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Chapter 608 Chief Director of the Opening Ceremony

Zhang Ran could see that the leaders all liked the program "Kung Fu". The whole program integrates modern technology with traditional culture very well, reflecting the integration of movement and art that is in harmony with Chinese culture.

However, Zhang Ran was not particularly satisfied with this show. In his idea, the show should be like this. Cheng Long and Bruce Lee fought, but they couldn't beat him and were beaten up by Bruce Lee. So Cheng Long suggested that Bruce Lee change his way, and compare to parkour. This is Cheng Long's strength, so Cheng Long easily defeated Bruce Lee and the two tied.

Parkour was founded by Frenchman David Bell and starring David Bell. After the release of the movie "Violent District", the action in the film quickly became a fashion sport and became popular all over the world. However, David Bell himself admitted that he was influenced by Cheng Long's movies, so there is no problem with giving Cheng Long and Bruce Lee a parkour. It is definitely a very fashionable and very good-looking program.

In addition, the building group with a very three-dimensional sense is built through the lifting of LEDs, allowing the two actors to jump between the high-rise buildings in modern cities, which is both sporty and fashionable, and can well show the appearance of modern China, making people feel that this is a vibrant and vibrant country. This has another great benefit, the modern part is different from the ancient part, the ancient part shows grandeur and romance; while the modern part is easier and more personalized.

Unfortunately, Zhang Ran's idea was not recognized by other members. The second half of the program of "Kung Fu" became a Tai Chi performance. Of course, the Tai Chi performance was also very exciting, with great connotation and strong visual impact. However, in Zhang Ran's opinion, it was not much different from the first half performance. It was still a traditional group gymnastics performance, which did not show the contemporary Chinese style.

Next, the children on the leds sing nursery rhymes, holding colorful pens in the ink painting depicting green mountains and green waters and the smiling sun, and colorful birds spread their wings and soaring; hundreds of young people gathered in the center of the venue, suddenly soared into the air, climbing layer by layer with shining light, and a dreamy human tower rose from the ground...

After the report, the Politburo leaders present came over to shake hands cordially with the members of the creative team, and the others ended in one or two seconds. When they arrived at Zhang Ran, the No. 1 leader held Zhang Ran's hand and did not spread it out, and said kindly: "The report is very successful, congratulations to you!"

Zhang Ran hurriedly said, "Thank you, Chairman."

Chief No. 1 said: "You young people have knowledge and ability, and are the future of the country. I hope you can create more works with positive energy."

Zhang Ran nodded and said, "We will definitely work hard!"

The other members of the creative team simply didn't know how to envy them. First, the second leader had a cordial conversation, and then the first leader also talked to him. It seemed that the leaders all liked Zhang Ran very much, otherwise they wouldn't have told him so much!

After coming out of the conference room, Zhang Yimou got into Zhang Ran's car and planned to talk to Zhang Ran. Although he would not make movies during the Olympics, after the Olympics, he planned to make Yan Geling's novel "The Flowers of War" into a movie. This story would be bloody and cruel, and he was worried about the issue of censorship.

After the car drove out of Zhongnanhai, Zhang Yimou looked at Zhang Ran and asked: "Do you think the country will relax its review in the future?"

As an old filmmaker who has been struggling in the circle for twenty years and has been banned, Zhang Yimou knows that censorship cannot be cancelled in a short period of time. If you want to replace censorship with grading, it is purely because you are not clear-headed. His only hope is that the country will relax a little in censorship so that everyone will not have so many constraints.

Zhang Ran pondered: "The Chairman just said that strengthening the construction of cultural soft power is a major strategic task for the country in the future. Since the height of the strategic task is mentioned, it means that the country attaches great importance to this matter. I think in the future, the film censorship should be gradually relaxed, but the speed of this process depends to a large extent on the speed of the development of the film market!"

Zhang Yimou said in confusion: "Is censorship related to the speed of the development of the film?"

Zhang Ran asked with a smile: "Do you think our domestic movies can beat Hollywood?"

Zhang Yimou smiled bitterly and said: "There may be one or two movies in China to compete with Hollywood every year. If the others are in conflict with Hollywood, they will die miserably."

Zhang Ran nodded slightly and said, "Last year, our domestic box office was 4 billion yuan, and the market was still very small, but the country has begun to pay attention to the film industry. What if this market was 40 billion? What would that happen? We all know that the level of domestic films is very low, and it is impossible to beat Hollywood at this level now. If the country wants to protect the domestic market from being occupied by Hollywood, it will definitely adopt corresponding measures. For example, domestic protection month, such as various restrictions. The problem is here. The level of domestic films is very low and it is difficult to support the overall situation alone. If the restrictions on Hollywood are too strong and there are no imported blockbusters, a considerable number of viewers will not enter the cinema. In this way, the entire market will be at risk of a landslide, the cinema may usher in a wave of bankruptcy, and the entire film industry may collapse.

Just like in the 1990s, this was a market of 40 billion. If it collapsed, how could the country ignore it? Hollywood science fiction blockbusters often put New York, Los Angeles, and even the earth upside down. We can’t shoot a power outage in Peking, so what can we use to fight Hollywood? At that time, the country will inevitably relax some restrictions and let us go lightly to fight Hollywood PK, otherwise it will not be possible to beat Hollywood. This is the power of the market! As long as the film industry is truly done, the market will inevitably force the film industry to reform. Various systems, grading, and film guarantees in American films are the result of market choices. These policies will be Chinese movies in the future, and this must be the product of market choices, not by shouting slogans!”

