This was a press conference that had never been held before!
This was the first time in history that a documentary had been released live!
Zhang Ye stood calmly onstage. Facing the many different expressions of the reporters in the audience, his expression did not change. "How did the PM2.5 get into our bodies? How did it destroy our bodies? With the help of experts from Peking University's Department of Environmental Sciences, we made a short video. "
The big screen lit up.
Cartoon characters appeared one by one.
"I am a PM2.5. I have many brothers with me, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and all kinds of heavy metals. Every one of them is equipped with a sharp weapon. In the game of attacking humans, I rarely fail. In the first stage, the nasal hairs and mucus can block out foreign objects. 90% of the particles with a diameter of more than 10 microns will die here, but they can't stop me. In the second stage, the fine hairs in the throat and upper respiratory tract move 20 times per second. But my body is light, so the smooth muscles of the trachea contract in response to the stimulation and try to stop me. That's just asking to be humiliated. In the third stage, the lower respiratory tract is densely packed with bronchial tubes. It's our best ski slope. We fight with cells and lymphocytes all the way, which causes all kinds of inflammation in humans. "
This was a video that they had made earlier.
Ha Qiqi, Zhang Zuo, and the others were stunned again!
The Central TV News Channel's reporters were also stunned!
Weren't these videos deleted?
Didn't Central TV send people to retrieve them a long time ago?
Why are they still here? H-How did you get them back?
Only then did the people of Department 14 realize that Director Zhang had done much more behind their backs than they had imagined! Director Zhang had planned for today's press conference from the very beginning!
"Our main force eventually reached the alveoli at the end of the tree branch. There are more than 300 million alveoli in a human's body. Once we block them, humans will not be able to breathe. But here, we have our most terrifying enemy — macrophages. They specialize in devouring foreign objects and are known as the internal cleaners. This will be a tough battle. But we have a lot of people and a hard-to-decompose core. Together with the heavy metal toxins, the macrophages find it very difficult to digest and can easily die. This is how the human immune system deteriorates. We also have a group of Blade Warriors with a particle diameter of less than 0.5 microns that can pass through the alveolar membrane and directly enter the bloodstream. Along the way, they damage the lining of the blood vessels, causing them to narrow and raise blood pressure, leading to thrombosis. We can even enter the human core through the pulmonary circulation and attack your heart, causing myocardial ischemia and causing arrhythmia.
"Tremble, humans!"
"I'm here for every breath you take!"
The animated video ended with a maniacal laugh!
Many reporters held their breaths and did not even dare to breathe!
How could this be?
That was impossible!
Zhang Ye smiled and said, "When we were planning for this animated short, one of my colleagues was there as well. She was very scared and said that she had a two-year-old child. What would happen to the child in the future? I thought so too, so I asked Peking University's Professor Wang. I said, Old Wang, shouldn't we throw our children into the smog as soon as possible to get used to it? Isn't there a slogan now? We can't let our children lose at the starting line. "
Many people wanted to laugh at his words.
But many people below the stage did not laugh.
Zhang Ye threw up his hands, "Professor Wang told me that there is no scientific basis for such a statement. Being exposed to smoggy air for a day will result in a day of damage. There is no such thing as adaptation! What should we do? What should we do? What about the child? Professor Wang hesitated for a moment before giving me a suggestion. He said that if it's smoggy, we should reduce the number of times we go out. " Looking at the reporters in the audience, Zhang Ye smiled and said, "I thought about it and felt that this was actually a solution. At most, we wouldn't go out during the smoggy days. Wouldn't that do?"
That's right.
Then they could only reduce the number of times they went out.
The reporters were listening attentively and thinking about it.
However, Zhang Ye paused. "But later on, I realized that I was thinking too much. I contacted the Ministry of Environmental Protection and obtained some internal information."
What information?
The reporters were taken aback.
Without any warning, a short film was played on the screen again!
The music played. It was a very heavy background music as the images on the screen kept flashing. It was the PM2.5 measurements for large and medium-sized cities last year!
Shijiazhuang:
The number of days of air pollution last year was 267.
Tianjin:
The number of days of air pollution last year was 189.
Shenyang:
The number of days of air pollution last year was 192.
Taiyuan:
The number of days of air pollution last year was 184.
Chengdu:
The number of days of air pollution last year was 107.
A shocking number appeared in front of everyone's eyes!
The reporters were dumbfounded. How was this possible? Had the smog already reached such a state? But why didn't they know about it? Why didn't they feel anything about it?
In this world, the population's awareness of the smog was very low, so they really did not know anything about it!
Zhang Ye pointed at the screen and said with a wry smile, "In many cities, there will be large-scale air pollution for more than half of the days of the year. Don't go out? Unless we don't work, don't study, don't buy groceries, and don't go shopping. When I received this statistical data, I found it very strange. I was also very surprised. Why? I don't understand why this is happening. Isn't smog something that was only coined in the past two years? But why does it seem like the entire country has been shrouded in smog overnight? Why didn't it happen in the past? Why didn't I know about it before? "
That's right!
