Chapter 400 Hot Discussion
Chen Tong felt like he had just taken a nap when this message that he had ignored suddenly popped up.

Water is diverted from the Yarlung Zangbo River's big bend in the southwest to the Hexi Corridor and Tarim Basin in the northwest, and it seems that the entire network is covered all of a sudden.

"More than 100 billion cubic meters of water from the Yarlung Zangbo River flows into India and Bangladesh every year."

"With an investment of 5000 billion yuan, it is possible to bring water from Tibet to Xinjiang."

"The entire route of the Hongqi River project, which carries water from Tibet to Xinjiang, is more than 6000 kilometers, and the annual water delivery is estimated to reach more than 600 billion cubic meters."

"It will not only alleviate the water resource crisis in the northwest, but may also fundamentally change the agricultural and ecological environment in the northwest, and even restore the historical Lop Nur."

"The biggest challenge lies in the complex geological conditions along the way, which requires crossing the Hengduan Mountains and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau."

"It may cause international conflicts. As early as 2000, India expressed concerns about my country's construction of a hydropower station on the Yarlung Zangbo River."

"India is worried that my country controls the water resources in the upper reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River and may use water regulation to create droughts or floods, thus posing a threat to India."

"The Hongqi River project is not only a technical and economic issue, but also involves complex international political games."

Such information is flooding the Internet.

It also spread to Weibo.

Following the suspension of trading of Jahwa, NIO’s Weibo continued its previous popularity of posting.

Cao Zenghui, the project manager of Weibo, noticed the abnormality when he woke up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. He then did not sleep all night and his eyes were red at this moment.

"The video was originally posted on Huinong.com, but somehow it became popular on Weibo."

"The number of video views on Huinong.com has exceeded 10," someone replied.

Chen Tong was puzzled, "How can 10 views bring such popularity?"

Cao Zenghui said: "It was an academic report, 40 minutes long, most people would not read it at all. Those who can finish it have at least a certain level of knowledge."

"Perhaps because it was too long, someone posted the picture and text on Weilai's Weibo. Weilai happened to have a large agricultural audience, so the discussion became popular."

For a moment, everyone was talking about it.

Compared to NIO’s Weibo which releases hot news every other day, Sina hasn’t even come up with a hot list yet.

It can only rely on a few hot stars such as Li Yuchun to bring about the fan effect. Although the fans are fanatical, their age is still relatively young.

Moreover, the topics are focused on the daily lives of celebrities, and there are no topics that can break the circle.

Chen Tong rubbed his brows and said, "We need to speed up the research and development process. We need to develop features such as @, forwarding, and hot list as soon as possible. We can't be led by the nose anymore."

...

Compared to Sina's heaviness, NIO seems excited and also ready for battle.

"The number of posts on Weibo with words like Red Flag River, Tibetan water flowing into Xinjiang, Lop Nur, and Northwest water transfer exceeded 24 in hours!"

"The number of new users is growing rapidly, among which university teachers and students and scientific research institute personnel account for a large proportion!"

"In addition, Weibo also encountered problems such as virus invasion, hacker attacks, and system congestion, but no major problems occurred and we were able to handle them all."

In Lan City, Guo Yang listened to Qi Ziwen's report on the phone and asked, "How did it spread to Weibo?"

Qi Ziwen replied: "Not only was the academic report delivered by Academician Wang at Shuimu posted online, his team also updated the progress of the Hongqi River survey on Weibo, and even discussed the complexity and challenges of the project with others."

"too fast."

Guo Yang raised his eyebrows.

He just proposed the idea. It would take at least a year to initially verify the feasibility of such a large project!

It has only been a short time, just a month, and even the academic report has come out.

Qi Ziwen felt the same way. "I feel that Academician Wang's purpose is not so simple. He immediately contacted Jiahe to apply for a batch of funds last time. He came again in the past two days. Moreover, after the news spread online, there have been voices that are unfavorable to us."

In the restaurant, Guo Yang was concentrating on thinking, while Lin Keqing, who was having lunch with him across from him, had already gotten used to it.

During the more than a day since the other party returned to Lanzhou, he seemed to be very busy and could not stop working even when taking a walk.

"Give him the money." Guo Yang made a decision. "As long as Academician Wang's team is really investigating, we can be used as we please."

