Chapter 537 I Thank You

Zhou Yan hadn’t asked Chen Kaige about the situation of Jing Ke’s The Emperor of Qin recently, so he didn’t know whether the actor who played Jing Ke had been decided, nor whether it was Zhang Fengyi.

He didn’t tell Hu Mei about this, and Liu Wenwu next to him looked at him and felt a little strange.

After this period of contact, Liu Wenwu felt that Zhou Yan was not a person who had to worry about everything, but he had asked about the male lead several times, and asked as soon as he met Hu Mei today.

Obviously, Zhou Yan was very concerned about this matter.

But after hearing that Hu Mei wanted to use Zhang Fengyi, Zhou Yan’s reaction was very flat.

Although he didn’t seem dissatisfied, Liu Wenwu always felt that Zhou Yan was indeed dissatisfied with Zhang Fengyi.

“Has Director Zhou worked with Zhang Fengyi?” Liu Wenwu asked.

Before Zhou Yan spoke, Hu Mei smiled and said, “Director Zhou was one of the music directors of Farewell My Concubine, and Zhang Fengyi was the male lead of the movie.”

“Oh, so that’s the case.” Liu Wenwu nodded.

Many people in the industry know that Zhou Yan is the music director of Farewell My Concubine, but he is not so well-known outside the industry.

Unlike Zhou Yan's other music works, Farewell My Concubine does not have a complete long song that has really become popular.

Of the movies Zhou Yan composed music for, the earliest one, Letter from Heaven, has several popular songs, such as Forever Together, Kite (the rain), and Wind (summer). These songs can still be heard on the streets and alleys, and are also the favorite songs used by TV stations.

There are songs like Awakening and Sanmao (single thread) in Sanmao Joins the Army, someone like you and young and beautiful in Sense and Sensibility, and Fantasy of Journey to the West in A Chinese Odyssey.

It can be said that Farewell My Concubine is the movie where Zhou Yan has the weakest presence as a music director. When people watch movies, they will think that the soundtrack is really good, but these good soundtracks exist in the movies and cannot be heard outside.

Liu Wenwu didn't know before that Zhou Yan also participated in the production of "Farewell My Concubine". He only remembered who the director and the protagonists were, and he didn't even know what the screenwriter was. This is also the real situation of most ordinary audiences.

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "It is true that Zhang Fengyi and I met because of "Farewell My Concubine", but we basically didn't meet each other later. What is he doing recently?"

"Zhang Fengyi seems to be very busy. I talked to Zhang Qian once at the end of last year. He and Li Shu filmed the TV series "Peaceful Times", and the male lead is Zhang Fengyi. I have to ask him if he has any schedule." Hu Mei said.

Zhou Yan nodded, "It's necessary to contact as soon as possible."

When he said this, Hu Mei immediately said, "How about this, I will call him now, Mr. Liu, is the phone in this office available?"

"It can be used."

Hu Mei nodded and walked over to dial the number directly.

After the call was connected, she said, "Please call Zhang Fengyi."

After a while, Zhang Fengyi should have come. Hu Mei smiled and said, "Fengyi, it's me, Hu Mei... Well, do you have time recently? I have a TV series here... I should be joining the crew in June... Okay, as long as you have time, then let's make an appointment for the audition... It's settled, I'll contact you for the specific time."

After hanging up the phone, Hu Mei smiled and said, "We are lucky, Zhang Fengyi has a schedule recently."

Zhou Yan narrowed his eyes in confusion, and he actually had a schedule.

Could it be that "The Emperor and the Assassin" didn't use him, or it hasn't been decided yet?

If it hasn't been decided yet, then this brother Kaizi is really slow, and the male lead hasn't been decided after such a long preparation.

Zhou Yan pondered for a moment, and finally decided to wait until Zhang Fengyi's audition was over. Before the formal signing of the contract, everything can change, and he is not particularly anxious.

Then the three chatted for a while, and Zhou Yan said goodbye.

Liu Wenwu followed Zhou Yan out, and when they were a distance away from Hu Mei's office, he whispered, "Director Zhou, are you satisfied with Zhang Fengyi?"

Zhou Yan smiled and glanced at Liu Wenwu, thinking that this guy was really sharp, he could sense this.

"Not that I'm satisfied, I just didn't think of Zhang Fengyi before."

"Why didn't you ask Director Hu about her specific thoughts? Maybe she has her own reasons for choosing Zhang Fengyi."

"It doesn't matter whether you ask or not, it mainly depends on Zhang Fengyi's audition. I have no opinion on Zhang Fengyi personally. If he can really handle the role of Yongzheng, I certainly won't have any problem."

"Yes, that's true, it depends on the audition." Liu Wenwu asked again, "Director Zhou, do you have a candidate in mind?"

