Chapter 348: Before you win, you lose first
On the fourth day after Xiao Zhanghan returned to his mother's arms from the neonatal ward, the family returned to the Wuzhou Hotel from the hospital with the permission of the doctor.
With both children and daughters, life suddenly becomes colorful.
The charter dotes on the little guy to the extreme, and does everything himself, so that Wu Xiulan, Tian Qiuju and Xia Ning, who rushed to help take care of the children, couldn't even intervene.
After changing a diaper, he teased his daughter who was lying on her mother's bed again: "Qingqing, my brother is ...... again Again...... That's it again, do you want to share a room with him? ”
"Don't!"
Xiao Zhangqing pinched her nose and shook her head vigorously, looking extremely cute, which made Lin Huixian and Yi Wanyi, who came to say goodbye to Xia Yao, laugh and tremble.
Wu Xiulan hadn't hugged her grandson since the morning, how could she miss this opportunity, picked up the little guy who had just changed into diapers, and said in a gentle voice: "Hanhan, grandma will take you to the next room to play, and let your parents talk to Aunt Lin and Aunt Yi." ”
Xia Yao was still immersed in the joy of becoming a first-time mother, stroking her daughter's curly hair, and said with a smile: "Sister Lin, Sister Yi, do you plan to take tomorrow's plane or the day after tomorrow?" ”
Lin Huixian smiled and said, "The flight will be early tomorrow morning, and the tickets have already been booked." ”
"In such a hurry?"
Yi Wanyi took the fruit plate handed over by the charter, picked up a piece with a toothpick and said with a smile while eating: "Huixian wants to go back to the design center, I want to go to the United States, there are still a lot of things over there, and I can't delay it any longer." ”
The charter pulled a chair over to them, and asked with interest, "Is the work all handed over?" ”
"It's over, otherwise how can we have time to come up?"
Mention work. Lin Huixian, who was helping to fold Xiao Zhanghan's clothes, couldn't help but look back and said, "Charter." It turns out. The trouble caused by Vice Mayor Yang is not a big one. As soon as the edited interview video was broadcast, it caused a strong reaction around the world, and for a while, the report that "if the BJ bid fails due to the obstruction of the US Congress, China will retaliate and boycott the 1996 Atlanta Olympics" appeared on the front pages of major media headlines.
Fueled by the major news agencies in the West, a storm of 'boycott' has been set off. After receiving the news, Chairman Samaranch immediately sent an urgent telegram to Committee member He. You can't believe the content of the message, it's just an exclamation point, which shows how shocked he is at it! ”
The "boycott" is the most disgusting thing in the International Olympic Games, and the charter is not surprised, and asks casually: "What happened later?" ”
Lin Huixian and Yi Wanyi glanced at each other, and said with regret: "Committee member He unequivocally said that this is not a matter at all, and Chairman Samaranch was very happy after receiving the reply, and immediately asked the 'Olympic Bidding Committee' to hold a press conference to suppress this turmoil as soon as possible." Despite all the preparations made by the Ministry of Public Information and the Press Group, we mobilized all the forces we could. It turned out to be a draw. ”
The charter nodded slightly, and said meaningfully: "It's good to be able to eliminate the negative impact." I never expected to get Sydney out of the game with that. ”
Yi Wanyi sighed lightly, shook her head and smiled bitterly: "I spent three million dollars on this, but in the end I didn't get anything, I feel wronged when I think about it." ”
"What's wrong, for us, as long as we can get rid of that timed zha bomb, it's a victory. By the way, how is the health of the Egyptian commissioners, and can they go to Monte Carlo to participate in the vote? ”
"The health is not optimistic, and the possibility of going to Monte Carlo is very small."
Yi Wanyi paused, and then said: "The same is true for the Bulgarian commissioner, his father-in-law is the former general secretary of the Bulgarian GCD, who is being investigated by the prosecution department, and the judicial department has ordered him to be restricted from leaving the country on several charges. ”
It was not easy to assist him in escaping Bulgaria, but it was not particularly difficult either.
The point is that once he left Bulgaria, he was a fugitive and not an IOC member. Many countries, including Morocco, will not hesitate to arrest him and extradite him back to Bulgaria for trial, and it is a dream to expect him to be present and vote for BJ.
