Chapter 890

The wounds caused by the earthquake will take a long time to heal, and the reconstruction work will be just as long, but the work will continue.

Song Zheng stayed in the disaster area until early June, when preparations for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games had reached its most critical stage, during which time the performance team had been rehearsing under the leadership of several assistant directors, and the rehearsal location was also transferred from the Bird's Nest to an alternate venue in a civilian stadium on the outskirts of Yanjing.

According to the plan, the entire Olympic Opening Ceremony team will re-enter the Bird's Nest on June 10 to conduct the final synthesis rehearsal with ground LEDs, lights and sound.

However, because the equipment in the Bird's Nest could not be installed and debugged in time, it was not delayed until the 20th that Song Zheng and the whole team were able to re-enter the Bird's Nest.

But not long after Song Zheng and the others settled in the Bird's Nest, Yanjing began to rain continuously, it is said that it is a rainy season that has not been encountered in 50 years, and there was only more than 40 days of rehearsal time, but now it has been compressed by one-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 there were problems with the equipment of the performance 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 was more than a quarter, and the program was at risk of dying prematurely; the Weiya track in the air was stuck in the air, almost causing casualties.

Later, due to the fact that the scroll scroll was stuck on the ground many times due to mechanical failures, Zhang Yimou was in a hurry, came to the command room to find Song Zheng, and said solemnly: "Director Song, in this situation now, you have to consider, can the scroll be removed?"

Song Zheng didn't even think about it, so he pushed back: "That's impossible, Director Zhang! Your artistic level is higher than mine, you should understand that if you take away the scroll, there will be no symbols throughout the whole performance, this is absolutely impossible!"

Zhang Yimou also had a headache: "I know what you mean, but now that there are constant failures, you really have to think about it, if there is a problem at the opening ceremony, none of us can afford this responsibility!"

Song Zheng knew why Zhang Yimou was worried, but when it came to such an important issue, he couldn't make the slightest concession: " Absolutely impossible, I'd rather take someone to push, when the time comes, I will arrange a few workers on the side of the scroll, as long as the scroll is stuck, immediately let them step forward to push, it doesn't matter if there is a little flaw, but the scroll must not be removed, Zhang Dao, the scroll must not be without, otherwise, we have worked hard to prepare for such a long time, it will all be in vain, and the performance of the entire opening ceremony will become scattered, and it will not be a whole at all!"

As soon as Zhang Yimou was persuaded to leave, assistant director Zhang Gang came again, and at this moment his whole face was almost wrinkled, and he said with a sad face: "Director Song, I really can't do anything about it, I've never been so desperate, what can I do, I can't think of any way now!"

Song Zheng also has a headache now, and all the problems are concentrated on his side, but as the person in charge, he can't ignore it, so he hurriedly asked: "What's going on, which link is going wrong again?"

Zhang Gang sighed and said: "The entrance of the actor is relatively small, and there are many actors in this show I am responsible for, and what is even worse is that the 32 dragon and phoenix pillars are very large, each of which requires six fighters to push, and the route and speed of his travel cannot deviate at all, and the problem of getting on and off the field cannot be solved at all, this is really too difficult!"

Each program of the opening ceremony has a full-time assistant director in charge, Zhang Gang is responsible for the link of "Chinese Rites and Music", Song Zheng doesn't know how to solve this problem he raised, but "China Rites and Music" has been in the Olympics in the last life, that is to say, in the end, Zhang Gang and they must have found a solution, in this regard, Song Zheng can only comfort: "Director Zhang, don't worry, it's man-made, we will definitely be able to find a solution!"

Zhang Gang also knew that Song Zheng was in charge of the entire performance, and it was unrealistic for him to solve all the problems, so he could only sigh and say: "I know, I'll try again!"

It is really difficult to solve the problem of Long Fengzhu on the field, Zhang Gang and the choreographer of the show have been groping for a long time, and it was not completely solved until less than two weeks before the opening of the Olympic Games.

On 25 July, after careful preparations, the opening ceremony was held for the first time with music and multimedia rehearsals with makeup, and all the central leaders were present to review the entire program again.

After the rehearsal, while they gave affirmation, they also put forward a series of opinions, which were the opinions of the big leaders above, and it was impossible for Song Zheng not to listen.

In the end, Song Zheng only fine-tuned the show, but in terms of costumes and props, many of them needed to be remade.

