Chapter 529:
Uproar In the previous life, when SARS broke out, Deng Yunsong was working in the county. As an official, he only called back to remind his father and brothers and sisters not to get close to Guangdong cars and not to contact people returning from Guangdong. Other than that, there were no extra protective measures.
This is also related to the fact that no one in Bobai rural area was infected with SARS in the previous life.
If Bobai in this life was still the same as in his previous life, Deng Shirong would definitely not interfere too much. However, Bobai in this life has changed a lot because of his rebirth. In his previous life, only Bobai County had buses that went directly to Guangdong.
Nowadays, their Naye Film and Television City has buses that go directly to major cities in Guangdong, and the connection with Guangdong is more than ten times closer than in the previous life.
If he had not blocked traffic before SARS broke out, the epidemic might have spread to their side through buses and caused large-scale infection. That would have been a serious matter. Even if everyone could be cured, there would definitely be various sequelae left behind.
Therefore, Deng Shirong was very decisive. When the first SARS patient appeared, he convened a family meeting to deal with the matter.
After Deng Shirong's order was passed down, none of the three or four thousand clansmen questioned his decision, and they all called their relatives and friends in Guangdong as soon as possible.
There is no way to stay out of this kind of thing, so Deng Shirong asked his clansmen to spread the news so that the folks in the surrounding towns and villages would know about it.
Needless to say, the result caused an uproar in the surrounding towns and villages.
"Is this true? Eating in the same restaurant or even riding in the same car can spread the virus?"
"Anyway, that's what the head of the Naye Deng clan said. Now the Naye Deng clan has called back all their relatives and friends in Guangdong. I heard that the Naye Film and Television City will block buses to Guangdong in three days. If the situation isn't serious, and the Naye Deng clan isn't sick, why would they do this?"
"Fuck, my daughter is working in Guangzhou, so I have to call her and ask her to quit her job and come back."
"We have to come back quickly. According to Uncle Jiu, this epidemic is really terrible."
"Does Uncle Jiu have anything else to tell you?"
"Uncle Jiu said that if you want to come back, it's best to come back by car within three days. If you exceed the time, you will have to self-isolate when you come back."
“What does self-isolation mean?”
"You have to wear a mask when you come back, and you can't have contact with anyone during the whole trip. You have to eat and live separately from your family after you come back. You have to keep this in place for at least a week. Only if you don't have any cough or fever during this period can you be released from isolation and live a normal life."
"Oh my god, does it have to be so complicated?"
"According to Uncle Naye Jiu, this infectious disease can kill people. No matter how careful you are, it is not too much. After all, if one person is accidentally infected, it will spread from one to ten, and then from ten to a hundred. It will soon spread throughout the village and then spread to other places. It is very scary."
"But even if my daughter quits her job now, I'm afraid she won't be able to get her salary so quickly!"
"Let's try and see if we can get the salary as quickly as possible. If not, then at worst we can just give up the salary. Compared to that little salary, safety is more important. What do you think?"
"That makes sense. I'll call my daughter right now and ask her to quit her job and come back."
“…”
In the past, the hardest-hit areas of SARS were Guangdong, Hong Kong, Beijing and other places. Since there were no cases of infection in Bobai, people didn't actually feel much about SARS. Some people just followed the trend and bought some isatis root and white vinegar. No one even thought of wearing a mask.
Speaking of isatis root and white vinegar, when SARS was rampant, they were snapped up by some desperate people. A bag of isatis root that usually sold for ten yuan could be sold at a high price of thirty, forty or even a hundred yuan.
As for white vinegar, it's even more outrageous. Not to mention that something that usually costs a few dollars is sold for more than ten or even dozens of dollars a bottle, what's unbelievable is that white vinegar has been sold at a sky-high price of one thousand dollars a bottle. It's really a case of one person dares to sell and the other dares to buy!
