83 Fake Stones and Real Stones
After watching the game for more than a week, whether it is De Broglie, Prince Albert, or the Crown Prince of Sweden, they are already numb to Chen Muwu's ability to win the championship.
Chen Muwu seems to be a sailfish in the arena, as long as he is still in the water, it is impossible for others to snatch the championship that belongs to him.
But the people around them don't think so.
The deafening cheers around them were the best tribute to the champion.
Although Chen Zheng, the minister to France, was still holding the shelf, he had already typed the draft of the telegram in his heart, and as soon as he returned to the legation, he would send an urgent telegram to China.
A Chinese who won four gold medals in a row at the Paris Olympics must be inseparable from the support of his minister to France, right?
And Kikutaro Ishii, who was sitting next to him, gritted his back molars with a creaking sound.
Because that waste Katsuo Takaishi was the last to finish the race more than ten seconds after the branch * person reached the finish line.
Shame, shame!
If I had known this, I might as well have been eliminated in the qualifiers and semi-finals!
Probably because the 100-meter freestyle is the most watched competition in the entire swimming competition.
So today, not only a large number of spectators entered the arena, but even a lot of reporters also poured in, they gathered around Chen Muwu's swim lane finish, holding cameras in their hands, and crackling at the new champion.
Even though the game was over, Wesmuller, who was still in the water, still felt very unreal.
The shutter of the camera in the hands of these reporters should be aimed at himself.
As the world's first person to swim one minute in the 100-meter freestyle and the first to swim in the 400-meter freestyle in five minutes, Wes Muller thinks he should be the fastest swimmer in the world.
So before coming to Paris, Wes MΓΌller was confident that he would win two gold medals at the Games.
Then, in the space of a few days, Wes Mueller stared at the man in the lane next to him in the final, effortlessly overtaking himself to win the eventual race.
And it was won twice, a win-win.
How can there be so many people in this world who are faster than themselves?
But that's not the point, after going ashore, Wes Mueller also heard the Chinese coach, speaking in an old-fashioned British tone, to him yin and yang: "Chen, your heart is really big, you can still release water in the final." Didn't you swim 55 seconds in training the other day? β
After coming ashore, Chen Muwu gasped and said: "Lawrence, I have been competing countless times in a row in the past few days, and I am really tired, but fortunately, I still won the championship in the end." β
Fack, this Chinese man is even more annoying when he speaks.
Duke Kahanamoku, the 100-meter freestyle champion of the previous two Olympic Games and the third place, walked up to Chen Muwu very gentlemanly and shook hands with him, congratulating him on breaking the world record and winning the first place.
The dark-skinned American, who is thirty-four years old this year, is actually a descendant of the Hawaiian royal family, who only became a U.S. citizen after the United States annexed the Kingdom of Hawaii.
Another reporter suggested that the champions, runners-up and runners-up stand together to take a group photo, and Wes Mueller reluctantly walked to their side, forcing a smile on his face.
"Mr. Wes Mueller, your muscles are very good, and when you retire in the future, you can consider entering the film and television industry."
Chen Muwu greeted the "Tarzan of the Apes" who would be in the limelight in Hollywood movies in the future, but in Wes Mueller's ears, his words were more like a mockery.
Hmph, wait for the next competition, I will definitely surpass you by then!
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After the men's 100-meter freestyle competition, many spectators chose to leave.
Although there are still finals of the women's 100-meter freestyle and backstroke, many people are here to see if Chen Muwu can create another miracle.
Chen Muwu washed briefly in the athletes' preparation room, changed into dry clothes, and planned to leave the pool with Best as usual and go home with De Broglie.
However, since he has participated in all the competitions, today should be the last time he will leave this Turielle swimming pool.
Unexpectedly, Xie Dongfa, who had not been seen for a few days, stopped outside the door of the preparation room this time.
"Hanchen, since a few days ago, there have been many reporters who want to interview you. But because you still have a game ahead, I'm going to say no to all of them.
"But now that you're done with the last game, there's no reason to push it off again.
"Why don't you just take a little time and do a few interviews?"
Chen Muwu nodded, won four championships, and it was reasonable to be interviewed, he had no way to refuse.
Although Best couldn't understand Chinese, he knew that it was right to follow Chen Muwu.
Walking on the road, Xie Dongfa was still very excited: "Hanchen, you are really fighting for our Chinese." To be honest, I didn't have much hope for you at first. I was very happy when I first learned that there were Chinese people participating, but when I think about it, I am very pessimistic.
"I didn't expect you to give me such a big surprise to everyone in China. Since you won the 1,500-meter freestyle, I went to check the relevant information, and your first gold medal is not only the first gold medal for Chinese people, but also the first gold medal for all yellow people and all Asia.
