Chapter 268 Chapter 268: The Masters Are All Among the People

The reporters asked a variety of questions, but most of them were related to the film festival and "Moon". Shanhe handled them fairly well.

After the press conference, it was already nearly eight o'clock Beijing time!

Shanhe returned to the courtyard, washed up, and then fell asleep.

When I woke up, the sun was shining brightly outside, and it was a scorching summer in the capital in September.

Shan He took a long stretch, got up, washed up, and went out. He queued up to buy breakfast at a pancake stall at the entrance of the alley.

The same ancient city, Beijing and Venice are completely different. Venice is dreamlike and beautiful like an oil painting. It is a good place for sightseeing and vacation. The essence of the Mediterranean coast is gathered in the water city.

But it lacked the atmosphere of life he was used to in mountains and rivers, making his life uneasy.

Standing in line in an old alley in the capital while wearing big underpants, listening to the familiar chatter of the old people around him, Shanhe felt at ease and at home.

"Hey! Isn't this the great director Shan He? You just came back, but I haven't seen you come out to buy breakfast for a while!"

"Hey, it's true, Shanhe, you have earned face for us Chinese people again. The newspapers are all talking about your business. Come first! Guo'er, give the great director an extra egg!"

"Okay! Shanhe, I heard that you won a grand prize. I'll treat you today. I'll have enough pancakes!"

"Uncle Li, sir, I don't dare to take advantage of you!" Shanhe responded with a smile, "Uncle Guo, I've been thinking about your pancakes for more than ten days. You can add eggs, but forget it as a treat. Just one pancake. You just want me to endorse your pancakes!"

Ha ha…

After chatting with his old neighbor for about ten minutes, Shanhe wandered back to the yard with the soy milk in hand and gnawing on the hot pancakes.

After finishing a piece of pancake with egg, drank a large glass of sweet soy milk, and let out a long burp, Shanhe sat under the grape trellis, humming a tune and browsing Viewing the web page.

So comfortable!

Unlike Shanhe's leisurely life, starting from yesterday's press conference, Chuhe Film and Television has started the release promotion plan of "Moon".

The news that "Moon" will be released simultaneously around the world on October 13th spread throughout the country early in the morning through newspapers, magazines and online reports.

Simultaneous global release has always been Hollywood's exclusive distribution weapon. Now "Moon" has broken Hollywood's monopoly and broken the boundaries for Chinese films. This has once again aroused the attention and heated discussion of the general public.

It turns out that we can also sell overseas!

Although "Moon" has the bonus of mountains and rivers, it cannot represent the entire Chinese film industry, but everything is difficult at the beginning. The operation of "Moon" shows that this path can be taken. This fact is very important to Chinese films and filmmakers!

Everyone's confidence and expectations for the Chinese film market have suddenly increased a lot, and domestic hot money and investors have begun to set their sights on the film market in advance.

The expansion of domestic theater chains has become faster than before. Established theater companies such as China Film, Star America and Dadi have made the decision to speed up the merger and renovation of theaters in second-tier cities. Wanda Cinemas, which was just established last year, has also invested a lot of money. , more rapid growth and development!

Shanhe's two movies are expected to make the box office boom for Chinese movies come earlier.

Because of the simultaneous global release of "Moon", Chuhe Film and Television has once again become famous in the domestic film circle. The sound distribution network has made Chuhe Film and Television the first choice for many directors to work with.

Zhong Lifeng's distribution strategy was successful again. Just a simultaneous global release created a spontaneous wave of publicity in China. Coupled with the award at the Venice Film Festival and Shanhe's original appeal, Chuhe Film and Television Distribution Department responded to "Moon" "The box office is ambitious.

Even before "Moon" is released, its box office has been collectively optimistic by the film industry and the media. The media even gave the bottom line of "Moon"'s domestic box office: 200 million yuan!

The publicity plan of Chuhe Film and Television was being carried out step by step, but Shanhe didn't care about it. After basking in the sun in the courtyard for more than half an hour, he came to the Olympic Games opening ceremony team office.

"Our director Qiu Da is back. Everyone hurriedly applauded to welcome him. It's incredible. He won two awards with a science fiction film!"

