Dong.
The entrance to the venue was closed by the staff.
This was also an announcement that the press conference had officially begun!
The reporters perked up and looked towards the stage, looking around for the host of the press conference. Or perhaps it was the Central TV Documentary Channel's person-in-charge?
"He's here!"
"Where's Zhang Ye?"
"Where's he?"
"Eh, why isn't he here yet?"
"Who's going to host it?"
At this moment, all of a sudden, the lights in the venue went out!
Kacha!
Kacha!
Countless lights went out one after another!
Only a few dim lights were left on the stage!
The venue suddenly went dark!
"Ah?"
"What's going on?"
"Why did they turn off the lights?"
"What's the meaning of this?"
"Hey, what are you all doing?"
The reporters were stunned and started questioning the staff of Department 14. They were a little baffled by this situation. They had never participated in a press conference like this before. What was the point of turning off the lights?
However, the staff of Department 14 were also stunned. They did not understand what was happening in front of them. They had not received any notice at all, so how could they answer the reporters' questions if the lights were turned off?
Wu Yi hurriedly said, "Maybe the lights are malfunctioning!"
"Quick, let's go and have a look!" Yan Tianfei's secretary was also here today.
Little Wang said, "B-But there doesn't seem to be anyone backstage?"
Another person also said curiously, "The lights were adjusted in advance, so why isn't there a lighting technician here today?"
"Then what's going on?"
Ha Qiqi felt that something was amiss!
Zhang Zuo and the others also felt it!
The next moment, a vertical beam of light shone down from the stage without any warning. In the dark venue, this beam of light was very eye-catching!
In an instant, the venue fell silent!
Everyone looked at the stage in astonishment!
From the backstage direction, a figure slowly walked out.
One step.
Two steps.
Three steps.
"Sometimes, in the dead of night, I'll turn on a light. I can see the light, dust, and maybe even some bugs that follow the light and come over to join in the fun."
Before they could see the face clearly, the voice had already sounded.
Zhang Ye walked up to the podium, but he did not look at the stunned faces of the hundreds of reporters in the audience. Instead, he stared straight at the beam of light. As he walked over, he kept looking at it until he was standing under the light. "But there's only one thing that I can't see. They are particles with an aerodynamic diameter of less than 2.5 microns. They can refract large amounts of visible light, leaving us with a world of very low visibility. Later on, a lot of people gave it a name. I think it's called smog." He smiled and reached out to grab it, but he grabbed nothing. "I've always been curious about smog. I want to know what it is. It's right in front of me, but I really can't see it."
The place was dead silent!
No one could react to the situation in front of them!
This opening, this opening speech, made everyone dumbfounded!
Ha Qiqi's eyes widened!
Zhang Zuo's hair stood on end!
Huang Dandan clenched her fists in excitement!
Little Wang's eyes reddened as tears nearly fell from her eyes!
Director Zhang!
You …
At this moment, Zhang Ye took two steps forward and tapped on a computer that had been set up on the stage. "There's only one way. I can hold it right in front of me."
The big screen behind him lit up.
An image of an instrument appeared.
Zhang Ye smiled and pointed at it. "This is a PM2.5 sampler. I got it from a colleague from Peking University's Environmental Science Department. Professor Wang from their department told me that this instrument is very valuable and that Peking University only has ten of them, so I definitely can't lend it to anyone. I gave him a 68 yuan bottle of wine and he gave it to me as a gift."
A female reporter in the audience burst into laughter!
Many of the reporters couldn't help but laugh as well.
Zhang Ye threw up his hands and said with a smile, "I've always thought that smog was very mysterious and shameful. But it was only later that I found out that this instrument that I exchanged for with a bottle of wine was able to produce a very clean sample film."
The screen flashed.
Pictures of Zhang Ye's daily life appeared.
There was time.
There was a location.
There was a PM2.5 value at that time.
Zhang Ye said, "This is a picture of me carrying this instrument for 24 hours, the day before yesterday."
The day before yesterday?
So you didn't come to work for the past few days because you were doing this?
At this moment, everyone from Department 14, without exception, was visibly moved!
