I'm the director, I'm not bad

Chapter 65 063. Take Xiao Xu with you~
On the top of the bird's nest model, the bright red is so dazzling.

But the radiant color is not harsh, on the contrary, it is soft.

It's like red silk, and it's like a ribbon.

It spirals and twists into a spiral shape.

Surrounded by a pattern full of auspicious clouds, there are still some small holes on the auspicious cloud pattern, which looks a bit dark, but it is lit by the silver painted on the whole body, it does not look dull, but has a kind of brilliance and softness The beauty of pride and passion.

Is this... a torch?
Countless people stood at various angles, or bent over, or looked at the outline of the torch.

And these people first discovered that, no matter from what point of view, silver and red are unified.

You can see red and you can see silver.

Some art directors present, including Yu Zhen, nodded unanimously to express their satisfaction.

Among other things, this use of color alone is very good.

But Zhang Yimou simply started turning around the model of the bird's nest, bending down from all angles to look straight up, after turning around, he suddenly noticed...

"Is it one?"

Hearing his words, the three looked at each other.

Xu Xin stood up:

"That's right, Director Zhang, they are one."

With that said, he walked directly to the model and began to explain:
"My design concept is a scroll. A long picture scroll... Director Zhang, when you asked me to explain the design concept the day before yesterday, didn't I object to your concept of 5000 years up and down? I think a One performance cannot reveal our 5000-year civilization. Because if we hold this concept, the performers will inevitably create props from different dynasties, and then perform the characteristics of different dynasties... That is too cumbersome and too deliberate. So I was wondering...what let us know our history? By word of mouth?...No!"

He shook his head resolutely:

"It's paper, one of our four great inventions. Countless people have recorded what happened in every era and dynasty through paper. Then I was thinking, why can't I also use these papers to reveal it How will it come out? And how should this piece of paper behave?...Get a very, very big piece of paper on the spot? Or what? I have been thinking about it, so I came up with the idea of ​​combining it with the big screen on the spot. You Look……"

Under everyone's gaze, Xu Xin pointed to the circle of pasted aluminum plates:
"This is the big screen of the Bird's Nest, and it is one with the torch. The idea of ​​the feather you mentioned...for the time being, let's follow this. Look, everyone, for example, this is a feather."

He picked up a piece of paper that fell out of nowhere and put it in a starting point:
"According to what you said, Director Zhang, this feather is to fly over the five continents first... For example, North America, what are the maple leaves in Canada, the Indians in America, the Statue of Liberty, etc... Hey, walk around... and then South America , Latin, samba, football and other symbols... Go and go, go to Africa, Africans singing and dancing, or pyramids, Sphinx... Go and go... The Leaning Tower of Pisa on the European side, Soccer, cathedrals, etc... finally came to Asia.

Then... Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing... With the flight of this feather, our history is revealed.This is the sense of our history for 5000 years... Then we walked around... The first Olympic Games began, the pictures of countries passing the torch, the pictures of athletes competing... Walk around... Finally, the smiling faces of children, The smiling faces of the athletes, the smiling faces of the people, things like that..."

Looking at these people with amazing expressions, including Zhang Yimou who was frowning and thinking, everyone was listening to Xu Xin's thoughts and imitating the picture in his mind:
"From the history of the world, to the history of our country, to the spirit of the Olympics...these all appeared as the scroll unfolded and the feathers flew, and finally, the feathers came here."

Finally, he pointed to the silver and red main torch.

"The feathers rattled and started to burn. After the scene of sparks bursting out, a little bit of fire was left at the end... This is the long scroll of the entire human history. We invented paper, which recorded the historical civilization of all human beings. After our own historical civilization conveyed this concept to people, the last fire fell here. Look, everyone..."

He pointed to the red and silver scroll.

The reel is made of double-layer aluminum plates, leaving a row of grooves in the middle:
"Here is the gunpowder, or the flame-throwing device... After the kindling falls, bang~ ignite this circle of fire... The flame circles around this paper scroll, around and around..."

