On the afternoon of July 31, the third day after the audition, Zhou Yan was in the dormitory thinking about the meeting tomorrow morning, when a shout sounded outside.

"Is Director Zhou Yan here?"

Zhou Yan replied "yes", and then walked to open the door.

There was a young man standing at the door who was not tall, with single eyelids, and a little thin, this young man was wearing a very clean, white shirt with no wrinkles at all, and he looked refreshing, but Zhou Yan had no impression of him.

"You are?" Zhou Yan questioned.

The other party smiled and said, "Hello, Director Zhou, I'm Wang Xiaoshuai, and Senior Lu introduced me." ”

Hearing the other party say that he was Wang Xiaoshuai, Zhou Yan was stunned for a moment, the Wang Xiaoshuai in front of him was completely different from the Wang Xiaoshuai in his impression.

Wang Xiaoshuai in Zhou Yan's impression is chubby and doesn't have much hair, but the one in front of him has dense hair and a relatively thin figure.

If you want to talk about fortune, Chen Kaige also made fortune in the later period, but Zhou Yan can still recognize it at a glance when he sees the youth version of Chen Kaige, but the Wang Xiaoshuai in front of him can't see the shadow of Wang Xiaoshuai later.

After being stunned, Zhou Yan invited Wang Xiaoshuai to the house, and when Wang Xiaoshuai looked at the room full of children, Zhou Yan said to Zhou Jiajun again, "This is Brother Xiaoshuai." ”

"Brother Xiao is handsome."

Zhou Yan smiled and introduced to Wang Xiaoshuai, "These are my younger brothers and sisters. ”

Wang Xiaoshuai tried hard to squeeze out a little smile on his face, "Hello." ”

Inviting Wang Xiaoshuai to sit down, Zhou Yan said with a smile, "I thought you wouldn't come, Senior Lu recommended you to me, it was a few days ago." ”

Wang Xiaoshuai scratched his head and said embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, Director Zhou, I've been delayed a little personally." ”

"It's okay, since you're here, let's talk, Senior Lu should have told you about the specific situation of our crew, right?"

Wang Xiaoshuai nodded, "I said, the senior said that you are a very talented director, and said that if I can really enter this crew, I will definitely be able to learn a lot, so I came with a learning mentality." ”

"Is that really what Lao Lu said?" Zhou Yan asked with a smile.

Wang Xiaoshuai continued to nod, "He did praise you a lot." ”

In fact, Zhou Yan knew that Senior Lu's words must have been processed when they came out of Wang Xiaoshuai's mouth.

When Wang Xiaoshuai spoke, his expression was not rich, but he was better at talking than Senior Lu, at least he would say something with a little compliment, and Senior Lu would not.

After that, Zhou Yan chatted with Wang Xiaoshuai for nearly half an hour, Zhou Yan didn't mention professional matters, Wang Xiaoshuai graduated from the directing department, and Zhou Yan's own theoretical knowledge of directing is relatively thin, so there is no need to pretend to test others.

From beginning to end, they were talking about Wang Xiaoshuai's life and things related to Senior Lu.

After chatting, Zhou Yan felt that Wang Xiaoshuai's communication skills were still okay, and sometimes he could feel that he had different ideas about a certain issue, but his performance was still very peaceful.

This kind of emotional stability is of course a plus in Zhou Yan's opinion, if Wang Xiaoshuai doesn't like to talk like Senior Lu, then Zhou Yan will definitely not want it.

In the future, when the official filming is made, the executive director and the director's assistant are all stuffy gourds, and he, the director, has to come forward for any communication work, which is not tiring.

asked Wang Xiaoshuai about his wishes and requirements, Wang Xiaoshuai said that there was no request, and Zhou Yan decided to make him the assistant director.

Zhou Yan gave Wang Xiaoshuai a set of scripts, and then asked him to go to the composition classroom to participate in the meeting when he was on the first day.

Later, Zhou Yan watched Wang Xiaoshuai leave on the second floor, and when he was about to turn back, he saw a girl coming out of the shade of a tree and holding Wang Xiaoshuai's arm.

