On the evening of August 28th, Yu Dong was preparing the materials needed for the start of school at home. He had been so busy some time ago that he had not taken care of school matters, so he could only sharpen his skills now.
Of course, Cheng Yanqiu is not doing much better. She is also busy supplementing materials and preparing courseware at the moment, but she started doing it a few days ago, so the workload at the moment is not as intense as Yu Dong.
At around eight o'clock, the phone in the living room suddenly rang.
Yu Dong shouted from the study, "Teacher Cheng, answer the phone."
Cheng Yanqiu didn't even move his buttocks, and replied in the bedroom, "You come closer, you pick up."
"You are obviously very close. I have measured it. It is more than four meters from the phone to you and five meters to me."
"You have long legs."
Yu Dong shook his head helplessly, got up and walked to the living room to answer the phone.
Before Dong could speak, Shi Tiecheng's excited voice came from the other end of the phone, "Executive member, have you seen tonight's news?"
Yu Dong glanced at the TV in the living room, which had not been turned on for a long time, and replied, "No, what's the big news?"
"I know you haven't seen it. The candidate cities for the 28th Olympic Games have just come out. Istanbul, Osaka, Paris, Toronto, and the other one is Yanjing, China, the city under my feet."
Yu Dong raised his eyebrows, but he was not surprised at all. After all, he had experienced this before.
Although it was not unexpected, Shi Tiecheng's proud tone still infected Yu Dong, making Yu Dong feel a little excited.
"That's a good thing, let's go to the Olympics together then."
"Haha, of course we can't be too happy. After all, there are four other candidate cities. The next step is the critical moment. We must be prepared to avoid the regrets of the last time."
Although Shi Tiecheng said not to be happy too early, his tone was still very confident.
Compared with the last bid to host the Olympic Games, people across the country are more confident in this bid. On the one hand, the country's overall strength has increased a lot compared to a few years ago, and on the other hand, it did not lose much in the last bid.
Everyone feels that the gap between us and other countries is not as big as imagined.
After regrouping this time, everyone thinks the results should be better than last time.
Some people say that the Olympic Games do not make any money and are a business of losing money and earning publicity, but at this time, the Chinese people really need to speak out.
An Olympic Games can definitely boost the morale of the people across the country.
Shi Tiecheng has a very unique story about the Olympic Games. He was an athlete when he was young and had an extremely eventful past, but fate played a trick on him and caused him to lose his athletic ability.
The more you have had it, the more tragic it will be when you lose it.
During the phone call, Shi Tiezhen expressed his excitement like a child. He counted the various events in the Olympic Games in detail, which ones were China's strengths and were expected to win gold medals, and which ones were China's weaknesses and needed to be prepared in advance to win the gold medal.
close gap.
Yu Dong didn't know much about those sports. He could only interject a few words when talking about football, basketball, and table tennis. The rest of the time, it was Shi Tiese who did the talking.
But it doesn't matter, he doesn't need to say anything, as long as Shi Tiezhen says it, he just listens carefully.
The phone call lasted for more than an hour, until it was almost ten o'clock. Under Chen Ximi's urging, Shi Tiesheng on the other end of the phone finally hung up the phone with unsatisfied feelings. In the end, he kept saying that we must watch the Olympic Games together.
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After putting down the phone, Yu Dong scratched his head and couldn't help but sigh. Now, the work at hand became more urgent.
When he was on the phone with Shi Tiese just now, Yu Dong wanted to tell Shi Tiese several times that he was busy tonight and would talk later when he had time, but seeing how excited Shi Tiese was, he still couldn't bear it.
The reason why Shi Tiesheng called Yu Dong was not because Yu Dong loved sports, but because Yu Dong and his company were about to participate in the production of a promotional video for the Olympic bid. Whether the Olympic bid will be successful or not has a lot to do with Yu Dong.
After Yu Dong finished the phone call, Cheng Yanqiu stretched his head towards the living room and asked, "Is this the call from Brother Tie Sheng?"
Yu Dong nodded, "Well, the candidate cities for the next Olympic Games have been announced, and our Yanjing is also among them, so he is very happy."
"It's something to be happy about. How many candidate cities are there? How competitive is our place? Is there any hope?" Cheng Yanqiu asked.
"Including Yanjing, there are a total of five candidate cities. In terms of competitiveness, we should be at the forefront. I am quite optimistic about it."
