Liu Qing and the others were going to stay in Yanjing for three days, but they had other things to do in Yanjing in the next two days, so Zhou Yan did not accompany them.

The adaptation of "The Knife in Clear Water" is a verbal authorization, and after Huang Jianxin goes back, he will draft a licensing agreement and send it to Zhou Yan, and then Zhou Yan will sign it here and send it over, and this matter will be decided.

When they left Yanjing, the two went to Zhou Yan's bedroom to say hello to him, which can be regarded as a recognition of the door, and it is convenient to find him when they come to Yanjing in the future.

Liu Qing originally wanted to invite Zhou Yan to Chang'an Studios to play in the summer, but he thought that he might follow Zhang Yimou to film "Qiu Ju Lawsuit" after a while, so he didn't mention it.

"How good it would be if you could follow the group, I heard that the soundtrack of "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit" is also looking for Mr. Zhao Jiping." Liu Qing sighed.

Zhou Yan smiled, don't say that he doesn't have time, even if he has time, he is reluctant to let him follow the group as a soundtrack assistant now.

He was able to be the on-site guide for "Farewell My Concubine", on the one hand, because he was really interested in this movie, and on the other hand, because he had told Zhao Jiping about it a few years ago.

Zhao Jiping knew that Zhou Yan was the soundtrack director of "Heaven's Reply", probably because of this, he didn't look for Zhou Yan this time.

Now Zhou Yan, Zhao Jiping asked him to be the soundtrack assistant again, which is a bit of a slap in the face.

"Don't worry, there are opportunities for cooperation in the future," Zhou Yan said with a smile.

Huang Jianxin also smiled, "Yes, when the filming of "Knife in Clear Water" starts, I will send you to our production team, and you will be able to meet at that time." ”

"That's a good idea." Liu Qing smiled and rubbed his head, "When the time comes, the director and screenwriter will be my buddies, and no one will dare to bully me." ”

Huang Jianxin sighed, "In other crews, who dares to bully you." ”

"Hey, it's not for nothing after all these years." Liu Qing laughed, and then waved his hand to Zhou Yan, "Let's go." ”

Zhou Yan also waved his hand, "Go slowly." ”

……

Two days after Huang Jianxin and the others left Yanjing, Zhou Yan received a telegram from Pengcheng.

The content of this telegram was very simple, with only a string of numbers and the words "Xiao Xian".

It is not difficult to guess that this telegram should have been photographed by Hou Xiaoxian, and the string of numbers was probably a phone number.

Zhou Yan originally planned to contact Hou Xiaoxian in a few days, mainly because Huang Jianxin mentioned the film festival a few days ago, and he wanted to ask what was going on, but he didn't expect Hou Xiaoxian to contact him first.

Seeing such a concise telegram, Zhou Yan couldn't help but smile.

Nowadays, most people still write letters to each other, and if they can't get through the phone when they encounter an emergency, the best choice is to take a telegram.

The efficiency of taking a telegram is certainly not as high as that of a telephone, but it is better than a telephone, that is, it can be connected to basically anywhere.

It's just that telegrams are charged according to the number of words, so when everyone writes telegrams, they will try to reduce the number of words while ensuring that the information can be conveyed accurately.

Huang Jianxin's movie "Black Cannon Incident" a few years ago is related to the filming of telegrams.

In the movie, an engineer of a mining company likes to play chess, and once on a business trip to Germany, he left the black cannon chess pieces outside, and then sent a telegram to the past, the content of which was "The black robe lost 303 to find Zhao".

The people at the post office were very vigilant, and when they saw that this telegram felt particularly like a code, they suspected that he was a spy, so they reported it to their superiors, and then a special person launched an investigation into the engineer.

The reason why Zhou Yan laughed was because he didn't expect Hou Xiaoxian to care about this telegram fee.

In recent years, the economic gap between the two sides of the strait has been obvious, and the cost of telegraphy is quite expensive for people in the mainland, but the per capita annual income on Taiwan Island is now $9,000, so naturally there is no need to care about the cost of a few yuan for telegraphs.

Zhou Yan took the message, went out to find a public phone, and dialed the phone number on the message.

The phone rang for a while before it was answered.

"Hey, hello." A crisp female voice came from the opposite side, with a thick Hong Kong accent.

Zhou Yan asked, "Is Mr. Hou Xiaoxian here?" ”

"You're looking for Director Hou, wait a minute."

Then Zhou Yan heard the phone being put down, and the sound of high heels drifting away, the woman should have helped Zhou Yan find someone.