The charter pondered for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "This news is not good, but it is not too bad either. At least he was elected by the IOC, and the Bulgarian government has no power to appoint or dismiss him, so we may have one less vote, and our competitors are unlikely to have one more vote because of this. ”
It is not the United States or Britain that is most disgusted with China now, but the former Eastern European countries that have just turned from socialism to capitalism. In other words, if a Bulgarian IOC member were to be re-elected, he would most likely vote for Berlin, and Berlin would vote for Sydney instead of BJ.
"That's what the strategy group thinks too." Yi Wanyi suddenly changed her words, looked at Xia Yao with a smile and asked, "Xia Yao, can you go to the ground in half a month?" ”
Xia Yao pointed to the next room, lowered his voice and muttered: "You two don't know, European women give birth, as long as they don't have a broken stomach, they can run around for a week at most, and they don't see any diseases, if it weren't for the fear of my mother and his mother nagging, I wouldn't be lying in bed all day." ”
"Now that I have an opportunity, I'm afraid that the work of the elderly will not be easy to do."
"What do you mean?"
Yi Wanyi glanced at the charter and explained, "A few new colleagues from the strategy team who just arrived think that if your family can appear in Monte Carlo at the same time, it will be very beneficial for BJ to win the right to host the event. ”
The charter reacted, and immediately blurted out: "Their idea is right, but no one wants to hit our attention, especially Qingqing." ”
Xia Yao was confused, and asked puzzledly: "Husband, what does this have to do with Qingqing?" ”
"They want to use our special family to give BJ extra points to make up for China's lack of inclusion and diversity, but our family is just an individual case and cannot represent China. More importantly, I don't want you all to live in the spotlight and be the target of journalists in the future. ”
Showing up with Qingqing, some people will praise it, and at the same time, some people will think that it is taking advantage of it.
Not only is it unfair to her daughter, but it will even cause the public to question her purpose for adopting her, Xia Yao pondered for a moment. shook his head again and again: "Sister Yi." The charter has done enough for the Olympic bid. We'll be back in Hong Kong in a few days and won't go to Monte Carlo with the delegation. ”
"Okay, I'll go down and talk to them later, let them die of this heart."
On September 14, the day after Xia Yao returned to Hong Kong with his son and daughter, Member He led a small number of people to Monte Carlo because he wanted to participate in the IOC Executive Committee on September 17.
At the same time, Minister Wu of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation led a large delegation of more than 100 people. He visited Europe and signed a contract, while Chairman Han of the Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries led a delegation to visit Italy and other countries and made a final effort for BJ's bid for the Olympic Games.
Two days later, I will depart on a charter flight with the BJ Olympic Bidding Committee delegation, and after a break of nearly a month, I will come to the conference center again to participate in the last group training before departure.
Vice Premier Li came, Secretary Chen came, Vice Mayor Yang, President Wu, Secretary General Wei and other vice chairmen of the "Olympic Bidding Committee" were all absent, and everyone was very excited and excited in the first conference hall. I can't wait to leave after the meeting.
Xu Xi'an didn't speak Mandarin very well, so he just stuffed the microphone into the charter. The training content is on the schedule, and this training course is even specially specified by the charter, so there is no need to look at the training outline temporarily.
In a burst of warm applause, he walked quickly to the podium, and while motioning to the staff to put the slides, he said solemnly: "Respected Vice Premier Li, respected Secretary Chen, Vice Mayor Yang, Director Wu and colleagues of the 'Olympic Bidding Committee', as shown on the curtain, today's training content is how to meet failure!"
Failure is frustrating, and sadness envelops each of us, but the soldier is out of the army, and before he wins, he will defeat first. No one can guarantee that they will be 100 percent successful, and it is very likely that there will be a situation in which 'the Olympic bid has not yet been successful, and comrades still need to work hard'; as members of the delegation, I believe that we must be mentally prepared for this and have this psychological quality. ”
In the past two years, the "Bidding Committee" has done a lot of work, and has almost overturned all the preparatory work of the "Olympic Bidding Committee" in the past two years.
In particular, with the popularity of the "Bidding Committee" Olympic Bidding Divine Comedy, with the global broadcast of tourism advertisements by the National Tourism Administration, with the successful holding of Michael Jackson's BJ concert, and with the "Bidding Assistance" activities held by Chinese groups from all over the world one after another, China's international image has undergone fundamental changes in the shortest possible time.
In this way, a questionnaire survey of sports professionals just conducted by more than a dozen public opinion organizations around the world commissioned by the strategy group still shows that BJ's chance of winning the right to host the 2000 Olympic Games is only 52.34%, which is not overwhelming.
