Fast forward to May.

In the offices of the Charles Club.

Liangkun was reading the newspaper, turned to the international edition, and saw a news that was not big or small:

The National Olympic Committee of the USSR announced that the USSR would not send a delegation to the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The reason for this, the Soviet Committee explained, was the anticipation of anti-Soviet protests in Los Angeles, which had been indulged by the United States. "There are people in the United States who are stirring up chauvinistic sentiments and anti-Soviet hysteria," the Soviet Committee said. Other countries of the Soviet bloc, including Cuba and Vietnam, are expected to participate in the boycott. Previously, the United States and 59 other countries boycotted the Moscow Olympics in 1980 in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

The Los Angeles Olympics are just around the corner!

Liangkun was very remorseful and almost forgot about it, this year is the first time that New China has participated in the Olympic Games.

The world powers are suspicious of an ancient power that has developed independently and emerged from a century of humiliation. The delay in participating in various world activities has made New China a veil of mystery. The 1984 Olympic Games, as the largest world event in peacetime, where people from all over the world exchanged understandings and enhanced friendship, and there should not be a country with a population of more than one billion people in any way. After the reform and opening up, China has gradually gone global, and the time has finally come for Chinese athletes to make a large-scale appearance in the Olympics. After the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, it entered a honeymoon period. The Chinese mainland delegation participated in the Olympic Games for the first time, not only achieving a "breakthrough of zero", but also winning 15 gold, 8 silver and 9 bronze medals in one fell swoop, ranking fourth in the medal table.

Liangkun wanted to do something for New China's first appearance in the Olympic Games.

Liangkun called Guangzhou and called Kang Qizong: "Cuttlefish Sect, I'm Uncle Kun, do you know that China is about to participate in the Olympic Games?" It's good to know! You go to Beijing, go to the National Sports Commission, and say that we want to sponsor them with sportswear and sports drinks. However, our sponsorship must be exclusive. It's not about sponsoring any one team, it's about sponsoring the entire Chinese team. This matter must be signed a contract, black and white to rest assured, I will let the lawyer go to Guangzhou to find you, and she is responsible for legal matters. ”

In Kang Qizong's eyes, Liangkun's sponsorship of the Chinese Olympic team is a dedication, but Liangkun knows in his heart that this is a great opportunity to make money.

In fact, the biggest success of the Los Angeles Olympics was the commercialization of the Olympics and the money. It not only increases the ornamentation but also expands the influence, which can be regarded as saving the Olympic Games!

Since the terrorist attacks in 1972 and the financial crisis in 1976, fewer and fewer cities have been willing to bid for the Games. Los Angeles was the only candidate city to host the Games. This is the second time that the Olympics have been held in Los Angeles since 1932.

Originally, the Olympic Charter stipulated that the host city of the Olympic Games and its organizing committee must guarantee to the IOC that "it assumes full financial responsibility for the organization of the Olympic Games". However, in November 1978, the state of California, where Los Angeles is located, passed a law prohibiting the use of public funds to host the Olympics. As a result, the Los Angeles Olympics face two fates if the city of Los Angeles cannot provide financial assistance: either the Games are cancelled or they are handed over to the private sector to organize. In negotiations with the city of Los Angeles, the IOC was forced to make a major concession and accept the Los Angeles Olympics as an exception for the first time in private business to be organized.

After Uberroth, a businessman-turned, became the president of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, he gathered a large number of experts who knew both sports and management to carry out large-scale commercial development of the Olympic Games. Despite being criticized for being too commercial, the Olympics cost less than $500 million and achieved a huge surplus, turning the Olympics from a hot potato into a big cake that can make money, opening a new model for the development of the Olympic Games.

After arranging Kang Qizong's task, Liangkun spread out the paper again and began to write:

From Athens to explore

Humanity is determined to take up its spirits

Carrying the flame to all countries

Such as Mong Kok to New York

When people are old, they always have to fight

I had no choice but to walk into the Warring States

It's strong and no longer foils

Times have changed

Dear Olympiad

By the time Ye Yingwen and Wang Jie walked into the office, Liangkun had already completed his "carrying work".

