Chapter 296

Wang Jinhua did not know where he heard this name, and pondered for a few seconds.

"Seems to be a female actor who signed with Yanda Huayi not long ago?"

"Yes, a while ago, the 'Red Cliff' project meeting, Wang Xiaolei brought her over when eating; I heard she is also from the 02 class of Beidian."

"Mm, she is a classmate of Liu Yifei."

Wu Kebo thought of the literary girl's flirting that night and felt a little itchy: "Jinhua, you and Yanda Huayi can be considered a peaceful breakup; see if this female actor has the possibility..."

Wang Jinhua could not see his intention, so she had to agree helplessly.

Anyway, the company is his, and her Cheng Tian Shiba is an independent subsidiary; at worst, if she can't be poached, put her under his name.

Times change, but some accidents in history are also inevitable, such as Song Jia and Jiang Yiyan.

If you look at everything happening in domestic entertainment from a God's perspective, the development context of Cheng Tian is surprisingly similar to later generations.

Song Jia, in later generations, was recruited by Wang Jinhua who changed jobs and built according to Fan Bingbing's sexy route.

In 2006, she appeared in "Curiosity Kills the Cat" as a newcomer, partnered with Carina Lau and Hu Jun, and won the "Hundred Flowers Award Best Supporting Actress Nomination" and "Most Potential Newcomer" under Cheng Tian's operation.

Later, she played Li Ji in "Red Cliff."

And Jiang Yiyan, who was slapped to the collapse of her Dao heart at the last banquet, entered Wu Kebo's eyes in advance by fawning in this lifetime.

In later generations, she met Wang Jinhua through Chen Daoming's "Where Youth Has No Place to Rest" and entered Cheng Tian.

This drama was Chen Daoming's hard work; he brought his own funds and filmed it entirely with film, which was unheard of in the TV drama circle.

Although the TV drama did not become popular in the end and Chen Daoming also lost money, Cheng Tian listed Jiang Yiyan as a key training object in the "Luxury Newcomer Plan."

Focusing on pure literature and art, the goal is directly aimed at Xu Jinglei.

With the foresight and great advantage of a prophet in later generations, Boss Lu is right to carry the flag to develop commercial films.

But objectively speaking, for the current mainland directors, rather than making commercial films with unclear profit expectations, it is better to make art films that they are more sure of.

The same goes for the status of actresses.

Like Liu Yifei entering the North American market relying on "The Foreign Land" and being crowned the total champion of mainland box office history, the opportunity is hard to meet in fifty years.

More, it was Xu Jinglei's "Letter from an Unknown Woman" winning the international director award in 2004;

"Peacock" made Zhang Jingchu popular in 2005, "Shanghai Dreams" made Gao Yuanyuan popular, "Perhaps Love" made Zhou Xun a grand slam Best Actress, including Jiang Yiyan filming "Night Shanghai."

Building Jiang Yiyan's talented woman temperament is moving closer to these successful examples.

The surging of domestic entertainment is not a matter of one day, and Zhou Jun's fall also seems to have become a trivial matter.

Even the person involved, Seeing Lu Kuan, had no interest in exploring his whereabouts.

Perhaps he changed his name and sank, perhaps he was trying to counterattack in secret, but he could only watch Seeing Lu Kuan go with the general trend.

But Yanda Huayi, Cheng Tian, Poly Bona, Fiber, Xiaoma Benteng, Rong Xingda;

And Wanda, which announced its entry into the film industry as early as 2003, all saw the domestic entertainment and film industry that was gradually rising.

Facing the ubiquitous competition of Cheng Tian today, the current status of Wenjie Holdings is far from being said to be completely dominant.

It's just like sailing against the current; if you don't advance, you retreat.

At the same time, Wenjie Holdings President's Office.

Gao Jun was communicating with Boss Lu about the scheduling of "Tangshan Earthquake," and Chen Zhixi was learning and recording on the side.

"For this year's New Year's Eve schedule, our main competitors are very clear."

The New Year's Eve schedule is usually the last 3-4 weeks of each year; this schedule has Christmas and New Year's Day, and the enthusiasm for watching movies is surging.

And the Spring Festival schedule is from the first day to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month; in this atmosphere of family joy, "Tangshan Earthquake" must not be touched.

