The call for entries for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games began in early March and ended on July 31, with 400 proposals collected from around the world. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoAfter the end of the event, the Beiping Olympic Organizing Committee organized experts from all walks of life to conduct a centralized review of these works, and finally two very excellent proposals stood out.

One is the Gehua Chinese performance team led by Lin Zhaohua and Cui Jian, and the other is the French ECA2 team. ECA2 is a very strong team, including the Eiffel Tower Millennium Fireworks Gala in France, the opening ceremony of the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, and the opening and closing ceremonies of the Athens Paralympic Games.

These 2 excellent plans selected by the sea plus Zhang Ran's 12 targeted solicitation plans, a total of 14, will be selected among the best, and PK will be made through statements to determine who can become the final winner.

The next step is to present the proposal, and the order of the statements is determined by lottery.

At 10 o'clock in the morning of September 17th, the lottery ceremony for the bidding plan statement officially began in the Qinglan Building, No. 24, East 40 Tiao, Beiping, and the 14 teams sent people to the stage to draw lots respectively to decide the round and time of the statement.

At first, the opera and dance theater only had a mentality of focusing on participation, and the strength of the opponent was too strong, and the chances of winning were not particularly large. However, after Zhang Ran's plan was leaked, the leaders of the Opera and Dance Theater were shocked, Zhang Ran's plan was so wonderful, it was a perfect combination of art, technology and creativity, no worse than the opening ceremony plan in Greece, there was a possibility of winning, and it was very likely!

After determining that Zhang Ran's second plan was no worse than the leaked one, the leaders paid special attention to the bidding. At this lottery ceremony, Jin Wei, the director of the Opera and Dance Theater, came over in person.

Representatives of the 14 bidding teams were all sitting in the conference room, Zhang Yimou, Li An, and Chen Kaige did not appear, they all sent representatives to participate in the draw, but Zhang Ran still saw some familiar faces, such as Zhang Jigang and Chen Weiya.

While Zhang Ran was observing Zhang Jigang and them, Zhang Jigang and they were also observing Zhang Ran. Zhang Jigang's gaze and Zhang Ran's gaze collided with each other, and both sides smiled, and then moved away. They all know that this is one of their strongest opponents, and the strength is very strong.

Jin Wei saw Zhang Ran's solemn expression and joked with a smile: "I have to draw a good lottery in a while!"

Unlike the competition, the statement of the bidding plan implements a scoring system, and the score of the first to play may be low, and there is little difference between who comes first and who comes later in the statement of the bidding plan. After the plan was stated, the Olympic Organizing Committee spent several months repeatedly considering and selected five excellent plans for the second round of presentations, so there was no difference in the order of the statements, and there was little difference between the first statement and the last statement. If I have to talk about the difference, it is that there is more time to prepare later.

Zhang Ran couldn't help laughing when he heard Jin Wei's joke: "Yes, you can't draw No. 4, and No. 14, 4 is good is death, and No. 14 is death!"

In fact, this is also the idea of almost all bidding teams, and many people are silently praying in their hearts that they must not draw the 4th or the 14th.

Zhang Ran's luck was good, when the draw officially began, No. 4 was drawn by the Paige Taihe team led by Sun Jianjun, and then the French ECA2 company took away No. 14, but the French were very happy, for them 13 is a taboo number, 14 is a good number.

At the front desk, the host shouted: "Next, please invite Nortel, Opera and Dance Theater, and Century Summit joint team to draw lots." ”

Zhang Ran took a deep breath and walked to the front desk.

Before drawing lots, Zhang Ran took a deep breath and then put his hand in. He dug through the box for a few moments before pulling out a lot.

The host took the note from Zhang Ran's hand, opened it, and announced in a loud voice: "The lottery drawn by Nortel, Opera and Dance Theater, and Century Summit Joint Team is the 11th, and the statement time is 3:30 pm on the 19th. ”

The presentation was divided into two days, with seven teams presenting each day. Zhang Ran was the 11th, and when they stated in the afternoon of the next day, they had more time to prepare, and Jin Wei and Zhang Ran were more satisfied with this number.

On September 18th, the Olympic bidding statement was officially launched in the suburbs of Beiping, which is far away from the urban area and has a pleasant environment, and it was here that the bid report of Beiping was completed, and this time it was selected as the location for the presentation of the creative plan for the opening and closing ceremonies. According to the regulations, the presentation time of each team is uniformly set at 50 minutes, and the content of the statement is strictly confidential.

, Liu Qi, chairman of the Olympic Organizing Committee, and several relevant leaders came to listen to the statement. Walking into the conference room, Liu Qi specially told the waiter: "Don't come in and pour water in the middle of the statement, we'll come by ourselves." "The idea of the opening ceremony is very high, it is top secret, and there was a leak of the plan not long ago, and no one dares to be negligent.

At 9 a.m., the first bidding team, led by Cui Jian and Lin Zhaohua, began to make a statement, and at the same time, in the conference room of Tiangong Chongcai, Zhang Ran was working with the bidding team to make a final review of the animated short film needed for the presentation. When reviewing the film, Jin Wei's font was too small and I was worried that the leaders would not be able to see it clearly, but after changing the size, the artistic effect was not good, and the font size alone changed several times.

Busy until 11 o'clock in the evening, Zhang Ran asked Lin Ying and them to rest, and he continued to star. It wasn't until 9 a.m. the next day, when all the presentation materials were ready, that Zhang Ran went to rest with confidence.

