My name is Shi Yongle, a 43 years old fellow. I have been living in Beijing for 24 years and been serving the city for quite sometime. My car has served as a publicity car for the Beijing Olympics for 6 years. I have offered free lift to over 13,000 people, and distributed over 7000 leaflets promoting Beijing Olympics. I hope my efforts would help spread the message of love and promote the Olympic spirit.
I am going to recount my experiences here. I leave home at about 6 o'clock every morning. I usually parked my car near the bus stop station then invite people to have a hitch with me if they are going towards Gongzhufen, the place where I work. I wanted to offer my car to those in need of a ride. At first, it was hard for the people to believe that I was offering free rides. So I posted a "free lift" label on my car in order for the people to know that I am indeed offering a free ride. Then on April 2003, I stick the Olympic emblem and slogan on my car in a way that can promote the Olympic spirit.
I have helped all sorts of people, namely, the senior citizens who lost their way, those patients in coma, the blind people, and those who are handicapped. I once sighted two young men walking back and forth at the bus stop, looking so tense while checking their watches. They are obviously in a hurry to reach their place of destination so I approached them and offered them free rides. Later on, I realized that they are staff members of the Good Luck Beijing sports events who needed to go to the Wukesong Sports Center Baseball Field as soon as possible. Knowing that they needed to reach the place on time, I drove there as fast as I can and in less than an hour, they arrived at work without delay.
My publicity car
At this time, my car is named as the: "Olympic publicity car". The emblem logo of the Beijing Olympics and the five-ring flag of International Olympic Committee were printed on the engine cover. At the back of the car, there's a poster that reads "Beijing welcomes you." I've handed out 7000 leaflets to over 13000 people who rode with me. All passengers who rode with me wrote me special messages saying how they appreciated my good deeds and these were all written in 11 notebooks which I really value.
Most of the time, people misunderstood me of my good deed. There are also times when I unintentionally park at "no parking areas" so I ended up receiving traffic violation receipts from traffic enforcers. Despite all these experiences, I will still continue to be of good service to the people in the same way that I can spread the Olympic spirit. With this, I hope I can also spread the message of peace and friendship, which are what I really want to share to the people.
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Publicize the Olympics in the car - Other Analects