Rebirth of the Wild Age - chapter 661

The issue of rare earths began to ferment in 2002, because since this year, rare earth resource countries such as the United States and Australia have successively closed their rare earth mines, and all required rare earth resources have been imported from China.

The most direct reason for these major rare earth resource countries to close their mines is not a long-term strategic consideration. In a capitalist society, if rare earths are really super profitable, the presidents will not be able to stop them, and capitalists will not think about problems 30 to 50 years later.

The real reason is that Chinese companies squeezed prices to compete and sold rare earths to a frenzied level. Miners in the United States, Australia and other countries have already made little money from mining and selling rare earths. Officials with insight took the opportunity to propose proposals, so these countries banned their own rare earth mines.

This has led to even worse consequences. Rare earths from all over the world have come to China, causing rare earth prices to rise in a short period of time. Seeing that the price of rare earths has risen, domestic companies have rushed to mine rare earth mines. After the supply exceeds demand, prices are kept down and the price of rare earths does not rise but falls—a continuous vicious circle.

Since 2003, Chinese media have successively reported rare earth news, and they have successfully attracted the attention of the central government. Therefore, in the past two years, the export of rare earth ore has been banned, and the export tax rate of rare earth products has been increased. The total amount of specific minerals and dominant minerals has been controlled, and new mining rights have not been approved for the time being.

Because the government no longer issues new rare earth mining licenses, it has led to illegal mining across the country.

Song Weiyang’s speech this time pushed the news effect related to rare earths to an unprecedented degree of heat. The richest man’s fart is fragrant, not to mention the fact that the richest man said things upright this time, which immediately attracted the attention of the whole society. The major media moved after hearing the news, sending reporters unannounced visits if they were capable, and reposting the news or asking experts to write commentary articles if they were not capable.

From the keyword popularity rankings of search engines such as Sogou, Baidu, and Yisou, we can see to what extent Song Weiyang has made public opinion. The keyword “rare earth” ranked 7th, 8th, and 10th respectively in the popularity of the three major search engines in late May.

It is the first time for many people in the country to know that there is a “rare earth” thing, and then quickly join the discussion.

The media also talked about things from the perspective of environmental protection and visited some illegally stolen mines.

The picture is like this:

“Hundreds of acres of mountain tops have been cut off, the trees are almost extinct, and the loess appears with a pungent medicinal smell. The mine pool at the foot of the mountain is constantly flowing, the white mineral mud is churning, and the motor is humming…”

“Almost every mine site has experienced landslides after heavy rains. The mine visited by reporters had just experienced a landslide. The mountain road was buried, the trees were swept away by mudslides, and even their roots were uprooted. The silt was blocked. The river is turbid. Even if there is no landslide, the river below the mountain has been completely polluted. The sewage from the mining pool is directly discharged into the river. From time to time, you can see dead fish with belly turned on the river…”

“White fiber bags were thrown everywhere, and a pungent smell could be smelled hundreds of meters away. Local villagers reported that since the intensive mining of rare earth mines, they often feel dizzy, work fatigued, and have diarrhea. In fact, these illegal mining and digging The illegal rare earth mines in China use the most primitive “pool immersion mining method”, that is, the fanatics are dug out and piled in the pool, soaked with ammonium bisulfate, and then the mother liquor is released for precipitation. The washing pools on the mountain are layered Stacks are like terraced fields. Sewage containing acidic drugs has caused serious pollution to farmland, rivers, and groundwater. There is no growing grains, no fish and shrimps, and the health of nearby farmers is seriously threatened…”

“Some villagers in the **** group of **** village in **** town complained to reporters that their village is no longer suitable for living because the mountain was destroyed and the water source was poisoned. Everyone is considering relocation, but the compensation issue has not been resolved through negotiation…”

After this news was reported, it caused an uproar. All illegal mines around the places visited were quickly banned by the local authorities, and all legal mines were ordered to be rectified.

