Chapter 176: The Opening Ceremony Should Break Dance
The next afternoon, Ronald and Brooke arrived early at the Los Angeles Memorial Stadium to attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.
This was a stadium built for the first Olympic Games in 1932. After being renovated this year, it can accommodate 93,000 spectators.
The packed stadium made people feel very small inside. Ronald looked up at the broadcast camera. Such a big scene also requires a director. This time the Olympic organizing committee invited the director of the famous TV series "Roots"
David Walper.
The stadium is very large, Brooke's seat is very close to the VIP seats in the front, and Ronald's ticket is just behind her and not far above.
Because the organizing committee had promised in advance that they would give Porky a shot, the two of them agreed to wait until Porky finished her mission before sneaking up to meet Ronald.
Ronald found his seat by himself, right next to the aisle on the second floor of the stands. The view here was very good, but there was a tall red-necked man in front of him, wearing a sun hat, a pair of tattered shorts, and a very old pair.
His shoes were very sloppy, and he looked like a homeless person on the streets of Los Angeles.
Ronald wanted to change seats and made a noise. The redneck in front heard it and turned his head.
"Ronald, what a coincidence that you are also in the stands?"
"Steven, what's wrong with you? Why are you dressed like this?" Ronald discovered that the homeless man was actually Spielberg whom he met at the airport yesterday.
"Shh, I want to watch the opening ceremony quietly and don't want to be recognized by reporters."
"Oh," Ronald flipped to the next row and sat next to him, and the two of them pointed at the chairman's box opposite.
"Is that the commander-in-chief?"
"The one next to me seems to be Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch."
"That one at the back is Prince Charles of Britain?"
"It seems like his wife didn't come?"
"I read in the newspaper that my second child is about to be born."
"How many cameras did you see?"
"Six, right? Maybe a helicopter for aerial photography."
The two of them watched and discussed the program arrangements. They are both directors. This is the first time a large-scale theatrical performance has been arranged for the opening ceremony, and both of them are very interested.
"oh!"
The two directors let out an exclamation, and two aerialists dressed as astronauts flew from the sky. There was no wire suspension, and they relied entirely on the compressed air on their backs to descend, and slowly landed in the stadium.
"Beep beep..." A whistle sounded, and young people in white clothes in the stadium formed several piles. The balloons they held formed the word "Welcome".
"How did you get these young people? It must be very troublesome to rehearse." Ronald became interested.
"I heard that we found high school student volunteers in Los Angeles and rehearsed for more than two months."
The group exercises began to change again. They separated and closed and turned into flowers.
A young girl wearing a white hat walked down the aisle and gave flowers to all the audience.
"Mr. Spielberg?" the girl recognized the famous director.
"Shh," Spielberg gestured to her. The girl was no longer bothering her.
"Mr. Samaranch, President of the United States of America, First Lady, and President of the International Olympic Committee." The loudspeaker began to introduce the guests on the rostrum.
As the American national anthem and the commander-in-chief's special background music "Salute to the Commander-in-Chief" were played by the live band, the group gymnastics below began to change their formation again. Sometimes it was a diamond shape, and sometimes it was a circle.
Then they released the balloons in their hands, and hundreds of balloons flew outside the venue, telling everyone in Los Angeles that the opening ceremony had begun.
The live band played a compilation of historical famous songs from Hollywood and Broadway, and the group exercise below began to change between marches, and finally turned into a five-ring shape.
Ronald applauded. It seems that the mass group gymnastics in America were also done well. They were no worse than those in Moscow last year.
The TV station broadcast the camera and began to scan the guest stars in the front row on the runway. The camera caught Brooke Shields, who made a cute scissorhands for the camera.
"This is Brooke Shields, a famous college student from our famous university, a model, a movie star, and a top student at Princeton." The host in the studio began to joke.
As the opening ceremony's artistic performances progressed, group exercises began to form the shape of the American map again, and caravans drove in one after another.
Then the group gymnastics turned into a steamship and then into a church.
This is telling the history of America. Many extras rushed in, and the team gymnasts opened the colorful curtains to simulate the stained glass on the church windows.
A choir composed of several black people began to sing.
Ronald understood that this was a gesture of racial solidarity.
Next was a modern song and dance performance, and the theme song "Fame" from "Famous" was reminded of the scene.
Ronald smiled. The lead singer Irene Kara can now continue to sing her famous songs on the TV station.
