Chapter 438 Deputy Director of the Orchestra Department

"This is a good method, but students majoring in the composition department have a lot of homework. It may be a bit difficult to find time to practice in a studio." Liu Lin said.

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "It still depends on the students' own wishes. Time can always be squeezed out."

If the cooperation is really achieved, it will definitely be beneficial to the students. Not only will they be able to learn and practice in the studio, but they will also receive subsidies.

If you want to learn something, it is absolutely necessary to sacrifice a little of your personal time.

Liu Lin pondered, "If this model is successful, can some four-year majors be extended to five-year programs? This will free up time so that students can go to the studio more."

"That's okay, but changing the four-year system to a five-year system is not a big deal. Let's wait until later."

"The existing subject content can also be optimized...How many students can your studio accept in one session?"

Zhou Yan roughly calculated it and said, "There is no problem in accepting ten to fifteen students in one batch for the time being."

"Ten to fifteen. I estimate there must be more than that number of interested students. We will have to screen them at that time. Do we need to set a grade threshold? Only for sophomores or juniors and above?"

Zhou Yan shook his head, "No, it still depends on comprehensive ability. It is not appropriate to set a threshold by grade. Moreover, since we want to cultivate specialized talents, it should be sooner rather than later. If the students in the lower grades are willing and talented, It’s more appropriate to cultivate.”

"That's the truth. Should there be restrictions on majors?"

"Let's limit it to composition majors first. Another thing is to set a threshold in terms of academic performance. For some students with poor performance in professional courses, they cannot be sent to the studio. I am worried that because of premature career planning, it will Some students relax their study of professional courses.”

Liu Lin nodded, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, and gave one to Zhou Yan. Zhou Yan didn't want one, so he lit it himself.

After blowing out his smoke, Liu Lin said, "In addition to practical learning, does this school-enterprise cooperation model have other attractions for students?"

Zhou Yan immediately understood what Liu Lin meant. He was asking what the studio could give the students.

After picking up the tea cup and taking a sip of water, Zhou Yan said, "Students who go to the studio for internships will definitely be subsidized. As for the amount of the subsidy, I still have to wait until I go back to make a specific plan. This is what I think, we can't just eat from the big pot. , all students entering the studio should be treated equally according to their skill level and internship length, and different levels should receive different subsidies, which can also increase students' enthusiasm. "

"Of course I agree with this, but please give more preferential treatment to the students. Of course, when we are talking about this issue now, you should not talk about it as an assistant to the principal or a teacher of the composition department, so don't have any worries, let alone Sorry, you still have to consider the interests of your studio, but on the premise of ensuring your interests, give more preferential treatment to the students."

Liu Lin's move was to retreat in order to advance. It seemed to be asking Zhou Yan not to worry about the status of the school teacher and the principal's assistant, but it was precisely to advance Zhou Yan. He was a school teacher and an assistant to the principal, so he should be nicer to the students.

In fact, there was no need for Liu Lin to remind Zhou Yan that he would not treat the students badly.

He is willing to engage in this school-enterprise cooperation mainly to help the school train students.

Of course, this is not without benefits for their studio. As the studio continues to develop, they are also starting to have a shortage of people. After all, Yangyin's students have a solid foundation. After a little training, they can help in projects, which is better than theirs. It’s much easier to recruit people out there.

And in terms of cost, it may be even lower.

"Principal, don't worry, I will definitely try to relax the subsidy as much as possible."

"Of course I'm at ease. You've always been very kind to the students. I've already seen it when you formed the Junior Piano Orchestra."

When Zhou Yan formed the Piano Youth Orchestra, he set a subsidy standard for the students from the beginning, and the standard was not low. Many students made a small fortune in the group.

At that time, so many people wanted to join the Piano Youth Orchestra, and the high subsidies were also an important reason.

However, there are fewer and fewer students in the current Piano Youth Orchestra, and the impact of subsidies on current students is smaller than before.

Although Zhou Yan encourages band members to go to other bands, more people still choose to stay. After all, the Piano Youth Band has worked together for so long and they have a tacit understanding with each other. They may not be familiar with it if they go to other bands.

Moreover, the formal members of the Piano Youth Orchestra are treated very well, which is better than most orchestras.

