The sun is still in full swing, and a sunset is set up in the eastern sky. Xie Ze, secretary of the municipal party committee, came out of his home and walked in the direction of the Perfume Galaxy Hotel along the flow of people.

It's another year of Lantern Festival, and Perfume Star River Hotel has organized large-scale performances both indoors and outdoors. Although the city arranged Chang Jiaxing, deputy secretary of the municipal party committee, as the commander-in-chief of the scene, and mobilized hundreds of police forces to maintain order at the scene, Xie Ze was still a little uneasy.

I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm just afraid of what happens. Along the way, driving, cycling, walking, old and young, men and women, people came out of the streets and alleys to the same goal - Perfume Star River.

met Zhong Shenghua head-on, Zhong Shenghua reacted exaggeratedly: Secretary Xie, why are you walking on the street alone? Xie Ze said that there is an event at the Perfume Galaxy Hotel tonight, and I will go over and take a look. Zhong Shenghua said that there were too many people in front of him, and he had just come back from there.

He thought that if he said this, Xie Ze would turn around like him, but Xie Ze stretched his neck on tiptoe to see, but instead accelerated his pace. He followed Xie Ze, figuring out the intentions of the secretary of the municipal party committee.

The last time I went to Secretary Xie's house, I walked around to express my gratitude after taking up my new position. Speaking of several capable people in the business community of Xiangzhou, Li Fei was mentioned. Zhong Shenghua casually commented: Li Fei is too arrogant.

According to his original intention, his evaluation of Li Fei was "crazy", not "proud". In order to show that he is neutral and objective, he chose the more neutral word "proud".

Who knows that Xie Ze said, how many capable people are not arrogant? It's all about how you use it. If there were a few more Li Fei in your commercial bureau, things would be much easier.

Xie Ze's evaluation of Li Fei surprised Zhong Shenghua. At this time, he was checking Li Fei's accounts, ready to take his mistake and rectify him ruthlessly. Hearing what the secretary said, he hurriedly adjusted the muzzle of the gun.

The two walked to the intersection of Xinshang Street and Xiangzhou Avenue, and the flow of people from three directions converged, and they could no longer move forward. Xie Ze felt that the situation was wrong, and when he wanted to retreat, he couldn't help himself. The advantage of the big man suddenly turned into a disadvantage, and the flow of people behind him dragged him and Zhong Shenghua forward. He suddenly broke out in a cold sweat: It's not good, something big is going to happen!

The Lantern Festival performance at Perfume Star River Hotel is divided into three parts: the Boat Competition, the Fireworks Gala and the Quyi Performance. The color boat competition brings together all the color boat masters of the whole city, in addition to all kinds of color boats, there are shrimp essence, mussel essence, carp essence and so on. The hotel has set up a special performance stage in front of the car park.

said that it was a competition, but did not invite professional judges. It is only based on the props, costumes, singing and performance of each team, and the hotel has the final say. Friendship first, competition second.

The boat race is followed by a fireworks display. The fireworks bomb was pulled by a special car from a factory in Liuyang, Hunan. After the fireworks show, it was a special performance of the Hubei drum by the famous opera actor Zhang Zhizhi.

Zhang Mingzhi is a well-known figure in Xiangzhou and Hubei. That influence in Hubei is no less than Guo Degang, who became popular in Beijing 20 years later. Due to space limitations, the banquet hall on the third floor of the hotel can only accommodate a maximum of three or four hundred people; In order to expand the influence and let more people enjoy the joy of the festival, Li Fei plans to do live TV broadcasting. The TV station said that no matter how little it is, it will charge a cost of 20,000 yuan. Li Fei wanted to do a live broadcast but didn't want to pay for it, so he lobbied Chang Jiaxing, deputy secretary of the municipal party committee.

Let the whole city see Zhang Zhizhi's live performance, I am doing public welfare for Xiangzhou. Li Fei said to Chang Jiaxing.

Chang Jiaxing said, Li Fei, you just can say beautiful things, how much publicity the live broadcast has for your hotel, do you think Lao Tzu doesn't know?

All of them are good for the hotel and the public. Or the permanent secretary is wise!

You don't pour ecstasy soup with Lao Tzu!

said yes, laughed or laughed, Chang Jiaxing still called the TV station. The permanent secretary spoke, and the TV station did not dare not implement it. What a veritable profiteer! The annoyed TV station director said Li Fei half-seriously, half-jokingly.

Li Fei said, I am in business, and it is not strange that I am a profiteer; You are the propaganda tool of the party and the people, how can you open your mouth and close your mouth and mouth are all money?

