Xiao Zhou, you are too modest, I can hear Lao Zhao say that you are Teacher Shi's protégé." Sun Ling first praised Zhou Yan, and then sighed slightly, "Xiao Ling will graduate the year after tomorrow, and now we are worrying about this every day." ”

Zhou Yan suddenly tasted it, and he asked, "Is Zhao Liang going to take the road of music?" ”

"I want him to follow the path of composition like his father."

Zhao Jiping rolled his eyelids and said nonchalantly, "It doesn't have to be a son to inherit his father's business, don't put too much pressure on Zhao Liang." ”

Although Zhao Jiping said so, looking at his expression Zhou Yan knew that he definitely wanted his son to inherit his mantle.

Their family is an artistic family, Zhao Jiping's father is the famous painter Zhao Wangyun, and he also founded the "Anti-Japanese War Pictorial" with Lao She during the Anti-Japanese War. As for Sun Ling, who also studied music, she was a classmate of Zhao Jiping before, majoring in cello.

In such a family, it seems natural for children to follow the path of art.

Zhou Yan didn't know much about Zhao Ling's situation, and he couldn't give any specific advice, but he knew that since Sun Ling said this in front of him today, it must mean that they still wanted Zhao Liang to take the central sound.

CCTV is the highest institution of music in the country, and composition is an ace major, and those who want to learn composition naturally want to enter CCTV.

In fact, Zhao Jiping studied in Central Yin before, but he was not admitted to the Eight Classics, and a long time has passed, and the times are different, and the situation is different.

Of course, Zhao Jiping can also go out of the relationship and help his son operate, but Zhao Jiping may not be willing to pull down this face.

His Zhao Jiping's son may lose face if he is not admitted to the central sound, but his son enters the central sound by walking through the back door, then he is even more disgraced, and the relationship between the composition department of the central sound is really not good, don't open this mouth when the time comes, and he has not sent his son in, which is even more embarrassing.

Zhou Yan smiled and said some of his own experience, "In fact, there are three key points in our department, piano, ear training, and finally composition." Our department used to take the composition test, and only one piano piece was examined, but later an art song was added, and the art song should be written according to the given words. ”

Single three is a single trilogy, also known as a three-part form, which consists of three relatively independent passages of similar scale.

This is a very basic thing, as long as you have thought about the composition test, you should have understood, just like the college entrance examination, there are only a few subjects, the syllabus is also delineated, and the score of the test depends on how well the student usually learns.

Of course, Sun Ling also knows these things, but after all, she has not experienced the current art student exam, let alone the examiner's preference for the CCTV composition exam.

Seeing Sun Ling's worried look, Zhou Yan couldn't help but sigh, it's not easy to be a parent, it seems that Zhao Ling's level should not be very good, which is why Teacher Sun is so worried.

He has been a teacher for more than ten years, and I don't know how many expressions he has seen, but education is very complicated, and it is not urgent to solve the problem.

Zhao Liang is already a sophomore in high school, and he has a year to take the exam, so at this time, he can only focus on the key points, and it will be difficult for others to improve.

After thinking about it, he decided to be a good person.

"Teacher Sun, you don't have to worry too much, I'll go to the piano with Zhao Liang to talk and see his situation first."

"Okay." Sun Ling stood up happily, and then said to Zhao Ling, "Xiao Ling, go to the piano with your Brother Zhou Yan." ”

Zhao Liang stood up obediently and followed Zhou Yan into the room with a piano.

After entering the house, Zhou Yan habitually closed the door and cut off the contact between the child and the parents, which is what the teacher must do when teaching the students, so that the students, teachers, and parents can be more relaxed.

Many times, parents like to stare at the teacher to educate their children, but the result is that the parents are anxious, the teacher is not comfortable being stared at, and the students are unable to stabilize their emotions, and finally get a mess of chicken feathers.

After closing the door, Zhou Yan sat on the piano stool first.

Although the original body learned piano halfway, he also learned it from junior high school, and he had a good talent, so he played the piano quite well.

After thoroughly receiving the memory, Zhou Yan now has a feeling of being ready to move when he sees the instrument, as if he has some kind of special connection with the instrument.

When he first came, Zhou Yan had some itchy hands when he saw the piano.

Zhou Yan raised his hand and played a paragraph casually on the piano and tried the feeling.

