Chapter 155 Failure of Following
Seven months ago.
"You have to help us stop the development of the wetlands! Four thousand eight hundred people signed a petition, but they turned a blind eye. The county governor even said things would change. Bullshit! They're about to drain half of the wetlands, and they say they want to build an industrial park on top!" the elderly man was indignant.
"Professor Elwan, you are an expert in animal protection. You must have a way to preserve the wetlands, right? I haven't seen wild geese building nests here for almost two or three years." The old man called Elwan twice, but found that the other party did not respond at all.
Elwan stared at the feces in the corner, lost in thought, and he remembered his son's complaints about him.
"There was a hamster running around in my room last night and it kept me awake."
"Hamster, hamster, got it!"
"Is there any solution?" The old man looked excited.
Erwan ran to the lake and made a phone call: "Aiji, if an endangered species of hamster is found near the construction site, how long will the construction be suspended?"
"The investigation will take six months..."
"Six months?"
"Yes."
"YES!"
Three months ago.
"I have studied a migration route. This route is safer than the previous route of the geese. At least in the next few decades, the living environment of the geese will be greatly improved. Do you understand?"
"not understand."
"I promise it will work."
"I don't think so."
Elwan followed the man and kept persuading him, but Le Goff did not stop at all, nor did he turn his head. He walked into the hall, greeted the staff, and walked towards the office on his own.
"Isn't it important to save the species? As long as the plan is implemented, we can save the white-fronted goose. This is our responsibility."
In the corridor, Le Goff was annoyed and pointed his finger at Elwan's chest.
"Erwan, I'm telling you one last time, the government has stopped providing financial assistance. They have more pressing problems, such as unemployment, and wild geese are not their top priority. Besides, your crazy idea won't work. Wild geese follow gliders? Do you think the geese are as naive as you?"
"But endangered species and climate change are also important." Elwan still tried to persuade, "I don't need subsidies, I just need your stamp. Only with your stamp can the plan be approved. You know the process."
Le Goff opened his office door, held his forehead, and raised his voice.
"Without the genetic test and virus analysis report, I won't give you my stamp of approval. Even if you succeed with these dozen geese, so what? It may take two hundred to truly save the species. There's no way your plan will succeed, Elwan."
"I know I need to test it, but it's too late. If I delay any longer, they will..."
"No!"
Bang!
Elwan touched his nose and his eyes lit up when he saw the secretary at the door.
"Aiji." Elwan pointed at the seal on the table.
Aggie looked up at Erwan and shook his head helplessly.
Erwan refused to give up, his eyes flickering.
A few minutes later, Edge was defeated and called to another employee, "Afra, let's go have a cup of coffee together."
The two men quickly stood up and there was no one around.
Ten days ago...
"Okay, let me see the documents. Migrating geese with gliders? Well, you got the stamp, it's okay, but you still have to do a blood test, otherwise you can't pass the Schengen area." Johnny flipped through the documents casually.
"What did he say?" Erwan asked Lennon.
"We need to do a blood test as well."
"How long?" Elwan asked quickly.
"About... eight days." Johnny put the document aside and spread his hands. "We are also following the procedures."
…
Countless memories flashed through Elwan's mind. He had paid so much for this moment, how could he give up?
Even if no one believed he would succeed.
No one is walking this road, so he will walk it! No one is doing this thing, so he will do it!
Ten days.
The test results are still not out.
Elwan thought about the snowstorm the day after tomorrow and the consequences of a dozen wild geese being unable to migrate.
The arrow is on the string and must be shot.
He has been studying bird protection and migration for more than 20 years, but what is the point of studying and studying again? No money or manpower is needed. Even though it is just a simple stamp, they are unwilling to do so.
On the other side, Bifang and Etienne were practicing flying with the geese.
It is not difficult to teach wild geese to fly. The flying instinct of birds is engraved in their genes. With just a little guidance, they can take off smoothly.
Blowing the whistle, they quickly ran up a slope. The geese could not keep up, so they flapped their wings naturally. After a few flaps, these nature elves quickly mastered the technique of controlling the airflow.
Soon, one, two, from gliding to skillful flying, more and more geese flew towards the sky.
The wild goose drew a graceful arc across the sky, and it seemed that it would fall into the mountains at any time. Finally, it flapped its wings vigorously, flew into the thick white clouds, and returned to the crowd again.
