Guo Changgeng is a reporter from Yangwu Daily, and Chu Fan is a reporter from Jinghua Daily. Their work units are both in Kyoto, so they are both from Kyoto.
While listening to Chen Mu's words, they secretly looked at each other.
Although in terms of news media, there is no saying that peers are like enemy countries, in fact, there is still a competitive relationship between them.
Especially if two people are covering the same piece of news, whoever gets the good news first will of course be more beneficial.
When everyone sits together, some things are difficult to ask. If you really ask something, the other party will hear it. How can you do scoop news like this
So, after listening to and recording what Chen Mu said about Che Gulu, Guo Changgeng took the initiative to stretch and asked Chen Mu: "Chen Mu, I drove to you early in the morning and didn't eat anything. What about things, can you get me something to eat to fill my stomach?"
Chen Mu thought for a while and asked, "Do you want to stay here tonight? We have a homestay here, including room and board for four hundred and five a night."
This is a lot of money, but Guo Changgeng was very straightforward, and immediately nodded and paid the money: "Sure, let's get some food first, and then take me to see the room."
Chen Mu turned to look at Chu Fan: "What about you?"
Chu Fan hesitated for a moment, then shook his head: "I... mine... forget it."
"oh."
Chen Mu turned his head, and after receiving Guo Changgeng's money, he showed a smile as if he was treating his relatives: "Come on, come in with me, my sister's cooking is delicious, as soon as she cooks steamed mutton, I'll ask her to give it to you right away." You have a whole bowl."
Guo Changgeng glanced at Chu Fan without showing any signs, and nodded to Chen Mu: "Okay, hurry up, my mouth is watering when I hear the mutton steamed bun."
Chen Mu didn't care what happened to Chu Fan, he just grabbed Guo Changgeng and walked to the living area behind.
Chu Fan hesitated for a moment, and wanted to follow along to have a look, but when he saw the words "Please do not enter" written on the door entering the living area, he couldn't help but stop again.
Although the Jinghua Daily is a big newspaper, its benefits have not been good in the past two years, and their funds are not so plentiful.
As a reporter stationed in the Northwest, Chu Fan came across the news about drilling a well on the Internet. He keenly felt that this should be a good point, so he rushed over immediately.
Because he didn't know the specifics of the news and couldn't assess the value, he couldn't ask for funding, so of course he had to pay for it himself.
He is rather stingy, he was really reluctant to pay the 450 yuan a night that Chen Mu said, so he decided to make do with it in the van by himself.
After pondering for a while standing in front of "Don't enter unless you are not", Chu Fan turned his head and walked to the canteen, chose a bottle of green tea, some bread and cakes, and then went to the cashier to pay.
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Behind the "please do not enter", Guo Changgeng sat comfortably at the dining table, enjoying Chen Mu's warm hospitality.
"Come, come, Lao Guo, try my sister's cooking skills, she is definitely a little chef with a radius of a hundred miles."
Chen Mu yelled out the title of "Old Guo", which made Guo Changgeng dumbfounded. He picked up a spoon and took a sip of the soup. Well, it was delicious. I never thought that such a good mutton steamed bun could be eaten here.
"Well, it's not bad!"
Guo Changgeng praised it from the bottom of his heart, and finished a large bowl of mutton steamed buns with a snort, before he started talking about serious business: "Chen Mu, I want to ask you, do you rely on well water for your water here?"
"That's right."
"Then why can water flow from the well here, but not the well on the other side?"
"I don't know exactly what's going on, but I heard from the local villagers that this happened because they didn't find a suitable permeable layer. There may be a water-bearing sandstone layer under the ground. There is only a small amount of water in it, and when it is pumped, it will be gone, and only sand will be pumped out."
What Chen Mu said was the speculation that the old Uighur had told him before.
For people living in the desert, the well is the most important thing in the village, and they need to know the relevant knowledge to maintain it, so the Uighur elders know a lot about this aspect.
