Since Zhang Youan didn't say anything, it was definitely not a hurry, so Zhou Yan didn't rush to find a public phone nearby, but slowly went home.

After arriving home, Zhou Yan made himself a cup of tea, and then picked up the phone and returned to Zhang Youan.

After the phone was connected, Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Lao Zhang, are you still in Shanghai?" ”

Zhang Youan is a native of Xiangjiang and usually lives in Shanghai, but during the Chinese New Year, he basically returns to Xiangjiang, but the number he left for Zhou Yan is from Shanghai, so he should still be in Shanghai now.

"I'll go back to Xiangjiang tomorrow morning, and there are still some things that the company hasn't handled well today."

"Talk to Sister Feng and ask her to give you a little overtime pay."

"Can that be deducted from your salary?"

"Then you better not mention it."

"Haha, I know." Zhang Youan smiled and got down to business, "I came to you because Brigman, the producer of "Sense and Sensibility", told me that he wanted to invite you to a meeting before the film started. ”

Zhou Yan was a little strange, "This matter was not told to you by An Li, but the producer came to you directly?" ”

"Well, yes, but I called Ann Lee and he knew about it. An Li means that you can come when you have time, and forget it if you don't have time. ”

Zhou Yan pouted, the crew of "Sense and Sensibility" is really complicated.

It stands to reason that it is normal for producers to do this, the key is that An Li found himself before, and now there is no need for producers to cross An Li to find themselves.

"What time will we meet?" Zhou Yan asked.

"They started the film on April 19, and the meeting was on March 28."

Zhou Yan frowned, the time spanning between was a bit long.

If the meeting is close to the start-up time, Zhou Yan can participate in the meeting, tease for a while, and then participate in the start-up.

The point is that he is still relatively busy in April, because "Spring of the Cattle Herding Class" is also about to start, and it is difficult to stay abroad for a long time.

"Where will the meeting take place?"

"It's in the UK."

After pondering for a moment, Zhou Yan nodded and said, "Let's go for a trip." ”

It is also necessary to attend this meeting in advance.

The soundtrack of "Sense and Sensibility" is different from ordinary movies, it is similar to "Spring of the Cattle Herding Class" that Zhou Yan is about to film, that is, there is a plot of live music in the movie.

Marianne can play the piano and sing, and there are several episodes of Marianne playing the piano and singing in the script, two of which are more important.

The first is when Colonel Brandon met Marianne this time, and it was because he saw Marianne playing the piano and singing that he was fascinated. The second is where Colonel Brandon gives Marianne a piano with a piece attached.

In both places, the music should be original.

Zhou Yan's original plan was to go to the set when the movie started in April and give them the tune directly, but now this situation can be given in advance.

These pieces are relatively simple, they are all solo piano performances, a bit like poetry, and the lyrics need to be filled in later, but it is not a difficult task.

Originally, it couldn't be too complicated, otherwise it wouldn't be in line with the background and character of the times.

Marianne is a romantic girl who loves music and poetry, but she is not a master musician.

Difficult tunes, not only can't she write, she can't even play.

Hearing Zhou Yan's agreement, Zhang Youan smiled and said, "In that case, I will arrange for you to go to the UK after that year." Would you like to arrange a concert for you this time? ”

"No, let's schedule it in late June."

In late June, the filming of "Spring in the Cattle Herding Class" had been completed, and he was able to spare time to take care of the soundtrack of "Sense and Sensibility".

Although the two movies were almost launched at about the same time, compared to "Sense and Sensibility", the filming cycle of "Spring of the Cattle Herding Class" is much shorter.

After the preparatory work for "The Spring of the Cattle Herding Class" is completed, it will be completed in more than a month by the time the filming is actually started.

But a movie like "Sense and Sensibility" is impossible to finish without two or three months.

"Okay, I got it."

……

After talking to Zhang Youan on the phone, Zhou Yan went to the third uncle's house for dinner.

After eating, the eldest aunt Zhao Lan announced a piece of good news, their eldest brother Zhou Yu will get married in September next year.

Originally, Zhou Yan thought that after the eldest brother's affairs were decided, the family would urge him to follow Zhou Hong.