Zhang Ran's stated time was half past three in the afternoon, and they arrived at Kuangou at half past two and waited in the lounge.

The members who came this time included Zhang Ran who made the creative presentation and proposed the proposal, Lin Ying and Bob Dickinson who made the technical proposal, and Jin Wei, the team leader.

After sitting in the lounge for a short time, Zhang Ran called the waiter over: "Do you have anything to eat here?" Zhang Ran didn't eat breakfast or lunch, and he was indeed a little hungry. To make a statement in a moment, he needs to replenish some energy.

The waiter thought it was strange that he had just eaten lunch for a short time, but he still said, "Only pastries!"

Zhang Ran said, "Give me some!"

The waiter quickly brought the pastry and put it in front of Zhang Ran. Zhang Ran thanked him, ate the pastries and water, and swallowed all the food on the plate in only two minutes.

Jin Wei couldn't help but smile and said, "Zhang Ran, I feel much more relieved to see you like this, which means that you are very relaxed." Others won't be able to eat anything at this point! You're really not worried?"

How could Zhang Ran not be worried, but he was the core of the whole team, and he must not show nervousness at this time, otherwise it would make everyone feel nervous, he said lightly: "I have confidence in our plan, and we have done the best we can, victory or defeat is not so important!"

At this time, a photographer with a camera on his shoulder came in, and it was a documentary photographer of the Olympic Organizing Committee. Bidding for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games is an important part of the Olympic Games, and the Organising Committee of the Olympic Games will definitely record the footage so that it can be declassified during the Olympic Games.

The photographer pointed the camera at Zhang Ran and asked, "Director Zhang, can I ask you a few questions?"

Zhang Ran knew that this was a documentary for the Olympic Organizing Committee, otherwise it would be impossible for the Olympic Organizing Committee to let them in: "Of course you can!"

The photographer asked, "Director Zhang Ran, what do you want to show in your opening ceremony plan?"

In July this year, Newsweek published an article titled "Image Crisis", pointing out that China's image to the outside world is full of mistrust and misunderstanding, and the article analyzes that the reason for this situation is that China has not explained to the outside world what is really happening in this country. It's true, we really don't do a good job of cultural promotion. Now many people in Europe and the United States still think that we are wearing braids, and they don't know what China is like now. The Peking Olympics are an opportunity for our country and our nation to show themselves on the world stage. I think our opening ceremony should not only show our culture, but also show our personality and show the image of today's Chinese. I think today's Chinese people are full of personality, passion and romance, and I want to put modern things into all the details. I think if we can let overseas audiences watch it and feel that today's Chinese are like this, then our goal will be achieved!"

"I've read your leaked plan, there are a lot of Chinese elements, and it's also very exciting, so will your new plan continue to follow this line of thought, or will it be significantly adjusted?"

"There are some things that will definitely not change, such as the use of high technology, such as the four major inventions, which you can't change. But we did make a major adjustment in terms of style, a subversive adjustment. Suffice it to say, our new proposal is a very artistic one, which will turn the opening ceremony into a grand festival, a grand event for humanity!"

After a brief interview, the photographer thanked him and left. Zhang Ran sat on the chair and began to think about the statement, and wrote in his heart.

At 3:25, people from the Olympic Organizing Committee came to inform that Zhang Ran's team had made a statement. Zhang Ran and the others immediately stood up, cheered up, and followed the people of the Olympic Organizing Committee out of the room, turned two corners along the winding corridor, and came to the door of the conference room.

The meeting room of the Olympic Organizing Committee is very large, with a long table four or five meters long placed in the center of the conference room, and high-end benches on both sides. The curtains of the conference room were drawn, and the screen of the projector on the wall on the right had long since been lowered, showing the Windows desktop.

At this moment, on the opposite side of the long table sat a row of leaders of the Olympic Organizing Committee, including Liu Qi, ******** and Chairman of the Olympic Organizing Committee, Jiang Xiaoyu and Chen Zili, Vice Chairmen of the Olympic Organizing Committee, and other leaders such as Zhang Heping and Wang Lin.

Jin Wei basically knew these leaders and greeted them with a smile. Zhang Ran and Lin Ying didn't care so much, and directly pulled out the chair and sat down.

After Jin Wei said hello, he began to introduce the team members: "Zhang Ran, I don't need me to introduce him, he is our main presenter." This is Lin Ying and Bob Dickinson, Lin Ying is the architect, Bob Dickinson is the chief lighting designer of the Athens Olympics, they talk about the technical side, and I will help beat the side drum. ”

Liu Qi looked at Zhang Ran and said with a smile on his face: "Director Zhang, you wore a bright red dress today!"

Zhang Ran scratched his head embarrassedly: "Actually, I don't particularly like to wear this bright color, it was prepared by my girlfriend, I have to wear it, she said that this color is festive and can bring good luck!"

Hearing this, the leaders of the Olympic Organizing Committee laughed. Chen Zili even laughed and joked: "It's good to listen to your girlfriend's opinion, it will be more harmonious to form a family in the future!" Everyone laughed even more cheerfully.

The staff in the conference room quickly prepared the demo animation, and Jin Weichong nodded to Zhang Ran, signaling that he could start his statement.

Zhang Ran walked to the front of the projection screen and said in a sonorous and powerful tone: "Leaders, I will begin to make a statement below! The theme of our program is to fly with dreams, and we want to show great feelings, great culture, great courage, and great romance. )