Chapter 51 Chapter 51
"I don't agree."
At a regular meeting of a department in Beijing, China, an official sitting in the front row clearly expressed his refusal.
Because of the Dragon God Festival video circulating on the Internet, a certain country's position changed, which affected the country's diplomatic situation.
This may seem absurd, but its impact is real, so at the regular meeting on Monday, this issue successfully became a topic of discussion.
However, as soon as this topic was raised, it was opposed.
"Diplomacy is diplomacy, and monsters are monsters. These are two different things. Don't confuse them."
Sitting opposite him was the director of the Beijing City Monster Bureau. Upon hearing this, he frowned and changed his position in his seat impatiently.
Seeing this, the official who had expressed his refusal felt his heart skip a beat and looked away, still insisting on his point of view.
“I believe that the propositions put forward by our country in the international arena are reasonable and in the interests of the majority of member states. There is no need to resort to additional means to canvass votes for ourselves.”
"Our country has always been upright and generous. Why should we do something despicable just for a single vote of support?"
The conference room was not large, and there were not many people sitting at the conference table. Now, after hearing the official's passionate speech, everyone else was speechless.
No, what’s wrong with Old Chen?
With such a stern attitude and such a high tone, how can they respond?
Was this meeting just a preliminary discussion of how to deal with the situation? Why was Old Chen so mad, as if he had been bitten by a dog?
"What other people think?" After one official's impassioned speech, others found it difficult to respond.
The leader at the top glanced at his notebook, on which there were still many items to be discussed. Seeing that the whole audience was silent, he nodded, put this topic aside for the time being, and started the next one.
"Is there something wrong with this Chen guy?"
A few hours later, the regular meeting ended. The director of the Monster Bureau walked out of the meeting room with a frown on his face. The others stayed for a while, waiting for him to leave before slowly walking out.
"If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have come today."
The meeting held today was a coordination meeting between several departments, dealing with work that requires collaboration and cooperation. The new secretary probably didn't understand the situation and also sent a notice to the Monster Bureau.
But who would have thought that after arriving, no problems were solved and I just listened to a lot of criticism in vain.
"Why are you saying this? It's been so many years, and you're still not used to it?"
Over the years, the position of the Demon Bureau in the human official community has always been very special. Although they have jointly handled many cases, the relationship is still not close or distant.
Among them, there is also obstruction from conservatives like the official surnamed Chen.
Hearing his subordinates' grumbling, the director of the general administration complained impatiently.
Sometimes, the reason why subordinates complain is that, to some extent, they are acting as mouthpieces for their leaders, saying things that the leaders are not convenient to say.
But when the leader is more irritable than his subordinates, the subordinates will wisely keep their mouths shut.
He was afraid that his leader would take action.
After all, the employees of the Monster Bureau all knew that their director had a bad temper, and if they really pissed him off, he would really hit them.
The reason why the official surnamed Chen seemed a little timid in front of his leader was because he had been beaten before.
"But, Chief..."
Although they didn't care about anything, it was the confidence of the demon bureau. But today, they knew it might be the secretary's mistake, but they still took the initiative to come to the meeting. Isn't it because they want something?
"What should we do about what we discussed before?"
Contrary to their usual practice, they held this inexplicable meeting. The two people from the Demon Bureau did have a mission to accomplish.
Not long ago, after more than ten Caiyao Stations were opened in various places, when applying for relevant procedures again, the relevant departments suddenly made excuses and refused to process the application.
Without a business license, even if it is a business under the Demon Bureau, it is not easy to operate without a license.
The expansion of Caiyao Station had to stop, and the Yao Bureau was puzzled. He used the connections he had accumulated over the years to figure out the reason.
It turned out that someone had reported them to the top leader.
The excuse used is that if monsters open many post stations, it will affect the market order and be detrimental to the harmonious development of society.
"No, this post station is not for profit. It is just to help the little demons reduce their living costs."
Will such a post station disrupt the market order?
Since the monster bureaus in various places encountered obstacles when carrying out the Caiyao Station project, they finally gathered here and the problem was put before the General Bureau.