But in fact, everyone's attention is now on the eldest brother, and they don't have the heart to take care of the two of them at all.

Including grandparents, they all want to get the eldest grandson's marriage done first, and then think about other things.

This situation also made Zhou Yan and Zhou Hong easier.

Zhou Yan drank some wine in the evening, and it was the driver of the family who sent him home, and Zhou Hong also followed.

"Uncle Chen, you wait a while, I'll go in and talk to the third brother for a while."

After saying a word to the driver, Master Chen, the two brothers entered the house.

"Shall I pour you a glass of water?"

Zhou Hong waved his hand, "Don't drink it, just say a few words and leave." ”

"Okay."

Zhou Yan was just polite, he didn't want to pour water for his brother at all, and he didn't move his butt just now when he sat on the sofa.

"Qizhi Company has developed well this year, and the goals set before have been achieved."

"Which goal was achieved?"

Huo Siqi had set a lot of goals before, and most of them sounded like bragging.

Not long after the advertising company opened, Huo Siqi boasted that this year's turnover could reach 50 million.

At the beginning of this year, Huo Siqi boasted even more, directly turning a turnover of 50 million into a net profit of 50 million.

"Our annual profit has exceeded 50 million."

Zhou Yan raised his eyebrows, he didn't expect this to really blow it to Huo Siqi, Zhou Yan knew that Qizhi Company was making money before, but he didn't expect it to be so profitable.

"Now you're telling me this, are you going to give me a share of the money?" Zhou Yan asked with a smile.

Zhou Hong nodded, "Yes, we have to divide the money, and now there are close to 70 million in the account, and we have to divide it as much as possible." ”

"Try to divide it as much as you can?"

Zhou Yan looked surprised, he asked if it was a penny, in fact, it was a joke, although it made money, but he thought that the company's follow-up development still needs money, and it is best to keep the money and roll the money.

"Doesn't the company keep money to operate?"

"It's not safe to keep the money, so it's distributed to the company accounts of the three of us first, and if Qizhi is short of money for future operations, just borrow it from our three companies. In doing so, all three of us have peace of mind. ”

As soon as Zhou Hong said this, Zhou Yan probably understood that the priority of debt and dividends is different, if Qizhi has problems in the future, it will be difficult to take out dividends, but debts should be better.

Moreover, Qizhi's share reform has been completed, and now it is held by various corporate legal persons, and there is no additional consumption of dividends.

In fact, even if you don't consider the situation that there is a problem in the company's operation, the dividend will still be paid.

The brothers also have to settle accounts, not to mention that Huo Siqi is just good friends with them, and when it comes to the distribution of such a large amount of money, if it is not handled well, it is easy to create contradictions within them.

Distribute the money to Huo Siqi's hands, and Huo Siqi can also feel at ease.

Seeing Zhou Yan nodding, Zhou Hong said again, "When the money arrives in your company's account, you don't have to worry too much, if there is a place to spend money, just spend it directly, I estimate that Qizhi Company doesn't need too much working capital in a short time." Huo Siqi mentioned before that he wanted to expand the business of advertising film shooting, but I persuaded him not to do this for the time being. ”

"Why did he suddenly want to expand the shooting business of commercial films?"

Zhou Hong smiled, "Aren't you pretending to be confused, Huo Siqi just saw that the two advertisements you shot had such a good response, so he moved his mind." ”

Zhou Yan also laughed, "If I can shoot well, it doesn't mean that this business is easy to do." ”

"I also told him so,But I think,This part of the business is still a bit of a head,In recent years, the production of TVs in our country has been getting higher and higher,The ownership of home TVs is also getting higher and higher,And the market has realized the upgrading of large-scale black and white TVs to color TVs。 After TCL's ace large-screen color TV came out last year, it is said that 100,000 units were sold in half a year, because the price is cheap, and the 29-inch color TV costs only 6,000 yuan. And I feel that in the next few years, the price of color TVs will get cheaper and cheaper. ”

Zhou Yan nodded, Zhou Hong is right, China's TV market has indeed developed rapidly in recent years, and everyone can see this.

"So you think the TV advertising industry will prosper more and more as more households have televisions?"

