On the second day of the Nagoya concert, Shizuka Kudo appeared at the concert and went on stage to lay flowers and hugs.

That is, the next day, Zhang Youan received a call from Shizuka Kudo's agency, Ogi Production.

Oki's purpose in making this call is simple, that is, he hopes to get the cover rights of "Always Together", "If Love Has Providence" and "Wet Hair".

Shizuka Kudo only mentioned the song "Forever Together" in front of reporters, but Ogi Productions thought that since he was already going to cover it, he would simply get these three tunes together and just be able to make a small disc.

The three tunes are added together, and it is also convenient to talk to Tomson.

Receiving a call from Ogi Production, Zhang Youan was quite interested.

Prior to this, they were also contacted by other companies, hoping to cover those tunes written by Zhou Yan.

At the earliest, these companies went to contact Huaxing and other companies, but after asking, they found that the copyrights were still on Tomson's side.

And these tunes have never been covered by people, because the singers who came to contact before are not well-known, and some are even newcomers who have just debuted.

Although the newcomer's cover is higher at the beginning, it will have an impact on the spread of the song and the subsequent income, so Tomson has not agreed.

Shizuka Kudo is also the first to cover a first-line singer, and Zhang Youan is of course interested.

Then Zhang Youan went to call Zhou Yan with great interest to talk about it.

……

At this time, Zhou Yan and Wang Zuxian were in the hotel room, snuggling together and watching the snow outside the window.

This time, the snow fell heavily in Nagoya, and overnight, the entire city turned white, and even caused traffic paralysis.

Originally, they were going to Osaka tomorrow, but depending on the current situation, it may have to be postponed for a day.

According to locals, this kind of traffic paralysis occurs once or twice a year, but it doesn't last long and shouldn't affect their plans for the future.

Zhou Yan's mentality is quite peaceful, no matter how urgent they are in this situation, they can't do anything about it.

So in the morning, Zhou Yan held a meeting with the members of the orchestra, telling them not to worry, and in the afternoon, he and Wang Zuxian nested in the room, brewed a pot of tea, and enjoyed the snow outside.

The snow is very ordinary snow, but Zhou Yan still enjoys this kind of time, a snow, trapped them in Nagoya, also made his footsteps stop slightly, and the pace of life slowed down suddenly, the most important thing is that Wang Zuxian is accompanied by him.

The quiet time was broken by a phone ringing, and Zhou Yan got up to pick up the phone.

Zhang Youan said on the other end of the phone, "Oki Productions called and said that I hope to get the cover rights of the three songs "Always Together", "If Love Has Providence" and "Wet Hair". ”

"Oki production?"

"It's Shizuka Kudo's office."

Hearing Shizuka Kudo's name, Zhou Yan turned his head to look at Wang Zuxian, and Wang Zuxian also looked at him with questions on his face.

"Well, you can talk about it, you don't have to ask me."

"So, you agreed to let Shizuka Kudo cover it?"

"There is no problem for anyone to sing me, business cooperation, as long as you have money."

Zhang Youan on the other end of the phone pouted, although Zhou Yan said so, but Zhang Youan didn't believe it at all.

Don't look at Zhou Yan who seems to be very good at talking every time, this is okay, that's okay, but in fact, he is very picky, just say that this time to endorse Shiseido, if it weren't for Hattori Jiro's insistence, I'm afraid this endorsement would be gone.

"Then I'll talk to them formally." After confirming this matter, Zhang Youan asked about the situation in Nagoya again, "Is it still snowing over there?" ”

Zhou Yan glanced out the window: "Well, it's still down, and it's quite big." ”

Zhang Youan sighed slightly, "There is no way to do it if the heavens are not beautiful, don't worry, if you really can't do it, you can cancel or postpone this scene in Osaka." ”

The theme concert of "Voices of the East" is co-sponsored by Tomson Company and Daifeng Entertainment, and Tomson Company still dominates it, so it is not complicated to cancel or postpone the concert, and it does not involve any compensation, it is nothing more than the loss of venue fees.

In fact, even if it is not led by Tomson, it is normal to cancel the concert in the face of such force majeure, and the organizer and the audience who buy tickets can understand it.

"It should be fine, but it might take less time to rehearse."

The concert in Osaka is the evening of the day after tomorrow, so theoretically, as long as they can make it to Osaka in the afternoon of the day after tomorrow.