The director said, do you think I'm going to talk about money? The government's financial allocation is not enough, and we have to increase people and equipment every year, and we are building a (pitiful) industry!

Wouldn't it be better for your TV station to insert a few more commercials before the live broadcast? Li Fei suggested.

Hey - to tell the truth, the director's attitude suddenly became pleasant, stretched out a hand on Li Fei's shoulder and said, we have a few columns that are very good, how about your hotel to have a title this year?

said that Li Fei was a profiteer, as well as Su Huayun, director of the Municipal Civilization Office.

To hold a large-scale performance event such as the Lantern Festival, it is first necessary to report to the Municipal Civilization Office. The Civilization Office is a government agency with Chinese characteristics, which is set up from the central to the local level. The level is not high, but it has considerable departmental coordination capacity.

This event is well arranged and we support it. Su Huayun immediately replied.

Li Fei said with a smile that verbal support alone is not enough.

Su Huayun is a frequent guest of the hotel and is very familiar with Li Fei. Both of them spoke more casually.

Su Huayun said, what else do you need support, you say.

Li Fei said, can the Civilization Committee jointly organize this event with us?

Yes! Su Huayun is very refreshing, I'll be honest with you, you really found the right person when you found me. At that time, I will bring in all the departments involved such as public security and urban construction and hold a coordination meeting, which will be much easier to do than to run every household.

Li Fei said, I think the same way. Thank you, thank you very much!

If you want to say thank you, I want to thank you. Su Huayun said, this activity you are engaged in is exactly what we want to do. It not only enriches the festival cultural life of the masses, but also promotes the spread of traditional folk culture, which is a good thing that kills multiple birds with one stone. It would be nice to have a few more companies like your Perfume Star River Hotel in Xiangzhou.

Thank you, Director Su! Li Fei said that at that time, our promotional advertisement was written like this: Xiangzhou Civilization Committee and Perfume Galaxy Hotel jointly organized......

Wait, you're going to advertise the co-event?

Oh, yes.

If so, I will also make a report to the standing secretary of the municipal party committee. At that time, the advertisement went out, he was the leader in charge of us, he didn't know about this matter, and it would be difficult for Secretary Xie to ask.

Do you want me to go to the permanent secretary?

Su Huayun could hear that Li Fei meant to say this, implying that his relationship with Chang Jiaxing was okay. He asked, do you have a good relationship with the permanent secretary?

Li Fei said that he feels okay, but he is a leader after all.

Su Huayun said that Secretary Chang is a person who is not bad, and he has no official position.

You don't have an official position either. Li Fei said that there was no lack of good meaning.

We are just a small leader, how can we compare with other big leaders.

Isn't the big leader promoted from the small leader?

I'm too old to have a chance. Su Huayun said that the permanent secretary is younger than me, and he is already my leader. In this way, I will go to the permanent secretary, and you will also find the permanent secretary, and say that it is such a big event, and ask him to come out and take command. If he could have stepped forward, it would have been much better.

Good. Li Fei rolled his eyes and said Director Su, our event is large-scale and there are many departments to disturb, do you want to send some performance tickets to the relevant departments?

Yes! Su Huayun said, don't underestimate our civilized affairs, and we coordinate things, and no other department dares not to do it. But it's certainly better if you can send a few tickets.

Yes. Li Fei said, but I can't send this ticket myself. There are so many departments in Xiangzhou City, who I don't send to whom, and then I will offend people. I'll give you the ticket, and you'll deliver it, and no one will blame me then.

Su Huayun said, okay, just do it.

Director Su, does your Civilization Committee have any funds to support mass activities?

Budget?

Oh, yes. Funding to support mass cultural activities?

Su Huayun seemed to have an understanding, and said with a smile, are you hitting me with some ideas?

Li Fei hurriedly said, no, no, it's just that this event is large-scale and the expenses are also large, and the fireworks are all pulled from Liuyang, Hunan; There are more than a dozen teams in the color boat competition, in addition to the first, second and third prizes, each team has a participation award. At that time, the prize will also be printed on the Xiangzhou Municipal Civilization Committee......

What a profiteer! Su Huayun interrupted Li Fei's words, and smiled at Li Fei with his hand: Where do you want to give me a ticket? You're making me pay for a ticket.

To each his own. To each his own. Li Fei also laughed with Su Huayun.

In this way, Su Huayun said, I know that it is not easy for you to do business, and I don't have more than you want, so I will sponsor 5,000 yuan. Is that okay?

