Chapter 427 Celine Dion and New Song

Jiang Mengfei took a sip of tea and asked, "Can I bring someone over?"

"who?"

"Hong Ben."

Zhou Yan frowned, "What do you want him to do?"

"Lao Hong has a lot of experience, is versatile, and has skills. I can ask him if I don't understand anything, and I will feel more confident when I manage."

Zhou Yan shook his head, "Hong Ben can't do it. He was sent to the "Titanic" set by me just to let him secretly work as a teacher. He will be of great use in the film department later. If he is transferred to the TV drama department, then I will It’s not all work in vain.”

"If Lao Hong can't do it." Jiang Mengfei rubbed his hands, "Then how about I ask Ana Shen to go there? He has just joined our team, so he shouldn't be unable to leave, and I have talked to him privately and heard what he wants. , he is very interested in filming TV series.”

Zhou Yan looked at Jiang Mengfei up and down and said with a smile, "Did you plan to ask Shen Yan from the beginning? The reason why you mentioned Hong Ben first is because you know that I can't give Hong Ben to you, so you can settle for the next best thing. Is it hard for me to refuse you?"

"Old Zhou, you think too highly of me. I am a naive person, how can I be so thoughtful." Jiang Mengfei said with a naive smile.

Zhou Yan smiled, Jiang Mengfei was still playing tricks with him.

If he hadn't thought about it in advance, would Jiang Mengfei have been able to change his candidates so quickly?

To be honest, he really didn't want to transfer Ana Shen to the TV drama department. After getting along with him for this period of time, Zhou Yan felt that Ana Shen was quite useful.

Although Shen Yan is not as lively as Li Hong, and his management ability is also a bit worse, Shen Yan has solid basic skills and has initially developed the ability to take charge of his own business.

Moreover, Shen Yan, this guy, has a certain degree of business sensitivity and should be able to make a blockbuster movie.

The directors currently signed by their studios all make literary films and basically have no earning power.

Zhou Yan would not give up on Wang Xiaoshuai and the others, but the studio could not make money on his own, so he wanted to train Shen Yan.

But Jiang Mengfei had this idea, and it was hard for him to refuse.

After pondering for a moment, Zhou Yan said, "I personally have no objection to transferring Ana Shen to the TV drama department, but it depends on his own wishes. If he is willing, then transfer him there. If If he doesn’t want to, we can’t force him.”

Jiang Mengfei smiled and said, "There's no problem at all. I'll call him over now."

After saying that, Jiang Mengfei got up and ran out. After only a few steps, he turned to Zhou Yan and said, "Don't pour my tea. I'll have more to drink when I come back later."

"rest assured."

…

Only seven or eight minutes later, Jiang Mengfei led Ana Shen over.

As soon as he came in, Jiang Mengfei said, "Director Zhou, I just asked Ana Shen on the way and he is willing to go to the TV drama department."

Zhou Yan looked at Ana Shen, "Ana Shen, is that what you mean?"

Ana Shen nodded, "Yes, Director Zhou, I am willing to go."

"Our studio respects your personal wishes for job transfers. If you don't want to, I won't transfer you. If you feel that there is no chance of promotion in the film department for the time being and want to try it in a new department, then I don’t think it’s necessary. If you stay in the film department, I will add some more responsibilities to you later, and you may even be able to do it alone.”

Zhou Yan's words have made it very clear, which means that Ana Shen should think carefully and don't go to the new department just because he thinks there are more opportunities. The same goes for staying in the film department.

Hearing Zhou Yan's words, Jiang Mengfei became anxious, "Director Zhou, what you are saying is both internal and external. Why are you trying to persuade Lao Shen not to join the new department? How can you be like this?"

"Ahem." Zhou Yan coughed lightly, "I also explained the situation clearly to Ana Shen and let him make his own choice."

"Director Zhou, you'd better say less."

Shen Yan said at this time, "Director Zhou, I agreed to Mengfei to go to the new department, not because I was worried that there would be no room for development in the film department, nor because I expected to go to the new department to be a 'founding hero'. It was entirely because I was really interested in I’m more interested in filming TV series.”

"Are you more interested in the filming of TV series?" Zhou Yan looked at Ana Shen with some surprise.

