At the end of September, Wei Jizhong led a group of several people to Jinling and had a conversation with Yu Dong for more than two hours. At the same time, he and Yu Dong coordinated the itinerary of the Olympic bid ambassador for the next period of time.
In fact, this is just a formality. From the moment it was confirmed that Yu Dong became the Olympic bid ambassador, the Olympic bid committee must have launched an investigation into Dong's background. Wei Jizhong would only call Yu Dong when it was sure that there were no problems.
As for the questions, they were all simple, and no one took notes on such private conversations.
On October 11th, Yu Dong rushed to Yanjing.
Before Yu Dong rushed to Yanjing, the official had already issued an announcement inviting Yu Dong to serve as the ambassador for Yanjing's Olympic bid.
This time Yu Dong went to Yanjing to attend a media meeting organized by the Olympic Bid Committee on October 12, and then cooperate with Zhang Yimou to shoot a promotional video for the Olympic bid. The content of this meeting was relatively simple, and the Olympic Bid Committee will officially announce the reception.
After finishing the work content, Yu Dong appeared as an ambassador for the Olympic bid.
In essence, this meeting is to shout to the outside world that we, Yanjing, are about to start officially competing.
…
After arriving at the hotel, Yu Dong had just settled down and was washing his face in the bathroom when there was a knock on the door.
"Hold on."
After quickly wiping his face, Yu Dong ran out and opened the door. There were two men, an old man and a middle school man, standing outside the door.
The old Yu Dong knew him. It was Wei Jizhong who personally led the team to meet him some time ago. Although Yu Dong had never met another middle-aged man, he had seen him on TV. This time, Liu Jingming, the vice chairman of the Olympic Bid Committee
Although he is the vice chairman, Liu Jingming fully presides over the current Olympic bid and is the first leader.
Although Yu Dong knew Liu Jingming, Wei Jizhong still took the initiative to introduce him to Yu Dong, "Yu Dong, this is Chairman Liu Jingming of our Olympic bid committee. I heard that you have arrived, and Chairman Liu came here to see you."
"Hello, Chairman Liu." Yu Dong said hello with a smile.
"Hello."
The two shook hands, and Yu Dong invited them into the room.
Liu Jingming said with a smile, "You have had a hard journey. Logically speaking, I shouldn't bother you so early. But on the one hand, I like your works very much, so I can't help but come to see you. On the other hand, I have a lot of work tomorrow."
I'm busy and I don't have time to talk to you in detail, so I can only come to you today. I hope you don't mind."
Yu Dong called the front desk and ordered a few cups of tea, and then took Liu Jingming and the others to sit down on the sofa in the living room.
"What did Chairman Liu say? You and Teacher Wei are handling the Olympic bid work. The time is tight and the tasks are heavy. Naturally, we must coordinate unconditionally. And I should have reported to you, but now I have to trouble you and Teacher Wei to do it in person.
Come over here."
Liu Jingming smiled and said with emotion, "Thank you so much, thank you for your support for our Olympic bid. And it has just been announced that you will serve as the Olympic bid ambassador, and it has already had a very good effect. When I learned that we were going to hold a press conference,
Many foreign media have taken the initiative to contact us, hoping to come to the event. During this period, foreign media’s attention to our Olympic bid has also skyrocketed, and all this attention has been brought by you.”
Wei Jizhong, who was sitting next to Liu Jingming, also had the same emotion. Since their Olympic bid committee announced the news of Yu Dong serving as the ambassador for the Olympic bid, not to mention the increase in the international attention of Yanjing's bid for the Olympics, and the attention of the Olympic Games itself.
improved.
Among other things, after the news was announced that day, there were two hot searches on the Deep Space Blog. One was that China's Yanjing was selected as a candidate city for the 2008 Olympic Games, and the other was that Yu Dong was about to serve as the ambassador for Yanjing's Olympic bid.
When they held a meeting to select an Olympic bid ambassador, they initially wanted to find a sports star. After all, the Olympic Games is a sports event, so it seems more reasonable to let a sports star serve as the Olympic bid ambassador.
But the key point is that China has almost no internationally famous sports stars.
After much deliberation, Deng Yaping came to mind, but the international influence of table tennis is so small that it would be a bit uninteresting for Deng Yaping to serve as the first ambassador for the Olympic bid.
Later, they had no choice but to look outside the sports world.
Outside of the sports world, those who are internationally influential and well-known are basically film and television stars, such as Gong Li and Jackie Chan.