"Okay." Qi Ziwen hesitated for a moment, "What about the negative news on the Internet?"

Guo Yang acted as if he didn't care. "There are negative news, but there are more positive news, right?"

“Yes, negative information is suppressed on the Internet.”

"That's right." Guo Yang said: "As one of the platform parties, Huinong and Weilai can guide the direction of the discussion. For example, they can talk less about the pros and cons of Hongqi River and analyze and discuss more specific measures and nodes. Maybe some talented people can be brought out."

"I understand."

After ending the call, Guo Yang did not put down the phone in his hand, but looked at Lin Keqing.

"Let me check the situation online first."

Lin Keqing nodded.

Since the mobile APP had not yet been launched, Guo Yang could only log in to the webpage through the browser and checked the situation on multiple platforms.

The heat is really high.

But it has not reached the point where it has gone completely viral and become known to everyone.

Most of those who pay attention to the Hongqi River concept are netizens with a certain educational background, especially students, people working in scientific research institutions and related fields.

Ordinary people generally applaud and support the Hongqi River concept, praising it with words like "benefiting future generations" and "benefiting the country and the people" as if they were free.

A small number of professionals engaged in a fierce debate over the Red Flag River concept.

Academician Wang is a well-known figure and his team includes many heavyweights, but the academic report was too hasty and many key data were vague, which aroused many doubts.

"This water diversion line is more than 6000 km long. Except for a few culverts, it mainly uses open channels. Most of them are in arid and semi-arid areas. Evaporation and leakage along the way will be very serious. How much water can finally reach Xinjiang Province?"

"How high will the cost be? We can't rely on government subsidies for a long time, right? Don't talk to me about bioenergy, which has been proven to be an immature industry."

"The issue of water diversion from the western route must take into account national strategy and national defense security, and international rivers must consider river basin issues to avoid losses that outweigh gains."

In addition, private environmentalists and local environmental protection agencies have also expressed clear opposition.

Some people in the environmental protection community were extremely shocked when they first heard about the Hongqi River project.

"There are many world-famous natural landscapes there, how can we build hydroelectric power stations and dams there?"

“Human plans that are not based on the great laws of nature can only lead to disaster.”

As the source of the Hongqi River concept, Jiahe has suffered the most attacks second only to Academician Wang's team, and bioenergy has also been criticized again.

It took Guo Yang about ten minutes to quickly review the general situation.

"Huh, eat, eat. I'm sorry, I invited you to dinner but ended up leaving you alone."

"It's okay." Lin Keqing smiled.

"Eat."

Guo Yang devoured his meal in a flash, in stark contrast to Lin Keqing who chewed slowly.

Of course, we would chat occasionally.

By the time he finished eating, Lin Keqing had only eaten less than half.

"Wow, you eat so fast."

"Haha, I'm used to it. I always eat like this. It's all about efficiency."

Lin Keqing said: "Then you have to wait for me for a while, or you can check your phone for a while to deal with your work?"

"also."

"..."

Guo Yang really started to look at it. Apart from anything else, there are indeed many hidden dragons and crouching tigers among the people.

In just over a day, some in-depth analysis posts have appeared online.

Line site selection, dam site selection, key engineering points, height difference analysis, international impact, all kinds of information are detailed.

Guo Yang was reading a long article with great interest.

Even if it may be made up, it still looks realistic and can fool ordinary people without any problem.

Of course, for some professionals, the content of the post is still too superficial and the data is not solid enough, which can easily cause controversy.

But the people who questioned it are not particularly professional. They can only see where the problem is, but no particularly professional articles have appeared yet.

This led to the two sides starting to tear each other apart.

At first, I was posting long articles on the forum, and later it evolved into posting pictures and texts on Weibo.

Weibo’s comments and @ functions are so useful.

It only takes tens of seconds to send and reply a message. Guo Yang found the account registered by Wang Hao's team members on Weibo.

Some members of the expert group posted a picture and text on Weibo introducing the concept of Hongqi River, and there were various comments below.

Most of the responses were favorable.

"This is a major event that benefits the country and the people and will help the nation rise. It is more than just adding thousands of hectares of fertile farmland."

