1990: Starting from Baojia Street

Chen Kaige's name is naturally like thunder in the ears of Zhang Ziyi and the others.

There are only a few well-known directors in China nowadays, and the first echelon should be Zhou Yan, Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou.

Of course, Zhou Yan's entry into the first echelon is also related to his soundtrack and the box office of the movie.

The girls also know what Chen Kaige looks like, and they will not mistake him for a liar or something like that.

It's just that it's so late, and Chen Kaige suddenly appeared at the gate of their school and introduced himself, which is difficult for them to understand for a while.

In fact, when they were at the factory tonight, Mei Ting saw Chen Kaige, so she was even more puzzled. If Chen Kaige really wanted to find them, why didn't he find them at the factory?

Mei Ting is older and has worked for so many years. Facing the sudden situation, she is much calmer and is the first to speak, "Hello, Director Chen, are you looking for us?"

Chen Kaige smiled, looked at Zhang Ziyi, and said directly, "I want to find Zhang Ziyi."

"Me?" Zhang Ziyi was surprised. She had no intersection with Chen Kaige before.

The other three girls were all puzzled, wondering why Chen Kaige would look for Zhang Ziyi and whether they knew each other before.

"Yes, it's you. Is it convenient to chat?"

To be honest, it's a bit abrupt to ask a girl at this time.

But Chen Kaige is a celebrity after all, and they think there shouldn't be any problem.

Of course, whether to agree or not depends on Zhang Ziyi herself, and the other three girls can't help her make a decision.

Hu Jing looked at Zhang Ziyi, then at Chen Kaige, and hesitated.

She actually wanted to tell Zhang Ziyi not to agree, after all, it was so late, and it's better to be safe than sorry.

For general matters, you can talk to them in front of them. If it is not convenient to talk to them in front of them, you can wait until tomorrow.

It's just that it's a good opportunity to get to know the big director. Hu Jing is worried about offending people if she wants to persuade him at this time.

Zhang Ziyi thought about it and nodded, "No problem."

Seeing that Zhang Ziyi agreed, Mei Ting said, "Then you talk to Director Chen. We will go back to the dormitory and wait for you to come back."

"Yes."

After the other three left, Chen Kaige took out a cigarette, lit it for himself, and then asked Zhang Ziyi, "Do you smoke?"

Zhang Ziyi smiled and shook her head, "Thank you, I don't smoke."

Chen Kaige took a long puff of the cigarette, and then smiled and said, "I asked your name from Lao Zhou."

Seeing the confusion on Zhang Ziyi's face, he added, "It's Director Zhou Yan."

Zhang Ziyi was quite surprised. She didn't expect that Chen Kaige's contact with her was related to Teacher Zhou.

In fact, she had little contact with Zhou Yan. They just met a few times when they went to rehearse.

However, during the rehearsal, many people were there, and she thought Zhou Yan didn't remember her name, after all, she didn't think she was very eye-catching among her classmates.

"What does Director Chen want to talk to me about?"

Chen Kaige said straight to the point, "I want to audition with you."

"Me, audition?" Zhang Ziyi was particularly surprised.

She wanted to ask Chen Kaige why he wanted to talk to her, but she felt that asking this question was a bit silly. After calming down, she asked, "What movie is it? What kind of role?"

"Jing Ke assassinated the Qin Shi Huang, Zhao Ji."

Zhao Ji?

Zhang Ziyi remembered that she seemed to have seen news that Chen Kaige was going to make a movie about Qin Shi Huang, but she didn't care about the specific story.

But this Zhao Ji is not suitable for her.

Isn't Zhao Ji the mother of Qin Shi Huang?

Since it is a story about Jing Ke assassinating Qin Shi Huang, Qin Shi Huang should be no young.

Zhang Ziyi doesn't know much about history, but she remembers that Jing Ke assassinated Qin Shi Huang not long after Qin Shi Huang unified the country, and Qin Shi Huang must have been an adult at that time.

To play the mother of Qin Shi Huang, she must not be her age.

"Is it Zhao Ji when she was young?" Zhang Ziyi asked.

Maybe there will be stories about Qin Shi Huang's childhood in the movie, Zhang Ziyi guessed.

Chen Kaige shook his head, "The Zhao Ji I'm talking about is not the same person as the Zhao Ji you think of."

"Is that so?"

"Are you willing to audition?" Chen Kaige asked again.

Zhang Ziyi was in a dilemma. Of course she wanted to audition. It was a rare opportunity to work with a great director like Chen Kaige. How many times can an actor have such an opportunity in his life?

