Rhapsody of Entertainment Rebirth

On April 20, 2006, the second round of the final bidding presentation began at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

Shanhe followed Zhang Yimou's team to Kuangou early in the morning. To Shanhe's surprise, Zhang Yimou was not the only one who came to Kuangou. There were also three bidding teams, Chen Kaige and Li Yu.

Almost all the first-round bidding teams came to the final bidding presentation site.

Zhang Yi's team was the first to arrive, followed by more than a dozen people from Li Yu's team.

Brother Chen Kai arrived the latest, and the team he brought was also the most capable, with only three or four team members apart from the charming wife around him.

But in terms of appearance momentum alone, the three of them have to count backwards.

Among many Chinese directors, Chen Kaige's charm definitely ranks first. He is tall, elegant, and personable. He wears sunglasses and is accompanied by beauties. He gives people a sense of fashion that shines on stage, and is very similar to the big shots in the movie. The appearance is quite similar!

As a major Hollywood director, Li Yu came with great momentum. There were many foreigners in the team. He was a consultant on the Los Angeles Olympics opening ceremony team in 1984 and the Atlanta Olympics opening ceremony team in 1996. He felt like a big name had arrived. Inexplicable sense of sight.

Compared with the first two, Zhang Yi's team is relatively unsophisticated. There are many people here, but they all look tired and worried, without any high-spirited winning attitude.

Shanhe's calmness and calmness make him particularly conspicuous in Zhang Yimou's team!

Everyone also discovered Shanhe in Zhang Yi's team. Although Shanhe's appearance brought them some surprises, it did not cause any disturbance.

After all, here, no matter how famous Shanhe is, he is still just a junior. Besides, fame is the cheapest among the bidding teams for the Olympic opening ceremony. No one lacks this!

Everyone has arrived, and everyone is a colleague in the film industry. It is inevitable to exchange a few words and talk about the scene.

Most of them were acquaintances, with nothing new to say, and besides, they were competitors, so the atmosphere was calm with a hint of tension.

Only Li Yu remained somewhat curious about Shan He, and his exchanges with Shan He were also full of enthusiasm.

"Hello Shanhe, this is the first time we have met. I have long been familiar with your name. You are the light of the Chinese in Hollywood!"

"Director Li, you're welcome! I'm a junior, I can't live up to my reputation, and I can't afford to be the glory of the Chinese people!" Shan He shook hands with Li Yu.

"Those who are wise come first, and heroes come from young!" Li Yu spoke very slowly, giving people a feminine and delicate feeling, "Today's occasion is unlucky. Let's talk some other time to see if there are any opportunities for cooperation!"

Shanhe nodded and said, "Director Li is busy first!"

To be honest, Shanhe is not too fond of Li Yu. His directorship is impeccable, but Shanhe doesn't like his movies, including "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Lust, Caution".

The two people have completely different positions. One believes in art without borders, and his Eastern and Western thinking is pinched by him in the movie!

One is a pure nationalist. The bottom line is that I am Chinese and my identity is rock solid!

Shanhe and Li Yu have no common language, they are not from the same place, and Shanhe has no intention of cooperating with them.

As soon as the time came, everyone filed into the bidding site. The rostrum was already filled with a whole row of Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee members, and several familiar figures were seen in Shanheshanhe.

Several comrades from the Olympic bid committee a few years ago are also on the review team, including He Jining, who has the best relationship with Shanhe.

Shan He made eye contact with several people, nodded in greeting, and then sat down with Zhang Yi.

The bidding presentation scene was not as serious and tense as Shanhe imagined. Perhaps because everyone was familiar with each other after the previous few months of contact, the review team did not say too much.

After a few simple opening remarks, the bidding statement entered the substantive stage.

"The bidding for the opening ceremony has been going on for less than half a year. We have selected from more than a thousand proposals collected. Without further ado, the final bidding statement is just yours. The presentation time should not exceed an hour and a half. Brother Chen Kai will come first. , Zhang Yi’s team ranked second, and Li Yu’s team came last! Brother Chen Kai, are you ready?"

Brother Chen Kai nodded and replied: "Can I start?"

"Can!"

Shanhe stared at Brother Chen Kai with great interest. There were many rumors about this scene on the Internet in later generations, and the name of the poet came from this. Shanhe's heart of gossip was ready to move.

