How did Lin Miaoke get selected to sing at the Olympics?

But it is said that it was lip-synching because the director liked her because of her good image, but it was not her voice when she sang.

A feast that attracted global attention pushed the "girl in red" Lin Miaoke into the complicated world of adulthood. Under the dazzling light of the Olympic Games, a simple child experienced the whole process of becoming famous overnight, being sought after by everyone, and being misunderstood and hurt. Although her parents tried their best to protect her, the girl was still coerced by fame and fortune and embarked on a different path from her peers.

Lucky enough to participate in the selection of children’s solo candidates at the opening ceremony

On the morning of June 10, 2008, Liu Zheping’s mobile phone received a call from a strange man, telling her, Director Zhang Yimou became interested in Lin Miaoke when he was choosing a child solo singer for the Olympic opening ceremony, and hoped to meet Lin Miaoke on June 13.

Director Zhang Yimou wants to meet Coco? Is this true? How is this possible? After receiving the call, Liu Zheping was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth for a long time. His daughter has never had any contact with the Olympic Games Opening and Closing Ceremony Operation Center. How did Zhang Yimou know about his daughter’s situation? Is someone playing a joke on me on this phone call? Full of suspicion, she quickly dialed the 114 directory information desk and proved that the fixed phone number she had just called was the number of the Olympic Games Opening and Closing Ceremony Operations Center. However, Liu Zheping still had no answer to her questions until June 13. , she and her husband Lin Hui took their daughter to the Olympic Games Opening and Closing Ceremony Operation Center. Only when she saw Zhang Yimou did she believe that it was all true.

Liu Zheping still clearly remembers that when she received the audition notice from the Olympic Organizing Committee, she was taking her daughter Lin Miaoke to shoot Liu Xuan's MV. On the phone, the staff of the Olympic Organizing Committee said clearly: Lin Miaoke has been selected for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games. He must go to audition today, otherwise it will be too late. Liu Zheping didn't pay much attention at first, but the staff repeatedly reminded him, "You must cherish it. This is a very important program during the opening and closing ceremonies and cannot be missed." Liu Zheping vaguely felt the "seriousness" of the matter. After much consideration, Liu Zheping still tried to discuss with the director to finish filming the MV in time. So, after Lin Miaoke ran all afternoon in the heavy rain, at around 4 p.m., her father Lin Hui took his daughter straight to the designated music studio to audition.

It turns out that on April 11, 2007, Lin Miaoke participated in an MTV performance of a song called "Sky" sung by singer Tan Jing, and made dove signs with many children after being recommended by a friend. flying action. When Zhang Yimou was selecting songs for the opening ceremony program, he was moved by Lin Miaoke's sweet smile and asked someone to contact her to participate in the selection of children's solo candidates - because this was the only child singing at the Olympic opening ceremony and leading the five-star red flag. Admission is very important. The director team has very high requirements for the girl to be selected. She must not only represent the beautiful image of Chinese children, but also fully demonstrate the innocence, authenticity, and hope of Chinese children. The director team had already found thousands of children to audition, but director Zhang Yimou was not satisfied until he met Lin Miaoke.

The audition process was very simple - played a piece of piano and sang two songs. Afterwards, Lin Hui found out that the kind-hearted teacher at the scene was the composer of the Beijing Olympics theme song "You and Me" The original singer is Chang Shilei.

In mid-June, Lin Miaoke received a notice from the music studio of the Olympic Organizing Committee. "It said that the child has passed the test and hopes to arrange an interview tomorrow. He also informed us that parents cannot accompany him during the Olympics and must find Teacher Miaoke to take him with him."

This news made Liu Zheping feel uneasy again. "My biggest worry at the time was how to explain to the school if Miaoke didn't go to school with so much effort. At the time, I felt that the Olympics was too big, and I didn't dare to think that such a big thing would be our turn." In the next two months, such worries have always lingered in the minds of Liu Zheping and Lin Hui.

While hesitating, Liu Zheping dialed the school's phone number: "The director team of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games just called. I don't know what role Miaoke was chosen for. They asked the school to provide someone." Let’s have a meeting together.” The school was busy enrolling students at the time, but the teacher from the Academic Affairs Office quickly reported to the principal.

