On the morning of August 15, there was a long queue at the entrance of video stores across the country, including teenage boys and girls, gray-haired old people, young students, white-collar workers in formal suits, and even many foreign tourists. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

When Wang Guangfei passed by the video store, he looked at the long queue at the door and was very curious, could it be that Zhou Jielun released a new album? Otherwise, how could there be so many people? He couldn't help but ask a young man in the team about the situation: "Dude, what are you queuing up to buy? Why are there so many people, and there are foreigners?"

The young man explained: "I bought the DVD of the opening ceremony of the Beiping Olympic Games, which was edited by Zhang Ran himself. Have you ever seen the opening ceremony of the NBC version in the United States? It's much better than the CCTV version, and the NBC level is definitely not comparable to Zhang Ran, so I have to buy a set to collect!"

"What? Zhang Ran personally edited it! That's great!" Wang Guangfei scolded CCTV on the Internet, feeling that the CCTV director had ruined the opening ceremony, and now he was very excited when he heard that there was a version edited by Zhang Ran himself, "I also have to buy a copy to collect, I'll go to the back to line up, thank you!"

After queuing for more than ten minutes, it was finally Wang Guangfei's turn, he took out a hundred yuan and handed it to the cashier: "A DVD of the opening ceremony!"

The cashier said apologetically, "Sir, I'm really sorry, but all the 200 DVDs have been sold." ”

Wang Guangfei scratched his head, and the whole person looked very depressed: "There aren't many people, why are they sold out!"

The cashier smiled and said: "Some people don't just buy one set, just a foreigner bought 20 sets, he said, after watching the broadcast of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, his family and friends in the United States called him to bring back a few sets." Come in the afternoon, sir, we'll be back for sure!"

Wang Guangfei said helplessly: "Okay, I can only come back in the afternoon!"

The same thing happened in many video stores across the country, and many video stores did not expect the opening ceremony DVD to sell so well, and many places were out of stock. Naturally, the owners of video stores did not miss this opportunity to make money, and they began to replenish their stock in large quantities.

Zhang Ran's editing level is definitely not comparable to various TV stations, and as the chief director, he is very familiar with the program, how to shoot, what angle is the best shooting effect, no one knows better than him, and the effect of Zhang Ran's version has naturally reached the best state.

After watching the opening ceremony edited by Zhang Ran, many people who bought the DVD were once again shocked by the opening ceremony, and the Internet was suddenly praised.

"Sure enough, Zhang Ran knows the opening ceremony best, the opening ceremony he edited out is simply a work of art, really exquisite, really shocking, really beautiful!"

"I originally thought the NBC version was very good, but after watching Zhang Ran's version, and then watching the NBC version, it's just scum! Zhang Ran's edited version has a lot of vistas, and every transition is to return to the aerial shooting of the Bird's Nest and the night view of Beiping, which is very comfortable. He doesn't go to the audience and the rostrum, there are almost no fans in the audience, nose picking and other ugly shots, which is particularly beautiful!"

"Yes, I really want to shoot the director of CCTV to death, what kind of hard work has my boss's hard work become!"

In just five days, Zhang Ran's edited version of the opening ceremony DVD sold 2 million sets across the country, and there has never been a DVD of that film and television work in China that has sold this number.

The opening ceremony DVD is priced at 55 yuan nationwide, and more than 100 million DVDs have been sold in China alone.

On the evening of August 24, the rumbling drums kicked off the closing ceremony, and people gathered again under the banner of the five rings to start the farewell ceremony. Bursts of silver bell-like sounds, bright beams of light like stars, jumped together at this grand closing ceremony. With the extinguishing of the Olympic flame, which had been burning for 16 days, the Beiping Olympic Games officially closed.

Four years ago in Athens, Zhang Yimou's 8-minute cabaret performance was bombarded by domestic media and netizens, and this time the British 8-minute performance was also fiercely criticized by the British media and audiences.

"Oh God, Britain has behaved so humiliatingly, humiliatingly. A double-decker bus, David Beckham, a draft winner, an old rock star, a bunch of dancers throwing newspapers with this umbrella, I guess that's the hallmark of modern London. I'm afraid that our performance will always be second-class compared to China......"

"This UK show was a complete failure, worse than any of the shows I've ever seen, so much so that the show felt intolerably long even though it was only eight minutes. No wonder the Mayor of London looked rather unhappy before that, he must have known that he was going to be embarrassed!"

Different from the praise of foreign media and foreign netizens, the domestic audience scolded the closing ceremony very badly, and as the chief director of the closing ceremony, Zhang Yimou scolded even more.

"It's unbearable to see the loss of labor and money, and the effect of spending so much money can still get the effect of the Spring Festival Gala, Zhang Yimou can really die! After watching the closing ceremony, I understand how awesome Zhang Ran is! Zhang Yimou is really old, Jiang Lang is exhausted, and the gap is too big!"

"It's rubbish, I don't usually scold people, but this time I really can't bear it, I don't know how many grades are different from Zhang Ran's opening ceremony! The theme is unclear, the content is messy, the costumes are rubbish, not to mention the songs!"

"The super version of the Spring Festival Gala is simply thunderous, and my face is embarrassed. The people of the world have finally appreciated the charm of the Spring Festival Gala, if there is a whole bowl of dumplings, the New Year will be over tonight!"

