Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

Chapter 146: A symposium with many bigwigs
Compared with the acting department, the directing department is extremely small in number.

The first class Zhou Ziheng attended was a 95-level course.

There are only a dozen students in the entire grade 95, which is pitifully small.

Moreover, compared to the acting department, which had more actors, Zhou Ziheng could recognize a few of them through his memories of his previous life. As for the directing department, Zhou Ziheng was completely in the dark and didn't know a single one.

There were more than a dozen people, but Zhou Ziheng couldn't remember a single one.

However, Zhou Ziheng did not treat them differently.

At his position, it doesn’t matter whether these students will achieve success in the future.

So, after he was brought to the classroom by Zhang Jiandong, facing the directing students who came up to him enthusiastically, he did not put on airs but treated himself as their classmate.

Discussing various directing jobs with these students from the directing department.

From the camera to the screen, everyone speaks freely as long as there is something to talk about.

You know what, Zhou Ziheng felt that this atmosphere was really great.

“I think everyone has seen Jiang Wen’s “Sunny Days”?

Everyone writes a review based on their own point of view.

Tell me how you would shoot this drama if it were you guys! "

"Zhou Ziheng, you can also write it. Give it to me when you're done."

Zhang Jiandong did not leave Zhou Ziheng out just because he was there to audit the class, and treated him as a student of the school.

Zhou Ziheng did not refuse, but recalled the plot of the movie in his mind.

Zhou Ziheng had never watched this play in his previous life.

As for Jiang Wen’s movies, he watched "Let the Bullets Fly" and the later "Hidden Man".

However, when the film was released at the beginning of the month, it received very good word of mouth and caused a wave of movie-watching in Guangzhou.

Zhou Ziheng also went to watch the play when he had some free time during recording.

The overall feeling of this movie is bright.

Jiang Wen uses the protagonist's memories to start the narrative, using an ambiguous and vague narrative style to give Ma Xiaojun's youthful memories a soft glow, greatly weakening the impact of the tragic events.

Through this approach, the characters in the film are beautified, and the story told by the film is a commemoration of that beautiful and indulgent youth.

Recalling the plot of the movie in his mind, Zhou Ziheng couldn't help but wonder, if he were to shoot it himself, how would he make the movie?

To be honest, Zhou Ziheng felt that even if he had enough professional knowledge, the style of his films would probably be completely different from Jiang Wen's.

Jiang Wen's film style is very unique, combining elements of romanticism, postmodernism, black humor, and other elements, with very distinct personal characteristics.

Many people think that, as for movies, all of them are the same as long as they follow the plot.

To be honest, this is not the case.

Different directors use the same script and produce completely different films.

Some directors have a humorous style, and the films they present tend to be comedies.

Some directors have a serious style, so the dramas they shoot tend to appear serious and depressing.

Different people shoot completely different things.

Zhou Ziheng thought about it and realized that if he shot the photos himself, the style might be more commercial.

In other words, he will shoot it in the style of a post-modern cool novel.

This may be related to the fact that he tends to make commercial films and his own weak directing skills.

Ask him to explore human nature, he really can't do it.

Grab a pen and paper and write down your thoughts.

Time passed quickly while he was writing, and by the time he finished, the bell for the end of get out of class had just rang.

Zhang Jiandong picked up Zhou Ziheng's article and read it for a while. He did not comment, but said:

"I have some books about directing. Come with me this afternoon to get them. I'll give them to you!"

"Thank you, Teacher Zhang!" Zhou Ziheng was of course willing to do so.

He actually bought a lot of books on this subject himself, but the ones given by the teacher are definitely not the same as those he bought himself.

……

The time for learning is always short.

Although Zhou Ziheng enjoyed being an auditor at the Beijing Film Academy.

But such days cannot last forever.

On September 9th, the Beijing Film Academy was on holiday.

Zhou Ziheng also ended his learning journey.

This time he attended the Beijing Film Academy, he did not gain nothing.

Although it was only a few days, he had a different understanding of the profession of director.

Plus some observations and explorations when shooting music videos and previous movies.

He felt that after studying for a while, he should be able to try making a movie himself.

It’s definitely impossible to say how awesome it is.

But I already have some understanding of the work of this position.

When the time comes, find a reliable assistant director, maybe he can really make a good movie.

After all, the position of director is neither difficult nor easy.

Nowadays, there are many people who switch from other positions to become directors.

