1990: Starting from Baojia Street

After this set of three songs ended, the performers did not change shifts, and Zhou Yan still sat in front of the piano.

After the song ended, the applause from the audience lasted for a long time. This suite brought many people back to a few years ago.

Especially for those who have watched "Letter from Heaven", many scenes from the movie just now emerged in their minds.

Seeing that the applause seemed to be endless, Zhou Yan coughed lightly into the microphone and said, "Thank you, everyone."

When they heard Zhou Yan's voice, the applause at the scene slowly stopped. They knew that Zhou Yan was about to speak.

When the applause gradually died down, Zhou Yan smiled and said, "I really like the movie "Letter from Heaven". Although I was still an unknown student at that time, I didn't take every job."

Hearing Zhou Yan's somewhat arrogant tone, the audience also started laughing.

Although Zhou Yan's words sounded provocative, there was nothing wrong with it.

After all, Zhou Yan got a big job as soon as he debuted. The first movie he participated in composing the music for was "Raise the Red Lantern", which won the Silver Lion Award at the Venice International Film Festival and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Many people working in the film industry have never participated in a film of this level in their entire lives.

To be able to participate in this kind of movie requires not only strength but also some luck.

It was obviously mainly luck that Zhou Yan was able to participate in this kind of movie when he made his debut.

Moreover, Zhou Yan has a real name in that movie. His name is not only written in the music column, together with Zhao Jiping, but he also played an important role, Chen Feipu.

Of course, the fact that Zhou Yan's name can be written next to Zhao Jiping and he also played Chen Feipu was not due to luck but to his strength.

Later, the first feature film he independently composed the music for was "Letters from Heaven". Although "Letters from Heaven" did not win any international awards, no one would deny that it is an excellent film.

Even in the eyes of many people, "Letter from Heaven" is better than those award-winning works at international film festivals. At least this movie is understandable and can make people cry.

In addition to "Letter from Heaven", Zhou Yan also independently participated as the music director in films such as "Sanmao Joins the Army", "Sense and Sensibility", "To Live", "A Chinese Odyssey" and the yet-to-be-released "Titanic", and TV series such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Justice Bao".

Among these works, the most controversial one is probably "A Chinese Odyssey".

After the release of "A Chinese Odyssey", even with the blessing of the "double week", the box office was not very good. The combined box office of the two films was less than 60 million, which directly caused Stephen Chow's company to go bankrupt.

At that time, many people thought that this movie was badly made by Stephen Chow and that Zhou Yan's soundtrack was ruined.

"Journey to the West Fantasy" is not only popular among the general public, but also favored by many professionals. This song truly achieves both audibility and musicality.

At the same time, this piece of music is very technically rich and particularly tests the performer's level.

Therefore, nowadays there are many bamboo flute players and erhu players who particularly like to play this piece of music. So much so that in the past two years, if an erhu player and a bamboo flute player appear on the stage of a concert hall or opera house at the same time, the first thing the audience thinks of is "Journey to the West Fantasy".

Last year, one of the papers written by Associate Professor Tang Yuwensheng, a teacher of erhu at the Central Conservatory of Music, was titled "Exploration and Performance Interpretation of Impressionist Elements in Zhou Yan's "Journey to the West Fantasy"."

There are many papers related to "Journey to the West Fantasy", not only written by teachers and students of CAFM, but also by teachers and students of other schools.

There have been quite a lot of new works in the folk music circle in recent years, but none of them can match the level and popularity of "Journey to the West Fantasy".

New works released by folk music are basically self-admiring and cannot sell tickets at all.

It was not easy to get a "Journey to the West Fantasy" out, so people in the folk music circle certainly wouldn't let go of such a good opportunity.

It can be said that the performance of "Journey to the West Fantasy" sold half of the tickets for the erhu and bamboo flute players.

Because of "Journey to the West Fantasy", many people feel that "A Chinese Odyssey" wasted Zhou Yan's soundtrack.

Such a good soundtrack deserves a better movie.

But what’s interesting is that at the end of last year, there were suddenly more discussions about “A Chinese Odyssey” at Yenching University.

Someone screened "A Chinese Odyssey" every day at Yenching University and then gathered students together to discuss the inner meaning of the film.

It would be fine if I didn't analyze it, but once I start analyzing it I can't stop.

