Football: Starting from the 05 World Youth Championship

At 8 p.m. on August 8, 2008, the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games was held at the Bird's Nest Stadium.

Although he had seen it countless times on TV in his previous life, seeing it again still gave Lin Feng goosebumps.

It's just a pity that he used to watch it on TV, and now he can only watch it on TV again...

"Ugh, I hate it! I wanted to go see the opening ceremony live too!"

The wailing of an athlete nearby seemed to touch a nerve with everyone, drawing echoes from many others.

Because they will be participating in the athletes' entrance ceremony later, they must wait quietly in their designated positions during the ceremony until it is their turn to enter.

The greatest distance in the world is probably that the Bird's Nest is right next to them, but they can't go in.

"Why can't we reserve a spot in the stands or a box-like area, so we can leave the stadium and re-enter when it's time to go in?"

"That's definitely not going to work. Think about it, our delegation alone has more than a thousand people. If you include athletes from other countries, that's close to 20,000. Let alone whether the Bird's Nest can have that many boxes, even if it could, organizing so many people to come and go is not an easy task. What if something goes wrong in the middle of it? Who will take responsibility?"

People without management experience always oversimplify things, but for truly experienced people, this is undoubtedly a hellish challenge.

Lin Feng heard that the number of performers participating in this opening ceremony performance exceeded 20,000, and if the backstage staff were included, the total number of performers exceeded 30,000.

Managing these people effectively, ensuring they complete all performances within the allotted time, and striving for perfection is an absolutely hellish task.

But the directing team of the Beijing Olympics did it, and did it perfectly.

Thinking back to when he met Zhang Yimou a few hours earlier, and how meticulous and repeatedly gave instructions, Lin Feng felt that the success of the Olympic Games opening ceremony was no accident.

More than a decade later, after experiencing the abstract Tokyo and Paris Olympics, many people have come back to rewatch the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, calling it the best opening ceremony in Olympic history. This can be seen as an affirmation of the directing team, all the performers, and the behind-the-scenes workers.

"Here they come! The athletes are getting ready to enter!"

"What's the rush? We're the hosts, if we're the last to enter, we'll have to wait!"

"Who's the first one?"

"According to international practice, Greece should be the first!"

Greece is the birthplace of the modern Olympics, so it is usually scheduled to be the first to appear.

After them, the order of appearance is based on the alphabetical order of their respective countries.

Normally, if the team were to queue in a normal manner, the Chinese team would be ranked around 40th, which is relatively high among more than 200 countries.

However, because they are the host country, they were scheduled to appear last and at the very end.

With over 200 participating countries and regions and 1.6 athletes, the Chinese team has a long way to go.

It was already quite late, and the athletes' entrance ceremony was rather boring.

Many people couldn't help but yawn as they watched.

Yawning seems to be contagious, and it quickly spread to a large area. Yawning was everywhere in the waiting area, and many people started to nod off.

Athletes usually have regular schedules, and going to bed early and waking up early is the norm.

It's about 9 p.m., which is already bedtime, so it's normal to feel sleepy.

But Lin Feng wasn't sleepy at all, because he was chatting with Liu Yifei on his phone.

"The performance just now was truly spectacular, it's a pity you're outside and probably couldn't have seen it."

Knowing that Lin Feng and the others were waiting outside and hadn't entered yet, Liu Yifei took a few photos with her phone and shared them with Lin Feng.

"Hehe, no matter how good the show is, it can't compare to how good you are in my eyes. As long as I can see you later, all the shows I missed will have been worth it!"

"Tch~~ You're such a smooth talker. My mom says a man's mouth is a lying devil. No one would believe you!"

"I'm telling the truth, I'm not lying to you. I've contracted a terrible disease called lovesickness, and I desperately need a picture of my wife to cure it!"

"No~ I'm wearing a mask and sunglasses, I'm afraid people will recognize me if I take them off!"

"It's okay, everyone's watching the opening ceremony, no one's noticing you!"

"OK then……"

Liu Yifei looked around and saw that everyone was indeed focused on watching the opening ceremony.

So she carefully took off her mask and sunglasses, bent down and took a picture of herself with her newly bought iPhone 3.

Upon seeing that the other party had agreed, Lin Feng immediately perked up and stared intently at his phone.

