Chapter 436 Bucket

From Ye Xiaogang's point of view, the job they take on film soundtracks depends entirely on chance. They don't get much work all year round. Even if they do get work, they can't do it. There is absolutely no need to cooperate with Zhou Yan's studio.

Tang Jianping had a different idea. He smiled and said, "I think Zhou Yan's idea is good. With the help of their studio, we can save a lot of things. As for whether it is profitable, Zhou Yan should know better than us."

Guo Wenjing asked curiously, "Old Tang, are you also involved in film scores now?"

He had never heard that Tang Jianping did film scores before, so it was a bit strange.

"No." Tang Jianping shook his head, "But I think Zhou Yan's studio can help us, whether it's film scoring or other work. Some time ago, someone from the Grand Theater came over and discussed with me, asking me to help They composed an opera, but there were so many chores that wasted each other's energy."

"Is the Grand Theater going to release a new opera?" Ye Xiaogang asked curiously.

Tang Jianping nodded, "That means I have such an idea, but I don't know much about the specific situation now."

"Zhou Yan's studio can't help you with this, right?" Guo Wenjing said.

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "We can complete the early stage of docking with the theater for Teacher Tang, such as remuneration negotiations."

"It's not easy to negotiate the salary with the theater, and composing music for the theater is also a good opportunity. You don't need to pay too much attention to the salary." Guo Wenjing added.

"There's nothing hard to talk about. The value of creation needs to be reflected. You can't always think about promoting style. You have to help where you need it, and you have to get the money you need. Just now, Senior Brother Ye said that you don't have many jobs. It’s not profitable. This is a misunderstanding of our studio and its own value.”

At this point, the boss brought a plate of hot food, and Zhou Yan picked up the wine bottle and poured wine for Ye Xiaogang while continuing, "In recent years, domestic films have paid more and more attention to soundtracks during production, and their investment has also increased. It continues to increase, so the market will only get better and better. Moreover, domestic films are undergoing reforms in the past two years and will become more and more commercialized. As a result, the overall investment in film soundtracks will naturally increase. Follow the rise.”

"But at this stage, domestic film and television producers don't know much about the soundtrack. Many directors don't know where to find a soundtrack guide when preparing a movie. In most cases, they can only be introduced through acquaintances. After finding the soundtrack director, communication between the two parties on the direction of the film score is another big problem. Sometimes you will find that you can't talk about a point. The filmmaker doesn't understand music, and the scorer doesn't understand the movie. "

When Zhou Yan said this, Ye Xiaogang nodded, "That's true. I discovered this problem before when I was scoring "A Date After Dusk". Chen Yifei has outstanding achievements in art, but his understanding of music is too I took it for granted. His feelings were too vague and could not be conveyed to me well. I actually have a lot of regrets about the soundtrack of this movie. The most critical issue is that Chen Yifei never considered the soundtrack from the beginning. I didn’t think about doing the soundtrack until the movie was almost finished, so when I do the soundtrack later, it won’t be too easy.”

The Chen Yifei mentioned by Ye Xiaogang is the director of "A Date at Dusk".

In fact, Chen Yifei is a cross-border director. He was originally a painter and made great achievements in oil painting. In the 1980s, he held many art exhibitions abroad.

It was not until 1993 that Chen Yifei made his first electric shock, directing the autobiographical art film "Old Dreams at Sea - Chen Yifei's Personal Random Notes".

Two years later, he directed and completed the film "A Date at Dusk".

Chen Yifei not only didn't know much about music, but he didn't know much about movies either, so when he was directing, he couldn't even think of many details.

"Well, this is another question I want to talk about. Many directors like to put the soundtrack at the back. They think that after the movie is shot, they can just find a scorer to add music to the movie. But in this way, the scorer What can be done will be greatly compressed, and there will be very little preparation work that the composer can do. Therefore, when creating movie soundtracks, it will be difficult for the movies our studio is currently receiving to be involved in the film preparation stage. , we simply won’t accept some movies that come to us after filming.”

Zhou Yan and his studio have received many inquiries, many of which are related to the situation he just mentioned.

Many filmmakers don't think about scoring at all in the early stage. They don't think about finding a scoring director to score the film until the movie is finished.