"December 1st 'Perhaps Love,' December 15th 'Zhang Wuji,' December 16th 'Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles,' December 28th 'A Chinese Tall Story'."

"Of course, there is also Hollywood's 'King Kong' on the 14th."

"Boss Lu, we..."

Boss Lu looked at the materials in his hand, pondering.

Usually, the scheduling of a film is determined by the distributor, the theater chain, and the producer.

"Tangshan Earthquake" is jointly distributed by Wenjie Jiahe and China Film, and among the four major competitors this year, "Zhang Wuji" belongs to China Film's investment.

Relatively speaking, as "Earthquake," which is invested and distributed by China Film, the policy convenience in release and distribution is relatively high.

But the problem is, you are a disaster film that earns tears, and you have to squeeze into the festive New Year's Eve schedule...

Is it unwise?

Industry big shot Gao Jun certainly thinks so.

But out of "superstition" for this young director who has won every battle, he feels that this may be another genius marketing strategy of Boss Lu?

This is also his main purpose for coming today.

Where the hell are there so many genius marketing strategies; Seeing Lu Kuan is just considering it based on the original intention of filming this movie.

If he could, he would like to release it in the 2008 Spring Festival schedule, keeping this unforgettable memory until half a year later.

But the construction of school buildings can't wait, the popularization of escape and self-rescue knowledge for children can't wait; these are all things that must be done in advance.

Furthermore, for such a movie, it must be to use the huge flow of people gathered in the New Year's Eve schedule, so that the audience can be moved to tears in the cinema, which is the most memorable point.

If this time is missed, I am afraid the effect will be greatly reduced.

Perhaps it was because he noticed that the atmosphere in the room was a bit solemn, he leaned slightly on the sofa, and his whole person appeared relaxed.

Boss Lu glanced at Chen Zhixi.

The latter met his deep eyes, shuddered instantly, and sat upright unconsciously.

She is a person with a background; the storm in Beijing in the past two months, Chen Zhixi knows clearly, and she doesn't know how many times she has been exhorted by her parents when she returns home.

Listen! Listen! Listen!

Let you be an actor, you be an actor; let you be an intern, you be an intern.

Anyway, Dong Shuangqiang has already sent the person over, you just learn!

Boss Lu is clearly also deliberately cultivating this future female executive, and the discussion with Gao Jun today is relatively in-depth.

"The four or five films Gao Jun just mentioned are our main competitors at present."

"For a subject like 'Tangshan Earthquake' and such a high cost, rather than saying we are discussing a suitable schedule, it is better to say we are looking for loopholes."

Seeing Lu Kuan looked at Chen Zhixi, who was frowning: "Then we have to consider it from the distribution perspective of these films."

"'Perhaps Love' is a musical romance film; it pioneered this type of film in the mainland, and the star lineup of Takeshi Kaneshiro, Jacky Cheung, and Zhou Xun is also quite eye-catching."

"They are released in advance on the 1st, which is to avoid the mutual attack of big films and highlight the particularity of their subject matter."

"'Zhang Wuji' and 'Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles' are head-on collisions; Han Shanping of China Film advanced it by one day, just to see the sensational scene of Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige colliding."

"'A Chinese Tall Story' continues Zhou Xingchi's nonsense style, and also intends to bind with 'A Chinese Odyssey' in subject matter and publicity; comedy subject matter is the most popular."

The young director smiled at the little assistant: "Chen Zhixi."

"Yes! Here."

The female actor who graduated from the Central Academy of Drama is gradually adapting to the work rhythm of Wenjie, but she is still a bit afraid of the young boss in front of her.

Because she often can't understand this person, just like this time, why must she take a disaster film to stir up the muddy water of the New Year's Eve schedule.

"The content and evaluation of each film, you have also seen from the internal documents; what time in December do you think is best."

Chen Zhixi said with difficulty: "Boss Lu, the specific date... I haven't thought about it yet, but I think it should be placed in..."

"Before 'Zhang Wuji' and 'A Chinese Tall Story'."

Boss Lu was expressionless, waiting for her reason.

"Considering the consumption ability and consumption habits of mainland people now, I think more than 70% of people choose at most 1-2 big films to watch."

