Chinese Entertainment: Academic Director

Chapter 262 Chief Director Election

On September 9, the first round of selection for the Olympic chief director was held in Kuangou, Beijing.

Kuangou is not called Kuangou Conference Center now, but Kuangou Guesthouse of Beijing People's Government. It was built in 82 and is the guesthouse for meetings of state ministries and important meetings of the municipal party committee and government.

Since the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee decided in June to adopt a bidding method to select the Olympic chief director, hundreds of groups and individuals have signed up in the three months since then.

After the initial qualification screening, only 13 teams and individuals entered the Kuangou bidding site today.

Specifically, there are 12 teams plus a big director who has not yet formed a team.

In the conference room, a leader who arrived for the first time looked through the documents for a while, then became a little confused, waved for the staff to come over, and asked softly: "Are all the documents here?"

This leader is not from the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee's review panel, but from the Olympic Supervisory Committee. At this kind of election scene, there must be someone from the Supervisory Committee present.

"Yes, all the information of the 13 teams is here."

The staff member came over, leaned over and spoke softly.

"Why is there no team introduction? Is it confidential? Does it involve confidentiality?"

In his opinion, some special personnel do need to be kept confidential and their information cannot be made public. Could it be that the director's team has invited those people?
The staff member did not dare to answer easily. If the leader did not mention it, he would have always thought that the big director was capable and arrogant, or wanted to form a team after winning the election.

But when the leader said this, he began to wonder, could it really be that the principle of confidentiality was involved?

He is just a small staff member, how would he know these things? Even if it involves confidentiality, he will definitely not be told.

“Well, it’s like this. We talked to Director Chen before, and he explained to us that he has a film project called The Promise, which is one of the key projects of the Film Bureau for expanding the market.

After the filming was completed in September last year, he didn’t return until the day before yesterday, September 9, after recording the film music in Sydney…

He explained that although he had not had time to form a team, he had always attached great importance to this matter and wrote the creative plan himself.

Considering that he is one of the most famous directors in China, with rich experience and great international influence, we considered it again and again and included him in the list of 13 people. "

The deputy head of the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee's review panel explained.

The leader of the Olympic Supervisory Committee said "Oh", stopped talking, and continued to look through the materials.

The members of the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee's judging panel had been discussing with each other before, but now they were all silent, and the atmosphere became a little awkward for a moment.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit dull, the deputy leader of the review team asked the staff, "Is everyone outside here?"

This is actually nonsense. For such a big event, most of the campaign teams that received the notice checked into Kuangou Guesthouse yesterday.

“Everyone is here.”

"Well, then let the teams submit their plans first, and then the team leaders will make their presentations. The time limit is 50 minutes, and the order of appearance will be determined by drawing lots."

Then, the deputy team leader turned to look at Cao Yang and said with a smile:

"Director Cao, please make a general ranking for the 13 plans. You don't need to consider other things, nor refer to our scoring criteria. Just look at the problem from the director's perspective. You are the most professional in this area."

Cao Yang nodded and said, "Okay, I understand."

Since it was decided to use bidding to select the Olympic chief director, there must be a set of rules. So after several months of discussion, a detailed scoring standard was developed.

For example, traditional Chinese culture, modern imaging technology, overall completion, integration of tradition and modernity, feasibility, presentation of contemporary style, technical implementation, world culture, etc., a total of 22 items.

Of course, it doesn’t mean that you can get the title of chief director if you have the highest score in a single item, nor does it mean that you can get the title of chief director if you have the highest score in 22 items. There is also a comprehensive consideration score.

Only the top five candidates who score based on the comprehensive consideration score plus the total score of 22 items can enter the second round.

That is to say, 8 teams will be eliminated in the first round.

The comprehensive scoring is in Cao Yang's hands, which is what the deputy team leader just said, asking Cao Yang to look at the problem from the director's perspective.

As a result of the draw, the first team to take the stage was Cui Jian’s team, and Cui Jian, as the main person in charge, made a presentation.

That’s right, the first person to come on stage was the country’s rock godfather. Don’t think he is only famous for rock, he also has a heart to be a director.

"Hello Cui Jian, can you tell us about your creative and directing philosophy?"

The deputy team leader, who was today's host, asked after Cui Jian came in.

“I didn’t think too much about it. It was more of a feeling, which was actually our belief in our own abilities, as well as a feeling for our environment and our times.

So when these two collide, a desire to create will immediately arise..."

……

Cao Yang did not participate in the scoring of the 22 items. He was responsible for the comprehensive consideration of the scores, so the focus was on the planning proposals submitted by the team.

After the review team asked some questions, the time was almost up, and the deputy team leader asked Cao Yang: "Director Cao, do you have any questions?"

Cao Yang looked up. He had just taken a rough look at the planning proposal of Cui Jian's team and had to ask a question.

"Teacher Cui, isn't the proportion of songs in your plan a bit too much?"

