"How's your new movie, I saw the news in the newspaper two days ago." Shi Tiesheng said.

"What does the newspaper say?" Zhou Yan asked.

"The newspaper says it's your third film and it's going to dictate your style."

Zhou Yan smiled, these media people always like to say some eye-catching things, a director will probably have many movies in his life, how can there be a reason for a movie to set the style.

Although An Li also said that the third movie is very important, there is no reason for the third movie to set the style.

Let's just say that An Li himself, the third movie, also said that his style was set.

"If you want to say that, Lao Yu's third novel is going to be published, will it also determine his style?"

Hearing Yang Guohui's voice, Zhou Yan was quite surprised, "Mr. Yang, you called me at this time, is there something wrong?" ”

After thinking for a moment, Zhou Yan opened his mouth and said, "Mr. Yang, I can give you Mr. Zhou Hong's phone number." ”

The box office performance of "Journey to the West" is not good, although the box office of the upper and lower parts adds up to more than 50 million Hong Kong coins, but the production cost is too high, and the box office cannot recover the cost at all.

No matter how much he listened to Beethoven and Mozart, the music he wrote was not necessarily like them.

As Yu Hua himself said, suffering and repetition are twin brothers, and suffering is not only a manifestation of the hardships of life, but also a manifestation of the form of expression.

Yu Hua said with a smile, "The media has already set my style, don't they all say that I am a pioneer writer?" ”

"In that case, forget it, I'll help you introduce Sister Feng. But I want to tell you in advance, even if you pack all those tables, chairs and benches from the Playstar Company, Sister Feng will definitely not give you eight million. Three million, that's the price I can give. ”

He strives to dilute the harsh reality with compassionate humor in his music, trying to easily deal with the suffering of ordinary people in painful circumstances.

Zhou Yan was about to speak, when he heard Yu Hua say, "If you really don't want to go, then bring some bars." ”

"I'm a person who likes to do it all at once. Mr. Yang, I just said, your company's situation is not very good now, if I package and win the copyright of the movie, I will have no worries, and you can also solve the urgent need. ”

"Sister Wang is on Wednesday, and Su Tong is on Thursday."

Zhou Yan had just finished writing the first short paragraph when the phone on the desk rang.

The main reason is that the box office of this film in the mainland is too poor, far below Yang Guohui's expectations.

At that time, "Moonlight Treasure Box" only sold four copies in Yanjing, with a box office of less than 200,000 yuan, and the film was withdrawn after only three days of screening.

Yang Guohui was surprised, "Sell it to you?" ”

In fact, the narrative rhythm of "Xu Sanguan Selling Blood" can also be found in the composition world, that is, Bach.

also because the results of the first part were too poor, the screening of the second part was directly canceled.

"The copyright in the mainland is also there?"

"What time do they come?"

Yang Guohui and Zhou Xingchi are facing no other problem now, that is, lack of money, if Zhou Yan can package and win the copyright of "Journey to the West", they will definitely be able to solve their current problems.

This explanation did not convince Yang Guohui.

Hearing Yang Guohui say that their company has a new project, Zhou Yan was quite surprised, "You want to ask me to score your new movie?" ”

Avant-garde, in Yu Hua's creative career, is just a carnival when he was just a fledgling.

Zhou Yan thought for a moment and probably guessed Yang Guohui's thoughts.

"Mr. Yang, are the copyrights of "Journey to the West" in your hands?"

Hearing that the copyright in the mainland was also there, Zhou Yan said with a smile: "Otherwise, you can sell me the copyright of "Journey to the West". ”

Zhou Yan pondered for a moment and said, "Mr. Yang, let me take the liberty of asking, do you want to sell "Journey to the West" to Sister Feng?" ”

He invested in the remake of "The Sixth Sense" through Zhou's Entertainment, which most people don't know.

"Well, you guys go, I won't accompany you."

On the other end of the phone, Yang Guohui said with a smile, "Our company has a new project recently, I don't know if Mr. Zhou is interested?" ”

"Don't bring anything, you can't eat all the fruit at home."

"Hello Mr. Zhou, I'm Yang Guohui." A non-standard Mandarin rang on the other end of the phone.

Zhou Yan narrowed his eyes, this Yang Guohui's news is quite well-informed, and he even knows about it.