Liangkun handed the lyrics to Wang Jie and said, "This is the debut song I wrote for Chen Haonan's boys, take a look at it first!" I still have some business matters to discuss with Mr. Yip. ”

Wang Jie heard that it was a new song "created" by Liangkun, so he took it to the sofa on the side and sat and watched.

After Liangkun and Ye Yingwen finished talking about sponsoring the Chinese Olympic delegation, Wang Jie had already sung the lyrics in his hand several times.

Wang Jie asked: "Brother Kun, is this a propaganda song written for the Olympic Games?" ”

Liangkun said: "Yes. ”

Wang Jie said: "Three questions. ”

Liangkun said: "Let's talk about it." ”

Wang Jie said: "The first question is that this song is a Cantonese song, and only Cantonese people can understand Cantonese among mainland compatriots, and northerners can't understand it at all." ”

Liangkun said: "Ask someone to fill in the words again in Mandarin, this is easy to solve." ”

Wang Jie said: "The second question, the strength of Chen Haonan's boys, they can't sing this song at all, don't spoil good things." ”

Liangkun said: "That's a problem! Step up your practice! Is there another way? ”

Wang Jie continued: "The most important issue is that Anan, as the lead singer and captain of a rock band, should be the main participant in songwriting, the main planner of each album's direction, and the controller of the band's style, and must have good knowledge of music theory and creative ability. Rock is not only a form of music, in fact, it is a kind of life attitude and philosophy, rock has connotation, at least most of them have and can be understood, and the expressiveness of rock itself can make rock easier to understand, this is the so-called true expression of rock and roll. As a rock band leader with no creative ability, Anan simply has no way to lead the band to success. ”

Liangkun said: "You said so much, just to tell me, Chen Haonan is not a qualified band leader? ”

Wang Jie said: "It's not just that Chen Haonan is unqualified, the five of them are basically unqualified, that is, the level of a ticket friend." The standard rock band configuration is: one lead singer, one or more backing vocalists, one rhythm guitarist, one lead guitarist, one bass player, one drummer, and one keyboardist. In addition to the good timbre of the lead singer, the vocal range should be wide, so that the creation of the band can be as little limited as possible by the lead singer's voice, and the accompaniment singing is one high and one low, which can produce a high, medium and low three-tone harmony. The rhythm guitarist needs to have a stable, powerful and clear rhythm, and the bass player needs to have a stable rhythm and have a very good coordination with the drummer to be able to guide the direction of the music. Drummers demand a steady rhythm, and small orchestras do not have a conductor, and the conductor relies on the rhythm of the drummer. ”

Liangkun said: "Creative ability didn't fall from the sky, and the Beatles didn't start with covers? ”

"The Beatles did start with covers, but then the band members wrote their own songs, especially John Lennon and Paul McCartney, who collaborated with each other to create a lot of popular songs," Wang said. At the same time, they also began to explore their own musical style, from the initial noisy jazz, to gradually absorb the essence of folk, blues, R&B music and rock music to form their own style, and at the same time, began to explore various instrument playing techniques and integrate them into the band's music. This is how the great Beatles were formed. To put it mildly, it takes talent to play rock 'n' roll. It's not like Huata Cake and Susan who sing saliva songs, you can practice it. ”

Liangkun had no choice but to say: "Let's make do with it first, and you can slowly find a replacement candidate." Even if they can't succeed in music, they can be considered to have had a good dream, and it's good to wake up and take rock as a hobby! At least I can help them pick up girls! Don't all those young girls like boys with guitars? ”

Wang Jie said: "I feel that Brother Kun, you are always in a hurry, but it is not necessary at all. With Brother Kun's creative ability, as long as there are a few talented singers like Fang Yanmei, you will definitely be able to dominate the music world. ”

Liangkun said: "I have my own considerations about business. ”

Wang Jie said: "Actually, I found a few good seedlings in the Yamaba Guitar Competition held by Guitar Magazine last year, which is very promising. ”

Liangkun said: "Let's hear it." ”