"I've done such a big delegation, and I've only won a bronze medal so far. And Hanchen, you just single-handedly won four gold medals in swimming in a row, and now it is estimated that those people themselves will be angry. β
"Mr. Xie has won the award, Mu Wu really doesn't dare to take it."
As they spoke, the group of three had already arrived at the interview seat.
There is a table and a few chairs in a small room, and at first glance you can tell that it is a makeshift place set up by the organizers.
As soon as Chen Muwu walked in, there was a crackling shutter sound in the room.
After they were seated, the reporters present raised their hands in unison, and Xie Dongfa became the temporary host to maintain order and roll call on the scene.
"May I ask Mr. Chen, are you under the guidance of the coach next to you to achieve such excellent results in this Olympic Games?"
Chen Muwu felt that these reporters were really arrogant, and as a winner who won four Olympic gold medals in a row, the first sentence they said was not even congratulations, but directly threw out a question with a strong smell of gunpowder.
In the past few days, at the end of the game, it was always Best who stood on the shore and handed him a velvet bathrobe.
Of course, the reporters took this scene to heart, and took it for granted that Best was actually Chen Muwu's coach.
The idea of racism in their minds is really deep-rooted: it is too unreasonable for a yellow person, not himself, but an East Asian sick man from China, to achieve such excellent results, without the guidance of a white person.
Without waiting for Chen Muwu to speak, Best took the lead in taking over the question: "No, it's not like this. Chen broke four world records in succession and won four Olympic gold medals at this Olympic Games. He is not only a genius in physics, but also a genius in swimming, his level has surpassed me too much, how can a mediocre person like me guide a genius?
"In fact, it was only because Chen was a member of the Cambridge University Swimming Club and I happened to be the president that I was able to accompany him to the Olympics.
"I took the initiative to participate in the Olympics with him this time, and I just hope that I can help a little bit and let Chen help us win the first gold medal in the swimming event of the Olympic Games at Cambridge University."
Chen Muwu complained in his heart, Best's answer is very good, but don't answer next time.
Guess why he changed his name to sign up for the Olympics?
It's not about not revealing your identity.
Fortunately, the reporters were more interested in the University of Cambridge mentioned by Best in his answer.
A Chinese person, swimming fast, can even enter one of the world's top universities, is it possible that he not only has developed limbs, but also has a developed mind?
"Mr. Chen, can you tell us more about yourself? We tried to find material related to you, but found that you were too mysterious to leave much information behind. β
If Best had just said Cambridge University, he would have been able to be sloppy, for example, if he was a graduate of a master's degree in English literature from Magdalen College.
But now Best not only said Cambridge University, but also said physics, even if these reporters can be fooled now, but when they go back to write, they see the words "Cambridge University", "Physics" and "Chen", and a little more careful reporters can think of the Chen Muwu who turned the physics world upside down.
And a large photo of himself was published on the cover of a certain issue of Time magazine long after the discovery of the Yellow Emperor Star.
Chen Muwu felt that his paper finally couldn't contain the fire inside, so it was better to tell the truth.
"Well, now that I've said that, there's no point in me hiding it anymore. In fact, I have another name, called Chen Muwu, the one who discovered the Yellow Emperor Star at the beginning of this year. β
After Chen Muwu said this, the press gallery at the scene was silent for a few seconds.
Every reporter sitting below had some doubts in their hearts: I was just a reporter who ran sports news for the Olympics, and this is inland Paris, not Marseille next to the sea, how can I still catch such a big fish in the swimming pool today?
When the crowd reacted, they raised their hands higher, as if whoever raised the highest would be the first to ask questions.
Of course, the scientific literacy of these sports reporters is there, and they can't ask any too esoteric physics questions, and the most asked in this regard is only the well-known Yellow Emperor Xing, and a few people have fried the cold rice of time travel in their questions.
Some of the other questions basically revolve around Chen Muwu's personal life and study experience.
Anyway, since his identity has been exposed, Chen Muwu will certainly not let go of this excellent publicity opportunity, and he focused on the discrimination of yellow people, especially Chinese people in Europe and the United States.
Although he did not emphasize it directly, the meaning between the lines of his words is basically the following: You always say that Chinese people are not as good as Westerners, but now a living example is sitting in front of you, he not only discovered the ninth planet that has been bothering mankind, but also in sports, he can also leave behind the white race, who are considered to be the best people in the world.
Some reporters faithfully recorded Chen Muwu's answers, but there were always some reporters with obvious racist tendencies who were quite dissatisfied with Chen Muwu's views, so he raised his hand to argue:
"Mr. Chen, what you said is just your own performance, maybe you are an Oriental, a special case among the Chinese, and you do not represent your other compatriots. And why, you have lived in China for twenty-one years, but you have always been unknown. But in just over a year since he came to Europe and the UK, he has made such leaps and bounds in physics, astronomy and sports. Does this mean that even with a genius like you, China is only a place where geniuses can only be buried, and Britain and Europe are the paradises where gold can shine? β
Listening to this reporter's question, Chen Muwu almost didn't have his nose crooked.