Ha Qiqi nearly cried! Director Zhang!
Then, a shocking picture popped up!
The reporters couldn't help but exclaim!
"Ah?"
"This!"
"This is?"
Zhang Ye smiled and pointed at the screen. "This is the sample that was collected at the end."
The sample film in the picture had turned completely black!
It was the color of charcoal!
"How could this be?" a female reporter said in disbelief!
"This … this is smog?" a male reporter was also shocked!
A reporter nearly stood up. "That's impossible!"
Zhang Ye looked at him and said with a smile, "Yes, I didn't believe it at first either. Later on, I looked for my colleague from Peking University, Professor Wang from the Environmental Science Department. I gave him another bottle of wine and asked him to help me analyze the sample. I wanted to know what was in it."
The picture changed.
It was densely packed with chemical names!
Zhang Ye raised his hand and pointed. "This is the result of his analysis. There are a total of 15 carcinogens in the sample. Among them, one of the strongest carcinogens in the world, benzo pyrene, is how many times higher than the national standard value? 14 times higher than the national standard! "
Everyone was in an uproar!
Carcinogens?
14 times higher than the national standard?
Zhang Ye said, "I don't believe it. Yesterday, I carried the instrument around the streets and did another test. Then I excitedly went back to Peking University to look for Professor Wang and got him to help me do another analysis. This time, the conclusion was that the benzo pyrene … exceeded the national standard by 17 times! I was very surprised. I thought that the first test was wrong, but why did the second test result show that it exceeded the national standard even more? Professor Wang asked me, 'Professor Zhang, did you go shopping this time?' I said yes, and Professor Wang said, 'If you had gone shopping a little longer, the national standard would have exceeded the national standard even more!' "
Everyone looked at the stage in shock.
Zhang Ye shrugged. "I know that Peking University has built a new laboratory. It just so happens that all of you know about it. I'm also from Peking University, so I asked Professor Wang if I could be a volunteer. I would go to the High Concentration Laboratory and use my body as an experiment. You guys could help me test my body's data so that I could tell the public about it. Professor Wang shook his head and said that it was not possible. I asked why, but I said that I wasn't afraid of that. I could even sign an agreement. If something were to happen to my body, I wouldn't let you guys take responsibility. Just let me in. "
Everyone was dumbfounded. They did not expect Zhang Ye to be so reckless!
In the end, Zhang Ye said helplessly, "Professor Wang hesitated for a long time before he told me that there was no need for you to go into the High Concentration Laboratory. The air that you breathe every day outside is actually much more polluted than the ethically safe air in the laboratory!" Looking at everyone, Zhang Ye said, "Only then did I realize that all of us are actually living in a laboratory that is exposed for life. This is the smog, and this is our enemy. We can't see it, but it's everywhere!"
Many of the reporters were scared silly!
There were also many reporters who were stunned by today's scene!
Wasn't this supposed to be a press conference? Weren't they supposed to explain why the documentary was taken off the shelves? Why did it turn out like this? What kind of situation was this?
A documentary?
You actually fucking released a documentary on the spot!?
No one had ever seen it before! These reporters had never even heard of it before!
Elsewhere.
Everyone from Department 14 was losing control of their emotions!
Tong Fu wished he could give himself a slap. "Director Zhang!"
Wu Yi said, "This …"
Little Wang wiped away her tears. "So Director Zhang has done so many things these past few days! We didn't even know! We didn't know anything at all! I-I even spoke loudly to Director Zhang! I thought … I thought that Director Zhang was not going to care about us anymore! "The more she spoke, the more Little Wang's tears fell!
A staff member said, "I really deserve to die!"
"I should have thought of this!"
"Yeah! When has Director Zhang ever been afraid of anything! "
"Why did he go up there alone? Why didn't he tell us? Why didn't he tell us? Why didn't he tell us to stop causing trouble?
Ha Qiqi's lips were trembling a little. "He's afraid of implicating us! Ha Qiqi's lips were trembling. "He was afraid that he would implicate us! All of us … have misunderstood Director Zhang! "
"Director Zhang!"
"I … I …"
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