Yu Ran still has some understanding of the composition department, and she has also heard or performed the works of many students in the composition department.

Of course, the compositional students usually write pieces that are not popular music, but they are different from the classical music they usually play, and they are more of the kind of avant-garde serious music that sounds a little strange.

Yu Ran wanted to ask Zhou Yan what other works were similar to "Kite", and if she could show her the score, but they had only known each other for two days, and she felt that this was too abrupt, so she didn't ask in the end.

When the two arrived at the school gate, Jia Guoping was already there, and the three of them took the bus to Wangfujing Yanjing Roast Duck Restaurant, which is good for going to school in Yangyin, the school is in the second ring road, and it is convenient to go anywhere.

After eating, Jia Guoping proposed to walk back to school to eliminate food, and Zhou Yan and Yu Ran both nodded in agreement.

Although it was a quick car ride from Yangyin to Wangfujing, it was also ten miles away, and it took an hour or two to walk there, but they didn't feel anything.

In these years, even in the capital Yanjing, the pace of life has slowed down, and it seems reasonable to walk for an hour or two to eliminate food.

And from Wangfujing to Yangyin, it happens to pass through the Forbidden City, and the night view in the eyes is not bad.

……

In the afternoon of the next day, Zhou Yan came to Yanjing Film Studio again with his things.

Originally, Zhou Yan was going to come in the morning, but he called Wang Junzheng in advance, and Wang Junzheng told him to come back in the afternoon.

When Zhou Yan arrived at the entrance of the director's department, he found that today's office was more lively than last time, there were seven or eight people in it, all of them were gathered together, basically young people in their thirties and forties, only the one standing in the middle was older, about sixty years old.

Chen Kaige and Wang Junzheng are also there, and the other Zhou Yan don't know each other.

At this moment, I heard the old man in the middle say: "Don't be afraid, dare to dare to do it, if something goes wrong, I will give you a cover." This year's projects, we ......"

People were talking about business, and Zhou Yan didn't want to bother, so he waited outside the door first.

He listened outside for a while, and probably understood, the one in the middle should be Chen Zhigu, the director of Yanjing Studio, who was beating the directors of the director's department at this time.

This year, their studio is still quite busy, with a lot of projects to be launched, tight work, and heavy tasks.

The style of this factory director is quite crisp, and after only five or six minutes, the chicken blood is finished.

After saying what should be said, Chen Zhigu said "disband", and then walked out of the door of the director's department.

After going out, he saw Zhou Yan standing at the door, he took a second look, he was about to leave, and when he saw Zhou Yan smiling at him, he stopped and asked, "Are you Zhou Yan?" ”

Zhou Yan was thinking, the two of them looked at each other, it was not good not to give a smile, but he didn't expect the other party to stop.

This old man's temperament is quite special, a bit majestic.

Zhou Yan nodded and replied, "Well, hello, I'm Zhou Yan." ”

Chen Zhigu looked at Zhou Yan's satchel again, "You recorded the soundtrack?" ”

"It's to record a little sample and bring it to Director Wang."

"Come in." Chen Zhigu turned around and entered the director's office again, "Kaige, can you use the tape recorder in your office?" ”

Chen Kaige just sat in his seat, but he didn't expect Chen Zhigu to go and return, and asked if the tape recorder could be used, he was a little unsure, "It should be able to be used, I used it yesterday afternoon." ”

Another person sitting next to him said, "It works, I used it just now." ”

"That's good." Chen Zhigu nodded, and said to Wang Junzheng again, "Xiao Wang, Zhou Yan is here." ”

Wang Junzheng was stunned for a moment, and then saw Zhou Yan walking in the door after Chen Zhigu, and she couldn't help frowning.

Zhou Yan called her in the morning, and she asked Zhou Yan to come back in the afternoon, and the reason why she asked Zhou Yan to come in the afternoon was because Chen Zhigu, the director of the factory, was not in the factory in the morning and came back in the afternoon.

But what Wang Junzheng didn't expect was that Zhou Yan came in the afternoon and happened to meet Chen Zhigu directly.

Her original plan was to meet with Zhou Yan first, see how Zhou Yan prepared first, discuss with Zhou Yan, and then go to see the factory director, so that she would have a bottom in her heart.

Now it was so sudden that she was caught off guard.

Is Zhou Yan ready?

