"Do you have any ideas for the name of this collection?" Shi Tiesheng asked.

Yu Hua thought for a while and said, "This is really not funny, it might as well be called "Tree Hole", the publishing house mainly likes "Tree Hole", so it is better to fulfill their wish." ”

Zhou Yan shook his head, "This is not good, it is still necessary to reflect the nature of the collection." ”

Shi Tiesheng joked, "It's better to call it "Borrowing Cucumbers". ”

Yu Hua pouted, "It's over, isn't it?" ”

"The key is that this song is quite well-known in Neon now, and many people will think of the picture of the three of us together when they hear this song, and this name is also relevant."

"I think it's still a good name they decided before, "China Excellent Collection". Yu Hua said.

"With this name, isn't it a bit shameless?"

Yu Hua said very seriously, "I think the few articles they have included this time are all very good, and the name is completely correct." ”

In fact, most writers feel that their works are excellent, and Yu Hua just said what others were embarrassed to say.

Yu Hua has never been shy about saying that he himself is one of the leading contemporary writers.

Zhou Yan thought for a while and said, "It's better to just use the names of the three of us." ”

"Just by name?"

"Well, just use the name, it's called "Yu Hua, Shi Tiesheng, Zhou Yan", what do you think?"

"It's okay to use the name, but this order doesn't read well, it's better to call it "Yu Hua, Zhou Yan, Shi Tiesheng", two, two, three, this is a normal seven-word sentence, and it is a lot catchy to read." Shi Tiesheng said.

"It's better to call it "Zhou Yan, Yu Hua, Shi Tiesheng", in order of the proportion of space, and it is also catchy to read."

Shi Tiesheng nodded, "I think this name is okay, simple and clear, and not impetuous." ”

Zhou Yan thought for a while and said, "That's okay, I'll communicate with Shueisha when I go back." When the matter is settled, the three of us may need to write a preface separately. ”

"That's fine, I'll write it when I get back tonight."

Later, Zhou Yan contacted Chen Hongheng again and told Chen Hongheng about the title of the book they had proposed, and Chen Hongheng communicated with Shueisha again, and Shueisha had no objection to the title, and the matter was settled.

……

On June 4, when Zhou Yan went to Chang'an, the news that "The Flying Piano Boy" exceeded $26 million at the North American box office was reported.

The box office of this movie in North America is basically set at this position, although there are still a few days before the movie is officially released, but now the box office is only tens of thousands of dollars per day, and the data will basically not change much.

Zhou Yan couldn't help but sigh that the level of those data analysis structures is really okay, they analyzed that the box office of the movie could exceed 25 million, and in the end it really exceeded 25 million, and it was only 1 million more than 25 million.

It can be said that it is very accurate.

In addition to the box office of 26 million US dollars in North America, the box office of several European countries combined exceeded 10 million US dollars, according to the current situation, there is no difficulty in the global box office of the follow-up film to exceed 40 million US dollars, and no matter how good the performance is, it should be no problem to exceed 50 million.

The global box office of 50 million is not a particularly high box office, but it is very good for a small-budget movie, and it is also one of the relatively high box office movies related to piano in recent years.

If it weren't for "The Piano Lesson" in front, this might be the highest-grossing piano movie.

In fact, compared with "The Piano Lesson", "The Flying Piano Boy" has more to do with the piano, and "The Piano Lesson" is mainly famous for its female theme.

The reason why the Palme d'Or gave the grand prize to "The Piano Lesson" was, of course, not because of the piano, but because of its performance on female subjects.

With the blessing of the Palme d'Or, coupled with sensitive female themes, "The Piano Lesson" performed very well at the box office, and as a film with a production cost similar to "The Flying Piano Boy", it earned more than $40 million at the box office in North America.

In addition to North America, "The Piano Lesson" has also performed well in other places, and I heard that the box office has exceeded 100 million US dollars, and it is heading for 150 million US dollars.

Because of the big sales of the movie, the sales of the album "Piano Boy" have also skyrocketed, and the sales of this album were originally crushed by "Mystery Country", but now its global sales are about to surpass "Mystery Country".

The album "Mystery Country" was also released in the United States, but North American music fans still prefer "Piano Boy", and without the blessing of movies, "Mystery Country" sales are far less than "Piano Boy".