This is so strange.

Zhou Yan would like to believe that there are directors who are more interested in making TV series, but in fact, he has never met such a director in reality.

The main reason for becoming a director of TV series is because there are no good opportunities in movies.

Filming a TV series is tiring, the time span is long, and the upper limit is relatively low.

All major international directors make movies. Has anyone heard of a director who is famous for making TV series?

TV dramas themselves are at the lower end of the contempt chain. For a director with a professional background, his first choice is definitely movies.

Facing Zhou Yan's surprise, Ana Shen said very seriously, "This is what I say from the bottom of my heart."

Zhou Yan couldn't tell whether Ana Shen was being hypocritical or speaking from the bottom of his heart, but since Ana Shen insisted on going to the new department, he didn't say anything else, just nodded and said, "Okay, you should prepare for the establishment of the new department in the near future. The matter will be announced in two weeks. During this time, you and Mengfei will choose a few offices in Building 3 for your future offices. In addition, you will draw up a purchase list and include all the preliminary purchases. I’ll buy the things first. Mengfei’s arm is injured and he has difficulty moving. Please help him.”

"Don't worry, Director Zhou, I will help Mengfei well." Ana Shen nodded.

"Okay, let's just say this for now, and you can get to work first. Oh, remember, don't announce the establishment of the new department to the public in a hurry."

"clear."

Jiang Mengfei nodded happily, and then put his uninjured hand on Ana Shen's shoulder, "Let's go, Lao Shen, let's go over. You are a loyal boy and have not been bewitched by Director Zhou. You deserve my trust." you."

Zhou Yan glanced at the backs of the two people from behind and couldn't help but curl his lips. This person didn't even leave the office before he started arranging leadership.

…

As soon as Jiang Mengfei and the others left, Zhou Yan called General Manager Liu Hang over and told him about the transfer of Jiang Mengfei and Shen Yan to the new department.

Establishing a new department was certainly not Zhou Yan's immediate interest. Zhou Yan had this idea as early as when Qizhi Company was involved in the filming of "Tai Chi Master", but there was never a good time.

Now their studio staff has more than doubled than before. With the filming of "Space Traveler" completed, he has someone free and can set up a new department without delaying the film department.

He had already told Liu Hang about this.

After listening to Zhou Yan's words, Liu Hang nodded and said, "Whether you transfer Shen Yan to a new department, Meng Fei's ability in production is indeed slightly worse, and Shen Yan is from a major, and his ability is also outstanding, compared with Meng Fei's. Just learn from each other’s strengths.”

"You should keep an eye on recruitment during this period. After the new department is officially established, people must be in place quickly. Since we are setting up a new department, we cannot delay. The situation in the industry has changed day by day in the past two years. Who knows? I don’t know how fast the storm is blowing.”

"Don't worry, I'm personally taking care of this matter and won't hold you back."

"Well, I can rest assured that you will do the work."

Liu Hang smiled and asked, "By the way, Celine Dion and his wife will come over tomorrow. I have arranged for someone to pick them up. When do you think they will be brought to the studio?"

Celine Dion and his wife came here to record new songs.

Not just for "My Heart Will Go On," but also another new song.

"What time will they arrive tomorrow?"

"We can arrive at the hotel around five o'clock in the afternoon."

"At five o'clock... let's do this. Don't let them come. You go to Xixianfeng and book a private room. You can come with me tomorrow night and treat them to a meal."

"Okay, I'll make arrangements right away."

…

After Celine Dion and his wife arrived in Yanjing, they made some arrangements at the hotel and then went to the Xixiangfeng Hotel.

Xixiangfeng is a newly opened hotel, not far from the Xufeng Hotel where they are staying, and it only takes five or six minutes to walk.

Zhou Yanding is here also to facilitate Celine Dion and the others.

After the two parties met, Zhou Yan smiled and shook hands with the couple, "You two have come a long way. Thank you for your hard work on the road."

"Mr. Y, you are very polite. We are all very happy to meet again."

"I'm very happy too." Zhou Yan smiled and introduced Liu Hang next to them, "This is Liu Hang, the general manager of our studio. He is responsible for all affairs of our studio. The two of them are here in Yanjing. If you need anything, you can come to him.”

