"A super-large gold mine was discovered in the Evander area! The reserves are more than three domestic gold mines!"
"Charity project? Wealth-making project!"
"30 billion for 100 billion? Big profit!"
"The Gauteng High-Speed Railway and the Evende Mine Project are expected to bring over 10 billion US dollars in foreign exchange income to the country within 10 years. Excellent foresight!"
After the situation at the Evander-White River Mine broke out, not only the country, but also all the forces in the world who were paying attention to this incident were shocked.
Even South African officials did not expect that the gold reserves there would be so rich.
Regret - this is almost their first reaction.
But they soon realized that it would be extremely difficult for South Africa to develop the mountainous area with complex terrain on its own.
It would be better to just let China develop it and reap the tax dividends.
So, things were resolved in an almost perfect way.
South African officials have received more investment in infrastructure besides the Gauteng high-speed rail project. Local people in South Africa have received new markets and job opportunities. The domestic excess production capacity that has gradually begun to expand has its first export. It has just been launched. The frenzy of public opinion has completely died down, just like a burning fire extinguished by the pouring rain.
After all, the core of public opinion is actually questioning the official spending of money.
Just like a family, if life is already difficult and the head of the family still takes money to invest randomly, any member of the family will not be able to help but complain.
But what if he really made the money back?
The current situation is that not only did he make his money back, but he also made a lot of money, enough to silence everyone.
As a result, those accusations and abuses suddenly disappeared.
Instead, there was a lot of praise.
"I've said it a long time ago. It's impossible for the officials to be stupider than ordinary people like us. Can't they think of the things we can think of?"
"This time someone was slapped in the face again. I know who it is, but I won't tell you."
"No matter what, it's good that the project was successful, and I feel relieved."
"Yes, it is certainly good for us to be able to take this step abroad. But, shouldn't the domestic problems also need to be solved?"
"It will be solved. Now that you have money, what's not easy to handle?"
As public opinion continued to ferment, the fanatical emotions were gradually suppressed and turned into rational discussions on practical issues.
Of course, such discussions do not mean convergence of opinions. The sharpness and opposition of contradictions prevent most people from putting their butts in the same place.
But even under this situation, the abuse and attacks have obviously decreased.
For the first time in history, the domestic Internet has begun to have an atmosphere in which the pros and cons are highly antagonistic, but both are trying to convince people with reason.
This situation not only made it impossible for those forces who were still trying to add fuel to the flames, but also Li Xiang and his department, who had participated in the entire public opinion guidance work, were completely confused.
In Western Polytechnic University, Li Xiang scratched his head and looked at the screen in front of him, and said to Chen Nian on the side with some disbelief:
"For the first time, I feel that my job is so simple. Why do you think this is?"
Chen Nian smiled, he understood the current situation very well.
It's just that after being slapped hard in the face, everyone will subconsciously recall the slap in the face during the discussion, so their speeches will be more restrained.
To use a less accurate word to describe it, this is the "Sage Time of Internet Trolls."
However, such a sage's time is limited and short-lived, and extreme emotions will reappear before long.
So, he opened his mouth and said:
"It's just time for wise men."
"Don't look at how good the environment is now. If you go and have a look in a few days, the familiar taste will be restored soon."
".Fine."
Li Xiang sighed helplessly, hesitated for a moment, and said:
"I recently had an idea."
"I feel that as the Internet becomes more and more popular, public opinion sinks faster and faster. One day in the future, it is likely that it will no longer be the mainstream media that dominates public opinion, but individuals who gather spontaneously."
"In this case, we should change our thinking."
"Netizen education is one aspect - you are already doing this aspect, but I think we need to prepare for another aspect."
"That is, we need to find an outlet for these public opinions."
"We should build a platform, a platform where opinions can really be expressed."
"Then, through guidance, all the mainstream agendas in society will be brought to this platform for discussion."
"This will not only ensure the orderliness of public opinion on the entire Internet, but also serve as a reference for our subsequent specific policies."
"You mean the online political inquiry platform?"
Chen Nian asked curiously.
"Absolutely, but more broadly."
Chen Nian nodded slightly and did not answer immediately.
He could understand the basis of Li Xiang's suggestion.
In fact, judging from the memory of his previous life, this is an excellent and forward-looking plan.