……

Zhou Yan met Zhou Xingchi at Yanjing Studio, as well as Zhu Yin, the heroine of "Journey to the West".

Although the preparation of this drama does not require the heroine to be present in the early stage, but now Zhou Xingchi and Zhu Yin are still in love, and they can be regarded as husbands and wives.

Zhu Yin is shorter than Zhou Yan imagined, Zhou Xingchi is not tall, but Zhu Yin is half a head shorter than Zhou Xingchi in high heels, and it is probably up to Zhou Yan's shoulders.

But watching it on TV, I feel that Zhu Yin is okay.

"Director Zhou, this is the heroine of our movie, Zhu Yin."

Zhu Yin greeted Zhou Yan first, "Hello Director Zhou." ”

Zhou Yan nodded in response, "Hello, Miss Zhu Yin." ”

After a few simple greetings, the three of them sat down, and Zhou Xingchi congratulated Zhou Yan, "I saw the news and said that the foreign language version of "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" is very good at the box office in Europe and the United States, congratulations." ”

Zhou Yan said modestly, "It is mainly due to the directors of other people, and the box office performance of the original version in Europe is average." ”

"But the original works really well in Neon."

The higher Zhou Yan's popularity, the happier Zhou Xingchi is, before at the Academy Awards ceremony, "Green Snake" did not win the Best Soundtrack Award, and Zhou Xingchi was slightly disappointed.

If Zhou Yan can win the Best Soundtrack Award, it will definitely be a good thing for "Journey to the West".

"Director Zhou, when are you going to go to Yinchuan?" Zhou Yan asked.

"On June 20th, there are still some things to coordinate with the Chang'an factory recently."

"Haven't the staff involved in the filming at the Chang'an factory been decided?"

"There are too many people, and there are some troubles."

Zhou Yan nodded, he also heard that this time the Chang'an factory has to invest eighty or ninety people, which is indeed more troublesome.

He is the director himself, so he naturally knows how difficult it is to manage the crew of one or two hundred people.

These two hundred people, not including group performances, on-site maintenance staff, and all kinds of migrant workers who come to do odd jobs, as well as later personnel, are not included.

Like Zhou Yan's previous filming of "The Sixth Sense", the staff normally stationed on the set were only forty or fifty people.

"Is the director here?" Zhou Yan asked.

"Liu Zhenwei will come over tomorrow, but Cheng Xiaodong has already arrived in advance. I have already told Liu Zhenwei that you have come to the Chang'an factory, and we will meet together when the time comes. ”

"No problem."

Cheng Xiaodong is the martial arts instructor of the movie, and there will be a lot of martial artists in the Chang'an factory this time, so Cheng Xiaodong must come early to communicate with the Chang'an factory.

Because Liu Zhenwei will come tomorrow, Zhou Yan chatted with Zhou Xingchi for a while, then got up to say goodbye and made an appointment to meet again tomorrow.

After that, he first walked around the Chang'an factory, greeted his acquaintances, and the last stop was Liu Qing's dormitory.

Liu Qing took turns off today, and he was also surprised to see Zhou Yan, "Why are you here at this time?" ”

"Isn't Journey to the West going to be filmed? I'll take a look, and there are other things to go to my brother. ”

"Oh, yes, you're still the soundtrack director of Journey to the West." Liu Qing moved a bench for Zhou Yan, looked outside the door, and then said, "I'm afraid their movie won't go too well." ”

"How?" Zhou Yan asked.

"This movie hasn't been made yet, and there is a contradiction between the two sides."

"What contradiction?"

"On the issue of role allocation, the martial artists in the factory have a lot of opinions on the action guidance team on the Xiangjiang side."

"Is it right for Cheng Xiaodong?"

"It's not Cheng Xiaodong, it's those people under Cheng Xiaodong, if you want me to say, don't blame our side, those people in Xiangjiang look at the sky with their eyes, and they don't take our side seriously at all. There is also Zhou Xingchi, I heard Mengfei say that they speak Cantonese every day, and people on our side can't understand it. ”

"Mengfei is also in their group?"

"Well, there are a lot of people in our factory this time, not only Mengfei is here, Hong Xin is also there, I don't want to join in that fun, you know that my temper is not very good, and it is easy to have conflicts with them."

