A week later.

Click, click, in the studio full of lighting equipment, in the green photography backboard, Li Xiaole in a black suit sat on a round bench, next to Zhang Yimou, who was also in a suit and leather shoes, Wang Chaoge, and Han Sanpin sat in the center, looking at the direction of the camera lens.

"Yes, keep this smile, it's in very good condition~" Xu Guotao, the photographer of the "Global Times" over there, kept pressing the shutter, clicking and patting, while reminding:

"Director Li, you are the youngest, you have to be a little more excited, don't be too rigid to move, by the way, you try to make a gesture for framing photography, that is, the index finger and thumb of both hands are put together into a frame, right~ close your left eye ~"

Li Xiaole posed as he said, closed his left eye, and looked at the camera with his right eye through the hand frame, the flash flashed continuously, and there was a continuous clicking sound, and he couldn't help muttering in his heart:

"Isn't that too old-fashioned? It's the same every time, this photo must be very pretended, thinking of this, I can't help but put down my hand and propose:

"Can we take it a little easier, the theme of the Olympics is too serious......"

The four of them are now shooting the cover photo of "The Grand Conjecture of the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games" for the "Global Times", which is the cover title of the next issue of the "Global Times", which is to cooperate with the CCTV live broadcast of the Olympic Games.

"Okay, but, this is for Director Li to stand in the middle~" Xu Guotao thought for a while, nodded, and said with one hand spinning: "Director Li stands in the middle, Director Zhang, Director Wang, Mr. Han, you are all lively and do some anticipatory expressions, design the shape, Mr. Han, you put your arms around Director Li's shoulders." ”

"No problem~" Several people laughed, Zhang Yimou on the left gave a thumbs up, Wang Chaoge made an expression of waving his hands, and Han Sanpin was in charge of Li Xiaole's shoulders, but he was still restrained and unsmiling.

"It's not good, Mr. Han is still too serious, imagine that China won the first place in the gold medal list in this Olympic Games." Xu Guotao said with a smile, Han Sanpin immediately grinned when he heard it, and Xu Guotao immediately clicked the shutter. The film froze this picture and became the cover of the next issue of the Global Times.

For ordinary people, the Global Times, published by the People's Daily, is more like a political newspaper, and there are few stylistic topics that can make the front page, but the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games has attracted a lot of attention, and they are more concerned about the content in it than the interesting cover photo.

Most of the interviews were answered by Han Sanpin, but the specific topics were all about Li Xiaole, and the reporter asked in the report: "This opening ceremony, co-produced by director Li Xiaole and Zhang Yimou, is there any discord between the two." "How much did you invest in this opening ceremony?" "Can you tell us about the highlights of the opening ceremony, such as how the ignition was conducted?"

Han Sanpin's answer to this is very cautious: "I believe that these two best directors in China will bring you the best opening ceremony performance, discord?" Of course not, the two directors are modest and peaceful people, and even if they argue, they are only in artistic creation. ”

"The investment issue of the opening ceremony, I can only say that it is the highest specification in the past, a large part of which is sponsored by Black Pearl Film and Television Company, our national enterprises are more and more willing to give back to the country and society, it can be said that the Olympic Games This national event has united each of us~~"

And Han Sanpin also revealed a news, he specifically mentioned in the interview: "This time the Black Pearl Company participated in the bidding for the exclusive broadcast of the Olympic Games in North America on the American TV station, if the Black Pearl Company won the bid, it will be the first time that our country's TV station will broadcast the Olympic Games abroad, which will be an excellent opportunity to show our country's style." ”

The reporter's last question was asked to Li Xiaole and Zhang Yimou: "May I ask the two directors, do you think the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games can be liked by foreign audiences, especially the United States and Japan, which are world-class powers, can you predict the ratings of their watching the opening ceremony." ”

Zhang Yimou's answer to this was very low-key: "I know that the ratings of the opening ceremony of the Atlanta Olympics in the United States and Japan are 27,32...... I think we should be a little bit taller than them, about 15 or 30......"

And Li Xiaole's answer is much more confident: "There should be 25 in the United States, and it should be 40 in Japan, the effect of this opening ceremony is far better than the level of previous editions, and I believe that the ratings will surpass any previous sessions." ”

This answer still feels nothing in the eyes of the domestic audience, and takes it for granted, but after this news was transmitted to the United States through the Internet, everyone who saw it felt funny, this is simply not this is simply not bragging, but the cow is flying in the sky, and the ratings of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games held by China exceeded that of Athens, the birthplace of the Olympic Games last year? The Chinese director is clearly touting his country's influence in the world.

