Chapter 17 For now, only
In the first conference room of the Zhengzhou City Hall, five square crystal headlamps reflected the cold light, lining the entire 100-person conference room with solemn abnormality. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Silence, silence.
Suddenly, a crisp sound of paper opening came from the position of a female clerk in the corner, and it was only then that I saw that the entire conference room was actually full of people.
In the center of the dark yellow conference table, a young man dressed simply and casually stood in front of a room full of leaders at all levels in formal ties, looking out of place.
"Zombies? Are you sure you want to issue an evacuation alert to the people of the city under this name? A bloated middle-aged man at the conference table asked.
Ever since this Tai Zuo, who came from the commissioner's department, stepped into the highest power center at the prefectural and municipal level, the originally solemn and solemn conference room seemed to have turned into an unbelievably strange place.
Organizational leaders at all levels, who were accustomed to the mode of meetings, studyed, implemented, and implemented the spirit of the State Council documents, were suddenly overthrown today by a young man with neat and short haircuts.
In the impression of the city's leaders, Zhang Lingwen, the mayor of a city with strong wrists and high prestige, was intimidated by the momentum of this hairy boy.
The city's most senior emergency meeting now looks like a farce.
What sounded the wartime alarm, evacuated the city's residents within three hours, and the army blockaded the city.
How is this possible?! Such a big move is undoubtedly more serious than a coup d'Γ©tat, and this is still happening in the republic of nearly half a century of long-term peace and stability -- if something of this magnitude happens, the whole world will be alarmed, right?
And even if there is a military coup, it will at least allow the executive to react quickly, after all, this is still in the category of political and military, and the young man just said "Resident Evil" and "zombies" like a running train, and asked to publish them in all information channels in the city.
Isn't that just a lie?!
The huge amount of unrealistic information made all the high-level officials present unacceptable for a while, and all of them had an unbelievable and sluggish expression. This is the strange scene of the entire conference hall being full of seats, but silent.
Taizo said naturally: "Yes, use the name of zombies to issue an alert - the symptoms of this infectious disease are basically the same as the concept of zombies, and the image of zombies is very common in the public's cognition, so that the symptoms can be explained to the people in the simplest way." β
"The word zombie is a product of Western entertainment works. It was originally a fictitious monster, and it was published in an alert of government authority, which was too informal. A well-behaved bureau-level cadre at the conference table retorted.
Taizo: "This is not a question of whether it is formal or not, I hope that everyone here can clearly understand the situation we are in: we have to evacuate the whole city within three hours!" β
"Three hours, how is this possible?"
"That's right, Jeongju has a permanent population of four million, how..."
"Impossible! It's impossible. β
The evacuation mission proposed by Taizo suddenly ignited the long-suppressed dullness in the conference room, and the entire conference hall suddenly exploded, expressing doubts about Taizuo's qualifications and the authenticity of his words.
Evacuating the whole city is not a thing, but it is a stopgap measure that will only be taken when major natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis occur or when warnings occur. After all, in an evacuation in the whole city, it is necessary to achieve comprehensive consideration and take into account each location, the city plus the counties and districts are millions of people, and the number of government personnel is only those, the difficulty of the work can of course be imagined, this is still under the premise of prior notice and full preparation of the people. And even so, the traffic problem, the pacification of the people's emotions, the security of the evacuation team, and other follow-up problems are not a small trouble. Adding up to the front, back and forth, it's often the time of last month.
Now, the young man, Taisa, is unashamed, and for three hours, in the middle of the night, unprepared, he asked the city government to evacuate all the people in the city.
What absurd! Nothing short of nonsense!
The leaders of the various bureaus under the seat were indignant, blushing and thick-necked against the boundless bullshit evacuation, which was no longer an opposition, it was a complete protest.
This is not to blame them, the appearance of Tizo only gives them two ways to go: one is a three-hour evacuation, which is of course impossible. The second is to prove that Taizo is a neuropath. But behind him are the military department and the general political department, not to mention the level of the upper ranks.
A road that doesn't lead, a way to find death. No one wouldn't protest and scold their mother.
Seeing that the scene is on the verge of getting out of control, regardless of whether the proposition of three-hour evacuation is solved or not, it must be useless to be in a hurry here.
Taizo looked at the noisy leaders in the room, his face was cold, without any expression, as if he was completely out of the matter.
"That's it! Be quiet! Zhang Lingwen, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly stood up, half-raised his hands, and controlled them in the air, as if he could control the overall situation.
The noise in the conference room gradually subsided, it was not a difficult argument in the first place, and the riot of everyone just now was only because of the six gods and no masters.
Now everyone's eyes in the venue are focused on their backbone.
