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Chapter 347 Preparations for the Olympics
As early as April, Zhang Yimou called Jiang Changsheng and invited him to join the preparatory project team for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games.

Jiang Changsheng originally promised to join the group to help after the latent filming, but Liu Xiaoli had an accident and was delayed for more than a month.

So after he returned to Yanjing, Zhang Yimou kept calling, and in the past two days, there were several calls a day, urging him to go to help early.

Zhang Yimou offered Jiang Changsheng two positions, one as an assistant director and the other as a music and art director. The leaders of the Yanjing Olympic Organizing Committee also agreed to this position.

After all, Jiang Changsheng is also the director who won the Cannes Palme d'Or and Best Director, and his achievements in music are obvious to all.

Seeing Jiang Changsheng looking at her, Liu Xiaoli said with a smile: "You go to work, I am recovering very well now, the sensation of my legs and feet has fully recovered, and I will be able to walk on the ground after a while."

Jiang Changsheng said: "I'll give you a massage when I come back at night. You should rest well and continue to shine on the stage after recovering your body."

Liu Xiaoli glanced at Jiang Changsheng in surprise: "Do you still agree with me to continue dancing? I thought that after an accident, you would let me quit the stage and have a good rest."

Jiang Changsheng winked at Liu Xiaoli: "I know your personality and your hobbies. Even if you are injured this time, you still want to return to the stage to dance. After all, we are bosom friends."

Then he said: "Your injury this time is also a hot news in the world, if you want to come back, I will find you a grand stage.

What do you think of the opening ceremony of the Yanjing Olympic Games? "

When Liu Xiaoli heard Jiang Changsheng's words, she couldn't believe it, her voice was trembling: "Can I still participate in the Olympic opening ceremony performance?"

Jiang Changsheng nodded: "Your dance career came back from the closing ceremony of the Athens Olympic Games, which is itself connected with the Olympic Games. Now that you have suffered such a serious injury, if you can be on the Olympic stage again, this is also a sign of the Olympic spirit. show.

You take good care of your injuries, and I will help you win the qualification to perform in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. "

Jiang Changsheng said this to give Liu Xiaoli a motivation.

If Liu Xiaoli hadn't been injured, she would have been very qualified to perform at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. After all, she danced a traditional Chinese dance and was very famous internationally.

Belonging to one of the representatives of Chinese dance culture, similar to Lang Lang in the piano world.

It's just that after being injured now, the director team will question whether Liu Xiaoli can return to the stage.

We must know that many programs for the Yanjing Olympic Games, especially dance, have to be finalized and trained very early.

If Jiang Changsheng didn't help, by the time Liu Xiaoli recovered, the quota for the show would have been set long ago, and she would definitely miss the opening ceremony.

Seeing that Liu Xiaoli might perform at the opening ceremony, Zeng Li and Zhang Zilin also looked at Jiang Changsheng, and the meaning was self-evident.

Who doesn't want to participate in the Olympics?
Jiang Changsheng said with a smile: "The best you can do is to be a torchbearer, or show your face in songs and promotional videos. It's not appropriate to perform at the opening ceremony."

For Liu Xiaoli's show, Jiang Changsheng had an idea for a short time when he could appear as a flying dancer when the Olympic rings were raised.

With Liu Xiaoli's dance and fame, she can add luster to the Olympic rings program.

In short, we strive to make the overall effect of the Olympic opening ceremony better, after all, this is a major event of national concern.

And like Zeng Li and Zhang Zilin, they are not suitable to appear at the opening ceremony. Jiang Changsheng will not force people, and he does not have that much energy.

Jiang Changsheng explained a few more words to Concubine Liu, and told Concubine Liu carefully the matters that Liu Xiaoli needs to pay attention to in caring.

Liu Yifei blushed more and more when she heard it, and finally nodded to show that she understood.

After eating, Jiang Changsheng took a car to Yanjing Beiyuan Conference Building.

This is the base camp of the director team for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Yanjing Olympic Games, and their usual work is carried out here.

Jiang Changsheng came to the door, brushed his face and walked in. The young lady at the front desk saw Jiang Changsheng, her face flushed instantly.

"Hello, Mr. Jiang! This way please, Director Zhang and the others are having a meeting in the multi-functional conference room!"

The young lady showed good professionalism. Even though she was very excited to see the idol, she still led the way dutifully.

When I came to the door of the meeting room, the young lady knocked on the door.

The originally noisy conference room was quiet for a moment, and Zhang Yimou's voice came out.

"Please come in!"

The young lady opened the door, Jiang Changsheng thanked her, and then walked in.

The conference room is an oval conference table, and the circle is full of people. Zhang Yimou sits in the middle of the long side.

Next to him are two assistant directors, Chen Weiya and Zhang Jigang.

Seeing Jiang Changsheng coming in, Zhang Yimou's sad face lit up, and he immediately stood up.

"Changsheng! You are finally here, and you came too timely."

Afterwards, Zhang Yimou began to introduce: "Everyone, this is Jiang Changsheng, everyone should know him, so I won't introduce him.

Changsheng, this is a member of our creative team, Fan Yue, Wang Chaoge, this is..."

Zhang Yimou began to introduce the main members of the director team one by one, all of whom are experts in various fields.

However, everyone was in a low mood, and there was no smile on their faces. When they greeted Jiang Changsheng, they forced a smile.