At the beginning, many people felt that Jackie Chan was more suitable to be the first Olympic bid ambassador. In terms of international influence and popularity, Jackie Chan was higher than other stars.
But when someone brought up the name Yu Dong, the attitude of the participants changed.
In fact, when it comes to fame, although many people know Yu Dong's name, Yu Dong's face is certainly not as exposed internationally as Jackie Chan, a movie star. Except for some special occasions, Yu Dong is not around for most of the year.
He appears in front of the media, but Jackie Chan is different. Except for part of his private time, Jackie Chan is exposed to the spotlight most of the time.
If pictures of Yu Dong and Jackie Chan were placed in front of European and American people at the same time, more people would recognize Jackie Chan than Yu Dong.
However, after comprehensive consideration, the Olympic Bid Committee unanimously believed that Yu Dong was more suitable than Jackie Chan to serve as the first Olympic Bid Ambassador.
First, Yu Dong is a writer, and Jackie Chan is a movie star. Although there is no professional discrimination now, the former is more capable. Second, Yu Dong is not just him, there is a whole world behind him.
Deep Space Corporation.
Facts have proved how correct their choice was. As soon as Yu Dong became the ambassador for the Olympic bid, Deep Space Company took full action, and the intensity of the action exceeded Liu Jingming's expectations. Two hot searches were listed in a row, directly referring to the Olympic Games.
The popularity grew, and even Olympic officials went to the Deep Space Tribe to interact with netizens.
In addition, there are rumors that Deep Space Company is planning to arrange for Shanghai Shenhua to go to England to play a commercial match with Manchester United.
This is not the first time that Manchester United and Shenhua have played against each other. After Manchester United won the Triple Crown last year, they started a trip to China and had a commercial match with Shenhua in Shanghai. In the end, Shenhua lost 0-2.
Of course, this kind of competition is all about human nature, with performance as the main focus and competition as the supplement.
In fact, what Deep Space Company wants to do is not to let Shenhua play Manchester United at all, but to let the National Football Team play a commercial match.
The strength of the national football team at this time is actually pretty good. As long as both sides cooperate, they can still play a pleasing game.
The two sides fought vigorously and aggressively, but in the end the Chinese team was defeated by a small score. It can definitely play a role in promoting China's sports.
The two parties chatted for a while, and then the hotel waiter brought three cups of tea.
After drinking tea for a while, Yu Dong said with a smile, "Apart from me, are the other Olympic bid ambassadors confirmed?"
"Yes, sure." Liu Jingming nodded, "Besides you, there are four others, namely Jackie Chan, Sang Lan, Deng Yaping and Gong Li. We are already in contact with these people. If nothing happens, we will not be able to wait until next year.
The news will be announced in January.”
Yu Dong nodded secretly, this Olympic bid lineup is quite reasonable, but it is a bit weak in terms of sports stars, but there is nothing that can be done.
The Olympic Bid Committee previously considered Yang Chen, a football player who studied abroad in the Bundesliga, to serve as the Olympic bid ambassador, but in the end he was not selected due to various reasons. There was also basketball star Wang Zhizhi, whose situation was a little more complicated than Yang Chen's.
Liu Jingming and Wei Jizhong did not stay in Yu Dong's room for too long. They briefly talked about tomorrow's ceremony for about twenty minutes and then left.
…
The next morning, Yu Dong showed up at the media conference early in the morning, but according to the procedure, he was not in a hurry to show up, so he stayed backstage the whole time.
Because of Yu Dong's appearance, today's press conference was a little different from what Liu Jingming and the others had imagined.
There were more reporters present, and the proportion of foreign reporters was obviously much higher than expected.
In addition, today's scene will be broadcast live on Deep Space Tribe, and many netizens will watch it online.
Starting at 8:30 in the morning, the text live broadcast room of the Deep Space Tribe officially started.
As soon as this text live broadcast room was set up, a group of netizens poured in.
[BenQ mobile phone users: Has it started yet? Is there a video? 】
[Grandma Taiyang: Live video broadcast, how dare you think about it. I just want to ask if there are any pictures of the scene? 】
[Six Plus Seven: What is the main purpose of today’s meeting? 】
[Swinging in the wind: It seems that this is the announcement of the Olympic bid ambassador, right?]
[In black and white: It’s not just as simple as announcing the Olympic bid ambassador, but also announcing the next step of the work. It can also be regarded as an external publicity. I heard that there were a lot of media present today.]