Zhang Lingwen thought for a moment, and said calmly in his unique magnetic voice: "I believe that everyone has understood the basic main task now, and it is very difficult to evacuate the residents of the entire urban area in three hours. But this is an order issued by the state and higher-level organizations to our entire municipal party committee team, and it is a military order! It's a death order! Because this is the first city to contact the epidemic, and we are the first line of defense for the lives of the four million people in Jeongju City. I am also the pioneer of the epidemic prevention and control of the whole Republic in this infectious disease incident, and I know that the task is arduous, but it also represents the trust that the country and the organization have in us. I believe that all the government personnel of Zhengzhou City can carry this thousand catties of burden and withstand the test of disaster! Let the handling of this epidemic, including evacuation, including prevention and control, finally get satisfactory results. β
Mayor Zhang Lingwen's words were like a blow to the heart, which entered the bones of all municipal leaders, and everyone present secretly clenched their fists. Yes, when the country and the people needed us the most, they did not actively complete the task, but blindly felt sorry for themselves and betrayed the trust of the people.
The reason why Zhang Lingwen became the mayor of any provincial capital at the age of 40 is that his strong cohesion and leadership style cannot be ignored, and this is precisely because he has been well versed in words for many years.
Zhang Lingwen's two hands put on the table in the customary figure-of-eight shape, which made him feel calm, and he muttered: "I know that in any sense, it is difficult to complete such a large-scale evacuation in such a short period of time. But what grand project isn't done with a small goal? Since the task has already been assigned by the higher authorities, we must not fail to live up to the state's entrustment, start from the very beginning, regardless of whether it is completed or not, and do our best to overcome all difficulties. Therefore, our first target is the Seseo-gu district of Jeongju City, which is the part furthest from the source of infection and the easiest to carry out the work! β
"Time is of the essence! All leading cadres are required to insist on taking the lead and sticking to their posts! Let's get through this together! β
"Good!" The audience responded with thunderous applause. Zhang Lingwen's words established a tangible goal for everyone, and at the same time greatly mobilized everyone's motivation and enthusiasm. Government officials began to return to their posts one after another, preparing for the evacuation of residents in the western district.
Taizo crossed his arms and was silent, it seems that the mayor still has a certain ability to revive such a dead situation, so that the government finally starts its work. It seems that he did not think it through at the beginning, and this evacuation request was beyond the scope of these clerks. This led to the subsequent riots in the conference hall, and sure enough, he was not good at this kind of decree.
However, this does not affect anything, Taizo actually has no hope for government personnel, and the virus leak must lead to large-scale violence, which can only be suppressed by the armed forces, which is beyond doubt. In peacetime, trivial public affairs only cultivate the enforcers of rules and regulations, and the step-by-step guidelines lack the ability to respond to unexpected situations, and government civil servants will only play an auxiliary role in this biochemical crisis.
Taizo thought about this, and his eyes were uncertain. Zhang Lingwen thought he was staring at himself. Not long ago, I was intimidated by this young man who was twenty years younger than me into saying nothing, and the moment when my throat tightened and my heart went into rapid arrest was recalled again. Zhang Lingwen felt so depressed that it was difficult to breathe. How is this possible? He was an atheist and never believed in ghosts, snakes, and gods, but at that time, he never denied that there was an invisible hand that clutched his heart, as if he could easily take his life with a little force.
That is, a sense of oppression that is heavier than murderous! Bone-chilling murderous intent! Mysterious feelings, he knows that the other party can kill him, and the basis is from the blood, in the bones... The deepest memories that loom in the genes.
It's like, predators.
Zhang Lingwen "purred" and swallowed a mouthful of saliva, who is he? Why was he so young to qualify for this operation? What is the Commissioner's Department? Why does the military attach so much importance to the CDC? And this epidemic, zombies, what is this? Why is that?
However, Tai Zuo on the side did not receive Mayor Zhang's affection, of course he couldn't guess Zhang Lingwen's stormy mind now, and he didn't bother to guess, here and now, Tai Zuo's heart was just secretly sneering, he was thinking about what kind of "formal or not" question was raised by an administrator just now, and the shortcomings of formalism on weekdays seemed to be exposed. And then the word "zombies" -- do you really think that the zombies in the United States movies are baseless and invented, just some kind of movie product? Do you really think that the "Zombie Warning Guide" officially released by the government of the United States the year before last was just for a joke? How can there be such a chance thing in the world?
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"back! Back off! Lao Tzu's muzzle is not long-eyed! Ning Fan held a kitchen knife in one hand and a pistol in the other, roaring like an outlaw.
Yang Lele and Li Chengye trembled like a sieve, and the three patrol policemen about 30 meters in front of them leaned against the door of the police car, holding their guns, and half-poked their heads to persuade: "Don't be impulsive! Don't be impulsive! What can't be said? Let the hostages go, don't do stupid things! β
"Don't come here! I'm a real gun! Don't push me! I can do anything! Douda's sweat oozed from his forehead, Ning Fan knew that he couldn't drag on like this, time was passing quickly in the confrontation! But being arrested by the police, that will delay even more.
Look at the gun-wielding patrols waiting for an opportunity, and the support they are about to arrive, plus the corpses that are getting closer and closer in the distance.
Damn it! No way!
Right now, there's only...
The street lights suddenly dimmed, and the night breeze was noticeably stagnant!
Ning Fan raised the muzzle of the gun, he wanted to shoot to deter and put pressure on the police! Force them to leave!
"Ah!!h Ning Fan raised his gun and roared!