Zhou Yan tugged at the corners of his mouth, good guy, girl, you shouted, just go over to find it, this long-distance phone call is not cheap, he is distressed.

After more than a minute, the phone was picked up again, and Hou Xiaoxian's voice came from the microphone, "Hey, who is it?" ”

"Director Hou, it's me, Zhou Yan." Zhou Yan replied.

Hearing that it was Zhou Yan, Hou Xiaoxian laughed, "It seems that you have received a telegram." ”

"I just received it, Director Hou, do you have anything to do with me?" Zhou Yan asked.

"There are two pieces of news, one bad news, one good news, which one do you want to hear first?"

Zhou Yan didn't hesitate at all, and said, "Let's listen to the good news first, I'm a person who is psychologically fragile, so listen to the good news first to stabilize my mind." ”

"The good news is that your short film 'Antlacewing' won the grand prize at the Curta International Short Film Festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and the short film was also favored by Globo and the BBC, who bought the rights to broadcast the film, and the festival prize money plus the copyright fees from the two TV stations, a total of $9,682."

Zhou Yan nodded, this is indeed good news, but this copyright fee is also quite interesting, how can there be a whole thing.

"And what's the bad news?" Zhou Yan asked again.

Hou Xiaoxian laughed, "The bad news is that the money has nothing to do with the trophies of the film festival, they belong to the Chrono Company, if you want to see the trophies, you can get the Chrono Company." ”

Zhou Yan raised his eyebrows, it turned out that this was the bad news Hou Xiaoxian said, no wonder listening to Hou Xiaoxian's tone was full of happiness, because this was good news for them.

In fact, it is not bad news for Zhou Yan, because when they made this short film before, they had already signed an agreement, and all the subsequent income of the short film, including the prize money of the director of the film festival award, was owned by the company.

The content of the agreement is very clear, and there is nothing to talk about.

Since there is no loss, it is not a loss, and since there is no loss, it is naturally not bad news.

Zhou Yan's mentality is also relatively peaceful, this money should not have been earned by him in the first place. If it weren't for the money paid by the company at that time, "Antfly" would not have been filmed.

Moreover, even if Zhou Yan had the money to make "Antlacewing" at that time, without the operation of the age company, it would be impossible to win awards at film festivals and sell the broadcast rights to TV stations in Brazil and the United Kingdom.

The film festival, in addition to the high quality of the film itself, the operation is also very important, and the company has a special department responsible for overseas sales, which is to study this matter.

They not only understand the operation mode of the film festival, but also are familiar with some relevant personnel.

In this world, not only China is a humane society, but also foreigners, and connections are very important.

As for Zhou Yan, he doesn't have any connections, and he doesn't even know what this Kurta Film Festival is, let alone send "Antlacewing" to the exhibition.

However, in this way, the company's investment in this short film is basically about to pay off. This is the good thing about small-budget films, and you can pay for it if you do it casually.

However, the company is willing to invest because of the low cost and low risk.

Zhou Yan said with a smile, "It's not bad news, whether I can get the money or not, I hope this film can make a lot of money." If you suffer, the cooperation will not last long. ”

"Haha, it's impossible to make a big profit, it's good to be able to smooth out the investment, mainly because of the honor of the film festival. You can rest assured that although the trophy will be placed in Mr. Qiu's office, no one can take away the honor that belongs to you. Although Kurta is a new film festival and not many people know about it, it is a film festival after all, and it can bluff people when it comes out. ”

Hearing this, Zhou Yan secretly said that Mr. Qiu's office was quite empty, and such an unknown film festival trophy was also put inside.

But Hou Xiaoxian is right, even if this Kurta Film Festival is not famous, it is also very good, especially in China.

Later, when they introduce Zhou Yan, they can say that his film has won the "Best Short Film at the Kurta International Film Festival".

Aren't people just made up of names?

Zhou Yan remembered the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival again, so he asked, "Director Hou, if I make another short film now, can I catch up with the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival?" ”

"You're going to make a short film again?" Hou Xiaoxian was a little surprised, and then answered Zhou Yan's question, "The Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival will be held in January and February next year, but they will have to close their registration in October this year. If you want to sign up for next year's Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, it's best to get your film done before September. ”

Then Hou Xiaoxian asked again, "Do you have any new plans?" ”

Zhou Yan smiled, "It's a little idea, it's not mature." ”

Hou Xiaoxian asked directly, "Do you want to cooperate with the company again?" ”

"Of course, I am willing to talk about cooperation with the times, after all, we have a good foundation for cooperation before."