Bifang and Etienne watched the geese flying in the sky excitedly, and the audience in the live broadcast room was also very excited.
【It looks really good. 】
[It’s great, this is my first time watching Wild Geese Flying]
[Wow, this place is so beautiful, isn't it? I want to step on the stones too]
[This is Finland, how can it not be beautiful? The most worthwhile place to visit in Europe. ]
[I heard that Finland is the place with the highest life happiness index in the world. I want to go there and make salted fish. ]
【Happiness comes from struggle! 】
"This is their first flight. From now on, they will remember this place and will come back to build nests next year." Elwan came over from behind and watched the geese's first flight and explained, "As long as they come a few more times, they will be familiar with your presence."
The geese's first flight was successful, and the next step was a test flight. The two men stepped on the stones in the stream to come to the glider, just like two frogs jumping between different lotus leaves.
"Have you tried this before?"
"I know a little." Bifang felt that flying a glider was not difficult, just like playing a game, one only had to operate two sticks.
The elevator control stick is used. Pull it back and the elevator will swing up and the nose of the plane will point up. Push it forward and the elevator will swing down and the nose of the plane will point down.
The rudder is controlled by pedals. When the left pedal is pressed, the rudder swings to the left and the nose turns left; when the right pedal is pressed, the rudder swings to the right and the nose turns right.
The only difficulty is that simply operating the rudder can only change the position of the glider but cannot make it turn.
Gliders have very strong inertia when flying in a straight line, and turning the rudder will cause them to slide sideways, just like the feeling of driving a car fast and taking a sharp turn. The road surface on a sharp bend is usually inclined to prevent the car from skidding sideways, but a glider is free in the air. To make a glider turn without sliding sideways, the ailerons and vertical rudder must be controlled at the same time.
But after getting familiar with it twice, Bifang quickly got the hang of it, and the next step was to get the wild geese to fly with him.
"Test, how about the test?"
Bifang used a headset to contact Lennon on the shore.
"It can be clearly received."
"We are about to set off. Is everything OK on your end?" Elwan contacted Lennon from the back seat.
"Everything is ready."
"Let's go!" Elwan shouted excitedly.
The most reliable executor, the most complete migration plan, success is just around the corner!
On the open lake, Bifang looked at the ripples on the water, started the engine, and Elwan behind him began to blow the whistle.
Lennon and Etienne were standing on the shore, equally excited. They watched the geese's every move: "Great, they are all near you, go, they are following you, go!"
Bifang nodded and glided across the lake in the glider .
The wild geese followed the glider and flew low over the lake, but as they flew, they suddenly scattered and flew into the sky.
Only a few of them still maintained their formation and followed behind the two of them.
"Oh no." Lennon had a bad feeling.
"Are there any others following?" Elwan asked happily.
"No..." Lennon was embarrassed, "They flew away."
"What's going on?" Elwan was stunned and quickly asked Bifang to stop. He turned around and looked.
No goose disappeared behind the glider, and the ones that had just been there also flew away to play somewhere else.
Lennon on the shore looked worried, but he still comforted her: "It's okay, maybe the propeller blocked you, and the geese didn't see you, so they flew away. It's okay, go back and try again, and let the geese see you."
Elwan was worried, so he asked Bifang to turn sideways and go back, but when the geese saw Elwan, they still ignored him and swam towards Lennon on the shore.
“Damn it!”
Elwan couldn't bear such a blow and banged the seat hard. This was completely different from what he expected. The geese had clearly followed them on their first flight on the shore before, so why didn't they even look at the glider now?
Back on shore, Bifang took off his helmet, looked at Elwan, then looked at Etienne on the other side, feeling uneasy.
"There must be something wrong somewhere." Elwan was very anxious.
"Maybe not ready." Lennon guessed.
"No... they are ready. They have already taken off, which means they are ready." Elwan denied this statement, "It's something else."
"Is it the wind?"
"Wind? Yes, it is wind. It has nothing to do with wind. It has nothing to do with it at all."
"Don't be mad at me."
"I'm not angry. I got angry because you told me not to."
The two began a heated discussion.
On the other side, Bifang avoided the two and sat next to Etienne, holding his helmet. "You said before that you witnessed the birth of a white-cheeked barnacle goose?"
Etienne was puzzled, but nodded. "Dad and I were there when he was born. What happened?"
"No, it's okay." Bifang looked at Erwan who was arguing, "I'd better guess wrong."
