Chapter 288 The end of the Athens Olympic Games(1/2)
"Come on, come on, Kobayashi, here!"
At the main stadium of the Athens Olympics, Feng Yong, who had been paying attention to the surroundings, saw Lin Mu coming from the other side, shouted loudly from afar.
Lin Mu was looking for people everywhere, and heard the sound vaguely. He hurriedly followed the sound and saw a group of coaches from the National Track and Field Team there.
Lin Mu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He had been spinning for more than half an hour. The speculated that the national team should be in a position that was relatively close to the outside, so he kept following the edge. Finally, he found it.
I have been here to participate in the Olympics for so many days and have been staying in the main stadium for 10 days, and I have never made any specific turn in the stadium. This first and last turn has confused him, especially today's stadium.
Today is August 29, the last day of this Athens Olympics. There are even more people in today's Olympic Stadium.
The last few events have all ended. Now, except for the only marathon award ceremony related to the competition, everything else has ended.
It's already evening now, and what we're going to start later is the final process of this Olympic Games - the closing ceremony.
Because of the various performances at night, the stage had been arranged in the stadium, and relatively close viewing positions were specially arranged around the stage. Some relevant personnel from various delegations were arranged here, and Feng Yong and the national track and field team were also here.
Early this morning, the leaders of the delegation came and gave cordial condolences, encouragement and praise. The delegation ended successfully with the track and field team. By the way, the leaders also explained the questions about the athletes' entry ceremony at the closing ceremony.
Some athletes from the track and field team will join the ranks of athletes. Moreover, as the two who have the biggest breakthroughs, Lin Mu and Liu Xiang will be the standard bearers of the closing ceremony. However, Lin Mu declined in the end.
It’s either a question of whether he is willing to show off or not. Lin Mu simply doesn’t want to. The flag bearer is glory, but he hopes that he can become the person who supports glory. The leaders didn’t force him, but they still asked him to take the athletes over. After some arrangements, the athletes will roughly go through the rehearsal process.
This has nothing to do with him, mainly because Yuan Minwei and Li Rongfu talked to him separately.
After all this trouble, when Lin Mu arrived at the stadium again, he could only look for the large army. He was crowded with people and checked the situation on the scene from time to time.
"Mr. Feng, Director Yu..."
"How is it? Xiao Yang and the others have all arranged it?"
After Lin Mu walked up to him and greeted each other, Feng Yong asked with a smile.
"Well, just give them some details to pay attention to. The athletes at the closing ceremony do not need to be arranged in the square array by country. There is no big deal, just follow the flag bearer..."
"Haha, Xiaolin, Director Yuan is planning to let him be the flag bearer, why didn't he agree? This is the closing ceremony of the Olympics, and the world is paying attention to it, but it is a glorious thing. Our new China starts with the flag bearer, and the track and field team is the first time."
When he heard Lin Mu talk about the flag bearer, Yu Weili came up and said with a smile.
The position of the flag bearer was decided before the Olympics began, Yao Ming. However, the two gold medals of the track and field team were too heavy. Both at home and abroad, the influence was very huge. Finally, the leaders considered it and decided to temporarily change it to one of Lin Mu and Liu Xiang. Choose one of them. After Lin Mu withdrew, he naturally fell on Liu Xiang's head.
"Guide Yu, they are all from our track and field team. It doesn't matter whether I or Liu Xiang is. I won't steal the limelight from the athletes..."
“…”
The few of them just chatted and made a few jokes.
With so many days in the Olympics, it can be said that everyone is in a mess. Regardless of their performance, they will summarize after returning to China.
Today is the closing ceremony, and everyone should relax. One Olympic Games is over. After they return to China to deal with trivial matters, the plan for a new round of competition will be launched again. Those who do sports really don’t have much time to relax.
"here we go!"
Athens time on August 29, 21:00
At the Olympic Stadium, the lights gradually dimmed. Accompanied by the melodious and timeless ancient Greek songs, the countdown numbers on the large screen on the scene kept jumping. When the numbers on the screen reached zero, several fireworks suddenly spewed out, and the closing ceremony of the Athens Olympics officially began.
In a series of dance performances, in the enthusiastic atmosphere of more than 70,000 spectators throughout the stadium, traditional Zorba music sounded, and a group of Greek dancers held rice ears to form a five-ring shape, and the literary performance reached its climax.
Lin Mu stood quietly, relaxing and enjoying a large-scale performance in a rare moment.
In his previous life, he had never watched the closing ceremony of the Athens Olympics. It was not that he didn't want to, but because of Liu Xiang's victory, his heart went on a brief strike. Later, when he looked for the video and watched it, he found that he had lost a lot of interest. In addition to the part in China, although many people have severely criticized the performance.
Now that I can watch it on site, I feel a very different feeling and also reminds me of many things.
Culture, art, competition, and the inheritance of the nation.
There were several elements that seemed to be very little related, but he really felt a lot of the spirit connected to it.
Olympic spirit, sports spirit, higher, faster and stronger competitive spirit, as well as the inheritance spirit endowed by all countries, political systems and athletes involved.
Every country has its unique humanistic spirit. China has come here for 5,000 years and has never really left these things behind.
As the most ordinary member of China, he knew very well what he needed most. He also understood that while social progress, what should be improved and what should never be lost.
As the country's economy develops, people's lives have indeed improved a lot. However, after the changes of the times, people have been hit by hundreds of years of hard history and have become less and less confident, and more and more foreign cultures are constantly eroding.