The next day, accompanied by the head teacher, Lin Miaoke and her mother rushed to the designated meeting place. When they met for the first time, Liu Zheping clearly felt that the importance of this matter far exceeded his expectations. There were three children attending the meeting that day. Except for Lin Miaoke, the other two were personally accompanied by the principal. At the meeting, the director team made it clear for the first time that the three candidates would perform "Ode to the Motherland" at the opening ceremony, and emphasized the important position of this program in the entire opening ceremony. Mother Lin still remembers the tense atmosphere at that time. "When the arrangements were made, they were all given as political tasks. If there was any problem at all, the school would be held responsible." The head teacher who was present was also taken aback and immediately reported to the principal when he went back. At the second meeting, the accompanying teacher was changed from the head teacher to the director of the school’s Academic Affairs Office.

Compared with the nervousness and suffering of adults, the children only feel happy and novel. Every rehearsal, Lin Miaoke will pick up the backpack prepared by her mother, follow the teacher, and go out happily; during the rehearsal At the scene, the girl was most interested in the soldiers in the honor guard. Every time she took a break, the lively and outgoing girl would run in front of them to sing and dance, trying her best to "express herself".

The competition for corners A and B is fierce

In the blink of an eye, nearly a month of intensive training has passed, and June 28 is the time for the director of the opening and closing ceremonies to check the training results. On this day, Lin Miaoke stood with several children in training among dozens of judges and four cameras. Although she had experienced many big scenes, she was still a little nervous. Fortunately, she won again and became a child soloist. One of the candidates, and a child named Yang Peiyi from the first grade of Peking University Affiliated Primary School, served as roles A and B respectively.

Yang Peiyi is also well-behaved and beautiful. She likes to perform Peking Opera and won the first prize in the Beijing Haidian District Solo Competition. Although Yang Peiyi is only 7 years old, nearly two years younger than Lin Miaoke, Yang Peiyi's voice is more beautiful than Lin Miaoke.

Although there was such a strong competitor around her, Lin Miaoke was very confident and worked hard during that time. She firmly believed that she would have the last laugh.

However, just when Lin Miaoke and her parents were happily looking forward to the early arrival of the Olympic opening ceremony, she was not invited to participate in the rehearsal for the first trial fireworks display at the "Bird's Nest" on July 16. notification. At this time, Lin Hui and his wife felt that their daughter had been eliminated, and their hearts suddenly dropped to freezing point. However, they were afraid that their daughter would be sad, but they did not reveal this to her daughter.

However, Lin Miaoke learned about it from the newspaper the next day. During dinner, she said to her parents in shame: "I'm sorry to my parents, you have spent so much effort on me. After wasting so much time, I was eliminated..." Before he could finish his words, he burst into tears.

I thought this matter was over, but unexpectedly, Zhang Yimou notified Lin Miaoke to attend the rehearsals after July 16. Although their daughter walked into the rehearsal team again, Lin Hui and his wife felt calm at this time. They guessed that their daughter might be the B role of the children's solo, just a substitute, and the chance of taking the official stage was very small. In order to enable their daughter to withstand the blow of being eventually eliminated, the couple often encouraged Lin Miaoke to not be arrogant in victory and not discouraged in defeat: "Whether you win or not is decided by the director team; whether you work hard or not is your own business! In order to win, you have to work harder! Don’t regret if you don’t make it in the end, because this experience is amazing!”

Lin Miaoke said: “Mom and dad, don’t worry, I will definitely make it! Even if I am not chosen, there are other opportunities! I can bear it!"

Lin Hui and Liu Zheping breathed a long sigh of relief because their daughter had such a good attitude.

After that, Lin Miaoke participated in two more rehearsals, but still never received a formal performance notice. Could it be that my daughter was really eliminated again? The couple felt great helplessness and regret in their hearts.

Good news always comes with twists and turns.

At around 3 a.m. on July 30, Liu Zheping, who was looking forward to it, received a text message from an unknown number: "Director Zhang Yimou wants you to arrive at 5:30 tomorrow afternoon and wear bright clothes!"

