Washington is afraid of making a fool of himself, BJ wants to calm things down, and the charter does not want to have long nights and dreams, so that the "Galaxy incident" that is making a lot of noise in the international community ends with the US withdrawing the warship that tracks and surveillance, the Chinese side maintains a high degree of attention, and NB Electric continues to "self-examine and self-correct".

The Western media, who thought it would be a good show, were shocked, and just when they were about to dig deep into the "inside story", the White House held its first press conference on the "Galaxy incident", and the White House spokesman said that the previous accusations of the National Council were "based on trust in different intelligence sources", and praised NB Electric's positive attitude towards the incident.

There was no apology, but no more pointing the finger at China.

As for the results of NB Electric's "self-inspection", it will take at least a month to be announced, because the unpacking inspection must first obtain the understanding of the shipper and the consignee, as well as the cooperation of the government of the country where the port terminal is located.

Although peaceful development is the main law, the world is not peaceful.

The war in Bosnia and Herzegovina continues, the political confrontation between Russia has reached the point of fighting each other, the civil war between Georgia and Sierra Leone is intensifying, the situation in Somalia is worrying, and there are big things happening in this world almost every day, and there will be big news every day. It is conceivable that a month later, how many people will continue to pay attention to the "Galaxy Incident", a "small episode" that did not fire a single shot and only fought a war of words for about ten days.

However, this is only a façade, and the non-proliferation center and the CIA are still convinced of the intelligence, and more than a dozen agents do not dare to slack off even if they do not dare to slack off on the "galaxy" for fear that the crew will suddenly turn into "Hercules" one by one, and take advantage of their inattention to take out the prohibited chemicals that can be used to make chemical weapons from the mountains of containers and throw them into the sea.

Such a hot day. If they want to check, let them check it. For the current charter. It's the thing that really matters when you welcome a little life.

"Are you really wearing this?"

In the luxury suite on the twelfth floor of the Wuzhou Hotel, Zhang Lin, the second sister who hurried from Hong Kong last night, pointed to the T-shirt on his Olympic bid with an incredible expression.

The charter glanced down and smiled casually: "What's wrong with this body, it's not dirty." ”

"Do you want to figure it out, it's going to a press conference."

Xia Yao, who was talking to her mother-in-law who came from Nanbin's hometown, turned around and smiled: "Second sister." Leave it alone, he's used to it. ”

The last time he was officially interviewed by reporters was in Washington, D.C., last year, mainly to deal with the "oolong incident" caused by the Cox Committee. The press conference held on the first floor of the International Conference Center is to hand over the work of the "Bidding Committee" in BJ, so as to free up time to accompany Xia Yao, who will enter the delivery room in two days.

The charter sat on the sofa and said with a smile: "For the press conference held for the Olympic bid, of course, you must wear a T-shirt for the Olympic bid." Second sister, if you don't believe us, let's make a bet, Director Xu must be like me, and he will never be in a suit and leather shoes like you imagined. ”

The Hong Kong Jockey Club is recognised as a gathering place for elites who are "contributing, committed and upright". Mr. Xu Xi'an, who was interviewed by the media with the charter half an hour later, can be called the elite of the elite. It's a household name in Hong Kong.

He is not only a member of the Court of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, an Honorary Lecturer of the Department of Professional Legal Studies of the University of Hong Kong, Co-Chairman of the International Advisory Board of the Faculty of Law of the City University of Hong Kong, and an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Hong Kong Long Group. He became a member of the Club in 1973, was elected as an Election Member in '83 and has been a Fellow of The Hong Kong Jockey Club since '86.

Compared with the charter, Mr. Xu Xi'an, who is also the vice chairman of the "Bidding Committee", is more professional.

He loves horse racing, loves competitive sports, and is still the number two man in the Jockey Club. He will take over the work in preparation for BJ's bid to host the 2000 Olympic Games, when the "Bid Committee" will be included in the BJ Organising Committee for the Olympic Games, which will be responsible for the future equestrian events in Hong Kong.

Thinking of the Jockey Club boss who was extremely invested in the Olympic bid, Zhang Lin said with a smile: "With Director Xu personally going out, the funds for the 'Bid Committee' will be more abundant, and the Jockey Club will have money anyway." ”

"They all have budgets, and every expenditure has to be announced, how can it be as simple as you think?"

