"Mr. Zhang, does China really have no intention of boycotting the Atlanta Olympics?"

As expected by the strategy team, as soon as the BJ Olympic bid delegation arrived in Monte Carlo, it was besieged by Western reporters, and nearly 100 people gathered in the lobby, and I don't know how many were outside the hotel.

Once bitten by a snake, he was afraid of the well rope for ten years.

Secretary Chen, Director Wu and Vice Mayor Yang were afraid that one would accidentally be caught, so they did not dare to carry out publicity activities as originally planned.

Escorted by four bodyguards, including Jan Joseph and Lin Zhiguo, he said with a smile: "The purpose of BJ's bid to host the 2000 Olympic Games is to contribute to the development of the Olympic Movement in China and the world, and to promote mutual understanding, friendship and world peace among peoples. As far as I know, regardless of the outcome of the vote, China's position on contributing to the Olympic Movement will remain unswerving. There is no question of boycotting the Atlanta Olympics, and Chinese athletes are actively training for the Atlanta Olympics. ”

From the earliest use of the MiG-21 fighter engine to help Kuwait extinguish the oil field fire, to the major discoveries and inventions of the NB laboratory in the field of basic research and technology application, to the NB future window flat picture tube color TV and visual flat computer monitor that are popular all over the world.

From the sudden rise of BNB News Network, to the "Oolong Incident" of NB Medical and the "Galaxy Incident" of NB Shipping, to the act of donating all personal assets to science, education and charity, the charter has become one of the most famous Chinese in the world in the past two years.

Journalists are clearly not going to miss this opportunity. Just finished answering a question from a French journalist. A British reporter raised the microphone and couldn't wait to ask, "Mr. Zhang." You are not a Chinese government official, or even a Chinese citizen, why do you put so much effort into BJ's Olympic bid? ”

"Mr. Reporter, you should be from the UK with an accent, you should be very aware of the relationship between Hong Kong and China, as you know, now I am Chinese, and in four years I will not only be Chinese. He will also become a Chinese in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China. Every Chinese is a beneficiary of the Olympics, and I think every Chinese is willing to participate. ”

The British journalist asked relentlessly: "Can every Chinese benefit?" ”

"There's no doubt about it."

The charter smiled and said: "Just like today's BJ has new environmental protection indicators, urban planning, urban architecture, and people's civilization have been greatly improved, and I think this is what the Olympic bid has brought to them." This is a legacy, and I believe that the continued impact of the Olympics on China will form a powerful current that will drive China to continue to grow. ”

Seeing that there were more and more reporters, Lin Zhigang hurriedly said: "Ladies and gentlemen. Three hours later, the Chinese delegation will hold a press conference in the lobby, and any questions can be asked of the delegation officials. Mr. Zhang has some personal matters to attend to. Please give me a hand. ”

As soon as his words fell, the accompanying Hong Kong bodyguard opened his backpack and took out a large handful of cloisonné and glass gifts with the theme of BJ's Olympic bid.

These small souvenirs are designed by the NB Electrical Industry Design Center, more than 10 yuan a piece, and the "Olympic Bidding Committee" and the "Auxiliary Bidding Committee" have ordered more than 50,000 yuan, although they are not worth a few dollars, but they look very exquisite, with very strong Chinese characteristics, which attracted the attention of reporters at once.

Before getting into the car prepared by the colleagues of the European company, the charter made a special remark and emphasized: "Ladies and gentlemen, please believe me, China's position on participating in the Atlanta Olympics is as clear as crystal." ”

With the help of the hotel security, the car finally slowly came out of the crowd, and the charter was finally able to quietly enjoy the blue sea and blue sky, sunny beaches, luxury cars and yachts, beautiful women and handsome guys, mansions on the mountains, luxury casinos, and star-studded cities.

Monaco (sorry to all of you, the first few chapters were careless, Monaco is written as Morocco) is located in the south of France, in addition to the southern coastline of the Mediterranean Sea, the whole territory is surrounded by France on the north, west and east, mainly composed of the old city of Monaco and the surrounding area that was established subsequently, the border is 4.5 kilometers long, the coastline is 5.16 kilometers long, it is the second smallest country in the world after the Vatican.

Although the country is small but very rich, since the establishment of casinos in 1865, Monaco suddenly changed from a poor country to a rich country, known as "the country of gambling B", "the country of pockets", and "the country of stamps".