"Shanhe, you have gained both fame and beauty these days. Your photos can be seen everywhere in domestic newspapers!"

"Isn't it? There is no better winner in life than this. A big Hollywood star and a little bird will accompany you to win the award. It is really the highest state of a literati and a poet!"

…

When more than a dozen team members in the office saw Shan He's appearance, they all started teasing him.

Shanhe smiled and cupped his hands and begged for mercy: "Big brothers, please show mercy. Xiaoke is just lucky. He picked up a big prize for nothing. It's not worth mentioning, it's not worth mentioning!"

"Luck is also a part of strength. If you have the trophy in hand, the rest will be a good story in the future!" Zhang Yimou also said with a smile, "Shanhe, you came at the right time, I will introduce you to someone!"

Zhang Yimou waved to Shanhe, "This is a new member of our team, visual art chief designer Chai Guoqiang. He will lead his pyrotechnics team to participate in the preparations for the opening ceremony. He is also from your Fujian province, and he also won a medal in Venice last year." He won the art award, and his fireworks design is very similar to your proposal. You two are very destined!"

"Hello, Shanhe, I am Chai Guoqiang, a pyrotechnics special effects artist who likes to play with gunpowder!" The middle-aged man with a crew cut and a strong southern Fujian accent stretched out his hand to greet Shanhe.

Shanhe reached out and held Chai Guoqiang's hand. Is this the creator of the original Fireworks Bigfoot?

"Hello, Mr. Chai, I am Qiu Shanhe, welcome to join the opening ceremony director team!"

Deputy director Zhang Jianya on the side intervened and said: "Shanhe, one of the fireworks plans proposed by Chai Guoqiang is very similar to your fireworks big feet, but his idea is two hundred and five feet, representing two hundred and five Olympic participating countries!”

"Two hundred and five Big Feet?" Is this the earliest idea of ​​Big Feet?

Shanhe looked at Chai Guoqiang with excitement and asked, "How many feet there are is another matter. The key is, Mr. Chai, can you create the feeling of stepping down the footprints step by step in the night sky with fireworks?"

Chai Guoqiang shook his head and said: "We are still experimenting. Using fireworks to form an irregular pattern of big feet in the air is a problem in itself. The stepping feeling desired by the director team is even more difficult to solve!"

After hearing this, Shanhe felt discouraged. How on earth were the fireworks of the original time and space made?

"Brother, Mr. Chai, how about we try to recruit experts from the private sector? Don't they say that the masters are all hidden among the people?" Shanhe suggested to Zhang Yimou like a dead horse.

Zhang Yimou touched his chin and thought for a moment, nodded and replied: "You can try it! Chai Guoqiang, maybe you just lack such a little inspiration, and brainstorming can open up your ideas!"

"Okay! Let's try!"

Afterwards, several people discussed the number of fireworks Big Feet. Shanhe's suggestion was that twenty-nine Big Feet symbolized the 29th Olympic Games, slowly walking along the central axis of the capital towards the Bird's Nest.

Chai Guoqiang’s plan is for two hundred and five feet to walk towards the Bird’s Nest from all directions, symbolizing the various Olympic committee members around the world walking towards the capital.

The two plans were very similar, so there was not too much debate. The effect of Fireworks Bigfoot couldn't be achieved, so there was no point in arguing about it!

The time required by the Olympic Organizing Committee is getting closer and closer, and hundreds of people in the entire director team are busy working on the opening ceremony plan.

Shanhe also joined them, and the entire plan centered on the four major inventions gradually became more complete. The entire four-hour process of the opening ceremony has been determined.

The current job of the director team is to determine the actual results of the program.

Before submitting to the Olympic Organizing Committee for decision, the director team must ensure that each program can be presented in the Bird's Nest.

Any programs that are not confirmed to be 100% able to achieve the expected results before the end of November will all be taken down!

Shanhe has no experience in participating in large-scale stage performances, nor in program directing and arrangement, so he can't help much in terms of specific execution.

In the days after returning to the capital, it was just a matter of coordinating with several general members in different program groups.

During this period, you will encounter various problems and difficulties, such as personnel composition, prop production, effects not meeting expectations, etc.

The program team can't solve it on their own, they have to write it down, discuss it together when they go back to the office that day, lay it out one by one, and find a solution.