There was nothing that could be done about it. The Internet in that era was not as developed as it is in later generations. In addition, SARS was the first epidemic encountered since the founding of the People's Republic of China. The entire country lacked relevant prevention and control experience. Some rumors spread by word of mouth, triggering a buying frenzy, and it evolved into this situation.
Since he knew about this in advance, Deng Shirong would naturally not let this happen again.
Forget about Isatis root, which is a medicine. My eldest son’s supermarket does not have a “Drug Business License” and is certainly not qualified to sell medicines. But I can ask my eldest son to stock up some white vinegar in advance.
Whether it is sold at the original price or at a slightly higher price, it will be a hundred times better than the out-of-control price of white vinegar in the previous life. At least with sufficient supply in Yongjia Supermarket, those unscrupulous businessmen will no longer have the opportunity to make a fortune from the national crisis.
In addition to medical supplies such as masks, disinfectants, protective clothing, and ventilators, Deng Shirong also asked Naye Hospital to purchase a lot of them in advance so that they could be prepared for any eventuality.
Of course, in addition to hospital purchases, Deng Shirong also ordered that both the Deng Group and his children's companies begin purchasing masks and disinfectants in large quantities. The masks purchased are naturally not ordinary masks, but the best medical masks.
If it is not available domestically, just import it directly. This channel is naturally not a difficult task for the Deng Group.
The main purpose of purchasing these things is to distribute them free of charge to employees working in Guangdong. These protective materials will also be distributed if there are cases of infection in Beijing.
At the same time, they should be taught the protective knowledge in the face of the epidemic.
In this era, the public lacks basic knowledge about this new infectious disease and knows very little about the basic knowledge of SARS, such as the source of infection, cause of the disease, transmission route, mode of transmission, and especially how to prevent it.
Deng Shirong will naturally teach these common sense to these employees. After teaching these employees, it will definitely influence their relatives and friends. In this way, word will spread from one to ten, and from ten to a hundred, and it is estimated that it will play a significant protective role.
…
After returning to the villa, Deng Shirong called his granddaughter.
"grandfather."
When the call was connected, Xiaodong'er's voice was heard.
Deng Shirong said: "My dear granddaughter, this time Grandpa called you to tell you a very important news. There is a very serious infectious disease in Guangdong. I don't know when it will spread to Beijing. You must be careful and develop the habit of wearing a mask when you leave the campus.
I have asked the security personnel to help stock up on your courtyard with eight-treasure porridge, instant noodles, sausages, mineral water, bread, biscuits and other food, as well as masks, disinfectants and other protective supplies in case of emergency."
Xiao Dong'er was surprised and asked, "Grandpa, what infectious disease is so serious?"
Deng Shirong said: "I don't know what kind of infectious disease it is, but it is contagious just like the flu. However, the symptoms of the flu are relatively mild, and people with strong immunity don't even need to take medicine to get through it. Most people can get better by taking some cold medicine or something. For serious cases, you can go to the hospital for an injection and take some medicine.
But the newly emerging infectious disease is different. It is very difficult to treat once infected. It is likely that one out of ten people infected will die, and even if they are cured, many will still have sequelae.
In short, this is a very serious infectious disease and you must take it seriously.”
After hearing Grandpa's arrangements and instructions, Xiao Dong'er also realized that this infectious disease was really terrible, and responded: "Okay, I understand Grandpa, I will pay attention."
Next, Deng Shirong told his granddaughter in detail some basic knowledge about epidemic prevention. Anyone who has experienced the new coronavirus will understand this. However, even these simple little protective knowledge are not understood by many people in this era except medical staff.
After telling Xiao Dong'er about the infectious disease, Deng Shirong called Dongzi again and repeated the matter.
Then, he called each of his children one by one.
I don’t know what the country’s considerations were in the past, but in the first three or four months after the SARS outbreak, it did not pay enough attention.
For example, the first imported SARS case received by Beijing was from a female businessman from Shanxi who was doing jewelry business in Taiyuan.
In mid-February, she wanted to go to Guangdong to purchase goods.