It's just that the rush passed, the boat was tired and the rehearsal time was compressed, and the state of the members was definitely not as good as the previous two games.

"Well, I've already told them at Shiseido that I'll shoot them when the Osaka concert is over. If the Osaka concert is cancelled, you will have to come straight to Tokyo and shoot the advertisement first. ”

"No problem, I'll write the script in the past two days and show them first."

"One more thing, "Farewell My Concubine" will be released on neon next month. Fuji TV is going to do a special episode, including the previous interviews with Chen Kaige and Zhang Guorong when they participated in the Tokyo Film Festival, Fuji TV made a request, hoping to invite you to shoot an interview for about three minutes, add it to this special, do you want to go? ”

Zhou Yan didn't hesitate at all, and nodded directly in agreement, "No problem, when I go to Tokyo, I'll shoot this interview." ”

He has a good personal relationship with Chen Kaige, and "Farewell My Concubine" is Tomson's movie, the same company, if you don't look at the face of the monk and see the face of the Buddha, Zhou Yan will definitely give Xu Feng face.

Xu Feng still attaches great importance to the neon market, especially after "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" achieved good results in Neon, she hopes that "Farewell My Concubine" can also achieve good results in Neon.

At the Tokyo Film Festival in September, Chen Kaige, Zhang Guorong and their main creators also arrived at the scene, just to do a good job in publicity.

It is normal for Fuji TV to make such a request, after all, Zhou Yan is now hot in neon and can increase the attention of the special.

"Okay, I'll coordinate the time with Fuji TV."

……

Hung up Zhang Youan's phone, Zhou Yan returned to Wang Zuxian and sat down, Wang Zuxian looked at him with a smile, "Shizuka Kudo wants to cover your song?" ”

"Hear that?"

Wang Zuxian shook his head, "I guessed." ”

Although she didn't hear what was said on the phone, Wang Zuxian guessed from Zhou Yan's words that someone wanted to cover Zhou Yan's song, and the way Zhou Yan looked at her also made her guess that the person who wanted to cover the song might be Shizuka Kudo.

Zhou Yan also sighed, a woman's sixth sense is really smart.

"You don't mind, do you?"

"Why should I mind, she wants to cover your tunes, it's because she has a vision." Wang Zuxian rested his head on Zhou Yan's shoulder, "If one day I mind, it's because of what you do, not because of other people." ”

……

The snow in Nagoya stopped that night, and they had another day off in between, and the day before the concert, Zhou Yan and the orchestra rushed to Osaka.

After the Osaka concert, Zhou Yan went to Tokyo with Wang Zuxian.

After arriving in Tokyo, the two separated.

Wang Zuxian returned to the hotel where he stayed, while Zhou Yan went to Fuji TV to shoot an interview with "Farewell My Concubine".

The whole interview is relatively simple, after all, it is a special episode of "Farewell My Concubine", and the questions are all about the filming of the movie, and Zhou Yan, as one of the soundtrack directors, can basically talk about the soundtrack.

A few minutes of interviews were filmed in less than an hour.

After filming the talk show, Zhou Yan rushed to the studio arranged by Daifeng Entertainment Company.

When I arrived at the studio, the entire production team had been set up and was waiting for Zhou Yan's dispatch.

Wang Zuxian also arrived at the TV station one step ahead, and when Zhou Yan arrived, she was putting on makeup.

Zhou Yan stared at the side for a while, and then found Ryosuke Hanyu, the person in charge of Shiseido's sales department this time, "Mr. Hanyu, have you already made the customized large screen?" ”

Ryosuke Hanyu nodded, "It's already installed according to your requirements." ”

After taking over this job, Zhou Yan asked Shiseido to customize a full-color LED screen.

The screen was two meters high, which was not very large, and Zhou Yan asked them to install it next to the door of the Shiseido Hall in Ginza.

Of course, this is just for shooting, and Zhou Yan doesn't care where the screen will be placed elsewhere.

Hearing that the screen had been installed, Zhou Yan nodded, "This morning, I finished filming the advertisements in the studio first, and after making them, I put them on the big screen. ”

"No problem, we will fully cooperate with you." Ryosuke Hanyu nodded.

After making sure that there was no problem with the screen, Zhou Yan walked up to photographer Okawa Sakamoto with a storyboard.

