Chapter 442 Their Budget Is Running Out

After nearly forty minutes, the song ended.

Yu Hua ran to eject the CD and asked Zhou Yan, "You should have a backup of this CD, right?"

"Yeah, there's more."

"Then I'll take this one back with me." Yu Hua said to Shi Tiesheng while loading the CD, "Tiesheng, do you want to listen? I'll go downstairs and make another copy for you later."

Yu Hua and the others have been to the studio too many times and are very familiar with the studio. They all know where the copies are.

Shi Tiesheng shook his head and said, "I'll forget it. I don't have any equipment at home. If I want to listen, I can either go to your house or come to the studio."

"Then it's better to come here. The equipment here is better."

After putting the CD away, Yu Hua asked again, "Is there a piano solo version of this song? I think the piano solo version of this song must be very nice, and if it's a piano solo version, I can play it to Haiguo at home." Listen to it. He is too young to accept the vast and powerful sound of a symphony. "

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "No, but if you want, I will ask Zhang Zuoquan to record a version for you later. Zhang Zuoquan has been practicing this song recently, so it won't take much for him to record it."

"Has Zuo Quan been practicing this piece recently?" Yu Hua became interested, "Then I can listen to it live."

Compared to listening to recordings, Yu Hua still prefers to listen to live performances, which feels completely different.

"Okay. Recently, he usually starts practicing at about 6:30 in the big recording studio for one to two hours after dinner."

"That's just right. We'll have dinner here today, and we'll go listen after eating." Yu Hua said with a smile.

Yu Hua doesn't feel any pressure at all from working in the studio.

Zhou Yan said with a smile, "You should take advantage of this time to go to the canteen to eat more. The canteen downstairs will be removed soon."

Yu Hua asked strangely, "Why do you want to withdraw the canteen?"

Zhou Yan sighed, "There is no way. My studio has not been very efficient in recent times, and there are people coming to eat every day, so it can't support it anymore. Now that we can't turn on the source, we can only save money. Come on, eat as soon as possible." It’s just a meal, but there won’t be any chance in the future.”

Yu Hua rolled his eyes, not believing Zhou Yan's words at all, "You made up this lie just to tease us."

After knowing each other for so many years, Yu Hua knew Zhou Yan quite well.

Even if the studio is really not profitable and needs to cut costs, Zhou Yan can't get rid of the canteen first.

Zhou Yan, although he is not the kind of extremely particular person, is very concerned about eating. Their studio has always invested a lot in the canteen.

Furthermore, Yu Hua doesn’t believe that the studio is not efficient. Although he has been infrequent recently, he has some understanding of the studio’s situation. All departments in the studio are now busier than before, and the business is obviously better than before. More.

When he came today, he noticed that the sofas in the sitting area of ​​the lobby on the first floor had been replaced with new ones. The new sofas looked much higher quality than the previous ones. Could this be due to poor efficiency?

There is also a thermos cabinet for drinks in the corridor.

If you really want to save money, you should first remove the refrigerator and warming cabinet.

"Haha, the cafeteria downstairs is indeed going to be evacuated because it has to be moved to another building. The current cafeteria is a bit small. Moving to the new building will make it bigger."

When he heard that he was moving to a new place, Yu Hua smiled and nodded, "It's going to be bigger. Now there are more and more people in your studio. Sometimes we have to queue up when we come to eat."

Not to mention Yu Hua, Zhou Yan would also have to queue up if he went to eat in time.

Zhou Yan actually wanted to move the canteen before. There are still some empty rooms in Building 3 and he can make a canteen.

But before, the cafeteria was barely enough, and the studio was developing. We didn’t know when the rooms in Building 3 would be used, so we didn’t do this.

Now that they have rented the three buildings next to it, with enough space, they can consider rebuilding a canteen.

As Yu Hua understands, Zhou Yan attaches great importance to the canteen.

Food is the first priority for the people, and eating always comes first.

"In the future, there will not only be a canteen, but also a leisure area. You can come and play if you have nothing to do."

"Recreation area? What to play?"

"Such as game area, sports area, fitness area."

"It's really comfortable working here."