After gesturing the path of the flame, he finally came to the main torch and let go of the piece of paper:
"The flame exploded and was ignited!"

At this moment, Xu Xin picked up the lighter beside the table and pressed it against the inside of the torch.

A faint flame appeared from the candle hidden inside.

Then, he pressed the switch on his hand.

"Click" sound.

When the flames passed through the lines and holes full of auspicious clouds and ignited above the bird's nest model, the small light bulb buried in the scroll also shone brightly!

"!!!"

The moment when the light of the flame reflected the pattern of the auspicious cloud, and the shadow of the auspicious cloud was dispelled by the soft light in the light bulb!
The darkness dissipates, and the red light and silver color shine!
The collision of silver and red instantly made Zhang Yimou, who was frowning in thought, also widen his eyes!

"..."

"..."

"..."

Everyone's breathing was shocked by the red and silver, combined with the soft halo of fire and lights.

Even though it was just a model, in their minds, they seemed to be in the bird's nest at this moment, witnessing this historic moment with their own eyes!
Shock, astonishment, and the excitement that came from their blood made them breathe heavily instinctively, staring fixedly at the torch in front of them... Some even clenched their fists excitedly!
At this time, Xu Xin's voice sounded again:

"Teachers, this is our design idea. Paper bears history, flames create civilization! Auspicious clouds enshrine good luck, and that touch of red belongs to the unique spirit and romance of our Celestial Dynasty people!"

After finishing speaking, he bowed to everyone:
"thank you all."

"Pa...pa...pa...papa..."

This time, there was no silence.

Compared to the last time when I could only say that I was just showing off, this time, the shock that this young man brought to them with the magical idea in his head is already worthy of everyone's heartfelt applause:

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

Amidst the applause, the familiar temperature filled Xu Xin's brain again, causing his face to become bloodshot and redder than ever before.

After a busy night, Xu Jin and Liu Mingsheng, who had a few Bondys tied to their fingers, hooked their companions' shoulders equally excitedly, their eyes full of excitement.

At last.

Applause.

Zhang Yimou's brows slowly relaxed.

Looking at the three young people... or the young man in front of him who just joined in the day before yesterday gave his own applause:

"Good job, Xiao Xu, the plan is great!"

"……thanks!"

……

"Guoqiang, follow Xiaoxu's idea and simulate an ignition test here. Xiaowei, go and get our video camera. Then compile what Xiaoxu said just now into a copy. After Guoqiang's ignition is successful, take Report the footage to the leader and ask them to take a look... Well, this way, Ma Wen, you and Xiao Xu will connect, get a clip, and when you're done, combine the footage and report it together..."

Several people quickly nodded in agreement, but Zhang Yimou suddenly stopped talking...

His eyes fell on the "main torch" that was still burning with candles.

"Xiao Xu."

"Hey, Director Zhang, tell me."

"Is your design idea of ​​the main torch combined with the design idea of ​​the torchbearer?"

"Uh……"

Xu Xin was taken aback for a moment, then nodded quickly:
"Yeah, yes, the blueprint is here."

He bypassed the crowd, came to his desk, and unfolded a page of paper that was folded in half.

The two lower halves were red, and the upper half was painted silver, and a torch pattern appeared on his chest.

Holding the drawing paper, Xu Xin said:
"Same as the main torch, I design it in red and silver colors, but the main torch does not have our Olympic logo, but the one in the torch has it."

"..."

Zhang Yimou frowned again, squinting his eyes, looking at the torch shape on the paper...

For a moment, he nodded:
"Yes, this plan is good, Ma Wen, you are working out a [-]D animation of the torch, and we will report it together."

"Okay, Director Zhang."

Ma Wen nodded, and Zhang Yimou's last gaze fell on the main torch again.

"... Guoqiang."

"Eh."

Zhai Guoqiang, a well-known artist at home and abroad, nodded.

"Hurry up and get the ignition ceremony out."

"Um……"

Zhai Guoqiang took a closer look at the specially preserved groove, and after looking at the structure inside the hollow torch, he said:
"No problem, just give me an hour."

