After returning home and tidying up a little, Zhou Yan went to Bayi Factory first.

Wu Ziniu did not have an independent office, Zhou Yan went directly to the reception room, and when he arrived at the reception room, Ge You, the actor of "Tree Cave", had already arrived in advance.

Seeing Zhou Yan, Ge You got up with a smile, "Yo, Director Zhou is here." ”

He gave Zhou Yan another cigarette, and Zhou Yan waved his hand and pushed it back: "Brother Ge You, you don't know that I don't smoke." ”

Wu Ziniu next to him said, "Zhou Yan learns everything quickly, but he can't learn to smoke." ”

"Smoking is easy to learn, but it's hard to learn." Ge You said.

After the three of them sat down, Wu Ziniu said, "Speaking of which, have you two collaborated on several plays?" ”

Ge You nodded, "It's true, we have worked together in "Farewell My Concubine" before, plus "Tree Hole" and "Alive", even if it is three." ”

In fact, there may have been four originally, and Zhou Yan almost took over the soundtrack of "The Great Satan" before, if that cooperation was successful, it would also be their first time working together, and the filming time of "The Great Satan" was earlier than "Farewell My Concubine".

But of course Ge You won't mention it, isn't it boring to be self-deprecating, because of this incident before, it was quite unpleasant.

"It's my honor to be able to cooperate with such an actor as Brother Ge You."

"Ouch, Director Zhou, you have a good reputation, and it is our honor to be an actor to cooperate with you and Director Wu. If it weren't for your light, I wouldn't have been able to hook up with the Berlin Film Festival. ”

Ge You is also in high spirits now, and in the past two years, he has participated in the award-winning works of the Cannes and Berlin Film Festivals, especially this "Tree Hole", in which he is still the protagonist.

There is another "Alive", which is now impacting the Cannes International Film Festival, and if it can be successful, then his position in the film industry can be raised.

After "Tree Hole" won the award, Ge You received more scripts, and many of them were very high-quality literary films.

And his salary is now rising, approaching one million.

But if you think about it, it's still Zhou Yan's stakes, two of these three movies are the soundtrack director, and one is the original author and screenwriter.

And in addition to these three films, Zhou Yan is also the soundtrack director of "Dream Life", which won the Jury Prize at the Cannes International Film Festival.

Although ordinary audiences will only pay attention to the director and the protagonist, in the film and television industry, everyone attaches great importance to the behind-the-scenes personnel, especially the soundtrack director and screenwriter.

Every successful director knows that in order to make a good movie, the script and soundtrack are very important.

Otherwise, there would not be so many directors who would think about adapting literary works, and Zhao Jiping and Zhou Yan would not be so popular.

"Ge You, you are too modest, if it weren't for your wonderful performance, the movie would be much inferior." After praising Ge You, Wu Ziniu asked Zhou Yan again, "When will your new movie "The Sixth Sense" be released?" ”

"The Sixth Sense" was not sent to the three major film festivals, so Wu Ziniu directly asked when the movie would be released.

"Starting in June, it will be released one after another." Zhou Yan replied.

"The Sixth Sense" will first be released in Chinese mainland in mid-June, and then in Xiangjiang, Taiwan, and Neon.

If it goes well, it will be released in several European and American countries in October or November.

Tomson's propaganda focus is still on the Asian region, and as for Europe and the United States, it is purely a two-pole fight without dates, and I don't have much hope.

Previously, "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" was released in Europe, and the box office performance was quite average. Although the domestic news always reports what records this film has broken in Europe, in fact, they are all prefixed records, basically compared with other mainland films.

But even so, it is enough to make other directors envious, after all, there is no director in the mainland who can say that the film can be released in so many countries and regions at the same time.

Most people would think that a director like Zhou Yan should be the kind of person who likes to win awards, he is a musician and a writer, and his soundtrack and screenwriting films have won awards at three major film festivals several times.

But on the contrary, except for the first short film, Zhou Yan rarely participates in film festivals, and even if he does, he does not participate in the Big Three.

Zhou Yan's movies are more about good market performance.

Wu Ziniu and Ge You don't know much about "The Sixth Sense", they only know that the male and female protagonists of this movie are well-known actors, and the investment cost is not low.

Therefore, they did not talk in depth either.

