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The news of Chen Qiang's fifth gold medal appeared in the newspapers.

For Chinese, the number "5" is obviously much more auspicious than the number "4". And in Chinese culture, people also like to put many things together into a "five". For example, the five elements, the five grains, the five flavors, the five mountains, the five meridians, the five senses, the five organs, and so on.

Therefore, Chen Qiang's fifth gold medal looks like a phased achievement, at least making Mr. Feng Shui and obsessive-compulsive patients feel a lot more comfortable in their hearts.

For five days in a row, they can win gold medals every day and break world records every day, and many Chinese people are a little numb to this, and the excitement in their hearts is far less than a few days ago. Although the abalone cucumber wing belly is delicious, if you eat it every day, you will get tired of eating it.

But the title of "the world's No. 1 athlete" has made many Chinese feel uplifted.

At that time, China had been weak for a long time, and its politics, economy, military, science and technology, culture, and art were beaten by foreign powers in almost any field.

Now, in the field of sports, China finally has a person who can do it, and finally has a person who can compete with the great powers, and can also win! How can this not make people feel proud of their eyebrows!

The title of "the world's first" is both familiar and unfamiliar to Chinese. China used to be the kingdom of the Celestial Empire, and the Chinese naturally felt that Lao Tzu was the first in the world! However, the foreigners relied on the strength of the ship and imposed a hundred years of humiliation on China's head, and since then, the so-called "No. 1 in the world" has become a joke of self-obscenity!

Now, China has gained another "world first", although it is a sports field that the vast majority of Chinese are not familiar with, but it is a shot in the arm, which can allow those with low self-esteem to regain some self-confidence, and can give those who kneel a little courage to let them try to stand up!

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A few hours later, the news that Chen Qiang won his fifth Olympic gold medal also reached Europe, and at the same time, he also arrived in Europe with the title of "the world's No. 1 athlete".

After all, Europe is the birthplace of the modern Olympic Games, and although the Olympic Games were held in the United States, the media of various European countries still paid close attention to the Olympic Games, and newspapers devoted a lot of space every day to the situation of the Los Angeles Olympic Games.

A few days ago, the European media reported the news of Chen Qiang's championship, but it did not cause much sensation, after all, European countries still focus on reporting the achievements of their own athletes, and for other competitions, it would be good to mention one or two sentences by the way.

But as Chen Qiang continued to win gold medals and break world records, European media reports on Chen Qiang became more and more.

The influence of athletics is already relatively large, not to mention that world records can never be ignored. Chen Qiang won the world record, and naturally there will be newspaper reports.

In four days, Chen Qiang gradually attracted the attention of Europeans, and Europeans also knew that the Chinese participated in the Olympic Games and achieved very good results.

On the fourth day, Chen Qiang broke the world record in the triple jump, which has already caused some minor sensations in Europe. Four track and field gold medals and four world records are already the best results achieved by an athletics athlete in the history of the Olympic Games.

On the fifth day, the fifth gold medal and the fifth world record arrived, adding fuel to the fire, shocking Europeans who follow the Olympics.

What's more, the title of "the world's No. 1 athlete" is like igniting a dynamite keg, which instantly attracts the attention of Europeans, even Europeans who have not paid attention to the Los Angeles Olympics, when they hear the title of "world's No. 1 athlete", people can't help but want to know how brilliant Chen Qiang's performance in the Olympics is.

In any field, the title of "world first" is the most eye-catching, not to mention that this time the "world number one athlete" is still a Chinese!

If this "world's No. 1 athlete" is an American, British, French or German, it may not attract the attention and heated discussion of Europe, and Europe will even take it for granted, probably as if the Chinese team won the table tennis championship, no one will think it is a new thing, and it is enough to glance at it as a news headline and understand it a little.

But the "world's No. 1 athlete" is a Chinese, which instantly attracted the attention of the whole Europe, and many Europeans are trying to understand what this Chinese athlete is.

For hundreds of years, Europe has always regarded itself as the core of the world, and in various fields, Europe has always advertised itself as the most advanced in the world, and it is the leader of the world. However, the world's first person in the field of sports is a Chinese, which suddenly surprised Europeans.

