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In spring, the river rises, submerging part of the banks, while the remaining banks become damp.
Some birds hopped around in the mud, pecking at all sorts of food.
Shi Wen that they were coming, all the birds flapped their wings and flew into the sky in a flash.
Shi Wen pointed and gestured for them to look at the wolverine's footprints. "Those are the footprints."
Gong Jiang stepped forward to examine them. "Really, these footprints are so clear."
Shi Wen, "That wolverine probably came from here, walking all the way to the river. Look, the silt in front has been cleared away; it probably found some food like clams here."
Gong Jiang: "Were these broken clam shells left behind by it?"
"Possibly." Shi Wen looked at the clear animal trail. "After it finished eating, it probably didn't go back the way it came. Instead, it walked straight ahead from here to that spot, returned to the dry, hard grass, and left muddy paw prints here."
Shi Wen's skill in identifying animal tracks was truly amazing; when they went to take pictures, they indeed captured several more muddy paw prints.
Besides photographing the wolverines, Gong Jiang and his team also photographed the surrounding environment during their trip.
He was surprisingly familiar with the plants here, and he kept introducing them to the locals.
Shi Wen, I would interject with a few words to answer his questions.
Shi Wen wolverine trails can be clearly found even in chaotic environments.
They followed the animal trail and found a cave.
The photographer knelt down and slowly pushed the lens forward, then saw a tense animal on the screen—a wolverine.
Gong Jiang said softly, "We actually found it. Beautiful."
Shi Wen smiled but didn't say anything.
They filmed all day.
On the way back, Shi Wen asked in the car, "Have you filmed enough footage? Are you going to film again tomorrow?"
"That's enough, that's enough." Gong Jiang inspected the footage, his face beaming with barely suppressed excitement. "That's more than enough. We have more footage this time than ever before; we can even edit it into two parts."
Shi Wen, "So, are you going to cut it into two episodes? Or make a full-length video?"
"That depends on the editing." Gong Jiang carefully placed the equipment into its protective case. "I'll start editing tonight, and it should be released this Saturday."
Shi Wen, "Then I'll have to take a look."
A few days have passed in the blink of an eye, and Saturday is the premiere date for Gong Jiang and his team's video.
Shi Wen made a point of having dinner with Yan Kexing early, in preparation for watching the video call.
Yan Kexing: "It won't be issued until eight o'clock, it's still early."
Shi Wen, "Then I'll catch up on their old videos. I watched a couple when I wasn't so busy before, and they were pretty good. How did you guys come up with the idea of making videos back then?"
Yan Kexing: "In the era of self-media, we must keep up with the times. Videos help promote relevant ideas, protect the environment, and can also bring some additional revenue."
Shi Wen, lying on the bed looking at her tablet, propped her chin up with her hand and said, "Your business acumen is quite sharp."
Yan Kexing: "I can't have lived so many years in vain."
Shi Wen glanced down at the video and, seeing that the team had over six million followers, couldn't help but say, "Your account is really well-managed."
Yan Kexing: "It's all thanks to the hard work of generations of teams."
As the two chatted, the alarm clock Shi Wen set in advance went off.
He perked up immediately, forgetting all about speaking, "It's here! We can watch now!"
Shi Wen down the screen to refresh, and sure enough, a new video appeared.
He clicked on the video and was immediately captivated by its extremely high-definition and detailed picture quality.
The first few seconds, every frame could be wallpaper material.
The main feature begins.
Shi Wen to Gong Jiang's voice-over narration, I felt that his image had become much taller and more imposing.
Gong Jiang's explanation was really professional.
Shi Wen watched the video, and the scenes in it were subtly different from what he usually saw.
It's a wonderful feeling to examine a familiar place from a different perspective.
Shi Wen watched for a while, then couldn't resist turning on the subtitles.
As soon as the bullet comments were turned on, a dense barrage of comments flooded out, completely obscuring the entire page.
[Holy crap!!! I couldn't even see the claw mark unless the camera zoomed in.]
Wow, you can find it like that?
[Little Gong's explanation is so clear! I love her Mandarin!]
[The scenery is so beautiful; it would be so comfortable to live here.]
What is that big white bird in front?
Shi Wen never expected my newly released video to get so many comments.
The comments completely blocked out the video content, making it impossible for him to watch, so he had to turn them off again.
After watching for a while, he couldn't resist turning on the subtitles.
He personally participated in filming this video. Although the edited order is slightly different from the actual filming order, it's not too different.
He'd lost interest in it; the comments section was much more fun.
At Shi Wen point when the bullet comments were turned on, the wolverine had already been found in the video.
The camera zooms in, revealing a wolverine inside a cave staring directly into the eyes of the viewer outside the frame—a truly awe-inspiring sight.
[Oh my god! I really want to masturbate!]
[Stimulate!!!]
[So cool!]
Wow, the team is really lucky!
[How could you even find this?!]
[Wolverine! A live wolverine! So the wolverines here haven't gone extinct?]
Wolverines are rather ordinary-looking and not particularly cute.
However, when people saw it at that moment, they felt a sense of awe, as if they had seen a legendary creature.
This creature is so rare; it truly deserves to be a Class I protected animal in China.
In this era, being able to capture things that other teams can't is a skill in itself.