Today's dinner place is set at the Wangfu Hotel, which is located in Wangfujing, which is a very famous restaurant in Beiping City. The reason why the pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info was chosen here was because Zhang Ran was hosting a very important guest today, Jin Wei, the director of the Opera and Dance Theater.

After failing to meet Jin Wei on the phone, Zhang Ran began to analyze with his team why he failed and how to convince Jin Wei.

Yi Zhongtian believes that there are three reasons for Zhang Ran's failure this time, first, the opera and dance drama is relatively niche, the audience market has not yet been cultivated, and the investment is huge, so it has been in a state of more performances and more losses, less performances and less losses, and no performances and no losses. Bidding for the Olympic Games requires funds, hiring people, conducting experiments, and spending money in all aspects. The Opera and Dance Theater is already overstretched, so it is naturally reluctant to pay this money!

Second, Zhang Ran is too young and the team strength is too weak. The National Song and Dance Troupe did not dare to bid alone, but formed a joint team with CCTV and Beiao Company, which shows the strength of the opponent. The experience of the Opera and Dance Theater in large-scale galas is not as good as that of the National Song and Dance Troupe, and if it teams up with Zhang Ran, its strength is far inferior to that of other teams, and there is little hope of winning.

Third, the Opera and Dance Theater is a unit directly under the Ministry of Culture, and the director has an administrative level. A young man like Zhang Ran made a phone call and agreed, wouldn't it be very shameless.

Therefore, Yi Zhongtian suggested that the president of Nortel come forward to invite Jin Wei, the president of Nortel and the director of the Opera and Dance Theater have the same administrative level, and if you look down and don't look up, Jin Wei should give this face.

Things turned out to be as Yi Zhongtian expected, after receiving a call from Zhang Huijun, Jin Wei agreed to meet and talk. Zhang Ran felt that it was too correct to let Yi Zhongtian be a consultant, worthy of being Mr. Yi of "Three Kingdoms", he was really cunning!

After Zhang Ran and Zhang Huijun stepped into the hall, the waiter greeted them, and after asking, they led the two into the pre-booked private room. Jin Wei hadn't arrived yet, Zhang Ran and they didn't order, chatting while drinking tea.

Zhang Huijun knew that Zhang Ran had just returned from the United States and went to the United States to ask for someone, so he asked about the situation.

Zhang Ran talked about it, and after receiving Lin Ying's call, he went to the United States to talk to Lin Ying about the Olympics and his thoughts in person. Lin Ying has been living in New York and is very familiar with Chinese artists in New York. After listening to Zhang Ran's thoughts, he recommended several Chinese artists from New York, including the famous modern dance artist Shen Wei.

Zhang Ran knew Shen Wei, but he didn't consider him when considering dance, because Shen Wei was the choreographer of the "Picture Scroll" of the opening ceremony of the Beiping Olympics in his memory. Zhang Ran didn't want to use the content of the opening ceremony in 08 in his memory to bid, so Shen Wei was automatically blocked.

However, after Lin Ying's recommendation, Zhang Ran reconsidered it and decided to invite Shen Wei, the kind of dancer who can perfectly integrate traditional Chinese culture and Western modern art, to join his team. The foundation of Zhang Ran's traditional culture is not thick, and it cannot be compared with Li An and Zhang Yimou, and it is impossible to fight classical culture, and if you want to win in the bidding, you can only work the integration of classical and modern.

After Shen Wei joined Zhang Ran's bidding team, Zhang Ran received another call from Don Michelle, who was very interested in the opening ceremony of the Peking Olympics and wanted to talk to Zhang Ran.

After meeting Don Michelle, Zhang Ran knew that he had not only received his own invitation, but also Ang Lee's invitation. However, compared to Ang Lee, he is more inclined to Zhang Ran. Although Zhang Ran's status in the film industry cannot be compared with Ang Lee, he has a greater advantage than Ang Lee, he was born and raised in the mainland, and his understanding and knowledge of modern China is deeper than that of Ang Lee. The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games showed both ancient and modern times, and Michel thought Zhang Ran had an advantage.

