After the results of the meteorite identification came out, Wen Zhiyu and Pan Weining came to find Feng Yi.
"Officially, the meteorite has great scientific research value. What should we do if we shovel away the sand? What if there are meteorite fragments in it?"
"Are we going to pick out the meteorite particles in the sand? Do we have to hand them in?" "Wait! Look at this!"
Wen Zhiyu showed the two of them the page he found on his shopping software.
"The star wish bottles that have just been put on the shelves in these stores say that they contain star sand dug from the core area of falling meteorites. This is actually the sand that was dug up by a group of meteorite hunters, right? They acted so fast! No one cares about this?
"
Pan Weining also looked at the newly received information in his hand: "Uncle Du said that the government has management control over that area and has also sent people to patrol the desert. As for other things, he didn't say anything."
Wen Zhiyu's mind was racing at this time: "So, there is no explicit prohibition on the sale of this kind of sand!" Pan Weining raised an eyebrow.
Both of them understood the meaning and stopped asking Feng Yi any more, planning to pack up separately.
They shoveled several bags of sand and had to put them into bottles. It was better to give this kind of gift out as soon as possible.
But it’s late today, so I’ll prepare it and pack it up tomorrow.
After the two left, Feng Yi looked through the information on the Internet and the trends in several expert groups. It was strange.
Everyone said that the meteorite has great scientific research value, but there is no explicit prohibition on the sale of this kind of sand that may contain meteorite particles.
With the way the Federal Security Bureau and the Ministry of Security work, they would not ignore such a loophole. It can only be said that they deliberately let this loophole in!
Feng Yi opened the shopping platform and searched for goods related to the Star Wishing Bottle and Star Sand.
On the displayed page, the merchant displayed pictures of the items, which cannot be said to be exactly the same as the glass bottles and shoveled sand they bought at the stall in Tuojia Town. It can only be said that they came from the same place at first glance!
Some merchants also specially noted [Specialty of Tuojia Town]!
And very considerately, the page guides buyers on how to identify the authenticity of [Star Sand]. If there are genuine products, there must be fakes.
Stores that sell genuine goods are confident. They mark the prices high, but the goods are genuine! Of course, buyers must know who is genuine!
Although some people clamored to buy it for free and came here to dig sand. But after calculating the cost, they gave up the idea.
The already increased prices for round-trip air tickets, car rental fees, accommodation fees, and money to buy various equipment all add up to a huge increase in costs, and the sand dug out may not be able to subsidize these costs.
In addition, the most important thing is life safety! You must also prevent getting lost in the desert, worrying about bad weather, sandstorms, or encountering various dangerous events.
There are too many people and it’s crowded, so it’s not very safe.
People who have no experience, no channels and are unwilling to take risks have to give up. Not everyone can make this kind of money.
The next day, Feng Yi turned on his mobile phone and looked at what was going on online.
The kind of sand dug in meteorite-rich areas is named [Star Sand] by merchants, and online sales are particularly popular.
Feng Yi also saw a video in which the self-media interviewed a meteorite hunter and asked questions about meteorites and the sand.
The meteorite hunter spoke plausibly:
"It is true that unlicensed meteorites are not allowed to be sold, but we are not selling meteorites, we are only selling sand!" "I don't even know if there are meteorite particles in it! There is no local regulation prohibiting the sale of sand!" Obviously,
The boundaries are blurred, but there is indeed no explicit rule prohibiting the sale of sand.
The sand in the desert is different from the river sand used in construction projects. It has different alkali content and plasticity. It does not meet the construction requirements. No one wanted to sell it before because it could not be sold at a high price.
It's different now.
After browsing through the news, Feng Yi received a link sent to him by Wen Zhiyu, which was a live broadcast room on a certain live broadcast platform.
Click in and the anchor inside is unpacking a package.
Nowadays, whenever there is something new on the Internet, or something suddenly becomes popular, these self-media bloggers are particularly keen and can always get it first through various methods.
The anchor had already opened the outer packaging of the express delivery and said in a complex emotional tone:
"I told myself countless times to be conscious of leeks, but every time I controlled
After I clicked to buy without holding my hands, I still felt strangely depressed."
"This time we bought two more bottles from the Internet, gifts from a desert town!" As he spoke, he took out two ten-centimeter-high glass bottles from the express box.
