On June 29, anchor Mingming (Shi Ming) of East Oriental Selection under New Oriental responded on Weibo to the controversy sparked by the use of 'mountains and rivers shattered' to describe the topography of Guizhou. He said that while preparing the materials, he did indeed read some similar expressions, but did not think too much about their other meanings. When talking about the terrain during the live broadcast, he casually used this phrase without much thought, and did not have any ulterior motives or deliberate choices. At that time, he was walking and talking, unable to see the feedback in the comments section, so he failed to correct it in a timely manner. A more accurate expression here would be 'surface fragmentation' or other more appropriate words. He apologized to the public for the confusion caused by inappropriate expression and lack of rigor.