Chapter 450 Fellow Villager

Liu Lin certainly doesn’t worry that Zhou Yan won’t be able to select good students. He is concerned about whether students can get a higher rating, because the higher the rating, the higher the salary.

The purpose of school-enterprise cooperation is to seek benefits for students.

And there are two types of benefits, one is the opportunity for social practice, and the other is tangible benefits, such as salary and allowances.

“If your rating is mature, the school can also learn from it later.”

Zhou Yan smiled, “Our rating standards also refer to the school’s evaluation model.”

“Then learn from each other and promote each other.” Liu Lin put out the cigarette that he had not finished smoking, “Since the plan has been done very well, I think the school-enterprise cooperation should be implemented quickly.”

“Okay, I think so. In the remaining time of this semester, we will first select, and wait until the beginning of next year, we will officially let the students enter the studio to work.”

“Well, okay, we will select first this semester.”

This semester has been nearly two months. Later, students will prepare for exams and semester works. There is no need to pull students to the studio to distract their attention at this time.

We will select candidates this year, and take advantage of this time to explore. Moreover, the school-enterprise cooperation is not something that Liu Lin can decide with just a word. We need to hold a meeting to discuss it, which will definitely take some time.

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "After the school-enterprise cooperation begins, the school needs a teacher to lead the team, right? Someone will also be responsible for the connection between the studio and the school in the future."

Liu Lin looked at Zhou Yan, lit another cigarette, and asked, "Do you have any candidates to recommend?"

Zhou Yan did not beat around the bush and recommended directly, "I think Brother Ye is quite suitable. He has a high professional level, qualifications, and vision. He has done film music work himself. Compared with other teachers, he is more familiar with this business."

After the last award ceremony, after drinking together, Zhou Yan wanted to sign Ye Xiaogang and Guo Wenjing to the studio.

Now that they have this school-enterprise cooperation, it is a good opportunity.

Liu Lin nodded, and he agreed with what Zhou Yan said.

Ye Xiaogang is a graduate of the composition department with a good family background. He has been abroad and worked on film music. He is more compatible with Zhou Yan's studio than other teachers.

And the department is also in a dilemma about how to arrange for Ye Xiaogang.

Ye Xiaogang and Guo Wenjing are from the same class. The students in their class are all very famous, but after Ye Xiaogang went out for a while and came back, the department did not have a good position for him for a while.

Originally, they wanted him to be a deputy director, but the position of deputy director has never been vacant.

At this time, letting Ye Xiaogang lead the student team for school-enterprise cooperation is indeed a good choice.

Otherwise, he has never had a good opportunity after returning from abroad, and the school will not be able to attract more outstanding graduates to return to school.

After a moment's silence, Liu Lin said, "Then let's set up a school-enterprise cooperation office and let Ye Xiaogang be the director of this office, and give him one or two assistants."

"The principal's idea is very thoughtful. After the school-enterprise cooperation begins, a school-enterprise cooperation office is indeed needed."

"Have you told Ye Xiaogang about the school-enterprise cooperation?" Liu Lin asked.

Zhou Yan shook his head, "No, I have only reported this to you and my teacher for the time being."

"Then don't rush to talk about it. The implementation of school-enterprise cooperation and the establishment of a school-enterprise cooperation office all need to be discussed at the meeting. After the meeting has a result and it is confirmed that a school-enterprise office will be established, I will talk to Ye Xiaogang again. I also need to consult his opinion on the transfer of this position. By the way-"

Liu Lin remembered something again and said with a smile, "I heard that your new movie is going to be released. I saw the news these two days."

"Well, it will premiere in mainland China next month."

"When exactly? If I have time, I will go to support you. I also like to watch movies. I still have that disc at home. I bought it a long time ago."

Zhou Yan smiled. The disc in Liu Lin's house is most likely a pirated one, because the disc of "The Chorus" has just been released in mainland China for a short time.

He said he bought it a long time ago, which is naturally impossible.

Because piracy is too rampant, the sales of genuine discs are not very good after they are released.

In mainland China, besides the box office, the most money earned by this movie is from the TV broadcasting rights. This year, the movie channel alone has broadcast "The Chorus" twice.

The movie channel was officially launched this year, but it was very popular as soon as it was launched. Domestic movies like "The Chorus" that are well-known, have high box office and have won international awards are naturally the favorites of the channel.