The three chatted for a while, and the heroine Chen Hong also came.

Chen Hong obviously dressed up carefully today, because she was wearing a sky blue windbreaker, so Zhou Yan couldn't help but look at it twice.

He is particularly fond of sky blue, which many of his friends know.

Because there was an empty seat next to Zhou Yan, after Chen Hong greeted the three of them, he took the opportunity to sit down next to Zhou Yan, and then said with a smile, "Director Zhou, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Ge You joked, "Chen Hong, you are really favoritism, we haven't seen each other for a long time, right?" ”

"The main reason is that Brother Ge has a lot of works, and you often appear on TV, I can see you on TV from time to time during this time, I watched "The Great Satan" at home yesterday, and I feel that I haven't seen you for a long time."

Chen Hongting can speak, and he dissolved Ge You's joke with one sentence, and even praised Ge You.

In fact, Zhou Yan and Chen Hong haven't seen each other for too long, and Chen Hong went to the scene before Zhou Yan's "Yanjing Silent" concert.

Wu Ziniu knew about Chen Hong's signing with Zhou's family, although Wu Ziniu didn't know what Zhou's entertainment was, but he also knew that this company was inseparable from Zhou Yan when he heard the name.

So he was not surprised at all when he saw Chen Hong sitting next to Zhou Yan.

"Chen Hong, have you found your next play?" Wu Ziniu asked.

Chen Hong nodded, "Well, it's been confirmed, Director Zhou Xingchi has a new movie, and I'm going to play a supporting role." ”

"Yo, then they can earn it, you are now the heroine of the Berlin Film Festival winning film." Ge You said.

Chen Hong smiled and waved his hand, "Brother Ge You, don't praise me, I was lucky to act in "Tree Hole", I am still a real newcomer at the film festival, I am very satisfied with the play." ”

"Well, Chen Hong, you have a good mentality, step by step, no one goes up step by step. Zhou Xingchi's movie, not to mention anything else, will definitely not be bad at the box office, and it is a good thing to show more face through this movie. ”

"Yes, I think so, and there are a lot of excellent actors in this movie, and I can learn more from them after I go."

"In the crew of Xiangjiang, sometimes you will encounter some uncomfortable situations, so you have to be mentally prepared in advance." Ge You reminded.

Ge You said it more tactfully.

The mainland has co-produced many movies with Xiangjiang, and there are often some conflicts between the two sides, and this Ge You, as an old man in the film circle, naturally knows a lot of insiders.

There is a clear gap between the two sides of the film production level, and there are also conflicting concepts, and in most cases, the practitioners in Hong Kong look down on the film practitioners on the mainland.

Coupled with language communication difficulties, conflicts are commonplace.

Sometimes a small contradiction can easily turn into a big conflict.

Zhou Yan went to the crew of "Green Snake" before, but he didn't encounter this situation, mainly because he was not only an actor, but also the soundtrack director of the movie, and the crew didn't dare to provoke him at all.

Also, it has something to do with the composition of the crew of "Green Snake".

The two heroines of "Green Snake", Zhang Manyu often goes to the mainland to film, and she speaks Mandarin well, not to mention Wang Zuxian, she is not from Xiangjiang, she has not spoken Cantonese for many years, and she communicates with Zhou Yan even more smoothly.

Zhao Wenzhuo, who played Fahai, was originally a mainlander.

However, Ma Jingwu, who played a supporting role at that time, was embarrassed, and Zhou Yan also helped, if Zhou Yan was not in the crew at that time, Ma Jingwu would definitely be more troubled.

It is often not the main creators who make things difficult, or those inconspicuous behind-the-scenes staff.

It is said that the king of Hades is easy to provoke, and the little ghosts are difficult to deal with, which is also the same reason.

Chen Hong understood what Ge You meant, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, Brother Ge You, this time the filming is in the mainland." ”

Ge You nodded and didn't say anything more.

In fact, Chen Hong didn't worry about this at all, because Zhou Yan was also in this crew, and he felt that it was impossible for him to suffer in this crew.