During the conversation, Don Michel talked about the scene 26 years ago, when he held a welcome party for Deng 1 Xiaoping. Speaking of Deng 1 Xiaoping and his wife walking on the stage to kiss the American child, and the children also hugged the old Chinese man tightly, Don Michelle was very excited, and his eyes were a little moist. He emotionally told Zhang Ran that if he could participate in the opening ceremony of the Peking Olympic Games, it would be the most important stroke of his entire artistic career.

Zhang Ran and Zhang Huijun were chatting, the door of the private room was pushed open, and a calm voice came: "Lao Zhang, I'm sorry, I'm late!"

Zhang Huijun smiled and looked at the person who came in at the door: "Okay, what else can you be polite to me!"

The man who came in was in his fifties, not tall, but the whole person had an elegant temperament, very artistic!

"Lao Jin, let me introduce you!" Zhang Huijun pointed at Zhang Ran, "This is Zhang Ran from our school." Zhang Ran, this is Dean Jin of the Opera and Dance Theater!"

Zhang Ran looked at Jin Wei and said respectfully: "Dean Jin, I have heard your name for a long time, and it is like thunder!"

Jin Wei smiled: "Where did I come from, but you are really like thunder!" Jin Wei pulled out a chair and sat down, and chatted with Zhang Huijun. Jin Wei talked about the Opera and Dance Theater, Zhang Huijun talked about Nortel's work, and Zhang Ran listened quietly on the side.

The food was served quickly at the Wangfu Hotel, and within a few minutes of ordering, the waiter walked in with a cart and dining cart, took down the dishes, placed them on the table, and introduced the name and characteristics of each dish.

The three of them chatted while eating, and the topic quickly returned to the Olympics. Jin Wei looked at Zhang Huijun and said puzzledly: "How can you Nortel participate in the bidding for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games?"

Zhang Huijun's expression was full of pride: "The three most famous directors in China, Zhang Ran, Zhang Yimou, and Chen Kaige, two are graduates of Nortel, and one is our teacher of Nortel. It's normal for the Olympic Organizing Committee to find us Nortel!" Zhang Huijun looked at Zhang Ran and said: "Zhang Ran, you are in charge of the bidding plan, you can introduce it to Dean Jin!"

Zhang Ran got straight to the point: "The Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games believes that this opening ceremony must be innovative and different from previous opening ceremonies. When we found us, we hoped that we could jump out of the model of the previous opening ceremonies and come up with something that was not necessarily necessary. We at Nortel must have gone all out to recruit a lot of domestic and foreign artists, but we really don't have experience in large-scale performances, and we are not competitive in the choreography area, because we want to be able to jointly bid with the Opera and Dance Theater. For this bidding, we have prepared a fund of 5 million, which is definitely to ask for money, money, and people!"

Jin Wei was startled when he heard the 5 million funds, Nortel is really rich, but this does not dispel his concerns: "The National Song and Dance Troupe did not dare to bid alone, but formed a joint team with CCTV and Beiao Company, and other opponents were only strong and not weak." Our institute is not as experienced as the National Song and Dance Troupe in this kind of large-scale event, and you have no experience in this area, so there is really no hope for our joint bidding!"

Zhang Ran smiled faintly: "We have 11 opponents, and there are four of the strongest. The joint team formed by Zhang Yimou and Jack Morton Company, director Zhang Yimou has experience in directing large-scale galas, and Jack Morton is the producer of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Athens Olympic Games. The second is the People's Liberation Army team, directed by Zhang Jigang, head of the General Political Song and Dance Troupe, and the whole team brings together the elites of several song and dance troupes in the military system, which should not be underestimated; the third is the joint team of the National Song and Dance Troupe, CCTV, and the Beijing Olympic Company, and the director Chen Weiya is also a strong combination! The fourth is the Gehua team of which Ang Lee is the creative director, and Ang Lee has invited many overseas elites to join, and the Gehua Company has also invited many people with Olympic experience to be staff officers.