But he felt a little funny, how could he still have experience and the baby was in a hurry to deliver it to the door?
"Mr. Reporter, I would like to ask what nationality you are from?"
"I'm Smith, a New York Times correspondent in France."
It turned out to be arrogant Americans, so all this seems to make sense.
Chen Muwu remained silent and continued to ask: "Then may I ask this Mr. Smith, how long have you been working in France?" β
"I think it's been almost five years since the war in Europe ended."
"Mr. Smith, since you say that Europe is the place where gold shines, how do you explain that you have been here for four or five years and have not yet done so? According to you, can I also understand that China is rich in fake stones like mine that have been covered with a layer of ash, and that a simple cleaning in Europe can reveal the face of gold? And the United States is rich in black and hard stones like yours, which no matter how you polish them, they can't emit the slightest light? β
The other reporters present were amused by Chen Muwu's words, after all, Europe is still the center of the world, and the United States is just a little cousin.
Smith was speechless by Chen Muwu's question, he stood up disdainfully, but he could only sit back in place, bowing his head and saying nothing.
Chen Muwu felt that if he continued, he would just waste time with these reporters.
So he planned to make a final summary and leave the press conference.
"Gentlemen, I would like to recommend to you a copy of Murder on the Paris Express, written by an English writer named Chandler York. In my free time in training and competitions these days, I rely on this to pass the time.
"This book is very well written, his plot is very well designed, the characters are also very plump, and the logic is also very strong, I personally feel that this is the best book written in the British detective community in recent times.
"And it can be seen that the author did a lot of homework before he started writing." I think he must know Chinese culture very well, and every famous sentence and allusion in the book is very well used, unlike the mouse living in the gutter of Saxony Black Dog, who uses his shallow and ignorant fantasies to unscrupulously discredit the mysterious Oriental world.
"That's all for today's interview, everyone has worked hard, and it's still the same sentence, since you have asked everything you should ask and shouldn't ask, then I hope you must report it truthfully."
Because he won four gold medals in the Olympic Games, Chen Muwu knew that he was now hot in France and even in the world, so of course he would not let go of this opportunity, and advertised the newcomer to recommend the writer "Chandler York".
Hearing that Chen Muwu had already said this, Xie Dongfa also stood up immediately to maintain the situation.
The two of them, the three of them and Best, who still wanted to continue to interview more questions, finally walked out of this temporary interview room.
Unexpectedly, outside the interview room, there were people waiting for him.
Seeing Chen Muwu come out, a middle-aged man in a suit with a serious expression stopped in front of him: "May I ask if it is Mr. Chen Muwu?" β
I couldn't tell if it was friend or foe for a while, and Best took the lead and stood in the way: "Who are you?" β
"I am a staff member of the British Embassy in France, His Royal Highness the Duke of York of the United Kingdom, and I would like to invite Mr. Chen to a dinner at the British Embassy in France the night after tomorrow.
As he spoke, the middle-aged man handed over a beautifully crafted card.
Best took it and saw that it did indeed have the British royal coat of arms on it, and the words British Embassy in France were also printed on the header.
Hearing this person say this, Best remembered again that after the end of the Games on the Thames, there was a servant who claimed to be His Royal Highness the Duke of York, and once went to the swimming club to ask him about Chen Muwu.
So he no longer suspected that what was happening in front of him might be a hoax, but turned around and handed the card to Chen Muwu, and winked at him.
"Okay, please tell the duke, and I will definitely go to the appointment on time the day after tomorrow."
Chen Muwu had also heard Best mention the Duke of York several times, and he felt that sooner or later he would have to meet the future King of England.
It is better to choose a day than to hit the sun, so Chen Muwu simply agreed to this invitation, he wanted to take this opportunity to ask for directions and see what the British prince had planned.
Chen Muwu and Best said goodbye to Xie Dongfa outside the Turielje swimming pool.
He was very grateful to this compatriot who ran for him during the Olympics, and Chen Muwu felt that he should find a way to thank him for helping him.
De Broglie had already left early, leaving Chen Muwu with a car and a driver.
"Mr. Chen, Mr. Best, Master Louis has left early, he asked me to wait here for the two of you, and left a text message."
Chen Muwu took the note handed by the driver, and it was indeed in Debroix's handwriting, saying that he had something to leave, and the driver would send them back.
Since the note is clearly De Broglie's handwriting, this car is De Broglie's car, and the driver is also the driver who has been transporting them to and from their residence and the competition venue for the past few days, then the two of them have nothing to doubt and obediently obey each other's arrangements.
(End of chapter)