Speaking of Xiangjiang movies, Chen Hong said to Zhou Yan again, "By the way, congratulations to Director Zhou for being shortlisted for the Academy Awards." ”

Hearing this, Ge You and the others were puzzled, "What Academy Award?" ”

"The day before yesterday, the Xiangjiang Academy Awards just announced the shortlist, and "Green Snake" was shortlisted for several items, two of which are related to Director Zhou, one is the best soundtrack, and the other is the best newcomer actor award."

Now the speed of information is slow, and if it is not particularly concerned, it will be some time before the news is seen.

Chen Hong's agent is Xu Junrong, and the speed of receiving news from Xiangjiang is faster than ordinary people.

Hearing the news, Wu Ziniu and Ge You also said hello again and again.

"Congratulations, Zhou Yan." Wu Ziniu is obviously more interested in the Best Newcomer Actor Award, "If you win the Best Newcomer Actor Award, it will be a terrible start." ”

"Director Zhou is here to rob us of our actors' jobs." Ge You took a puff of his cigarette and said with a smile, "Are we actors in the mainland who have not won the Academy Awards?" ”

Wu Ziniu thought for a while and said, "It seems that yes, the actress has Siqin Gaowa, and the actor seems to have been shortlisted, if Zhou Yan can win it this time, it will be regarded as a precedent." ”

"Hearing it like this, it's weird, this Best Newcomer Award is not easy to win, a person is like this once in his life, if he can't get it this time, he will never have a chance in the future."

"If you can't win the Best Newcomer Award, it doesn't matter, you can get the Best Soundtrack Award, compared to the Best Newcomer Award, it's still a little heavier than the Best Soundtrack Award."

Zhou Yan also attaches more importance to the Best Score Award, after all, being an actor is just a side hustle in his side business, and it is not certain whether he will play the leading role in the movie in the future.

And for the movie "Green Snake", it must be better to win the Best Soundtrack Award.

This time, "Green Snake" performed poorly in the awards, and was shortlisted for a total of four awards at the Academy Awards, namely Best Art Direction, Best Costume Styling, Best New Actor, and Best Film Score.

At first glance, it sounds like there are quite a lot of shortlisted four, but these four are not important awards, and the most popular ones at the Academy Awards are Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actor and Actress, and none of "Green Snake" have been shortlisted.

And if you want Tsui Hark to choose, among the four shortlisted awards, he will definitely choose the best soundtrack, and the best new actor is a personal award, which has little impact on the movie.

Compared with the best costume styling and best art direction, the best soundtrack is a little more well-known.

Tsui Hark is also the most confident in the best soundtrack, and his confidence comes from Zhou Yan and Huang Zhan.

Originally, the soundtrack of this movie was very good, although the reviews from all walks of life after the movie came out were not very good, but for the soundtrack of the movie, the attitudes of all parties were surprisingly consistent, and there was basically nothing that was not praised.

Wu Ziniu and Ge You both think it's better to get the best composition, but Chen Hong said, "Maybe, the best soundtrack and the best newcomer actor can be won." ”

Ge You laughed, "That's the best." ”

"Well, that's for the best." Wu Ziniu said.

Although the two of them said this, they didn't quite believe that this would happen, it would be good if the Academy Awards could give one award to a mainlander, but it was basically impossible to give both awards to a mainlander.

The four of them chatted for a while, then got up and rushed to the hotel where they were eating.

There is no other activity at the celebration banquet, just eating.

Tomson Company invited all the crew members of "Tree Hole", as well as some leaders of Bayi Factory, but many people couldn't show up, and about 30 people came today.

The boss Xu Feng sat at a table with several main creators, she sat in the middle, Zhou Yan and Wu Ziniu sat on both sides, Ge You sat on Zhou Yan's right hand, and Chen Hong sat on Ge You's right hand, and the seating was similar to a normal crew dinner.

Wu Ziniu looked around the box and said regretfully, "It's a pity that Mr. Wei Zongwan didn't come, and he called me before the Chinese New Year and specifically asked about the Berlin Film Festival." ”

Xu Feng said, "He will come at the next premiere." ”

Ge You lit a cigarette and said to Zhou Yan, "Yu Hua and Shi Tiesheng, two great writers, should be invited, after all, they also participated." ”

This is completely Ge You's nonsense, today's celebration banquet, no matter how you count it, it is impossible to invite Yu Hua and them over.

"If you want to invite them, then you have to invite the villagers from the general's place to invite them too." Zhou Yan said with a smile.

