Since 1983

August 7th, late at night.

The last ignition test of the bird's nest was successful.

Zhang Guoshi relaxed for a while, and gave a thumbs up to the camera: "There is no problem, even if we fail in art, we will light it."

"Yes, lighting is success!"

"This is a process of constantly reducing requirements. At the beginning, I still thought about art, difficulty, and high technology...but at the last moment, just light it up."

After the experiment was over, everyone went to work. Zhang Guoshi wanted to go back to the Olympic Building and asked Xu Fei.

Teacher Xu said he would stay.

After everyone left, he led the technical team to check the whole thing again. It was past 12 o'clock, and it was August 8th.

The nest stays up all night with lights on.

The main creative team of the opening ceremony has a stand on the first floor, together with the command center for the TV broadcast. At this moment, Xu Fei was standing in the stands, with a panoramic view of the field, the big screen, and the surround display on the top of the Bird's Nest.

In a few more hours, 100,000 people will be seated here, guests from home and abroad, and the expectations of 1.3 billion citizens will be held here.

He looked at it for a while, then sat down casually.

It was not cool at midnight, but felt a little sweltering heat. The huge stadium was empty, only the security personnel were standing by their posts.

Xu Fei didn't know what to think, so he just sat there.

My mind is very chaotic, sometimes chaotic and sometimes blank, sometimes recalling my 25 years of life, sometimes imagining the future, sometimes thinking about what to eat for breakfast...

Unknowingly until the early morning, the sky appeared early in summer.

The phone rang suddenly, and it was the secretary of the big leader. That's right, it's the big leader.

"Knowing that you are nervous now, I specifically asked me to tell you. Let go of the burden and go into battle easily. You have done a good job. Follow the process and you will be successful."

After hanging up, it rang again not long after, Xiao Xu and Zhang Li.

After chatting for a few words, someone called me.

This series of appointments is like an appointment, all greetings from friends from all walks of life.

At about seven o'clock, he and Xiao Mo went out to eat, and packed all the food and soup in the store. The boss cried and laughed.

Back at the bird's nest, someone has already arrived.

"Teacher Li!"

"Brother Big Yang!"

"Xiao Mao!"

He hugged Li Jianqun, Yang Shuyun, and Mao Geping: "You can't sleep, can you?"

"I wanted to rush over in the middle of the night and lie down until dawn."

"With a big rock hanging in my heart, I must not be able to sleep!"

"You're still smart, stay at ease..."

Wearing glasses, Teacher Li still had the same quality and heart, and said with a smile, "Is there anything to eat?"

"Yes, yes, it's ready!"

After welcoming this wave, everyone showed up one after another, their spirits were not very good, and the whole night was difficult.

At about 10 am, in the temporary office of the Bird's Nest, Zhang Guoshi held the last meeting.

"We have no extravagant expectations, everything remains the same, following the rehearsal process is a great victory! Don't be too ambitious, keep safe and smooth!"

"The last few points to note, all the sub-scene directors will tell the actors again before they go on stage, and show a smile in front of the 4 billion audience."

"Confirm that the five rings of the star are aligned with the five rings of the image on the ground."

"Implemented!"

"The position of the confirmation paper should be placed correctly."

"Implemented!"

"Confirm the ignition time of the main torch again!"

"OK!"

Zhang Guoshi has no extravagance now, and repeatedly emphasized the torch: "The ignition must be successful! In the previous Olympic Games, there has never been a mistake!

The communication must be guaranteed to be smooth amidst the cheers of the audience and the deafening music. If you didn't hear this clearly, the podium said to light the fire, but Li Ning didn't hear it, so it was smashed! "

"In short, stand on the last post!"

"The meeting is over!"

...

The director who made the documentary was the busiest, running up and down. What were the teams doing before the war.

Shen Wei, editor-director of the scroll: "The nervousness is because of the paper painting, which is the first time I have never done it before."

Meihua, Director of Ritual and Music: "I hope I hope! Don't talk about it, it will definitely go smoothly!"

Sha Xiaolan, chief lighting designer: "I'm always in a hurry with them, and if there is anything to do, go up and check for me!"

Yang Qingsheng, chief designer of the video: "Oh, I hope everything goes well."

Ma Wen, visual effects art designer: "I don't think it will rain, and there will be no accidents. Every piece of LED will be on when it should be on, and there is no black spot!"

The camera is aimed at every corner, and there are people working hard in every corner, making the final sprint.