Although he has not played the piano before, he is still very smooth to get started, which is already muscle memory.

Next, Zhou Yan was ready to play a tune by himself.

Since he wanted to treat Zhao Liang as a student, Zhou Yan decided to give Zhao Liang a small shock first and establish prestige in Zhao Liang's heart.

After a little brewing, Zhou Yan put his hand back on the keys, first slowly played an introduction, and then suddenly got up, his fingers flew on the keys, especially his right hand, and continued to play fast and difficult sounds.

This is Chopin's "Etude of the East Wind", which belongs to the more difficult part of Chopin's etudes.

The song was only more than three minutes, but maybe because he hadn't practiced for a long time, Zhou Yan felt a little tired after playing it.

But on the whole, Zhou Yan is still very satisfied, and he has done a good job of this piece.

The reason why he chose "Dongfeng Etude" is because this piece is of the right difficulty, and he is very familiar with this piece, he can show off his skills without any accidents.

At the end of the performance, Zhou Yan glanced at Zhao Ling.

He originally thought that he could suppress Zhao Liang with this hand, but he didn't expect that this kid's expression did not change at all.

Zhou Yan thought for a while and asked Zhao Ling, "Do you know how to play this song?" ”

"Yes." Zhao Ling nodded.

"Then you can try." Zhou Yan stood up with a smile and gave up the stool to Zhao Ling.

Zhao Liang sat on the stool, didn't think much about it, and started playing directly.

The introduction in front was nothing special, but when Zhao Liang played it to the back, Zhou Yan was stunned.

This kid even plays better than himself!

It's over, it's a failure.

Just now, Zhao Liang was probably thinking that Zhou Yan would be able to enter the central sound in this way, so he should have no problem.

To be honest, Zhou Yan's piano level is no problem, although it can't be compared with the main piano players, but it is still much better than the average person, he is in their composition department, and the piano level is also middle and upper.

It's just that Zhao Lang's kid is stronger, at Zhao Liang's level, he must have been learning since elementary school, and he doesn't learn casually, he has to practice diligently every day.

Piano, needless to say, talent, in addition to talent, relies on a lot of repetitive practice, and the process is very boring.

More than three minutes later, Zhao Ling finished playing and turned his head to look at Zhou Yan, "Brother Zhou Yan, I'm done playing." ”

"Ahem, good play."

"Brother Zhou Yan, you shouldn't be the main piano major, right?"

This was a very normal question, but Zhou Yan saw a hint of "provocation" in Zhao Liang's expression. This kind of provocation is not malicious, but just a manifestation of showing off among children.

Zhou Yan smiled, although this kid looks like a stuffy gourd on the outside, he still has a lot of personality. At the same time, he also knew that if Zhao Liang was not convinced at this time, Zhao Liang would not be able to listen to what he said for a while.

After pondering for a while, Zhou Yan spoke, "I major in bamboo flute, piano is a minor, for me, the piano is only to assist me in composing, our composition department, the most important thing is to make the music." ”

Zhao Liang smiled and said, "Then Brother Zhou Yan, will you teach me to compose?" ”

It stands to reason that with Zhao Jiping, a master composer, there is no turn for Zhou Yan to teach, but Zhou Yan still nodded, "Okay, you get up first." ”

Zhao Liang stood up with doubts, and then stood next to him to see what Zhou Yan was going to do.

Zhou Yan sat down after a while, he was a little hypocritical, he was not used to sitting in other people's hot chairs, and he had to wait until it was cold to sit down.

After sitting down, Zhou Yan began to play again.

Zhou Yan's song this time is softer, it is a Andante piece in F major, and the music is relatively uniform.

In the first part, the leap between the notes is relatively large, and the overall melody is beautiful, but in the second section, the mood is slightly stronger.

Zhao Liang had never heard this piece before, and he couldn't tell which composer's style it was.

In this song, Zhao seems to hear that in nature, many small animals keep jumping and running, passing through the forest and jumping over the stream......

The song is also not long, a few minutes later, Zhou Yan finished playing, and looked at Zhao Liang again, this time Zhao Yan was no longer calm, but asked urgently, "Brother Zhou Yan, what is this song called?" ”

Zhou Yan spit out four words indifferently, "Always together." ”

Zhao Liang didn't search for this name in his mind, and asked, "Whose work is it?" ”

At this time, Zhou Yan smiled and pointed at himself, "I." ”