"Mr. Sakamoto, let's talk about the shooting later."

The photographer took the storyboard, only glanced at it, and was stunned.

Before Zhou Yan came, Sakamoto Okawa got the advertising script, but in Zhou Yan's advertising script, only the approximate time of each shot was written, and there was no specific information, including scenes and camera movements.

Sakamoto Okawa thought that when it was time to shoot, Zhou Yan would play freely, after all, many directors like this.

And Zhou Yan is a film director, so he may not pay special attention to the shooting of this advertisement.

But he didn't expect Zhou Yan to draw several pages of storyboards for a 20-second advertisement.

Originally, he only read the advertising script, and Sakamoto Okawa couldn't understand what Zhou Yan wanted to shoot, but now after getting the storyboard, everything is clear at once.

The shooting of this ad was divided into two parts.

Part of it was shot in the studio, and Wang Zuxian was the only one who shot in the studio, and the shot was very simple, that is, a fixed medium shot of half the body, without any camera movement.

This shot is twenty seconds long, the first ten seconds are a freeze-frame picture, the picture is motionless, and in the eleventh second, Wang Zuxian's hair is blown up with a fan for ten seconds, it's that simple.

Sakamoto Okawa didn't understand how to use this lens before, but now after reading the storyboard, he realized that he was going to project this 20-second shot onto the customized big screen.

The real advertisement was taken in front of the Ginza Shiseido Hall.

When filming exterior scenes, the big screen will play the scene shot by Wang Zuxian, and Zhou Yan will become a street performer, standing on the big screen and playing "The Street Where the Wind Lives" with a flute.

In the first ten seconds, the picture on the big screen did not move, and in the eleventh second, when the song reached section B, a gust of wind blew from afar, blowing Zhou Yan's hair at the same time, and Wang Zuxian's hair on the screen was also blown up at the same time.

It's as if the wind is blowing on a billboard in reality.

After reading the storyboard, Sakamoto Okawa couldn't help but sigh, sure enough, he is a film director, and the advertisements he shoots are so different.

In the last version of the advertisement, Sakamoto Okawa also participated, and later when he heard that Zhou Yan asked for the perfect integration of Zhou Yan himself, Wang Zuxian and "The Street Where the Wind Lives", he was also very skeptical that this request was unreasonable.

Can a 20-second advertisement really achieve the effect Zhou Yan wants?

But now it turns out that what Zhou Yan said can indeed be achieved.

After communicating with Sakamoto Okawa about the camera, Wang Zuxian's makeup has also been completed.

Zhou Yan did not waste time and directly took the production team to start shooting.

The shooting in the studio is very simple, Wang Zuxian doesn't even need to move, Zhou Yan just needs to find a good angle to take a good picture of Wang Zuxian.

Twenty seconds of footage, a total of three shots, completed in more than an hour.

After filming, it was used for post-editing.

The post-production work is also very simple, as long as you add Shiseido's product information to the screen, it is enough to treat this video as a poster, so that the audience can feel that it is a Shiseido advertising poster at a glance.

When the video was completed, Zhou Yan took the video to the big screen to play it.

After confirming that there was no problem with the video, Zhou Yan took the production team to the entrance of the Shiseido Hall the next morning to shoot the exterior scene.

The rest of the footage was shot in one morning

The whole advertisement, in only a day and a half, was over.

……

On February 5, Zhou Yan's last concert at Neon ended, and they rushed back to China without stopping.

Today is the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month, and there are four days to go is Chinese New Year's Eve, and they all have to rush back for the New Year.

When Zhou Yan returned to Jinling, it was already the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month.

After arriving home, Zhou Yan first put incense on his mother, and then sat on the sofa.

The journey was tiring, and he was also very tired.

Sitting on the sofa and looking around in the living room, although he rarely comes back to this home, home is home, and he feels very relieved to be back here.

He was going to rest at home for a while and wait until late afternoon to go to his grandparents' house.

But he had only been sitting down for more than ten minutes, and the sofa had just been hot, and the pager rang.

took out the pager and looked at it, it was Chen Kaige looking for him.

Zhou Yan scratched his head, picked up the phone in the living room and called Chen Kaige back.

