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Chapter 3 Battlefield Stars 35 Sings and Demonstrations

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    After about two months of careful preparations, the Bitong Prisoner of War Camp Olympics are finally about to open.  The main venue of the Olympic Games was chosen in the playground of a middle school in Bitong. At the entrance was a huge colored door made of pine and cypress branches, and above hung the emblem of the conference - a dove of peace with spread wings.  Below is a huge plaque with "Gate of Peace" written in Chinese, Korean and English.  Throughout Bitong, colorful flags were fluttering in the wind, just like a festival.  In addition to all the personnel of the prisoner of war camp and the leaders of the volunteer army, there were also many journalists from other countries and members of the International Red Cross stationed in the prisoner of war camp.  At ten o'clock in the morning, Wang Yanggong, chairman of the conference and director of the Prisoner of War Management Office, announced: "The first Prisoner of War Camp Olympics begins now!" Along with the sound of music, athletes and referees lined up to enter the venue.  Torchbearer Willis ran into the venue holding the torch and presented it to Wang Yanggong, who then lit the main torch on the rostrum.  Then, the Olympic five-ring flag slowly rose on the sports field.  Subsequently, the athletes and referees held an oath-taking ceremony.  After the oath is taken, a cultural program will be performed.  The cultural and artistic programs are composed of songs and dances composed by the prisoners of war and the guards. The end of the program is the highlight of the performance.  Accompanied by a burst of exciting and cheerful Latin-style brass horns and drums, Albert and the black prisoner of war Richie came to the podium and shouted "GO! GO! GO!"  This is Zhang Zhenhua's modified version of the 1998 World Cup theme song - "Cup of Life". ? If we want to say that the most popular and popular song in this World Cup that year, it must be this theme song.  Since the opening day, the song "Cup of Life" has swept the world like a super hurricane from the Latin world.  Fans or not, all fell in love with this song.  Zhang Zhenhua still remembers that no matter where he went in the streets or alleys, he could hear the sound of "GO! GO! GO! Ale, Ale, Ale."  But as mentioned before, apart from the melody and a few words, Zhang Zhenhua didn¡¯t remember much else.  There was no other way. Based on the idea of ????"three stooges and one Zhuge Liang", he found several helpers among the prisoners of war.  Among them, the one who made the greatest contribution was Albert. Unexpectedly, this guy was also a good lyricist in addition to being a pastor.  After listening to the song only once, I wrote the lyrics that day and sang it to everyone.  After Zhang Zhenhua heard it, he felt that it was quite similar.  Immediately decided: "Just use it!" With the cry of "Do You Really Want It?", all the prisoners of war on the playground became excited, and even the reporters watching from the side also shouted: "Yeah!" This is the key point of the song.  In the first part, people on stage and off stage waved their arms and shouted in unison along with the beat.  For a time, the sound of "GO! GO! GO! Ale, Ale, Ale." echoed throughout Bitong and could even be heard on the other side of the river.  On the side of the rostrum, the security officer asked Wang Yanggong nervously: "Director, are the prisoners of war okay with making such a fuss?" Wang Yanggong shook his head, "I don't know either. This kid Zhang Zhenhua, this is the song he came up with. Although  It sounds nice, but this" At this point, he shook his head again.  On the other side of the stage, a foreign reporter was writing quickly in his notebook and murmuring: "My God! It's incredible! I didn't expect that there would be something like this in a prisoner of war camp sports meeting Oh my God,  I don¡¯t know how to describe this song!¡± Next to him, another reporter touched him and said, ¡°Hey, man, let¡¯s dance together. Compared with this, Hollywood music is so outdated.¡±  The person before said: "You are right. If the Chinese are smart enough, they should release this song all over the world." The person next to him said: "That is almost impossible. Except for the Soviet Union and its allies, I think  Few Western countries would allow songs from red countries to be sold in their own country. "How can this be done?" the man said angrily: "Art has no borders!"  When it was over, people who still had something to say cheered in unison, and many people blew whistles.  Wang Yanggong smiled bitterly again and said: "I really can't get used to this bunch of foreigners' habit of cheering." After the performance, the competition officially began.  The conference has a total of 27 competition events including track and field, ball games, gymnastics, and boxing.  Among them, more than 300 people participated in various ball games.  There were also more than 200 prisoners of war performing entertainment and cheerleading teams.  "Cup of Life" is a must-have song before the game.  The Volunteer Army also listened to the reporter's opinion, recorded the song into a record, and began selling it to domestic and international friendly countries.  After twelve days of intense and lively competition, the 5th POW regiment won the first place in the overall team score, and the 1st regiment ranked second.  The person with the highest individual score is Delmar Miller, who won the all-around, obstacle course, and pole vault championships.  