There is a limit to the duration of new works in the semester, and each work cannot exceed seven minutes, but in fact, most students cannot use up such time, and the duration of most works is basically controlled between three and five minutes.

Combined with the time it takes for musicians to get on and off stage, a student's performance should be over in six or seven minutes.

But today, because Shi Wanchun and Wu Zuqiang were there, the students who performed on stage were extra careful, they were careful when moving seats and instruments, and after moving, they kept adjusting their positions, for fear that the layout would affect the performance effect.

After the performance, the students will thank the audience very solemnly.

As a result, the performance, which could have ended in six or seven minutes, was forcibly dragged out by them for almost ten minutes.

The 88-level composition major plus Zhou Yan, who was repeated, has a total of seventeen people, one person takes ten minutes, it takes one hundred and seventy minutes, plus some rest time in the middle, about three hours.

By the time the first sixteen students finished their performances, it was already past twelve o'clock.

When the other groups go on stage, it is relatively simple, because there are only a few instruments at most, and they are basically conventional instruments, and the musicians can go up with them, and it is easy to set them up.

But when it comes to Zhou Yan, it's very different, there are more than 20 people at once, there are more types of musical instruments than the general multi-chapter symphony, the bowstring group is basically ready, and in addition to the ordinary drums, there are relatively rare instruments such as pipe bells.

With so many people and so many instruments, it takes a lot of time just to arrange the troops.

Xu Lang, who had just walked off the stage after the performance, was startled by the scene on the stage before the sweat in his palms dried.

It was not only the number of instruments that surprised him, but also the lineup of musicians.

Zhou Yan himself won't say it, although he is not a flute major, but his bamboo flute is still relatively famous in the college, especially in the winter before last year, Zhou Yan took the stage to play his new semester work "Dark Fragrance Floating", which is a good show of skills.

At that time, when Zhou Yan's works were exhibited, Xu Lang was also there, so he was very impressed by Zhou Yan's bamboo flute.

The violin is Yu Ran, the piano is Senior Sister Zhang Xinning, the viola is Senior Brother Huang Gan, and the bell ringing is Liang Dong, who is at the same level as them...... More than half of the entire ensemble are well-known figures in the school.

When all the musicians were in place, a meticulous boy in a suit and leather shoes and combed hair walked onto the stage with a baton.

Seeing this boy, Xu Lang touched his forehead and shouted in his heart: How can this lineup compare with them?

The one who came to the stage was Yu Feng from the command department, and he was also a figure of the school.

Even in terms of "wind and clouds", he is stronger than Jia Guoping and Zhou Yan.

Yu Feng is the senior brother of the 85 command department, and he graduated from his undergraduate degree one year early because of his excellent grades in 88 and was escorted to graduate school.

This year is Yu Feng's last year of graduate studies, and he has also decided to stay on as a teacher, and he will go to the Department of Command as the main subject teacher next semester.

At this moment, the other 88-level composition students also have the same idea as Xu Lang, and their lineup is not at all the same as Zhou Yan's lineup.

This lineup makes today's performance look like it is divided into two parts, the display of other students' works and the display of Zhou Yan's works.

They all know the role of good musicians in the performance, and even if it is the same piece, if these people play it, the difference is huge.

Don't underestimate these outstanding students, their professional level is higher than that of ordinary students.

Of course, Xu Lang didn't think about comparing with Zhou Yan, in their eyes, Zhou Yan couldn't be regarded as their classmates.

Zhou Yan entered their class in April, and in the past two months, Zhou Yan has played the role of a teacher many times, and they are full of respect and gratitude to Zhou Yan.

The 88-level composition is actually very miserable, because they can be said to be the most inconspicuous of the composition department.

In front of them, the 87th class has a senior brother like Jia Guoping and Zhou Yan, and behind them, there are rising stars like Hao Weiya, but they don't have a prominent student this year.

The main reason is that Li Bingyang is too irresponsible, which greatly affects their teaching this year.

For these students of 88 Composers, the arrival of Zhou Yan is undoubtedly a ray of light, illuminating their originally gradually gray learning path.

In the past two months, the 88-level composition students have been unprecedentedly enthusiastic about learning, and their academic level has also improved, especially the youngest in the class, Xu Lang, during this time, his academic level has come by leaps and bounds.

Xu Lang and they also looked at the stage with expectant eyes, and Senior Brother Zhou Yan's performance today also gave them the face of the 88 composition department.

In the future, when students from other departments talk about the composition department, they will not skip their 88 class.