Zhang Yimou suddenly realized: "So that's the case, or do you see the market thoroughly." Zhang Yimou remembered Zhang Ran and Chief No. 1 talked about science fiction films and asked: "After the Olympics, are you going to make science fiction films?"

Zhang Ran shook his head and said, "I have many stories in my hands, but I haven't figured out which one to shoot yet. The main thing I mentioned about science fiction films was that Ning Hao and his team were stuck."

After "Crazy Travel" became popular, Ning Hao's mind was opened and he was preparing to film the Korean chapter of "Crazy Travel" and told a series of stories caused by a few young people traveling to South Korea and encountering the spread of zombie viruses. Ning Hao was ambitious to prepare for the first zombie movie in New China, but the General Administration gave him a blow, and the script outline was directly beaten back and it was not reviewed.

Zhang Ran asked the General Administration for the reason, and the answer he got was that all subjects involving biochemical viruses and zombies could not be reviewed. Zhang Ran said, does the story take place in South Korea? The General Administration’s answer was very affirmative, no matter where it happened, it could not be reviewed.

After knowing the meaning of the General Administration, Ning Hao had to give up the Korean version of "Crazy Travel" and hand over the script of "Three Colors World". He also failed to pass the review. The reason given by the General Administration was that the impact was not good.

What the hell is this? Ning Hao was almost crazy. In his depressed state, he could only hide in the corner and hold up a new story.

After filming "Reden", Ding Sheng was also changing the script, preparing to make Wang Jinkang's science fiction novel "Chasing" into a movie and a science fiction action film of international standards.

Zhang Ran was worried that Ding Sheng's story would not be reviewed, so he took advantage of the opportunity of the Politburo's leader to mention science fiction films and said, "He did not expect the General Administration to give the green light to science fiction films, and he would be satisfied as long as he could treat other movies. The General Administration has a very strict card for science fiction films, which is more difficult to pass the review than many other types of movies.

The only question now is how to let the General Administration know what Chief No. 1 said?

Two days later, Zhang Heping asked the Olympic creative team to concentrate all members and said that there was something important to announce. After the creative team was all present, Zhang Heping lightly knocked the table with a cup and shouted: "Comrades, have a meeting!"

Zhang Heping gave a few opening remarks and went straight to the topic: "The day before yesterday we reported the opening ceremony plan to the leaders of the Politburo, and the central government gave us an instruction." He looked at Wei Yufen, the coordinator of the opening and closing ceremony, and said: "Read the content of the instruction."

Wei Yufen opened the instructions, cleared his voice, and recited: "The whole plan is wonderful, the creativity is very good, and many ideas are very good. How to make the audience understand and even have a response through performance, you need to think more. You must fully display the most exciting, touching and shocking things. Good ideas should be given enough time and space, and more full performance, so that the audience can resonate with them..."

Everyone present smiled. The leaders of the Politburo were indeed very satisfied with everyone's plan and gave a very high evaluation.

"...The Olympic Organizing Committee should give full play to the role and opinions of artists to implement them in detail. After the plan is released, it should concentrate the opinions of experts from all parties, concentrate the collective wisdom, design and organize several rituals..."

After Wei Yufen finished reading, Zhang Heping smiled and said, "The leaders of the Politburo have fully affirmed our plan, so everyone can rest assured now!"

Zhang Ran was the first to applaud, and everyone else also applauded. Everyone's face was filled with the joy of victory and infinite pride, and they felt that the hard work he had worked for the past year was not in vain.

After the central leadership review, many programs can be implemented and even transferred to production. Now there are still one or five months left before the opening ceremony, and everyone has enough time to make the program more exciting. By the August issue, the whole world will be amazed!

Zhang Ran looked at Zhang Heping and smiled and said, "Minister Zhang, our plan has passed the central government's review. This is a great joy. Do you think you should have a small gathering in the evening?"

Others also cheered: "Yes, yes, this is a big event, and we should celebrate!"

Zhang Heping looked at Zhang Ran, then Zhang Yimou, and smiled and said, "Don't worry, the content of the meeting is not over yet. Let's talk about other things after the main work. The second content today is, who will direct the opening ceremony, and the Olympic Organizing Committee has already reached a conclusion!"

The conference room suddenly became quiet, the smiles on everyone's faces disappeared, and the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became tense.

Zhang Ran's heartbeat accelerated a little, and he felt that almost everyone's eyes were focused on him. He took a deep breath, stabilized the tension in his heart, and his eyes fell on Zhang Heping's face, waiting for the final result.

Zhang Yimou was also very nervous. Although he felt that there was little hope of winning, it was obvious from asking Zhang Ran to report to the Central Committee that the Olympic Organizing Committee was more inclined to Zhang Ran. However, no one could explain this until the end. What if the leader felt that Zhang Ran was not steady enough? He still had a chance.

Han Lixun, Chen Wei and others from Zhang Ran’s team all held their breath; Wang Chaoge, Fan Yue and others from Zhang Yimou’s team unconsciously clenched their hands; and the others were extremely nervous at this moment.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Zhang Heping, looking forward to his announcement of the final result.

Zhang Heping looked at Zhang Yimou, then his eyes fell on Zhang Ran's face and said with a smile: "The two directors are very outstanding, but only one can direct the opening ceremony. After research and decision by the Olympic Organizing Committee, Zhang Ran will direct the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games and Zhang Yimou will direct the closing ceremony!"
Chapter completed!
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