Zhou Yan didn't directly say that he was willing to cooperate, only that he was willing to talk to them, and Hou Xiaoxian naturally understood what Zhou Yan meant.

It's okay to cooperate, but the conditions can't come according to the previous ones, after all, Zhou Yan is also a director who has won the "Best Short Film Award at the Kurta International Film Festival", and his worth is definitely not the same.

Hou Xiaoxian thought for a while and said, "I'm in Pengcheng now, and I should go to Yanjing in late July, will you be in Yanjing by then?" ”

He knew that Zhou Yan was not a native of Yanjing and might return to his hometown during the summer vacation, so he asked.

"Yes, I'm basically in Yanjing this summer, just contact me in advance before you come."

Hou Xiaoxian smiled, "It's not convenient to contact you, why don't you buy a big ...... Buy a pager so it's easy for me to find you. ”

He originally wanted to say that he would let Zhou Yan buy a big brother, but when he thought of his big brother, Zhou Yan was afraid that he couldn't afford it, so he changed his mind and asked him to buy a BP machine.

In fact, Zhou Yan also felt inconvenient during this time, others wanted to find him for something, it was very troublesome, just like a few days ago Hua Yang looked for him, and he made a special trip to his school, but he didn't see others and waited in the dormitory for a long time.

If he has a BP machine, Hua Yang can call him directly in the unit.

"Okay, I'll go get one later."

"Well, after you buy it, give me another call and give me the call sign." After thinking about it, Hou Xiaoxian said with a smile, "Otherwise, if you have time to go to Taiwan Island in the summer, I will stay on Taiwan Island for half a month." ”

Zhou Yan refused without thinking about it, "I'm afraid I won't have time this summer." ”

He really doesn't have time, he still has a lot of things to do in the summer, the key is that it is not easy to go to the other side now, it may take several days on the way back and forth, there is nothing special, he really doesn't want to go.

Hou Xiaoxian expressed regret for this, "I still thought that if you want to go over, I will fulfill my promise and introduce you to a few beautiful eyebrows." ”

Last time, Hou Xiaoxian said that he wanted to introduce Meimei to Zhou Yan and drank a lot of wine, Zhou Yan thought he was talking drunk, but he didn't expect him to remember this incident.

"I'll have a chance later." Zhou Yan said with a smile.

"Haha, I'll talk about it later."

After hanging up Hou Xiaoxian's phone, Zhou Yan went to buy a BP machine.

Although this thing is not as expensive as the big brother, but it is not cheap, Zhou Yan bought a new Chinese machine this year, which is the kind that can display Chinese characters, and it cost him more than 4,000 yuan.

Moreover, the BP machine is not bought and used, and it also needs a few hundred yuan of opening fees, and the subsequent normal use will give dozens of dollars of monthly rent, and the monthly rent of the Chinese machine is twice as expensive as the digital machine.

In film and television dramas, many people like to hang the BP machine on their waists, but Zhou Yan didn't do this, on the one hand, he felt that it was dirty, and on the other hand, this thing was not cheap, hanging it on his waist was equivalent to revealing his wealth.

You must know that his BP function is worth the salary of many people for two or three years.

Although Yanjing's public security is okay, it is still cautious these years, and if you accidentally encounter a robbery, you will still suffer the loss.

After the BP machine was ready, he told the people he could contact one by one about his paging number, so that they could call him if they had something to do in the future.

……

The next morning, as soon as Zhou Yan got up, the pager at the bedside "beeped".

He took the pager and looked at it, and a message came: Good morning, brother.

There is no name, but Zhou Yan knows that it must have been called by Zhou Qing.

He touched his forehead, and some regretted that he had given his pager to Zhou Qing and them. He could foresee that Zhou Qing would most likely send him a greeting message every day in the future.

After he finished brushing his teeth and washing his face, the pager in his pocket rang again.

Again? This girl doesn't want to go to school?

Zhou Yan took out the BP machine, and this time it was written: Come to the factory Wang Junzheng.

It turned out that it was not Zhou Qing, it was Wang Jun who was looking for him.

Zhou Yan simply cleaned up, and then rode to Yanjing Studio.

Seeing Zhou Yan coming, Wang Junzheng smiled and said, "With a pager, it's a lot more convenient, and I can find you at any time." ”

Zhou Yan also smiled, "How do I feel, after having a pager, I have to be a lot busier?" ”

"That's inevitable."

