Today is the first meeting of the team, Zhang Ran didn't want to make the atmosphere too stiff, and responded simply: "My idea is similar to that of director Yimou, we need to find a symbol against Athens water, but this symbol is difficult to find, our leaked plan is to use the Ming Great Wall as the corresponding symbol, and the later plan is to use Tai Chi as the corresponding element, but there is a problem with the kneading, and I always feel that I can't win Athens." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 As for turning the whole opening ceremony into a performance art, that's good, and I have the same idea. ”

Those who are not convinced by Zhang Ran heard Zhang Ran say this, and they think that he is a person who sells his reputation and reputation, Zhang Yimou said that he wants to find a symbol against water, you also say that he wants to find a symbol against water, Zhang Yimou said that he wants to make the opening ceremony into performance art, and you also say that he wants to make it into performance art, which is too shameless!

The smile on Chen Weiya's face became even brighter: "Since you also think that you can make the opening ceremony into performance art, then you should have some ideas, tell me about your creativity!"

Zhang Ran frowned and said: "I have a little vague idea now, but I haven't thought it through yet, it's messy, I'll talk about it when I think about it!"

Chen Weiya refused to let go of Zhang Ran, and immediately said: "It's okay to have a little confused idea, if your idea is very good, everyone can help you improve it." We became the director team because we hope to be able to brainstorm and exert the power of the collective, you won't look down on us and think that we are not enough to help you come up with ideas, right?"

The people of Chen Weiya's team helped one after another: "Say it, you have to believe in the power of the collective!"

"You can't really look down on us, right?"

"yes, let's talk about it!"

Han Lixun saw that the people in Chen Weiya's team were squeezing Zhang Ran, frowned and said, "Zhang Ran, say it, otherwise people really think that you are a person who sells fame and reputation!" He knew that Zhang Ran was not a big talker, since he said that he had vague ideas, he must have ideas.

For Chen Weiya's repeated provocations, Zhang Ran was very unhappy, Chen Weiya even said that he looked down on everyone, if he didn't respond, everyone present might have an opinion, and said coldly: "Before officially talking about creativity, let's say a few digressions, I know that many people present think that I am too young and have no experience in directing large-scale galas, and I am not convinced by me." I don't ask everyone to believe me, I don't ask everyone to obey me, I just want everyone to be right about things and not people. The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games is not a personal matter, I really hope that everyone will unite and do this well!" Zhang Ran got up and walked to the wall, stretched out his hand and patted the wall: "I hope everyone doesn't take this sentence as an ornament!"

There is a slogan on the wall - the interests of the Motherland are above all else!

Originally, Zhang Jigang gloated and waited to see Zhang Ran's joke, but these words poked him in the heart, making him feel hot on his face and blocked his breathing. He's an artist, yes, but he's also a soldier. For military personnel, the dignity of the motherland is always above everything else, and the interests of the people are always above everything else!

Just like Zhang Ran said, the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games is not a personal matter, and it should be united, but because of personal honor and disgrace, I want to embarrass Zhang Ran, the chief director, is really a little sorry for this military uniform.

Cai Yuqiang and Ma Wen both nodded slightly, they came out of their own pockets, ate in Beiping, lived in Beiping, and the air tickets from New York to Peking were all spent by themselves. The Olympic Games are the expectation of several generations of Chinese, who, like other ordinary Chinese, are holding back their efforts to let the world know China well, hoping to present a perfect performance to the world.

Zhang Ran glanced at Chen Weiya, who was full of disdain, and said lightly: "Now let's talk about my idea, my idea is not mature, I thought of it when I looked at Mr. Cai Guoqiang's bidding plan a few days ago, and there is an idea in the plan called footprints in the sky, from the 15 kilometers of Tian'an 1 Gate to the Bird's Nest, every 150 meters make a big footprint." This footprint inspired me to think that we could make a walking performance art with footprints. I think so, the footprints of the fireworks should be large, preferably 300 meters long, not too many footprints, just 29, along the central axis of Beiping, from Yongding Gate to the Bird's Nest 29 points to make 29 big footprints, representing the 29th Olympic Games step by step into Beiping, but also on behalf of ancient China approaching the Olympic Games.

On the runway of the Bird's Nest, lay a 12-meter-wide and 18-meter-long fake runway, which is as wide as the real runway. When athletes enter the stadium, they will pass over the fake track, and there is a paint pad in front of the fake track, and the athletes will leave footprints after stepping on the fake track. At the other end of the track is a cleaning mat that removes the paint from the athletes' feet.

After the athlete finishes walking, the footprints of more than 10,000 athletes from all over the world will be left on the fake track, which is a work completed by athletes from all over the world. Then we gently pulled up this fake track and turned it into a holy Olympic forum surrounded by the flags of all countries in the world, where ceremonies such as leaders' speeches and athletes' oaths will be held.

The opening ceremony began with footprints and ended with footprints, forming an echo of the footprints left by athletes from 204 countries around the world, which is the largest performance art in the world. That's what I think, and it's going to make everyone laugh!"

The whole conference room was silent, and everyone present was shocked by Zhang Ran's thoughts, it was really not bragging, he really came up with a behavior that ran through the audience, and this behavior was extremely feasible and full of rich connotations.

Han Lixun looked at the stunned Chen Weiya and wanted to laugh out loud, but he desperately held back, how about it, slap his face!