In the minds of Europeans, China is a poor and backward place, and since it is backward, it is backward in all aspects, not only political, military, economic, and scientific and technological, but also backward in Chinese culture, Chinese art, and Chinese sports, and everything in China is backward.

Therefore, traditional Chinese medicine is regarded by Europeans as witchcraft before the Middle Ages, traditional national art is regarded by Europeans as a playful juggling, and even the Chinese language, which has been inherited for thousands of years, is also regarded as an ignorant and backward existence, and there are also scholars who advocate the abolition of Chinese characters during the Republic of China.

However, one day, Europeans discovered that China was not backward in some places, and that China could even achieve the world's first achievements in some fields, which instantly broke their perception and made them feel unbelievable.

After all, the Olympics were not held in Europe, so Europeans did not witness the competition, and in the face of the title of "the world's number one athlete", some people were surprised, some people questioned, and some people said that it was a lie made up by newspapers! How can the Chinese become "the first in the world"!

Even in 2019, China's high-speed rail has been running at a speed of 350 kilometers per hour for many years, and many people in Europe will still say that it is just Chinese propaganda, and those tens of thousands of kilometers of high-speed rail are fake!

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In a villa on the banks of the River Thames, Harry Beale was lying in a rocking chair, looking at the newspaper in his hand, but the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, and a mocking smile appeared on his face.

"Is the world's No. 1 athlete a Chinese? April Fool's joke? Harry Beale said to himself.

"This kind of sensationalism is to deceive people who have not been to China. In the future, it is better to buy less of this kind of small newspaper, the content on it is not credible at all. ”

Harry Beale was a businessman who had been to China many times, and it was in China that he did business more than thirty years ago. Now Harry Beale has retired and is enjoying life.

In Harry Beal's impression, the Chinese are all yellow-muscled, there are many people who smoke opium, and those people have nothing to do with being strong, let alone being an athlete, afraid that the wind will be blown down if the wind is slightly stronger. Harry Beale even felt that Chinese did not deserve to be athletes at all, which would tarnish the profession of athletes.

So when the newspaper appeared that the Chinese were the world's No. 1 athletes, Harry Beale refused to believe it at all, but felt that the newspaper deliberately fabricated the news in order to increase sales.

Harry Beale picked up another newspaper, and the sports section of this newspaper was also introducing the content of the Olympic Games, and it was also saying that the "world's No. 1 athlete" was a Chinese!

Harry Beale frowned slightly, he was a little shaken in his judgment, because this newspaper is quite famous in the UK, and it should not be fabricated fake news.

Then Harry Beale picked up another copy of The Times.

The sports section of the "Times" has a detailed report on Chen Qiang, and it even lists in detail the order and results of Chen Qiang's five gold medals.

"Five gold medals, five world records, it's all true! A Chinese has really become the world's number one athlete? Harry Beale gasped.

The Times is the top newspaper in Britain, with a history of hundreds of years, and it is absolutely impossible for such an old newspaper to publish some nonsense.

Harry Beale put down the Times in his hand and fell into the memory.

When he was young, he loved literature and once aspired to become a writer like Shakespeare, but eventually he still embarked on the path of a businessman, but he did not give up literary creation, and when he had time, he always couldn't help but write something, and then try to submit articles to newspapers and magazines.

More than 30 years ago, when he was doing business in China, he lived for a long time in Shanghai, when he became a contributor to an English-language newspaper. The newspaper, Zilinxi Bao, was founded by the British in Shanghai and read by foreign diplomats, missionaries and businessmen in China.

Harry Beale vaguely remembers writing an article in 1986 in which he used a word to describe the Chinese: "Sick man of East Asia," a word he adapted from "Sick man of Europe."

What Harry Beale didn't expect was that the "Sick man of East Asia" he created would later become a common word used in other countries to describe Chinese, and the words translated into Chinese are "the sick man of East Asia"!

At this moment, Harry Beale suddenly felt that the newspaper in his hand was a little hot, and the words "world No. 1 athlete" in the newspaper were more like a refutation of the term "Sick man of East Asia" that he coined back then, which made him feel a little ashamed.