Zhou Yan was quite surprised, he didn't expect that this movie had not yet started filming, and the contradiction between the two sides was so deep.

and Liu Qing said that Zhou Xingchi always speaks Cantonese, which Zhou Yan himself has no feelings, because although Zhou Xingchi is very bad in Mandarin, he speaks Mandarin with him, including Yang Guohui before, and never speaks Cantonese in front of him.

"Who is the producer here in Chang'an?"

"Ding Xiaopeng, a few of them."

"If Ding Xiaopeng is here, there shouldn't be any contradictions."

Zhou Yan knows Ding Xiaopeng, although he is not very familiar with him, but he still knows a little about Ding Xiaopeng, he is quite prestigious in the factory, and he should be able to control people.

Liu Qing lit a cigarette for himself and sneered, "It's one thing to be able to control it, and it's another thing to want to take care of it, Ding Xiaopeng is a shrewd person, and if there is a conflict between the two sides, he may not be willing to take the lead." ”

Zhou Yan thought about it, Liu Qing was right, if it was just a general contradiction, Ding Xiaopeng would take care of it, but if it involves core interests, the contradictions between the two sides have reached the point of irreconcilability, and Ding Xiaopeng may not be willing to come forward.

The Journey to the West crew will leave sooner or later, the staff of the Chang'an factory have always been there, and if Ding Xiaopeng has to suppress these people, it will definitely affect his development in the factory.

"Well, when I say this, you also hear it, anyway, it doesn't have much to do with us." Liu Qing waved his hand, "You don't need to be on the scene every day to make movie soundtracks." ”

"I'll let Zhao Liang go to the scene to follow the group."

"It's okay, just let Mengfei take care of them, Zhao Liang is also familiar with them."

Because of his father, Zhao Liang often came to the Chang'an factory, so he had a lot of acquaintances in the Chang'an factory, and Jiang Mengfei knew Zhao Liang earlier than Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan actually doesn't particularly care about these gossips in the crew, as long as it doesn't affect his friends, he will definitely not get involved in these things.

"I'll go find Senior Brother immediately, and you can help make an appointment with Hong Xin and Mengfei in a while, and we'll have a meal together in the evening."

"No problem, I'll go find them right away." Liu Qing nodded, and then asked, "When will "The Sixth Sense" be released in other places?" ”

"The Sixth Sense" was released in the mainland on June 17, which Liu Qing knows, but he doesn't know when it will be released in other places.

"After the mainland is released, then there are Xiangjiang, Neon, and Taidao, and each place is every other week."

"Then the neon is the first of July, and Taiwan Island is the eighth of July." Liu Qing briefly calculated the days, and then said with a smile, "I'm still a little excited now, this is also the movie I have participated in the most investment." ”

"If you participate in "Journey to the West" this time, then it is the movie with the largest investment you have ever participated in."

"The investment in "Journey to the West" is too high, and it feels dangerous."

Zhou Yan nodded slightly, the investment in "Journey to the West" is indeed a little scary, when chatting with Yang Guohui before, Yang Guohui said that the upper limit of their investment this time is 60 million, which is more than four times that of "The Sixth Sense".

Even if the cost is controlled, it will cost forty or fifty million.

With such a high cost, it is very difficult and risky to make a profit.

You must know that last year, the box office of "Tang Bohu Dots Autumn Fragrance", which ranked first in the Xiangjiang movie list, was only 40 million.

"Journey to the West" can only be ranked in the top three in Xiangjiang if the film can hope to make a profit, and even if the box office is good on the mainland, it can only earn a little copy fee.

The ticket warehouse on Taiwan Island is shrinking now, and the ticket warehouse itself is not particularly large, and there is no possibility of an outbreak.

The main reason is that Zhou Xingchi's box office appeal in the past two years is too terrifying, the year before was the most outrageous, the top five in Xiangjiang were all participated by Zhou Xingchi, last year "Tang Bohu Dots Autumn Fragrance" won the top spot, and "Truant Dragon: Dragon Celebrates the Year of the Rooster" also entered the top ten.

The current Zhou Xingchi is basically a box office myth.

……

After looking for Zhao Jiping, Zhou Yan turned back to Chang'an Factory and took Liu Qing and them to dinner.

During the meal, he also heard more contradictions from the crew of "Journey to the West" from Hong Xin and Jiang Mengfei.

