Vol 2 Chapter 405: Year-end Ceremony: Saints in the Far East (middle)

On the afternoon of January 29, 2003, an Audi car ran smoothly on Changan Street in Beijing.
An old man in the back seat of the car looked out of the window. On the 27th of the lunar month, there was a beam of joy in Beijing.
"A good year!" The old man sighed involuntarily.
The secretary of the front row co-pilot made fun: "The rare prime minister also specially praised the Sports Bureau and praised you."
Yuan Weimin smiled. Over the past few years, Chinese football has been slow to improve, and he is under great pressure. Generally fans can't scold him, but they can scold him, no matter how unpleasant and wronged, he also has to listen. That's it for sports, performance is everything, and you have no reason to shirk. Fortunately, Chinese football has finally improved a little, and I have also completed the task of national accountability.
In the words of the Prime Minister: Finally, he has assumed the national responsibility, national responsibility, and social responsibility that the largest sports event should have.
Seeing that the car was about to enter the compound of the Sports Commission, Yuan Weimin suddenly frowned. Today is the last collective office meeting years ago. The leaders praised by name. Of course, I was in a good mood, but some things may have been overlooked. For example, why did the two big ministers, Minister Tang and Sun, come over to say "thank you"? At that time I thought it was polite, but now I wonder, it's a bit wrong. The national football team's good results are completely their own deserved work. They have a foreign ministry and a cultural ministry who come here on such occasions.
Yuan Weimin does not believe that the two big ministers expressed their gratitude for personal reasons, although they may also watch the ball and also fans.
"Xiao Liu, what do you mean by Minister Tang and Minister Sun?"
Xiao Liu's face became serious, thinking hard: "Director Yuan, we haven't had any major overseas visits or game arrangements recently. Even if there are, they are nothing special from previous years. Especially in the football field, nothing more .The most important match this year is the mid-year Olympic qualifiers, the World Youth Championship and the World Youth Championship in the third quarter. But in the last two months there has been no major event. I thought about it at the venue, but I never figured it out. Why don't I go back and ask them later? "
"Um." Yuan Weimin promised, thinking with his eyes closed.
Back at the office, Yuan Weimin put on the reading glasses and read the last few unprocessed documents. One of them was a report on the application of the snow and ice project for increased costs. As soon as he saw this, Yuan Weimin's mood was even better. One month ago, Wang Ai's remarks came to life at the commendation meeting.
When he was coaching the women's volleyball team, he was indeed very hard-hearted, but he was not rigid. He knew that "serious" and "lively" were indispensable. Especially in recent years, the age is getting older, the personality is getting more and more generous, and the mischief of Wang Ai is becoming more and more tolerant.
Of course, the premise is that you have good grades and you can't go out of bounds.
For example, Wang Ai's impromptu speech was a reflection of "liveliness." Opening his eyes for the Winter Olympics showed his open mind. Instead of asking for football, he supported the eight poles. Snow and ice project. So this is considered "out of bounds" but not "out of bounds", and its purpose is good, so you can just laugh it off.
Looking at the file, the door opened quietly, and Xiao Liu probed. He has been with him for three or four years, and he is almost like a family in private.
"Director Yuan, good news!" Xiao Liu hugged two piles of things happily.
"Well." Yuan Weimin promised and continued to look down at the documents. After about 20 minutes, I finally looked up after finishing the last work, and took a sip of tea that Liu Gang had filled.
"Say, what's good?"
"Hey, this is really a pleasant surprise. Look first. This is a thank you letter from the Foreign Affairs Department of the Ministry of Culture and the European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Sports Bureau. I am the first time I have seen such a formal ministry. A thank you letter between them. It turned out to be redhead. "
"Your boy!" Yuan Weimin pointed at Xiao Liu with a smile: "Don't say you, I don't see much, just take a look."
Yuan Weimin opened the letter from the Ministry of Culture and wrote:
"National Department of Sport:
From December 2002 to the present, it has been coordinated by the Ministry of Culture and organized by the Chinese player Wang Ai to take part in the "Chinese Culture Tour in Germany" event, with a total success of 200,000 visitors, which has effectively promoted the spread of Chinese culture in Germany. , Has achieved good results, praised by all walks of life in Germany.
I thank the Sports Bureau and the Football Management Center and praise Wang Ai.
Wang Sports Bureau, Wang Ai himself, and more athletes and coaches in foreign countries can actively exert their influence in their respective fields, take the initiative to shoulder the glorious mission of spreading Chinese culture to the outside world, and be an unknown Chinese cultural ambassador for the motherland. The prosperity and development of culture contributes.
Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China: January 28, 2003 "
"What else is happening?" Yuan Weimin muttered in a low voice and opened another file.
"National Department of Sport:
In an exclusive interview with German RTL TV station in mid-December 2002, athlete Ai Wang of your bureau criticized many German societies for misunderstanding me, publicized many correct ideas, and achieved good results after reporting.
At the invitation and introduction of Wang Ai, ZTL Born, the senior host of RTL Television, and the filming team made a special visit to China. On January 15, 2003, the four-episode feature film "The Saints in the Far East" who visited China was broadcast at late prime time.
This feature film reported the historical changes of Tibet for the first time from a positive perspective (now attached with video materials). This feature film caused a sensation in German society, and all sectors of the German society came to our embassy to inquire about the relevant historical materials for Tibet liberation. This feature film has dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of exiles and separatist forces, and has played a positive role in the development of foreign affairs of our European Department, the Embassy in Germany and other institutions.
Special thanks to the Sports Bureau and its affiliates, and praise to Wang Ai.
Another: Foreign affairs are related to the image of the country, international cooperation, and the overall situation of the country. Although Wang Ai ’s move was not approved by our ministry and our company, she relied on her positive personal image, broad and profound cultural level, and rigorous and sharp debate skills. And achieved positive results. We look forward to making persistent efforts and actively applying with our department and our company, and our department and our company will give them strong support.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China: January 28, 2003. "
For a long time, Yuan Weimin put down the two "thank you letters" with the big red seal, and he took it up and looked at it twice.
After finally letting go, he was speechless for a long while.
I said that the Prime Minister was very kind when he praised me today. I said how the two ministers came to thank me specifically. It turned out to be here.
"Go, call me this boy!" Yuan Weimin was furious: "When such a big thing happened, the other departments knew everything about him, and he kept it from me. I do n’t think he wants it? Eat this bowl of rice! "