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In fact, many of these measures mentioned by Joseph have already been implemented, such as various entertainment industries and various selections—as small as the "Paris Rose" selection participated by female stars in various nightclubs. , to the "Prometheus Award" that affects the world. Various sports activities, for example, Paris has started tennis tournaments in various communities.

The people of the Ministry of Truth also specially formulated the "French Tennis Competition Rules", and specially made a silver-plated gold-plated trophy to be awarded to the tennis champions of various communities in Paris.

Tennis was once very popular in all walks of life in France (of course, a big reason why it was popular was because it was mainly used for gambling back then), and because it involved gambling, tennis also caused a lot of trouble. The matter, later the Bourbon Dynasty simply came to a one-size-fits-all and directly banned tennis.

But banning tennis does not ban gambling. There are many ways to gamble. What's more, although things like gambling often lead to some small things, on the other hand, there are very few major turmoil directly caused by it. On the contrary, in a sense, it is a kind of pleasure that can relieve stress.

So after Napoleon came to power, the ban on tennis was abolished, coupled with the guidance of the Ministry of Truth, the sport is even more prosperous today than when it was mainly used as a means of gambling. And the general development of community competitions and competitions between communities, the effect as entertainment is even more outstanding.

As for gambling, gambling is not a good thing, but it still has certain effects, especially in terms of entertainment. It's just that it must be standardized, and it must be done in accordance with the principles of moderation, openness and transparency. To put it more clearly, that is to say, there can be gambling related to tennis, but casinos related to tennis gambling can only be managed by the state. To put it more clearly, it can only be done through the tennis lottery of the Ministry of Truth.

In addition to tennis, the Ministry of Truth has introduced new "rules of football" and is preparing for community football. And this became the origin of the football league in later generations.

Of course, today, the most important event is the Olympic Games. The torch of the Olympic Games has already arrived in the UK. As for the other way, it should be on the way back from North America.

Ten days later, the torch returned from North America also arrived in Spain.

The torch ship stayed in Spain for a day to learn about the torch relay on the other side, so as to adjust its speed so that both sides could reach Paris at the same time. By the way, add some supplies. After resupplying, it continued eastward, reaching Marseilles two days later. At this time, another torch also left the UK.

The relay of the torch in France is slower than in other countries, because when it is passed in other countries, it generally only passes through some important cities, or even the capital. But in France, the torch is turning a corner, running from small town to small town, even small towns with only a few thousand people are not missed. And in every small town, there will be a lively parade that lasts all day. In this way, the speed of the flame will naturally slow down.

At this time, various media also focused their reports on the torch relay. For example, where the torch was delivered, the local terroir and products, and various things that happened during the torch delivery. Of course, the focus of each newspaper's report is different. "Scientific Pravda" naturally focuses on the local people's celebration of the torch, "Kommersant" focuses on local products and possible business, and "Sun" focuses on the romantic affairs that occurred during the torch relay (of course , these things are all made up. But everyone knows that the things in the Sun newspaper can only be read as novels)

In this way, it is naturally very time-consuming, so it took more than two months, and the two torches finally gradually approached Paris. At this time, His Majesty the Pope also left Rome with a large delegation and sailed to Paris.

The French Navy sent a special fleet to escort the Pope's crown throughout the journey. Escorted by the fleet, he landed at Marseilles. Lucien, Minister of the French Ministry of Truth, presided over a grand welcome ceremony in Marseilles to welcome this distinguished guest, and presented to the Pope a gift from the French people to the Holy See-a marble statue of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary.

Then the pope and his party, accompanied by Lucien, took a special train and headed north all the way to Paris. The First Consul of France met with the Pope and his entourage in the Consul Government. The two had cordial and friendly talks on the development of Catholicism in the world and other issues of common concern.

During the talks, Napoleon welcomed the Holy See and his party to France to participate in the first modern Olympic Games to be held in Paris. He expressed to the Pope that achieving peace throughout the world is the most Christian act, and the Olympic Games embodies this spirit. The arrival of the pope also fully proves that the Holy See upholds the spirit of Christ and is the true orthodoxy of the Christian world. France is willing to work together with the Holy See to promote the spread of Catholicism throughout the world.

The Pope spoke highly of Napoleon's piety, comparing him to Charlemagne. And highly praised France's great contribution to the Catholic world. He said that just as Charlemagne was inspired by God and became the sword and shield of Catholicism, he believed that Napoleon and his subordinates would become the protectors of Catholicism just like Charlemagne and the twelve holy knights and communicators. And the inseparable traditional friendship between France and the Holy See will also be further strengthened.