"One is the [Wish Star Bottle] which has been very popular on the Internet these days. I specially bought the star-shaped one." "The other one is the newly launched - Discovery Edition [Wish Star Bottle]!"
"Everyone knows that the wish bottle contains meteorite dregs. The authenticity is unknown. Anyway, it is quite expensive. If I buy a fake, I will probably be depressed for a longer time."
"Let's talk about the exploration version. It's just a pile of sand mixed with meteorite debris. The authenticity is unknown. This so-called exploration version is to let you experience a job similar to that of a gold digger. The difference is that you need to start from the beginning.
Pick out meteorite particles as big as sesame seeds from a pile of sand, which may not even be as big as sesame seeds."
"I think this kind of exploration" cannot be done by a grumpy person. Oh my god! My eyes are already getting tired before it even starts!"
The anchor showed the exploratory version of the Star Wish Bottle containing meteorite fragments to the audience in the live broadcast room, and then picked up the bottle.
"There is also a description on this jar. It says that the sand contained in it was dug from the area where the bolide exploded. The sand was randomly packed. I don't know if meteorites can be picked out from it."
"This exploratory version of Star Sand... Oh! This stuff mixed with various impurities is called 'Star Sand!'" The anchor couldn't help but smile when he said this.
"Rumors, uh...rumors, I don't know if they are true. The origin of this 'Star Sand' is said to be a group of meteorite hunters who saw Feng Yi picking pebbles from the sand and realized it on the spot.
Everyone started shoveling sand frantically with their bags, and then an idea flashed through them!"
"Then this, um... Tuojia Town local specialty appeared."
"Yes, you know that Feng Yi! The one who is very good at catching snakes... I didn't know if he went to the desert to catch snakes... I really didn't mean to rub off on him, I just told him what I knew.
come out."
The anchor talked about the origin of this bottle of sand and brought the glass bottle close to the camera:
"Everyone, please see clearly and bear witness to us. This is unopened!"
"Looking at the yellow sand full of impurities, I always feel like I've been cheated. Every time I pay the IQ tax, I have a similar feeling."
"However, this exploration version was sold out very quickly as soon as it was put on the shelves. It was only because our company's employees worked together to grab a bottle. We paid extra to have it shipped by air. I just got it."
"Let me explain again, from the moment we unpacked the bottle of sand we bought, everything was done under everyone's eyes!"
"First, pour the sand on this platform and spread it..."
The anchor picked around in the sand, and finally picked out a few small black dots, something like gravel, and counted them to just ten.
He couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"I always feel that this thing is quite unreliable."
He came over with a magnifying glass and looked at them one by one. "After reading it, I felt even more unreliable."
Four more grains were sifted out.
There were only six black stones left in the small porcelain white plate.
"Okay, according to the identification tips I searched on the Internet, these are the similarities. The rest can only be left to the machine."
"I don't know how many of these six pills are real, or maybe none of them are real."
"We will send all six pills for testing. If they are genuine, they will not be able to come back. The entire packaging process is under camera. Everyone is supervising and not missing a single pill...
Four pills? I’ll go! Are you still afraid that I’ll keep it secretly? OK, I’ll take photos and post them on social platforms!”
The assistant next to him added: "If it is ordinary meteorite debris, it can be brought back."
Anchor: "Oh, yes, if it is an ordinary meteorite, you can get it back, but if it turns out to be the one that was blown up by aliens... ahem, it has great scientific research value, and you have to hand it over."
Someone in the barrage asked about the testing fee.
Anchor: "Testing fee? Oh, it seems that if it is confirmed that it is the debris of the bolide, the testing fee can be waived. Points can also be given. Points are good, you can buy a house, settle down, declare personal income tax, professional titles and so on.
can be used
.”
After that, the anchor will seal the packaged items, put tape on them, then go out and drive directly to the nearest testing agency for testing.
The entire process was indeed under camera.
Bloggers have a strong desire to survive. They can use this to earn traffic, but the things they pick out that appear to be meteorites must be sent for testing.
Feng Yi looked at the number of views in his live broadcast room and couldn't believe it. Is it so popular?
Compare the number of views of this anchor's live broadcast in the past few days, and look at today. Are so many people really interested in picking rocks out of the sand?