After receiving Zhou Yan's call, Chen Kaige seemed very happy, "Zhou Yan, congratulations, this concert in Neon was a success, and I have seen reports in China." ”

"Happy and happy, "Farewell My Concubine" will be released on neon in a few days, I wish you a big sell."

"Haha, I don't ask for more, as long as the box office of Neon can reach one-tenth of "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly". I also want to thank you, I heard that you also went out of your way to help shoot an interview. ”

"What should you do, you contacted me right now, just to congratulate me?"

"Then of course I have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, I have a favor and want to ask you for help."

As soon as he heard Chen Kaige say that he wanted to ask him for help, Zhou Yan thought of the new movie that Xu Feng told him before, and he was also puzzled, didn't Xu Feng say that he hadn't seen the script last time, and it was decided in less than a month?

Mainly now that the year is approaching, things will generally be released after the year, and the progress will not be accelerated at this time.

"What's the point, there's a new movie?" Zhou Yan asked.

Chen Kaige said with a smile, "You are clever, I do have a book here, which has just been decided, and the actors have not yet been decided, so I will come to you first." ”

"What book?"

"Ye Zhaoyan's new "Flower Shadow", I don't know if you have seen it."

"Not yet, I've been busy lately, so I haven't paid attention."

"It's okay, I'll tell you about this story, this story takes place in a small city in the south of the Yangtze River......"

After that, Chen Kaige took a moment to tell Zhou Yan about the story of "Flower Shadow".

Zhou Yan has seen this, but he found that the story that Chen Kaige told him did not match what he had seen, and it was not the same as the plot of the movie "Fengyue".

Overall, though, the style is still the same.

After Chen Kaige finished speaking, he asked Zhou Yan, "How is it, are you interested in coming to my new movie as the soundtrack director?" I didn't even call Zhang Guorong's phone yet, so I called you first. ”

"When will you make this movie?" Zhou Yan asked again.

"If it's fast, you can shoot in May and June, and if it's slow, it will start in July and August, what do you say?"

Zhou Yan groaned, "That's probably more difficult, I just took over Zhou Xingchi's new movie some time ago, and they started filming this movie in June and July." And I still have a lot of work to do in the first half of the first half of my own movie "The Sixth Sense", and I'm worried that I won't be able to get back to my job after taking your job. ”

Chen Kaige on the other end of the phone was obviously stunned for a moment, he called Zhou Yan excitedly, but he was actually confident.

After all, he has a good relationship with Zhou Yan, the most important thing is that "Farewell My Concubine" is now famous, and there are a lot of people who want to cooperate with him, and Zhou Yan has no reason to refuse.

But the reason Zhou Yan said is also valid, and it is indeed possible to be too busy to take on several jobs at the same time.

After pondering for a while, Chen Kaige sighed, "I found that you are more difficult to invite than me now." ”

Zhou Yan smiled, "Master Kai, if you are not in a hurry, you can wait for me to finish the matter of Zhou Xingchi's new movie, and then I will be busy with you." You're an international director now, and if I have the opportunity to work with you, I don't want to give up. ”

Zhou Yan's move was to retreat as advance, so that Chen Kaige had nothing to say.

And Zhou Yan knew that Chen Kaige was a donkey, as long as he praised him, he could do anything.

Facts have proved that his trick is very effective, hearing Zhou Yan say this, Chen Kaige said with a smile, "Look at what you said, hold me to the sky." The success of a movie, the director is certainly credited, but it is also inseparable from other behind-the-scenes personnel. Since you already have a life over there, forget it this time, let's work together next time, anyway, there will be opportunities later. ”

"You are in too much of a hurry with this book, if you had told me two months earlier, I would have pushed it off Zhou Xingchi's side."

"Filming this kind of thing is about feeling, this feeling is coming, you can't stop it, and you can't wait. If it weren't for the recent Chinese New Year, I would have wanted to start the project now and start shooting in April or May. ”

"You can ask my senior brother, he should have time at that time."

Chen Kaige knew that Zhou Yan was talking about Zhao Jiping, so he hummed and said, "Since you don't have time, then I can only go to Mr. Zhao, I hope he can have time." Okay, I won't tell you, I'll call Mr. Zhao, I'm really worried now, if it's a step later, Mr. Zhao won't have time. ”

Zhou Yan nodded, "Okay, I wish you success." ”

After hanging up Chen Kaige's phone, about eight or nine minutes later, the phone in the living room rang again, Zhou Yan sighed slightly, and reached out to pick it up.

