Chapter 285 A Special Movie with a Special Beginning

Zhou Yan and his group walked together, which was quite conspicuous, so they were quickly recognized by some students.

"Teacher Zhou."

Hearing the students calling him, Zhou Yan smiled and waved in response.

Hearing the noise here, the students nearby were attracted, but the students were still quite restrained. They did not get too close to Zhou Yan, but kept a proper distance, and even left a walkway leading to the entrance of the dining hall for Zhou Yan and his party.

Just when Zhou Yan was sighing that the students were more restrained, suddenly a tall and thin boy ran out.

When Zhou Yan saw this boy, he was shocked.

There was nothing special about the boy himself, but the main thing was that the boy's clothes were really shocking.

It is now the end of December. The lowest temperature in Yanjing today is minus five degrees Celsius, and it is still below zero in the afternoon. The boy was actually wearing only a white short-sleeved T-shirt.

There are four big black words "Piano Boy" on the T-shirt, plus a super large exclamation mark.

These words should not be printed, but painted by students with a black pen, and there are rough edges in some places.

"Teacher Zhou, can you sign for me?" the boy asked loudly, holding up his T-shirt.

Seeing the boy's appearance, there was a burst of laughter at the scene, and many people followed suit, as if the boy was quite popular in school.

Zhou Yan walked over with a smile, "Do you have a pen?"

"Yes, yes, yes." The boy immediately took out a marker.

Zhou Yan took the pen and signed his name on his T-shirt.

"And this." The boy took out another music album, which was the "Rain Bell" that was just released today.

Seeing him take out the new album, Zhou Yan was quite surprised, because although this album was released today, it was actually slow to be distributed, and many places didn't have it, including these audio-visual stores in Yanjing.

It must have taken some effort for this kid to be able to buy it.

Zhou Yuan wrote his name on the CD shell, and then wrote a line of words below.

[1995 Winter Solstice Dining Room]

Seeing Zhou Yan finish signing his name, the boy clenched his fists excitedly, "Teacher Zhou, you must break out of Asia and conquer the world! I will always support you."

Seeing the boy's excitement, Zhou Yan couldn't help but sigh, what a passionate young man.

However, no matter how passionate a young man is, he is still afraid of the cold. Zhou Yan noticed that the boy's arms were frozen purple.

He patted the boy's shoulder, "Classmate, keep warm and don't catch a cold."

Leng Xuejun also rolled his eyes at the boy, "Liao Ruhan, go back and put on your clothes."

Liao Ruhan stood at attention and saluted, "Yes, Director Leng."

After that, he ran away happily.

Leng Xuejun shook his head and sighed, "Teacher Zhou, I'm sorry to embarrass you."

Zhou Yan smiled and waved his hand, "For students, it's not a bad thing to be a little unruly. When I was in school, I was even more mischievous than him."

Hearing Zhou Yan say this, Leng Xuejun was quite puzzled. He had heard Yu Runyang, the previous principal of the Central Conservatory of Music, mention Zhou Yan before, saying that Zhou Yan was always calm and reserved when he was in school, and he was completely different from mischievous people.

Perhaps Zhou Yan also wanted to find a way out for them, Leng Xuejun could only guess so.

The group did not stay outside for too long and soon entered the dining hall.

At this time, many people had come to the dining hall. The main actors of "The Chorus" and most of the behind-the-scenes workers had arrived at the scene in advance.

In addition to them, there were also old friends of Yanjing Film Studio such as Chen Kaige, Wang Zhengjun, and Han Sanping.

Yu Hua and Shi Tiesheng also came, and they were chatting with Chen Kaige and others.

The media reporters also came in early, but there was a fixed interview session today, so when they saw Zhou Yan coming in, they did not surround him.

After Zhou Yan entered, he greeted the guests one by one, and then found Zhang Youan and asked, "Where is Sister Feng? Hasn't she come yet?"

"Boss Xu is on the way."

Zhou Yan nodded and asked, "Have you counted the invited guests and media reporters?"

"Yes, about 70% of them have come. At three o'clock, let the students in."

This time, the premiere ceremony of "The Chorus" also released some tickets to the student group.

Since it was held at Yan University, most of the tickets must have been given to Yan University students. The rest were divided between students from the Central Conservatory of Music and Yan Normal University.

The reason why Yan Normal University was able to get so many tickets was, on the one hand, because their school had the earliest fan club, which had special meaning to Zhou Yan.