It does not have to pay personal income tax, attracting a sizable number of wealthy tax-sheltered immigrants. These immigrants, mainly from European countries, earn most of their income by working outside Monaco, where many of the famous F-1 drivers are immigrants.

Monte Carlo is the largest city in this "pocket country", and the seaside clubs, sports clubs, golf and country clubs, and opera houses of the Grand Casino are all world-class. And the gambling industry in Monte Carlo, the wonders of the Oceanographic Museum, and the marriage of Princess Grace have also added many legends to this small country......

Monaco's demographic composition is also unusual.

Of the country's population of more than 30,000, less than 6,000 are Monegasques, the most of whom are French, with 32 per cent, followed by Italians with 20 per cent, Monegasques with only 19 per cent, and the remaining 29 per cent from 125 other countries, including Germany, while Monegasques have become a real minority in their own country.

In order to let the boss better understand the city, the driver held the steering wheel and introduced: "Mr. Zhang, there is a casino on your left, Monaco law stipulates that locals are not allowed to enter to gamble B, only foreign tourists are welcome, no photography is allowed inside, and the camera must be stored in the bag storage at the door to enter." ”

Looking sideways, it is an antique palace-like building, there is a large square flower garden in front of the door, every grass and tree are trimmed neatly, flowers are in full bloom in all seasons, on both sides of the gate on the steps, there are several guards standing guard, and it has a charming temperament against the background of the surrounding mountains and rivers.

This is the symbol of Monaco, and it is precisely because of its existence that Monte Carlo has become one of the world's top three gambling cities along with Las Vegas in the United States and Macau in China.

Charter nodded slightly. Half-leaning back in the chair and laughing, "I'm not interested in casinos." I hope to take my wife to Princess Grace's Rose Garden in the future. ”

Once an Oscar-winning actress. The love story with Rainier III is widely sung, and the anecdote of the king and the beauty adds a romantic touch to Monaco.

The driver glanced up at the rearview mirror and smiled knowingly: "Princess Grace Rose Garden is in Fengwei District, and more than 4,500 roses are planted in the garden, of which more than 150 are from famous artists. Mr. Zhang, it will be very romantic for you to bring your wife here. ”

European companies don't have full-time drivers, and the company is so busy. It is also impossible to send an executive to drive a special car, and his personal information, Lucas, special affairs assistant of the European company, sent it to BJ four days ago, and the charter is not ignorant of his details, so he asked lightly: "Paul, has Mr. Lucas arrived?" ”

Seeing that he wanted to speak and stopped, the charter added: "Mr. Lin is my security director in Hong Kong, not an outsider." ”

Jan Joseph was trustworthy, and the other two bodyguards were in the car behind him, confirming that Lin Zhiguo was okay before former "Stasi" agent Paul Langelhams pulled the car to the side.

The car had just stopped. A familiar figure suddenly walked up from the open-air café, and he pulled the car door. While motioning for Jan Joseph and Lin Zhiguo to get out of the car, he greeted him enthusiastically: "Zhang, I heard that you gave birth to a son, I am really happy for you." ”

"It was my wife who gave birth to a son," asked Charter, abandoning his body, with interest, "Lucas, my dear friend, is there any good news?" ”

Lucas, the special affairs assistant of the European company, took out a file bag from his arms and said with a smug smile: "Zhang, it turns out that your speculation is not wrong at all, look at it, you will definitely like it very much." ”

The first photo shows a white man standing in front of a restaurant and looking around, the second is an African IOC member who is very familiar with the "Bid Committee" strategy team walking into the restaurant, the third is two people shaking hands, and the fourth is two people sitting together eating.

The fifth, sixth, and seventh were the main points, and the white man handed the African commissioner a check, and the African commissioner not only accepted it generously, but he didn't even know when the photographer stole a close-up: 35,000 dollars, not too much, not too little!

This is the real blockbuster, the charter is ecstatic, stuffing the photo into the file bag and asking, "When is it?" ”

"At 4:20 p.m. yesterday, the identity of the other protagonist has been confirmed, and the official of the Sydney delegation is staying in the same hotel as you."

"Good job, didn't show your feet?"

"How so?"

Lucas glanced back at the few bodyguards guarding outside the car, and smiled casually: "Actually, there are more than 40 photos in total, and I just took a few representative ones, all of which were taken by two independent reporters from different angles, and I didn't come forward." ”

Independent journalists are an integral part of BNB Europe.

