After lunch, they returned to the Yanjing Studio.

In the afternoon, there is still a meeting of several main creators, Zhou Yan does not need to participate, if it is not for the bicycle in the studio, Zhou Yan will go back to school directly.

Dong Wenmiao, like him, didn't need to participate, and had already returned from the hotel.

After returning to the dormitory, Zhou Yan first took out a notebook with "Farewell My Concubine on the Set Diary" written on the cover, and he used to summarize the day's work.

However, there is really nothing to summarize today's work on the set, and it will probably take a long time for the film to start shooting.

Let's not talk about the script, the protagonist Zhang Guorong has just arrived in Yanjing for a few days, and then he will study Peking Opera in Yanjing, and the movie must wait until he has almost learned it to start, which will take at least a few months.

During this period of time, Zhou Yan will also learn some information related to Peking Opera, so as to assist Zhao Jiping in making the soundtrack for the movie in the future.

After writing the "set diary", Zhou Yan took out another notebook that read "Piano Boy".

This book was used by him to write the script of a short film.

After listening to Huang Jianxin talk about the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival last time, Zhou Yan was thinking about the second short film, thinking about it for several days, and also thinking about many short films, suspenseful, love, and terrifying......

Like "The Tuner" and "Red Balloon", he has thought about them, but he doesn't feel anything.

Just when he was at a loss, Zhou Yan suddenly opened his mind, why do you have to borrow a short film, you can also borrow a feature film.

Later, the first thing that came to his mind was "Burst Drummer", because "Burst Drummer" is related to music, and "Burst Drummer" was a short film at the beginning, and it was only after winning the award at the film festival that it was invested in making a feature film.

However, "Burst Drummer" mainly involves jazz, which is not quite in line with Zhou Yan's major.

In addition, domestic drummers are not easy to find, but Zhao Muyang's level is okay, but he is a little older, and his image does not match it.

After rejecting "The Burst Drummer", he thought of another piano-related feature film, called "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly".

The movie "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" is mainly about education, family affection, ideals and reality.

The protagonist is a little boy who was found to be a genius with an IQ beyond ordinary people when he was still in kindergarten, and when the other children were playing, he began to delve into all kinds of things, and he learned everything quickly, especially in music.

His mother wanted him to become a pianist, so she forced him to learn the piano from an early age, and especially enjoyed the envious glances that her son gave her when he performed in front of others.

Although the male protagonist loves the piano, he hates this feeling of playing the piano for others.

Later, in order to be able to live an ordinary life, he jumped from the stairs wearing the bat wings made for him by his grandfather, fell out of a concussion, and became an ordinary person with an average IQ.

But all this is fake, the male protagonist's IQ has not changed, it's just a lie he weaved in order to live an ordinary life, and he deceived everyone.

Although the grandfather found out that the male protagonist played the piano halfway, he also kept a secret for him, and did not reveal the secret to the male protagonist's parents in a letter until he died.

At the end of the film, after experiencing a series of things, the little male protagonist is also determined not to escape anymore and starts playing the piano again.

The story is very simple to summarize, but some of the things that the little male protagonist encountered in the process of growing up, especially his interaction with his grandfather, have many things that can resonate with people.

The grandfather of the little male protagonist is like a personal life mentor, he once dreamed of becoming a pilot, but in the end he only became a carpenter.

But even so, Grandpa is still very happy, because he believes that ideals are only a part of life, and all that he has to do in life is to move forward bravely according to the arrangement of fate.

Grandpa's words are also the theme of this movie.

In life, some people already have the answer to how to deal with ideal and reality, but more people are still on the way to find the answer.

This movie is like a fairy tale for all ages, and there are many absurd or fantasy plots in it, such as the little male protagonist who has a super high IQ, learns economic knowledge, and secretly makes a lot of money with his grandfather.

can not only help grandpa have a real plane, but also help his father buy the company, these are all standard cool movie plots.

And the reason why it's not a cool film is because these things are just minutiae, they won't ink too much, and the core things are not lost.

This film tells the story of a genius, and the reason why it can resonate with ordinary people is because the problems encountered by the male protagonist in his growth are exactly what countless ordinary people have experienced or are experiencing.

It's just that the male protagonist is a genius, so the whole process and the way the male protagonist resists are special and dramatic.

Zhou Yan wanted to turn it into a short film, and he had to add something.

In the film, the male protagonist plays classic tracks, such as Liszt's "Bell", Chopin's "Torrent", Mozart's "Rondo" and Ravel's "Clown Morning Song" and so on.

But Zhou Yan thinks that the little male protagonist is super talented and has experienced a "rebellious period" very early, so he can't play these classic tracks all the time, and there need to be some slightly different and original tracks in the film.

Zhou Yan plans to borrow a few more tunes from other places for this short film.

He thought very clearly, music wants to be heard by more people, and movies are a very good way to spread it.

The songs he writes now are very difficult to promote without the help of videos.

highlights the original repertoire in "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly", and Zhou Yan also wants to promote himself.

