Chapter 597: Revealed

On the 23rd, 7pm in Alaska, 7am in Tokyo time.

The East 9th District and the West 5th District are exactly twelve hours apart.

A night and a day.

Spotlights illuminated the huge conference hall, and on the giant high stairs, speakers in suits and ties took their seats one by one.

Morishita Sukeji entered the venue amid numerous flashing lights, waved to everyone with a smile, sat down and organized his speech.

At this moment, he was full of confidence and no longer had the worries of the previous day.

Sukeji Morishita communicated with most of the people attending the meeting, but not many people paid attention to the dolphins in Taiji Town.

Just like Richard said, the Whaling Commission is more concerned about the one thousand whales in Antarctica, but never mentions the 23,000 dolphins slaughtered every year in Puerto Galera.

The IWC once presided over whale protection activities in the 1960s, which was one of the most serious ecological disasters in history. Whales were almost extinct. There were indeed orders to investigate incidents that affected the survival of dolphins, but in the end it was left unresolved under the influence of Japan.

Many organizations are very good at certain things, such as bringing people together for meetings, getting everyone to shake hands and be in harmony, but you never see any results from them.

Especially this year, Japan has been successful in organizing a strong voting group to gain support.

All social changes originate from individual passions. Once groups are formed, passions will be constrained and eroded.

But this is still a daunting challenge for Morishita Sukeji, because he will re-announce at the conference that Japan will resume its plan to capture 700 whales in Antarctica.

"The road ahead is long and difficult."

Morishita Sukeji expressed his feelings in Chinese that he likes Chinese culture very much.

The meeting started soon. There were representatives from more than sixty countries, and including reporters, security and service personnel, there were hundreds of people.

"Welcome..."

The noisy meeting room quickly quieted down as everyone recalled the chairman's speech.

Across the Pacific Ocean, Wang Yongbo stared at Bifang's live broadcast room with two huge dark circles under his eyes, and occasionally took the time to look at the committee meeting progress sent to him by his subordinates.

Last night Bifang suddenly called him and told Wang Yongbo that he would start a live broadcast today and keep an eye on the progress of the meeting.

So early this morning, Wang Yongbo got up from the bed and started watching the live broadcast room.

Tokyo is in the East 9th District, and China is in the East 8th District, which is an hour earlier than that. It is only six o'clock in the morning, and coupled with Bifang's phone call last night, Wang Yongbo did not sleep well.

The Langya technical department also received overtime pay, and everyone came to work early and was on standby at all times.

"Regarding the Dolphin Bay incident in Taiji Town, I think the Japanese representative needs to make some explanations."

Here it comes.

Morishita Sukeji straightened his back and cheered up. He faced this question in almost every meeting.

A Japanese representative looked at Morishita Sukeji, and after he nodded, he stood up and carefully explained his report, starting from folk culture to the number of catches and explaining the behavior, which soon attracted people to agree.

"The Committee should give serious consideration to this proposal..."

"The Dominican Republic aligns itself with the Japanese delegation and we strongly support this proposal."

"Antigua and Barbuda supports the integrity of this proposal. Can we give the Japanese more sympathy and attention to the Japanese people who are in trouble? Now we have the opportunity to help Japan, help Japanese businesses, and help the fishermen of Taiji Town. Therefore, we strongly request that Taiji Town's demand for whaling be allowed..."

More and more voices of agreement were heard, and Morishita Sukeji couldn't help but reveal a satisfied smile on his face. He was just about to put on the headset when there was a sudden commotion in the front row on the left.

“Pfft…hahaha.”

"Li Zhe, be serious."

"I'm sorry, teacher. I couldn't help myself. What he said was so interesting."

Li Zhe, one of the members of the Huaxia delegation, apologized to a middle-aged man.

China is also a member of the Whaling Commission, but it usually maintains a neutral image and does not express its views, especially after 12 years. It may have done some wrong things before, but after that, it basically just went through the motions.

But as he spoke, Li Zhe couldn't help it anymore.

"Give the Japanese people some sympathy, hahaha, give Japan, ah, I can't do it anymore, I got a stitch in the side."