A movie that everyone thought was pretty bad was suddenly analyzed into many different things.

Besides, they were students of Yanjing University. The discussions between them were not just casual chats among ordinary students, but serious ones, just like some literary seminar.

Originally, the film was considered to be a hodgepodge of mixed elements, but it caused students at Yenching University to think about the contradictions between tradition and modernity, and between ideals and reality.

These students believe that the film has a unique postmodern style, including elements such as nonsensical comedy, the interweaving of time and space, and the deconstruction of classics.

The exaggerated and absurd expressions in the book attracted Yan University students who pursue individuality and innovation. The dual personalities of Zhizunbao and Sun Wukong, and the mirror relationship between Bai Jingjing and Zixia, constructed a Derrida-style field of deferral.

These discussions were initially limited to Yenching University, but later spread to other schools. Now, many schools have started discussions on this movie, and it is generally believed that movie fans have misunderstandings about the film.

Some people commented that "A Chinese Odyssey" was "ahead of its time", so many viewers did not understand the movie at the time. However, as time goes by, everyone will discover the value of this movie.

In fact, sometimes, whether these things exist depends on what people say. After the students of Yanda University discussed it, others heard it and were subtly influenced, and their views gradually changed.

Therefore, the reputation of "A Chinese Odyssey" is gradually recovering. Maybe in a few years, "A Chinese Odyssey" will no longer be a bad movie that everyone dislikes, but a masterpiece ahead of its time.

In fact, the fact that the discussion about "A Chinese Odyssey" spread so quickly was naturally due to Zhou Yan's contribution, because he spent money to buy the copyright of "A Chinese Odyssey".

As the reputation of "A Chinese Odyssey" gets better and better, its copyright becomes more and more valuable, and the deal Zhou Yan made before becomes more and more cost-effective.

Zhou Yan heard the audience's laughter on the stage, and he continued with a smile, "I really liked the script of 'Letter from Heaven' at that time, so I worked hard to become the music director of this movie. This is probably the job I spent the most effort to get."

Hearing Zhou Yan's words, Wang Junzheng in the audience smiled. The events of that year were still vivid in her mind. At that time, she wanted Zhou Yan to be the music director of "Letter from Heaven" because the song "Together Forever" moved her.

But later on, things got stuck with Director Chen. Although she admired Zhou Yan, it was not easy for her to go against Director Chen for Zhou Yan.

In the end, it was Zhou Yan who took out "Kite", which made her make up her mind. No matter what the factory director said, she wanted Zhou Yan to compose the music for "Letter from Heaven".

In fact, this is not a very difficult matter. When doing work, there will always be some troubles. In Wang Junzheng's opinion, although Zhou Yan had some minor setbacks in getting this job, it was nothing at all.

Directors like them in the factory have to overcome too many difficulties in order to make a movie.

And in fact, she was the one who was bearing a lot of the pressure at the time, and Zhou Yan didn't feel it at all. After all, it was she, not Zhou Yan, who was facing the factory director.

But it is understandable what Zhou Yan said. After all, he became famous early, and most of the jobs later on were found by others, so he didn't need to bother taking on any work himself.

In comparison, the work on "Letter from Heaven" did indeed take up more of his energy.

When the other audience members heard Zhou Yan talking about the past, they also started laughing.

Although Zhou Yan was suspected of wasting time, everyone was willing to listen to him talk. People could listen to music at any time, but there were not many opportunities to listen to Zhou Yan chatting.

It’s just a pity for those foreign audiences who can’t understand Chinese. The more the audience laughs, the more anxious they become.

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The audience at the scene can only see Zhou Yan, but it is different for the audience in front of the TV, because the director will also cut some pictures of the audience seats for everyone to see.

During the previous two programs, most of the big-name stars on the scene had their close-ups cut to them.

When Zhou Yan was talking about "Letter from Heaven", the screen cut to the face of a middle-aged woman in the audience.

The host Liu Lu is very professional and well prepared. When the screen cut to the middle-aged woman's face, Liu Lu smiled and said, "The director is very knowledgeable. He immediately cut to Director Wang Junzheng. Yes, this is the director of "Heaven's Letter". She also came to the scene today to watch Zhou Yan's concert with everyone. Looking at the smile on Director Wang's face, she must be thinking of some interesting things in the past."

