According to the plan, the entire Olympic Games opening ceremony team will enter the Bird's Nest on June 10 to cooperate with ground LEDs, lighting, sound and programs for synthetic rehearsals. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 However, due to the failure to install and debug the equipment in the Bird's Nest in time, it was not delayed until the 20th that Zhang Ran and the whole team were able to enter the Bird's Nest.

Not long after Zhang Ran and his family settled in the Bird's Nest, it began to rain continuously in Beiping, which is said to be the rainy season that has not been encountered in 50 years. There were only more than 40 days of rehearsal time, but now it has been reduced by a third because of the rain.

The actors' rehearsals can be carried out in an alternate venue, but there is no alternate venue for the multimedia display, everyone is very anxious about this, but they are helpless, and what is worse is that due to the rain soaking, a large black screen began to appear on the ground screen, which seriously affected the effect of the image.

After entering the Bird's Nest, there was too little time left for the technical department to run in, and the equipment of the performance had problems one after another, and the lifting platform that carried the actors could not be lifted and lowered; there was a problem with the switch of the song and the song, and the failure rate exceeded 15%, and the program was at risk of premature death......

Due to the repeated mechanical failures of the scroll and the fact that it was stuck on the ground and did not move, Chen Weiya was in a hurry. He came to the command room to find Zhang Ran, and said solemnly: "Zhang Ran, now you have to consider this situation, can the scroll be removed?"

Zhang Ran couldn't believe his ears: "That's impossible, if you take it out, there will be no symbols throughout the whole performance!

Chen Weiya persuaded: "I know you don't want to face it, but you really have to think about it!"

Zhang Ran didn't make the slightest concession: "It's absolutely impossible, I'd rather push someone!" When the time comes, I will arrange a few workers on the side of the scroll, as long as the scroll is stuck, let them come forward and push it immediately. It's okay if there is a little flaw in the basket, but the scroll must not be removed!"

Shortly after Chen Weiya left, Zhang Jigang pushed open the door of Zhang Ran's office again. Zhang Jigang's whole face was about to wrinkle, and the whole person was about to cry: "Zhang Ran, I really can't do anything, I've never been so desperate! What can I do, I can't think of a way!"

Zhang Ran saw that Zhang Jigang, a man with iron beating, was worried like this, and hurriedly asked: "What's going on, which link is the problem?"

Zhang Jigang rescued: "The entrance of the Bird's Nest actor is relatively small, and there are many actors in our show, and what's even worse is that 32 is very big with the dragon and phoenix pillars, and each one needs six fighters to push! And the route and speed of his travel can't deviate at all! The problem of playing and leaving the field cannot be solved at all, this is really too difficult!"

Zhang Ran didn't know how to solve it, but "China Rites" had the Olympics in the previous life, which means that in the end, Zhang Jigang and they found a solution, he patted Zhang Jigang's shoulder and comforted: "Jigang, don't worry, it's man-made, we will definitely be able to find a solution!"

Zhang Jigang sighed and said, "I know, I'll try it again!"

It is really difficult to solve the problem of Long Fengzhu on the stage, Zhang Jigang and the choreographer of the show have been groping for a long time, and it was not completely solved until July 24.

On July 15, the opening ceremony held the first large-scale rehearsal with makeup, and all the leaders of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee were present to review the entire program again. After the rehearsal, they made a series of comments. This is the opinion of the central authorities, and it is impossible for Zhang Ran not to listen to it. In the end, Zhang Ran and the others removed two programs that had been rehearsed for nearly a year, and some other programs were also adjusted, and a large number of costumes and props were redone.

Soon after the first rehearsal with makeup, there was a more troublesome problem, Yang Peiyi, who was originally scheduled to sing "Singing the Motherland", changed her teeth, and the little girl lost two front teeth. B actor Lin Miaoke has a very good image, she is a lively and cute little girl, but this child has an average voice. So someone proposed that when performing, let Lin Miaoke play, play Yang Peiyi's singing, the best image and the best voice are combined, and the effect of the whole show can be the best.

Music director Chen Qigang was the first to jump out: "I firmly oppose it, it's a fake!"

Zhang Ran remembered that the singing incident was a stain on the Peking Olympics, which was widely reported by overseas media and even rated as one of the top ten scandals by Time magazine in the United States. Of course, Zhang Ran understands the difficulties of the director team very well, if Yang Peiyi is really allowed to play, there will definitely be a lot of scolding in China, how can you let a toothless child sing, lose China's face, etc.;

However, Zhang Ran expressed strong opposition to the substitute singer: "Either use Lin Miaoke or Yang Peiyi!" Choose one of the two children, I firmly oppose the substitute singer, if this matter spreads out and the impact is too bad, then the media around the world will shout that the Chinese are fake!"

Chen Weiya frowned and said: "At the opening ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, the performance of the Sydney Philharmonic Orchestra is actually a record, and this kind of occasion cannot be wrong, and lip-syncing is a very safe choice!"

In fact, it's not just Sydney that's fine, the Queen of England used a stand-in to skydive at the London Olympics, and the singer's singing was all a recording, but not many people talked about it. Zhang Ran was helpless about this: "Just because Sydney is okay doesn't mean we're okay." Now how many people around the world are staring at us, holding a magnifying glass and trying to find fault with us. As long as this matter is exposed, the media around the world will jointly push a message that the Chinese are fake. You should be able to think about how bad the impact of this is, who is responsible for this?"

Zhang Heping said: "We have a confidentiality agreement, and we will definitely not leak it!"

