Zhang Yimou considered other candidates, but in the end he still thought Lin Xiaoling was suitable.

He was also hesitating, not because he was alienated from Lin Zixuan, but because Lin Xiaoling himself is already an internationally renowned director and has also made a blockbuster film.

In this case, you will basically not be an assistant director for others.

The identity of the assistant director is very embarrassing. It is the director's credit for the success of the TV film, and the assistant director is unknown.

When viewers watch a movie, they will only remember the director, who cares about the assistant director?

Moreover, Lin Xiaoling has now become the head of the Youth Director Support Fund, helping young directors film, gaining fame in the circle and taking on the sixth generation of director leaders.

Now Lin Xiaoling and Zhang Yimou can’t compare with each other, and the number of works and awards are not enough.

But no one can say that in the future, youth is an advantage.

This is the reason why Zhang Yimou and Lin Zixuan discussed. As an assistant director, it may not be able to become famous, but it also has benefits.

This is a bid for the Olympics. If you put in one effort, you will be rewarded. It is a qualification. If you encounter any incident in filming in the future, you will be easy to talk to in all aspects.

Zhang Yimou did not say this clearly, Lin Zixuan could understand it.

Since "Alive" was banned, Zhang Yimou has been moving closer to the mainstream, and the effect seems to be significant on the surface.

In the 1980s, film critics criticized him for selling ignorance and backwardness to the West.

In the mid-to-late 1990s, film critics accused him of whitewashing reality and succumbing to the market.

Some director commented on Zhang Yimou: He will adjust his position again and again according to the form, but in fact, you will know what he is thinking when he is transferred to."

Many people in the circle believe that a fifth-generation director with great depth and criticality will first surrender to the market and then approach the system, and will never be able to make qualified movies again.

A reporter interviewed Zhang Yimou and asked what prompted him to make such a change and whether there was any inside story.

"There is no inside story, I just want to make a movie with peace of mind." Zhang Yimou replied.

He did not have to fight like the sixth generation directors, and he had to shoot the film he wanted to shoot. His solution was very simple. Since he was not allowed to shoot, I could shoot it.

In the eyes of others, this is called compromise, and he thinks it is practical.

You are fighting, banned, unable to make movies, and it is better to do a good job if you waste a lot of time.

According to this logic, Zhang Yimou should be a pragmatist.

This is related to his growth environment. Many people think that Zhang Yimou is a farmer, which is a misunderstanding.

He came from an intellectual family, his mother was a doctor, his father was an officer, and his grandfather was a local big family. He just went to the countryside to join the team for three years.

However, this kind of origin was called the Black Five category at that time, and it was impossible to pass the review whether it was a student or a soldier.

In order to break through the limitations of his background, Zhang Yimou painted a portrait of the chairman for the people in the countryside. Xun won the favor of the local people. Because he could play basketball, he was specially recruited to work as a cotton mill as a worker.

Photography technology allowed him to transfer from the workshop to the union's propaganda team in the cotton spinning mill and become a literary and artistic worker.

Only then did he have the opportunity to enter the photography department of the Film Academy and become the current great director Zhang Yimou.

This is a counterattack path.

For Zhang Yimou, only useful things are worth his time and energy.

"I have a great determination to bid for the Olympic Games this time. This TV film can play a significant role. Other countries are preparing carefully. We cannot fall behind." Zhang Yimou said in a deep voice, "I want to find all the best talents in the circle and produce a film that can impress Western judges."

"Since Director Zhang has said that, I will make the decision and let Xiaoling be the deputy director." Lin Zixuan agreed.

No matter what, he made contributions to the Olympic bid, and he still had this enlightenment.

Lin Xiaoling has no plan to film the film at the moment, and just reviewing those scripts took up most of her time.

It takes about one or two months to shoot this Olympic bid. Although it only takes five minutes, it covers too wide.

Including the economy, culture and sports of the capital, we also need to select the masses and take aerial photos of the capital's landscape.

It is a complicated task to perfectly edit the content of the field shooting with previous documentaries.

When Zhang Yimou heard Lin Zixuan agree, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

In this position, he has to coordinate various relationships, which is different from being a director. As a director, he only needs to control the crew, and the crew is his subordinates.

Lin Zixuan is not his subordinate, so he can only discuss it.

One of them is a big director and the other is the boss of a film and television company. Lin Zixuan is better in the influence in the circle, but in the field of film, Zhang Yimou stands at the top.

It can only be said that each has its own merits.

After the negotiations were made, the two chatted for a few words.

"I heard that Li An's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has received a good response in the United States. The movie magazines have received high praise. It should be fine to get the Oscar nomination. I hope I can win the award. Chinese-language films have not been very prosperous in recent years." Zhang Yimou sighed.

Zhang Yimou has several movies sent to participate in the Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film Awards.

He has been nominated, but has not won the award for various reasons.

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won the most popular film at the just-concluded Toronto Film Festival in Canada. Li An won the Best Director and Xu Jinglei won the Best Supporting Actress.

Two groups of visits were conducted in Toronto, one was a press conference in North America and the other was an international press conference.

This is the starting point of the Oscars. Winning the award is a good sign, and the film is becoming more imposing.

The increase in news reports and increased popularity and more attention are all accumulating momentum for the Oscars.

Subsequently, the New York Film Festival chose "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" as the closing film.

It marked the beginning of publicity in North America, and the entire plan was very detailed and required constant creation of topics.

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won awards at foreign film festivals, which surprised domestic filmmakers, and professional American film magazines gave positive reviews.

Some magazines even named "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" one of the top ten movies of the year.

This makes domestic media and filmmakers unable to understand it. Films that have received bad reviews in China have been sought after by professional filmmakers and film critics in the West.

"Li An also thinks so. It seems that the signs are very good at the moment. It depends on whether he has the luck to win the prize in the end." Lin Zixuan responded.

"I planned to make a martial arts film in the past two years, but I put it down before I found a good book. I didn't expect that this type of martial arts film has a market in the West." Zhang Yimou thought, "I will try it when I finish this Olympic-pending TV film. It's not easy for our movie to enter the Western market."

Zhang Yimou still wants to win the Oscars.

The difference between him and Li An is that Li An is educated by the Western Film Academy and understands the needs of Western audiences.

After all, Zhang Yimou has never experienced that kind of educational and living environment. He feels like he is separated by a layer and is not transparent enough.8
Chapter completed!