1990: Starting from Baojia Street

There is a limit to the length of new works during the semester. Each work cannot exceed seven minutes. However, in fact, most students cannot use up this length. The length of most works is basically controlled between three and five minutes.

Coupled with the time it takes for the musicians to get on and off the stage, a student's performance should usually end within six or seven minutes.

But today, because Shi Wanchun and Wu Zuqiang were present, the students performing on stage were extra careful. They were careful when moving seats and instruments. After moving them, they kept adjusting their positions for fear that the layout would affect the performance.

After the performance, the students will express their gratitude to the audience very solemnly.

As a result, the performance that could have ended in six or seven minutes was dragged to almost ten minutes.

There are seventeen people in total, including Zhou Yan, who majored in composition in the 88th grade, and who has repeated the grade. Ten minutes for each person is one hundred and seventy minutes. With some breaks in between, it takes about three hours.

It was already past twelve o'clock when the performance of the previous sixteen students ended.

When other groups go on stage, it is relatively simple, because there are only a few instruments at most, and they are basically conventional instruments. The musicians can just take them up and set them up easily.

But it was completely different when I arrived at Zhou Yan's place. There were more than 20 people in the room at once, and there were more types of instruments than in ordinary multi-chapter symphonies. The bow and string groups were basically complete. In addition to a few ordinary percussion instruments, Drums were planted, and relatively rare musical instruments such as pipe bells were added.

With so many people and so many instruments, it takes a lot of time just to arrange the troops.

Xu Lang, who had just walked off the stage after the performance, was shocked by the scene on the stage before the sweat on his palms even dried.

What surprised him was not only the number of instruments, but also the lineup of musicians.

Zhou Yan himself will not say it. Although he is not a flute major, his bamboo flute is still quite famous in the academy. Especially the winter before last, Zhou Yan went on stage to perform his new semester work Secret Fragrance Floating. It was a great show of skills. .

When Zhou Yan's works were exhibited, Xu Lang was also present, so he was deeply impressed by Zhou Yan's bamboo flute.

The violinist is Yu Ran, the piano player is senior sister Zhang Xinning, the viola player is senior brother Huang Gan, and the bell ringer is Liang Dong, who is in the same grade as them... More than half of the entire performance group are famous figures in the school.

After all the musicians were in place, a boy in a suit and meticulously combed hair walked onto the stage holding a conductor's baton.

Seeing this boy, Xu Lang touched his forehead and shouted in his heart: How can they compare with this lineup?

The man on stage is Yu Feng from the command department. He is also a famous figure in the school.

Even in terms of presence, he is better than Jia Guoping and Zhou Yan.

Yu Feng is a senior fellow in the 85 Command Department. In 1988, because of his excellent grades, he graduated from the undergraduate program a year early and was recommended to graduate school.

This year is Yu Feng’s last year as a graduate student. At the same time, he has decided to stay at the school to teach. Next semester, he will go to the command department as the main subject teacher.

At this moment, other students in the 1988 composition department also had the same idea as Xu Lang. Their lineup was not at the same level as Zhou Yan's lineup.

This lineup made today's performance look like it was divided into two parts, the display of other students' works and the display of Zhou Yan's work.

They all know the role of good musicians in performance. Even if it is the same piece of music, if these people play it, the difference will be huge.

Don't underestimate these outstanding students. Their professional level is higher than that of ordinary students.

Of course, Xu Lang and the others never thought of comparing themselves to Zhou Yan. In their eyes, Zhou Yan could not be regarded as their classmate.

Zhou Yan entered their class in April. In the past two months, Zhou Yan had played the role of teacher many times. They were full of respect and gratitude for Zhou Yan.

The 88-level composition class is actually very miserable, because they can be said to be the most inconspicuous class in the composition department.

In front of them, there is a senior brother Fengyun like Jia Guoping and Zhou Yan in class 87, and behind them there is a rising star like Hao Weiya, but there is no outstanding student in their class.

Mainly because Li Bingyang was too irresponsible, which greatly affected their teaching this year.

For these students of 88 Composition, Zhou Yan’s arrival is undoubtedly a ray of light, illuminating their originally gloomy learning path.

In the past two months, the 88-level composition students' enthusiasm for learning has been unprecedentedly high, and their academic level has also improved. Especially Xu Lang, the youngest in the class, his academic level has improved by leaps and bounds during this period. .