Jiang Mengfei and the others are now in the crew, and they know more about the situation of the crew.

What Liu Qing said to Zhou Yan before was not only not exaggerated, but even had reservations.

The contradiction between the production team of Xiangjiang and the Chang'an factory is even more serious than Zhou Yan imagined, two days ago, a martial artist from the Chang'an factory had a big quarrel with a person from the Xiangjiang martial arts, if it wasn't for the people next to him, the two would have been able to fight on the spot.

It's hard to imagine what will happen when the shooting is done.

……

In the afternoon of the next day, Zhou Yan met Liu Zhenwei.

Seeing Zhou Yan, Liu Zhenwei was very polite and took the initiative to greet him, "Director Zhou, hello, I heard that I invited you as the soundtrack director, and I was very happy." ”

Liu Zhenwei's Mandarin is better than Zhou Xingchi, although the accent is also very strong, but the communication is still relatively smooth, unlike Zhou Xingchi, sometimes Zhou Yan has to guess to understand.

"Hello Director Liu, it's a pleasure to meet you, and I am also very honored to be able to serve as the soundtrack of "Journey to the West".

Liu Zhenwei smiled, he knew that Zhou Yan was completely polite, he had heard Yang Guohui say before that it was not easy to invite Zhou Yan.

"Actually, our script is not particularly perfect, and there are many things that have not been written, such as the lines in it, and we have recently compiled a new version."

Liu Zhenwei quickly entered the working state and showed the latest version of the script to Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan probably flipped through it, and it was indeed a little more complete than the previous version, but it was just a little better, and it was not the same thing as the completed version of "Journey to the West".

The previous version was a synopsis, but now this version can only be described as a slightly more detailed outline.

After reading it, Zhou Yan put down the script, "Now this script has no reference significance for the soundtrack." ”

"Understood." Liu Zhenwei nodded, "But we hope that we can let you understand the core idea of this movie first, so that you can compose the soundtrack for the movie later." ”

"Director Liu, your idea is no problem, during the filming, I will send my assistant to the scene to follow the team and pay attention to your shooting trends at any time. If you have any ideas for the soundtrack, you can call me or tell my assistant directly. ”

"And when will your assistant arrive?"

"It should be July 5th, he is my student, and he will go back to Chang'an after the holidays, and you will have a car to bring him over at that time."

"No problem, I'll have someone arrange it for him."

"He is the son of my senior brother Zhao Jiping, and he is also very talented in soundtracks, and he also participated in the soundtrack of "Alive" before."

Zhou Yan was also worried that Zhao Cheng would be treated coldly when he went to the crew, so he told his background in advance and asked Liu Zhenwei to pay attention to it.

Sure enough, when they heard that it was Zhao Jiping's son, Liu Zhenwei and Zhou Xingchi's eyes lit up.

"It turns out that Mr. Zhao's son is still your student, that's really fateful."

"Well, just in time for this session."

When Liu Zhenwei was amazed at the ingenuity of fate, they also sighed that Zhou Yan's school is really amazing, and now the two most well-known soundtrack artists in the mainland are from this school.

In fact, Liu Zhenwei doesn't know enough about CCTV, if they know enough, it is impossible to express this kind of emotion, because the film and television soundtrack is really not within the scope of CCTV's attention.

After that, Liu Zhenwei asked Zhou Yan again, "I don't know if Director Zhou has any suggestions for our script?" Since you're a director and screenwriter yourself, I'd love to know what you think. ”

"It's good, but the style is completely different from mine, and I don't have a good beak."

Zhou Yan doesn't want to make comments casually, it's easy to be annoying.

Liu Zhenwei saw that Zhou Yan didn't want to evaluate, so he didn't ask any further questions, but he did not shy away from discussing the revision of the script with Zhou Xingchi in front of Zhou Yan.

"I've thought about it for the past two days, and at the end of the movie, a swordsman ...... with Zixia Fairy"

After listening to what Liu Zhenwei said, Zhou Xingchi nodded, "After the Supreme Treasure possessed the swordsman, he shouted at the Zixia Fairy I love you." ”

"Since the Supreme Treasure is a monkey, then when I say I love you, I should have the characteristics of a monkey, such as shaking my head, which is very exaggerated."

