Chapter 241 Director Wu’s Victory Gesture! (Old Book Fans Can Choose to Skip)

On July 7, 2001, the Beijing Olympic Bid Committee delegation left Beijing for Moscow to participate in the final "decisive battle."

The Beijing Olympics Bid Committee formed four delegations to go to Moscow. The first is the Olympic Bid Committee delegation, which is composed of only 65 people according to the International Olympic Committee regulations, including three Chinese IOC members; the second is the working group, with about 150 people, providing support for the Olympic bid. Logistical support in all aspects; the third is the press group, with about 120 reporters from all over the country; there is also a support group.

Naturally, Wu Yuchen arrived in Moscow on July 7. He is the ambassador for the Olympic bid. At the same time, he will also take the stage as one of the representatives to make a statement. Naturally, he belongs to the first Olympic bid delegation.

After Wu Yuchen and the delegation met at the hotel, the leader of the team held Wu Yuchen's hand and said with a smile: "Comrade Xiao Wu, as one of the important representatives and presenters, you have a heavy responsibility this time, but you must have A mental preparation!”

Wu Yuchen said with a smile: "Don't worry, leader, I have memorized all the scripts sent to me. I will rehearse more in the past few days and let the people in the group try to find fault with me and do my best. On site, I will This person is born with a big heart, will not be nervous, and will definitely not embarrass our country!"

"Hahaha, we can rest assured about this. After all, you are now one of our Chinese representatives in the world!" The big leader said with a smile.

The reason why Wu Yuchen was selected is also for this reason. He now has a great influence internationally, and his appearance and image are very good. On the other hand, Wu Yuchen's personal ability and psychological quality are very good. He has traveled extensively in recent years. Not only has he won various awards in the three major European countries, but he has also continuously created high box office in Hollywood and became the first Chinese to win an Oscar. director.

Wu Yuchen has been dealing with foreigners all year round. He has been tested in front of the stage and by various reporters. He is smart and not stupid. As an ambassador and important representative, you have to be interviewed during the period, so you must have the ability to adapt to changes.

Wu Yuchen asked: "Leader, I heard that new regulations have been implemented this time. I wonder what the regulations are?"

"We have put forward three concepts for Beijing's Olympic bid this time: Green Olympics, Science and Technology Olympics, and Humanistic Olympics. If we talk about the first two features, some countries also have them, then our most prominent feature is the humanistic aspect."

"As we all know, China is the most populous country in the world, with a population of 1.3 billion, which is close to one-fifth of the world's population. But now, 1.3 billion people in our country, including many overseas Chinese around the world, are full of longing for the Olympics. And look forward to it! No other country hosting the Olympics can spread the concepts of fairness, peace, friendship and fair competition advocated by the Olympics so widely as in China and Beijing!

The reporters were also snapping photos at this time. In fact, some committee members were listening around the scene, and some members saw it from the reports. If these words were said from the mouth of an unknown person, they might fall on deaf ears, but when they were said from the mouth of the great director Wu Yuchen, some committee members were touched. The longest history, the largest population, the most authentic Oriental culture……

"The capital has a history of more than 3,000 years. It is the ancient capital of six dynasties and the embodiment of our long-standing Chinese civilization. In this regard, the other four cities cannot compare with the capital.

Wu Yuchen also nodded to express that he understood. He would only do what was clearly stipulated. He would not test the fuzzy boundaries this time to avoid being caught by his opponent.

There are four competitors in Beijing’s Olympic bid this time, including Osaka, Paris, Toronto and Istanbul. Each of the five bidder cities is allowed to place a one-meter-two-meter-wide and nearly two-meter-high booth, and the content can be freely displayed.

But now the reporter's interview session is not so serious, and because of his status, it is just right to say this, and he can also pass this information to the committee through his mouth.

In fact, these words from Wu Yuchen's mouth are a bit embarrassing. It is inappropriate to say that it has a longer history than others, has a larger population than others, and is the birthplace of oriental culture in the final presentation of the Olympic bid. This will cause some committee members to express their opinions. unhappy.

Although the booth may be small, it is the only official promotional venue approved before presenting to the International Olympic Committee members and holding a formal press conference. For this reason, the publicity team of the Olympic bid team put a lot of thought into it. A large TV continuously played promotional videos introducing the capital, and there were promotional materials next to it. They decorated it with banners to make the booth look grand and maximize the use of space.

Hearing this question, Wu Yuchen's heart skipped a beat, knowing that this was a good time for publicity, and immediately said with a smile:

The leader nodded: "According to the latest regulations of the International Olympic Committee, all bidding cities must stop all publicity activities two weeks before the vote. Because this is the first time this regulation has been implemented, no one knows what can and cannot be done. This time we will follow the policy of 'calm down, talk less, do more, and never make mistakes'."

