The rare earth problem began to ferment in 2002, because since this year, the United States, Australia and other rare earth resource countries have successively closed their rare earth mines, and the required rare earth resources are all imported from China.

The most direct reason for the closure of mines in these major rare earth resource countries is not a long-term strategic consideration. In a capitalist society, if rare earths are really super profitable, the presidents can't stop them if they want to, and the capitalists won't think about the problems in thirty or fifty years.

The real reason is that Chinese companies are competing at low prices and selling rare earths cheaply to the point of madness. The miners of the United States, Australia and other countries have made little money from mining and selling rare earths, and official people of insight have taken the opportunity to put forward bills, so these countries have banned their own rare earth mines.

This has led to even worse consequences, the whole world has come to China's rare earths, causing the price of rare earths to rise in a short period of time. Domestic companies saw that the price of rare earth had risen, so they swarmed to mine rare earth ores, and then competed in price after oversupply, resulting in a continuous vicious circle of rare earth prices instead of rising but falling.

Since 2003, the Chinese media have successively reported rare earth news, and successfully attracted the attention of the central government. Therefore, in the past two years, the export of rare earth raw ore has been banned, and the export tax rate of rare earth products has been raised.

Because the government is no longer issuing new rare earth mining licenses, it has led to illegal mining across the country.

Song Weiyang's speech this time pushed the news effect related to rare earth to an unprecedented heat. The richest man is fragrant when he farts, not to mention that the richest man is talking about things seriously this time, which instantly arouses the attention of the whole society. When the major media heard the news, those with strength sent reporters to make secret visits, and those without strength reprinted news or asked experts to write commentary articles.

From the keyword popularity rankings of search engines such as Sogou, Baidu, and Yishou, you can see how far Song Weiyang has gotten public opinion. The keyword "rare earth" ranked 7th, 8th, and 10th respectively in the popularity of the three major search engines in late May.

Many Chinese people learned about the existence of "rare earths" for the first time, and then quickly joined the discussion.

There are also media talking about things from the perspective of environmental protection, and secretly visit some illegal mines.

Here's the picture:

"Hundreds of acres of mountains have been cut away, the trees are almost extinct, and the loess is revealed, and the smell of medicine is pungent. The bubble pond at the foot of the mountain is constantly flowing, the white mud is churning, and the motor is humming......"

"At almost every mining site, there have been landslides after heavy rains. The mine site that this reporter visited had just experienced a landslide, the mountain road was buried, and the trees were washed away by the mudslide and even uprooted. Silt clogs the river and the river is muddy. Even if there were no landslides, the river below the mountain was completely polluted, and the sewage from the pond was discharged directly into the river, and from time to time you could see dead fish turning their bellies on the surface of the river......"

"White fiber bags are thrown everywhere, and the pungent smell can be smelled hundreds of meters away. Local villagers reported that since the large-scale mining of rare earth minerals, they are often dizzy, tired of work, and have diarrhea. In fact, these illegal rare earth mines used the most primitive 'pool soaking method', that is, the maniac was dug out and piled up in the pool, soaked in ammonium bisulfate, and then released the mother liquor to precipitate. The washing ponds on the mountain are stacked on top of each other, like terraced fields. Sewage containing acidic drugs has caused serious pollution to farmland, rivers and groundwater, and the health of nearby farmers has been seriously threatened......"

"Some villagers in the XX group of XX Village, XX Town, complained to reporters that because the mountain was destroyed and the water source was poisoned, their village was no longer suitable for living, and everyone was considering relocation, but the compensation issue could not be resolved through negotiation......

After this news was reported, it caused an uproar. All illegal mining sites around the unannounced site were quickly banned by the local authorities, and all legal mining sites were ordered to be rectified.