When there was no pager, if it was a small matter, people would not look for him, but now that there is a pager, if there is anything, he will call directly.

"Sister Wang, what are you looking for me? Is there a problem with the tape I recorded the other day? Zhou Yan asked.

Wang Jun was waving his hand, "It's not me looking for you, it's Xia Gang looking for you." ”

"Director Xia is looking for me?" Zhou Yan was a little surprised.

Xia Gang is also the director of Yanjing Studio, but he is from the office next door, Zhou Yan rarely deals with Xia Gang, and he is a nodding friend.

Wang Junzheng smiled and said, "What else can I do to find you, go, I'll take you over." ”

With that, she got up and walked next door, and Zhou Yan followed in a daze.

There were not many people in the office next door, and Xia Gang was sitting by the door.

"Xiao Xia, someone brought it to you." Wang Jun was patting the pile of books on the table.

Xia Gang was originally looking down to read a book, but Wang Junzheng's voice startled him and leaned back.

Looking up and seeing that Wang Jun was coming with Zhou Yan, Xia Jun stood up with a smile, "Zhou Yan, you're here, I'm really sorry, and I bothered you to make a special trip." ”

Xia Gang is less than forty years old, about the same age as Chen Kaige, but he is not tall, and his bookish atmosphere is completely different from the black-headed and black-brained stupid Chen Kaige.

Every time Zhou Yan met Xia Gang before, he was smiling.

Saying that he was going to pour water, Wang Jun was watching him take two cups, so he smiled and waved his hand, "You still have to pour water for me, okay, someone will bring it to you, you can talk, I'll go first." ”

After saying that, Wang Junzheng left, and Xia Gang only poured a glass of water for Zhou Yan.

After taking the water, Zhou Yan smiled, "Director Xia is polite, I don't know what you are doing with me?" ”

"It's also a soundtrack." Xia Gang rubbed his hands and continued, "At the beginning of the year, Director Chen asked Director Zheng Xiaolong for them to make an appointment with a script draft, called "Strange Faces Have Sweet Dangers". ”

The corners of Zhou Yan's mouth twitched, what the hell is the name of this movie, Xia Gang has also filmed this thing?

Xia Gang knew that he had previously filmed "Half of the Flames, Half of the Sea", and later filmed "The Great Satan" and the City Trilogy.

As for this "Strange Face Has a Sweet Danger", Zhou Yan is not impressed at all.

He was sure that he must not have seen this movie, otherwise, he would definitely be able to remember such an awesome movie name, and it is speculated that this movie must not be famous.

"Is this movie going to be made?" Zhou Yan asked.

Xia Jun shook his head and said, "The script is still being revised, and I heard Director Wang persuade me to determine the soundtrack director before filming, so I want to talk to you." Actually, I want to wait for you to come over when you have time, and by the way, I will definitely talk, Director Wang has to call you over. ”

"Hey, it's okay, I'm close anyway." Zhou Yan waved his hand.

For Wang Junzheng, Zhou Yan is really grateful, since Wang Junzheng cooperated with him, he has been promoting the benefits of finding soundtrack guidance in advance, and by the way, he also helped him live.

The film "Forbidden City: Memory" can be completed, which has a direct relationship with Wang Junzheng, and now he has a new job in the factory.

Xia Gang dragged a bench and asked Zhou Yan to sit down, and then he also sat opposite Zhou Yan, "I'll probably tell you about the script, this script is mainly about the story of overseas Chinese relatives...... Do you know the relatives of overseas Chinese, that is, the dependents of overseas Chinese who stay in China......"

Hearing the word overseas Chinese, Zhou Yan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Isn't "The Great Satan" about the story of overseas Chinese relatives? Could it be that the name of "The Great Satan" was "The Sweet Danger of a Strange Face"?

"After a man has sent off his wife, he happens to meet another couple, and the husband is going abroad......

Xia Jun didn't know what Zhou Yan was thinking, and continued to tell him the script.

After Xia Jun finished the general story, Zhou Yan nodded, although the script Xia Jun said was a little different from the plot of "The Great Satan" that Zhou Yan had seen, but Zhou Yan was sure that this movie was "The Great Satan".

In this way, he is still a little interested.

When I heard the name of the movie "Strange Faces Have Sweet Danger" just now, Zhou Yanda felt a little disgusted in his heart, and he didn't really want to take this job.

"When did you start filming this film?" Zhou Yan asked.