After the talks, the Pope visited Notre Dame Cathedral, the largest Catholic church in Paris. For a period of time to come, until the end of the Olympic Games, the pope and his descendants will stay here temporarily. He will preside over the blessing ceremony for the French Republic here, and receive the audience of bishops from all over France. Of course, this is just a formality, the church in France is basically independent. Although they admit that the Pope is a spiritual leader, they are only limited to spiritual leaders.

And in fact, the teachings of the French Church are already clearly different from the Holy See in many places, and the difference between them is even greater than the difference between the Anglican Church and the Holy See. But everyone ignored these differences in a very tacit understanding, acting as if everyone was really close.

On the third day after the pope arrived in Paris, both flames returned to Paris. On May 30, 1804, the two holy flames met in front of the Pantheon, and then the carnival of the whole Paris began.

The relay of the torch takes place in Paris communally. On this day, the police department set many roads in Paris as pedestrian roads and prohibited carriages from entering. And dispatched a large number of mounted police to maintain order. The torch was passed between various blocks in Paris in a fairly orderly manner, and there was no stampede caused by overcrowded crowds that appeared in British cities not long ago.

It took a whole day for the torch to complete its relay in Paris, and began to run to the finish line in a relay manner - the main venue of the Olympic Games. More than a thousand citizens followed the torch to the main venue by riding a carriage, riding a horse, or running on foot. Of course, those passionate youths who followed on foot were basically quickly thrown off by the torch in the relay state.

At that time, the young Marie-Henry Bell was also on foot. He had just retired from the cavalry with the rank of second lieutenant, and had entered the École Polytechnique in Paris, intending to become an engineer after graduation. This day he and his enthusiastic classmates ran along with the torch, and had to stop until exhausted.

Looking at the receding torch, the exhausted Mali bent down, panting, and shouted: "Great France, please wait for your people..."

But the torch did not stop, and France, too, ran faster than the relay torch. At this time, Napoleon, a large group of senior officials, and the visiting Pope had already arrived at the main venue in Napoleon's special train, preparing for the opening ceremony of the first modern Olympic Games. If Mali's classmates hadn't rushed over with a rented carriage from behind, Mali would have missed the opening ceremony. Although he couldn't buy a ticket, he could only watch it with a telescope on the high ground outside the venue.

The opening ceremony was held on the evening of June 1st. This time was chosen mainly due to the following considerations:

First of all, at night, the French lighting technology is better displayed. At the beginning, the Moulin Rouge once creatively used various lights to decorate itself beautifully. Nowadays, lighting technology has developed more. Although it is still far behind the future, in this era, the French can already use lighting to make the main venue as beautiful as a dream.

In addition to the light show, there are also indispensable fireworks. A year ago, the laboratory of the University of Paris conducted a systematic study of the flame reaction in order to invent a new method for the analysis of metallic minerals. And this research, in the laboratory of the military-industrial complex, has become a variety of signal flares. Then, after the civilianization of the relevant technologies of signal flares, they became various fireworks. With the support of these technologies, France's current fireworks technology can basically be said to be the number one in Europe. And these things also need to allow the opening ceremony to take place at night.

The first thing to do in the opening ceremony is of course the leader's speech.

The first is Napoleon's speech. Napoleon first expressed his wishes for world peace and his admiration for the Olympic spirit, and called on all contestants to uphold the spirit of "friendship first, competition second" to show their style and level in the competition.

Finally, Napoleon said:

"The true meaning of the Olympic spirit lies in "pursuing people-oriented, realizing people's self-transcendence and self-improvement. "Every athlete will show their superb skills in a fair competition environment, burst out their passion for participation, and create the brilliance they desire.

The important mission of the Paris Olympic Games is to promote cultural exchanges between countries around the world. We sincerely hope that the long history and culture of the French nation, the cities and countryside full of vitality, and the hospitable people will leave good memories for our friends. "

After Napoleon's speech, the Pope presided over the blessing ceremony for the Olympic Games.

After the lengthy and cumbersome blessing ceremony, there are various performances at the opening ceremony. Because of the pollution from the future, these performances have naturally become various large-scale group gymnastics demonstrations. In the eyes of people in this era, this kind of large-scale group gymnastics performance seems to be showing some kind of military capability. After all, the rigorous queuing and shooting tactics have not been completely abandoned by some countries.

