A common Beijing folk has become the most admired people in his neighborhood. Ye Jiating has gotten 44 tickets out of 100 online applications for Olympic competitions. The man arguably holds the most tickets in the country.

A common Beijing folk has become the most admired people in his neighborhood. Ye Jiating has gotten 44 tickets out of 100 online applications for Olympic competitions. The man arguably holds the most tickets in the country.

The large stack of Olympic tickets includes football matches, basketball, table tennis and four other sport events. Ye Jiating said that he eyes for his family favorite sports and started purchasing tickets very early. It took him by surprise that he finally got 44 tickets.  

And Ye doesn't even live in Beijing. On August 5th, the man and his family have travelled all the way from east China's Zhejiang province to live at his sister's home in Beijing. Sitting for the Olympic games is the Yes' passion, getting autographs from the stars is another. Many of Ye's tickets are signed by the stars of the game.

The Yes' have prepared the full regalia for watching the games: ribbons, caps, and trumpets. Ye Jiating said that he will keep all the tickets and the photos for a later Olympic documentary, to pass on the joy to more people.

(CCTV August 17, 2008)