1990: Starting from Baojia Street

After the crew of "Yongzheng Dynasty" came, the studio became much more lively, and as more and more people came, it became more and more lively.

Although the office of "Yongzheng Dynasty" is located in the TV drama department, because the general workshops are all in the film department, the film department has more contact with them.

Originally, most of the students from the Central Academy of Drama were relatively idle when they came to the studio and had nothing to do. However, "The Yongzheng Dynasty" was short of people, so Lin Juan discussed it with Jiang Mengfei and sent a few students to the crew to help.

These students from the Central Academy of Drama lack professional skills and have almost no experience, so they naturally cannot help much, but having them lend a hand does help to relieve some of the pressure on others.

In order to enable the students to better integrate into the crew and learn something, the team leader Lin Juan went there personally and took the lead in helping.

The makeup team for "Yongzheng Dynasty" consists of a total of seven people, all of whom have been confirmed, and all of them are makeup artists from Changchun Film Studio.

It’s just that Changchun Film Studio has its own work to do now, so it’s impossible to call a makeup artist over so long in advance.

Besides, even if Changchun Film Studio was willing to send people here in advance, Liu Wenwu would not agree. After all, he would have to pay them one day's wages for every day they stayed.

Although the salary of a makeup artist is not high, when the number of people and the number of days are increased, the salary added up is not a small amount.

Besides, now that they have all come to Zhou Yan's studio, which has everything, they naturally would not let the makeup artists from Changchun Studio come early.

Nowadays, if the crew needs any makeup, they basically ask the studio's makeup workshop to help complete it.

It just so happened that Lin Juan brought her students to help here, so Lin Juan was in charge of the makeup matters.

Lin Juan can complete the general minor makeup with Zhang Ziyi and the others by themselves. If they encounter more complicated and labor-intensive makeup, she will help coordinate people to come.

Although Lin Juan and the others did not help for free and Liu Wenwu would give them red envelopes, it was really cost-effective to give Lin Juan and the others red envelopes compared to asking the makeup artists to come early and continuing to pay them wages.

Because she helped so much, Lin Juan became familiar with Hu Mei as soon as she arrived.

Hu Mei also deliberately tried to build a good relationship with Lin Juan. She knew that Lin Juan, like Jiang Mengfei, was Zhou Yan's old subordinate and they had a special relationship. Now that they had taken root in the studio, they would inevitably have to trouble each other in the future.

On the afternoon of the 15th, Lin Juan was explaining to Zhang Ziyi the relationship between different eras and different makeup styles. Hu Mei came over with a smile and said, "Director Lin, are you teaching students?"

Lin Juan smiled and said, "No, I just briefly explained it. Although she studied acting, it's not a bad thing to learn more."

"Haha, for girls, it's always a good idea to learn some makeup knowledge." Hu Mei looked at Zhang Ziyi again, "Student Zhang, you must learn from Director Lin. She has participated in many large projects and is good at all types of makeup."

Zhang Ziyi nodded, "Yes, I will definitely study hard."

Lin Juan said modestly, "Director Hu, you are too kind. I am still in the learning stage. According to what Brother Zhou Yan said, we still have a lot to learn."

When they first met, Hu Mei felt a little uncomfortable when Lin Juan called her "Brother Zhou Yan" all the time. She always felt that this girl was a little bit unrighteous.

But after listening to her for two days, Hu Mei got used to it. After getting to know each other, Lin Juan gave people the impression that she was quite innocent. The reason why she kept calling her Zhou Yan was probably because they had a really good relationship.

Lin Juan was right. Zhou Yan did often tell them that they had a lot to learn.

Although their makeup team's skills are already top-notch in the country, Zhou Yan's requirements for them are even higher.

Zhou Yan has seen the level of makeup in Hollywood and knows that China still has a long way to go to catch up in this area.

"You are too modest, Director Lin." Hu Mei smiled and said, "Do you have time now? I have something to trouble you with."

"whats the matter?"

"Well, I have an audition here and I want more people to participate, but we don't have enough actors here, so I was wondering if I could borrow some from you?"