And Chen Kaige took the initiative to find her. How many actors can get such treatment?

However, the head teacher, Mr. Chang, repeatedly ordered them not to go out to film privately. How could she dare to agree to Chen Kaige now?

If she wanted to go out to film, it would mean that she would drop out of school.

Unless Chen Kaige asked her to play a very small role that could be completed in a few days, or the filming time was during the holidays and did not take up school time.

After struggling for a while, Zhang Ziyi asked, "Director Chen, when will this movie be shot? How many scenes will we have?"

"It will be shot next summer, and you will have a lot of scenes."

Hearing that it will be shot in summer, Zhang Ziyi's heart was aroused with hope.

If the movie can be shot in the summer, it will not take up class time, and it can be the best of both worlds.

"Can my movie be shot in the summer?" Zhang Ziyi asked with expectation.

Chen Kaige shook his head, "I can't guarantee you this. It's not even sure whether the shooting time is summer. The Qin Palace is still under construction, and our time has to be based on the construction time. I know what you are worried about, but it doesn't have to be too much. Worry, I can help you tell your teacher later."

"Is that okay?"

Chen Kaige said confidently, "It should be no problem."

Seeing how confident he was, Zhang Ziyi also believed it. After all, for a director as big as Chen Kaige, it was normal for the school to give him some face.

Zhang Ziyi smiled and said, "If the school agrees, of course I have no problem."

Chen Kaige nodded, "In that case, then let's do it. You go to Yanjing Factory for an audition tomorrow. If there is no problem in the audition, I will go to a school to talk about it."

Zhang Ziyi felt that Chen Kaige was right. If he didn't pass the audition, there would be no need for Chen Kaige to tell the school about it.

After the two agreed, Chen Kaige took the initiative to call Zhang Ziyi, and Zhang Ziyi also gave Chen Kaige her home phone number.

"School is on holiday now. I will go home tomorrow. Director Chen, if you want to find me, you can call this number directly. It's from my home."

"no problem."

After getting Zhang Ziyi's home phone number, Chen Kaige didn't say anything more, put his hands in his pockets, and left with a cigarette in his mouth.

Zhang Ziyi stood at the door for a long time and then returned to the dormitory.

As soon as she arrived at the dormitory, several other girls started chirping and asking.

"Ziyi, why does Chen Kaige want you?"

"Is he looking for you to film a movie?"

"I came here in person, which shows that I value you very much."

…

Zhang Ziyi was in a good mood and said with a smile, "Director Chen said he has a role in his new movie for me to try."

"You agreed?" Qin Hailu asked.

"Well, I agreed to audition first, and we'll wait until the audition results come out to talk about the rest."

Hearing what Zhang Ziyi said, Mei Ting rolled her eyes and asked, "Then if the audition is successful, what will happen next?"

Although she didn't explain it clearly, they all knew what Mei Ting meant.

According to the rules of their school, even if they succeed in the audition, they will not be allowed to go out for filming.

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"Director Chen said that if the audition goes through, he will tell the school for me."

"Can the school agree?"

"I don't know. Anyway, I think Director Chen is quite confident."

"Maybe the school will really give the great director face." Qin Hailu sighed, "Ziyi, if you can cooperate with Director Chen this time, the road ahead will be easy."

"Yes, the starting point is too high. If it is the protagonist, if I don't care about anything, even if the school doesn't let me study, I will still go to the filming." Hu Jing said.

Upon hearing Hu Jing's words, Mei Ting blinked her eyebrows.

In fact, Mei Ting is also facing a similar problem to Zhang Ziyi. A few days ago, director Wang Rui approached her and hoped that she would participate in the TV series "Northern Story".

Over the years, Mei Ting has received many scripts, but this one was the most exciting to her.

What moved her heart was not director Wang Rui, but screenwriter Jiang Wen and leading actor Zhong Zhentao.

This TV series was invested and produced by Yanjing Sunshine Production Company. Jiang Wen wrote the story himself and invited Zhong Zhentao to participate in it. The investment was large and the goal was not small.

Even before the TV series has been filmed, it has been negotiated with Yanjing TV Station to broadcast it during prime time.

Mei Ting was very moved, but she was also worried that the school would not let her go. She gave up her promising career in the Frontline Song and Dance Troupe in order to study at China National Theater. Of course she was reluctant to drop out of school at this time.

So she was very confused during this period and had not yet given a reply to the director.

When she heard about Zhang Ziyi's incident today, she was very concerned. If Zhang Ziyi's incident could be successful, could her incident be accomplished as well?