"Among the current films, excluding ourselves, the ticket prices of 'Zhang Wuji' and 'A Chinese Tall Story' are the highest; this is the first."

"Second, in this time cycle, the head-on collision between you and the two big domestic directors, Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige, is more topical, which is convenient for hype and marketing."

"Third, to be honest, in terms of special effects, we are as famous as 'Zhang Wuji' in publicity, but in terms of subject matter, 'A Chinese Tall Story' is clearly more popular."

"If an audience has watched 'Zhang Wuji,' which is famous for special effects, and has watched 'A Chinese Tall Story,' which is called A Chinese Odyssey-style nonsense, I think the willingness to watch this disaster film again is not very strong."

Boss Lu held the purple clay pot and looked at Gao Jun; he could clearly see the appreciation in the latter's eyes.

Boss Lu is still good at recognizing people!

Whether it is An Yugang, the successor in the theater chain he found, or Chen Zhixi, who has been on the job for less than two months.

It has to be said that they are all talents with great potential.

Boss Lu commented: "Your answer... 70 points; it counts as knowing how to consider problems from the consumer's perspective, combined with the characteristics of the film."

"What you are still lacking now is mainly the appreciation ability of the film; what is said here is not appreciation from an artistic perspective, but appreciation from a commercial perspective."

"This problem is actually very simple; that is, which of these four domestic films do you think has a good market, and which film will flop, right?"

Chen Zhixi said with difficulty: "Boss Lu, this film... even the capital side and China Film usually can't grasp the pulse, how can I see which is good and which is bad?"

"Don't rush, this is a long-term industry vision, which needs to be cultivated slowly."

Boss Lu turned to Gao Jun: "Put it one week after the release of 'Zhang Wuji,' premiere on the evening of Friday, December 23rd."

"Ah?"

"Ah?"

Chen Zhixi and Gao Jun were both unbelievable.

Looking at Boss Lu's appearance now, it is like buying vegetables in a vegetable market; clearly, he can see which is good and which is bad, but he turned around and picked the worst one to take home.

"Zhang Wuji" is also the face of this year's New Year's Eve schedule!

Even if it's in front of him, if it's behind him, shouldn't it be hidden as late as possible?

It is clearly more appropriate to be between December 25th and 28th.

Boss Lu naturally has his own explanation: "The special effects of 'Zhang Wuji' were done by our own Butian Yinghua; I roughly know the overall effect and style."

"At the Shanghai Film Festival before, the screening organized by the 'Zhang Wuji' side, I and Harvey of Miramax both went."

"To be honest, I think the reputation of 'Zhang Wuji' may collapse."

He stood up leisurely to move his muscles and bones: "Based on this judgment."

"We release it behind him, choose an appropriate timing, and can use our excellent production and excellent reputation to accelerate his collapse, thereby catching this wave of traffic."

"But if we release it too late, these viewers who have the ability and willingness to consume big films will not have a substitute to choose."

"This wave of audience traffic overflowing because of the collapse of 'Zhang Wuji's' reputation, we won't be able to eat enough."

The young director looked at the two subordinates who suddenly realized: "This time, no one can grasp it accurately, but I think 7-10 days is a relatively reasonable number."

He returned to the desk and started to arrange publicity work.

"Starting from mid-October, two months, full coverage online and offline."

Boss Lu deliberated: "Gao Jun, you negotiate with Boss Han; don't be stingy with marketing expenses; Wenjie can bear a little more for the excess part."

"This? Boss Lu, why is this?"

"Cultural products have both economic value and social value; the subject matter of 'Tangshan Earthquake' determines that we must lean towards the latter to a certain extent."

"We are a country with frequent earthquakes; since we chose to take this movie, let's try our best to do the publicity effect of earthquake warning, escape, and self-rescue as well as possible!"

Looking at the young president who had started to drop eye drops for the second time in just one morning, Gao Jun's expression was unprecedentedly solemn and serious.

"Yes! Boss Lu!"

Interpersonal communication, whether it is social status or wealth level, has woven cold class curtains.

As a leader, personality charm is like a hot torch, which can easily penetrate this layer of curtain and truly obtain the respect and submission of followers.

For Gao Jun and Chen Zhixi, they are both workplace professionals who have far exceeded the ordinary class, and their evaluation of a person has long transcended the simple distinction between good and bad people.