Xu Lang and the others also looked at the stage with expectant eyes. Senior Brother Zhou Yan’s performance today also gave them a boost from the 88 Composition Department.

In the future, when students from other departments talk about the composition department, they will not ignore their 88th grade.

At this time, Zhou Yan, the protagonist of this performance, was hidden in the orchestra and was not eye-catching.

The piano is on the side, the bow string group is in front, and Zhou Yan is mixed in the woodwind group. If you don't look carefully, you can't find anyone else.

In fact, Zhou Yan originally thought about serving as the commander, but when he learned that Jia Guoping could find Yu Feng, he decisively gave up this idea.

His commanding level is naturally incomparable with that of Yu Feng, a famous conductor. It would be better to give up the baton and play his flute well.

Facts have proved that his decision was completely correct.

After Yu Feng agreed to serve as the conductor of Memory of the Forbidden City, he immediately approached Zhou Yan to discuss the score. Then Zhou Yan was surprised by Yu Feng's ability to read music. He could quickly and accurately read from the score with his eyes. Listen to the sound effects of more than 20 musical instruments.

Zhou Yan certainly has the ability to read music, but there is still a gap between him and Yu Feng.

After discussing it with Zhou Yan, Yu Feng began to study the score from the perspective of rehearsal, find out the direction of the melody line of each part, and analyze the harmonic atmosphere and orchestration color of each paragraph.

The most important thing is the basic emotional design of the whole song, where it should be tense, where it needs to be relaxed, where it should progress towards the climax... Yu Feng is basically in control of these rehearsal things.

It can be said that Yu Feng is recreating Memory of the Forbidden City.

What surprised Zhou Yan the most was that in order to better understand the song Memory of the Forbidden City, Yu Feng actually read all the songs Zhou Yan had composed in the past, trying to understand Zhou Yan's creation of Memory of the Forbidden City through Zhou Yan's previous works. 》motivations and emotions at the time.

Zhou Yan originally wanted to tell Yu Feng that it was useless because the music was not written by one person at all. However, after studying Zhou Yan's previous works, Yu Feng said that he felt Zhou Yan's courage in musical innovation, and in the conductor's planning This is fully reflected...

After everyone was ready, Yu Feng raised his hands to the height of his chest and made a ready-to-shoot gesture, followed by the ready-to-shoot and start-up gestures. When the start-up gesture was completed, the sound of music started.

When the music started, a loud bell sounded first, and then the string section and the piano entered the stage.

That's right, Zhou Yan didn't use the original arrangement of Memory of the Forbidden City or play a solo to lead the way. Instead, he took the lead and put the magnificent second verse directly at the front.

As soon as Yu Feng came up, he used his baton to push open the gate of the Forbidden City and show the audience the majestic palace inside.

Wu Zuqiang, who was originally expressionless in the audience, suddenly became energetic.

He sat in the audience for more than three hours. Although the other 88-level composition students performed quite well, they were only in their third year after all, so it was difficult for their works to be anything eye-catching.

But Zhou Yan's song caught his attention at the first sound of the bell.

Wu Zuqiang has heard Zhou Yan's name many times. There are only so many students in the composition department, and the outstanding ones will always receive more attention.

Wu Zuqiang himself was tutoring graduate students, and he naturally hoped to find good talents, so he also paid attention to Zhou Yan and Jia Guoping, who composed 87, but Zhou Yan repeated the grade and Jia Guoping did not choose to continue his studies.

He came here today because he was invited by Shi Wanchun.

Shi Wanchun invited him to come, and only said that he would like to see the 88-level composition students. He did not reveal what he wanted to see specifically. However, when more than 20 musical instruments came on stage in the last performance, Wu Zuqiang probably guessed that Shi Wanchun was going to bring He came to see Zhou Yan.

Wu Zuqiang glanced at Shi Wanchun next to him, who was enjoying the performance on the stage attentively. He smiled and continued to focus on the stage.

After a magnificent passage, there is a rather dreamy section played by instruments such as bamboo flute, reed and violin, which casts a heavy historical memory on the whole piece.

What surprised Shi Wanchun was that this piece was particularly innovative in the use of Chinese and Western orchestration. The obviously strong Western strings did not take over the center stage, and served the drums, bells and bamboo flutes well.

Until the last part of the piece, the violin began to weaken and the viola took the main stage. The tonality of the entire piece gradually changed from the original grandeur to a bit sad and lonely. Such a change can easily remind people of the decline of a dynasty.

