No matter which industry you are in, your connections are very important.

This is true for ordinary people, not to mention Fan Wubing, who is at the top of the business world. If he had not had a certain network of relationships in China to use, he would not have developed in China so smoothly with his own financial advantages. He has become a leader in the industry in many industries and has even monopolized several resource industries.

In the past ten years, Fan Wubing had the care of the old leader and had a good relationship with the leaders of the previous two sessions, so he was at ease in doing things and did not have to worry about government constraints. However, at this time, things have changed, so he had to be cautious and make plans.

Especially now that his father Fan Heng has served as a member of the Standing Committee and Executive Vice Premier for the second time, Fan Wubing hopes that his father can stay in this position safely and retire gloriously. If his career is adversely affected by his poor work, then Fan Wubing will still feel sorry for it.

Although the Fan family is now missing nothing, if Fan Heng can finish this term and another term as the Standing Committee member, it will be considered a record. After all, there are fewer and fewer people who can complete three consecutive term standing committee members, and there will be even fewer in the future.

From the end of April to the beginning of May, the number of SARS cases nationwide continued to rise. In the past, cities that were always crowded in every golden week encountered a different kind of desertedness for the first time.

In shopping malls such as Wangfujing, Xidan, SOGO, etc., far more sellers than buyers. The numbers show that sales in Beijing department stores have dropped by more than 70%. A new term was born from this - "target shopping", which refers to a very small number of shopping warriors who come and go in a hurry. The scene of bargaining and shopping around has no choice but to become a memory of the prosperity of the past.

Most restaurants have closed their doors, and some have hidden signs such as "interior" on them. There are few subway passengers, which makes the huge underground space look a bit gloomy. When the cinema was at its worst, there were only three viewers a day. The Hollywood blockbuster "Lord of the Rings 2" released in Beijing Beijing Theater Network set the world's worst box office record.

When Fan Wubing and his women went to the Thirteen Tombs for a leisure break, he looked around and included himself. Including himself, there were only a dozen tourists in the huge Thirty Tombs attractions. The staff were bored and basking in the sun. They were wearing big masks, and there were large buckets of disinfectants and spraying utensils beside them.

According to statistics, during the May Day holiday, the tourism revenue in the capital dropped by 99.1%. The bustling tourists in the past failed the green mountains, green waters, grass and birds flying in May.

For taxis, although the amount of money has been reduced from 90 yuan a day to 30 yuan, taxi drivers still complain that there are fewer people taking the bus and it is difficult to make money. They are suffering from traffic jams on weekdays and are very moved that traffic in the capital has never been so smooth, and traffic police at major intersections look very leisurely.

The IELTS test in the mainland before mid-June was postponed, the postgraduate re-examination was also postponed, and the college English tests of CET-6 were also postponed helplessly.

An international metropolis where new miracles appear every day has never been so quiet, as if time has stopped here, as if the whole city is covered, covered, and suppressed under a huge mask.

Obviously, the desolation on the streets of the city is not only the capital.

The Shanghai Business Economic Research Center survey of the service industry in 34 cities across the country from mid-April to mid-May, showing that department stores and chain sales fell by more than one-third. Even Guiyang, which has not found SARS cases, department stores sales fell by one-third, and catering industry revenue fell by nearly half.

Will the service industry, which has been hit hardest, become the first domino to affect China's economy? Some economists are worried about China's 9% economic growth target, some judge that the current short-term fluctuations will not affect the overall national economy, and some tell people that there is reason to remain optimistic with the hot numbers in other markets.

Fan's investment group's business is undoubtedly very popular, especially in the northern automobile trading market in Beijing. On May 9 alone, it received more than 2,000 customers on a day, with passenger flow and transaction volume several times that of usual. Moreover, the number of cars bought is 100% personal, and private cars have become the safest means of transportation in people's minds.

There are fewer people using cash and more people swiping cards. The average number of people applying for cards on the Peony Card Center is four times that of ordinary people. The pharmacy disinfection supplies and health care drugs are sold very well. During the May Day holiday, the pharmacy chain companies under Jiangnan Pharmaceutical Group achieved a year-on-year increase in retail sales by 60%. The team buying Chinese medicines reached more than ten meters long. For this reason, they had to start production lines to make bottled liquids for 24 hours. Traditional Chinese medicines that have been wandering between tradition and modernity for many years seem to have found an outlet this time.

Of course, the earth has never been quiet for a moment.

A tribal revenge killing broke out in the short-term involvement of the Chinese peacekeeping force. Canada just breathed a sigh of relief from the SARS epidemic and the bad news of mad cow disease came out. North Korea's nuclear crisis became increasingly serious. The U.S.'s slaughtering poker cards were brought to justice one by one, while the Pentagon of the Ministry of Defense once again raised the security alert level to prevent terrorist attacks in China.

