On May 8 this year, the Olympic torch traveled from Greece to New York in the United States, then across some 1,500 cities and towns, and recently reached Los Angeles.

The whole journey is about 19,000 kilometers, of which 10,000 kilometers of the torch relay must pay 3,000 US dollars to the organizing committee for each kilometer of the relay, and this ingenious activity alone has raised 30 million US dollars for the Olympic Games, so Su Mu said that the other party has money.

This year's Los Angeles Olympics are different from the previous Olympics, making people feel like they are crazy and poor, using almost all the ideas that can make money, such as passing the torch and paying for qualifications, which has never been done before.

Don't look at it as a small idea, but it has attracted many rich people who are willing to pay for a worthless torch for $3,000, and also have to work as coolies to happily help transport the Olympic flame.

Su Mu remembers seeing several demonstrations on television when he was a child against the Olympics, believing that it was a bad decision to waste money and money, and a group of taxpayers surrounded the Los Angeles City Hall to oppose the use of their money for the useless Olympics.

The 1972 Munich Olympics in Germany cost $1 billion and lost $600 million, and the 1976 Montreal Olympics in Canada cost $2 billion and lost $1 billion, which directly led to the close bankruptcy of the Montreal City Government, leaving about 3 million local residents with huge debts that would take 20 years to pay off, and the last 1980 Moscow Olympics cost $9 billion and made no profit。

Example after example proves that holding the Olympics is too expensive, and no one wants to take over this money-losing business since then, so only one city in Los Angeles applied for the Olympics, and it was logical to "win the bid", it is said that the chairman of the Olympic Organizing Committee at the time breathed a sigh of relief, and it would be embarrassing if there was no city to apply.

Los Angeles residents don't want to be a joke like Montreal, so they are angry and oppose hosting the Olympics here, and let the mayor spend the money where it should be, rather than the Olympics with no benefits other than fame.

In the cities that hosted the Olympics in the past, the main sources of funds spent were official funding, lottery tickets and donations, and it was of course extremely difficult to reach out to people for money, and many people did not want to get involved in this trouble, so that only Los Angeles applied for the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Long before Los Angeles bid for the Olympic Games,Officials have announced that they will not give any financial aid to the Los Angeles Olympics,To add insult to injury, it is now illegal to issue lottery tickets in California,This is why Su Mu went all the way to the city hall to help his boss bet,William Hill Gaming Company's lottery is not issued in California,A few days ago I went to just a betting point.

As for donations, the road is even more unworkable, the masses have begun to shout "can't embezzle a penny of our taxes", it is strange that the city hall can move that money, because of these problems, Los Angeles is facing a situation where there is no money available, the former mayor is only responsible for winning the hosting quota, and he has long since retired, while the new mayor is in a hurry, if the Olympics cannot be held, this is not only a matter of shame in the United States, but in front of the residents of the world.

In this case, someone found an experienced businessman to serve as the chairman of the Olympic Organizing Committee, and he opposed the construction of new venues, the sale of naming rights, attracting Coca-Cola, Fuji, KFC and other giant companies to spend huge sums of money on advertising, and also sold the global broadcast rights for more than 200 million US dollars!

Even if the Olympic Village was not built, the student dormitory of the University of California, Los Angeles was borrowed as the Olympic Village, and the discerning person could already see that the Los Angeles Olympics would not lose money, and might even make a profit from it......

All in all, the long-awaited Olympics are really coming.

There are still a few hours before the opening ceremony, a group of countries led by the Soviet Union collectively withdrew from the competition, and the people welcomed the arrival of the delegation of the Chinese movement, which can only be said that there are no absolute enemies, only absolute interests, and now the relations between the two countries are very good.

It is also because of the president of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee who only recognizes money, the ticket price of this ordinary event is set at more than 400 US dollars, and the price of tickets for the opening ceremony is even higher, California is one of the richest states in the United States, and the population has long been in the forefront, and there is no shortage of rich people.

Su Mu, who can't afford to go to the opening ceremony, or who is reluctant to spend money, still goes out to work on July 28, and gets off work at half past three in the afternoon, just in time to catch up with the live broadcast of the opening ceremony.

The days are still the same, the two lottery tickets that are currently worth two hundred and fifty dollars are still in Su Mu's drawer, he didn't tell his parents the news of his bet, they didn't even know that Su Mu went to the city, Boss Han was worried about the money he bet, burning incense and worshiping the God of Wealth in the hope of going to shit luck.

It's ridiculous to say that the god of wealth he worships turned out to be a fat man, with a very big nose, if it weren't for the festive clothes painted on his body, he would look like Maitreya Buddha wearing a hat, muttering something in his mouth, nothing more than making a fortune and making money.

Time flies quickly, and before I know it's time to get off work, just when Su Mu was about to leave, go to Du Zhong's house to watch TV with him, and discuss where to go to a private middle school, a girl walked in from the door, Kate was slightly stunned when she saw Su Mu, obviously remembering him, what happened on the school bus last month was too impressive, and it was difficult to remember Su Mu.

Accidentally met the lover of his dreams, he instantly panicked, a little at a loss, in order to be able to see her for a while, he didn't plan to leave in a hurry for the time being, knowing that Kate was also an ordinary woman, the psychological barrier weakened a lot, and asked her: "What do you want to buy?" Maybe I can help you. ”

Kate wanted to find a crack in the ground and bury her head in it at the moment, because she was here to buy feminine products, and inexplicably felt that it was not suitable to meet Su Mu in the dark, otherwise why would she always meet at an awkward moment, and stammered: "That...... I...... Buy ice cream!"

Su Mu, who didn't know anything about this, was busy snickering, the reason was of course that the two of them had a real conversation, and it felt like a dream to him......