Let us put aside the issue of rare earth strategy, and only talk about environmental protection and public health issues. These reported illegally stolen rare earth mines have been able to mine four to five hundred tons of raw ore a year, and the sales are only ten to twenty million yuan. How much can you earn after removing the mining and transportation costs? Because such a small profit has destroyed hundreds of acres of mountains and polluted the surrounding farmland, rivers and groundwater, how much money will it need to restore the environment in the future? Even if the natural environment can be repaired, how can the damaged health of local farmers be repaired?

Song Weiyang stepped up to detonate public opinion. Major media rushed to follow up the report. There was heated discussion online and offline, and social public opinion was too much. Subsequently, relevant departments suddenly issued documents to carry out a six-month comprehensive rectification of rare earth mines across the country. All illegal mines must be banned, legal mines are self-examined and corrected, and those that fail to meet environmental protection standards will be shut down for rectification.

Song Weiyang offended many people this time, especially those small mine owners, whether illegal or legal, they all hated Song Weiyang. Some local officials are also very dissatisfied, because the local economy is underdeveloped and it is already very good to have mines. How can they develop the economy after being severely rectified?

The most speechless thing is that the direct effect of the comprehensive rectification action is actually an upgrade of technology that caused illegal mining. Illegal mine owners have adopted more “advanced” pipeline leaching methods. This kind of illegal mining method is more concealed, and it is difficult to find the situation from a distance. When they approached, some people whispered. They also set up mining sites, mining pools, and warehouses in different places, mobilizing intelligence and investigators to peek-a-boo.

This improved method of illegal mining can easily cause a large area of ​​the mountain to collapse, and the drug toxins are hidden in the soil layer and cannot be completely removed in a short period of time. However, it is better than before. At least it does not damage the surface environment, does not discharge waste soil, and does not cause soil erosion. It is also a rare contribution made by Song Weiyang.

However, Song Weiyang’s reputation has risen rapidly. Many people who used to call him rich and unkind have also stood up and praised this time, unanimously that this is what the richest man should be.

While netizens were discussing Song Weiyang and Rare Earth, a major incident broke out in China’s IT industry. Sogou and Baidu jointly sued Yahoo’s 3721.

Can force Sogou and Baidu to cooperate with their enemies, which shows how hateful 3721 is.

The cause of the incident was that a columnist wrote an article, saying that his friend entered Sogou’s website, and suddenly a strange webpage appeared ~www.mtlnovel.com~ This webpage also gave two warm reminders, first: this website does not exist; Second, you may be looking for 3721-the same will happen when you enter the Baidu URL.

To put it bluntly, the DNS of Sogou and Baidu was hijacked, and the black hand behind the scenes was 100% 3721.

Sogou and Baidu each launched an investigation and also launched a questionnaire online. As a result, thousands of netizens said they had encountered this situation.

Then fight a confused lawsuit.

The cardinal did not admit that he was deliberately framed by hackers, and 3721 has never hijacked the DNS of other websites. This matter is not clear at all, because Sogou and Baidu will never produce evidence, nor can it prove that it was a hacker sent or hired by 3721.

The starting point for Sogou and Baidu to choose to prosecute is not to win the lawsuit, but to make the matter up and make netizens feel sick when they mention 3721.

With a mischievous mentality, Song Weiyang wrote a sentence on his blog: “Dr. Ma is very upset about the DNS hijacking incident. Either 3721 shuts down the website, or the Cardinal will give me the fuck!”

A week later, the cardinal announced his resignation as the president of Yahoo China and no longer had any relationship with 3721.

Netizens were stunned, and left a message in the blog to reply:

“Dr. Ma is angry, the consequences are serious!”

“66666666 (Song Weiyang’s 6-screaming mode)…”

“The cardinal is almost scared to death by Dr. Ma.”

“Yahoo is too obedient. It actually fired the cardinal.”

“I think it was the Red Leader himself who was frightened and feared that Teacher Song would retaliate against him, so I quickly resigned to save his life.”

“Ms. Song’s new title-Godfather of the Internet in China!”

“Dr. Ma’s Law (Crow’s Mouth)…”