You know, um, usually when we talk about record-breaking numbers on this deep dive,
we're looking at, I don't know, tech valuations or maybe data processing speeds.
Right, or like the distance to some newly discovered exoplanet, something abstract.
Exactly, something abstract.
But today, I want you to try and visualize a movement of people.
A movement so massive and so, um, concentrated that it effectively just empties out
one of the most populous megacities on Earth.
Yeah, it really is a logistical event that makes a, makes the Thanksgiving travel rush in the US
look like a quiet Sunday drive to the grocery store.
Totally.
We are talking about the Lunar New Year, specifically the Spring Festival in China.
And the numbers we pulled from our source material are, well,
they really require a bit of mental gymnastics to actually comprehend.
They really do.
I mean, it is the single largest annual human migration on the planet.
And to understand the sheer scale of it,
you have to look at the data coming out of the Chinese Transport Ministry.
We are looking at a projection of 9.5 billion passenger trips.
Oh.
Okay, let's just, let's stop there immediately because you said billion.