This section itself is well written, but the connection with the previous section seems a bit hasty. The whole song does not exaggerate the prosperity of the dynasty enough.

Wu Zuqiang understood that the stipulated length of new works during the semester cannot exceed seven minutes, and it is obviously impossible to express everything perfectly within seven minutes. This is just a compromise made by the composer for the performance.

Of course, despite his flaws, Zhou Yan has skipped the stage of showing off his primary techniques and started to express more personal insights in his composition.

This work of his not only stands out among the new works of the third grade semester, but is also very outstanding even among the graduation works.

Six and a half minutes later, as the last note of the whole song fell, the audience burst into warm applause.

Amidst the applause, Yu Feng first bowed to pay tribute to all the musicians who participated in the performance, and then looked at Zhou Yan who was among the woodwind group with a smile.

Zhou Yan understood this and walked out of the woodwind group holding the bamboo flute.

When Zhou Yan came out, the applause became louder again. Xu Lang, who was sitting in the second row, stood up from his seat and clapped his hands wildly. If Wu Zuqiang and Shi Wanchun were not sitting in front of him, he would have I have to say, Senior Brother Zhou Yan, I love you.

Walking up to Yu Feng, Zhou Yan first held the bamboo flute with his hands clasped together to express his gratitude to Yu Feng, and then together with Yu Feng, he bowed down to thank the audience in front of the audience.

After thanking each other, both of them walked off the stage hand in hand without making any more speeches. The musicians also began to pack their instruments and prepare to leave the stage.

At this point, the performances of the new works concert for the 1988 composition major semester of the Central Conservatory of Music have ended, but no one dared to act rashly. They were waiting for Shi Wanchun and Wu Zuqiang to speak.

Shi Wanchun looked at Wu Zuqiang and said with a smile, Principal Wu, can you say a few words?

Wu Zuqiang did not refuse, but stood up directly. Without going to the stage, he just stood there and said: First of all, congratulations to everyone, for completing another semester of study in the Composition Department of Yangyin.

Hearing Wu Zuqiang's speech, the musicians who were packing their instruments on the stage also stopped and listened quietly to Wu Zuqiang's words.

Wu Zuqiang made a simple start, then picked up the list of works and continued, The works displayed on stage today have their own shortcomings, but the overall performance is very good. The first string quartet Cloud Mountain Chaos should be Based on Su Dongpo's Crossing Qilise, the whole piece is free and easy and detailed...

After commenting on the first song, Wu Zuqiang began to comment on the second song, The second song Black Shell is an experimental work with a predetermined outcome. The entire experiment includes student Shen Huaigang's desire to expand his performance horizons. The pursuit of...

Everyone thought that Wu Zuqiang would say a few official words after standing up, but what they didn't expect was that he would comment on the students' works one by one.

It was already half past twelve noon, but no one was in a hurry to eat because Professor Wu's comments were not often heard.

The sixteenth song Sitting on the River is a work tailor-made for the French horn, with dazzling technical overtones...

Wu Zuqiang commented on each song one by one, but he stopped after commenting on the sixteenth song.

Everyone else looked at him eagerly, waiting for him to continue to comment on Zhou Yan's Memory of the Forbidden City, but he seemed to have no intention of commenting at all, as if he had forgotten that there was a seventeenth piece.

Shi Wanchun next to him said with a smile, Everyone has been busy for a long time today. Principal Wu's comments are very accurate. I won't say anything more to waste your time. Let's pack up and go to dinner.

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, but they all didn’t understand what Wu Zuqiang meant and why Zhou Yan’s works were left alone without comment.

But soon they knew the answer. Wu Zuqiang smiled and said to Zhou Yan, Zhou Yan, please come out.

Zhou Yan nodded, Okay, Principal Wu.

When Zhou Yan, Wu Zuqiang and the others walked out, the classroom became lively and the students were talking a lot.

No wonder there are no reviews. It seems like one-on-one tutoring is required.

Senior Brother Zhou Yan is really strong.

Ah, today's lineup is really crazy.

…

Zhou Yan followed him out. Wu Zuqiang turned to look at him and said with a smile, You performed well today. It seems that repeating the grade will have no impact on you.

Zhou Yan also smiled and replied, Principal Wu is overly praised. In fact, I think that this year's break from school was a kind of precipitation and improvement for me. I learned some things that are rarely exposed to in school. These The things I can only come into contact with outside have stimulated the knowledge and skills I originally received in school.”

