The literary era since 1979

The next day, Hong Kong Radio.

Li Bihua is obsessed with books. Whether at home or in the office, there are books everywhere, so messy that there is almost no room to turn around.

At this time, I had neither the time nor the energy to clean up, and I devoted all my attention to the creation of "Farewell My Concubine".

Since Fangyan came to the United States, news has been transmitted back to Hong Kong from across the ocean one after another. First, his lecture tour became famous in Ivy League universities, then "Guns, Viruses, & Steel" became a best-seller across the United States, and then "Saving Private Ryan" grossed over 3500 million US dollars in the first week.

The whole Hong Kong was in a state of excitement.

The third volume of "The Grandmaster Huang Feihong" just published by Sanlian Bookstore was sold out very quickly, and the first two volumes also became a big hit again. The leaders of Hong Kong Radio were naturally delighted and were glad that they had obtained the copyright of "Farewell My Concubine" early and made a deal with the dialect.

Although there is a high adaptation fee, it is all worth it anyway!

They even held several meetings, intending to acquire the broadcasting rights for "The Grandmaster Wong Fei Hung"!

The noise continued until the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, when the attention of Hong Kong Radio was diverted.

"Ugh."

Li Bihua sighed quietly. Although she agreed to co-write, she didn't like to just sit back and enjoy the results.

Just like one doesn’t want to be credited as the author of a paper, one also doesn’t want to just put a name on the novel Farewell My Concubine and do nothing else.

However, the huge literary mountain of dialect was almost suffocating her.

Including the version I have written on the table, I have written no less than three versions of the detailed outline and opening of "Farewell My Concubine", but they are either influenced by the rough outline of the novel written in dialect, or they are not as good as his story outline at all. There is no plot, no depth...

After thinking about it, I always feel that I am living in the shadow of Teacher Fang!

Just when I was feeling upset, there was a noisy sound outside the house, screams mixed with applause, and the applause mixed with cheers.

Li Bihua opened the door in a rage and saw her colleagues gathered around the TV, their eyes fixed on the screen.

"How do you work during working hours..."

"Shh! Stop making noise, the final shot will decide the outcome!"

The female colleague made a gesture to keep quiet and pulled her to her workstation.

Li Bihua was surprised. "What last shot?"

The female colleague stood on tiptoe, "It's the men's 60-shot slow-fire pistol finals, and we are currently in the top three!"

Li Bihua followed her gaze and saw Xu Haifeng in the picture with his eyes closed and concentrating. Then when the command to start the last shot was given, he raised his head and arms. When he opened his eyes, his gaze was as sharp as a torch, pointing directly at the shooting target dozens of meters away.

After adjusting the shooting posture and angle, he pressed the trigger.

The decisive three shots, two 10 rings and one 9 rings.

As the saying goes, one shot decides the outcome. After the gun went off, the audience seats at the Los Angeles Olympics immediately burst into overwhelming applause.

With a total score of 566 rings, he narrowly defeated Swedish player Skanaker by 1 ring and won the championship.

It is not only the first gold medal of this Olympic Games, but also the first gold medal of the Chinese Olympic Games. It is a "breakthrough from zero"!
Before this, among the more than 2500 gold medals awarded in the modern Olympic Games, not a single one belonged to China.

In the 52-year history of China's participation in the Olympics, not a single medal belonged to China.

But now, he has won the championship! He has won the gold medal! Xu Haifeng broke the record of gold medals and was engraved in the history of Chinese sports!
Everyone in the entire office area jumped up and down, hugged each other, cried and laughed, and even ran out excitedly to tell others.

"we are the champion!"

“We won the gold medal!”

In the joyous atmosphere, Li Bihua immediately put aside her worries about "Farewell My Concubine" and started to dance with everyone.

It was like this in front of the TV, and the audience at the scene was even more excited and danced with joy.

Especially those audience members whose faces were painted with the Chinese national flag, some of them excitedly hugged and exclaimed to strangers around them.

"Oh oh oh!"

Fang Yan waved her fists, "Brother, sister-in-law, look, what did I say? China is the best!"

"How can that be awesome? It should be awesome Glass!"