In this case, Zhou Yan and the others would not accept it, even if the other party expressed their willingness to pay a high salary.

"It seems that signing in your studio is indeed of some use." Ye Xiaogang nodded.

"Another point is that the studio's equipment and environment are very good, which can help you create and save your time greatly."

"Well, that's true." Guo Wenjing agreed.

Composers are different from writers. Most writers basically only need pen and paper when creating. However, most composers cannot create good music with just paper and pen. They must use musical instruments. Assist in composing music, because no matter how well the music is written, it must be presented through musical instruments.

Zhou Yan's studio is well-equipped and the environment is very good, and there is even an orchestra to assist in the creation.

The most important thing is that Zhou Yan also has a film studio, which means he has a complete industry chain.

After Ye Xiaogang and the others come up with the music, they can record it in time, then cut it into the movie in time to see the effect, and then make adjustments in time according to the presentation effect.

The feedback time is very short, which greatly improves work efficiency.

When Ye Xiaogang was doing the soundtrack for "Date at Dusk" before, he made the score and gave it to the producer. If there was anything inappropriate, both parties had to spend time communicating, and the feedback was not timely enough.

Sometimes if something is not perfect, they don't even bother to communicate and make changes, and just make do with it.

Tang Jianping said with a smile, "Having said this, I remembered that if I sign with your studio, the soundtrack can be recorded by your studio in the future, and you don't have to find anyone else."

"Well, that's right. This is one of the ways studios make money."

After Zhou Yan said this, Ye Xiaogang also became interested, and now he lowered his head to think.

Guo Wenjing held the wine glass and said, "I think this is feasible. Why don't you go back to Zhou Yan's studio and have a look."

Zhou Yan picked up the wine glass and said, "Well, I'll invite a few of you to visit our studio."

Ye Xiaogang and Tang Jianping also picked up their wine glasses, and the four of them clinked their glasses and took a sip. Ye Xiaogang said, "Okay, let's go take a look when we have time in the next two days. Although I did the soundtrack for "Date at Dusk", I don't care about the soundtrack and the movie. I still don’t know much about post-production, so I just happened to go there to learn more.”

"Okay, let's put the work aside for now and let's have a good drink. The food will get cold and it won't taste good."

…

The next morning, Zhou Yan didn't wake up until after nine o'clock.

Last night, it was close to four o'clock when Zhou Yan went home and took a shower. He slept until about nine o'clock, which was only more than five hours of sleep.

In fact, they only ended their drinking last night after twelve o'clock. The reason why Zhou Yan didn't go to bed until after four o'clock was because Ye Xiaogang became drunk after drinking.

Ye Xiaogang performed very well at the beginning, drinking easily and in a normal state. Zhou Yan once thought that he had a very good drinking capacity.

But when he was halfway through drinking, Guo Wenjing winked at Zhou Yan, meaning not to let Ye Xiaogang drink any more.

Later Zhou Yan found out that it was Guo Wenjing who understood Ye Xiaogang.

After drinking, Ye Xiaogang started to ask for wine. If Zhou Yan and others hadn't stopped him, he would have asked the boss for a few more bottles of Erguotou to drink.

When they finished the drinking party and walked into the school, Ye Xiaogang climbed over the wall and climbed the tree.

As soon as they entered the school gate, the three of them were chatting. When they didn't pay attention, they turned around and saw that Ye Xiaogang had climbed up a tree.

Zhou Yan was shocked when he saw Ye Xiaogang hugging a tree branch.

The tree branch was two meters high from the ground. Even if Ye Xiaogang didn't drink too much, it would be difficult for him to climb the tree branch. After drinking, his athletic ability soared, and he climbed up without paying attention.

The three of them stood under the tree and coaxed Ye Xiaogang to come down. The guy in the tree turned a deaf ear and muttered without knowing what he was talking about while holding the tree branch.

Just getting him off the tree took more than half an hour.

After getting off the tree, Ye Xiaogang ran around in the yard again, and he ran very fast, quite like an athlete.

Later, when I was tired from running, I just lay down on the ground and fell asleep.