During the closing ceremony, Albert and Richie performed Zhang Zhenhua¡¯s version of Mai Tianwang, which was adapted from the later generations.??"HealTheWorld".  Different from the exciting and cheerful "Cup of Life", the tune of "Save the World" is very soothing and steady. The lyrics in the lyrics call for peace, advocate people to protect and cherish their homes, and keep the world away from war. They are expressed in easy-to-understand lyrics.  Express it.  As the song goes, "There's a place in your heart, and I know it's filled with love, and that place will be brighter than tomorrow.  If you care for the living, create a place, create a better place  ." At the end of the song, all the prisoners of war and reporters sang together with the actors on the stage: "Save this world and make it a better place. For you, for me, for all mankind, someone is dying.  I care about life and create a better world for you and me.¡± After the closing ceremony, a reporter specifically approached Albert and Rich to ask how they created such two good songs.  Albert answered truthfully: "Some words were thought of by me, but some words were thought of by our Sir Zhang. The music including these two songs was also composed by him." The reporter asked again: "What did you say?  Where is Sir Zhang now? " Albert scratched his hair, "I don't know. He left in a hurry before the Olympics started. It has been almost a month. " For this reason, the reporter found the management again.  Wang Yanggong, Director of the Division, said: "It is not convenient for me to disclose the whereabouts of Comrade Zhang Zhenhua. I can only tell you that he is currently handling a very important task in China." A few days later, the record of "Save the World" was distributed to all frontline  propaganda points against the enemy and broadcast to the world through radio stations.  For a time, anti-war voices rang out all over the world. In London, nearly 10,000 people participated in the march.  They held high slogans "Withdraw from North Korea" and sang "Save the World". They focused in front of No. 10 Downing Street and demanded that the government withdraw its troops from North Korea.  The same is true in Paris. People marching in front of the Elys¨¦e Palace demanded that the government stop the war and withdraw its troops abroad.  In response to this situation, on the other side of the Atlantic, Congressman McCarthy once again made a sound on the national radio that Britain and Paris had been occupied by communism.  But the day after the broadcast, large-scale anti-war demonstrations broke out in all major cities in the United States.  In Washington, demonstrators focused on Capitol Hill and in front of the White House, demanding that the president and Congress amortize his senatorial duties and severely punish the "madman who talks nonsense all day long."  Faced with this situation, Democratic candidate Adlai Stevenson, who is participating in the next presidential election, stated at a campaign rally: He firmly supports the wishes of the demonstrators.  He said: "Our country cannot allow a paranoid to run amok." Another presidential candidate, Eisenhower, also said that the Korean War should end as soon as possible and let the children go home as soon as possible.  He also said: "If elected, I will go to North Korea." However, whether this heroic marshal in World War II went to North Korea to seek a peaceful solution or to launch an offensive to earn face before the armistice, a lot of speculation arose for a while.  In the White House, Truman's tired eyes looked through the glass window at the crowd of demonstrators outside, "What should we do? Acheson." Acheson sighed: "The best way is to comply with the wishes of these people. But you also know  , That¡¯s impossible. Everyone knows what kind of power is behind McCarthy¡¯s troubles, even though he is just a small lawyer who raises chickens on a farm.¡± Truman thought for a while and said: ¡°General.  Let¡¯s make a show of it. It¡¯s good to have an explanation to the people.¡± Acheson nodded, ¡°You¡¯re right, I¡¯ll make arrangements right away.¡± Two days later, the Senate held a meeting to discuss how to deal with the demonstrations.  How to deal with McCarthy.  The meeting lasted for three days, and finally a narrow majority passed the proposal to remove McCarthy from Senator McCarthy's office, but retained the "Subcommittee on Un-American Investigative Activities".  This practice of changing the soup without changing the medicine immediately aroused strong indignation among the general public.  But the mainstream media says this is a democratic resolution and we should follow it.  On the same day, at the coalition headquarters, the commanders of Britain and France conveyed a message from home to Clark: In view of the current rising anti-war voices in the country, the two countries and their federal troops will withdraw their frontline troops and send them to the front line.  Go to the rear.  As for who will fill the vacant position, that is not something they have to consider.  At this time, the Volunteer Army Headquarters also received a call from the 39th Army Front Committee, that is, the "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" left by Zhang Zhenhua has been finished, and now the U.S. military opposite has begun to urge for more chapters.  But the key problem is that the original author Zhang Zhenhua cannot be found.  "Mr. Peng, look" Hong Xuezhi asked helplessly.  Mr. Peng stared at the map and said without raising his head: "Let him solve the trouble he caused. You can take care of it."Hong Xuezhi smiled and said, "Then I'll go find him right now."
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