"How about you come to work at my place too?" Zhou Yan joked.

Yu Hua immediately waved her hand, "I'll forget it, I can't go to class now. But it's okay to come and play. Now that Haiguo is in kindergarten, I have more time every day."

"Haiguo can also be brought to play. I'll ask someone to get a few more game consoles."

"Forget the game console, it's really good to let him listen to music. If I think it is what I want, it would be best for him to be a musician in the future, or a director, just like you."

Shi Tiesheng joked from the side, "You want Zhou Yan to be your son."

Yu Hua rolled his eyes, "They say you are a good person. This is the biggest misunderstanding of you by the outside world. You are full of bad ideas."

"I'm just interpreting what you said."

Zhou Yanze smiled and said, "Let Hai Guo be my son. From now on, I will teach him music and filmmaking. I am better at both of these than you."

"Huh." Yu Hua sneered, "If you want a child, you can find a life for yourself and don't try to interfere with my son."

"I haven't done it yet. Let Hai Guo be my son first and let me try my hand. Otherwise, I won't have any experience when my own child comes out."

Yu Hua gave Zhou Yan a thumbs up angrily and said, "You are such a genius. Why didn't I think of this method before? Before giving birth, you can practice with other people's children."

Shi Tiesheng lit another cigarette next to him and said with a smile, "But having said that, Zhou Yan, you are not young this year, right? Don't you think about the major events in your life? There are many girls around you, but none of them suit you?"

"That's right. Is there any possibility between you and Xiaoxian?"

Zhou Yan twitched his lips, these two guys were no different from ordinary people, they were still very strange.

"Ahem." Zhou Yan coughed lightly and changed the subject, "The representative meeting will be held next month. Have you made an appointment with poker friends?"

Yu Hua nodded, "Of course. When Su Tong and Han Shaogong come, are you worried that there will be no one left to play cards?"

"You can ask them to come over in advance, I'll be the host, and we can all get together."

"That's no problem. You're a big business here. If you don't eat, you won't get anything for free."

"Okay, tell me how many people there are in advance, and I will make arrangements then."

"There aren't that many people, the main thing is just for you to get to know them."

"It doesn't matter. You can call anyone I don't know. After we have dinner, won't we know each other from now on?"

"Okay, I'll come and take a look then."

…

After Yu Hua and Shi Tiesheng had dinner in the cafeteria, they went to the large recording studio.

Zhang Zuoquan was practicing "Xu Sanguan" in the large recording studio today as always, and the two of them became his audience, quietly listening to his playing.

It wasn't until about nine o'clock that Zhou Yan drove them back.

After returning home, Zhou Yan took a shower and was about to go to the study to work for a while when the phone in the living room rang.

The call was made by Hong Ben from Mexico. He is now on the set of "Titanic" and calls Zhou Yan regularly to report on his work.

"Director Zhou, I really learned a lot today. I didn't expect that the movie could be shot like this..."

As soon as the call was connected, Hong Ben was very excited to share with Zhou Yan the new knowledge he had recently learned on site.

Hong Ben was talking about the sequence of "I am the King of the World". Cameron used half live action and half CG, and shot it using an orbital rotation method.

Hong Ben had never heard of this kind of shooting technique, let alone seen it before, so he was so excited.

When he first went to the filming set of "Titanic", Hong Ben was like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden. He was very surprised to see everything, especially the half-built ship on set.

The visual impact of that thing was so strong that Hong Ben himself said that when he walked under the big ship, his mind was completely blank because he could not imagine that making a movie could actually achieve this level.

In addition to the big boat, there were many small boats of other proportions on the scene. At first, Hong Ben didn't know what these boats were used for. Later, as the filming progressed, he understood more and more.

And the more he learned about it, the more surprised he became.

Before going out, Hong Ben felt that the filming technology of their crew was quite advanced. Although it was definitely not up to par with the top levels abroad, the gap should not be too big. After all, the filming technology and equipment of their crew had surpassed most domestic ones. crew.

Moreover, Zhou Yan's shooting techniques were something Hong Ben had never seen before a long time ago.