The teacher led a group of children to give another instruction on the paper painting.

Solo dancers hide in a small space and practice in front of the mirror over and over again.

The fou outside the arena is already in place and is being transported inside.

The actors of the Maritime Silk Road put on their costumes and stood ready with paddles.

The young lady in the ceremony and music program wore a heavy headdress and waved her small fist.

Li Ning arched his hands: "Don't ask me again, okay, I'm so weak now!"

Starlight choreographer Hao Ju held a loudspeaker and shouted: "Everyone, don't be nervous, just like we usually rehearse, show our best level, and deliver a satisfactory performance to the national audience, our parents, and our friends." Answer!"

"We must work hard!"

"No problem, we're ready!"

"come on!"

"come on!"

………………

In the afternoon, it was sweltering.

Many people are worried that it will rain today. In fact, relevant departments have already done artificial rain reduction.

The streets of Beijing are full of Chinese red, and the five rings are everywhere, just like the New Year.

Crowds come from all directions and gather at the station square, Wangfujing, the Millennium Monument, the World Trade Center, etc., where there are large outdoor screens to gather and celebrate.

The traffic around the Bird's Nest has already been controlled. Nearly 100,000 spectators lined up to check tickets. Volunteers in blue clothes were busy and relentless.

A large family from Baihua Hutong has just entered the venue.

Xiaoxu and Zhang Li each brought their babies to accompany their parents and relatives. A group of Zhang Guiqin, Xu Xiaowen, Sister Lan, plus Xiao Mo's family.

"A lot of people!"

Xu Yuling looked around and saw not as many people in his life as today.

"Where's daddy?"

"There."

Xiao Xu pointed to the far-away stand on the opposite side, and said, "Use a telescope to take a look."

Xu Yuling set up the binoculars and stared at the big eyes for a while: "Ah, I found it. Dad is eating melons."

"Um?"

Xiao Xu also took a look curiously, and in his narrow field of vision, there was a blue silver sitting over there, actually eating watermelon. Not only eat it by yourself, but also ask everyone to eat it together.

"Hey, Teacher Xu understands life!"

"It's too hot, come and come, everyone who sees has a share."

In the stands, Xu Fei pulled out several boxes, including apples, pears, oranges, watermelons, various drinks, and even small pastries.

Everyone was extremely nervous and needed something sweet to relieve them. Carbonated drinks were very popular, and each of them was holding a bottle of Coke.

In the end, he started distributing fans, paper fans and small hand-held electric fans.

"Come on, one per person."

Everyone is not surprised, he is like a robot cat, and he has never been treated badly in terms of logistics.

After Xu Fei finished posting, he picked up another piece of watermelon miamia and ate it.

Red flesh with few seeds, sweet and sandy, this melon is refreshing, really refreshing, really refreshing, really refreshing, worthy of being refreshing...

Before you know it, the audience is getting bigger and bigger.

An empty stadium is definitely different from a full stadium. A sea of ​​people came rushing towards my face, weighing heavily on my heart.

As the sky slowly dimmed, the tension surged out again, until it reached its peak.

The venue was already lit with lights, and there was an electronic clock on the podium, and the dazzling red numbers reminded everyone.

19:33!

Zhang Guoshi didn't communicate with anyone anymore, he just stood and pursed his lips.

Zhang Jigang held the handkerchief and wiped it every few seconds.

Chen Weiya hid on the chair behind, rubbing his face one by one.

Xu Fei fanned his fan, his heartbeat accelerated rapidly, and the water he ate just now seemed to turn into beads of sweat, and he wiped a layer on his forehead.

19:46!

It was finally dark.

The lights in the venue were brightly lit, the director began to cut the audience's shots, and the military band played "Welcome March".

The leaders enter.

19:56!

The lights were turned off suddenly, the venue was dark, but the audience seemed to be ignited all of a sudden.

From the first Olympic bid in 1991, to the difficult success in 2001, to today in 2008, it has been 17 years of waiting and hard work!

"Wow, boom!"

There was an upsurge in the audience, and the faces of the people in the stands were solemn.

Xu Fei continued to fan his fan, and exchanged glances with Zhang Guoshi, but he had nothing to say.

Immediately afterwards, the cheers rose sharply, and a ball of sparks burst out from the top of the bird's nest, crackling like a cannonball, spreading around the stadium.

It stopped at a certain place, the display screen lit up, and an ancient sundial appeared.