The charter glanced sideways at the painting that Xiao Zhang Qing drew on the coffee table, and said with emotion: "Everything is difficult at the beginning, and our work is over." Starting tomorrow, the company's colleagues will be withdrawn one after another, until all the work here is handed over to the Hong Kong Jockey Club and Hong Kong sports groups. After winning the right to host the event, the NB Lab will contact the Organizing Committee. ”

When eating with Lin Huixian and Yi Wanyi, I found that they had lost at least ten pounds, which shows how hard they have worked in the past month.

Zhang Lin sat next to Xia Yao and her mother Wu Xiulan, and asked softly: "San'er, I heard the staff of the 'Olympic Bidding Committee' eating in the restaurant say that you have done everything they have done for a year, is it true?" ”

"How can it be so exaggerated, although it seems that it is all overturned, but if there is no preparation for the previous two years, there are not so many ready-made materials, and there is no strong support from the city and even the central government, even if we have three heads and six arms, it is useless."

"yes!"

Xia Yao took over the conversation and echoed thoughtfully: "I don't know anything else, I just know that the city is responsive to the implementation team." I was going to the Summer Palace to shoot a promotional video, and the city immediately notified the park management office to clear the scene. If aerial photography is required here, the city will try to contact the military to send helicopters, which is the real power of the whole country. ”

Wu Xiulan felt very proud of her son's bid for the Olympic Games, and at the same time she was very worried, and couldn't help reminding: "San'er, such a big matter is led by you, it is the trust of the head of the Central Y and the city leaders in you, and the whole country is so supportive, if you really lose to a foreign city and disappoint the people of the whole country, then you will become a sinner for the ages!" ”

Zhang Lin took out an English magazine from her bag, pointed to the poster on the cover, and said: "Mom, don't worry, you don't want to think about it, I'm not sure that San'er can nod?" Now BJ's Olympic bid is overwhelming, and magazines like this can be seen on international flights. The theme song I played for you just now for the Olympic bid has been on the pop music charts of various European and American countries in less than six days, plus travel advertisements and the Michael Jackson concert that will be broadcast live around the world tomorrow night. Now everyone knows BJ. Everyone knows BJ's bid for the Olympics. ”

A combination that cost more than $80 million was punched out. BJ's limelight suddenly overwhelmed Sydney, which had the highest voice before.

In particular, several major tourism companies under the National Tourism Administration have advertised on major TV stations around the world not only to promote BJ's bid for the Olympic Games, but also to promote China. Some political commentators in Western countries even see this as a positive signal sent by the Chinese government to the international community to show its openness.

The Central Committee is very satisfied, let alone the Olympic Bidding Committee, otherwise it would not have agreed at this last moment that he would hand over his work to Xu Xi'an, who had just arrived from Hong Kong.

Anything is possible in this world. The charter did not dare to be blindly optimistic, and immediately shook his head and said: "Until the last moment, no one is 100% sure." Details determine success or failure, and in the next month, there must be no mistakes, otherwise it will be too late to recover. ”

As soon as his words fell, Yi Wanyi, who was supposed to work in the fourth conference hall, rushed over with a stack of documents, and didn't even bother to say hello to Wu Xiulan, Xia Yao, and Zhang Lin, so she leaned into his ear and whispered a few words.

Afraid of what comes. The charter chuckled in his heart, and got up and walked with her out the door. Bian asked eagerly: "When Vice Mayor Zhang was interviewed, were our people not there?" ”

"Yes, but he came as soon as he opened his mouth, and it was too late to remind him."

"Is there any footage?"

Yi Wanyi pressed the elevator and said happily: "Yes, Group C was going to shoot the location, but the car broke down, and I saw Australian reporters in the lobby surrounding Vice Mayor Zhang, who had just come downstairs, so I joined in the fun." ”

This incident happened more than 10 minutes ago, and if it is not handled carelessly, it will affect the entire work of bidding for the Olympic Games, and if it is not done well, it will lose the right to host the Olympic Games. What's more, this incident has also happened in later generations, even the protagonist.

Realizing the seriousness of the problem, he raised his arm and glanced at the time, and resolutely said: "Sister-in-law, I'll go downstairs to hold a press conference first, you immediately report this situation to the strategy team, and let the news team edit it, how to take it out of context, and start the emergency procedure at the same time." ”

Once the emergency procedures are initiated, it means that the honorary chairman, chairman, secretary-general, chairman, and vice chairman of the "Olympic Bidding Committee" must immediately put down the work at hand and go to conference room 303 to hold an emergency meeting.

