1993 My China Entertainment Age

Chapter 26 A kiss under the locust tree, the night of Yanjing’s Olympic bid!

September 22, afternoon.

In response to Yanjing's call for the Olympic bid, after filming the last scene of the day, director Jiang Wen suddenly announced that the crew of "Sunny Days" would stop production for a day to celebrate the success of Yanjing's bid for the Olympics tonight.

When receiving this notice, everyone was very happy, but Jiang Xiaofeng felt a little puzzled, because in the memory of his previous life, Yanjing's Olympic bid this time was not successful.

But seeing that everyone has unquestionable confidence and affirmation in the success of Yanjing's bid for the Olympics, as if Yanjing's bid for the Olympics is a sure thing, Jiang Xiaofeng once wondered whether his memory was confused.

After learning that the crew of "Sunny Days" was taking a day off, Tao Hong immediately went back to the hotel to pack her luggage, and then happily said goodbye to Jiang Xiaofeng: "I'm going home, and I won't return to the crew until the morning after tomorrow."

Jiang Xiaofeng knew very well that since Taohong had been on the set for the past month, he must have been homesick. He smiled and replied, "Okay, I'll wait for the bus with you."

Taohong smiled and declined: "No, I can just wait for the bus by myself. I won't tell you anymore. It's time for me to go back."

Jiang Xiaofeng continued: "It's okay, I'll accompany you."

"All right."

Although Taohong said she would not let Jiang Xiaofeng wait with her for the bus, Jiang Xiaofeng's attitude and actions still made her feel very sweet and happy.

On both sides of the street are inconspicuous Sophora japonica trees. Perhaps it is because they have passed their flowering period. The newly scattered petals of the Sophora japonica trees have fallen on the clean street, which is clean and elegant.

At a bus stop next to a locust tree, Jiang Xiaofeng and Tao Hong, who were in the stage of passionate love, were like all ordinary lovers in the world, holding hands as if there was no one around, and looking at each other.

While waiting for the bus, Jiang Xiaofeng hugged Taohong and had a passionate kiss with her that lasted for five minutes on the busy road.

Because Jiang Xiaofeng was taller and Taohong was petite, Taohong raised her head almost the whole time during this process, and stood on tiptoes from time to time to cooperate with Jiang Xiaofeng's request for a kiss.

After the passionate kiss, Taohong's cheeks turned red, her head felt dizzy, and she could hardly stand, so she snuggled into Jiang Xiaofeng's arms, took a breath, and said angrily: "Why are you acting like a hooligan on the road?

Don’t be ashamed.”

"There is nothing to be ashamed of. We are lovers, aboveboard and aboveboard, not sneaky lovers."

After saying that, Jiang Xiaofeng hugged Taohong tighter.

Maybe it's because we are young and stay together every day, and we have become accustomed to the feeling of each other's presence. Now that we are suddenly separated, even though it is only a short day, we still feel very reluctant to leave.

After missing two buses in a row, Jiang Xiaofeng put Taohong on the bus.

Watching Taohong's bus go away, Jiang Xiaofeng sighed with lingering contentment, then stopped a taxi and set off back to the Asian Games Village.

10pm.

Gao Xiaosong specially bought a bottle of whiskey and three cases of beer, and invited old and new friends such as Lao Lang, Lin Hai, Shen Qing, Jiang Xiaofeng, etc. to his apartment to play piano, sing, talk about life, and celebrate the success of Yanjing's Olympic bid.

great joy.

Jiang Xiaofeng still doesn't quite understand why everyone in China, except him, feels that Yanjing's bid for the Olympics will eventually be successful.

In fact, regarding the bid to host the Olympic Games, as early as 1908, a magazine called "Tianjing Youth" asked the Chinese people three questions:

“When will China be able to send an athlete to the Olympics?

"When will China be able to send a team to participate in the Olympic Games?"

"When can China host the Olympic Games?"

At that time, our country was in a precarious period, and countless patriotic young people rose up to find a way to save the country and the people. These three issues have remained in the river for decades.

Finally, on February 22, 1991, 42 years after the founding of New China and 13 years after the reform and opening up, our country experienced rapid development, and Yanjing officially proposed to the Chinese Olympic Committee to host the 27th Olympic Games in 2000.

application.

After 82 years of being dusted off, the road to realizing the dream of bidding for the Olympic Games finally took the historic first step.

At this time, China had just experienced its first ten years of rapid economic growth, and had the conditions to host the Olympic Games in terms of comprehensive national strength.

Moreover, in 1990, Yanjing successfully hosted the Asian Games, demonstrating its mature capabilities in terms of sports facilities and event hosting.