Jiang Wen is an actor, and he was instantly successful in his first film, "Sunny Days"!
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With the arrival of National Day, the whole capital city is filled with joy.

This year marks the 45th anniversary of the founding of the country and the celebration ceremony is very grand.

A large-scale fireworks show was held that night, with fireworks and firecrackers setting off all night long.

On the 2nd, people's enthusiasm continued and people were setting off fireworks and firecrackers everywhere in the capital.

On the same day, Zhou Ziheng and Chen Xiaoqi attended a symposium together on the purpose of Chen Xiaoqi's visit.

This symposium had a somewhat official nature.

The main purpose is to bring together musicians from all over the world to discuss the future development of Chinese music.

Another very important thing is about piracy.

Since the VCD was launched last year and became popular this year, piracy has become a headache for record companies, musicians and singers.

The purpose of this symposium is to discuss a countermeasure to deal with piracy.

Otherwise, if this continues, no one will make any money.

When they arrived at the symposium, Zhou Ziheng and Chen Xiaoqi met Ms. Gu Jianfen before they even entered the door.

With her was her most proud disciple Mao Amin.

Mao Amin was not very fond of Zhou Ziheng after being rejected by him when she asked him to write a song for her last time.

When he saw Zhou Ziheng, he turned his head away as if to say, "I didn't see you."

Zhou Ziheng also pretended not to see her, and went up with Chen Xiaoqi to greet Gu Jianfen and Yang Hongji who was beside her.

Yang Hongji is a famous alto singer in China.

In 1979, he performed the solo of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony "Ode to Joy" with Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa and the Central Orchestra.

Later, he sang solo in many large-scale classical music works, including Haydn's "Ode to the Four Seasons" and Verdi's "Requiem".

In addition to being a singer, he is also an actor and a national first-class actor. He has played major roles in many operas, including "Carmen", "Madame Butterfly", "Tosca", "Daughter of the Party", "Qu Yuan", and "Wild Fire Spring Breeze Fighting the Ancient City".

Of course, his most well-known work should be "The East Flows the Mighty Yangtze River".

He sang this song composed by Gu Jianfen.

At the beginning of the year, a few episodes of Romance of the Three Kingdoms were aired in trial, although the official broadcast would not begin until November.

But it still attracted a lot of attention in society, and "The East Flows the Yangtze River" was also widely sung. While the few people were chatting, some more people came, all of them were from the music association, some were singers who became famous as early as the 1970s and 1980s, and some were from record companies.

As for the leader who is coming today, he obviously won’t come at this time, he must be the last one to arrive!

After entering the venue and finding a seat to sit down, Zhou Ziheng observed for a while.

There are quite a few great people attending today's symposium.

In addition to Gu Jianfen and others.

There is also Xu Jingqing, the composer of "Where is the Way", "Swift Sound of the Cloud Palace" and "Daughter's Love".

Zhao Jiping is Zhang Yimou's personal composer. He has composed music for a series of films including "Red Sorghum", "Ju Dou" and "Raise the Red Lantern".

In addition, he is currently the vice president of the Musicians Association.

In addition, a large number of behind-the-scenes staff from record companies such as Pacific and China Records were present.

"I'm going to go say hello to someone I know, do you want to come with me?"

As soon as he sat down, Chen Xiaoqi asked Zhou Ziheng.

Zhou Ziheng thought about it and nodded.

This year he has joined several official associations, including the Music Association and the Music Copyright Association.

This identity is not only an honor but also a responsibility. He needs to make some contributions to China's music industry together with others.

If you want to get things done, connections are essential.

It just so happened that Chen Xiaoqi was good at socializing and had a wide network of contacts, so asking him to help introduce people would be much better than getting to know them one by one.

Under the guidance of Chen Xiaoqi, Zhou Ziheng began to recognize people.

Most of them are from music associations.

There are singers whose names I have never seen before and don’t know, and there are also singers whose songs I have heard after traveling through time and learning more about them.

After a round, Zhou Ziheng became familiar with many people and they even exchanged contact information.

"Humph!"

When returning to his seat, Zhou Ziheng was talking to Chen Xiaoqi.

Suddenly a cold snort was heard.

Looking back, it was Jiang Dawei, who had been at odds with him in the Pacific Ocean.

When this person saw him, his face became so gloomy that he almost wrote the three words "I'm unhappy with you" on his face.

Zhou Ziheng was too lazy to pay attention to him and returned to his seat with Chen Xiaoqi.

