Chapter Eighty-Nine: The bloodline can't be changed, and it doesn't need to be changed!
The 200-square-meter press conference hall was overcrowded, countless long guns and short guns had already been set up, and reporters were whispering. The two staff members carefully placed the two beast heads on a tall table on the right side of the podium, and on the table was a piece of red brocade. The flashing lights began to flicker, especially with excitement on the faces of media reporters from China.
Soon after, Wang Ning, Tang Jue, Alice and others walked into the venue, and the reporters began to applaud. Tang Jue's heart felt particularly satisfied, as if there was a force surging from the bottom of his heart, this was a new force that he had never experienced.
Wang Ning walked directly to the podium, and Tang Jue and the others sat in the first row of seats under the podium.
Wang Ning showed a professional smile on his face, looked at the reporters in the audience, nodded slightly to Tang Jue in the first row, and then said, "Today is a special day!" It's the day when a national treasure comes home! ”
He pointed to the bronze rat head and rabbit head on the left side and said: "These two beast heads sprayed water in the Old Summer Palace more than a hundred years ago, and suddenly one day, they were violently snatched away, and then they have been drifting outside. For more than 100 years, they have been drifting outside. ”
Wang Ning looked at the reporters in the audience and said loudly: "There has always been no shortage of patriots in China, whether they are domestic or foreign, they have been seeking to bring home the national treasures scattered overseas!" ”
Turning his head to look at Tang Jue, Wang Ning said with a smile: "Mr. Tang Jue is an overseas Chinese with a patriotic heart, and Mr. Tang Jue spent a great price to get these two beast heads." Now he's going to get them home! It's a great act of righteousness, for that. I personally have a high respect for him! ”
The Chinese media reporters in the audience applauded first, and then the audience applauded.
Wang Ning said later: "Today we are holding a donation ceremony for rat heads and rabbit heads here, the purpose of which is to let all Chinese at home and abroad know that two more national treasures have returned!" ”
"Next, we invite the donor, Mr. Tang Jue, to speak!"
Amid applause, Wang Ning stepped off the stage. Alice shook Tang Jue's hand tightly and encouraged him not to be nervous. Tang Jue stood up and straightened his suit, and walked towards the podium with firm steps. He first bowed to the media reporters, and then to Wang Ning and others in the first row.
The reporters in the audience, especially those who had interviewed Tang Jue, felt very strange. Because when did Tang Jue ever be so grand? And when did you bow to reporters?
The influence that Tang Jue left on them. It's like a sharp sword. Sharp words that don't save face for anyone. It is surprising that he is not only dressed formally today, but also so polite.
In the reporter's surprised eyes, Tang Jue walked to the podium. Glanced out into the audience for a week. Tang Jue's voice trembled a little and said, "Thank you very much Mr. Wang Ning for this donation. Hold a ceremony! Thank you very much for your support! ”
Wang Ning took the lead in applauding, and Alice looked at Tang Jue with encouraging eyes. Looking at the encouragement in Alice's eyes, Tang Jue's heart calmed down slightly.
Tang Jue looked at the speech in his hand. He said into the microphone, "Today is a significant day for me. I did something very meaningful the other day, and in my opinion, it's the most meaningful thing I've done so far. ”
He pointed to the two beast heads on the left and said, "When I first saw them, I suddenly felt the bloodline being called. I was like I heard them crying, as if they were saying, 'We're going home!' ”
Tang Jue's eyes were a little red, and the speech in his hand was trembling slightly. Exhaling a long breath and trying to calm himself down, Tang Jue said in a deep voice: "At that moment, I seemed to have found my roots. I made up my mind that I had to let them go home! ”
Bei Qiang, who was sitting next to Alice, looked at Tang Jue in surprise, because the speech was not written like this. Tang Jue is now speaking off-script.
Tang Jue looked at Alice and said, "My girlfriend Alice is very supportive of me, and I thank her here!" ”
Alice smiled like a flower and nodded towards Tang Jue. Tang Jue continued: "What Mr. Wang Ning, Consul General, just said is very good, every Chinese at home and abroad has a patriotic heart in their hearts. So I am no exception, because I have the blood of the Chinese in my veins. ”
"I am not the first to donate a national treasure that has been left overseas, nor am I the last to do so. I think more Chinese will join this in the future, so that more cultural relics and national treasures that have been displaced overseas will return home! ”
"I wrote something on my blog the other day, and that was my state of mind at the time. A media reporter later asked me what that meant, and today I will tell you that it was these two beast heads that allowed me to find the home of my heart! ”
The reporters in the audience suddenly sounded Tang Jue's words on the blog, and many reporters showed surprise on their faces. A flash of joy flashed in the eyes of a few reporters with ulterior motives. The French media reporters looked at Tang Jue with some concern, and the reporters from China looked very excited.
Where did Tang Jue know that his words made a storm brewing in the audience!
Tang absolutely put the microphone and said: "That's all for my words, thank you again for all media friends!" ”
Tang Jue bowed to the media again, for him, today is a day of special significance, he has found the home of his heart. Next, the representative of the National Museum took the stage to speak, he praised Tang Jue's behavior and called on more entrepreneurs with financial strength to join in this act of saving the national treasure. Let more national treasures from abroad go home!
