U.S. President Coolidge's visit to China was a major event that attracted worldwide attention.
During the visit, many major events occurred in both China and the United States, but this did not affect the signing of a large number of cooperation treaties between the two countries.
When President Coolidge left China, he said something meaningful in front of the President of the Republic of China:
"Two lions in the forest are enough."
Two lions in the forest are enough!
One is in Europe and the United States, and the other is in Asia... These two lions cooperate closely with each other and will compete in various fields. China and the United States are not afraid of this kind of healthy competition, which will only greatly improve
the national strength of the two countries.
The Sino-US alliance suppressed the already unstable Anglo-Japanese alliance, forming a new pattern in the Far East.
Since the war in the 12th year of the Republic of China, China has entered a period of relative peace. Although anti-Japanese incidents occurred in the country, this did not affect China's rapid development.
War is no longer the mainstream. For China, war will not appear again for the time being...
In the 13th year of the Republic of China, the Eighth Olympic Games in 1924 were held in Paris, France. China's "Olympic Games Organizing Committee" selected 81 athletes to participate. The events included track and field, basketball, football, tennis, freestyle wrestling and boxing.
What attracts more attention are the three Chinese tennis players.
These three players had previously participated in the "Davis Tennis Tournament" in Australia.
This is the first time for Chinese people to participate in an international tennis competition! And this Olympics is also the first time for China to participate.
The Paris Olympics was still troubled. At first everything seemed to show a bright future. However, the organizing committee encountered a headache at the beginning - how to solve the problem of funds.
Although many years have passed since the war, the houses in Paris that were destroyed by the war have been rebuilt, factories have resumed production, and people's lives have begun to return to normal. Although the traces left by the war have been basically healed, the French government has
This cost a huge amount of money. In addition, in the winter of 1923, the Seine River burst its banks and floods hit Paris, which made the already tight French finances even more stretched. The French upper class even proposed to give up the right to host the event and let Los Angeles take over.
However, the organizing committee withstood the pressure, overcame many difficulties, raised 2 million francs, and borrowed another 2 million francs from the Chinese Olympic Organizing Committee to build the "Colombe" sports stadium with a capacity of more than 60,000 people.
The length of the cinder track is 500 meters, which is not as good as the standard of the previous games. In order to arrange accommodation for athletes, the organizing committee built a row of simple houses next to the sports ground, which was the prototype of the future Olympic Village.
When it comes to borrowing 2 million francs from the Chinese Olympic Organizing Committee, there are still some twists and turns.
The Chinese Olympic Organizing Committee is completely non-governmental. Just as President Wang Hengyue said when he met with the basketball and football players who participated in the Far East Games, the government will have little or no interference in the work of the Olympic Organizing Committee.
And obviously, Wang Hengyue also did it.
The Chinese Olympic Organizing Committee is more like a joint-stock company, completely funded by private fundraising, and its daily operations, as well as the training of athletes and competition funds, are also managed by itself.
After the French Organizing Committee made the loan request, the Chinese Olympic Organizing Committee held a shareholders' meeting and agreed to lend the money after fully discussing the borrowing pressure and risks.
Wang Hengyue, who later learned about this, gave them an idea and added some provisos when borrowing money: to arrange several eye-catching billboards at the opening and competition venues of the Olympic Games to promote Chinese companies.
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The French were quick to accept this novel and unusual proposal, as they did not think it would have any effect.
Then, at Wang Hengyue's suggestion, the Chinese Olympic Organizing Committee quickly launched an external bidding process, and any Chinese company that was willing to advertise its company abroad could participate in the bidding.
Most companies in China are not particularly interested in this. After hard work, 17 companies participated in the bidding, and nine of them succeeded in bidding.
This includes Wu Yunchu’s “Tianchu” MSG.
Wang Hengyue knew that the opportunity for these companies had arrived!
Although the influence of the current Olympic Games is far less than that of its own era, it can still attract the attention of a large number of viewers and media. Once an advertisement from a Chinese company appears, the sensational effect it will cause is conceivable.
Ma Yunxin was a little dissatisfied. She believed in her husband's vision the most, and his judgment was never wrong. Since he said he could make money and expand his influence, he must be right.
Now that there is such a good thing, why not advertise for your own Ma's department store? He, Wang Hengyue, also has shares in it, and it's not like the department store doesn't give money to the Chinese Olympic Organizing Committee.
Wang Hengyue also felt a little sorry for his wife and the Ma family. To say that the Ma family had been loyal and done things for him for so many years, they were worthy of him...
