Shanghai Jiao Tong University's future entrustment app: I will take my motherland flying.

Chapter 87 gave Song Zhining a strong sense of disconnect.

Just then, she received a WeChat message from Song Zhining. Sensing Song Zhining's concern for her, Qin Yan couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Ultimately, it's only someone she's only met a few times who will believe her and care about her, while those who have been close to her since childhood...

At this moment, a middle-aged woman wearing glasses walked over and said, "Qin Yan, President Wang is looking for you."

Qin Yan's eyelashes trembled slightly, and her body shuddered involuntarily, but only for a moment. She said calmly, "I understand. I'll be there now."

"By the way, Sister An, did President Sun give the lead role in his big-budget TV series to Su Ruan?"

"I gave it to her." The middle-aged woman, Sister An, looked at Qin Yan with a hint of pity in her eyes. "Actually, you didn't have to..."

Qin Yan raised her hand, stopping Sister An from continuing, "Sister An, I know what I'm doing."

Sister An sighed. Knowing Qin Yan's stubbornness, she could only say, "I will prepare the necessary treatment materials."

"Well, I'm going."

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Song Zhining sent the message to Qin Yan that morning, but didn't receive a reply from Qin Yan until the next day.

Qin Yan said she was fine and thanked her, saying she believed her.

That's all.

Song Zhining stared at the short message for a long time, then paused, still somewhat worried, and decided to make a phone call.

It rang for a long time, but no one answered.

Seeing the phone automatically hang up because no one answered, Song Zhining sighed, hoping that Qin Yan was really alright.

At this moment, Shen Xingyi arrived.

"Tomorrow we're going to our second village, Jiupan Village in Sichuan Province. It's even more remote there, and there might not be any cell phone signal. You'd better tell some people you need to contact beforehand so they don't worry."

The production team notified Shen Xingyi, and Shen Xingyi also informed Song Zhining.

Song Zhining looked up; tomorrow she was going to Jiupan Village, the location of the mission.

"okay, I get it."

After Shen Xingyi left, Song Zhining told the three little ones at her home in Shanghai that she was going to Jiupan Village and that she might not have cell phone signal for a week afterward, so as not to worry them.

She also said that if her family back home couldn't contact her and came looking for her, she should tell them.

Finally, Song Zhining's gaze lingered on Qin Yan's entry on WeChat. After thinking for a moment, she decided not to send anything.

If Qin Yan is busy, it's best not to bother her.

Thinking about it, Song Zhi Ning put away her phone.

The following day, Song Zhining followed Shen Xingyi and the crew of the Rural Extreme Challenge program to the county town of Jiupan Village.

The group arrived in Jiupan Village, the county seat, that afternoon.

"What kind of remote place is this? It's a county town, yet the signal is this bad!" Many members of the production crew complained. The remoteness of this place was truly beyond everyone's expectations. The signal in the county town was very poor, intermittent, and most of the time there was no signal. If they went to the villages below, it would be like going into the deep mountains, where there would be even less signal.

Song Zhi Ning checked her phone; the signal was intermittent, and right now it showed "No Service." Aside from emergency numbers, nothing else worked.

However, Song Zhining looked around and saw that although this place was called a county town, it was very small. All she could see were single-story houses, and there weren't even any multi-story buildings.

Looking at the people here, and then thinking about big cities like Shanghai and Beijing, Song Zhi Ning felt a strong sense of disconnect.

It's as if this place has been closed off for decades, completely out of step with the rapidly developing high-tech world outside.

The production crew couldn't find a hotel to stay in, so they had to rent bungalows. Even payments had to be made in cash because very few people here use mobile phones.

Fortunately, the production crew had reminded everyone to exchange for cash beforehand; otherwise, if mobile payment wasn't available here, it would be impossible to get around.

At this moment, Song Zhining heard the program director announcing tomorrow's tasks to the guests participating in this variety show.

Starting tomorrow, the five guests will go to Jiupan Village Primary School to teach for a week. Tomorrow, the guests will have to choose which student's home they like to stay at.

The students to be sponsored will be selected after the week is over.

Nights in the mountains, especially in winter, come very quickly, and the temperature drops very low.

After nightfall, a light drizzle began to fall, making the air even more damp and chilly.

It was quiet outside, and no one dared to go out. Song Zhining naturally stayed in her room and drifted off to sleep amidst the drizzle.

At this moment, Qin Yan, far away in her home in Shanghai, lay on the bed, pale and bloodless, looking rather disheveled. Her phone showed that she had called Song Zhi Ning several times, but the calls had not been answered.

Qin Yan frowned. At this moment, she was like that alluring and beautiful rose, dehydrated and about to wither.

Her pale, dry, and slightly chapped lips parted slightly, and she murmured softly, "Are you angry because I didn't answer your call in time?"

The phone was slowly put down, and Qin Yan's eyes gradually became empty, like a rag doll that had lost its soul.
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The light rain in Jiupan Village, the county town, continued until late at night.

The following morning, Song Zhining, along with Shen Xingyi and the rest of the production crew, headed to Jiupan Village Primary School.

It's called Jiupan Village Primary School, but the students here come not only from Jiupan Village, but also from several other villages in this mountain area. It's just called Jiupan Village Primary School because the people from Jiupan Village were the ones who spearheaded the construction of this primary school.

Jiupan Village Primary School, though called a primary school, only has one class. The primary school itself is just one classroom, which is also a single-story building. There is also a small teacher's office, and then a latrine. That's all.

The children from several villages in the mountains, totaling only about twenty, are all studying here, without being divided into grades.

Upon seeing the learning environment of the children at Jiupan Village Primary School, everyone frowned in unison.

Walking in here, if you didn't know better, you'd think you were in the 1960s or 70s.

Seeing the children, dressed in simple, drab clothes and with dark, tanned faces, Song Zhining could understand the purpose of the program team in having the guests come to this place to teach, and she also understood the good intentions of the program team.

Today, the country is developing rapidly and has long had nine years of compulsory education. However, in corners that people in big cities cannot see, there are still some children from the mountains who have to overcome many difficulties just to go to school.

"If the airing of this program can make more people see the difficulties that children in the mountains face in going to school, and if more people can lend a helping hand, whether it's donating money or goods, or anything else, as long as someone is willing to take it seriously, then my work on this program will have been meaningful." Song Zhining recalled that this was what the director told the guests when she first joined the program team.

(End of this chapter)