American Fortune Life

"How do we compare to this?" - BBC

"China, which has one-fifth of the world's population, has been looking forward to the year for the realization of this century-old dream." - World Journal, USA

"The opening ceremony gathers global political celebrities, is the center of attention of hundreds of millions of viewers, and is a stage for China to show its pride and revival." ——French Le Figaro

"The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games may be the opening ceremony with the largest number of viewers in history. It is estimated that more than 100 million people will watch the live broadcast, plus the viewers watching the rebroadcast, there will be a total of 100 million people enjoying the grand occasion of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games." - "Wall Street Journal"

When many people talk about the Olympic Games, they say it is a project of face. It seems that face is a completely derogatory term. Actually not.

The 2008 Olympic Games was definitely the biggest watershed for China. Before that, almost most Westerners had the impression that China was like a dilapidated third-world country in Central America.

Some people may disdain to say that it is the behavior of nouveau riche, the buying and buying of the people of the Celestial Dynasty, all kinds of things that are uncivilized and hated by Westerners.

I have to say that when the United States made its fortune, it was also the most hated upstart in the world. After the rise of the foot basin, basically the whole world is cursing and looking down on them, and the United States was the most vicious one who scolded the foot basin people as nouveau riche. . .

History needs the record of milestone events, and national self-confidence needs the establishment of milestone events. Of course, one time is enough!

In any case, the Olympics will make China a hot topic with a certain reputation and popularity in the future, when the Olympics comes every four years. The effect of this public relations campaign is clearly achieved.

To be honest, ordinary people's impression of foreign countries largely comes from various sports.

If there were no Barcelona Olympics and the Barcelona football team, it is estimated that more than half of the people would not know that there is such a city in Spain. If it weren't for sports, how many people would know about Croatia, Uruguay, or Jamaica?

Even in the United States, if it weren't for the impressive record of the Spurs in the NBA, how many people who have never been there would know that there is a city called San Antonio?

In fact, it is the same whether you are a Chinese or a foreigner. There are billions of foreigners in this world. Most of the people who eat melons neither know nor care about the size, population, history, social welfare and GDP of a certain country.

But they will watch live broadcasts of the Olympic games or newspapers. They will look at the Bird's Nest, the Water Cube and the gold medal list, and feel that this must be a very awesome country, and they will have a chance to visit it in the future.

At the breakfast table, Ivana roughly read the reports of the major media, and was still amazed at the grand opening ceremony she saw last night.

"After last night, the world has re-recognized China, and the stage is really important to some extent." Andy said with a smile.

"Yeah, so rich..." Ivana exclaimed with a charming smile.

Andy looked at his girlfriend, and shook his head dumbfounded. It seems that this is the first impression of all Westerners. After all, the Olympic Games have been held for so many years, and the grand opening ceremony of this time has indeed given foreigners great vision. shock.

"Eat quickly. After we eat, we will go to watch the competition. The gold medal in the women's 10-meter air rifle will be produced in the morning."

"Hey, you won't be able to decide the winner until the closing ceremony on the 24th. Some of you have to wait." Ivana said a little unwillingly. She really hoped that her boyfriend would get the gold medal as soon as possible.

"Hehe, don't worry, you will be able to see my competition in the 1/16 competition on the afternoon of the 13th!" Andy smiled and raised his left arm and made a bodybuilding movement. He is still very confident in winning the gold medal. Confidence.

"I'm looking forward to it, to be honest, the whole America should be looking forward to your game!" Ivana looked at Andy with admiration in her eyes, and said with some pride, you must know that the American media has already created its own gold medal list That's right, Andy's 91kg gold medal was included in the gold medal list early in the morning, and it also caused ridicule from many national media.

It's just that Americans who have watched Andy's games are too clear that Andy's strength is really too variable, and he can completely dominate the professional boxing world. It's just that everyone knows that this Olympic Games is probably Andy's Smith, the super rich man, stood in the competitive arena for the last time. In the last few games, one less game to watch!

When Andy brought Ivana to the Beijing Shooting Range, the competition had already started. The women's 10-meter air rifle qualifying round would be the final around 10:30 later.

I found a seat very quickly. After all, the Smith family is located very near the front and it is easy to find. However, for the appearance of him and Ivana, many people at the scene recognized him. After all, he was in Huaxia Sports. No stranger to fans, Dayao is a great boss. At the same time, his handsome face and youthful wealth are still very popular among girls.

The shooting competition requires the scene to be quiet, and Andy's appearance only caused a small commotion, but many people saw Ivana next to Andy, and they all showed admiration expressions, Nima, this big ocean horse is really amazing It's too big, you must have two hands. . .

Sure enough, there is one behind every goddess. . . . . . man!

The Smith family sat together, forming a large phalanx. After Andy and Ivana sat down and greeted each other, Andy found that each of the family members had two national flags in their hands. It was a bit embarrassing to see his grandpa and cheap dad. I held the Chinese national flag rolled up in my hand, but my mother and grandpa and grandma didn't care at all holding it and waving it from time to time.

Just when Andy wanted to ask what was going on, someone from China behind him handed him a Chinese national flag very, very friendly, and Ivana also received it.

Old Smith looked at Andy, who was a bit confused, and said softly, "They are so enthusiastic, but this really embarrasses me. I don't want to see newspapers in the U.S. publish the news about me waving the sky. A photo of the flag..."

Andy also showed a wry smile. He didn't care, but grandpa and cheap dad had different identities, which was really embarrassing.

Looking sideways at the mother and grandparents who kept shaking the national flags of the two countries, they couldn't help shaking their heads and laughing. However, he knew that it was inevitable that the photos of their family would be published by the American media.

No, there was already a camera at the scene deliberately shooting at his position for a few seconds. After all, he is a world-class superstar, a rich man, and it would be a ghost not to be noticed.

"By the way, Paulson approached me this morning and told me that the speculation you told him last night may have come true. Some Russian officials have already held a top-level meeting with China and proposed that the two countries jointly sell a large amount of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s bonds forced the U.S. government to use emergency powers to support these two companies. Fortunately, Huaxia has rejected this ulterior plan, but the news still makes him sleepless Ann, he wishes to speak to you and your brain trust."

Old Smith turned his head and whispered to Andy in French. As soon as Andy heard his grandfather speak French, he naturally realized that it was for the sake of secrecy. This was the subconscious reaction of these old foxes.

"Does the President know?" Andy frowned, looked at Grandpa and whispered.

"He has not been informed yet. Paulson will tell him when he is ready to return to the United States."

Andy nodded silently, but quickly said with a sneer: "Hehe, this really surprised me, but it's also within my expectations. The high-level view of the Celestial Dynasty is indeed superior to others. Those people in Russia are just a bunch of brains. It's full of second-hand Cold War thinking, always thinking about how to hit the United States.

What China is thinking about is how to protect its own interests. At this time, if it sells bonds to deal a fatal blow to the two companies, it will not only hurt the two companies, but the credit of the United States.

The stocks of Fanfang and Freddie can fall to be worthless, but the bonds are guaranteed by the US credit, and its value can be guaranteed as long as the US does not collapse. But if it collapses due to the impact of the sell-off, China, as the largest creditor country of the United States, will suffer the greatest loss, which they absolutely do not want to see. "