Chapter 846: Co-directed

When he promised Zhang Yimou before, Song Zheng had already thought about what would happen if he came to set off this public opinion war, but he still did it, and he was willing, not to say how high Song Zheng's consciousness was, the key is that this matter can't be tolerated at all.

Just imagine, your own family is happy to prepare for the New Year, at this time, suddenly there is a wreath that does not open its eyes, and erects a wreath at the door, who can not be anxious?

How many years have the Chinese been looking forward to the Olympics?

Good don't care, finally waited at the door, at this time, the eyes of foreigners sincerely add to the blockage of the Chinese, except for dry, there is really no other good trick.

As for Song Zheng and Fan Bingbing saying that they want to return to China to ask for rewards, they are also half-joking and half-serious, the reason why Song Zheng is willing to stand up is because he is Chinese, at this time, it is incumbent, but as the first shot, the above must give some benefits.

But to Song Zheng's surprise, the benefits given this time seemed to be a bit big.

"The opening ceremony of the Olympics?"

Originally, he was ordered to come, but he was quite surprised to see Zhang Yimou here, and then after listening to the proposal of the Olympic Organizing Committee official, Song Zheng was not only surprised, but was directly stunned.

The Yenching Olympics Organizing Committee and the opening and closing ceremonies director team led by Zhang Yimou actually proposed to invite Song Zheng to join and co-direct the opening and closing ceremonies of the Yenching Olympics with Zhang Yimou.

As a traverser, Song Zheng remembers the grand and beautiful opening ceremony of the Yanjing Olympic Games in his previous life, and as a Chinese, at that moment, what he felt was a strong sense of national pride.

Although some people who are full of food and have nothing to do say that the opening ceremony of the Yanjing Olympics is too vulgar, straight to the point, starting and ending, taking care of the beginning and end, and sublimating the center, as if a decent college entrance examination essay, too vulgar, too easy to understand, but in Song Zheng's view, this so-called vulgarity is precisely because the audience is billions of earthlings from different cultures, different countries, and different classes.

A creative creative team, the tireless efforts of thousands of actors, the hard work of countless behind-the-scenes staff, workers, security personnel, and the beauty of God.

As some netizens said in the previous life, such an opening ceremony can only be presented in China, the time is not as good as the location, the location is not as good as the people, and the expectations of the 1.3 billion Chinese have created this grand event.

A party for 4.2 billion people is a world cultural exchange at best, and a Spring Festival Gala that is difficult to reconcile at best.

For ordinary people, it may not be a simple matter to just appreciate artistic creation, but for artists, how to make the public understand and accept it may be the difficulty of creation.

Zhang Yimou's answer sheet handed over in his previous life can be said to live up to expectations, the composition of the TV picture, the application of color, the macro control and detail processing of large scenes, these are Zhang Yimou's strengths.

If the Yenching Olympics Organizing Committee wants an opening ceremony with a story, then it may be Chen Kaige who sits in the position of chief director, but it is precisely because the theme is culture that it is Zhang Yimou who sits in this position.

China has been five thousand years old, and every Chinese has known this sentence since childhood. When did 5,000 years begin? What's in it? I've learned it since I was a child.

Elementary school students will tell you historical stories one by one, middle school students can tell a few historical events, and when they get to university, if they are lucky, they will be admitted to the history department, and they may also divide ancient and modern history. If you continue your studies, you may be able to study more carefully in a certain period of a certain dynasty. So, you will find out. The history of 5,000 years has been scattered on the body by these stories, events, dynasties, and these can be remembered by everyone and transmitted orally are cultural symbols.

The Yanjing Olympics is the first time that Chinese show China to the world, such a good opportunity, choose some representative cultural symbols, this is first of all a great idea, the fact is that the opening ceremony of the Yanjing Olympics is very successful, more people in the world began to pay attention to China, understand China, this country with 5,000 years of cultural heritage, peace-loving pursuit of development, gradually accepted by the people of the world.

Until now, Song Zheng still remembers the scene of the most successful opening ceremony in the history of the Olympic Games, and every picture can be clearly presented in his mind anytime and anywhere.

At the beginning, Zhang Yimou, the chief director of the opening ceremony, gave everyone the first shocking visual impact, 2008 actors and 2008 statues formed a large phalanx, by hitting the white lights, the most creative way to count, in a cheer and countdown, the opening ceremony of the Yanjing Olympics is opened.

After that, 29 huge footprints composed of fireworks walked towards the main venue step by step from Yongding Gate, Qianmen, Tiananmen, Forbidden City, and Drum Tower, symbolizing the 29th Olympic Games step by step into China and Yanjing, this magnificent scene was really exciting at that time!

Later, when the huge footprints turned into starry light and gathered on the Olympic rings, the "flying" fairy in the sky picked up the five rings and showed everyone a three-dimensional five-ring pattern, and the picture was beautiful.

Listening to Yang Peiyi's "Singing the Motherland" sung behind the scenes, the purest and most natural children's sound, everyone was very moved, and even many people cried after seeing this scene, 56 children in national costumes came around the national flag, and this scene also became a classic of the opening ceremony.

