Chapter 66: The Appearance of All Beings
"Your Excellency, while your reasoning sounds reasonable, I would like to say that it seems that the most urgent place to strengthen the raised breakwaters is not the six nuclear power plants, right?" Kitada Sawami stood up and said, "Not long ago, a seven-point earthquake occurred off the coast of the Pacific Ocean, and the tsunami caused did not exceed one meter, and according to the theory of experts, since the history of earthquake observation in our country, there is no record of a higher-level earthquake in a short period of time in an area where there has been an earthquake of magnitude 7 or higher!" ”
"The earth has existed for billions of years, and if its history is condensed into one day, human beings have only occupied tens of seconds or even a few seconds since its appearance, and the earliest record of human seismic observation has only been a few thousand years, and I am afraid that it will not even take up a second of time, so experts dare to say that they have studied all the theories of earthquakes?" Among the members of the committee, Democratic lawmakers ridiculed each other.
"But you can't assume that the current theory is wrong until a new theory emerges." Kitada Sawami sneered, "There will be no more earthquakes of magnitude 7 or higher in the near future, let alone any tsunamis......
Yukio Hatoyama, who didn't bother to look at her, turned his gaze to the chandelier on the ceiling, he just thought with his toes, and he also knew that although Kitada Sawami was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party, she fired at herself, and I am afraid that there is actually a shadow within the Democratic Party behind it. Without the covert support of Yoshihiko Hada, why did Kitada Zemi become a member of the Diet? Is it just her sensational resume? Although it is said that the power of the prime minister is limited by the Diet, but the Japanese prime minister is not someone who can be accused in this way, she is a woman who has only been a member of the Diet for a few years, and no one supports her behind her back, can she have such guts?
"Huh?" Yukio Hatoyama blinked, how did he feel that the chandelier on the ceiling seemed to be a little shaky. But then, not only the chandelier was shaking, but even the tables and chairs in the room were shaking. There was a crisp crashing sound from the cups and tops placed on the table.
"It's an earthquake again!" Yukio Hatoyama muttered. As a country with a high incidence of earthquakes, Japanese people are used to earthquakes. So with such a degree of shaking, none of the people present panicked, that is, Kitada Sawami's speech was temporarily stopped.
Yukio Hatoyama sighed lightly in his heart, if you want to say what is suffering, this kind of thing that you know that something is going to happen but you don't know which day it will happen in the near future is suffering.
The shaking lasted for two or three minutes, and gradually subsided. Kitada Sawami said: "I don't agree with the reasons just mentioned by the Prime Minister, in order to ensure the smooth passage of the peak summer electricity consumption, I believe that these six nuclear power plants should be restarted as soon as possible, even if only some units are started, it will be enough to alleviate the ......electricity shortage in the Tokyo metropolitan area and surrounding areas to a certain extent."
"Bang dang!" The door to the conference room was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and there was a screeching sound. The committee members present turned their eyes one after another, and they wanted to see what kind of person was so rude and really took their Economic and Trade Committee seriously.
"Your Excellency Prime Minister, the Meteorological Agency has urgent information that an earthquake has occurred in the western Pacific Ocean area of Miyagi Prefecture at 38.1 degrees northeast latitude and 142.6 degrees east longitude, and the preliminary monitoring magnitude is 9.2 degrees, and a high-level tsunami warning has been issued to the Pacific coast area of Honshu Island, and the tsunami wave head may exceed eight meters!" Before the people came in, the voice had already come in.
"Huh?" Yukio Hatoyama immediately stood up from his seat and said as he walked, "Chairman, members of the council, I need to rush to direct the disaster relief in an emergency, and the meeting will end here." ”
Looking at Yukio Hatoyama's hurried back, most of the people present had different expressions, and then most of the people's eyes turned to Kitada Sawami, who was already slumped in the chair. As a Japanese, of course they know that the western Pacific Ocean east of Miyagi Prefecture is not the same area where the 7.00-magnitude earthquake occurred a few days ago? The experts and scholars who swore that in areas where earthquakes of magnitude 7 or higher have occurred in a short period of time, usually for several years or even decades, there will be no earthquakes above magnitude 7, but this time they were "snapped" in the face. Yukio Hatoyama could no longer think about what the members of the Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry were like, and on the way out, he had already issued a series of instructions to activate the Earthquake Emergency Countermeasures Headquarters and ask Defense Minister Toshihide Tanaka to immediately ask the Self-Defense Forces to be dispatched to participate in the disaster relief.