These four teams are our strongest opponents and I know better than many people how strong they are. However, if we dare to come to you to bid jointly, it shows that we are very confident in this matter. Their team brings together Chinese and foreign elites, and our team has also recruited the top talents at home and abroad, and they are definitely not weaker than them!" Zhang Ran took out a list from his handbag: "This is the list of our bidding team members, please take a look at it." ”

Jin Wei took it lightly and put it on slowly, but when he saw the names on the list clearly, Jin Wei's face changed, and he looked up and asked, "Zhang Ran, this is a member of your bidding team, are they sure to join?"

Zhang Ran nodded: "It's already confirmed to join!"

Jin Wei felt a little incredible, these people were all top artists, not comparable to Zhang Ran at all, and couldn't help asking, "Why did you invite them?"

Zhang Ran smiled and said, "Because they are Chinese, they have Chinese blood in their bodies." The Olympic Games are the hope of several generations of our nation, and it is an appearance of our entire nation on the world stage, who doesn't want the opening ceremony to be beautiful? Lin Ying has played a great role in this, I didn't think of inviting Shen Wei and these people, it was Lin Ying who helped to contact them!"

In fact, just like Zhang Ran said, as long as nature is still Chinese in his bones, who doesn't want the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games to do a brilliant job? Chen Danqing often scolds the government and criticizes the system, but he has been attending the opening ceremony creative meeting for nearly two years and has done his best to enter the post-production stage, and he also said to Zhang Yimou, if you have anything to discuss, I will be on call. My opinion doesn't matter anymore, even if I just draw on the blackboard for you, you can use me as a tool.

Jin Wei looked at several foreigners on the list and said, "Don Michelle and Bob Dickinson are not Chinese!"

Zhang Ran explained with a smile: "Don-Michel has a special relationship with China. When Xiaoping visited the United States in '79, he held a welcome party at the Kennedy Center, and since then, he has developed a strong affection for China. He got in touch with me very quickly after he got my email, and Bob Dickinson they helped pull in!"

"Wow, the possibility of winning the bid with these people has greatly increased!" Jin Wei laughed heartily, "It seems that the people of the Olympic Organizing Committee are very discerning!"

Zhang Ran felt a pain in his eyes and asked, "Dean Jin, what about the joint bidding?"

Jin Wei said unhurriedly: "I don't have the final say on this matter alone, the courtyard has to hold a meeting to discuss it." But you have enough money and a strong team, so it's not a big deal!"

Zhang Ran smiled very brightly: "I'm relieved to hear Dean Jin say this!"

There is no need for the Opera and Dance Theater to pay, and the bidding team is very strong and competitive, so it is definitely worth a try. Even if it fails, it will only be a waste of manpower, but what if it succeeds? It will be a huge improvement for the opera and dance theater and the actors of the opera and dance theater!

After discussion, the leadership of the Opera and Dance Theater decided to make a joint bid with Zhang Ran.

In the afternoon of the next day, Jin Wei called Zhang Ran to the Opera and Dance Theater for a deep talk, and the matter was decided.

After joining Zhang Ran's team at the Opera and Dance Theater, the most important link of Zhang Ran's bidding team was buckled, and his strength also went to a higher level.

Han Lixun, San Bao, Guo Pei, Lin Ying, Shen Wei, Wang Daren, Don Michelle, Bob Dickinson, plus the choreographer Tong Ruirui of the Opera and Dance Theater, Ren Dongsheng, the stage designer, Yang Donglin and others, the whole lineup is absolutely star-studded, not inferior to any team!

Zhang Ran can't wait to do a big job!

However, due to the imminent start of "Three Fools", the entire bidding team has no way to concentrate on creation, and can only communicate and exchange through the Internet. Everyone agreed to gather in Beiping on June 15th, and then go all out to create! )