You must know that when the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics was broadcast live, it was the morning in the eastern United States, and there was no man to watch it......

The media, who were originally not angry that Li Xiaole took away this year's Oscar for Best Director, began to sneer at the arrogance of this Li Jesus after seeing this report, and many people were not optimistic about the so-called "specifications beyond the previous edition" of this opening ceremony, Zhang Yimou and Li Xiaole are both film directors, and the square performance is simply not a match, the "New York Times" published a commentary article saying:

"Maybe Li Xiaole is the hottest film director in the world at present, but it is still doubtful whether he can control the thousand-person performance phalanx of live broadcasts, after all, live broadcasts are different from movies, and you can't shout cut if there is a problem~!"

Those well-known sports commentators also expressed their opinions on the matter on their blogs, and the famous NBA commentator "Fast Talk" Ray Collei said:

"Hey~~ This Chinese kid is really interesting, although he conquered the Oscar, but this does not mean that he can conquer our American sports audience, it is like although China is the champion of table tennis, it will never be able to defeat American basketball~~

He shouted out the declaration of more than 25% of the ratings early, which seems to be to boost the morale of his country, or maybe he said that he expressed his stance to the Olympic Organizing Committee in order to bid for the broadcast of the Olympic Games? Please~Can anyone tell these Chinese~~ This is business, and patting on the horse doesn't work. ”

However, Li Jesus's fans don't see it that way, they seem to be looking forward to more miracles that Li Crazy can create, including the opening ceremony of this Olympic Games~~~ Since Li Jesus can conquer the Oscars with a Bengal tiger and an Indian teenager, why can't he lead 15,000 people to conquer the global audience?

As a die-hard fan of Li Xiaole, many Chinese and black netizens left messages to express their support: "For any Chinese, you can't hold an opening ceremony." That's what Atlanta's opening ceremony looks like? "I don't think the Americans have anything to be proud of, they didn't care as much about the Atlanta opening ceremony as they did in Las Vegas."

To everyone's surprise, Li Xiaole also received the support of many big directors in the United States, Spielberg mentioned this topic in an interview, and he strongly supported Li Xiaole:

"The best movie I watched last year was "Life of Pi", and the best TV series was "Sherlock", four months after the weak country, I can see the best large-scale square performance, I will not be surprised at all, I believe that director Zhang Yimou and director Li Xiaole will work together to make the large-scale square performance to a new peak."

And David Fincher's words are even better, he left a message on his blog: "The last Athens Olympics had a speech by a horse and a sculpture group performance, which is a display of national culture, I think there may be a large group of terracotta warriors and horses in Beijing this time, and then Qin Shi Huang drove a carriage out to light the fire~~ Don't you think this is cool?" ”

Obviously, the directors of the directors' union have given great support to Li Xiaole, the strike leader.

In the American television industry, it is a different attitude, almost everyone feels very funny about Li Xiaole's remarks that he wants to bid for the broadcast of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, although Pirate TV is ranked in the top ten in the United States, but in terms of strength, it is far inferior to the four major television networks, and they also have to bid? Is Li Xiaole telling a joke?

In the past few days, the overwhelming discussions and reports from the American media have caused a headache for the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, and Director Liu even called to criticize Han Sanpin:

"How can you make such a high-profile publicity? You have to know that this is not your China Film movie, your way will only make people criticized, the leaders of the State Council have heard the news and have already called me, you must be more restrained, don't do things that damage the image of the country. ”

Han Sanpin could only smile bitterly at this, the interview with the "Global Times" was also arranged organizationally, and what Li Xiaole and Zhang Yimou said only represented their personal opinions, how could it damage the image of the country? But what can be done, the big leaders of the central government have spoken, and he can only publicly criticize Li Xiaole by name once in the meeting......

Amid all the criticism, the time finally came for the North American broadcasting rights bidding conference.

Li Xiaole came to Zhongying an hour earlier, he and Zhang Yimou, when Han Sanpin went out, he saw Han Xiaoli, who had always been babbling, sitting in the living room, with a large bundle of incense beside him.

The trio made it all the way to the CCTV Media Center, where the OBS (Olympic Broadcasting Service) and the Chinese Olympic Organizing Committee (COCOG) were preparing to start the bidding for exclusive broadcasts of various countries......