To be honest, although it is true that Deng Yaping and others are also influential sports stars, the international influence of sports such as table tennis and volleyball cannot be said to be high. To be blunt, even though Wu Yuchen is not a star in front of the stage but a director, his reputation and influence abroad are really greater than these few.

The Olympic Games have a history of more than 100 years, but countries with oriental cultural backgrounds have only hosted them twice, in Tokyo in 1964 and in Seoul in 1988. China is the most important cultural birthplace of the oriental cultural circle. Holding the Olympic Games in Beijing is the best display of oriental culture! In this Olympic Games, we will show our long-standing culture and history while letting everyone see a very modern, open, and people-oriented Chinese capital! ”

As a director, Wu Yuchen is most associated with culture and humanities, and he is most suitable and adept at this aspect:

Wu Yuchen paused for a moment, and then said calmly:

Whether for the Olympics or for China, this Beijing Olympics is the best two-way rush!"

However, there are still many reporters who ask questions about the Olympics, such as this:

"Director Wu, can you talk about your Beijing's advantages in this Olympic bid? In what aspects do you think Beijing is ahead of the other four cities?"

On the 8th, the exhibition booth and materials were displayed to the Olympic Committee. In the afternoon, it was open for half an hour for external interviews. Several members of the delegation came out to answer questions. On the second day, Wu Yuchen and several celebrity representatives, such as Deng Yaping, Lang Ping, Wang Nan, etc., appeared around the booth, which immediately attracted a large number of reporters.

In this way, Wu Yuchen also integrated into the Olympic bid delegation, eating and living together, and constantly preparing for his own preparations.

Just look at the attitude of these interviewing reporters to understand that Wu Yuchen is the person who is asked the most questions here. The questions in the interview were varied, some of which had nothing to do with the Olympics, but Wu Yuchen would maintain a friendly attitude and answer briefly, and finally get back to the main topic.

Then another reporter asked questions in turn, and Wu Yuchen, who had been prepared for a long time, was not afraid. Naturally, he was humorous, talked and laughed, and expressed himself freely, leaving a very deep impression on everyone.

In the following days, Wu Yuchen also met some foreign representatives and committee members who came to him for autographs and photos, and he met their requests with a good attitude. His current influence is really not exaggerated. Since his debut, his works have art films and commercial films. Several Hollywood movies have promoted him to the world. Especially the recently popular "Pirate King" in the world, even if some adults don't like it so much, they can't help but like it for their children at home.

Just like this, a week is about to pass, and finally it is the time for the decisive battle on the 13th. This time, only 62 members of the delegation can enter the venue specially prepared for the Olympic bid city, and they can't enter and leave at will afterwards. They can only watch the presentation and voting on the big screen.

Today the weather was fine. At the entrance of the Moscow World Trade Center, which was the venue, many media from all over the world gathered early in the morning. Hundreds of reporters carried their "long guns and short guns" and aimed at the first floor door, holding their breath waiting for the Olympic bid presentation teams of various cities to appear on the live TV screen. The fingers on the shutter button were unwilling to relax for a moment, "click", "click", for fear that they would miss the historic picture if they rested for a second.

The first presentation team was the Osaka Olympic bid team. Their presentation time was from 9 to 10 Moscow time. They arranged a violin performance by middle school students in the presentation part. Then at 10:15, the Paris delegation began to present, followed by the Toronto delegation. They arranged a child star to sing on stage.

By the time the Toronto delegation finished, it was already 12:45. Wu Yuchen and others had also been sitting in the venue for 3 hours, staring at the situation of their opponents on the big screen. It happened to be time for a recess at this time, for everyone to have lunch, and then start again in the afternoon.

At this time, the pressure was on the Chinese delegation, because they were the next to go on stage. If they really went on stage directly, it would be fine, but the waiting time was the most tormenting.

The representatives who were going to go on stage later did not dare to eat too much, for fear that something unexpected would happen when they went on stage.

Wu Yuchen was not so nervous. He knew that Beijing had a big lead in the number of votes for the Olympic bid this time. As long as he performed normally, there would be no problem. Wu Yuchen himself had a big appetite, and he finished two box lunches in a short while.

"You all should learn from Comrade Xiao Wu's mentality, eat when you should, drink when you should, and treat it as an ordinary rehearsal!" The leader smiled after seeing this, he knew that the most important thing now was to keep everyone calm.

After hearing this, Wu Yuchen put down the lunch box in his hand and smiled and replied: "The lunch box prepared by the Olympic Committee today is not bad. We can't go back empty-stomach!"

The leader's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Xiao Wu is right. Since we are here, we can't go back empty-stomach!"

