On October 1, 1999, a grand military parade was held in Tiananmen Square to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
All the soldiers who participated in the parade had already prepared for this moment thousands of times, and everyone with a high-spirited posture waited for the order to appear on the stage. With an order, the heroic female soldiers walked to the review field.
The two leaders at the front of the line are a pair of twin sisters who look very similar.
To the right, look! At the same time, the two shouted the order, saluted the military salute, and turned their eyes to the rostrum. They led the women's team and left a strong mark in the eyes of all the audience.
The twin sisters, the elder sister is named Zhang Weiwei, and the younger sister is named Zhang Lili.
As the parade was broadcast and the follow-up news was reported, the two of them received unprecedented attention, countless flowers and applause.
There is no doubt that the attention of the world will definitely bring them more opportunities, and countless ** are placed in front of their eyes.
What choice will these sisters make in the face of many **? How did the two of them become the female military leaders in the parade?
October 1, 1999 is the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and a grand military parade will be held on this day.
The parade honor guard is divided into two parts, the male and female soldiers, each of which is in charge of different people. The person in charge of the women's team is named Li Longchi.
When selecting the leader of the female soldier team, he deliberately found a pair of twin sisters, Zhang Weiwei and Zhang Lili, who had just graduated from Bethune Military Medical College.
He said to the two: "Now everything is ready for the men's team, but our women's team is still a little bit of a climate." The parade personnel have all been decided, but we have not been able to settle on the team leaders. I found you two sisters today to ask you, do you want to be the team leader? ”
The party and the country are in need, and the sisters, who are soldiers, are naturally duty-bound. However, they also have certain concerns in their hearts. This concern actually comes from their lack of confidence in themselves.
The two had not received systematic training in military parades before this, and they still needed to work hard to grasp various details. Moreover, the position of team leader requires a high degree of tacit understanding between the two people, which puts a lot of pressure on them.
However, Chinese people never give up when faced with difficulties. With the same strong faith, the two sisters accepted the task and threw themselves into the arduous training.
They live in dormitories with other female soldiers, set their alarm clocks in advance every morning, get up after 4 a.m. to start training, and strive to have a little more time to improve themselves than others.
In the training process, the two paid attention to the tacit understanding and cooperation of both parties.
They must take steps at the same time, at the same height and amplitude, and at the same time as the commands and the salute must be synchronized.
The two shouldered the heavy responsibility of guiding the female soldiers, so they did not dare to relax for a moment. The sisters had blood blisters on their feet, their right hands were too tired to lift them, and their leather shoes were worn out several pairs.
In addition to the physical pain, they also have to endure the doubts of others. In fact, this question is normal, but the two 22-year-old girls sometimes become frustrated by it.
My sister comforted my sister and said: "Pressure is our motivation, whether it is the pressure of work or the pressure of others, we can't refuse." In that case, let's take them all and turn them into our own strength. ”
The two sisters encouraged each other, supported each other, and ran in with each other, and finally reached a high degree of harmony in the team leader's movements. In addition, they must cooperate with the entire female squad so that they can look their best at the parade.
For that short parade moment, all the female soldiers spent a lot of energy and put in a lot of effort. Everyone is full of anticipation and nervousness waiting for the arrival of October 1st, waiting for the moment when the Chinese female soldiers will bloom their most beautiful posture.
On October 1, the military parade was officially held. Before the debut, everyone cheered each other on, and rehearsed the next scenario simulation countless times. Then, all the girls were waiting for the battle, looking ahead, and the whole team looked heroic.
When they appeared on the stage, the sisters had no more distractions in their hearts, and they were only focused on the task in front of them.
They waved their arms and walked in unison, and at the same time shouted the slogan "Look to the right" in front of the rostrum, and raised their hands in a standard military salute under the watchful eyes of everyone.
In this military parade, the twin sisters Zhang Weiwei and Zhang Lili shined. As the leaders of the women's team, they have also received countless attention.
Naturally, there are many viewers who are quite curious, how did the heroic sisters enter the barracks at the same time, and how did they serve as the leaders of the parade ceremony at the same time?
After the ceremony, many reporters found the two sisters and handed the microphone to their mouths.
Under the interview of the reporter, we learned the growth story of the twin sisters and the story of the military camp.
In 1977, a family in Anshan, Liaoning Province welcomed a pair of Yuxue's lovely twin daughters. The parents named the eldest daughter Zhang Weiwei and the younger daughter Zhang Lili, hoping that they could bloom like the flowers of the motherland.
Their father had a dream of joining the army and serving the country since he was a child, but later due to various reasons, he could not realize this glorious dream, so he pinned his hopes on his two daughters.
And Chinese female soldiers have always been warriors who do not let women have eyebrows, and the father wants his two daughters to grow up to be such strong and resolute women.
Fortunately, the two daughters did not reject their father's expectations. Under the guidance of their parents, they have produced many documentaries and film and television dramas of female soldiers, and the seeds of becoming "green flowers in the army" have long been planted in their hearts.
Moreover, their idols are still heroines during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, glorious and great.
Due to their outstanding literary and artistic talents, the two sisters were sent by their parents to the Children's Palace to learn dance.
Although many twins have similar faces, they are very different in terms of hobbies and personalities. However, these two sisters are different, they have the same hobbies, the same specialties, and extremely firm ideals and beliefs.
In 1991, when Zhang Weiwei and Zhang Lili were 14 years old, they ushered in an opportunity to enter the military camp.