"I don't think so, it's a bit exaggerated to say this, the Supreme Treasure is possessed, he must be ......"

"No, no, it's supposed to be like this......"

At the beginning, the two were still talking in Mandarin, but as they talked, Zhou Xingchi felt that his Mandarin level was not as good as Liu Zhenwei, and he couldn't win the quarrel, so he used Cantonese in a hurry.

Although Zhou Yan can't speak Cantonese, he can probably understand it.

The question they argued about was very simple, what kind of expressions and body movements should the swordsman use when he says "I love you" after he is possessed.

Zhou Xingchi advocates normal shouting, while Liu Zhenwei believes that it should embody the characteristics of a monkey.

Zhou Yan has watched the original film and knows that the final use is the one proposed by Liu Zhenwei.

But these two people are also quite interesting, they quarreled like this in front of themselves, and Zhu Yin was also next to them.

Zhu Yin looked at Zhou Xingchi for a while, and Liu Zhenwei for a while, her face was full of innocence, giving people the feeling that she was a mainlander and didn't understand what these two people said.

The most outrageous thing is that when the two of them just stopped for a while, Zhu Yin actually said: "I think Zhou Xingchi is right." ”

Hearing Zhu Yin's words, Zhou Yan was a little stunned, is this girl missing a root in her brain?

At this time, what is the nonsense, besides, it is obvious that Liu Zhenwei's plan is more reliable, and even Zhou Xingchi himself is about to be persuaded by Liu Zhenwei.

However, what surprised Zhou Yan even more was that Liu Zhenwei didn't care at all, as if he was no longer surprised.

It seems that this is not the first time Zhu Yin has done such a thing.

Zhou Yan shook his head slightly, got up and said to Liu Zhenwei and them, "Let's talk first, I'll go find my senior brother." ”

Yesterday, Zhou Yan went to find Zhao Jiping, and Zhao Jiping left him for dinner, but they refused when he asked Liu Qing, but Zhao Jiping was very enthusiastic and invited him to come over tonight.

Out of the temporary office of "Journey to the West", Zhou Yan just turned out of the editing building, and suddenly saw a red figure in the corner of the wall "escaped".

He frowned, walked to the corner and looked, and found that it was Chen Hong hiding behind.

"Chen Hong?"

Chen Hong's face turned red, and he squeezed out a smile, "Director Zhou, you are also coming to Chang'an." ”

Zhou Yan looked her up and down, "Are you hiding from me?" ”

Chen Hong shook her head again and again, "No, I didn't see you." ”

This is a lie.

Zhou Yan is also very strange, this girl would take the initiative to come up when she saw her before, and even clinged to him a little, but now she is starting to avoid him.

Is it because I was drunk last time and was embarrassed to see my ugliness?

"You're here today?"

"I arrived yesterday, and I have to set my makeup during this time."

Seeing Chen Hong's blushing face, Zhou Yan felt quite interesting, she wore a bright red dress today, and now her face is also red, which is equivalent to being red from head to toe, like a cooked shrimp.

Although Zhou Yan likes sky blue very much, I have to say that Chen Hong is still more suitable for red, her skin is white, and she looks more delicate when she is red.

"You have to be mentally prepared for the matter of fixing makeup, it will definitely not make your makeup look too good, and it may be ugly." Zhou Yan reminded.

"What do you mean?" Chen Hong wondered.

Zhou Yan stared at her face and said, "You are so beautiful." ”

"Huh?"

Chen Hong's whole person was stunned, and his face became even redder, was Director Zhou teasing himself? But looking at Director Zhou's expression, he is obviously very serious.

Zhou Yan said very seriously, "Mrs. Niu is a supporting role, and she must not be more eye-catching than the two heroines, and the positioning of Mrs. Niu is the old love, and she will definitely set your makeup in the direction of old and ugly, so you have to be mentally prepared, otherwise there will definitely be a gap in your heart at that time." ”

Chen Hong understood now, Zhou Yan originally meant this.

"Oh, okay, I got it."

"Then you can set your makeup." Zhou Yan nodded, didn't say anything more, and turned to leave.

After Zhou Yan left, Chen Hong patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief.

The last time she was drunk, when she woke up, she saw Jiang Xia, and learned from Jiang Xia's mouth that it was Zhou Yan and Jiang Xia who sent her home together.

