Chapter 546 It Would Be Great if Director Zhou Could Make a Sci-Fi Movie

After talking about the concert tickets, Anita Mui smiled and said, "Ayan, are there any new songs suitable for me recently?"

Zhou Yan thought for a while and said, "Really not recently. There are indeed some songs in "Time Traveler", but they are not suitable for you."

"Oh, that's a pity." Anita Mui's tone was a little disappointed.

She was the first singer to sing Zhou Yan's songs. At that time, "Forever Together" and "If Love Has Destiny" were very popular. Even now, these two songs are very popular.

Anita Mui did not expect that these two songs would become classics that have been sung all the time. Now some commercial performances invite her and hope that she can sing "If Love Has Destiny" and "Forever Together".

Now even if she does nothing, she can make a living just by relying on these two songs.

For Anita Mui, the importance of these two songs is basically the same as "Sunset Song".

More importantly, there is some controversy between "Sunset Song" and Chen Huixian's "Thousands of Songs", and many people do not think that this song is from Anita Mui.

"Forever Together" and "If Love Has Destiny" are different. These two songs are originally sung by Anita Mui, and later they were covered by Japanese singer Kudo Shizuka, which is equivalent to reverse export.

Fans who like Zhou Yan naturally attribute the credit of this "reverse export" to Zhou Yan.

However, Anita Mui's fans must attribute the credit to Anita Mui.

There are even fans of Anita Mui who publicly declared that Anita Mui is the first person in the Chinese music scene to export songs to Japan.

This statement is certainly not wrong, and even some Japanese fans admit it.

Even though Zhou Yan has extraordinary popularity and fame in Japan, there are still some fans who only know Anita Mui but not Zhou Yan. They have only heard "If Love Has Destiny" and "Forever Together", but do not know that the composer of these two songs is Zhou Yan.

Many of them only know that Anita Mui sang these two songs, and then Kudo Shizuka covered them.

In any case, the two songs Zhou Yan gave to Anita Mui had a great influence on her later music career, so Anita Mui certainly wanted Zhou Yan to write a few more songs for her.

"It's okay, I believe there will be opportunities later." Zhou Yan said with a smile.

"I hope this opportunity will come sooner, I don't know how many years I can sing." Anita Mui sighed.

Hearing Anita Mui's words, Zhou Yan frowned, "Amei, what do you mean by this? Is there something wrong with your body?"

Zhou Yan's reaction made Anita Mui a little puzzled, "Ayan, your reaction is a bit exaggerated, I just feel that I am getting older and older, and my energy is getting worse and worse. I may not be able to sing in the future. What can be wrong with my body?"

Anita Mui was indeed very confused, because Zhou Yan had a high EQ and was very good at speaking, and generally would not say such things.

Zhou Yan also realized that he overreacted a bit. He smiled and said, "Sorry, Sister Mei, I don't mean to curse you. It's just that I have seen many cases around me recently. I didn't pay attention to it at ordinary times. I regretted it when I got sick."

He just thought that Anita Mui died of cancer in her previous life, and thought that Anita Mui was diagnosed with illness at this time, so he reacted so much.

Now he lied that there were examples of illness around him, and he also wanted to remind Anita Mui to pay attention to her body.

Anita Mui smiled and said, "I know you mean well, don't worry, I often have physical examinations, and my physical condition is very good."

Hearing Anita Mui say that she often has physical examinations and the results are all fine, Zhou Yan didn't say anything, but he was also wondering whether Anita Mui was sick now.

He didn't know much about medical things, and didn't know what the early signs of this kind of cancer were.

Then the two chatted again, agreed to meet in May, and hung up the phone.

……

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yan went to the cafeteria.

When he arrived at the cafeteria, it was already half past six.

Normally, at this time, there are not many people in the cafeteria, and the meal time of the brigade has passed.

But when Zhou Yan arrived at the cafeteria today, he found that there were 20 to 30 people in the cafeteria, which was quite lively.

Among these 20 to 30 people, half were students of the Central Academy of Drama, and the other half were from the crew of "Yongzheng Dynasty", including director Hu Mei.