[Keyboard Poet: Nonsense, what's more important, media reporters can't do it? The Olympic Bid Committee has made a good move. I think we are on track for this Olympic bid.]
[Nothing can be done about it: If you don’t understand, just ask, what are the Olympic Games? 】
[The poet’s regret: It’s hard to explain, it’s just awesome.]
[Lovich Harry: It seems that this Olympic bid promotional video was shot by Zhang Yimou? 】
[Red Feather: It will be no problem if he comes to film it. Do you know how much the box office of "Golden Dreamland" was? 】
[A room full of toilet paper: I heard it’s very high, how much is it exactly?]
[The elf on the tip of the pen: I heard that the North American box office alone is close to 200 million US dollars, and the global box office has steadily exceeded 200 million US dollars. It is basically certain that Zhang Yimou will become the Chinese director with the highest box office for a single film. 】
[Secret fragrance floats: The specific figure is 186 million U.S. dollars. It will be released in other regions one after another and will soon exceed 200 million U.S. dollars. Recently, Zhang Yimou has been very popular in North America. The Olympic bid committee is really good at picking people.
.]
[Colorful Black: Isn’t it? Taking advantage of this wave of popularity, there is no problem in bidding for the Olympics. 】
…
At the media meeting here, after all the leaders had spoken, the host finally called out Yu Dong's name.
"Now let us invite the famous writer Mr. Yu Dong to the stage with applause."
Amid the applause of the crowd, Yu Dong walked onto the stage with a microphone, and then under the arrangement of the host, Liu Jingming handed over the Yanjing Olympic Bid Committee appointment certificate to Yu Dong.
After receiving the employment certificate, the two said a few words briefly, and then Liu Jingming walked off the stage.
After Liu Jingming walked off the stage, the host smiled and said, "Congratulations to Mr. Yu Dong for becoming the first Olympic bid ambassador. At this moment, do you have anything in your heart that you want to say to your friends present and the audience in front of the TV?
?”
After the host finished speaking, Yu Dong nodded and took a step forward, smiled and said, "Good morning everyone, I am Yu Dong. First of all, I would like to thank all the comrades of the Yanjing Olympic Bid Committee for their trust and entrusting such an important task to
What I hold in my hand now is not just a simple certificate, but also a heavy responsibility. I know clearly that after receiving this employment certificate, I must make the greatest contribution to Yanjing’s Olympic bid.
s hard work."
Having said this, Yu Dong paused for a moment, and then continued, "I am an author. I have never thought that I would be able to stand on such a stage and contribute to China's sports industry, but in
I still want to say something nice for myself here. Although I am an author, I am not completely unrelated to sports."
"Besides writing, one of the main activities in my life is playing football, or I am pulled to play football by Yu Hua and others. Yu Hua, Bi Feiyu, and Mo Yan are all full-fledged football fans.
, most of them are bad at playing football, but they all have a heart that loves football. If Yanjing can really successfully host the 2008 Olympic Games, I dare not say that about other competitions. You will definitely be able to see us in the stands of football matches.
."
"Actually, the relationship between writers and sports is not that far away. My good friend Mr. Shi Tiesheng has also been paying attention to Yanjing's Olympic bid. He called me immediately to tell me that Yanjing was selected as an Olympic candidate city.
, His excited voice that night still echoes in my mind... He was once an athlete. Before he was in a wheelchair, he was the fastest runner among our friends. I once thought, what makes
Shi Tiesheng has such a strong will, even if he is in a wheelchair, he is still optimistic and positive. Later he came to the conclusion that the sports career he once had definitely played a major role."
"Human beings are in a long period of time..."
Yu Dong's speech was very long, as long as an article, but everyone present was listening quietly, for fear of missing any important points.
Looking at Yu Dong speaking on the stage, Liu Jingming leaned on his chair and sighed inwardly.
He had read this manuscript in advance, because according to the process, all the speeches of the guests must be reviewed.
When he saw this speech at that time, Liu Jingming sighed very much. This writer is a writer. A speech written casually can be a very down-to-earth essay.
There are no beautiful words or complex structures, but it just sounds very comfortable.
At the end of his speech, Yu Dong said with a smile, "No matter whether this Olympic bid is successful or not, our spirit of developing sports in China will not change. Here, there will be more and more sports venues and facilities that can provide people with sports. We
Chapter completed!