Yu Hua and the others sat in Zhou Yan's office for a while, and then went to the big recording studio to watch the rehearsal of the Piano Youth Orchestra, and Zhou Yan went to the practice room to take Kudo Shizuka to practice ukulele.

Zhou Yan is actually not very familiar with ukulele, but ukulele is relatively simple, and Zhou Yan is more than enough to guide Kudo Shizuka.

Shizuka Kudo first practiced solo ukulele alone, and after a while, Zhou Yan said, "You try to play and sing, there are no tricks in just playing, the main thing is to combine playing and singing." ”

Playing and singing is a difficult thing, not that you can play and sing, the combination of playing and singing is very important.

And the part of this song is very simple, in fact, there is nothing to practice, the key is to practice the rhythm of playing and singing.

Shizuka Kudo nodded, prepared a little, and sat next to Zhou Yan and began to play and sing.

"I still remember the fireworks of that concert, and I still remember the cool late autumn ......"

"Remember ......"

She looked at Zhou Yan with a smile as she sang, her eyes full of smiles.

After listening to the first three sentences, Zhou Yan's eyes lit up, she hadn't heard Shizuka Kudo sing for a few days, did her song improve so fast?

In fact, Shizuka Kudo had already sung very well before, including the pronunciation of the lyrics, but Zhou Yan always felt a little excited.

The song "Little Hands Holding Big Hands" is a sweet song of love, and the singer needs to show that state of love when singing, but Shizuka Kudo has not grasped it before.

Unexpectedly, Shizuka Kudo's state today turned out to be very different.

Zhou Yan nodded while listening, and when the first chorus was over, he couldn't help but put his hand on the keyboard and play with Shizuka Kudo.

With the intervention of the piano, the accompaniment is more in line with the feeling of back and forth in the lyrics.

The lyrics are "Little Hands Holding Big Hands", while in the music it is "Ukulele Pulling the Piano".

When Zhou Yan's piano sound just entered, Shizuka Kudo was a little flustered, but Zhou Yan was very experienced and quickly brought her rhythm up.

"We join hands in small hands"

"Cheer me on today"

"Reluctant to wave"

Shizuka Kudo finished singing the last sentence, took a deep breath, and then couldn't help but lean over and kiss Zhou Yan on the cheek, which was also the happiest time she sang.

When she was playing and singing, she didn't need to think about anything at all, her hands and body unconsciously moved with the song.

In the past, she only felt very happy when she sang this song, but when she sang it this time, looking at Zhou Yan in front of her, she suddenly felt that this song was a bit dreamy.

The fireworks and wind in the lyrics are like elements in a love fairy tale, and at this time she is the heroine of the story.

Zhou Yan gently brushed the hair of Kudo Shizuka's sideburns behind his ears, "I sang it very well this time, keep the state just now, and the recorded effect will definitely be fine." ”

Shizuka Kudo clenched her fists and said energetically, "I will, keep doing my best." ”

Zhou Yan nodded, and put his hand on the keys again, "When I was playing with you just now, I suddenly had an idea, I am going to change the tune and make a piano song, and add it to the arrangement, so that the piano and ukulele echo each other." Although the perspective of this song is a girl, it is definitely not a girl's one-man show, there must be a boy who appears in it all the time, and the piano represents this boy. ”

"When you record, can you play the piano for me?"

"Well, no problem."

Then Zhou Yan played another piece of music and memorized this tune.

After making a few modifications, Zhou Yan and Shizuka Kudo played in an ensemble again, and this time the effect was better than just now.

The two practiced together in the practice room for more than an hour, and Nangong Songzi walked in, "How was your practice today?" ”

Zhou Yan nodded, "Very good, ...... tomorrow"

Shizuka Kudo hurriedly said, "I have to practice for two more days." ”

Nangong Matsuko didn't understand Chinese, so she only understood Kudo Shizuka's words, but the translator looked at Zhou Yan with a puzzled face.

Zhou Yan was also a little strange, because Shizuka Kudo spoke neon language, and he didn't understand it.

Nangong Songzi said, "Since you have to practice for two more days, let's postpone the time to go back by two days, and your activities in China will also be postponed." ”

Shizuka Kudo smiled, "That's no way, it's better for the album." ”

Nangong Songzi nodded and said to Zhou Yan, "Then Mr. Zhou Yan, I will trouble you to take us Shizuka to practice more in the next two days." ”

Hearing the translator's words, Zhou Yan immediately understood that Shizuka Kudo must have said that he could not record for the time being.

