According to the plan, the entire Olympic opening ceremony team will enter the Bird's Nest on June 10, and cooperate with the ground leds, lighting, audio and program for synthesis and rehearsal. However, because the equipment in the Bird's Nest was not installed and debugged in time, it was dragged until the 20th that Zhang Ran and the entire team were able to enter the Bird's Nest.

Shortly after Zhang Ran and his friends settled in the Bird's Nest, it began to rain continuously in Peking. It is said that it was a rainy season that had not been encountered in 50 years. 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 performed in alternate venues, but there is no backup venue for multimedia displays. Everyone is very anxious about this, but they are helpless. What's more serious is that due to the rain, large screens on the ground began to appear in large black screens, which seriously affected the effect of the image.

After entering the bird's nest, there is too little time left for the technical department to run in. The equipment and equipment of the performance has problems one after another. The lifting platform carrying the actors' take-off and landing cannot be lifted and lowered; the switch that hits the song has problems, the failure rate exceeds 15%, and the program faces the risk of premature death; the Wia track in the air is stuck in the air, almost causing casualties...

Because the scroll scroll had mechanical failures many times and was stuck on the ground and remained unmoved, Chen Weiyazhen was anxious. He came to the command room to find Zhang Ran and said solemnly: "Zhang Ran, you must consider the current situation. Can the scroll be removed?"

Zhang Ran couldn't believe his ears: "That's impossible. If it was removed, there would be no symbols throughout the entire performance! This is absolutely impossible!"

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

Zhang Ran did not give in at all: "It is absolutely impossible. I would rather push someone! At that time, I will arrange a few workers on the edge of the scroll. As long as the scroll is stuck, they will immediately let them go forward and push. It doesn't matter if there are some small flaws, 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 almost wrinkled, and he was almost crying: "Zhang Ran, I'm really helpless. I've never been so desperate! What should I do? I can't think of a way!"

Seeing that Zhang Jigang, a man who was so stubborn, Zhang Ran quickly asked, "What's going on? Which link is the problem?"

Zhang Jigang rescued and said, "The entrance to the actors in the Bird's Nest is relatively small, and there are many actors in our program. What's even more serious is that the 32 and the Dragon and Phoenix Pillars are very big, and each one needs six soldiers to push! Moreover, the route and speed of his journey cannot be deviated at all! The problem of going out cannot be solved at all, this is really too difficult!"

Zhang Ran didn't know how to solve it, but there was an Olympic Games in "Chinese Rites and Music" in the last lifetime. In other words, Zhang Jigang and the others found a solution in the end. He patted Zhang Jigang on the shoulder and comforted him: "Jigang, don't worry, things are done by man, we will definitely find a solution!"

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

It is indeed difficult to solve the problem of the Dragon and Phoenix Piano appearing on the stage. Zhang Jigang and the director of the program explored for a long time, and it was not completely solved until July 24.

On July 15, the opening ceremony held its first large-scale rehearsal with makeup. All the leaders of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee were present and reviewed the entire program again. After the rehearsal, they put forward a series of opinions. This was the central government's opinion, and Zhang Ran and the others could not ignore it. In the end, Zhang Ran and the others took away two programs that had been rehearsing for nearly a year, and some other programs were also adjusted, and the costumes and props were remade in large quantities.

Shortly after the first rehearsal with makeup, a troublesome problem arose. Yang Peiyi, who was originally scheduled to sing "Singing the Motherland", changed his teeth. The girl's front teeth fell off. Some leaders felt that it was not beautiful enough and proposed to change people. The actor Lin Miaoke, a b-role actor, had a good image and a lively and cute little girl, but the child's voice was average. So someone suggested that when performing, let Lin Miaoke play Yang Peiyi's singing voice, combined with the best image and the best voice, so the effect of the whole program can be achieved.

Music Director Chen Qigang jumped out first: "I firmly oppose it. Doing this is a fraud!"

Zhang Ran remembers 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 understood the difficulties of the director team very well. If Yang Peiyi was really allowed to play, there would be a lot of scolding in China. How could you let a child with a tooth sing, lose face in China, etc.; just like a little girl playing the piano with Lang Lang, who was only five years old, but because she snatched her nose, she ended up scolding a bunch of people, which was simply inexplicable.

However, Zhang Ran strongly opposed the substitute: "Either use Lin Miaoke or Yang Peiyi! I choose one of the two children, and I firmly oppose substitute. If this matter is spread, the impact will be too bad. Then the media around the world will shout that Chinese people are fake!"

Chen Weiya frowned and said, "At the opening ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the performance of the Sydney Philharmonic Orchestra was actually a record. You cannot make mistakes in this kind of occasion. Lips are a very safe choice!"

In fact, it’s not just Sydney. The Queen of England used a stand-in for the skydiving at the London Olympics. All singers’ singing was recorded, but not many people talked about this. Zhang Ran was helpless about this: "Sydney is fine, it doesn’t mean we are fine. Now many people around the world are staring at us, holding magnifying glasses to find our faults. As long as this matter is exposed, media around the world will jointly promote a message, Chinese people are fake. How bad is the impact of this matter? You should be able to think about who will bear the responsibility?"