"Hello, hello."

The two parties exchanged a few words and then took their seats.

After sitting down, Zhou Yan said, "Originally, I planned to let you record "My Heart Will Go On" in the United States, but since you guys are here, we will also record the song this time. "

"Of course, we think so too." Reni Angeli smiled, "Actually, we have always wanted to come to China to see it. Just because you said there was a new song, we decided to come and have a look."

This time the couple came here mainly for the new song.

Some time ago, Reni Angeli received a call from Zhang Youan, saying that Zhou Yan had a new song and wanted Celine Dion to try it, but there was a condition, that is, if Celine Dion agreed to sing it, We have to go to China to record as soon as possible.

After listening to what Zhang Youan said, Reni Angeli agreed to go to China without any hesitation, without seeing or hearing the new song.

So far, none of them have seen the new song.

Anyway, Reni Angeli had already made up his mind. Even if the new song didn't happen, they would just come over and finish recording "My Heart Will Go On".

"Well, now that you're here, don't be anxious. Stay a little longer and have some fun here in China. I believe the recording of "My Heart Will Go On" will be very quick. As for the new song, you can go there tomorrow morning. Let’s go to the studio and talk about it in detail.”

Zhou Yan felt that it was getting late now, so he should treat the couple to a good meal and wait until they had a good rest before talking about the new song tomorrow.

As soon as people come over, they are grabbed to watch the new songs, which is a bit unkind.

However, Reni Angeli was very anxious, "Director Zhou, it's still early. Why don't we go to the studio to talk about new songs after we have dinner? Is this far from your studio?"

"It's not that far, but you just got off the plane and haven't adjusted yet. Are you too tired?"

Celine Dion laughed, "I think it's better to check out the new songs first so that I can sleep well at night."

After hearing what Celine Dion said, Zhou Yan looked at his watch. It was now 6:10. If they ate quickly, they could resolve the battle before 7:00 and get to the studio before 7:20.

If you think about it this way, there is indeed still time.

Then he nodded and said, "No problem, let's eat quickly. In fact, I was originally going to have a drink with you two, but now..."

"Let's wait until we have the opportunity to talk about drinking."

"Okay." Zhou Yan nodded.

He doesn't like procrastination when doing things by himself, so he naturally likes the working attitude of the couple.

…

The meal time was shorter than Zhou Yan expected. They started eating at 6:20, finished the battle at 6:40, and then arrived at the studio's recording studio before 7 o'clock.

When he arrived at the studio, Zhou Yan found a demo. Before playing it, he said to Celine Dion, "This new song is going to be included in my new movie "Space Traveler," so you not only have to record A version.”

"Of course there is no problem with this, but I have another question, which is when will this song be released?" Reni Angeli asked.

This is the issue that Reni Angeli is most concerned about. Ever since Zhou Yan wrote "My Heart Will Go On" for Celine Dion, they have been thinking about this song.

But the problem is that before the movie is released, they cannot release singles or perform in public. This period of time is very difficult for them.

Zhou Yan also knew why Reni Angeli asked this. He smiled and said, "This song is different from "My Heart Will Go On". After the recording is completed, you can sing it in public. But you can't release a single by yourself, because Later, all the songs in this movie will be released together on an album.”

"Oh, that's fine too."

Although he cannot release a single by himself, Reni Angeli is satisfied with being able to sing in public.

"Can the follow-up be included in Celine's own album?"

"It will be ready half a year after the movie is released."

"I understand." Reni Angeli smiled and stared at Zhou Yan's hand, "Let's listen to this song."

Zhou Yan nodded and pressed the play button.

First there was a piano intro, and then a female voice hummed.

This humming is nice, but the melody is not complex, so there's nothing particularly surprising about it.

Celine Dion and Reni Angeli were not in a hurry, nor did they expect the new song to shock them from the beginning.

Soon, the first lyrics sounded.

"What would I do without your smart mouth..."

The couple looked at each other and already had a rough idea of ​​what kind of song it was.

The gentle melody and simple piano accompaniment all indicate that this is a lyrical narrative song. (End of chapter)