Chapter 611 - 608 Planting Trees
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August 25th.
The uproar over Dolphin Bay had passed two days ago.
Amidst public fervor, and with the help of the British Consul, Mugalen was unsurprisingly released—safely out of harm’s way.
On the day he left the police station, hundreds of tourists and residents who heard the news came to watch, giving Mugalen his moment in the spotlight.
He even flexed his muscular biceps for the cameras, showing he was in good spirits—this strongman had been living comfortably these days.
Yet, what captured everyone’s attention the most wasn’t Bi Fang’s shocking act, nor the hundreds gathered in protest, but "Dolphin Bay," the unexpected debut of this epoch-making documentary.
At noon on the 23rd, before it was officially released, various segments of the documentary were already spreading like wildfire, catching the attention of tens of millions. It finally premiered on major platforms, with the Discovery Channel broadcasting it on schedule.
Lord Adenborg promptly promoted the documentary on social media.
Through the complete version of the documentary, audiences finally learned that Lord Adenborg had been involved; without his generous provision of equipment, the film could not have achieved such a breakthrough.
A true collaborative effort.
Although many video bloggers had released bits and pieces of the documentary before its broadcast, and the content was patchy, when the full version arrived, the blood-drenched waves revealed what a massacre in the ocean was like.
[Awesome, truly a collection of talents.]
[I watched it, and I cried.]
[Thanks to the great team who risked their lives to expose these bloody atrocities!]
[This isn’t Hell, this is Dolphin Bay in Taiji Town, Japan!]
[Low EQ: This is Hell. High EQ: This is Taiji Town Dolphin Bay, right?]
[Some people are just demons! Thank you to the brave creators of this documentary!!!] @@novelbin@@
[Setting aside words like cruelty and hatred, killing is always brutal. What I really want to know from this film is, after picking out the valuable dolphins, and considering dolphin meat is so cheap it’s fed to children and contains heavy metals, why the locals still insist on killing these dolphins.]
With such a tremendous response, the Japanese Government finally couldn’t sit still any longer, and on the 25th, they called an emergency press conference.
At nine in the morning, the meeting commenced as planned. A middle-aged man with a receding hairline hurried through the side door, and the other officials immediately stood up.
The sounds of chairs being moved were monotonous and grating beneath the dull snaps of cameras. Once the last person took their place, they didn’t sit, but instead stood with hands naturally clasped in front, slightly bowed their heads, their faces showing grief as they mourned deeply.
"For everything that has happened in Dolphin Bay, my department expresses its profound sorrow and regret."
The official who arrived last and stood up first looked the most grieved, as if he were about to shed tears.
Facing the flashes from the reporters’ cameras, he made a show of wiping his eyes and bowed deeply.
In a moment, a row of officials, as if they had rehearsed many times, bent down simultaneously, bowing deeply.
Their timing was impeccable.
Audience: "..."
For some reason, this emergency PR was conducted live, seemingly in response to someone’s actions.
[At that glance, the streets teemed like the sea, and as you passed by, somewhat dazed, I kept looking back.]
[I feel like I’ve seen this scene so many times in my memory, have I time-traveled, brothers?]
[It’s the Mandela Effect! I put the Mandela Effect in there!]
It wasn’t until three minutes later that the officials stood up, sat back down, and began reading from their reports.
The first step was a sincere apology and expression of mourning.
For the slaughter of dolphins at Dolphin Bay and the supply of toxic dolphin meat to schools and supermarkets, the government felt deeply sorry and also burdened with guilt.
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The second step, completely unaware, began to shift the blame.
Every action taken was solely the local government’s behavior; the higher authorities knew nothing about it and expressed strong condemnation and indignation.
The third step was to strengthen management, strictly supervise, and... announce the punishment for Bi Fang.
Huh?
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The punishment for Bi Fang?
The million viewers watching what they thought was a farce were taken aback, thinking they had heard wrong, but then realized there was no mistake.
After stating that they would strengthen supervision over Taiji Town, and strictly monitor to absolutely prevent incidents like dolphin meat being passed off and supplied to schools, they announced the punishment for Bi Fang.
"In light of Mr. Bi Fang’s actions of assaulting Hirotai Yamamoto, deliberately damaging public property, trespassing on private land, and orchestrating a mass protest, as well as Richard and others disrupting public order, after careful deliberation, we have decided on the following punishments, which include but are not limited to..."
The announcement was quite convoluted and formal, but it could be summarized into four key points.
First, he was to compensate residents for property and emotional damages in the amount of one hundred and thirty million yen, to provide financial reparations.
Second, all earnings from this trip to Japan were to be confiscated, and he was stripped of the title and rewards of the first place in the hunting season, denying Bi Fang’s achievements during the hunting season.
Third, a complete prohibition of Bi Fang’s live broadcasts within Japan, banning any related activities, effectively blacklisting Bi Fang.
The fourth point was a ten-year ban on entering Japan, to be officially enforced starting from the first of September, 202*.
In other words, in just six days, Bi Fang would be forcibly expelled from the country.
Wow!
The reporters below burst into uproar; although Bi Fang’s punishment could be anticipated, its severity still shocked everyone.
The audience was even more stunned. Where do you get the face to do this?
[Did anyone notice that Japan only mentioned they would supervise the supply and sale of dolphin meat, but did not say they would prohibit or even limit the capture of dolphins?]
[What the heck, so they don’t mention a word about the key issue?]
[Confiscate the gains? Does that include the jade piece as well?]
[Jesus, that’s nearly three hundred million yen, isn’t it? How much money is that?]
[Don’t know, there’s also the earnings from the traffic Bi Fang brought to the hunting season, gone too. That might total up to four hundred million yen.]
[How much money is that?]
[Roughly twenty million...]
Twenty million...
Many people had never seen that much money in their lifetime and were dazzled by the amount.
Just because of a documentary, one has to face such an exorbitant fine; it’s truly infuriating.
It wasn’t just the domestic netizens who were angry, Japanese locals were outraged too. Blacklisting Bi Fang’s live broadcasts? How would they watch them in the future? Use foreign networks?
As neighbors, many Japanese were also fans of Bi Fang, and quite a few had been aware of him, watched, and became fans long before this hunting season.
[Blacklisting Bi Fang? Have they asked for the opinion of us, the Japanese public?]
[Does this mean we won’t be able to watch Master Fang’s live broadcasts ever again?]
[Aside from bowing, is that all our officials are capable of achieving?]
However, as the party concerned, Bi Fang himself didn’t react much to this.
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