Some people may say that China's bid to host the 2000 Summer Olympics was too early.
However, this matter is not something that can be done just by patting the head.
After the great success of the 1990 Asian Games, given that many sports facilities were already available, a question arose at that time: "Can China bid to host the Olympic Games?"
No one answered on the spot, but a group was set up to analyze and study the feasibility of the matter.
The research team collected and sorted out the various hardware and software, financial and technical requirements for hosting an Olympic Games.
Various requirements in municipal construction and urban modernization services are considered.
Practical capabilities in areas such as television broadcasts and international air transport capacity were explored.
Issues in environmental protection and national quality were assessed.
Various needs in reform and opening up were studied.
Domestic and foreign experts are sincerely invited to provide opinions.
Finally, two conclusions were drawn: First, China has the ability to host a Summer Olympics.
Second, the Chinese people are willing to give due support and contribution to this end.
It took a whole year to give the answer: yes!
So, at the end of 1991, the Olympic bid was officially launched!
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On September 23, 1993, the host city of the 2000 Summer Olympics will be finally decided in Monte Carlo, the casino city of Monaco.
The International Olympic Committee stipulates that each bidding city can send an Olympic bidding delegation of about 200 people to participate.
The members of the Chinese delegation are mainly government officials, celebrities from the business and literary circles, as well as compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and celebrities from overseas Chinese.
Yang Ye, as the ambassador of China's Olympic bid, is also a member of the delegation. He also brought Liu Xiaoli and An Feng with him.
Liu Xiaoli is a celebrity in the dance world. She is fully qualified to participate in the delegation. As for Xiao Anfeng...
Among the delegation, there is a children's choir. They are led by their teachers every day to promote Beijing's Olympic bid on the streets of Monte Carlo!
Yang Ye stuffed Xiao Anfeng in. She was taught by her mother to be good at singing and dancing. As long as she gets used to the choir, she will perform very well!
Liu Xiaoli was very satisfied with Yang Ye's arrangement, because it was a good resume for An Feng's life.
Liu Xiaoli and Yang Ye had already held their wedding in a church in Monaco. Although Yang Ye was just fooling her, for Liu Xiaoli, just after getting rid of a conflict-ridden marriage, a super rich man came to take over. How could they treat their mother and daughter like this? So good, she felt that her life was so lucky.
As for Xiao Anfeng, she likes Yang Ye very much as her new father. Now it is natural to call her dad, although she will still miss her biological father.
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In the 1990s, the International Olympic Committee had not yet promulgated anti-corruption regulations. Members could organize groups to visit each city bidding for the Olympic Games, and the city bidding for the Olympic Games could also find some reasons to visit the committee members to canvass votes.
In other words, you can give benefits to committee members within the rules and get them to vote for you.
For example, during the Atlanta Olympics, Americans provided free heart surgery to an Olympic Committee member.
At that time, the son of another committee member was studying in the United States, and the United States provided him with a scholarship of US$120,000.
In this era, many foreign organizations follow this routine, such as those at international film festivals. Many directors and actors will give gifts to the judges in the hope that they can win awards.
When Yang Ye was the chairman of the jury at the Venice International Film Festival, many people gave him gifts, including gifts from Yang Ma. Unfortunately, Yang Ye had already accepted Gong Li's bribe, and the others had to be forgotten.
In the 2000 Summer Olympics in the original time and space, China could have guaranteed victory, and Olympic Committee Chairman Samaranch also very much hoped that China could win.
But in order to win, Australia made a series of tricks.
First, they provide sports training scholarships to African countries and invite African athletes to train in Adelaide.
400 athletes and coaches from 11 African countries participated in the special Olympic training camp in Adelaide.
Their accommodation, meals, training, transportation, medical care and other expenses were all paid for by Australia, with a total cost of more than 2 million US dollars.
This is clearly a benefit to these 11 African countries in the hope that they will vote for us, but this is all within the rules.
Secondly, two days before the final vote, Australian Olympic Committee Chairman John Coates hosted a banquet for two African members of the Olympic Committee, Kenya's Mukela and Uganda's Nyanweso, and gave them US$35,000 each. , let them vote for Sydney.
It is reasonable to give money in a curved manner like the Americans do, but it is illegal to give money directly like the Australian guys.
Once you understand the Australian routine, it will be easy!