But a boss like Seeing Lu Kuan, who is usually extremely stingy with various company budget details, has paid no cost and asked for no return in public welfare undertakings throughout the entire creation process of the "Tangshan Earthquake" movie.

This is a personality power that transcends material and class, making them fear his power and even more cherish his virtue.

Boss Lu rarely finished official business before lunch and greeted A Fei to come in and drink tea together.

He didn't let the cold-faced bodyguard do it, as he was used to handling tea matters himself.

"Is Sun Wenwen settled?"

"Almost, she is handling the paperwork with Emil."

"Let her hurry up; don't hold a position in the American company on the surface, go find Liu Yifei first."

A Fei rarely showed a slight, imperceptible smile: "I know."

"Knock knock knock!"

"Please come in!"

Ning Hao swung his arms and came in leisurely: "Hey, I came at the right time, Director Lu is making tea himself!"

Boss Lu teased: "The newlyweds are back from vacation?"

"Hey! Maldives is nothing strange; I think it's about the same as Sanya."

"After the tsunami in Southeast Asia, a considerable number of white tourists went there; it's too crowded!"

After "Cow Fighting," Ning Hao, who had been working continuously for two years, finally got a short rest time, so he simply got a certificate with his girlfriend Xing Aina, whom he had been in love with for four or five years, and went on a travel wedding.

"Not holding a banquet?"

Ning Hao's eyes widened: "How is that possible! Must hold it, otherwise how can I fish a big red envelope from you?"

"Okay, then you rest and prepare to continue working."

After "Genius Gunner," Xue Xiaolu fought hard to win a rest time for herself and is now traveling in Europe with her screenwriter husband.

There are only a few directors in Wenjie who can stably produce and guarantee the quality of films.

Xu Zheng's trial work "Crazy Supermarket" (Night Shop) can be considered a hit, but whether he can control a movie with an investment of more than ten million is a problem.

"Zhu Xian 2" directed by Wu Ershan is still popular, and after communicating with Boss Lu, the former seems to want to digest his experience and prepare to apply for the Pan-Asia Film Academy that will open next year.

During this period, Ning Hao and Xue Xiaolu were both resting, and the work pressure of Wenjie's filming team was greatly reduced; how can this be?

While the two were chatting, Ning Hao suddenly doubted: "By the way, Zhang Yadong looked for me recently, saying that a big client is making an album and asked me to shoot an MV for him."

"I thought, who has such a big tone!"

"Brother is at least three or four hundred million in the total box office of the domestic film circle; do you know how much it costs to invite me?"

Boss Lu smiled without saying a word; he naturally knew who this person who spent money like dirt was.

"Zhang Yadong called me this morning, and the girl's family directly offered 1 million..."

Ning Hao had an exaggerated and smug expression: "Boss Lu, in terms of shooting MVs, can I say that I am the number one director in the country?"

"Congratulations on getting rich."

"Oh! By the way! That girl's company wants to invite you to dinner."

Boss Lu raised his head and glanced at Ning Hao, thinking that you, a thick-browed and big-eyed one, have also learned to show your cards.

The latter then smiled awkwardly: "Hey! I really couldn't resist the pestering of that so-called Boss Lu; you say a word, what do you think."

Boss Lu curled his lips: "No time recently."

"'Tangshan Earthquake' still has a little bit not finished, and then I have to start running publicity and public welfare, and there is the first round of bidding for the Olympic plan at the end of the month."

Ning Hao seemed determined to be this lobbyist: "Can you do it after you are busy? People are not in a hurry; the little girl is still in school and is just preparing to package her debut."

"All busy? Can I have a time when I am busy with such a big company?"

Intentionally or unintentionally, Boss Lu mentioned it again: "'The Foreign Land 2' is also about to start filming, and I have to find time to take a look in Canada."

Ning Hao sneered in his heart, what are you pretending to be here!

Who doesn't know whether you are going for the movie or the person?

A debt of romance.

Of course, this Wenjie direct director still remained calm on the surface.

He just pointed at the thick-black boss with bad taste: "Boss Lu, you can also update that blog when you have nothing to do, interact with movie fans, don't leave it deserted, it's all overgrown with grass."

"Ah?"