On the other hand, it was also because the movie "The Chorus" was related to music and education, which was also a professional match for Yan Normal University students.

Zhou Yan stood in the middle of the dining hall and looked around. This lecture hall was indeed quite old. The ceiling looked like it had not been repaired for a long time, and some dirt might fall at any time.

Not to mention the four walls, which were already mottled.

To the west of the dining hall, there was a large stage, where the movie curtain was hung, and the ceremony would be held later.

After talking to Zhang Youan for a few more words, Zhou Yan walked over to Shi Tiesheng and the others.

At this moment, many people were around Shi Tiesheng and Yu Hua, and Chen Kaige was the closest. He knew Shi Tiesheng, after all, he had adapted Shi Tiesheng's "Life is Like a String".

Wang Junzheng and Han Sanping were also nearby, and when they got together, the actors would naturally gather around.

When Zhou Yan approached, Chen Kaige said with a smile, "Zhou Yan has been too busy recently, and I can't always make an appointment with him for dinner."

Han Sanping joked, "Why didn't I see you inviting me to dinner?"

"Hey, I'm mainly concerned about the wine stored in Zhou Yan's house. Don't worry, Director Han. Next time I make an appointment with Zhou Yan, I'll invite you too, and we'll make his wine together."

At this time, Zhou Yan said, "No need for next time. I'll keep you covered with wine for dinner tonight."

Hearing Zhou Yan's voice, everyone looked at him one after another. Chen Kaige smiled and said, "One code means the other. Mr. Xu is in charge of the meal today. You must remember this meal and treat it next time."

Han Sanping said with a smile, "I don't think it's better than this. When the box office of "The Spring of the Cowherd Class" exceeds 50 million, let Zhou Yan treat him to a meal, and all of us present will have a share."

"Director, are you talking about the mainland box office?" Chen Kaige asked.

"Global Box Office."

"Fifty million is US dollars?"

"RMB."

Chen Kaige smiled crookedly. His mouth was already crooked, but now it became even crooked.

"Then he will definitely pay for this meal. The global box office of 50 million yuan is not a challenge for him at all."

"Don't I still want to benefit everyone?"

"I think $50 million worldwide is fine."

Zhou Yan rolled his eyes and ignored Chen Kaige.

The global box office of "Cowherder's Spring" exceeded 50 million yuan. There is really no pressure. With Zhou Yan and Neon's appeal in China, he can easily achieve this goal.

But to say that 50 million US dollars is simply a fantasy. "The Sixth Sense" has not achieved the goal, and "Spring of the Cowherd" is even more impossible to achieve.

Chen Kaige naturally knew that this was impossible, so he just made a joke casually, but then he mentioned "The Sixth Sense" again, "Your American version of "The Sixth Sense" will be released next year. That movie has a global box office of 5 Ten million US dollars should be no problem, otherwise, if the US version of "The Sixth Sense" grosses more than 50 million US dollars at the global box office, you can pay for it again."

Zhou Yan nodded readily, "Sure, you can choose any restaurant in Yanjing when the time comes."

"Director Zhou is great." Chen Kaige smiled and gave a thumbs up.

Everyone was laughing and chatting when suddenly Yu Hua said, "Director Zhang is here."

After hearing Yu Hua's words, everyone looked towards the door and saw Zhang Yimou just coming in from outside.

Zhang Yimou was looking around. Zhou Yan waved to him and shouted, "Director Zhang."

Hearing Zhou Yan's voice, Zhang Yimou walked towards this side with a smile on his face.

When we got here, everyone was chatting again.

After chatting for a while, Chen Kaige suddenly asked, "Didn't Gong Li come with you?"

Hearing Chen Kaige mention Gong Li, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly changed a lot.

Zhang Yimou and Gong Li had a falling out. This matter made the news. Most people present knew that it would be inappropriate to mention Gong Li at this time.

Zhou Yan glanced at Chen Kaige and said to himself that Brother Kaizi was not very generous. There was no way he didn't know what was going on with Zhang Yimou and Gong Li, but he still wanted to ask Gong Li. That was because he wanted to provoke Zhang Yimou.

In fact, there is really no direct conflict between Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige, but Chen Kaige has some inner demons.

Because people have always compared him with Zhang Yimou. As time went by and he heard more from others, he took it seriously.

Seeing the awkward atmosphere, Zhou Yan smiled and said, "I called Sister Li. She wanted to come, but she has been really busy recently and I really can't make the trip. Speaking of which, it's your fault, Mr. Kai."