Moreover, the movie channel not only broadcasts "The Chorus", but also made a special topic to introduce this movie and Zhou Yan.

The movie channel favors "The Chorus" so much, not only because the movie won awards abroad, but also because the country now attaches great importance to the promotion of compulsory education.

Although the country implemented nine-year compulsory education in 1986, many places have not implemented it in place, and there are still a large number of child laborers.

Previously, Sun Hailang published an article "The Tilted World of Child Labor", which also attracted the attention of all sectors of society to the issue of children's education.

"The Chorus" has a very special significance in education.

"Speaking of "The Chorus", I remembered something. The Vocal and Opera Department seemed to be very interested in your movie, especially the Opera Performance Teaching and Research Section, which studied the songs in it. They said that this movie is quite suitable for being made into an opera."

Zhou Yan nodded, "Well, because there are many songs, if it is changed into a musical, there will be much less work. When I was in Houston, USA, I met a musical director who wanted to change "The Chorus" into a musical."

"Do you agree?" Liu Lin asked.

"No." Zhou Yan shook his head, "I don't have any ideas for the time being, but I may do it later."

"Then when you are done, you can let the teachers and students of the Vocal and Opera Department learn from you."

"Learn from each other. In fact, I do want to write a script for another musical. I will find time to learn from the Opera Department."

"No problem, I think they will definitely welcome you."

In fact, it is meaningless for Zhou Yan to go to the Vocal and Opera Department. The Vocal and Opera Department of their school focuses on performance and music, not on script writing.

The teachers in the opera department are naturally capable of writing scripts, but it is definitely not their specialty.

Look at the three teaching and research departments under their department, the vocal music teaching and research department, the piano accompaniment teaching and research department, and the opera performance teaching and research department. None of them is related to scriptwriting.

If Zhou Yan really wants to seek advice from someone, he can actually go to the Central Academy of Drama, Yanjing University of Fine Arts, or Yenching University and Yenching Normal University. The first two are closer to performance, while the latter two are more literary.

Zhou Yan said before that he would write the script of the musical "The Greatest Showman" by the end of the year, but he has not started writing until now. Now it seems that time is running out.

If he doesn't start writing again, he may not be able to finish it this year.

However, since Zhou Yan told Kareem Abdul-Jabbar that he would write the script by the end of the year, he will not break his promise and will work overtime to finish it.

It just so happens that he will attend the Writers' Congress in a while, and there will be a bunch of writers together. Many of them have experience in writing scripts, including TV scripts, movie scripts, stage play scripts, drama scripts, and even sketch scripts.

Seeing that Liu Lin was about to finish his second cigarette, Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Principal, if you have time on the 20th of next month, you can go to the premiere of "Time Traveler". The premiere will be held at the Yanjing Concert Hall. I will give you a few tickets then."

"Sure." Liu Lin smiled, "Forget a few tickets, I just want one ticket."

"No problem, I will send the ticket to you later."

...

In the next few days, Zhou Yan was more relaxed, and his pace of life slowed down all of a sudden.

After breakfast in the morning, he went to the orchestra department to show his face, and went to the studio after lunch at school.

The efficiency of the electronics factory is very fast, and it has basically moved almost.

The studio has already started to move the canteen to Building No. 4 next to Building No. 3. In addition to the canteen, the offices in the warehouse will also be moved to Building No. 4, leaving only Zhou Yan's office.

In the future, the warehouse will mainly be left with functional areas, and the post-production workshop for music has long been in urgent need.

Li Tao has told Zhou Yan about this matter. It's a good opportunity. He has been eyeing the empty room in Building No. 3, but Zhou Yan has never agreed. Now that there is a new building, Zhou Yan directly asked Li Tao and others to move the office there and keep the original room to expand the new workshop.

After this expansion, it should be enough for a long time.

When the next expansion comes, it should be when a new building is built in the park.

Zhou Yan plans to start construction next year, first building two buildings, one as a living building, with a canteen and temporary dormitory, and the other to replace the current warehouse, as a higher-standard recording studio and production workshop.

In a few years, their decoration and equipment should also be updated.

Every afternoon, Zhou Yan will take some time to write the script of the musical "The Greatest Showman".

At five o'clock in the evening, he got off work early, and after dinner, he went to the rehearsal room or recording studio to practice his instrument.