Although he couldn't guess that the reason why the opposite forest farm couldn't drill a well was because of Chen Mu's tricks, but he also thought of such a reliable explanation, which could be used by Chen Mu to deal with Guo Changgeng.
Guo Changgeng quickly took out his notebook, wrote down Chen Mu's words, and then asked: "Then if they dig wells like this, will they cause damage to the environment?"
Of course it will hurt!
Chen Mu was eager to say this, but he thought it would be better to be tactful, lest other reporters notice his hostility towards the opposite forest farm: "I heard from fellow villagers that it is easy to keep digging wells and pumping out the water in the sand and gravel layer. It affects the water level of underground rivers, after all, the water in these sandstone layers is equivalent to small streams, and they all have to flow into underground rivers."
Guo Changgeng's eyes lit up, and he felt that he had dug something. He said quickly: "I heard that if the groundwater level drops, the surrounding environment will have more serious desertification characteristics, right?"
More severe features of desertification
That's a bit pedantic...
Chen Mu felt that this was wrong, so he explained it in another way: "Old Guo, I don't understand the characteristics of desertification you are talking about. I only know that if the groundwater level drops, all surrounding water sources will be affected. Take the water behind me. Let’s talk about it, it will fall down quickly until it dries up... Well, if it’s more serious, it will also affect people in various villages in the desert, because his wells may also dry up.”
"Oh, in this case... the local people will not be able to live normally, and the consequences will be very serious!"
Hearing Chen Mu explain the consequences so concretely, Guo Changgeng became even more excited, and hurriedly wrote down all Chen Mu's words in a small notebook, and drew a few circles to show the key points.
"Chen Mu, tell me about the conditions required for drilling a well..."
Comrade reporters feel that the four hundred and five flowers are worth it. It was like holding a press conference outside just now, and they couldn't ask anything.
Now this is like an exclusive interview, and this is what you have to do if you want to do something.
After chatting for about an hour, although the reporter comrade still had a lot to say, Chen Mu didn't want to spend too much time with him, so he dragged him to the hotel room and arranged for him to rest.
In the business room, Chu Fan finished eating some dry ingredients and was sipping green tea one after another.
As soon as he saw Chen Mu coming back, he immediately stood up and walked over. He smiled at Chen Mu and said, "Chen Mu, I still have a few questions to ask you. I wonder if you are free?"
"No time!"
After Chen Mu thought about it seriously, he shook his head.
"..."
Chu Fan was quite speechless. This person did not follow the script at all. It was just polite to ask if you are free, but you actually answered that you are not free. How can we continue the conversation
After regaining his senses, Chu Fan cheekily said again, "It's just a few questions, it will be soon."
"Then tell me!"
Chen Mu is also not good at chasing customers, he said while busy in the business room.
Chu Fan quickly started to ask: "Chen Mu, I want to ask, you also use well water here?"
"That's right!"
"Then why can your wells produce water, but theirs can't?"
This opening is a bit similar to Guo Changgeng's before...
Chen Mu thought for a while, and gave a concise and clear answer: "I don't know."
Chu Fan asked several questions, and Chen Mu answered them copiously, making it impossible for the journalists to ask more useful information.
The reporter comrade did not give up, and after pondering for a while, he asked tentatively: "Just now you and reporter Guo were inside... um, what were you talking about?"
Chen Mu lowered his voice and said solemnly, "We didn't talk about anything."
"..."
Chu Fan looked at him with resentment on his face.
You have been inside for more than an hour, and you still haven't talked about anything? Who believes it
Chen Mu glanced at Chu Fan. Although he didn't have time to talk to the reporter comrade, after all, he came all the way to create trouble for Hanhai Forestry. : "Reporter Chu, have you seen that uncle over there who is a bit inconvenient to walk? Well, he is Uncle Aizmaiti. Go over and talk to him. He knows a lot."
When Chu Fan heard this, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly walked towards the Uighur old man.