Bright Era of China Entertainment

Evening, 59:[-].

There's only one minute left until eight o'clock in the evening.

The auditorium of the Bird's Nest is already overcrowded. With more than 9 tickets released, the audience has already filled the seats.

On TV sets across the country... no, on the corresponding channels of TV sets around the world, hosts from various countries began to broadcast: "The countdown to the 29th Olympic Games has begun..."

电视机前的人们翘首以盼，而鸟巢现场的观众们欢呼雀跃地异口同声道：“10！9！8！……3！2！1！”

"Start!" Zhang Yimou frowned heavily in the Bird's Nest studio.

"Chirp, chirp, chirp -" Countless fireworks erupted, "walking" in steps around the eaves of the bird's nest.

Colorful and brilliant.

Thousands of fireworks, the whole world celebrates!
"It's started, it's started!" Liu Yifei excitedly held Chu Xuan's hand in the middle of the front row of the southern auditorium.

"It's so beautiful, so spectacular!" She looked up at the fireworks. For some reason, the fireworks seemed to be arranged in a combination, erupting rhythmically from low to high one after another. It was truly spectacular and indescribably shocking.

Chu Xuan and she were very excited, and Liu Xiaoli, Zhou Wenqiong, grandma and cousin also stood up and waved their arms with enthusiasm.

Not only them, the entire audience cheered and cheered one after another.

It wasn't until several rounds of fireworks ended and the host's voice came out that the scene gradually became quiet, and then the entrance process began.

Greece is the birthplace of the Olympics and has always been a starter.

China is the host country and enters at the end according to the rules.

Each national team came holding a flag, and the Chinese people in the audience gave them warm applause without discrimination and expressed their welcome.

Of course, no matter how much we treat other countries equally, we must cheer for our own country the most enthusiastically.

"Hua Guo team!"

"come on!!"

"Hua Guo team!"

"come on!!"

"..."

Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei, and Liu Xiaoli's family followed the audience and shouted loudly, the sound resounded throughout the sky.

It resonated strongly with people in front of TV sets across the country, but with all my relatives and friends at home, it was a bit embarrassing to shout along, so I could only suppress my excitement.

"Play the national anthem!" the host said, and Chinese athletes lined up to sing the national anthem.

However, with the entire audience present, the national anthem has nothing to do with the athletes.

[“Get up, you people who don’t want to be slaves!

..."]

At this time, the audience in front of the TV sets across the country could no longer suppress their excitement, especially the grandparents of the older generation, who immediately sang along with the audience on the TV.

[“Build our new Great Wall with our flesh and blood!

..."]

"Chu Xuan? Liu Yifei?" Many viewers asked in surprise.

It was probably due to good luck that the camera rotating around the audience happened to pass by Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei.

The audience in front of the TV only watched these two people stand up, wave the five-star red flag in their hands, and open their mouths to sing the national anthem.

The camera just flashed by, and the two people quickly disappeared from the TV screen.

There were more than 9 people in the audience, but Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei didn't know they were captured by the camera. At this moment, they were only singing the national anthem to vent their patriotism in their hearts.

Soon, the singing stopped and it was time for the leaders to speak.

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei sat down with the audience one after another, taking a breath to calm down the excited emotions below.

They could take a breath, but Zhang Yimou in the director's room tightened his heartstrings further.

At the 2004 Athens Olympics, Beijing, as the host of the next Olympics, required to display "Beijing 8 Minutes" during the Olympic closing ceremony.

On this world-famous stage, using 8 minutes to showcase the style of the capital and Chinese culture is undoubtedly an excellent opportunity to promote the capital and even China, and let the world have an initial understanding of the style of today's China.

As the director of "8 Minutes" that year, Zhang Yimou gave the world a more amazing answer.

However, the word "amazing" is only used in places other than China. As far as China is concerned, Zhang Yimou's "8 Minutes" stage was criticized miserably by the people at the time.

'Old Peking Opera', 'uninteresting martial arts', 'impractical choreography', 'the selected actors seriously lack traditional cultural awareness'...

A series of harsh criticisms made Zhang Yimou doubt his life. When he was interviewed in 06 and looked back on the past, he himself said that year was his darkest moment.

Foreigners are amazed because of the novelty.

But if none of his own countrymen are conquered, then his ability to direct the stage will naturally be questioned.

In the first two years before he ran for Beijing Olympic Games chief director, Zhang Yimou was questioned and suppressed at every turn. This suppression came not only from within, but also from the outside people.