It was a little far away and couldn't see clearly, but Zhou Yan always felt that this girl was a little familiar.

……

On August 1st, the sky was overcast early in the morning, and it seemed like a heavy rain would come at any moment.

Zhou Yan took his younger siblings to a nearby mutton soup restaurant for breakfast, and then went to the composition classroom.

They went very early, arriving at 7:40, but when they arrived, they found that Lin Juan was already standing at the door of the classroom.

Lao Jiu saw Lin Juan when he was far away, and greeted Lin Juan sweetly, "Sister Juan." ”

"Ninth sister, good morning." Lin Juan also smiled.

When he arrived, Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Xiaojuan, you came so early." ”

Lin Juan smiled: "I'll come in advance to help set up the scene." ”

In fact, Lin Juan has been here for a while, she went to Zhou Yan and their dormitory downstairs first, but she didn't find Zhou Yan, Zhou Yan had already taken Zhou Jiajun to eat at that time.

After a fuss in Zhou Yan's dormitory, she came to the classroom.

"There's nothing to do, just get there before half-past eight."

Zhou Yan opened the door of the composition classroom and walked in with them.

There is really nothing to arrange in the composition classroom, and the materials to be used today have been moved to the classroom in advance, and the banner with the name of the crew has been hung.

This classroom was borrowed by Zhou Yanwen from the school, he not only borrowed the classroom from the school, but also borrowed the piano room and the concert hall.

The school knows that Zhou Yan is going to film, and it is very supportive, and it is summer vacation, so it will not delay anyone's study. Zhou Yan also promised the school that when the movie was broadcast later, he would give special thanks to the school at the end.

At eight o'clock, the behind-the-scenes personnel of the crew arrived one after another.

Wang Xiaoshuai came with Senior Lu, Zhou Yan smiled and introduced to the others, "While the others haven't come yet, I'll introduce you to you, this is the assistant director Wang Xiaoshuai, who is also a college classmate of the road director, if there is anything in the future, if you can't find me, you will find the road guide, and if you can't find the road guide, you will find Wang Dao." ”

Everyone greeted Wang Xiaoshuai one after another, and he responded one by one, and he felt quite good on the first day as an assistant director.

The others Zhou Yan did not introduce Wang Xiaoshuai one by one, although their crew is not big, but there are dozens of people behind the scenes.

There are three people in the director team, eight people in camera and lighting, three people in makeup, and seven people in the props team and art...... There are thirty or forty people in total.

At half past eight, investor Xu Feng and producer Hou Xiaoxian also arrived.

Xu Feng looked around the classroom and said with a smile, "Teacher Zhou is going to teach us today?" This was the first time I had a meeting in a classroom. ”

"And it's a composition classroom." Hou Xiaoxian followed and said, he looked at the three pianos on the stage again, "Is it necessary to put so many pianos in your classroom?" ”

"It's really necessary, this piano is not enough."

Hou Xiaoxian pouted, "You only have so many pianos in one classroom, it's hard to imagine how many pianos there are in the whole school, so many pianos, it takes a lot of effort just to maintain." ”

Zhou Yan said with a smile, "The teacher of the musical instrument department must be very moved when he hears what you say. ”

The musical instrument department of CCTV is one of the hardest departments in the school, there are too many musical instruments in the school, and they have to be inspected, maintained and even repaired every once in a while, and the teachers of the musical instrument department are really busy from morning to night.

Now that it's a holiday, they can't be idle, and they have to check the instruments every few days.

Zhou Yan witnessed a teacher of the musical instrument department scolding while cleaning the oil stains on the piano, almost scolding the eighteenth generation of the ancestors of the guy who ate on the piano.

If that guy were standing in front of the teacher, the teacher would probably be able to kill him.

"Zhou Yan, are you going to play the piano for us today?" Xu Feng asked.

Zhou Yan shook his head with a smile, "I won't play the piano today, there are more things to say, and there is not enough time." ”

"That's a pity, I'd love to hear you play." Xu Feng said regretfully.

