Chapter 124: Departure
Two days later, the investigation team published the official list of members. Lin Mingyang's name appeared on this list, and everyone else was surprised. And as the initiator of this matter, Ginny certainly won't open her mouth as wide as others when she sees this list. Lin Mingyang was going to go, so she also signed up for herself, and it happened that "Harvard Crimson" was going to send two reporters with the team, and she easily got a place.
To be honest, the countries in central Africa that the investigation team is going to this time are not good places, but this is a rare opportunity to get along with Lin Mingyang up close. The two of them are like enemies in their previous lives, they can meet everywhere!
Before leaving, the investigation team had to hold a meeting in a comprehensive laboratory building near Kirkland's dormitory, and Ginny made an appointment to go with Lin Mingyang, and when she went downstairs to the dormitory, she called Lin Mingyang, and then stood on the side of the road and waited for him to come down.
Today she wore a watermelon-red round-neck long trench coat, a short skirt, black stockings and a pair of ankle boots, revealing a youthful beauty in her simple dress. The tall figure and plump breasts coveted the boys passing by, and even when Lin Mingyang went downstairs, he was attracted by her exquisite dress, this woman was originally a natural stunner, and when she dressed up, she really had a bit of a red face.
Although this is Harvard, Lin Mingyang is still used to wearing sunglasses when he goes out, and at the big iron gate of the dormitory, he passed by two boys who returned to the dormitory, and overheard their discussion.
"That blonde beauty is really good-looking, I like her breasts!"
"I've added her friends on Facebook, and her profile is in the top 10 of Harvard's top 10 visits, and a lot of guys leave messages on it every day, but she never seems to pay attention."
"I've heard that she and Felix Lin have a leg and often do that kind of thing in the dorm room in front of Zuckerberg, and a lot of people say that."
"That's not eating grapes and saying that grapes are sour, and I've heard that Mark Zuckerberg and his Harvard Crimson nemesis Luna are in the woods in the woods, do you think these comments are reliable? But then again, are there still fewer women at Harvard who want to sleep with Felix Lin? Okay, let's go, that guy's good fortune is not something we can imagine. β
Sure enough, where there are people, there will be gossip, and people's curiosity is really a terrible thing, especially when this kind of curiosity appears in these students at Harvard, whose IQ is not low, and the imagination that is stimulated may make many entertainment reporters ashamed.
Every normal man will have that kind of fantasy in the face of a beautiful woman like Ginny, Lin Mingyang must have that evil thought in his mind, but he doesn't plan to provoke this big beauty whose IQ is proportional to her beauty now, so this time Jinny is walking, Lin Mingyang will feel a headache, everyone is the age of strong blood, what if you accidentally collide with a small spark and can't hold it?
Lin Mingyang has a headache, and Ginny herself has troubles. Seeing her frowning and troubled appearance, Lin Mingyang couldn't help but want to tease her again.
"Big reporter, it's easy to get crow's feet on a bitter face!"
Ginny, who came back to her senses, found that Lin Mingyang was already standing in front of her, two blushes flew on her face, she glared at him shyly and angrily, and muttered, "It's not because of that annoying Luna, how can you meet her wherever you go?" β
"No, she's going to Africa with us, right?"
"You just know?" Ginny looked at Lin Mingyang in surprise, "Didn't you get that list?" β
Lin Mingyang showed a thoughtful expression on his face, he remembered that there was such a list, but he followed the list and saw his name, and then threw it away as waste paper.
"Don't you even care if I'm on that list?" Ginny stomped her foot angrily, and her little mouth immediately pouted.
Could it be that this little girl is really interesting to herself? Lin Mingyang was stunned, and then immediately his head became bigger. He smiled hesitantly, "You told me the news in advance, then there must be no suspense about this matter." Our Ginny beauty is out of the horse, and there are still things that can't be done? β
Coaxed by Lin Mingyang for a few words, Jinny suddenly became squirming, she lowered her head and bit her lip, not knowing what she was thinking, but it made Lin Mingyang a little overwhelmed.