Zhang Ran said helplessly: "What role can the confidentiality agreement play? The difference between the voices of Lin Miaoke and Yang Peiyi is so big, as long as they are not deaf people can hear it, it is impossible to hide this matter! Yang Peiyi and Lin Miaoke alone are not perfect, and there will definitely be people who make irresponsible remarks, but it will not become a big stain! If we are very good at the entire opening ceremony, it will be more than worth the loss if we attract criticism because of the substitute singing!"

Zhang Jigang nodded and said: "Zhang Ran is right, I'd rather make a small basket than make a big mistake!"

Ma Wen also expressed her support: "Have you forgotten the news that Beiping prohibits the Bible? A very normal thing has been distorted like that, if we engage in substitute singing, then surely all kinds of big hats will be buckled on us, what kind of human rights pull, copycats, in short, they will definitely talk about this!"

Cai Guoqiang also said: "I also firmly oppose substitute singing!"

Seeing that everyone was opposed, Zhang Heping said in embarrassment: "But now the leader above has spoken!"

Zhang Ran is the chief director, and at the critical moment, he can only come forward: "If something goes wrong, the responsibility lies with me! If the leader wants to play the board, just beat me!"

In this way, the problem of singing for the Olympics was successfully solved, but Zhang Ran did not relax because of this. After entering the Bird's Nest, all kinds of problems were piled up in front of Zhang Ran, and he had been carrying them silently, but what happened next made him a little unbearable.

In July, the temperature in Beiping was very high, coupled with the trampling of tens of thousands of actors, the interface of the ground screen began to deform, there was a local short circuit, and two fires broke out in succession.

Liu Jingming, executive vice chairman of the Olympic Organizing Committee, convened an emergency liaison meeting to solve the problem of the large screen on the ground.

In the conference room, anxiety was written on everyone's face. LEDs have been having problems, and until now no one has seen LEDs work normally for 30 minutes in a row, and now this kind of problem has appeared, and everyone is really a bit of a crash.

There are more than 60,000 LEDs on the ground of the entire opening ceremony, and it is an extremely huge project to overhaul all of them, and it is now July 21, only 16 days before the opening ceremony.

Zhang Ran was anxious, but he didn't know what to do. A lot of things can't be solved by Zhang Ran's words, there are too many departments involved, and if there is a problem in any link, the whole thing will be stuck, and he can't do anything about it.

At this moment, Zhang Ran said with a collapsed face: "Now the situation is like this, the manufacturer has more than 100 workers here for maintenance, he only has more than 100 workers, he wants 200 people, 300 people, he doesn't have them! This is a waterproof project, which requires special workers, and there are only them around Beiping." What I'm most worried about now is this situation, the factory lives and dies with more than 100 workers, anyway, I work day and night, and I can do it to whatever extent I can in the end!"

Liu Jingming asked, "Is there a backup plan?"

Zhang Ran was really about to collapse: "The ground LED is the core of the whole performance, there is no backup plan for this! We have rehearsed without LEDs, to be honest, there is no difference from the traditional group exercise mode, if you remove the LED, the opening ceremony is very ordinary!"

Everyone discussed for a while, but they couldn't come up with any solution, and there was an atmosphere of despair in the whole room.

In the end, Liu Jingming made a decision: "In this way, no matter what, let's find some experts to find some manufacturers, find relevant technical personnel, and what research institutes, all of them will be transferred over to help." ”

Under the coordination of the Olympic Organizing Committee, the technical department transferred 100 engineers from other units in Peking to support the maintenance of the LED on the ground, while the performance and maintenance of the actors were coordinated, and the maintenance was carried out at the same time.

On the evening of July 30, the second rehearsal of the opening ceremony was held at the Bird's Nest. At half past nine o'clock in the rehearsal, it suddenly began to rain heavily in the sky. Until the rehearsal was over and the audience had left, the rain was raining. Because of the rain, some air arrangements were disrupted, and the air links were also affected.

The weather is a problem that Zhang Ran has always been very worried about; although there was no rain in Beiping during the opening ceremony of the previous life, who can guarantee that it will not rain this time? Meteorological experts have concluded from the analysis of data in Beiping that the probability of rainfall in Beiping on 8 August was 47 percent, and light rain was the majority. However, as long as it rains, even if it is a light rain, the performance of the opening ceremony will be affected.

In fact, since 2003, the Beiping Meteorological Bureau has done a lot of experiments on artificial weather modification, but this can only work on the relatively weak drizzle, and this means can play a small role in bad weather and heavy rainfall clouds.

On July 31, South Korea's SBS TV publicly broadcast some details of the rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the Beiping Olympic Games, with a video duration of two minutes and nine seconds, including movable type, scrolls and other important programs and props were exposed.

All kinds of turmoil and various problems were piled up in front of the director team, and everyone was in a state of extreme anxiety. In this case, someone proposed that the Niangniang Temple next to the Water Cube is a special spirit, so let's go to the Niangniang Temple to pray for blessings!

It is said that the Niangniang Temple was originally to be demolished, but on the day of the preparation, a series of strange things suddenly appeared, and finally the relevant departments decided not to demolish it, and moved the Water Cube to the side.

On August 2, Zhang Ran and the director team came to Niangniang Temple collectively to pray for the opening ceremony. Zhang Heping and Zhang Jigang are all party members, but they all burned incense seriously, not because they really believe in this, but because everyone really can't hold it anymore and needs a little psychological comfort.

Zhang Ran held a stick of incense and prayed sincerely for the first time: "Niangniang, Niangniang! You are our Chinese mother, you must bless us and bless this opening ceremony smoothly!"