"Isn't that obvious?"

"Well, that's obvious, but there's a difference between TV advertising and what we're doing now, and there will be a lot of competitors coming up soon. Don't look at the two commercials I shot have a good response, the content of the ads is very interesting, but in fact, the mainstream ads are definitely not that kind of ads. ”

"yes, which one should be the mainstream?"

"For a lot of brands, the simpler and cruder the advertising, the better."

When he said this, several advertisements immediately appeared in Zhou Yan's mind, the first one is "brain platinum", this kind of advertisement focuses on the word "brainwashing".

The simplest content, the highest delivery frequency, and the most catchy advertising words can make many people remember the product in a short time.

No matter how creative the advertisement, in front of this kind of advertisement, it will be beaten to the ground.

This kind of advertising, Qizhi Company is not unable to do, but there is no advantage. Because the threshold is low, the replicability is too strong, and the profit is not so impressive.

If you don't have a clear advantage, why waste time and energy on it.

"Instead of making commercials, it's better to focus on making TV series and movies."

Filming TV series and movies, the threshold is high, not for ordinary people to play, the three of them are combined, they have resources, technology, ideas, and their advantages are greater than others.

In terms of film and television, Zhou Yan has a greater right to speak, so Zhou Hong nodded, "In this case, if you want to expand your business in the future, you should pay more attention to TV series and movies." ”

"By the way, what happened to the two people I asked Xu Junrong to sign last time?" Zhou Yan asked.

"You're talking about Ning Jing and Wu Bai, right?"

"Hmm."

"Ning Jing has already signed, and Wu Bai is still talking."

"Did you have any problems?"

"After all, we are a new company, Wu Bai's reputation is okay, and we are not very attractive to him."

Zhou Yan probably understands that Wu Bai is mixed in the music circle of Taiwan Island after all, and Zhou's family can almost be said to have no influence on Taiwan Island.

After pondering for a moment, Zhou Yan said, "If it really doesn't work, forget it, but if there is hope, you still have to fight for it and give him a condition." ”

"You're so optimistic about him? I looked at his profile, and his first album was very poor, selling tens of thousands of copies, although his "Ronin Love Song" brought him some fame some time ago, but that's it. In my opinion, his style is difficult to break into the mainstream market. ”

Hearing Zhou Hong say this, Zhou Yan was quite surprised.

He thought that Zhou Hong usually paid little attention to this aspect of things, but he didn't expect Zhou Hong to learn about Wu Bai's situation.

However, Zhou Hong's judgment of Wu Bai was a little wrong.

Zhou Yan has listened to some of Wu Bai's recent works, including Wu Bai's first album and some of his soundtrack works, and his style is quite mature.

Wu Bai wants to make a popular work, but there is only a little opportunity left, and this opportunity should not take too long to have, and it is easy for singer-songwriters like Wu Bai to soak in live every day.

Before, Zhou Yan asked Xu Junrong to sign Ning Jing and Wu Bai, but in fact, he didn't care much about whether he could sign Ning Jing or not, the key was Wu Bai. This kind of singer-songwriter, after signing it, he doesn't need to worry too much.

"Wu Bai's style is unique, he has strong creativity and inspiration, and I am still more optimistic about him in terms of bad luck."

Zhou Hong nodded, "Since that's the case, I will let Xu Junrong work hard." As long as you're bullish, it's worth paying a little price. ”

In terms of music, Zhou Hong unconditionally believes in his younger brother, and his younger brother's talent and vision in this area are unmatched.

And even if they look away, their company can afford it.

The two chatted a few more words, and Zhou Hong got up, "Okay, see you tomorrow, I'll leave first, Uncle Chen is still waiting for me outside." ”

"Okay, I won't send it."

……

After the lively New Year, after leaving relatives on the fifth day of the new year, Zhou Yan returned to living alone.

On the morning of the sixth day of junior high school, after breakfast, Zhou Yan began to write the music scores that needed to be used in advance in "Sense and Sensibility".

The weather forecast said there would be snow today, but after waiting all morning, I didn't get a single snowflake.

In the afternoon, Zhou Yan did not continue to work, but made a cup of tea and sat on the sofa to read a book.

