Chapter 1 Professor Ai: It’s Over, I’ve Become a Conservative!
“We shouldn’t have built the Three Gorges Dam!”
The words left his lips, and four walls shook!
The classroom, which had been lively with discussion, was instantly silent.
All eyes instantly turned to the figure that had stood up to speak.
Even Professor Ai, on the podium, was stunned. His eyes widened as he looked at the youthful face standing tall.
Professor Ai was a bit dazed, a bit unbelievable.
He had participated in so many exchanges and speeches, but this was the first time he had heard someone deny the country's strategic policy!?
If he hadn't known that this was at the campus of Harbin Institute of Technology, where there would be no students with weak political awareness, he would have already turned black.
He even felt a bit itchy, wanting to pull out the pure leather belt at his waist.
But how could Chen Jinchao possibly have weak political awareness?
His grandfather had been imprisoned before the founding of the country...
But the charge was 'collaborating with the communists'!
And he, the grandfather who had once been charged with 'collaborating with the communists,' had deliberately sent him to Harbin Institute of Technology to forge swords for the country! A red seed!
So was Chen Jinchao a coward? A 'dove' who had seen too much news from abroad, been scared by external forces, and was hesitant, indecisive, and afraid of death?
His subsequent remarks seemed to verify this assumption.
“Building such a massive project as the Three Gorges Dam will definitely attract attention from Western countries! If I were the enemy, I would definitely bomb it first!”
“Once the Three Gorges Dam is destroyed by enemy missiles, the raging flood will completely submerge the vast plain areas along the lower and middle reaches of the Yangtze River!”
“At the same time, China’s economically developed Yangtze River Delta will cease to exist!”
“It's a waste of so much money, and it's hanging a sword above our own heads!”
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As soon as Chen Jinchao's voice fell, the entire hall erupted in gasps.
He had spoken with reason and evidence.
But even though he said it, the logic was there.
There was a need for the Three Gorges Dam to be built.
As Professor Ai’s famous quote went, “Military is a continuation of politics, and politics is the concentrated expression of economics.”
The Three Gorges Dam plays an important role in the economy, shipping, power generation, water resource management, flood control, and other aspects.
Not to mention, the 1998 Great Flood had only passed two years ago.
That flood resulted in a terrifying 180 million people affected, 18.39 million people facing severe threats from the flood, 6.85 million houses collapsing, 22.292 million hectares of crops affected, and direct economic losses of up to 255.09 billion........
Do these shocking numbers, these bloody facts, still require questioning the importance of building the Three Gorges Dam?
Professor Ai took a deep breath, feeling deeply that his national defense education class was still a long way to go, and was about to speak, to educate everyone on what the Three Gorges Dam is.
But Chen Jinchao, standing straight like a pine tree, continued to speak eloquently.
His every word, vivid and powerful, made the students lose their minds, as if they were seeing Yunlong from the TV series "Bright Sword"!
“Instead of hanging a sword over our own heads, we should directly place it on the necks of others!”
“I think we can cut off all the water sources of the Yarlung Zangbo River and divert them back to China, leaving no water for the Indians and South Asian countries!”
“That way, it’s both safe and risk-free.”
“At the same time, we can create another ten thousand mu of fertile land!”
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If Chen Jinchao's initial opposition had shocked everyone.
His reasoned arguments had made everyone think.
Then his current words were making everyone gasp in amazement, taking a deep breath.
Professor Ai, who had just finished drafting his reply, had all his words choked back. His face flushed red, and he thought, "Well, this is something else."
He had thought you were a dove, a conservative.
But it turns out, you’re a conservative who thinks the radical faction is too conservative!
Professor Ai, who would later be known by netizens for his famous quotes like "Cannons are used to measure the area of a country! Dignity only exists on the edge of a sword! Truth only exists within the range of cannons!", "If you don't offend me, I won't offend you! If you offend me, I'm done with you!"...and would be loved by many, felt for the first time that he was a little conservative.
It wasn't Professor Ai's fault. Students who have studied geopolitics know that the Yarlung Zangbo River flows into India and is called the Brahmaputra River, and flows into Bangladesh and is called the Jamuna River, and has a tributary called the Ganges River.
Together they form the largest delta in the world—the Bay of Bengal!
So, you can imagine how powerful Chen Jinchao's suggestion is.
This is to dry up the mother river of the Indians! ~
To cut off the lifeline of the South Asian countries!
It’s like in ancient times, when building the Great Wall, a general suggested not building the Great Wall at all, and directly destroying the enemy instead. Wouldn’t that be better.
Of course, Chen Jinchao’s proposal is even more ferocious.
His words are full of a carefree feeling, indifferent to whether anyone gets hurt, as long as the republic doesn't get hurt.
With a few light words, he has placed the heads of nearly two billion people in South Asia on his own waistband.
“He's truly a modern-day Jia Xu!"
A student exclaimed excitedly, excitedly spreading out a map to study its feasibility.
Professor Ai was dumbfounded, unsure for a moment how to respond.
Chen Jinchao's remarks were remarkably similar to his own famous theories: "The first thing the great Eastern nation should do when it rises is to wipe out the little Japanese!" and "It's better to bear the infamy for a lifetime, and let future generations enjoy the benefits. This is called sin in this generation, and merit in future generations!"
Just as he was thinking that Harbin Institute of Technology was indeed the backbone of the country, with its educational level at the forefront of the times, and talented people emerging from the campus, he saw Chen Jinchao meticulously and cautiously rambling on:
“Actually, the Nujiang River and the Lancang River can also be cut off. It doesn't matter to us if the Mekong River runs dry?”
“If they don’t obey, we can release water during the rainy season and store it during the dry season!”
“By the way, I think we can also study the feasibility of blowing up the Himalayas with nuclear bombs to make the Northwest completely a land of abundance!”
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Looking at Chen Jinchao with a serious face,
Professor Ai became increasingly delighted, increasingly alarmed, but it was as if he had met a kindred spirit.
He admitted that he was a bit old-fashioned.
His thinking was still a bit conservative.
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ps: The story plot material in this article is based on real public information, but please do not compare it to real situations.
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