In the past two or three years, people all over China and Yanjing have been sincerely involved in this Olympic bid activity. The theme that the whole country is closely related to is just two words: bid for the Olympics.

In the summer of 1993, 100,000 colorful flags promoting Yanjing's bid to host the Olympic Games were flying on the main streets of Yanjing. All the campaigning activities for the Olympic bid reached their peak in September 1993.

CCTV has also dedicated a 4-episode program called "How Yanjing's Olympic bid was successful", which will be broadcast directly after the successful bid for the Olympics.

It can be said that in order to bid for the Olympic Games, which lasted two and a half years and 30 months of work, we made full preparations.

Therefore, everyone has great hopes and is looking forward to the final result of the Olympic bid.

That night.

In front of the TV, hundreds of millions of viewers around the world are watching this historical moment, especially the millions of Chinese people. Our motherland has made so much preparation for the Olympic Games. Everyone is looking forward to this moment when their dreams come true.

In the first three rounds of voting, Yanjing received 32, 37, and 40 votes, almost always in the lead, defeating its competitors one after another. XN, which ranked second, received 30, 30, and 37 votes in the first three rounds respectively.

2:27 am.

After the solemn "Olympic Hymn" was played, International Olympic Committee Chairman Juan Antonio Samaranch stood on the podium in the middle of the banquet table and thanked several cities that had bid for the Olympic Games one by one, including Yanjing in China, which was his first city.

A city of gratitude.

Because most of the people present were patriotic and their English was not very good, when he said the word "Beijing", everyone thought he was announcing that Yanjing's bid for the Olympics was successful, and the apartment started cheering.

Lin Hai, Lao Lang and the others were also very happy, clapping each other's hands in celebration, with expressions of joy and excitement on their faces.

At this moment, Gao Xiaosong, who was proficient in English, explained from the side: "Brother, don't get excited. What Samaranch said was not that Yanjing won, but to thank Yanjing."

After listening to Gao Xiaosong's explanation, everyone was dumbfounded and felt unbelievable.

Immediately afterwards, Samaranch solemnly announced: "XN has won the right to host the 27th Olympic Games at the end of 2000."

When the words "XN!" were read out from Samaranch's mouth, the Chinese delegation at the scene fell into silence.

It turned out that in the final round of voting, Yanjing unfortunately lost to XN by 2 votes.

However, in front of the TV cameras, He Zhenliang still generously congratulated Gosper of Australia and congratulated them on winning the right to host the event.

After the results came out, De Franz, one of the scrutineers, walked to He Zhenliang and comforted him: "The voting results were very close, 45 votes to 43 votes, and Yanjing was only two votes behind."

That night, everyone in front of the TV was slumped, drinking whiskey, complaining and questioning.

"Did North Korea not vote for us? We have become a white-eyed wolf!"

"That's right, we spent so much money to support them, and they actually treat us like this!"

"I seriously suspect that it may be the fault of the United States!"

"..."

Everyone, your words and my words express your inner dissatisfaction and indignation.

Although Yanjing failed to bid for the Olympics, Jiang Xiaofeng, Gao Xiaosong and the others still drank the bottle of whiskey.

September 25, afternoon.

The Chinese Olympic bid delegation took a flight back to China. The staff on the plane also encouraged and comforted everyone. He Zhenliang also expressed his sincere gratitude to everyone.

The plane arrived in Yanjing on the 26th. People held flowers and held red banners, waiting at Yanjing Airport early to warmly welcome the delegation home. Although the Olympic bid failed, we were diligent enough and everyone tried their best.

However, what was the reason that led to Yanjing's final defeat by two votes?

He Zhenliang, head of the Chinese Olympic bid delegation, analyzed after returning to China: 1. The Egyptian Olympic Committee members have a good relationship with China. Although they are very old, they said that they would come to vote for China even in a wheelchair, but before leaving,

My body really didn’t allow it, so I didn’t make the trip in the end.

2. The Bulgarian International Olympic Committee member is the son-in-law of the Bulgarian Prime Minister and said he must vote for Yanjing. However, before the vote, the political situation in Bulgaria changed. This member was implicated and failed to participate in the vote.

However, the truth of the matter is that a few years later, Australian Olympic Committee Chairman John Kautz himself admitted that as a member of the Australian Olympic Bid Committee, he gave money to Kenya and Uganda on the eve of the September 22 voting.

The two International Olympic Committee members each received US$35,000 in cash.

The two votes from Africa were originally regarded as "iron votes" by Yanjing...

In short, there are different opinions, including under various international circumstances, and this may be the main reason why Yanjing’s Olympic bid did not come true this time.

(End of chapter)