Zhang Yimou, You Really Are Cheap

Zhang Yimou, You Really Are Cheap

Zhang Yimou, director of the 2008 Beijing Olympics opening ceremony, is now in hot water over his role in producing a promotional video for the Railway Ministry. Zhang insists that he only acted as a consultant and that he did not receive RMB 2.5 million in commission, but the 2010 video clearly credits him as the director. Netizens have created a fake front page on the scandal for the fictional Rabble News:

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Via Over the Wall.

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