The day after John Coates hosted a banquet for Mukela and Nyanwiso, photos of him paying bribes on the spot were disclosed by the news media.
Many things only weigh two taels without being publicized, but weigh a thousand kilograms when put on the scale.
The evidence is conclusive, and even the photos of the money collected were released, leaving John Coates in a panic.
Faced with pressure from public opinion, Mukela and Nyanweso announced their withdrawal from the final voting conference.
The final round of voting is in one day. No matter what Australia does, it will be too late.
The evidence of John Coates' bribery was secretly photographed by Yang Ye and sent anonymously.
No one knows that he played the most crucial role in it.
Yang Ye held it in until the end before delivering the fatal blow, hiding his merit and fame.
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"bengjing!"
On September 23, after the final round of voting, Samaranch announced the host city for the 2000 Summer Olympics!
"We win!"
The Chinese delegation burst into cheers, hugged each other, and celebrated wildly. Many people cried!
On this day in the original time and space, everyone also cried. It was a sad cry, the sound of broken dreams!
But now I am crying with excitement, tears of excitement!
Reporters from the Chinese media who followed took many exciting photos at the scene.
One of them is a picture of Taiwan's Wu Ching-kuo and mainland China's He Zhenliang hugging each other and crying excitedly.
Taiwan is also a member of the International Olympic Committee, with He Zhenliang and Wu Ching-kuo having voting rights respectively.
Wu Jingguo wiped his tears and said: "When I came here, my father told me not to forget that I am Chinese. I have not forgotten, I have not forgotten!"
In order to win Wu Jingguo's vote, Australia promised him a lot of benefits and even threatened him with a direct flight from Taiwan to Sydney.
But he resisted the temptation and pressure and voted for BJ!
The news spread back to China and around the world, and Chinese people at home and abroad were excited. People are celebrating this good news like crazy.
Many people began to discuss, what will the 2000 Summer Olympics be like?
Who will be the director of that Olympic Games?
It seems... there is only one candidate!
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In Monte Carlo, the competition for the city to host the Olympic Games has been full of ups and downs.
Domestically, discussions about the first Zhuhai Film Festival are also in full swing.
Among them, Yang Ye proposed using the model of the Golden Horse Awards to hold a film festival covering Chinese people around the world, which triggered extensive discussions.
Among the three major awards of later Chinese film festivals, the Golden Horse Award was considered to be the most valuable for a long time, and Chinese filmmakers were also proud to win the Golden Horse Award.
This is because both the Golden Statue and the Golden Rooster have obvious geographical restrictions, while the Golden Horse has a wider selection range.
I have already said that the Golden Rooster is a hot chick, so I won’t go into details here. I will only talk about the Golden Statue and the Golden Horse.
After 1996, the Golden Horse Awards no longer had geographical restrictions, and only required that one-half of a film's dialogue be in Chinese, or that the director and half of the creative staff be Chinese to be eligible to compete.
This makes the nominations and winning lists of the Golden Horse Awards each year diverse and more watchable than the other two gold medals.
In 1996, Jiang Wen's "Sunny Days" swept the Golden Horse Awards, starting a crazy award-winning pattern for mainland films.
Unlike the Academy Awards, which have a large film union and adopt a one-person-one-vote system, the Golden Horse Awards adopt a niche jury system.
What is the difference between the two? The Academy Awards seem more fair because many people choose them together.
But the disadvantage is that it is easy to vote for favors. Many people follow the crowd when voting, or even form a group, and do not pay attention to the film itself, making the Academy Awards eventually become a pork award based on seniority.
As for the Golden Horse Awards, 11 review judges and 6 final selection judges discuss each other. The winning factors sometimes come from the judges’ personal preferences.
Also, for a period of time, mainland and Hong Kong films were too strong and often swept away awards.
At this time, in order to take care of Taiwan's face, the Golden Horse Awards will deliberately award an award to Taiwanese filmmakers.
In a few years, one of the best actor and best actress will be from Taiwan.
For example, at the 51st Golden Horse Awards, Gong Li, who had the highest demand for Best Actress, lost to a Taiwanese actress because of this unspoken rule. Gong Li went crazy on the spot, saying that the Golden Horse Awards were a piece of shit.
So what are the benefits of the Golden Horse Award? It has strong predictability, can encourage film practitioners, and can also discover new directors, new actors, and new aesthetics.