No matter how high or large the GDP is, the people need this confidence and must not abandon all the spirit of China.
Military, politics and sports need to work hard to regain confidence, and it also needs to pass on this spiritual effort.
This requires the efforts of countless people, and of course we are indispensable!
Lin Mu smiled slightly. He was so lucky to be able to contribute to the development and progress of China. He was so lucky to work hard with all those who love China!
"Huh~ Look, Kobayashi!"
In the stadium, huge cheers burst out.
On the runway, the national flag entry ceremony began. The flag bearers of various countries held high and rushed into the field. Under the strong percussion background, athletes from all continents entered the field regardless of their nationality.
At the same time, some exciting scenes from this Olympics began to be played on the large screen on the scene.
Greeks, Italians, Americans, Russians and Chinese.
In just dozens of sets of beating scenes, three scenes appeared in China.
The women's volleyball team who returned to the top, the Chinese Hurricane who broke the world record, and Lin Mu, the first Asian yellow race sprint gold medal winner. The scene of athletes holding up the five-star red flag appeared in people's sight.
In the noisy stadium, the Chinese were in full swing! The slogans passed through the noisy crowd, knocked on the hearts of every Chinese, and excited everyone's heart.
"very nice!"
Feng Yong was very excited. The third pair of Chinese pairs were the only ones. These were all those who had enough representative consciousness to be qualified to appear in the display sequence of the closing ceremony.
Lin Mu looked at the big screen with a calm expression, but his gaze was a little distant. He seemed to be silent about the joy and excitement around him. In fact, his heart was beating very hard.
He was actually moved by every exciting scene, and even when he saw the scene where he climbed the podium. I don’t remember anyone who said that only what he did could touch himself is really moved. He believed that because of him and because of this group of athletes, the Chinese people would be moved a lot.
Now, Lin Mu felt a little satisfied. But he knew that it was not enough. The Taoist priest had a long way to go!
The scenes that jump from time to time have made the atmosphere of the entire stadium liven up to a peak.
The literary and artistic performances in the venue are still in progress. After an elegant singing and dancing ends, the picture changes again on the large screen of the stadium.
A deep and heavy rivet red door slowly opened...
"good!"
"Smack sex~"
The cheers suddenly started, and the people around them clapped, and Lin Mu then clapped hard.
The sound of flutes, drums, vast wastelands and wilderness, endless green waters and green mountains, streets and alleys, cities and fields, the same skin color, different people, they have a common name - China!
Suddenly, the big screen dimmed, the spotlight hit the center of the stadium, and a series of cheers of women with strong ethnic characteristics rang out.
The lights are shining and brilliant, and the women's national orchestra from China appears on the stage.
Martial arts, folk dances, operas, and performances with unique Chinese style appeared one after another. Greater China showed their long and brilliant civilization to the whole world.
At the Olympic Stadium, there was a thunderous applause. It was the first time that countless Western audiences had seen such a performance with Chinese traditional characteristics. They cheered all the performers with great enthusiasm.
"What a beautiful jasmine flower!"
"What a beautiful jasmine flower!"
“…”
The lights dimly and brightly, a huge lantern full of Chinese red fell down, and the little girl in her school uniform was holding a small lantern in her hand. In the tender and crisp childish voice, a Chinese folk song that had long been sung in the world came out.
“e yanjing!”
When the little girl said "Yanjing, welcome you!" in a youthful voice, all the Chinese people present stood up and a sense of pride arose.
Lin Mu clapped desperately, and the warm current flowed through his body, which made him tremble all over his body.
8 minutes and 49 seconds. He remembered the time very clearly.
"From Olympia to the Great Wall", a TVB introduced Yanjing to the world and showed the Chinese people's understanding of the Olympic spirit.
Every time he watched these videos in his previous life, he was very moved. The more he felt that all of this was precious, the more he felt that it was watching it on the spot. Many people have criticized it, saying it was rustic and vulgar, but Lin Mu never agreed.
Because during these eight minutes, we are interpreting the five thousand years of Chinese culture and history to the world.
The saying "Yanjing, welcome you" also declares to the whole world that the Olympics belong to China is coming soon!
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"...Please see the Olympic news below!"
"The 17-day Athens Olympics came to an end. In the early morning of Yanjing time, the closing ceremony of the Athens Olympics ended. After the magnificent Chinese national performance of "From Olympia to the Great Wall" with 8 minutes and 49 minutes, the next Olympic Games host city, Mayor of Yanjing, took over the Olympic flag from the President of the International Olympic Committee Roger. Going towards 2008, the pace of China's Yanjing officially started..."
On August 30, Yanjing time, the evening broadcast news broadcasted the last message about the 28th Olympic Games. The 17th day of thrilling ended with the excitement and feelings of all Chinese audiences.
Seeing the introduction of the host on TV, the Chinese audience couldn't help but feel a little regretful. It seemed that it was not enough! Because of honor and glory, they gave them too many exciting moments.
But after all, it was over, and they could only calm down their feelings.
There is no news of gold medals, no competitions, and there will be no competitions. Just like that, a day has passed. Many people are really a little uncomfortable.
In Luzhou, Hui Province, Lin Mu's family is the same at this moment.
At 7 o'clock in the evening, the family of four seemed to suddenly remember when they sat in the living room facing the TV. It seemed that they would not see news about the Olympics again today.
To be continued...