Many of them are real journalists who "only come for the truth and are only responsible for the truth", and some of them are unscrupulous former "Stasi" spies. Wandering the grey edges, they make a living selling scoops to BNB News, which is not responsible for their actions.

The ghosts of the Hong Kong branch of the New H Society have been dug out by them, and it is really nothing to deal with a few IOC members, so he nodded with satisfaction and said thoughtfully: "I believe that my friends in Sydney will never bribe a committee member, what do you think?" ”

Lucas thought for a while, touched his chin and smiled: "There is indeed this possibility, after all, BJ's voice is very high, and even the casino odds have been adjusted accordingly." ”

"There are two days left until the vote, and it's up to you."

"Don't worry, if you can't even solve this little thing, then what do you want me to do as a special affairs assistant? What I'm worried about now is what to do with these photos. Zhang, you must know that there are many doubts about the interview video about BJ's boycott of the Atlanta Olympics, and you can't make any more mistakes. ”

There are two videotapes of Vice Mayor Zhang's interview, one taken by an Australian reporter and the other taken by the "Bidding Committee" news group. So while BJ blamed the Australian media, the Australian media also took out their full interview video to blame BJ, which ended up being a mess. I can't tell who is right and who is wrong.

So obvious flaws. It is impossible for the "Olympic Bidding Committee" Research Office and the "Bidding Committee" Strategy Group not to take into account. It's just that for them, detonating the timed zha bomb in advance is the top priority, and whether they can hit a rake backwards or not is secondary.

Boycotting the Olympics is repugnant, and throwing dirty water on each other is equally repugnant.

After thinking about it, he suddenly smiled and said: "Since you are an independent journalist, you can contribute to many media outlets, dear friends, don't you think that the Berlin Olympic bid company will be equally interested in this?" ”

Germany's Die Welt, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Der Spiegel and Bild are sure to be treasures. Lucas put away his file bag and said with a smirk: "Of course German journalists want to help Germany, I know what to do." ”

At this point in the work of bidding for the Olympic Games, the charter does not intend to engage in any more crooked and evil ways, and reminds them in an unusually serious manner: "The timing must be right, and he will be killed at once, and he will not be given a chance to quibble." ”

Lucas pondered for a moment and nodded, "Regardless of whether they make further moves or not, these photos will break out tomorrow night, no matter how strong their crisis public relations skills are." None of them could prevent the bribery scandal from making headlines the day after tomorrow. ”

Saw off Lucas and took a spin around the city. The work of the "Bidding Committee" did not disappoint the charter.

Under the organization of the eldest son of the Gu family, nearly 1,000 volunteers from the "World Chinese Entrepreneurs Federation", "International Chinese Investment Friendship Association", "World Federation of Chinese Villagers", "French Overseas Chinese Association", "Spanish Chinese Footwear Association" and Hong Kong's "Bidding Committee" are launching a unique propaganda war with the members of the delegation of the competing cities.

They can be seen everywhere in various bars or open-air restaurants, with small flags of BJ's Olympic bid planted everywhere, and several open-air bars are still playing BJ's "Divine Comedy" of BJ's Olympic bid.

Back at the hotel where the delegation was staying, the press conference had just ended, and looking at their relaxed faces, we knew that they had not made a fool of themselves at the press conference just now.

After saying hello to the Olympic champions who greeted him, he knocked on the open door and smiled at the team leaders who were holding a meeting inside: "Secretary Chen, Director Wu, you did a good job outside, I think everyone can go out for activities." Go according to plan, nothing will happen. ”

This will not cause an accident has two meanings, one is not to say the wrong thing, and the other is not to "lose" people.

More than 200 members of the delegation must go back one by one, and there can be no one who is stranded and does not return, for this purpose there is also a special plan, Secretary Chen and Director Wu, Vice Mayor Yang glanced at each other, agreed: "Everyone, since Mr. Zhang thinks there is no problem, then please President Jin, Chairman Jiang and Chairman Wang to come and pick up people." ”

Two volunteers from various chambers of commerce are responsible for a member of the delegation, and the rest is responsible for the leader of the delegation, which can be called a strict guard, the charter sighed secretly, and smiled quietly: "Remember to bring all the small gifts, you can't carry them back after thousands of miles of travel." ”

Secretary-General Wei got up and said, "Okay, I'll arrange it." ”

With the funds of the "Bid Committee" and the help of several major Chinese groups, the outside propaganda offensive overshadowed Sydney. But at the mayor's reception banquet in the evening, the mayor of Sydney's witty and humorous speech, and the practice of giving wine when he saw people, suddenly covered Secretary Chen, one to one, and there was a tie.

