Chapter 597: Revealed
On the 23rd, 7 p.m. in Alaska and 7 a.m. Tokyo time.
The East 9th District and the West 5th District are exactly 12 hours apart.
One night, one day.
Spotlights illuminate the huge venue, and on the huge high staircase, speakers in suits and leather shoes take their seats.
Sukeji Morishita entered the crowd amid the many flashing lights, smiled and motioned to everyone, and sat down to sort out his speech.
At this moment, he is full of confidence, and he has no worries about the day before.
Sukeji Morishita communicated with most of the attendees, but not many people paid attention to the dolphins in Taiji.
Exactly like Richard said, the whaling commission is more obsessed with the 1,000 whales in Antarctica, but it is silent about the 23,000 dolphins slaughtered each year in Dolphin Bay.
The IWC hosted whale conservation in the 60s, one of the worst ecological disasters in history, with whales near extinction, and there were indeed instructions to investigate the events that affected the survival of dolphins, but in the end, they were not affected by the fact that they were not resolved.
Many organizations are very good at some things, such as holding meetings, shaking hands and making peace, but they don't see what they are doing.
This year, in particular, the support of a strong voting group in the organization has been unstoppable.
All social changes come from individual passions, and once a group is formed, passions are restrained and worn out.
But it remains a serious challenge for Morishita, as he will re-announce at the conference that he will resume his plan to catch 700 whales in Antarctica.
"It's a long road."
Morishita Sukeji sighed in Chinese that he likes Han culture very much.
The meeting began quickly, with more than 60 countries present, including hundreds of journalists, security and service personnel.
βwele......β
The noisy meeting room quickly fell silent, recalling the chairman's speech.
Crossing the Pacific Ocean, Wang Yongbo stared at two huge black circles, stared nervously at Bi Fang's live broadcast room, and occasionally took the time to look at the progress of the committee meeting sent to him by his subordinates.
Last night, Bi Fang suddenly called him and told Wang Yongbo that he would hold a live broadcast today and always pay attention to the progress of the meeting.
So much so that early this morning, Wang Yongbo got up from the bed and stared at the live broadcast room and began to watch.
Tokyo is the East 9th District, Huaxia is the East 8th District, an hour earlier than that, it is only 6 o'clock in the morning, plus Bi Fang's phone call last night, Wang Yongbo has not slept well.
The wolftooth technical department also made up for overtime pay, and all of them went to work early and were on call at all times.
"Regarding the Dolphin Bay incident in Taiji Town, I think it is necessary for this representative to give an explanation."
Here it comes.
Sukeji Morishita straightened his back and lifted his spirits, and almost every meeting, he faced this problem.
One of the representatives looked at Sukeji Morishita, and after nodding his head, he stood up and elaborated on his report, which quickly attracted echo after explaining the behavior, from folk culture to the number of captures.
"The Committee shall give serious consideration to the ...... of this proposal"
"Dominica aligns itself with this delegation, and we strongly support this proposal."
"Antigua and Barbuda, in terms of support for the integrity of this proposal, can we give more sympathy to myself, more attention, to the people of Tsuyoto, who are in difficulty, now we have the opportunity to help Tsuben, to help the cause, to help the fishermen of Tajiji, so we strongly request that the demand for whaling in Taiji be allowed to ......"
More and more echoes sounded, and Morishita Sukeji couldn't help but smile with satisfaction on his face, and he was just about to bring the headset when there was a sudden commotion in the front row on the left.
"Poof...... Ha ha. β
"Li Zhe, be serious."
"I'm sorry teacher, I really couldn't help it, what he said was so interesting."
Li Zhe, one of the members of the Huaxia delegation, apologized to a middle-aged man.
Hua Xia is also a member of the whaling committee, but he usually does not take a neutral position, especially after 12 years, he may have done some wrong things before, but after that, it is basically a formality.
But as he spoke, Li Zhe couldn't help it again.
"Give some sympathy to the people of Yuben, hahaha, give Yuben, ah, I can't do it, I'm angry."
Li Zhe really couldn't help it, especially since the person who said this was Antigua and Barbuda, and even the per capita income of fishermen was more than four times higher than that of Antigua and Barbuda, and he actually said that he wanted to give some sympathy to the people of Antigua and Barbuda.