Thinking that the dozen or so votes of the Commonwealth member states were far more reliable than the votes of the countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America, Vice Premier Li couldn't help but nod slightly.
"On September 23, viewers sitting in front of TV screens around the world waiting for the results of the vote will watch our every move. We should not smile so that people, especially our compatriots, mistakenly believe that the right to host the event has been obtained, nor should we show indifference and show any frustration at failure. In short, every smile and every move we make represents our country, our nation, and even if we fail, we must face this setback bravely with a smile. ”
Looking at the worried looks of the members of the delegation, the charter continued: "In accordance with the practice of the International Olympic Games, after the performance of the Olympic Ode and before the official announcement of the voting results, President Samaranch will stand on the podium in the center of the rostrum and thank the five bidding cities one by one. The order of thanks is in Latin alphabet, and BJ will be the first.
It is necessary to remind all colleagues who do not understand English, especially those sitting in the first row, not to mistake us for a win when they hear BJ, let alone applaud or wave the small national flag because of this. Only when Chairman Samaranch took out the envelope that decided the fate of the Olympic bid, opened it in public, took out the voting results, and heard BJ when he announced it.
If we hear that it is another bidding city, we should not only smile and face the failure, but also congratulate the members of the delegation who won the right to host the city......"
Vice Premier Li was full of emotion, holding Xu Xi'an, who was about to lead the "Bidding Committee" team back to Hong Kong tomorrow morning, and said with a sincere face: "Mr. Xu, no matter whether or not I can win the right to host the event this time, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to the 'Bidding Committee' and all the Hong Kong compatriots who have supported and helped BJ bid for the Olympic Games." ”
The most important thing Xu Xi'an did after taking over was to adjust the list of representatives of the business community again, which was no less than the announcement of the Olympic bid by the chairman of the country J as soon as the constitution came, which caused a lot of controversy not only within the 'Olympic Bidding Committee', but even in the middle Y.
Still, the above eventually accepted his opinion.
This made Xu Xi'an very moved, and thought that there was hope for the country, and clasped Vice Premier Li's hand and said: "This is what we should do, I wish you a smooth journey." ”
Vice Premier Li smiled and said with a pun: "Not only do I wish you a smooth journey, but I very much look forward to our cooperation again as soon as possible." ”
The premise of cooperation again is that the "Olympic Bidding Committee" has become the "Olympic Organizing Committee", Xu Xi'an reacted, nodded and smiled: "Vice Premier Li, I am personally looking forward to it, and I believe that all Hong Kong people will look forward to it like me." ”
Secretary Chen took over the conversation, pointed to the office area outside and said, "Mr. Xu, if you don't pick up the sign, the things here don't move, just wait for you to come back." ”
"Definitely, definitely."
Seeing that the charter was shaking hands with the volunteers who will return to Hong Kong tomorrow and taking a group photo, Xu Xi'an sighed: "It's a pity that Mr. Zhang has to go back to the laboratory to do research, otherwise I really hope to be able to cooperate with him again." ”
The Green Olympics and the Science and Technology Olympics are the two major themes of BJ's Olympic bid proposed by the "Bidding Committee".
As for the humanistic Olympics in later generations, it was ignored without hesitation by the charter, in his opinion, Chinese could not understand it, foreigners did not understand it, and they did not know how to explain it when they stated it to the members of the International Olympic Games.
The Green Olympics and Tech Olympics involve a range of advanced technologies, including smart buildings, including clean energy. In addition, it is also very forward-looking to make extensive use of the Internet and multimedia technology to make the 2000 Olympic Games more convenient, more accurate, more intelligent, and safer.
Intelligent release information, intelligent traffic management, and intelligent conference management; It is necessary to accurately report the time, geographical location and progress of the game in a very timely manner, so that people all over the world can check it in a timely manner; There are some high-tech security measures to be taken, and this is an issue that is very important at every Olympic Games.
As the top research institution in the field of technology application in Hong Kong and even in China, NB Lab must participate in all aspects, not to mention that it is the founder and largest funder of NB Lab who proposes these high-tech concepts.
Vice Premier Li and Secretary Chen glanced at each other and said with a meaningful smile: "The Green Olympics and the Science and Technology Olympics both require the participation of NB Laboratories. (To be continued......)
PS: The keyword review is a bit strict.,Yesterday I didn't pass three chapters in a row.,Directly led to the break.,Here, I beg your forgiveness!