After a pause of about half a minute, Ginny finally sighed faintly.
"Let's go!"
The so-called meeting was not as formal as Lin Mingyang imagined before, the meeting was held in a small classroom, and when Lin Mingyang and Jinny arrived at the door, there were already a lot of people sitting inside.
There were still a few minutes left before the appointed time, and the head of the investigation team, Professor Clear, had arrived, so the members of the investigation team gathered together in twos and threes, talking in small voices. Seeing Lin Mingyang and Jinni standing at the door, everyone suddenly fell silent. Luna, who was sitting in the corner of the classroom, helped her glasses, and her resentful gaze stared at Ginny beside Lin Mingyang through the thick lenses.
Everyone's collective "attention salute" made Lin Mingyang embarrassed to raise his feet and walk inside, and when he was embarrassed, the savior finally appeared.
They met Professor Clear at the door, a "belated" man who had probably been doing research in Africa for a long time, with a somewhat tanned skin and gray hair. As a result of constant thinking and worrying, the eyes are deep-set but bright. Although his appearance looks a little vicissitudes, his hair is neatly combed, and the resolute outline of his surname left a deep impression on Lin Mingyang at first sight.
"Felix Lin?" Professor Clear looked at Lin Mingyang with some uncertainty, because Lin Mingyang was still wearing sunglasses at this time.
"Nice to meet you!" Lin Mingyang hurriedly took off his sunglasses and shook hands with Professor Clear warmly.
"And who is this pretty lady?" Clear is very scholarly, he didn't leave Ginny next to him to hang out because he saw Lin Mingyang.
Ginny smiled and nodded politely at him, "Ginny Wimbersa, a reporter for the Harvard Crimson!" β
"I read your article, it's very insightful, Harvard's law school is really full of talent!" Professor Clear exclaimed, and then his gaze shifted back to Lin Mingyang, "Mr. Felix, are you also interested in Africa?" β
"Some time ago, I invested in a film about arms smuggling, and the crew was shooting in South Africa, and I spent some time in Johannesburg. The situation there is not very good, so I would like to know more about African countries, what kind of people are living there. β
"Despite the unprecedented global economic boom, 1 billion people have been left out of development and are at the bottom of the global economy, 70 percent of whom live in sub-Saharan African countries, whose economies have been stagnant or in recession for a long time, with no hope of improvement. Don't think that because we live in the United States, they have nothing to do with us. These people and these countries pose serious challenges to the traditional mode of economic development and constitute a factor of instability in the world. β
"I have been working on the various pitfalls that constrain the development of these countries - the trap of war, the trap of natural resources, the trap of landlocked neighbors, and the trap of bad governance in small countries, and I am responsible for making recommendations to the United Nations to help these countries out of their predicament." I promise it's going to be a very meaningful event, and your footage will help us capture some valuable facts. These things may also inspire you. β
"Professor Clear, should we go in?" Ginny quietly interrupted Professor Clear, who was about to give a tirade about her thoughts on the situation in Africa, and she pointed to her watch to remind the excited professor that the time had come.
"Oh, I'm sorry!" Professor Clear patted his head, "We'll talk about that later, now let's go in together!" β
Professor Clear walked into the room, and everyone in the podium stopped talking. Professor Clear briefly introduced the itinerary of the investigation team, then introduced the basic situation of the relevant countries, and finally emphasized the precautions related to security.
The investigation team set off with the UNHCR relief team, protected by peacekeepers along the way, and there would be no big problems in terms of safety, which was an important reason why Clear was relieved to gather people from Harvard students.
Outside of his profession, Professor Clear was not a man of words, and he spent less than ten minutes before speaking on stage, and the rest of the time he was responsible for resolving the individual queries of the members of the investigation team.
As reporters for the Harvard Crimson, neither Ginny nor Luna were going to miss out on this great opportunity to interview, and they raised their hands at the same time, much to Professor Clear's embarrassment. Fortunately, Lin Mingyang also slowly raised his hand at this time, and Professor Clear called his name without hesitation.