Cheng Yanqiu suddenly remembered something, "Didn't I hear before that our company was going to cooperate with Yanjing Film Studio to shoot a promotional video for the Olympic bid? Has it been shot? I have been looking forward to it before, but then I heard no news."
Yu Dong explained with a smile, "We haven't started shooting yet. Because we were not sure whether we could enter the candidate cities, we have been preparing for it, but we haven't officially started shooting. If we don't enter the candidate cities, it would be a waste to shoot a promotional video."
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Cheng Yanqiu nodded, "Oh, that means now that we have confirmed that we have entered the candidate city, we can start shooting the promotional video."
"Yes, I guess Lao Mouzi is quite busy now. He will definitely shoot the promotional video. He has a lot of things on his hands, and he probably has to put them aside now." Yu Dong patted his forehead and stepped out of the sofa.
He stood up and said, "These things are not what I need to worry about now. What I should worry about now are my unfinished preparation materials. School will officially start the day after tomorrow."
Cheng Yanqiu clenched his fist and said with a smile, "Haha, come on, I've got it done."
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Because Shi Tiecheng's phone call slowed down Yu Dong's progress, he had to work overtime until about two o'clock in the morning to finish the workload of the previous night.
The next morning he didn't dare to sleep too long and got up before eight o'clock.
Cheng Yanqiu got up earlier and was making breakfast. When she heard Yu Dong's footsteps, she turned around and said with a smile, "Go wash up quickly. We'll have breakfast soon."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "As ordered." Yu Dong yawned and walked to the bathroom.
Some time ago, both of them didn't get enough sleep. In addition to being busy during the day, they also had to take Yu Yi to bed at night. This little girl had no problem sleeping with her grandma before, but I don't know what happened some time ago.
, insisting on sleeping with her mother.
Although she is young, she is quite sensitive. She sleeps until midnight, no matter how soundly she sleeps, as long as someone changes someone, she will react immediately and cry in protest.
Now that they were back in Jinyi, they could only force Yu Yi to sleep with her grandma, and it took several days before they became more stable.
After they finished breakfast and Yu Dong got up to wash the dishes, the phone suddenly rang.
This time Cheng Yanqiu was very positive, "I'll pick you up, and you can go straight to washing the dishes."
Yu Dong shrugged his shoulders, "I didn't say I wouldn't do it, you're so sensitive."
But just as Yu Dong was about to wash the dishes, Cheng Yanqiu covered the phone and waved to him, "It's for you."
Yu Dong looked at the bowl on the table: "Then this bowl..."
"Wait until you finish making the call before swiping."
Yu Dong curled his lips and walked over to answer the phone, "Hello."
"Hello, Yu Dong, I'm Wei Jizhong."
The name sounded familiar to Yu Dong, but he couldn't remember who the other party was. However, the other party soon introduced himself further, "I am the special assistant to the chairman of the Yanjing Olympic Bid Committee."
After hearing about the Olympic bid committee, Yu Dong remembered who the other party was.
Ten years ago, when Yanjing bid for the Olympic Games, Wei Jizhong was the Secretary-General of the Olympic Bid Committee, and he was in charge of all affairs.
Knowing the other party's identity, you can naturally guess the other party's intention. The call from Wei Jizhong is most likely related to the Olympic bid ambassador.
"Hello, Chairman Wei." Wei Jizhong had served as the vice chairman of the Olympic Bid Committee before, so it doesn't matter if he calls him vice chairman.
Wei Jizhong did not get straight to the point about the Olympic bid. Instead, he was concerned about Yu Dong's recent work, "I heard that you are very productive this year and have plans for several novels. You should be quite busy recently, so I didn't disturb your work.
Bar?"
Yu Dong smiled and nodded, "No, no, I was very busy the past few days. The science fiction theme activities involved a lot of my energy. Jinyi is about to start school in the past two days, and there is still some work to be done in the school.
, but it will get better after these few days of busy work." After briefly talking about his recent situation, Yu Dong smiled and said, "Of course, we are all busy, but Chairman Wei should be doing something about the Olympic bid recently.
Thanks to your hard work, I have also seen the news that Yanjing has been selected as a candidate city, and you comrades on the Olympic Bid Committee have made great contributions."
Wei Jizhong said modestly, "The main thing is that other colleagues on the Olympic bid committee are busy, and I am cheering and cheering beside them. I am old and can't keep up mentally, so I can only retreat behind the scenes. But since it comes to the Olympic bid, then I will
I won’t beat you around the bush, but before the news of Yanjing’s selection as a candidate city for the 2008 Olympic Games was announced, we held a meeting within the Olympic Bid Committee to discuss the candidates for the Olympic Bid Ambassador. At the meeting, we proposed many candidates, and everyone agreed.
