I met Xu Jicheng through Zhang Bin, a famous basketball player and former head coach of jinan military area command men's basketball team. Xu Jicheng and Zhang Bin were teammates in Jinan Sports School, and they were closely related. At that time, Xu Jicheng and Zhang Bin both joined the army, Xu Jicheng joined the former Beijing Military Region Youth Basketball Team, and Zhang Bin went to the former jinan military area command Basketball Team. Xu Jicheng played in a professional team for five years, passed the 1982 college entrance examination, and was admitted to the English Department of Shandong University with excellent results. After graduation, he was assigned to Xinhua News Agency and became a sports reporter. Xu Jicheng is from Jinan. He went back to Jinan to visit relatives one year, and Zhang Bin invited me to have dinner together. From then on, we became good friends.
During the dinner, Xu Jicheng and Zhang Bin recalled the unforgettable years when they played together in Jinan Sports School. At that time, Zhang Bin's family's economic conditions were not very rich, because she had a large appetite and was usually short of oil and water. Once I went to the coach's house for dinner, he ate 120 jiaozi at one sitting. Later, I told this "secret" of Zhang Bin to his lover. Her lover said with a smile, they have known each other for so many years, and Zhang Bin has never said this "secret".
Since that dinner, I have had more contact with Xu Jicheng, met frequently in interviews of some competitions, and got some help from him.
During the Beijing Olympic Games, Xu Jicheng was in charge of media operation in the Olympic Organizing Committee, and served as the executive deputy director of MPC, specializing in serving global registered journalists. He said that in the past, when reporting the Olympic Games, everyone else served him. This time, he should change his role and serve his peers.
Xu Jicheng has covered five consecutive Olympic Games, and he has personally felt what media reporters want. During the Beijing Olympic Games, it was his pursuit and goal to provide the best and most professional service for global journalists.
Before the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games, I opened a column of "Shandong People of the Olympic Organizing Committee" in Jinan Times, and interviewed my colleagues on the Xu Jicheng issue.
Xu Jicheng said that BOCOG Media Operation Department is a busy department. As the deputy director of the Media Operations Department and the executive deputy director of the MPC of the Beijing Olympic Games, he often works around the clock and often has several meetings in the afternoon.
"In the past, reporting on the Olympic Games was like driving someone else's car, but now working for BOCOG is to build your own car." Xu Jicheng compares past and present jobs like this.
The core responsibility of the Media Operations Department is to prepare and operate equipment, facilities, policies and services for the 265,438+0,600 registered media personnel, so as to ensure that they can report the Olympic Games best and most widely.
"Because the media has turned the limited Olympics into infinity and spread the Olympic spirit to every corner of the world. Former IOC President Samaranch once said that the success of the Olympic Games is judged by the media. " Xu Jicheng said.
In the days of preparing for the Beijing Olympic Games, busyness can be said to be the most accurate portrayal of Xu Jicheng's working condition. In addition to completing all the work of the Olympic Organizing Committee, he also has to take into account CCTV's NBA commentary.
During that time, Xu Jicheng usually got up at 6 o'clock in the morning, sent his children to school and went to BOCOG to start a day's work. "Let's say today, I will go to the office at 8 o'clock, read the email and the work arrangement of the day first, and officially go to work at 9 o'clock. 10 has a meeting. Then I sent people from the engineering department to the construction site and ordered some temporary buildings. Meet with the sponsors of MPC (Main Press Center) at noon to confirm the sponsorship materials. Return to BOCOG at 1: 30 pm for a temporary emergency meeting. Then there is the registration of some media to help CCTV coordinate the accreditation. After these meetings, it will be 6 pm. At this time, the comrades who went to the meeting came back. We studied some details of the simulation test and how to deal with emergencies. "
Xu Jicheng said that the competition in the media is no less than the competition on the court. "We just want to make sure that the media have the right to help them complete the coverage of the Olympic Games."
