1990: Starting from Baojia Street

Several people did not doubt that Zhou Yan was bragging. After all, they knew something about Zhou Yan's wealth. Several million might be an astronomical figure for others, but it was nothing to Zhou Yan.

Liang Bolun knew more about music than the others, and he even felt that the several million Zhou Yan mentioned might be conservative.

When Liang Bolun entered the large recording studio just now, he immediately saw the Steinway B211 on the stage. This is a million-level piano.

This was the second time Liang Bolun saw this piano live. The last time was when he watched a performance at the Yenching Concert Hall.

A piano alone costs a million, not to mention the other things. The cost of this studio might be more than tens of millions.

"In addition to recording, this studio is also used for rehearsals by the piano youth orchestra."

Hearing Zhou Yan's words, several teachers showed envious expressions.

People really can't be compared.

The students of the Central Academy of Drama have no place to perform in a drama or a stage play, but the students of the Central Conservatory of Music can rehearse in a recording studio that cost millions.

The key point is that the Central Conservatory of Music already has a concert hall with good conditions. It can be said that if there is drought, there will be death of drought, and if there is flood, there will be death of flood.

"You students at CAMU are so lucky." Chang Li sighed.

Tian Youliang smiled and said, "I am indeed happy. Some time ago I saw in the news that Joey Wong donated a piano to the Central Conservatory of Music and spent nearly a million yuan on it."

Nearly one million... Zhou Yan curled the corners of his mouth, not knowing where Tian Youliang saw this news in a tabloid.

The piano donated by Joey Wong to the Central Conservatory of Music was worth 200,000 yuan. Unexpectedly, it was rumored to be worth nearly one million yuan, which is nearly five times the value.

These media outlets really dare to fabricate stories.

However, Zhou Yan was too lazy to refute the rumor. He smiled and said, "A lot of pianos at the Central Conservatory of Music are indeed broken. This is the downside of learning music. The cost of instruments is a bit high."

"Yes, the cost of musical instruments is indeed high." Liang Bolong nodded in agreement. "Our school's music-related majors also require musical instruments, which is indeed very expensive. More than half of the pianos in our school are second-hand pianos bought from other places, and they are not good pianos in the first place."

Huang Dingyu pushed up his glasses and said, "In fact, the students in our school also have many needs for equipment, but it is difficult for the school to meet the students' needs."

Zhou Yan nodded to show his understanding.

The drama academy does have a lot of needs in terms of equipment, the most important of which is photographic equipment. Moreover, photography involves a lot of consumables, which require continuous investment.

However, compared to majors such as directing and photography, their acting department has much smaller demand in this area.

"Our performance department is not too bad. The most difficult thing is usually the demand for venues," said Gao Jinwen.

"Well, every school has its own difficulties. Our Central Conservatory of Music is the same. The school not only lacks musical instruments, but also lacks practice rooms. In addition to hardware, students also lack opportunities to practice. In order to solve this problem, our studio and the school have set up a school-enterprise cooperation, and we are busy with this matter recently."

"What is school-enterprise cooperation?" Huang Dingyu looked confused. He had never heard of this thing before.

Among the few people, only Tian Youliang's eyes lit up. "I have heard of this school-enterprise cooperation. In order to enable students to adapt to social work more quickly, some technical schools will choose to cooperate with some corresponding enterprise factories and let students enter the factory to study in advance."

"Oh, I understand. In this way, students can familiarize themselves with the factory's work processes in advance and learn skills from mature workers, while the factory can also save labor costs." Liang Bolun said.

Tian Youliang shook his head. "In fact, saving labor costs is secondary, because students are inefficient at first, and the factory needs to put in some effort. The main purpose of the factory is to train students in advance, so that after graduation, they can directly enter the factory and connect seamlessly. Under normal circumstances, school-enterprise cooperation has signed an agreement, and students have to work in the factory for a period of time after graduation, which can be regarded as targeted training."

"Oh, this model is quite good." Chang Li nodded.

Gao Jinwen asked Zhou Yan, "Did you also sign an agreement with the Central Conservatory of Music for your students to work in the studio after graduation?"

Zhou Yan shook his head and said, "No, students who participate in the school-enterprise cooperation project can stay in the studio first after graduation, but it is entirely voluntary. If they don't want to stay, they can find another way."

"Will your studio charge students?" Liang Bolun asked.

"Fee?" Zhou Yan laughed, "Not only is it free, we also give students a stipend, and it's not small."

