This year's international competitions, like the stars in the night sky, are surprisingly numerous, which is a good thing, but bizarre events have also sprung up one after another, which is a bit disturbing.
For example, in June in Lanzhou, the organizer at the starting point of the race, set up two starting lines, one before and one behind, domestic runners in the back, foreign runners in front, the two are 50 meters away, the guns rang out, and the start at the same time, it was almost a direct medal to the foreigner.
There are also "obstruction sprints", for example, in Dalian in October, when the Chinese player Yin Shunjin, who was running in the forefront, entered the sprint stage, drove full horsepower, and was about to win the championship in one fell swoop, a race vehicle suddenly "slashed immediately" under the instructions of the staff, blocking the way, and finally "ensured" the foreign players to win the ticket and took away the medal that belonged to Yin.
There are more "selective strings", such as yesterday's Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Marathon, the first Chinese runner, tried his best, ready to taste the thrill of hitting the line, the banner that had been pulled up was quickly put away because of his arrival, and after he passed, seeing that the island runners were coming, and quickly recovered, welcoming the second ranked Japanese to break the banner and enjoy the peak experience.
There are all kinds of strange things, I really don't know why, why are there so many "unspoken rules" in foreign-related events now?
This can't help but remind people of a sketch, which was created and performed by Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao in the 1998 Spring Festival Gala, called "The King and the Postman".
The sketch portrayed such a Qing prince who was very good at "considering" foreigners and very good at "taking care" of foreigners' emotions, because he was afraid that Chinese would win the championship in the "World Games", which would make foreigners lose face and make foreigners unhappy, so he specially selected a "silly" postman to participate in the competition, and adjusted the "silly" postman to be courteous to "foreign guests" and please "foreign uncles" on the field.
Now that I look at this sketch from 25 years ago, I still feel so exciting, and in addition, there are two more feelings.
First, the plot is too advanced and very predictable;
Second, I have to say that the "stupid" postman is really dignified in the end - although before the game, he was "strictly trained" by the prince, but in the game, the prince did not give the green light to the foreigners, nor did he give the postman a "tripper", and after the postman won the game as he wished, he cheered and cheered for the foreigners in the audience!
It was also at this highlight moment that the "stupid" postman uttered a bold remark worthy of deep thought today, saying that if you want foreigners to look up to it, you can't belittle yourself, "We Chinese have to straighten our backs and be people"!