Zhang Yimou paused for two seconds and slapped the table: "Interesting, this idea is so interesting! Making the opening ceremony a performance art is the first time in the history of the Olympic Games, and I think its significance is far greater than theatrical performances, and greater than the purpose of a country to show its own culture, which is the connotation of Chinese culture, our real broad and broad connotation." ”

Cai Guoqiang greatly admires Zhang Ran's creativity: "The world's sports walk together, leaving footprints, contains the rich connotation of all mankind working hand in hand to build a homeland, and it is the truest embodiment of the concept of 'one world, one dream'." ”

Ma Wen was also impressed by Zhang Ran, the idea of "footprints in the sky" can trigger so many associations with Zhang Ran, this is a typical fan-shaped thinking from point to surface, it is really powerful! She suggested: "This idea is so great, I think we can go together!"

Zhang Jigang was very surprised, after reading Zhang Ran's bidding plan a few days ago, he felt that this person had two brushes, and now it seems that he still underestimated Zhang Ran, he is even more powerful than he imagined, and the position of the chief director of the family is really not for nothing, there are real materials.

"It's good to have this name for us to go together, just call it this name!" Zhang Ran smiled at Ma Wen, then looked at Chen Weiya, and said lightly, "Weiya, what do you think?"

Chen Weiya also knew that this idea was very powerful, but he couldn't admit it, if he did, it would be tantamount to slapping himself in the face. It's just that he can't be sure that it's bad in front of so many people, so he will be looked down upon, but no creativity can be perfect, and he can find faults: "Your creativity is not throughout, it is completely separated from theatrical performances, and it does not form an organic whole, what we want is a creative idea that runs throughout, connecting everything from the beginning to the end." ”

Zhang Ran smiled and nodded: "The reason why I say it's immature is that I think that if I can get all the actors to join, then the whole performance will be connected with the whole act of leaving footprints and become a whole, but I haven't thought about how to deal with it yet, so everyone can laugh." Weiya, you are the deputy head of the National Song and Dance Troupe, and you have directed many large-scale galas, you must be better than me in every aspect, I believe you have a better idea, I am looking forward to it!"

Zhang Ran did not throw out the creativity of the picture scroll, and he often did not cherish things that were too easy to get, which is a common problem of people. If you throw out the idea of the picture scroll now, it will be two days before everyone will start to find faults, and you can't look at it. Zhang Ran remembered that the idea of the picture scroll in the previous life had been there very early, whether it was the leader or Zhang Yimou, they all thought it was very good, but it didn't take long for this idea to be rejected. It wasn't until Zhang Yimou and the plan they submitted to the Central Committee were rejected by the Standing Committee that they needed to think about the plan again, and they picked up the picture scroll at this time.

Therefore, Zhang Ran felt that first let everyone have a headache for how to fight the water in Athens for a while, and when everyone really couldn't think of a move, he would throw it out himself, so that everyone would cherish it.

Of course, Chen Weiya has repeatedly provoked himself, and Zhang Ran must fight back, otherwise others really think that he is easy to bully.

Chen Weiya's face was green, he didn't think about making the opening ceremony into performance art, how could he come up with better ideas.

Everyone present was stunned in their hearts, thinking that Zhang Ran, this kid is not easy to mess with, Chen Weiya is going to make a fool of himself this time!

Chen Weiya felt that it was impossible for Zhang Ran to come up with a better idea than Zhang Yimou, but he didn't expect Zhang Ran to really come up with it. Now Zhang Ran asked Chen Weiya to come up with the same excellent idea, if he couldn't come up with it, then he would become a laughing stock in the eyes of everyone.

Zhang Jigang wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, he was also dissatisfied with Zhang Ran, and he also wanted to be sarcastic when Zhang Ran shirked just now, but fortunately he held back. Now it seems that he has escaped, otherwise he would have made a fool of himself with Chen Weiya.

Zhang Yimou saw Chen Weiya's face darkened, and knew that he would definitely not be able to come up with such an idea. From "Turandot" ten years ago, to the Olympic bid, to Athens for eight minutes, Chen Weiya has always been his assistant, he doesn't want Chen Weiya to be embarrassed, and he feels that everyone is a team, there is no need to be too stiff, so he said: "You two are adults, how can you fight like children." Changing the subject, he said: "I would like to add that for the general style of the opening ceremony, I think it should be romantic and dreamy. Because a nation is self-confident, it will be dreamy and romantic. We think that the feeling of giving people is always very serious, very restrained, and very depressing, and I think that the dreamy and romantic style is very beneficial to the promotion of the national image. ”

Zhang Ran did not continue to entangle with Chen Weiya, he joined the Olympic team and everyone else, hoping that the opening ceremony could do better, he nodded slightly: "I agree, in addition, I think the whole performance should be combined with multimedia technology, and even projection technology, so as to break away from the traditional stage and group gymnastics mode." ”

As soon as the dispute came to an end, the meeting continued, and Zhang Ran put forward his views and suggestions from time to time.

At 12 o'clock in the afternoon, everyone ate their working lunch, and then returned to the conference room to continue the discussion, which did not end until 6 o'clock in the afternoon. Because the director team has just started working, it is still in the run-in period, and it did not work until 12 o'clock in the evening as soon as it came up.

In the next few days, the director team came up with a lot of ideas and ideas around the theme of walking with us, but none of them survived three days. It often happens that people are very excited about an idea tonight, like crazy people, but when they come the next day, they reject it.

On April 26, the whole team flew to Hengdian. Zhang Yimou's "Golden Armor" is about to start the filming of the Hengdian part, and it is impossible for him to put down his work and leave it alone, so everyone can only go together.