Chapter 491

After Zhang Youan talked with Dante Self on the phone, he called Zhou Yan again.

It was just half past seven in the morning when Zhou Yan received the call.

"Old Zhang, why are you calling so early in the morning?" Zhou Yan had just gotten up and hadn't even brushed his teeth.

"Isn't it the Chinese New Year? Come and say Happy New Year to you." Zhang Youan said with a smile.

"Have you returned to China?"

Zhang Youan went to the United States two days ago, so Zhou Yan asked this question.

"No, I'm still here."

"Then it's still 1996 over there."

Zhang Youan laughed and said, "Yeah, it's still a few hours before New Year's Eve here."

"Tell me, what's the matter?" Zhou Yan couldn't believe that Zhang Youan just wanted to say Happy New Year.

"Harry Kane is very interesting and has brought the manuscript of "Shutter Island" to Bantam. Dante Self, the head of their business book department, is very optimistic about this book and is willing to cooperate. I have also I’ve contacted him and probably discussed cooperation.”

"Well, that's good news. You happen to be in the United States now, so it's convenient for them to talk to them."

"In fact, I don't know much about books."

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "It's okay, Lao Zhang, I believe in your ability, and there's also Harry Kane. He knows a lot about the book industry."

"It's really thanks to Harry this time. Next time I have the opportunity, I really need to help him promote his bookstore more."

"Okay, you can arrange it when you have the chance."

"The main thing I'm calling you is about this matter. Once we've reached an agreement, I'll give you another call. In addition, haven't you written a new work? Have you finished it?"

Zhang Youan only learned about the fact that Zhou Yan was writing a new novel from Yu Hua and Shi Tiesheng after meeting them at the premiere of "Space Traveler" last time.

"It's already finished. I just sent the manuscript to October yesterday. The magazine wants to wait until the March issue to start serializing it."

"Do you have any ideas about publishing this novel abroad?" Zhang Youan asked.

"There's no rush for now. Let's wait until it's announced in China first."

"Well, I'm just asking first. Even if I have this plan, I can't take action immediately. After all, "Shutter Island" hasn't been published yet. When I was chatting with Dante Self just now, he said something about your other I’m also very interested in your work. If “Shutter Island” sells well this time, they will definitely offer to publish your other works in the United States.”

"Then let's wait until "Shutter Island" is released. What about the movie? When will it start filming?"

"The movie will probably start shooting in March."

"That will still take some time."

"March..." Zhou Yan thought about the time and then said, "Then I might go there when they are filming."

"Where's Titanic? Are you still going?" Zhang Youan asked.

"If you want to go to the set of "Shutter Island", you will definitely go to the set of "Titanic"."

"So about your schedule... By the way, what's going on with the Forbidden City concert? Did you call Director Yang last time?" Zhang Youan suddenly remembered this matter again. After asking last time, he had been Didn't pay attention.

"We're talking about holding this concert in May. The TV station is already making preparations. We need to determine the specific time first, and then we have to report it. We don't have to worry about these things, CCTV will take care of it."

"Well, now that you've said it, I'm relieved. If there's nothing else, I'll hang up the phone first."

…

Zhou Yan did not go out in the morning and stayed at home.

It was almost noon before he went to the studio.

Naturally, he came to the studio to eat at this time. He didn't want to cook at home alone, and he didn't want to go to a restaurant to eat.

Breakfast is served here in the studio. Usually around 11:30 is the peak time for people in the cafeteria. By 12 o'clock, everyone has basically finished eating.

When Zhou Yan arrived at the cafeteria, it was just after twelve o'clock. He deliberately came at this time because he didn't want to encounter a crowded time.

In fact, their cafeteria is very big now, and there are not many people in the studio itself, so even when there are the most people, the cafeteria will not be crowded, and it is impossible to find no space.

It's just that Zhou Yan feels that he is gradually becoming farther away from everyone, and he also wants to get closer to everyone and get along with them like before.

But every time he comes to the cafeteria, everyone greets him warmly, and if they sit next to him, they will always find topics to talk about.

