The news about this "Universal Games" in major domestic newspapers is rare and synchronized with the world.
This is not because there are reporters in Paris, France, who take news telegrams about the results of this Olympic Games to major newspapers every day.
Nor is it because Chen Lu of the Chinese Embassy in France sent a timely official telegram to China to express his gratitude.
Instead, major newspapers purchased news from foreign news agencies such as Reuters in Sihai.
Foreigners have always been interested in sports news, and the Olympic Games was the most grand sporting event in 1924.
So even though they are far away in Sihai, those foreign-language newspapers still publish the results of the day's competition simultaneously every day.
At the 5th Far Eastern Games held in Osaka last year, Chinese athletes boycotted and refused to participate in the Games because of China-China relations.
In the end, under the coordination of the weak and incompetent government, the athletes who had no time to prepare hurriedly set off, resulting in the biggest defeat in the history of the Far Eastern Games.
In the end, China's score was not only far behind the local team that was actively preparing for the Paris Olympics, but was even inferior to that of the small country the Philippines.
Therefore, the Chinese people were not very interested in the Olympic Games that were far away in Europe. Even the largest newspaper "Declaration" in Sihai only published an article about four tennis players in an inconspicuous position at the back of the page. News that athletes will participate in the Games of All Nations.
However, all this changed drastically after Chen Muwu won his first gold medal.
The editor responsible for collecting news accidentally read in the "Zi Lin Xi Bao" that a Chinese named "Chen Han Chen" won first place in the 1,500 meter freestyle competition.
So major newspapers in Shanghai reprinted the news one after another, and sent people to wait at the Reuters reporter station in Baihai every day. After they received the latest news about the sports games from Europe, they immediately bought and reprinted it in their own homes. 's newspaper.
Chen Han Chen's subsequent performance was quite satisfactory, and he won the second and third first places.
But now there is another question that appears in front of reporters and readers, that is, who is this Chen Han Chen who suddenly appeared?
Some reporters specifically inquired about the situation from the All-China Sports Association, which was upgraded from the "China Amateur Sports Federation" last year, but the other party was also confused.
The association's main goal this year is to host the Third National Games in Wuhan in May, and it has not sent athletes to foreign games.
They only knew that four international students in the United States had written to inform them that they would go to Paris to participate in the tennis event of the Universal Games, but they never knew that another person had participated in the swimming competition.
However, after learning that a Chinese had won the gold medal, the Association issued a statement as soon as possible, expressing warm congratulations to this unknown compatriot.
Another reporter went to investigate the list of athletes who participated in the 5th Far Eastern Games last year. Although there were many athletes named Chen, none of them could match Chen Han Chen.
Chen Muqiao received a letter from the UK a few days ago. It only took one year for his third brother to obtain a doctorate, which made the entire Chen family smile from ear to ear.
Although they were happy, everyone had some doubts in their hearts, that is, Chen Muwu never mentioned in his letter when he would return to China after graduation.
He said that he had already found a job at Cambridge University, but he had finally graduated. Shouldn't he go home first and show off in front of others?
Instead, Chen Muwu mentioned another thing in his letter, that is, he had a dream recently, and an immortal told him in the dream that there would be a war in the sea in the near future. He asked his eldest brother to take his second brother and the old lady back to the countryside temporarily. Live in my hometown for a while.
Chen Muqiao scoffed at what his third brother said, thinking that you went abroad to study science and got a doctorate. Why did you become more superstitious the more you studied this matter?
However, Mrs. Chen took this matter to heart. She thought that her youngest son specifically mentioned this matter in the letter, so she would rather believe it than not.
The old lady tried every means to force the eldest son and the second son to take her back to her hometown in Qiyu in the summer, and by the way, she hung a "Doctor" plaque on her youngest son in the ancestral hall of her hometown.
While the Chen family was packing their luggage, Chen Muqiao saw the name Chen Han Chen in the newspaper. He always wondered if his brother had caused some trouble abroad again?
Could it be that he didn’t return home just to participate in the Games of All Nations?
Chen Muqiao also held a newspaper and pretended to casually ask the foreign physical education teachers in the school about the situation. What level did the results of the 1,500-meter, 200-meter and 400-meter swims rank in the world?
Then he completely gave up the idea that chen han chen was his third brother.
Because the foreign teacher told Chen Muqiao that he felt that the newspaper might have printed the wrong data, because swimming this length and this time was completely impossible to achieve in his opinion.
Although the third brother grew up by the water and can swim, he shouldn't be able to swim that fast, right?
However, Chen Muqiao's suspicion and self-deception did not last long, because at the press conference after the last game, his brother's vest fell off.
The news quickly spread back to China. Whether it was foreign-language newspapers or Chinese-language newspapers, the entire media circle was abuzz.