Xu Jicheng said: "There have been a series of Olympic test events recently, and the countdown to the Olympic Games is about 100 days. The media operation will start on July 8, one month ahead of the opening ceremony. We will use the final comprehensive test to further run the team and make final preparations for the Olympic Games. "
Before coming to BOCOG, Xu Jicheng was a senior sports reporter of Xinhua News Agency, and he understood the needs of journalists better than anyone else. Although he is busy at work every day, every time a reporter interviews him, he always tries to find time. "I have reported on the five Olympic Games. The Olympic Games is the competition of athletes, national strength and media. "
Talking about the experience of the Olympic Games, Xu Jicheng was deeply touched. "The Olympics is like a happy reunion for me. At that moment, you can feel that the global village really exists. Friends from all corners of the country will gather in one place, with different languages, different religions, different beliefs, different skin colors and different living habits. Everyone can be so harmonious together. This kind of experience will become an inseparable part of a journalist's life. Whenever I think of the Olympic Games, I feel a kind of excitement. This is a happy reunion that is beneficial to mankind. It includes not only sports, but also culture and the will of people of all nationalities in the world who yearn for peace and development, so it is more like a happy reunion. The slogan of Beijing Olympic Games is "One World, One Dream", which truly reflects the aspirations of people all over the world. "
During more than 30 years as a journalist, Xu Jicheng personally interviewed the Seoul Olympic Games, Barcelona Olympic Games, Atlanta Olympic Games, Sydney Olympic Games and Athens Olympic Games. "I walked around, first to Seoul in Asia (now Seoul), then to Europe, America and Australia, and finally to Athens, the birthplace of the Olympic Games. Now that the Olympic Games have come to Beijing, it's our turn to be the Olympic Games. "
The experience of five Olympic Games was described by Xu Jicheng as "driving five cars". Working in the Olympic Organizing Committee is "building a car by hand".
After staying in BOCOG for more than three years, Xu Jicheng really realized the feeling of "building a car", which is completely different from "driving". Building a car is a series of creative processes, in which difficulties and problems are constantly encountered and solved. This process is complicated, but regular. We strive to accumulate laws and experience through work and leave some Olympic wealth and legacy for future generations. "
Xu Jicheng also has his own understanding of "building a car". "For us, this Olympic Games is not only in accordance with the requirements of the International Olympic Committee and our commitments, but also to fully display the charm of China culture and the new look of Beijing, so as to make more friends. If we don't impose it on others, we will exist peacefully and then let everyone get close to us. "
On the day of preparing for the Olympic Games, the work of the Media Operations Department was very busy, but Xu Jicheng still managed to find time to write articles, comments, update his blog and continue writing.
"I'm trying to write some articles during the Olympic Games. I hope I won't be too busy then, because that means I wasn't prepared before. " After the Olympic Games, Xu Jicheng will complete his experience of "building a car". "I will also be a reporter, write a manuscript and want to drive."
During the Beijing Olympic Games, I often saw Xu Jicheng in the main news center. Every time I see him, he greets me warmly, which makes me feel very warm. "Xingbu, call me at any time if you have anything."
The Beijing Olympic Games is unparalleled and has become a benchmark in the history of the Olympic Games. The media service of the Beijing Olympic Games has won wide acclaim from Chinese and foreign media reporters, which reflects Xu Jicheng's efforts and his contributions.
Xu Jicheng summed up the media service of Beijing Olympic Games in one sentence. "The main news center of Beijing Olympic Games is a textbook."
On September 20th last year, the senior group "Spring City Cup" basketball match was in full swing. Xu Jicheng rushed back to Jinan, together with Ji Minshang, Fan Bin and other famous players, to support the development of basketball in his hometown with practical actions.
Speaking of the "Quancheng Cup" basketball match, Xu Jicheng expressed the hope that the "Quancheng Cup" could be held all the time. "Through this kind of sports competition, we can not only improve our fitness awareness and quality of life, but also get more exchanges through basketball. The holding of the Quancheng Cup has also made Jinan a better city. "
Now the Beijing Winter Olympics is coming to us. As the deputy director of the Press and Publicity Department of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, Xu Jicheng said that he is trying to make the Beijing Winter Olympics a platform for young people from all over the world to get together, get acquainted and promote exchanges.
Xu Jicheng is looking forward to the Beijing Winter Olympics, once again providing the best and most professional service for journalists all over the world.