At the end of September, Ma Dingwen diverted to the Alashan Desert in the northwest.

In the Alaban Desert, there is the largest forestry base in Jiagu at present, the Suosuo forest.

If Ma Dingwen praised the jatropha base in Jin Province, he couldn't complain about the Suosuolin base in the desert.

He knows that planting a forest makes great ecological sense, but from an economic point of view, it is not cost-effective!

The same investment, even planting the simplest fast-growing forests, is more cost-effective than planting them in the desert.

But when Ma Dingwen really came to the Alayan Desert, he was shocked by the large area of Suosuo forest in front of him.

In the vast desert sand dunes, patches of Susuo forests, as far as the eye can see, surround the oasis developed by Jiagu. The white clouds floating in the blue sky, and the yellow sand and oasis on the ground complement each other, which instantly makes people feel refreshed.

He was wrong!

If you haven't walked into this desolate desert, you won't believe how tenacious life is in this desert.

If you haven't set foot in this earth-shaking oasis, you won't feel how great the existence of the Zothorin is.

For Ma Dingwen, who came into contact with the desert for the first time, the trees in the desert are simply magical. When you see the tenacious roots of the barren sandy forest, you don't even think about calculating its economic value, you only have respect for it.

But what Ma Dingwen didn't know was that not everyone would have this kind of respect.

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When Ma Dingwen was intoxicated by the miracle of turning a desert into an oasis, a well-known American ecologist published an article in the New York Times titled "Are Chinese Creating Miracles or Creating Disasters?"

——“...... The Chinese government, and a Chinese company, are carrying out an amazing plan in a vast desert area deep on the mainland!

They plan to turn this 90,000-square-kilometer desert area into fertile land that can be cultivated, so as to reduce the dependence of some agricultural products on the international market.

Isn't it a remarkable feat that the great desert where no grass grows, after the tenacious confrontation of manpower, is covered with vegetation, the soil and water are no longer lost, and the sand land is turned into woodland, grassland and fertile land?

Not!

In the natural world, whether it is deserts, barren mountains and bald mountains, or grasslands and shrubs, they are all part of the natural ecosystem and have their own meaning and value.

It is known that deserts are formed due to a lack of water.

After tens of millions of years of evolution, arid is still arid, why do we think that human beings have a certain ability to transform nature, and they can change the drought that cannot be changed by atmospheric circulation for tens of millions of years?

For example, the desert area that the Chinese want to develop stretches for 550 kilometers from northwest to southeast, and the widest point in the northwest is about 273 kilometers. The average annual precipitation does not exceed 100 mm, and the lowest is only four or five mm, while the average evaporation is as high as 3000~3500 mm.

What is this concept?

China's only inland sea, the Bohai Sea, covers an area of only 77,000 square kilometers and has an average water depth of 18 meters, equivalent to 18,000 millimeters.

Units are not considered, only numbers are considered. The annual evaporation of this desert area is 9×3000 (take only the smallest unit), which is equal to 27,000. The water in the Bohai Sea is about 140,000.

In other words, the entire desert area developed by the Chinese can evaporate the water of an inland sea in five years, not counting the water consumed by plant growth.

The question is, where does this water come from?

It is nothing more than a way through the exploitation of deep groundwater.

But this approach is arrogant and stupid.

Do the Chinese know what they are doing? They are not working miracles, but creating even greater ecological disasters!

It is obvious that wherever trees can grow, God will create a "top forest." But we can't be smarter than God.

This company, called Jiagu, is even more unlikely to be more intelligent than God.

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The article details the progress of Jiagu's development of the Alachan Desert area, criticizes the Jiagu Group by name with seemingly detailed data and convincing scientific knowledge, and also releases several photos of dead plants in the desert.

Needless to say, the influence of the New York Times is not too much. The Washington Post, Los Angeles Daily and many other mainstream media across the United States rushed to reprint and report on the incident, and various media people commented fiercely on the incident.

In this era of "global village" where information flows smoothly, the transmission of information is measured in seconds. On the day when the mainstream media in the United States set off waves, there were already comments on "whether the development of the desert in Jiagu is a fantasy or a change of life against the sky".

The Jiagu headquarters building, the largest conference room on the top floor.

The transparent floor-to-ceiling windows reflect the solemn faces of the high-level executives in Jiagu.

Qi Zheng, Wang Yuye, Zhang Zehong of the Public Relations Department, Ding Xian of the Strategy Department, and Chen Jianzhang of Jiagu Laboratory...... Except for a few executives who were not at the headquarters, the entire core lineup of Jiagu was gathered here.

"In terms of foreign media, more than 90% of our attitudes are bad comments. Most of the media that are now speaking out in China are not saying good things. The media, which have a good relationship with us, are waiting for our attitude!" Zhang Zehong concisely summed up the current public opinion situation.

When I heard the bad comments from the foreign media, almost all the high-level faces darkened.

Qi Zheng knew what they were worried about.

When he heard the news, Qi Zheng was still very nervous. After all, others develop the desert by "vigorously producing miracles", and his development of the desert is "really against the sky".

However, after observing for a while, Qi Zheng was not nervous.

It turned out that it was not that there was any clue to the hanging, but that it was "black" for the sake of "black".

There's no need to panic.

Qi Zheng has a clear understanding and in-depth thinking about the large-scale development of the desert and the consequences of such development.

"Downward water" from Lake Baikal, using the imperfect "deep cycle theory" of university professors as a cover, keeping a low profile in the early stage, and making the development of key water sources a national project......

Moreover, as an open-minded person, after Qi Zheng has made a decision, he will not change in the slightest because of anyone's praise or opposition - unless the secret will be exposed.

In this situation, although there are a lot of troubles, it is really not the most serious situation.

Of course, Wang Yuye and other management don't think so: "In the past, I didn't care about foreign disturbances, but now I can't." We already have a lot of subsidiaries that are related overseas, and such public opinion is harmful to us. The most important thing is that if such a trend of public opinion spreads in China and forms an overwhelming offensive of condemnation, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

As soon as the words ended, the conference room was so quiet that it could be heard.

Qi Zheng thought for a while, and first asked a question: "What is the origin of the first thing to denounce in the New York Times?"

Ding Xian from the Strategy Department immediately replied: "It's a doctor of ecology named Paxenti, one of the key management of Greenpeace International. ”

"Greenpeace?" Qi Zheng's eyes narrowed.

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