At this time, Zhou Yan, the protagonist of this performance, is hidden in the orchestra and is not eye-catching.

The piano is on the side, the bowstring group is in the front, and Zhou Yan is mixed in the woodwind group, and if you don't look carefully, you can't find anyone else.

In fact, Zhou Yan originally thought of being the commander himself, but when he learned that Jia Guoping could find Yu Feng, he decisively gave up this idea.

His conducting level is naturally incomparable with Yu Feng, a celebrity in the command department, so it is better to give up the baton and play his flute well.

As it turned out, he was absolutely right in this decision.

Since Yu Feng agreed to be the conductor of "Memories of the Forbidden City", he immediately approached Zhou Yan to discuss the score, and then Zhou Yan was amazed by Yu Feng's ability to read music, he was able to quickly and accurately "hear" the sound effects of more than 20 instruments from the score with his eyes.

Of course, Zhou Yan also has the ability to read music, but there is still a gap with Yu Feng.

After discussing with Zhou Yan, Yu Feng began to study the score from the perspective of rehearsal, find out the direction of travel of each melodic line, and analyze the harmonic atmosphere and orchestration color of each section.

The most important thing is the basic emotional design of the whole song, where to be nervous, where to relax, and where to progress towards the climax...... These rehearsal things are basically mastered by Yu Feng.

It can be said that Yu Feng is recreating "Memories of the Forbidden City".

What surprised Zhou Yan the most was that in order to better understand the song "Memories of the Forbidden City", Yu Feng actually read all the pieces made by Zhou Yan in the past, trying to understand Zhou Yan's motives and emotions when he created "Memories of the Forbidden City" through Zhou Yan's previous works.

Zhou Yan wanted to tell Yu Feng that this was useless, because the song was not written by one person at all, but after Yu Feng studied Zhou Yan's previous works, he said that he felt Zhou Yan's courage in musical innovation, and fully reflected this in the planning of the conductor......

After everyone was ready, Yu Feng raised his hands to the height of his chest and made a ready clap gesture, followed by a prep clap and a start beat, and when the start gesture was completed, the music sounded.

The piece begins with a loud bell ringing, followed by a string orchestra and piano.

That's right, Zhou Yan did not use the original arrangement of "Memories of the Forbidden City", and did any solo to guide the way, but took the lead and directly put the magnificent second paragraph at the front.

As soon as Yu Feng came up, he pushed the gate of the Forbidden City open with his baton and showed the audience the majestic palace inside.

Wu Zuqiang, who was originally expressionless in the audience, suddenly came to his senses.

He sat in the audience for more than three hours, and although the other students of the class of '88 composed did quite well, after all, he was only in the third grade, and it was difficult for the work to be eye-catching.

But Zhou Yan's song caught his attention at the first bell.

Wu Zuqiang has heard the name of Zhou Yan many times, and there are only so many students in the composition department, and the prominent ones will always receive more attention.

Wu Zuqiang himself is taking graduate students, and he naturally hopes to find good seedlings, so he has also paid attention to Zhou Yan and Jia Guoping, who composed 87, but Zhou Yan repeated the grade, and Jia Guoping did not choose to continue studying.

He came over today at the invitation of Shi Wanchun.

Shi Wanchun invited him to come, only saying that he would ask him to see the 88-level composition students, and did not disclose what he wanted to see, but when more than 20 instruments came on stage together in the last scene, Wu Zuqiang probably guessed that Shi Wanchun was going to take him to see Zhou Yan today.

Wu Zuqiang glanced at Shi Wanchun next to him, who was concentrating on enjoying the performance on stage, he smiled and continued to focus on the stage.

This is followed by a dreamy section played by bamboo flutes, reeds, violins, and other instruments, leaving the whole piece covered with a heavy historical memory.

To Shi Wanchun's surprise, this piece is particularly innovative in the use of Chinese and Western orchestration, and the obviously strong Western string music does not dominate, serving the drums, bells and bamboo flutes well.

It is not until the last section of the piece that the violin begins to weaken, the viola enters the main arena, and the tonality of the whole piece gradually changes from the original grandeur to a bit of sadness, and this change is also very reminiscent of the weakness of a dynasty.

This paragraph itself is well written, but it seems a little hasty in the connection with the previous one, and the whole song does not render enough of the heyday of the dynasty.

Wu Zuqiang understood that the prescribed length of a new work for the semester should not exceed seven minutes, and it was obviously impossible to express everything perfectly in seven minutes, which was nothing more than a compromise made by the composer for the sake of the performance.