However, it is not easy to write a script, especially when it needs a lot of changes, and Zhou Yan has been studying paragliding these days.

In the movie, the male protagonist's grandfather dreams of becoming a pilot, and the element of "flying" is very important to the movie, and the human desire to fly can be said to be engraved in the genes, so Zhou Yan does not want to abandon this element.

But in China, it may not be realistic to want to play with airplanes.

Even if he can play, Zhou Yan makes a short film, but he doesn't have the budget.

So he retreated to the next best thing, and thought of using paragliding as a substitute, the pomp was a little worse, but it was also heavenly.

If it really doesn't work, when the film wins awards in the future, you can learn "Burst Drummer", pull investment, expand the short film into a feature film, and then see if it is possible to shoot with a real plane.

It's just that these are all later words, and he has to solve the script at the moment.

Back in the dormitory, Zhou Yan sat on a chair and wrote until the evening, and came back to write again after going out for dinner.

The Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival is due to close in October, and he needs to speed up and write the script as soon as possible.

After the script is decided, there is still a lot of work to be done, composing, shooting, editing...... It's only a little over two months, and even if it's just a short film, the time is very tight.

wrote until half past one in the middle of the night, when Jia Guoping had already finished calling "La San" and a song "Pu Er" in bed, and Zhou Yan put down his pen and went to bed.

The next morning, after Zhou Yan woke up, he picked up the watch on the bedside and saw that it was already more than eight o'clock.

Then he picked up the pager and looked at it, surprised that it hadn't gone off this morning.

Since he gave the pager number to Zhou Qing and them, he would inevitably receive morning greetings every morning.

It may not have been sent by Zhou Qing, there are several other younger brothers and sisters, and they will add their names after "Good morning, third brother".

Zhou Yan wondered if these guys had a duty schedule.

This time he received a pager for several mornings, but he suddenly didn't receive it today, Zhou Yan's heart was empty, and he even missed these younger brothers and sisters a little.

If you're done with the film, go back and see it.

Zhou Yan got up to wash, went to have breakfast, and then returned to the dormitory to continue the liver script.

At noon, Jia Guoping packed a meal for Zhou Yan very intimately and came back.

Just when Zhou Yan was grateful and speechless, Jia Guoping smiled, "Brother, do me a favor." ”

Zhou Yan wrapped the rice in his mouth and said, "Is it too late for me to spit the rice back first?" ”

"It's too late."

Zhou Yan swallowed the meal again and asked, "What's the busy?" ”

"Didn't you participate in the soundtrack of "Farewell My Concubine"? Help me get a signed album by Zhang Guorong. ”

Not many people know about Zhou Yan's participation in the soundtrack of "Farewell My Concubine", and Jia Guoping is one of them, Jia Guoping is very much in favor of this, Zhou Yan can earn more money, and he can invite him to dinner.

Looking at Jia Guoping up and down, Zhou Yan said with a smile, "Old Jia, when did you start chasing stars?" ”

"What star am I chasing, what kind of star am I chasing, I want to chase Bach and Mozart, it's your Senior Sister Zhang, he likes Zhang Guorong's songs very much."

Zhou Yan pouted and said, "What, my Senior Sister Zhang, isn't it your Senior Sister?" ”

"Yes, yes, it's also my senior sister, you just say that you can't help with this, right?"

Zhou Yan looked at the lunch box, "It's okay to help, but I'm afraid this meal is a bit simple." ”

"Go back and wait for me to get paid, please eat roast duck."

Zhou Yan smiled, "What you said, that's okay, I'll get one for you when I go back." ”

Seeing Zhou Yan agree, Jia Guoping also laughed, "Yes, you kid is now my connection." ”

"Since it's your connection, let's provide it well." Zhou Yan picked up the vegetables in the lunch box with chopsticks, "Give me more meat next time, I'm growing my body." ”

"Shh Jia Guoping sneered and walked away.

……

In the afternoon, Jia Guoping went out to run errands, and Zhou Yan continued to write the script of "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" alone in the dormitory, when it was approaching evening, he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door outside.

"Senior Brother Zhou Yan."

Zhou Yan looked up in the direction of the door, "Who?" ”

"I, Gu Nian of the piano department."

"Oh, Gu Nian." Zhou Yan stood up and prepared to open the door for Gu Nian, "Do you have anything to do with me?" ”

"It's not me looking for you, it's someone looking for you, and they say......"

Before Gu Nian finished speaking, Zhou Yan had already opened the door, and then he was confused by the scene in front of him.

Behind Gu Nian, there were eight people standing.

There are nine brothers and sisters in their Zhou family, except for the eldest Zhou Yu, who is not there, the other seven are there, and there is also Master Chen, the housekeeper and driver of their family.

The younger brothers and sisters didn't speak at first, but when Zhou Yan pushed the door open, they shouted in unison as if they had been rehearsed: "Third brother, we are here." ”