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Chapter 149: Double Million Circulation! (Guaranteed 1 Update)
The carriage was covered with grass and filled with people. There was also an empty iron cage, but the steel egg was too small to be used.

"Gangdan" is the name given to this little baby by Old Wei. He and Xu Shufen originally thought that if they had a third child, they would name him "Gang". Now the panda baby has been given the full name Wei Gang and the nickname Gangdan. He has really become the younger brother of Wei Ming and Wei Hong.

"Expert Sun, how are you going to train Gangdan after you take him away?" asked Old Wei, who was holding the panda. "You can't let him learn acrobatics, right?"

Ping'an County is not far from Wuqiao. Old Wei knows too well the hardships that those children who practice acrobatics go through. If this is the case for humans, what about pandas?

Expert Sun said: "We will raise it artificially and train its ability to survive in the wild. If it is relatively capable, we will consider releasing it back into the forest after it grows up. Of course, if a zoo takes a liking to it, it may be sent to the zoo to live."

Xu Shufen: "I know there are giant pandas in the Yenching Zoo. They live a very comfortable life there." Their son took them to see the zoo.

Wei Ming asked: "Is it possible to send it abroad?"

Expert Sun: "That's possible. Pandas are our country's ambassadors of friendship and diplomatic heroes."

Nowadays, there is no such concept as "renting pandas for a fee", and pandas are just given away directly.

At first, it was the so-called allies such as the Soviet Union and North Korea. Later, as relations with Western countries were restored, countries such as the United States, Japan, Britain, Mexico, etc. all received pandas as gifts, and each time they received a pair.

However, pandas don't like to have babies. After forty years, there was only one non-Chinese giant panda left in Mexico. The other giant pandas donated in the 1960s and 1970s were all extinct.

After hearing what Expert Sun said, Lao Wei and Xiao Hong felt a little unhappy. They were going to send it to a foreign country. How pitiful it would be to leave one's homeland.

Some pandas living abroad live a very comfortable life and are pampered like emperors, but some have had a worse life.

Wei Ming is more concerned about: "Pandas should be regarded as our country's unique national treasures. If we continue to send them abroad, and if foreign countries can also breed pandas in large numbers, we will no longer be unique. So, Expert Sun, you can make a suggestion to the higher authorities. Don't send them abroad anymore. Instead, rent them out. It doesn't matter how much money you pay, but the cubs must be returned to us."

Old Wei praised: "This is a good idea, it's called returning to one's roots!"

Expert Sun shook his head: "We have no say in such policy matters."

Old Wei said to his son, "Xiao Ming, you can write an article to share your experience. Maybe the senior leader in charge of this matter will see it."

Wei Ming thought about it and nodded: "Okay, I also wanted to write about Steel Egg. I can bring up this suggestion when the time comes, but I can't say whether it will be noticed by the higher-ups."

Anyway, the country will no longer provide free gifts in two years, so Wei Ming's proposal is timely.

Hearing Wei Ming's loud tone, Expert Sun and others were obviously stunned. No, who are you, young man? Why do you attract the attention of the higher-ups?
Just as they were about to ask, they saw someone jogging after them: "Mrs. Damao, Sister Shufen, Brother Jiefang, wait a moment, wait a moment!"

Everyone looked back and saw that this was Wangcai, the village party secretary of Grandma's village.

After stopping the car, Lao Wei said with a smile: "Secretary Wangcai, what's wrong? You didn't drink enough. Let's continue next time. I'll get some strong liquor to accompany you."

In this village, the only person who could compete with Lao Wei in drinking was Secretary Wangcai, and the two soon became friends at the drinking table.

"It's not that," Secretary Wangcai said anxiously, "You forgot what you promised before."

"Before?" Old Wei thought for a moment and slapped his head. "I was so busy with this little thing that I completely forgot about it. I'm sorry!"

Then Old Wei said to his son: "Secretary Wangcai has heard about your deeds before, and would like to ask you to leave a calligraphy work for Dagou Village Primary School."

Secretary Wangcai: "I have brought the paper and pen. Please write it down and we will paint it on the wall of the primary school later."

Wei Ming didn't expect that he had reached the level of leaving his calligraphy for others. He would have to ask Uncle Ping'an for advice on calligraphy. However, it seemed that he learned calligraphy from Teacher Jin Kaicheng, so he should go directly to old man Jin.

Expert Sun and others were even more puzzled after seeing this scene. This young man didn't look that old, so could he really have some background?
Wei Ming did not refuse and really took the paper and pen and started writing: "Since it is for primary school, then let's write this sentence. Children in the mountains have a lower starting point than others, so they should pay more attention to education. It doesn't matter how much knowledge you have, at least you don't become a fool who can be manipulated by others."

When expert Sun and others took a closer look, they saw two lines of large characters written by Wei Ming: "No matter how poor you are, you must not be poor in education; no matter how hard your life is, you must not make your children suffer."

Wangcai took it and read it, thanking him repeatedly: "Xiao Wei, what you said is very good! I will not only paint it on the wall of the school, but also on the wall of the brigade headquarters, so that everyone in the village can see it!"

After waving goodbye to Secretary Wangcai, the car started moving again.

One of the apprentices of Expert Sun said, "That sentence seems to be from the China Youth Daily!"