In Yanjing at the end of October, it was already very cold late at night. Zhou Yan and the others did not dare to let him sleep on the ground, so they could only help him to the dormitory. However, this guy seemed determined to sleep on the floor. As long as Zhou Yan and the others pulled him, he would Just throw your arms and make a fuss.

Zhou Yan originally thought that he was strong enough to pick up Ye Xiaogang without any problem, but when he went to hug Ye Xiaogang, he realized that his strength was not enough. Ye Xiaogang threw his arm and couldn't hold him at all.

In the end, Guo Wenjing came up with an idea. He dragged a large plastic trash can from somewhere and put Ye Xiaogang into the trash can. Then the three of them carried the trash can and sent Ye Xiaogang back to the dormitory.

I don’t know how Ye Xiaogang would feel after he woke up and remembered that he was put into the trash can and carried home.

I have to say that Guo Wenjing's move was really damaging, but it was also really effective.

After being put into the trash can, Ye Xiaogang became much more honest inside and could no longer act recklessly.

After getting up, Zhou Yan was brushing his teeth when the phone rang in the room, so he went over to pick up the phone with his toothbrush in his mouth.

"Hello."

Zhang Youan on the other end of the phone smiled and said, "Just got up?"

"Um."

"It's not like you to wake up so late."

Zhou Yan reached the trash can in front of him with his feet, spat, and said, "I went out drinking with some senior brothers last night, so I stayed very late."

"I won the prize, so I want to celebrate. This second prize is not easy. I have seen the lists of the first prize and the second prize, and you are the only young man among them."

"Well, the jury is also quite bold."

"This award can be well publicized. After all, it contains a lot of gold." Zhang Youan smiled and said, "Harry Kane contacted me. He said that he had arranged for "Shutter Island" to be with Bantam. Contact there, after they receive the manuscript, they can formally discuss the first printing and royalties. "

Zhou Yan nodded, "Harry Kane really cares about this. Does he have any other demands?"

"He has one request. He said he hopes that after the novel is published, you can hold a book signing at his Little Bear Record Bookstore."

"That's it?"

"Yes, that's it. He didn't mention any other requests... Oh, by the way, asking for two autographed books from you is also a request?"

"That's easy. I'll sign them for him after the books come out."

"Harry Kane is a smart man. Even if he has any ideas, he won't mention them at this stage."

Zhou Yan nodded. He understood what Zhang Youan meant.

Harry Kane is not stupid. He knows that it is difficult to repay favors. Now that he has helped Zhou Yan, any cooperation in the future will be a matter of course. He doesn't need to rush to make requests.

Raising his own demands at this time will make things worse.

"Since he is a smart man, we can cooperate with him more. How about this? He wants me to hold a book signing in his bookstore, so let's hold the book signing for "Shutter Island" in Little Bear Bookstore, and then ask Warner to help promote it and make it a good event."

"Okay, but we still have to settle the publishing first. Your manuscript..."

Zhou Yan rolled his eyes. Zhang Youan had urged him about this the day before yesterday, and he did it again today. "Tomorrow night, I'll have someone send you the manuscript."

Zhang Youan laughed, "Okay, I'll go share this good news with Harry Kane in a while."

Zhou Yan looked up at the clock on the wall. It was already half past nine.

"It's late there."

"It's okay. He goes to bed late. It's still early now."

Zhou Yan nodded, "Anything else?"

He was still in a hurry to brush his teeth. Halfway through brushing, he felt uncomfortable in his mouth.

"There is one more thing. The preparation progress of "Go for It" is very good and it will start shooting soon."

"Yeah, that's good."

Zhang Youan didn't need to tell Zhou Yan about this matter, but it was Zhou Yan who recommended him to invest in this film, so now that the film preparation has made progress, he also shared it with Zhou Yan.

"There is nothing else... Celine Dion and her husband are going to play in Yanjing for a few days. I have arranged someone to accompany them. You don't have to worry about it."

"Yeah, okay."

Zhou Yan was just thinking about how to arrange for Celine Dion and her husband. They came from afar, and he couldn't just ignore them after the work was done. Now that he heard that Zhang Youan had made arrangements, he was relieved. (End of this chapter)