"That is to say, when opening the Caiyao Inn, we encountered obstruction from within the relevant departments."
Moreover, this resistance is so great that it is obviously impossible for it to come from the grassroots.
In addition, not long ago, the human leader who had always supported the Demon Bureau also called someone over for a talk.
"I know you have good intentions and want to benefit the little demons, but this is the human world after all, and you have to consider their feelings when doing anything."
The elderly human leader said diplomatically.
"Moreover, the post station involves several departments, and it requires everyone's support. If you want to keep the post station open, you should convince them first."
The director of the General Administration immediately understood.
It turns out that the complainant came here.
But just as the complainers are confident, firstly, the expansion of the Vegetable Demon Station is indeed under the jurisdiction of others; what's more, what the other party wants to prevent is not as simple as the opening of the Vegetable Demon Station.
"They are worried that the Vegetable Demon Station is just the beginning of the demon expansion."
There are also some smart people in the General Administration. After getting rid of the obstruction from relevant departments, they saw the deeper level.
"Since ancient times, humans have had an old saying, 'Those who are not of my kind must have different hearts.'"
Humans and demons are more than just two races.
It is not a problem for some conservative and high-ranking humans to worry.
"Coward." The Demon Bureau's discussion about the Vegetable Demon Station temporarily stopped here.
However, the Monster Bureau Headquarters couldn't think of a solution at first and planned to wait and manage the already opened Vegetable Monster Station. However, the video of the Dragon God Festival became popular and the Monster Bureau also vaguely saw a new opportunity.
According to their original plan, they were going to use this diplomatic opportunity as an exchange for a license to open the Caiyao Station.
But as soon as the official surnamed Chen opened his mouth, he destroyed this possibility.
"Could it be that he was the one who filed the complaint?" the Director of the Demon Bureau asked dimly.
The other party was so excited and spoke so passionately at the meeting, which exposed his position.
In the other party's view, even if a country can gain some diplomatic benefits through monsters, these benefits cannot compare to the benefits gained by hindering the development of monsters.
"How scared is he?"
It’s just that the little demons’ slight movement can cause such a big reaction from the other party.
"Let's wait and see."
The thwarting of a plan obviously would not make the Yao Bureau give up completely. Moreover, judging from their understanding of that country, given the other party's stubbornness, they would never easily accept such a simple result.
"Let's meet the dragon."
The Demon Bureau’s understanding of this country was indeed correct.
After public opinion converged into national will but was met with a cold shoulder in China, the people of Ye Country would no longer wait.
Since the mountain won’t come to see me, I will go find the mountain.
For a time, the number of Ye nationals applying for Chinese visas increased to an astonishing number.
"No, have you noticed that there are Ye people all around?"
Because the Ye people grew up in a different environment, their appearance and language are different from those of the Chinese. In recent years, there has been no intersection between the two countries.
Naturally, the place where the Ye people usually like to vacation is not China.
But who would have thought that recently China seemed to have poked the nest of Ye country, and Ye people are everywhere.
"What's going on here, is there any new news internationally?"
Chinese people have always had little interest in politics, especially international politics, and have been slow to pay attention to major events around them.
However, because the abnormality in front of them was too obvious, many people curiously asked about it online.
"It doesn't seem like anything. There's just some international vote and we don't have many votes. Maybe they're canvassing for votes?"
However, after receiving this reply, many people went to check specifically and found that their country had not introduced any new policies, nor had it made any additional statements to Yeguo.
"What's that?"
Inexplicable.
The increase in the number of people from a certain country around is not something worth being curious about. However, everything has been calm during this period of time, and there has been no more interesting gossip in the entertainment industry. The only promotional video released in advance by Director Gu was also rejected by the audience.
Therefore, the sudden increase in the popularity of Yeguoren not only did not decrease, but instead counterattacked and became a hot topic on the Internet.
"They seem to be looking for something."
Someone replied under this topic.
There is no wall that is impenetrable, not to mention that China is vast and rich in resources, and there are many talented people. Many people couldn't find the reason, so they simply tried to make friends with the Ye people and get the answer from them.
"I'll go, they said they're here to look for dragons."
"They say there are dragons in China."
