The opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, I don't know how many children were frightened.
Holding the opening ceremony as an "open tomb" is the first case in the history of the Olympic Games.
This also reminds people of the grand atmosphere of the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
At that time, a clear children's song "Singing the Motherland" echoed above the bird's nest, and that voice absolutely sang into the hearts of all the Chinese people.
That night, the girl in red, standing in the middle of the bird's nest, became the object of reporting in the major media overnight.
And since childhood, the singing ability is superior, and the source of the children's voice of "Singing the Motherland" - Yang Peiyi, is still an unknown person.
Now, more than ten years later, what happened to the two girls who were originally divided into AB horns, and what happened to them?
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There are rumors in the outside world that the reason why Lin Miaoke can become the one on the stage is because he has a strong background and a prominent family.
But in fact, Lin Miaoke, who was born in 1999, has a father who is a photojournalist and a housewife whose mother is a housewife.
Born well-behaved and cute l Lin Miaoke, the camera sense is excellent.
A relative in the family was an advertising videographer, so she was exposed to the industry early on.
Once the relatives wanted to do advertising shooting, all the actors arrived, and they were sent to the role of a little girl, so they let Lin Miaoke's parents take her to try.
Unexpectedly, Lin Miaoke had a strong desire to perform, did not shy away from the stage at all, and received unanimous praise.
That year, Lin Miaoke was 5 years old. After that, she also took some commercials intermittently.
At this time, Yang Peiyi, who is 2 years younger than Lin Miaoke, is still learning to sing with her father.
Unlike Lin Miaoke, Yang Peiyi did not receive any professional studies, but was affected because Yang's father liked music.
Since she was two and a half years old, Yang Peiyi has been able to hum some songs and Peking Opera, but her audience is only her parents.
In this family that is completely science and engineering background, Yang's father and Yang's mother never thought of letting their daughter take the road of music.
They just regard music as their daughter's hobby, and Yang Peiyi is also learning Olympic mathematics, art and the like.
Until April 2008, Haidian District wanted to hold a vocal competition for primary and secondary school students, and the Yang family decided that it was better to try it if the girl had such a good voice.
As a result, this test won the first prize of the first grade group in Haidian District.
A few days after Yang Peiyi won the first prize, Lin Miaoke's mother answered a phone call, and the fates of the two children were about to be "glued" together.
In April 2008, Lin's mother suddenly received a phone call, the other party claimed to be the Olympic Committee, saying that she had seen Lin Miaoke's promotional video before, so Lin Miaoke immediately prepared to test her voice.
As soon as she heard that it was the Olympic Committee, Lin Miaoke's mother did not delay for a moment, and took Lin Miaoke to audition.
The audition process ended quickly, and after that, it was a long wait, and Mother Lin once felt that there was no drama.
Until June 13, Lin Miaoke was informed by the phone that he had successfully been selected as a candidate for the "Singing motherland" link and wanted to meet the director.
However, this link is a unit responsibility system throughout the process, and parents are not allowed to accompany, that is to say, this matter should be notified to the school, and the school will dock with the Olympic Committee.
At this time, Lin Miaoke's mother hesitated, worried that if her child was not selected in the end, it would be a bit humiliating to make such a big move.
But the opportunity was really rare, and after weighing it, I agreed to it.
At the beginning of the rehearsal, Lin Miaoke took turns with the other two girls, until after July, the girls who took turns rehearsing with Lin Miaoke were brushed off and replaced by Yang Peiyi, who was only 7 years old.
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Yes, when Lin Miaoke began to rehearse, the Olympic Organizing Committee was still selecting more suitable small actors.
Since winning the prize in the vocal competition, Yang Peiyi has quickly been affirmed by insiders, and has also recorded children's English songs at the "Central Institute of Educational Sciences Audio-Visual Publishing House".
During that time, the staff responsible for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games were selecting small actors in various primary schools, and Yang Peiyi was recommended by the school to the relevant person in charge.