"Songs are a symbol, they are powerful, they are the voice of the soul that can resonate with the whole world. Songs can convey culture, can pass on culture, can continue culture..."

After Cui Jian finished answering, Cao Yang nodded, "I have no problem."

The third team to enter was Li An’s team, and Li An made a presentation as the main person in charge.

His proposal focuses on using modern imaging technology to reflect China's traditional culture, and he wants to transform the entire tetrahedron of the Bird's Nest into a large screen.

This is a big deal. If it is really implemented according to Li An's idea, it will probably make history.

The costs are just sky-high.

You have to know that LCD display technology was still immature at that time, and the relatively mature plasma display technology was all in the hands of Xiao Rizi.

Let’s take a simple example to show you how high the cost of plasma is.

Last year, the prices of plasma TVs in China plummeted. After the big dive, Skyworth announced another price cut for plasma TVs. A 40-inch plasma TV is now only 22800 yuan, a 43-inch plasma TV is only 26800 yuan, and a 46-inch plasma TV is only 29800 yuan.

This is the price after the big dive.

The price of the same model of TV has dropped by about 5000 to 8000 yuan.

Therefore, the idea of ​​transforming the entire tetrahedron of the Bird's Nest into a big screen is not very realistic.

The fourth person to appear is Brother Chen Kai.

Cao Yang remembered that Brother Kai was officially given the title of a great poet from today.

He used to believe what was said online, that Director Chen simply recited a poem and did not make any other preparations.

In fact, this statement is somewhat one-sided.

Brother Chen Kai does not have a team. He has been busy with the post-production of "The Promise" for the past year.

As far as Cao Yang knows, after the filming of "The Promise" was completed, Lao Chen did attach great importance to it, and all the post-production work was completed abroad, including the recording of the film's music, all of which used equipment made abroad.

He has been busy abroad almost all this year.

But it would be wrong to say that he was unprepared.

Cao Yang flipped through the planning proposal from Lao Chen in his hand. Regardless of the content, this planning proposal of more than 100,000 words was actually all handwritten.

You say he is sincere, but he has not formed a team and his planning plan does not have specific details.

You say he is insincere, but he wrote more than 100,000 words by hand, and you can tell from the words that he is still very passionate, because among the more than 100,000 words, there are also several passionate poems...

"On that night a few years ago, when I learned that the Olympic Games would be held in the capital of China, I was watching TV at that moment and saw the smiles on the faces of people across the country. It really reminded me of the poem written by Du Fu."

Brother Chen Kai was wearing a black suit, no tie, and sunglasses.

He didn't take off his sunglasses when he came in just now. After saying the above, he straightened his suit, took off his sunglasses, and looked serious.

"There was a sudden news from the outside world that Jibei was taken back.

When I first heard it, my clothes were soaked with tears.

But I see my wife is worried.
I am so happy reading poetry and books.

Sing and drink during the day,
It’s nice to return home with youth as your companion.

That is, from Ba Gorge through Wu Gorge,
Then he went down to Xiangyang and headed towards Luoyang."

For a moment, the only voice in the conference room was Brother Chen Kai's passionate voice, which was full of ups and downs, emotion and passion.

After he finished reciting the poem, the conference room became so quiet that one could hear the sound of air flowing.

Everyone was waiting for him to present his plan, and he was waiting for people to ask questions.

It’s not that the review team didn’t want to ask, but his proposal was too general, just an overall framework without a specific implementation plan. They wanted to ask but didn’t know where to start, so they could only wait for him to explain it himself.

When Lao Chen came in, the host asked him to summarize his statement and then asked him some questions. He had already finished his summary.

You guys ask.

The stalemate lasted for nearly thirty seconds. Cao Yang didn't know what went wrong, but he couldn't go on like this.

"Director Chen, your plan does not include specific implementation steps. Can you talk about this?"

Cao Yang spoke up to help.

After all, he is your senior brother, so give him some room.

"I haven't thought about it yet. I have come up with the overall plan first. The specific steps will be after we form a team. When the time comes, we can come up with a plan by brainstorming with each other."

Uh, that makes sense!
There’s nothing wrong with that!
"That is to say, Director Chen only has a general outline, but no specific detailed plan yet?"

"Is such that."

Old Chen nodded, neither avoiding nor denying.

Then what are you asking?
The questions everyone asked before were all about specific implementation. What is there to discuss about the big framework?
Cao Yang was a little worried about the judging panel. Each team was supposed to have 50 minutes, but Lao Chen only had 10 minutes? Should they just let him go?
When the news got out, people thought the review panel had something against him.

But what to discuss?

"Director Chen, have you ever thought about how to present the Olympics?"

Okay, Cao Yang thought of a "technical" question. This thing is too "big" and can be answered freely.

Sure enough, Old Chen was very excited and talked about his views and feelings about the Olympics, from the initial origins of the Olympics to the future direction of the Olympics, for more than 40 minutes, and he still felt unsatisfied.

Scholarly spirit!

(End of this chapter)