The opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics is still fresh in our minds. Anyone who watched the opening ceremony should not forget the little girl Lin Miaoke who led the singing of "Singing for the Motherland" on stage in a red dress with two beloved ponytails.
Lin Miaoke and Yang Peiyi were selected
She was born in 1999, her father is an experienced photographer, her mother is a university professor, and her grandfather is a famous master of Chinese painting. It was always the family's hope that Lin Miaoke would carry on the tradition and take the route of calligraphy and painting art. However, at a young age, Lin Miaoke developed a strong interest in singing and dancing. Instead of forcing her to change her mind, her family focused on developing her dancing and singing abilities to maximize her strengths.
Not only that, but her father often took Lin Miaoke out on interviews, trying to get her to learn from successful celebrities through close interaction. Later, Lin was discovered by a director for her cute looks and began shooting TV dramas and commercials, and in 2008, Mr. Zhang Yimou became the director of the Olympics because of his leader's high regard.
In order to successfully complete this task, Mr. Zhang Yimou carefully selected and found a lot of star performers who met the requirements. When selecting child stars, Lin Miaoke and Yang Peiyi passed through the layers of selection and became acting candidates because of their relatively good conditions.
Lin Miaoke's "fake singing" was exposed
After the sound recording, Mr. Zhang Yimou felt that Lin Miaoke's image was very good, but her voice was not perfect, and Yang Peiyi's case was just the opposite, as her voice was very melodious, but it was just in time to change her teeth, so her image was not perfect. In order to ensure the effect of the performance, Mr. Zhang Yimou decided to have Lin Miaoke perform in front of the stage and Yang Peiyi sing behind the scenes, one in front of the other to match each other. This is a very good arrangement," said Mr. Zhang, who has been working on the show since its inception.
In this way, at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Lin Miaoke, disguised as a girl in red, sang a song called "Singing for the Motherland," which became a national hit. But it didn't take long for someone on the Internet to reveal that Lin Miaoke was actually a fake singer, and that the person who really sang behind the scenes was Yang Peiyi. It turned out that Zhang Yimou thought Lin Miaoke looked sweet but her voice was a bit lacking, so he let another little girl, Yang Peiyi, record her voice and then put her voice into Lin Miaoke's head.
After the opening ceremony of the Olympics, Yang Peiyi's parents found Lin Miaoke's parents and asked what was going on. But did her parents really not know? It was said that this matter had been notified before the opening ceremony, and her parents must have known about it. What makes Yang Peiyi's parents even more furious is that on the second day of the opening ceremony, this is what Zhang Yimou said: "The little girl who led the singing at the opening ceremony last night, her name is Lin Miaoke, she is nine years old this year, she is very cute and sings very well." From beginning to end, Zhang Yimou did not mention Yang Peiyi's name, as if her credit had disappeared. The media were also star-struck, who would have known that Lin Miao's available voice was Yang Peiyi's?
Lin Miaoke's current situation
Now, 13 years later, how has the controversial Lin Miaoke been doing and how is her career developing? Because of the fame brought by singing at the Olympics, Lin Miaoke got a lot of opportunities to perform. She took part in a number of variety shows, and also filmed some film and television works.
For example, the childhood Lin Daiyu in Dream of the New Red Chamber was played by Lin Miaoke. This role left a relatively deep impression on many viewers. Later, Lin Miaoke was also given the opportunity to appear on stage at the Spring Festival Gala. Because of this string of social activities, Lin Miaoke's fame grew, and her mother took advantage of these opportunities to help her take a lot of work related to acting.
When filming the TV series "Fairy Lake", Lin Miaoke, who was only 14 years old, acted in a relationship scene with a 37-year-old artist, because the plot required it. The difference between the two images was so great that it caused many netizens to strongly troll. However, the netizens' trolling did not change Lin Miaoke's subsequent development route. She still took on a large number of movies and participated in many film and television work and public activities. Relying on these activities, the young Lin Miaoke earned a lot of money.