And at this moment, Shizuka Kudo was looking at Zhou Yan with a look of hope, Zhou Yan smiled, he didn't dismantle Shizuka Kudo, just nodded and said, "It's not troublesome, as long as you don't waste time." ”

Hearing Zhou Yan say this, Shizuka Kudo also breathed a sigh of relief, with a bright smile on her face.

"Shizuka's time, we will make adjustments, Mr. Zhou Yan, don't worry." Nangong Songzi said.

"Well, that's good."

Nangong Songzi asked, "Do you still want to practice?" ”

Zhou Yan looked at his watch, there was still some time before dinner, so he nodded and said, "Let's practice for a while." ”

"Okay, then we won't bother."

After Nangong Matsuko and the others left, Shizuka Kudo suddenly stepped on Zhou Yan's lap and sat down, looking at him affectionately, "You can't bear me, right?" ”

Zhou Yan held her buttocks and threw her into his arms, and smiled, "Are you sure you want to practice singing like this?" ”

Originally, Shizuka Kudo took the initiative to sit on Zhou Yan's lap, but when Zhou Yan was so touched, his face turned red again.

She wanted to stand up, but was firmly hugged by Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan looked at her with a smile, "I've been practicing songs with you for a long time, and I'm almost out of battery, don't you charge me?" ”

"How do I charge it?"

"I'll only demonstrate once......"

After speaking, Zhou Yan kissed Shizuka Kudo, who was still pushing Zhou Yan's chest with her hand and wanted to stand up, but soon indulged in hot kisses.

It wasn't until Shizuka Kudo was a little deprived of oxygen that Zhou Yan let her go.

After standing up, Shizuka Kudo pouted while arranging her clothes, "Is this charging?" ”

"Well, that's charging." Zhou Yan smiled and nodded.

"So, is it full?"

"Ten percent of it." Zhou Yan made a gesture of disappointment.

"So slow."

"This is slow charging, of course, slow, and fast charging, but it is not convenient to demonstrate during the day."

Shizuka Kudo didn't react at first, but it took several seconds to realize what Zhou Yan meant, and her face immediately turned red.

She picked up the ukulele and ran to a chair a little farther away and sat down, "I'm practicing." ”

Seeing that her face was flushed, Zhou Yan didn't tease her, nodded, and began to take her to practice singing again.

For the next two days, Zhou Yan would spare one to two hours every day to accompany Shizuka Kudo to practice singing.

On the third day, Zhou Yan began to assist her in recording "Little Hands Holding Big Hands".

When recording, Nangong Matsuko was also very surprised, she didn't expect Kudo Shizuka's practice to be so good in the past two days, and this song felt much better than when she sang it before.

It seems that it is worthwhile to postpone domestic activities for the sake of these two days of practice.

Zhou Yan participated in the whole process of this song, and he led the recording of lyrics, arrangement, vocals and arrangement.

After the song was recorded, in the evening of the same day, Shizuka Kudo and they returned to neon, and Zhou Yan originally wanted to charge it, but he didn't have a chance.

……

Early the next morning, Zhou Yan went to Yanjing Studio, and today is the scheduled time for the actor audition.

The audition was scheduled for half past nine, Zhou Yan arrived at half past eight, and he was about to chat with Han Sanping for a while, but Wang Xiaoshuai pulled him and said, "The actors have basically arrived, or let's audition first." ”

Zhou Yan looked at his watch, grabbed Wang Xiaoshuai's watch and looked at it, making sure that his time was correct, "They came so early?" ”

Wang Xiaoshuai said with a smile, "You are now a big director, they came in advance to show respect." ”

"That's too much to mention."

Zhou Yan naturally expected that the actors would definitely arrive early, so he expected that it should start at nine o'clock, but he didn't expect these actors to come so early.

"They all arrived in Yanjing early, they stayed in the guest house opposite last night, and they didn't have anything to do in the morning, so they came early."

"Let's wait a while, say it's half past nine, don't advance too much, but you can send them the script they are going to audition for a while first, let them see it, and give them a little more time to prepare."

"Okay."

"Is Director Huo here?"

"Lao Huo, he's over there in the small conference room."

The small conference room is where today's audition is held, Huo Jianqi is the main casting, and he is also in Zhang Luo today.

Hearing Wang Xiaoshuai shouting Huo Jianqi Lao Huo, Zhou Yan pouted and smiled, "You are directly called Lao Huo, which is a bit unpleasant." ”

"That's what he asked for." Wang Xiaoshuai said seriously.

"That's fine."

Zhou Yan nodded, and then went to Han Sanping's office.

chatted with Han Sanping for a while, and asked about some recent film policies.

