Cao Dewang threw the dragon boat race trophy into the reservoir, but there was warm applause at the scene

In 1988, the International Dragon Boat Invitational Tournament was held in Fujian. When the Australian captain happily extended his hand to receive the trophy, Cao Dewang waved his hand and threw the trophy directly into the reservoir in front of everyone.

And said loudly: "Wang Hao, you are a high-level liar." The smiles of the people on the rostrum froze, and Cao Dewang was pulled away from the field by reporters.

This matter started in 1987. At the end of the year, a leader of the Provincial Sports Commission suddenly said that he wanted to invite Cao Dewang to dinner. As the saying goes, he would not go to the Three Treasures Hall if he had nothing to do. Cao Dewang was an impatient person. I can't hide it, I'm used to talking openly.

And asked: "Old senior, if you have anything to do, you might as well just say it. You are a senior official, and it is unreasonable to invite me to dinner. As long as I can do it, I will definitely do it."

Wang Hao: "I am from Fuqing. I live on the south bank of Dongzhang Reservoir. I am 60 years old this year. I am approaching retirement and want to do something for Fuqing before retirement."

Cao Dewang: "Your spirit is very worthy of our juniors to learn from. What do you want to do?"

Wang Hao: "Dongzhang Reservoir is so beautiful. It can be used as a training base for three boats and introduced to the world. Understanding. ”

Dongzhang Reservoir was built at the foot of Shizhu Mountain in 1958, creating a beautiful artificial lake with a total area of ??15 square kilometers. It is mainly used for agricultural irrigation and urban water supply. It is a large reservoir that is comprehensively developed and utilized for various purposes such as flood control, power generation, and tourism.

Wang Hao continued: "Historically, Fuzhou has been very active in dragon boat racing activities, and it has also become very popular internationally in recent years. Therefore, we want to organize an international dragon boat race in Dongzhang Reservoir to make it more popular. People all over the world know that there is a beautiful artificial lake in Fuqing."

To win glory for the country, they will lend a helping hand within their ability, but Cao Dewang said: "I am not in the sports world. What can be done? ”

Wang Hao suggested: “You can sponsor, be a sponsor of international events, and make the championship cup awarded at the International Dragon Boat Invitational Tournament in the name of the company, which will also have more influence in the world. Big reputation."

Cao Dewang thought that the company's total investment was only 6 million, and said: "But I don't have that much money to host an international dragon boat race."

When Wang Hao responded: "50,000 yuan is enough." The amount he said made Cao Dewang even more confused.

But Wang Hao’s words dispelled Cao Dewang’s doubts: “That’s enough, the Provincial Sports Commission and the government will also contribute money, and you will sponsor the trophy.”

Cao Dewang said readily He responded: "I won't eat anymore. You can bring the contract and sign it directly. 50,000 yuan can solve such a big thing. No matter how difficult it is, I will support you. To express my feelings for my hometown."

Sign After signing the contract, Wang Hao left. According to the time agreed in the contract, Cao Dewang remitted the money to the account of the Provincial Sports Commission. He thought that the matter would be over and he could wait for the game with peace of mind.

Unexpectedly, two months later, Director Xiang from the Provincial Sports Commission Office called Cao Dewang and asked him to come to the office. Director Xiang said: "The provincial leader said that the name of the company should be used for national events. Not very good, we want to change it to "China Fujian International Dragon Boat Invitational Tournament"

Cao Dewang replied: "No objection. ”

Within two days, I received another call from Director Xiang. Due to the international competition, I needed to have another interview.

After arriving at the office, Director Xiang enthusiastically made a cup of tea. Duan told Cao Dewang: "The name is China Fujian International Dragon Boat Invitational Tournament. As an international event, the rankings will also change. The first, second, third, and fourth places, and the originally planned Champions Cup can only become Souvenir cup. ”

The change in this matter is that there is an Indonesian boss who sponsored 600,000 Hong Kong dollars in the name of Bridge Fund, and is also the sponsor this time.

Cao Dewang, He said calmly and solemnly: "I'm telling you now, if you want to host this event, don't mention 50,000, even if it's only 5 points, if I sign a contract with you, I will buy the championship cup of the event." , Unless you don’t hold this event, I won’t give in. "After that, he got up and left.

Afterwards, Director Xiang felt that his work was not done well, so he kept calling Cao Dewang and wanted to talk again.

Although Cao Dewang was very Angry, but not wanting to argue with the government, he asked the manager of the public relations department to step in and explain his bottom line: "No matter how we talk about it, I can withdraw from the Champions League, but the sports committee must return the money, plus interest. At the same time, he published an apology in the newspaper. ”

Although he knew in his heart that the public relations department might not be able to accomplish this, Cao Dewang still explained his intention.

The manager of the public relations department used to work in the service industry, so he did not communicate with the government I had the courage to negotiate, but after a while, the agreement on refunds and newspaper publication was not reached.

