On the afternoon of January 29, 2003, an Audi car drove smoothly on Chang'an Street in Beijing.
An old man in the back seat of the car looked out the window. It was the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, and the city of Beijing was filled with joy.
"What a good year!" the old man sighed involuntarily.
The secretary in the front passenger seat joked: "It's rare that the Prime Minister also specifically praised the Sports Bureau and praised you."
Yuan Weimin smiled. Chinese football has not improved in the past few years. As the general manager, he is under great pressure. Most fans cannot scold him, but those who can scold him, no matter how unpleasant or wronged they are, he has to listen.
That's how it is for those who engage in sports. Performance is everything, and you have no reason to shirk it. Fortunately, Chinese football has finally made some progress, and you can be considered to have completed the tasks assigned by the country.
In the words of the Prime Minister: We have finally assumed the national responsibilities, national responsibilities and social responsibilities that the largest sports event should have.
Seeing that the car was about to drive into the Sports Commission compound, Yuan Weimin suddenly frowned. Today is the last collective office meeting before the year. The leaders praised him by name. Of course, he was in a good mood, but some things may have been overlooked. For example, Minister Tang and Sun
Why did these two ministers come over to say "thank you"? At the time, I thought they were just being polite, but now that I think about it, something is wrong. The national football team has good results, which is exactly what they should do. They are the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Culture
It is unusual for me to come here specially for such an occasion.
Yuan Weimin did not believe that these two ministers expressed their gratitude for personal reasons, although they might also watch the game and be fans.
"Xiao Liu, what do you mean by Minister Tang and Minister Sun?"
Xiao Liu's face became serious, and he thought hard and said: "Director Yuan, we have no major overseas visits or competition arrangements recently. Even if we do, they are nothing special from previous years. Especially in the field of football, it is nothing special.
.The most important competitions this year are the National Olympic Qualifiers in the middle of the year, the World Youth Championships in the third quarter, and the World Junior Championships. But there are really no big events in the past two months. I was thinking about it when I was at the venue, but I never figured it out.
How about I go back and ask below later?"
"Yeah." Yuan Weimin agreed, closing his eyes and thinking.
Back in the office, Yuan Weimin put on his reading glasses and finished reading and commenting on the last few unprocessed documents. One of them was a report on the ice and snow project's application for increased fees. As soon as he saw this, Yuan Weimin felt better. A month ago
The memory of Wang Ai talking nonsense at the commendation meeting came back to life.
He was indeed very tough when he coached the women's volleyball team, but he is not rigid. He knows that both "seriousness" and "liveliness" are indispensable. Especially in recent years, he has gotten older and his personality has become more and more broad.
He is becoming more and more tolerant of naughty and mischievous people like Wang Ai.
Of course, the premise is that you have good grades and can't go out of bounds.
For example, Wang Ai's impromptu speech this time is a manifestation of "liveliness", and supporting the Winter Olympics project shows his open mind. He does not want anything for football, but instead supports something that cannot be achieved with eight poles.
Ice and snow events. So this is considered "out of bounds" but not "out of bounds", and its purpose is good, so it can be laughed off.
While he was looking at the documents, the door opened quietly, and Xiao Liu poked his head in. He had been with him for three or four years, and in private he was almost like a family.
"Director Yuan, good news!" Xiao Liu happily hugged two piles of things.
"Yeah." Yuan Weimin agreed and continued to look down at the documents. After about twenty minutes, he finally finished the final work before he looked up and took a sip of the tea that Xiao Liu had just filled.
"Tell me, what's the good thing?"
"Hey, this is really an unexpected surprise. Take a look first. This is the Department of Foreign Culture of the Ministry of Culture. This is the letter of thanks sent to our Sports Bureau by the European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This is the first time I have seen such a formal ministry.
Where’s the thank you letter? It turns out it’s from the red head.”
"You kid!" Yuan Weimin smiled and pointed at Xiao Liu: "Don't talk about you, I don't see much of you, let's take a look."
Yuan Weimin opened the letter from the Ministry of Culture, which read:
"National Department of Sport:
From December 2002 to the present, the "Chinese Culture Tour in Germany" organized by the Ministry of Culture and led by football player Wang Ai has been a complete success, with a total of 200,000 visitors, which has effectively promoted the spread of Chinese culture in Germany.
, achieved good results and were well received by all walks of life in Germany.
I would like to express my special thanks to the Sports Bureau and Football Management Center and praise Wang Ai.
We hope that the Sports Bureau, Wang Ai himself and more athletes and coaches in foreign countries can actively exert their influence in their respective fields, take the initiative to undertake the glorious mission of spreading Chinese culture to the outside world, and be unknown ambassadors of Chinese culture to serve the motherland.
Contribute to the prosperity and development of culture.
Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China: January 28, 2003"
"What about this matter?" Yuan Weimin muttered in a low voice and opened another document.
"National Department of Sport:
In an exclusive interview with German RTL TV station in mid-December 2002, your athlete Wang Ai refuted many misconceptions about me in German society and promoted many correct concepts. The report achieved good results.
At the invitation and introduction of Wang Ai, RTL TV station senior host Zoneborn and the filming team made a special trip to China. On January 15, 2003, the four-episode feature film "The Far East" was broadcast during prime time in the evening.
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This feature film reported the historical changes in Tibet from a positive perspective for the first time (video material is now attached). The feature film caused a sensation in German society. All walks of life in Germany came to our embassy to inquire about the situation and requested historical materials related to the liberation of Tibet. This feature film
It severely dealt a blow to the arrogance of the separatist forces in exile, and played a positive role in the foreign affairs work of our European Department, the Embassy in Germany and other institutions.
I would like to express my special thanks to the Sports Bureau and its affiliated organizations and commend Wang Ai.
In addition: Foreign affairs work is related to the national image, international cooperation, and the overall situation of the country. Although Wang Ai’s move was not approved by our department and our company, with his positive personal image, broad and profound cultural level, rigorous and sharp debating skills, he used the topic to his advantage.
, and achieved positive results. I hope to continue our efforts and actively apply with our department and our company. Our department and our company will provide strong support.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China: January 28, 2003."
For a long time, Yuan Weimin put down the two "thank you letters" stamped with red seals, then picked them up uneasily and read them twice.
After finally letting go, I was speechless for a while.
I said that the Prime Minister's attitude was very kind when he praised me today. I asked why the two ministers came specifically to say thank you. It turns out that the heel is here.
"Go, call this guy!" Yuan Weimin said angrily: "Other departments know everything about such a big thing, and they just hide it from me. Will he be under my control? I don't think he wants to.
Eat this bowl of rice!”
This chapter has been completed!