Everyone understood the meaning of this sentence, which means that today's trip will definitely be fruitful. However, when it is said through eating, the atmosphere is different. It is much more relaxed than saying it formally. Everyone can't help but smile and then pick up the food.

After the recess time, at 13:50 in the afternoon, Wu Yuchen and others were led by the staff to the reporting hall and started speaking and making statements on time at 14:00.

This time, there were a total of 9 representatives, and 9 paragraphs respectively showed the preparations made by Beijing for the Olympic bid.

The first to make the opening remarks was Mr. He Zhenliang, who also made the final summary statement. Wu Yuchen was the second to last before his final statement, mainly talking about the culture of Beijing and the style of China.

After Deng Yaping and Yang Ling jointly spoke for 2 minutes, Wu Yuchen walked up to the podium with his head held high and showed a confident smile and high-spirited attitude to the members who could vote.

"Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon! Before introducing our cultural arrangements to you, I would like to tell you that you will have a good time in Beijing in 2008."

Compared with the previous representatives' speeches, Wu Yuchen was not so reserved, but came up to close the psychological distance with the members present, which is also his advantage as a world-famous face.

"This year's Oscar Best Foreign Language Film, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, has spread to all parts of the world, and many people are attracted by the wonderful Chinese Kung Fu and Yin-Yang Taoist culture in it. But this is actually only a small part of our culture, and there are many cultural treasures waiting for you to dig."

Hearing Wu Yuchen introduce the topic from the movie, the members present couldn't help but smile. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is indeed widely spread all over the world, with a global box office of over 200 million US dollars, making it the most successful Oscar Best Foreign Language Film.

In fact, Wu Yuchen also considered introducing it with his own movie, but after thinking about it, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", which is currently popular and can reflect the unique culture of China, is more suitable. After all, his "Embroidered Spring Blade" has not even been filmed yet.

"China has its own sports tradition. Around the 11th century AD, during the Song Dynasty, people began to play a game called "Cuju". This game is considered to be the origin of ancient football. It was very popular at the time. Women also formed their own teams and played happily. Now, you should understand why our current women's football team is so powerful~"

Football is the most popular sport in the world, and the Chinese women's football team won the runner-up in the 1999 World Cup. At this time, it was also ranked in the top three in the world. It was the peak moment, so the women's football team was very impressive. As for the men's football, Wu Yuchen didn't even bother to mention it.

"……

Based on the inspiration brought by the Silk Road, our torch relay will create a new situation, starting from Mount Olympus, passing through the ancient birthplaces of human civilization - Greece, Rome, Egypt, Byzantium, Mesopotamia, Persia, Arabia, India and China. With the theme of "Sharing Peace, Sharing Olympics", the eternal flame of the Olympics will cross the Himalayas and reach the world's highest peak - Mount Everest, that is, Mt. Everest, thus reaching a new height!"

This is to use the Olympic torch, declare the theme, and use the allusions of the Silk Road to narrow the distance and closeness between the East and the West, and at the same time use Mount Everest, the world's first height, to make a fuss. The picture is very tempting.

"700 years ago, amazed by his description of the beautiful distant country, people asked Marco Polo: Are your stories about China true? He replied: I only described half of what I saw to you. In fact, what we show you today is just a corner of Beijing that is waiting for you.

Ladies and gentlemen, I believe that Beijing will prove to athletes, spectators and TV viewers around the world: This is a magical land. Come among us!

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, thank you everyone!"

Wu Yuchen made a 4-minute and 10-second statement by himself. The time was rehearsed. If the person in front of him was short, he had to slow down his speed. If the person in front of him exceeded the time, he had to shorten one or two sentences. It was a test of his ability to improvise. Fortunately, everyone was basically within their own time range, and Wu Yuchen completed his statement easily and confidently.

When he bowed and walked off the stage, there was already a lot of applause.

After Wu Yuchen stepped down, it was Mr. He Zhenliang who made the final summary:

"Mr. Chairman, dear colleagues:

Whatever choice you make today will go down in history. However, there is one decision that will surely make history. Your decision today will promote the friendship between the world and China through sports, thus benefiting all mankind.

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If the honor of hosting the 2008 Olympic Games can be awarded to Beijing, dear colleagues, I can assure you that the results seven years later will make you proud of today's decision! Thank you!"

Listening to the sonorous and powerful assurances on the stage, Wu Yuchen couldn't help but sigh in his heart. The 2008 Beijing Olympics really amazed the world. Just talking about the opening ceremony, there is no other comparable one!

The Olympics after that really declined year by year, and there is really no comparison with the 2008 Olympics. We in China really do what we say and keep our promises!

As Mr. He finished his summary, the report and statement of the entire Beijing Olympic bid were also over. After he stepped down from the stage, he couldn't help but shake hands and hug each other to cheer each other up.