Wang Jie said: "The four young people I fancy are Wu Jiaju, Ye Shirong, Tan Guanzhong and Chen Ziqiang. The four of them are good friends, they all love music, and they have formed a band. But they are not professional, there are other jobs, Ye Shirong is studying medicine in college, Tan Guanzhong is working as a traffic supervisor, Chen Ziqiang is a financial investment consultant of an investment company, the worst is Wu Jiaju, a family of five was originally very happy, but in order to earn enough money for immigration, he and his brother, little sister, father and mother are almost crazy work, everyone is very hard, Jiaju has to do four or five jobs a day! ”

Liangkun said: "Deal with the things in front of you, you can investigate them again, and if they are really good, recruit them into beyond." ”

In fact, there is no need to investigate at all, just because he is called Jiaju, Liangkun can conclude that he is the one who can carry forward the name beyond.

When we're done talking, it's time for small talk.

Wang Jie said: "You say, will Taiwan participate in this Los Angeles Olympics?" ”

Ye Yingwen said: "It should be, right? ”

Wang Jie said: "This is not necessarily! Since the mainland resumed its seat in the United Nations in 1971, Taiwan has not participated in several consecutive Olympic Games, including the Montreal Olympics in 1976 and the Moscow Olympics in 1980. They themselves said that they were "orphans of Asia." ”

Liang Kun said: "Taiwan will definitely participate in the Olympic Games in Los Angeles." ”

Ye Yingwen asked, "How can you be so sure?" ”

"As early as 1979, after the mainland restored its legitimate seat in the IOC, the IOC passed the Nagoya Resolution, recognizing the name of the Olympic Committee in Beijing as the Chinese Olympic Committee, and the Olympic Committee in Taiwan as the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee," Liang Kun said. Although the Taiwan authorities did not immediately accept this resolution at that time, after 1981, under the mediation of the then IOC President Samaranch, the Taiwan side finally agreed to accept the arrangement of the IOC Nagoya resolution and signed up for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics under the name of the "Chinese Taipei Team". Moreover, now the Soviet Olympic Committee has announced that it will not participate in the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles to avenge the United States' boycott of the Moscow Olympics in 1980. If the Taiwanese don't participate in the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles again, won't it be a disgrace to their American dads? ”

Ye Yingwen said: "This is also true! ”

Wang Jie said: "When the Chinese team and the Chinese Taipei team meet at the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, I don't know what interesting scenes will be? ”

"I guess they'll be singing the same song. ”

Wang Jie asked, "Which one?" ”

Liangkun began to hum, "Bell bell - bell".

Wang Jie said: "What song is this? ”

Liangkun said: "This is the military song of both sides. The military song of the People's Liberation Army is called "Three Major Disciplines, Eight Points of Attention", and the military song of the Taiwan Army is called "Military Song of the National Revolutionary Army". Not only did both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party use this song, but also Zhang Zhidong's self-improvement army military song, Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army military song "Marshal Training Song", and Zhang Zuolin's Northeast Army military song, the melody is all used in this song. ”

Wang Jie sighed: "This is really good music, regardless of time or political position. ”

Ye Yingwen said: "Actually, according to me, Taiwanese should not participate in the Olympic Games, they have participated in so many years, only Yang Chuanguang won the silver medal in the decathlon at the 1960 Rome Olympics, and Ji Zheng won the bronze medal in the women's 80-meter hurdles at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, and they have not won a single gold medal, which has added a new record to the infamy of our Chinese as the 'sick man of East Asia'." ”

Wang Jie said: "Then you can't help but participate!" When you have a problem, you bury your head in the sand, which is the 'ostrich mentality'. Look at ourselves, our Hong Kong team has participated in the Olympics since 1952, and it is not that we have not won a medal, and we are worse than the Taiwanese. ”

Liangkun said: "It doesn't matter, we are still under the control of the British now, if we want to lose face, we will still lose the face of the British." However, I estimate that in this Los Angeles Olympics, there will be Chinese gold medals. ”

Ye Yingwen said: "Do you know again? ”

Liang Kun said: "You reminded me that I immediately informed Big D to open a peripheral betting market for the Olympic Games, betting on whether the Chinese can win the gold medal in this Olympic Games." ”