A ray of light was shot from the sundial and fell into the pitch-black formation.

First, there are light spots one by one, and then the light spots form a light array, which spreads out in the center of the field like magic.

"..."

Xu Fei felt like he was on a roller coaster, each program was like a checkpoint, he was relieved at the past one, and then worried about the next one.

More than 2,000 fighters fought the fou.

The light was like a star falling on the ground, flickering and changing. After a short period of heat, a huge "60" suddenly appeared.

Then 50, 40, 30, 20...

When it reaches 10, one of the two fou formations makes a "ten" and the other makes a "10"

Chinese characters and Arabic numerals flashed at the same time, welcoming the heat wave higher than the next, and the audience counted down together:

"9!"

"8!"

"7!"

"6!"

...

Jinan Long-distance Bus Terminal.

The national flag and the five-ring flag are lined up on both sides, extending to the end of the long corridor of the waiting hall. 6 plasma screens stood in the waiting room. Passengers came one after another, but no matter who they were, they all stopped here.

Shenjiamen Frontier Police Station of Zhoushan Frontier Defense Detachment.

The police moved the TV outside and specially set up a CCTV cable. Sitting in front of them were more than 100 fishermen and 6 crew members from Taiwan.

Chengdu bar.

With the national flag printed on their faces, the shirtless brawny men counted down together with wine glasses.

Shanghai mall.

The TV was crowded with people, and some simply sat on the ground.

deep city.

A wage earner stopped in front of the big screen.

Outside the nest.

Volunteers had nowhere to watch and could not walk. They sat on the ground looking at the sky above the stadium, waiting for the fireworks ceremony that would come soon.

And in countless ordinary dwellings, there are even several generations living under the same roof, men, women and children gather together.

"5!"

"4!"

"3!"

"2!"

"1!"

boom!

Countless fireworks rose from the bird's nest, lighting up the night sky of the capital.

"Long night is hard to clear the sky of Chixian County, a hundred years of monsters dancing, and 500 million people are not reunited. Singing the rooster, the world is white, the music of all kinds is in Khotan, and the poet's prosperity is even more unprecedented!"

…………

"The whole family was so excited to watch the opening ceremony together hahahahaha miss!"

"I was in Pattaya at the time, listening to the Thai commentary, and the old man looked at the phone face on the subway."

"On August 8, 2008, I was hospitalized for hyperthyroidism surgery. In 2020, my hyperthyroidism recurred."

"The opening day of the Olympics was still summer vacation. I was lying on a mat in my hometown, watching the opening ceremony with my grandma's cattail fan. It was so pleasant."

"When I was in primary school, there would be a countdown to the opening of the Olympic Games after the news every day. Although I was still young, I always felt that every day was a day full of hope."

"In the first year when I first came to Canada, I went to the restaurant for dinner that day and remembered that the foreigners at the next table were talking about the opening ceremony. I remember someone said it was the most beautiful thing he had seen on TV in his life."

"That day, in order to ensure that everyone could see the opening ceremony, the village stopped the electricity for two hours in advance for maintenance, and the call came at almost 7:50. The impression was too deep!"

"After dinner, I danced rubber bands with a bunch of friends in the alley, and I went back after nine o'clock. After thinking about it, it's a pity that I haven't watched the whole thing."

"I remember the crowd cheering when Kobe came out, alas..."

"That year I got good grades in the college entrance examination and went to BJ's university, so I watched the opening ceremony happily with my parents at home that day. Now my family and I are doing well, but I didn't have any good achievements. I went back to my hometown Already working."

"Back then, I wouldn't have imagined how useless I am now."

"I was still in the remedial class that day, and the teacher kept mentioning the lectures, and I watched the TV when I got home from get out of class. The most impressive year, and the following years felt like water without leaving any traces."

"My house was destroyed by the earthquake and I couldn't live in it. I remember setting up a tent outside and watching the opening ceremony in the tent."

"I was a volunteer on the night shift that day, watching the fireworks outside the bird's nest."

"I was very happy that year. The college entrance examination was over, and the exam was not bad. The boy who had a crush on me for almost two years confessed to me. It turned out that he liked me longer.

Get up early every morning and go for a run with Fa Xiao, and then go to the small shop to eat small wontons. Later, the small wonton shop closed, and the boy and I got married after a long dispute. 2008 has passed, and I miss it very much. "

"I really want to go back to the past, even though I didn't have a good time..."