1928: The Rise of Giants

At 10 o'clock, led by the Navy Military Band, referees and athletes from various provinces entered the venue from the main gate, walked around the venue and lined up in front of the rostrum.

The opening ceremony of the entire Games was similar to that of later generations. The male and female hosts also used the latest microphones to read out the situation of each delegation.

Afterwards, the conference chairman Wang Shijie read out "The Prime Minister's Last Words" and delivered the opening speech.

The last person to come on stage was the principal's wife, who had just chatted with Ye Luo. She read out the principal's congratulatory message and encouraged the athletes.

When the representatives of the contestants from each province spoke next, Liu Changchun, who represented the contestants from the north, shouted at the top of his lungs: "The north has been a land of alien races for two years. We have only heard the government's call for long-term resistance, but have never seen the fact of recovering the lost land. The tens of millions of Northeast compatriots who are wailing under the Japanese invaders are looking forward to liberation every day, and our compatriots at home are also looking forward to the early recovery of the Northeast. However, things are in the hands of man. If our compatriots can control their determination and encourage themselves, then after a few years of peace, the recovery of the north will become a reality. This will wipe out the national humiliation of the fall of the north!"

"Clap clap clap!!!"

The whole audience burst into applause. Liu Changchun's passionate and heartfelt words attracted more than 60,000 spectators and athletes to applaud crazily.

Last summer, Japan actually announced that Liu Changchun was from the puppet state of Manchukuo and sent him to participate in the Los Angeles Olympics.

As soon as the news came out, Liu Changchun was naturally unwilling. He cursed Japan and immediately issued a statement: My conscience is still there, my blood is flowing in me, how can I forget my motherland and become a slave to the Japanese invaders.

This statement was applauded by many people, and Zhang Hanqing was also moved by it.

So, Zhang Hanqing donated 8,000 oceans to Liu Changchun so that he could go to Los Angeles to represent the Republic of China in competitions.

At that time, Liu Changchun secretly left with his coach, with the funding from Zhang Hanqing. He first went south to Shanghai, and under the investment of Ye’s family, he finally arrived in the United States after 21 days at sea.

As soon as they arrived in the United States, they did not take a moment's rest and rushed to the opening ceremony without stopping. At that time, there were only three people who came. Everyone felt that the number was too small, so they found three overseas Chinese to make up the number.

On that day, domestic newspapers wrote the following: We, the brave men of China, have come to this meeting alone, across thousands of miles of mountains and rivers. Our country is facing a difficult time right now. I hope that you will fight and move forward, and that our younger generations will be free from such hardships in the future.

Mr. Wang on the stage and the Japanese ambassador to China looked unhappy, and the principal's wife also had a changeable expression.

Only Ye Luo smiled and clapped non-stop, leading a group of Ye family members on the stage to cheer and shout.

"A Luo, do you agree with what he said?" The principal's wife was a little disappointed. Seeing Ye Luo smiling and leading the applause, she couldn't help but say, "It's as if our Nanjing National Government deliberately lost the North and didn't want to take it back."

"The land of our homeland should be recovered quickly. I strongly agree with this." Ye Luo did not avoid the question and nodded. "Of course, this matter cannot be entirely blamed on us. If there had not been the sudden invasion of the Japanese invaders, how could the North have come to this point?"

The principal's wife was very pleased to hear the word "we". A slight smile appeared on her unhappy face and she nodded, "That's true. These Japanese are getting more and more arrogant. After Chiang Kai-shek has cleaned up the bandit troubles, it's time to teach them a lesson."

The two chatted idly while the most eye-catching track and field competition began off the stage.

"On your marks, get set!"

"boom!"

The starting gun fired.

Ye Zhuohua and Ye Hao, the two siblings who were lying in Bai Xiuzhu's arms, were suddenly startled and huddled together, covering their ears. However, Li Siye, who was standing beside them, opened his eyes wide and looked at everything below curiously.

After a while, the competition got on track and the little guys were no longer afraid. They stood up, waved their fists and shouted, "Come on!" Ye Zhuohua, who is over four years old this year, is obviously taller than his peers, perhaps because he inherited good genes from his parents or eats too well. If you don't tell his age, others would think he is six or seven years old.

One game after another ended.

An exciting announcement came from the on-site radio: "Warm congratulations to Mr. Liu Changchun, an athlete from the north, who won the championship in the men's 10-meter final that just ended, and broke the national record with an excellent score of 7 meters, tying the Far East Games record!"

The whole place was in an uproar.

Many people stood up and applauded, shouting excitedly.

Liu Changchun tied the record of the Far East Games, which shows that the physical fitness of the Chinese people is no worse than that of the Japanese invaders or any other nation in the Far East, and that we can completely get rid of the title of "Sick Man of East Asia".

Ye Luo also stood up and applauded.

He knew that this record would not be broken until almost 90 years later by a man named Su Bingtian with a terrifying score of 9 seconds.

Ninety years ago, the food and accommodation conditions of Chinese people were far worse than they will be in the future. The fact that Liu Changchun was able to achieve such good results under such difficult conditions shows his extraordinary talent.

Last year, when he traveled from Shanghai to the United States, he was exhausted from the long journey and did not get enough rest. In the end, he only finished fifth in the group in the 100-meter preliminaries and failed to enter the finals.

This was one of the greatest regrets in his life.

Time and again the announcer announced records being broken by various athletes, drawing all kinds of cheers from the audience.

The principal's wife couldn't help but glance sideways, and sighed that the physical fitness of the Chinese people has indeed been greatly improved, and the sports level is no longer as sluggish as in the late Qing Dynasty.

She naturally believed that all this was due to the good leadership of the Jinling National Government, and if the principal knew about these things, he would also be delighted.

Ye Luo, who felt deeply about these things, established Ye Sports for this purpose.

He has nothing but a lot of money. Last year, he used his own money to set up a sports training center in Jinling. He also invested in the construction of a number of gymnasiums for public use in many cities in the south. This is to help citizens improve their physical fitness and allow athletes to compete on the track without worries.

This National Games lasted for ten days. On the fourth day, the 60,000 spectator seats were suddenly full again, with many people even standing in the aisles to watch the game.

Ye Luo had just met Liu Changchun at that time and suggested that he join Ye Sports, but Liu Changchun declined the suggestion. He hoped to continue staying in the Northern Sports Team and bring glory to the northerners.

When he returned to the competition site on the fourth day, Ye Luo finally understood the situation by piecing together information.

It turned out that it was because women's swimming was included in the National Games for the first time, and many people came to see something new, even many old scholars came to watch.

The women's swimming competition was about to begin, and the female athletes appeared in their swimsuits, immediately causing exclamations from the audience.

Today Ye Luo and Bai Xiuzhu sat together. They also stocked up a lot of swimsuits, but they didn't dare to wear them in the swimming pool at home. Now seeing the athletes wearing such cool clothes, they envied and were shy. (End of this chapter)