At that time, she also vomited, and she also vomited on Zhou Yan.

This fact is too embarrassing, and when she thinks of making a fool of herself in front of Zhou Yan, she can't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into.

So when she saw Zhou Yan just now, she subconsciously wanted to hide, but she didn't expect to be discovered by Zhou Yan.

But thinking that Zhou Yan just said that she was beautiful, she was very happy, although it was because of the makeup, but at least Zhou Yan did think she was beautiful, didn't she?

She knew that she was beautiful, but in front of Zhou Yan, she was not confident.

For a person like Zhou Yan, a beautiful woman is nothing special to him, and Zhou Yan's attitude towards her is usually relatively flat, unlike other men who look at her and can't wait to pop out their eyes.

……

When Zhou Yan arrived at Zhao Jiping's house, Sun Ling was watching TV, and when she saw Zhou Yan, Sun Ling got up with a smile and said hello, "Zhou Yan is here." ”

Sun Ling used to be called "Xiao Zhou", but now that Zhou Yan has become Zhao Liang's teacher, she is not easy to call Xiao Zhou, if she calls Teacher Zhou and seems to be angry, she will call her name directly.

After greeting Zhou Yan, Sun Ling shouted at the study again, "Lao Zhao, Zhou Yan is here." ”

"Okay, wait a minute, I'll come out when this paragraph is finished." Zhao Jiping replied in the study.

Zhou Yan shouted through the door, "Don't worry, senior brother, you write slowly." ”

He said that he was not in a hurry, and Zhao Jiping was really not in a hurry, and he didn't come out for a while.

Sun Ling poured a cup of tea for Zhou Yan and asked about Zhao Lin's situation, and the questions asked were nothing more than the ones that parents asked teachers.

She was also very happy to hear Zhou Yan say that Zhao Lin was doing well in school.

News from a local TV station in Shaanxi Province was being broadcast on TV, and the news of a band was being broadcast at this time.

"Not long ago, the Flying Band was interviewed by the neon magazine "Voice", and this program is also the first time they have accepted mainland ...... after being interviewed."

Zhou Yan was chatting with Sun Ling and was attracted by the news on TV.

This flying band sounds a little familiar.

Then he heard the host introduce: "Today, the flying band has just been established for one year, and the captain Xu Wei ......"

Zhou Yan suddenly remembered that this flying band was a band formed by Xu Wei before, but it seemed to have not lasted long and was soon disbanded.

Seeing Xu Wei, Zhou Yan also became interested, and his attention was more focused on TV.

Seeing that Zhou Yan was interested in the Flying Band, Sun Ling said, "Although this band has not been formed for a long time, it is still quite famous in Chang'an, and they seem to be engaged in some Northwest rock." ”

The fame of the Flying Band is probably limited to Chang'an, because Zhou Yan has not heard from this band in Yan Kyoto.

Don't look at their band being interviewed by Neon magazines, but that doesn't mean much, there are a lot of musicians interviewed by magazines like "Voice", especially the more special elements of "Northwest Rock", which are very popular with such magazines.

There was a picture of the band performing on TV, Zhou Yan almost didn't recognize Xu Wei, Xu Wei is still very immature now, and he has long hair, which is very different from his later image.

After a while, Zhao Jiping came out and saw the news on TV, he smiled and said, "This band is good, more interesting than many rock bands now." ”

Zhou Yan was quite surprised, Zhao Jiping would pay attention to this, and gave a rock band a very positive evaluation, yes, "interesting" is definitely Zhao Jiping's high evaluation of a pop band.

"Senior brother, do you know them too?"

"Well, they're very famous in Chang'an now, I know a little bit about it. Their music is very good, with the taste of China's own rock, not blindly pursuing Western rock. ”

The Chinese taste that Zhao Jiping said is actually the taste of the Northwest, and a lot of the music of the Fei Band is integrated with the things of Northwest folk music, which is a bit similar to Zhao Muyang.

Maybe that's why, Zhao Jiping will be optimistic about this band.

In Zhao Jiping's soundtracks for many movies, you can find the shadow of Northwest folk music, which is engraved in Zhao Jiping's bones from childhood to adulthood, and it is also what he wants to carry forward very much. (End of chapter)