Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 2 - 2 | Page 223

The Facebook of Zheng He
Ying Wa Primary School, Lo, Yik Ming - 11
Do you know what is the most popular social media network? Of course, it is the Facebook! Even Zheng
He had switched on his phone and registered a Facebook account, renewing his status everyday…
Mr. Zheng is happy with Mr. Yongle today
July, 1405
Hi everyone, I am Zheng He. You can call me Mr. Zheng or He He. The first Ming treasure voyage
is going to begin soon, so I am very excited now! The Mr. Yongle emperor treats me very well. He gave
me 27,000 troops and at least 62 ships. And he gave me boxes and boxes of treasures and told me to give the
other countries during my trip too. He also said that there will be another eunuch, and he will be a partner
of me. He is Wang Jinghong, who talks loudly and grabs all things to do. He is so rude!
Mr. Yongle also taught me a magical expression by Whatsapp on the half of my way. It is ‘Attack!
Let’s battle to victory!’. But he told me that I can only use this when I see some pirates on the sea. I don’t
know who leaked the confidential matter, and told the other people that we have a great amount of
treasure! Alas, there will be countless pirates waiting for me through my trip and they will kill me so they
can steal everything on the ships! Shh! I see the Mr. Yongle is actually not that good. I haven’t taken a
shower for at least a week. But that miser only gave me a tattered shirt and a pair of old and torn trousers.
Such a sad life for me!
Mr. Zheng is surprised of his troops.
January, 1406
We have met pirates today. Proof of fact, my magical expression is useful. When I cried that slogan
loudly, our troops fired to the pirates. The battle is intense and fierce! Unfortunately, my phone’s battery is
dead, otherwise I must record a video and upload it in Facebook. Anyway, we won in the battle! We will
still meet pirates, but we go on to victory every time. One time, I was caught by a pirate, and they gave me
a comfortable and warm bath! It’s quite boring along the way. The general always says, ‘Oh! Admiral...
Admiral Zheng is caught by the pirates!’ Wang Jinghong always says, ‘I am hungry!’ He only pays attention
on food and girls. And the troops will only say, ‘There is a pirate!’
Mr. Zheng is feeling relaxed in Malacca.
May, 1406
After a long journey, I found that Malacca was a good place for me to have a rest there after my
retirement. But the network signal there is too bad!
Mr. Zheng
December,1406
is
frustrated
in
the
communication
with
the
residents
in
Calicut.
Finally, we made port at Calicut (now India), and communicate with the residents there. We taught
them how to farm easily, and they want to teach us their religion and the passages of scripture. They asked,
‘Have you brought your USB here?’ Ah? Nobody said that we need to bring our USB here! I only brought
my phone, and the phone memory is only 32GB, but they said the scripture is 250GB! Wow! We had to
exchange our email address, and wait for them to send it back a few days later.
Ahhh! Why don’t they say they can send it through email before our voyage start?