Of course, the flaws are not hidden, Zhou Yan has skipped the primary stage of technique display, and began to express more personal feelings in composition.

His work is not only outstanding in the new work of the third year semester, but also in the graduation project.

Six and a half minutes later, as the last note of the whole piece fell, the audience also burst into applause.

In the applause, Yu Feng first bent down to salute all the musicians who participated in the performance, and then looked at Zhou Yan with a smile in the middle of the woodwind group.

Zhou Yan comprehended and walked out of the woodwind group with the bamboo flute in his hand.

When Zhou Yan came out, the applause at the scene became a little louder, and Xu Lang, who was sitting in the second row, stood up directly from his seat and clapped his hands wildly, if it weren't for Wu Zuqiang and Shi Wanchun sitting in front of him, he would have shouted Senior Brother Zhou Yan I love you.

Walking in front of Yu Feng, Zhou Yan first held the bamboo flute and folded his hands to thank Yu Feng, and then with Yu Feng, he bent down to thank the audience.

After thanking each other, neither of them said anything more, and walked off the stage hand in hand, and the musicians began to pack up their instruments and prepare to walk off the stage.

At this point, the performances of the 88-level composition major semester new works concert of the Central Conservatory of Music are all over, but everyone does not dare to move, they are waiting for Shi Wanchun to speak to Wu Zuqiang.

Shi Wanchun looked at Wu Zuqiang and said with a smile, "Principal Wu, say a few words?" ”

Wu Zuqiang didn't excuse himself, he stood up directly, and he didn't come to the front of the stage, he stood in place and said: "First of all, congratulations to all of you, you have completed another semester of study in the composition department of CCTV. ”

Hearing Wu Zuqiang's speech, the musicians who were originally packing up their instruments on the stage also stopped their movements and listened to Wu Zuqiang quietly.

Wu Zuqiang made a simple start, then picked up the list of works and continued, "The works you show on the stage today have their own shortcomings, but the overall performance is very good, the first string quartet "Cloud Mountain Chaos" should be taken from Su Dongpo's "Over the Seven Miles", the whole piece is free and fine......"

After commenting on the first song, Wu Zuqiang began to comment on the second song, "The second song "Black Shell" is an experimental work with preset results, and the whole experiment contains Shen Huaigang's pursuit of expanding the vision of expression......"

Everyone thought that Wu Zuqiang would end with a few official words after standing up, but what they didn't expect was that he would comment on the students' works one by one.

It was already half-past twelve at noon, but no one was in a hurry to eat, because Professor Wu's comments were not often heard.

"The sixteenth song "Sitting River" is a work tailor-made for the French horn, showing off the technical overtones ......"

Wu Zuqiang commented one by one, and none of them fell, but after commenting on the sixteenth song, he stopped.

Everyone else looked at him blankly, waiting for him to continue to comment on Zhou Yan's "Memories of the Forbidden City", but he didn't seem to have any intention of commenting, as if he had forgotten that there was still a seventeenth work.

Shi Wanchun next to him said with a smile, "You have been busy for most of the day today, and President Wu's comments are very good, so I won't say anything more about delaying your time, just pack up and go to dinner." ”

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, I don't understand what Wu Zuqiang means by this, why Zhou Yan's works are not evaluated.

But soon they knew the answer, and they saw Wu Zuqiang say to Zhou Yan with a smile, "Zhou Yan, you come out." ”

Zhou Yan nodded, "Okay, Principal Wu." ”

When Zhou Yan and Wu Zuqiang walked out, the classroom became lively, and the students talked about it.

"No wonder there are no reviews, it seems to be one-on-one tutoring."

"Senior Brother Zhou Yan is really strong."

"Ah, this lineup is crazy today."

……

Here Zhou Yan followed out, Wu Zuqiang turned his head to look at him, and said with a smile, "Today's performance is not bad, it seems that repetition has no impact on you." ”

Zhou Yan also replied with a smile, "Principal Wu has a good reputation, in fact, I think that the one-year suspension period is a kind of precipitation and improvement for me, I have learned some things that I can rarely come into contact with in school, and these things that can only be accessed outside can be stimulated, but the knowledge and skills that I originally received in school can be stimulated." ”

Wu Zuqiang nodded, "The experience of the creator is indeed very important, and a good work must rely on the experience and experience of the composer, and the skills and knowledge learned in school are at the service of these experiences." ”

"What you said, I feel a lot during this time."

