Chapter 500 A Big Mess

"Since you are already on the line, I won't ask you any questions later."

Sun Qin said with a smile, "There are a few others."

"Don't worry, wait until I believe it."

"Okay, then I'll wait for your news. Also, I want to congratulate you. The box office of "Space Traveler" is a big hit again. I heard that it is more than 30 million. It has only been released for more than ten days. ”

"It's a small scene, no need to make a fuss."

"Scared, I even installed it for you, but having said that, "Space Traveler" is probably the movie you criticize the most. I didn't know that I didn't pay attention to it before, but I just saw it in the past two days, and many newspapers criticized it. , and many of them are literary newspapers.”

"Yes, the earliest article was published by Zhang Yiwu in "Serving You Newspaper". The main content of the article was to criticize me."

"Why are you criticizing you? I don't pay much attention to them, so I don't know what they are arguing about."

"Zhang Yiwu said that my works are copied from the West and have no Eastern core. It is a spiritual compromise."

"..." Sun Qin was silent for a while, "Is this person a film critic?"

"A literary critic."

"Well, he has quite a background? Are you scolding him just because of one of his articles? Didn't you end up in the end?"

"The circle is so big. If something happens, a lot of people will just celebrate the New Year."

"That's true... I actually know a little bit about the "Serving You Newspaper". Their editor-in-chief's surname is Chen. He seemed to be a cartoonist before. I've met him once."

"Your surname is Chen, and you draw comics?" Zhou Yan went through these two pieces of information in his mind, but no one thought of it.

"Oh, he should be quite familiar with Wang Shuo and Ma Weidu."

Zhou Yan raised his eyebrows, this was a new situation.

However, he did not associate this incident with Wang Shuo. After all, he and Wang Shuo had no grudges in the past and had no grudges today. Wang Shuo had no reason to deal with him.

And according to Wang Shuo's personality, if he really has a problem with himself, he won't find anyone to scold him. Wang Shuo has a bit of an addiction to scolding people, and he can't do it to others.

"Actually, I haven't paid much attention to how they scolded them in the past two days."

Sun Qin said with a smile, "They scolded you passionately, but you, the protagonist, are enjoying yourself every day and don't take it seriously. If those scolding you know that you are in this state, they will definitely vomit blood."

"I would like to thank them. After all, "Time Traveler" has done so well at the box office, and they have a share of the credit."

"Haha, you have a good attitude, but I think you can't stop scolding me. How will it end next?"

"As time goes by, it will naturally fade away."

"It feels very difficult this time. It might cause a big fuss."

Zhou Yan didn't take it seriously. For this kind of thing, no matter how much trouble it made, it wouldn't be a big deal.

Literary people talk about it. Sometimes it is very lethal and can kill people invisible, but sometimes it is not lethal at all and just treat it as someone farting.

"Anyway, I don't have the energy to take care of those things now."

A few days ago, Zhou Yan had a good rest, but during this time he had a lot more work.

Seeing that the end of the year is approaching, large and small tasks are pouring in all at once. Alan Rickman made several calls in the past two days, all of which were talking to Zhou Yan about the soundtrack of "The Winter Visitor".

This is a job that Zhou Yan had promised before, and of course it is impossible to ignore it now. His plan now is to find time to go to the UK after the year.

"Winter Visitor" is a small job, and there is not much music to begin with. Zhou Yan is confident that it can be completed in a short time.

But after all, this is the first time Alan Rickman has directed a movie, and he attaches great importance to all aspects of the movie, and the soundtrack is no exception.

In addition, Zhou Yan is not only a scorer, but also a well-known director. When Alan Rickman called him, he not only talked about the score, but also talked with him about the filming of the movie.

Zhou Yan has always been generous when it comes to sharing experiences, and he helped Alan Rickman solve many problems through a few phone calls.

The more Zhou Yan is willing to help, the more Alan Rickman likes to find him.

In addition to "The Winter Visitor", Zhou Yan is also working on the manuscript of "The Greatest Showman".

Fortunately, the progress is pretty good and it should be ready before the Chinese New Year.

After chatting with Sun Qin for a few more words, Zhou Yan hung up the phone and continued to work.

