In this task, you're given the beginning and the ending of a three-part story. Your job is to complete the short story by writing a middle sentence that seamlessly connects  the first and last sentence. Generated sentences must be short, have fewer than 10 words, and be simple as if narrating to a child. Avoid using any irrelevant extra information when creating the middle sentence, and use names (e.g. Jack, Barbara,...) instead of pronouns (e.g. he / she) wherever possible.
Q: Beginning: Neil was writing an article about Shenzhen, China. Ending: He found that Shenzhen was a bustling metropolitan hub!
A: 
Before his research, Neil though Shenzhen was a dusty rural village.