August 30, 2008, Xiangjiang.

Early in the morning, thousands of Xiangjiang citizens gathered outside the Shatin Conference Hall to welcome the arrival of mainland gold medal athletes at the Yanjing Olympics with warm applause.

"Wow, there are so many people!"

As soon as he arrived at the entrance of Shatin City Hall, a small man following Ye Qin couldn't help but sigh loudly.

"There are really many people!"

Ye Qin looked at the many spectators outside the hall, and for a moment he never expected that so many people would arrive today.

"Ye Qin, I guess you are the most popular one later." The little man standing beside Ye Qin wearing a national team uniform said with a smile again.

"Brother Zhou, so do you. No one will go on stage and compete with boxing later."

Ye Qin replied with a smile that the little man standing beside him was not someone else, but Zhou Shimin, the men's 48kg boxing champion at this year's Yanjing Olympics. He is China's first boxing Olympic champion.

"Definitely not." Zhou Shimin smiled and looked at Ye Qin again, "Ye Qin, it's your first time in Xiangjiang."

"Well, it's really the first time." Ye Qin nodded.

Zhou Shimin smiled, "I thought you had been here in the last Olympics. In my impression, I feel that you have become famous for a long time."

"Brother Zhou, I'm several years younger than you."

Ye Qin heard Zhou Shimin’s interesting words and shook his head repeatedly. As one of the members who came to Hong Kong for the Yanjing Olympics these days, others were not very familiar with him. Instead, he was familiar with Zhou Shimin, a cheerful boxer.

He was a little unfamiliar with Xiangjiang. This was the first time he came here. He had heard a lot about Xiangjiang. When he was a teenager, he watched some Hong Kong movies on TV in his hometown, and his memory seemed to have been there.

After actually coming to Xiangjiang, I found that many of the films and TV shows I have watched can be compared with the Hong Kong films in my memory.

But at that time, I felt that the city was particularly tall and high-end, but now I feel a little more cramped when I am in it.

For example, although there are many tall buildings, the streets are still relatively compact, and the hotel rooms are the same. Thinking of these, you can probably understand the concept of Xiangjiang's wealth.

Ye Qin could also understand Zhou Shimin's meaning of saying that he felt he had been famous for a long time. After the last Olympics, he won the sixth place in the 200m. Although his results were already outstanding at that time, he was not part of the gold medal corps.

The outstanding performances in the following World Championships have never been closely related to Xiangjiang. In addition, training and competitions have always been very tight, so I have never been able to come to Xiangjiang once.

"By the way, I heard from the commander that you won't go back to China with us then?" Zhou Shimin remembered this exchange trip and asked Ye Qin.

"Well, I will fly straight from Xiangjiang to Lausanne the day after tomorrow." Ye Qin nodded, "Actually, if it weren't for this exchange group, I should have gone to the competition after the Olympics."

"You are so anxious to participate in the competition again just finished the Olympics."

"I've participated in relatively few competitions this year."

Ye Qin said with a smile that he has not participated in many track and field events this year, and now that the Olympics are over, he can also feel relieved and participate in other competitions.

Not to mention the distance, he missed the Zurich Golden League and the UK's Gateshead Grand Prix after the Olympics.

The only thing that can be waited for now is the Super Grand Prix held in Lausanne in early September.

The track and field competition is actually quite over the last month, and there are not many competitions to participate in, but athletes including Yusé Bott, Asafaville and Jason Gaby are already competing now. If he doesn't want to lose too much in the IAAF ranking, he still needs to seize some opportunities to participate and score points during this period.

As for now...

After each Olympic Games, the Olympic delegation will go to Hong Kong and Macao for exchanges and visits. Ye Qin did not know much about this before, but he has also learned some of the situation in the delegation these days.