There was no smog in the past!
Zhang Ye's words struck a chord in everyone's hearts. They did not understand either. This smog seemed to have appeared suddenly in the winter of two years ago. There were no signs at all!
But Zhang Ye's next words made all the reporters gasp!
Zhang Ye: "Professor Wang told me that the smog has always been around. I said that it was impossible. Am I blind? Why didn't I know about it before? Then Professor Wang got me to look through the news from a few years ago. "
On the big screen, a picture of a newspaper appeared.
It was a headline from the Beijing Times ten years ago.
There was a plane.
There was heavy fog.
Zhang Ye said: "Professor Wang asked me, 'What do you think this is?' I said, 'It's smog, right?' Professor Wang said, 'Then take a look at the headlines from that day.' "
The screen changed again.
There were a few more words on the picture. It was the headlines from that day's news!
"Large scale flight delays at the capital's airport due to smog!"
Smog?
It was smog?
The reporters were all shocked. They felt a chill from the bottom of their hearts!
Zhang Ye smiled and said: "Actually, there was already smog ten years ago, or even earlier. It's just that the smog at that time was not called this. It was called … fog!"
The reporters were horrified!
Even the people of Department 14 felt a chill in their hearts when they heard this. Actually, they had been involved in the production of this documentary from start to finish. They had gone to many places to interview and made a lot of videos. They even knew about the things that Zhang Ye was talking about since they were the ones who did it themselves. But for some reason, when they saw Director Zhang standing onstage and listening to him narrate the story, the people of Department 14 were just as shocked as those reporters. They were even more shocked than when they first learned about this matter!
This was Zhang Ye!
One of the most professional hosts in the country!
Organized, logical, controlling, and infectious. He was too amazing!
The people of Department 14 had every reason to believe that even if their documentary had been broadcasted on television back then, the effect of the broadcast would definitely not be better than what Zhang Ye was doing now! They were not on the same level at all! This was the speech of one of the top hosts in the country!
He was too charismatic!
"Lung cancer." Zhang Ye suddenly said, "It's a phrase that makes people shudder just by hearing it. I never expected that it would happen right beside me." He smiled and said, "I've always thought that only people like us who smoke and drink would get lung cancer. But that day, I realized that I was wrong. I had a female colleague who was younger than me by a year. She was the happiest person in our office. She was a very nice person and was very motivated in her work. She did not smoke or drink and did not have a family history of hereditary diseases. However, lung cancer just had to find its way to her. At that time, I was very angry and questioned the doctor: Why! Based on what! How old is she? The doctor told me: I can only tell you that it's lung cancer of unknown origin. But based on my clinical experience, I determine that it's caused by air pollution! "
Huang Dandan's tears fell.
Ha Qiqi held her hand.
Little Wang held Huang Dandan's other hand and cried with her.
Smog?
Lung cancer??
The reporters were shocked once again!
The things that Zhang Ye had thrown out had completely subverted their understanding of the smog!
Zhang Ye looked at them. "That's why I want to find out. I want to understand where the smog came from! I want to know who created it! "
Coal!
Steel!
Pollution!
For an entire hour, without a script or an assistant, Zhang Ye stood onstage and spoke with confidence and composure.
…
Outside.
In a conference room at Central TV.
After a regular meeting ended, the executives strolled out of the room.
"Oh yes, has the press conference at Department 14 ended yet?"
"Uh, I don't think so."
"It's not over yet?"
"Yeah."
"It's been more than an hour!"
"I don't know."
"Why is it taking so long?"
…
At the venue.
A rotating Earth appeared on the screen.
Zhang Ye looked at everyone. "Thousands of children are being conceived and being born. These rivers, skies, and lands should belong to them. We do not have the right to only know how to consume without restraint. We do not have the right to only know how to complain and not build. We have the responsibility to prove to them that a world illuminated by energy can also be clean and beautiful at the same time."
Facing the big screen.
Facing that Earth.
A slight smile hung on Zhang Ye's lips. "Every time I see this planet spinning in the night sky, I feel an indescribable sense of attachment and closeness in my heart. One day in the future, I will leave this world, but my family and children will still be living there. Then, this world will be related to me. That's why I'm looking at it, just like how I'm looking at you. That's why I'm protecting it, just like how I'm protecting you. "
The music drifted off into the distance.
Even further away.
The press conference ended.
Everyone sat there motionlessly!
Suddenly, Ha Qiqi started clapping hard!
Little Wang clapped!
Zhang Zuo clapped!
Tong Fu clapped desperately!
In an instant, applause broke out!
All of the reporters at the venue stood up with shock, confusion, and fear … giving the most respectful applause to this unprecedented press conference in history!
This was Zhang Ye!
This was Department 14's new documentary!
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