There is really no choice but to put it on hold and look for alternative programs. By the end of November, the creative planning for the entire opening ceremony performance and the specific practical plan will definitely be on the desk of the Olympic Organizing Committee!

Among the entire team, the busiest one is Zhang Yi. His movie "A City of Golden Armor" is still in post-production. Being busy at both ends has made him, a man from the northwest known for his high energy, increasingly haggard.

The most idle person is naturally Shanhe. He is originally positioned as a consultant. He is young and has no experience in large-scale stage operations. He can come up with ideas. But when it comes to actual operations, his eyesight goes blank. He has no experience, no connections, and no skills. Standard three-no personnel!

We can only follow and start!

On September 15th, the fifth day after the Venice Film Festival, Zhong Lifeng returned to the capital with the distribution team of Chuhe Film and Television.

The global simultaneous release of "Moon" has truly achieved its goal.

North America, Europe, South America, Brazil, Africa and South Africa, plus Asian Neon, Bang Country and Southeast Asia, the five continents were released simultaneously without any falsehood.

During the negotiation, Shanhe's influence and Venice's award were the biggest factors for a smooth conclusion.

Chuhe Film and Television is proud to announce that we have the ability to simultaneously distribute movies globally. Although this ability is not yet mature, as long as the box office of "Moon" reaches expectations, the entire distribution network can support it.

This immature network provides a possibility for follow-up films by Shan He or other directors, and opens up a not-so-wide path for Chinese films.

Chuhe Film and Television should be proud of this, because they are the only one in the country that has such distribution capabilities. Even China Film Group, the largest state-owned film and television group in China, does not have such a small channel!

On this day, Ma Weidu also brought good news to Shanhe. He met an expert on pyrotechnics history during the show, and he had a way to solve the pyrotechnics problems that the director team solicited from outside.

Although he didn't know whether it was true or not, Shanhe rushed to Ma Weidu's museum immediately.

At the entrance of the museum, Shanhe saw Ma Weidu waiting, and asked directly: "Old Ma, where is he? Don't fool me!"

"Why should I deceive you? This is a national matter. Lao Zhao is a member of the National Fireworks and Firecrackers Standardization Committee. He studies the history of ancient Chinese gunpowder. However, I don't know the details. I just want to introduce him to you. Come alone, do you know anything about fireworks and gunpowder?" Ma Weidu still talked so much.

"I'll come over first to see if it's reliable. If it's a fool, wouldn't it be a joke to the team?" Shanhe replied casually.

"Hey! Look what you said, what is Mengzi? Come on, people will come here in a moment. I heard from Lao Zhao that he is a folk master who is obsessed with fireworks and gunpowder. His biggest wish in this life is to put a group of "Long Live the Chairman" on Tiananmen Square. Fireworks pattern!" Ma Weidu responded.

When Shanhe heard this, he said, "Ah, who is it? The co-author is not the Lao Zhao you mentioned, Lao Zhao is also the introducer!"

"Who do you care about, as long as it can solve the problem!"

…

Half an hour later, Shanhe met Professor Zhao and the folk fireworks expert that Ma Weidu mentioned.

Both of them are middle-aged and elderly people wearing glasses, but their identities can be distinguished at a glance. Professor Zhao looks like an expert at first glance. Like Ma Weidu, he has done many shows, and his posture is full of aura.

The other one was different. He had a reserved and uncomfortable look. He was not a sociable character at first glance, but his back was straight.

"Hello Shanhe, I am Zhao Jiayu, a professor at Beijing University of Science and Technology. This is my old friend Chen Yanwen. He has been obsessed with fireworks and gunpowder his whole life and can make fireworks into irregular patterns!"

"Hello! I'm Qiu Shanhe!" Shanhe shook hands with the two of them in turn.

After the two sat down, Shanhe said directly: "Thank you for coming. The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games is a national event, so I won't talk nonsense. Master Chen, can you tell me specifically about your method?"