"Puff!" Brother Chen Kai patted the microphone to test the sound, and started his speech with passion, "On that night a few years ago, when I learned that the Olympic Games would be held in the capital of China, at that moment I was watching Watching TV and seeing the smiles on the faces of people all over the country really reminded me of the poem written by Du Fu back then. It was said that there was a sudden message coming from outside the sword to collect Jibei. When I first heard it, my clothes were filled with tears, but when I saw where my wife was worried, I filled the book with poetry and was wild with joy. …”

When Shanhe heard this opening statement, he grinned slightly and snickered. He really recited a poem!

However, the rumors are indeed distorted. They did not send the organizing committee away with a poem, this was just the opening remarks.

Brother Chen Kai’s speech continues,

“I think the opening ceremony should highlight the characteristics of the nation. Many ancient Greek legends were used in the Athens Olympics celebrations, which reflected the country’s long cultural history and has a good reputation.

There is no doubt about this. China has a profound cultural accumulation of five thousand years. Whether it is the depth and thickness of culture, myths and legends, its rich resources will not lose to Greece. Although the opening ceremony was based on history, the lighting ceremony of the Athens Olympics still used high-tech means. ‘High-tech’ lit the fire for ‘ancient culture’.

Therefore, the success of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony does not depend on whether it uses great high-tech means or whether the techniques are very new.

The form itself is not important, the key lies in the cultural meaning conveyed in the form. It is worth noting that while emphasizing cultural traditions, our opening ceremony should integrate into the trend of the world, be open and reflect the world's perspective. I think our Olympic opening ceremony should reflect an open mind, the format should be fresh, and we should never engage in 'crowd tactics'..."

Poet Chen spoke eloquently for more than an hour, took out his handwritten plan, and made evaluations and prospects for the 22 projects of the Olympic opening ceremony one by one.

It's really exciting, but it's too abstract. It feels like painting a pie. The description is extremely exciting, but there is nothing practical at all. No one knows what the actual operation of this plan will look like!

After Chen Kaige finished speaking, he was very satisfied with his on-the-spot performance and ended his bidding statement with an inner sense of self-satisfaction. He believed that his talent was enough to conquer these Olympic Committee members.

Several review committee members on the stage looked at each other, without raising any questions, and continued: "Zhang Yimou, are you ready?"

"Wait a minute!" Zhang Yimou replied, "We have made two models of the bird's nest, which are on the truck outside. The entire plan has many Chinese and English documents. Please allow us to move them to the site so that my The explanation will be more intuitive, and the organizing committee will be able to better understand the actual operation of our creativity!"

Several review committee members unexpectedly discussed, "Okay, you go and move the things in!"

After a while, two round-table-sized models and four thick piles of graphic materials were placed in front of the Olympic Organizing Committee members.

Zhang Yimou started his bidding statement around these intuitive information.

Within an hour and a half, Zhang Yimou started to introduce and explain the plan one by one based on the 22 requirements of the International Olympic Committee.

The entire opening ceremony started with a five-minute countdown, to the opening ceremony art performance, to the athletes' entrance, the torch lighting ceremony, and finally ended. The more than four-hour opening ceremony plan was intuitively presented to the Olympic Organizing Committee in Zhang Yi's introduction. in front of the committee members.

Zhang Yimou spoke very immersedly, dancing and describing the results of the entire team's efforts over the past few months.

"...The opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games is the world's largest multimedia performance and a large-scale square art performance of unprecedented scale. This is a new historical era, a new beginning, and represents the beginning of a new era."

Zhang Yimou's speech was very practical. He almost didn't waste any time expressing his emotions. All his speaking time was spent on the implementation of the plan.

Each of the twenty-two project processes is meaningful and even comes with emergency backup plans. The team's pragmatic and rigorous attitude and style are clearly visible.

During this period, the Olympic Committee review committee members on the stage frequently exchanged opinions, and there were obviously more feedback and questions about Zhang Yi's plan.

After Zhang Yimou finished speaking, everyone knew that Chen Kaige had been eliminated. Compared with Zhang Yimou's team plan, Chen Kaige's team's plan was too rough and general, and the poet's romantic feelings were not suitable for specific practical plans.

Brother Chen Kai himself knows it well. This old man is too honest. This is just the bidding stage. How can he make big moves at the beginning? Aren't you cheating!

After listening to Zhang Yi's plan statement, Li Yu also knew that his hope was slim. After all, the most important thing about the bidding statement at the opening ceremony was the execution results.

No matter how good your idea is, if it is not practical and effective, the idea is just a fantasy!

But he still started his bidding statement in a straight-forward manner.

Li Yin has always been very gentle and elegant, and this was also the case on set. He spoke in a low voice and spoke softly.