Several teachers looked at each other and secretly sighed that such a school-enterprise cooperation project was great for the school.

It's a pity that their school doesn't have an alumnus like Zhou Yan, otherwise they could set up a school-enterprise cooperation project, and then their school would have less worries about student training.

Although the Central Academy of Drama does not allow first and second year students to perform outside, they actually still hope to allow students to be exposed to specific projects earlier.

Students need to have the opportunity to digest the theoretical knowledge they learn in school.

However, you cannot have your cake and eat it too. If students are allowed to go out to film in their first and second years, a large number of them will not have solid basic skills and theoretical knowledge.

In this case, they still choose to keep students from going out in the first and second grades, and postpone the practical activities to the third and fourth grades.

Chang Li and others believe that school-enterprise cooperation is a very good direction, and it may be able to solve the practical problems of students in their first and second years.

Gao Jinwen and Zhou Yan were familiar with each other, so it was easier for them to talk. He asked, "Director Zhou, how do you implement this school-enterprise cooperation? Do students usually come to your studio?"

"Well, the studio will plan the time for students to carry out their projects according to their class schedules. When the project is underway, they have to come to the studio. If they have other needs, they may go somewhere else."

"How do we select students to participate in the project?" Gao Jinwen asked again.

"Students will sign up on their own first. If the total number of applicants exceeds the planned number, a special selection team will screen the applicants."

"How many people do you plan to have?"

"Ten to fifteen people per session."

"How long is one term? One semester?"

"It will be one semester for now, but it may not be. It may depend on the project. Students who participate in school-enterprise cooperation projects have the opportunity to get in touch with actual projects. Our studio has already established a TV series department, and there will be many TV series projects in the future, so students have many opportunities to practice."

Hearing that the studio had also established a TV drama department, Gao Jinwen raised his eyebrows and finally couldn't help asking, "Director Zhou, is there any chance for our Central Academy of Drama to cooperate with your studio?"

Zhou Yan said very readily, "Yes."

Seeing Zhou Yan being so straightforward, several people were a little surprised, because they believed that the main reason why Zhou Yan wanted to do the school-enterprise cooperation project with CAFA was because of emotional reasons.

After all, this school-enterprise cooperation project sounds like the school is getting the upper hand.

However, Zhou Yan's studio might suffer losses.

"If we cooperate, can we get the same conditions as Central Conservatory of Music?"

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Different schools have different situations, so the conditions must be different as well."

After hearing what Zhou Yan said, several people thought to themselves, it is indeed true, there is still a difference between close and distant relatives.

But then Zhou Yan continued, "But the general direction is similar. If we cooperate, I will provide your students with practical opportunities, help your school train students, and also provide student project subsidies. As for the amount of subsidies, there must be another set of rules. After all, your students are more on stage. For example, students like Xia Yu and Tao Hong can't get the same subsidies as ordinary students, right?"

"Do students need to sign a contract with your studio?" Huang Dingyu asked the question that concerned him most.

What he was most worried about was that when students came to the studio for internship, they needed to sign a work agreement with Zhou Yan, which was equivalent to signing a contract to sell themselves in advance. As teachers, they would definitely not do such a thing.

Zhou Yan waved his hand and said, "No, it's up to the students to decide. But there is one thing, if students sign contracts with other companies in advance, they must withdraw from the school-enterprise cooperation project."

Tian Youliang nodded and said, "Well, that makes sense."

Zhou Yan has been very kind by not requiring students to sign contracts. How could he allow students who have already signed contracts with other companies to participate in school-enterprise cooperation projects?
No one would do such a thing as training talents for the opponent.

"Then, the first and second grade students..."

Before Chang Li finished speaking, Zhou Yan knew what she was going to say. He smiled and said, "I know the rules of your school, so for first and second grade students, the projects they participate in must be screened and will not conflict with the school's class schedule and affect their studies."

Zhou Yan's answer immediately resolved Chang Li and Liang Bolun's worries.

"There are not many projects like this." Gao Jinwen said.

"There are not many this year, but there will be more next year." Zhou Yan said with a smile.

"Next year, is it because the TV drama department is being established? There won't be many TV dramas being filmed that year, right?"

"It's not a TV series, it's a short film. After the Chinese New Year, our studio plans to set up a short film department to ensure at least one short film a month."

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Zhou Yan himself started out by making short films, and he knows very well the significance of short films to filmmakers.