However, at the last moment of the selection in the previous two years, Zhang Yimou used directing skills combined with computer special effects to edit and produce a CG video. This CG video is an abbreviated version of the concept film for the opening ceremony.

This concept film reconquered the judging panel of relevant departments and allowed Zhang Yimou to successfully become the chief director of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony.

After filming "The City of Golden Armor" in 06, Zhang Yimou completely immersed himself in stage design and special effects research and presentation in 0708, as well as the use of indoor lenses and outdoor drone lenses.

This is also the reason why Zhang Yimou has been repeatedly invited to join the Bright Times Variety Show, but Zhang Yimou has refused many times because he really has no time.

However, the leaders of the relevant departments were optimistic about Zhang Yimou because of a CG video. However, the CG video was confidential and the people did not know what happened.

To this day, many people still doubt whether Zhang Yimou can handle the opening ceremony well.

This made Zhang Yimou very nervous. He was holding the walkie-talkie in the Bird's Nest studio and staring at the monitor.

"It's about to be a stage performance, there can't be any mistakes." He said repeatedly in his mind.

This is not only related to your wonderful resume and future development, but also closely related to the style and glory of the motherland. Whenever something goes wrong...

Zhang Yimou couldn't even think about it.

"Report it again," he said.

"Unit No. [-] is fine..."

"A set of props is no problem..."

"A set of renderings is no problem..."

"A set of drone mirrors is no problem..."

"The pyrotechnics team is no problem..." came the dense voice, and one could tell how complicated the composition of the Olympic director team was. Zhang Yimou, who was becoming increasingly nervous, could not hear the specific names of the groups, only a series of "No problem" "Let him feel at ease.

"Director Zhang, one more minute."

Zhang Yimou picked up the walkie-talkie and prepared it.

"30 seconds."

Zhang Yimou swallowed and stared at the monitor.

"10 seconds."

Zhang Yimou's whole body tensed up and he was ready for battle.

Second by second passed, and he felt that the world had stopped, and only his heartbeat was beating: "Start!"

The end of the host's process coincides with the start time of the performance stage. Everything is according to Zhang Yimou's plan.

Suddenly, the soul-stirring drum sound was accompanied by beautiful and gorgeous lights, which shocked foreigners, but struck the hearts of people across the country.

This is a drum array composed of Chinese drums, hammered vigorously by 2008 drummers.

2008 drummers...the number of people and the sound of the drums are shocking just thinking about it.

Outside the Bird's Nest, 29 "footprints" composed of fireworks lead from Tiananmen Square to the venue.

"29" symbolizes the current No. 20 Olympic cloud.

Leading from Tiananmen to the venue represents China's step-by-step journey to today's prosperous age.

Immediately afterwards, the "stars" composed of lights turned into the five Olympic rings and appeared on the ground of the Bird's Nest stage. The five rings also demonstrated China's Olympic spirit of advocating a community with a shared future for mankind.

Then, the five rings disappeared and the ink faded, unfolding a picture of the Chinese land, sun, moon, mountains and rivers.

"Oh——" the whole audience exclaimed, everyone was shocked.

The shock was just the beginning. What followed were the four great inventions, Dunhuang Flying Apsaras, ink painting scrolls, opera tea porcelain, and the impassioned three thousand disciples of Confucius. There was also movable type printing that created a unique Chinese style of "harmony". ".

There is also the Tai Chi waterfall special effect background, which writes the ancient and majestic atmosphere of "Flying down three thousand feet, it is like the Milky Way falling from the sky."

Every dance, every performance, and the ink scroll on the ground will appear with the corresponding background image of the era, showing the brilliant civilization of the Chinese dynasties in a vivid and endless style.

Until Li Ning flew around the Bird's Nest and lit the Olympic main torch in the air, the atmosphere finally reached its climax.

"It is now 8:9 on August 00th. Gymnast Li Ning will light the Olympic cauldron..."

Not many people listened to the host's announcement. The cheers and excitement at the venue had already completely ignited the venue.

"Director Zhang is amazing." Liu Yifei sighed. The shock brought by this opening ceremony performance made her sincerely admire Zhang Yimou.

"Yeah." Chu Xuan agreed, watching its appearance and changes. He learned a lot from this performance and it is worth watching again and again.

In the director's room, Zhang Yimou wiped his sweat and collapsed on his seat.

The assistant director and a group of teachers looked at him and gave him a thumbs up in admiration. One person even praised him with admiration: "National Master!"

After this battle, the reputation of "National Master" will accompany Zhang Yimou throughout his life.

……

The Olympic opening ceremony ended a little late, so the family stayed in the hotel for one night.