Wu Zuqiang nodded, The experience of the creator is indeed very important. Good works must rely on the experience and experience of the composer. The skills and knowledge learned in school serve these experiences.

What you said has made me feel deeply during this period.

It seems that you are a blessing in disguise. Wu Zuqiang smiled and then said, The classrooms in the Composition Department are still a bit crude, and the duration limit for semester works is also too short, which limits the performance of the song Memory of the Forbidden City. I Hope to see you in the Grand Concert Hall next year.”

After finishing speaking, Wu Zuqiang turned to Shi Wanchun and said, Director Shi, do you want to explain something?

Shi Wanchun glanced at Zhou Yan and said with a smile, There's nothing to explain. It's getting late. Let's go eat.

Okay, I'm hungry too. You have to take care of my food today.

I can buy you a drink.

…

Looking at the backs of Shi Wanchun and Wu Zuqiang, Zhou Yan showed a relaxed smile. He knew that there was hope for early graduation.

The semester works concert of the Composition Department can only be performed in the Composition Department classroom, and only the graduation works can be performed in the large concert hall. Wu Zuqiang’s last sentence means that he hopes Zhou Yan will participate in next year’s graduation works concert.

At this time, other students also came out of the classroom one after another, and they expressed their congratulations to Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan responded one by one, and at the same time kept the musicians who helped him. He had troubled them for so many days, and today he was so busy that it was past meal time. If he ignored a meal, he would become Zhou Yan. Peeled.

In the middle of the call, Zhou Yan suddenly saw Sun Qin walking out of the classroom. He said with a surprised look on his face, Brother Sun, why are you here?

Sun Qin said with a smile, Today's Memory of the Forbidden City performance, how could I not come and see it?

When did you come? I haven't seen you.

I've been here a long time ago. You were busy with the performance, so how could you see me. Your performance today was very good and the scene was awesome. Sun Qin gave a thumbs up.

Haha, too much praise, too much praise. We will have dinner later, Brother Sun, come with us. Zhou Yan made an invitation.

Sun Qin glanced at the musicians, smiled and shook his head and said, Forget it about eating, I have something to tell you. Can you lend me a step?

Okay. Zhou Yan nodded, and then told Jia Guoping, Old Jia, please help me organize and keep everyone here.

No one is too little, but one can't be too much, right? Jia Guoping said with a smile.

Zhou Yan curled his lips and said, If you can call everyone who came to watch the show today, I'll be fine.

After saying this, Zhou Yan walked beside Sun Qinchao.

Walking to a place with few people, Zhou Yan asked, Brother Sun, what's the matter?

Good thing. Sun Qin said with a smile, The studio is planning to make a new film with the theme of the Forbidden City.

Zhou Yan raised his eyebrows, Is it because of Memory of the Forbidden City?

It has a lot to do with the music. Of course, it is also because the theme of the Forbidden City itself is also very valuable, but now there is a problem.

What's the problem? Zhou Yan asked.

The problem is that this new feature film is about thirty minutes long, so one piece of Memory of the Forbidden City is not enough and more soundtracks are needed.

Hearing what Sun Qin said, Zhou Yan laughed, Is this also called a problem?

Isn't this a problem?

Zhou Yan said very confidently, Just go and shoot and leave the music to me.

Good brother. Sun Qin punched Zhou Yan on the shoulder, I knew you were reliable.

Zhou Yan rubbed his shoulders. Hu Guanglei's previous evaluation of Sun Qin was absolutely correct. His hands were really mean.

However, it is understandable that Sun Qin is so excited. He has only graduated a few years ago and has never made an independent film before. Now he can produce a thirty-minute feature film, which is of great significance to him.

After this work, he can really establish himself in Yanjing TV Station.

Sun Qin also felt that things in the world were strange. If he had not met Zhou Yan in Meridian Square, there would probably not have been a series of subsequent events.

The two chatted briefly, and Sun Qin said goodbye and left. It could be seen from his light steps that he was very happy.

After seeing off Sun Qin, Zhou Yan returned to the classroom door. At this time, Jia Guoping had already gathered everyone. Zhou Yan waved his hand and said with a smile: Let's go have a big meal.

…

After the performance of the new work during the semester, Zhou Yan actually had nothing to do at school.

Next, he plans to spend more time on the soundtrack for Heaven Replies. In fact, the soundtrack for this film has basically been smoothed out, that is, the Summer section has not yet been submitted.