He proposed to invite Lin Huiyin's niece, Chinese-American architect Lin Ying, to participate and integrate the entire structure of the Bird's Nest into the opening ceremony performance.

In addition, he also quoted Hu Shi's academic spirit, making the overall plan appear ethereal and fairy-like, full of classical charm.

Li Yin's plan focuses on using modern imaging technology to reflect traditional Chinese culture. He even proposed transforming the entire Bird's Nest tetrahedron into a large screen.

Not to mention other things, the investment and cost alone are several times more than Zhang Yimou's plan, and the uncertainty is too great.

And Li Yu himself can't guarantee that this plan will be completed. After all, the main project of the Bird's Nest has not been completed yet, and no one can guarantee the situation on site. The chance of an accident happening is too high!

There was no backup contingency plan in Li's bid statement to deal with unexpected events.

After listening to Li Yu's plan, Shanhe couldn't help but lower his head and smile. Most of Li Yu's thinking was based on the situation in country M. He came here just as an applicant.

His plan is very straightforward, just for competition. It is normal to be uncertain and even a little exaggerated. As for cost and execution, these are not considered in the bidding.

It can be seen that he is not under much pressure, and his mentality is completely different from Zhang Yi, Chen Kaige and Shanhe.

He does not have the pride and responsibility of the Chinese people. He came here just to get an opportunity to show himself and become famous all over the world!

Shanhe can see it, and the Olympic Organizing Committee members can naturally see it more clearly, so Li Yu's team will always be a backup. If there is no big surprise, it won't be his turn to play!

After the three teams finished their bidding presentations, it was already past noon, and the organizing committee arranged for the participants to have lunch together.

After lunch, the bidding presentation meeting was over. The teams of Chen Kaige and Li Yu exchanged a few words with the organizing committee and left Kuangou.

Zhang Yimou's team stayed at the end. Several review committee members were still talking to Zhang Yimou, while Shanhe was stopped by He Jining to talk.

"Shanhe, we haven't seen each other for more than a year, but your news is still very loud. I can hear a lot in the Olympic Organizing Committee office. It is a good thing that you join Zhang Yi's team this time. Your talent can help Zhang Yimou can also help the Olympics!"

Shanhe responded to He Jining with a smile: "I was put on the shelf by Director Zhang. As a junior, I can only give you advice and share some of the pressure for Director Zhang. The life and death of the country is a matter of life and death, let alone a little responsibility! "

"I bet you are enlightened!" He Jining patted Shan He's arm and agreed, "You are the biggest business card of our country. You cannot escape your responsibilities. You will probably have to go on stage to show your face at the opening ceremony!"

"Ah!" Shanhe was really dumbfounded at this moment, "Didn't I join the director's team and have to perform on stage? Director He, it's not that I'm avoiding responsibility. My acting skills are really bad. It doesn't matter if I am embarrassed. I’m afraid it will affect the opening ceremony!”

He Jining waved his hand and said: "We don't care about this. You communicate with Zhang Yimou. You are a director yourself. Are you afraid of too many people?"

Shanhe's composure was suddenly shattered. At this moment, the pressure came on. I still have to go on stage. Lang Lang can go on stage and play the piano. What can I do on stage, write a novel for people all over the world to live broadcast?

He Jining watched Shan He's face change rapidly. The original relaxed and carefree mood suddenly turned into dark clouds. He felt inexplicably happy. This kid is really interesting. After so many years, he is still so helpless.

He is not afraid of joining the directing team and taking on the pressure, but he is afraid of being on stage and being in the limelight. This guy's thoughts are really strange, he is always different from others!

"Okay, don't worry, I'm just talking to you. It's up to your directing team to decide how to arrange it!"

Shanhe came back to his senses and looked at He Jining with resentment, "Director He, you really report the sorrows but not the good news. What can I do as a writer on stage? It's so sad!"

"Haha..." He Jining smiled and replied in a low voice, "Come on, let me give you good news. Your team has been recognized, but your team will undergo big changes. The scale will be much larger than it is now, and there will be many other things. Talents from the team will also join in, and the plans for the opening and closing ceremonies will also need to be re-planned, taking into account the advantages of other plans. Your position and functions will remain unchanged, so be a good consultant to Zhang Yimou!"

The news about He Jining gave Shanhe mixed feelings, and he seemed a little worried on the way out of Kuangou.