She wanted to say something, but saw that Chen Zhigu had already asked Zhou Yan to take the tape.

After getting the tape, Chen Zhigu directly put the tape into the tape recorder.

In this sudden situation, except for Wang Junzheng and a few of them, everyone else was confused, and they all looked at this side with curiosity.

What is Director Chen doing, and who is this young man next to him?

Zhou Yan took this opportunity to say hello to Chen Kaige and Wang Junzheng.

The tape was spinning in the tape recorder for a while, and suddenly Zhou Yan's voice sounded.

"Serial No. 4, "After the Letter."

This is followed by a piano piece that sounds a little disappointing.

The song is very short, only about twenty seconds.

After it was over, the tape rotated in the tape recorder for a while, and Zhou Yan's voice sounded again.

"Serial No. 5, "Tape Recorder."

Again, it's followed by a piano piece that feels a little warm, and it's also very short, less than thirty seconds.

……

Chen Zhigu and Wang Junzheng have been listening very carefully, and after the others listened to the two paragraphs, they didn't care anymore.

These pieces don't seem to be anything special, just ordinary soundtrack passages.

After the B side was finished, Chen Zhigu looked at Zhou Yan, didn't say a word, and continued to turn to the A side.

Chen Zhigu is an arbitrary person, but he is not impatient, and in this situation, he will not rush to make a conclusion.

In fact, these tunes are very well written, Chen Zhigu can hear Zhou Yan's musical skills, but these tunes are nothing special, because they are all short passages, and they can't hear anything in themselves, and they don't give people a bright feeling.

If it's just such a clip, it may not be enough to convince Chen Zhigu to use a student as the soundtrack director of the film.

The idling in front of A was a bit long, and it took about twenty seconds before I heard Zhou Yan's voice.

"Serial number, "Kite"."

After the sound ended, the tape continued to spin for nearly ten seconds before the music was heard.

At first, this section seems to be no different from the B-side sections, they are all small passages of solo piano.

Just when Chen Zhigu thought that this "Kite" was the same as those small passages on the B side, the sound of a violin suddenly appeared.

After the sound of the violin came in, the feeling of the piece changed all at once.

Chen Zhigu squinted his eyes unconsciously, and the rest of the office also looked this way.

This is the first time that an instrument other than a piano has appeared in the cassette recorder, which is already quite eye-catching, and the melody of the violin is very catchy, so people can listen to it at once.

But the surprise is still to come, the tune slowly advances with the violin, and when the mood slowly pushes to a small high, the violin sound slowly weakens, and finally stops.

This is followed by a twenty-second piano interlude.

After the interlude, the sound of another instrument came in...... It's a cello!

When the cello came out, everyone present felt that the mood of the tune was pushed by a pair of big hands, and it was even more surging than when the violin entered just now.

Chen Zhigu looked at Zhou Yan again, and this time, his eyes became a little different.

Although he has only listened to a short piece of the song so far, and I don't know how long it has been, the richness of this song is beyond his imagination, and he tried to associate the story of "Heaven's Reply" in his mind, and then found that this piece is indeed very suitable for "Heaven's Reply", this kind of sadness of suddenly losing his support is just like the emptiness of his grandson after losing his grandfather in the movie.

With the story of the script, he also gave birth to a lot of emotion.

When he saw the script that Wang Junzheng had changed before, he was moved by the family affection in the story, and he would also think of his little grandson, although the mode of getting along with his grandson was different from that in the script, but the feelings were similar.

On the other side, Wang Junzheng couldn't stand properly, she lowered her head and propped her hands on the table, as if her legs had lost their strength.

Wang Junzheng's adoptive father, like the grandfather in the movie, is also a post and telecommunications worker, so in the process of adapting the script, Wang Junzheng poured a lot of feelings into his adoptive father.

Many details of the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren also come from Wang Junzheng's own memories.

It can even be said that she made this movie to dedicate it to her adoptive father.

Wang Junzheng was originally a very sensitive person who was prone to tears, and when she changed the script of "Heaven's Reply" before, she cried while changing it, and tears could be seen on many scripts.

When she heard Zhou Yan's song, those memories of the past surged out like a tide again, hitting her heart and her tear ducts.

When the second section of the song sounded, Wang Junzheng couldn't hold back any longer, and a teardrop burst out of his eyes and landed on the table. Wang Junzheng didn't dare to wipe it, so he could only sit down, lower his head, and hide his gaffe.