Ning Hao smiled and got up: "Okay, I'm going to earn my 1 million director fee, not disturbing your work."

Boss Lu looked at him "fleeing" suspiciously and turned to A Fei: "My blog? What do you mean?" A Fei was not good at lying, only tactfully said: "Mm... your blog, it's a bit lively recently."

"Lively?"

Boss Lu had been working continuously for several days, not distinguishing between day and night, where did he know that he was passively involved in an episode of "The Voice."

Curiously sitting back in the boss chair, the young director clicked on his blog.

The most recent one was the publicity soft article for the public welfare trip to Sichuan of "Tangshan Earthquake" last month.

Dragging down to the comment area, it had already built up to more than 4,000 floors extremely terrifyingly...

The copy is the same, and the pictures are exactly the same.

The loading speed of the pictures at this time was slightly slower, and he clicked on a small picture curiously.

Then a "world-famous painting" that had long been spreading wildly on the internet appeared in front of his eyes.

Shock!

The young director slammed the table angrily: "Bold!"

——

October 1, 2005, a great and festive holiday.

At this moment, on the fourth floor of the Qinglan Building on Dongsi Shitiao, Beiping, the staff of the Olympic Organizing Committee were busily preparing for the lottery and bidding.

As early as a week ago, the Olympic Organizing Committee officially announced that a total of 16 opening and closing ceremony plans were selected from more than 400 plans from all over the world and 14 targeted solicitation units.

Among them, the entry of the Wenjie team made everyone surprised and strange!

The previously leaked plans might have had regrets, and there were also those who gloated.

But regardless of the leaders including Chairman Liu of the Olympic Organizing Committee, to the thousands of ordinary people who cared about the progress of Olympic preparations, there were very few who were unconventional and said that this plan was not good.

Such a piece of jade in front, the Wenjie team was able to produce another work sufficient to convince the Olympic Organizing Committee in just half a day, which is simply jaw-dropping.

No one doubted that this was through the back door, because this kind of thing is directly reaching the heavens.

The Olympic Games are the top priority in the country for these two or three years and do not allow any accidents.

This is also the reason why Boss Lu must seize this opportunity to get rid of Zhou Jun; the opportunity must not be lost, and the time will not come again.

At 8:30 in the morning, representatives of 16 bidding teams gathered in the conference room on the fourth floor of the Qinglan Building, preparing to draw lots to determine the reporting order.

On such an important occasion, representatives of the teams almost all arrived in person.

Zhang Yimou had a sincere sentence in an interview in later generations:

Directors can do it at any time; the opportunity of the Olympic Games, a person only has one in this life.

But directors and artists who have pursuits will not miss such an opportunity.

Just like Chen Danqing, who was criticized in later generations, was one of the consultants of the last Olympic creative group in later generations.

He once said that as long as the creative group needs it, even if he is asked to be a painter for Zhang Yimou, being able to help concretize Director Zhang's description to facilitate everyone's understanding is excellent.

In the office, artists were smoking and blowing water in twos and threes.

Ma Wen and Tan Dun, artists from New York, stood by the window and laughed and talked about their experiences in the country during this period;

Cai Guoqiang and Chen Kaige were chatting; both were green card holders, and Director Chen was consulting him on some fireworks special effects in the movie;

Boss Lu was naturally discussing the Dao with his old senior Zhang Yimou, talking about the film scheduling.

"'Tangshan Earthquake' is set for the 23rd?"

"Yes, almost, one or two days before or after, it should be."

Although they belong to competitors, old Zhang Yimou never saw him as an outsider and spoke directly.

"Should we consider it again, even if it is put after the year, you don't have much financial pressure, not in a hurry to withdraw investment."

Seeing Lu Kuan smiled: "There are many big movies this year, and the payment ability of the audience has not reached a certain level; if you put it back, the ticket price will not be collected."

"This time 'Tangshan' in the giant screen hall of every first and second-tier city, one ticket has to be 80-100, which is still a test of market consumption ability."

Zhang Yimou shook his head helplessly: "Little Lu, I really admire you."

"This step is big enough!"

"In the past few years, the movie-watching habits of the common people have just been cultivated, and you have started to toss about 4k high-definition cinema halls."

