On March 25, the entire team went to the Qinglan Building. It was nominally the director's office, but in fact it was mainly opened for outsiders.

In the entire opening and closing ceremony, there will first be a section for answering questions, asking questions, and accepting suggestions from representatives of the masses, which will be placed there. Secondly, it belongs to the urban area of ​​Yanjing, and the follow-up will include artists.

, art design, visual effects and other staff will also work there.

An office was set up for the convenience of some staff members to go to work.

Some of the leaders of the later creative team, such as Ma Wen and Yu Zhen, would often go there. But the core creative team, that is, the few core creatives around Zhang Yimou, would not go there very often.

They have to complete all the procedures for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games, submit reports, and approve them. When the project enters the practical rehearsal stage, they will be stationed there.

The opening and closing ceremonies are a large project involving tens of thousands... or even hundreds of thousands of people, and everyone has a very clear division of labor in stages.

After the project enters the rehearsal stage, the general director plays a role similar to a bridge. He has to connect various links and coordinate the relationship between various departments.

That's when the director's office really comes into its own.

The reason why everyone from the team went there today is because the appointment and unveiling ceremony was held there.

This morning, the unveiling ceremony and appointment ceremony of the director team of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games will be officially finalized with the appearance of the top leaders of the organizing committee, and the list of main creative personnel will be announced.

Logically speaking, although the spotlight is on Zhang Yimou, everyone in the team has to go to the stage. At least show their faces, and they will be remembered in this historic moment.

Xu Xin is also here.

It's just that compared to those big guys, they can only be regarded as little transparent ones.

When the leader was speaking on the stage, in addition to Zhang Yimou and Zhang Wu, the deputy leaders of Dongge, Chen Weiya, Yu Gong, the artistic director of the entire opening and closing ceremonies, as well as Fan Yue, Chao Chaoge, and Jiang Haoyang came up.

And when Zhang Yimou raised the heavy, golden letter of appointment in front of everyone, the whole audience burst into applause.

Others will wait a while for the leaders to shake hands before they can go up, and finally take a photo together, and the ceremony is over.

It sounds simple, but it's actually quite grand.

But at this moment, Xu Xin's attention was not on the stage...but was comforting Wei Lanfang next to him.

This sister was crying like rain, and she was crying so hard now.

Logically speaking, it was a big day, so I shouldn't cry. But when Xu Xin handed over the tissue, he heard her whispering to express her emotions:

"It's not easy, Xiao Xu, it's really, it's not easy..."

"..."

Xu Xin nodded silently and comforted:

"Sister Wei, don't cry, we have to take pictures later. It won't look good then..."

"……Um."

Her nose turned red from crying and she responded.

But in fact Xu Xin understood her mood.

She was present in Athens that year, serving as the coordinator of the translators.

According to her, even for the eight-minute performance, Athens added countless difficulties to them, which seriously affected the progress of the work.

But there is no way.

Because that's their territory, whether it's the venue, stage, time, or program. If they say they won't let you perform, you can't perform.

As one of the coordinators, no one knows better than her how difficult the work in Athens is.

Through hard work, she finally managed to arrange the eight-minute performance properly. The response from foreigners was so good, but the overwhelming abuse from domestic circles, both inside and outside the circle, almost made her collapse.

You know, she is just a coordinator.

It's not the one who bears the brunt.

But at this moment, the things I have experienced and the things I have suppressed feel like they have burst, and they can no longer be contained.

Who knows how much Zhang Yimou has gone through in his heart?

Especially when it comes to screening directors.

Although according to Teacher Yu, this is the time when real warriors are needed.

But in fact, from the few words that the team members occasionally chatted with, Xu Xin clearly knew that this time the director selection was based on a scoring system. When all the proposals submitted by the directors were reviewed by the review team, ten points were the highest and five points were the lowest.

Director Zhang’s team achieved the highest score.

But when it came to the final review by the ten-person jury, apart from the score, in terms of attitude, the final "pass" or "fail" result was six to four.

Whether a project is excellent or not depends on the director's personal abilities. It's one thing.

Those eight minutes in Athens... have become the biggest concern for many people.

But despite this, in the end, Zhang Yimou still won the appointment of chief director with his excellent concept. It is understandable that Wei Lanfang, who has been through hard work all the way, can't hold back his emotions at this moment.

As the saying goes, don't endure others' suffering, and don't encourage others to do good.

At this moment, Xu Xin felt that any words of comfort were pale to Sister Wei.

So he could only hand out tissues. After using one, he handed another one.

Until she smiled at Xu Xin:

"I'm fine... When you shake hands with the leader later, remember to hold it with both hands and bend down. Don't forget."

Hearing her reminder, Xu Xin nodded:

"I got it."

…

The next thing was very smooth, with the creative team taking photos and group photos.

Xu Xin is a little transparent, and he consciously stands on the side of the team. Fortunately, he is tall, over 1.8 meters tall, so he doesn't even have a shot.

When the big leaders shook hands one by one to express encouragement, they walked up to him and suddenly patted him on the shoulder:

"Young man, you are doing well, work hard."

In a word, simple.

Xu Xin nodded loudly:

"Thank you, leader, I will definitely work harder!"

He gave his response firmly.

Then, after the group photo ended, Xu Xin looked at the time and quickly whispered to Yu Zhen next to him:

"Teacher Yu, I have to go to the Fourth Institute."

"Go ahead. I'll tell everyone for you."

"Hmm, then I'll go first."

He walked quickly towards the elevator, passing countless reporters.

No one knew him, and no one interviewed him.

Xu Xin didn't think anything was wrong. After quickly walking into the elevator, a few people who were present just now, whether they were staff or something, were staring at him...

After all, this was the person who took the photo on stage just now.

But look at this kid...he's not that old, and he's standing close to the side.

I guess I just made up the numbers.

So, no one asked, and no one cared.

Just a passerby.

Soon, the elevator reached the underground, and Xu Xin went straight to his car.

…

While driving on the road, Xu Xin felt that the appointment ceremony was a bit... how should I put it...

simple?

Let's put it that way.

In addition to the leaders of the organizing committee and the team's main creators, the guests present were not in the audience, they were all reporters.

Even the announced conference room area is not large.

At this moment, he heard the traffic radio news coming from the car's stereo.

"The news our reporter has just received is that the results of the much-anticipated selection of directors for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games have come out. The famous director Zhang Yimou..."

"..."

Xu Xin's attention was drawn back.

After listening to the news carefully... To be honest, he finally reacted a little belatedly.

It turns out that this small ceremony carries the expectations of many people.

A kind of illusion, as if you were in it but felt like you were in another world, suddenly emerged from the bottom of your heart.
To be continued...