On the day of the game, I didn’t plan to go to the venue, so I wanted to send a guard directly to the stadium to watch the game and give him the award with full authority. and receive awards.

It was not because of escaping, but because Cao Dewang wanted to entertain many guests who came to Fuqing to watch the game and had to prepare food and drinks. Furthermore, even if the money could not be returned, it would be treated as a dumb loss.

But Cao Dewang never expected that a man got out of a jeep with an A4-sized red invitation in his hand and said: "Mr. Cao, no matter what, you must come with me. I specially invite you to sit on the podium and present the championship cup."

Cao Dewang said: "I have given up arguing with you, but you still want to come and force me to go. Let's see how you end up."

As soon as I arrived at the stadium, I saw the seat in front of the podium and realized that I had been cheated again.

According to the order of seats, Cao Dewang, who is ranked 4th, will not have his turn to present the Champions Cup anyway. The top three are: director of the National People's Congress, deputy governor, and foreign businessmen.

During the process, I chatted happily while patiently watching all the games. After more than 4 hours of intense time, the results of the game finally came out. The United States and Fujian Minhou won the championship and The runner-up, provincial leaders and overseas Chinese businessmen returned to their seats after awarding the awards.

When the host announced that Cao Dewang would present the Memorial Award, he stood up from his seat calmly. It was raining heavily at the moment, and no one else paid attention to him, and he walked steadily from the rostrum to the award podium.

When taking the commemorative cup from the hostess, while the opposing Australian captain was happily preparing some trophies, Cao Dewang raised his hand and threw the trophy into the reservoir in front of everyone, and shouted He scolded: "Wang Hao, you are a high-level liar."

Wang Hao said innocently: "I am not wrong."

Before anyone could react, the captain of the Australian team jumped into the water and raised the trophy high in the water. The audience burst into warm applause.

While Cao Dewang was scolding Wang Hao, a senior reporter saw that something was wrong and quickly pulled him away from the scene. This reporter was also Cao Dewang's friend.

And said: "Today we are all first-level security guards. If we continue to make noise, we will be arrested. Now run away." She pulled him into the broadcast truck and left the field.

After returning home and resting for a while, I was still angry, so I wanted to go out for a walk. Unexpectedly, a group of friends came, one of whom was the deputy mayor. When she saw Cao Dewang, he was still angry. And asked with concern: "Why is Mr. Cao so angry?"

Cao Dewang told the whole story of the situation with the Sports Committee.

Mingmin said: "It seems like the Sports Committee did something wrong."

Cao Dewang asked directly: Where are they now? After learning about the place, he ignored their dissuasion and went straight to his destination.

After meeting the provincial leader, he walked directly to the director of the National People's Congress and said: "Director, you must ask the Sports Committee to return the money to me. He lied to me. He is a liar."

< p> The leader's originally smiling face suddenly became clouded after hearing this. He put down the wine glass in his hand and said, "Where is Hong Yongshi (Mayor of Fuzhou City)?"

Cao Dewang saw the atmosphere No, when I talked to the director, he didn't reply and instead asked the mayor to handle it, knowing that he would make the director unhappy.

The mayor hurriedly walked to Cao Dewang, grabbed Cao Dewang, and while talking, took Cao Dewang out the door, saying that he would deal with it the next day.

The provincial party secretary smiled and did not express his position. The governor said: "Publish it in the newspaper to criticize him."

Secretary Yuan was experienced and saw that the two leaders had different opinions. Then he said: "Ask Cao Dewang to write a review, and then organize an investigation team to find out what happened. As far as I know, he has a very strong personality, otherwise he would not be able to build the company Yaohua is now."

< p> The provincial party committee secretary and governor nodded in agreement.

On the way to Fuzhou, Secretary Yuan notified Chen Yuanchun (Secretary of the Fuqing Municipal Party Committee) on the phone. After meeting, he told the provincial party committee about Cao Dewang’s matter and gave his final opinion on how to deal with it: "If you are capable, you can do it." You should be restrained, don't be so aggressive, don't offend people everywhere, and write a review about throwing the trophy."

After Chen Yuanchun told Cao Dewang about writing a review, Cao Dewang couldn't help it. He laughed out loud and said, "Secretary Chen, I've been promoted. I'm so happy."

Cao Dewang wrote down the whole incident word for word, including the number of times and places where the Provincial Sports Committee invited him to dinner, what he did, how the contract was signed, including the terms in the contract.

In the self-reflection letter, I wrote at the end: My fault lies in two aspects. One is that I should not have gone on the day when the award was presented, and the other was that I mistakenly believed that as the general manager of Fuyao, I have to safeguard the interests of the company. As a result, he threw the trophy into the reservoir at a major international event on the spur of the moment, causing a bad international impact.

When the provincial leaders saw Cao Dewang's letter of apology, they were no longer angry, and the matter gradually faded away as the summer passed.