But after arriving at the filming site of "Titanic", Hong Ben realized that he had been sitting in a well and looking at the sky. Hollywood's film shooting technology was completely different from that in China.

It’s not just the gap between equipment, it’s also the gap between shooting concepts.

Seeing such a gap, Hong Ben was a little discouraged at first. After all, the gap was so big that it was difficult for people to think of transcending.

But gradually, his mentality changed and he began to seriously carry out the tasks assigned to him by Zhou Yan.

What he has to do now is to learn the techniques of "Titanic" and follow Zhou Yan to film movies after returning to China to improve domestic filming techniques.

Zhou Yan had said something before that was very reassuring. Zhou Yan told him that the technology of "Titanic", let alone China, was unrivaled even if it was placed in Hollywood. As long as it was from them If you learn one-tenth of the techniques, you can surpass most Hollywood movies.

In addition, movies are not just about technology, and Chinese movies are not completely without advantages.

After listening to Hong Ben excitedly share what he had seen recently, Zhou Yan said with a smile, "When you learn on site, don't be superficial, you must know what it is and why it is so. When you encounter a technology you don't understand, Don’t be embarrassed and be brave enough to ask questions. The assistant director Sebastian has a good relationship with me. If you have anything to do, you can keep in touch with him and ask him directly if you need anything.”

"Well, actually the people on the directing team take very good care of me. Even Director James Cameron treats me better than people in other departments. Sometimes, I feel that they are too kind to me. , especially Christie, come over and ask me if you have any needs. Of course, I know, they are all doing it for your sake."

Zhou Yan smiled, and the director team had their own reasons for giving him face.

When he was in Canada, Zhou Yan could be said to have saved James Cameron's life and also saved Christie's life.

If Zhou Yan hadn't stopped Christie's attack with his arm, the consequences would have been disastrous, and the movie "Titanic" would have ceased to exist.

But Hong Ben didn't know about this.

Although this matter was in the newspapers at the time, the details were not clear to the outside world, and the crew did not disclose them to the outside world.

On the one hand, this matter is still under investigation, and the police also asked them not to disclose too much information to the outside world. On the other hand, such details will not have a good impact on the crew for the time being, so James Cameron also asked those present at the time not to tell the outside world.

"Since they have taken the initiative to ask you if you have any needs, don't be embarrassed. If you need anything, just go to them directly."

"I understand. By the way, Sebastian and Christie have asked me in the past two days when will you come over."

Zhou Yan mused, "I'll see what happens. I'm still working on "Space Traveler" in the later stages. After it's finished, I may have other things to do. I'll have other things to do in December, so I may not be able to pass this year."

"It would be a pity if you can't come. I guess Christie will be very disappointed as well." Hong Ben said with a smile, with a hint of gossip in his tone.

Christie would go to Hong Ben and ask him if he needed anything, and she would ask Zhou Yan every time.

Hong Ben could tell that Christie was different from Zhou Yan, and he obviously liked Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan also heard the gossip in Hong Ben's tone and said angrily, "I think you are still too idle at the scene. I need to arrange more tasks for you."

"Compared to others, I do have a lot of free time. The key is that the atmosphere on the set is so oppressive that I feel a little suffocated watching from the side. Before, I thought you put a lot of pressure on me, Director Zhou, but now it seems that you are really gentle. ”

"Is the crew under a lot of pressure?"

"Well, the director has a dark face every day, and the producer goes to prod him when he has nothing to do. Recently, the negative mood of the crew has been very serious. Someone was injured every day, the budget was leaking, and the filming progress was unsatisfactory. I heard from Seba Steve mentioned that the film’s budget was not enough.”

"The budget is not enough?" Zhou Yan narrowed his eyes.

"When I was chatting with Sebastian two days ago, he mentioned it casually, and I didn't ask in detail. After all, it had nothing to do with me. No wonder the producer was anxious, the cost of this movie was too high. , If the budget cannot keep up with the plan, the loss will be too great. Oh, by the way, their insufficient budget will not affect the income of our studio? How about I go and find out?"

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Don't worry about this. Just stay on the set with peace of mind." (End of Chapter)