The track and field field for this Olympics is the track and field field of Washington University in St. Louis, and the office space is also located on campus, which is simple and trouble-free.
It's just that the current Olympic Committee has very little power. The schedule of the Olympic Games and how it is held are entirely decided by the president of the World Expo.
Coubertin said he was very helpless, but there was nothing he could do.
The status of the World Expo was too high at this time. Many landmarks were built because of the World Expo. The most famous one is probably the Eiffel Tower. The Olympic Games, which were only held for the third time, could not compete with it.
After looking around, Li Yu said to Coubertin: "Sir, why don't you see the Olympic flag?"
"Flag? What you said reminds me," Coubertin said, "there should be a special flag."
Li Yu casually drew the five-ring flag that became known to the world: "What do you think of this design concept?"
It's a pity that Li Yu's art skills are not high and he forgot the color of each five rings. Fortunately, he has the general shape.
Coubertin looked at it for a while and liked the design very much: "The five rings are connected together, which just symbolizes the unity of the five continents, and the athletes from all over the world meeting each other in the Olympic Games with fair, frank competition and friendly spirit. It is really
It’s the best design sketch.”
Li Yu smiled and said: "It is indeed just a sketch. I still need sir to continue the design."
Coubertin carefully put away this sketch, and then said: "My opinion of you has improved a step further. You are not only a mysterious, great and profound giant of Eastern science, but also a person with a true world view."
"There are too many attributive words." Li Yu said with a smile.
Coubertin said: "But I don't think any of them were used wrongly."
At present, all of Coubertin's energy is attracted by the five-ring figure in front of him. He didn't originally want to come to St. Louis, but he was really surprised when he came.
Soon the China Village in the Expo was completed, and Li Yu and others also received tickets, which were written in both English and Chinese, but interestingly, the Chinese was written in traditional Chinese from right to left: "Tour of the Qing Congress Hall
Certificate" followed by some handwritten signatures.
At the bottom is the English word for "Chinese Village", but written from left to right: "imperial chinese pavilion".
When Li Yu first arrived in St. Louis, he sent a telegram to Tesla, Zou Zhou and others, and they would also come to the venue with ly company's exhibits.
Li Yu and others first went to the venue to take a stroll.
The ticket price for the venue is 50 cents, which is $0.50.
As soon as he entered the venue, Li Yu saw something interesting. He said to the three ladies: "Come quickly, you must like it."
In front of a machine, two Americans were selling: "Come and try it, this is a magical candy you have never seen before, candy as smooth as silk!"
Li Yu walked over and asked, "How do you sell your marshmallows?"
At the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, machine-made cotton candy made its global debut for the first time.
William, the marshmallow seller, said: "Are you from the East, Japan?"
Li Yu said: "I am from China."
"Oh, it turns out to be a mysterious ancient Eastern country," William said, "but you called it by the wrong name. My candy is called 'Fairy Tale'."
"Okay," Li Yu said, "how much does your 'fairy tale' cost?"
William said: "Twenty-five cents a piece."
It's not cheap, half the ticket price.
Li Yu said: "Give me three copies."
Another confectioner, Wharton, somewhat recognized the person in front of him: "Are you Li Yu and Bicheng, the authors of the Star Wars series?"
Li Yu said: "Good eyesight."
William also exclaimed: "It turns out to be a mysterious, great and knowledgeable giant of Eastern science!"
This long attributive was read again, which reminded Li Yu of the reading comprehension test in the college entrance examination.
Confectioner Wharton ignored making marshmallows and first took out a Star Wars book: "If you two can sign it for us, we can give the candies to a few of you for free."
Lu Bicheng smiled and said: "You can get candy by signing your name, so why not do it."
William took out his pen and said: "We have made a lot of money. In the future, I have decided to change the name of the candy to marshmallow. I really love this image name now. You don't know, I am reading when I am treating patients."
Your Star Wars collection."
Li Yu casually signed his name and asked: "See a doctor? Are you a doctor?"
William said: "Yes, I am a dentist."
"Dentist..." Li Yu said awkwardly.
William asked: "What's wrong?"
Li Yu said: "No, it's nothing."
Dentists invented marshmallows, which is really weird.
Confectioner Wharton quickly made three marshmallows and gave them to the three ladies. It was their first time to eat this strange candy, and they loved the melt-in-the-mouth feeling.