Later, when it came to the theatrical performance, a huge LED screen with a length of 147 meters and a width of 27 meters showed a picture of China's history and culture for 5,000 years.

Including the emergence of the four treasures of pen, ink, paper and inkstone, the performance of the "Taigu Relics", the "four great inventions" papermaking, compass, gunpowder and movable type printing, Chinese characters and opera, and the Silk Road, etc., these historical civilizations that the Chinese are proud of have been shown to people all over the world, and they have a deeper understanding of China and China's cultural heritage.

"I live in the same global village with you, heart to heart, and meet in Yanjing for my dreams~~~~"

Liu Huan and Sarah Brightman sang the theme song "Me and You" together, although this theme song was not a popular candidate, but after listening to it at the time, people will slowly like it, and this song has become a popular song that everyone occasionally sings in the future.

Later, when the Chinese delegation came out of the stadium, the audience erupted in enthusiastic cheers.

Flag-bearer Yao Ming and Wenchuan earthquake hero Lin Hao walked in the forefront of the team together, about Lin Hao's little hero, at the moment of the Wenchuan earthquake, nine-year-old Lin Hao was not afraid of danger, rushed into the ruins to rescue his classmates, and was named the hero of earthquake relief.

Therefore, arranging Lin Hao and Yao Ming to walk into the venue together showed the perseverance and tenacity of the Chinese people in the face of disasters, which moved the audience at home and abroad, and this scene became one of the most classic moments at the opening ceremony.

Li Ning, an outstanding representative in the history of Chinese sports, Olympic champion and "Prince of Gymnastics", held the torch high and ran around the Bird's Nest Stadium for a lap, and finally lit the cauldron to announce the official opening of the Yenching Olympic Games!

So far, the opening ceremony of the Yenching Olympics has come to an end, and it has also left the world with an unforgettable and moving night!

The world also gave the opening ceremony of the Yenching Olympics a very high evaluation, Eurosport host: The scale of the Yenching Olympics is beyond any imagination, it is simple, extraordinary, and amazing.

Bulgarian National Television Commentator: The opening ceremony of the Yenching Olympics was simply "flawless" and "impeccable", showing China's history and culture very well.

Reuters: A perfect countdown, a wonderful opening ceremony, a full display of the world's oldest civilization.

Spanish National Television: The opening ceremony was very exciting, perfectly combining traditional Chinese culture and modern Chinese style, and showing it in front of audiences all over the world.

AP: On August 8, China became the protagonist on the world stage. The spectacular opening ceremony and fireworks display were an astonishing way for China to celebrate hosting the Olympics for the first time, and China has become one of the world's major powers.

New Zealand Television One: Today is the greatest day in the history of the Chinese people, and the opening ceremony was quite successful and wonderful.

It can be said that the opening ceremony of the Yenching Olympics in the previous life gave too many good memories to people all over the world, and the bits and pieces of the opening ceremony of this Olympic Games will shock and move everyone.

It is with such a wonderful opening ceremony that the entire Yenching Olympics is even more incomparable!

How good is the opening ceremony of the Yanjing Olympic Games, some people say that it is unprecedented, unprecedented is certain, as for whether it can really be achieved, Song Zheng doesn't know, but at least in the two Olympic Games that he experienced in his previous life, whether it was London or Rio de Janeiro, because of the obvious reference of Yanjing, the opening ceremonies of these two Olympic Games have become boring, and they have been collectively complained about by the world.

Song Zheng never thought that he would now have the opportunity to participate in such a grand event, so that when the officials of the Yanjing Olympic Organizing Committee proposed it and got Zhang Yimou's affirmation, Song Zheng, an international director who has experienced countless big scenes, didn't know what to say.

"Is this a reward for me?"

Song Zheng didn't expect that he would ask this sentence so bluntly, so that when he finished saying this, he was stunned, not to mention the official of the Olympic Organizing Committee and Zhang Yimou.

Then it was Zhang Yimou's laughter that broke the embarrassment, and after laughing, he said: "This can't be regarded as a reward, right, Zhang Ju." ”

In fact, when we were considering the opening and closing ceremonies, our domestic directors had entered the selection range of our Olympic Organizing Committee, including Director Song, and now, Director Song was officially invited to join the director team of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Yanjing Olympic Games, which is not surprising in itself!"

This Zhang Ju is not entirely polite, although Song Zheng is young, not yet thirty years old, but the achievements of the movies he has directed, there are really few people in China who can compare, plus Song Zheng has experience in directing large-scale war scenes, and there must be no problem with on-the-spot scheduling.

Moreover, the most important thing is that the director team of the opening and closing ceremonies has been established for more than half a year, and has been arguing for more than half a year, and has not come up with a complete plan until now.

Seeing that the Olympics are less than a year away, how can we get it if we continue to be so deadlocked.

Let Song Zheng join in, on the one hand, it can be regarded as a compliment for him not caring about personal interests and speaking up, and on the other hand, I hope that Song Zheng can provide some new ideas after joining in.