She said this with some indignation, as if Wei Ming had plagiarized someone else.

Wei Hong said directly: "This is what my brother said, and the China Youth Daily is just quoting!"

"what?"

This article recently reprinted by China Youth Daily is very famous, and this propaganda slogan has also spread widely. Some of these people have read the full text and immediately said: "The article seems to be about the writer Wei Ming donating money to help the primary school in this village."

Wei Hongniu said angrily: "Our family name is Wei, guess what my brother's name is Wei."

"Ah!" This time the people in the car were really shocked. They had met a true God!
Soon someone else announced the titles of Wei Ming's works such as "The Shepherd" and expressed their love for them. Wei Ming instantly became more attractive than Gangdan.

But just as the car turned a corner and started to go down the mountain, Lao Wei suddenly shouted, "Stop, stop!"

"what happened?"

Wei Jiefang: "I saw Gangdan'er's mother!"

Behind a rock on the side of the road, an adult giant panda was staring at the car stealthily.

The steel egg in Lao Wei's arms also began to struggle and howl.

Lao Wei thought that if Steel Egg had to return to the mountains in the future, it would be better to let his own mother teach him instead of asking humans to teach him skills.

So he asked Professor Sun for advice: "The mother has come to pick it up, why don't we go back?"

"Ah, this..." Expert Sun hesitated. If they went back, wouldn't their trip be in vain? They would have to write many reports to their leaders and undergo many investigations to prove that they did not collude to sell the pandas.

But Lao Wei didn't think so much. He jumped out of the car holding the steel egg and came to a distance of several dozen meters from the panda mother, where he could attack or retreat.

Wei Hong and Yun Yun stopped Expert Sun and the others. In their simple minds, they also believed that such a young child should stay with his mother.

Wei Ming raised his camera and took the picture of Lao Wei putting down Gangdan, Gangdan running towards the mother panda, and the mother and son disappearing into the mountains.

Especially the last scene, when Lao Wei waved and Gangdan looked back, Wei Ming felt that the art was complete at this moment!

Expert Sun sighed and said, "Writer Wei, you must write clearly in your article that it was your father who let the baby panda go. It has nothing to do with us."

"Don't worry, Professor Sun. I have photos as evidence. I can't blame you. Can you still take us to Rongcheng?"

Expert Sun said angrily, "I would like to just leave you here, but I'm afraid you'll say something bad about me in your article. Let's go."

Old Wei got into the car in a cool manner. Xiao Hong asked, "Dad, you see, although the mother panda is an animal, she is also very spiritual. She actually caught up with our car. She must be reluctant to leave her baby, right!"

Lao Wei shook his head: "Based on my observation, the mother panda was probably just taking a walk and basking in the sun. She was a little confused when she saw Gangdan. If Gangdan hadn't chased her, I would have thought I had recognized the wrong panda."

"Ah?" Xiaohong Yunyun and the other experts were all confused.

Wei Ming laughed out loud, which was consistent with his stereotype of giant pandas “forgetting their cubs”.

After Secretary Wangcai returned to the village, he immediately began to arrange for people to paint over Wei Ming's slogans.

However, in Wei Ming's hometown Gouzitun, as early as two days ago, following the extensive coverage by China Youth Daily, the old Party Secretary Zhou Xingbang had already ordered this sentence to be painted on the walls of the school and the village branch.

This behavior quickly became popular throughout the commune, the county, and even the entire region.

Every time Qi Kexiu passed by the school, he could see the slogan that he was ordered to paint. He really hoped that Wei Jiefang would not come back and stay in Sichuan and Chongqing as a son-in-law. Otherwise, how proud he would be if he saw it!
Recently he encountered a bottleneck in writing a martial arts novel. After writing the first paragraph of 30 words, he didn't know how to continue, so he went to the supply and marketing cooperative in the town to look for inspiration.

The town's supply and marketing cooperative was also responsible for selling or renting books. He was a senior customer there and had read most of the picture books they rented.

"Oh, Teacher Qi is here, please come in." Fei Lian, director of the supply and marketing cooperative, greeted him in the old Yenching style.

"Are there any new picture books recently?"

"Oh, we've got a few copies of People's Literature recently. Have you read it? There's also your eldest nephew's new work, The Shepherd Class."

Qi Kexiu waved his hand: "I don't like to read that, Lao Fei. There are only a few educated people in our town. Who would read the magazine you put in?"

"Uncle Fei, do you have the latest edition of People's Literature? I'd like to rent it for two days!"

As soon as Qi Kexiu finished speaking, a young man came in. He came here specifically for People's Literature.

Fei Lian successfully rented out a copy, and then said to Qi Kexiu, "If no one asks, can I get in? A lot of people read this issue, and you may not know, this issue of the magazine has just been reprinted with 30 copies!"

Together with the previous first print run of 80 copies, the total circulation is 110 million copies, setting a new record for literary publications after the founding of the People's Republic of China!
Qi Kexiu asked: "Do you have "Story Club"? I think that one is better."

"No, we have to wait until March."

Qi Kexiu saw that there was nothing he wanted, so he turned around and left. At this time, Fei Lian pressed the play button on the tape recorder and started playing the new music cassette "The Sheep Class", which he had just received yesterday...

(End of this chapter)