"Am I really... shortlisted?"

Xu Xin was a little unconfident and seemed not to believe that these were true.

"Hahahahaha..."

After hearing his words, everyone in the room laughed.

Zhang Wu stood up and patted his shoulder:

"Why don't you go wash your face and clear your mind? Your child is almost cooked by looking at it."

"Hahahahaha..."

The people in the room burst into good-natured laughter again.

Zhang Yimou's brows also relaxed completely, and he nodded to him:

"It's true... Okay, calm down quickly. Go back tonight and think about it carefully, and then hurry up and get the torch out and hand it over in the next few days. Do you understand?"

"Uh... got it."

Still in the dreamlike unreality, Xu Xin nodded subconsciously.

"Well, there's nothing else. I've been running around all day. You should get off work first... Oh, by the way, a few rooms were cleared out on the 13th floor this afternoon. The keys are hanging at the door of the big conference room. If you want

If you work overtime on this, you can sleep here."

"...Okay. Then...I...will go out first?"

"Haha, go quickly."

Looking at the child's face where the redness had finally subsided, Zhang Yimou smiled and nodded.

When Xu Xin walked out, he suddenly said:

"Xiao Xu should have trouble sleeping tonight."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

…

Xu Xin did not go to the rest room.

But he didn't go home either.

Instead, I sat in A6 in a daze.

He didn't know what he was thinking, he just felt that his mind was empty.

I'm happy to say that I'm happy, but I'm in a daze at the same time.

The Olympics.

This is.

It's not just a random thing or something held in the market.

This is a worldwide event!

The history of China’s Olympic bid is actually the history of China’s rise.

Now China has finally got this opportunity. When it narrowly lost to Sydney by two votes, countless people felt regret after hearing the result. Now, it is only one step away from the centenary prayer in 2008.

What does the Olympic Games mean to China?

It's not that Xu Xin didn't dare to think about it.

It's simply unimaginable.

And this unimaginable mixture of expectation and enthusiasm will give the torch that appears in Greece what kind of brilliance it will burst out the moment it is lit from the holy fire altar.

Xu Xin couldn't imagine it either.

But……

Now, he has an opportunity... that can almost be written into history.

What to say?

What are you thinking about?

Does he have any idea?

No.

He is just a child...

At best, he is a little brat with bad money.

But now, this little kid suddenly has a glorious opportunity to shoulder the expectations of more than a billion people.

Xu Xin suddenly felt that he had been hollowed out.

Completely drained...

I want to tell someone, but I can't.

Because it needs to be kept secret.

I want to find someone to talk to... No, I have to endure it.

The feeling that the joy in his heart cannot burst out from nowhere. Only he knows how uncomfortable it is.

So he didn't want to go home.

But I don’t know what to do.

Even restless.

Subconsciously, he wanted to smoke, but when he took the cigarette, he realized that his hands were trembling.

Shaking non-stop.

Shudderingly, I lit up the cigarette. Before I smoked, I heard my phone vibrate.

Subconsciously I picked it up and took a look.

Yang Mi: "I'm done."

"..."

He seemed to have found a channel to vent his anger.

Call back.

"Dududu... hello?"

The girl's confused voice sounded:

"Why are you so fast?"

After yesterday's oath was broken, Yang Mi was a little confused.

Then I heard a trembling exhale from the other side of the phone:

"Huh~~~~~"

"...Why is your voice trembling?"

She became even more confused.

Then I heard Xu Xin’s trembling voice:

"No~~It's okay~~~"

"...Are you okay? You are shaking even when you speak. What are you doing?"

"I~~~ am in the car~~~"

"...No, brother, can we talk nicely first? It feels so uncomfortable to hear you shaking. What's wrong with you? Are you okay? Are you feeling unwell? Why don't you stop the car first and pull over to the side of the road?

Don't scare people."

"Uh~~I'm really fine~~I'm smoking~~~"

"You're shaking even more..."

"..."

As a last resort, Xu Xin took two long puffs of cigarette.

After taking two big mouthfuls and exhaling the smoke for a long time, I finally suppressed the emotion.

"Are you feeling better now?"

"Well, what's wrong? What happened?"

"...It's really okay."

"Don't come here, something must be wrong with you. If it's okay, you're not usually like this."

Hearing the girl's words, Xu Xin's face was full of bitterness.

Because he felt more uncomfortable than before.
To be continued...