"Just an audition?" Lin Juan asked.

"Well, it's just an audition, nothing else, okay?"

"If it's just an audition, of course you can. Just use the few people I brought here to help."

"I'm afraid these few alone are not enough."

"Not enough? How much do you want?"

"how much do you have?"

"There are only twenty students from the Central Academy of Drama."

Hu Mei said with a smile, "Can we call all these twenty students over?"

"We have 20 students, but not all of them can come to the studio every day. Today, nine people signed in, but there should be a few more coming in a while."

For students who participate in school-enterprise cooperation, the time they come to the studio will naturally depend on their class schedule.

However, basically, students will come to the studio in the evening as long as they don’t have classes at night.

They come in the evening, and in addition to having dinner in the cafeteria, they also go to the "theater" to rehearse some programs.

The experimental theater at the Central Academy of Drama is too small, the effects are not good, and there is always a long queue, so students prefer to come to the studio.

The studio’s “theater” is large, has great effects, and no one is fighting over it.

Not only students participating in school-enterprise cooperation projects will come, but these students will also bring their classmates here.

So, Lin Juan said there would be more people in a while.

"Then wait a while and call again. We'll take as many as you can."

"That's fine."

Being able to help with the audition is a good thing for students, so there is no reason for Lin Juan to refuse.

"Our audition will start tomorrow morning, but we need to review the script tonight, so could you please call them over now so I can have a meeting with them?"

"Do we still need to review the script?" Lin Juan was very surprised.

She is considered a veteran in the industry. Having joined so many groups, she has only heard of rehearsals before filming, but has never heard of rehearsals the day before the audition, and with so many people at that.

Lin Juan thought that with so many people, they must be just passers-by.

Since they are just passers-by, they naturally have no lines and no shots. Even during the formal filming, the director does not need to give too many speeches to these groups.

I'm helping with the audition now, is there anything we need to communicate in advance?

Hu Mei smiled and nodded, "Yes, I am used to preparing in advance."

After hearing what Hu Mei said, Lin Juan didn't say anything else. She turned to Zhang Ziyi and said, "Ziyi, go back to our workshop first and call the students over later."

Zhang Ziyi nodded, "Okay." She agreed readily, with a hint of excitement in her voice.

They have been helping out with the crew of "Yongzheng Dynasty" these past two days. They have been working hard without any complaints, but they are also uncomfortable doing odd jobs all the time.

Now that she heard that she could help with the audition, Zhang Ziyi was naturally happy.

Although helping with the auditions doesn't allow them to act, being able to observe other people's performances up close and having the possibility to see the script is enough for them.

In the eyes of Zhang Ziyi and others, Hu Mei is a real big director who is not usually available to them. If they can now learn closely from Hu Mei, it will naturally be of great benefit to them.

……

When Hu Mei was rehearsing with her students, Lin Juan watched for a while, but didn't notice anything special. She gave a few instructions to Zhang Ziyi and the others and then left.

Normally, she would definitely stay to spend more time with the students today, but tonight she had something more important to do and was in a hurry to go there.

Lin Juan rode her bike out of the park gate, rode to Xinjiekou North Street, crossed the North Third Ring Road, and then not far away, she entered an alley.

About thirty meters inside the alley, there was an open gate to a courtyard. Before Lin Juan arrived, she could hear chattering inside.

She parked her bicycle at the door and walked in with a smile.

There were seven or eight people gathered in the yard at this time. When they saw Lin Juan coming, they all greeted her with a smile.

"Secretary Lin is here."

"Secretary Lin came quite early today."

Lin Juan replied with a smile, "I came here just after get off work. It's just you guys. Where are the others?"

"It will probably take a while, and there aren't that many people here today, only about twenty or so."

"Only about twenty?"

"Well, during this period, there are more bases and the personnel are dispersed."

"That's good. Didn't everyone complain that it was a bit crowded before?"

"Yeah, I feel like it's not good to have too many people. Fortunately, the TV at Chu Changsong's house is big enough, otherwise, if there were too many people, we wouldn't be able to see anything."

