Coach Lee

Chapter 564 February 2001, 7

BJ time, July 2001, 7, near 13:9 pm.

On July 2001, 7, near 13:7 a.m. local time in Denver,
Li Nan walked up and down in the hall of his villa, the big screen TV image was moving, but there was not much sound.Li Nan seemed to be watching a TV program, but his eyes never looked into the TV, and his ears were more focused on waiting for something.
At this time, the other end of the TV program is Moscow, which is the program for No.20's bid to host the Ninth Olympic Games.

And our BJ in China is just one of the bidding cities.

Bidding to host the Olympic Games has been the wish of the Chinese people for a long time.

At this time, on TV, it was time for our representative of the BJ Olympic Organizing Committee to make a report.

He Zhenliang, the chairman of our Olympic Committee, appeared in a personable manner.

"Mr. Chairman, dear colleagues: Today, on behalf of my motherland and the 13 billion Chinese people who are eagerly looking forward to this meeting, I have the honor to introduce to you the situation of BJ's second bid to host the Olympic Games."

Next, the Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Liu, a high-ranking Beijing official, Director Yuan of the National Sports Bureau, and Olympic Committee members Lou Dapeng, Wang Wei, Deng Yaping, Yang Ling, Yang Lan and others made statements.

Finally, Mr. He Zhenliang made a concluding statement,

"Mr. Chairman, dear colleagues:
Whatever choices you make today will go down in history.However, there was one decision that was bound to make history.

Your decision today will promote the friendship between the world and China through sports, thus benefiting all mankind,

By choosing BJ, you will bring the Olympic Games to a country with one-fifth of the world's population for the first time in Olympic history, giving more than one billion people the opportunity to serve the Olympic Movement with their creativity and dedication.

Dear colleagues, your message today will signify the beginning of a new era of global solidarity.

If the honor of hosting the 2008 Olympics goes to BJ, dear colleagues, I can assure you that BJ seven years from now will make you proud of your decision today.

Thank you. "

There was thunderous applause at the scene, and it was the same in all parts of the country.

Li Nan stopped walking back and forth at this moment, and he also applauded with a little excitement.

One hour is enough time to introduce our China to the world, but Li Nan always feels that it is not enough, we still have a lot to say.

However, at this moment, Li Nan had indescribable pride in his heart, proud of the prosperity of his motherland.

Our motherland is growing strong, we have the ability to host the Olympic Games, we want to tell the world:
"Welcome to China!"

At this time, in China, Tiananmen Square, the China Millennium Monument, the campus of Peking University and Tsinghua University, and Sanlitun are full of people.Countless pairs of eyes are staring closely at the big screen in front of them.

These are just a few microcosms of the whole country.

Everywhere in China, in every corner, where there is TV, everyone is watching and waiting.

Everyone is waiting for that moment, looking forward to that moment.

Although Li Nan knew the result, he still became nervous while watching TV.

At this time, on TV, the members of the Olympic Organizing Committee began to review the report, and at this time, they were going to vote.

This is the first round of voting.

A total of 118 IOC members participated in the voting.

In the first round, there were 14 bid city committee members and Samaranch did not participate in the voting, so there were actually 104 committee members voting.In order to win in this round, more than 52 votes must be obtained.

The three poll inspectors are also working rigorously.

Countless Chinese people also clenched their hands tightly.

Nervous, really nervous.

He's obviously not there, but he's just nervous!
The ticket inspectors printed out the statistical results on the spot, but the results were not announced on the spot, but were handed over to the President of the International Olympic Committee.

Everyone watched as a black man walked to the other side of the venue with a piece of paper, and handed the paper to the white-haired old man Samaranch.

"Can BJ win?"

Everyone's eyes were fixed on Samaranch and the paper in his hand.

At this time, it happened to be ten o'clock in the evening of BJ time.

Everyone expected the old man to say that name, but it didn't.

"Osaka has been eliminated."

It was such a simple sentence. After translation, everyone knew that it was Osaka who was eliminated.

That is to say, no city received more than half of the votes in the first round.

Next, there will be a second round of voting immediately.

Afterwards, everyone will know. BJ received 44 votes in the first round of voting, with Toronto, Istanbul, Paris and Osaka receiving 20, 17, 15 and 6 votes each.Osaka, with the fewest votes, was eliminated in the first round.

"Hu~~"

Li Nan breathed a sigh of relief, but he heard some noises from Li in the big room behind him, he became anxious again, and began to walk back and forth at the door unceasingly.

On TV, the second round of voting began immediately.

This time, a total of 106 IOC members participated in the voting.

Voting only takes 5 minutes, but those 5 minutes feel like a century.

The sound in the room behind him became louder, Li Nan's breathing became heavy, and his heartbeat accelerated a lot.

The more you get to the last moment, the more nervous you are.

No, it's actually excitement, anticipation!
Finally, BJ time reached 22:10 in the evening, and the last moment of this meeting finally arrived.

At this very moment, countless pairs of expectant eyes from all over China are watching Moscow.

After waiting for 5 heart-wrenching minutes, the same black committee member got a statistical vote result, with a smile on his face, and he carefully sealed the envelope. This small action means that the final result has come out!He stood up and walked towards Samaranch.

After that, the two walked to the main podium together.Only then did the black committee members solemnly hand over the envelope to Chairman Samaranch.

There was no strange expression on the old man's face, he was very calm, and he couldn't guess at all which city won the honor in the end.

"Before I announce the results of the vote, on behalf of the IOC, I would like to thank the cities of the five candidate countries."

After a word of thanks, it was finally time to announce the results.

"Now, I'm going to announce the results of the vote."

At this time, everyone's hearts are betting on the old man, expecting him to give the answer we want.

At this time, he spoke,

“The Games of the 29th Olympic games in 2008 are awarded to the city of Beijing.”

The translator's translation has not kept up, and maybe many people don't understand the others, but, BJ, all Chinese people know this.

"Oh!!!!!"

The members of BJ's Olympic bid team immediately jumped up.

At this moment, the only way to vent all my emotions is by shouting.

All the hard work finally paid off.

Some people burst into tears, some hugged each other tightly, and some raised their arms and shouted!

At this moment, nothing behind is important, and the whole country has become a sea of ​​celebration.Countless five-star red flags fluttered in the wind, and countless shouts gushed out.

Looking at the flying five-star red flag and seeing so many Olympic athletes cheering for it, the hearts of the Chinese people are already boiling with enthusiasm, and the sense of national achievement seems to be gushing out all at once.The flame of wanting to win glory for the country that rose in his heart became more and more intense, and he couldn't contain it no matter what.

At this moment, what F4, what Meteor Garden, what Qing Wu Fei Yang, all eclipsed in front of it!

This day belongs to China and belongs to Chinese athletes.

New BJ, new Olympics.

2008 BJ Olympic Games, let the world see, this is China!
In Denver, in the lobby of the villa, the TV screen was still moving, but Li Nanren was nowhere to be seen.

Only heard twice,
"Wow~~~"

"Wow~~~"

(End of this chapter)