Yang Guohui did not defend himself, but repeated, "Three million is still too little." ”

"I still need you to say, I have already told them, eat at my house on Thursday night, and you will go when the time comes."

Zhou Yan nodded and said, "Yes, the orchestra is in the big recording studio, and Wang Feng is in the No. 1 practice room." ”

While the law is highly concentrated, it is also full of conflict, and the whole seems to be witty and absurd.

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a while before Yang Guohui spoke again, "Teacher Zhou, can you help introduce me, I want to talk to Mr. Xu." ”

"Mr. Yang, I am very sincere in talking to you about this matter." Zhou Yan said.

"You're busy with your own." Yu Hua got up and pushed Shi Tiesheng out, and when he was about to reach the door, he said again, "By the way, Wang Anyi and Su Tong will come to Yanjing next week." ”

"Teacher Zhou said that he laughed, I was looking for you, I heard that you just voted for the remake of "The Sixth Sense"?"

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the idea worked.

Zhou Yan also understood what Yang Guohui meant, and he said with a smile, "Mr. Yang, let's talk about it first and see if we can accept each other's prices." ”

Hearing the price of 10 million, Zhou Yan couldn't help but tug at the corners of his mouth, this Yang Guohui really dared to open his mouth.

"Mr. Yang, did you make the wrong call, if you want to find investment, you should go to Mr. Xu."

Maybe it's also because the relationship between them is really simple, there is not much entanglement of interests, and you don't have to think too much when chatting, just do whatever you want.

Zhou Yan tugged at the corners of his mouth, it seems that the development of Caixing Company is really not good, otherwise it is impossible to come to him for investment.

He held a pen in his right hand and picked up the phone in his left hand, "Hello." ”

"Yes, all of them."

It makes sense to say that the avant-garde is crazy first, because avant-garde has emphasized self-consciousness and broken with accepted norms and traditions.

"If you only want the full rights to the soundtrack, there's no need to buy other rights."

After Yu Hua and the others went out, Zhou Yan smiled and shook his head, I don't know why, every time I was with Yu Hua and Shi Tiesheng, no matter what they talked about, they felt very relaxed.

Since Zhou Yan finished the soundtrack for "Journey to the West" last year, he has not been in contact with Yang Guohui and Zhou Xingchi.

"No way, three million is too little, this is a movie with a box office of more than 50 million."

However, Zhou Yan didn't have any expectations for the box office of this movie before, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

If "Journey to the West" had not been divided into two parts, only one and received more than 50 million box office, the situation would have been completely different.

Zhou Yan thought of "Xu Sanguan Selling Blood" he just watched, and couldn't help but sigh, he had read this book several times before, but when he re-read it, he would still have a lot of insights.

"To be honest, when I first heard about pioneer writers, I thought it was a crazy writer, that is, a writer who went crazy first, and I thought it was quite appropriate to describe you."

Zhou Yan read it and felt that what he wrote had the shadow of Bach, but it didn't look like Bach.

Since the Color Star Company was established for "Journey to the West", their only asset now, that is, "Journey to the West", is this movie that can be realized.

At that moment, he did not hesitate and wrote directly.

Yu Hua's analogy is very good, a writer, even if he likes another writer, cannot become that writer, because the composition of a person is very complex, nationality, family, and education will have an impact on life and the creation of a writer.

The implication is that their price may not be acceptable to Zhou Yan.

Yang Guohui didn't know why Zhou Yan asked, but he still replied, "Well, it's all there." ”

Yang Guohui and Zhou Xingchi established Caixing Company, and put all their net worth on the movie "Journey to the West", and now the market performance of the film is far from meeting their expectations, and the company may not be able to support it.

Zhou Yan did not set up obstacles for Yang Guohui, and directly helped him contact Xu Feng and explained the situation to Xu Feng.

In this case, Yang Guohui and Zhou Xingchi definitely want to find someone to take over this mess, even if they don't get rid of this mess, at least they have to cash in some money.

Just like Zhou Yan, even if you read Kafka and Chekhov, what you end up writing is different from Chekhov and Kafka.

"Then I'll say it bluntly, if you want to win all the copyrights of "Journey to the West", you need at least 10 million Xiangjiang coins." Yang Guohui said.

