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A few months after the End of the Winter Olympics, Gu Ailing was once again the subject of hot discussion, but this time it was related to the United States.
When attending the 2022 Time Magazine Summit, Gu Ailing announced in a high-profile manner that she would serve as the ambassador of the 2030 Olympic bid for Salt Lake City in the United States, and as soon as the words were exported, it caused a heated discussion in China, which was difficult for some people to accept, and some people thought that this was the internationalization that celebrities should have, and could not be too glassy.
Among them, Lao Hu, who openly expressed strong support for Gu Ailing as the US Olympic bid ambassador, said in his view, "In view of Gu Ailing's special status, we should tolerate that she has more international and global symbols than ordinary people." We can't be highly sensitive to any 'American elements' in her words and deeds because she represented China, and we were even shocked. ”
Lao Hu said this to a large part of the domestic netizens to listen, after learning that Gu Ailing is going to serve as the AMBASSADOR of the US Bid for the Olympic Games, on the social platform, some netizens even labeled Gu Ailing as a "double-faced person", believing that this is "disguised face", and also used the very hot term "flexible employment" to satirize Gu Ailing's "flexible nationality", and corresponded to what she said before "In the United States I am an American, in China I am Chinese".
Some netizens who, like Lao Hu, have an inclusive, international and global vision laughed at those netizens who felt hurt by Gu Ailing's own announcement as the ambassador of the US Olympic bid, and taught them, "This is the international influence of top athletes."
To be fair, in light of some of the current wind directions, on the issue of treating Gu Ailing, including Lao Hu, everyone does have some double standards. From beginning to end, because of the achievements of the entire Winter Olympic delegation that brought 2 gold and 1 silver, all the problems of Gu Ailing were not a problem, and in the original propaganda, the national identity around Gu Ailing was deliberately highlighted, and when the Winter Olympics came to an end and Gu Ailing returned to the normal life before, it made many of our netizens unable to stand it.
In fact, the few months of returning to China to participate in the Olympic Games are actually an episode in life or life for Gu Ailing, making this choice is a trade-off between her and her mother Gu Yan based on their own considerations, and we also got the gold medal we wanted, and the national glory brought by the gold medal.
Obviously, for Gu Ailing, the trajectory of the past 18 years will not be changed because of an episode in her life, and the normal life for her makes many of us feel uncomfortable, in the final analysis, it is our expectations of gold medal and gold medal players that are too much beyond sports attributes.
You know, Gu Ailing is still very different from the athletes we have cultivated ourselves, this difference is rooted in the bones of the performance, any pretentious performance can not be and can not hide, for example, will you be in tears for Ren Ziwei, Wu Dajing, Gao Tingyu, Xu Mengtao, Su Yiming, Qi Guangpu, Sui Wenjing, Han Cong, any one of them eating pie? Isn't it true that a pie is given such a high-profile symbolic meaning that we need to rack our brains to find our sense of identity in Gu Ailing?
It's like some fans who support Gu Ailing have found out the past, Gao Min has served as the Ambassador of the New York Olympic Bid, Shen Xuezhao Hongbo as the Ambassador of the Pyeongchang Olympic Bid of south Korea, Ding Junhui as the Ambassador of the London Olympic Bid of the United Kingdom, and Chen Lu as the Ambassador of the Olympic Bid of Sochi in Russia, these precedents prove that Gu Ailing's choice is not wrong, and it is very regrettable that these "Athletes with International Influence in China" they cited, anyone has Gu Ailing, they have no identity barriers.
From the "thank you China" before returning to the United States, the "where I am" that was previously regarded as a high emotional intelligence performance (in fact, it is sleek), and the more naked "Asian American", and even this time as the AMBASSADOR of the United States Olympic Bid, Gu Ailing has always avoided a core issue that is important in the eyes of many of our netizens and may not be very concerned about Gu Ailing himself, that is, nationality.
In addition to the controversial appointment of the US Olympic bid ambassador, Gu Ailing actually said a sentence that made us listen more and more awkwardly, that is, "I have never regretted choosing to represent China" in the Winter Olympics, she said that she was "not for money, nor do I regret such a decision." No matter how you understand it, at least in my opinion, any native Chinese is afraid that he can say such a thing after receiving great honors.
It's like, you ended an unsatisfactory relationship with your ex, and after the breakup, you repeatedly mentioned in front of your friends, "I never regretted choosing to associate with him", which at least has exposed the inner struggle, the more you emphasize "no regrets", the stronger this struggle may be, just tell your friend to tell you "it's not a matter of money", it is definitely a matter of money.
Gu Ailing said that she "hopes to promote cross-cultural exchanges through sports and contribute to the realization of a global common future", I believe that she is sincere when she says this, after all, Gu Ailing's future life value is maximized, and it must rely on this common future.
It should be pointed out that the identity problem surrounding Gu Ailing will not disappear as long as she wanders away from this "cross-cultural exchange" (in fact, it is both sides eating), and it will become more and more intense in some specific cognitive patterns.
Of course, we should also be mentally prepared, in the future, there is no opportunity to continue the frontier with Gu Ailing in the Winter Olympic Games, even if Gu Ailing appears again in the Winter Olympic Games, who may represent who may not be sure, after all, for Gu Ailing, who is committed to "cross-cultural exchange", how to maximize the effectiveness (benefits) of this exchange, she knows far better than you and me.
To say more, although we have quarreled, but the United States for Gu Ailing's Olympic bid ambassador title, in fact, has not yet "settled the dust", the United States Olympic bid spokesman Tom Kelly confirmed to the Associated Press that Gu Ailing did participate in the Olympic bid as a "athlete representative", "she is working with us, but we have not yet determined a specific title for her." Moreover, Gu Ailing will not accompany the Salt Lake City Olympic bid delegation to Lausanne, Switzerland, to meet with IOC officials.
Behind the uncertainty, in fact, there is a high probability of confirming that Gu Ailing's words are true, and she will be deeply involved in the US Olympic bid.
If it is normal to put it on Gu Ailing, then this tolerance should be for everyone, not the privilege of Gu Ailing as Gu Ailing "has more internationalization and globalization than ordinary people" as Lao Hu said.