"If we can spend hundreds of billions to solve the water problem in Qinghai and Xinjiang and easily control India, why not do it? It is the biggest waste to let India use our water for nothing and go against us!"

Guo Yang scrolled down several pages and could only see some dissenting opinions sporadically.

Seeing Wang Hao's team change their positions, opponents also followed current events, registered Weibo, and learned to post, but the response was not strong enough. From the perspective of ordinary people, most of them support the construction of this project.

But opponents did not give up and continued to post, leave messages, comment and forward.

“From the perspective of the platform, these are all high-quality customers!” Guo Yang believes that NIO got a bargain on Weibo.

I really didn't expect that since the launch of NIO's Weibo hot list, what frequently appeared on the list were not celebrity fights, but more business and current affairs news.

"What high-quality customers do you mean, Brother?" Lin Keqing asked softly.

"Oh, Weibo." Guo Yang came back to his senses and noticed that Lin Keqing had also finished eating. "Do you have a Weibo account?"

"Yes, Mr. Yu asked me to register one."

"Ha, there is such a thing?"

Lin Keqing nodded like a chick pecking at rice.

"I'll take care of him later." said Guo Yang.

"Mr. Yu is very nice." Lin Keqing said: "I also like using Weibo. I can see the daily life of celebrities."

"Are you still a fan?" Guo Yang was surprised.

"Just curious."

"Who are you a fan of then?"

“I am corn.”

A big question mark popped up in Guo Yang's head. "What the hell? Corn? I have a pile of corn in the trunk of my car!"

Lin Keqing smiled and said, "Yumai is the common name for Li Yuchun's fans."

Guo Yang was stunned for a moment, then thought carefully and was very sure that he was not mistaken. Li Yuchun was the face of Sina Weibo.

"Junior sister, did you register on Weilai Weibo?"

"I have both."

Guo Yang suddenly felt a little jealous. Do all good girls like Chun Ge’s style?

At the same time, Lin Keqing is also one of the people with relatively high academic qualifications.

Sina Weibo cannot be underestimated, and NIO must speed up its efforts to compete with Sina for resources.

...

After staying in Lan City for two days, Guo Yang and Luo Xiu learned about the cooperation between Quanwang and Jahwa, and exchanged views with Lin Keqing on the latest developments, they drove back to Jiuquan.

There was another inspection along the way, including Lanzhou, Wuwei, Jinchang, Zhangye, and Jiuquan, and we stopped in almost every city for a while.

It finally took four days to get back to Jiuquan.

During these four days, the concepts of "Water from Tibet Entering Xinjiang" and "Red Flag River" completely set the Internet on fire.

Even traditional media have reported on this, and some middle school geography teachers even tell this to their students as an interesting anecdote during class.

On Sina Weibo, the topic has remained popular.

After resting at home for a night, Guo Yang was a little surprised by the popularity when he went to work at the headquarters the next day.

The number of new user registrations is also increasing. In addition to the celebrity effect, there are also many highly educated groups.

This gave Guo Yang the feeling that it was a bit like Zhihu. Fortunately, there was no plot about the person being in the United States and just getting off the plane.

Zhang Jing had already gone to Yunnan Province to take charge of the energy forest work, so Guo Yang asked Qi Ziwen to bring the relevant information.

After watching for a while, Guo Yang said, "The villain has stood up. It's very fierce. Who is this Zhao Xitao?"

"He is a retired researcher from the Huaxia Academy of Geological Sciences." Qi Ziwen's face was a little solemn. "His rebuttal article caused a great response in the industry."

Guo Yang looked at the information about Zhao Xitao given by Qi Ziwen.

Now in his sixties, he has conducted dozens of surveys and studies on the Yarlung Zangbo River, Nujiang River, Lancang River, Jinsha River and other rivers and is very familiar with local conditions.

As public opinion in the mass media intensified, he published a journal article: "Possible routes for the source section of the Tibetan Water Diversion Project - a review of the concept of the "Hongqi River Project"."

This journal not only cites many papers, but also provides detailed estimated data.

The final conclusion was that according to the slope of the artesian river designed by the research team, it is impossible to find a artesian river route without a deep-buried long tunnel in my country on the contour map.

If we must find such a self-flowing river, we must look for it from the southeast foot of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau rather than the southeast edge.

Zhao Xitao also gave specific routes and nodes, while at the same time negating himself.