Let's put aside the issue of rare earth strategy, and only talk about environmental protection and public health issues. These reported illegal excavation of rare earth ores can sustain the mining of 4 to 500 tons of raw ore a year, and the sales volume is only 10 or 20 million, so how much can be made by removing the costs of mining and transportation? Because such a small profit has destroyed hundreds of acres of mountains and polluted the surrounding farmland, rivers, and groundwater, how much money will be needed to restore the environment in the future? Even if the natural environment can be restored, how can the damaged health of local farmers be repaired?

Song Weiyang stood up and detonated public opinion, major media rushed to follow up and report, there was a heated discussion online and offline, and social public opinion was too big. Subsequently, the relevant departments suddenly issued a document to carry out a six-month comprehensive rectification action of rare earth mines in the country, all illegal mines must be banned, legal mines are self-inspection and self-correction, and environmental protection standards are not up to standard will be shut down for rectification.

Song Weiyang offended many people this time, especially those small mine owners, whether illegal or legal, all hated Song Weiyang to the point of itching. Some local cadres are also very dissatisfied, because the local economy is underdeveloped, and it is already very good to have mines to be mined.

The most speechless thing is that the direct effect of the comprehensive rectification action is actually the technological upgrade that caused illegal mining. Illegal miners have adopted more "advanced" pipeline leaching methods, which are more concealed and difficult to detect from a distance. They also set up mines, mining pools and warehouses in different places, and mobilized their wisdom to hide and hide with investigators.

This improved illegal mining method can easily lead to large-scale landslides, and drug toxins are hidden deep in the soil layer, which cannot be completely removed in a short period of time. However, it is better than before, at least it does not damage the surface environment, there is no waste soil discharge, and it does not cause soil erosion, which can be regarded as a rare contribution made by Song Weiyang.

However, Song Weiyang's reputation has risen rapidly, and many guys who used to scold him for being rich and unkind also stood up and praised him this time, unanimously believing that this is what the richest man should look like.

Just when netizens were hotly discussing Song Weiyang and rare earths, a big incident suddenly broke out in China's IT industry, and Sogou and Baidu teamed up to sue Yahoo's 3721.

can force Sogou and Baidu to join forces, which shows how hated 3721 is.

The incident started when a columnist wrote an article saying that his friend typed in the Sogou website and suddenly popped up an unfamiliar web page. This page also gives two tips, first: this URL does not exist, and second, you may be looking for 3721 - this is also the case when you enter the Baidu URL.

To put it bluntly, the DNS of Sogou and Baidu were hijacked, and the mastermind behind the scenes was 100% 3721.

Sogou and Baidu each launched their own surveys and launched online questionnaires, with thousands of netizens saying they had encountered such a situation.

Then let's fight a lawsuit.

The cardinal leader refused to admit it, saying that he was deliberately framed by hackers, and that 3721 had never hijacked the DNS of other websites. This matter is not clear at all, because Sogou and Baidu will never be able to produce evidence, and it is impossible to prove that it was done by hackers sent or hired by 3721.

The starting point for Sogou and Baidu to choose to sue is not to win the lawsuit, but to make things bigger, so that netizens feel disgusted when they mention 3721.

Song Weiyang had a prank mentality and wrote a sentence on his blog: "Dr. Ma is very unhappy about the DNS hijacking incident, either 3721 closes the website, or the red-clothed sect leader will give me a fuck!"

A week later, the Cardinal Leader announced his resignation as president of Yahoo China and no longer had anything to do with 3721.

Netizens were stunned and replied one after another in the blog:

"Dr. Ma is angry, and the consequences are serious!"

"66666666 (Song Weiyang's shouting 6 mode) ......"

"The Cardinal Sect Leader was almost scared to death by Dr. Ma. ”

"Yahoo is too obedient, and he really expelled the cardinal sect leader. ”

"I think it was the red-clothed sect leader himself who was frightened and afraid that Teacher Song would retaliate against him, so he quickly resigned to save his life. ”

"Teacher Song's new title - the godfather of China's Internet!"

"Dr. Ma's Law of Law (Raven's Beak) ......"