When filming "Tree Cave", many local villagers were invited to perform as a group, to put it mildly, Yu Hua and Shi Tiesheng did not have as many scenes as the villagers in General Tuo.

"I won't call them for dinner, and when it comes to the premiere, you can invite the two of them to the movie." Wu Ziniu said.

Zhou Yan nodded, "Okay, I'll invite the two of them when I go back." ”

After a table of people chatting for a while, the meal began.

After the dinner started, they got busy, and their table was also the busiest, because the main creators were here.

Xu Feng was very happy and drank more, but Zhou Yan controlled it well, drank seven or eight taels of wine, and was slightly drunk, but he was still sober.

Chen Hong also drank a lot, but no one persuaded her to drink, she took the initiative to drink.

After the wine was over, Xu Feng saw that Chen Hong was drunk, so he said to Zhou Yan, "When Jiang Xia sends you back in a while, take Chen Hong back too, isn't your residence not far away." ”

Zhou Yan glanced at Chen Hong, nodded and said, "Okay." ”

When getting into the car, Zhou Yan asked Jiang Xia to help Chen Hong to the back seat, and he himself ran to the co-pilot seat.

But on the way back, Chen Hong seemed to be more guilty, and kept pulling the car door and window, and didn't listen to her.

Seeing her pull the car door, Jiang Xia was startled, hurriedly pulled aside, and then said to Zhou Yan, "Boss, do you want to sit behind and watch her?" ”

Zhou Yan got out of the car and opened the back door and asked Chen Hong, "Do you want to vomit?" ”

Chen Hong didn't seem to understand the words at all, held his forehead and said, "It's okay, I can still drink." ”

Zhou Yan shook his head and sighed, and asked Jiang Xia again, "Is there a plastic bag?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes." Jiang Xia hurriedly found a plastic bag for Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan took the plastic bag, squeezed into the back seat, and said to Jiang Xia, "Let's go." ”

When Zhou Yan sat in the back row, Chen Hong didn't pull the car door again, but began to pull Zhou Yan, and leaned his head on Zhou Yan's shoulder.

Zhou Yan was about to push her head away, she "vomited", and Zhou Yan hurriedly opened the bag to pick it up, but Chen Hong did not vomit, but leaned his head firmly on Zhou Yan's shoulder.

Looking at Chen Hong like this, Zhou Yan was a little skeptical, was this woman really drunk or fake?

Fortunately, Chen Hong just leaned his head on Zhou Yan's shoulder, and did not make any further movements, and Zhou Yan also straightened his body to reduce the contact between the two.

The main thing is that he is almost at Chen Hong's residence, Zhou Yan thought, bear with it.

A few minutes later, the car arrived at Chen Hong's place, and Zhou Yan called out to her, "Chen Hong, I'm home." ”

Chen Hong raised his head and glanced at Zhou Yan with drunken eyes, "Well, come, drink again, I'm not drunk......"

With that, she fell down again and lay down in the back seat.

Zhou Yan got out of the car first, and then said to Jiang Xia, "Little Jiang, you help her get in." ”

"Okay."

Jiang Xia got out of the car, walked to the back, and dragged Chen Hong, but found that she couldn't drag it at all, so Zhou Yan helped her again, and it took a lot of effort to drag Chen Hong out.

The person dragged out, and Zhou Yan said to Jiang Xia, "You help her back, I'll wait below." ”

Jiang Xia said with a bitter face, "Boss, don't look at me as tall and big, but I'm a woman, and I don't have enough strength, so you should help." ”

"It's okay, I'll help you out."

Jiang Xia sighed, "That's okay." ”

Immediately, Jiang Xia carried one arm of Chen Hong, and Zhou Yan supported Chen Hong's other arm, and the two carried Chen Hong to the residence together.

It's okay in front, but when it came time to go upstairs, it was difficult, and after a few clicks, Jiang Xia proposed, "Why don't you put her on your back, boss, your muscles can't come in handy?" ”

Zhou Yan rolled his eyes, then bent down and directly carried Chen Hong on his shoulder.

He also wanted to go up quickly and finish quickly, so he walked a little fast.

But this soon, something went wrong.

Chen Hong's stomach was originally against Zhou Yan's shoulder, and with such a shake, she vomited directly, and also vomited on Zhou Yan's back.

