Sun Weide

Mr. Cai will give us a brief introduction on creative plan of the fireworks.

Cai Guoqiang

Good afternoon, Mr. Wang just gave you a general and comprehensive plan. I, myself joined the team in 2005. All the way from the start of the bidding process, I received the certificate from Mr. Wang and I can still remember that. I gave a lot of my artistic works in the plan. I submitted a lot of my work plan. It took me 2 to 3 years for the preparation. It was a long journey for me. Basically, in 2005 there are a lot of teams who proposed a lot of plans. The team has had a lot of discussions in the creations and the designs. Some of the highlights are no longer there, but the original ideas are still there. I would like to thank the bosses and the leaders for the Opening Ceremony as well as the director of the ceremony for their support to my creative work. And also I would like to thank the team of the fireworks for the security and all the other supports.

As you know, gunpowder is one of the inventions of China. The Opening and Closing Ceremonies all have fireworks display. Fireworks are effective to pump up the atmosphere. It never missed. But the fireworks this time are not only for the sake of pumping up the atmosphere, but have a goal to achieve the theme. It can play the role of storytelling, too. That poses challenges to fireworks in terms of technology and design. I am not going to talk more details about the technology. I would like to talk about some of the features and characteristics of the fireworks ignition.

For example, along the dragon-shaped landscape water system of the Olympic Green, the fireworks will be fired up into yellow dragon and red peonies. The computer ignition system will control the fireworks. So within seconds, the fireworks will span 3.5 kilometers, so that it will be right after the flag raising. Another example: From Yongdingmen to the National Stadium, we have the sense of sights depicting how the Olympics arrived in China, to Beijing, and to the Bird's Nest.

The fireworks will be thematic and concept based. I think it will be very conducive for the inauguration and Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games. During the climax of the performances, we will display the thousands of pictures of smiling faces collected from all around the world. At that moment, to accompany the picture display, we're going to release the fireworks picturing 2008 smiling faces in the sky. Also, after the Olympic Flame is lighted above the Bird's Nest, we are going to fire the "shan" fireworks to symbolize the historical connection between the past and the present.

As for the details and other displays, I would like to give you some very basic ideas of what the fireworks are going to be. This will be a very glamorous moment of the Opening Ceremony which will only take several seconds. We are going to release the display of the Olympic Rings as well. For the details of all the displays, we will release that on the day of the Opening Ceremony.

On July 16, we have the fireworks rehearsal, Here are some of the pictures. This is above the dragon-shaped landscape water system of the Olympic Green, you can see a dragon shaped fireworks. Next, the red peony display shells. It is above the Bird's Nest. You will see everything in the Opening Ceremony. This is the moment of the countdown. In the Bird's Nest, we have one difficulty and one advantage. The difficulty is how to meet the demands of the spectators within the Bird's Nest because the Bird's Nest is a semi-closed shaped. We can play fireworks of different varieties and colors. Spectators will be accommodated at different layers. We will also set up a lighting equipment support so that the fireworks can be seen within and outside the stadium.

The fireworks will be broadcasted, and spectators within the stadium will be having a good time to have a better chance to enjoy the fireworks. This is the dragon I was mentioning along the dragon-shaped landscape water system. It was very spectacular with a length of 3.5 kilometers. This is the gun pressure launching a smiling face firework. It will be very accurately aimed and lighted up at the sky to form a picture so this is technically very demanding. We have spent two years on this technology. Thank you.

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