"Okay... Then you guys do it here, let's have a meeting first..."

As he spoke, he turned to look at the three young men.

Eyes full of praise:
"well done!"

……

"Teacher Zhai, what do we need to do?"

Everyone left, only Zhai Guoqiang and his assistant Meng Li remained.

After hearing Xu Xin's words, he smiled gently and waved his hands:
"No, you seem to be very tired, go to rest. This is easy to do, I just need to mix the fireworks and gunpowder, and then make a simple fire beam...Paul, bring the box here."

"Ok."

Meng Li nodded and walked out quickly.

And even though he said so, the three of them were not sleepy at all right now, so they simply learned from the side.

Soon, Meng Li took out a box, on which Xu Xin also saw a red stamp of "License".

Zhai Guoqiang opened the alley, and inside was a pile of powder in bottles and cans.

To be honest, Xu Xin has never seen this kind of "art is explosion" stuff.

When I was young, I often saw others blowing up mountains with detonators...

But there is definitely a difference between the two things.

So he just watched...

Xu Jin was also a little interested. He wanted to ask why these things were used, but he shook his head when he asked Zhai Guoqiang:

"I can't tell you, there are rules."

"Uh……"

Now, Xu Jin couldn't ask any more questions.

Then everyone saw that he took some powder, then poured out some liquid and mixed it for a while, then put on gloves and kneaded the sticky "mud" into thin strips.

Along the groove left by the torch, press it down little by little.

Soon, after the thin strips covered the entire groove, he took out the candle from the torch, then took out something that looked like chalk, and used a carving knife that he didn't know whether it was jade or agate. A little bit of cutting out a messy shape.

And those cut powders were also carefully collected and wrapped in paper bags.

Finally, a slightly wider sleeve was put on the chalk with tin foil, and it was directly buried in the empty barrel of the torch.

The whole journey down, less than half an hour...

Then, he nodded:
"Go and call photography."

Meng Li immediately went out, but when he came in, he brought a group of people...

As soon as he heard that he was done, everyone in the discussion group came down.

There is also a video camera.

Zhang Yimou went into battle himself, and after finding the focus of the camera, he looked left and right:

"Draw the curtains two-thirds down."

Soon, the light in the room dimmed.

Xu Xin approached him subconsciously, looking at the picture in the camera...

Zhang Yimou is a master of visual color, it would be foolish if he didn't take advantage of the time to learn how to handle the color of the camera.

And seeing that the other party just adjusted the intensity of natural light, the color of the picture became soft... Xu Xin knew that he still had a long way to go.

"It's time to start."

Zhang Yimou naturally has no objection to Xiao Xu's stealing teacher.

This child has aura and is a good seedling!
After hearing his words, Cai Guoqiang took out a slender match and ignited it, and the flame hit the joint of the aluminum gusset.

one second.

Not lit.

For two seconds, it seemed to be caught.

three seconds...

"Cha!!!"

A fire dragon circled and circled along the originally planned route in an instant, and finally landed in the main torch.

Then, a burst of flames burst out from the torch, which was said to be not as fast as fireworks, but said to be fire, but more intense than the fire.

The flames soared into the sky, quickly dissipated, and finally, the auspicious clouds lit up.

The entire ignition ceremony was completed within seconds.

It's too fast for people to react.

But it was fully recorded by the camera.

"OK."

After Zhang Yimou called to stop, a group of people including Zhang Wu quickly squeezed past.

He didn't hide it either. Although the screen was not big, everyone could see it clearly.

Directly selected the previous shot and played it backwards, Xu Xin discovered...it turned out that he had already used slow motion.

In slow motion, the fire dragon soared into the sky, circled the scroll at an extremely fast speed, and finally lit the torch. The flame of the torch erupted rapidly at first, but immediately calmed down and continued to burn.

Although I don't know what the chalk is, but its flame is much more powerful than a candle in the camera.

The light and shadow effects are also much stronger.

After checking the screen, Zhang Yimou stepped aside and let the big guys watch by themselves.