There are battlefields everywhere, and competition is everywhere. On the other front, Commissioner Ho's wife and the wife of the Australian commissioner are trying to win the support of the wives of the IOC members.

Mrs. Ho seized every opportunity to tell them the truth about BJ's "boycott" of the Atlanta Olympics, and spared no effort to promote BJ. Her painstaking efforts were not in vain, and some of the wives of the committee members expressed their support for Beijing's Olympic bid in a gentle manner unique to women.

Mrs. Samaranch gave her an expensive designer handbag, saying it was for her Olympic bid. The four wives from different countries, the vice-president of the IOC Senegal, the Indian executive committee, the Dominican and Colombian commissioners, made an appointment to be guests in the reception room of the BJ "Olympic Bidding Committee".

The wife of the Japanese commissioner, Inoya, could not come to Monte Carlo because of her business, so she went to the Meiji Jingu in Tokyo to ask for a talisman to ask for good fortune and avoid misfortune, and asked her husband to bring it to Mrs. He, so that she could wear it on her body to pray for the success of BJ's bid. The wife of Mexican Honorary Commissioner Hay presented a small silver turtle and wished BJ good luck in his bid for the Olympic Games

While attending the reception room for the publicity, the wife of Kumar, a member of the Indian Executive Committee, and Arroyo, a member of the Ecuadorian Commissioner, told the charter that their families had been praying every day for BJ's bid for the Olympics during this time. In a pleasant conversation, they praised Mrs. Ho as the best lady in the Olympic Movement, saying that if the ladies were asked to vote for the Olympic city, they would definitely vote for BJ 100 percent.

Before you know it, a day and a half has passed, and tomorrow will decide who will win the right to host the 2000 Olympic Games.

With a high degree of nervousness, Commissioner Ho will participate in BJ's own presentations and listen carefully to the statements of other cities, conduct secret ballots in isolation from the outside world and guess the flow of each round of voting, and the final announcement of the results will be extremely joyful or frustrating.

He had a bad heart, and Mrs. Ho was worried that he would not be able to withstand the psychological pressure of that day, especially when the results of the vote were announced. Not only did he prepare oral and external medicines to prevent heart attacks, but he also put first-aid oral medicines and sprays in his pocket.

Since the polling venue was isolated from the outside world and no outsiders could enter, in order to prevent emergency treatment in case something happened, she even gave another first-aid medicine to Inoya, a Japanese commissioner with whom they were close friends, and asked him to help take care of it in the venue.

The charter who had just received a call from Lucas decided to give him a real "reassurance", knocked on their room and said with a smile: "Commissioner He, Mrs. He, what are you busy with?" ”

"I'm checking the documents that I'm going to bring to the venue.

"Mr. Zhang, please come in."

"Be well prepared," the charter asked with a smile as he looked around and sat on the edge of the bed, "Commissioner He, I would like to ask you what the result would be if an official of the delegation of the bidding city bribed an IOC member to win the right to host the event?" ”

Commissioner He was stunned for a moment, and then asked in shock: "Mr. Zhang, should you tell me your ......?"

"Don't worry, I can't do this kind of thing, I'm asking if."

Member He pondered for a moment, and then said step by step: "That will cause a big shock, it will become an international scandal, and the Ethics Committee of the Olympic Committee will definitely investigate this, and will suspend the members suspected of taking bribes, and if it is verified, they may even be disqualified." ”

The charter asked, "What about the cities that paid bribes?" ”

"If the evidence is conclusive, there is a risk that the application may be disqualified. In fact, it is not necessary to cancel the same, because once this happens, the vast majority of committee members will not vote for them again. ”

To the couple's shock, the charter suddenly burst into the air: "So, our biggest competitor is out?" ”

"What? Mr. Zhang, you're not kidding, are you? ”

He raised his arm, looked at the time on his watch, then picked up the remote control and turned on the TV and smiled: "After watching the news, you will know if I am joking." ”

The couple were stunned by the news content, and several local television stations quoted the latest newsletter published by Deutsche Presse at the same time, saying that officials of the Sydney Olympic bid delegation had paid $35,000 each to Kenyan commissioner Mukla and Ugandan commissioner Nyanwiso in order to win the right to host the 2000 Olympic Games! (To be continued......)