"They all have a video."
This answer made netizens slowly put a question mark.
Whether it is for travel, visiting relatives, or because of curiosity about a place due to a certain movie, it is content that people can accept.
However, looking for a dragon?
"Isn't that a promotional video made by Director Gu using special effects?"
The video, which every Ye citizen had a copy of, was naturally posted online by netizens who answered the questions, leading to deeper questions among Chinese netizens.
“Is it us who have the problem, or is it them?”
Could people in this world be any crazier?
"They have advanced technology, so they shouldn't be unable to tell whether the images are real or fake, right?" someone questioned online. "Is it our problem?"
“Do we really have dragons in our country?”
Just like two poor students comparing their answers after an exam, when one of them is very sure of his answer, the other can't help but doubt himself.
"No, if there really are dragons in our country, it doesn't seem like it's the turn of the Ye people to find them, right?"
It’s obvious that they are the descendants of the dragon!
Out of an inexplicable desire to win, the Chinese soon appeared in various sacred places and also wandered in many wild mountains.
As the ancients said, "A mountain is not famous for its height, but for the immortals living there; a river is not famous for its depth, but for the dragons living there." Some famous waters have also become check-in destinations for dragon seekers.
This inexplicable wave of tourism enthusiasm happened to coincide with the holiday, and with the help of online media, it immediately injected a shot in the arm for China's increasingly sluggish tourism economy.
After the holiday, the relevant departments looked at the growth data of tourism consumption during the same period and couldn't help but silently raise a question mark.
They say the Ye people are crazy, but aren’t we Chinese crazy too?
"What happened?"
Since he was on vacation in the Grand Canyon Scenic Area, Ning Su had no intention of missing out on this paradise.
During this time, apart from staying in his room to rest, he spent the rest of his time using the secluded areas of the canyon to adjust to his new body.
Considering that there is Qingming Festival after the Dragon God Festival, which will obviously be a peak tourism season, Ning Su planned the route in advance and fulfilled his promise to visit Jin's hometown.
When humans build water conservancy projects, it will naturally affect the topography to a certain extent, and Jin's home is no exception.
When Ning Su and Jin returned to each other's old places, they were no longer the same as before.
"How about we build a new house?" Ning Su asked tentatively.
During this period of time, he had communicated with the M City Monster Bureau, and the other party contacted the relevant departments and was able to approve a piece of land.
This method of settling the big monster is the same as the way City A built a house for the black turtle near the Green Shade Park. With the precedent of City A, it will be easy for City M to do it as well.
"No, I don't live here anymore."
Jintiao's location is deep in the Grand Canyon.
The reason given by the other party was that the Grand Canyon happened to be at the intersection of several rivers. In addition, it was a scenic spot, and humans would occasionally fall off the cliff. Choosing a nest here would also help it complete its work.
Having said that, Ning Su still felt that Jin Du was slightly unhappy when he mentioned choosing a new home.
The big demon was in a bad mood, so what could he do? He had no choice but to let the demon follow him back to the Grand Canyon.
Seeing that he was becoming more and more proficient in controlling the power in his body and that his transformation back into human form was just around the corner, Ning Su did not urge the other party to leave.
But who would have known that although we originally intended to avoid the peak period, when we returned to the scenic area, we found that there were still a lot of tourists.
It can even be said to be much more extraordinary.
"No, what's wrong?"
During this period, Ning Su's illusions and sleight of hand became better and better, and sometimes even Jin couldn't easily see the clues.
Relying on this illusion, he ran over to talk to the tourists.
“Why are there so many people?”
The tourist looked at Ning Su and felt inexplicably dazzled, but he didn't know what was going on. He just looked away and said politely, "It's because someone said there are dragons in the Grand Canyon."
"?"
At this moment, Ning Su was startled and thought he had been exposed. When he came to his senses and looked around, he saw dragon elements everywhere in the scenic area and forced himself to calm down.
"What dragon?"
"It's all because of the Ye people!" the tourist blurted out.
While shouting out his complaint, the tourist himself felt that something was wrong - was he so familiar with this young handsome guy?
Is it because the other person is handsome?