Since we are familiar with him, it would be nice to chat with him. I'm afraid that some people I don't know well would take the initiative to find topics, which would make the atmosphere a bit awkward.

As there are more and more people in the studio, there are also more people who are not familiar with Zhou Yan, and there will be more in the future.

Once or twice was okay, but as time went by, Zhou Yan felt that he was affecting everyone's meal.

After Zhou Yan arrived at the cafeteria, he glanced half a circle around the cafeteria when he saw Nariko Ida waving to him excitedly, "Teacher Zhou, you have just come to eat."

Nakamori Akina sat opposite Ida Nariko, with her back facing Zhou Yan. At this moment, Ida Nariko greeted Zhou Yan, but she did not look back.

Zhou Yan smiled and nodded at Ida Nariko, and then went to get food.

At this time, there won't actually be much leftover food, but the cafeteria knows that Zhou Yan always comes late, so it always leaves some food for Zhou Yan. This is considered a privilege of being a boss.

After getting the food ready, Zhou Yan went to Ida Chengzi and the others, and then sat directly next to Nakamori Akina. After all, there was no one else in the cafeteria at this time, and Ida Chengzi had just greeted him, so it was not easy for him to sit somewhere else.

And even if Ida Chengzi didn't greet him, he would have wanted to come here.

"Why did you two eat at this time?"

"Because Mingcai has been practicing singing, and there are fewer people in the cafeteria at this time."

"Are you used to eating here? If there is anything you want to eat, you can tell the kitchen, and they will meet normal requests."

"No, no." Ida Chengzi waved her hands repeatedly, "It's already very good, and the kitchen in the cafeteria also takes good care of us, often making some mixed noodles and dumplings that we like to eat. If I eat for a while, I feel that I will gain weight."

"It's good to gain some weight, you are all quite thin." Zhou Yan smiled and turned to look at Nakamori Akina.

She was wearing something warmer today than yesterday, a black wool skirt that reached her ankles, a black base layer on the inside, a loose green thick sweater on the outside, and a brown coat on the seat next to her.

This configuration was fine except for the cold ankles.

Her fluffy curly hair was scattered naturally. At this moment, she lowered her head, and her face was mostly covered by her hair, but Zhou Yan could see her slightly shaking eyelashes from this angle.

"What time are you recording the show this afternoon?"

"Three o'clock, we will leave after dinner." Iida Chengzi replied.

"Oh, then what time will the recording end?"

"It is said to be one and a half hours, but it depends on the situation of the on-site recording. However, we have cooperated with Yanjing TV several times, and the efficiency is still relatively high. Basically, it can be completed within the agreed time."

Zhou Yan nodded, "Well, it ends at 4:30, so come to the studio after you finish recording, and I will ask the kitchen to save food for you."

Just as Akina Nakamori was about to speak, Iida Chengzi said with a smile, "Thank you very much, we are worried about having no place to eat."

Zhou Yan smiled, "You go to record the program, and you are still worried that the TV station will not provide meals."

"Of course we are not afraid that they will not provide meals, we are just afraid that they will provide too much. The last time we went to record the program, it was like this. They took us to the hotel and ordered a lot of dishes that didn't look cheap. It's too tiring to eat a meal like this, and it's a waste of time."

Iida Chengzi's complaints can be understood by Zhou Yan. If ordinary entertainers encounter a dinner party held by the TV station, they will definitely actively participate, after all, they have to consider career development.

But if it is Akina Nakamori who doesn't want to engage in social networking, the dinner party is a burden for her.

"Do you want me to send someone to take you there later?" Zhou Yan asked.

"No, our car is ready, I can drive."

"You know the way, right? You won't get lost, right?" Zhou Yan joked.

"Don't worry, you won't."

When Zhou Yan was talking to Iida Naoko, Nakamori Akina didn't say anything.

But Iida Naoko didn't take it to heart, after all, it was normal for Nakamori Akina to do so.

It was Zhou Yan who took the initiative to say so much today, which surprised Iida Naoko a little, but then she also felt it was reasonable, after all, they had known each other for such a long time, and they were also acquaintances.

The two finished their meal first and got up to say goodbye.