As soon as it dawned, my mother took Miaoke to visit several children's clothing stores. It wasn't until about 4 o'clock in the afternoon that she managed to buy a pink skirt. Unable to enter the scene, her mother handed Miaoke and the skirt to the teacher and returned home. However, within two stops, she received a text message from the teacher: "The skirt is not up to standard!"

Seeing that the second rehearsal on August 2 was approaching, my mother decided to go to a high-end shopping mall to buy clothes for her child. In Lufthansa, looking at a set of children's dresses costing 1,500 yuan, my mother hesitated again and again, but still did not buy it. That afternoon, the mother and daughter went to a children's clothing store in Ritan Business Building and finally bought this red gauze skirt. This beautiful-looking gauze skirt is only worth 150 yuan.

Wonderful performance at the Olympic Games opening ceremony on August 8

In August, Yang Peiyi withdrew from the front desk and led the audience in rehearsals three times. Lin Miaoke was the one who stood on the stage.

On August 8, Lin Miaoke went to the opening ceremony party early, but Lin Hui and Liu Zheping felt mixed emotions in their hearts. They couldn't tell whether it was joy or something else. That night, Lin Miaoke's cousin wore a new cheongsam and went to Lin's home to celebrate. Due to the confidentiality agreement, she was the only one among her relatives and friends who knew that Lin Miaoke participated in the Olympic opening ceremony. However, she saw her uncle staring at the TV nervously, while her aunt was already lying on the bed. After a long ordeal until the moment of the announcement, the couple no longer had the excitement and excitement they expected. "The mood is too complicated. I am afraid that my child will not be able to go up, and after he goes up, I am afraid that my child will fail in the performance."

Liu Zheping said that he mainly considered two things at the time: once Miaoke failed to "go up", How to explain to the teachers and principals who worked hard to accompany them; second, how to comfort the children.

At the same time, Yang Peiyi’s parents were silently watching in front of the TV, waiting for this moment that they had once been happy and excited about, but also filled with infinite regrets.

In contrast, Yang’s parents were slightly calmer, but they had a different feeling: “I knew Peiyi was B character before.” Dad Yang Huisong understood in his heart: “According to adult thinking, B The horn is a backup, and there is a 90% chance that the child will not be allowed to attend."

In the evening, the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony party was about to kick off. In order to find out whether his daughter would attend the party, Liu Zheping kept giving her daughter's horn. The music tutor sent a text message to ask. Liu Zheping, who was at home, received a text message from his teacher Lin Miaoke: "Both children are here." Liu Zheping's heart tightened. The two children suddenly gathered together. Could there be another change? There was still more than an hour before the show. The teacher at the scene "reported" the progress to Lin's mother via text message. The two children were preparing step by step: makeup, clothing... Lin Miaoke put on the red skirt prepared by her parents, and Yang Peiyi put on her father's dress. The pink dress chosen by my mother was waiting quietly on the sidelines.

Everyone knows that whoever the director comes up to and hands the headset to will be the final winner.

The time for the opening ceremony was getting closer and closer. Seeing that the party was about to start in a quarter of an hour, Liu Zheping suddenly received a text message with only two words from his tutor: "Up." Got it!" This text message immediately made Lin Hui and Liu Zheping hug each other happily. It turns out that although Lin Miaoke plays the role of a child, her appearance has not been announced due to confidentiality reasons.

At 20:06, the girl in red stunned the audience. The three members of the Lin family stood and watched the entire program.

“The five-star red flag is fluttering in the wind, and the victory song is so loud.

Singing our beloved motherland, we will become prosperous and strong from now on..."

At 8:06 pm on August 8, at the "Bird's Nest" at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games, Lin Miaoke finally sang "Singing" The revolutionary song "Motherland", with its clear children's voice and affectionate melody, resounded over the "Bird's Nest" and spread all over the world through the screen, entering the hearts of the audience like the sound of nature; every kind-hearted audience was moved by it, because the face With a sunny smile, Lin Miao used her childish voice and pure face to convey the image of a hard-working, brave and peace-loving China to audiences around the world! She also conveyed the unique simplicity and sincerity of the Chinese nation!