Old Zhang Yimou participated in the celebration ceremony of "Genius Gunner" and experienced it once in that giant screen cinema of Wenjie Jiahe in the World Trade Center, which was shocking.

The young director sighed: "No way, in terms of theater chains and cinemas, we are in the posture of a challenger in the mainland, only by finding another way."

Zhang Yimou is an old film person, of course he understands what he means.

The reform of the domestic theater chain system began in 2003; in order to adapt to the needs of the situation, the country opened up the access control for foreign capital.

It was also in this year that Wanda and Warner jointly operated a five-star multi-hall cinema in Beiping — Warner Wanda International Cinema.

Later, Warner withdrew its capital, and the cinema was renamed Wanda Cinema.

Since then, policies have been relaxed year by year, and the boom in domestic cinema construction has been in full swing.

If Wenjie Jiahe still develops step by step, it will tend to be mediocre without advantages in land acquisition, audience accumulation, and sales revenue.

Therefore, the giant screen hall is just a first move for Seeing Lu Kuan to strive to build the high-end image of Wenjie Jiahe Cinema.

The two Beidian brothers were chatting hotly, and in the corner, a bearded man and a thin-faced man were talking in a low voice.

The bearded man is Chen Weiya, and the thin-faced man is Zhang Jigang; both are the pillars of the domestic top song and dance troupe.

"Old Zhang, what is the background of this Seeing Lu Kuan?"

Zhang Jigang looked at his bearded friend and pretended not to understand the meaning of his words: "What background?"

"Go, still teasing me."

The bearded Chen Weiya was clearly more straightforward: "The bidding document made in half a day, and it is so little, it can actually pass."

"It is said that he also..."

"Hush!"

Zhang Jigang's face turned cold: "How can you not distinguish the occasion, talking nonsense."

He glanced at Seeing Lu Kuan, who was laughing and talking with Zhang Yimou, without changing his expression, and pulled his friend out of the conference room to the other end of the corridor to smoke.

"Don't ask or inquire about this matter; it doesn't concern you or me, why talk about him?"

The bearded Chen Weiya was indignant: "I just can't see people going through the back door; we all have a box of materials, can his few bidding documents write flowers?"

"Hey! I was happy when I saw the announcement; he could actually be shortlisted!"

"Hehe, so what if he is shortlisted, this is something that cannot be faked; at the last round, who dares to fool?"

The two nodded and smiled at the passing staff, smoked, and stopped talking.

The bearded Chen Weiya, who was dissatisfied with Boss Lu's shortlisting, is the deputy head of the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe, at the deputy department level.

The thin-faced man who also expressed disdain is Zhang Jigang, then head of the Song and Dance Troupe of the General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army, with the rank of major general.

Under the domestic tube-based system and ideology, even if Boss Lu is a wealthy businessman and a big director, they will not look at him highly.

No matter how much money you earn, no matter how famous you are internationally, it has nothing to do with us.

But you Seeing Lu Kuan are taking advantage of the situation, taking a few shabby bidding documents and bidding materials to make up the numbers, affecting our normal bidding, which is a bit unreasonable, right?

In the final analysis, it is still dissatisfaction with Boss Lu being too young, which is also human nature.

All doubts still have to be broken by action.

Not long after, a ponytail beauty wearing an Olympic Organizing Committee work permit walked into the conference room holding a lottery box.

"Teachers, please be quiet, get ready to draw lots."

Zhang Jigang and Chen Weiya returned to the office, and everyone's expressions were free and relaxed.

Bidding is a great art competition; under the rules of the scoring system, the team that goes on stage first will have some disadvantages.

Especially for teams that are particularly confident in their plans, because they have not been compared with slightly inferior plans, the judges will be more cautious when scoring in front, which may be on the low side.

The teams at the scene drew lots according to the order of submitting bidding documents.

Zhang Yimou team 10th, Chen Kaige team 4th,

The Gehua team that Li An participated in was 2nd, but he didn't come today, and Cui Jian drew for him.

Li An himself is running for the Oscars in the United States.

In March 2006, his "Brokeback Mountain" would receive 8 nominations, and he himself would become the first Chinese director in Oscar history to win Best Director.

The Wenjie team submitted the bidding document last; Boss Lu was the most indifferent, crossed his legs and smoked, and finally learned his order from the staff.