"I have more money than I can use anymore. If I don't serve as president, I will be the richest man in the world..." Wang Hengyue said with a smile on his face: "Let's give this opportunity to make money to others...
.In this case, isn't your department store's liquidity a bit tight? I will give you another two hundred thousand yuan..."
Only then did Ma Yunxin burst into laughter...
The 8th Paris Olympic Games will be held as scheduled.
This Olympic Games introduced the Olympic motto "Faster, Higher, Stronger" for the first time. The number of countries invited to participate soared from 29 to 44, marking the widespread spread of the Olympic movement around the world.
Participating for the first time are China, Ireland, Poland, Romania, the Philippines, Mexico, Uruguay, and Ecuador. Germany is still excluded from the Olympic Games, but Hungary and Austria have obtained the right to participate.
A true superstar in the history of modern Olympics was born in these Olympic Games. The brilliance of the outing is unmatched by any sports star before or after:
Finn Numi!
The 1924 Paris Olympics was Noomi's golden period, and some people even called this Olympics the "Numi Olympics." Wherever he went, there was victory, and there were cheers of "Numi! Numi!" wherever he went.
The life of this athletics prodigy is like the jersey number he often wears, which is "1". He was born in Turku, Finland, in 1897 and became the school champion at the age of 13. At the age of 21, he was in the army
At that time, he was famous throughout Finland for his frequent wins in competitions. From 1920 to 1928, he won 9 gold medals and 3 silver medals in the Olympic Games, making him one of the players with the most gold medals. From 1921 to 1929
, he has set world records more than 20 times in total, and is worthy of being the most outstanding athlete of this era.
The Paris Olympics is also the spring of Finnish track and field. After the Antwerp Olympics, it once again competes with the United States. In the 1920s and 1930s, there were three long-distance running superstars in Finnish track and field: Kollehmainen, Numi and Vi. Rito.
La appeared in the Olympic Games at the same time. Although Kolehmainen failed in the marathon, Noomi succeeded and Ritola succeeded.
Ritola is a young Finnish man who lives in the United States and received training there. This time he made a special trip back to China to represent Finland. He won a total of 4 gold medals, two silver medals, and a gold medal in the 10,000-meter and 3,000-meter obstacle events.
Second only to Noomi in the number of races. In addition, the Finnish won the ultra-long-distance marathon title at this Olympics.
The last Olympic track and field event was the one in which the United States won the fewest gold medals at the Olympics. Moreover, the number of gold medals has been on a straight-line decline since the 1908 London Olympics, which has aroused serious concern in the American track and field community. Of course, Americans are also very aware that because
Track and field sports are attracting increasing attention from various countries. It is no longer easy for the United States to imagine winning 23 championships in 25 events as it did at home in 1904. But measures must be taken to stop the declining trend. This effort is important in this country.
The results were achieved in this competition, and the number of gold medals increased to 12.
The track and field competition took place in the middle of summer in Paris. During this sweltering week, 14 Olympic records were broken, 8 of which also set new world records.
In terms of football, a total of 22 teams participated in this Olympic football match, which is the largest number of participants. The United Kingdom was absent from this match due to conflicts with FIFA. South American powerhouse Uruguay sent a team to participate in the match. It is the first South American football team to participate in the match.
The team competed against the European team for the first time in the Olympic Games. The Uruguay team defeated the European strong team Yugoslavia with a clear score of 7:0 in the preliminaries, and then won consecutive battles and finally won the championship.
As for the performance of the Chinese Olympic delegation, it is difficult to say that it is outstanding!
The Chinese football team tragically played against the host France team in the preliminaries and ended up losing 0:4. The Chinese basketball team also suffered a defeat.
This disappointed President Wang Hengyue, who is obsessed with football and basketball.
The other participating Chinese athletes only received a silver medal in the boxing match. Of course, only two people participated in this level of boxing match.
"China's sports are still lagging behind." After learning about the athletes' unsatisfactory results, Wang Hengyue said with regret: "But it's a good start. If we continue on this path, sooner or later we will get our first medal."
gold medal......"
Of course, the Chinese people have not gained nothing in this Olympic Games.
The billboards that appeared at the opening ceremony and competition venues of the Olympic Games immediately increased the visibility of Chinese companies and made foreigners firmly remember these Chinese companies.
Chinese private enterprises, led by "Tianchu" MSG, have begun to officially enter the European and American markets!
Chinese businessmen should be grateful to President Wang Hengyue. Without him, there would be no spring for Chinese private enterprises.
Similarly, starting from the 13th year of the Republic of China, it has been spring for Chinese businessmen, and the spring belonging to China has also arrived!