Didn't you say that we would lose money after filming?

Chapter 259 Destined to be Impossible!

Zhang Zelin had previously thought that this was the opening and closing ceremony, and that it would be a "maintaining" result.

This is also the most stable approach. After all, they have already experienced glory and honor once. So in this case, most people will definitely choose to seek stability and victory.

Anyway, there is no need for a breakthrough, just as long as there are no problems and no bad things happen.

It’s just like the Spring Festival Gala. It doesn’t matter how good your show is. It just needs to be stable. So everyone, everyone, must lip-sync and perform in tune.

It's the same reason.

This is definitely the idea of ​​most directors on the market. If they were brought up, most of them would choose to do so.

There is no way. The pressure from this kind of thing is just too great. In this kind of global event, the attention you will definitely come from all over the world. With so many eyes staring at you, if something goes wrong here, the impact will be fatal.

But Zhang Zelin didn't expect that Xia Yuan actually wanted to do so many things?
This also made him doubt his life.

He no longer understood what the Heye Film and Television company wanted to do, and what Xia Yuan wanted to do.

You say they want to make money as a company?
Is this your attitude towards making money?
To say that he doesn't care about the losses and temporary interests is really like what people say on the Internet, that he wants to push Xia Yuan to the position of national teacher, but in fact it is not very realistic.

Because Zhang Zelin himself is an insider, and a senior insider at that, with a very high status in the circle, he knows very well that it is not easy to become a national teacher.

At least he didn't have any idea at all, because if you want to become a national master, it's not like you can just participate in an Olympic Games and serve as the chief director.

In the country of Hanxia, ​​once anything is labeled with the name of "country", many things will become completely different. The same is true for being a director. If you want to become a national master, you must prove that you are worthy of the title and not behave in a way that would make the whole world look down on you.

To put it simply, you have to do what ordinary people cannot do, what ordinary people cannot accomplish, and what is beyond ordinary people's understanding.

In other words, if you want to become the national teacher through just one Olympic Games, you can only make this Olympic Games truly unprecedented, unprecedented in the world, or even unprecedented and unparalleled, and only then will the higher-ups consider this possibility.

So, in fact, although the general voice on the Internet says that one can become the national teacher by directing the Olympics.

But in fact, only senior industry leaders like Zhang Zelin, who himself participated in the directing of the first Olympic Games in Hanxia, ​​know clearly that this possibility is close to zero.

Even the first national teacher at that time had to prove his level through the Spring Festival Gala and various military and civilian projects, and after more than ten years of hard work, the higher-ups began to consider whether to let him be the national teacher!
Then Teacher Ren was awarded the title of National Master.

In fact, this title and position were specially created for Teacher Ren as a recognition of Teacher Ren by the higher-ups! It was not a position that existed originally and was there for anyone to take!

Zhang Zelin and other industry insiders had long seen the essence of the problem, and they also knew why the position of National Master had remained vacant since the death of National Master Ren, and the Central Academy had never appointed any director to be its direct director.

Because this position was originally given to Teacher Ren!

Especially now the times are completely different. The reason why we did this at that time and had a national master was because everything in the country was in ruins, the economy was recovering across the country, and everything was competing to develop.

At that time, the entertainment industry had just begun to develop and there were few people working in the industry, especially high-end talents like directors. There were basically few of them, and even fewer of them were of decent quality.

Teacher Ren can be said to have carried half of the industry on his shoulders alone.

This is the underlying logic. It is because of the factors of the times and humanities that Master Ren was born!
Now? Now they are at the top of the world, the entertainment industry is developing rapidly, directors? There are too many in China.

You said that in this situation, would the higher-ups directly select one person, put a title on the throne, and use this person for all future activities, or would they choose the most suitable one from so many directors in the entertainment industry?

Every director has his or her best strengths. If many things are confined to just one choice, that would be the most unstable approach.

Therefore, whether it is Zhang Zelin, or other directors in the circle, or even big directors, they all know very well that the position of the national master will never be occupied by another person.

Hanxia is destined to never have a second national master.

One thing in particular is that Xia Yuan is so old.