Among them are acquaintances, such as Director Cheng Xiaodong, who was in charge of the action design of the opening and closing ceremonies, who has worked with him before, and there are also great people who have heard of them in previous lives, such as Cai Guoqiang, the chief pyrotechnic designer of the Yanjing Olympic Games.

There is also Cheng Danqing, a painter who always acts like a fool.

Jiang Changsheng greeted everyone politely, and said to Zhang Yimou: "You guys go to the meeting first, I'll sit and listen first."

Zhang Yimou nodded in agreement, and continued the content of the meeting that was interrupted before.

After listening to a few words, Jiang Changsheng finally understood why Zhang Yimou kept urging him to death.

It turned out that when the director team reported the creative plan to the above some time ago, their general direction of the plan was rejected.

Zhang Yimou's original plan was to take the four major inventions as the main line and use the four major inventions to run through the entire opening ceremony.

After reading the above, I directly rejected it, indicating that Huaguo culture is extensive and profound, and it cannot be summarized by one of the four great inventions.

Jiang Changsheng also felt that the above point of view was reasonable. When it comes to Huaguo, it seems to be the four great inventions. This is actually a kind of laziness or prejudice.

For Zhang Yimou's team, this kind of denial is like a bolt from the blue. They started preparing in April last year, and it took more than a year. The creativity basically revolved around the four major inventions.

Now that this creative plan is rejected, it means that everything has to be overthrown and restarted, and a new track has to be started.

Unfortunately, there is not enough time.

Don't look at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in August next year, but the Bird's Nest will be completely completed before February next year, and the construction of the Bird's Nest must be implemented in conjunction with the overall plan for the opening ceremony.

In other words, the program framework for the opening ceremony must be finalized by the end of this year at the latest.

There was only half a year left, so it was really rushed.

Zhang Yimou and Jiang Changsheng had worked together on the closing ceremony of the Athens, and admired Jiang Changsheng's whimsical ideas, so he often communicated with Jiang Changsheng about the preparations for the opening ceremony of Yanjing.

Jiang Changsheng would also give him some suggestions, and even accidentally mentioned the idea of ​​footprints last year. Zhang Yimou thought it was very good and immediately adopted it.

That's why Zhang Yimou wanted to ask Jiang Changsheng for help when he encountered a problem this time.

At the end of the meeting, the atmosphere became more and more depressing. Zhang Jigang and Fan Yue believed that the reason why the officials denied the four major inventions was because they did not make it clear in their work reports some time ago.

They asked Zhang Yimou to go to the leader to fight for it again, and explain the ideas of the four great inventions more thoroughly.

Zhang Yimou spoke very well: "I think the higher-ups heard it very clearly, they didn't make mistakes in judgment, and the content we prepared was the four great inventions.

No matter how you say it, these four great inventions cannot be changed.

For this thing, you can't blame other people for leading the group, and their opinions are correct.

And the explanation of this plan is also provided by us. "

There is a video camera in the meeting room, which is for the production of a documentary about the preparations for the opening ceremony, and there is also the coordinator of the opening ceremony project at the scene. Zhang Yimou understands the national conditions.

Jiang Changsheng also understands, but some members of the director team don't understand. Some of them work abroad all the year round and are relatively opposed to the system, so everyone has been arguing over and over again about the four great inventions.

Especially Cheng Danqing, who smoked while cursing the Three Character Classic.

Jiang Changsheng couldn't stand it anymore, coughed at last, got up and walked to the display board, he said: "Don't get tangled up in the four great inventions.

Everyone is nothing more than aversion to loss, and they feel that it is a pity that many program ideas that they have worked hard for more than a year have not passed.

If it is because of this, then find a new main line and integrate the four major inventions as elements of the performance.

According to the leader's opinion, if we want to present our country's culture in the form of a chronology, then we should use a picture scroll. "

Jiang Changsheng picked up the paintbrush and drew a picture scroll of ancient China on the exhibition board, and then continued: "We will present the performance of the entire opening ceremony in the form of a picture scroll spread out.

As the scroll slowly unfolds, the timeline also begins to advance. From ancient times to modern times, we can choose images representing Huaguo culture at will and display them in the scroll. "

There was no sound at the scene, and everyone quietly listened to Jiang Changsheng's narration.

"And the picture scroll itself is made of paper, which includes papermaking. There is a firework show at the opening ceremony, which is also the result of the invention of gunpowder. Printing and the compass can also be displayed on the picture scroll in the form of a program.

In this way, wouldn't your so-called four great inventions be preserved in disguise?
Also, the opening ceremony started with fireworks forming 29 footprints and walking into the bird's nest.

And our picture scroll is thrown on the ground. At that time, more than 1 athletes from various countries will walk on this picture scroll and leave their footprints on the picture scroll.

The footprints of the athletes are combined together with our technical means to generate an instant painting on the spot.

This is a picture scroll completed by all the athletes of the Yanjing Olympic Games, and it also fits with the theme of the Yanjing Olympic Games, one world, one dream. "

After Jiang Changsheng finished speaking, he threw away the fountain pen and sat back gracefully.

Everyone just came to their senses, and Cheng Danqing directly said a national quintessence: "Fucking Nima, this Nima is awesome! Mad, I'm still a painter, why didn't I think of this idea!"

Zhang Yimou hugged Jiang Changsheng excitedly: "I knew it! You still have an idea, and inviting you here is the most correct thing.

From the closing ceremony of Athens, to the creative footprints, to the current picture scroll!

The position of chief director should be done by you! "

Jiang Changsheng waved his hand immediately: "No, you should come!"

(End of this chapter)