For 10 days after that, Xiajiang City's public security early warning system was on high alert, and the power apparatus of the party and government system was operating efficiently. The meetings to coordinate and resolve the contradictions and various contradictions of all parties were held one after another, and Li Dongfang, He Jiaguo, Qian Fanxing, Wang Xinmin, and others became highly nervous, and their daily sleep time was greatly reduced. At this time, the situation is a typical internal tightening and external loosening, the city sent a car radio station to the international industrial park every day to broadcast the "Xiajiang City People's ** Order", but the radio, television, provincial and municipal newspapers and tabloids in addition to extensive positive publicity on environmental protection issues, there is no report on the workers of the international industrial park to make trouble.

The political life of Xiajiang City still maintains the calm of the past, and the social order still maintains the daily stability.

Zhong Mingren is well aware of the crisis behind this calm and stability: after all, the international industrial park has been open for fifteen years, and there have been so many contradictions and problems, because of his relationship, the provincial and municipal environmental protection departments have long been non-compliant with the law, and now they are suddenly strictly enforcing the law. Therefore, Zhong Mingren paid close attention to the development of the international industrial park, and asked his secretary to ask Li Dongfang and He Jiaguo about the situation almost every day in the first few days. Li Dongfang understood Zhong Mingren's feelings, and later took the initiative to report, and asked the confidential members of the municipal party committee to report to Zhong Mingren's office before the ink of the first issue of the "Situation Briefing" was dry.

As meetings followed, the situation gradually improved, and the momentum of chaos was effectively curbed.

The leaders of the company not only did not dare to secretly incite the workers to make trouble, but also actively started the work of grooming, accounting for most of the workers in the factory. The Municipal Labor Bureau and the Municipal Federation of Trade Unions intervened in the labor negotiations of Jingliang International Company, and after several rounds of tug-of-war, the Taiwanese boss finally signed the agreement on dealing with the aftermath problem, and the problem of long-term arrears of workers was solved, and the problem of occupying the factory was also solved; Environmental protection publicity also played a great role, and the photo exhibition at the entrance of the park made many people see the serious consequences of Xiajiang pollution for the first time, and for the first time know what is called "heavy metals" and what is called "Minamata disease".

On the tenth day after the order was issued, most of the organized activities of "protecting the factory and protecting the post" ended, and the big problems were basically solved. Provincial and municipal environmental protection bureau staff and dozens of public security police peacefully stationed in the park, and the production workshops of polluting enterprises were all sealed. The whole process was indeed safe and stable, except for a few small incidents of pushing and scuffling, there was not a single fierce clash occurring, and the public security organs did not arrest a single person.

Less than two hours after the confidential officer sent the confidential officer to Zhong Mingren, Zhong Mingren called Li Dongfang, saying that he wanted to visit the International Industrial Park. Li Dongfang was holding a meeting with the comrades of the Foreign Economic Cooperation Commission at that time to study the matter of attracting investment, and when he heard that the big boss wanted to see the industrial park, he did not dare to slack off, so he asked Qian Fanxing to continue the meeting, and he got in the car and went to the park, wanting to greet Zhong Mingren at the gate of the park.

Unexpectedly, when I arrived at the gate of the park, I realized that Zhong Mingren had arrived, and I didn't ask anyone to accompany him, so I went to Xingguang Plating Company.

After meeting Zhong Mingren at Xingguang Plating Company, Li Dongfang joked: "Big boss, are you afraid of being deceived by others, worried that I will lie to you this time?" ”

Zhong Mingren also said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "Yes, once I was bitten by a snake, I was afraid of the well rope for ten years!" Then, the smile on his face retracted, and his expression became serious, "Comrade Dongfang, it's not easy, this bend has been turned around, you have done a good job!" ”

Li Dongfang said: "Your big boss is open-minded, and he is as good as a stream, so this bend can be turned around!" ”

Zhong Mingren smiled bitterly: "Dongfang, don't ridicule me, okay?" The victor should be magnanimous! ”

Li Dongfang waved his hand again and again, and said very sincerely: "Big boss, how dare I ridicule you?!" And the winner - what kind of victor am I? Don't hurt me like that! Speaking of this industrial park, my historical responsibility is no less than that of you and any comrade, and I am the initiator. I don't know if you remember, fifteen years ago, it was also this evening, you brought us here to choose a site......"

Zhong Mingren crossed his arms and looked at the sunset, and fell into affectionate memories: "Why don't you remember?" It was a late autumn evening, and it was drizzling, and a layer of hoarfrost seemed to fall on our hair and eyebrows. At that time, there was still a two-kilometer blank area between here and the city, and there was not even a stone ballast road, and there were barren beaches and crops everywhere, and we got a body of water and mud ......."