"Ouch! What's wrong with our Director Qiu? You were so calm during the bidding presentation. Why are you so worried after the work is done?" Zhang Yimou patted the absent-minded Shanhe and asked. .

Shanhe raised his head and looked at Zhang Yimou, "Brother, the strength of our team lies here. What's there to worry about in the bidding? I heard that I have to go on stage to show my face, so I'm a little worried!"

"Haha..." Zhang Yimou responded with a smile, "I thought you were worried about something. There is nothing to worry about. When the time comes, I will arrange a literary and elegant figure for you. You can just walk around the stage twice. Come on!"

"It's easy!" Shanhe rolled his eyes at Zhang Yi, "If the performance fails, it won't be a personal shame for me!"

"You are unfounded! Let's figure out the overall plan first and then think about this! We have to tear down the entire plan and redo it, which is a lot of work!" Zhang Yimou replied angrily.

"Brother, have you been notified?" Shanhe looked at Zhang Yimou and asked, "Director He also gave me some information. When will the appointment letter be officially issued?"

"Just for these two days, you have it too. Then you have to go on stage with me to receive the letter of appointment!"

"Ah!" Shan He stared at Zhang Yi in surprise, "I'm just a staff officer. If a staff officer doesn't lead me, I can't even fart, what am I going to do on stage?"

"Who made you famous?"

"Hey~ I'm not grabbing the credit! No, I have to talk to the superiors!"

Zhang Yimou turned around and responded seriously: "Why are you taking the credit? You have to help me share the pressure. I have received a lot of criticism in the past two years. With you here, the blame on the team will be reduced by more than half. The above considerations Very thoughtful!”

Shanhe thought for a moment and nodded helplessly, "This time we are really like grasshoppers tied on a string!"

"It's been a long time ago, and you still want to escape!"

Two days later, the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee officially held a press conference in Beijing. At the meeting, the appointment letters for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games were officially issued to the chief director Zhang Yi, and deputy chief directors Chen Weiya and Zhang Jigang. What shocked everyone was that there were still people on the stage. There is an unexpected young figure, Shanhe!

This news instantly detonated the entire China!

The two men were all on the front pages of major media across the country that day.

"The directing team for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympic Games was finally announced, with Zhang Yimou winning and Shanhe joining the team..."

"Zhang Yimou is not afraid of failure and takes on heavy responsibilities again; Qiu Shanhe is a young hero who lives up to his youth!"

"Beijing Film Academy's young and old team takes on the important task of opening the show, and Lao Mouzi and Xiao Shanhe want to shock the world..."

"Zhang Yi's failure in Athens led to Shanhe FireWire's help?"

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"Zhang Yimou defeated Chen Kai's brother Li Yu, how much credit did he achieve?"

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Zhang Yimou suffered countless doubts and criticisms for the "Eight Black Minutes" in Athens, and is still the chief director of the opening and closing ceremonies.

This matter should have caused huge controversy, but Shanhe's participation diverted the attention of the whole society from focusing on Zhang Yimou to Shanhe.

A young man under the age of twenty-two actually became an important figure in the directing team of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games. This was originally an extremely absurd decision, but unexpectedly it did not cause much criticism.

Shanhe's past glorious achievements seem to have given the general public too much inertial thinking.

The combination of Zhang Yimou and Shanhe has won the approval of most people.

The response on the Internet was the fastest, and the discussion was the most intense.

"This combination is good! Lao Mouzi is experienced and takes the lead, and Shanhe, who is young and creative, helps out a lot. It feels very reassuring!"

"It's absolutely no problem for Shanhe's talent to come up with ideas. It can be seen from "The Signal" that his imagination is definitely big enough..."

"I support Shanhe's participation with both hands and feet. He represents our young people. The Olympics is a stage for young people..."

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"Zhang Yimou has the luck of Shanhe this time. Shanhe has never been defeated, and he will definitely not be defeated in the Olympics..."

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"Eight minutes in Athens are vivid in my mind. Is there no one else in China? Where is Brother Chen Kai? What can a young man from Shanhe do..."

"What's wrong with young people? Ninety-nine percent of people talking online are young people. You are looking for scolding when you say that!"

"Brother Chen Kai? "The Promise" has just finished playing, why don't you go and relive it again!"

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The planning of Zhang Yimou and the Olympic Organizing Committee was very effective. Public opinion’s doubts about Zhang Yimou were reduced by half. Shanhe really helped Zhang Yimou and the Olympic Organizing Committee share the pressure. His global influence is enough to support him. Start this!

The chemical reaction between the Olympic Games and mountains and rivers is not limited to China.