He is too young. This country still believes in a saying, that is, a young man with little knowledge can't do things well.

All I can say is that if Heye Film and Xia Yuan's ultimate goal is to be the national master as they say online, then I can only say that they have made a wrong decision. Zhang Zelin just frowned and said, "Isn't this a bit too radical and risky? You have to know that we need to consider a series of fixed procedures for the opening ceremony, such as the athletes entering the venue, lighting the Olympic flame, and the speeches of the Olympic Committee representatives. The rest of the time we have is very limited. If you want to fit in so many things, the time arrangement will be very tight. Will there be a risk of making it too messy? And coordination is also a big problem."

What Zhang Zelin wanted to express was very simple.

Can't it be made simpler and more stable?

Because he is also the assistant director this time. If something goes wrong or is not handled properly, then he will be jointly responsible. He is not obligated to take the risk with Xia Yuan and mess around together.

What else? Eight thousand years of history, the ancient sounds, and the holographic projections are all shown.

What is the difficulty equivalent to? It is equivalent to an ordinary school, an ordinary high school New Year's Eve party. Others have a flag-raising platform to set up the stage, spread red cloth, and then the students choose the program. But you insist on making trouble, thinking that you are an exception. You insist on holding a world-class superstar concert in the school's New Year's Eve party and pull it to the level of tens of thousands of people.

Is this realistic?

So the moment Xia Yuan opened his mouth, he felt pessimistic.

It’s not that he had any opinion about Xia Yuan, but he simply thought that Xia Yuan’s ideas were a bit far-fetched.

What if something goes wrong? What if it goes wrong? Who will take the responsibility?
But in the face of Zhang Zelin's persuasion, Xia Yuan insisted: "Director Zhang, please listen to me first."

However, Zhang Zelin shook his head like an electric fan: "There is no need to listen to you. The actual situation is that we can only play it safe. Director Xia, our venues are not built yet. Have you ever considered that your ideas also need to take into account the terrain and other factors of the venues? You have to know that in this situation, any small mistake, any department, or any person who fails to coordinate well, will cause fatal problems and mistakes."

"I know, that's why I said this is a challenge for us!" Xia Yuan nodded and continued to argue: "Seeking stability has its advantages, but as artists, this kind of event is also an opportunity for our Hanxia nation to vent and show off in the eyes of the world. If we ignore innovation in order to seek stability, it will only give others the illusion that we may not make any progress year by year."

In the following period of time, both sides were engaged in a process of mutual persuasion.

That is, Zhang Zelin does not accept Xia Yuan’s ideas.

And Zhang Zelin was unable to convince Xia Yuan to take the path of stability.

The stalemate lasted for a long time, and Xia Yuan felt helpless.

He was somewhat incredulous about Zhang Zelin's idea.

Is this the way a great director should think? Facing such an international event, the only thing he thought about was how to avoid making mistakes?

But he still insisted on his own opinion and wanted to realize what he envisioned.

In the next few days, the handover negotiations between the two parties were not smooth and they could not reach a consensus on their ideas.

In the end, Zhang Zelin felt that there was no need to continue persuading.

"In that case, we have nothing to say." Zhang Zelin shook his head directly: "Director Xia, you are still young, there are some things you don't understand, I can only say, if you want to..."

He was just about to say that Xia Yuan wanted to become the national teacher in this way, which was unrealistic, because this position was simply reserved for Teacher Ren, and he was just about to give him a blow.

But after thinking about it, Zhang Zelin still said nothing, just shook his head and said: "Since you insist on doing this, then I choose to withdraw."

He still said that he would rather do nothing than make a mistake.

Xia Yuan was also stunned.

Zhang Zelin turned around and left, shaking his head as he left.

I originally thought I would have the opportunity to work with this young man, but I never expected that our ideas did not overlap.

Soon, Zhang Zelin issued an official announcement in the name of his personal studio: [Due to certain force majeure factors, I am no longer qualified to serve as the deputy director of the 2032 Summer Olympics. I will withdraw from the director team from today. Thank you to all the staff for your trust in me. ]

Zhang Zelin, quit! ?
This statement immediately caused an uproar in public opinion.

(End of this chapter)