At this time, no one in the office paid attention to Wang Junzheng, and everyone's attention was on this song.

What kind of tune is this?

New tunes?

What does this young man have to do with this tune?

Why did Director Chen play this song?

Everyone is guessing.

When Chen Kaige heard this song, he also raised his eyebrows.

This piece is good, it is easy to resonate, he looked at Zhou Yan, thought that Zhou Yan was Zhao Jiping's assistant, and also had a guess in his heart, could it be that "Heaven's Reply" asked Zhao Jiping to be the soundtrack director, and this song was written by Zhao Jiping?

But it's a little different, this piece is not quite the same as Zhao Jiping's style.

……

By the end of a song, five or six minutes had passed.

While the tape was idling, one hand held down the pause button.

Chen Zhigu withdrew the tape, and then smiled at Zhou Yan, "Zhou Yan, come to my office, Xiao Wang, you can come too." ”

Wang Junzheng secretly wiped away his tears and nodded, "Okay." ”

Although she tried to control it, anyone could tell that her voice was a little hoarse, as if she had cried.

Then Wang Junzheng took Zhou Yan, and the two followed Chen Zhigu to his office.

As soon as he arrived at the factory director's office, Wang Junzheng said with a firm look in his eyes, "Factory director, if you don't agree to let Zhou Yan serve as the soundtrack director of "Heaven's Reply", then I won't make this movie." ”

Chen Zhigu glanced at Wang Junzheng, and suddenly smiled, "Do you think I will reject you now?" ”

Wang Junzheng showed a surprised expression, "Factory director, you agreed?" ”

"Agreed." Chen Zhigu nodded, looked at Zhou Yan again, and sighed with emotion, "Sure enough, you are a hero out of a young man, Zhou Yan, you really taught me a lesson today." ”

Zhou Yan didn't know Chen Zhigu's attitude before, but when he heard Wang Junzheng's words just now, he could probably guess that Chen Zhigu must have objected to his role as "Heaven's Reply".

Therefore, Zhou Yan also felt a little grateful to Wang Junzheng in his heart, and it seemed that Wang Junzheng had helped him fight for this matter.

"Director, you're laughing."

"It's because you're humble, you're so talented, no wonder Director Wang insists on giving you a chance to show it, and the soundtrack of "Heaven's Reply" will be entrusted to you later."

Chen Zhigu's arbitrariness is because he believes in his own judgment, and when his judgment changes, his arbitrariness will change, and he now believes that Zhou Yan is the best candidate for "Heaven's Reply".

Of course, if this happens again in the future, Chen Zhigu will behave like before.

Because he knows that Zhou Yan's situation is quite special, not every student can have Zhou Yan's performance, even if it is a student of Yangyin.

Zhou Yan smiled and nodded, "Don't worry, director, I will take the soundtrack work of "Heaven's Reply" seriously." ”

"Thank you very much." Chen Zhigu smiled and asked Zhao Jiping again, "How is Mr. Zhao doing?" I haven't seen him in a few days. ”

"It's been good lately, and I've been almost busy with my last project."

Zhou Yan didn't say what the last project was, but Chen Zhigu knew that it was "The Red Lantern Hangs High", and then the two chatted briefly, Chen Zhigu had nothing to say, and Zhou Yan and Wang Junzheng said goodbye.

……

After walking out of Chen Zhigu's office, Wang Junzheng smiled and said, "Zhou Yan, I was really surprised by your performance today, that "Kite" is really suitable for this movie. ”

"I also felt it after reading the script." Zhou Yan said with a smile.

"What Director Chen said just now, I also want to say a word, you really taught me a lesson today."

In fact, Wang Junzheng didn't pay much attention to the matter of soundtrack directing at the beginning.

She believes that the soundtrack is just the icing on the cake for the movie.

But now she thinks that a good soundtrack will make a huge difference to the movie, and when she was listening to "Kite" just now, she actually had a new picture in her mind.

In the original sub-shot, the last picture of flying a kite was a sunny day, but just now, listening to the tune, the picture of flying a kite appeared in her mind again, and the background turned out to be a rainy day, and the raindrops hit the kite hard, making the kite sway its body hard.

Now she's thinking about whether to change the storyboard.