Fangyan was pulled by the little sister on the right arm and burst into laughter.

Gong Xing was excited and asked in confusion: "What does 'Niuba Glass' mean?"

"That's 'awesome'."

Fang Yan laughed and said, "Winning a gold medal just after returning to the Olympics, isn't that amazing!"

Suddenly, I felt a headlight hitting a telephone pole on my left arm. I turned around and saw that it was Li Zhi who was infected by the atmosphere and fell into revelry. She pulled Bai Ruoxue, Pan Yaoming, Mike and others to celebrate, and kept shouting "Huaxia is great". When I realized what was happening, Li Zhi immediately changed from excitement to nervousness and restraint, retracted her hand and said:
"I'm sorry, Mr. Fang, I didn't mean it..."

"I understand, I understand. This gold medal is really inspiring!"

Fangyan waved his hand.

Seeing him waving the red flag in his hand vigorously, Li Zhi secretly twirled the corner of her clothes with her hands, and heard cheers all around her ears.

It is worth mentioning that in addition to Xu Haifeng winning the championship, Wang Yifu, who participated in the competition, also won the bronze medal.

"Let's not stay here any longer."

Fangyan asked Luodian, Mike and others to help watch the seats, and then led a group of people to the backstage.

There were many people who had the same idea. The aisle leading to the lounge was filled with spectators and reporters.

They were busy taking photos, recording videos and interviewing, and Xu Haifeng and his friends were surrounded by the crowd.

Suddenly, a voice emerged from the crowd:
"Teacher Fang? You are Teacher Fang!?"

As soon as these words came out, the audience shook.

This movement quickly alarmed Xu Haifeng, Wang Yifu and other members of the shooting team, and they all came out and shook hands.

"Congratulations, you have brought glory to our country!"

Everyone was taking photos, signing autographs, hugging and chatting. They were looking forward to the award ceremony and the raising of the national flag and playing of the national anthem, but as expected, an accident happened.

After nearly 20 minutes, the much-anticipated award ceremony had not yet arrived, and Samaranch did not appear.

According to past practice, the current president of the International Olympic Committee will present awards specifically to the winner of the first gold medal of each Olympic Games.

"what happened?"

Gong Xing became restless and looked up at Fang Yan and the others.

As doubts continued to arise, a member of the shooting team had to lower his voice and implicitly explained that the organizing committee had only prepared one national flag for the Chinese team at the shooting range and had never expected that two Chinese athletes would win medals at the same time.

So we sent a helicopter back to headquarters to get it, which caused a delay.

"What!?"

Bai Ruoxue and others squinted their eyes, feeling unhappy.

Although Fangyan was unhappy, he considered the overall situation and said, "If that's the case, we can just use it."

The shooting team leader's eyes lit up instantly, and he immediately went to find the staff of the organizing committee. A group of people were busy holding two red flags, comparing details such as size.

"Exactly the same, right?" Fangyan asked.

"Not bad!"

"We will definitely return it after we use it."

The staff member thanked us repeatedly, then took the red flag and left in a hurry.

“That’s too much!”

Fang Yan was so angry that her cheeks puffed up. "It's obvious that they look down on us. They think it's impossible for us to get two or three medals for one project!"

Everyone agreed with this, and the good mood they had after winning the championship disappeared in an instant, until the award ceremony officially began.

Fangyan returned to his seat and saluted the rising red flag. When he thought that one of the flags belonged to them, he felt mixed emotions.

In particular, the staff returned the red flag and also gave away many Olympic souvenirs as a token of their gratitude.

But in his mind, these souvenirs are far less valuable than the flag in his hand.

The red flag raised by the Chinese delegation when it won its first gold medal at the Olympics has great historical significance!
"This this……"

Gong Xing, Bai Ruoxue and others all stared at him with their eyes wide open.

Fangyan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Should I say we are lucky, or..."

"You must keep this flag safe! You must not lose it."

Gong Xing was startled, and carefully folded the red flag and put it in his bag.

Fang Yan smiled and said, "That's right. I'm hoping to exhibit it in my private museum in the future!" (End of this chapter)