"Yes, the world's No. 1 athlete is a Chinese, and they are no longer the sick man of East Asia!"

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Los Angeles, USA, after Chen Qiang had breakfast, he took a newspaper and read the latest reports about the Los Angeles Olympics.

"The number one athlete in the world? This name is much better than 'Hardware Man'. Chen Qiang smiled slightly and continued to read the newspaper reports about himself.

Most of the content of the sports section of this newspaper is to introduce Chen Qiang, detailing his achievements in the Los Angeles Olympics, and then making Chen Qiang the "world's No. 1 athlete".

Chen Qiangzhi doesn't think this is a killing, with his achievements, he is indeed worthy of the title of "world No. 1 athlete", after all, in history, no athlete has ever been able to win five gold medals in one Olympic Games and break five world records at the same time.

Closing the newspaper, Chen Qiang sighed, although he is now regarded as the "world's No. 1 athlete", China is still poor and backward, bullied by the great powers, lost power and humiliated the country. And most Chinese are still hungry and living a precarious life.

"How I wish time passed sooner, and by 1949, the Chinese would really stand up!"

Chen Qiang shook his head slightly, and said to himself: "I have done everything I can do, at least I have taken off the hat of 'East Asian sick man' for the Chinese, if there are foreigners in the future who say that you Chinese are the sick man of East Asia, then we can refute that the world's number one athlete is Chinese!" ”

Chen Qiang thinks that this is a very magical logic, if you want to prove that something is the truth, then all the circumstances must be in accordance with it to be able to prove that it is the truth. And if you want to overturn a truth, you just need to find an exception that doesn't match.

For example, if someone says that Chinese basketball is terrible, we can tell him that Chairman Yao was the No. 1 center in the NBA back then, which is the most favorable rebuttal.

Another example is that someone says that Chinese track and field is terrible, and at this time we can tell him that Liu Xiang used to be the world record holder in the 110-meter hurdles. Although this is only the glory of the past, it can at least prove that China's track and field still has a place.

Or someone says that Chinese football is terrible, and then we can tell him that you are right!

Thinking of Chinese football, Chen Qiang suddenly had a bold idea.

"I remember that football in this era is still on five forwards and three defenders, will this formation be blown up when it encounters a 442 or 433 formation?"

Chen Qiang was thinking blindly, when there was a knock on the door, Chen Qiang opened the door, and saw Song Junfu standing outside the door.

There was a trace of sadness between Song Junfu's eyebrows, and when he saw Chen Qiang, he immediately said, "Chen Qiang, we have encountered some trouble. ”

Chen Qiang invited Song Junfu into the room, poured a glass of water for Song Junfu, and then asked, "What trouble did you encounter?" ”

"I went to inquire about the return ticket yesterday, and today the steamship company called me back, and the fare has increased a lot!" Song Junfu replied.

"How much has it gone up?" Chen Qiang asked subconsciously.

"The price of a second-class ticket has increased by three-quarters!" Song Junfu replied.

"Why has it gone up so much? I thought that the ticket back would be at most a third more expensive than when we came! Chen Qiang said.

Although the distance from China to the United States and from the United States to China is the same, the price of the ferry ticket is different. After all, the United States is a developed country, and it is natural that the same thing should be sold at a higher price.

Even in later generations, the ticket price of United Airlines from New York to Beijing is much more expensive and cheaper than the ticket price from Beijing to New York, and sometimes the price difference will even be doubled, which means that from New York to Beijing, it will cost twice as much money as Beijing to New York. In this regard, Chinese airlines are much better, whether it is Beijing to New York or New York to Beijing, the fluctuation of fares is not very large, they are all the same expensive and expensive!

I only heard Song Junfu speak: "The price of the ticket from the United States back to China is more expensive than when we came, but it shouldn't be so expensive. So I made a special inquiry, and the steamship company said that it was because of the economic recession in the United States, many coal mines have closed, so the price of coal has risen sharply, and the operating costs of the steamship company have also risen sharply, and the price of ferry tickets has also increased. This is still second class, and I heard that if you are in first class, the price will more than double! However, those who can live in first class are rich people, and they don't care about price increases. ”

1932 was the worst year of the Great Depression in the United States, and many factories and enterprises closed down, which led to a huge reduction in electricity and coal consumption in the United States, which caused a large number of coal mines to close down or stop mining, and the result was a sharp rise in coal prices!