At about half past two, Zhou Yan's eyes were a little tired, so he looked up at the window, but found that there was already snow outside.

The weather forecast was not wrong, the snow still fell, but a little late.

Zhou Yan put down the book, got up and walked to the window, looked at the snow for a while, and then closed the window.

It was snowing a lot, and if it had been raining like this, it would have accumulated a lot of snow by the evening.

At that time, a group of children will probably gather in the courtyard to build snowmen and have snowball fights, although most of the family members of the theater have moved from this compound, but there are many more people living in it, and there are more children than before.

Back on the sofa, after reading a book for a while, the phone in the living room suddenly rang.

Zhou Yan picked up the phone casually, "Hey, hello." ”

"Third brother, come and pick me up."

Hearing Wang Zuxian's voice, Zhou Yan was stunned for a moment, "Pick you up?" ”

"I'm at the airport."

"Which airport?"

"Oh at the big schoolyard airport."

Zhou Yan was very surprised that Wang Zuxian actually came to Jinling.

This girl still likes to do assaults.

"Then you stay at the airport and wait for me."

"Well, okay, I'm right here in the arrivals hall."

"Okay, I'll be there soon."

Dajiaochang Airport is not far from where Zhou Yan lives, the straight-line distance is less than ten kilometers, and it can be reached in half an hour by car. If you move to Lukou Airport in a few years, it won't be close.

Half an hour later, Zhou Yan arrived at the Colonel's Airport, and then quickly found Wang Zuxian.

There are not many people in the arrival hall, Wang Zuxian is tall and dressed more specially, so he can see it at a glance. Although Wang Zuxian covered his face tightly, he was still able to recognize it.

Zhou Yan saw Wang Zuxian, and Wang Zuxian also saw him.

Wang Zuxian dragged the box and ran towards Zhou Yan happily, and when he arrived, he hugged Zhou Yan as soon as he arrived, "Third brother, are you surprised?" ”

Zhou Yan picked her up and spun around, and said with a smile, "Lose weight." ”

"Well, so when you arrive in Jinling, you have to take me to eat something delicious."

"Let's go." Zhou Yan held Wang Zuxian in one hand and the box in the other, and walked towards the outside of the airport.

When he got to the car, Wang Zuxian couldn't wait to tear off the scarf on his face, hugged Zhou Yan and kissed him, "Third brother, where are we going now?" ”

"Go home."

Hearing that he was going home, Wang Zuxian's eyes bent into two crescents, "Okay, go home." ”

On the way home, Wang Zuxian opened the car window, his eyes were full of curiosity, and he had to ask anything he saw.

Compared with Yanjing and Shanghai, Jinling is much more backward, and there are no high-rise buildings, and you can see a Jinling Hotel from a distance.

Especially this season, Jinling really doesn't have much to see.

If it's summer or autumn, you can enjoy the scenery from the roadside.

But even so, Wang Zuxian was very interested, especially when she saw the plane tree on the side of the road, she was very excited, "I heard that this was planted by Jiang ** for his wife, it's really beautiful." ”

Zhou Yan smiled and didn't speak, these sycamores have little to do with Lao Jiang.

And Nanjing people's feelings for the plane tree are also more complicated, speaking of which, so many plane trees on the side of the road, in summer, can not only shade, but also more beautiful, but this thing is flying, not very friendly to the respiratory tract.

In particular, some people are prone to allergies, and they dare not open the window every season when there are many flying flotsam.

Zhou Yan did not correct Wang Zuxian, and sometimes it is understandable to maintain a little illusion.

……

When Zhou Yan pushed open the door of the house and took Wang Zuxian into the house, Wang Zuxian was stunned for a moment, she didn't expect Zhou Yan to live in such a simple place.

Although I know that Zhou Yan is not a person who likes to enjoy, in Yanjing, Zhou Yan at least lives in a courtyard house, and the decoration is also very good.

Seeing Wang Zuxian's doubts, Zhou Yan explained with a smile, "This is my mother's previous house, and after she left, I didn't bother to move, and I can't come back for a few days every year." ”

Wang Zuxian nodded, it seems that this house has a special meaning for the third brother.