"Looks like you've been a blessing in disguise." Wu Zuqiang smiled, and then said, "The classroom of the composition department is still a little simple, and the duration limit of the semester works is too short, which restricts the performance of the song "Memories of the Forbidden City", and I hope to see your performance in the big concert hall next year." ”

After finishing speaking, Wu Zuqiang turned his head to Shi Wanchun and said, "Director Shi, do you want to explain a few words?" ”

Shi Wanchun glanced at Zhou Yan and said with a smile, "There's nothing to explain, it's not early, let's go eat." ”

"Well, I'm hungry too, so you can take care of my food today."

"You can drink all of them."

……

Looking at the backs of Shi Wanchun and Wu Zuqiang, Zhou Yan showed a relaxed smile on his face, he knew that there was hope for early graduation.

The semester concert of the composition department is only performed in the classroom of the composition department, and the only one that can be performed in the large concert hall is the graduation work, the meaning of Wu Zuqiang's last sentence, that is, he hopes that Zhou Yan will participate in next year's graduation concert.

At this time, other students also came out of the classroom one after another, and they congratulated Zhou Yan one after another.

Zhou Yan responded one by one, and at the same time kept the musicians who helped him, he had troubled people for so many days, and today he was so busy that the meal was over, if he didn't care about a meal, then he would have to be skinned every week.

Halfway through the call, Zhou Yan suddenly saw Sun Qin coming out of the classroom again, and he said with a surprised face, "Brother Sun, why are you here?" ”

Sun Qin said with a smile, "Today's performance of "Memories of the Forbidden City", how can I not come and see it? ”

"When did you come, I never saw you."

"I've been here a long time ago, you're busy with the show, how can you see me. Today's performance was very good, the scene was very good. Sun Qin gave a thumbs up.

"Haha, too much, too well. We'll have dinner in a while, Brother Sun, you'll come with us. Zhou Yan invited.

Sun Qin glanced at the musicians, shook his head with a smile and said, "Just eat, I have something to tell you, can you borrow a step?" ”

"Yes." Zhou Yan nodded, and then told Jia Guoping, "Old Jia, you help me to keep a lot of people." ”

"There are a lot of one, isn't there no more than one?" Jia Guoping said with a smile.

Zhou Yan pouted and said, "If you can call all the people who came to see the show today, I have no problem." ”

Leaving such a sentence, Zhou Yan walked next to Sun Qinchao.

Walking to a place where there were few people, Zhou Yan asked, "Brother Sun, what's the matter?" ”

"Good thing." Sun Qin said with a smile, "The stage is going to make a new film, with the theme of the Forbidden City." ”

Zhou Yan raised his eyebrows, "Is it because of "Memories of the Forbidden City"?" ”

"It has a lot to do with the song, of course, because the theme of the Forbidden City itself is also very valuable, but now there is a problem."

"What's the problem?" Zhou Yan asked.

"The problem is that the duration of this new feature film is about 30 minutes, so a song "Memories of the Forbidden City" is not enough, and more soundtracks are needed."

Hearing Sun Qin say this, Zhou Yan laughed, "This is also called a problem?" ”

"Isn't that a problem?"

Zhou Yan said very confidently, "You just go and shoot, and leave the soundtrack to me." ”

"Good brother." Sun Qin punched Zhou Yan on the shoulder, "I knew you were reliable." ”

Zhou Yan rubbed his shoulders, Hu Guanglei's evaluation of Sun Qin before was not wrong at all, his hands were really cheap.

However, it is understandable that Sun Qin is so excited, he has not been producing a film independently for a few years after graduation, but now he can produce a 30-minute feature film, which is of great significance to him.

After this work, he can really gain a foothold on Yanjing TV.

Sun Qin also felt that the world was wonderful, if he hadn't met Zhou Yan in Wumen Square at that time, there would probably not be a series of follow-up things.

The two chatted briefly, and Sun Qin said goodbye and left, and it could be seen from his light steps that he was very happy.

Sending Sun Qin away, Zhou Yan returned to the door of the classroom, at this time Jia Guoping had already gathered everyone, Zhou Yan waved his hand and said with a smile: "Let's go, let's have a big meal." ”

……

After the performance of the new work in the semester, Zhou Yan actually has nothing to do at school.

Next, he plans to spend more time on the soundtrack of "Heaven's Reply", in fact, the soundtrack of this movie has basically been smoothed, that is, the section of "Summer" has not yet been submitted.