Li Dongfang took it: "I accidentally slipped on the ridge, and you humorously said: 'Comrades, look, this treasure land is full of dog-headed gold, and our comrades in the East can't wait to pounce on it and grab it!'" I was very embarrassed, and I was covered in mud in such a full-wool suit that put on the façade of your big boss, which made me feel so distressed, and I was afraid that I would be counted by Ai Hongyan when I went home! ”

Zhong Mingren tried to recall: "It seems that on the day of the site selection, Cheng Glasses, director of the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau, reminded me, saying that if such a large industrial park is placed on the edge of the Xiajiang River, will it cause river water pollution in the future?" I pushed him back and criticized him for being pedantic......"

Li Dongfang hurriedly said: "No, no, big boss!" This bad debt is on me, I was the director of the Economic Commission at the time, and I pushed the old director back, I still remember what I said at the time, I said this: You are always called pedantic, and you don't even understand the truth of 'running water is not rotten, and the corpse is not sick'! The river water is rolling and flowing eastward day and night, and the river water is new every day, and it is not 'rotten', so what else is polluted? You followed up on my topic, talking about emancipating the mind from pedantic, and about fighting the battle of attracting foreign investment. ”

Zhong Mingren sighed again and again: "Yes, I did bad things with good intentions, I want to turn over the battle, I want to get the economy of Xiajiang up as soon as possible, I work day and night, I wake up in the morning, and at twelve o'clock at night, the result is good, causing a man-made disaster!" It's already painful to make mistakes in ignorance, and because you can't hear the truth, the problem is getting worse and worse......" Looking at Li Dongfang, "Dongfang, when did you find out about this problem?" Didn't you find out until you were the secretary of the municipal party committee? Why didn't you come up with this spirit of non-supremacy earlier? ”

Li Dongfang pondered for a while: "Big boss, there is also a process of understanding me, and the real discovery of the seriousness of the problem was after I became mayor in 1993. Less than a year after I became mayor, a relatively serious pollution incident occurred in the international industrial park, and after dealing with this incident, I raised the issue of gradually closing down the polluting enterprises that could not be reformed to Comrade Zhao Qigong, secretary of the municipal party committee. Zhao Qigong disagreed, saying that this is your political achievement project and cannot be touched. I also have selfish intentions and don't want to make trouble, so I have put some effort into the technical transformation of the sewage system. Of course, this kind of effort is in vain and has little effect. Later, I mentioned it to Comrade Zhao Qigong several times, but Zhao Qigong was not happy and asked me to put myself in the right position, and as soon as I put this position in the right position, the problem dragged down, so I said that my responsibility is not smaller than that of your big boss. ”

Zhong Mingren pondered: "This has also allowed Comrade Zhao Qigong to take advantage of the loophole, when his political interests were threatened, he played this card, and now, we plug the loophole, see what cards he will play in the future!" Then he asked, "Comrade Dongfang, after the gradual closure of polluting enterprises, what should we do with such a large park?" Have you thought about it? If you want to break it, you have to stand it! ”

Li Dongfang said: "Big boss, we haven't had time to report this matter to you yet - Comrade Jiaguo has a suggestion, I think it's very good: use the existing infrastructure to build an international science and technology park, Huamei International of Xichuan University is ready to take the lead and move the company's headquarters to the park. Anyway, your big boss can rest assured, such a good park, we will not let it be idle! ”

Zhong Mingren was a little worried: "It won't be so simple, right?" It's really difficult to transform such a large park into a science and technology park, right? ”

Li Dongfang nodded: "The difficulty is definitely not small, but no matter how big the difficulty is, it is not as big as it was back then!" At that time, it was a barren land of crops, and the start-up capital was only 8 million, but your big boss still took us to build the park vigorously. Let's take it one step at a time! We are going to immediately hold an investment promotion meeting, reiterate with actions that Xiajiang's reform and opening up policy will never change, and hope to sign a batch of contracts. In addition, some high-tech enterprises in the city are also ready to mobilize them to enter the park, of course, under the conditions of market economy, can not carry out administrative orders, mainly rely on preferential policies to attract! ”

Zhong Mingren said with relief: "That's good, that's good......"