After all, blocking is worse than opening up. What can truly optimize the public opinion environment is not to restrict speech, but to allow them to speak reasonably on an open platform.
Of course, how to operate it specifically and how to prevent this platform with a wide range of influence from becoming a new position for external forces requires further discussion and planning.
So, Chen Nian opened his mouth and said:
"I think you can discuss this issue with your leaders. This is not my expertise and I can't give you any advice."
"All I can tell you is that it's a good route, but it's not that easy to implement."
Chen Nian told the truth.
In fact, in the last life, the government tried to establish similar platforms several times, but in the end, under the trend of pan-entertainment, most of the public opinion supervision functions of these platforms were washed away by other social media.
Ordinary netizens would rather choose to speak out on a platform called the "men's and women's toilet" than go to official platforms to report problems.
This may be said to be an instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, but on the other hand, it may also be a vicious cycle of trust decline.
It would undoubtedly be a great thing if this vicious cycle could be broken.
But how far it can be achieved depends on the ability of Li Xiang and this group of people.
Hearing Chen Nian's words, Li Xiang nodded solemnly, and then said:
"Anyway, let's go try it first."
"Set up a framework and let everyone talk first."
"If it doesn't work, we will use manual control in the early stages. Once it develops slowly, we will consider other methods."
"Yes, go ahead and do it boldly!"
Chen Nian replied with a smile.
But Li Xiang's face was full of serious expression.
In his mind, maybe this will be the first step in his ambitious career
On the other side, stay in the village.
With the support of numerous large-scale construction machinery and a sufficient financial budget, the rural road leading from Luojiao Village to the outside world was opened to traffic in just a few months.
After it was opened to traffic, Wang Qing was not idle. After soliciting the opinions of the villagers, he took out all the funds originally raised for road construction and set up the first telephone line, the first Internet line, and the first network cable for the village. computer.
At this time, in remote areas, dial-up Internet access has not yet been eliminated. Although the Internet speed is a bit slow, it can still be used after all.
Now, Luojiao Village is finally fully integrated with the outside world.
Next, Wang Qing plans to rely on the Internet to try the legendary "online sales" route, sending those medicinal materials in the village that are obviously very precious but cannot be sold locally at high prices to other places, ruthlessly destroying the villagers' income. Income is rising.
He has been studying this matter during this period. He has also registered an account on the Alibaba platform, and is just waiting to receive the first order to see if this method is reliable.
He is not worried about being cheated at all. After all, he does not accept large orders. Even if he is cheated, the amount of medicinal materials lost will not be too large.
Just treat it as trial and error.
In addition to using the Internet to develop markets, Wang Qing will inevitably use these computers to check the information he wants and read online forums to relax.
No one in the village said that he used the public service for personal gain. In fact, they wished Wang Qing had more fun so that they could move a small bench and sit behind him to see the world.
On this day, he also took advantage of the time after dinner to take several villagers to surf the Internet and read news. However, after clicking on a familiar forum, he found a different post.
"The official political inquiry platform is open! Everyone can make anonymous suggestions and ask political questions!"
Wang Qing curiously opened the link in the post. After jumping, he discovered that this was actually an official platform!
Moreover, judging from the number of replies, the popularity is not low.
There is a list on the left side of the webpage, titled "Ranking of the Hottest Agenda." After clicking on it, it is full of recent hot topics.
What are the issues of the elderly in rural areas, issues of schooling in remote areas, issues of wages for migrant workers, etc.
Moreover, under each agenda, you can see the discussions of many netizens.
Wang Qing looked over one by one. On one side, he was deeply touched, but at the same time, on the other side, he felt something was abnormal.
The issues of students’ schooling, medical security, and wages of migrant workers are understandable, but what about the rural elderly?
Are there really so many rural elderly people choosing to commit suicide?
As far as he knew, Luojiao Village was already one of the most difficult natural villages in the province, but he had only heard of one suicide case since he was a child.
Even in this case, the person concerned chose to give up because he could not bear the long-term pain. From the beginning to the end, although the children were incapable and unable to give the elderly the best medical treatment, they never said that they would let the elderly go on their own. Solve it" type of words.
This is weird.
If this is the case in Luojiao Village, is the situation in other places even worse than in Luojiao Village?