After the end, Tang Jue received the donation certificate from the representative of the National Museum, and Tang Jue held up the red certificate in his hand and smiled happily.
The last part of the donation ceremony was Tang Jue's acceptance of questions from the media, and a storm was coming!
The Xinhua reporter was given the right to ask the first question, and he took the microphone and said: "Mr. Tang Jue, as a Chinese, I personally thank you very much for your righteous deeds for the country and the Chinese people. I have a question for you, when you first got these two beast heads, didn't you have the idea to take them for yourself? You must know that every artwork in Ludao is unique, not to mention that these two beast heads belong to national treasure-level cultural relics. ”
Tang Jue smiled and said, "If it's other cultural relics, such as celebrity calligraphy and paintings, etc." I'll probably keep it around. ”。 His face suddenly became serious and said, "However, these two beast heads are different, and their loss is due to a history of humiliation. They must be returned to the hands of the state, the people, they are too heavy for me personally to bear their weight! ”
Not only Tang Je, but all the Chinese present knew what Tang Je meant, and their eye circles began to redden. Wang Ning applauded vigorously, and Bei Qiang cheered loudly!
The CCTV reporter took the microphone and said, "Mr. Tang Jue, as a French-Chinese. What you've achieved in football. Let the Chinese at home and abroad be very proud. Your success is the success of the Chinese people in the world. My question has nothing to do with today's donation, I want to ask you, if there is an opportunity. Will you help Chinese football? As we all know, China is now a big country in sports. But the results in football were not as good as they could be. ”
Tang Jue thought for a moment. Nodding his head and saying, "I will!" In the future, I will think about how to help Chinese football, football is the number one sport in the world, and I want to improve the football level of a country. It is a huge system project, which cannot be improved by one person or a few people, and requires the joint efforts of many people. ”
If it were someone else, you wouldn't need to think about it at all, and you could immediately blurt out: I will! Definitely!
But Tang Jue is a person who keeps his promises, and what he says must be done. So he has to think, and he has to think about the feasibility of this thing.
Later, Bai Yansong, a well-known commentator on CCTV, said: "Tang never said those words very simply like some people. His reflections show us sincerity. ”
Then the storm really came, and a British reporter took the microphone and said: "Mr. Tang Jie, I am not Chinese, so my feelings may not be as deep as yours." Donating your country's cultural relics is a very meaningful thing for everyone, and the same is true for you, right? ”
Tang Jue nodded, but he felt very strange, these words were weird, he had already expressed his attitude just now, why would this British reporter say this?
"So, that means you think of yourself as Chinese, right?" The British journalist continued. Tang Jue nodded, yes, what he has in his body is the blood of the Chinese, is there anything wrong with this?
As if the conspiracy had succeeded, the British reporter asked: "We all know that your current nationality is French, and the national team you represent is the French national team, but you say that you are a Chinese, how do you explain this?" How do you explain the French fans who have always supported you? ”
It was as if a bombshell exploded, and the people in the venue had a huge wave in their hearts!
Different from the huge waves in his heart, the people in the venue all looked at Tang Jue quietly!
Tang Jue really didn't expect such a situation to happen in the venue today, and he was stunned for a while. Wang Ning's eyes flashed with a sharp edge, Bei Qiang's hand trembled slightly, and he thought angrily in his heart: Damn, it's too ruthless! Holy shit, I'm going to kill you!
So he looked viciously at the British reporter, who had been dismantled by him if his eyes were a sword.
The French media reporters in the audience had very mixed feelings.
Alice suddenly rose from her seat, and she walked gracefully towards the podium. In the puzzled eyes of everyone, Alice walked to the podium, and she signaled to Tang Jue that she wanted to speak.
Tang Jue had a warm current in his heart, and he gave up his position to Alice. Alice's appearance relieved Tang Jue, and he really didn't think about how to deal with this sudden attack.
Alice smiled like a flower and said into the microphone: "Today is an important commemorative day for Don, he has done a very meaningful thing. From start to finish, I have supported him in doing so. Everyone's skin color and blood come from their parents, and they can't be changed, and they don't need to be changed.
Tang's parents were Chinese, and they later immigrated to France, so Tang was French. France is his nationality, so he can only play for the French team. However, the blood on his body, the color of his skin, let anyone know that he is a Chinese.
All the French fans know that Don is a descendant of immigrants, and they also know that he is from China, because that's where he was born. They support Don because he plays for France, he uses his skills to help France win time and time again, and French fans love him because he can help France win in the game, not because of his skin color, not because of his birth.
You can't mix the two! (To be continued......)
PS: Some book friends think that the composition of the beast's head plot is too heavy, I thought about it for a long time, but I didn't find the reason. The plot of the head of the beast is related to helping Chinese football later, so that he understands that helping Chinese football is his job. Patriotism can be expressed in other ways, and I think donating animal heads is one of them. So I'm still going to keep writing this plot to the end!