Born with a good pitch, she was immediately recognized after the audition and began to train alternately with Lin Miaoke.
Everyone knows that there is only one person who will come to power in the end.
But no one knows who the lucky one will be in the end.
The training was in full swing, and when there was only a month left before the opening ceremony, Yang Peiyi was told to participate in the first makeup rehearsal of the Bird's Nest, and the usually introverted shy little girl seemed very happy.
At the same time, Lin Miaoke's family is full of losses, and Yang Peiyi went to rehearsal, which means that Lin Miaoke was not selected.
Until a few days before the opening ceremony, Yang Peiyi recorded a small sample of "Singing the Motherland", and after the rehearsal of the bird's nest, Yang Peiyi never received any notice.
During that time, Yang Peiyi was in the stage of changing teeth, in terms of image, Lin Miaoke was of course the best choice, and Yang's mother knew very well that the possibility of the child on stage was very small.
And Lin Miaoke's family was not completely at ease, after all, until the last moment, it was still full of variables.
On August 8th, both girls put on makeup and waited for the exciting moment.
In the end, only Lin Miaoke's mother received a text message from the school teacher, telling her that It was Lin Miaoke who came to the stage with a single microphone.
Yang's mother also got the list of performance programs for the first time, and the list said A corner Yang Peiyi and B corner Lin Miaoke.
What Yang's mother was worried about still happened, but what made her feel a little relieved was that the A corner on the list was Yang Peiyi.
On the evening of August 8, 2008, "Singing the Motherland" recorded by Yang Peiyi reverberated at the National Stadium, and the transparent and childish voice sang every lyric into the hearts of the chinese people.
And what people across the country, and even the world remember, is Lin Miaoke, who wears red clothes on tv sets, has a good expression, and is lip-synced.
The opening ceremony of this high-pressure Olympic Games also made Lin Miaoke appear in the headlines of major foreign magazines and newspapers the next day, and the scenery was unlimited.
At this time, how Yang Peiyi hoped that he could also receive a little attention, not to be famous, it was indeed his voice that was replaced by others, this mood is self-evident.
Soon, the person who came forward to reveal the inside story appeared.
On August 12, 2008, Chen Qigang, the music director of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, revealed in an interview that the singer of "Singing the Motherland" at the opening ceremony was actually someone else, Lin Miaoke just stood on the stage and mouth-synced, and the touching voice everyone heard came from Yang Peiyi, a 7-year-old girl.
Public opinion was in an instant uproar.
Although the general director Zhang Yimou also explained that the two girls recorded sample tapes at that time, the heads of NBC and BOB, the heads of the big broadcast companies, said that Lin Miaoke's image was more suitable.
He also worried about whether it would be considered a fake singing, but the big broadcast companies thought it was fine, saying that it was just a manifestation of a situation.
But these explanations did not put the public to rest, but rather the wave of criticism was higher than the wave.
In an instant, all the taunts turned to Lin Miaoke, and Yang Peiyi, who had a beautiful and pure voice, began to be known.
Even after ten years, Zhang Yimou was invited by thirteen to interview and talk about this matter again, and still used the word "chagrin".
The two girls with strong labels, more than ten years after that, the fate of the direction also appeared as if it were that night.
03
After the storm, the two girls' every move has become much concern.
After the opening of the school, Yang Peiyi, who was a young child who had endured great pressure and grievances, stood on the stage of the opening ceremony of the new semester with the company and encouragement of the teacher, and re-sang the song "Singing the Motherland" in front of the teachers and students of the school.
In this way, to appease the young Yang Peiyi, although she did not stand on the stage of the Bird's Nest, she was still proud of everyone.
Lin Miaoke, who returned to school, became less popular and was even bullied by his classmates.
There will be classmates who deliberately trip over Lin Miaoke, and when the class evaluates each other's conduct level, there will be classmates who will give her the lowest E grade.
Asked why, he said that Lin Miaoke smiled at the flag-raising ceremony.