Historically, the name Marshmallow would not appear until 20 years later, and Li Yu accidentally made it appear in advance.
There are many venues in the World Expo, but when ladies get to the Production Hall, they can no longer lift their legs. Although the name "Production Hall" sounds like an industrial type, it is actually a shopping mall inside.
At the beginning of the 20th century, there were few places where all kinds of exotic goods from all over the world could be found, and there were even many jewelry, works of art, and decorations.
Several tea merchants, porcelain merchants, and silk merchants brought by Pu Lun also sold here.
Tea, porcelain, and silk from China are a killer. Even though the price is high, they are all sold out soon after they are put on display. American businessmen even signed long-term order contracts.
Seeing that the stalls of Chinese merchants were empty, others turned to look at the black tea from India.
After several women saw several booths selling clothes from Central Asia, they wanted to wear those unique clothes.
Li Yu felt quite bored, so he went out for a walk first.
As soon as he walked out of the production hall, Li Yu saw an old acquaintance: Situ Meitang.
"Good brother!" Situ Meitang came over and said happily, "I heard that you arrived in the United States, and I rushed to see you without stopping."
Li Yu cupped his fists and said, "Brother Situ."
Situ Meitang pointed behind him again: "Coming with us are Mr. Huang Sande and Mr. Sun Wen, our Hongmen bosses."
Huang Sande is currently in charge of the National Hongmen. Today, he met Li Yu in person for the first time and said: "I am honored to meet you. Your Excellency is the pride of us Chinese people."
Li Yu shook hands with him and said, "I have met Chief Huang."
Huang Sande also mentioned to Sun Wen who was behind him: "Brothers from Zhongshan have joined us in Hongmen this year and are worshiped as 'Honggun'."
Sun Wen said: "I have met the Imperial Master before. Meitang, you have an incredible brother. Even I am extremely envious."
Situ Meitang laughed loudly: "I don't want to be modest at all about this. I am indeed very happy."
Huang Sande said: "We just happened to be worried about not being able to find a guide. It is a great honor to have a great imperial master to lead the way for us."
Situ Meitang quickly added to him: "He is a mysterious, great, and profound giant of Eastern science."
Li Yu smiled and said, "Don't say so many attributive words. My ears are going to feel cocooned today."
What they are more interested in are the Machinery Hall, the Transportation Hall, and the Education and Sociology Hall.
The Machinery Hall and Transportation Hall are the largest in area, and they are also what the United States most wants to show to the world at the moment.
Six 890-meter-high spiers stand on the roof of the Machinery Hall, which is very eye-catching. The World Expo also built a railway to an energy building next to the Machinery Hall, and 500 tons of coal are transported every day to use as energy for the venue.
.
Mr. Zhongshan said with emotion: "If we can also have more than 100,000 miles of railways, why worry about the country not being strong!"
In the United States, it is a typical saying that "the sound of the railway brings thousands of gold", and it is not about spending money, it is about making money.
They were able to surpass Britain and Germany and become the world's largest industrial power in a few decades, but they actually relied on infrastructure...
The United States, the first generation of infrastructure madmen, had built almost 400,000 kilometers of railways by 1900. It was simply crazy.
However, many of them were later abolished due to excessive construction. In later generations, the effective railway mileage in Laos and the United States was about 250,000 kilometers.
Ours is about 150,000.
But you must not feel that the railway is not enough, because 150,000 is already a big number.
Moreover, due to the characteristics of the third-level terrain, it is much more difficult to build railways than in the United States.
As mentioned before, the United States uses a government subsidy system to build railways, and this subsidy is quite strong.
The fee is US$16,000 per mile in plain areas, US$32,000 per mile in hilly areas, and up to US$48,000 per mile in mountainous areas. At the same time, each mile of railway on both sides of the railway line is given 6 square miles of land use rights and resource extraction rights.
Of course, these are all railways aimed at the west, for Lao America’s own “Western Development.”
Mr. Sun Yat-sen's so-called "100,000 kilometers of railway" should come from his "Industrial Plan", "National Founding Strategy", etc.
Mr. Sun Yat-sen even wrote a letter to Song Jiaoren in August 1912 after the Revolution of 1911: "I want to give up political affairs and concentrate on the construction of railways. In ten years, I will build 200,000 miles of line.
Between the five major departments."
