Chapter Seventy-Five: The Great Prophecy
Prior to that, in 1997, the strongest El Niño in a century broke out. El Niño's strong warm and humid air brought heavy precipitation, causing water levels to continue to rise in major lakes in the Yangtze River basin.
Immediately after 1998, the La Niña phenomenon brought about by El Niño caused the subtropical high, which was supposed to move northward as scheduled, to suddenly "return to the horse," causing the flood situation in the main stream of the Yangtze River, which had been relatively relieved, to become tense again, and the entire Yangtze River was in an emergency.
In addition to climatic reasons, there are also large and small lakes in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, among which Poyang Lake and Dongting Lake are the largest, but after decades of encircling the lake and cultivating fields, disorderly development, the lake area has shrunk by one-fifth, and the ability to regulate the water level of the Yangtze River by relying on the lake has basically been lost.
On the contrary, with the arrival of the rainy season in the two lakes region, the shrinking lake level has even contributed to the increase in the water level of the Yangtze River.
Since 1954, after the Yangtze River flood, the Yangtze River basin has been calm, which has also led to the fact that although the meteorological experts shouted fiercely, the officials below turned a deaf ear.
Thinking about the scene of the people's soldiers who used their bodies to block the flood and act as a dam in the previous life, but were swept away by the flood, Zhang Yi couldn't help but burst into tears.
Beginning in April 1998, some major foreign media began to appear one after another worried about flooding in the Yangtze River valley in China. At first, it was just a little strange how American and European newspapers were concerned about the flooding of the Yangtze River basin in China. Isn't there another wolf ambition that can't be achieved.
However, as time went on, the density of the reports increased, and the news could be seen in the major newspapers almost every day.
From the meteorological experts at the beginning, to some flood control experts later, you sang and I appeared.
Some experts even bluntly said that the Yangtze River dams in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in China were built after the Yangtze River flood in 1954, and nearly 50 years have passed since then, and many of the dams have fallen into disrepair. If there is a high water level and it is submerged for a long time, there is a danger that the levee will burst.
What is even more surprising is that many photos of the dam in the Jiujiang section of the Yangtze River were published in foreign prison reports, which were built in 1966, when the dam was built due to the constraints of conditions, and the construction was an earthen embankment. In 1995, a flood wall was added. The Jiujiang dam and flood control wall in the photo look magnificent on the surface. However, foreign news reports pointed out that the flood control wall of the Jiujiang section, which was built at a huge cost in 1995, was actually a tofu slag project, and there were no steel bars in the wall, and all of them were replaced by bamboo.
As soon as it was reported, it immediately aroused strong reactions, and the local government swore that this was nonsense, and said conclusively that the flood control wall would definitely withstand the test of flooding. Many people in China also feel that this is a deliberate attempt by foreign media to smear China and be alarmist.
At this point, language has pale in the face of words. Foreign media reporters gathered around the Jiujiang Dam to interview and take pictures everywhere, much to the annoyance of local officials.
A reporter directly demanded that a section of the flood wall be torn down, and it would be known whether it was true or false. Locals were also suspicious of the report.
The surging public opinion and the double pressure of the people made the management department in charge of this section of the flood control wall select a small section, more than ten meters, of the flood control wall, and use an excavator to knock it down.
After the wall fell, the reporters rushed up with long guns and short cannons, despite the obstruction of the security guards, and filmed the collapsed wall.
Soon, sharp-eyed reporters found that bamboo appeared in the collapsed wall, and the reporters only thought that bamboo was one of the materials used to build the wall, and they didn't pay much attention to it. However, the person in charge of flood control was dumbfounded, and he clearly remembered that there was absolutely no bamboo in the building materials of the flood control wall.
Immediately afterwards, more and more bamboos were discovered, but no one found even a little bit of steel bar.
Foreign reporters and domestic reporters climaxed in an instant like flies seeing stinky meat, which is a big news.
Could it be that the flood control wall built in 1995 is really a tofu scum project, as reported by foreign media? It's terrible to think that if you rely on this kind of flood wall to resist when there is a flood, the result will make people chill and shudder.
The demolition of the wall to prove his innocence was supposed to dig a hole for himself. It's no longer possible to habitually block news. Telephones, letters, emails, and pictures flew like snowflakes all over the world, and China and the whole world were shocked.
Domestic and foreign media have reported at length the terrible phenomenon of the Jiujiang flood control wall. caused an uproar. For a time, officials fell and businessmen went to prison. The so-called good is rewarded with good, and evil is rewarded with evil, it is not that it is not repaid, the time has not yet come. This kind of unconscionable thing can be done, and it is conceivable that for some money, it is so mad.
Then, taking advantage of the dry season of the Yangtze River in April, a large number of construction machinery gathered in the Jiujiang section to dismantle all the original flood control walls, invest huge sums of money to rebuild the flood control walls, clean up the foundation of the embankment, strengthen the dam body, make every effort to carry out river dredging, and remove all the buildings that obstruct the flood discharge of the river.
The flood warning system was sorted out, and a plan was drawn up for the relocation of low-lying villages and city residents to safe areas, and many drills were conducted.
Zhang Yi used the outlets of Shuntong Logistics to buy a large number of rubber boats and assault boats, as well as a huge amount of lifebuoys and life jackets, and put them in the places where he remembered the serious casualties caused by the flood. What he can do, he has done to the extreme. The rest will have to wait.
The accident of the flood control wall in Jiujiang has sounded the alarm for everyone, and some large enterprises have also followed suit and put flood prevention and relief materials to the front line.
Bai Jie found out during this time that the funds in the account of the offshore company were frequently disbursed, and the receiving units were all some foreign media.
Some time ago, Zhang Yi frequently haunted several surrounding countries, following the giant crocodiles such as the Quantum Fund to rob Asian countries, looking at the scene of broken families and displaced people in Asian countries due to the economic crisis, she had some opinions about Zhang Yi in her heart.
Sometimes, I can't get angry, and I will even scold him a few words.
Zhang Yi knew her thoughts, and said something to her at that time, which made a deep impression on her: in terms of financial operations, it is impossible to say whether there is morality or immorality. Financial markets do not fall under the category of morality. There, morality does not exist, it has its own rules of the game. The fundamental reason why Asian countries are being robbed financially is not our international capital, but their own economic shortcomings, which I just discovered and then used to make money, which has nothing to do with whether it is a crime or not.
It's like a balloon that has been blown up, whether to continue to inflate it or puncture it early, no one can say which way is more harmful.
What's more, in Zhang Yi's heart, he is a Chinese, in addition to loving his family and his country, for other countries, whether he is dead or alive, what does it matter to me.
People who are born with disabilities and want to compete with normal people, they must have a way to make up for their own defects, otherwise, if they fight with others, they can only be defeated and surrender.
The cold law of the jungle contained in the words made it difficult for her to accept, and she felt that Zhang Yi was an emotionless person.
However, what did he do in the Jiujiang dam incident: foreign media reports, the release of huge amounts of relief materials, and these, what does it have to do with whether he robbed foreign countries and banks?