This artesian river route is too long.

Moreover, it must pass through the Myanmar border and the area actually occupied by India. Not only is there no benefit, it is also obviously impossible.

But at the end of the article, the old researcher gave more advice.

If in the future it is technically and economically feasible to adopt projects such as extra-large deep-buried long tunnels, it will be necessary to build such a gravity-fed waterway.

Zhao Xitao proposed two new river routes with super deep buried long tunnels, one 70km long and the other 66km long. With the help of river straightening projects and tunnels, the water of the Yarlung Zangbo River can be diverted to the Nujiang section, referred to as the "Yannu River".

Guo Yang pondered and said, "From his writing, we can see that he is against super projects, but the conclusion he gave in the end is very intriguing."

"Maybe they are afraid that their opposition will be ineffective," said Qi Ziwen.

Guo Yang was surprised, "Is this still under discussion?"

"Now the media and public opinion have fermented. Sohu, NetEase, Sina, Tencent, Tianya, Huinong, Weibo and other media and platforms are all hotly discussing Hongqi River, and public opinion is generally supportive."

After a pause, Qi Ziwen continued, "Maybe Zhao Xitao is afraid of repeating the same mistake."

"Ok?"

"Zhao Xitao has always been an opponent of the Three Gorges Project."

"So there is such a thing." Guo Yang smiled, "But his plan for the gravity flow route is very valuable."

Qi Ziwen asked: "Do you want to invite him to be a consultant?"

"Let's give it a try." After thinking for a while, Guo Yang said, "The relevant investigation should be carried out by Jiahe in the name of sponsorship."

"Yes."

Guo Yang spent the entire morning observing and recording various useful information.

Although the news hyped by the media is beneficial to Golden Harvest, the information on it is the most worthless.

Because some people just want the media to hype it up, attract experts to participate, get everyone's attention, and even suspect it of being an advertisement, to make profits for individuals or groups.

Guo Yang once saw a professor making some veiled sarcasm in an interview.

"We should have a scientific attitude towards scientific issues, proceed from reality, and be cautious in evaluation and publicity. It is not a scientific attitude to publish articles or even publicize hot issues in the media without repeated verification.

In addition, for published results that have not been scientifically verified, in addition to the authors, sometimes the reviewers and journal editors also have certain responsibilities.”

To be honest, this makes a lot of sense.

Guo Yang had originally envisioned having a big discussion on platforms such as Weibo, but he didn't expect it to come so soon.

All of this should have been a premeditated action by Wang Hao.

But Guo Yang also thinks it is not a big problem.

The Agricultural Economics has been published for many days, and many students have noticed his idea.

There are also many people who can think rationally.

For example, Guo Yang deeply appreciated the speech made by Chen Fahu, then vice president of Lanzhou University, during the interview.

“When water from Tibet is brought into Xinjiang, whether or not the water can be brought in is not a problem. As long as it is needed, it can be brought in.

But whether it can be introduced and whether it is worth introducing is the fundamental problem. This requires comprehensive argumentation and comparison of multiple plans to draw the correct conclusion.

But the 'Hongqi River Concept' also makes it clear that this is a concept based on bioenergy forests.

If Jiahe's bioenergy strategy can succeed, at least the economic value and cost issues of bringing water from Tibet to Xinjiang will be resolved."

This is right!

What's the point of questioning this and that all the time? Just think more about the value of the project and everything will become clear.

Everything depends on the energy forest project.

It only took Guo Yang one morning to escape from the media hype.

For such a large project, no matter how much speculation there is among the public, it is difficult to influence the country's decision-making basis.

For such large-scale decisions, the number of experts involved is usually at least hundreds or thousands.

The judging criteria are nothing more than social value, economic value, ecological value, etc.

As long as your economic value is high enough, there will be writers to write books and biographies about you.

In the next few days, after Guo Yang finished all his affairs, he dived into the Gobi Desert again.

When he was getting started in the Dunhuang West Lake Wetland, he received a phone call that confused him.

Jiahe’s energy forest is experiencing massive leaf loss and death. Is the energy forest strategy doomed to fail?

Guo Yang touched the bare Xanthoceras sorbifolia tree. Well, his attention was finally redirected.

(End of this chapter)