Zhou Yan smiled, "To be honest, there is indeed a candidate."

Liu Wenwu raised his eyebrows, "Who is it?"

"Tang Guoqiang."

Hearing Tang Guoqiang's face, Liu Wenwu's eyelids fell. He didn't expect that Zhou Yan's candidate for Yongzheng was Tang Guoqiang, who he had decided to play Lao Ba.

In fact, Tang Guoqiang had mentioned to him before that he wanted to challenge the role of Yongzheng, but he didn't take it seriously at the time because he felt that the role of Lao Ba was more suitable for Tang Guoqiang.

In Liu Wenwu's opinion, Tang Guoqiang's temperament was a bit gentle, which was not suitable for the role of Yongzheng.

Liu Wenwu was more in favor of Zhang Fengyi to play Yongzheng because Zhang Fengyi was much more domineering than Tang Guoqiang.

Now it seems that Tang Guoqiang should have told Zhou Yan about this.

After a moment of silence, Liu Wenwu said, "Director Zhou, Tang Guoqiang is indeed good, but he is not suitable for the role of Yongzheng. Did he ask you for mercy in private? If you can't refuse him, it's okay, I'll talk to him."

Zhou Yan smiled and waved his hand, "No need, let's follow the original plan first."

"Well, then we will arrange an audition for Zhang Fengyi. Director Zhou, don't forget the meeting in the afternoon."

"Don't worry, I won't forget."

...

There was nothing special about the afternoon meeting. Now all departments are not complete. It's just a simple meeting of the existing people, and the other thing is to determine the time for Zhang Fengyi to audition.

Finally, they discussed it and everyone thought that the audition should be done sooner rather than later, so the audition was set for tomorrow morning.

After the meeting, Zhou Yan returned to his office, pondered on the chair for a long time, and finally picked up the phone and dialed it.

The call was dialed to the director's office of Yanjing Film Studio, and it was answered by Senior Lu.

Hearing that it was Zhou Yan, Senior Lu smiled and said, "Are you calling me?"

"Not you, I'm looking for Mr. Kai."

"I thought you were looking for me." Senior Lu smiled, then shouted, "Director Chen, someone is looking for you."

"Who is it?" Chen Kaige's voice came from the other end of the phone.

Senior Lu smiled and said, "It's a girl, and she sounds pretty."

"Really? When did your ears become so good that you can tell whether someone is pretty or not?"

"Pretty girls all have similar voices, and they sound pretty."

"Tsk tsk, let me hear how pretty it is." Chen Kaige took the phone with a smile and asked, "Who is it?"

"Me, Zhou Yan."

On the other end of the phone, Chen Kaige rolled his eyes at Senior Lu, "Is this the beauty you were talking about?"

There was a little disappointment in his tone.

Senior Lu laughed, "Just tell me if it's beautiful or not."

Chen Kaige rolled his eyes again and asked into the phone, "Old Zhou, why are you calling me? Want to buy me a drink?"

"You're thinking about my wine every day."

"It's your blessing that I'm thinking about your wine."

"Okay, thank you. I called to ask about your new movie preparations. I've gathered a team for you, don't leave my people alone. Let me tell you, for your movie, our studio has even pushed seven or eight Hollywood blockbusters."

"Which seven or eight? Tell me."

"You won't know even if I tell you. Anyway, my team is ready for you, don't let me down."

"Don't worry, even if the movie doesn't shoot, I'll still pay you. How come I don't know when you became so small? Are you angry? You were not like this before. "

"There is no way. Now the studio team is big, and the daily consumption is high. You have to be careful. But seriously, can your movie be shot on time? Have the actors been decided?"

"It's almost decided. Zhang Fengyi has been decided for Jing Ke and Li Xuejian has been decided for Ying Zheng. You know them all."

"Zhang Fengyi, are you sure?"

Zhou Yan's words made Chen Kaige feel strange, "What do you mean? Do you think Zhang Fengyi is not suitable?"

"I don't even know the specific content of your script, how do I know whether Zhang Fengyi is suitable?"

"Then what do you mean by saying this?"

"Nothing, I just haven't heard him say this."

"Oh, you are still in contact, I haven't told him yet, I plan to tell him in two days."

No mistakes in one song, one post, one content, one book, one bar, one 6, one 9!