At that time, she had heard some rumors about the SARS outbreak in Guangdong and was a little worried about the trip.
But her mother worked for a local newspaper and checked some newspapers and called colleagues working in Guangzhou to inquire. The answer she got was: "These are all rumors, not that serious."
After being comforted, the businesswoman and her brother set off on February 18, carrying some Isatis root powder with them.
On February 22, she felt weak and had a fever on the train from Shenzhen to Guangzhou. After returning to Taiyuan, she had a fever of 38.8 degrees.
She went to a large hospital in Taiyuan and asked the doctor, "I came back from Guangzhou. Could I have contracted SARS?"
However, the doctor did not take it seriously at all. He smiled and comforted her, "Don't make a fuss," while prescribing her intravenous drugs such as azithromycin.
She was worried that the diagnosis was wrong, so she went to another hospital for another check-up that evening, and the result was also "cold."
On the 25th, she had a high fever of 40 degrees and went to the hospital for penicillin infusion, but her condition was still not under control. Considering the good medical conditions in Beijing, her family sent her to Beijing. In the following days, her mother, father, brother, sister-in-law and one-year-old child were successively hospitalized and three medical staff who had contact with her in Taiyuan were also infected.
From this example, we can imagine the country’s attitude towards SARS at that time.
Because if the country really took it seriously, the doctors in the hospital would have treated it as a serious enemy long ago, and would not have taken such a nonchalant attitude.
The most obvious example is the new coronavirus in later generations. Why has everyone from 80 to 8 years old developed the habit of wearing masks when going out? It is because the country attaches great importance to it and even boldly closed the city at the beginning of the outbreak.
Since the country attaches so much importance to it, the people will certainly follow suit.
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But SARS had already broken out in Guangdong for three or four months, and people were terribly scared (if they were not scared, they would not have rushed to buy isatis root and white vinegar at high prices), but the government still did not take it seriously.
Of course, my country just joined the WTO this year, and now this kind of thing has happened, perhaps the leaders do not want this to affect the business environment, or perhaps this situation has occurred for other considerations.
In short, Deng Shirong did not dare to speculate on the meaning of the above. As a "veteran", he knew the horror of SARS. He could not control what happened to other people, but he must let his relatives and friends take it seriously.
If possible, when SARS really breaks out and there are enough cases, Deng Shirong will discuss it with his second son to see if they can make a small push to get the country to pay attention to it as soon as possible, so that the number of infections can be reduced a lot.
But this kind of thing must be done within one's ability and cannot be forced.
…
afternoon.
Bobai Chengdong Village.
The three brothers Qin Jin, Qin Yuan and Qin Bao were drinking together.
The three Jin Yuanbao brothers were daring and hardworking when they were young. They had considerable appeal in the village and were also smart. As early as the beginning of reform and opening up, the three brothers started a pig farm. In an era when a millionaire's fortune was still very valuable, they earned tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands.
Later, Qin Bao realized that raising pigs was risky, and seeing that Tenglong Passenger Transport Company made a lot of money by operating buses, he persuaded his eldest and second brothers to pool their money to buy a bus and start passenger transport.
At that time, the three brothers were still very arrogant and planned to use underhanded means to drive out the Tenglong Passenger Transport Company and then dominate the market themselves.
However, what they did not expect was that the background of Tenglong Passenger Transport Company was so strong that they did not dare to confront them. Even after a conflict between the two sides, the official law enforcement agencies and Xincun Sanye sent people to warn him one by one.
From then on, the three brothers gave in and dared not to attack Tenglong Passenger Transport Company again.
During that period, the three brothers actually made a lot of money by running the bus, but they were not happy.
Because their benchmark is Tenglong Passenger Transport Company, compared with their income, their income is really pitiful.
Fortunately, in the following time, the three brothers slowly adjusted their mindset and started to run the bus business steadily. Over the past 17 or 18 years, they have made a lot of money. The three brothers have all become millionaires, which is considered pretty good.