Seeing these people, Zhou Yan was a little confused. How did they get together? And come to eat together at this time?

They also saw Zhou Yan and greeted him one after another.

"Hello, Director Zhou."

"Director Zhou, come to eat."

"Teacher Zhou."

Zhou Yan nodded in response, got the food first, and then took the plate to sit next to Hu Mei. He asked curiously, "Director Hu, what are you doing?"

Hu Mei smiled and explained, "I want to audition the actors. In order to achieve better results, I asked the students of the Central Academy of Drama to help and act with the actors."

"How was the audition today?" Zhou Yan asked.

"The effect is quite good, but after trying it once, I suddenly have some other ideas."

"What ideas?"

"I want to take advantage of the preparation period to take the students to rehearse the play in advance, on the one hand to see if there are any areas that need improvement in the script, and on the other hand to solve some problems in the filming in advance."

Zhou Yan looked at Hu Mei with some surprise. He didn't expect Hu Mei to think of this way to rehearse the play in advance.

The so-called rehearsal in advance is nothing more than taking the students to rehearse the content of the script in advance, discovering and solving problems during the rehearsal process.

And after rehearsal, I can still be familiar with the script and be more proficient when the filming is officially launched later.

This method is definitely beneficial, but it will consume a lot of time and labor costs.

After all, the TV series has not started filming yet, and ordinary directors cannot find a bunch of actors to drive him.

But in Zhou Yan's studio, this is not a problem.

The students of the Central Academy of Drama who participated in school-enterprise cooperation are real "black slaves". Although they are not professional actors, they have received more or less professional training, which is much better than ordinary extras.

The key is that these students basically don’t have money.

Not only did Hu Mei take the students on the show, but these students were also very happy and thought they had received training.

In fact, this is also the significance of school-enterprise cooperation projects. Enterprises have obtained cost-effective labor, and students have received practical education that they cannot obtain in schools.

Zhou Yan thought this was good, so he nodded, "This idea is indeed very good, but it's just that Director Hu, you guys are very worried."

Hu Mei smiled and said, "It's okay, we only spend one to two hours a day, so we won't delay other preparations for the crew. After a while, a batch of costumes will come. I'm going to ask the students to try it first. I'll take a look. Effect."

"Well, no problem, but one thing is that students work for you. Remember to contact Lin Juan and write down their working hours."

Students participating in school-enterprise cooperation projects have the lowest working hours every month. Only when this working hours are reached can they continue to stay and enjoy benefits.

If the working hours are exceeded, there will be additional subsidies.

"Do I want Mr. Liu to tell you that we will take responsibility for your students in the future?"

Zhou Yan waved his hand, "No need."

The students don’t have much subsidy, so Zhou Yan doesn’t need to settle accounts with Liu Wenwu because of these three melons and two dates.

Originally, when the students came to the studio, Zhou Yan had to find a way to get them exercise. Now Hu Mei is helping them solve a problem.

After hearing Zhou Yan say no, Hu Mei was not confused and said with a smile, "thank you Director Zhou."

"You're welcome." Zhou Yan smiled and said to the students of the Central Academy of Drama, "Director Hu is a very talented and experienced director. You must study hard by her side during this period. Although it is usually the case. Rehearse, but you can treat these rehearsals as practical. I will check your school results after a while."

"Please rest assured, Teacher Zhou, we will be attentive." Duan Yihong said with a firm look on his face.

The other students also nodded, and it could be seen that they were very concerned about these rehearsals, with passion and expectation in their eyes.

Zhou Yan nodded and continued, "You work hard. After a while, there will be a new project in the studio and we will draw some people from you to complete it."

After saying this, the students' eyes became brighter and more passionate.

Hu Mei smiled beside her lips and said, "It turns out that Director Zhou is also good at drawing cakes."

But whether the thing that draws cakes depends on whether the person who draws cakes can finally fulfill his promise. As long as it can be cashed out, then drawing cakes is good.

Hu Mei believes that the cake drawn by Zhou Yan will definitely be cashed in the future.