In order to avoid the traffic jam in the morning, we returned home from the hotel together before dawn.

"Grandma, you have to wait until my birthday is over before going back!" Liu Yifei got off the car in the parking lot and chatted with her family all the way back.

"Aren't you going to study first?" Grandma got out of the car and put her arm on Liu Yifei's arm.

"Yes, school started in August, but I took a month off and will go again next month, just in time to celebrate my birthday." Liu Yifei nodded, and when she talked about celebrating her birthday, she glanced at Chu Xuan intentionally or unintentionally. I don’t know if my boyfriend is ready to propose, and I hope I’m not wrong.

"Then you ask for leave. Wouldn't it be better for grandma to stay here and spend more time with you?" Grandma said.

"Of course, I'm just a little surprised. You've never stayed here for so long." Liu Yifei was very happy that her grandmother stayed at home for so long: "Grandma, let's buy tickets to watch the game!"

"Okay, it's up to you." Grandma let it go and took her arm and turned around: "I just woke up, let's go for a walk in the garden while the weather is bright and the air is fresh."

"Okay, let's go for a walk!" Liu Yifei was very interested.

Zhou Wenqiong and her cousin walked behind, and the mother and daughter also followed them for a walk.

Chu Xuan closed the car door, walked behind the mother and daughter with Liu Xiaoli, and followed the others for a walk.

They were about ten meters away from Liu Yifei and grandma, so they could just talk quietly.

"Xiaoxuan, how do you decorate this home?" Liu Xiaoli said. If the home is used as a proposal scene, the garden must be decorated. But the problem is that Sissi will be at home every day, so how to decorate it without telling her is a big problem.

Chu Xuan has thought about this problem in the past few days and has already made a plan: "Auntie, you have to deal with the Longyou equity matter, so you have an excuse to get out of Sissi's sight. One day Sissi and I will take my grandmother, aunt, and cousin out to play, and you will Invite Xiaoxi and several of his fans in Beijing to my home."

"Xiao Xi and the others..." Liu Xiaoli said, "Do you want them to help?"

Chu Xuan was helpless: "You must buy props to decorate your home. There are so many people during the Olympics. If you let celebrity friends do it for them, it will be a big trouble for them to go shopping. If you let people from the company do it for them, they don't know Sissy's preferences, so they can only trouble Xiao Xi. They are.”

"Yes." Liu Xiaoli nodded.

"Let Xiaoxi and the others come to the house to take a look at the layout and take some garden photos. It's up to them to buy whatever they want. When the day comes, Auntie, you can watch it at home and discuss how to decorate it. Just leave it like that." Chu Xuan said.

"What you mean is..." Liu Xiaoli looked at him: "We will arrange it again on August 8th. Before the 25th, it will be the preparation stage. Whatever you need to buy, put it away first and make unified arrangements on that day."

"Yes." Chu Xuan and her looked at each other: "Xiao Xi and the others are also waiting for your call. I have already said hello to them. If you call them home one day to explain the situation, please ask them to help prepare. , and we’ll meet again on the 25th.”

"The last question is, if we arrange the arrangements on the 25th, we must make sure that Sissi is not at home that day." Liu Xiaoli made an important point.

"It's simple. She said she was going to a hotel to have a meal to celebrate her birthday. I tricked her out early in the morning, and then asked Beida, Sun Li, Su Chang and others to drag her away." Chu Xuan had already had an idea.

Liu Xiaoli smiled: "You have been prepared for this. This is fine."

"Also." Chu Xuan said, "Auntie, could you please help me and take the time to go to Wangfujing to get the ring for me someday."

These days, he and Liu Yifei will probably accompany his grandmother everywhere, and in the middle of the process, he and Liu Yifei will probably have to go to the company to handle some matters. In short, he has no chance to leave alone. The engagement ring he ordered can only be obtained by his mother-in-law. .

"Send me the address via text message later." Liu Xiaoli readily agreed.

"Okay." Chu Xuan nodded, raised his hands and hugged the back of his head and looked at the slightly bright sky.

He thought about whether there was anything wrong. After thinking for a while, he didn't find any loopholes. He was about to notify some of his close friends to come and support him, but he didn't know if his friends were free...

"It's time to get ready," he thought to himself.

At this time, Liu Yifei turned around and informed: "Chu Xuan! Grandma wants to watch the game, so keep an eye on the ticketing website in the past few days! Otherwise, you won't be able to buy tickets!"

Chu Xuan came to his senses and responded loudly; "Okay!" (End of this chapter)