A printing house in Brooklyn, New York, where newsprint is constantly being shipped in.

This is a printing house in New York that can print Chinese-language newspapers, and a man who looks like a Chinese manager holds a file bag containing a fax copy of the "Hong Kong Times."

"Press this to get a hundred films!"

"Two hundred dollars for a film. ”

"I can sign you a check right away!"

"Deal!"

...

"What? What did you say?"

Inside the New York Times building, Andy, the editor in charge of the current affairs section, was stunned by the phone, his mouth open as if he could eat the microphone.

"Really? It's been confirmed? What do you mean? Do you mean they actually believe it? I want more detailed information, fax it right away!"

Andy dropped the phone and jumped up from his chair.

"What's wrong?!" asked the colleague opposite.

"Our news agency in Mexico said that there was going to be an earthquake in Mexico, and it was measured by the Chinese, and now they are preparing to move!" Andy said quickly.

"Huh?!"

Someone stopped as soon as they walked by: "The earthquake in Mexico?

This tone is very interesting, the relationship between the two countries during this period is not good, the New York Times is an important indicator of the American media, and it is unnatural and clear who is who is here.

"It's Mexico City, ready for a supplement!"

"Is it too late? TV and radio will be ahead of us,"

Although the Times itself is a conglomerate and has affiliated television and radio stations, if it is said that the same news is vigorous, there is absolutely no reason to make concessions, otherwise the newspaper editor will end up unemployed.

"But we'll have in-depth coverage!

"It's being transmitted!"

A group of people gathered around the fax machine, their eyes blazing, this is a real big event, predicting earthquakes, Chinese, predicting Mexico.

Faxing is slow, and it includes the original material and the movements on the Mexican side.

"It is reported that China's supercomputer has detected an earthquake that will occur in Mexico City, and the time is about 7 a.m. local time, and the Chinese government has privately reported it."

"President de la Madrid addressed the nation at the Presidential Palace, informing the population of the news and declaring a state of national earthquake emergency, with the coastal states of Mexico preparing for earthquakes, Mexico City"

Andy read the text message with clarity, followed by the following

"How would they believe it?"

"This is a national mobilization!"

"Don't rob it!"

Everyone put it together, and after a while, the situation was basically understood.

"The Chinese authorities didn't come forward, but a newspaper in Xiangjiang reprinted it, or transferred it to a new weekly magazine," some people have already questioned.

"Fez, you immediately contact our people over there in Xiangjiang and let them know about the situation, why are Mexicans starting to move, there is no news from there, they don't want to work!"

One person quickly went to make a phone call, and Xiangjiang also had a news agency for the New York Times.

At this point, several editors were already having a heated discussion.

Since the seventies, the computer industry has been growing, and by the eighties, the growth rate of the industry has become very impressive, and many people are predicting what kind of changes this machine can bring to human life.

But now predict earthquakes?

Or across the Pacific Ocean?

"Supercomputers, can you believe it?"

"Theoretically, it's possible, but China? I don't believe it!" said one editor calmly, "It's not prejudice, they are really backward countries, they can't even afford bread and milk, how is it possible!"

"You're actually a little biased, bread and milk are not directly related to predicting earthquakes, can you predict it by eating bread and drinking milk every day?" someone laughed.

The editor retorted: "I mean they are poor and backward! You can't deny that science and technology can only be developed in powerful countries, especially this kind of thing!"

"By the way, do the Chinese have it?"

"Yes, I have the impression that there are not many countries that have this thing, and their chips don't seem to be purchased from us. ”

"Myself?"

"It seems that yes, don't forget the list of Chinese in Batumi, we can't sell them chips well. But for me, it's hard to say what kind of deal there is in private. ”

"I feel like our president is going to have a headache right now!" someone muttered.

"Are you sure?

"If the Chinese spell out their own chips, doesn't that mean that our chips are not good enough? Otherwise, why can't we calculate the earthquake in Mexico, we are closer!"

"Who knows if it's true or not!"

"Tomorrow at seven o'clock, we will soon know! There will be a supplement in the evening, tomorrow's morning paper."

Andy thought for a moment and interrupted the discussion: "I'll go and ask the editor-in-chief what he means." ”

He rushed to the editor-in-chief's office with the fax.

After a while, he returned to the editorial room: "The editor-in-chief said that the report based on this newspaper has been fully neutral, and we had better not go too far out of line, so each of you will write three copies of this report!"

Everyone nodded, the meaning of writing three copies is very routine, one is neutral, as a high-end and serious paper media like the New York Times, even the preset position cannot be seen by people, so since you can see the "prediction" of the result after half a day, it is best to put your "audience" position right.

Then there are two that are aimed at the results, and if the prediction is correct or incorrect, there will be corresponding reports in the newspaper, which are all routines.

"By the way, what are the Chinese doing now?"

"It's a convention!"

"It must be a cover-up!"

"But if you think about it, if we had an earthquake ten years ago, what would we have done?

"You can have a separate page for this idea!"

Andy clapped his hands heavily: "Okay guys, there's not much time, you can start!

...

Xiangjiang, at seven o'clock, the major newsstands were more crowded than usual, and everyone was holding a copy of the "Xiangjiang Times" in their hands to look through it.

"Is there a weekly magazine called Man & Society?"

"When it was sold out, there was only one copy, and it was bought early in the morning. ”

......

Jingxi Hotel.

On the second day of the conference, the atmosphere was not so serious.

The whole process of the conference is not complicated, in simple terms, it is to read the documents, discuss them in groups, and then vote.

This time, the congress mainly has two contents, one is the Seventh Five-Year Plan, and the other is the re-election of the three committees.

Today's group discussion by the deputies is the draft of the Seventh Five-Year Plan.

Zhou Zheng walked into Ji Pengfei's room, and a health care doctor walked out with his secretary.

"Hello chief!" the secretary saw Zhou Zheng and nodded quickly.

"How is Director Ji's health?"

"A little cold, nothing. ”

Zhou Zheng walked inside, and Ji Pengfei was sitting at the desk eating breakfast, still reading the materials in his hand.

"Have you eaten?" Seeing Zhou Zheng, Ji Pengfei nodded.

"Eat!" Zhou Zheng approached to look at him, "Why did you suddenly catch a cold?"

"Sit. Ji Pengfei put down the information and sighed, "It's inevitable when you're old, maybe I got a little cold last night." ”

looked at Zhou Zheng with a red face again: "You look good." ”

Zhou Zheng smiled: "I have two sets of punches every morning and evening." ”

Ji Pengfei smiled, picked up the information and looked at it, and put it down again.

Here is the opening speech delivered by Comrade Yaobang on the first day of the conference yesterday, entitled "Unite and Struggle, Expand the Grand Plan Again", and below is the draft of Comrade Ziyang's Seventh Five-Year Plan.

In several places in these two important documents, the words "make good use of national resources" are added.

Yesterday, the working committee was "praised" by the leaders, because Li Yiming provided very valuable experience, and the overall context is still consistent with the spirit of the current document.

However, with regard to the content of the resource theory, several leaders agreed that it would be sufficient to study it first and point out the first point in the conference document, because if other countries have advanced concepts, then their comparative advantage will be gone

Zhou Zheng took the newspaper on the side and flipped through it, and Ji Pengfei lowered his head and ate a mouthful of porridge.

"Chief!"

Ji Pengfei looked up and saw his secretary walking in anxiously with a notebook in his hand.

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