The coverage of this news quickly radiated outward, and newspapers and magazines from all over the world reported the final results of the Chinese Olympic Games opening and closing ceremony directing team.

Zhang Yimou and Shanhe have become popular figures in the world these two days.

"The New York Times": The famous Chinese director Yimou Zhang took over the Olympic opening ceremony, and Hua Guoqiu joined the team...

"Washington Post": A magician steps onto the Olympic stage. Will he perform magic at the Olympics?

"Los Angeles Today": Yimou Zhang and Hua Guoqiu want to put the film on the Olympic stage. China will release a curious and mysterious blockbuster at the Olympics...

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"The Times": Color master Yimou Zhang led the Olympic opening ceremony, and best-selling author Hua Guoqiu assisted..."

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"France Times": What kind of performance will China bring to the world? Can Yimou Zhang and Hua Guoqiu's work surpass the blue dream in Athens?

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"Sydney Daily": China's Olympic opening ceremony director team has been released, led by Yimou Zhang and joined by Hua Guoqiu. Surpassing Sydney has become their top priority!

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Media around the world have increased their coverage of China's Olympic opening ceremony directing team because of Shanhe.

The public's attention has also been attracted to the 2008 Olympic Games.

In addition, the news that Shanhe has joined the directing team for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games also brings unexpected surprises.

Sales of "Signal" have increased rapidly overseas, especially in Europe and the United States.

The first week sales of "Signal" were less than 300,000 copies, and word-of-mouth spread was not as fast as in the Asian market. After all, this is a Chinese story, and European and American readers did not have a strong sense of involvement.

The second week after its release was supposed to be tepid, but this news immediately made "The Signal" a little popular. Word-of-mouth about the book immediately spread, and sales began to explode immediately.

Scholar Publishing House immediately increased its publicity efforts, and the news that Shanhe joined the Olympic team spread faster.

The influence of the Beijing Olympics has also expanded a lot. Sometimes a country needs such a business card to promote itself.

European and American media report too little on China, and often with a colored eye!

European and American people need media to understand China, and cultural and sports celebrities are the best way.

The butterfly of mountains and rivers has made more people around the world look at China, and the changes in China will make more people marvel!

Of course, as soon as the news came out that Shanhe had joined the directing team for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games, the most excited people were the folks in Shanhe's hometown of Northern Fujian County.

In the afternoon when the news came out, firecrackers started going off in the county town.

The name Shanhe has become the imprint of Northern Fujian County, and as Shanhe continues to move forward, it becomes deeper and deeper!

It is no exaggeration to say that Shanhe has become a role model and a nightmare for all children in Northern Fujian County. Not only are his parents talking about his name at home, but they are also unable to avoid it in school. The name Shanhe has to be heard several times every day. Their feelings for Shanhe are really indescribable. They admire and respect him but also want to bury him!

Northern Fujian No. 1 Middle School has become a provincial key school because of its mountains and rivers, and Northern Fujian Experimental Primary School has also become a city model primary school.

When people from Northern Fujian County go out, no matter where they go, Shanhe will definitely come first when bragging. They talk about Shanhe. I hugged him when he was a child; Shanhe and I were in the same class, and he was extremely naughty when we were young; my family is the neighbor of Shanhe's family. , Shanhe often goes to my house for dinner...

Now Shanhe has done something big again, joining the Olympic Games directing team! They couldn't celebrate something like this that they couldn't even imagine. Let's set off firecrackers first to make it fun!

The next day, the streets and alleys of northern Fujian County were filled with red banners celebrating Shanhe's joining the Olympic opening ceremony directing team.

Qiujia Village, Shanhe's hometown, was even more incredible. Firecrackers went off all day long, and the whole village was more lively than during the Chinese New Year!

Although he didn't understand what the Olympic opening ceremony directing team was doing, Qiu Dahai knew that his grandson had brought another great thing to the Qiu family that could be passed down to his family!

The main entrance of the Qiu family ancestral hall was opened again. Qiu Dahai and the young and old of the Qiu family placed sacrifices and prayed to their ancestors. The descendants would honor their ancestors and make their ancestors happy. By the way, they continued to bless the descendants of the Qiu family to continue to prosper and prosper, and to bless the mountains and rivers smoothly. Bless the country and the people!

That night, the bench dragon of Qiujia Village once again started to swim around the villages. This time, more surrounding villagers joined in. Everyone wanted to be happy. The Qiu family's luck was extremely good, so they had to come and go more often. ah!