After thinking for a moment, he turned around and asked:
"Second uncle, have you ever heard of any old man in our village having suicidal thoughts?"
"Suicide? Hang yourself?"
The second uncle scratched his head and replied:
"Twenty or thirty years ago, that was quite a lot - but it was a lot of talk and not much talk."
"Your old lady, she was hanged. She couldn't bear the pain in her feet and had to die. Later, several young people collected medicine and gave her massages and saved her."
"Since her time, it's basically gone."
"You also know about that aunt, right down there. Didn't you always scare people when you were little, saying there was a hanged man down there and so on?"
Wang Qing's face showed a bit of embarrassment. He quickly waved his hand to stop his second uncle and said:
"That was all because I was ignorant when I was young. Haven't you heard of it now?"
"I've never heard of it! Wang Shu's grandma has suffered enough, right? All her children are gone, and she only has a little grandson left. She can't walk. Do you think she's going to die?"
"Two days ago, I was asked to sell medicine. He said he wanted to buy an electric wheelchair - hey, all these things are electric. Do you think it's strange or not?"
"Come on, Ah Qing, go to that place and check online to see if it's available. If so, let's buy one for her."
"Don't be busy yet."
Wang Qing shook his head and continued to look at the screen.
The doubts in his heart became more and more intense.
What exactly is going on?
Where did those legendary "rural old men" come from?
The posts continued to be refreshed, and at this moment, he suddenly saw that there was actually a post mentioning Luojiao Village!
Moreover, the person who posted the post also used Luojiao Village as an example to demonstrate the so-called "suicide rate among rural elderly people."
Wang Qing felt his anger surge up all of a sudden.
Isn't this slander? !
He stood up suddenly, wishing he could reach out and catch the rumor maker on the other side of the screen and beat him up. But after calming down for a moment, he suddenly understood:
Isn’t the purpose of this platform’s existence to allow ordinary people like me to reason and present evidence?
So, he thought for a moment and said:
"Second uncle, please contact me and call the elderly people in the village together. I want to take a video of them."
A few hours later, the video Wang Qing took of the village elders was successfully uploaded to the Internet.
In the video, he carefully asked about the status of each elderly person and introduced each elderly person's situation.
He even asked the old people the same question:
"What is your greatest wish now?"
The answers can be said to be all kinds of strange.
Wang Shu's grandma wants an electric wheelchair.
She said: "The brakes must be strong enough! Otherwise, you won't be able to go down the steep slope!"
This sentence caused everyone in the picture to laugh.
In addition to her slightly "expensive" wish, some of the old people in the village where they settled wanted to see their children working outside more often, some wanted to talk to someone, and some wanted to call their own homes.
Of course, there are also people who want to go to the market and eat the freshly baked sweet potato chips they had when they were young, rather than the ones that took several hours to bring back and are already limp.
Or, some people say they want to visit a longevity store in town and choose a coffin for themselves in advance to put at home.
According to her, the earlier the coffin is purchased, the happier the family will be.
This is the closest answer to death.
But among all the answers, none of them was "want to die."
Wang Qing doesn't need to say anything, everyone who sees the video already has the answer.
How can a person who still has a wish in his heart want to die?
At the end of the video, Wang Qing said to the camera:
"Actually, the main purpose of recording this video is to refute the rumors on the Internet that maliciously smear our settlement village."
"In that rumor, you said that Luojiao Village has traffic congestion, poor environment and backward economy."
"There's no denying that it used to be that way."
"But even in that case, we here would never end our lives in vain."
"For us, as long as there is life, there is hope."
"Now, doesn't hope come?"
As he spoke, the camera turned towards the cement road winding away from the mountain.
"This is a rural road that we just repaired this year. Let's not compare it with the city, but at least it is no problem to run a truck."
“A lot of things that we didn’t dare to think about before have become easier now.”
"Thank you to the country, thank you to every village."
"We have roads, telephones, and even the Internet here. The next step is to provide running water."
"Oh, right."
Wang Qing paused deliberately, and then said:
"We also have to thank South Africa, those devils who spread rumors about us and the masters behind you."
"What we are saying is that if we must pursue the case, there is still your money on this road in Luojiao Village."
"Thank you boss!"