Hou Xiaoxian said with a smile, "Zhou Yan, don't worry, if you can't finish it in the morning, you will say it in the afternoon, and if you can't finish it in the afternoon, you will say it tomorrow." ”

Xu Feng pouted, "You are the least anxious producer I have ever seen." ”

Hou Xiaoxian shrugged, "There must be some new tricks." ”

In fact, Hou Xiaoxian didn't regard himself as a producer, he just came to see Zhou Yan filming, if Zhou Yan has a problem, he can help solve it, if there is no problem, he won't care about Zhou Yan, so he has a relaxed mentality.

After half past eight, the actors also arrived one after another, He Saifei, Li Shouhai, Lang Lang and Yu Feihong, and the male protagonist's father was Zhu Shimao who was selected by Xu Feng.

After half past eight, a light rain began to fall outside, and then it became heavier and heavier.

At eight fifty, Zhou Yan looked at the rain outside, looked at the sign-in sheet again, and couldn't help frowning, there were still more than a dozen people who hadn't arrived.

Everyone else is fine, the key is that the costume designer Dong Wenmiao did not arrive.

That's right, the costume director of "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" this time is also Dong Wenmiao, but she was not found by Zhou Yan, but recommended by Xu Feng.

At that time, Xu Feng also specially asked Zhou Yan's opinion, and made it clear to Zhou Yan that she only recommended, and the decision-making power was still in Zhou Yan's hands, and if Zhou Yan didn't want to use Dong Wenmiao, he could refuse.

Zhou Yan naturally won't refuse, he cooperated with Dong Wenmiao for a half-play, and the process was quite good, plus Xu Feng had spoken, it was impossible to refuse.

Costume design also represents a department, and if you can't wait for her to start, it's really not good.

Zhou Yan sat on the piano bench, put his hand on his chin, and looked at the door of the classroom, it was raining really hard outside, and these people in the back really couldn't blame them for being late.

However, Zhou Yan still decided that at nine o'clock, it would officially start, even if it was Dong Wenmiao, he was not ready to wait.

As the minutes ticked by, the nine o'clock was getting closer and closer.

At 8:58, Dong Wenmiao finally arrived, she looked more embarrassed, her long hair was wet, and the hair on the right side was pinned behind her ear, revealing her side face and neck, and she could see water droplets dripping down her hair to her neck.

Dong Wenmiao's clothes were not spared, the plaid shirt he wore on top had two sleeves that were already soaked, and there was no dry place below the knee of the slim jeans underneath.

Seeing Dong Wenmiao like this, Zhou Yan was also very curious, how did she manage to make her knees wet and her hair wet at the bottom and dry in the middle?

However, Dong Wenmiao's hurried appearance was the first time Zhou Yan had seen it.

Seeing Dong Wenmiao standing at the door twisting the water on his sleeves, I don't know why, Zhou Yan suddenly thought of his movie, in the script, the encounter scene he arranged for the little male protagonist and the female protagonist was in a sound store.

The male and female protagonists meet again.,Although the female protagonist doesn't know the male protagonist anymore.,But they have a common musical hobby.。

Zhou Yan had never been very satisfied with this scene before, but he couldn't think of a better one, and just now, the moment Dong Wenmiao came in, something suddenly flashed in his mind.

He thought of "The Pianist at Sea", in which the male protagonist 1900 was recording a music record, he suddenly saw a girl walking by the window, he fell in love with the girl at first sight, and his fingers also wandered with his emotions, playing a song that showed his heart.

Zhou Yan thought, why can't I design a similar scene?

Rainy day, first love, reunion, piano, these words flashed quickly in Zhou Yan's mind, slowly forming a set of pictures.

One rainy afternoon, the little male protagonist sat in front of the piano in a video store, staring out the window blankly, he wanted to play the piano, but he was worried that it would be exposed.

Although there was no one he knew in this video store, he was still worried that the long-term disguise would keep him vigilant.