The courtyard they were in was not small. There was a table in the middle of the yard with a color TV on it.

The TV screen should be about 30 to 40 inches, which is larger than the mainstream color TV.

There were a lot of small stools placed in front of the TV, and the seven or eight people were sitting on them.

Lin Juan smiled and found a small stool to sit down.

After sitting down, she asked, "Doesn't the show start at 7:30? Why don't you find something to watch now?"

A girl sitting in front of her nodded and said, "Well, when you were not here just now, Xu Yongke suggested revisiting Teacher Zhou's previous Yanjing concert, but I want to watch Teacher Zhou's concert in Tokyo more. What about you, Secretary Lin? What do you want to watch?"

"I can do anything." Lin Juan said with a smile.

The girl curled her lips, "You say that every time."

"Why not watch the video of 'Distant Journey'? That's more interesting."

"Well, yes, that one is more interesting."

This suggestion was responded to by most people, and then everyone decided to watch it. A boy stood up, found a videotape in the drawer, and put it into the VCR.

"Distant Journey" is the videotape that Nomura Hide and his team made when they interviewed Zhou Yan. This videotape is also sold in mainland China and has decent sales.

Although everyone present had watched this video tape many times, they still enjoyed it very much when they watched it again.

Lin Juan also rested her chin on her hand and looked at the TV screen very seriously.

The people in the courtyard are all members of Zhou Yan's Fan Club of Yanshi University, and this courtyard is the home of one of the members.

This member's family is well-off and his family usually lives in other houses, so he contributed his yard as the base for the fan club.

The main reason is that his house has a big color TV and a set of audio equipment. Usually, the members like to get together to watch Zhou Yan's videos and listen to Zhou Yan's songs.

If there is any show, they will get together to watch it.

The reason why they got together today was because at 3: p.m., CCTV-'s "Music Bridge" program had a special program about Zhou Yan.

The show had been announced before, so they made an appointment to watch the show together today.

Lin Juan had actually not been a member of the fan club for long. A few years ago, she met someone from the fan club by chance. Out of curiosity, she came to attend a meeting and then joined the club.

Although she has not been a member for long, because she is a little older and has contributed a lot of Zhou Yan's materials, everyone respectfully calls her "Secretary Lin". In fact, she does not hold any position in the fan club.

As time went by, more and more people came to the courtyard, and by 7:20, most people had arrived.

The owner of the courtyard, Chu Changsong, checked the time, turned off the video, and switched the TV to CCTV-3.

Although the show is at 7:30, he must tune it in advance to prevent any problems and miss the show.

"Music Bridge" was preceded by a replay of the previous episode of "How Much Do You Know About Music". The program ended quickly, followed by a long commercial.

There are a lot of television commercials these days. The time some TV stations spend on their serious programs is less than the time they spend on commercials. Some TV stations are almost exclusively used to broadcast commercials.

Even CCTV channels are not immune to this, with numerous advertisements between programs.

It was not until 7:32 that the "Music Bridge" program officially began.

In fact, there are quite a few special programs related to Zhou Yan. Not to mention Channel 3, even Channel 1 has spent time reporting on Zhou Yan before.

However, no matter which special program it is, it seems that none of them really explains Zhou Yan's story clearly. After all, the program length is limited, and usually it can only focus on one point.

So whenever there is a special program about Zhou Yan, everyone will watch it very seriously.

CCTV Channel 3 is the opera and music channel, and this program is also called "Music Bridge", so today's topic is naturally mainly related to music.

The program begins with a collection of several videos, including Zhou Yan's "Xu Sanguan" winning the second prize in the Outstanding Composition Competition for the 130th Anniversary of Sun Yat-sen's Birth, Celine Dion singing "All of Me" on stage, "Mariah Carey singing "Young and Beautiful" at a concert, and the Piano Youth Orchestra performing at Radio Music City.

After this scene, the camera turned to the studio. The host Liu Lu sat in the studio and said with a smile, "Hello, audience friends, welcome to the Music Bridge program. Today, we will introduce you to the talented musician Zhou Yan." (End of this chapter)