He also wants to have a good rest, which is really not quiet.

After the phone was connected, Xu Feng's voice came from the other end of the phone, "Did Kaige call you?" ”

"Well, it's been hanging up for a while." Zhou Yan replied.

"You promised him?"

"No, don't you know all about my work schedule, Sister Feng? I don't have time next summer, and there is still work over there in "Journey to the West". ”

Hearing Zhou Yan's answer, Xu Feng suddenly laughed, "It's okay if you don't have time, let him find someone else." ”

Although Xu Feng didn't say it directly, from Xu Feng's tone, Zhou Yan could tell that Xu Feng didn't believe him for this reason.

Xu Feng must know that if Zhou Yan wants to pick it up, it is impossible for him to be too busy.

Zhou Yan's work efficiency is very high, and the soundtrack of the movie does not need to be completed in a short time, and Zhou Yan can handle several plays at the same time.

Not to mention Zhou Yan, if you change to someone else, it's no problem to get the soundtracks of two movies at the same time.

If Zhou Yan doesn't take it, he will definitely not be able to watch Chen Kaige's new movie. It's just that Chen Kaige was blindly confident and didn't expect this possibility at all.

But Xu Feng didn't poke it, otherwise he wouldn't look good on his face.

"He should have called my senior brother Zhao Jiping now."

"Well, I guessed, you don't have time, he must be looking for Teacher Zhao." Speaking of this, Xu Feng sighed slightly, "Actually, I'm not very optimistic about this movie, there is no good person in the whole story, but Kaige insists on filming, so he can only do it." Of course, I hope my judgment is wrong. ”

Zhou Yan also secretly sighed that Xu Feng knew that the prospects of this movie were not good, but he still chose to support Chen Kaige, not only because she admired Chen Kaige's talent, but also because of her love for movies.

"Kai Ye is very confident now, Sister Feng, it must be more difficult for you to persuade him."

"Yes, I can't persuade him at all, I told him that there is a tiger in front of him to eat people, and the more he listens, the more excited he becomes, and he feels that he is a natural tiger hero. It doesn't matter, let him do it himself. Xu Feng sighed again, and then said, "Although it's a bit early to say it now, you should also pay more attention to it, and if there is a suitable script, pay attention to it." Otherwise, it will be very hurried to wait until the end of the release of "The Sixth Sense" to find the script. Leave some snacks next year to find a script, and the year after next will be able to shoot it, so that you can keep making a movie for two years, not fast or slow, and the rhythm is very good. ”

Xu Feng was also scared by Chen Kaige this time.

Before, they were all immersed in the success of "Farewell My Concubine", Chen Kaige didn't have the heart to read the new script, and now she just saw that "Flower Shadow" was about to be filmed, and she always felt too hasty.

In order to film "Farewell My Concubine", Xu Feng and Chen Kaige alone discussed for no less than 200 hours, and then Chen Kaige, Li Bihua and Lu Wei spent a lot of time revising the script, and finally achieved "Farewell My Concubine".

This time "Flower Shadow" is completely different, Chen Kaige saw it, and he was about to start filming.

Xu Feng didn't want Zhou Yan to have the same problem, she wanted Zhou Yan to prepare the script in advance, preferably half a year to prepare, and it would be just right to shoot the year after tomorrow.

And Chen Kaige can't listen to the opinions at all now, and Xu Feng also puts more thoughts on Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan nodded and said, "When "The Sixth Sense" is almost done, I will pay attention, in fact, I still want to see the market performance of "The Sixth Sense", and then decide what theme to shoot next." ”

"You're not thinking about a budget, are you?"

"The budget is also considered, if "The Sixth Sense" makes more money, I can spend it with more peace of mind."

Xu Feng said categorically, "You don't have to think about this, even if "The Sixth Sense" loses all its money, I will guarantee the budget of your next movie." I can assure you that the next movie, under four million dollars, you can shoot whatever you want. ”

The standard of four million US dollars was also given to Chen Kaige by Xu Feng.

This time, Chen Kaige wanted to shoot "Flower Shadow", even if Xu Feng didn't like it, he still gave a budget of more than two million US dollars, and there was room for it, and if he encountered some problems in the later stage, he could add it to four million US dollars. (End of chapter)