The Los Angeles Olympics is different from previous Olympics. Previous Olympics were hosted by the state, and all costs were borne by the state. The least one Olympic Games cost more than one billion U.S. dollars. The Moscow Olympics four years ago even cost a record four billion U.S. dollars.
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Although the Olympic Games can enhance a country's image, due to the huge cost, many of the facilities built can no longer be used, which causes huge waste. Therefore, from an economic perspective, hosting the Olympic Games has always been a money-losing business. For example,
A big country like the Soviet Union may still be able to withstand such losses, but many small countries cannot, and they are complaining endlessly about huge financial deficits.
Originally, the budget costs of the Los Angeles Olympic Games were also borne by the government. However, six years ago, the state of California, where Los Angeles is located, passed a law that prohibited the use of public funds to host the Olympic Games. After all, the U.S. legislative body is not under the jurisdiction of the government. This law
It's more like going against the government.
As a result, when the Los Angeles city government cannot provide financial assistance, the Los Angeles Olympic Games face two fates: either cancel the Olympic Games, or hand it over to private companies to organize it.
During the negotiations with the Los Angeles City Government, the International Olympic Committee was finally forced to make concessions and recognized the Los Angeles Olympic Games as a special case, which was unprecedentedly handed over to private organizations in the form of industrial and commercial enterprises.
Since it is hosted by an individual, it means that costs must be saved, and it is best to make a profit. Therefore, despite the fact that this Olympics is being held in Los Angeles, in fact, all the facilities are original. Anyway, it is a principle: if you can save, do it.
Save, save even if you can’t save.
In addition, the responsible persons are also trying their best to make money from the Olympic Games, such as entering into funding agreements with enterprise groups; selling television broadcasting rights and game tickets; compressing various expenses, making full use of existing facilities, and trying not to build sports venues; and not building new Olympic villages.
, rented two university dormitories in California for athletes and officials to stay; recruited volunteers to work voluntarily for the conference, and also cooperated with the gaming industry to issue Olympic lottery tickets.
As long as there is a way to make money, use it. For example, if a product expo is held at the Los Angeles Convention and Exhibition Center, many companies will rent booths to promote their products. The cost is not a small amount. The Huo Family rents booths at the Convention and Exhibition Center.
For a booth with an area of just over 40 square meters, the rent for one day is US$5,000, or US$100,000 for just over 20 days. Some large companies rent larger venues, and the cost is even more.
This approach also made the Los Angeles Olympics profitable and ultimately established a new way to host the Olympics in the future.
The place where people like Liu Lang lived was a university dormitory. There were more than 300 Chinese delegation members, and they almost reserved a dormitory. They arrived early, and after getting off the car, Lu Mingzhi and the officials immediately began to coordinate the distribution.
It took an entire afternoon for more than a hundred people to move into the dormitory.
Meals were arranged by the Olympic Village. Everyone was issued a pass card. This kind of electromagnetic card has never been seen in China. Everyone was at a loss when holding the magnetic card. Lu Mingzhi had to demonstrate and teach while holding the magnetic card.
It took more than half an hour for everyone to know how to use it.
Everyone took their cards and went to the canteen to eat, but something went wrong again. The canteen was mostly filled with food eaten by Westerners, such as pizza, steak, salad, fried chicken, etc. Some people could make do with some, but others
Many people are not used to eating. Eating is a big problem. How can you compete if you don't have enough to eat?
Fortunately, there were three master chefs among the people who came from the Sports Committee. Lu Mingzhi and others asked the person in charge to coordinate and buy a kitchen, and got a lot of pots and pans. In addition, there were also issues with the venue for each athlete's competition.
To coordinate, Liu Lang's head almost hurt when he saw these people running around non-stop.
Coordinating organizational work is not something everyone can do. Liu Lang made up his mind that when his company grows bigger in the future, he must find a capable person like Lu Mingzhi.
Moran was also busy after arriving at the Olympic Village. She was not only Liu Lang's "personal bodyguard", she was also the person in charge of the security issues of the Chinese delegation. Among these entourage, there were more than a dozen people whose real identities were national security
Staff, these people walked around, first touched each passage clearly, and then figured out the situation nearby.
It was not until around 7 o'clock in the evening that more than 100 people were completely settled.
This is a student dormitory of a university. When the students went home for the holidays, the organizing committee renovated the dormitory and turned it into an Olympic village.
Compared with the unified rooms in domestic universities, these dormitories have different sizes, including two-person rooms, three-person rooms, four-person rooms, and the most six-person rooms. Even though they are converted into dormitories, they are fully equipped with beds, refrigerators, washing machines,
It has a TV, air conditioning, and a separate bathroom, just like an ordinary home. Of course, this is an American home, and not many people in China can have such a home.
Many people were curious about such a room. They fiddled with the refrigerator, rummaged through the washing machine, and some turned on the TV to watch it. However, the programs in it were all in English, and few people could understand them.
Liu Lang and Sun Hu lived in a two-person room, next door was Mo Lan, and there was a female police officer, well, maybe a female soldier.
After a day of hard work, Liu Lang was very tired, but in good spirits. He turned on the TV and watched the news.
"This morning, more than a thousand demonstrators gathered in front of City Hall to demonstrate, demanding that the New York Police Department severely punish a white police officer named Gibson who beat a man named Russell while on duty a week ago.
A black man, causing serious head injuries to the man, the New York Police Department announced that the black man
The man was armed with a gun and acted aggressively. However, witnesses said that the man was just a pedestrian passing by "making soy sauce", and the police suddenly rushed out and beat him. After the incident, a large number of local black people were dissatisfied, saying that this
It is an act of racial discrimination, and the incident is continuing to ferment...!"
The program also included people demonstrating, most of whom were black. Some were riding motorcycles, some were wearing roller skates, and some were holding signs and shouting slogans. They all had playful and smiling faces. It didn't look like they were demonstrating at all.
It’s similar to rural people going to a big market.
"Although these black people have a hip-hop temperament, they are still very united. This is much better than the Chinese!"
Liu Lang changed channels again.
"Today, the New York police raided a residential house in Brooklyn and captured a drug-trafficking gang on the spot. The gang was all black. One kilogram of drugs was seized on the spot. The person in charge of the operation said that they have mastered the information of a large number of drug dealers in the area.
If you know the details, you can initiate action to eliminate them at any time, and advise them to stop...!"
"This is obviously white people trying to smear black people. Although black people always make trouble, it's usually just a small fight. Those big gangs are all ruled by white people!"
Liu Lang had seen a movie called The Godfather in his previous life. It was about a gangster in the United States. The real "boss" were all white men. The harm these people did to society was not comparable to that of black people.
Liu Lang then changed the channel again.
"Jackson!"
A man in his thirties appeared on the TV, it was the future King of Pop Michael Jackson. He was dancing his own original dance steps, howling as he danced.
At this time, he was still a black man, his hair was still very short, and his skin was not as bleached as it would be more than twenty years later, making his original skin color unrecognizable.
"Liu Lang, is this person singing again?"
Sun Hu on the side looked at Jackson inside and was startled. Why does this man think he is crazy?
"Brother Sun, he is no ordinary person, he is the most famous pop singer in the United States!"
Liu Lang smiled and said.
"This is also called a song? It seems crazy!"
Sun Hu shook his head repeatedly.
"Haha, okay, it's getting late, go to bed!"
There were no good programs on the TV, and Liu Lang was also tired. Sun Hu got up and turned off the TV and lights. Although it was hot outside, the air conditioner was on in the room. Liu Lang covered him with a thin blanket and entered after a while.