Delicious!When A European Champion Meets Shandong Fried Dough Sticks
卢鹏 来源:大众新闻·大众日报
2024-08-14 22:10:09原创
“It smells good! The tantalizing aroma of Shandong fried dough sticks and tofu pudding, let me quietly enjoy......”
“I have to praise the food and friends from Shandong...”
On August 13th, in a restaurant at Taishan Sports Industry Group Co., Ltd. (referred to as “Taishan Sports”) in Laoling City (county-level), Dezhou City, Shandong Province, Matvei Petrov savored traditional Shandong-style fried dough sticks (youtiao) and tofu pudding (doufu nao).
Matvei Petrov, a former European Gymnastics Championships pommel horse champion, has retired from professional gymnastics and now works for a sports equipment marketing company in the Czech Republic. This time, he visited Taishan Sports along with two of his colleagues, Alon Hasa and Jan Schubert, who are also retired professional gymnasts, and their translator Svetlana (Chinese name: He Xiaoxia, Matvei Petrov’s mother). Their purpose was to inspect and order equipment in preparation for a major gymnastics event to be held in Europe.
“Let’s get to practice. After working up an appetite, we can enjoy more delicious food.”
“This pommel horse, the feeling is really nice...”
“And the bicycle used by Olympic athletes, it’s so light and beautiful.”
“Friends from Shandong, you are really interesting and adorable...”
Taishan Sports is the only Chinese sports equipment supplier for the Paris Olympics, providing mats, bicycles, and other equipment for judo, wrestling, cycling, and other events. At present, this company from Laoling, Shandong has supplied equipment for nearly 2000 large-scale domestic and international events, including 5 Summer Olympics, 1 Winter Olympics, 3 Youth Olympics, 6 World University Games, 6 Asian Games and 9 National Games.
After the opening of the Paris Olympics, the number of domestic and international clients visiting Taishan Sports in Laoling, Shandong for inspections and negotiations has increased significantly. On August 12th, Matvei Petrov and his team visited the Taishan Sports products exhibition hall, where Matvei Petrov personally demonstrated his skills on the pommel horse, drawing rounds of applause. Bian Zhiliang, the founder and chairman of the board of Taishan Sports, met Matvei Petrov and his team. Bian Zhiliang warmly introduced Taishan Sports to them and invited them to join him for breakfast the next day to eat fried dough sticks (youtiao) and tofu pudding (doufu nao), the specialties of Dezhou and Shandong.
“Let’s take a look in the kitchen and see how the big Shandong fried dough sticks are made.”
“Sign the agreement and shake hands, and may our cooperation be successful!”
“The food of Shandong, the friends from Shandong, thumbs up!”
On August 13th, after a breakfast full of fragrance and laughter, Alon Hasa signed an initial order worth $500,000 for trial equipment with Taishan Sports on behalf of the company. It is reported that Taishan Sports has seen continuous growth in product exports in recent years, and driven by the Paris Olympics, this year’s export value isexpected to exceed $100 million.
(大众新闻记者 卢鹏 翻译及审校 毕淑雅)
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