At this time, Zhou Yan was not very suspicious, Chen Hong was probably really drunk.

However, Zhou Yan did not slow down, and even sped up and sent Chen Hong to her room.

When Chen Hong was put on the bed, Zhou Yan first said to Jiang Xia, "You look at her." ”

Then he took a broom and dustpan to clean up Chen Hong's vomit to the place, and after cleaning up the ground, Zhou Yan took off his coat again and wiped the filth behind him.

After getting dressed, Zhou Yan glanced at Chen Hong, who was lying on the bed, and shook his head slightly, no matter how good-looking a girl is, she can't look good when she is drunk.

Zhou Yan looked at the time, and then said to Jiang Xia, "Little Jiang, why don't you watch her here for a while." ”

Chen Hong was drunk like this, Zhou Yan was also worried about what danger would happen, and it was inconvenient for him to stay here, so he could only ask Jiang Xia.

Jiang Xia also knew that Zhou Yan was not suitable to stay here, so she nodded, "It's okay, boss, go back first, or I'll call you a car?" ”

Zhou Yan waved his hand, "No, I'll just walk back." You wait a while and see that she is in good shape, and you can go back first. ”

"Don't worry, I'll take a good look at her."

……

Zhou Yan was originally only a little drunk, but after walking back, he became very sober, he took a shower first, and when the bath came out, Wang Zuxian's call came.

Wang Zuxian knew that Zhou Yan was having a celebration party tonight, and after the phone was connected, she said with a smile, "It seems that you didn't drink too much tonight." ”

Zhou Yan bragged, "It's unlikely that they want to drink too much of me." ”

"It's still blowing, won't you come to Xiangjiang in April?"

She was talking about the Academy Awards.

"If there is no other emergency, I should go, if I do, it will probably be Thursday afternoon, and I still have classes in the morning."

"Then I'll pick you up then."

"No need to pick it up, I'll go directly to the hotel when the time comes, and I'll have to meet Tsui Hark."

"Oh, okay then."

Zhou Yan happened to see the invitation card on the coffee table, so he asked Wang Zuxian, "Do you have time on March 9th?" ”

"What happened on March 9th?" Wang Zuxian asked.

"Jia Guoping got married on March 9, if you have time, I want to take you to participate."

Wang Zuxian agreed without thinking about it, "Okay, I'll join in the fun, now I don't take on new plays, I have very little work, and I basically have time in March." Brother Jia and I are also friends, and I will go and wrap a big red envelope for him when the time comes. ”

"Then you come early then, and I'll take you for the holiday."

"What festival?" Wang Zuxian wondered.

"Women's Day."

……

The next morning, Zhou Yan received a call from Xu Feng, who said that she was leaving and would come back after the premiere in a few days.

"One more thing, I forgot to tell you yesterday that the premiere date of "The Flying Piano Boy" in the United States came out, a week later than the French side, April 29."

"Is there anything I need to do?"

"No, I'll just tell you, you don't have to worry about this matter, you can just have a snack in "The Sixth Sense". Are you going to the Academy Awards? ”

"I should go, I looked at the itinerary, I shouldn't have anything else to do during that time."

"If you have time, let Zhang Youan arrange a press conference for you, "The Sixth Sense" will be released on June 21 in Xiangjiang, and when the Academy Awards are awarded, it is almost the last round of publicity."

The Academy Awards ceremony was held on April 22, exactly two months before the release of "The Sixth Sense" in Xiangjiang, and the press conference was a little early at that time, but Zhou Yan just passed, so he did it, saving himself from running later.

In the future, if there are any publicity activities in Xiangjiang, Zhou Yan can't go by himself, so he can let Leung Jiahui and them attend.

Taiwan Island and Neon can let Wang Zuxian run.

Wang Zuxian doesn't have any other work now, so he has this time. And she is a native of Taiwan Island, and she is very famous in Neon, so she goes to these two places to publicize, and the effect is better.

In fact, the propaganda on Neon's side is relatively simple, after all, Zhou Yan himself is famous over there, and now he has become the spokesperson of Shiseido, and Shiseido will also help him in publicity.

……

For a period of time after that, Zhou Yan spent most of his time helping Jia Guoping with the wedding.

