Chapter 548 Let’s Sing Together

Zhou Yan suddenly asked this, which caught Jia Zhangke and the other two off guard.

They thought that Zhou Yan asked them to come over to recognize their script and wanted to invest, but they did not discuss in advance how much budget they should have.

On the one hand, they were called by Assistant Li, and they were all under Assistant Li's nose all the way, and they had no chance to discuss these.

On the other hand, Jia Zhangke thought that he would give as much budget as he wanted, and he had no bargaining.

Besides, it wouldn't be right even if it was discussed in advance, because they didn't expect that Zhou Yan wanted them to shoot a newcomer film directly.

Seeing that Wang Hongwei and Gu Zheng were not as good as if they had any ideas, Jia Zhangke gritted his teeth and said, "Director Zhou, we have calculated that if we want to make this movie, it will cost at least 300,000 yuan. If it is less, it won't work. .”

Jia Zhangke raised about 100,000 yuan for the movie "Xiao Wu".

This money is obviously not enough, but he really has no way to raise more, so he can only use this money to buy it.

Now that Zhou Yan is willing to invest, he told the minimum budget he had calculated before.

With 300,000, he could probably make this movie. If not, they could add the money they raised before.

"Three hundred thousand, have you raised money before?" Zhou Yan asked.

Before Jia Zhangke could speak, Wang Hongwei took the lead and said, "Of course, we have raised a lot of money, and several companies have expressed their willingness to invest money, but we are not very satisfied with them and are still negotiating conditions."

Hearing Wang Hongwei's words, Zhou Yan's mouth curled up. He knew that Wang Hongwei said this to reflect their value and wanted to gain more bargaining chips in this negotiation.

Although the methods are very clumsy, Zhou Yan can understand them, after all, this is also their only means to use.

"Oh? I wonder what you have for investors?" Zhou Yan asked with great interest.

"Actually, we don't care about how much money we are. What we care about is whether the other party really understands the script and whether the movie is known." Wang Hongwei said.

"What are the standards for understanding scripts and movies?" Zhou Yan asked again.

This question made Wang Hongwei speechless.

Yes, how do you understand the movie? How do you understand the script? What is the standard?

This thing is actually very subjective and it is difficult to set a fixed standard.

Seeing that Wang Hongwei couldn't answer, Gu Zheng immediately spoke, "Director Zhou, you must be a person who understands movies, and you must understand this script."

Zhou Yan smiled and started flattering again.

In fact, compared to Wang Hongwei's move, Gu Zheng's move is actually better.

However, for Zhou Yan, flattery is not very useful, at least this level of flattery is useless.

"The budget of 300,000 is not much, but before that, you have to give me the complete script and plan." Zhou Yan said with a smile.

"Planning?"

"Well, you have to make your own films, you always have a plan, right? What equipment should you use to make a movie, who the actors use, where the filming location is, how much money each part costs, and how much does it cost? I'll see your information It says that you have also made movies before, have you not made plans before?"

"Oh, we have a plan, but it's not very detailed." Jia Zhangke said.

"Then do it more thoroughly. As an investor, I must know where you are going to spend your money. Of course, if you want, you can also sell the script directly to our studio and ask us to find a director to shoot it. Don't worry about what's going on."

Jia Zhangke immediately shook his head and said, "I won't sell scripts."

His reaction was naturally as Zhou Yan expected. Zhou Yan smiled, "Since he doesn't want to sell the script, then give me the plan and let me see if you have the ability to make this movie well."

"When will you want it?" Jia Zhangke asked.

Zhou Yan shrugged, "It's OK at any time. As long as you feel that your plan is ready, you can show it to me. The specific time depends on how urgent you are to make this movie."

They were assigned "homework" but did not specify the time to hand over the homework, because Zhou Yan believed that these people were more anxious than him and did not specify the time at all.

Jia Zhangke also understood this, and nodded seriously, "No problem, I will send the plan as soon as possible. Then can I come here directly after I finish it?"

"You guys contact Assistant Li, he will contact you."