Zhou Yan originally wanted to see what was going on with the scoldings in newspapers such as "Literary Newspaper" and "Serving You Newspaper" these days, because it seemed that Sun Qin's intention had escalated, but after thinking about it, he gave up.

He thought that even if these scolding wars escalated, there would probably be no problem. Once everyone had finished scolding each other, it would be time to call it quits.

But what Zhou Yan never expected was that things would develop beyond his expectations.

The next day, January 6, Han Shaogong sued "Serving You" and Zhang Yiwu and Wang Qian.

Now, two things merged into one thing.

"Spiritual Lack" and "Spiritual Compromise" written by Zhang Yiwu are regarded as a series, so Zhou Yan is naturally tied together.

Now Han Shaogong is suing Zhang Yiwu, just like Zhou Yan is suing Zhang Yiwu.

The nature of the matter suddenly changed.

Han Shaogong's prosecution not only did not stop Zhang Yiwu and others, but instead aroused their fighting spirit, and the scolding war became more intense.

Zhang Yiwu probably thought it was not worthwhile to publish an article to scold only one person, so the articles he published in the "At Your Service Newspaper" were all AOE skills, and Zhou Yan and other people who helped Zhou Yan talk to Han Shaogong were also scolded.

…

On the afternoon of January 8, Zhou Yan and Liu Hang were studying the renovation plan in Workshop No. 7.

Zhou Yan finally decided to renovate Workshop No. 7 and make it a simple theater, which could be used for performances or activities in the future.

The reason why he made this decision was that he learned that it would take at least three years to renovate a real concert hall.

Now, if Workshop No. 7 is simply renovated, it can be transitioned within these three years.

In Zhou Yan's vision, the final goal is to connect Workshop No. 7 with Workshop No. 8 and transform them into a large music center.

The area of ​​the No. 7 and No. 8 workshops connected together is very large, covering nearly 100 acres.

With such a large area, it is impossible to build only a concert hall.

Zhou Yan plans to build a concert hall with 1,600 to 2,200 seats, two multi-purpose halls, a recording studio, and a piano room.

For such a large renovation project, it will probably take a long time just to find someone to design the blueprint.

Now the renovation of Factory No. 7 is much simpler. Just build a stage, get some seats, buy a set of audio equipment, and at most get a set of lighting.

As for the sound field effect, there is no way to ask for it for the time being.

"Although it is for transition, the stage cannot be too small. Get 600 seats first, and use hard chairs."

Zhou Yan doesn't want to spend too much on chairs. It's better to save money on audio and lighting equipment.

"Boss, do you want to change the windows?"

Zhou Yan looked at the windows around him. They were all made of ordinary glass, and the sound insulation was not very good.

But if you want to change it, it will cost a lot.

After a moment of hesitation, he gritted his teeth and said, "Change it. This window is really too bad."

"Is the door..."

"Change it!" Zhou Yan said immediately.

The windows have been replaced, so the doors must be replaced, otherwise the windows would not be replaced in vain.

After talking about changing the doors, Zhou Yan looked at the ceiling of the factory again.

"Add some wooden boards to the top and make a simple sound field structure. Anything can be saved."

The height of the first floor of the factory is not very high, only more than eight meters. If you want to make it into a large concert hall, the two upper floors must be connected. Adding some wooden boards to change the sound field structure can only be said to be better than nothing.

Liu Hang nodded and wrote down Zhou Yan's words in the notebook. After writing it down, he asked again, "Then the wall..."

Zhou Yan waved his hand, "Don't move the others. Even if there are things to move, you have to wait until next year. Let's finish the items I just mentioned first."

He was afraid that the more he talked about it, the more things he wanted to change.

He was not afraid of spending money. He was not well-off now, but he could still change a small concert hall. However, if there were too many places to change, the construction would probably be too late.

They planned to hold the studio's New Year's Eve party on January 29th. Today is the 8th, and there are only 21 days left.

However, among the items Zhou Yan just mentioned, only the windows took a little longer to complete.

The stage was built very quickly, just a few days.

As for the sound and lighting equipment, it mainly took time to purchase the equipment. Once the equipment arrived, it was installed very quickly.

After explaining the projects to be renovated, Zhou Yan said to Liu Hang, "Let's set the time on the 29th. You can notify all departments later, and also tell the school-enterprise cooperation office."