Time passed slowly, and on March 7, Zhou Yan went to pick up Wang Zuxian.

Although Zhou Yan told Wang Zuxian before that he would take her to the festival, when Wang Zuxian came, he found that Zhou Yan had no time to take her out to play, Jia Guoping got married, and Zhou Yan was busier than Jia Guoping himself.

This time, Wang Zuxian did not disguise again, but appeared in front of Jia Guoping and them generously.

Seeing Wang Zuxian coming, Jia Guoping was also very surprised, of course he didn't think that his friendship with Wang Zuxian would allow Wang Zuxian to come all the way to attend his wedding.

So Wang Zuxian can come, it must be because of Zhou Yan.

But Wang Zuxian said that he would come to his wedding, so he didn't have to ask much.

It's true that he has a good relationship with Zhou Yan, but he still can't ask some personal questions.

Except for Jia Guoping, everyone else who saw Wang Zuxian was also very surprised, but they were all sighing, they didn't expect Jia Guoping to have a good personal relationship with Wang Zuxian, and they could let Wang Zuxian come to his wedding.

Because the preparation was very thorough, the wedding day was also smooth, and every step came according to plan.

From Jia Guoping to pick up the bride to the last two to hold a ceremony in the cafeteria, there was a variety of music throughout the whole process.

Some are played on loudspeakers, while others are played in real time by accompanying orchestras.

That's right, Jia Guoping got married, and Zhou Yan also arranged an accompanying orchestra for them to play the tunes that Jia Guoping wrote before.

This is also the most platoonful part of this wedding, and how many people's weddings can be accompanied by a high-level orchestra?

When the ceremony was held, Wang Zuxian sat next to Zhou Yan, looking at the bride and groom on the stage, her eyes were full of longing and envy.

Under the table belly that no one saw, she poked Zhou Yan's foot with her toes, and then whispered, "Third brother, when you got married, did you write a lot of tunes?" ”

Zhou Yan turned his head sideways and said in the same whisper, "How many songs I write when I get married depends on how many songs the bride wants." So, I'll have to ask you about it. ”

Wang Zuxian pursed his lips, "Ask me what I'm doing." ”

Women, it's duplicity.

Wang Zuxian's heart is now so happy that he is about to bloom, but he is still pretending.

Zhou Yan asked her again, "Do you like Chinese or Western style?" ”

Wang Zuxian thought about it seriously, "Of course, the Western-style style is good, and the Chinese-style seems to be quite special." ”

Zhou Yan nodded and said, "If you want Chinese style, then I will write some traditional style music, and if you want Western style, I will write some Western music." If you are not in China or in the West, you will do it, and I will give you some new century. ”

"You'll coax me."

Then Wang Zuxian looked at Jia Guoping and Zhang Xinning on the stage, she felt that marriage was so far and close to her.

……

Not long after Jia Guoping and Zhang Xinning got married, they both flew to Germany.

Fortunately, the 89th class has graduated, otherwise the burden on Zhou Yan's body will be heavy.

And Wang Zuxian's coming to Jia Guoping's wedding was also reported, and the title of the report was "Zhou Yan took Wang Zuxian to a friend's wedding".

There were already reports that Zhou Yan and Wang Zuxian snatched Zhou Yan from Zhang Manyu, but now that there is such a piece of news, it seems that this matter has also been confirmed.

However, neither Zhou Yan nor Wang Zuxian responded to this matter, so those news media could only report on their own.

There are too many kinds of news in the entertainment industry, as long as you can't take photos of real hammers, it's useless.

Previously, because Chen Hong went to the concert backstage to visit the class, there was also a scandal between Zhou Yan and Chen Hong, saying that Zhou Yan abandoned his old love Wang Zuxian and found a new love Chen Hong.

Those media people, I can't wait for Zhou Yan to have some relationship with all women, the story of a talented and beautiful woman, they love to report.

This lace news continued until Zhou Yan went to the Academy Awards ceremony.

On the day of the ceremony, Zhou Yan, Wang Zuxian and Zhang Manyu appeared at the same time, making those entertainment reporters very happy.

At the entrance of the Xiangjiang Cultural Center, Zhou Yan and the others were read by reporters and frantically asked emotional questions. (End of chapter)