"Okay, then we'll go first."

After saying that, Jia Zhangke and others couldn't wait to leave. They suddenly felt that time was getting tight and they had to make the "Xiao Wu" plan earlier and show it to Zhou Yan this morning.

When Zhou Yan passes through, they will get the budget and start shooting.

When leaving the park, the three of them were in a good mood.

Three hundred thousand is much more than the money they raised, so the filming is more comfortable.

After leaving the park, Gu Zheng felt a little regretful, "Is 300,000 less? Zhou Yan's family has a great career, and 300,000 is definitely nothing to him. I heard that the production cost of "Traveler Love in Time and Space" exceeds 3,000,000." What about ten thousand. And I read the news before that the box office of this movie alone exceeded 80 million in mainland China, and Zhou Yan has made a lot of money."

Wang Hongwei rubbed his forehead, "Three hundred thousand is definitely nothing to him, but why did he invest in us? The three of us are unknown, not even students in the director department."

"Or why do we make a little more budget when we are doing the planning book? It would be very difficult to buy 300,000 yuan, so it would be better to upgrade in all aspects." Gu Zheng said.

Jia Zhangke shook his head, "I said 300,000, which means 300,000. Don't increase it without authorization. If Director Zhou is unhappy, he may not even be willing to give it to us 300,000."

In fact, Jia Zhangke's requirements are not high. Not to mention 300,000, he is very happy that Zhou Yan is willing to invest 50,000 now. As long as he can make up the money, he can make the movie.

"Old Jia is right." Wang Hongwei said.

Jia Zhangke looked back at the park and said, "Actually, I don't care how much money I have. What I care more about is the production system of their studio. In their studio, there must be everything, and they are all of them at a high level. Then we don’t have to spend money to rent, just use the studio.”

“Well, that’s right, especially post-production, which may be very low for them, but if we spend money on it ourselves, it’s a lot of money.”

Jia Zhangke nodded, that's what he thought.

Relying on a mature system like Zhou Yan Studio, filming will definitely be much easier.

Just now, he actually wanted to propose a plan with Zhou Yan, that is, he didn't want Zhou Yan to pay money, as long as the studio supplies the equipment, but he didn't have the chance to say it.

"Let's go, let's go back quickly and make the plan. The opportunity is not waiting for anyone. We must send it to Director Zhou as soon as possible to avoid the nights and dreams."

...

After Jia Zhangke and the other two left, Zhou Yan got up and went to the practice room to see Akina Nakamori practice singing.

Kudo Shizuka is teaching Akina Nakamori how to sing "Fireworks".

“You should be a little more aggressive, a little more relaxed, and a little softer.”

"Imagine how it feels like to sing while you are laughing and not having enough breath?"

Although they are both Neon people, in order to exercise their Chinese skills, they use Chinese most of the time they chat.

Listening to Kudo Shizuka's explanation, Akina Nakamori nodded very seriously like a good student.

If Neon fans saw this scene, they would definitely be surprised. When could Shizuka teach Akina to sing?

How many singing skills are comparable to Akina Nakamori today in the neon pop music scene?

Kudo Shizuka is pretty good, but she definitely can't compare to Akina Nakamori's singing skills.

After teaching, Kudo Shizuka asked Akina Nakamori to give Akina Akina.

Akina Nakamori sang two recitals.

Zhou Yan felt much better than before, but Shizuka Kudo shook her head repeatedly, "Although she has improved a little, she still feels almost done."

After saying that, Shizuka Kudo started singing by herself.

"The light is thundering and fireworks are coming into view. Summer must be not over yet..."

Hearing this sentence by Shizuka Kudo, Zhou Yan couldn't help but nod. He was right before. It was indeed more appropriate to sing this song Kudo Shizuka, and the taste was right all at once.

After Kudo Shizuka demonstrated it, she said to Akina Nakamori, "This time we will sing together, you can find the feeling."

"good."

Then the two sang these sentences again.

Zhou Yan was very surprised to hear the chorus of the two because Akina Nakamori felt great when she was singing.