At this time, Yushan, who had already received the news, was already sitting speechless, although the three of them were mentally prepared and inclined to Fang Mingyuan's opinion, but when they heard the news that the earthquake magnitude was nine points and two degrees, and the tsunami wave head might exceed eight meters, they were also dumbfounded! This is arguably the highest magnitude earthquake ever recorded in Japan's earthquake history. The Great Kobe Earthquake was only 7.9 magnitude, and the Tokyo Great Earthquake was only 8.9 magnitude!
Although the epicenter of the tsunami was located in the Pacific Ocean, if you think about the Indian Ocean tsunami a few years ago, you can imagine the consequences of the impact on Japan's coastal areas, which are facing the eastern Pacific side, and although many areas have built breakwaters, even the breakwaters of nuclear power plants do not exceed 5.3 meters high, so you can imagine their defensive strength.
The coastal areas are generally densely populated by Japanese people, and although the waves of the tsunami are mainly directed towards the northern three prefectures, which are far from the Tokyo metropolitan area, they are also important areas for Japan's economy and population!
"No wonder Fang Jun said that there would be a nuclear accident!" "The Fukushima Daiichi and Daiichi Nuclear Power Plants, even if they were not seriously injured in the earthquake, will face the impact of the tsunami head-on. Tsunami with eight-meter waves...... Otherwise, the entire factory area will be flooded. ”
Yushan didn't sigh and said: "And the two nuclear power plants have ten nuclear power units, and they are all old units that have been in operation for a long time, and once a nuclear accident occurs, it will ......."
"Fortunately, there was Fang Jun's reminder, and fortunately, Hatoyama-kun withstood the pressure and didn't let those units restart." Tachimoto said with a sigh of relief. Since the nuclear power unit has not started, even if something happens, the influence is quite controllable, and if there is an accident such as an explosion, then Chernobyl is their future.
"The people of this area are going to be miserable!" Hongchi Yoshicun was silent for a long time and sighed. At 10:34 a.m., it is not too late for the cities of modern society, but it is now April, and there are still large areas of rural and small towns in the three northern counties, where people have a work and rest time earlier than those in the city. In the face of a tsunami with waves of more than eight meters, how much time do they have to flee to high ground? And even if the government is prepared, it needs to have enough lighting to dispatch rescue forces, otherwise even the rescuers will face great risks if they enter the disaster area recklessly.
If the rescuers could not arrive in time, the people in the disaster area would have to rely on their own strength to hold on until dawn tomorrow......
However, there is no time for the three of them to think about anything, and the forces of the three major consortia must also be mobilized immediately, and that area also has their enterprises and employees! Although they have asked companies in the area to take pre-disaster prevention as much as possible, they do not know how much they can actually implement them.
"Smack!" The teacup in Yasuda's hand fell to the ground and spilled hot tea on his legs, but Yasuda Nakanomiya didn't seem to notice the pain caused by the hot water through his clothes.
"Head of the house!" The people on the side hurriedly stepped forward to help him take off his clothes, but he waved his hand and pushed him away.
Yasuda Nakanomiya sat on the ground as if he was mourning, what does the earthquake of 9.3 magnitude and the tsunami with waves as high as eight meters mean, he has seen a lot of earthquake and tsunami records, and he doesn't need to explain it and knows it very well in his heart. Obviously, this is the catastrophe mentioned by Fang Mingyuan, and the previous seven-point earthquake was just an appetizer before the "big meal" was served. Not to mention how much the Hibiscus consortium will lose as a result, and how many people will die in this area, one thing is certain, that is, Yukio Hatoyama, who was originally in danger, has already sat firmly on the prime minister's throne from this moment on!
