Zhang Ran was quite surprised after seeing Godard's evaluation of himself, he thought that Godard would hate his films very much, after all, although his films also have authorship, they are actually relatively commercial and belong to Godard's revolution.

After thinking about it carefully, Zhang Ran felt that Godard probably liked his various experiments with the language of film!

Zhang Ran didn't take Godard's words too seriously, and sometimes the praise of seniors to juniors can't be taken too seriously. He knew he had just walked into the room Bergman had spoken of, and that he was a far cry from Griffith. However, Zhang Ran is very young and has very ambitious goals, and he believes that when he really creates a whole new film language, he can really compare with Griffiths and others.

Before that, Zhang Ran could only continue to explore, continue to experiment, and move towards that goal step by step.

Godard's influence in the industry is unparalleled, and after his remarks came out, they were immediately reprinted by many domestic media, with particularly exaggerated headlines such as "The best director in the world is in China", "Godard appointed Zhang Ran as his successor" and so on. Xinlang Entertainment felt that reprinting other people's articles was not enjoyable, so it specially conducted a voting survey of "who is the first person in Chinese films", and listed ten directors: Li An and Hou Xiaoxian in the Taiwan area, Wang Jiawei, Wu Yusen, Xu Ke, Du Qifeng in the Xiangjiang region, and Zhang Ran, Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, and Feng Xiaogang in the mainland. In the end, Zhang Ran topped the list with 56.3% with his fans' strong ability to swipe votes, becoming the first Chinese director in everyone's hearts.

Now Li An and Zhang Yimou's fans are gone, Li An has two Golden Bears, two Golden Lions, and the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Director; Zhang Yimou has a Golden Bear, three Golden Lions, and the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

Zhang Ran's fans also have their own reasons, although Zhang Ran's awards are not as good as Li An and Zhang Yimou, the box office is much better than them, and the reputation of the movies is surprisingly good, in addition, Scorsese, Bergman, and even Godard These top masters all have great respect for Zhang Ran's films, why can't he be the first person in Chinese films.

None of the three fans could convince them, first they quarreled, then they turned into abuse, and finally they turned into crazy pinching of fans.

Just when the fans were in a daze, a sudden news stole everyone's attention.

On December 15, Time magazine announced the results of the 2010 Person of the Year, and Zhang Ran became the 2010 Person of the Year after beating Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of the social networking site Facebook, the American Tea Party, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, and Chilean miners.

In 2008, Zhang Ran was nominated for Time Man of the Year by virtue of the sensational effect of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, but lost to the President of the United States in the final selection***, ranking second;

Time magazine's tradition of selecting the Person of the Year began in 1927, when there was no big news that week, and the editor didn't write about it, so they thought about how to make a big story. At this time, the editor-in-chief suddenly remembered that this year Charles Lindbey flew across the Atlantic Ocean for the first time, but Time magazine did not put him on the cover. His eyes lit up, and he decided to put Lin Bai on the cover and call him the Person of the Year.

Since that year, Time magazine has introduced and evaluated the elected celebrities of the year in a biweekly article at the end of the year. From 1927 to 2010, Time magazine conducted a total of 82 Person of the Year selections, the most of any time in which the President of the United States was elected, in addition to businessmen, doctors, scientists, and even computers and the planet.

In Time magazine's 82-year history, only three Chinese have ever been elected Person of the Year: Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Meiling in 1937, the first time a couple has been elected, and then Chief Designer Deng, who was elected twice in 1978 and 1985.

Zhang Ran is the fourth Chinese to be elected Time Magazine's Person of the Year and the first Chinese to be a non-political figure!

In its biography of Zhang Ran, Time magazine wrote: "Zhang Ran has connected more than 500 million people around the world through the platform of the virtual world and drawn a social map between them, which is an unprecedented innovation, the new information exchange system he created is now indispensable to the public, and he has changed the way the public lives in a more creative and even positive way, and Fly has become a part of our lives!"

However, after the results of Time magazine's selection came out, it caused a huge controversy, and many people questioned the results. Because among the finalists, Assange, the founder of the WikiLeaks website, has a very high voice, and he and Zhang Ran have been in a state of anxiety in the netizen vote. Now that Mr. Zhang has won, Assange's supporters are unconvinced, arguing that Time magazine abandoned Assange because he was worried about being pressured by the U.S. government. Shortly after Time announced, more than 10,000 protesters poured into Time office, Manhattan, New York, to protest.

There were also many supporters of Assange in the media, with the Christian Science Monitor commenting directly: "Did Time make the right choice when Zhang Ran won and Assange went out?" and The Huffington Post also said: "From Silicon Valley to Wall Street, everyone was shocked by this decision." Ricky Jennings, author of Computerworld, wrote in the article: "2010 clearly did not belong to Fly, its popularity was gathered last year or even the year before. ”

Assange's fans and Zhang Ran's supporters engaged in a war of words on the Internet, with Assange fans arguing: "WikiLeaks redefines citizens' freedom and the right to know in the Internet age, and represents the challenge of citizens' freedom to know information to democratic societies, which is of unprecedented historical significance." ”

Zhang Ran's supporters believed: "The changes that Fly has brought to our lives cannot be overstated, even *** is used to promote, although the secret transactions between those countries exposed by WikiLeaks are very eye-catching, but what does this have to do with us ordinary people? Don't you think it's ridiculous to use Fly to question Zhang Ran?"