Speaking of which, a Santana drove in front of him, and He Jiaguo got out of the car: "Uncle Zhong, why are you here?" ”

Zhong Mingren's face pulled and corrected: "Secretary Zhong! ”

He Jiaguo immediately became well-behaved and called Secretary Zhong honestly: "Secretary Zhong, you are so coincidental, our Xichuan Rose is singing next to the radio car, do you and Secretary Li also go to listen to it?" He Rose sang really well, it was all new songs promoting our Xiajiang. ”

Zhong Mingren sighed and waved his hand: "Comrade Dongfang, then let's go and have a look and give our Xichuan roses a scene!" ”

Li Dongfang hesitated: "Big boss, if you want to go, take the car, listen in the car, the people in the park are still relatively mixed." ”

Zhong Mingren said with a smile: "Comrade Dongfang, will you give me a little freedom?!" "Anyway, take the lead out of the gate of Starlight Company.

Walking towards the singing scene in front of the management committee, Zhong Mingren chatted with He Jiaguo, and his mouth was a "dog baby".

He Jiaguo immediately protested: "What kind of dog, Zhong Shuyi, don't insult my personality in disguise, okay?" ”

Zhong Mingren was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, Mayor He, you want to be equal, if you call me Secretary Zhong, I will have to be called Mayor He!" - Mayor He, why haven't I seen your Laozi's "Manuscript of the History of the Ancient Kingdom of Xichuan" until now? Do you want to drag me into the next century? ”

He Jiaguo said with a hippie smile: "Secretary Zhong, how can it be delayed until the next century?" I will not compromise on carrying out your instructions - I will now officially report to you: the book has been released, and the publishing house has sent someone to deliver fifty sample books to my office, but I have been busy with the affairs of the international industrial park for the past few days, so I have not had time to send it to you. ”

Zhong Mingren's eyes lit up, and he instructed: "Then send it immediately, you don't have time, you can let someone else send it, I want to use this book at the enlarged meeting of the provincial party committee!" Let the publishing house prepare more books, and the comrades attending the meeting should distribute one copy each. ”

He Jiaguo responded: "No problem, I will let people do it in the next two days, and I won't miss your big boss to hold a meeting and send a book." ”

Zhong Mingren said to Li Dongfang again: "Dongfang, I remember that there is such a record in the "Manuscript of the History of the Ancient Kingdom of Xichuan": The last generation of Xichuan kings led to the destruction of the ancient kingdom because they couldn't hear the truth, and the last generation of Xichuan kings seemed to be called, what was it called 'yes'......" I really couldn't remember, and asked He Jiaguo instead, "Tell me about your dog, what is the name of the last Xichuan king?" ”

How does He Jiaguo know what the name of this damn king is? After this manuscript was handed over to Shen Xiaoyang, Shen Xiaoyang played a trick again, and asked two professors of the history department of Xichuan University to edit it under the banner of Zhong Mingren and him, and after the two professors finished compiling it, he didn't read it. So, he said: "Secretary Zhong, who remembers the names of people and places in ancient times!" ”

Zhong Mingren was a little puzzled: "Hey, why can't you remember?" You made up the manuscript! Just finished making it up and forgot it? Think about it! ”

He Jiaguo couldn't hide it, so he begged for mercy: "Secretary Zhong, you spare me, I confess to you, I didn't make up the book......

Zhong Mingren couldn't cry or laugh, and scolded: "I really didn't expect that even you, a dog, would lie to me, again and again!" ”

He Jiaguo explained with a bitter face: "Uncle Zhong, you really wronged me!" I don't dare to lie to you! I'm a shallow learner, I'm afraid that I won't make it up well, and I'm sorry for the kind care of your big boss, so I invited two old professors from Xichuan University to make up the ......."

Li Dongfang smiled and said to Zhong Mingren: "Big boss, don't you want to think about it, Xiajiang has been doing so much these days, and our comrades in our family and country are so enthusiastic about serving the country and the people, how can they have the heart to compile a book for you, it's strange that he doesn't deal with you, you should have seen through his conspiracy and lies a long time ago!" ”

Zhong Mingren glared at He Jiaguo: "It seems that I have to be vigilant against you dog!" ”

At this time, the management committee building appeared in front of it. Fifteen years later, the building is still like a new building that has just been completed, not even a single red tile has fallen off the exterior wall, and the glow reflects one wall of the building like a flag. There was a radio car parked under the national flag in the square in front of the building, and the radio car was full of people.

……

Xiajiang beauty, Xiajiang beauty,

Rainbow Gorge River in the sky.

The waves chase the ancient legends,

Sweet water moisturizes our ancestors for generations,

……

Zhong Mingren involuntarily stopped, listened attentively, and a layer of tears gradually appeared in his eyes......