The first group of group gymnastics is of course based on reviewing the history of the ancient Olympic Games. In this way, of course, there will be many things related to paganism in this group of group exercises, but everyone, including the Pope, turned a blind eye to them.

It started out as an imitation of the ancient Greek Olympics, and then there were various parades of the Roman Empire, crowds, horse-drawn carriages and even a few elephants (brought from the Turks).

Then came the part that represented modern France. The participants in the group gymnastics spelled out the national motto of France: "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" by constantly changing formations, and after a while they spelled out the slogan of this Olympic Games "Science, Progress, Peace".

After the group gymnastics performance, it was the entry ceremony for athletes from all over the world. As the host, the French delegation entered first, and other countries entered in alphabetical order. After the entrance ceremony, the athlete representatives spoke. Then, amidst cheers, a torchbearer entered the stadium holding the torch aloft.

After the torchbearer entered the stadium, he lit the torch in the hand of the first torchbearer dressed as an ancient Greek scholar waiting on the runway. The torchbearer raised the torch, waved to everyone while running forward, and showed everyone the Moulin Rouge logo painted on his clothes. The audience in the stands cheered together, and according to the previous training, a wave of people quickly set off.

This torchbearer only ran less than 100 meters, and there was another torchbearer dressed as an ancient Greek warrior waiting for him in front of him—serving as a torchbearer at the main venue is something that can last a lifetime at home, so in order to Competing for this spot, many people are about to break their heads. In the end, an auction was used to solve the problem. It is said that each of the five torchbearers in the venue spent an average of 50,000 francs for this.

The second torchbearer was also running while showing everyone the shield in his hand. The shield was painted with the logo of Bowan Insurance Company and the advertising slogan of Bowan Insurance Company: "Reliable Guarantee".

The third, fourth, and fifth torchbearers were all dressed up as various ancient characters, and they all used various methods to show everyone the advertisement of a certain company.

The fifth torchbearer ran under the main torch with the torch, where Polina, dressed as Artemis (the goddess of the hunt), was waiting with a bow and arrow.

Because Artemis is the goddess of hunting, she often needs to run in the forest. In order to run more conveniently in the forest, Artemis's dress is quite cool. Like most Greek (Roman) goddesses, her blouse is sleeveless, which fully reveals her two white arms. But the skirts of the Greek goddesses are generally very long and can cover the feet. Even Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty, is naked to the upper body in common sculptures, but the skirt is still long enough to be dragged to the ground. But Artemis was different, her skirt was so short that it even exposed her knees, completely revealing her snow-white calves. In this era, such a dress is really a bit "shocking" or even "immoral". But Polina didn't care about these things. Anyway, there were a lot of accusations against her, and a little more would not be a big deal.

It is said that after the Olympics, inspired by Paulina's outfit, starting from the Moulin Rouge, many women in a certain profession started the Artemis imitation show. Considering the priesthood of Artemis, this almost seems like a kind of irony. Especially those conservative British newspapers and some Austrian newspapers made sharp attacks on the trend led by Paulina. However, Polina's response to this was to immediately launch a new "Kris" series of women's sleeveless skirt hunting suits-although this kind of "hunting suit" is not necessarily very suitable for hunting. (Of course, except when hunting some special prey.)

A piece of oil-soaked cloth was tied to the arrowhead of the bow in Polina's hand. She pointed the arrow toward the torch, and it burned.

Polina fully drew the bow in her hand, aimed at the main torch not far away, and then threw the burning arrow towards the main torch. As the rocket fell, the main torch filled with fuel was ignited and burned blazingly.

As the main torch was lit, the "Olympic March" composed by Beethoven was played on the venue. At the same time, various fireworks were also launched, and the whole sky was suddenly filled with various fireworks.

Things like fireworks can fascinate viewers even in later generations, let alone at this time. And the fireworks used by the French this time far exceed other fireworks before. These fireworks shells are shot into the sky with special cannons, and the weight of each shell is far higher than those that people are used to before, and the latest timing fuzes are used, so there will be almost no duds. And the way the cannons are fired allows them to be shot to a higher height, so that more people, including those who have not been able to buy tickets, can only set up outside the venue, or even on a higher ground farther away. Those who look through the telescope can see clearly.

"It's so beautiful!" Looking at the gorgeous fireworks, Beethoven said to his student Czerny, "Czerny, have you brought the paper and pen? I'm inspired again!"

The gorgeous fireworks display lasted for almost half an hour, and the opening ceremony ended with the booming salute and gorgeous fireworks.