First, the delegation visited Hong Kong and Macao by the invitation of the two SAR governments and the Olympic Committee. Secondly, after each visit to the Hong Kong and Macao delegation, the head of the delegation would mention that this visit was to "report the care and support of Hong Kong and Macao compatriots for the mainland sports cause and sports athletes, and share the glory and joy of the Olympics with Hong Kong and Macao compatriots."

The reason for the latter statement is that Hong Kong and Macao compatriots have had extremely important support for the sports industry in the mainland.

In October 1984, Hong Kong tycoon Ho Ying-tung donated HK$100 million to establish the "Hot Ying-tung Sports Fund". The "Hot Ying-tung Sports Fund" rewards Chinese gold medalists of each Olympic Games with a pure gold medal weighing 1,000 grams and US$80,000, the Olympic Games with a gold medal weighing 250 grams and US$40,000, and the Olympic Games with a gold medal weighing 150 grams and US$20,000.

In fact, Ho Ying-tung will also increase the prize money for Chinese athletes based on different situations in each Olympic Games. For example, in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the "Hot Ying-tung Sports Fund" awarded $2.4 million to Chinese athletes, but by the 2004 Athens Olympics, the "Hot Ying-tung Sports Fund" awarded HK$32.59 million, and even the substitute players of the Chinese women's volleyball team received a prize of HK$500,000.

This bonus is nothing for athletes in top popular events, such as Ye Qin and Liu Yangyu. However, for athletes in some unpopular events, it is the most important bonus in addition to the national team and provincial teams and municipal teams at all levels, which plays a very important role in improving everyone's lives. Moreover, it can also play a motivating role for latecomers.

Moreover, this time when I came to Hong Kong, in addition to Mr. Huo’s sports fund, another Mr. Zeng Xianzi is also preparing to establish a sports foundation to support China’s sports career.

The amount of donated is HK$100 million, which is used to reward the Yanjing Olympics, the London Olympics and the Rio Olympics eight years later. The amount of this Yanjing Olympics alone exceeded HK$25.16 million.

This money is not a particularly large amount for the development of China's sports industry, but the sincere support for China's sports is beyond words.

On the other hand, the Olympic delegations going to Hong Kong for exchanges also have united front significance, enhancing the identity and pride of the people of Hong Kong and Macao for their motherland, and enhancing cohesion.

These inner meanings are not something he needs to care about at this time for Ye Qin, but when he appeared in Shatin City Hall to arouse shouts and applause from all the Xiangjiang citizens, he still felt that his trip to Xiangjiang was still very meaningful.

The core figure of the delegation to Hong Kong exchanges four years ago was Liu Yangyu, and four years later was Ye Qin. The two track and field athletes in the two delegations also saw China's emergence in track and field events.

At Sha Tin City Hall, several heavyweight athletes shared their feelings for winning the championship with the audience, and soon began today's important exchanges and important events to perform and play games with the audience on the scene.

Zhong Man, who won the gold medal in the men's swordsman in the Yanjing Olympics in the men's swordsman, demonstrated his heroic posture in fencing tactics, which made the audience applaud. Then, the women's 25-meter sports pistol champion Chen Ying and the women's 10-meter air pistol champion Guo Wenjun and others held prop pistols, revealed their aiming secrets and posed in a beautiful sharpshooter posture to take a photo with the audience, which was even more exciting.

Later, a gold medal team composed of three weightlifting champions held a tug-of-war competition against eight live audiences. The gold medal team lost to eight audiences. Finally, the 85kg male weightlifting champion Lu Yong raised a male audience weighing 90kg on the spot, showing the strength of the strongman and regaining the face of the gold medal team.

The top part of the game was the final sprint race. Zhou Shimin did not play in the field and played a boxing "friendly match" with the audience. Instead, Ye Qin and several male and female spectators on the scene held an indoor 40-meter sprint race.

But the way of the competition was Ye Qin jumping with one foot, while several spectators ran with all their might.

The final result was still eye-opening for the citizens on the scene. Ye Qin won the audience with one foot, even though he played together.
Chapter completed!