Moreover, the voices of the two people are together, and they have a complementary feeling, affectionate, soft and energetic.

Obviously, the two of their voices had a chemical reaction on this song, which was better than when they sang solo.

The two of them also noticed this. After singing this, Kudo Shizuka said in surprise, "It's a lot better now."

Akina Nakamori was also very happy, "It's really much better, thank you, Shizuka."

"No need to thank you." Kudo Shizuka waved her hand, then she turned to look at Zhou Yan again, "Akira is much better, don't worry, I believe it will be officially recorded in a few days."

When Zhou Yan first came in, they both noticed it, but because they were busy practicing, they did not talk to Zhou Yan.

"Well, it's really good." Zhou Yan smiled with his chin in his arms, "I didn't expect that this song was surprisingly good."

Hearing Zhou Yan's words, Akina Nakamori's eyes flashed, and she suddenly thought of a possibility, "Shizuka, otherwise, we can sing this song together, are you willing?"

Facing Akina Nakamori's invitation, Shizuka Kudo said happily, "Of course I'm very happy, but this was originally your song."

"But I'm not as good as chorus as I sing this song alone." When I said this, Akina Nakamori also looked at Zhou Yan.

In fact, Zhou Yan had just thought about asking them to sing this song, but he didn't say anything about it when he thought that Akina Nakamori said that he didn't want others to sing this song before.

But unexpectedly, he didn't mention it, but Akina Nakamori himself raised it.

If this song can really be sung by them, first of all, it will definitely sound better than a solo. Secondly, they are now the two most popular female singers in Neon. Their chorus must be very gimmick, and this song is naturally also It's impossible not to be popular.

Even if there are no passers-by, just their fans' plates are enough to boost the sales of this song.

Seeing Akina Nakamori look at him, Zhou Yan smiled and said, "This song has been given to you, no matter how you arrange it, it depends on yourself."

Akina Nakamori said to Shizuka Kudo with a smile, "Then let it be decided. I'll ask Mr. Liang to communicate with your company and make this matter come true."

Shizuka Kudo smiled and waved her hand, "No need to be so troublesome. I'll call Matsuko in a while and ask her to contact Mr. Liang directly. The copyright of the song belongs to you, and I only participate in the singing."

Generally speaking, this kind of cooperation is definitely based on discussions between companies, and the singer himself cannot decide the distribution of copyright.

But Shizuka Kudo is not an ordinary singer after all. The pillar of her company is just a chorus song. Naturally, whatever she says is what the company will definitely respect her decision.

Kudo Shizuka only participates in the chorus and does not have copyright. The process will be simpler. Basically, the two companies say hello and draw a normal contract.

After a simple and pleasant decision to sing the chorus, the two began to study how to modify the song.

The structure of the songs is definitely different in chorus and solo. You can’t simply sing one sentence and then sing one sentence together, that would be too boring.

For a good chorus, the weaving and intersection of each part is very important, and the harmony part must be well written so that the characteristics of the two people can be played out.

Such an important task naturally fell on Zhou Yan's head.

He directly revised the scores for the two people on the spot, making "Fireworks" more suitable for chorus.

Of course, he can modify this kind of score very quickly, and it can be modified in just over ten minutes.

And the reason why he spent more than ten minutes was because the handwritten score limited his speed.

After finishing the first version, Zhou Yan did not rush to finalize the draft, but asked the two to try to sing. If something happened, he would directly modify it on the spot and continue until he was satisfied.

In this way, the three of them stayed in the practice room, experimenting with the chorus and modifying the score. After about two hours, they finally changed a version that was more satisfactory to all three of them.

After the manuscript was finished, Zhou Yan said with a smile, "You can practice according to this score in the past two days. I will also modify the arrangement based on this score. When it is almost done, we will start to record it formally."

Now he has modified the scores of the vocals, and the arrangement must not be used to use the original set, it must be modified.

However, this matter is not difficult for Zhou Yan. Let them practice first, and he can handle it with a little time. (End of this chapter)