Chapter 323 Playing chess without saying a word
When Su Yun and her four friends returned to the backstage to prepare, Euberos' assistant suddenly brought someone over and said, "Su, your friend is here to see you."
"Ovitz?" Su Yun looked at the newcomer in surprise. "You're amazing. You can even find time to come here."
Since she took on the task of collaborating with Euberrosz on the Olympics, apart from preparing the theme song, using her own fame to promote the event in Asia, and proposing various ideas to extract the essence from the excitement of future Olympic Games planning, most of the labor was handed over to the reluctant Ovitz and CAA.
This is also the biggest advantage of people who have experienced the era of information explosion: the mental work that seems to be the most difficult is actually basically copying the work of "predecessors", so you can achieve this kind of visual accuracy in the simplest and fastest time without having to take any detours.
This is just like filming a movie. As the "director", Su Yun has already watched the finished film and knows how to shoot each step. Next, he just needs to follow the listed plan step by step to complete each step without any mistakes, and then he will definitely get the expected effect.
To outsiders, Su Yun is a very smart, hardworking, and good person. She took the initiative to take on the most difficult tasks in the planning work, helped to make money, and also relied on her fame and status to do her own job and cooperation. But in fact, Su Yun is just a cheater who uses the cheating finger to play two lines. The most difficult and tiring labor activities were all handed over to others who thought they got the easy jobs...
This best of both worlds with additional content was achieved under such a coincidence that both parties felt that they had gained a great advantage, and the grand result of turning the situation of the Olympics around was achieved today.
"You actually did it..." Looking through the glass window at the grand scene outside, Ovitz couldn't help but sigh.
From the time he met Su Yun in childhood, they both had the same nature of "gambling on luck".
Just like when he and his friends left their former company to start their own new company, he relied on the funding from Su Yun, who also wanted to take a chance, to establish CAA, which is now able to compete with his former company.
But while developing steadily, people tend to gradually lose their former adventurous spirit and fighting spirit - of course, Euberros's approach at the time had a very low success rate no matter how you looked at it, and there were also several precedents of heavy losses.
Under such circumstances where everyone is pessimistic, those who still want to get involved are either like newborn oxen that are not afraid of tigers, or they love to generate electricity and are not afraid of losses, or... they are just being fooled.
The achievements of Su Yun and Euberos show that this miraculous outcome of turning a loss into a profit and this Olympic event that attracted worldwide attention were the result of far-sighted and accurate planning.
"You have put in a lot of effort in this, and you have contributed to the result tonight." Su Yun looked at him seriously and gratefully: Although Ovitz had always been reluctant, when she handed over such a big business, she still did her best to fulfill her responsibilities.
"Although goals and actions complement each other, in my opinion, the goal that guides us forward should come before the hard work." Ovitz smiled, stretched out his hand and shook hands with Su Yun, which was considered to have resolved the disputes and "cold war" with Su Yun in recent days.
"What do you want to do next?" In view of Su Yun's excellent performance this time, Ovitz took a step back and began to ask for her opinion.
"Of course we should do what we are best at!" Su Yun said seriously, and then couldn't help laughing.
Since she returned to the Zhao family and focused her main attention on Asia, there has been some unavoidable rift between her and her former close business partners.
Although it is not a situation where they are unable to make amends due to differences in their ideals, it is like a long-distance relationship. As the goals and thoughts of both parties become increasingly distant, the once close distance has slowly widened.
"Are you planning to go back to Hollywood to make a movie?!" Ovitz asked in surprise.
"Well, making a movie - but this time, I prefer to be behind the scenes." Su Yun nodded: After being a chess piece for so many years, it is time to step down and compete with those chess players, whether enemies or friends.
"Oh! You are not yet 20 years old this year!" Although this route is indeed more suitable for Su Yun now, Ovitz still couldn't help showing a regretful expression, "You are so beautiful, you should leave a unique mark of this era on the screen!"
"Of course I won't give up performing in front of the screen, but I think I need to follow the old Chinese saying, 'the more capable you are, the more work you should do.'" Su Yun explained with a smile.
"Okay, I understand." Ovitz breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at the flickering lights in the audience seats in the distance, "Before we start working, why don't we guess what the results of this Olympic Games will be?"
Although the subject was not stated explicitly, Su Yun seemed to understand that Ovitz wanted to predict the performance of a participating country with her.
"You know, even though we have come to the Los Angeles arena with a brand new look, there are still many people who secretly think that the East is still the 'Sick Man of East Asia' of the past," Ovitz pointed out.
"It just so happens that this time I have arranged for the Kung Fu King who once kicked the 'Sick Man of East Asia' plaque to come and help with the lighting of the Olympic flame." Su Yun smiled meaningfully.