Chen Kaige asked strangely, "What does it have to do with me?"

"It wasn't your movie "Feng Yue" that messed up Sister Li's schedule, otherwise she wouldn't be so busy now."

"Yeah, it's my fault."

Zhou Yan was trying to poke Chen Kaige's lungs. If others said this, Chen Kaige would probably be angry, but when Zhou Yan said this, he couldn't be angry.

Chen Kaige also knew that Zhou Yan was teasing him.

After all, Zhou Yan is the host in today's event. If his words embarrass Zhang Yimou, Zhou Yan will definitely lose face.

Seeing the current situation, Zhou Yan probably wouldn't be able to talk about it later, so he said, "It's getting late. Everyone, please take a seat. The ceremony will start soon."

After hearing what Zhou Yan said, they went to their respective seats and sat down.

As soon as they dispersed, Xu Feng rushed over, and the venue began to let students from outside inside.

After about ten minutes, the ceremony officially began.

The premiere ceremony of "Spring in the Cowherd" was similar to the process of "Sense and Sensibility". The host first introduced the purpose of today's ceremony and then introduced the guests who came to the scene.

After that, Xu Feng came on stage to introduce the background and production process of the film.

Xu Feng did not bring a script, but directly took the microphone and said, "It's actually very simple to make Zhou Yan's movies. Anyone who knows him knows that all the movies he makes are written, directed and scored by himself. Every one of them is composed by himself." The plan was with him from start to finish.”

"The same goes for this movie. It didn't make me worry too much. Not long after "The Sixth Sense" was released last year, I was thinking about what movie he would make next. Later, I took two scripts and called him. One is "The Past in Yanzhou" and the other is "The Past in Shanghai". But on the phone, he has a story in his mind, which is related to education and music."

"To be honest, I was very happy when I heard that this story was related to education and music. As you all know, Zhou Yan is a music teacher, and this kind of subject is tailor-made for him. Later I read the script , also verified my idea that this is a very good story. Although it is inspired by a movie "A Cage of Nightingales" half a century ago, the two movies are completely different, "Spring of the Cowherd Class". It fulfilled all my expectations for a good movie.”

"The filming of this movie didn't take long, but the preparation time was very long. There were many actors who needed to train, study, and even lose weight. We even built a school specially for this movie..."

It can be seen that Xu Feng is very excited. She has not been so excited for a long time since "Farewell My Concubine".

Although her own participation in the movie "Springtime of the Cowherd Class" was not high, unlike when she was in the middle and coordinated every day during the filming of "Farewell My Concubine", she really liked the movie "Springtime of the Cowherd Class". movie.

The status of this movie in her heart is second only to "Farewell My Concubine", and the reason why she has not done "Farewell My Concubine" is just because her participation was not high.

"Spring of the Cowherd Class" fully demonstrates Zhou Yan's talents.

Xu Feng spoke for a long time, and finally thanked all those who participated in the production of the film.

"The box office of the movie is left to the market and the audience, but no matter what, I want to thank you for bringing you such a perfect movie."

After Xu Feng finished speaking, it was the turn of the main creative staff to take the stage.

Zhou Yan took the entire director team and several leading actors on stage.

None of the young actors came today because today is Friday and they are all in school. Zhou Yan didn't want the premiere to affect their studies.

When there are holidays later, Zhou Yan doesn't mind letting these children show off.

The choir composed of young actors is still established. They usually go to the studio to study and rehearse after school or during holidays.

After Zhou Yan and the others came on stage, they all chatted very relaxedly and talked about some interesting things that happened during the filming.

In addition, others will inevitably praise Zhou Yan.

Several members of the directing team are relatively restrained, but the leading actors have no scruples, especially Wang Xueqi, who is very good at getting things done. As long as the microphone is in his hands, he must say something about Zhou Yan.

The key is that when Wang Xueqi speaks, he is serious and full of confidence. The flatterers he flatters are all "sound". Even though Zhou Yan is thick-skinned, he turns red when he flatters him.

"Every picture and every piece of music in Director Zhou's movie allows the audience to enjoy..."

Hearing Wang Xueqi's boasts getting more and more outrageous, Zhou Yan quickly winked at the host, indicating that it was getting late.

The host understood the idea and immediately said with a smile, "Thank you Teacher Wang for sharing, next..."

The next step was the reporter's interview. The media reporters on the scene had already been impatient and raised their hands when this step came.

First, I clicked on two domestic media outlets and asked questions related to movies.