He himself came to the torch.

Suddenly his brows frowned again.

"...you can't use gunpowder anymore."

Hearing his words, Xu Xin was still puzzled, so Zhai Guoqiang nodded in the same way:
"Well, indeed, a flamethrower would be more appropriate."

"?"

Xu Xin leaned over in surprise.

There was no need for him to ask, Zhai Guoqiang pointed directly at the edge of the scroll:
"No matter how stable the gunpowder is, it will explode, and based on the scale of the entity, it is very likely that the gunpowder ash will fall on the heads of the audience, which is a safety hazard. So it can't."

Following his guidance, Xu Xin saw the blackened traces on the auspicious cloud pattern on the edge of the main torch painted in silver, and suddenly realized...

"Then it has to be hollowed out and a flamethrower installed inside, right?"

"Ah."

Zhang Yimou nodded and found Ma Wen in front of the camera.

After muttering a few words, Ma Wen nodded:

"Xiao Xu, you come with me."

"Uh...Okay, Director Ma."

Xu Xin responded, then turned to Xu Jin and Liu Mingsheng and pointed outside:

"Then I'll go first."

"You go, we will do the rest."

"Ah."

In response, he followed Ma Wen to the visual art design room next to him.

……

5pm.

"...Xiao Xu, Xiao Xu?"

"Ah?... Uh... Tell me, Director Ma."

Xu Xin, who fell asleep on the stool, woke up instantly.

Ma Wen looked at the young man who had slept for more than an hour, and said helplessly:

"I told you to go back and rest..."

"Uh...I'm fine...Director Ma, are you done?"

Rubbing his sore eyes, Xu Xin looked at the three-dimensional image on the computer and asked.

Ma Wen nodded, clicked play, and demonstrated it to him.

In all honesty, the picture is pretty rough.

But it's also understandable. After all, it was made in an afternoon. It would be unrealistic if even the outline of the feathers were exquisite.

So it's just a demo of a non-stop burning feather rolling down a reel.

Feathers fly in the front, and behind it are the history of various civilizations on the five continents of the world, as well as photos of some Olympic athletes.

Finally, scrolling is completed and the screen ends.

A total of just over a minute.

But the meaning is right.

So Xu Xin nodded:
"Yes, that's what it means."

"Well, that's fine."

After Ma Wen saved it directly, she got a new bottom plate, and typed a line on the keyboard with crackling words:

"Zhang Yimou Design Team"

Designer: Xu Xin
"Eh wait..."

Seeing that she wanted to save it again, Xu Xin quickly stopped her:
"Director Ma, there are two more people."

Ma Wen was taken aback, then blinked:

"You mean those two props?"

"It's Xu Jin and Liu Mingsheng."

After saying their names, Xu Xin shook his head:
"Everyone has been busy all night, how can I have the credit for it?"

"EMMMMM~~~"

Looking at the serious young man in front of her, Ma Wen suddenly laughed:
"terrific."

Then changed it.

"Designers: Xu Xin, Xu Jin, Liu Mingsheng"

"Is that all right?"

"Uh-huh."

Xu Xin nodded in satisfaction.

"Okay, then you get off work. I'll pass this to Director Zhang. If there's no problem, I'll hand it in tomorrow. Go back and rest~"

Hearing Ma Wen's words, Xu Xin, who was really tired, stopped refusing, and nodded after getting up:
"Okay, Director Ma, then I'll go first."

"Well, let's go, drive carefully."

"Uh-huh."

After watching Xu Xin leave, Ma Wen imported the film into a USB flash drive, and walked out of the design room with a laptop.

At this moment, those who should be off work have already left work, but Zhang Yimou's several main creative staff are still there.

After Ma Wen walked into the small conference room, she held the computer and said:

"Director Zhang, take a look."

"it is good."

Everyone paused the discussion and gathered together.

Ma Wen directly clicked play and explained at the same time:
"The idea wasn't finalized after all, so I just picked a model for Feather at random."

"Ah."