Let’s take a look at the sold-out sign and the sold quantity of the Discovery Edition Star Wishing Bottle on the shopping platform. Is there anyone who really spends that much money to buy sand?
Is it personal fun? Or do you have a gambler's mentality and want to pick out meteorites and sell them for money? When Feng Yi was confused, he received another message from Feng Chi.
Feng Chi: [Brother! Are you still in Tuojia Town?!] Feng Yi: [Hmm, what?]
Feng Chi: [Please give me a star wish bottle filled with star sand! There are too many fakes online! You can’t buy them either!] Feng Yi: [...Okay, let me take a look.]
After thinking about it, Feng Yi sent him another message: [Is this thing very popular?]
Feng Chi: [It’s okay, the discussion is quite high. I formed a group with a few friends and we are competing to see who is lucky enough to get a real meteorite!]
Feng Yi really didn't expect that these sands could be sold all over the country in this way. No, there seem to be people from abroad who are looking for purchasing agents!
Feng Yi didn't pretend much at that time. His main target was the meteorite fragments, while Xiao Jia dug them for the housekeeper.
If you want to pretend to be disloyal, you have to go to Wen Zhiyu and Pan Weining.
The two people there started busy early in the morning. To make it easier to pack and not dirty the room, they carried the sandbags directly to the indoor greenhouse on the second floor.
This house has not been inhabited for a long time, so even if the greenhouse was built, no flowers were planted. It was an empty room. The curtains were lowered to prevent people from peeping from outside.
They saw a self-media team with a drone today. What if it was photographed? This matter is not easy to make public.
The two were unpacking when Feng Yi came over. "Do you have a lot of sand here?"
Wen Zhiyu said: "How much do you want? Shovel it yourself."
Pan Weining pointed to the opened sandbags: "Put them aside. Just shovel as many as you want." Wen Zhiyu sneered: "Someone asked you for some?"
Feng Yi said: "A cousin."
"Then you'd better prepare a few more copies. One of my cousins gave it to me, so the other brothers and sisters must not be in a mood...ah!"
Wen Zhiyu was slapped on the arm by Pan Weining with a shovel. He suddenly came back to his senses.
Oh, I seem to have heard that Feng Yi is not getting along with the Feng family in Yangcheng. They are brothers and sisters, and they probably don’t have a good relationship.
Look at my mouth!
Wen Zhiyu patted his mouth, but he forgot to hold the shovel in his hand. There was still sand on the shovel, so a shovel went into his mouth.
"Pooh!"
He quickly spit out the sand in his mouth into the trash can, wiped the sand on his mouth with a paper towel, and then said to Feng Yi:
"Ahem! What's that? If you don't send it to relatives and friends, it will be fine to prepare a few more copies. Anyway, we dug a lot and it's enough."
Pan Weining also said: "Yes, we have enough. If you need it, just come over and shovel. The sandbags are placed here. We shoveled the sand with you, and you have a share in it."
Feng Yi was no longer polite: "Okay, I'll come over and shovel it if necessary." After filling a bottle of sand, Feng Yi left first.
By the time only Wen Zhiyu and Pan Weining were left in the small greenhouse.
While dividing the sand, Wen Zhiyu lowered his voice and said: "Da Pan, what do you think the Yangcheng Feng family thinks? If our family has such a talent, we will have to support him and pile all kinds of resources on him!"
Pan Weining said: "Who knows? Anyway, you don't mention the Yangcheng Feng family in front of him." Wen Zhiyu: "I know. How many bottles of sand do you plan to put in it?"
Pan Weining: "Ten large bottles and ten to twenty small bottles. No need to fill more. We will talk about it later."
Wen Zhiyu agreed: "I think so too. The situation is unclear now, and it is easy to get into trouble if you pretend too much."
There are no express regulations above, and it doesn't say what is not allowed, but there must be a limit. It's okay if the quantity is not large, but if the quantity is large, it is easy to hit the line.
They are not meteorite hunters and do not take this as their profession. Don't bring trouble to the family. After filling the last bottle, Wen Zhiyu took out his mobile phone to check the news.
Seeing the latest push news, Wen Zhiyu said happily: "Wow, I just said it, isn't this coming!"
What this news said was that some criminals disguised meteorites as other ores and transported them out, but they were detained by the customs. Finally, they were traced to a small group of meteorite hunters here in Tuojia Town.
