Chapter 247 Lessons Learned

On the way back, the driver of the hitchhiker was a middle-aged man who looked calmer. He was not as talkative as Jamie. Be a quiet beauty driver" posture.

Guo Dongyue put the birdcage horizontally on his lap, closed his eyes and said nothing, and occasionally opened his eyes to observe the state of the two red-faced parrots. It can be seen that the two red-faced parrots are not used to the bumpy road, and they are not as calm as they are in the aviary.

"Please drive a little slower." Guo Dongyue reminded the driver.

"Meow! Drive faster!" The snow lion continued to play the tricks when it came, using the inertia of the car to rub against Fina's body, but Fina pushed it away with her paws impatiently.

Zhang Zian was so happy that he took a nap while talking, when the phone rang, it was from Wei Kang.

Wei Kang: I have taught many students, many of whom are older than you. I can see that you have concerns. I don't know what you're worried about, maybe you think I'm trying to take this opportunity to be famous, but I really just want to make some contribution to the academic world. If you agree to provide the gene of the original Egyptian cat, I promise to leave the first authorship of the paper to you.

Zhang Zian didn't reply right away, but pondered quietly.

He remembered a piece of technology news he had read before.

In 1999, Dr. L. Lee_Grismer published a paper on the Pingxiang gecko, a rare gecko that lives in Pingxiang, Guangxi, China. The scientist believed at the time that publishing the paper could draw the attention of the local government and better protect the rare gecko.

What Grismer never imagined was that after his paper was published, this strange-looking gecko immediately became a popular rare pet, with international buyers pushing their price up to $2,000 apiece. In 1999, US$2,000 was very attractive in China, and this was only the price of one.

Driven by huge interests, the researchers soon discovered that the gecko habitat mentioned in the paper "seemed to have been bombed, and every rock had been turned over again"... Today's Pingxiang, Guangxi, Pingxiang Eyecatchers are already hard to find due to overharvesting.

Zhang Zian thought of Wanghaige's super version windbreaker pretending to be a man, that guy seemed to be reselling rare pets, and the female local tyrant mentioned by Guo Dongyue, who spared no expense to build a glass greenhouse for a clever gray parrot... No matter if they are domestic rich or foreign rich, the pursuit of rare pets is quite fanatical.

With the lessons learned from Pingxiang Meihu, if Wei Kang writes in his paper that "a primitive Egyptian cat was found in Binhai City, which will draw a conclusion on the evolution of domestic cats",

what's going to happen?

Zhang Zian didn't dare to imagine.

What is certain is that the threshold of the Qiyuan pet store will be broken, and uninvited guests from the private sector and the government will crowd the entire store, and in order to get Fina, promise him a huge amount of money, or simply send him a certificate to let him go to the store. Handing over to the country... Some people may even have crooked ideas and use some more terrifying means to clear the way.

At present, there are indeed very few netizens who doubt that Fina is the original Egyptian cat, but they only stay at the stage of "doubt", and they may forget it after a while... If Wei Kang publishes a paper as a professor of Binhai University, the situation will be different Unpredictable.

Zhang Zian really wanted to make some contributions to science, but the premise was that his life would not be disturbed, let alone his life safety be threatened. Obviously, once Wei Kang's paper is published, the peaceful days will be gone forever.

So let Wei Kang not reveal the location of Fina? It's not realistic either. Scientific papers are required to be rigorous, and must be verifiable and repeatable, not empty talk. After Wei Kang’s paper was published, colleagues at home and abroad would inevitably flock to him and ask him where the original Egyptian cat was found, and Wei Kang must answer truthfully, otherwise he would be making fun of his academic reputation—don’t underestimate The heart of scientists to pursue and explore the truth.

The Pingxiang Meihu incident is not isolated, in fact similar situations have happened several times. Whenever scientists discover a novel species, the population of that species quickly collapses due to overhunting. Even if the place of origin of the new species is not specified in detail, as long as the habits of the new species are described, interested people can also infer the area where they live.

Zhang Zian turned his head to look at Fina, who was squatting on the seat next to him, looking sideways at the rapidly sweeping scenery outside the car window, and raised his paws from time to time to push away the snow lion that was sticking to him. The snow lion became more and more courageous, without giving up, circling around Feina, attacking from all angles, vowing to lick Feina's hair...

Sometimes the snow lion walked between Fina and Zhang Zian, and when Fina pushed it, it would lean on Zhang Zian. Whenever this happens, Snow Lion will always put on a bad face, staring at him with big blue eyes.

I have to admit that Snow Lion's long fur feels really good to the touch, and his angry expression is also great. If he meets someone who loves cats like his life, he will definitely lick the cat until he dies...

After thinking about it again and again, he wrote back to Wei Kang.

Zhang Zian: Professor Wei, it's not that I reject people thousands of miles away, nor do I have doubts about your character, it's just that I have doubts about the future after the incident is exposed. I am an ordinary person, I just want to live an ordinary life, and I don't want to live under the spotlight of the media all day long. So, sorry, I can't say yes to your request... maybe one day, but at least not right now.

After pressing the send button, Wei Kang received a reply in a short while.

Wei Kang: It seems that I was abrupt, I didn't take your thoughts into consideration. What you said makes sense. If I were you, I probably wouldn't want to be the focus of the media. I will review myself and try to come up with a perfect solution. Before that, I will not make similar requests to you.

After reading the information, Zhang Zian breathed a sigh of relief. He felt that Wei Kang was quite reasonable. He was not the kind of scientific madman in the movie who would pay any price for scientific research...

Knowing that Wei Kang would not come to disturb casually, he temporarily put aside one concern, and his mood became much more relaxed.

In fact, all the above reasons are only secondary, the most important, the most important is - he never regards Fina as a cat or a pet. Regardless of Xinghai, Feina or Laocha, he respects their opinions, and if they want to come to the aviary, he will bring them. If they are more willing to go back to sleep in the game, then he is not reluctant.

They are not pets, but elves, existences beyond time and space, with their own will and wishes—from Snow Lion's experience, he understands this. They are companions with their masters, not vassals. They follow their masters because they like and agree with their masters, so the masters should repay them with corresponding frankness and respect.

Ok?

He noticed that the scenery outside was a little strange, it seemed that it was not the way he came here.

"Uh, what, did we go the wrong way?" He reminded the driver.

"That's right." The driver was also taken aback, and checked the mobile phone used as a navigator.

"That's right." Guo Dongyue opened his eyes, "Let's not go back to the pet store, I want to take these two parrots home first, to see my mother's reaction, so as not to do wasted effort..."

Zhang Zian understood immediately, and nodded in agreement, thinking that Guo Dongyue is really meticulous, it is really necessary to let his mother take a look first.