Just as the three brothers were drinking and chatting, they suddenly heard the sound of a motorcycle outside the house.
"Dad, good news, great news!"
As soon as the motorcycle was turned off, an extremely excited voice was heard.
The next moment, a young man who looked to be about 26 or 27 years old, with a face full of pits and bumps due to acne, walked in. When he saw Qin Yuan and Qin Bao, he quickly greeted them, "Second uncle, little uncle!"
Qin Jin put down his chopsticks and asked, "Afu, what's the good news?"
Qin Fu sat down, picked up a fried peanut and threw it into his mouth, chewing and saying: "Dad, second uncle, little uncle, I just got a message that Tenglong Passenger Transport Company has suspended all buses to Guangdong for some unknown reason.
Now in the whole of Bobai, apart from our bus, only Uncle Huang’s bus goes to Guangdong. The Spring Festival travel rush is coming soon. Should we spend money to bring back a few more buses? I think we can make a fortune after the Spring Festival travel rush is over. "
Qin Jin was shocked when he heard this and couldn't help but look at his two brothers.
Qin Yuan and Qin Bao were obviously also shocked by the news. Tenglong Bus Company has dozens of buses running to Guangdong, even if there are not a hundred of them. Now all of them have stopped running to Guangdong. What is going on?
Qin Bao asked with a puzzled look on his face: "Afu, what is going on? Tenglong Bus Company is doing well, why did they suspend all buses going to Guangdong?"
Qin Fu said: "It is said that there is an outbreak of an infectious disease in Guangdong. For safety reasons, Tenglong Bus Company has suspended all buses going to Guangdong."
Qin Jin frowned and said, "An infectious disease broke out in Guangdong? What infectious disease? Have you heard about it?"
Qin Fu shook his head and said, "I don't know what kind of infectious disease it is, but who cares what infectious disease it is? This is a rare opportunity. So many buses of Tenglong Passenger Transport Company have stopped at once, so our buses will definitely be full every day.
Plus, the Spring Festival travel rush is coming soon, and I can’t imagine how much money I can make by getting a few more buses to run this year’s Spring Festival travel rush.”
When the three brothers Qin Jin, Qin Yuan and Qin Bao heard this, they would be lying if they said they were not moved.
For those who work in passenger transport, the Spring Festival travel rush is the time to really make money. The money they earn in a normal year does not add up to as much as they earn during the more than one month of the Spring Festival travel rush.
In previous years, their buses made a lot of money during the Spring Festival travel rush. However, this year, Tenglong Bus Company suspended the operation of dozens of buses, so the gap in the Spring Festival travel rush is too big. Even if they raise the prices frantically, they may not be able to carry all the passengers.
During the Spring Festival travel season, you can really make a lot of money.
However, although he was tempted, Qin Jin still had his sanity. He pondered and said, "Indeed, if we bring back a few more buses, we will probably make a lot of money during this Spring Festival travel season. But this infectious disease has caused Tenglong Passenger Transport Company to give up such a huge profit. I'm afraid it's not just an ordinary infectious disease!"
Qin Bao nodded and said, "Brother is right. Tenglong Bus Company is not stupid. They would rather not make money than suspend all buses to Guangdong. This infectious disease is probably really terrible. It might even cost lives."
Qin Yuan looked at his nephew and said, "Afu, you have been following the car. Don't you know what kind of infectious disease has broken out in Guangdong?"
Qin Fu shook his head and said, "I really haven't heard of any infectious disease. If such a serious infectious disease really broke out, I would have gone to Guangdong the next day. It's impossible that I didn't know about it!"
Qin Jin frowned and asked, "What on earth is going on? Is Tenglong Passenger Transport Company crazy?"
Qin Bao said: "We couldn't defeat the Tenglong Passenger Transport Company back then. They can't be fools. There must be inside information that we don't know. Let's find out before making a decision."
Qin Fu: “…”
(End of this chapter)