It was decided to invite you to be the first ambassador for the Olympic bid this year, and Chairman Liu also approved it. I also made this call to ask you what you personally meant."
At this point, Wei Jizhong laughed and said, "The reason why I asked you if you have been busy recently is because I am worried that the Olympic bid will affect your other work. The Olympic bid is of course a major event for the people across the country, and I also believe that every Chinese
Everyone is willing to work hard for the Olympic bid. But you cannot be delayed because of the Olympic bid. Whether it is the Olympic bid or your writing, you are contributing to the promotion of Chinese culture. If you focus on one and lose the other, then the gain will outweigh the loss."
Yu Dong also didn't expect Wei Jizhong to keep his attitude so low. He said quickly, "Chairman Wei said seriously. The bid for the Olympics is a national event, so naturally I should contribute a small amount. In fact, I had already thought about it seriously before I received your call.
After this matter, I don’t have much work at the end of the year and next year, and I can still take care of the Olympic bid. My personal power is relatively small, but Deep Space Company has some experience in publicity, and I should be able to help.
busy."
Hearing what Yu Dong said, Wei Jizhong smiled and said, "Actually, it doesn't take up too much of your time. Just cooperate in shooting some promotional videos and appear at some critical moments. You are not the only ambassador for the Olympic bid, and others can also share the responsibility. If you agree
If so, I will report your attitude to Chairman Liu, and then find a time to arrange a formal appointment ceremony. You may also need to come to Yanjing, and some media reporters will be invited to the scene."
Yu Dong said very simply, "Of course it's no problem. Whenever you need me to come over, just tell me."
"Haha, don't worry. Before you come to Yanjing, we will also send people to your side. There is nothing else but to go through the process. If nothing else happens, I should be the one to go there. I
It’s been a long time since I’ve been back to Jinling. This time I’m taking a break from work and doing some personal work, and I just want to go back to my alma mater for a walk.”
Although Wei Jizhong didn't say it clearly, Yu Dong could understand the meaning.
As an ambassador for the Olympic bid, it is not enough to be famous. You also need to consider whether the person's ideological consciousness is up to standard.
"Chairman Wei attended university in Jinling?"
"Yes, I studied French literature at Jinling University. In the blink of an eye, almost half a century has passed since I entered Jinling University."
Yu Dong was surprised and said, "Chairman Wei actually reads French literature?"
In Yu Dong's impression, Wei Jizhong seemed to have been a professional athlete before. Unexpectedly, he had studied French literature at Jinling University.
By this time, Yu Dong probably understood why Wei Jizhong called him.
Under normal circumstances, in order to show respect, the Olympic bid chairman or secretary-general will be contacted to invite the Olympic bid ambassador, and the special assistant of the chairman will never be called to invite.
But Wei Jizhong was different. He had previously served as secretary-general and vice-chairman, and had studied French literature at Jinling University, so he had some connections with Yu Dong.
After talking about the business, the two chatted for a while. Through the conversation, Yu Dong learned that Wei Jizhong was actually his fellow villager.
Although Wei Jizhong's ancestral home is Yuyao, he was born and raised in Shanghai and did not leave Shanghai until he graduated from middle school. The Olympic Bidding Committee asked him to invite Yu Dong to be the Olympic Bid Ambassador because of this consideration. After all, he is a fellow countryman and can be easy to talk to.
"I haven't been back to Shanghai for many years. After graduating from middle school, I went to Jinling and stayed with the Jiangsu Provincial Volleyball Team for a few years, and then came to Yanjing. I have lived in Shanghai for more than ten years, but I have been in Yanjing for a long time.
I have been here for more than 40 years."
"Me too, I only go back to Shanghai once or twice a year now, but my parents go back often."
"I also want to go back, but I don't know who to look for when I go back. It's been too long and I don't have many connections in Shanghai anymore."
After finishing speaking, Wei Jizhong probably felt that what he said was too sad and inappropriate, so he smiled and said, "Okay, let's not talk anymore. We will have a good chat when I go to Jinling in a while. Now I am also going to Liuzhou."
Chairman, they are announcing the good news. They gave me a task before, and they must convince you. I have completed the task."
Chapter completed!