The policy of this part has basically been decided, "The End of the World" will be released in China in a while, and it will be the first part of the blockbuster.

During this period, Han Sanping did not mention Zhu Lin's matter, and Zhou Yan did not take the initiative to mention it.

Although he has a good relationship with Han Sanping, he will never choose Zhu Lin because of this, and it is already his bottom line to be able to give him a chance to audition.

Han Sanping probably knew this, so he didn't mention it at all, otherwise it would embarrass both parties.

……

Saying goodbye to Han Sanping, Zhou Yan went to the small conference room, and there was a row of actors sitting in the corridor, they were either reading the script carefully alone, or the three of them got together to chat.

Zhou Yan said that he wanted to organize an audition, Huo Jianqi simply made an appointment with some more people, and the roles in the whole movie from top to bottom, except for the students, he basically made appointments for other basic roles, and most of the roles had more than one actor.

There were about thirty or forty actors in the corridor, and someone noticed Zhou Yan and immediately greeted him, "Director Zhou." ”

This "Director Zhou" attracted the attention of others, and everyone looked at it one after another.

Everyone has different expressions, some are surprised, some are curious, and some have a flattering smile, although Zhou Yan is still a rookie director, but the results are too dazzling, especially at the neon box office, in the hearts of the actors, Zhou Yan's weight is still very heavy.

Zhou Yan nodded at them, "Good morning, everyone, thank you for taking the time to participate in today's audition, many friends are from other places, it is not easy, don't worry, you will come one by one according to the serial number you got in a while, we will strive to end your audition within today." Friends with lower serial numbers can also arrange their time freely first and come back at about the same time. ”

"Director Zhou is polite."

"We're in no hurry."

Then Zhou Yan didn't greet them, walked directly into the small conference room, and began to prepare for a few auditions with a few deputies.

Zhou Yan had already gotten the list of actors for the audition in advance, and after arriving, he confirmed with Huo Jianqi, "Are all the actors on the list here?" ”

Huo Jianqi handed Zhou Yan a sign-in list, "All of them are here, none of them are left, and there is the serial number they got on it." ”

Zhou Yan glanced at it and nodded, "Set up the machine and let people in." ”

"Okay, I'll call someone."

After a while, the actor who auditioned for the first time came in.

"Hello directors, I am Qin Yong of the Shanghai Repertory Theatre, and I am Chinese New Year's Eve eight years old today......"

Qin Yong has participated in many film and television dramas, but they are all supporting roles, and there are not many scenes, and he auditioned for a superintendent in the school.

This character has very few scenes, that is, when he handed over to the protagonist, he showed his face for a while and said a few lines.

Qin Yong's image is average, medium height, he is said to be thirty-eight years old, but he looks like he is forty-eight years old, which is relatively old.

But his acting skills are very good, and after some auditions, Zhou Yan is very satisfied.

The role he auditioned for really didn't have much room for performance, just about it.

When the audition ended, Zhou Yan drew a circle behind his name, and if nothing else, the role was his.

The second person to come in and audition is the main teacher, and this role is much more important than the former superintendent, so there are still two actors to compete with.

Zhou Yan read this, and felt average, so he wrote a pending next to the name, and was ready to look back.

……

Until the ninth one was seen, Zhu Lin came in.

When he saw Zhu Lin, Zhou Yan narrowed his eyes.

Zhu Lin's dress is somewhat similar to the description of Lin Lin in the script, with slightly curly shoulder-length hair, one side of her hair pinned behind her ears, and wearing a gray coat...... The coat Zhu Lin wears is black, which is not the same as described in the script.

Although the colors of the clothes are different, Zhu Lin's overall outfit today gives Zhou Yan a very good feeling, which is very in line with the characters.

Could it be that Han Sanping showed the script to Zhu Lin in advance?

Zhou Yan didn't think that Han Sanping would do such a thing, but Zhu Lin's outfit made him have to think about it.

"Hello directors, I'm Zhu Lin, an actor from Emei Factory, ...... this year"

Although Zhu Lin is already a famous actor, she still introduced herself to Zhou Yan and them very seriously.

Zhou Yan looked Zhu Lin up and down again, and said with a smile, "It seems that you have done some research on this character." ”

Zhu Lin explained with a smile, "I just got my part of the script in the morning, and I went back to change my clothes, but unfortunately I didn't bring a gray coat this time, otherwise it would be more suitable for the role." ”

Zhou Yan nodded, Zhu Lin is still quite smart, not only does she know how to go back and change clothes to increase her image points, but she may have realized that Zhou Yan has something to say, so she deliberately explained. (End of chapter)