The volleyball match went as Suizi had predicted. It made its way through to the finals.
Aside from Zhang Yue'e's mother-in-law, who didn't want the women's team to win, the entire nation was looking forward to the girls claiming victory and using this championship to herald the rise of a great nation.
The match was held at night. To describe the situation as entire streets being empty would not be an exaggeration.
The children stopped doing their homework, and the adults stopped knitting sweaters.
Those who had televisions were watching the match, and those who didn't listened to it on the radio.
They were all waiting to witness history.
The beer factory was no exception.
The factory initially operated on two shifts.
But out of a humanistic consideration, the production was temporarily halted for two hours during the match. Factory Director Yu Jingting brought his own television so that everyone could gather and watch the match together.