Not understanding where this inexplicable sense of trust came from, the tourist paused for a moment, but continued with his complaints.
It turned out that it was because of the Ye people's dragon-finding action that the Chinese people were forced to roll inward and started team building all over the mountains.
Due to market demand, many scenic spots have spontaneously prepared decorations with "dragon" elements.
Therefore, during this period of time in China, there was no place that was not related to "dragon" - there were dragons in scenic spots, dragon lanterns were hung at the entrances of hotels, and even the children's channels broadcast dragon-related TV dramas.
"What TV series is it?" Ning Su asked casually.
“Nezha.”
Ning Su: “…”
Well, having the Third Prince of the East China Sea Dragon also counts as having the dragon element.
Under this trend, the source of everything, the Grand Canyon scenic spot where director Gu Chengzhou released the movie trailer, naturally became the hottest tourist destination.
The Grand Canyon scenic area used to be busy only during holidays, but now it is packed every day.
"We locals have to compete with the Ye people for tickets. Do you think this is excessive?"
I heard that in Ye Country, the tour route of the Huaguo Grand Canyon Scenic Area has been labeled as "Holy Land Pilgrimage" and has become the most popular among the popular ones.
At this point when the tourists were complaining, Ning Su curiously turned his head and looked into the distance. Many Ye people were bowing respectfully in the direction where Ning Su and Jin had recently fought.
"No, what's going on here?"
After chatting with the patient tourist and returning to his room, Ning Su couldn't help scratching his head.
How could he have imagined that the idea he came up with on the spur of the moment to prevent the monster's existence from being exposed and to promote the movie at the same time would lead to one follow-up after another.
"What is the reason for the Ye people?"
If the video triggered a small wave of "Dragon fever", then the sudden appearance of the Ye people made Ning Su even more confused.
"If it's them, I would know." Jin said quietly.
"They were once the subjects of the Dragon Lord many years ago."
After getting along with so many great monsters, Ning Su is no longer the young man who has just strayed into the monster world. Now he knows that the so-called "Dragon King" is the name for the dragon clan.
In ancient times, when there were many powerful monsters, there was more than one dragon. These dragons with territories were all called Dragon Kings.
Of course, since no other dragons have been discovered yet, the title of Dragon King is temporarily exclusive to him.
"People of the dragon?" Ning Su asked curiously.
If I understand correctly, the dragon's territory is also the demon country. In the ancient demon country, the people should be monsters, not humans.
"Well, their branch is a special case."
Precisely because it was rare for humans to be willing to be citizens of the Demon Kingdom, Jin was able to obtain detailed information from the ancestors of his own clan.
"During that period, humans encountered a plague."
Unlike modern anti-epidemic measures, ancient humans mostly dealt with the plague in a passive manner. Sometimes, in order to prevent the spread of the disease, the government even resorted to city closures and confinement.
The logic behind this is that the government just wants to pay the lowest price for itself.
"At that time, a dragon king passed through this city and stayed for some time."
For humans, the plague is irresistible, but for dragons, it doesn't seem to be a big deal.
Normally, the dragon, as the king of dragons, has no interest in humans as a species, but when passing by this city, it stopped curiously when it saw the humans struggling to survive on the scorched earth.
They have been abandoned by their fellow humans, become abandoned, and are in imminent danger. These humans know it very well, so why are they still struggling to survive?
Out of curiosity, the dragon stayed in the city for a while, during which time it provided water and food to the humans.
To powerful dragons, these humans are nothing more than objects of observation for them to pass the time and satisfy their curiosity, but to humans, the arrival of dragons is proof that they have not been completely abandoned by God.
With this energy, they survived the most dangerous time and were not defeated by the epidemic.
A few months later, when the city gates were reopened, people outside were surprised to find that many more people in the city survived than they had imagined.
However, those who survived were no longer willing to stay.
They wanted to go with the Dragon King and become the dragon's people.
The fact that humans were willing to live in the Demon Kingdom was definitely big news at the time. Not only was the human court unwilling, but the monsters were also talking about it.
In the end, the imperial court could not change the wishes of this group of people and let them go to the demon country.