Many people may think that the business is not good, the things cannot be sold, and the price should be reduced and promoted, how can it lead to a sharp increase in the price of the product?

In fact, the reality of the Great Depression in the United States was that the market was flooded with a large number of unsellable goods, which ordinary Americans could not afford. Producers would rather sell goods that are unsalable than sell them at a reduced price. When the sales of commodities decreased, the capitalists chose to raise the prices of commodities in order to protect their profits.

This kind of thing is also very common nowadays, for example, those companies that produce cars, when the sales of their cars decline, the first way they think of responding is not to sell a few more cars at a reduced price, but to lay off employees and reduce thousands of employees to reduce the burden on the company.

As for the cars that have already been produced, they are put there and sold slowly. Now go to those websites that introduce cars, many models from four or five years ago are still on sale, and the price has not dropped much. Some models of the 2019 model are tens of thousands of dollars cheaper than the 2017 model!

This was generally the case in the United States during the Great Depression, where companies were laying off workers and there were unemployed people everywhere, but prices were getting higher and higher, and the more people couldn't afford to buy things, the more expensive things were to sell.

Therefore, the price of coal is expensive, the price of the ticket is also expensive, there are fewer people on the boat, the ticket will increase the price, the price of coal is more than 1 US dollar, and the steamship company dares to raise the price by 2 US dollars.

At this time, Chen Qiang finally understood why Liu Changchun in history came to participate in the Olympic Games, but in the end he couldn't afford a ticket to return to China, and he had to rely on the funding of local overseas Chinese groups to return to China.

Liu Changchun didn't bring enough money, but was pitted by the Great Depression in the United States!

In order to participate in this Olympic Games, Chen Qiang prepared 6,000 oceans, and his money was relatively sufficient. So Chen Qiang stood up, took out a wad of dollars from the safe in the room, and handed it to Song Junfu.

"Coach Song, you take the money, and buy the tickets for you and Liu Changchun first. Otherwise, after a few days, the price of the ferry ticket will increase again! Chen Qiang said.

"Xiao Chen, what do you mean by this, I'm here to tell you about this, not to ask you for money, I just want to see how much money you still lack, I have a good number in my heart." Song Junfu paused in his voice, and then said: "I plan to ask for help from the overseas Chinese in Los Angeles and ask them to fund some, which should be able to make up the money for our ferry ticket back to China!" ”

"It's okay, Coach Song, you and Liu Changchun go back first, and I'm not in a hurry to return to China for the time being." Chen Qiang said.

"Not going back to China? Are you going to stay in the United States? Song Junfu asked with a serious face, he seemed to be worried that Chen Qiang would stay.

"How can I stay in the United States, I am Chinese, naturally I want to go back to China, but I don't have to pay for my return to China." Chen Qiang replied with a smile.

"You don't have to pay for it yourself? Are Americans willing to buy you a ticket for the return trip? I haven't heard of the Olympic champion still having this treatment, and the travel expenses back are covered! Song Junfu asked in surprise.

"Of course, I paid for the ferry ticket to go back, and I let Nanjing pay for it!" Chen Qiang smiled weirdly, and then said: "I'm coming to participate in the Olympics, Nanjing didn't pay a penny, this time I want to go back, they have to bleed!" ”

Song Junfu hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Chen Qiang, don't think about things too simply, I know those bureaucrats in Nanjing, fighting for power and profit, looting the people's fat and people's cream, they are good, let them take money out of their pockets, it is difficult to climb to the sky!" Since they weren't willing to pay when you came to the United States, now that you want to go back, they may not be willing to pay! ”

"So when you go back with Liu Changchun, you have to do me a favor, and you tell the media that the Chinese Olympic champion has no money to buy a ticket back to China, and is stranded in the United States to wash dishes! I think for the sake of face, Nanjing has to send someone to take me back! Chen Qiang said.

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