Chen Yanwen looked up at Shanhe, nodded and replied: "When I was young, I was an artilleryman in the army. I liked fireworks and artillery since I was a child. After demobilization, I have been studying the boring and pressing launch technology of fireworks when I have nothing to do. I have always wanted to use boring and pressing The method of launching cannonball fireworks creates beautiful fonts. I have completed this idea two years ago. You have solicited from the outside to use fireworks to create irregular patterns. I think boring and pressing launch can be done. As long as it is not more complicated than text, I have it. Be sure to make it!”

After hearing this, Shanhe felt excited and stared at Chen Yanwen and said, "Master Chen, I personally believe in you, but the opening ceremony is not between the two of us. Can you make another similar fireworks?"

"Of course!" Chen Yanwen replied without certainty, "However, I used to make it by myself, and it took a long time to make it. It took more than half a year to make one!"

"I can help you with the manpower!" Shanhe glanced at Zhao Jiayu and Ma Weidu. Ma Weidu trusted him, "Master Chen, I don't understand fireworks and gunpowder, and I don't understand your boring and launching technology. If what you say is true, This time you are the major contributor to the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games! Do you have any personal requirements? There are rewards for soliciting proposals!"

Chen Yanwen suddenly raised his head and stared at Shanhe and replied: "I am a veteran! Do you know what a veteran is? If there is a war, I will be called back! This is the oath I made when I retired!"

Shanhe realized that his words had hurt Chen Yanwen's self-esteem, and it was this decisive answer that made him trust Chen Yanwen even more.

A veteran's oath is worthy of belief and respect!

He stood up and bowed to Chen Yanwen to apologize, "I'm sorry, I was rude, please forgive me!"

Shanhe's bow made Chen Yanwen at a loss, "No, no, you are too polite. I'm old, I don't know how to speak, and I have a bad temper!"

"Haha..." Ma Weidu said with a smile on the side, "This is the most Chinese-style scene I have ever seen. Serving the country with a pure heart! The style of the two of them is admirable!"

"What Lao Ma said is good! It's indeed worth revealing!" Zhao Jiayu also joked from the side.

Shan He was sour at what the two said, "I asked you, Lao Ma, why do you have such a sour stench of a scholar in your words? We won't bother talking anymore. Let's go to the opening ceremony preparation office now. There are professional fireworks there." Master, I can understand your technique!"

"Then let's go!"

The three of them said goodbye to Ma Weidu and rushed to the office soon.

At this time, Chai Guoqiang also received advance notice from Shanhe and was waiting for the arrival of the three people in the office.

"Mr. Chai, this is Master Chen Yanwen, the civilian master I talked about on the phone. He is a frontline veteran and is here to contribute to the country!" Shanhe solemnly introduced Chai Guoqiang.

Chai Guoqiang looked at the mountains and rivers, nodded and shook hands with the two of them. The three of them directly started discussing gunpowder fireworks without too many pleasantries.

Shan He listened to the side in confusion. He only figured out one thing for most of half an hour. A good pyrotechnics engineer should also be a good artilleryman!

More than half an hour passed with the three people talking and arguing. The three completed the initial exchange. Chai Guoqiang looked thoughtful and said nothing.

Shanhe looked at the three of them and asked, "Mr. Chai, how about it? Can the boring and firing technology mentioned by Master Chen Yanwen be able to produce irregular patterns?"

"Theoretically, there is no problem!" Chai Guoqiang raised his head and replied, "But fireworks have to be practiced in practice. If we have to make new attempts, there will be many problems during the production process!"

"Then what are you waiting for? Master Chen has already made one, right? Let's make an exact one first and see the effect!" Shanhe said directly.

"Okay!" Chai Guoqiang nodded and replied, "Let's start tomorrow! There are probably still several difficulties to turn into a big stepping foot, but Master Chen's boring and pressing launch is indeed a good idea, and many technologies in it are groundbreaking. Sex is amazing!"

From this day on, Shanhe also put aside other piecemeal work and started working on Bigfoot's technology together with the fireworks team.

Naturally, the efficiency of the opening ceremony pyrotechnics team cannot be compared to Chen Yanwen's secret research alone. Within a week, Chen Yanwen's original text pyrotechnics team was copied.

That night, this set of fireworks was lit into the night sky at the experimental site. When a big word "Mao" appeared in the night sky, the entire fireworks team shouted excitedly.

