On the morning of April 16, Zhang Ran got up and took a shower, shaved his beard, then put on the most fitting suit, cleaned himself up, and walked out of the house. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Today is a big day for Zhang Ran, and the ceremony of awarding letters of appointment to the main staff of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games will be held at half past nine in the morning.

At nine o'clock, Zhang Ran drove to the Olympic Building. He found that it was not a security guard standing at the entrance of the Olympic Building today, but an armed policeman, and it seemed that a big man was present today.

Zhang Ran took out the pass, accepted the inspection, drove the car into the parking lot, and then slowly went upstairs.

At half-past nine o'clock in the letter of appointment ceremony, Zhang Ran entered the lounge, and there were already more than a dozen people seated inside, including men and women, Chinese, foreigners, Zhang Ran knew and did not know.

It's just that Zhang Ran just walked into the lounge, and immediately felt a few dissatisfactions, and even landed on his face with angry eyes.

Zhang Ran glanced at it and frowned slightly, if it was just Chen Hong glaring at him, after all, she was Brother Chen Kai's wife. Now that Zhang Ran and Chen Kaige are in the same situation, it is normal for her to look at Zhang Ran angrily, but Chen Weiya and Zhang Jigang also have this kind of look, which makes Zhang Ran feel that things are a little troublesome, they are so dissatisfied with themselves, and they are afraid that they will be in trouble when they carry out their work in the future!

However, Zhang Ran also knows why they are dissatisfied, Chen Weiya and Zhang Jigang are both well-known figures for a long time, Chen Weiya is the deputy head of the National Song and Dance Troupe, Zhang Jigang is the head of the General Political Song and Dance Troupe, and their status is not comparable to Zhang Ran, Zhang Yimou pressed them, they have nothing to say;

Zhang Ran can understand Zhang Jigang and Chen Weiya's dissatisfaction, but he has a clear conscience, his position is won by strength, not by relationship. In fact, Zhang Ran can use the plan for the opening ceremony of the Beiping Olympics in his memory to bid, and if he uses that plan, Zhang Ran will definitely be able to win easily. But Zhang Ran did not copy it, Shen Wei's dance "Ink" was directly rejected by Zhang Ran because it was the same as "Ink" at the opening ceremony, Zhang Ran's plan was thought up by him and his team members little by little, and he won by his own strength, and he was full of confidence in this.

Zhang Yimou is chatting with a foreigner who wears glasses and has a beard, but there is no one in the film industry who does not know this foreigner, he is Spielberg, the director of "Schindler's List". Zhang Yimou frowned slightly when he saw Zhang Ran, but he was a person who understood the overall situation, and considering the future cooperation, he immediately smiled and beckoned: "Zhang Ran, come, I'll introduce you!"

Zhang Ran was not surprised that Spielberg appeared here, he knew that Spielberg was the cultural and artistic adviser of the opening ceremony of the Beiping Olympic Games, and he also knew that Spielberg announced his withdrawal under the pretext of the Darfur issue at the beginning of 08, which embarrassed China very much.

After all, the Olympic Games of the Chinese still have to rely on the Chinese themselves, and they cannot pin their hopes on foreign monks!

Zhang Ran smiled and stretched out his hand to Spielberg and said, "Mr. Spielberg, hello, I'm Zhang Ran." I grew up watching your movies and I'm so happy to see you!"

Spielberg shook hands with Zhang Ran, looked at him, and smiled: "I know you, I heard Martin and Francis mention you, especially Martin, I really like you very much, and I think you are a real genius." I've also watched your movies, "Time Soldier", "The Aviator", and "Three Fools", and your shots are very imaginative, and I like them very much. ”

"Three Fools" has received rave reviews in East Asia, but its reputation in North America is very ordinary, with an MTC score of only 68, a Rotten Tomatoes freshness of 75, and a box office of only 5 million. Zhang Ran was a little surprised to hear that Spielberg had even watched "Three Fools": "Thank you, Mr. Spielberg, I'm very happy to hear you say that, it's a huge encouragement to me." ”

Spielberg knew that Zhang Ran should also be here to accept the offer, and said with a smile: "It seems that you, like me, are the artistic consultants of the Olympic Games, so we can communicate more when we are free!"

Zhang Ran didn't explain, just smiled: "I also hope, but I prefer to discuss the issue of movies, I have a lot of questions I want to ask you!"

Zhang Yimou didn't know English, but because Spielberg was there, he had an interpreter and explained with a smile: "Zhang Ran is not an art consultant, he is a director!"

Since Zhang Ran came in, the attention of many people around him has been on him, and when he heard Zhang Yimou's words at this moment, everyone was taken aback, especially Chen Hong's eyes almost fell out.

Zhang Ran turned out to be a director?

Are you kidding!

Spielberg was also slightly stunned when he heard that Zhang Ran was the director of the opening ceremony, after all, Zhang Ran was too young, but he immediately laughed: "It turns out that you are Yimou's deputy, and it should be a rare experience to be able to participate in the creation of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games." ”

After the translator finished translating Spielberg's words, Zhang Yimou knew that Spielberg had misunderstood, and corrected with a smile: "It's not the assistant director, it's the chief director, both of us are the chief director, and the opening and closing ceremonies of this Olympic Games are co-directed by me and Zhang Ran!"

What? Zhang Ran is the chief director at night?

Co-director with Zhang Yimou!

Everyone was stunned again, and Chen Hong had a hellish expression, why is this kid the chief director?

Spielberg's impression is that China's government departments have always been relatively conservative, and this time he was a little surprised that a young director like Zhang Ran would be the chief director: "You and Yimou are the best directors in China, and if you co-direct it, I believe that this opening ceremony will make the whole world a sensation!"