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.

But the problem is that the B actor Lin Miaoke has a good image and is a lively and cute little girl, but this child has an average voice.

So some people 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 Gang was the first to jump out: "I firmly oppose it, this is fraud, foreigners can't wait to stare at our Olympics with four eyes, desperately trying to discredit us, if it is discovered because of fraud, we have worked hard for so long, all our efforts will be in vain, I resolutely oppose it!"

Song Zheng also remembered that the staking incident was a stain on the Yenching Olympics, which was widely reported by overseas media, and was even rated as one of the top ten scandals by Time magazine in the United States.

Of course, Song Zheng 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, just like a little girl who plays the piano with Lang Lang, only five years old, just because she picked her nose, and a bunch of people scolded her, which is inexplicable.

However, Song Zheng also expressed strong opposition to the substitute singing: "Either use Lin Miaoke, or use Yang Peiyi, choose one of the two children, I firmly oppose the substitute singing, if this matter is spread, the impact is too bad, then the media around the world will shout Chinese fake!"

Zhang Yimou 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 you can't make mistakes on this occasion, and lip-syncing is a very safe choice!"

In fact, it's not just Sydney that's fine, the Queen of England at the London Olympics is also a stand-in for parachuting, and you can't let an old lady who is fast into the coffin really jump off the plane, and the singer's singing is all a recording, but not many people talk about this.

The same thing is different for the Chinese, and the Western media have always had double standards on these issues.

Song Zheng was helpless about this: "Sydney is fine, it doesn't mean that we are fine." Teacher Chen is right, now how many people around the world are staring at us, holding a magnifying glass to find our fault, as long as this matter is exposed, the media around the world will jointly push a news, Chinese fraud, how bad the impact of this matter, you should be able to think, who will bear this responsibility?"

Someone said: "We have a non-disclosure agreement, and we will definitely not leak it!"

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

Zhang Yimou nodded and said: "Director Song is right, he would rather have small problems than make big mistakes!"

Then someone expressed support: "Have you forgotten that Yanjing is forbidden to bring Bibles to the news? 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, copycats, in short, they will definitely talk about this!"

"I'm also firmly against singing!"

Seeing that everyone was opposed, some people were embarrassed to ask: "But now the leader above has spoken!"

Song Zheng is the general person in charge of the performance part, and he can only stand up at the critical moment: "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 Song Zheng did not relax at all, the Olympics were approaching day by day, and all kinds of problems were piled up in front of him, and he could only carry it silently, but what happened next made him a little unbearable.

In July, the temperature in Yanjing was very high, coupled with tens of thousands of actors stepping on it, the interface of the ground screen began to deform, there was a local short circuit, and two fires occurred in succession.

For this reason, the Olympic Organizing Committee held an emergency liaison meeting to solve the problem of large screens on the ground.

In the conference room, everyone's face is full of anxiety, LED has been a problem, until now, everyone has not seen LED work normally for more than half an hour, and now this kind of problem has appeared, everyone is really a little broken.

There are more than 60,000 LED screens on the ground of the entire opening ceremony, and if all of them are overhauled, it is an extremely huge project, and it is now the end of July, and there are only ten days before the opening ceremony.

Song Zheng was anxious, but he didn't know what to do, many things could not be solved by what he said, there were too many departments involved, as long as there was a problem in any link, the whole thing would be stuck, and he couldn't do anything about it.

At this moment, Song Zheng was also haggard: "Now the situation is like this, the manufacturer has more than 100 workers here for maintenance, he only has more than 100 workers, but such a little people are not enough at all, but more people, the manufacturer is gone, this is a waterproof project, special workers are needed, there is only one of them around Yanjing, the manufacturer has more than 100 workers, even if they work day and night, they can't complete the overhaul at all!"

One of the executive vice-presidents of the Organising Committee said, "Is there a backup plan?"

Song Zheng said with a wry smile: "The ground LED is the core of the whole performance, there is no backup plan for this, we have rehearsed without LED, to be honest, there is no difference from the traditional group exercises, if the LED is removed, the effect of the opening ceremony can not be guaranteed at all!"

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, it was Chairman Liu of the Olympic Organizing Committee who made the decision: "In this way, no matter what, let's find some experts, some manufacturers, relevant technical personnel, and any research institutes, all of them will be transferred to help, the Olympic Games are a grand event that 1.5 billion Chinese have been looking forward to for more than half a century, and there must be no problems in any link!"