Since he came to work as a videographer in the investigation team, Lin Mingyang's question is naturally related to this, "I want to know what can get the camera, if the model is too old, I may have to familiarize myself with it before shooting!" β
Professor Clear made a gesture of invitation to Ginny, who was sitting next to Lin Mingyang, "Let Miss Ginny answer this question for me!" β
"The camera equipment for this investigation was all provided by the Harvard Crimson Newspaper, so you don't need to worry at all, because you have already used that machine when the school starts!" Ginny smiled sweetly at him, and after explaining to Lin Mingyang, she immediately raised her hand high.
Luna, who was sitting on the other side, had no intention of putting down her hand.
β¦β¦ The 20-member investigation team rushed to New York the next day, and after meeting up with the relief team sent by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, they flew to the Congo by special plane.
Lin Mingyang dressed very low-key in the team, and wore sunglasses, and basically did not be recognized by others. When boarding the plane, Ginny's mood became very low, because there were only two girls in the investigation team, she and Luna, and their seats were naturally divided together. Worst of all, there's a good chance they'll be in the same room for the rest of the journey.
"If you really don't want to sit with Luna, let's change!" Anyway, as soon as he got on the plane, he was ready to sleep, and it didn't matter who Lin Mingyang sat with, so he generously put forward this idea.
Ginny was just about to agree, but after thinking about it, Luna had always been eyeing Lin Mingyang, and this piece of "fat meat" couldn't be sent to her mouth for nothing. Thinking of this, she smiled gently, stroked the blonde hair that was blown by the wind on her forehead, and said amorously: "No need, we have to live together for the rest anyway, so I don't care about the time on the plane." β
"If you really want to live with me in exchange, I can't say that you can reluctantly accept it!" A very evil smile appeared on the corner of Lin Mingyang's mouth, and before Jinny could react, he had already run to the front of the team with the camera. Ginny's face was flushed with shame, and she stamped her feet in anger, but she couldn't do anything to him in public.
After getting on the plane, Lin Mingyang found that his position was next to Professor Clear, which made him cancel his plan to sleep.
βfelixοΌβ Professor Clear was also pleasantly surprised to see Lin Mingyang sit down, "If you are interested in Africa, we will definitely have a lot of common topics during this flight." β
"In fact, I'm about to ask you about it!" Lin Mingyang had a good impression of this enthusiastic professor, and the tone of the conversation was much more cordial.
"There are so many things to do with Africa, what do you want to know about?"
"Conflict Diamonds!"
"You're interested in this?" Professor Clear rubbed his head, "Although some non-political axe groups claim that the profits from conflict diamonds were the source of funding for the 911 attacks in 2001. But the issue of conflict diamonds is no longer as interesting for Africa as it once was. β
"Conflict diamonds captured the world's attention in the late '90s when Sierra Leone was in the most brutal conflict," he began. At that time, there was a saying on the African continent for a long time, "If you want to live a long life, don't touch a diamond", behind those shining octahedron figures, there are indeed hidden secret secrets and bloody evils. It is estimated that conflict diamonds accounted for about 4 per cent of world diamond production during that period, and rough illicit diamonds were also used by rebels to finance conflicts in Angola, Liberia, Ivory Coast and the Republic of the Congo. β
"And what about the current situation?"
"The circulation of conflict diamonds has now been reduced to well below 1 per cent, partly because of the efforts of the international community and partly because of the limited origin of diamonds. But the strife and the conflict are not over, those violent rebels or [***] armed forces, they want to buy arms, where do you think the money will come from? After so much introduction, Professor Clear decided to go to Kaulin Mingyang.
"Sell all kinds of natural resources they control!"
Professor Clear nodded with satisfaction, "Because diamonds are scarce, it is easy to identify whether they come from conflict areas, and whether those natural resources are produced in conflict areas, this range is difficult to define, and these transactions are through the black market, and it is difficult for the international community to form an effective binding force on them." After all, diamonds are just a luxury, but natural resources such as oil can be related to a country's strategic development. Violent conflicts in Africa will not disappear only if the interests of the great powers are at work behind their backs. β
(To be continued)