The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games is said to be watched by hundreds of millions of people on television. If you can look familiar here, it will be a blessing.
"beat it, beat it", the song turned to the famous song from MJ's new album. The audience began to shout MJ's name enthusiastically. He was not able to appear at the opening ceremony to sing live, which made many people regretful.
"There is a puzzle board under each audience's seat. The audience is asked to raise the puzzle board and gather it into the national flags of the major participating countries."
Ronald reached under the seat, took out a large yellow puzzle board, and held it above his head. "Please hold it for ten seconds."
Ronald looked around and found that the puzzle pieces of his stand were lifted up to form the national flag of New China. This was really an unexpected surprise. He had no idea in advance that the organizing committee had done this.
"Three...two...one..." Thank you everyone.
Ronald put down the puzzle.
"John Williams please," the host called.
"John, is he a live band host?" Spielberg took out a bottle of water and handed it to Ronald.
John Williams, who composed music for masterpieces such as Star Wars, Aliens, Superman, etc., picked up the baton and began to direct the live band to play the Olympic theme song.
The mayor of Los Angeles took over the Olympic flag, and then the athletes entered the stadium.
"Steven, can you talk about your views on the level of directing live theatrical performances? Also, can I appear in your ET sequel?"
The girl who presented the flowers told the broadcast team what she had discovered, and the broadcast team immediately sent a female reporter with a wireless microphone with a large antenna to interview Spielberg.
"The director of this opening ceremony has redefined the word legendary." Spielberg tugged on the antenna on the reporter's hat again, "Well, you look good as an alien."
"Hahaha, what do you think of the live song and dance performance and John Williams' conductor?"
"You have to ask my friend Ronald Lee for his opinion. He is the director of the hit movie 'Break Dance'."
The reporter quickly pulled over the wireless microphone.
"Unparalleled," Ronald flattered him first. "The arrangement of the organizing committee is very good, and it shows all the major events since the founding of America. There are also songs by our superstar, MJ."
"Do you think MJ should come to the opening ceremony?" The reporter continued following the question.
"We are all looking forward to it. His songs are great. It would be even better if we could see him perform his famous break dance moonwalk."
"Yeah!" Brooke finished the scene shot perfunctorily, and when the reporter finished the interview, she climbed up to the stands above to meet Ronald.
"Here we go, the athletes are entering the stadium," Spielberg loosened his sunhat and said to the entrance of the stadium.
“Greece is at the forefront!” The country represented by the sports team was announced live in French and English.
One after another, sports teams walked in.
"Canada! They sent a huge delegation of more than three hundred people."
"Huh?" The Canadian delegation was still moving forward, and Ronald suddenly heard a burst of familiar music.
"Every revolutionary soldier must remember,
Three major disciplines and eight points of attention.”
Ronald couldn't help but sing.
"Yeah? Do you speak Chinese?" Spielberg recognized that Ronald was singing in Chinese.
"I've learned a little bit," Ronald stared at the entrance.
At the head was a very tall flag bearer who entered the stadium holding a five-star red flag. The athletes behind him walked in neatly, wearing blue tops, white trousers, and matching skirts.
"yeah!"
When the Chinese sports team entered the stadium, the spectators who passed by stood up and applauded. This was a tribute to their ability to withstand the pressure of the Soviet Union and compete for the sake of friendship and the Olympic spirit.
Ronald also leaned forward and clapped to the rhythm of the revolutionary song.
"This is a mysterious country. If I have a chance, I will definitely go there to make a movie." Spielberg was also very excited.
"High jump, gymnastics, and women's volleyball are the events in which they have the potential to win medals," the host was announcing.
"Women's volleyball team, high jump, what else? Gymnastics?" Ronald wrote down secretly.
The entrance ceremony took a long time, and Brooke was already leaning on Ronald's shoulder, so sleepy that she couldn't open her eyes.
We finally waited for the opening session.
Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch invited the current leader of the host country to announce the opening of the Olympic Games.
"God bless America." Samaranch finally used these words to pay tribute to the host country. The previous two Olympic Games caused huge losses. Fortunately, this time the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee Chairman Ueber Ross is a capable person.
Businessmen, by selling sponsorship and broadcast rights, are expected to make a profit at the Olympics and can be said to have saved the international Olympic movement.
"I declare the opening of the 23rd Modern Olympic Games in Los Angeles!"