The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 943 Guangzong Yaozu

Panshan Group Headquarters.

Liu Tao and others were watching CCTV-4, where the men's and women's mixed 100×m medley relay race was about to take place.

This Olympics has attracted more attention to Liu Tao and his family than ever before.

As for the reason, it is naturally because Liu Tao’s eldest son and daughter are participating in this Olympics.

"Well done, Jingming and Yingqing. You have brought honor to our family. You can even have a separate page in the family tree!" Liu Zhenbang said happily, "I hope they can achieve more success tonight!"

In past competitions, Liu Jingming won the 50m freestyle and 100m freestyle championships, the 100m butterfly silver medal, and the 200m butterfly bronze medal, setting a new record for the Chinese men's swimming team. Before this, men's swimming competitions were the strong points of Europeans and Americans, and the Chinese men's swimming team had never achieved good results. Winning 2 golds, 1 silver and 1 bronze this time was a huge surprise.

刘颖卿获得了100米蝶泳、200米蝶泳金牌，50米自由泳银牌、4×100自由泳银牌，现在已经拿到2金2银，连央视体育频道解说员都忍不住称其为‘华夏蝶后’。

Now the mixed men's and women's 4×100m medley relay tonight is the last competition they will participate in.

男女混合4×100米混合泳接力赛的比赛规则是由两男两女共4名游泳运动员组成，每名队员在4种泳姿（仰泳、蛙泳、蝶泳和自由泳）中选择一种完成各自100米的比赛，选手之间泳姿不可重复。

The relay order is backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly stroke, and freestyle!

The butterfly stroke was done by Liu Yingqing, and the freestyle was done by Liu Jingming.

They are warming up at this time.

"Dad, don't have too high hopes. If they succeed, that's good. If they don't, that's OK too!" Liu Tao smiled. He was proud of the children's achievements, but he had a good attitude.

Liu Zhenbang arrived at the station and officially retired this year.

It was a hot summer in Beijing at that time, so Liu Zhenbang came to Kunming to escape the heat. Every day he and Chen Fang and others watched the Olympics on TV and helped take care of the two children.

Liu Zhenbang didn’t think about starting a business since he was still in good health. Liu Zhenbang didn’t have such ambition. All he wanted was to enjoy his retirement life.

After the Spring Festival, Liu Zhenbang and Chen Fang went to the Five Sacred Mountains and visited West Lake, Taihu Lake, Dongting Lake and Poyang Lake.

If it weren't for the Olympics, the two might still be traveling outside.

With their pensions, plus the money Liu Tao and Liu Ziyu give them on a regular basis, it is enough for them to travel around the country every day.

The two are not power-hungry people. They have a good attitude after retirement and enjoy their retirement life. This makes them not like some people in the system who age quickly after retirement. When others see them now, it is normal to say that they are in their fifties.

Before we knew it, the game had already begun.

Liu Tao and the others didn't even bother to eat, their eyes were fixed on TV.

Swimming competitions are very fast; it doesn't take long to swim 100 meters.

When Liu Yingqing swam the 100-meter butterfly, she was ranked 6th. Liu Yingqing was very fast and kept overtaking those in front.

Liu Tao and the others couldn't help but hold their breath, became excited, and prayed in their hearts.

Even Liu Tao is no exception!
Liu Jingming and Liu Yingqing both love swimming and have good talent in it. Liu Jingming is better at freestyle while Liu Yingqing is better at butterfly stroke.

Sometimes it's like this, hard work seems vulnerable in the face of talent.

If you have outstanding talent and work hard, you have the possibility of success.

When they reached the finish line, Liu Yingqing was in third place, very close to the second place, which created an opportunity for Liu Jingming. Liu Jingming quickly surpassed the front and ranked second, competing with the first place. The two sides fought hard, and when they passed the halfway point, Liu Jingming was very close to the first place.

When there were 10 meters left, Liu Jingming finally surpassed his opponent and took first place.

When the commentator shouted excitedly and the first place appeared on TV, Liu Tao and the others couldn't help but cheer.

On TV, Liu Jingming and Liu Yingqing hugged each other excitedly, and they hugged their teammates.

This is China's first swimming team gold medal!

From late July, the whole world entered the Olympic time.

As the world's largest competitive sport, it has the greatest influence on a country by country basis and has the largest audience.

This Olympic Games is a family portrait of the Olympic family. More than 200 member countries are present, and more than 1 athletes are participating, setting three records in terms of participating delegations, number of participants and number of events since the modern Olympic Games.

China is very enthusiastic about the Olympics and has been broadcasting every game live since the beginning of the Olympics.

Any athlete who wins a gold medal becomes famous and is regarded as a hero.

Every gold medal winner is talked about with relish and becomes a heroic figure.

Liu Jingming and Liu Yingqing became famous overnight and were widely known.

However, when the report was about the two people, their family background was not reported.

As for why it was not reported, it is naturally inappropriate.

In this regard, Liu Tao had already informed the relevant departments.

When the Olympic flame, which had been burning for 8 days, was extinguished at the Atlanta Olympic Sports Center Stadium on the evening of August 4, the Centennial Olympics came to an end. The Millennium Olympics will be held in Berlin, and the Olympics will enter the Berlin cycle.

In this Olympics, the United States was far ahead in the gold medal list and ranked first. China surpassed the Polar Bear and ranked second. This was the first time that China entered the top three in the Olympic gold medal list.

The athletes of the Chinese delegation have achieved such outstanding results that people all over the country are talking about it with relish and feel extremely proud.

The outstanding achievements in the Olympics always inspire people's national pride, especially when seeing the national flags rising and the national anthem playing.

As the Olympics come to an end, the aftermath continues.

The media intensively reported on each athlete, and each athlete began to receive various honors and participate in various activities.

Some athletes naturally became the darlings of brand owners and received endorsements one after another.

Liu Jingming and Liu Yingqing don't need to accept endorsements, as brands have already come to them one after another.

They are the global spokespersons for more than 20 brands, including King Long Computer, Huaxia Automobile, Huaxia Motorcycle, Shenzhou Mobile, Gree Home Appliances, Standard Chartered Bank, Huaxia Petroleum, etc., which makes them the most money-making sports stars in China.

There was no need for Liu Tao to give any instructions, as the people below did it in tacit understanding.

After all, Panshan Group has always liked to find athletes as spokespersons. In every Olympic Games, gold medalists, silver medalists, and bronze medalists will be endorsed by Panshan Group-related companies. Now that Liu Jingming and Liu Yingqing have achieved great results in this Olympic Games, what else needs to be said?

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