If those top bands hadn't come to poach people, it would have been impossible to poach them.

…

Liu Lin and Zhou Yan chatted for a while about the details of school-enterprise cooperation. He suddenly said, "Zhou Yan, your appointment as an associate professor has to be upgraded. If you can successfully become an associate professor next year, you can also mention the Fok Ying-tung Award. Then mention the outstanding teachers in Yanjing.”

This was the second time Liu Lin was concerned about Zhou Yan's professional title evaluation. Zhou Yan did not show any pretense and nodded, "I will submit the information as soon as possible."

Zhou Yan had already won the title of Outstanding Teacher in Xicheng District before, so he was qualified to be selected as an outstanding teacher in Yanjing. His path had been paved step by step by Shi Wanchun and Liu Lin.

There will basically be no surprises for Zhou Yan when it comes to evaluating associate professors. Submitting information is just a matter of going through the process.

As for the Huo Yingdong Award and the Yenching Outstanding Teacher Award, although it is not a 100% issue, it should not be a big problem. Zhou Yan meets all the conditions.

The key is that he is well-known to the public, and the jury will definitely take this into consideration.

Of course, these all depend on the school's attitude. As long as the school recognizes and recommends it, there is basically no big problem.

"Well, you have to prepare the information. There will be others to help you with the process." Liu Lin finished smoking a cigarette and lit another. "There is one more thing. Fu Xuwei, the deputy director of the orchestra He was transferred to the alto section at the beginning of next year, leaving this position vacant. Well, why don’t you go and make the transition.”

Hearing Liu Lin's words, Zhou Yan was stunned for a moment. Could it be that Liu Lin called him here today to talk about this matter.

Or is it that Liu Lin didn't plan to mention this in the first place, but he only mentioned it because of the school-enterprise cooperation?

According to the path Shi Wanchun planned for him before, he was to first serve as the deputy director of the composition department. Now it seems that the position of deputy director of the composition department is a bit stressful. Do you want him to go to the orchestral department first to make a transition?

Zhou Yan said thoughtfully, "I'm not very familiar with the orchestral department. The work will be carried out later..."

Liu Lin waved his hand, "I believe others when they say they are not familiar with the orchestra department. But I don't believe it when you say you are not familiar with it. If I remember correctly, there are currently three or four orchestra teachers who have been in your piano youth orchestra."

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "There are three or four people who have been on a regular basis. As for the ones who have made guest appearances, I can't count them."

"So, you are doing well in this orchestra, and you have connections in every department."

What Liu Lin said is right. After Zhou Yan started the piano orchestra, his connections in the school have greatly improved, especially in the orchestra department. The outstanding students from the previous years of their department are more or less related to the piano youth orchestra. connect.

Several students stayed in the orchestra department and became teachers after graduation.

The leaders of the orchestra have had a lot of contact with Zhou Yan before. The Piano Youth Orchestra has provided great help to the training of students in the orchestra department and their employment.

"If I go to the orchestra department, will the work content increase?"

"I know you care about this. Don't worry, it won't be more than it is now. As I said just now, the orchestra has four deputy directors, and the other three deputy directors are all competing for work. Even if you want to work, you can't Yours. If you have no problem, we will have a meeting to settle this matter soon."

Hearing what Liu Lin said, Zhou Yan felt relieved and said with a smile, "I will obey the organization's arrangements."

"Okay, you can go back and wait for news about this."

Seeing that the conversation was almost over, Zhou Yan stood up and said, "If there's nothing else, I'll leave first."

"Well, go ahead and get busy."

…

After leaving the principal's office, Zhou Yan went to Shi Wanchun's office.

Shi Wanchun had just taken out a cigarette from the cigarette case. When he saw Zhou Yan coming, he curled his lips and said, "Why does Assistant Zhou have time to come to my place today?"

"Isn't this where I come to say hello to you, teacher?"

"Hey, you have so much to do and you come to greet me. I'm so scared."

Zhou Yan walked over with a playful smile, picked up the matchbox from the table, took out one and lit it, and approached Shi Wanchun.

Shi Wanchun rolled his eyes, but reached over and lit the cigarette.