There were pictures in the news. In addition to the batch of meteorites disguised as ores, there were also photos of the stronghold of the small group of meteorite hunters in Tuojia Town.
Wen Zhiyu's eyes swept through the pictures and quickly discovered the shocking point.
He enlarged the picture of the stronghold of the meteorite hunter group and pointed to the upper right corner to show it to Pan Weining:
"Da Pan, is this an offering table? Meteorite hunters still believe in God? What can it bless? May meteorites fall from the sky? I don't know who is on the offering table, but it's coded! Tsk!"
Pan Weining didn't pay much attention: "Maybe it's some kind of statue that can easily arouse public opinion." Wen Zhiyu was curious: "I don't know which sect it is, whether it is serious or not."
On the other side, Feng Yi, who returned to the room, also saw the news just pushed on his mobile phone. He also noticed the part in the corner of the picture for coding on the table.
"What sensitive elements are involved and need to be coded?" However, Feng Yi looked at it and put it aside, not taking it seriously.
He thought again of what Wen Zhiyu had just said, not that he was talking about relatives, but that Feng Yi was thinking of Xiao Wu and the Ancestor Factory.
He decided to wait for the Federal Bureau of Protection to return part of his sample and give it to them in two pills. This was certified by the Federal Bureau of Insurance, so there was no need to be secretive, everything could be revealed clearly.
After packing the Tuojia Town specialty for Feng Chi, Feng Yi received a message from Team Leader Yuan. Team Leader Yuan asked him to go over and return the test sample part to him.
The address was not near the testing agency, but another place, the temporary office location of the Joint Security Bureau and the Department of Security. Half an hour later, Feng Yi arrived at the designated location.
Team Leader Yuan had just finished answering a phone call and called Feng Yi over and handed him a small can.
Feng Yi opened it and took a look. It was the meteorite particles he had picked out, but the quantity returned was more than he expected.
Seeing Feng Yi's confusion, Team Leader Yuan said: "Testing agencies in various places have received meteorite samples one after another, ranging from particles as big as mung beans to dust-like particles."
Feng Yi understood as soon as he heard this.
Just like the anchor he saw today who was doing a live broadcast of picking rocks, many people bought the sand back and actually picked out the things and sent them for testing.
Even if only a part of them were sent for testing, the total amount is still a lot. Not to mention, the "Toga Town local specialties" are now on sale.
Since there are enough samples, there is no need to hold on to the stones submitted by Feng Yi. Team Leader Yuan handed him another certificate and an agreement.
Feng Yi had to sign on it, promising that it would only be used for collection and not for trading. It was all a matter of process.
After Feng Yi signed, he thought he could leave. Unexpectedly, Team Leader Yuan took out a few photos. "Today we are investigating illegal gangs, and there is something for you to see."
Feng Yi looked over and his expression gradually solidified.
These photos were very familiar. He had seen them when he was browsing the news today and was wondering why the altar table had a code on it.
Now, what is in front of me is the *** version.
The offering table, the offerings, and the photo of Feng Yi himself placed in the middle were taken by someone while picking stones in the desert.
At that time, he was only wearing a hat, no sunglasses or a mask, and he was holding a small transparent jar filled with black stones in his hand.
Feng Yi:...My face is about to split! This horse riding...I...
"I have nothing to do with them!" Feng Yi said.
Team leader Yuan nodded, said nothing, and handed out another stack of photos.
Different places, different styles of altar tables, different offerings, and the same picture in the photo frame occupying position C.
Feng Yi: "..."
I don’t know who took these photos, but the pictures in the photo frames are very clear. The offerings on the altar table and in front of the photo frames are also very clear.
Some are decorated with fruits, flowers, and some are filled with chicken, duck, and fish.
Ripe. There are also pig heads, cow heads, and sheep heads.
Let’s not talk about the fake snakes and snake skins.
The most embarrassing thing is that there are candles on both sides and an incense burner in the middle. The smoke is lingering, as if the person in the photo frame has already transcended this world.
Feng Yi: "..." You are cheating on your father! You are crazy!
Can these meteorite hunters be more particular? I really don’t want this kind of core position!
Feng Yi wished he could slip into the photo and overturn all the altar tables!
Team leader Yuan lowered his head slightly to hide the smile in his eyes, and when he raised it again, he returned to his usual seriousness.