Zhang Ran smiled and said very modestly: "The main thing is that the director is in charge, and I will give him a hand and come up with ideas or something." I was too young to have any relevant experience, so I got this opportunity by mistake, mainly to learn. ”

Zhang Ran realized that he didn't know how many people were dissatisfied with the position of chief director, and the leaders were afraid that they would not be able to convince the public if they were co-directors, so pushing Zhang Yimou to the front could reduce a lot of trouble.

The others were relieved when they heard Zhang Ran say this, and Chen Hong showed even more contempt, this is right, how can Zhang Ran be qualified to be the chief director, the country arranged the position of the chief director in order to train him, in fact, he asked him to give Zhang Yimou a hand and let him learn!

Zhang Yimou heard Zhang Ran say that he would give himself a hand, and opened his mouth to explain, others didn't know what was going on, but he knew what was going on, if it wasn't for Zhang Ran being too young, the position of chief director would not have his own share at all, but he saw Zhang Ran's calm face and somewhat understood Zhang Ran's thoughts, so he swallowed his words back.

At this moment, someone from the Olympic Organizing Committee came to inform everyone that the time was almost up and they could enter the venue.

Zhang Ran smiled and made a gesture of please, walked out of the lounge with Zhang Yimou and Spielberg, came to the hall of the press conference, found his seat and sat down.

Red banners representing festivity were hung on both sides of the hall, and on the stage wall of the press conference, the words "Appointment Ceremony for the Main Staff of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 29th Olympic Games" were written in Chinese and English; at this time, the hall was already full of Chinese and foreign reporters, and the selection of the chief director of the opening ceremony of the Beiping Olympic Games has always attracted much attention, and today the answer will finally be revealed, and major domestic and foreign media will naturally flock to it.

A sharp-eyed media reporter saw Zhang Ran and Zhang Yimou and said: "Zhang Ran and Zhang Yimou are here, they must all be here to accept the letter of appointment, who do you say will be the chief director?"

A reporter said: "I think it's Zhang Yimou, after all, he has always been doing the Olympic bid, and he is doing it very well!"

A reporter objected: "What's good, what a thing in Athens for eight minutes, my face is lost, if I am the leader, I will definitely not choose Zhang Yimou, I will choose Zhang Ran!"

Zhang Ran also objected: "Zhang Ran is too young and has no experience in large-scale activities, so it is too risky for him to be the chief director!"

At 9:25, many leaders walked into the venue, including Liu Qi, Secretary of the Beiping Municipal Party Committee and Chairman of the Olympic Organizing Committee, Chen Zili, State Councilor, Sun Jiazheng, Minister of Culture, Liu Peng, Director of the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China, and Deng Pufang, Chairman of the China Disabled Persons' Federation.

At half past nine, in a round of applause, Liu Jingming, deputy mayor of Beiping City and executive vice chairman of the Olympic Organizing Committee, stood on the stage and loudly announced: "I announce that the ceremony of awarding the letter of appointment to the main staff of the opening and closing ceremonies of the 29th Olympic Games will start now!"

This kind of activity is certainly indispensable for the leader to speak, and the same is true for the letter of appointment ceremony. In his speech, Liu Qi pointed out that launching the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games is a major event in the preparations for this year's Beijing Olympic Games. The organization of the working team for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games marks that this work has entered the implementation stage.

Zhang Ran sat calmly, looking ahead, with a shallow smile on the corner of his mouth. It seems that the whole thing has nothing to do with Zhang Ran, he is just an outsider, and he is more calm and calm.

Zhang Yimou saw that Zhang Ran was so calm, and nodded secretly in his heart, no wonder Zhang Ran was able to achieve such an achievement at a young age, look at people's concentration, it's really not simple!

Although Zhang Ran looked very calm, he was actually very excited in his heart. It's just that he understands that his age is already criticized, and if he doesn't behave calmly, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult to convince the public.

First of all, Sun Jiazheng, Minister of Culture, issued letters of appointment to eight cultural and art consultants, all of whom are well-known figures at home and abroad, including the famous cultural scholar Ji Xianlin, the famous philosopher Tang Yijie, the famous artist Jin Shangyi, the famous drama educator Xu Xiaozhong, the famous film director Chen Kaige, the famous American film director Spielberg, the president of the French ECA2 company Evans, and the famous Australian large-scale event planner Richard Birch.

Except for Ji Xianlin, who was too old and was taken by his family, and Chen Kaige, who couldn't come because of something, and Chen Hong took it on his behalf, the other six all took over the letter of appointment from Sun Jiazheng.

After accepting the offer, Spielberg excitedly said: "It is an honor to work with the rest of this team to present the most passionate opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games to the world, and to make the world feel peace, friendship, cooperation and understanding." We want to do this through the visual arts, the performing arts, the musical arts, the dance arts, and we want to do it by singing the praises of life. ”

Immediately afterwards, State Councilor Chen Zili issued a letter of appointment to Yu Jianping as the head of the technical production team of the opening and closing ceremonies, and a letter of appointment to Lu Health as the director of the production of the opening and closing ceremonies.

Next is the most eye-catching selection of the director group.

Liu Jingming, who served as the host, said loudly: "Please invite Mr. Zhang Yimou, Mr. Zhang Ran, Mr. Zhang Jigang, and Mr. Chen Weiya to come to the stage to accept the appointment letter of the director team!"

Wow -

Zhang Ran and Zhang Yimou are both members of the director team, which is amazing! There was a commotion among the reporters present, and I am afraid that this is the headline of today's major media.

It's just that there are four people in the director team, who is the chief director between Zhang Ran and Zhang Yimou? The reporters are looking forward to the final result more and more.