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

Zhang Ran said helplessly: "What role can the confidentiality agreement play? The voices of Lin Miaoke and Yang Peiyi are so different. As long as they are not deaf, they cannot be hidden from them! Using Yang Peiyi and Lin Miaoke alone is not perfect enough. Someone will definitely say it, but it will not become a big stain! If our entire opening ceremony is very good, it will be criticized because of the singing style, it will not be worth the loss!"

Zhang Jigang nodded and said, "Zhang Ran is right. He would rather make a small mistake than make a big mistake!"

Ma Wen also expressed her support: "Have you forgotten the news that Peking prohibits Bibles? A very normal thing was distorted into that. If we were to perform substitutes, then all kinds of big hats would definitely be taken to us, such as human rights, and a copycat. In short, they would definitely make this a case!"

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

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

Zhang Ran is the director of the head, and at the critical moment he can only stand up: "What's wrong with it? The responsibility lies with me! If the leader wants to hit the board, just hit me!"

In this way, the problem of singing in the Olympics was successfully solved, but Zhang Ran did not relax because of this. After entering the bird's nest, various problems were piled up in front of Zhang Ran, and he kept silently, but what happened next made him a little unable to withstand it.

The temperature in Peking was very high in July. In addition, tens of thousands of actors stepped on it, the interface of the large screen on the ground began to deform, and there were partial short circuits. Two fires occurred in succession. After the inspection, the fire department stated that the large screen on the ground must be closed for maintenance.

Liu Jingming, executive vice chairman of 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 was full of anxiety. LEDs have been having problems. So far, no one has seen LEDs work normally for 30 minutes. Now this problem has occurred again, and everyone is really a little broken.

The entire opening ceremony has more than 60,000 LEDs, and all of them are under maintenance. It is an extremely large project. It is now July 21, and it is only sixteen days before the opening ceremony.

Zhang Ran was anxious, but he didn't know what to do. Many things were not something that Zhang Ran could solve just by saying it. There were too many departments involved. Only when there was any problem with any link, the whole thing would get stuck, but he was powerless.

At this moment, Zhang Ran said with a collapsed look on his face: "The situation is now. The manufacturer has more than 100 workers for maintenance here. He only has more than 100 workers. He wants two hundred people, and three hundred people. He has no more! This is a waterproofing project, which requires specialized workers, and there are only them around Peking. What I worry most now is this situation. The manufacturer has more than 100 workers. Anyway, I work day and night, and I can do as much as I can in the end!"

Liu Jingming asked: "Is there any backup plan?"

Zhang Ran was really about to collapse: "The ground led is the core of the entire performance, there is no backup plan! We have conducted rehearsals without leds. To be honest, it is no different from the traditional group gymnastics mode. If the led is removed, the opening ceremony will be very ordinary!"

Everyone discussed for a while but couldn't come up with any solution. The entire conference room was filled with an atmosphere of despair.

In the end, Liu Jingming made the decision: "Let's do it. No matter what, we will find some experts and manufacturers, relevant technicians, and any research institute, and all the researchers will be transferred to help."

Under the coordination of the Olympic Organizing Committee, the technical department dispatched 100 engineers from other units in Peking to support ground LED maintenance; and the actors' performances and maintenance were coordinated, and they were rehearsed while maintaining.

On the evening of July 30, the second rehearsal with makeup was held at the Bird's Nest. At 9:30, heavy rain suddenly started in the sky. Until the rehearsal ended, the audience left the venue and the rain continued. Because of the rain, some air arrangements were disrupted, and the air links were also affected.

The weather is something Zhang Ran has always been very worried about. Although it did not rain in Peking at the opening ceremony of the last life, who can guarantee that it will not rain this time? Meteorological experts concluded based on the analysis of information on Peking that the probability of rainfall in the whole day in Beijing on August 8 was 47%, with light rain most of them. However, as long as it rains, even if it rains, the performance at the opening ceremony will be affected.

In fact, since 2003, the Peking Meteorological Bureau has conducted a lot of experiments on artificial weather effects, but this can only work for relatively weak drizzles. It can play a very small role in severe weather and heavy rainfall clouds.

On July 31, South Korea's SBS TV publicly broadcast some details of the rehearsal of the opening ceremony of the Peking Olympics. The video lasted two minutes and nine seconds, including movable type models, scrolls and other important programs and props, were exposed.

All kinds of storms and problems were piled up in front of the director team, and everyone was in a state of extreme anxiety. In this case, someone suggested that the Niangniang Temple next to the Water Cube was particularly spiritual, so everyone should go to the Niangniang Temple to pray for blessings!

It is said that the Niangniang Temple was to be demolished at first, but on the day of the demolition, a series of strange things suddenly occurred. In the end, 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 the Niangniang Temple to pray for the opening ceremony. Zhang Heping and Zhang Jigang were both party members, but they all burned incense seriously. It was not that they really believed this, but that everyone was really unable to hold on and needed some psychological comfort.

Zhang Ran held a stick of incense and prayed devoutly for the first time: "Empress! You are the empress of China. We must bless us and bless this opening ceremony smoothly!"
Chapter completed!