This shows that boring and firing can indeed create irregular patterns. The remaining work is to turn the word "hair" into big feet. Since the principles are the same, big feet should also be able to appear in the air!

The direction and principle are feasible, so what hasn’t been said yet, let’s start experimenting!

As groups of fireworks were shot into the night sky, the appearance of Bigfoot became more and more formed.

On the last day of the National Day holiday, a shining big foot finally appeared in the night sky outside Beijing!

Bigfoot Fireworks has finally achieved some results, but there are still many shortcomings!

The fireworks made according to Chen Yanwen's method have an obvious shape at the beginning of the launch, but as the smoke bomb rises, it gradually spreads and finally becomes a mess. Not only does it not feel like stepping on it, but the visual effect is also very rough.

The whole team started looking again, where is the problem?

After more than half a month of training from the pyrotechnics team, Shanhe has become a qualified pyrotechnics commander. To put it bluntly, it is just a job of talking.

Pyrotechnics is really not a profession that can be accomplished quickly. The appearance and color of gunpowder in the air require various formulas. The amount of gunpowder sometimes depends purely on experience, and this job is quite dangerous. Before each experiment, , Chai Guoqiang had to check it personally. A little accident or carelessness would cause unpredictable consequences.

However, Shanhe did not gain nothing in these more than half a month. He had a basic understanding of the entire pyrotechnics team's operating procedures and effects.

This laid a certain foundation for him to shoot war-themed movies in the future.

After the National Day, Shanhe couldn't stay in the fireworks team any longer!

Yang Liu and Zhong Lifeng complained about Shan He's behavior. "Moon" is about to be released simultaneously around the world. As a director, you actually hide in the suburbs and watch the fireworks without any care. It is really disgusting!

With the regret of not being able to witness the success of Bigfoot, Shanhe returned to Chuhe Film and Television.

"Boss, you are really good. "Moon" will be released in a week, and you only show up now. You are really a hands-off shopkeeper to the extreme!" Yang Liu complained helplessly as he looked at Shanhe.

Shanhe smiled coquettishly, "Everything that should be publicized has been publicized. It doesn't matter whether I'm here or not!"

Yang Liu handed the itinerary to Shanhe, "Boss, you have to give face to CCTV's invitation to Channel 6, and you have to make arrangements for the premiere and road show. You have to give us an answer on how to operate it!"

"The premiere will be as you said. The global road show you mentioned is too much. "Moon" is just a low-cost science fiction movie. The global road show will not have any effect. Hathaway will come to China in a few days and I guess she won't be able to avoid it. The media reports should also have some publicity effects!" Shanhe replied with a smile.

"Hathaway is coming to the capital?" Yang Liu looked at Shanhe and asked, "Oh, boss, I'm really convinced by you, you have to tell me about this earlier!"

"What are you talking about! She's not here to help us with publicity. Let me tell you, don't try to use her for hype. She is my girlfriend, not a tool for hype!" Shanhe said, glaring at Yang Liu.

"How can we hype you two up!" Yang Liu responded with a smile, "But you also said that you can't avoid reporters. Hathaway is probably eager to accompany you to the road show, otherwise why would she come to the capital!"

"Uh~ Just look at the arrangements. I can go to Neon and Bangguo for a few days, but forget about other places!"

"Okay! Sister Zhong and I have discussed it and give you an itinerary. You must be prepared for the interview with CCTV 6 the day after tomorrow. Brother Jiahui has done four or five interview shows during this period. You, the director, should also show up. Show your face!”

"knew!"

On October 6th, which happened to be the Mid-Autumn Festival, Shanhe and Liang Jiahui rushed to the CCTV building after calling home.

After a month, Liang Jiahui looks more energetic than before. It seems that the title of Best Actor has brought a lot of changes to him.

"Brother Hui, I'm sorry to have kept you busy for so long this time!"

"Haha..." Liang Jiahui responded with a smile, "There is no need to be so polite between us. What you are doing are national affairs. As the only starring role in "Moon", I should do this!"

"Okay, then I won't be polite. Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. Let's spend the evening together!" Shanhe said with a smile.

"Okay!" Liang Jiahui replied, "How about just in your yard?"

"No problem, let's toast to the bright moon together! Share the beauty of the moon with our family!"