Mei Ting was also thinking, if Chen Kaige was looking for her instead of Zhang Ziyi today, would she still hesitate?

The answer is no.

If Chen Kaige had found her, she would have decisively given up on being in the drama.

…

Zhou Yan didn't know that Chen Kaige went to see Zhang Ziyi privately. At the moment, he was reading the neon lyrics of "Return to the Province" with Akina Nakamori.

Zhou Yan had already figured out the score of this song, but he never had the lyrics.

The lyrics were written by Yoshi Oyama, who also wrote the neon version of the lyrics for "Snow Flower" before. Akina Nakamori was very satisfied with the lyrics of "Snow Flower", so she chose to collaborate again.

"The closer I get to my hometown, the more shy I feel..."

Zhou Yan couldn't understand Neon, so Akina Nakamori translated it for him sentence by sentence.

After hearing the first sentence, Zhou Yan raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "The next sentence won't be that you don't dare to ask people from your hometown, right?"

Now it was Nakamori Akina's turn to be surprised, "Although it is different, the meaning is similar. This sentence means that you want to ask people from your hometown about the situation in your hometown, but you are cautious and don't know how to ask. How do you know this is the case? "

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Because there is an ancient poem in China. There are two sentences in it that are closer to home. I don't dare to ask anyone."

"Oh, so that's it." Akina Nakamori suddenly realized.

After Oyama Yi received the job, he had a phone call with Zhou Yan and asked Zhou Yan how he felt when writing the song. Naturally, he wanted to determine the tone of the song through Zhou Yan's thoughts.

Zhou Yan told him that this song mainly talks about feeling the warmth from his hometown when he returns home, thereby gaining strength to fight against the loneliness and anxiety in a foreign country.

After listening to this, Oyama Yoshi probably studied Chinese ancient poetry, so he incorporated these two sentences of Song Zhiwen into it.

But Zhou Yan felt it was strange to write it this way.

The word "timid" in "The closer I am to my hometown, the more timid" is obviously inappropriate to translate directly into "shy".

When Song Zhiwen wrote this poem, he was escaping from his place of exile in Longzhou and passing through the Han River, so this poem is called "Crossing the Han River".

At this time, he was actually still away from home for a long time, and he had been out of touch with his family for many years and didn't know the situation at home, so he was full of worries at home.

He was worried that during the years he was away, would there be any major changes at home? Are all his family members still there?

The "timid" here is more of a worry, and this worry becomes stronger as he gets closer to home.

Therefore, when he meets someone from his hometown, he dare not ask about the other person's family situation, because he is afraid that the situation he was worried about before will happen, and that his dream of reuniting with his family, which he has always expected, will be shattered.

In summary, the word "timid" not only means worry, but also has a hint of panic and fragility.

Anyway, translating it into "shy" is definitely not a good idea.

After thinking about it, Zhou Yan didn't say anything, but asked Nakamori Akina to continue translating the lyrics.

After Nakamori Akina finished translating all the lyrics, Zhou Yan nodded. Overall, the lyrics are pretty good, at least the main body is clear, and there are longer narrative sentences.

Using longer narrative sentences can make the lyrics more spatial and more artistic than lyrics that pile up words.

Many lyrics that look very simple are endless, and they are also because of the use of long narrative sentences.

Zhou Yan didn't want to change the lyrics according to the meaning of the lyrics, because he didn't understand Neon language, and his understanding of the meaning of the words themselves would be biased. If he modified the Neon language lyrics according to his understanding of Chinese, it would obviously be easy to go wrong.

So he asked Nakamori Akina to sing it according to the version of the lyrics written by Oyama Yoshi, and then he would give suggestions based on Nakamori Akina's pronunciation.

What he wants is a perfect match between the music and the pronunciation of the lyrics.

This can at least guarantee one thing, that is, listeners who don't understand Japanese will find it very nice, because people who don't understand Japanese don't care about the meaning of the lyrics at all, they only listen to the fit between the pronunciation of the lyrics and the music.

When the lyrics of "Snow Flower" came out last time, Zhou Yan also changed it in this way.

This time, Akina Nakamori was also familiar with it. She tried singing the lyrics of "Returning Home" for Zhou Yan, and in order to give Zhou Yan more references, she also used several pronunciation methods.

After that, they will give their opinions to Oyama Yoshi and let Oyama Yoshi make modifications.

Zhou Yan's plan is to record the two songs "Returning Home" and "Fireworks" next spring. (End of this chapter)