At this moment, outside the glass window, a girl hiding from the rain appeared, she was holding a book in her hand, looking very embarrassed, and this girl was the big sister next door that he liked when he was a child.

In this atmosphere, the little male protagonist no longer cared about it, put his hands on the piano, and played a song.

Zhou Yan looked at Dong Wenmiao at the door, thinking about this plot, and then he thought, what kind of tune should be used for this paragraph?

After thinking only for a moment, Zhou Yan pushed the piano lid open, put his hands on the keys, and then a pleasant piano sound sounded.

As soon as the piano sounded, the scene, which was still a little noisy, immediately became quiet, and everyone looked at Zhou Yan on the stage and listened to Zhou Yan playing the piano quietly.

Although I don't know why Zhou Yan suddenly played the piano, since it was played by the director, of course they wanted to save face, and many people were more curious about Zhou Yan and wanted to hear how he played the piano.

Some people have heard that Zhou Yan is a student of CCTV, but they don't know that he is from the composition department, and some people don't know that Zhou Yan is from CCTV at all, and they know very little about Zhou Yan as a director.

Zhou Yan's song gives people a feeling of concentration and calmness, as if a small independent world has been separated on this rainy day.

Yu Feihong looked at Zhou Yan in the audience, her face was full of surprise, she was the kind of person who didn't know Zhou Yan at all, she didn't know that Zhou Yan was from the composition department, and she didn't know that the soundtrack in the movie was written by Zhou Yan.

Before she came, she was still wondering, why did the crew meet in a conservatory classroom, just because the movie was related to music?

This is a song that Yu Feihong has never heard before, but the first time she listened to it, her ears were grabbed by this tune.

She seemed to hear the sound of rain from the music, and a picture appeared in her mind, a couple of lovers half-sitting on the sofa, quietly watching through the window as the raindrops slowly hit the leaves, and then flow down the leaves to the branches, and then to the trunks.

The raindrops in front disappeared halfway, and the raindrops in the back slowly opened up along the back road of the predecessors.

The birds hide in their nests, poking their heads out from time to time.

But when the song reached the middle, she felt a hint of excitement in her emotions, not like her lover next to her, but more like she met someone she liked on a rainy day.

In fact, Yu Feihong heard it right, the name of this piece is "When It Rains", which naturally makes people hear the drizzle.

Dong Wenmiao also stopped wringing the water at this time, turned around, and looked at Zhou Yan on the stage.

Zhou Yan's eyes touched Dong Wenmiao, and then he took it back and looked ahead seriously, but before that, his gaze staring at Dong Wenmiao had been captured by Xu Feng.

Listening to the music played by Zhou Yan, Xu Feng's eyes revealed a trace of doubt and gossip.

A few minutes later, a piece of music ended, Lao Jiu Zhou Qing was the first to applaud, and the others also followed closely and applauded Zhou Yan.

It seems that now is not a crew meeting, and there are no directors on stage, they are more like they are coming to a concert, and Zhou Yan is the pianist who performs for them.

After the applause ended, Zhou Yan wanted to care about his colleagues who were drenched in the rain, but he heard Xu Feng ask with a smile in the audience, "Director Zhou, is this your new song?" ”

"Hmm." Zhou Yan smiled and nodded, "Listening to the sound of rain, I suddenly felt a little bit and played a paragraph." ”

Of course, he wouldn't say that he played this part because he saw Dong Wenmiao, otherwise, these people in the crew would definitely misunderstand.

Hearing that Zhou Yan played this song because of the rain, there was also a discussion below.

"Director Zhou is really amazing, he can play the piano and compose."

"No wonder I heard the rain just now.

"This song is so good, will it be used in the movie?"

"In the movie, it doesn't seem to be raining, right?"

"It's so nice to play!"

……

Zhou Yan was already good-looking, he was still a director, and he played an original track just now, and the picture of playing the piano just now was too lethal to girls.

Although Lin Juan has appreciated Zhou Yan's talent many times, she still looked at Zhou Yan with starry eyes just now, and when Zhou Yan finished playing, she was still immersed in it.