Zhou Yan laughed and said, "You are so careless. You haven't contacted him yet. He may not be willing to come to you." Chen Kaige said confidently, "It's impossible. Who can refuse our movie? This is a movie with a budget of at least 60 million. And Zhang Fengyi and I are still friends. He must give me this face." "I'm afraid that he has signed other movies. It will be difficult to deal with him when he has a contract." "I'm not afraid if there is a contract. Isn't it just a little more liquidated damages? How much money can it be... But you are right, Lao Zhou, you should contact him earlier. How about this, I won't talk to you, I will call him now..." After speaking, Chen Kaige hung up the phone without waiting for Zhou Yan's response. Zhou Yan smiled, put down the phone, and then got up and went to the practice room where Akina Nakamori and the others were. When he pushed the door into the practice room, Zhou Yan was a little dumbfounded by the scene in front of him. There is a small round sofa in the training room. Normally, only one person can sit on it, but now Akina Nakamori and Shizuka Kudo are squeezed on it, sleeping with their heads against each other.

Zhou Yan shook his head. When they were having lunch together at noon, he found that the two girls were extremely sleepy, so he suggested that they go back to the hotel to rest, but the two did not listen and still came to the training room.

Sure enough, they didn't hold on in the end.

I just don't know when they fell asleep.

Looking at their sleeping postures, it's really uncomfortable, especially the neck, if they sleep for a long time, it will definitely hurt.

So Zhou Yan didn't care whether they slept well or not, he walked over and patted Shizuka Kudo's arm, "Shizuka, wake up."

Shizuka Kudo didn't wake up when he shouted, but Akina Nakamori woke up in a daze.

"You're here."

Akina Nakamori was still not awake, she only knew that Zhou Yan was here, and she directly reached out and hugged Zhou Yan's neck.

Zhou Yan was originally leaning over, and his hands had no leverage, so he was hugged by Akina Nakamori and fell directly on the two of them.

This time, it felt a bit like hugging left and right, but he was lying down.

Being pressed down by Zhou Yan, Kudo Shizuka, who had not woken up, was awakened directly.

"What's wrong!"

After waking up, Kudo Shizuka found that there was a "monster" pressing on her body, and she quickly pushed it with her hands.

Zhou Yan now pressed his hands on the edge of the sofa, and also got leverage, and climbed up directly.

At this time, Kudo Shizuka opened her eyes and saw Zhou Yan in front of her, with a puzzled look on her face, "Just now... were you on me?"

Nakamori Akina's face was already red at this time. She knew that she had caused trouble. Just now, she accidentally pulled Zhou Yan into their arms. Now Kudo Shizuka asked, she couldn't say that she pulled it herself, right?

However, Zhou Yan was very calm and said with a smile, "I saw that you were sleeping in an awkward position, so I came to call you. I didn't expect that you would pull me down as soon as I bent down."

"Really?" Kudo Shizuka looked confused, she had no impression at all.

"I called your name and patted your shoulder."

"Uh... I seem to have some impression." Kudo Shizuka smiled and stood up directly, "Did you finish your meal and come to call us to eat?"

"How long did you sleep?"

"I don't know."

Kudo Shizuka turned to look at Akina Nakamori: "Akina, do you know?"

Akina Nakamori also shook her head.

"Do you want to go to my office to sleep for a while? It's not time for dinner yet."

Kudo Shizuka thought for a while and said, "Go to your office to rest for a while, forget about sleeping."

She rubbed the left side of her neck again, "My neck is so sore."

Akina Nakamori rubbed the right side of her neck, "Yes, it's sore."

...

The two girls went to Zhou Yan's office, each holding a cup of hot water in a daze.

Originally, they just wanted to sit for a while, but soon they felt sleepy again. Shizuka Kudo couldn't stand it first and fell asleep on the sofa.

After she fell asleep, Akina Nakamori couldn't stand it either, so she fell asleep on the other side of the sofa.

Seeing that they were all asleep, Zhou Yan found a blanket to cover them.

In fact, the office was not cold, but the two of them were wearing skirts, and Zhou Yan was afraid that they would be exposed.

When covering them with blankets, Zhou Yan kissed them on the forehead respectively.

After doing all this, Zhou Yan took a book and sat behind the desk to read.

About twenty minutes later, the phone on the table rang.

The phone rang only once, and Zhou Yan quickly picked it up, because he was afraid that the two girls would be woken up.

After answering the phone, Zhou Yan asked with a smile, "Who is this?"

Chen Kaige's loud laughter came from the other end of the phone, "It's me, what's wrong with your voice? It's hoarse in just a short while?"

"If you have something to say, just say it."

"Nothing, just to tell you that Zhang Fengyi has been settled. I just told you that no one can refuse my movie. I called him and he agreed without any hesitation."

"Well, thank you. I have something else to do here, and I will talk to you later."

After that, he hung up the phone.

On the other end of the phone, Chen Kaige held the microphone, listening to the beeping sound inside, and was completely confused.

"What's this guy doing today? Thank me, thank me for what?"

Unable to figure out the reason for a while, Chen Kaige put down the phone and returned to his seat shaking his head. (End of this chapter)