Under the coordination of the Olympic Organizing Committee, the technical department quickly dispatched 100 engineers from other units in Yanjing to support the maintenance of the ground LED, while the performance and maintenance of the actors were coordinated, and the maintenance was carried out while rehearsing.

On August 1, the second rehearsal of the opening ceremony with makeup was held in the Bird's Nest, and the rehearsal was carried out at half past 9 o'clock, when it suddenly rained heavily in the sky, until the end of the rehearsal and the audience withdrew, the rain was still falling.

The weather is something that Song Zheng has been very worried about, although it didn't rain in Yanjing during the opening ceremony of the last life, who can guarantee that it won't rain this time?

Meteorological experts concluded through data analysis that on August 8, the probability of rainfall in Yanjing throughout the day was 47%, of which light rain was the majority, but the problem is that as long as it rains, even if it is light rain, the performance of the opening ceremony will be affected.

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

On August 3, South Korea's SBS TV publicly broadcast some details of the rehearsal of the opening ceremony of the Yanjing Olympic Games, the video lasted for two minutes and nine seconds, including movable type, scrolls and other important programs and props were exposed.

"Dog, day, Koryo stick!"

If it weren't illegal to kill someone, Song Zheng would now be able to rush directly to the big fart at the southern tip of the peninsula and destroy all the Goryeo sticks that were congenitally cultivated or acquired.

Spoilers to kill the whole family, the bastard of the dog and the day doesn't understand such a simple truth!?

All kinds of turmoil and various problems are now piled up in front of the director team, and everyone is in a state of extreme anxiety, in this case, some people even propose that the Niangniang Temple next to the Water Cube is particularly spiritual, everyone go to the Niangniang Temple to pray for blessings.

It is said that when preparing for the construction of the Olympic venues, the Niangniang Temple was originally scheduled 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.

Although feudal superstition is not good, but now as long as the opening ceremony can be completed smoothly, the gods and Buddhas, Song Zheng can worship if they can, and whether the mother can appear to help put it aside first, at least she can ask for peace of mind.

On August 5th, Song Zheng and the director team came to Niangniang Temple collectively to pray for the opening ceremony, many of the members of the director team are party members and atheists, but they are all serious about burning incense, not that they really believe in this, but everyone is really unable to hold on, and they need a little psychological comfort.

Song Zheng held a stick of incense and prayed very reverently, even the fantasy thing of rebirth happened to him, and he dared to question the rationality of the existence of immortals?

"Old lady, you are our Chinese mother, our Chinese immortal, your old man must bless us, bless this opening ceremony smoothly!"

No matter how many questions there are, no matter how anxious the director team is, August 8 still arrived as scheduled, at two o'clock in the afternoon, in the Bird's Nest conference room, the heads of various departments of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games gathered together to mobilize and confirm the work before the official performance.

At this time, Song Zheng couldn't sit still at all, stood in front of the conference room and said loudly: "The key to the success of the whole performance tonight lies in the implementation of the details, we have no way out now, success or failure depends on this trembling, my requirements are not high, as long as we follow the process of the final rehearsal, as long as we can follow the process, we are the first in the world!"

Song Zheng paused, looked at Zhang Yimou, and saw Zhang Yimou nodding, he continued: " Let's start to implement the details, the director in charge of all single programs must tell the actors before they go on the stage, to smile, this problem I have emphasized many times, really very important, I don't want the camera to cut to whose face when performing, he is a face, we are the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, not a military parade, we must smile, smile to welcome visitors from all directions, we Chinese pay attention to having friends from afar and be happy, this music, all the actors participating in the performance today must give me music, not yet, all practice in front of the mirror, must laugh sincerely, smile warmly, don't think this is a small problem, details determine success or failure！”

Then Song Zheng confirmed it repeatedly with the director in charge of each show, and left the position to Zhang Yimou.

Zhang Yimou was also tired during this time, Song Zheng was responsible for the performance part, and he was responsible for the scheduling of the entire opening ceremony, his pressure was only greater than Song Zheng, not less than Song Zheng, a face full of wrinkles, and he was obviously a lot older during this time, and when he got up, he shook a little, and anyone could see how tired he should be during this time.