At that time, the Beijing Military Region issued seven quotas for literary and artistic soldiers to join the army across the country, and the masses of the people who were willing to join the army could sign up.
Everyone will participate in the selection on an equal footing, and the Beijing Military Region will finally select seven applicants with outstanding performance.
Although the two sisters are young, they also want to try their best in front of this rare opportunity. They gave full play to their skills and left their best posture on the selection stage, leaving no regrets for themselves.
After the selection, the sisters said to their parents: "We have seized this opportunity, and we have done our best, so no matter what the final result is, we will not have any regrets." ”
The emperor lived up to his wishes, and Zhang Weiwei and Zhang Lili, who had made great efforts for this goal, finally got two tickets to the Beijing Military Region and became the lucky ones.
They had no idea that their dream would come true so quickly, and they hugged each other and jumped up, yelling like little children.
In fact, they are children at their current age, but they have prematurely restrained their childlike nature because of their lofty goals.
With the entrustment of their families and the expectation of a better future, the two sisters officially stepped into the Beijing Military Region and became two outstanding female soldiers in literature and art.
In the ranks of professional literary and artistic soldiers, they face greater training pressure.
But the two sisters have grown up in a militarized atmosphere since childhood, so they have long been accustomed to the high standards and strict requirements from the outside world, and naturally they can quickly adapt to the environment here.
In 1996, they turned 19. This year, they are moving faster towards their dreams. Like their idols, they were admitted to the Bethune Military Medical College and studied hard to become excellent medical soldiers in the future.
Since the two are twin sisters, they are beautiful and versatile, and the eyes of their classmates and teachers are also focused on them.
They continued to move forward under too much attention and pressure, and successfully graduated from school in 1999. The two sisters, who had excellent grades, were also awarded the rank of second lieutenant when they graduated, which became a huge pride for the family.
My sister said in an interview with **: "It is precisely because of this experience of studying at Bethune Military Medical College that we have entered the sight of Mr. Li Longchi. He has given us the greatest trust and the opportunity to be able to show the demeanor of female soldiers in front of the people of the whole country. ”
Zhang Weiwei and Zhang Lili led the female soldiers through the review stand, and also perfectly shaped the beautiful image of Chinese female soldiers. This pair of twin sisters has also received more attention since then.
After all the work of the parade was completed, the sisters returned to the army, continued to strengthen their training, and were ready to respond to the call of the country at any time.
But because of the attention of **, the lives of the two of them have also changed dramatically.
The two sisters sometimes receive invitations from certain businesses, and the other party offers them a high amount of **, inviting them to dance on the platform, using their popularity to increase the influence of their products.
When they first received the invitation, the two sisters invariably chose to tell their parents the news. Although they have grown up, they are still the first to listen to their families when they are sensible since they were young.
When the father found out about his daughters' situation, he asked them: "You don't have to consider my opinion, but tell me what you think about yourself." What is the most important thing in your mind? Is it to make money or to idealize? ”
In fact, before asking their father's opinion, the two sisters had already made a decision in their hearts.
"For us, being a military talent is the greatest and noblest thing. Everything else can be compromised to this noblest ideal. It's just that now our popularity has become relatively high, so we will always be disturbed by these things. ”
In fact, these troubles that daughters confide in their fathers also existed in their hearts. He has always cultivated children in the direction of qualified soldiers, and he does not want children to lose their nature in the complicated Vanity Fair.
He wanted to give his daughters a wake-up call as soon as they became popular, but after thinking about it carefully, he still decided to believe the children. These were the children who grew up beside him, and he knew their temperament better than anyone else.
And they really didn't disappoint their father.
At the end of 1999, the famous ** Wang Xiaoling and Zang Yunfei found the two sisters and wanted to tailor a song for them, and the song name was "Sisters in the Army".
After getting permission from the troops, Zhang Weiwei and Zhang Lili fully cooperated with the production of the song, and communicated their thoughts on the song to the creator at any time.
After the song is formed, they are also responsible for the singing and dancing part, so they practice very hard.
The Spring Festival Gala in 2000 put this song on the big screen, and also let more audiences know and understand this pair of twin sisters in the army. With the popularity of the song, the two have also become popular all over the country.
Merchants and enterprises that have eaten countless closed doors before have made a comeback again, inviting the two to perform or endorse. But the sisters' attitude, as before, politely refused, leaving no room for error.
They thought very clearly that the military uniform on their bodies was the purest, and they had to do everything to match the olive green on their bodies.
Gradually, the two refused a lot of interviews, refused the excessive focus of the public eye, and returned to the peaceful life of ordinary people.
They have not forgotten their original intentions and are still working towards their original goals. Both sisters were admitted to graduate school and went to a better platform to continue their studies.
After graduating, they worked in the PLA Hospital and the Military Library. To this day, they remain at their posts.
Looking back on the highlights and trials of the past, every step in their lives, they are listening to their inner voice, which is the most precious thing.
Zhang Weiwei and Zhang Lili have been under militarized management from their father since they were children, so their ability to resist pressure and courage and perseverance are stronger than others.
This love from their father allowed them to gain a firm foothold in the barracks, and also allowed them to contribute the most beautiful and heroic side at the National Day military parade.
In the face of other opportunities and choices, and in the face of more, they can always recognize their hearts, so they have never made mistakes, and they have always been worthy of all their previous efforts.