After entering the house, Wang Zuxian saw the photo on the table and asked, "Is this your mother?" ”

"Hmm."

"Third brother, you look very similar to your aunt."

"A lot of people say that."

Wang Zuxian walked to the offering table, took out three sticks of incense and lit it, and bowed to the photo, "Hello Auntie, I'm Xiaoxian, the girlfriend of the third brother." Auntie, don't worry, I will definitely be good to the third brother. ”

Zhou Yan came up to him and said with a smile, "Look, my mother smiled when she saw you." ”

Wang Zuxian was so frightened that he couldn't get angry but gave Zhou Yan a slap on the shoulder, "Third brother, you scare me again." ”

Zhou Yan shook his head with a smile, "You are a person who has played a female ghost, you are so daring." ”

Wang Zuxian pouted, "If you have played a female ghost, do you have to be bold?" Then I also played the White Snake, do I still have to know the demon law? ”

"You played the White Snake, so you're with me, Xu Xian."

"You're going to be poor."

"I'll go pack your bags."

As he spoke, Zhou Yanti walked towards the bedroom with Wang Zuxian's suitcase, and said as he walked, "How many clothes did you bring, the box is so heavy." ”

"I didn't bring a few clothes, basically they were all gifts for Xiao Jiu."

"Brought from Taiwan Island?"

"Hmm."

"If you really want to give a gift, you can buy it from here, it's too heavy to bring it from so far."

"That's so insincere." Wang Zuxian grinned, "The box can't fit, so I didn't bring a few clothes and prepared to buy them here." So, you're going to buy me clothes. ”

Zhou Yancai waved his hand magnanimously, "Buy, after the gift is sent, fill this box with clothes." ”

Since they are all gifts, there is no need for Zhou Yan to pack them, just put the box there, and wait until he finds a time to give the gifts to Xiao Jiu and them.

The two stayed at home for a while, and when it was already time to eat, Zhou Yan led Wang Zuxian out to eat.

At this time, the snow is getting heavier and heavier, and the snow on the road is also starting to accumulate, Zhou Yan didn't drive, and he didn't have to go far, the location of his house, whether it was to buy clothes or eat, he could walk.

Wang Zuxian's first meal in Jinling, Zhou Yan took her to eat duck blood vermicelli.

On Guangzhou Road next to Jinling Normal University, there is a shop opened by an old couple, which does not even have a door number, but Zhou Yan likes the taste of their house very much, so he often comes to eat.

The store is very small, there are three tables in total, and when Zhou Yan and the others arrived, there was no one in the store.

Seeing that a guest was coming, the boss walked out of the back kitchen enthusiastically, "Two people? ”

"Well, two bowls."

They have a kind of duck blood vermicelli, and there is no big bowl or small bowl, so the order is very simple.

"Do you want chili oil?"

"One bowl to want, not one bowl." After finishing the order, Zhou Yan looked at the duck shop opposite, "Auntie, why hasn't the door opened on the other side." ”

He had wanted to chop a duck to eat.

The proprietress smiled, "You don't look at the first day of today, our house just opened today, and you can't get fans to eat at noon." ”

"That's a coincidence, my girlfriend just came to Jinling today, if you don't open the door, I don't know where to take her to eat, I often come to your house to eat, and other families are not used to eating."

The proprietress looked Zhou Yan up and down, "Oh, it's you, no wonder it looks so familiar, you made a scarf to cover half of your face today, I didn't recognize it." Okay, you guys sit down, I won't bother you, I'll go and get fans for you now. ”

"Well, Auntie, you're busy."

After the proprietress left, Wang Zuxian smiled, "It seems that you are a regular customer." ”

"Well, I like the taste of his house very much, you can taste it later, see if you like it or not."

"You like it, I definitely like it."

After a while, two bowls of duck blood vermicelli were served, and Wang Zuxian was very surprised and said, "Do duck blood vermicelli look like this?" I thought it would be similar to spicy duck blood. ”

The boss stretched out his head to look at this side, "Listen to the accent, you're not local, are you?" ”

Wang Zuxian said with a smile, "My hometown is from Shucheng." (End of chapter)