The protests were so loud that Time magazine editor Richard Stengel had to come out and explain: "Assange and Zhang Ran are like two sides of the same coin, both reflecting a call for fairness and transparency." Assange attacks big institutions and governments by coercing information disclosure in the hope of weakening them, Zhang Ran empowers each of us to voluntarily share information and connects the whole world, which is a great initiative, and don't forget Netflix and big data. To choose the person of the year, we must choose the more influential, and Zhang Ran is the most influential!"

Richard Stingel is right, Zhang Ran's influence is much greater than Assange's. In the previous generation, Twitter could not post pictures for a long time, which eventually led to the rise of INS, and Fly paid to send pictures from the beginning, and was also able to post long articles, and later launched its own video player and live broadcast platform, it can be said that the current Fly is a combination of Twitter and INS, SnapChat, and Pinterest, with more than 500 million users, more than Zuckerberg's Facebook users. This is also the reason why Fly's market value can reach 130 billion after listing, while the market value of Twitter in the previous generation was only more than 20 billion.

Another important contribution of Zhang Ran this year is to promote the application of big data, with the popularity of "House of Cards", the concept of big data has become well-known, and relevant people believe that big data will be the most important growth point of the IT industry in the future. In just a few months, all walks of life have begun to use big data for relevant analysis, the Los Angeles Police Department and the University of California have collaborated to use big data to predict the occurrence of crime, Google uses search keywords to predict the spread of avian flu, and so on, the era of big data is coming!

Zhang Ran's contribution to the Internet industry and the changes he has brought to the lives of ordinary people are not comparable to Assange, so he is indeed well-deserved to be elected as the Person of the Year by Time!

After the news that Zhang Ran became the Person of the Year in "Time" came back to China, the domestic media and netizens were boiling.

In the past, if any domestic star could be on the cover of "Time", not the cover of the international version, but the cover of the Asian version, fans could blow it for a few years, but now Zhang Ran has not only appeared on the cover of "Time", but also became the person of the year in "Time", which is really dumbfounded.

"This is not the cover of the times, but the person of the year of the times, Zhang Ran is too good!"

"Even Taizu didn't become the person of the year, Zhang Ran turned out to be the person of the year, which is too exaggerated!"

"From "House of Cards" and big data at the beginning of the year, to the listing of Fly at the end of the year, to the final election of Person of the Year, 2010 can be said to be Zhang Ran's year!"

Naturally, the media reported on this matter frantically, and it was even raised to the national level. Everyone praised Zhang Ran, a Chinese, for appearing on the cover of the international edition of Time magazine and becoming the person of the year, and they were very proud.

CCTV's "News Network" also reported on this matter, believing that this is the inevitable result of China's economic development, and believes that as China's economy becomes stronger and stronger, more and more Chinese will be elected as the "Time" Person of the Year.

Zhang Ran didn't particularly care about this, and the Person of the Year in "Time" didn't mean much to him. Just when everyone was talking, Zhang Ran and Zhang Jingchu got on the plane to Hawaii.

This time, Zhang Ran and the two of them went to Hawaii with two goals, one was of course to go on vacation and have been to the world of two, and the other was to prepare to choose a suitable location for next year's wedding in Hawaii. Zhang Ran and Zhang Jingchu's wedding was in late October next year, when the weather was a little cold, and they felt that it was better to choose a warm place, so they planned to go to Hawaii to have a look, after all, this is known as "the world's most fascinating wedding venue".

Zhang Jingchu looked at the blue sea and blue sky outside the window through the porthole, and her expression was extremely excited: "I heard that Lanai Island has been rated as one of the most romantic places in Hawaii, and it is even called God's Garden of Eden, but I don't know how." ”

Zhang Ran smiled: "The scenery must be good, after all, Bill Gates and his wife got married on Lanai Island in 94." Hulopoe Beach on the island is said to be one of the most beautiful beaches in the United States, and it's nice to have a wedding on the beach. ”

Zhang Jingchu thought of the soft sand, cool sea breeze, bright sunshine, the gentle sea breeze blowing her and Zhang Ran, the two of them slowly walked towards the marriage hall, her eyes sparkled, and she said excitedly: "The endless blue, the air full of flowers, the cool and slightly sweet sea breeze, let the sea and blue sky witness all this, wow, it's so beautiful!"

Zhang Ran thought for a while, and said: "I heard that the Gurani Ranch on Oahu is also quite good, and many Hollywood movies are filmed there, such as "Jurassic Park", "Fifty First Loves", etc., it seems that there are quite a few people who get married there. ”

Zhang Jingchu nodded seriously and said, "Okay, then we'll go and see it when the time comes!"