"These people are the ancestors of the Ye people."
Different from the Chinese people's worship of the dragon totem, every generation of the Ye people will receive earnest teachings from their elders when they are young.
The dragon is their benefactor and their root.
"What happened next?" Ning Su asked curiously.
"Many dragons disappeared afterwards."
Just like many big monsters, the environment changed overnight and the big monsters gradually disappeared.
The Dragon King left, and the Demon Kingdom ceased to exist. The ancestors of the Ye people thought they were abandoned by the dragon, so the whole tribe went west to find the dragon, but when they didn't find the dragon, they had to stop and became the Ye Kingdom.
When Jin said this, the conversation between the two was interrupted by a burst of crying.
Ning Su looked over and found that it was an elderly man from Ye country. He had white hair and looked very old. He was crying sadly facing the empty canyon.
The history of the Ye people is built on dragons, but now the dragons have disappeared and everyone says that the dragon species is a legend.
But if they don’t admit this, where are their roots?
No dragon was found in the Grand Canyon. China is so big, but there is no trace of dragon. The stubborn Ye people finally gave up.
After the storm passed, the dragon decorations in the Grand Canyon were removed. Ning Su breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this.
After a period of bargaining, Huaguo did not accept Yeguo's olive branch, but acted independently and strengthened itself, winning a lot of votes for itself through real lobbying.
However, fate is fickle. After much deliberation, the number of votes between him and his competitor was almost the same. In the end, the only difference was the vote from Ye Guo.
"Do you regret it?"
Before the vote, the official named Chen who was asked this question had a cold face and ignored his colleagues' ridicule.
Not long after, the tense and exciting voting session arrived as scheduled. The Chinese representative also acknowledged his defeat and appeared silent in front of the camera.
But who knew that when the last vote was cast, the representative of Ye State came on stage and unexpectedly stuffed his vote into Hua State's box.
China won by a narrow margin of one vote.
"No, how could this be?"
At this moment, not only China, but even China’s opponents were shocked.
It’s obvious that Huaguo didn’t satisfy Yeguo’s wishes, right?
The diplomatic department of China was somewhat uneasy after receiving the inexplicable goodwill from Ye Country. After actively asking, they found out the reason.
"Because the Chinese people also love dragons."
This vote was originally intended to choose a more trusted party to follow. Compared to a strange country, they certainly trust China more.
"Thank you China for taking care of our citizens during this period."
The Chinese people's private desire to win against Long was misunderstood by the Ye people as goodwill.
Even when they had not found the dragon and could not prove its existence, dragon elements appeared in countless scenic spots and streets.
Isn't this a kind of gentle consideration and comfort?
It was in this way that the distant China gradually became familiar and concrete to them during this process.
Since there are choices, why not choose China?
"Ah, this." The Chinese diplomatic official who realized the misunderstanding also fell silent.
The news that Yeguo had cast his vote at the critical moment spread to the country and was also put on the leaders' agenda at the next regular meeting.
"In that case, when we formally establish diplomatic relations, let them meet Long." The big leader spoke, and this time, even the official named Chen remained silent.
"Demon Bureau, excuse me - do you have any questions?"
The director of the Demon Bureau came to attend the meeting again after many days, but compared to his previous carelessness, this time he seemed energetic.
"Of course."
In early May, in order to repay the goodwill of Ye State, the Chinese government officially invited the other party's leaders and people from all walks of life to visit.
At noon, when the ceremony ended, many people heard a dragon roar that was quite pleasant to the ear.
The guests from Ye State looked up in astonishment, and saw a golden young dragon flying across the clear sky, leaving a trail in the clouds.
"This dragon is so small."
Completely different from the elegant and powerful Dragon King in their information, this little golden dragon seemed not good at flying so high in the sky, so it looked a little clumsy.
However, the people of Ye couldn't understand why a scene that should have made them laugh made them inexplicably want to cry.
On the other side, the Demon Bureau Headquarters.
The application for the Vegetable Demon Station, which had been stuck for a long time, was approved, and many staff demons couldn't help but applaud.
Is it easy to get a business license?
This license was obtained by Lord Ning's personal performance!
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