However, Nakamori Akina left in a hurry and forgot the coat on the seat next to her. Zhou Yan reached out to pick up the coat and smiled and held her in his mouth, "Akina, your coat."

Nakamori Akina quickly turned around and took the coat from Zhou Yan, then lowered her head and walked away again.

Seeing her panic, Zhou Yan smiled and shook his head. Women are really strange. It was she who took the initiative to kiss him last night.

…

In the afternoon, a large number of guests came to the school.

Zhou Yan originally thought that there would be some students who would not come from each of the four classes, so at most, there would be only 60 to 70 students. After all, today is a holiday, not every student has time, and not every student is willing to come.

Many students are already filming outside.

But he never expected that more than 80 students would come this time.

After asking, I found out that there were not only undergraduate students of acting, but also some music classes and some students who were not from the acting department.

Zhou Yan didn't know the specific situation.

There were five teachers leading the team, in addition to Huang Dingyu, Chang Li, Tian Youliang and Gao Jinwen who I met yesterday, there was also Liang Bolong, a teacher from the 95th grade.

Zhou Yan didn't see Liang Bolong yesterday, so when they came today, they specially introduced Liang Bolong to Zhou Yan.

Tian Youliang smiled and said, "Director Zhou, there are quite a lot of people coming today, and some of them are not from the acting department. We should have said hello to you in advance."

Huang Dingyu followed up and said, "We didn't think much about it before. When we notified them last night, we thought that many students would not come today, but we didn't expect that not only did no one stand up, but also non-staff members wanted to come."

Zhou Yan waved his hand, "It doesn't matter. I'm very happy that everyone is willing to come. But there are so many people, it's not good if they are all crowded together. So, divide the students into several groups, and then I will send people to take them to visit the school separately, so that the students can see things instead of just taking a quick look."

"That's great." Gao Jinwen said with a smile, "We were talking on the way here, it's not convenient to see anything with so many people together. If we divide them into multiple groups, you have to arrange more people to lead them."

"It doesn't matter, the studio is not busy these days. Let's do this, we won't divide them separately, just follow the grade, and I will personally receive you teachers."

"Then I'll trouble you."

"No trouble."

Zhou Yan smiled and called Liu Hang to his side, told him a few words, and then he went to arrange for the students.

Because there was no need to spend time dividing the teams, the arrangement was very fast. In less than ten minutes, 80 people were divided into four groups and taken out.

Yesterday, Zhou Yan told Liu Hang about the visit of teachers and students from the Central Academy of Drama. Liu Hang went back and made a plan and planned four routes for the students.

These four routes do not interfere with each other, which can ensure that students can visit the studio in an orderly manner and experience the entire post-production process of film production.

After the students left, Zhou Yan smiled and said to Gao Jinwen and the others, "Teachers, let's go too. I'll take you around the music studio first."

At this moment, the students had just set out, and the entire film studio building was full of students. Zhou Yan took a few teachers around the music studio first.

These teachers are actually very familiar with the process of film production, especially people like Gao Jinwen who often join the actual group, who understand the process of film production better than ordinary actors.

So it doesn't matter whether they look at the post-production area of ​​the studio or not. Zhou Yan is going to take them to rest for a while and then go through it quickly.

Except Gao Jinwen, Chang Li and the others are all in Zhou Yan's studio for the first time, and they are still very curious about the music studio.

Before coming, they didn't expect that Zhou Yan's studio would have such a luxurious recording studio.

Especially when they saw the big recording studio, Tian Youliang and the others were all stunned.

If it is used for performances, this big recording studio is not big, but it is just a recording studio, and such an area is already very impressive.

Moreover, the configuration inside is simply amazing. Although Tian Youliang and his friends don’t know much about these, many things don’t need to be understood very well. Just by looking at them, you can see that they are not simple.

“Director Zhou, how much did this recording studio cost?” Tian Youliang asked

Zhou Yan thought for a while and said, “Probably several million. I don’t remember the exact amount.”

“This studio?”

“Yes, this studio. The other studios are relatively small and cost less.”

Several people looked at each other. This price is really too high. (End of this chapter)