Then I saw that Liu Yifei sent me a photo of her ID card...

Lin Feng: "..."

"Okay, okay, let's play like this!"

As Lin Feng saved the picture, he thought to himself, "Hmph, even my wife's ID photo is stunning!"
He then sent over an embarrassing picture of Liu Yifei that he had collected from his album.

"Aaaaaah! Where did you get this photo? Delete it right now!!!"

After seeing the embarrassing picture Lin Feng sent, Liu Yifei's ears turned bright red, and she just wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

Lin Feng sent a smug emoji:

"You can delete it, but you have to exchange it for a selfie!"

Liu Yifei remained defiant, even unto death: "Don't even think about it! I will absolutely not let you succeed!"

"Oh? Really? Then how about this, this, and this again?"

Lin Feng, on the other hand, was like an old sow wearing a bra, one set after another, sending out four or five embarrassing photos of Liu Yifei in one go.

Liu Yifei was completely stunned. At this moment, she seriously doubted: Could this guy be her hater?
What boyfriend collects so many embarrassing photos of his girlfriend?!
Only a black guy would do that!
Left with no other choice, I sent them the selfie I had just taken.

"No, it's too dark, and all I can see is your head. I have no imagination at all!"

What kind of imagination do you want?

Liu Yifei really wanted to ask him face to face, "This guy's head is full of dirty thoughts."

But she obediently zoomed out a little and took another picture.

That’s right!
Lin Feng was very satisfied with the selfie. He wanted the other person's photo mainly to find out what color clothes the other person was wearing today.

He had someone buy Liu Yifei's ticket for him, so he naturally knew which area she was in.

However, the Bird's Nest is too big. Even if you know the area where the target is, it is difficult to recognize the target at a glance if you cannot find the target's physical characteristics.

Once you have the other person's physical characteristics and location, the rest becomes much simpler.

"What's that guy doing? His hands are like he's playing the piano, pressing keys nonstop!"

Liu Xiang instinctively wanted to put his arm on Yao Ming's shoulder, but only realized it was Yao Ming after he reached out.

So he changed his posture, placing his right hand on his hip and his left hand on Yao Ming's shoulder. But Yao Ming was just too tall, and this posture still made Liu Xiang very uncomfortable.

"I don't know, but I could smell the stench of love from a great distance!"

As someone with experience, Yao Ming could tell what was going on just by looking at Lin Feng's expression.

Liu Xiang sniffed the air, and sure enough, there was a sour, pungent smell of love in it.

"Hmph, this kid must have stolen someone's cabbage!"

Yao Ming glanced down at him, and there was a hint of sourness in his words.

……

"When are you coming in? It's already 10:30!"

Liu Yifei sent a sleepy emoji.

She was genuinely a bit sleepy; compared to the previous exciting programs, the entrance segment featuring athletes from various countries was really not very entertaining.

Moreover, this process has been taking a bit too long; it's been almost an hour and a half and it's still not over.

Not only her, but many people at the scene were getting a little sleepy.

If it weren't for waiting to see Lin Feng and the others enter, Liu Yifei would have wanted to go back to sleep.

"It will take about half an hour, we'll go in around 11 o'clock."

Lin Feng looked up and saw that the director's team liaison was already waving at him, and a staff member was walking over carrying a flag that was more than two meters tall.

"Here it comes! The national flag is here!"

"Is it our turn to perform?"

"It seems that most of those ahead of us in line have already gone in!"

"Oh? Then I'll quickly touch up my makeup!"

The staff solemnly handed the national flag to Lin Feng and let him familiarize himself with the movements of waving the flag.

Because the venue is so large, all spectators need to be able to see the national flag clearly. The first wave of the flag upon entering should be as large as possible to fully display the flag.

However, if the movements are too large, the national flag can easily get tangled in the flagpole, which requires a little skill.

Lin Feng had practiced in private and had also learned from Yao Ming before, so he adapted very quickly.

The staff explained it several times, and he immediately memorized it.

"As expected of a football genius, you learn things so quickly. You guys take a short rest, there are still more than a dozen teams ahead of you, it'll probably be your turn in about twenty minutes!"

After giving some instructions, the staff member hurriedly left to report to the production team.

The opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics has reached its final and most crucial moment. The entire directing team is on edge, fearing that something might go wrong at the last minute.

Director Zhang Yimou breathed a sigh of relief after listening to his subordinate's report:

Did you bring the child?

"Brought it!"

"Have him wait at the entrance later, and enter the stadium with the flag bearer when the Chinese team enters."

Time passed by, and soon it was the Chinese team's turn to play.

When the commentator announced the name of the Chinese team over the loudspeaker, all the spectators stood up excitedly and craned their necks to look at the entrance of the Bird's Nest.

"Now entering is the sports delegation of the People's Republic of China!"

"The flag bearer is the famous football player Lin Feng, and this is his first time serving as the flag bearer for the Chinese delegation!"

Just as the Chinese delegation entered the venue, the production team was in a state of panic.

"What happened? Why didn't that child come in?"

"He was stopped at the entrance; the head of the delegation wouldn't let him in!"

"Forget about the regimental commander, quickly bring the child in and take him to Lin Feng!"

Because of the previous leak by the South Koreans, the production team did an excellent job of keeping the arrangement of the Wenchuan earthquake hero Lin Hao entering the stadium with the flag bearer a secret. The Olympic delegation was unaware of this beforehand, which is why this incident occurred.

But Lin Feng, being a reborn person, naturally remembered such a thing.

So when he entered, he made a point of waiting at the entrance to give the staff some time.

Therefore, the scene in history where the staff carried Xiao Linhao to Yao Ming's side never happened.

The staff simply carried Lin Hao to the entrance, and he ran to Lin Feng's side on his own.

Lin Feng patted Xiao Linhao's head, then took his hand and they walked forward together.

Seeing this, the production team breathed a sigh of relief.

"Luckily, the flag bearer waited a bit. If he had walked any faster, there would have been a performance mishap!"

After saying that, I couldn't help but complain in my heart: It's all the fault of those damn Koreans. If they hadn't leaked the secret, would the production team have had to change the way the Olympic torch was lit and tighten the security measures so much?
If we had communicated with all parties beforehand, this kind of accident would never have happened.

Upon hearing the words "Chinese team," Liu Yifei immediately perked up and quickly took out her camera to record this historic moment.

However, she was stunned when she took out her camera.

Why is Lin Feng holding a child's hand?
When I watched other national teams enter the stadium before, their flag bearers didn't seem to be holding children!
Is it because he's a soccer player that he needs a caddie?
She wasn't alone in having this question; because of the distance, many people couldn't clearly see who Lin Feng was holding hands with, so they were all very surprised by this scene.

Fortunately, the commentator on site immediately explained their doubts:
"Walking alongside Lin Feng, the flag bearer of the Chinese delegation, is Lin Hao, a young boy from the earthquake-stricken area of ​​Sichuan. During the earthquake, nine-year-old Lin Hao bravely rescued two classmates..."

Less than three months after that world-shaking disaster, a scar that is hard to erase from the hearts of countless people, the audience spontaneously gave him a warm round of applause after hearing about Kobayashi Hiroshi's glorious deeds.

Because the Chinese delegation was very large, with a total of 1099 people, when Lin Feng had walked halfway around the field holding the national flag, there were still many people waiting to enter in the passageway.

The athletes entering the stadium were all beaming with joy and excitement, waving the small national flags they were given and taking pictures of the Bird's Nest with their cameras.

Lin Feng also brought a camera, but he couldn't use it because he was currently the flag bearer.

Let's wait and see if we have a chance to take some photos of the scene after we get into the stadium.

As Lin Feng passed by Liu Yifei's area, he deliberately looked up in her direction, pretended to greet the audience, waved in her direction, and blew her a kiss.

The audience in the stands, not understanding what was going on, genuinely thought that Lin Feng was greeting them in this way, and they excitedly shouted and cheered.

Seeing Lin Feng's actions, Liu Yifei felt both happy and nervous, her heart pounding uncontrollably.

This guy is really bold. Isn't he afraid that his actions are too obvious and will be noticed by someone with ulterior motives, who will discover their relationship?
But she also found the feeling very exciting and somewhat intoxicating.

Besides, even if their relationship is exposed, it doesn't matter, since she's already prepared for it to be revealed! (End of Chapter)