Zhou Yan’s studio is the most inseparable project.

It may be difficult for other directors to make a movie, but as long as Zhou Yan waves his hand casually, there will definitely be a large number of people coming to their studio to film with money.

In fact, the students basically know what the project Zhou Yan is talking about. The school has announced the work of collecting short film scripts in the studio.

The studio will collect the scripts and will most likely find someone from these students to film.

Zhang Ziyi sat in the distance. After listening to Zhou Yan's words, she was a little fascinated.

During this period, she was in a very complicated mood and didn't know where to go.

She had already made up her mind to participate in "Jing Ke's Assassination of Qin King", but after staying in the studio for a while, she became shaken again.

Now she will participate in "Jing Ke assassination of Qin King", which means that she will lose the opportunity to continue to go to school in the Central Academy of Drama and the opportunity to study in Zhou Yan's studio.

If she could stay in the studio now, she would not only be able to learn from Director Hu Mei, but also hope to participate in short films secretly filmed by the studio.

Thinking of this, the cost of participating in "Jing Ke assassination of Qin King" is a bit too high.

When Zhang Ziyi was stunned, Xin Boqing, who was sitting beside her, asked, "Teacher Zhou, will you make a movie later on the novel "Don't Let Me Go"?"

Hearing Xin Baiqing's words, Zhang Ziyi raised her head curiously and looked at Zhou Yan. The others also had similar eyes. They all wanted to know what Zhou Yan said.

The book "Don't Let Me Go" has been very popular recently, and because these students participated in school-enterprise cooperation projects, Zhou Yan is their boss, so out of a complex mood, most of them have read this novel.

As for the novel, everyone's evaluation is different.

Some people like it, some people think it is average, and some people think it is not so written, and it is even a bit boring.

Xin Baiqing prefers "Don't Let Me Go". He read this novel when it was serialized in "October". Later, he went to the bookstore to buy it as soon as possible.

After buying the book, he read it twice.

There are very few books that Xin Baiqing can read twice in a short time, which shows that he really likes "Don't Let Me Go".

Zhou Yan didn't expect someone to ask this question, and said with a smile, "I don't have such plans for the time being, but I don't rule out such plans in the future."

"I really hope that this novel can be made into a movie. Our domestic movies are not satisfactory in the field of science fiction. If you, Director Zhou, come to shoot it, it will definitely be different." Xin Baiqing said.

"Yes, "Time Traveler" is very well made." Zhu Yuanyuan followed.

Zhou Yan smiled and praised "Time Traveler" as an excellent science fiction movie, which was obviously flattering.

"Time Traveler" is just a love movie in the guise of science fiction. If you have to say that this movie is different from ordinary love movies, it is that in addition to love, it explores more things about the value of life.

Love movies can't actually be regarded as a theme, because most movies have some elements of love.

And love movies are basically covered with various skins.

Science fiction, disaster movies, campus movies... Every theme can be made into a love movie.

Moreover, Never Let Me Go is not a typical science fiction film. It also explores human self-cognition and self-positioning under the guise of science fiction.

If Never Let Me Go is not about cloning, but robots, although the form is different, the things explored are almost the same.

Therefore, if Zhou Yan wants to change the current situation of Chinese science fiction films, it is useless to shoot Never Let Me Go.

However, it is difficult to shoot some science fiction films with larger scenes with the current level of domestic film industry.

Zhou Yan has no plans to shoot science fiction films for the time being. He does not need to challenge unfamiliar fields easily.

"I have no plans to shoot science fiction films myself for the time being, but if you are interested, our studio can organize a science fiction short film competition later."

"That's great, start with short films, step by step." Xin Baiqing was very interested.

Other students also nodded, thinking that this science fiction short film competition is quite interesting.

Zhou Yan certainly wasn't just talking nonsense. He was indeed planning to hold short film script collection activities of various themes after this short film script collection activity. This would ensure the richness of the subject matter and support some unpopular projects.

Science fiction, suspense, education, music... these themes can all be tried. (End of this chapter)