Liu Lu specifically asked Zhou Yan for a list of important guests. Anyone who was slightly famous was on the list.

After getting the list, Liu Lu also went through it one by one, trying to avoid mistakes during the live broadcast. She attached great importance to the live broadcast of this concert. After all, the big-name stars who came to the scene were no worse than those at award ceremonies.

Facts have proved that her preparation was correct. Tonight's ratings have exceeded the ratings of all previous entertainment and lifestyle programs on CCTV-3.

The ratings of the "Music Bridge" program hosted by Liu Lu herself are also quite good, but the normal ratings of "Music Bridge" are only a fraction of today's ratings.

Sun Dong, who was standing next to him, didn't know much about the film and television industry. He didn't even know who Wang Junzheng was, but after Liu Lu introduced him, he said, "He's also a very good director."

With Sun Dong's help, Liu Lu could continue, "He is indeed a great director. I think the reason why Zhou Yan later collaborated with Yanjing Film Studio so many times may have something to do with Wang Junzheng. It was the collaboration on "Letter from Heaven" that led to the rest."

"Everything has to have a beginning." Sun Dong said again.

At this moment, Zhou Yan in the video said with a smile, "For the next song, I will hand over the piano to someone else."

As he spoke, Zhou Yan stood up, and at the same time, a young man walked up.

Zhou Yan introduced with a smile, "Although I have introduced you many times, I still want to introduce you today. This is Zhang Zuoquan, the principal pianist of our Piano Youth Orchestra."

There was warm applause at the scene, this time the applause was for Zhang Zuoqun.

Zhang Zuoqun has been the principal pianist of Piano Boys for quite a long time, and music fans who pay a little attention to their orchestra all know Zhang Zuoqun.

After all, the name of their orchestra is "Piano Boys", and in such an orchestra, the principal pianist will definitely attract a lot of attention.

It can be said that in the entire orchestra, apart from Zhou Yan, the most popular person is Zhang Zuoqun, who is even more famous than the band leader Fang Xiu.

Zhang Zuoquan bowed in greeting and then sat on the piano bench. Zhou Yan was not in a hurry to leave, but pointed to Yue Lin on the first floor and said, "Since I have introduced you, let me introduce a few more. Our conductor, Yue Lin."

"Yue Lin!"

Like Zhang Zuoqun, Yue Lin also has fans, and someone at the scene called out his name.

Zhang Zuoqun, Yue Lin and Ma Dongfang are known as the "Three Male Gods of the Youth Piano Orchestra". Yue Lin is very popular among young girls because of his handsome appearance.

Moreover, the profession of conductor gives people a very mysterious and high-end feeling, which makes Yue Lin more attractive to girls.

Ma Dongfang has always been bothered by the fact that he does not have as many female fans as Yue Lin. He attributes the reason to the fact that he plays the erhu, which is not attractive enough to girls. If he held a baton or played the piano, he would definitely be better than Zhang Zuoqun and Yue Lin.

Afterwards, Zhou Yan introduced all the concertmasters of the orchestra.

As for the others, there is no time to introduce them.

After all, there are more than 200 people in the two bands of the orchestra. If everyone is introduced, there will not be much time left. No one has any objection. If the concertmaster is the same as other performers, who will strive to be the concertmaster?
All the members of the piano youth orchestra are from the same school and have a good relationship with each other, but competition is inevitable.

Only by maintaining healthy competition can the orchestra continue to develop.

The Piano Youth Orchestra is not an arena, but it is definitely not a nursing home either. It is impossible to just sit there and waste time.

When Zhou Yan introduced the members, Sun Dong finally came alive. Every time Zhou Yan introduced someone in the video, he would add some information. After all, these members were all from the Central Conservatory of Music, and he was basically familiar with them all.

"Zhang Zuoquan is a student of the 85 grade of the piano department of our Central Conservatory of Music, and he is also a teacher in our school now. Yue Lin is from the conducting department, and their department only accepts one student every few years..."

After Zhou Yan finished his introduction, he said, "The reason why I gave the piano to Zhang Zuoquan is because I will play the flute for the next piece."

After saying that, he picked up the bamboo flute that he had put down earlier and said, "The next song is "Drinking the Yangtze River Water Together". I hope everyone will like it." (End of this chapter)