It's just that the current Yu Hua has nothing to do with avant-garde.

Now it seems that Yang Guohui is aiming at Tomson Film Company.

Hearing Zhou Yan say this, Yang Guohui could only agree, "Okay, then please trouble you Teacher Zhou to help you contact you." ”

"These people still don't understand the truth that even if a writer is influenced by many writers of his ancestors, he will not become these ancestors in the end, just like a sapling, nourished by the sun every day, it will only grow into a tree, not a sun."

In many places, Zhou Yan took apart the originally complex things and turned them into very simple things, but then re-woven these simple things into complex things.

Good works are like this, and at every stage of life, you will have new insights when you read them.

The words in his mind swept through it, and Zhou Yan fell into deep thought, thinking about whether he could write a tune, like "Xu Sanguan Selling Blood".

In fact, Zhou Yan's psychological price was more than three million, but he was not in a hurry to raise the price, but said to Yang Guohui, "Mr. Yang, in this way, you should talk to Sister Feng first, and if the result is not ideal, let's continue to talk." ”

Zhou Ya couldn't help pouting, what real estate can Caixing Company have, at most a few desks, a few printers, and nothing else, when filming "Journey to the West", the equipment was basically from Chang'an Studios.

After that, Yang Guohui got in touch with Xu Feng.

"Well, isn't there a part of the copyright of the original soundtrack in your hands, in this case, the copyright of the original soundtrack will be in my hands in the future." Zhou Yan explained.

"No problem."

"Mr. Zhou, although the box office of "Journey to the West" did not meet expectations, it is not possible to win all the copyrights with a little money."

Yang Guohui sighed slightly, "I want Mr. Xu to take over the Caixing Company." ”

Zhou Yan nodded, "Then you make an appointment, and we'll have a meal together." ”

"But you Caixing only have the movie "Journey to the West" now, and it's worth a little money." Zhou Yan said it very directly.

"Mr. Zhou, you misunderstood, I actually want to ask if you are interested in investing in our new project."

With a box office of more than 50 million, not to mention the box office champion, at least it can win the top two.

"Then let's go to the studio." Yu Hua extinguished the smoke, "I haven't listened to music for a long time." ”

However, he did not go directly to Tomson, but contacted himself first, and deliberately made a detour.

Some people say that suffering is the eternal theme in Yu Hua's works, which Zhou Yan disagrees with, he believes that absurdity and comical are.

"Is there a rehearsal in the studio today?" Shi Tiesheng asked.

During this time, I was too busy, basically working every day, chatting with Yu Hua and them for a while, and my spirit was suddenly a lot more relaxed.

"The critics like to define something, they say I'm like Yasunari Kawabata, like García Márquez, and they say I'm like Hemingway, as if there's no way to define me without finding a character who already exists."

"Fifty million...... Mr. Yang, the two parts add up to 50 million, which is different from 50 million for a movie. ”

But read it a few times and you'll feel the charm of this repetition.

But with a box office of more than 50 million, divided into two parts, the situation is completely different.

Hearing Shi Tiesheng's words, Zhou Yan felt quite interesting.

In Bach's work, the rhythm of the narrative is one of constant back-and-forth and repetition, and this repetition reveals a fascinating rhythm.

In fact, "Xu Sanguan Selling Blood" is a very humorous work, which is also the consistent style of Yu Hua in the middle and late periods, no matter what kind of tragedy it is, in his pen, there is something that makes people smile.

Whether it is "Alive" or "Brothers" and "Xu Sanguan Selling Blood", they are all very absurd, especially the beginning part, because of this absurdity, the beginning of these works is impressive.

“……”

Zhou Yan remembered that when he first read "Xu Sanguan Selling Blood", he felt that there were too many repetitions in this book, and the same description and the same paragraph might be repeated several times.

"Eight million, no less."

"Actually, it's not, in addition to "Journey to the West", Caixing also has some real estate."

Zhou Yan nodded, feeling the same way, every time his movie comes out, some people say that it looks like this and that, probably they think that a director in his twenties should be like a certain master.

But soon, Yang Guohui called Zhou Yan again.

"Teacher Zhou, I think we can talk about it again."

Zhou Yan smiled, "No problem." (End of chapter)