"You are quite capable of causing trouble, not only are there a lot of people in Hong Kong who are unhappy with you, but there are also some in the mainland.

How did you offend Mao Amin?

I saw her turn her face away when she saw you."

As he spoke, Chen Xiaoqi suddenly widened his eyes and asked in a low voice: "You didn't sleep with her, did you?"

"Pfft..." Zhou Ziheng was left in tears and amused by his words.

"Boss, do you think I look like that? You said I won't be short of women, do you think I would be interested in her?"

"That's not necessarily true." Chen Xiaoqi touched his chin.

When Zhou Ziheng saw him like this, he knew he was still doubting and hurried to explain.

"Last time she approached me to invite me to sing a song, I refused, and she was unhappy about it. After that, her face fell when she saw me."

"It's just a song, why do you have to offend her for it?" Chen Xiaoqi didn't understand.

"Boss, what you said is not right, just because I can write songs, it doesn't mean I have to write them for her!
She is not related to me, why should I write to her? "

Zhou Ziheng looked indifferent.

If you are offended, you are offended.

It’s impossible that Mao Amin still wants to sanction herself!
Even if she wants to, she has to see if she has the ability to do so.

As we were talking, the leader of the symposium arrived.

The symposium begins.

First, people from various record companies spoke.

San Bao, the music director of Dadi Records, was the first to be invited to speak on stage.

Dadi Records is the first record company in mainland China to implement the contract model.

It was only after Dadi Records that Guangzhou companies such as the Guangzhou branch of China Records began to learn from Hong Kong and implement the signing model.

San Bao is also a well-known producer and creator in mainland China.

In 1989, he also composed "The Light of the Asian Games" for the Asian Games. After that, he joined Liu Zhuohui's Dadi Records and was called the Four Horsemen of Dadi together with Liu Chang, Zhao Xiaoyuan and Luo Bing.

In recent years, Dadi Records has achieved very good results, launching a large number of popular masterpieces such as Pan Jindong's "Your Tomorrow Will Be Beautiful" and Jing Gangshan's "Only You in My Eyes".

He is one of the role models of Northern Records.

After Sanbao, Chen Xiaoqi was also invited to give a speech on behalf of the Pacific and Southern music scene.

Chen Xiaoqi's speech was full of personal opinions, and he mentioned "Xiao Fang" and other albums he discovered and released from time to time.

Even Zhou Ziheng's "Wandering Song" was mentioned by him.

In a nutshell, we should pay attention to discovering talents. In this regard, I, Chen Xiaoqi, have done it to the extreme, and everyone should learn from me.

Zhou Ziheng was also invited to the stage to speak a few words.

He is not only a famous creator in the mainland, but also founded Hengdong Records.

At present, Hengdong Records is indeed not as good as companies like Red Star Records and Dadi Records.

But this is a company owned by mainlanders, and Zhou Ziheng now has considerable influence in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and other places.

The leader asked him to go on stage and give a speech.

Zhou Ziheng did not perfunctorily respond. After he came on stage, he analyzed the trends of the Asian music market and emphasized the need to pay attention to original music and reduce covers.

Zhou Ziheng’s idea must be right.

If Chinese music wants to develop, what it must do is to strengthen its output of original music.

Just like Wanwan, while covering foreign classic music to stimulate the market, we cannot reduce originality.

However, it is not known how many companies are willing to listen to this idea.

Why is cover singing so popular in Hong Kong?

The main reasons are convenience and the ability to make money.

All you need to do is take good songs from other countries and rewrite the lyrics, and they will sell millions of copies after being released.

This is simply a huge profit.

Who wouldn't want to do this?

It was only in recent years that the Japanese music scene gradually declined, and all the good songs had been covered, so people began to think about creating their own original songs.

In fact, there are not many people who create original works.

When Japan ran out of songs to cover, South Korea rose to prominence.

Then some people started to cover Korean songs again.

This situation continued until the advent of the Internet age, when people were less blocked from information and fans could immediately know about songs released in nearby countries. Only then did this cover craze die out completely.

Therefore, Zhou Ziheng felt that most people would not take his remarks seriously.

However, no matter what others think, Zhou Ziheng is determined to attach importance to originality.

Hengdong is now actively recruiting singers with creative abilities.

He recently asked someone to contact Xu Wei, intending to recruit him to Hengdong Records.

Although he doesn't know whether the other party will come, he will make an effort for it.

(End of this chapter)