"Teacher, don't blame me. I have been really busy recently and haven't come back to see you much."

Of course Shi Wanchun didn't really blame Zhou Yan. He took a puff of cigarette and said, "It's a good thing to be busy. If you go into my office every day, then I will be really scared. Are you from the principal's office?"

Zhou Yan said in surprise, "You are a student of the world, you know this."

Shi Wanchun looked at Zhou Yan with a smile through the smoke, "I also know that he wants you to go to the orchestra department."

Just now, Zhou Yan was still wondering whether Liu Lin had already had an idea or it was just a spur-of-the-moment idea. Now he knew the answer after hearing Shi Wanchun's words.

Also, Liu Lin probably wouldn't make an impromptu decision on such an important matter.

It seems that Liu Lin not only thought deeply about it himself, but also talked with the teacher.

"Well, Senior Brother Liu said that I should be the deputy director of the Orchestra Department."

"I know, he asked me for my opinion. If it were someone else in our department, I would definitely disagree. But your situation is different. You did well in the Orchestra Department. It shouldn't be difficult for you to be the deputy director in the past."

"I'm actually quite familiar with some of the leaders at the orchestra."

"We are familiar with each other. Don't cause trouble to others when you go. It's just a transition when you go to the orchestra. There is no practical matter. As long as you don't cause trouble to them, they won't have any problem with you. The other three deputy directors of the orchestra, Sun Dong He is the youngest and the most promising person. He is very career-oriented, but his structure is still quite big. He should not embarrass you. Qin Hong is currently focusing on her family and teaching, and she does not care about matters in the department. Too much trouble..."

Although Shi Wanchun was embarrassed by Zhou Yan at first, he was still very patient in analyzing the situation in the orchestra department for Zhou Yan. He was still worried that Zhou Yan would suffer in the past.

After analyzing the situation of the orchestral department, Shi Wanchun said earnestly, "Although you have a good relationship with the orchestral department, orchestral music is not as good as composing. Here, everyone can tolerate you infinitely, but that may not be the case in the orchestral department. What’s more, it’s not easy for the composer to take care of anything that happens to you there, and it’s not easy for Principal Liu to handle it either.”

Zhou Yan nodded, "I know, teacher. When I go to the orchestra, I will definitely abide by the doctrine of the mean and not offend anyone."

"Actually, I think these are all unnecessary worries. You are much better at interpersonal relationships than me. Of course, in school, you don't have to deliberately build interpersonal relationships. As long as you can get more awards like yesterday, no one can touch you."

Zhou Yan quickly flattered him, "I can win awards, isn't it thanks to your careful training, teacher?"

Although Shi Wanchun knew that Zhou Yan was flattering him, he still listened happily.

The student has made progress, and he, as a teacher, is of course happy.

After teaching for so many years, Zhou Yan is his favorite student.

In terms of talent, Zhou Yan has been outstanding in recent decades. In terms of character, although Zhou Yan has become more smooth since he had a serious illness, he has a good character and has always respected his teacher.

"Okay, okay, stop flattering me. I won't take it."

"I know you hate it most, but what I said just now is the truth. Apart from anything else, if you hadn't recommended me to Brother Zhao Jiping, how could I be where I am today?"

Shi Wanchun waved his hand, "Don't underestimate yourself. Even if you don't do film music, you can still make a name for yourself with your talent. Sometimes I still think that if I hadn't asked you to go to Zhao Jiping, you might not do music, let alone make movies. Maybe you would have more time to study traditional music, like the award you won yesterday. Gains and losses are sometimes difficult to judge."

Zhou Yan knew what Shi Wanchun meant, but he didn't quite agree. If he hadn't made music, made movies, and written pop songs to gain international fame, the organizing committee would probably not give him the second prize.

The work is only one aspect of winning an award. The organizing committee wants to see the comprehensive conditions.

After sitting in Shi Wanchun's office for more than ten minutes, the master and apprentice chatted for a while, and then Zhou Yan left. He did not tell Shi Wanchun about the school-enterprise cooperation.

This matter was just mentioned, and it is not certain whether it will succeed. There is no need to report to the teacher now.

After returning, he plans to ask Liu Hang to come up with a preliminary plan. (End of this chapter)