"I have two main plans here, one is that you and Director Zhang will direct the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games together, and the other is that you will independently direct the closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games!"

This is still a single-choice question, co-directed with Zhang Yimou, there is no doubt that it will be Zhang Yimou who will have the right to speak at that time, he is more of an auxiliary role, although he also has some right to speak, but it is done, Zhang Yimou accounts for most of the credit, and when the time comes, he will have to follow Zhang Yimou to top the thunder, if he chooses to direct the closing ceremony independently, then the entire closing ceremony performance, when the time comes, will be decided by him alone.

It sounds like the second option is better, but it's ~~~~~~~

What is the meaning of the closing ceremony?

Many years after the Yenching Olympics in the previous life, people still remember the opening ceremony, and every time they think about it, they are still excited, who else remembers the closing ceremony?

Song Zheng also remembered that the performance team of the London Olympic Organizing Committee in England drove into the venue in a bus, and then Beckham returned two photos, and he couldn't remember anything else.

Now, although Song Zheng has the opportunity to make the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games a grand performance, if you think about it carefully, taking over the errand of the closing ceremony seems to be a bit tired and unpleasant, after all, if nothing else, the opening ceremony of the Yanjing Olympics will still be a classic in the history of the Olympics by the team led by Zhang Yimou.

"I'll pick the first one!"

Of the two choices, Song Zheng finally unexpectedly chose the first one, co-directing the opening and closing ceremonies of the Yenching Olympics with Zhang Yimou, rather than directing the closing ceremonies independently.

Song Zheng's choice was indeed unexpected in the eyes of others, but for him, it was normal.

Directing the closing ceremony independently, although it is more fulfilling, after all, a grand performance, he alone has the final say, and it is presented in the most perfect form, which sounds very good.

However, how did the closing ceremony make it to the opening ceremony?

This is just like the annual Spring Festival Gala, the opening song and dance is always festive and lively, and at the end, it will always be the song "Unforgettable Tonight".

When the melody of "Unforgettable Tonight" sounded, the enthusiasm of the audience had already been almost consumed by the four-hour party, and who else would listen to the song while reading the subtitles?

"Director Song! Happy cooperation!"

Zhang Yimou was quite happy, and he didn't feel that he was thinning his own credit because of Song Zheng's appearance, but he felt a sense of relief.

The rehearsal for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games began in June this year, and the actual preparations began at the beginning of the year.

Zhang Yimou is really tired, directing a grand performance, in his opinion, it is much more tiring than directing "Hero", "Ambush on All Sides", and "The City is Full of Golden Armor", since Song Zheng is willing to come over to help him share the burden, Zhang Yimou has no reason to be unwilling.

"Director Zhang! Happy cooperation!"

Seeing the two people holding hands together, the happiest thing is the people from the Yenching Olympics Organizing Committee, both of them are internationally renowned directors, if these two people can work together, the opening and closing ceremonies of the Yenching Olympics are even more worth looking forward to.

"Xiao Song, what do you think!" Wang Jinghua was very incomprehensible to Song Zheng's choice, "Although the opening ceremony can attract the audience more, if you can independently direct the closing ceremony, you will definitely get more!"

As soon as she got downstairs and got into the car, Wang Jinghua couldn't help complaining.

Song Zheng said with a smile: "Sister, the stage of the closing ceremony is too small, even if it is an independent director, it is not interesting, besides, although it is said to be a co-director, but we do our own things, and no one will restrict anyone, isn't it better!?"

Just after Song Zheng made a decision, he immediately reached an agreement with Zhang Yimou on the division of labor, when the opening ceremony is in charge of the first half, Zhang Yimou is in charge of the second half, as for the closing ceremony, he will be Zhang Yimou's first assistant director, assisting in the whole process.

Seeing that Wang Jinghua was going to say more, Song Zheng hurriedly said: "Okay! Sister, it's all decided, it's too late to regret it now, let's not talk about it!"

When Wang Jinghua heard this, she really couldn't say anything more, so she said casually: "What are you going to do next? Do you go back to the United States to continue filming, or do you rest for a while!?"

Song Zheng leaned back and said, "How can I have time to rest now! The final performance arrangement will be determined in December, and I have to hurry up and shoot "Inception" before then, and I have to be released in time for the Chinese New Year. ”

"Okay, when do you plan to go back to the United States, I'll arrange to book a plane ticket for you!"

"Don't worry, by the way! Sister, you go with me to meet someone!"

Wang Jinghua was stunned for a moment and said, "Who!?"

"Lei Jun!"

"Oh!" Wang Jinghua replied casually, then came back to her senses, looked at Song Zheng with a surprised face, and said, "Who did you ~~~~~~ you just said!?"

Song Zheng smiled: "Lei Jun!"

When Wang Jinghua heard this, she looked at Song Zheng in a daze, she couldn't come back to her senses for a long time, she felt that her brains were not enough, Song Zheng and Lei Jun, these are two people who are completely out of bounds.

"You and Lei Jun ~~~~~~~"