This is an African country that is completely supported by tourism, and in recent years, the tourism industry has been sluggish, and Antigua and Barbuda has even become visibly embarrassed.
Last year, Antigua and Barbuda even lost its voting rights in the United Nations General Assembly due to its non-payment of its dues to the United Nations.
Laughter is contagious, and at this moment, even a small group of people nearby laughed, attracting the attention of the conference personnel.
"Please be quiet and continue to listen to the representative of Saint Kitts and Nevis."
It wasn't until a few minutes later that the assembly fell silent, and the smile on Sukeji Morishita's face completely disappeared.
Li Zhe's teacher scolded Li Zhe twice, but he was not too annoyed.
Because he also thinks it's funny.
He lowered his voice and said to a few people around him: "You see, Antigua's interest in whaling has only recently risen, do you know why? β
Li Zhe was not unhappy when he was scolded, but said excitedly: "It is said that the government has 'spent money' to interest them." β
"That's right, the government goes to those countries with small economies and provides financial aid, and they give whatever they want, just to pull them into the IWC and then get votes, and that's how the whaling industry works in the 21st century."
Li Zhe was eager to try, he looked at the teacher: "Teacher, I want to ask Antigua and Barbuda a question." β
Li Zhe's teacher pondered for a moment and nodded.
Li Zhe, who had received permission, suddenly came to his senses, and when the representative of St. Kitts and Nevis finished speaking, he stood up at once without waiting for the representative to continue speaking, and he looked at the representative of Antigua: "I would like to ask the representative of Antigua and Barbuda, what are you supporting the whaling of the fishermen of Antigua? β
"Well, well, I think the fundamental purpose of whaling is not the value of their own existence, but because of the devastating disaster that whales have brought to the fishing industry, their appetite is too great, so fishermen can't catch fish, so they want to hunt whales."
Hearing the hesitation and words of the Antigua representative, Morishita Sukeji felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked his subordinates to get up and add: "That's right, the activity space of a caunting predator and survival animal like cetaceans is not limited to the waters of any one country, and the impact on the fisheries of neighboring countries connected to the sea is difficult to distinguish from each other. β
"I think the representative of the Han country also thinks the same way, cetaceans, not only large groups of dolphins, especially baleen whales, whose staple diet is young fish and shrimp fry, if the cetaceans that eat an amazing amount of food are allowed to infest the coastal waters, the already scarce fishery resources will be worse."
"Is that really the case?" Li Zhe said, "At present, the number of cetaceans in the world's oceans is so large that it threatens the ecological balance of the oceans?"
"Today, there are less than 200,000 cetaceans in the world, compared to more than one million in their heyday. In recent years, there have not even been a few whales in China's East China Sea, Yellow Sea, Bohai Bay and other coastal areas. β
"Killing the top of the food chain can protect the lower one, but it is just a brainless and crude logic without the concept of ecological balance."
"Natural ecology, balanced symbiosis of species is the only way to thrive, everything else is wrong. The food chain is a closed loop, not a line. The whale at the top of the marine food chain is a key player in closing the loop of the food chain. β
Li Zhe talked eloquently, saying that the representative was a little overstretched, and hurriedly said: "We do not deny the ecological status of whales, but our purpose of whaling is to replace whales and become the top role in the marine food chain. Isn't this a closed loop?"
Li Zhe sneered: "Human beings can only take and pollute the ocean, and whales will convert the ingested biological nutrients and metabolism back to the ocean, promoting the transportation cycle of marine nutrients and energy between the deep sea and the surface sea, as well as horizontal distances, which is the key to the closed loop of the marine food chain." β
"I would like to ask this representative, how did you promote it? And, I'm asking the representative of Antigua and Barbuda, why are you in such a hurry to explain? The representative of Antigua and Barbuda, I would like to ask if there are cetaceans passing near Antigua? β
The representative of Antigua replied, "Yes." β
"Then I want to ask, do you know what type of cetaceans it is? Humpback whale or blue whale? Baleen whale or tooth whale? β
The Antigua representative hesitated, but still stubbornly said, "I think the government commissioner should know." β
Another Antigua representative next to him hurriedly picked up: "There should be some humpback whales, yes, there are some humpback whales passing through Antigua, as for what cetaceans are at this moment, we don't know the details, but there must be, I have been to the beach, there are always whales there." β
There was another low laugh from the crowd.