After recording Summer, he had to wait for the editing workshop to cut the movie completely, and then sort out the entire soundtrack based on the complete movie.

Generally speaking, he should be relatively free throughout June, so he turned his attention to Sun Qin and wanted to take some time to film their Forbidden City: Memory with Sun Qin.

Of course Sun Qin is not a master director, but he has solid theoretical knowledge, and Zhou Yan can learn a lot from him.

It’s just that although Zhou Yan’s plan was beautiful, it was difficult to implement it. Since the end of the semester works concert, the juniors and juniors in the 88 Composition Department have become even more attached to him.

Especially the two boys Xu Lang and Shen Huaigang, as if they were punching in every day, they must go to Zhou Yan's dormitory in the morning.

Zhou Yan also couldn't bear to see the studious students not being taught, so he would take time out to guide them every day.

These two boys still have a bit of humanity. They will not pester Zhou Yan for more than two hours a day. As soon as the time is up, they will let Zhou Yan get off work.

Half a month passed in such a busy manner.

On June 22, Zhou Yan rushed to Yanjing Studio with the recorded Summer.

In the past six months, Zhou Yan may have appeared at Yanjing Studio more times than some directors who often travel abroad. He is also good at building relationships, so everyone in the studio, even if they are not familiar with him, is know him.

Uncle Zhou, the doorman of the studio, is a long-time smoker. Every time he sees Zhou Yan, the wrinkles on his face bloom with a smile. Not only does he want Zhou Yan to let him smoke, but also because Zhou Yan and he are from the same family. It's interesting to talk, which suits him.

Seeing Zhou Yan stopping to give him a cigarette, Uncle Zhou waved his hand and said, I just smoked and I can't smoke anymore. Go in and find Xiao Chen. He seems to have something to do with you. He even asked you in the morning if you had been here in the past two days. .”

The Xiao Chen in Uncle Zhou's mouth refers to Chen Kaige. He has seniority, so it is normal to call Chen Kaige Xiao Chen.

Chen Kaige is the kind of director who travels a lot in the field, and Zhou Yan rarely sees him when he comes over. He probably really wanted to find Zhou Yan, so he asked Uncle Zhou if Zhou Yan had been here in the past two days.

Okay, got it.

Zhou Yan smiled, put his toes on the ground, rode up the bike again, and entered the factory.

When I arrived at the office, I saw Chen Kaige also there.

Sister Wang, the goods have arrived.

Zhou Yan handed the tape recording Summer to Wang Junzheng with a smile, and then turned to ask Chen Kaige, Director Chen, I heard Uncle Zhou say, are you looking for me?

Chen Kaige said with a smile, It seems that uncle has become the bridgehead for us to pass news this week. I really have something to do with you. Didn't I tell you last time that the crew of Farewell My Concubine was going to have a meeting in early July? Now the time has been set, it’s July 4th.”

Where is the location? Zhou Yan asked.

The location is inside the factory. The meeting will be in the morning. You just need to arrive before nine o'clock.

Zhou Yan nodded, Okay, I'll remember it. Will all the actors be present at this meeting?

That's not true. Two of the main actors are here. Gong Li has been filming in other crews recently and can't make it.

Zhou Yan knew that Gong Li must be very busy recently. When he was in Qixian County, he heard Gong Li say that when the weather gets hot, he will go to Xiangjiang to film The Time to Wake Up.

He didn't ask who the two main actors were, he just cared about his own work, What should I prepare for the meeting?

Chen Kaige thought for a while, shook his head and said, There is no need to prepare anything. You are here mainly to see what other groups have to say. I will also distribute movie-related materials to each group, and you must have a copy. In addition, that day Screenwriter Teacher Lu Wei is also coming, you can...

As he was talking, he suddenly heard a light and playful piano sound, and turned his head to look in the direction of the radio.

Wang Jun was standing next to the cassette player. It was obvious that she had played the music just now, and the tape she put into the cassette player was the one Zhou Yan had given her just now.

Chen Kaige looked at Zhou Yan and said nothing, but listened carefully to the music played on the radio.

Different from the previous song Kite, this song feels very comfortable and lively, like the summer wind gently blowing through the wind chimes hanging on the door, which makes people feel particularly comfortable.

If Kite reminds people of a sad rainy night, then this piece of music reminds Chen Kaige of bright sunshine and vibrant summer fields, making people want to wander in them.

Thanks to [Xuanyuan--Xin11] for the 100 reward