Since then, the fates of Lin Miaoke and Yang Peiyi have been completely reversed.
Yang Peiyi's parents can't bear to see their children suffer from external disturbances, feel that their children are not suitable for stepping into the entertainment circle too early, hope that she can grow up healthy and happy, and decide not to let their children be exposed to the media.
As a result, Yang Peiyi's parents began to refuse interviews and performance invitations from various media, and in order to broaden their children's horizons, they would occasionally participate in public welfare performances.
For example, sharing the stage with Li Yundi and others, and participating in the celebration party with Jacky Cheung.
Yang Peiyi's life gradually returned to calm under the warm protection of her family, and her main energy was focused on studying every day, and she began to receive professional vocal training.
Lin Miaoke, who has been shooting commercials before, attended more activities after the Olympic Games.
Lin's mother personally became Lin Miaoke's agent, received countless advertisements for Lin Miaoke, and even acted in emotional dramas with 37-year-old actor Chen Long.
All these make the young Lin Miaoke have a maturity that does not match his age, and even sophistication.
The criticism that followed it also became more and more fierce.
At an age when he should have studied well, he frequently participated in business activities, which laid a "thunder" for Lin Miaoke's future.
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On Yang Peiyi's side, she did not over-commercialize and began to take the road of learning to add music.
The episode "Left Hand and Right Hand" of "Pleasant Goat and Gray Wolf Tiger Tiger Shengwei" was from Yang Peiyi, which was one of the hottest color bells of the year.
In 2013, Yang Peiyi was admitted to the Renmin University Affiliated High School, the best middle school in Beijing, with excellent results, and three years later, he was admitted from the experimental class of the Renmin University Affiliated Middle School to Beijing No. 8 Middle School, a key high school that many people dream of.
She represented Beijing No. 8 Middle School in the NEC National Economics Challenge, helping the team win trophies and individual gold medals with full scores.
I have excellent grades in cultural classes and my hobbies and interests.
Yang Peiyi also joined the world's top ten children's choirs, the Junior Choir affiliated with the China Symphony Orchestra.
After graduating from high school, she successfully went to the world's top university "University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill" for further study.
Although Lin Miaoke focused on commercial performances and participated in film and television dramas, his acting skills were never recognized.
Over the years, Lin Miaoke has been on the Spring Festival Gala, filmed movies, variety shows, and has cooperated with big names such as Liu Xiaoqing, Cecilia Cheung, and Zheng Zhongji.
However, in the process of further education, it failed to achieve its wish, and the "thunder" planted many years ago also exploded at this time.
In 2017, Lin Miaoke, who lingered in commercial acting and filming, was rejected by Chinese opera and North Film one after another because of hanging up the subject when he participated in the art examination.
Finally, with a score of 404, he was admitted to Nanjing University of the Arts and continued to develop his dream in the entertainment industry.
At that time, there was an interview video of her participating in the art exam that was put on the Internet, and Lin Miaoke shook her head when she was interviewed, still looking like a child, and was sprayed by netizens.
Compared with Lin Miaoke, Yang Peiyi is now a little more confident and indifferent, as long as she has time, she will participate in some music festivals, sing her favorite songs, and her voice has become the kind of timbre that cannot be forgotten once she listens to it.
In 2020, Yang Peiyi and Lin Miaoke jointly recorded the public welfare song "Together/Together", and in life, the sisters seem to maintain contact.
In fact, Zhang Yimou later said with regret that Lin Miaoke sang less ugly, and it was possible to use her recorded version directly, but in the end she made another choice.
And the events of that year are not something that a child of a few years old can influence, including what activities to receive and what kind of performances to participate in, and the adults behind them play a vital role.
It's just that some people don't know that the gift of fate has already secretly marked the price, and talent is very important, but if there is no continuous effort and learning, it is impossible to support a person to go all the way.
The two little girls who attracted much attention at the beginning have now entered the university and opened a new chapter in their lives, and there are still many possibilities in the future, I hope that they can live as they want and live the life they want.