Vice Premier Li had to attend the meeting, which was not a trivial matter, thinking that the emergency procedures had not been activated when the "Galaxy Incident" occurred, Yi Wanyi couldn't help but remind: "Zhang Gong, my colleagues in the news team are only thinking about the worst, and ABC's reputation has always been very good, is it too reckless for us to do this?" ”

Chartering walked into the elevator, stared into her eyes and asked, "Sister-in-law, if you were the president of ABC and you really wanted Sydney to win, what would you do?" ”

Yi Wanyi muttered: "I will edit the tape and find a small TV station to broadcast it first, and then broadcast it in a big way." ”

"How could they not have thought of it?"

The charter pointed to the interview record in her hand, and continued: "In addition, this question is too tempting, not to mention that a senior journalist like you, even those politicians in Western countries who are elected by canvassing for votes, know that this is a trap when you hear it." Vice Mayor Zhang has no experience in this area, and may even take Mark Twain's "Running for Governor" as a joke, so he deceives one by one. ”

How could Yi Wanyi not know how much impact this incident might have on the Olympic bid, and nodded again and again: "Okay, I'll notify Director Song to start the emergency procedure." ”

When I met Mr. Xu Xi'an in the third conference hall and took the escalator to the media center on the first floor, the venue was already full of reporters from major Chinese and foreign media.

Since the establishment of the press center, it has always been the position of the news and propaganda department of the "Olympic Bidding Committee", and regular press conferences are held every Monday, and they will be held from time to time when important situations are encountered, such as announcing the constitution the morning before yesterday, and this ambassador of the Olympic bid will be responsible for scientific and technological statements after going to Morocco. The cultural presentation that was previously arranged for him was handled by Chen Lan, another ambassador for the Olympic bid.

Hong Kong is the home of the "Bidding Committee," and all the news about the "Bidding Committee" has been released in Hong Kong, and it is the first time that the "Bidding Committee" has played the leading role in the news center as it did today.

The host smiled at the two of them, then turned around and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming to our press conference, before the official start of the press conference. Allow me to introduce to you Mr. Charter Charter, the ambassador of the BJ Bid Committee for the 2000 Olympic Games, the member of the Hong Kong Committee for Supporting and Facilitating BJ's Olympic Bid, and the Senior Researcher of the Hong Kong NB Laboratory. ”

In a round of applause and the sound of "click-click" photography. The charter gracefully walked onto the press stage. first shook hands with the host, and then bowed slightly to the reporters in the audience very politely.

The moderator leaned into the microphone and continued: "Allow me to introduce to you the honour of Mr. Xu Xi'an, Director of the Hong Kong Jockey Club and Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Committee for Supporting and Assisting BJ's Olympic Bid. ”

The reporters from Hong Kong were all too familiar with Xu Xi'an, and there was another burst of long-lasting applause in the venue.

"As all of you Hong Kong journalists know, my wife's due date is just a few days away, and as a husband who loves his wife deeply, I have to be by her side all the time. Here, allow me to express my heartfelt thanks to all the colleagues of the Hong Kong Bidding Committee. Not only did they understand my decision very well, but they even invited Mr. Xu, who has a lot of experience in public relations, to come and ......."

After the charter announced the personnel changes of the BJ team of the "Bidding Committee", Xu Xi'an expressed his position on behalf of the "Bidding Committee", and the press conference entered the question session.

"I think it's very difficult for Hong Kong to have the opportunity to host the Olympics on its own, and the BJ Olympics is not the job of BJ alone, but the whole of China, and it is not only an honour for Hong Kong to be able to undertake some of the events, but also for Hong Kong. Because by hosting equestrian competitions. It can make people around the world remember Hong Kong for the next ten or twenty years, and it can also enhance the popularity of the Hong Kong Jockey Club. ”

In order to allow Xu Xi'an to carry out his work better. The charter pushed the question to him to answer as much as possible, and the Jockey Club boss did not disappoint the charter, talking eloquently in the face of Chinese and foreign reporters, with a Taiwanese Mandarin and English, without stage fright at all.

When the British reporter mentioned that Mr. D had promised that after Hong Kong's return to the motherland, "the horses would run and dance", he immediately smiled and said that now he had to add a sentence of "betting on the waves." He said that the phrase of Elder D is to implement the one-country L system, but the one-country L system is "so complicated," and the phrase "horses run and dance and dance" makes ordinary Hong Kong people know it when they hear it, and clearly expresses the attitude of the leaders.

Whether it is the issue of the Olympic bid or a sensitive political issue, Xu Xi'an answered impeccably. And the reporters didn't want to miss this opportunity to interview the charter, and after asking Xu Xi'an, they focused all the fingers on him.