Li Zhe really couldn't help it, especially since the person who said this was from Antigua and Barbuda. Even the per capita income of fishermen in Japan was more than four times higher than that of Antigua and Barbuda, and now he was saying that he wanted to give some sympathy to the Japanese people.

This is an African country that is completely supported by tourism. In recent years, the tourism industry has been in recession, and Antigua and Barbuda has even become visibly in trouble.

Last year, Antigua and Barbuda even lost its voting rights in the UN General Assembly due to failure to pay its UN dues.

Laughter is contagious, and this time, even a small group of people nearby started laughing, attracting the attention of the conference participants.

"Please be quiet at position 12 and continue to listen to the speech of the representative of Saint Kitts and Nevis."

The meeting fell silent after several minutes, at which point the smile on Morishita Sukeji's face completely disappeared.

Li Zhe's teacher scolded Li Zhe twice, but he was not too angry.

Because he found it funny too.

He lowered his voice and said to the people around him: "You see, Antigua's interest in whaling has only recently emerged. Do you know why?"

Li Zhe was not unhappy about being scolded, but excitedly said: "The Japanese government's 'spending' has made them interested."

"That's right. The Japanese government goes to those small economies and provides economic assistance. Whatever they want, Japan gives them, just to pull them into the IWC and get voting support. This is how the whaling industry works in the 21st century."

Li Zhe was eager to try, he looked at the teacher and said: "Teacher, I want to ask Antigua and Barbuda a question, is that ok?"

Li Zhe's teacher pondered for a moment and nodded.

Li Zhe, who was allowed to speak, became alert all of a sudden. After the representative of Saint Kitts and Nevis finished speaking, he stood up without waiting for the representative of Japan to continue speaking. He looked at the representative of Antigua and Barbuda and said, "I would like to ask the representative of Antigua and Barbuda, why do you support Japanese fishermen in whaling? As far as I know, Japan's fishery resources are so rich that it doesn't seem to need to rely on whaling to maintain it, right?"

"Um, well, I think the fundamental purpose of whaling is not the value of their existence, but the devastating disaster that whales bring to fisheries. Their appetite is too big, which makes it impossible for fishermen to catch fish, so they have to hunt whales."

Hearing the Antiguan representative's hesitation and choice of words, Morishita Sukeji felt something was wrong and quickly asked his men to stand up and add: "That's right, whales are nomadic predators and their activity space is not limited to the waters of any one country. The impact they bring to the fisheries of neighboring countries connected to the sea is inseparable."

"I think the Han country representative thinks the same. Whales, not just large groups of dolphins, but especially baleen whales, mainly feed on young fish and shrimp. If we allow whales with amazing appetites to roam near the coast, the already scarce fishery resources will be further deteriorated."

"Is that really the case?" Li Zhe responded sharply, "The current large number of whales in the world's oceans has threatened the ecological balance of the oceans?"

"There are less than 200,000 whales in the world today, which is a far cry from the millions in their heyday. In my country's East China Sea, Yellow Sea, Bohai Bay and other coastal areas, there have been only a few whales in recent years. If, as you say, they are indistinguishable, why is there no impact on my country?"

"Killing off the top of the food chain in order to protect and increase the bottom is just a mindless and crude logic without any concept of ecological balance."

"The only way for natural ecology to prosper is for species to coexist in a balanced way. Any other path is a wrong one. The food chain is a closed loop, not a line. Whales, at the top of the marine food chain, are key players in achieving a closed loop of the food chain."

Li Zhe spoke eloquently, and the Japanese representative was somewhat embarrassed. He hurriedly said: "We do not deny the ecological status of whales, but our purpose of whaling is to replace whales and become the top of the marine food chain. Isn't this a closed loop?"

Li Zhe sneered: "Humans only take and pollute the ocean, but whales metabolize the nutrients they take in and give them back to the ocean, promoting the transportation and circulation of marine nutrients and energy between the deep sea and the surface sea, as well as horizontal distances. This is the key to the closed loop of the marine food chain."