Zhang Yimou is very aggrieved, many viewers hope that the closing ceremony is just as awesome, but this is not realistic at all, the opening ceremony is more than 500 million, and the closing ceremony is only 100 million, what's worse is that these days the Bird's Nest has arranged a lot of events as the main venue, there is no way to enter the rehearsal, there is no funds, and there is no rehearsal time, it is not easy to do this level by yourself.

Zhang Ran also saw the scolding of Zhang Yimou by netizens, and felt very sorry for him, the opening ceremony of the Peking Olympics in the previous life was highly praised at home and abroad, which made Zhang Yimou's reputation reach the peak of his life; Although this is not a personal matter, and because of his own participation, the opening ceremony has done better, but Zhang Ran is a little unhappy in his heart.

Zhang Ran knows that for Zhang Yimou, the awards of the three-point film festival have been soft, coupled with the contradiction with Cannes, there is no expectation for the three major film festivals, for him, the only expectation is probably the Oscar statuette!

took away Zhang Yimou's Olympic honor, and the only thing he can really make up for is probably the Oscar!

The day after the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games, Zhang Ran put a script in front of Zhang Yimou.

Many people say that Zhang Yimou can't tell stories, but in fact, this statement is not true, there is no problem with the stories of early movies, and the stories of "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" and "Golden Armor" are no problem. Zhang Yimou's real problem is that he doesn't have the ability to write his own stories, he doesn't have a good story and a good book, and it's very difficult for him to get it himself, so Zhang Yimou often says that he hopes to meet a good book.

Zhang Ran's script creation ability is well-known in the circle, for Zhang Yimou, who lacks a good script, when he heard that Zhang Ran wrote a script, and when he heard Zhang Ran say that it was particularly suitable for him, he immediately took the script and read it seriously.

The name of the script is only one word - love, and the content of the story is relatively simple, an elderly couple who live alone, and suddenly one day the wife is sick and half paralyzed, and the husband has to take care of her daily life. As his wife's condition worsened, the husband's health deteriorated greatly, and in order to alleviate his wife's pain, the husband finally covered his wife with a pillow one morning and sealed off his wife's bedroom.

The story is a copy of Michael Haneke's "Love", for which Michael Haneke won the Palme d'Or for the second time in 2012, received five Oscar nominations in 2013, and finally won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

There have been many similar stories in China, such as the wife of a villager who had suffered from lupus erythematosus for many years, causing difficulties in family life. At the cries of his wife, the husband took the rope and strangled his wife until she died, and was finally sentenced. The story of "Love" is not a problem at all in China, it does not appear obtrusive, the only problem is censorship.

Zhang Yimou knew that this was a good book, and it was a book that could win awards, and asked, "Why don't you shoot it yourself?"

Zhang Ran smiled and said: "In the first half of this year, I saw a news in the newspaper about the verdict of 'helping his wife euthanize', and I occasionally felt it in my heart, so I wrote this script. It's just that this story is suitable for filming in a plain style, this style is not suitable for me, and you have filmed "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit", and you will not spoil this story if you hand it over!"

Zhang Yimou hesitated: "Zhang Weiping has complained to me many times, saying that because of the Olympic Games, New Picture has been closed for three years, and the company has no income in these three years, and he wants me to make a commercial film." This book is a good book, but the story is too cold and desperate, and the box office will definitely be poor!"

Zhang Ran somewhat understands why Zhang Yimou finished at the end of the Olympic Games, and when everyone was looking forward to him, he made a very stinky "Three Guns", and now it seems that it is to compensate Zhang Weiping as soon as possible.

As half of Zhang Yimou's fans, Zhang Ran has always thought that Zhang Weiping ruined Zhang Yimou, Zhang Yimou is a literary film director in his bones, but under Zhang Weiping's coercion, he has to make commercial blockbusters that he is not good at at all.

Zhang Ran undoubtedly hoped that Zhang Yimou would leave Zhang Weiping, but he never opened his mouth to get a chance, and now that he has said this, he feels that he needs to say two words: "Have you sold it to Zhang Weiping? Do you owe him money? How much money did you earn him from "Hero", "Ambush on All Sides", and "Golden Armor"? You have made so much money for him and made so many commercial films, it is time to change your taste and make a literary film, which is what you are best at. "Love" is the favorite theme of the Oscar foreign language film judges, and if you shoot it with your ability, it will definitely be the biggest hit of the Oscars!"

At Zhang Yimou's age and status, there are not many other pursuits, the only thing he wants is the Oscar, he is really very excited: "This theme is the favorite theme of the Oscar foreign language film judges?"

Zhang Ran smiled and nodded: "The judges of the Oscars foreign language films are all retired old men, and they like three types of themes. The first is a film from the perspective of life and death, because the judges are all old men who pay special attention to death, such as Spain's "Deep Sea Sleep"; second, the theme of World War II Jewish, Hollywood is the world of Jews, and this theme is particularly easy to win awards, such as "Beautiful Life"; third, there is a certain sense of life and cultural packaging, such as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". "Love" is about the elderly, and it is about death, which really hit the hearts of the judges!"

Zhang Yimou thought about it carefully, and really wanted Zhang Ran to say this, it seems that his idea of making a costume blockbuster to hit the Oscars is wrong. However, he still hesitated: "You're right, but can this subject matter pass the trial?"

Zhang Ran said quietly: "If you cooperate with the peak of the century and let the peak of the world operate, there must be no problem!"

Seeing Zhang Ran say this, Zhang Yimou nodded and said, "Okay, I'll cooperate with you!"