"Okay, I heard that the Central Academy of Drama has prepared the program, but do these programs need to be reviewed or selected in advance?"

Zhou Yan waved his hand and said, "No, we will wait until the final rehearsal and see. Whether the program is good or not, they will bear the consequences themselves."

"Well, then invite guests..."

"I will make a list for you later, you go and contact them, and I will contact the others myself."

"No problem."

"Then the others..."

Zhou Yan was about to say that there was nothing else and was about to leave the factory, but he saw Yu Hua pushing Shi Tiesheng in from the front door.

"Why are you two here?" Zhou Yan asked curiously.

It was normal for Yu Hua and Shi Tiesheng to come to the studio, and he certainly didn't feel strange, but it was quite strange for the two of them to come to the factory.

It was so cold, who wouldn't want to stay indoors?

"We just went to your office but couldn't find you. Xiao Li said you came to the factory."

"What's the matter that's worth you coming to the factory in such a cold weather?"

"I came to tell you a piece of news, and also to see how you plan to renovate the factory."

"What news?" Zhou Yan asked.

"Didn't Han Shaogong sue the "At Your Service Newspaper" and Zhang Yiwu and others? Now there is a new situation, and CCTV has also reported this matter."

"CCTV?" Zhou Yan was very surprised.

He didn't expect that CCTV would even report this matter.

In this era, ordinary people have few channels to receive information, and many people get news from the outside world from CCTV, so what is on CCTV is a big deal, and the speed of transmission is much faster than other media channels.

"Yes, we are also surprised. We didn't expect that things have developed to this point. Now this matter is becoming more and more entertaining." Yu Hua said.

Shi Tiesheng laughed and said, "It has been entertainment for a long time. Didn't the Yangcheng Evening News publish articles in the "Entertainment World" section before? Do you think literature and entertainment are still separate now?"

After hearing what they said, Zhou Yan was very surprised. He didn't expect things to develop to this point.

He always felt that he understood the media's tricks, so when Zhang Yiwu scolded him at the beginning, he was not surprised because he had anticipated the future development.

But now he found that he overestimated the acceptance of these writers, critics, and cultural people to the rise of popular culture and media.

Obviously, facing the rapid rise of popular culture and media, many people have not learned how to deal with it.

Although the current media has not completely alienated into a cesspool that earns clicks by any means, the media will not think about the problem from the perspective of the news parties. They always pursue attention.

Nowadays, major media and these critics and authors are entangled with each other, making things bigger and bigger, and finally even CCTV cannot escape this vortex.

"Now everyone is paying attention to whether Han Shaogong can succeed in suing At Your Service." Yu Hua smiled and asked Zhou Yan, "What do you think?"

Zhou Yan shook his head, "I don't know either, but once the lawsuit is filed, it will definitely not be good for both parties."

Shi Tiesheng nodded, "Everyone knows that suing is not good, and Han Shaogong himself knows that many people are now scolding him for making a fuss. There is no need to take the matter between critics and writers to the government. But Shaogong has no choice. Zhang Yiwu and others published such an article, and major media took turns to make the matter more and more heated, almost making his plagiarism a fait accompli. Faced with this overwhelming stigma, he only thought of suing."

Zhou Yan naturally understood this situation, and he also knew that after the lawsuit, even if Han Shaogong won, the negative impact would not be wiped out.

"Alas, in the end, I'm afraid that neither side will end up well in this matter." Yu Hua sighed.

Zhou Yanyue shook his head and said, "No."

Yu Hua looked at Zhou Yan strangely, "Why not?"

"No matter who wins the lawsuit, Zhang Yiwu's goal has been achieved. He has the fame he wants."

"If he loses the lawsuit, can he still be famous?"

"Well, you will see, people like Zhang Yiwu will become more and more famous the more he curses people in the future."

"What is this kind of fame for?"

Zhou Yan smiled, "Fame brings benefits. Zhang Yiwu naturally knows this truth. The more people he curses, the more people curse him, the more money he can make."

Yu Hua knew that Zhou Yan was probably right, he could only sigh, "This world is becoming more and more incomprehensible." (End of this chapter)