Just to see the raging sea water pouring into those nuclear power plants, and the devastation caused by the 9.03 earthquake, even the most stupid person will understand how big the risk of a nuclear accident would be if those nuclear power units were running to generate electricity! At that time, as long as the media is slightly guided, Yukio Hatoyama's insistence that not approving the restart of the nuclear power unit is a wise vision to avoid a major nuclear accident! What a major nuclear accident means to Japan, a country that has suffered two atomic bombs and has a small land area, does not need to be guided by the media, and everyone knows very well - Japan put itself in the position of a victim around the two atomic bombs after the war, and there is no shortage of international crying, and the damage caused by the two atomic bombs to the Japanese people is a household name!
With this alone, Yukio Hatoyama's popularity in Japanese society will skyrocket, which is determined by the national character of the Japanese - the worship of strongmen, especially those who can still succeed despite the great pressure! In the past two months, they have stumbled on Yukio Hatoyama, and they have indeed aroused public anger, and the thousands of protesters on the streets of Tokyo are behind them. And how much trouble was created for Yukio Hatoyama at that time, and how much the Japanese people's perception of him dropped, and now he will compensate Yukio Hatoyama for everything!
Moreover, Yasuda Nakanomiya was able to imagine that Yukio Hatoyama, who had been prepared for a long time, would win the approval of the Japanese people in disaster relief, and such a vigorous and resolute, far-sighted, and executive prime minister has been very rare in recent years.
"The head of the house, the phone number of the head of the Iwasaki family." The person on the side put the phone in front of him and whispered.
Yasuda Nakanomiya looked at him a little blankly, and the other party said it again, and then he came to his senses, picked up the phone, and waved his hand to signal the people on the left and right to retreat.
"Yasuda-kun, this time we were very wrong." Iwasaki's deep voice came from the phone.
"Yes, Yukio Hatoyama probably won't be easy afterwards." Yasuda Nakanomiya said bitterly. They have almost forced Yukio Hatoyama out of power and ruined his political career, and even the most generous people cannot tolerate them being safe and sound afterwards.
"Mitsui and Sumitomo are betting on the right treasure this time, Hiroike Yoshiku and Ito Tadashi Koichi, and now I'm afraid they also regret not being at the beginning." "But don't forget that there's another person. ”
"And one more ...... You mean Fang Jun! Yasuda Nakanomiya was shocked and blurted out. How could he forget Fang Mingyuan, to say that in the whole thing, before the earthquake, there were two people who were the biggest "victims", Yukio Hatoyama needless to say, Fang Mingyuan is another!
"If we can't appease him, then even if we appease Yukio Hatoyama and Tamayama without them, I'm afraid it's useless." Iwasaki Masaya, sitting cross-legged on the tatami mat, said in a deep voice. And in front of him, kneeling sat two people with tears streaming down their faces.
Iwasaki Masayan said a few more words to Yasuda Nakanomiya, hung up the phone and threw it to one of the two in front of him: "Justice, the Iwasaki family will rely on you in the future." ”
"Big brother, do you have to do this?" Iwasaki choked up.
"I made a mistake this time and offended Yukio Hatoyama and Naoki Ozawa, and they will definitely settle this account with us in the future. Yushan is not even able to let go of this great opportunity to crack down on and encroach on our Mitsubishi consortium at that time. Iwasaki Masayan let out a long sigh and said, "Moreover, the other families will not let go of this great opportunity to attack our Iwasaki family!" "Although the Mitsubishi Foundation was established by a number of families led by the Iwasaki family, it can be said that there is cooperation and competition between these families, and there are many people who want to step on the Iwasaki family and replace it.
"We can give up some more benefits to appease them, as long as you are still there, big brother, there will be a time to take these benefits back in the future." Iwasaki Zexue, that is, Iwasaki Masayan's sister, couldn't cry and said authentically.
"If I just offended them, maybe I would think so. But we also offended Fang Jun! Iwasaki Masayan sighed, "After I leave, you must remember to immediately send someone to Huaxia to solemnly apologize to Fang Jun, bring those things I said, and be sure to get Fang Jun's forgiveness!" ”
Iwasaki Masayan waved his hand and said, "You guys go out, come back tomorrow morning to collect the body for me." Finally, I would like to tell you a word, don't point the finger at Fang Jun if you hate anyone, this is my own decision, and it is also for your good! ”
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