7th bidding.

It counts as a good number!

The next day, Huairou District, Beiping, Kuangou Conference Center.

This was the work location for Beiping's Olympic bid that year; Olympic Organizing Committee leader Liu felt that this was a blessed land, and today's opening and closing ceremony plan presentation was also arranged here.

At 2:00 PM, the Wenjie team arrived at the waiting area in advance.

The conference site was guarded by armed police, the order was strict, and even service personnel were not allowed to approach within half a meter of the conference room.

Boss Lu knew in his heart that this level of security measures was clearly also because of the plan leak incident in August.

The staff walked over and informed that each bidding group only had about 45 minutes of bidding time; Seeing Lu Kuan and Lin Ying divided the work and cooperated, and finally familiarized themselves with the materials in their hands again.

Suddenly, a photographer carrying a camera walked over; the work permit on his chest showed that he was an official staff member of the Olympic Organizing Committee; this was to prepare shooting materials for the Olympic documentary.

The famous "Zhang Yimou's 2008" in later generations is a collection of similar documentary clips.

"Director Lu, is it convenient to accept an interview?"

"Of course."

The photographer aimed the lens at the young director: "What is your artistic understanding and expectation of the opening ceremony?"

"The Olympic opening ceremony is an important way to show today's China and everything happening on this land to the whole world."

"My understanding of the plan is to combine Chinese culture with technological means, hoping to show China's historical heritage and modern style."

"Director Lu, you are a big director with an international vision; in your opinion, what are the main expectations and highlights of foreign audiences for the Olympic opening ceremony?"

Boss Lu smiled: "To be honest, our national image is still relatively blurred in the eyes of the outside world."

"Economically, the growth and influence brought by national development are unparalleled, which has also attracted the attention of the international community."

"But in terms of culture, we don't have a unified image and decent volume yet, whether it is literature, film, animation, etc."

"So from this angle, I can't talk about how to satisfy the highlights of foreign audiences yet."

The young director talked eloquently: "For me personally, the original intention and starting point of the plan design is to show the style and personality of our nation, show the passion and romance of today's Chinese people, and break some prejudices and malicious speculation."

The photographer listened fascinatedly and was about to ask a few more questions, but was interrupted by the staff in the office.

"Director Lu, you can come in."

The young director stood up and greeted Lin Ying, the capable technical big shot: "Let's go."

"I came, I conquered!"

Boss Lu took the lead and walked into the conference room with high spirits, instantly attracting the attention of everyone present.

On one side of the six-meter-long conference table, sitting from the head were Olympic Organizing Committee leader Liu, second-in-command Jiang Xiaoyu, Chen Zili, as well as Zhang Heping, Minister Wang, and others.

Several leaders looked up at him; many had heard of his name, especially after Zhou Jun's fall, but it was the first time for some to see him in person.

A well-tailored suit, a pair of flat glasses that increase age.

I don't know if it was for the same purpose of increasing age that he grew a beard; he looked less scholarly and artistic, and more stable and powerful.

The staff distributed materials, and Seeing Lu Kuan stood confidently in front of the projection screen: "Leaders, today our report is divided into two parts."

"First, I will report the creative part, and then it is the technical part of Ms. Lin Ying."

The young director added a digression first: "Due to the bidding rules and requirements, our previous bidding materials were somewhat lacking; this time in the report, I will have additions, and welcome leaders to interrupt and ask questions at any time."

Before the bidding deadline at the end of August, out of various considerations, he certainly could not produce a perfect bidding document again.

If this report today can successfully enter the next stage, there will be opportunities to continue to remedy and improve the plan.

Leader Liu certainly supported him: "It doesn't matter, you can just speak openly; everyone knows the situation is special."

"Okay, then I'll start."

Lin Ying operated on the computer, and the screen switched to the core idea part.

"Our opening ceremony plan aims to show the long history, splendid culture, and the vitality and style of modern China of the Chinese nation to the whole world with grand narrative, romantic feelings, and spirit."

"At the same time, convey the Olympic spirit of 'One World, One Dream,' create a cultural feast that attracts world attention, and let global audiences immerse themselves in a dream journey across time and space."