Although the other young girls are not as exaggerated as her, they all have a new understanding of Zhou Yan, and even Yu Feihong's expression when she looks at Zhou Yan has become very different.

Zhou Yan ignored their discussions, walked to the front and said to a young man in the logistics department, "Li Hong, you go to the first floor and ask Uncle Lin to take you to the school materials department to see if there are any new towels, and ask them to borrow a dozen towels." ”

Li Hong is two years older than Zhou Yan, and he is also young in the crew, but he is quite lively and has eyesight, so Zhou Yan likes to do anything with him.

Let's just say that Uncle Lin on this floor, Li Hong has only been here two or three times and is familiar with others, if he goes to someone else, this thing may not be possible.

After Li Hong left, Zhou Yan looked at his watch, it was already nine o'clock, although there were still four or five people who had not arrived, but he was not ready to wait any longer, so he directly started today's meeting.

is different from the previous meeting of "Farewell My Concubine", "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" was written, directed and dubbed by Zhou Yan, and the screenwriter, soundtrack, and director are all himself, so there is basically no controversy.

As for the opinions of the producer and the rest of the director team, they basically communicated before the meeting.

So at today's meeting, Zhou Yan mainly helped everyone smooth out the entire filming process, so that all of them could know what to expect. In addition, if there are any problems in other departments, they can also be raised in a centralized manner today.

He has a lot to talk about today, so he talks about it very quickly.

First, start up, the time has been set, at 8:06 in the morning on August 6, Xu Feng seems to be particularly fond of the numbers eight and six, and someone proposed 8:08 on August 8 before, but they were all rejected.

Second, most of the filming locations have already been decided.

Third, the specific arrangements of each behind-the-scenes group and the actor group, if you encounter problems, you can find which department and which staff member to dock. For example, some actors who have just arrived in the crew, how to arrange their accommodation, and who to find.

……

Zhou Yan told them a lot of things, and each one was expressed in the simplest language as much as possible, because he didn't want to waste time.

And if you express too much, it's easy for people to not listen.

Now Zhou Yan is like this, one by one, simply and neatly, even if there are a lot of words, but they can basically listen to them. and understand.

encountered some things that they couldn't remember, and Zhou Yan also took them into account in advance, such as the list of contacts, he would have printed it out a long time ago, and when the time came, it would be directly posted at the door of the crew's office, the actor's residence and other places in a conspicuous position.

In every department, Zhou Yan not only cared about their needs, but also put forward requirements to them.

The problems raised by various departments can be solved on the spot by Zhou Yan, and if they cannot be solved on the spot, let Wang Xiaoshuai write them down, and then find an opportunity to solve them after the meeting.

However, most of the departments raised some small problems, generally lack something, as long as you write it down and purchase it later.

At eleven o'clock, everything that should be said had been said, and Zhou Yan finally asked, "Are there any problems with each group?" If there is, it is raised on the spot, and the later it is raised, the more difficult it will be to solve it. ”

The leaders of each group looked at each other and shook their heads, indicating that there was no problem.

They shook their heads, and Zhou Yan nodded, "Okay, today's meeting ends here, let's eat, and the meeting ends." ”

Because many scenes will be completed in the central sound, the crew packed a small piece in the central sound canteen, and they can go to the central sound canteen to eat when they are filming here in the future.

On the way to the cafeteria, Xu Feng asked Zhou Yan, "Does that song just now have a name?" ”

Zhou Yan thought for a moment and said, "Reunion." ”

"Reunion." Xu Feng frowned and repeated the name, then asked curiously, "Why is it called reunion?" ”

Zhou Yan smiled, "I was about to tell you about this, in fact, just now I not only composed this song, but also thought of a new plot, and I am going to change the scene where the male protagonist meets the female protagonist again in the script." ”

Xu Feng immediately understood, "So this song "Reunion" is used in this changed plot?" ”

Zhou Yan nodded and said with a smile: "That's right." ”

The easter egg chapter of the song "When It Rains" has been placed after the previous chapter in advance, and you can move to eat

(End of chapter)