Xia Gang shook his head again, "I'm not sure, I want it to start before Chinese New Year's Eve, because I want to catch up with the lively atmosphere on Chinese New Year's Eve, so as to set off the loneliness of overseas Chinese relatives staying in China." But in the end, it depends on Zheng Xiaolong and them, and they can't wait until they change the script, and recently, I'm also urging them, seeing that it's already summer. ”

Zhou Yan has the impression that "The Great Satan" is indeed full of winter scenes.

The script has not been decided yet, and Zhou Yan doesn't want to mix it too early, so he said with a smile, "The story is not determined, and the soundtrack work is not easy to carry out, my suggestion is to wait until the script is finalized before discussing the soundtrack." ”

Xia Gang smiled and nodded, "I know this, I want to tell you in advance, if you want, the soundtrack director of this movie will be you." During this time, you don't have to make the soundtrack of this movie, but you can also think about this story by the way when you are composing music, and maybe you can get some inspiration, right? ”

This is Xia Gang's true thoughts, he has heard all three long tunes used in "Heaven's Reply", and he is full of praise for each one, so he hopes to give Zhou Yan a little more time to prepare and try to get high-quality tunes.

"Do you want to go through other formalities for this soundtrack guidance?"

Zhou Yan expressed it more tactfully, in fact, it meant to ask Xia Gang if he had the right to make the decision, Wang Jun was looking for him to be the soundtrack director before, but it took a lot of effort, and it was finally finalized by the factory director Chen Zhigu.

Xia Gang also understood what Zhou Yan meant, he waved his hand and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I can decide the soundtrack and guide this matter." ”

He said that he was very confident, not because he was more powerful than Wang Junzheng, but because the situation was different now.

With the cooperation of "Heaven's Reply", Zhou Yan's performance is obvious to all, and Chen Zhigu will definitely not put obstacles in this matter.

Even some time ago, when Chen Zhigu held a meeting with their director team, he also mentioned the soundtrack, which means that everyone should pay attention to the soundtrack of the movie, and don't just think about shooting the picture well.

Although Chen Zhigu did not mention Zhou Yan's name from beginning to end, everyone knows that Chen Zhigu was able to say this because of "Heaven's Reply".

Zhou Yan's soundtrack really added a lot of points to "Heaven's Reply".

Seeing that Xia Gang was so confident, Zhou Yan nodded and said, "Okay, I'll pay more attention to this time." ”

Xia Gang smiled and said, "Then please." ”

After chatting about business, the two exchanged pleasantries for a while, and Zhou Yan got up to say goodbye.

Coming out of Xia Gang's office, Zhou Yan said hello to Wang Junzheng, and went to the editing building to see the editing of the film.

"Heaven's Reply" is not a live broadcast, it is all the last dubbing, the dialogue and everything have been recorded, and the workshop is cutting the audio track recently, and it is estimated that the film will be mixed in July.

At this time, unless there is any big problem in the later review, otherwise, there is basically nothing to do with Zhou Yan.

……

Before I knew it, June had passed, the time had come to July, and all the undergraduates of CCTV were on vacation.

Zhou Yan has seven people in their dormitory, and the other five have all gone home, only Zhou Yan and Jia Guoping have not left, Jia Guoping is now a teacher, unlike ordinary students, he still has a lot of work to do in the school, and it is estimated that he will not be able to take a holiday until mid-July.

During this time, the drama of "life and death" was staged at the door of CCTV every day.

The graduates are about to usher in a long vacation, and when they walk out of the gate of No. 43 Baojia Street, they will change from "our school" to "my alma mater" when they talk about CCTV in the future.

Although they all have the idea of meeting again in the future, they are afraid that they will never see each other again.

In these years, there is a lack of means of communication, and after leaving school, it is really possible that you will not see each other for the rest of your life. If a person never sees each other again in his life, it is actually a "goodbye" in a sense.

College students are full of emotions and have well-developed tear ducts, and there is a cry at the school gate every day.

When Zhou Yan came back from outside two days ago, he also saw a violin major playing "Farewell", which was really sad and tearful when he saw it.

This is the case with the graduation season of CCTV, which is full of all kinds of music full of sorrow and farewell, and "Farewell" is definitely a high-frequency track.

Early in the morning of July 4th, Zhou Yan was about to go to Yanjing Studio, and saw a couple at the school gate staging a big drama of "sending lovers", and there was an audience next to the key.

If it weren't for the fact that he didn't have a musical instrument in his hand, Zhou Yan wanted to give them a piece of "Liang Zhu" to help them enjoy it.