1928: The rise of giant merchants

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

The opening ceremony of the entire sports meeting 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.

Then the chairman of the conference, Wang Shijie, read the "Premier's Last Instructions" 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 the principal's congratulatory message and encouraged the athletes.

When the representatives of the athletes from each province spoke next, Liu Changchun, who represented the athletes 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 the 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. To wipe out the national humiliation of the fall of the north!"

"Pa pa pa!!!"

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

Last summer, Japan actually announced that Liu Changchun was from the puppet 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 my body, how can I forget my motherland and work as a cow and horse for the Japanese invaders.

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

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

At that time, Liu Changchun took Zhang Hanqing's funding and secretly left with his coach. He first went south to Shanghai Beach. Ye's investment was responsible for it. After 21 days on the sea, he arrived in the United States with difficulty.

Once they arrived in the United States, they did not rest for a moment and went to the opening ceremony without stopping. At that time, only three people came. Everyone felt that this number was too small, so they found three overseas Chinese to make up the number.

That day, a domestic newspaper wrote such a paragraph: I, the Chinese athlete, went to the meeting alone this time, thousands of miles away from the mountains and rivers, and the national destiny is difficult at this moment. I hope you will strive forward, and I hope that our younger generations will be away from such suffering in the future.

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

Only Ye Luo smiled and kept clapping, 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 recover it."

"The land of the homeland should be recovered quickly. I agree with this." Ye Luo did not avoid the question and nodded, "Of course, this matter can't be blamed entirely on us. If there was no sudden invasion of the Japanese invaders, how could the north have reached 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 and said, "That's right. These Japanese are getting more and more arrogant. After Zhongzheng has cleaned up the banditry, it's time to teach them a lesson."

The two chatted casually, and the most eye-catching track and field competition began under the stage.

"Everyone, get ready!"

"Bang!"

The starting gun sounded.

Ye Zhuohua and Ye Hao, who were lying in Bai Xiuzhu's arms, were startled and huddled up with their hands covering their ears. Li Siye, who was standing next to them, opened his eyes wide and looked curiously at everything below.

After a while, the game 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 more than four years old this year, is obviously taller than his peers because he inherited good genes from his parents or eats too well. If not for his age, others would think he is a child of six or seven years old.

One game after another ended.

The live broadcast also came with an exciting report: "Warm congratulations to Mr. Liu Changchun, an athlete from the north, who won the championship in the men's 100m final that just ended, and broke the national record with an excellent score of 10.7 meters, tying the record of the Far East Games!"

The whole audience 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, no worse than any other nation in the Far East, and 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 9.83 seconds.

Ninety years ago, the food and accommodation conditions of the Chinese people were far worse than in the future. Liu Changchun was able to run such a good result under such difficult conditions, which shows his outstanding talent.

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

This is a great regret in his life.

The announcer announced again and again that the records were broken by various athletes, which attracted various cheers from the audience.

The principal's wife on the side could not help but look sideways, feeling that the physical fitness of the Chinese people has indeed been greatly improved, and the sports level is no longer the same as before, no longer the sluggish appearance of 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 was moved by these things, established Ye Sports for this purpose.

He had nothing but a lot of money. Last year, he spent money to establish a sports training center in Jinling and built a number of gymnasiums shared by all citizens in many southern cities to help the people improve their physical fitness and allow athletes to run freely on the track and field.

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

Ye Luo had just met Liu Changchun at that time and proposed that he join Ye Sports, but unfortunately Liu Changchun declined. He hoped to continue to stay in the Northern Sports Team and win glory for the northerners.

When he returned to the competition site on the fourth day, Ye Luo finally understood the situation through the information he had pieced together.

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

The women's swimming competition was about to begin, and the female athletes appeared in swimsuits, which immediately caused a burst of 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)