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A video was uploaded to the Internet.
The image quality is grainy and the photographer was shaking a lot.
In the video, a middle-aged man with an unshaven beard was kneeling on the ground, crying like a child.
All around him was an endless desert, but on the desert one could see patches of fresh green.
The photographer dug down the sand and soon saw water seeping up.
The title of the video is also simple and clear: "Gulangsha District is alive, there is water!"
At first, netizens just joked:
"If there's water underneath the desert, is it still called a desert?"
"Has the screenwriter never studied geography? Can't he make it true to the facts?"
"Who is this internet celebrity? He's trying to attract attention online."
But soon, someone recognized the man crying loudly in the video.
"Wait, I think I've seen this guy in a documentary about desertification control. Is he Zhang Ming, an engineer from the Western Research Institute of Ecology and Environment?"
"Shit! I remember now, it's him! He's been fighting desertification for decades and has spent his entire life in the desert!"
"Zhang Ming? How can there be water in that desert... Could it be... that he was the one who grabbed the monthly random wish sign?!"
This comment woke up netizens.
In an instant, all the clues were connected.
Zhang Ming, wish sign, Gulangsha District, groundwater.
The entire Internet exploded.
#Zhongshen's wish sign reproduces miracles#
#Gulangsha District Ecological Miracle#
#Zhang Gong’s wish came true#
The netizens who were making fun of it before were dumbfounded at this moment.
"I take back what I said before and apologize. I'm sorry, I didn't recognize the real talent. I thought it was just a show, but I didn't expect that it would be the end of Zhong Shen."
"I'm dumbfounded, really. I'm completely dumbfounded. If there's groundwater in the desert, what can't the Zhong Shen do?"
"My wish was to win five million. Now, compared to Mr. Zhang's wish, I feel as insignificant as a speck of dust. I confess that my spiritual realm is too low and I don't deserve the favor of the bell god."
"Don't cry, I'm even more embarrassed. My wish is for my cat to stop shedding..."
"Hahahahahahaha sorry, even though I sympathize with you, I really couldn't help laughing out loud. Is your cat hairless now?"
On the Internet, people were frantically forwarding before-and-after comparison pictures of the Gulangsha area. One picture showed yellow sand all over the sky, and the other showed lush greenery. The visual impact was too strong.
…
The day after the incident fermented, the spokesperson of the State Information Office stood on the podium.
He looked serious and without a word of nonsense, he asked someone to play the before and after satellite comparison pictures of the Gulangsha area on the big screen.
"Dear journalists, I would like to make a formal response to the online rumors about the ecological miracle of the Gulangsha area."
"After verification, all the images and data are authentic. The Gulangsha area in western my country has indeed undergone tremendous ecological and environmental changes in a short period of time."
In the audience, reporters raised their hands.
"Mr. Spokesperson, does this mean that China has mastered some kind of super ecological transformation technology?" A foreign reporter took the opportunity to ask a question.
The spokesperson glanced at him and replied, "As for the cause of this incident, it has nothing to do with the so-called super technology.
The reason is just as many netizens have guessed..."
He paused, his eyes swept across the room, and he spoke clearly, word for word, "It was Engineer Zhang Ming who grabbed Ms. Zhong Ling's monthly random wish sign.
Afterwards, Ms. Zhong Ling responded to Engineer Zhang Ming’s wish.”
As soon as the words fell, the whole place fell into dead silence.
Then, the situation began to get out of control.
"This is ridiculous! This is unscientific!"
"A wish? You call that a wish?"
“Is there a deal here that we don’t know about?!”
Faced with a situation that was almost out of control, the spokesperson just smiled faintly and ended the entire press conference with one sentence.
"Everyone, we are just witnesses like you. If you have any questions, please ask Ms. Zhong Ling."
…
Countries outside Daxia saw this and were jealous.
But what they value most is actually the elixir, and for this purpose, the heads of state held a secret meeting.
If money and technology couldn't impress Zhong Ling, then what about talent? This was also the theme of their meeting.
"Do we have anything that she or Daxia really wants?" said an official.
"It's not high-tech, she's obviously not interested. It's something older, something with more history."
In an instant, a thought flashed through everyone's mind - cultural relics!
Then, an absurd plan, which seemed to be the only feasible one, quickly took shape, and everyone raised their hands in agreement.
…
Go to Beijing
The phone in Zhou Zhenguo's office rang one after another that afternoon.
Every phone call represents a country.
After hanging up the last phone call, Zhou Zhenguo had a complicated expression.
He called Qiao Jianmin over. "They," Zhou Zhenguo said after organizing his words, "more than a dozen countries are preparing to return a batch of our cultural relics that have been lost abroad."
Qiao Jianmin's breathing suddenly stopped. This was definitely big news.
For these national treasures, Daxia's diplomatic departments and non-governmental organizations have been working hard for decades and put forward various conditions, but to no avail.
Now, the other party actually offered to return it?
"What are the conditions?" Qiao Jianmin asked immediately.
"The conditions," Zhou Zhenguo said after knocking on the table, "are to get a fair chance to trade with Comrade Zhong Ling. They want to buy the same elixir as Academician Qian Wende."
really!
Qiao Jianmin understood and smiled bitterly, "They really have the guts to think that. We can't make the decision on this matter."
"Of course," Zhou Zhenguo nodded, "So I need you to contact her and tell her about this and see what she means."
"Okay." Qiao Jianmin took the order and dialed the number.
He carefully considered his words and explained to Zhong Ling on the other end of the phone.
On the other end of the phone, Zhong Ling raised her eyebrows after listening to Qiao Jianmin's report. People who knew her knew that she was interested.
"Oh? Using Daxia's things in exchange for a chance to survive?"
It was hard to tell whether her voice was praise or ridicule.
"Um... yes, that's what they meant. They're very sincere. The first batch of items on the list are all national treasures."
"I'm not interested in cultural relics." Zhong Ling's voice came, "But it's only right that the property be returned to its original owner."
Qiao Jianmin was stunned and didn't understand what she meant.
Zhong Ling continued, "Tell them that if they want to buy anything, they need to return all of Daxia's cultural relics first. Once everything arrives, I'll consider whether to negotiate with them."
Qiao Jianmin was completely confused.
Everything? Nothing left? This... is this even possible!
The number and value of the cultural relics involved are astronomical!
"Comrade Zhong Ling, what you mean is..."
"I mean this literally," Zhong Ling thought Qiao Jianmin was a bit foolish. "Go make a list and count everything clearly. Don't miss a single one. Have them pay according to the list. When they've paid everything, they can come back to me."
After he finished speaking, before Qiao Jianmin could ask any more questions, a busy tone came from the phone.
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