He even gave all his rights to Song Jiaoren and became the railway supervisor specifically to repair the railway.
Not to mention his high level, he is someone who really wants to revolutionize and become rich and powerful.
Some of his plans overlapped with later lines, but some were redundant, but there was no need to be harsh on him because of this, after all, he was not a professional railway designer.
Several people visited several other museums, and in the Sociology Museum they saw a common habit of exhibitions in the early 20th century: the Human Exhibition.
Many indigenous people from all over the world were placed in different booths, there were almost 30 indigenous ethnic groups and more than 500 people.
McGee, the director of the "Anthropology Village", even ranked them in order of evolution.
In terms of time and place, the most shocking thing should be the Indian exhibition.
They were robbed of their territory, almost exterminated, and even used as an exhibition. It was so miserable.
Not only did the World Expo have a human exhibit, the St. Louis Olympic Games, which was affiliated with the World Expo, also held a so-called "Anthropology Day" specifically for indigenous people to participate in to test their physical abilities.
McGee also compared the performance of the indigenous people in the sports games with the performance of the white people who won the Olympic championship that year. Naturally, there is a huge gap.
In the end, McKee concluded: "...the burden of mankind has become, to a large extent, the burden of white people - because, from the current situation of the human world, white people and strong are synonymous."
This is simply blatant racism!
The tool used to arrive at this view is the equally ridiculous Social Darwinism.
At that time, many people strongly opposed McGee's views.
Li Yu and others didn't like this project very much, so they took a cursory look and left.
In the Transportation Museum, which was basically a train and automobile exhibition, Li Yu met Henry Leland, the founder of Ford and Cadillac.
Henry Leland is now prosperous. Cadillac sedans are selling very well in the United States and have completely established a foothold in the field of luxury cars.
Henry Leland happily said to Li Yu: "Mr. Li Yu, with your electronic ignition system, the price of my car has increased by more than 10%!"
Li Yu was shocked. 10% was almost seventy or eighty US dollars. Li Yu sold it to him for US$30, and Henry Leland earned more when he resold it.
After the production line was rolled out, the cost was almost 10 US dollars or even less. Li Yu felt that he was already evil enough and earned quite a lot. But after all, the cost was not just the hardware cost, but also the intellectual property, so Li Yu
Yu’s pricing is relatively reasonable.
Or are the real capitalists even more evil-minded? They can earn an extra forty or fifty dollars just by changing hands.
Henry Leland said: "You can speed up the production schedule, and I will order in large quantities."
Not only Cadillac, but also major automobile manufacturers are currently eyeing Li Yu's products.
Li Yu had no choice but to say: "I will expand the production line as soon as possible and won't keep you waiting. Moreover, I have also made improvements and integrated the car lighting system, and the price will be increased accordingly."
Ford said: "Sir, your actions are so fast! You can actually integrate the car lighting system perfectly, omg! Even if you add it to $50, it's not much!"
Fortunately he answered the call.
In fact, this is just a small design, and the cost is less than a dollar more, mainly on the technical level of system design.
Li Yu originally wanted to say $35, but Ford directly took the initiative to increase the price to $50.
That's $50.
Anyway, cars currently belong to the semi-luxury category. Rich people don’t care too much about the difference of a few dozen dollars. What they want is an improved experience.
Calculated in this way, the net profit brought by the small electronic ignition system alone is hundreds of thousands of dollars every year.
I have to say that in Europe and the United States at the beginning of the 20th century, industry was really easy to make money.
It’s the age of science and engineering men’s dreams.
Li Yu accepted the order request from Mr. Ford and Henry Leland.
Mr. Zhongshan and others were even more amazed when they saw it from behind, and suddenly felt that the attributive was missing.
Now they are even more convinced that what Li Yu is running in the United States is a real first-class high-tech enterprise.
Zhongshan praised: "Sir, you are truly an unparalleled talent."
Li Yu smiled and said: "If you give me a prize, please give me a prize."
After watching the exhibition, Mr. Nakayama decided to visit several major cities in the east of the United States and give lectures on the way.
Before leaving, Mr. Zhongshan said to Li Yu: "This exposition is a major event since the beginning of the new century. It is unprecedentedly grand and it also makes me know the direction. I am burdened with trivial matters and need to leave St. Louis for a while. Please be considerate."
Li Yu knew that he was also a very busy man, so he said, "I wish you a safe journey, sir."