One person, and he is also a Chinese, not only discovered new stars, but also made many significant progress in the research of physical science, and now he has won four first places in a row at the world's highest level universal games.
The first to respond was the two railway administrations.
The British chief engineer asked his subordinates to hang a new banner on the gate of the bureau, "warmly congratulating Chen Hanchen, a former employee of this bureau, for achieving four first-place results in the Universal Games."
People from the cultural and sports circles and even all walks of life, those who knew Chen Muwu and those who did not, wrote articles in newspapers one after another.
Needless to say, Mr. Lu Xun, Dr. Hu, and other old acquaintances with Chen Muwu. Even Zhang Boling, the president of Tiekai University, lamented in Tianyi's "Yishibao" and put forward "three questions about the Olympics" in "Tianyi Youth" magazine "Sixteen years later, our country finally has an athlete who can answer the first two questions. Some people have represented China in the All Nations Games, and some have won championships for China in the All Nations Games, and they have won four championships at once.
A young man who was currently serving as a member of the executive department and secretary of the organization department of Kumantou Yahai also saw this news in the newspaper and became more convinced that swimming was a good sport for physical fitness.
President Cao Kun in the Beijing Presidential Palace has just decided to award Chen Muwu two medals.
As a result, Chen Lu, the embassy in France, sent back the news that Chen Muwu showed off his power in front of foreigners and won the first place in four events at the Universal Games.
This is a rare happy thing that President Cao Kun, who has been ignored for a long time, has heard recently.
He once again called his staff together to study the upgrade of Chen Muwu's medal, and finally came to the conclusion that the Baoguang Jiahe Medal was upgraded from the third-class ribbon to the second-class ribbon, and the third-class medal was also advanced. Medal of honor.
The bookstores on Bizhou Road were obviously very interested in the book "Murder on the Paris Express" mentioned by Chen Muwu.
So they mobilized the staff of the bookstore and asked them to send reports to relatives and friends in Europe to see if they could buy this book and arrange for manual translation and publication as soon as possible.
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At this time, Chen Muwu, who was far away in Paris, was forced by de Broglie to have his butler dress up.
At this time, he was sitting in a car, with Best, who was also dressed solemnly, sitting next to him. The two were about to go to the British Embassy in France, which is located on the suburban road in Saint-Aulay, a stone's throw away from the Elysee Palace, the official residence of the French President. The Duke held a dinner in their honor.
In fact, the card I received the day before yesterday only had Chen Muwu's name written on it.
However, he thought that this was an invitation from the British prince after all, and it might be easier to bring Best with him.
Unlike Chen Muwu who was so calm, Best was very excited.
He thought that his previous request to accompany Chen to France to participate in the Olympics was indeed the right choice. Not only did he win the gold medal, but he also took the opportunity to meet members of the royal family.
After arriving at the embassy, showing the invitation letter and confirming their identities, the two were led into a room by the staff inside.
The layout inside was similar to the one when Chen Muwu attended the dinner party at Trinity College, but because there were not so many people, the scale was correspondingly smaller.
There was no one in the room at this time, so Chen Muwu and Best could only sit on the chairs in the corner of the room and wait quietly.
Although Chen Muwu was an invited guest, in the eyes of the person who arranged the banquet, the Duke of York was much more noble than a foreigner like him. Naturally, he could only be made to wait for His Highness the Prince, not His Highness the Prince. reason.
Fortunately, the two did not wait long. The door of the room opened again, and two people walked in under the respectful guidance of the staff.
Chen Muwu didn't know who it was, but he vaguely felt Best's excitement next to him.
It seems that one of these two people should be the Duke of York.
Perhaps because this meeting was not on a formal occasion, he was not dressed in military uniform and did not wear a badge on his chest. He just chose to wear a suit.
Chen Muwu stood up after Best, and at the same time the two people who had just entered also walked to them.
The one walking in front took the initiative to reach out to Chen Muwu.
As soon as he opened his mouth, Chen Muwu knew that this person should undoubtedly be the Duke of York: "Chen, Mr. Chen, I'm very, very happy to meet you. I, I am Albert."
"It is an honor to meet you, His Royal Highness the Duke of York."
Chen Muwu felt that on this occasion, he not only represented an individual, but also represented the entire China behind him, so he tried hard to remain dignified and generous, making every move he made appropriate.
After the two briefly shook hands and released them, the Duke of York introduced him to the person behind him: "This is the Crown Prince of Sweden, Prince Gustavus Adolf. He is a profound sinologist. I have been very interested in Eastern culture before, and recently saw your outstanding performance in the Olympic Games, so His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also wants to meet you."
It is said that monthly tickets are doubled these days. Please don’t be stingy with the tickets in your hands. Use them to humiliate Lao Zhao who only coded 6,000 words today. Thank you!
(End of chapter)