Said that the representative still wanted to speak, but how could Li Zhe do what he wanted, looked back at everyone, and shrugged: "Okay, I'm fine." β
Li Zhe sat down, leaving a mess.
Even blind bystanders could see that these people had sold themselves for a few yuan.
The chain of interests is clear, and the territory of these small countries is full of fishing buildings that have been funded by this capital.
When a small country gets the benefits, the neighbors around it want it.
Every island nation in the Eastern Caribbean, St. Kitts, Antigua, St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Grenador, Namibia, was funded.
In Dominia, he invested $22 million to build the Rain Fisheries Building, which is now used by local merchants as a warehouse for storing imported chicken.
Richard visited these places and documented them and cut them into a documentary.
Why do I have to continue this declining whaling industry?
From all kinds of dolphins, to killer whales, humpback whales.
"This has nothing to do with the economy, not even with politics, but is just the ideological remnants of the so-called Great Empire. They are fed up with Western countries, fed up with what they are commanding to do, how to do it, and when to do it. β
"The more you don't let me do it, the more you have to do it."
"It's like rebellion?" The appliance expert asked rhetorically as he tapped on the keyboard.
"That's right, how's it going, okay?"
The electrical expert was speechless for a while: "Don't look for me next time this kind of thing, I studied mechanical engineering, not hacker programming." β
Fortunately, the difficulty is not high, and I can cope with it.
"Haha, those who can work harder, so are you okay?"
"Soon, are you really ready?" The appliance expert half-closed the computer, and his tone was serious.
"I've been ready for years." Richard slung his shoulder straps and looked at him steadfastly.
"Whew, then we'll see." The appliance expert clicked the key.
β¦β¦
In the forest, Bi Fang crawled out of the stream and washed the smell off his body.
Taiji Town realized that he was now looking for himself like crazy.
There was simply not enough urine for the puppy, and Bi Fang had to drain three times a day to avoid being chased by the police dog.
Avoiding tracking in the wild is very useful because the beast does not have the awareness and experience of coming to the other side to re-search for the scent, which is different for a well-trained police dog.
Police dogs don't have this awareness, but people who follow police dogs do.
The beast doesn't have this energy, but the police dog that eats and drinks doesn't worry does.
This is the fundamental reason why it is difficult for hounds to get rid of unless they are killed.
Bi Fang took off his shirt, wrung out the water, and didn't wear it, just threw it on his shoulder.
Seeing that the surroundings were empty and the sun could be seen, Bi Fang folded off a long branch with his hand, stuck it straight on the ground, and after judging the southeast and northwest, he made a circle around the branch.
"It's half past seven, and it's almost time."
Bi Fang pulled out the branch, shook off the mud, and held it in his hand as a stick.
The three drones approached quickly, and the largest one, which was also the longest-used and most comfortable one, had blue fluorescent lights up.
Wang Yongbo of the Demon Capital was in high spirits for a while, and shouted at the technical department: "Live broadcast, live broadcast, it's now, put push, put push!" β
The office workers who went to work in a hurry, and the all-night holiday student party all rang with a dingdong on their mobile phones at this time.
"Fang Shen live!?"
"Holy, the missing are back?"
"Dolphin Bay? What is this place? Isn't Lao Fang in Japan? β
"Why did you suddenly disappear before!"
Bi Fang, who had been missing for two days, suddenly returned, shocking everyone's jaws.
At the same time, Richard, with a huge monitor on his chest, walked in a strange shape on the pedestrian streets of Ginza.
The hurried people cast strange glances.
"Everyone, look at it!"
An electrical specialist in a room knocked enter, and a reading bar popped up on the screen.
The reading strip goes to the end......
"Thank you very much for your statements, and ...... What a situation! β
In the conference hall, the electronic screen suddenly lit up, and the blood color came into view, bringing an explosive impact to people.
The members of the committee were in an uproar.
Morishita Sukeji's face turned pale instantly.
Bi Fang raised the stick and beckoned to the audience.
"Long time no see, friends."
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