Zhang Yimou frowned again.

In fact, seeing him frowning, let alone ordinary people, even actors felt a little bit in their hearts when they were in the crew.

But those who are familiar with him know that this is just a habitual action.

Frowning means thinking.

So don't be afraid.

But that's the case... How many people in this circle can do it?
The one-minute-plus screen was played.

Finally, the last line of subtitles is revealed:

"Zhang Yimou Design Team"

Designers: Xu Xin, Xu Jin, Liu Mingsheng
After seeing this line of words, Zhang Wu was taken aback:
"Aren't Xu Jin and Liu Mingsheng Haoyang's apprentices? When I asked in the afternoon, they said it was just production, but the idea was all Xiao Xu's idea..."

Ma Wen smiled and nodded:
"I know, so I wrote Xiao Xu alone at the beginning. But Xiao Xu disagreed, insisting that everyone has worked hard, how can he give the credit to himself, and insisted that I add these two names..."

"..."

Zhang Wu was stunned for a moment, then suddenly laughed:

"This child can be righteous enough."

"Director Zhang, what do you think?"

Hearing Ma Wen's words... Zhang Yimou frowned and remained silent for a while, then slowly relaxed:
"The rough effect is qualified. After a while, you can edit the film together with this one. Let Xiao Wei report it to the organizing committee tomorrow."

"it is good."

After Ma Wen agreed, Zhang Yimou looked at the time and said:
"Okay, then let's continue... What is the shooting date?"

As a member of the design team, Cheng Xiaodong, who just arrived this afternoon, said:

"It's scheduled for April 4."

"...April 2nd... In other words, there are still seven or eight days left, so I have to go?"

"Yes, go over there in advance to prepare. As a director, you still have to communicate with the actors. So I think I will leave on March 3."

"..."

After listening to Cheng Xiaodong's words, Zhang Yimou really frowned now.

And Zhang Qing, who was in charge of the overall team work this time, thought about it and said to Zhang Yimou:
"Yimou, why don't you do this. The matter of left and right has been decided, so tomorrow Xiaowei and I will go to the leader's side to communicate and see if the press conference can be held in advance. After this matter is settled, we will How about taking people to Hengdian? This way there will be no delay. While filming, take care of this side at the same time."

"You mean..."

Zhang Yimou pointed to this small conference room:

"Where shall we move the meeting place?"

"Correct."

Zhang Qing nodded:
"After all, you have signed a contract with others, and the actors can't wait. So why don't we all follow you, how about? You don't need to bring all of them, the main creator will follow, we will stay, and if you have any ideas, we will be here Let’s communicate. Then you finish the shooting as soon as possible, and then come back. After all... the Bird’s Nest has to submit the plan quickly, if there is no plan, it can’t be completed, and the crime will be serious.”

"...that's fine too."

Zhang Yimou thought for a while, then nodded in agreement:
"Then let's do this. Tomorrow, you can communicate with Xiaowei and the leader to see if the appointment ceremony can be brought forward, and all the necessary procedures can be completed in Yanjing by the end of the month... just the people in this room Let's go to Hengdian... Hey, Director Zhang."

He turned to look at Zhang Wu:

"My movie also has a big scene with thousands of people, so we can coordinate the design ideas at that time, how about it?"

"no problem."

Zhang Wu readily agreed.

And Wei Lanfang on the side asked:
"Then these people, right? Should I make travel plans in advance?"

"it is good."

Zhang Yimou nodded first to confirm...but immediately waved his hand.

After thinking about it, I added another sentence:
"Take Xiao Xu with you."

Zhang Wu, who was lighting a cigarette, responded:
"Well, puff~ Yes, yes, yes, this kid is smart, so I have to take it with me. Now I feel excited when I think about the ignition ceremony. Take him, isn't he also from the director department, the young man ran with us, It’s good to gain experience.”

It can be seen that Zhang Wu really appreciates Xu Xin.

And Zhang Yimou also nodded:
"This kid is not bad."

Wei Lanfang responded:
"understood."

(End of this chapter)