The third person clicked was a neon media. After the other person was clicked, he was very happy and said with a smile, "Mr. Zhou Yan, today is not only the premiere of "Spring of the Cowherd Class", but also your third It is the day when the theme music album "Yulin Ling" is released globally. As we all know, you are now the most famous musician in Neon. There are many music fans in Neon paying attention to this album. I want to represent Neon's music. I have a question for fans, why is this album called Yu Lin Ling? Does it have any special meaning?”

Although today is the premiere of "Spring of the Cowherd Class", when the Neon reporter asked this question, no one at the scene felt there was any problem.

Zhou Yan took the microphone and nodded, "A very good question, but this question is not a problem for most people here. Yulinling is the name of a lyric brand, which was originally a famous song of the Tang Dynasty. It expresses the sorrow of separation and separation of love. The theme of my album is also the same. The songs included in it are all related to the sorrow of separation and separation. In addition to the song "Drinking the Water of the Yangtze River" that everyone has heard before, there are also some songs. There are several songs from "Sense and Sensibility". In addition, some songs from "The Sixth Sense" are also included. Of course, in addition to these, there are other new songs."

The Neon reporter memorized Zhou Yan's answer very carefully, and then said, "I want to ask another question. Do you have any plans to hold a concert in Neon next year? You haven't held a concert in Neon for two years. Got it.”

Zhou Yan said with a smile, "I haven't held many concerts in the past two years, but I can tell you that our band will most likely go to Neon next year."

After asking two questions, the Neon reporter was quite satisfied and sat down with a smile.

Zhou Yan left quite a long time for the media this time, half an hour, and the reporters had basically asked all the questions that needed to be asked.

Zhou Yan didn't answer some questions that he shouldn't have asked.

After the question and answer session ended, Han Sanping took the stage as a guest representative and delivered a speech.

After Han Sanping finished speaking, the host announced the start of the movie viewing.

The entire ceremony lasted for more than two hours, and by the time the movie started showing, it was almost six o'clock.

The curtains in the large dining room were drawn up, and when the lights were turned off, the entire hall became dark, and the audience fell silent.

Soon, the curtain lit up and the opening credits played.

When the opening credits ended, the curtain went dark again.

At first, the audience didn't care, because many movies start with a "black screen" transition, and the main film will appear immediately.

But soon, the audience found something wrong, the black screen lasted a little long.

About six or seven seconds later, there was a knock on the door.

"Dong Dong Dong——"

"Come in." A somewhat old voice sounded.

"Teacher Lin, there is a call from China, it's urgent." A second young voice sounded.

This voice... seems to be Zhou Yan's.

Some people heard that the second voice was Zhou Yan's.

But why is the curtain still black, only the sound can be heard.

Is there a problem with the equipment on site?

But no one dared to speak.

"Tell him to call again after the concert." The old voice sounded again.

Footsteps, getting closer and closer.

"It's about your mother." Zhou Yan's voice sounded.

Silence...

"Hello."

At this time, the curtain finally lit up again.

On the screen, an old man was adjusting his collar, his expression was solemn, and his eyes were filled with tears.

Although the screen was black for more than 20 seconds and the audience could not see any pictures, they understood why the old man had tears in his eyes.

More than 20 seconds of darkness, only a few lines, but it seemed to have said a lot.

The old man's mother should have passed away, and he was preparing for a concert at this time. In addition, the audience could also get a message that the old man should be a famous musician because they are now abroad.

This special shooting technique also surprised the audience.

Soon, the second shot of the movie appeared. The old man was in a concert hall, holding a baton, directing the orchestra to play a symphony.

People who are familiar with music have heard that the waltz "The Artist's Life" by Johann Strauss Jr. is being played.

This piece of music has a beat and a brisk rhythm. The joyful atmosphere expressed is in contrast to the grief of the old man losing his mother.

Leng Xuejun sat next to Zhou Yan, looking at the screen, and two lines of poetry rang in his mind.

"When I left, the willows were swaying. When I come back, it is raining and snowing."

Like the first line of the poem, the scene at this moment in the movie is a typical example of using a happy scene to express a sad mood.

Leng Xuejun has a feeling that this scene may also be the tone of the entire movie. The music and the scene at the beginning not only have a lyrical effect, but also have a narrative function to complete the plot.

Of course, this is all Leng Xuejun's guess, and he himself has no research on movies.

However, even if he has no research on movies, Leng Xuejun can feel the charm of this movie through just a few shots.