In fact, after returning from watching elephants in Africa, Jack Ma was thinking about protecting Asian elephants in China.

As soon as I learned about it, I realized that the conflict between the people in Yunnan was so serious.

I suddenly had the idea of solving the problem, and immediately put forward my own conjecture within the Alibaba Foundation, which was affirmed by many colleagues.

Without saying a word, fly directly to Yunnan.

It happened that Liu Wei and he had a hot pot appointment before, and Liu Wei was an expert in this area, so he issued a positioning for Liu Wei.

Ma Yun is a veteran businessman, and he naturally knows that Liu Wei came to the appointment with a little interest, but both of them are doing things to protect animals, so Ma Yun didn't take it seriously.

He was eager to have Liu Wei's participation to discuss a practical plan.

Asian elephants need to be protected!

The interests of the local population must not be compromised.

While Liu Wei was eating hot pot, he was also thinking about this matter.

After resting in Jinghong City for one night, the next morning, the official car of the municipal government came to the hotel to pick up Ma Yun and Liu Wei and their party.

Under the leadership of the state leaders, they went to the Mengyang Asian Elephant Sanctuary.

When Ma Yun arrived at the village outside the reserve, he frowned, and looked out of the car window to see that several of the shingle houses in the village had become dilapidated and at risk of collapsing at any time.

The villagers built a temporary plastic shed next to the house and repaired the house while living.

Ma Yun guessed that it was caused by elephants rushing into the village!

The monitors of the Mengyang Reserve walked to the door of the car to greet the leaders.

After Ma Yun got out of the car, he took Liu Wei's waist and walked directly to the affected villagers' homes.

An elderly woman was washing vegetables in front of the door, looking at the crowd of people coming in and feeling a little puzzled.

Keep an eye on them.

The inspector went up and introduced: "Auntie, the leaders of the city have come to visit you, they are here to help drive the elephants!"

The woman stared at Ma Yun without saying a word.

At this time, a shirtless middle-aged man came out of the shingle house, with a sturdy body and a carpenter's tools in his hand, and took the initiative to walk up and smile, "Good leader!

He put down his tools and went to the plastic shed to get a stool.

Ma Yun looked at the sloping wooden house and said with concern, "Fellow, can this house still be inhabited?"

"The main structure of the house has not been affected, if it is repaired, it can still be lived, and the partial house and the cattle pen can only be demolished!"

Ma Yun then asked, "Can you do it alone?"

The man said lightly, "Cultivate slowly! I don't know when the elephant will come!"

Ma Yun heard some helplessness.

Secretary Chen walked up and said, "Is the subsidy issued by the government in place?"

The inspector introduced: "This is our Secretary Chen!"

When the man heard this, he shook hands with Secretary Chen, "Thank you for the big leader's concern, the repair money for the house has arrived, and the subsidy for the crops has not yet arrived!"

"You may need to go through some procedures, fellow, don't worry, it will definitely be sent to you, otherwise there will be no crops this year, how will you live?" Secretary Chen said.

"Uh-huh! I believe in the government, I believe in the party!"

Ma Yun sighed, "The fields have been ruined, the sweat of the farmers has been shed in vain, and the fundamental problem cannot be solved by issuing subsidies alone!"

The mayor of the town, who was standing next to Secretary Chen, said: "Teacher Ma, this year alone, nearly 120 acres of crops in our town have been destroyed by elephants, and more than 20 houses have been damaged.

However, the funds for reconstruction are too high, the government subsidies are not enough, and the people have to take their own money, our area is a nature reserve, and it is a planned tourist area, so the structure of the houses is made of wood, and it is not allowed to rush into the village next time like a group.

In the first half of the year, our town has issued more than 2 million subsidies just to solve the problem of human-elephant conflicts!

For a town, the financial pressure is high!

We can squeeze the money thing, and the most uncomfortable thing in the singular is the people!

If the house collapses, it can still be built, and the food will be planted again next year, and there will always be a few days to live in peace, but if the elephant rushes into the village and hurts people, it will be a tragedy!"

Ma Yun nodded, agreeing with the mayor's point of view, and put his body on the shoulders of the fellow, "Fellow, we will find a way to help you!"

"Thank you, leader!" The fellow hurriedly shook hands and thanked him.

Suddenly, sirens sounded in the village.

Ma Yun's body shook.

The fellow said: "Leader, you go to the town to hide for a while!"

"What's going on?" Ma wondered.

The monitor explained: "The elephant herd is here again, and the monitoring station has sounded the alarm!"

Ma Yun waved his hand forward, indicating that he wanted to go to the scene to see, and the monitor persuaded, "Teacher Ma, Secretary Chen, it's too dangerous, why don't you go to the monitoring station to hide?"

Secretary Chen said solemnly: "The purpose of field investigation is to find problems, how to find problems, how to solve problems?"

The monitor knew that persuasion could not be made, so he stopped talking.

Ma Yun deliberately glanced at Liu Wei, and Liu Wei understood, "Don't worry, I can guarantee your safety!"

Ma Yun smiled and patted Liu Wei on the back.

The monitors led the way, and according to the positioning sent by the monitoring station, the group reached the location of the elephant herd.

The monitor stepped forward and said: "Leaders, we really can't go any further, this is a short-nosed elephant herd, the number is huge, if they have a desire for revenge, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

Liu Wei nodded and said, "Teacher Ma, Secretary Chen, we can't go forward, this observation distance is already a little offensive to the elephant herd!"

The elephant herd is moving on a hill less than 100 meters in front of everyone.

They noticed the sudden appearance of the crowd and let out several shrill roars.

The crops in the fields are eaten by them, and their huge bodies waste the grain that is about to be harvested.

"They are very fond of spoiling food, in fact they eat only a third of it, and the remaining two-thirds are wasted!"

Ma Yun frowned and stared at these unscrupulous elephants.

I deeply felt the helpless feelings of the local residents.

Asian elephants belong to the national first-class protected animals, and there are only more than 300 in China, of which more than 280 live in Xishuangbanna, which is the most dense gathering place of the Dai people in China.

Contradictions and conflicts between humans and elephants are unavoidable.

"What do you do when you encounter this situation?" Mr. Ma asked the monitor.

"In the past, they used to be driven away by sound, but now these short-nosed elephant herds are used to it, sometimes it doesn't work at all, and the villagers used to use sticks to scare them, but once the elephants get angry, tragedy happens.

Last year, we introduced some high-tech equipment, which is still being debugged, and has not yet carried out experiments!" said the monitor, "The elephant herd has a wide area, the place where it is infested is uncertain, and the staff of the monitoring station is limited, so we need more advanced technology to observe the activities of the elephant herd!"

Ma Yun turned back to Sun Lijun and said: "We have the technology, you let the company make a plan, and I will ask for it tomorrow!"

Sun Lijun immediately took out the phone and responded, "Okay, Mr. Ma, I'll arrange it now!"

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