This night, the whole world is spreading the same sound and the same tune.
"We see the holy fire blazing in the sky/We feel the hearts of all mankind pulsating together..."
In the town, looking at Su Yun and Michael standing in the main seats on the stage, little Zhou Xin danced with joy: "Sister Su Yun is out! She sings so beautifully!"
"The brother standing next to her also sings very well, but he is so tanned..."
Such innocent words made Zhou's parents burst out laughing: "No, this brother is called Michael Jackson. People like them are born with dark skin, so they are also called black people. However, it is said that they generally have better singing talents..."
"Oh, so that's how it is, I understand!" Little Zhou Xin nodded, and became immersed in the song which he couldn't understand but thought was particularly beautiful.
“Hand in hand, we rise up bravely/Across five continents/We can make this world we depend on for survival a better place…” And how many of those who understood the meaning of the English lyrics had tears in their eyes?
In today's cold bipolar world, only this kind of enthusiasm that transcends countries and races can ignite the sacred fire collected from Mount Olympus where the gods dwell!
The Olympic flame arrived the day before the opening ceremony. Under Su Yun's arrangement, it was taken over by Lu Shaolong, who had awakened from years of silence and ran the penultimate baton of the torch relay.
This is the most serious and important position in Chinese thinking.
This arrangement has many meanings: first, it represents the great cooperation between China and America, so the Chinese run the second to last leg and then hand the torch to the Americans to light the Olympic flame; second, it uses Lu Shaolong, who has defeated the disease and stood up again, to imply the rise of the Oriental dragon...
The third is Su Yun’s selfish motive: the ancient great country passed on the flame to the emerging great country, but the ancient great country still watched your rise, prosperity, and later development to... Of course, Su Yun would never say this.
Although it is in the Chinese people's nature to love to watch excitement, but watching him build a tall building, watching it collapse, and then waiting to watch it again, and even recording it all for future generations to watch and use as a reference for historical experience... China, a "true gentleman who plays chess without saying a word", will definitely smile and ignore it and bury it deep in their hearts.
"Ah! It's Lu Shaolong! He's back!" In the remote mountain village, in the dark night without entertainment, it was the movies of Su Yun and Lu Shaolong that, like a spark in the darkness, lit up their lives and allowed them to glimpse the vastness of the world.
"OMG! It's really Bruce!" In the prosperous city, those who once looked down on China were all shocked thousands of times by the mighty roar of the Raptors. They saw the indomitable spirit and will to self-improvement of the far East, and it was difficult for them to be complacent anymore.
But no matter in Chinese, English or other languages, when the audience in front of the TV saw that Lu Shaolong, who was once judged to never be able to stand up again but gradually had hope with the development of science and technology, really stood up and ran very fast to shoulder the task of relaying the Olympic torch as rumored, they couldn't help but scream in surprise at this moment.
That is the spirit of the Olympics, but it is more than just the spirit of the Olympics!
Life goes on, and movement never stops!
Watching the Olympic flame swaying in the night breeze on TV and illuminating the surroundings with its own power, everyone seemed to be able to feel those words - the same world, the same dream!
However, while human nature is inherently good, it is also inherently evil.
Just like the bet between Su Yun and Ovitz on predicting China's Olympic results, in some unknown dark places, there were also people who were secretly waiting to mock the performance of the Chinese team.
After doing so many things and even bringing Lu Shaolong into the picture, it would be really laughable if I couldn't get a good result!
Unfortunately, such malicious speculation did not last long, and was severely slapped on the left cheek and then on the right cheek by the actual results that followed...
On July 29, 1984, at the shooting competition of the 23rd Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Chinese athlete Xu Kaifeng lived up to his name "Triumphant Wind" and won first place in the individual competition with a score of 566 rings!
This was China's first gold medal at the Olympics, and also a major breakthrough in China's Olympic history.
With this as a starting point, the Chinese athlete team, which went to Los Angeles for the first time to compete in the Olympics, won a total of 15 gold, 8 silver and 9 bronze medals in this Olympic event, ranking 4th in the medal table, far exceeding everyone's expectations - whether it was people who truly hoped, expected and waited to witness China's rise; or people who were secretly vigilant, guarded against, or even confronted and blocked it, they couldn't help but be shocked by this final result.
After this battle, those countries and people who were unwilling to admit and see the distant Eastern dragon finally opening its eyes, finally began to understand and admit that after a hundred years of ups and downs, the Eastern power that had not surrendered and disappeared was about to rise, just like Pangu in the Eastern mythology who created the world, holding the knife and axe illuminated by the shining red star, and splitting open a new pattern of heaven and earth for this cold world!
Thousands of years have passed, and the chess players on the world chessboard have changed again and again, but the chess player in the far East has remained the same.