Lin Yu’an wiped his hands and answered the satellite phone. It was Mark.
The mont the call connected, even before Lin Yu’an could say a word, Mark’s voice ca through like a machine gun barrage, filled with irrepressible excitent and relief.
"Lin! Don’t speak, just listen! Good news! Huge news! I swear, this is the coolest thing I’ve encountered in the twenty years of making programs!"
"Take it slow, Mark, don’t get so excited that you choke," Lin Yu’an was infected by his emotion but remained calm, though he had a hunch that the breakthrough Mark promised might really be coming.
"I can’t not be excited!"
Mark shouted on the other end, "Rember that briefcase? Its owner, Dr. MacKeez Rain! We’ve found her!"
Lin Yu’an raised an eyebrow, "Oh? That’s indeed good news. She didn’t say she wants to sue , did she?"
Mark laughed, "Sue you? She’s too grateful to you for that!"
"Right now she’s doing a temporary academic exchange at St. John’s University in Newfoundland. After our team contacted her, she couldn’t thank you enough for finding her incredibly important sample case, and... she wants to et you!"
Lin Yu’an was a bit surprised and joked, "et ? I can’t really leave right now, unless she’s willing to co here for so grilled fish."
"I’ve already explained to her that you are currently participating in a wilderness challenge and can’t leave temporarily."
"Then, just as I was about to hang up, I suddenly rembered that little fellow... and a thought flashed in my mind just like a light bulb!"
"I asked her, ’Doctor, may I ask, is your very impressive-sounding institution, perhaps... interested in helping a polar bear orphan?’"
On the other end, it seed Mark excitedly took a gulp of water, making a "gulp" sound.
"Lin, guess what she said? She said not only is she interested, but their base has the most advanced facilities in North Arica for training large Arctic mammals! It’s a nursery for Far North animals! My God! This is like destiny!"
"I imdiately told her everything about the cub’s situation, your condition, the bureaucracy we encountered, everything."
"After listening, she just said one thing: Keep all the relevant footage you’ve shot, and give that Canadian idiot official’s contact info. I’ll handle this."
Lin Yu’an instinctively glanced at December, who was next to him, hugging a small piece of dried fish with his two front paws, nibbling happily, and felt a warmth fill his heart.
"Just a few minutes ago!" Mark’s voice was filled with awe and incredulity.
"Dr. MacKeez’s assistant called, Lin, take a deep breath and listen... Our production team, received a temporary rescue authorization issued by Environnt Canada for this specific cub, completely legal!"
Lin Yu’an was stunned, almost unable to believe his ears. Within just a day, that cold and firm official decision had been completely overturned by a woman he had never t!
"How... how is this possible? How did she do it?"
Mark sighed, "Because she’s not , nor you, Lin."
"She didn’t go through regular channels but directly contacted Canada’s federal science advisers and several international environntal organizations collaborating with them, using her international top-tier research institution’s na."
"She cleverly repackaged a local tricky situation into an ’ergency intervention in an unexpected break in the polar ecological chain and international scientific cooperation’. Just listen to the grandeur and scale of that!"
"She promised the Canadian side that their institution would provide remote scientific guidance throughout and would be willing to receive this cub for professional rewilding training without charge, sharing all research data with the Canadian side."
"Faced with such an opportunity to solve the problem and gain massive positive international reputation for free, those bureaucrats had no reason to refuse."
Lin Yu’an exhaled deeply, feeling as if the biggest burden on his mind had finally been lifted.
"This is great... Mark, please thank her for . And thank you too."
"Don’t thank yet, Lin," Mark’s voice beca serious again.
"It’s not over yet; now is just the beginning of the challenge, listen carefully to the next arrangents."
Mark emphasized his tone, "We can’t take it away yet. According to the agreent between Dr. MacKeez and the Canadian side, to minimize human contact and prevent the cub from becoming dependent on multiple people, affecting its subsequent rewilding training."
"Until MacKeez’s professional team arrives, you will be the only legally designated caregiver."
"?" Lin Yu’an’s tone carried a hint of absurdity.
"You an, I have to compete in a survival challenge with a polar bear?"
Mark laughed, "Haha, congratulations, you got it right!"
"Dr. MacKeez needs ti; her professional team and equipnt need to fly over from Alaska and et up with the Canadian team. This involves complex international logistics and official procedures, with a conservative estimate that it will take more than ten days to reach your location."
"More than ten days?"
"That’s right. And, Lin, you need to understand that this matter has now beco a massive news event."
"Dr. MacKeez’s institution getting involved has put the Canadian governnt, dia, and major animal protection organizations on the scene."
"The day they co to take the cub away might be a live ’handover ceremony’, a political show in a word. So, before that, all sides need ti to prepare and arrange."
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