After recording "Summer", he had to wait for the editing workshop to cut out the film in its entirety, and then comb through all the soundtracks according to the complete film.

In general, he should have been relatively idle throughout June, so he hit Sun Qin with his idea, thinking of taking some time to shoot their "Forbidden City: Memory" with Sun Qin.

Sun Qin is certainly not a master director, but his theoretical knowledge is solid, and Zhou Yan can also learn a lot from him.

It's just that although Zhou Yan's plan is very beautiful, it is difficult to implement, and since the end of the semester work concert, those juniors and sisters in the 88 composition department have become even more sticky to him.

Especially the two boys Xu Lang and Shen Huaigang, every day is like checking in, and they must go to Zhou Yan's dormitory in the morning.

Zhou Yan also can't see that studious students can't be taught, so he will take time out to guide them every day.

These two boys are still a bit human, and they will not pester Zhou Yan for more than two hours every day, as long as they reach the point, they will let Zhou Yan "get off work".

Half a month has passed like this.

On June 22, Zhou Yan rushed to Yanjing Studio with the recorded "Summer".

In the past six months, Zhou Yan has appeared in Yanjing Studio more times than some directors who often go out on field, and he is good at relationships, so everyone up and down the studio knows him even if they are not familiar with him.

Uncle Zhou, the doorman of the studio, is an old smoking gun, every time he sees Zhou Yan, the folds on his face bloom with a smile, he is not just trying to let Zhou Yan give him a cigarette, but also because Zhou Yan is his own family, and he talks interestingly and has an appetite for him.

Seeing that Zhou Yan wanted to stop and give him a cigarette, Uncle Zhou waved his hand, "I just smoked, I can't smoke anymore, you go in to find Xiao Chen, he seems to be looking for something with you, and he asked you in the morning if you have not come in the past two days." ”

The Xiao Chen in Uncle Zhou's mouth refers to Chen Kaige, he has deep qualifications, and it is normal to call Chen Kaige Xiao Chen.

Chen Kaige is the kind of director who goes out to work a lot, and he rarely sees him when Zhou Yan comes over, so he probably does want to find Zhou Yan, so he asked Uncle Zhou if Zhou Yan has not come in the past two days.

"Okay, got it."

Zhou Yan smiled, totoed a little, rode the car again, and entered the factory.

When I arrived at the office, I saw that Chen Kaige was also there.

"Sister Wang, the goods have arrived."

Zhou Yan smiled and handed the tape that recorded "Summer" to Wang Junzheng, and then turned his head and asked Chen Kaige, "Director Chen, I heard Uncle Zhou say, are you looking for me?" ”

Chen Kaige said with a smile, "It seems that Uncle has become a bridgehead for us to pass on the news this week, I am indeed looking for you to have something, didn't I tell you last time that the crew of "Farewell My Concubine" was going to have a meeting in early July, and now the time has been set, on the fourth of July." ”

"Where?" Zhou Yan asked.

"The location is in the factory, and the meeting will be in the morning, so you can arrive before nine o'clock."

Zhou Yan nodded, "Okay, I remember, will all the actors be present at this meeting?" ”

"That's not true, there are two main actors coming over, Gong Li has been filming in other crews recently, and she can't catch up."

Zhou Yan knew that Gong Li should have been very busy recently, and when he was in Qi County before, he heard Gong Li say that after the weather gets hot, he will go to Xiangjiang to shoot "When I Wake Up".

He didn't ask who the two main actors were, he just cared about his work, "What do I have to prepare for the meeting?" ”

Chen Kaige thought for a while, shook his head and said, "You don't need to prepare anything, you are here mainly to see what other groups have to say, and when the time comes, I will also distribute movie-related materials to each group, and you must have a copy." In addition, the screenwriter Mr. Lu Wei is also coming over that day, you can ......"

As he was talking, he suddenly heard a light and playful piano sound, and turned his head to look in the direction of the tape recorder.

Wang Jun was standing next to the cassette recorder, obviously the music just now was played by her, and the tape she put into the cassette recorder was given to her by Zhou Yan just now.

Chen Kaige looked at Zhou Yan and did not speak again, but listened carefully to the music played in the tape recorder.

Different from the previous "Kite", this piece feels very comfortable and lively, like a summer breeze gently blowing wind chimes hanging on the door, which makes people sound particularly comfortable.

If "Kite" makes people hear a sad rainy night, then this song makes Chen Kaige's mind think of bright sunshine and vibrant summer fields, which makes people want to wander in it.