When the delegation came out of the door, a group of reporters swarmed in and surrounded them to get some useful information, but everyone kept a low profile and didn't want to reveal their feelings, but there was still a group of Istanbul that hadn't started.

In the end, the leader of the team uttered three words: "Confidence!"

At this time, Wu Yuchen also raised a V gesture and a confident smile to the reporter who was taking pictures. Since the leader had expressed his position, he could also express his attitude, and at the same time put pressure on his opponent. His expression was naturally recorded by many media and transmitted back to all parts of the world in real time.

After a while, Wu Yuchen's picture was transmitted to the Chinese Internet, and various Internet companies even put it on the homepage, attracting a lot of attention.

"Director Wu made a V gesture!"

"Wow, so confident! I hope Director Wu's V can bring good luck!"

"Wu Yuchen is a bit arrogant, this is not a good sign!"

"Bullshit! Don't be such a pessimist, what do you mean? Do you still hope for failure?!"

"Director Wu has always been successful and has never failed. He will definitely bless China to win!"

"Ignore the clown, Wu Yuchen is confident, China will definitely succeed!"

"If the Olympic bid is successful this time, I will no longer worship Buddha and Guan Gong, but will worship Director Wu's picture in the future!"

"Wow! The above is so cruel! But add me in, if it succeeds, I will pray to Director Wu in the future!"

When many people in China saw Wu Yuchen making this V-sign, they couldn't help but feel relieved. This at least proved that their performance on the spot should be good, otherwise Wu Yuchen would not have shown such an expression.

Wu Yuchen naturally did not pay attention to the outside discussion caused by his gesture just now. He would not care even if he knew. Now his attention is on the final vote. Although he knew that Beijing would win, he couldn't help but care when he was there.

As Istanbul's final statement came out, it was already 16:30. After that, it was recess time again, and the evaluation committee began to evaluate the previous report.

At 17:30, all delegations returned to the venue, and the 104 members began to vote formally.

Although the voting time only took 3 minutes, this time was a bit tormenting for everyone, and they watched nervously. Wu Yuchen folded his arms and maintained a confident posture, thinking that this time with him, a Chinese director with international influence, joining in, there should be greater blessing, and there can't be any moths, right?

Soon the results of the first round came out, Beijing received 44 votes, ranking first with a huge advantage, and Toronto, the second place, only had 20 votes. However, because the rules stipulate that the number of votes is less than half, that is, less than 52 votes, there will be a second round.

According to the rules, if a candidate city gets more than half of the votes and ranks first, it will directly win and get the hosting rights. If not, the candidate city with the least votes will be eliminated, and the other cities will enter the next round of voting.

The situation is already extremely favorable to China. Because according to the rules, Osaka will miss the second round of voting if it ranks last, and the votes cast for Osaka in the first round will most likely go to China, which is also an Asian country, in the second round.

However, at this time, the faces of the Chinese delegation dared not show any joy, because there was a precedent.

When bidding for the 2000 Olympic Games in 1993, Beijing ranked first three times in the first three rounds of voting with 32 votes, 37 votes and 40 votes respectively, but none of them reached half of the total votes of 45 votes.

As a result, Istanbul, Berlin and Manchester were eliminated one after another because of their ranking at the bottom of the list, leaving only Beijing, China and Sydney, Australia, to enter the cruel one-on-one voting stage: no longer looking at whether the votes are more than half, the two cities that get more votes will win.

At that time, most people thought that Beijing would still win like in the first three rounds, and the chances of winning were very high, but the reversal occurred in a place that no one expected. Sydney, which had only received 37 votes in the first three rounds, actually received 45 votes in this round of voting, and defeated Beijing 45:43 at the last moment.

After the voting results were announced, the venue was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop, and even the reporters who were always active fell into aphasia, with only the voices of the Australian delegation cheering.

This gave the Olympic bid team an unforgettable lesson, so now at this voting stage, no one dared to smile even if they were ahead.

At 22:10, the second round of voting began. After another short and long 2 minutes, the IOC Disciplinary Committee vote monitor slowly picked up the paper with the results, put it steadily into the envelope, and sealed it.

The audience who were familiar with the IOC election process all stood up at once!

The sealed envelope means that a city has won more than half of the votes in this round, and there will be no third round of voting, because if voting continues, the envelope will not be sealed!

Wu Yuchen's mouth curled up when he saw this, it must be Beijing!

Although everyone thought that 90% of the envelope was Beijing, the delegation members still did not dare to celebrate in advance. The most common sentence they said to each other was: "Don't jump around, wait until you hear it clearly before jumping!"

On the stage, Samaranch opened the envelope and solemnly announced: "The host city of the 2008 Summer Olympics is..."

At this time, not only the people in the venue, but also people all over the world were staring at Samaranch intently through the live TV signal.

"Beijing!"