At this time, the country was also a turbulent season: submarine crash, Hunan mining accident, Daxinganling fire, etc. However, for many Chinese people, especially the residents of the capital, all this vigorous and vigorous seem to be not the news in their eyes.

They seemed to pay attention to only two words - SARS. Watch the Ministry of Health's epidemic press conference at 4 o'clock every afternoon on time, pay attention to live TV broadcasts with medical experts, browse official news and gossip about SARS online, and carefully read several pages of newspaper anti-SARS reports. These have become the top priority every day.

Among the various anti-SARS prescriptions that have been rumored among the people, some people found that one of them was exactly the same as the prescriptions for the Boxer Rebellion that prevented and treated poisoning by foreigners. The examiner concluded that such a prescription was just a sign that people wanted to do something when they were panic.

At the "With You" consultation hotline of the 120 Emergency Center and the Beijing Center for Disease Control, more than 100 college volunteers receive an average of 150 calls per day, and at most more than 200 calls. It is said that the calls are roughly divided into two categories, and they always feel uncomfortable in their bodies, scare themselves, and those who feel bored without leaving home and want to talk to someone.

The jokes online during the SARS period have exaggerated but refined summary of the misfortune of the person who was trapped in: wearing a mask to suffocate, burning to death from a fire, drinking a lot of Chinese medicine to poison, colleagues are scared to death from illness, coughing in public places, being scolded to death, spreading rumors online, being quarantined to death after returning from a business trip, and being depressed to death by being suffocated at home.

Fortunately, even at the most vulnerable moment, the wisdom of civilians still shines.

As the epidemic and government measures became transparent, and after the public security organs arrested the culprit of the rumor of the city lockdown, rumors that once flooded the Internet and text messages gradually subsided. However, around the beginning of summer, a rumor of "baby speaking" spread throughout the rural and urban areas of 14 provinces including Anhui, Jiangsu, Shaanxi and other 14 provinces within a few days.

In different versions of the statement, the birthplace of babies is different, and what the babies say has also undergone localization transformation, but the main content is surprisingly consistent, "A baby will speak when he is born, telling people to set off firecrackers and mung bean soup to prevent SARS."

Similar rumors have actually happened in the old days, but China in the 21st century was more or less difficult to understand. Sociologists analyzed that this is farmers using their familiar knowledge system to deal with catastrophic emergencies like SARS. Although it is understandable, it also reflects the embarrassing reality that various information is scarce in the face of disasters in the countryside.

However, what is even more embarrassing is that although I didn’t hear anything before, the city was filled with firecrackers on the day of the beginning of summer, which further shows that the popular science work is a long way to go and needs to continue.

As the hardest hit area of ​​SARS and the main battlefield against SARS in mainland China, more than half of the cases of SARS are concentrated in Beijing, which accounts for one percent of the country's population. Therefore, in the eyes of some people, Beijingers are regarded as carriers of the virus, but they are afraid to avoid it.

Several Beijing-shaped cars appeared at the intersection of a village. The village boy standing guard immediately knocked down the message tree. The village party secretary rushed to ring the old bronze bell at the entrance of the village. The Beijingers in the capital entered the village! The villagers should wear masks! A Japanese-style mobile phone text message circulated widely.

Another joke seems to be even more gray. A woman was hugged by a pervert when she was walking in the dark at night. The woman suddenly coughed, and the pervert immediately stopped her and touched the girl's forehead. She was hot! Listening to her breathing and panting! The pervert was frightened and immediately ran away. The woman shouted innocently: She was just too nervous, and she didn't come from the capital!

The threat of disease has brought people a healthy lifestyle, which may be an effect that no patriotic health campaign can achieve.

The first time I learned that masks are divided into twelve and sixteen floors, and I learned that the different brands of disinfectant water were found; the first time I strictly required myself to go to bed early and get up early, and wash my hands for thirty seconds, although this is a truth that has been told in elementary school for a long time; the first time I insisted on going downstairs to run and play badminton, but in the past, I was always too busy to exercise and had no time; the first time I studied the recipes, I found that my skills were not worse than those of the restaurants and bars outside; the first time I sat down and read the book "Fake" quietly, and hated that I had inadvertently squandered so many good times of reading in the past.

Those who fly in the sky are except planes; those who have long legs on the ground eat everything except benches, and Guangdong people dare not eat wild animals, and the separate meal system has once again become a hot topic of discussion. Fewer people spitting everywhere, and if they accidentally get a sputum, they will have to pay a fine of 200 yuan. Since April, major cities across the country have imposed heavy punishments on spitting people, the European Times article said that China will wipe out the stigma of a big spitting country.

The garbage mountain next to the community has been cleaned up, the living environment of migrant workers has been greatly improved, and dog walking is not allowed in public places - it is said that dog beating orders issued in Xi'an and other places have even made abandoned pets a new social problem.
Chapter completed!