"I know as much as you know about what happened to the NB Shipping Vessel Galaxy. As for whether it will have an impact on the Olympic bid, I think there will definitely be an impact, but how much and how serious it is, then we have to ask the staff of the 'Olympic Bidding Committee', because our 'Auxiliary Bidding Committee' is only to assist, and the 'Olympic Bidding Committee' is the main body of the Olympic bid, and I believe they will have an objective assessment of this. ”

"Mr. Zhang, I'm CNN reporter Lewis, what do you think about China's reform and opening up and the changes in Eastern European countries? Is it related to your acceptance of the invitation of the BJ Olympic Bid Committee to serve as BJ's ambassador for the Olympic bid and assist BJ in its bid for the Olympic Games? ”

This question may seem mundane on the surface, but in fact it is acute.

The charter could not say that China's gradual reform was superior to Eastern European shock therapy, much less inferior, so he replied in a muddy manner: "Mr. Lewis, this is like two cars in question, one has been gradually repaired, the oil has been changed, the paint has been painted, the car has run faster, and it looks much better than before; The other car was completely repaired, dismantled eight pieces, the engine was replaced, and the car had to be temporarily parked on the side of the road.

In my opinion, whether gradual or shock, is only a means of change. Evaluate not only the means, but also the results. It takes time, and the population, land, and economic base are very different, so it can be said that the two cars are driving on completely different tracks, so it is difficult for me to determine which car will eventually run ahead of China or Eastern Europe. ”

Looking at the thoughtful looks of the reporters, the charter continued: "As for why I accepted the invitation of the BJ 'Olympic Bidding Committee', Mr. Xu has already answered for me just now. As a Hong Kong citizen and a researcher of the Hong Kong NB Laboratory, I have the obligation and responsibility to make due contributions to the development of Hong Kong. ”

It sounds like it makes sense, but when you think about it, you find that he didn't say anything.

A British reporter didn't want to let him go like that, so he raised his head and asked: "Mr. Zhang, I am a reporter from The Times, and on the issue of the 'Galaxy incident', I have noticed that many BJ citizens are very dissatisfied with the US government, thinking that the United States is always looking for trouble with China and always has trouble with China. ”

This question will also be asked by people after the Olympic bid delegation goes to Morocco, and if it is not answered now, it will be answered in the future, and it will not be able to get around it at all.

"First of all, the United States is a strong, rich, stable, and people who can live and work in peace and contentment, and all of this has a lot to do with its political system, in addition to its unique geographical location.

If the system and political philosophy are different, they feel that they have a responsibility to help change, which may be why the United States does not interfere much with Western countries, but often interferes with countries that do not have the same system, such as the former Soviet Union, the former socialist camp in Eastern Europe, China, and some Gulf states. ”

This question was too sensitive, and several staff members of the News and Propaganda Department of the "Olympic Bidding Committee" who were listening in the hall really broke out in a cold sweat for him.

How can the charter be so easy to be fooled, and suddenly the conversation changed: "On this issue, the United States is like a dedicated insurance salesman, whether you want it or not, whether you want it or not, always with his incorruptible tongue, persistently peddle his insurance policy to you, until you accept his things, the matter is over." ”

It's a very vivid metaphor that everyone, including American journalists, can't help but laugh.

In the sales process, this dedicated insurance salesman made another mistake, forgetting that traditional Chinese culture cannot be difficult to force, he does not understand Chinese culture, but stubbornly makes it difficult to force people. At the same time, the late Mr. M had the practice of being a world leader, and since this is the case, it is not easy for the Chinese to be willing to obey others, so this contradiction will arise, and it is deeply rooted and difficult to reconcile in a short time. ”

After the reporters had finished their records, the charter continued: "A few days ago, the respected King of Saudi Arabia entrusted the Saudi Ambassador to China, Mr. Yahaiwen, to present me with a King's Medal in recognition of my contribution to the scientific and cultural exchanges between Saudi Arabia and China.

I have a lot of American friends, and a computer research center set up by our lab in Silicon Valley has more than a dozen partners, including the Department of Physics at Stanford University and the Department of Physics at the University of California, Berkeley, and even had the honor of receiving a U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom, so I am happy to contribute to the scientific and cultural exchanges between China and the United States.

I'm going to tell the salesman that the Chinese don't necessarily need his insurance policy, or give some constructive advice on his marketing style; At the same time, I would also like to tell our Chinese friends that although the salesman is difficult to deal with, and the sales methods are even a little unacceptable, his intentions are good, you can buy it or not, but don't cause too much unpleasantness because of it. (To be continued......)