"I would like to ask the Japanese representative, how did you promote it? And I am asking the representative of Antigua and Barbuda, why are you so anxious to explain? Representative of Antigua and Barbuda, I would like to ask if there are any whales passing near Antigua?"

The Antiguan representative replied: “Yes.”

"Then I want to ask, do you know what type of whale it is? Humpback whale or blue whale? Baleen whale or toothed whale?"

The Antiguan representative hesitated, but still said, "I think the government commissioner should know."

Another Antiguan representative nearby quickly added: "There should be some humpback whales. Yes, there are some humpback whales passing by Antigua. As for what kind of whales there are at this moment, we don't know the details, but there must be some. I have been to the beach and there are always whales there."

There was another low laugh from the people present.

The Japanese representative wanted to speak, but how could Li Zhe do as he wished? He looked back at everyone and shrugged: "OK, I have no problem."

Li Zhe sat down with a thud, leaving a mess behind.

Even a blind bystander could see that these people were selling themselves out for a few yen.

The chain of interests is very clear. The territories of these small countries are full of fishery buildings funded by Japan.

When a small country gains a benefit, its neighboring countries all want it too.

Every island nation in the Eastern Caribbean, St. Kitts, Antigua, St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Grenada, Namibia, has received funding.

In Dominica, Japan invested 22 million to build the Rain Fisheries Building, which is now used by local businessmen as a warehouse to store imported chicken.

Richard visited these places and recorded them, which were edited into the documentary.

Why do the Japanese insist on continuing this declining whaling industry?

From various dolphins to killer whales and humpback whales.

"This has nothing to do with economics, or even politics. It's just the remnants of the so-called Great Japanese Empire ideology at work. They are fed up with the West telling them what to do, how to do it, and when to do it."

"The more you tell me not to do it, the more I have to do it."

"Just like reverse psychology?" the electrical expert asked back while tapping on the keyboard.

"Yes, how is it, is it ready?"

The electrical appliance expert was speechless for a while: "Don't ask me for this kind of thing next time. I studied mechanical engineering, not hacker programming."

Fortunately, the difficulty is not high and I can still handle it.

"Haha, those who are capable should do more work, so is it okay?"

"Very soon, are you really ready?" The electrical expert half-closed the computer and spoke in a serious tone.

"I've been ready for years." Richard put on his shoulder straps with a determined look.

"Well, just watch." The electrical expert pressed the button.

…

In the forest, Bifang crawled out of the stream and washed the smell off his body.

Taiji Town realized it later and is now looking for me like crazy.

The puppy urine is not enough, Bifang has to wade three times a day to avoid being caught by the police dog.

Wading in the wild is very useful to avoid being tracked, because wild animals do not have the awareness and experience to reach the other side to search for the scent again, but this is different for well-trained police dogs.

Police dogs don’t have this awareness, but the people following them do.

Wild beasts don't have this energy, but police dogs who have no worries about food and water do.

This is the fundamental reason why hounds are difficult to get rid of unless they are killed.

Bifang took off his shirt, wrung out the water, and threw it over his shoulders without putting it on.

Seeing that there was space all around and the sun was visible, Bifang broke off a long branch and stuck it straight into the ground. After determining the directions of east, south, west and north, he made a circle around the branch.

"It's half past seven. It's almost time."

Bifang 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 one Bifang had used the longest and was the most comfortable, had a blue fluorescent light on.

Wang Yongbo of Shanghai was very excited and shouted to the technical department: "It's live, it's live, it's now, push it, push it!"

Office workers rushing to work and students staying up all night on vacation all heard a ding-dong sound on their cell phones.

"Fang Shen live broadcast!?"

"Holy crap, the missing people are returning?"

"Dolphin Bay? What is this place? Isn't Lao Fang in Japan?"

"Why did you suddenly disappear before?!"

Bifang, who had been missing for two days, suddenly returned, shocking everyone.

At the same time, Richard was walking on the pedestrian street of Ginza with a huge display screen on his chest in a strange shape.

People in a hurry cast strange looks at me.

"Everyone, please look over here!"

An electrical appliance expert in a room pressed the enter button, and a reading bar suddenly lit up on the screen.

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