Because he was too busy during this period, he neglected to practice his instrument and had already regressed, especially the violin. His level was not good enough to begin with, and his level dropped quickly after not practicing for a long time.

On the contrary, the bamboo flute, because of the solid foundation, did not have a significant decline, and recovered quickly.

He does not have any high pursuit of musical instruments now. He only needs to maintain the current level of bamboo flute, piano, and violin without regressing - in fact, the violin can still improve a little, after all, the foundation itself is not that good.

If he has time, he will also explore other instruments.

Knowing more about the timbre of different instruments is very helpful for creation.

Generally, Zhou Yan will start at six o'clock and practice until nine o'clock, which lasts for three hours.

Practicing an instrument for three hours is already quite intense for many people, but for Zhou Yan, it is just a way to kill time.

This is also one of his talents, that is, he can sit still. No matter how boring the practice is, he can treat it calmly, at least he will not have a mental breakdown.

After the entertainment, he went home directly and went to bed at ten o'clock.

Going to bed at ten o'clock is already very early for Zhou Yan.

When he was busy with the post-production of "Time Traveler", Zhou Yan basically worked until late at night, and sometimes even worked until four or five in the morning before going to bed.

And even if he goes to bed at four or five in the morning, he will get up at seven or eight, and he has very little sleep time.

Now he goes to bed at ten o'clock every night, and then gets up at six and a half in the morning, and sleeps for eight and a half hours.

After getting up, he will do half an hour of exercise on an empty stomach, and then have breakfast.

Such a self-disciplined life rhythm allowed Zhou Yan to quickly adjust the fatigue caused by the previous period.

In fact, this is also one of his talents.

Some people are used to a biological clock, and it is difficult to adjust it.

For example, a person who sleeps in the second half of the night all year round basically cannot adjust his work and rest in a short time and fall asleep at ten o'clock.

But Zhou Yan can. If there is no special situation, Zhou Yan can go to bed at any time he wants and wake up at any time he wants.

Of course, the premise is at home. If he goes out to stay in a hotel, it may take some time to adapt.

Zhou Yan has been living like this for more than half a month.

The Workers' Congress is about to begin, and Zhou Yan will start to receive guests.

On December 12, Su Tong came to Yanjing first.

After Su Tong came to Yanjing, she first found Yu Hua and Shi Tiesheng, and then they took Su Tong to Zhou Yan's studio.

On the afternoon of the 12th, Zhou Yan had just picked up a pen to write the script of "The Greatest Showman" when Yu Hua and the other three arrived at the door.

The office door was not closed. Yu Hua poked the door with his toes as if he had knocked on it, and then pushed Shi Tiesheng directly into the office.

"Zhou Yan, we brought your fellow villager here."

Su Tong stood behind Yu Hua at first, so Zhou Yan didn't see her. He didn't react when he heard the word "fellow villager". He thought, could someone from Jinling come?

When he saw Su Tong, Zhou Yan suddenly realized that he and Su Tong were fellow villagers.

He and Su Tong, one from Jinling and the other from Su City, belonged to the same province of Su, so they were naturally fellow villagers, but usually, people from these two cities didn't think they were fellow villagers.

Mainly Jinling and Su City, although they belong to the same province and the distance seems not particularly far, the dialects and living habits of the two cities are very different.

Mainly the dialect, there is still a big difference between the Wu dialect area and the Jianghuai Mandarin area.

Zhou Yan stood up with a smile, "I have been thinking about who will come first these two days, and I didn't expect it to be you, Teacher Su."

Su Tong knew Zhou Yan earlier than Yu Hua and others, and Su Tong played a big role in Zhou Yan's ability to serve as the music assistant for "Raise the Red Lantern" at that time, but Zhou Yan is not as familiar with him as Yu Hua and others.

After all, they usually spend less time together, unlike Yu Hua and others, who have already regarded the studio as their home.

The two shook hands and exchanged a few pleasantries. Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Teacher Su, you must have traveled a long way. Please sit down. I'll pour you a cup of tea."

"Thank you."

Yu Hua smiled and said, "Please help me make a cup too. Does Tie Sheng want one? Forget Tie Sheng. Just give him a cup of boiled water."

Zhou Yan rolled his eyes, not because Yu Hua ordered him to do something, but because Yu Hua actually used the word "please". This was too unusual.

Perhaps because Su Tong was here today, Yu Hua actually felt a little embarrassed to be so unreserved. (End of this chapter)