Movies and performances are actually very subjective and emotional things. When a work is released, many people's evaluations will often vary greatly.
Many people think it's a good movie, while others would say it's a bad movie.
Many people think it's a hot movie, and some people say it smells really good.
But generally speaking, the aesthetic ability of ordinary people is generally not as good as that of professionals. Professionals can often discover new things that ordinary people cannot see.
The Golden Horse Award is far greater than the other two awards in its ability to discover new talents. Many Chinese-language filmmakers have stood out because of the Golden Horse Award.
For example, Bao Qiang won the Golden Horse Award for Best Newcomer in his first movie, which attracted the attention of the film industry. He obtained the resources for "A World Without Thieves" and became an instant hit.
The first trophies were given to top-level actors like Maggie Cheung, Stephen Chow, Liang Caowei, and Chow Yun-fat, as well as film masters like Li Bian and Xu Ke, from the Golden Horse Awards.
When these new forces in the film industry grow, they will be grateful for the support of the Golden Horse Awards.
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In 2018, the Golden Horse Awards were boycotted by Hong Kong filmmakers in mainland China due to certain factors, and became a minority.
From then on, the three gold medals in the Chinese language became hot chickens.
There is no film award worthy of praise in China.
It is a historical necessity that the Golden Horse Awards become a niche, because with the rise of the mainland, Taiwan will definitely turn from open to conservative.
Yang Ye supports the Zhuhai Film Festival and has a vision. He hopes to create a film award in mainland China in advance regardless of region to support the development of Chinese-language films.
He didn't know if he could succeed, but he still wanted to try his best, so he sent Xu Feng over and put forward his own suggestions.
The Zhuhai Film Festival of the original time and space only ran for two times and died. The reason was that there were too many domestic film festivals at that time and they needed to be cut down. The Zhuhai Film Festival was the smallest in scale and had no background, so it was abandoned.
For Yang Ye, that's fine if he doesn't do it. Since he wants to do it, he should maximize the momentum and create united front value.
At this discussion, Xu Feng expressed his opinion, hoping that the Zhuhai Film Festival would not only cover the four regions across the Taiwan Strait, but also go beyond the borders and accept and select films with Chinese as the main creative staff at home and abroad, and move towards the "International Chinese Film Festival" target development.
This opinion makes Mayor Li very excited. If this is done, it will be a political achievement. Even if it doesn’t work out for now, there is still a development goal!
After heated discussions, some regulations for the Zhuhai Film Festival were finalized.
The purpose of the event is to promote the excellent culture of the Chinese nation, strengthen exchanges of film culture and art at home and abroad, and promote the prosperity and development of the Chinese film industry.
Scope of selection: Films produced in the Mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao, with Chinese as the main creators, if they do not have Mandarin dialogue, they need to have subtitles.
Award judging method: The organizer hires a jury of 13 professionals from the Chinese film industry to determine the major awards of the film festival.
So what is the name of this award?
Because the totem of the Chinese nation is the dragon, and the Zhuhai Film Festival covers Chinese-language films at home and abroad, it is called...the Golden Dragon Award!
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After the results of the Monte Carlo vote came out, the Chinese delegation celebrated wildly.
Among them, the scene of Yang Ye holding Xiao Anfeng was photographed by the media and appeared in the news media.
Some people exclaimed that Yang Ye had another illegitimate daughter.
Yang Ye had long been immune to this kind of thing. He didn't bother to explain, so he simply accepted it. Anyway, An Feng's surname is Yang now.
After returning to Hong Kong, Yang Ye gave Xiao Anfeng a nickname again, called Xixi, and made a promise to Xiao Anfeng: "Only dad can call this nickname, don't tell others!"
When he was in Monaco, Yang Ye took Liu Xiaoli and her daughter to play everywhere when they had free time, and treated Xiao Anfeng more affectionately than her biological father.
Naturally, Xiao Anfeng's affection for Yang Ye doubled. Coupled with Liu Xiaoli's education, she has already recognized this new father.
Now Yang Ye gave Xiao Anfeng a nickname. In her opinion, this was a sign of the new father's love for her. She nodded vigorously and said, "Dad, I know, this is our secret. Even my mother Don’t tell!”
When she spoke, her two black eyes flickered, which was so cute. Yang Ye petted her head lovingly, took her little hand and said, "What a good girl, let's go, daddy will take you to eat ice cream!" (this chapter) End)