Break out of the courtyard

Zhang Heping followed the members of the professional choir, eating together, rehearsing together, going to bed early and getting up early together. If he hadn't had one hour of free time after lunch and dinner, he would have forgotten that he was still a junior high school student.

Under strict military management, time quietly came to the morning of September 9th, and everyone gathered excitedly downstairs.

After the number was announced, each chorus team left the Xinqiao Hotel and headed to the main square to gather.

Today is the first time for all the actors to enter the auditorium stage of the Great Hall and perform together on stage for the first time. Everyone is very excited, but at the same time, they try to keep quiet and observe discipline.

It was also on this day that Zhao Jianguo and the others began to envy Zhang Heping again.

Because Zhang Heping’s professional choir showed their faces throughout the whole process, standing on the choir platforms on the left and right sides of the stage from before the audience entered to after the audience left.

No, Zhang Heping, standing in the middle of the last row of the choir array on the right, is smiling at Zhao Jianguo and the others!

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The stage in the auditorium is very large, and the corresponding background wall is naturally not small.

The stage background of each performance is formed by the combined projection of dozens of slide projectors; the staff hidden under the stage and on the ceiling manually realize the dynamic background effect by using static slides one by one. It can be said to be unique!

Unfortunately, Zhang Heping never met these behind-the-scenes heroes from beginning to end.

Just because they are the earliest to come and the last to leave.

Zhang Heping was lucky. Standing in the last row of the choir array on the right, he could see up and down the stage. He even made eye contact with Tang Xin, the violinist in the orchestra below the stage. The two looked at each other and smiled, but neither dared to Say hello at this time.

As for the students like Zhao Jianguo, their appearance time was not very long. They had to wait for the sixth plot performance before they could go on stage, which were the last few singing and dancing performances.

So, they spent most of the time peeking in the background.

The largest stage in the country and a special time made all the actors, poets, lyricists, composers and others very excited.

Zhang Heping also secretly asked several members of the choir if they had any extra income. They all shook their heads and seriously taught Zhang Heping how to have a spirit of dedication.

Zhang Heping wanted to contribute a few songs, but he could only serve as a foil for this epic masterpiece, and none of the patriotic songs he searched for in his mind were used.

The 1st to 5th song and dance performances use highly popular songs from before the founding of the People's Republic of China, as well as songs and dances adapted from representative events.

Game 6 started with the national anthem and ended with the Internationale. Of the four songs in the middle, only one was a new song created on the spot. The other three were songs that had become famous after the founding of the People's Republic of China and were widely sung.

The joint performance lasted for 14 days, with 3 performances in the morning, afternoon and evening, with constant adjustments and modifications...

Zhang Heping’s biggest feeling is, never drink water, just moisten your throat!

On September 9, everyone dispersed to rehearse in more than 30 venues again. Zhang Heping and the others were not lazy at all at the Xinqiao Hotel. They were all very excited waiting for the National Day performance the next day.

On the eleventh day of the next day, Zhang Heping and the others briefly rehearsed their entrance in the morning and rested their voices until they turned off the lights and went to bed at night, without waiting for the performance time.

This makes everyone feel a little uneasy. If there is no performance on National Day, shouldn't they be allowed to perform?

After all, it took more than two months of hard work. It would be a shame not to perform.

On the morning of October 10nd, in order to dispel everyone’s frustration and hesitation, each program team resumed their usual training intensity.

As a result, during lunch, the good news came that the performance time was set at 19: that night!

In the afternoon, all the actors gathered in the auditorium.

After everyone conducted a simple entrance rehearsal, they were divided into groups to rest, and each memorized their lines, route on stage, costumes, etc.

When Zhang Heping was sitting on the choir stage to rest, Tang Xin asked their captain for instructions. The captain asked the band group conductor for instructions. After the group conductor reported, Zhang Heping was temporarily seconded to help tune the piano.

The tuning was fake, in fact it was Teacher Wu who called him over to chat, and the teacher wanted to accept him as his disciple.

This is the first time Zhang Heping has left the choir area and entered other teams since he came to the stage. The management is quite strict.

As the performance time approached in the evening, everyone went to the toilet in small groups with excitement.

For today's performance, everyone actually ate very little and didn't drink any water. They didn't leave anything behind when they went to the toilet.

When the audience entered the venue and were greeted by smiling faces from the left and right choirs, the excitement and nervousness calmed down. Everyone stared at their respective group conductors and acted according to orders.

Then, everyone started their work in an orderly manner, as if they were working on an assembly line.

There are more than 3,000 people, more than 8,000 people on stage, and more than 4,000 costumes!

The main actors, like Zhang Heping and others, only have one set of clothes and can just put them on.

Other supporting actors are in luck. They have to change multiple sets of clothes. They go on stage to perform, come off the stage to change clothes, go on stage again, come off again... It's really like assembly line work!

As for sneaking a peek at the stage show?

It doesn't exist. I've watched the rehearsals for so many days and I'm tired of watching it.

According to Zhang Heping, it's not as good as the audience!

As the intense two-hour performance came to an end, Zhao Jianguo and others took the stage for the second time, stood in front of the background wall, and began to sing "Singing the Motherland".

Then when the "Internationale" played, the entire audience stood up.

The chief music conductor turned to face the audience and directed tens of thousands of people to sing "The Internationale" together. The energetic momentum seemed to bring down the roof of the building!

Listening to the warm applause from the audience, you can tell that this was a very successful debut!

However, there is discipline. We cannot cheer loudly or jump. We can only clap hard along with the audience.

However, this is just the beginning!

The next morning, all the actors gathered in the banquet hall on the second floor of the auditorium, summed up the gains and losses, repaired the mistakes, and then rehearsed two times before letting everyone go back to rest.

Starting from the 4th, this epic large-scale song and dance performance will be performed to the outside world.

However, Zhang Heping couldn't get tickets, let alone contact the outside world, so he couldn't let his family come to see it.

Time quietly came to noon on October 10th. Everyone was told during dinner that tonight's performance would be the last performance. They could have free activities for two hours in the afternoon. They would gather in the banquet hall on the second floor of the General Assembly Hall before 16:15 to take a group photo.

Afterwards, Zhang Heping first took two group photos with the chorus team inside and outside the auditorium, and then he ran back to take group photos with the classmates from Class 2. He was very busy.

At 15:, everyone returned to the banquet hall upstairs one after another, and formed a large circle in the order of squatting in the front, sitting in the middle, and standing behind, preparing to take a group photo of more than people. Such a large-scale photo shoot is unprecedented in the country. It’s also the first of its kind!

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Everyone stood motionless, eyes wide open, waiting for the flashlight to flash.

After the photographers finished taking pictures and the big shots left, the chief director told everyone some great news!

At 15: this afternoon, our country’s first ambition bomb exploded successfully!

As soon as the news came out, no one cared about discipline. Applause and cheers broke out like thunder. Everyone danced! Boom! Crazy fun! I cried with joy!

At this moment, Zhang Heping was also affected by everyone's emotions and applauded vigorously!

If you don’t live in this era, it’s really hard to understand how big of a threat the Western powers pose with H bombs!

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