Especially for these students, short films are the best way to exercise their abilities.

If Zhou Yan really wants to set up multiple school-enterprise studios, it would be extremely cost-effective to set up a short film department.

The short film project is short, but it allows students from different schools to work together.

The only drawback is that short films have poor commercial appeal and it is difficult to make money.

However, Zhou Yan doesn't really care about this, because the cost of short films themselves is low. He said that at least one short film is made every month, and twelve films a year. Even if the average cost of each short film is 100,000 yuan, it is only 1.2 million yuan, which is far less than the cost of making a movie.

The point is, with twelve short films a year, there are always high-quality ones.

These high-quality short films can be sent to film festivals and can expand the studio's film library. If the project is really good, it can also be expanded into a feature film.

Later, Zhou Yan also plans to set up an internal short film award to stimulate students' enthusiasm.

When they heard Zhou Yan's short film plan, several teachers' eyes lit up, because this project was so suitable for their school.

The short film is short, but it has everything it needs, making it very suitable for students to practice.

"This..." Tian Youliang wanted to further communicate with Zhou Yan about the school-enterprise cooperation, but he didn't know how to start.

It’s not that he is thin-skinned, it’s just that he is a class teacher and has no authority. Matters like this have to be decided by the school leaders.

No matter how much he talks now, it doesn't count.

Gao Jinwen saw that Tian Youliang was hesitant to speak, so he knew what he wanted to do, so he said, "Director Zhou, if it is really possible, we will report the situation to the leader when we return and see if there is any possibility of cooperation."

Zhou Yan nodded, "Of course no problem."

The reason why he mentioned the school-enterprise cooperation just now was to lead the topic to this, and now his goal has been achieved.

……

After taking a few teachers on a tour of the music studio, Zhou Yan took them to the film studio and the newly established TV drama studio.

After the visit, Tian Youliang and his colleagues were amazed at the construction of the studio. The scale of the studio was larger than they had imagined, and the equipment was better than they had imagined.

Chang Li and her colleagues had also visited several film studios, but none of them had equipment comparable to Zhou Yan's studio.

They had never seen many of the machines in Zhou Yan’s studio.

After seeing these devices, they became more determined to cooperate with Zhou Yan.

The key point is that Zhou Yan’s studio is just starting out, and most of the original electronics factory buildings are not being used.

If all the existing buildings in the factory could be utilized, the scale of the entire studio would be unimaginable.

During this period, Zhou Yan also told them that he was planning to transform a theater in the factory, which made the teachers all excited.

If this theater is really renovated and they establish a cooperative relationship with the studio, will students from their school be able to come to the theater to rehearse and perform in the future?
The problem of students' performances has always troubled them.

……

At six o'clock in the evening, the students finished their tour and all went to the cafeteria.

The studio’s cafeteria is now very large. Even with more than a hundred people sitting separately inside, it doesn’t seem crowded at all. It will be the same even if a hundred more people come.

The students were now gathered in groups of three or four, excitedly discussing what they had seen and heard during today's visit.

Especially for the students of Class 96, it was the first time for many of them to experience the complete film post-production process so intuitively.

When they visit, the studio staff will even teach them the practical operations step by step.

What impressed them most was the editing room, where the staff directly gave them some films to edit, and after the editing was completed, they played the films for them on the spot.

If it wasn't just half a day, we could even make it more complete, like cutting in the music and vocals.

Seeing the students so excited, the teachers were also very pleased.

No matter how good the teacher is, or how easy to understand the lectures are, they can never be as lively and interesting as actual practice.

Students can increase their interest in their majors by participating in more practical activities like this.

It’s a pity that their school lacks the conditions and cannot carry out this activity for students frequently. Even if it is carried out, the effect is not as good as that of Zhou Yan’s studio.

"Teacher Zhou, thank you so much this time." Chang Li expressed her gratitude sincerely.

Zhou Yan smiled and waved his hand, "You're welcome, Teacher Chang. It's a pity that we don't have enough time this time, otherwise, we could let the students experience the filming of the movie in its entirety."

"With so many of us, it's not going to be a good experience."

"It's not a difficult task. Just write a five to ten minute book. It should be done in two or three days."

Hearing Zhou Yan say this calmly, several teachers were secretly shocked. A five to ten minute film would cost a lot of money even if it was done in a shoddy way.

But thinking about what Zhou Yan said before, that at least one short film should be made every month, it seems that making a film of a few minutes is nothing. (End of this chapter)