The screen switched: "If the core logic and imagery of the Athens Olympic Games is water, then this plan for the Beiping Olympic Games is a scroll."

"The creativity of using scrolls and scrolls to build the stage comes from Chinese painting; I used this expression technique in my last movie 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'."

"At the beginning, we will break the traditional way of athletes entering the venue, using a huge scroll symbolizing the integration of human civilization as a carrier. The scroll slowly unfolds from the entrance of the stadium and extends to the center of the stage."

"Athletes from all countries will hold brushes representing their own country's characteristics, leaving their footprints and signatures on the scroll during the entry process, jointly drawing a colorful world scroll..."

On stage, the young director was eloquent, drawing a scroll full of grand spirit, grand feelings, and grand pattern for the core leaders of the Olympic Organizing Committee.

Off stage, if there were still those who were dissatisfied and hesitant about the shabby bidding documents, they were almost relieved at this moment.

To be fair, the bidding documents previously sent by Wenjie, if it were not for the strong support of Leader Liu and Zhang Heping, would almost not be able to be shortlisted.

At this moment, Leader Liu looked at his ease and nodded repeatedly; it was not in vain that he withstood the pressure.

"After the countdown stage ends, it is a little girl singing 'Sing for the Motherland'."

"Behind her are 56 children wearing costumes of all ethnic groups; children are the future of the motherland."

This part is the meaning of the title, and the process is the same as later generations.

It's just that if Boss Lu were the director in this lifetime, he would definitely not agree to lip-syncing; there was no need at all.

"Entering the literary and artistic performance stage, we take heaven, earth, and people in Chinese classical philosophy as the core link, gathering characteristic programs including the Four Great Inventions, Tai Chi culture, bronze ware, etc."

A circular Tai Chi platform suddenly appeared on the video, first a Tai Chi performance by a man and a woman.

Then, following the Tai Chi Bagua imagery in the air and under the feet, the Yin and Yang fish started to rotate clockwise.

Characters and numbers were marked on the video, and the leaders were surprised; these so-called Yin and Yang fish were actually composed of 2008 actors, and the overhead view taken by the Wenjie team using large rocker arms was particularly shocking.

Jiang Xiaoyu raised his hand to interrupt him: "Comrade Seeing Lu Kuan, after the Four Great Inventions, choosing to start with Tai Chi culture, is there any story?"

Boss Lu made a specific elaboration: "Leader, in the past few years of film art exchanges abroad, I found that Tai Chi culture is the Chinese classical philosophy imagery most familiar to Western people."

"I will simply give a few examples."

"The University of California, Los Angeles has a Tai Chi class; the professor they specially hired is a disciple of Liu Bin, the founder of the Choy Li Fut Hung Sing Kwoon in the United States, who is very famous."

"The famous American rock musician Reed, he integrated the philosophical thoughts and rhythmic rhythm of Tai Chi into his music creation and performance."

"There is also the famous American marathon runner Dreyer, who also published a book called 'Tai Chi Run' last year."

"There are more in the sports world; the more famous one is the American football superstar Tom Brady, who has practiced Tai Chi for many years and believes that this can improve physical flexibility, balance, and concentration."

Listening to him count the fascination and love of Western ordinary people and celebrities for Tai Chi, the leaders of the Olympic Organizing Committee whispered to each other and all thought that such ideas were worth affirming.

"The program after Tai Chi is called 'The Great Wall'."

The report went very smoothly, and no leaders interrupted his speech and report after that, because everyone was immersed in this grand opening ceremony plan.

The only flaw might be that the CG and visual effect demonstrations of some programs were too concise and could not fully correspond to the young director's description.

"The last part, lighting the fire."

Lin Ying clicked the mouse lightly, and the "Phoenix Returns to the Nest" lighting animation appeared on the screen.

Other parts can be said briefly, but this one must be perfect.

In the response of all the leaders who were dumbfounded, Boss Lu looked at his watch and had ten minutes left, deciding to show his cards.

"Leaders, actually..."

"This final lighting plan, we have a more shocking one, but it may need the country's help in technology."

Leader Liu and others looked at the screen for a long time before reacting and smiled: "Better than this?"

"Better! More beautiful! More shocking!"

Leader Liu, who was in a high position, slapped the table: "Speak!"

(End of chapter)