Chang Jiaxing, the commander-in-chief of the Lantern Festival event, stood on the platform on the roof of the third floor of the Perfume Star River Hotel with his hands on his waist. Surrounded by a group of people from the headquarters. Loudspeakers and amplification equipment were improvised here, and the intoxicated scene was filled with spirits to the high-pitched music. On the right side of the square stands a large Lantern Festival advertisement of Perfume Star River: Make Xiangzhou better and happy with the citizens!

Hey—hey! Chang Jiaxing walked to the standing microphone and tried the effect. Perfume Star River Hotel is located at a crossroads, and the national highway traffic police in front of the door have long been closed, and passing vehicles are all detoured. Crowds poured in from all directions, blocking all roads. At first, the command of the police was effective, but later even the police were dispersed.

Nothing will happen, right? Chang Jiaxing asked Li Fei beside him. I didn't expect so many people to come. Li Fei was also a little worried at the moment. What to do? When he was moving from time to time, the manager on duty came up to report: the phone number of Secretary Xie of the Municipal Party Committee!

Where is it?

I took the switchboard to the general manager's office. Li Fei's office is next to it.

The switchboard calls your mobile phone and can't get through. The manager on duty ran up the stairs and ran out of breath. I didn't hear it. Li Fei took out his mobile phone and opened the lid to see, and sure enough, there were countless missed calls. Soon Chang Jiaxing came back: Secretary Xie instructed that tonight's event was canceled and the masses were evacuated as soon as possible.

Do you want to cancel? Everyone was stunned for a moment.

Secretary Chang, do you have to cancel the show? You don't need to cancel the show in the hotel, right? We used radio announcements to get people to go back to their homes to watch live TV broadcasts. Do you think that's going to work? Li Fei whispered in Chang Jiaxing's ear, and at this time he was already in turmoil.

Chang Jiaxing's gaze swept around everyone's faces, and most of them agreed with Li Fei's opinion. As you know, Secretary Chang is an extremely cautious person, and it is really not easy for him to make decisions about this kind of risky matter.

Of course, you can all say okay, and when the time comes, Secretary Xie will play the board, and I should be the hell! Chang Jiaxing said embarrassedly, this way, according to what you said, the outside event will be canceled, and the performance in the store will be carried out normally, but it will not start until the crowd outside the venue is evacuated.

Li Fei said, you are the biggest official here, you have the final say! We do what you instruct.

Hey, hey, the general public! - Friends of the general public! ——Chang Jiaxing's voice is really loud. Where is he announcing the cancellation of the event, it is clear that he is spraying water on the flames, and it took a long time to see results.

Li Fei later learned that it was on the night of the Lantern Festival that all the roads around the hotel were blocked; It is estimated that there were 100,000 people at the scene; (At that time, the permanent population of the urban area was about 200,000 people) and the minivan taxis from the towns below to the urban area were all overcrowded and overloaded, and it was difficult to find one; (at that time, there were very few private cars) there were dozens of bicycles that could not find their owners; There were more than a dozen families who lost their children (all of them were later found, of course); There were also hats, shoes and garbage everywhere.

Thankfully, there were no casualties. Xie Ze, secretary of the municipal party committee, was able to get out of the situation when the situation was extremely urgent, thanks to the full help of several young people from the municipal party committee office. He said, hurry up and call the Perfume Galaxy Hotel and find the permanent secretary!

The square that suddenly lost its large decibel music was empty in the valley. With the help of the lights of the square, Li Fei bent down to check the flowers and plants in the flower bed. Except for the two large iron trees, none of the other low plants were spared. The flowers and plants have suffered. If it weren't for the prickly leaves of the iron tree, it is estimated that it would not have been spared. Song Bo followed him with a 16K notebook, and tonight was his total. At this time, there are not many tourists in the square, several PA workers are sweeping the ground, and the performance in the banquet hall on the third floor is about to begin.

Mr. Li, Manager Gao asked me to ask you if the fireworks bomb was still in the room where it was stored yesterday. Xiao Zhe, the fire safety officer of the hotel, came to report.

Li Fei asked, where is your senior manager?

He received the fireworks by the river.

Let's take a look. Li Fei and Song Bo walked to the south bridge and saw Gao Yangzheng and a group of security guards carrying a few wooden boxes. This guy is so heavy! Gao Yang stopped the box and said.

What else?

By the river.

There is a platform on the south bank of the Phoenix River, facing the main gate of the hotel, where the preset fireworks bombs are launched. Gao Yang was asking, is the fireworks still in the original storage place?

No way. Li Fei said.

Changing places?

You can't change anywhere.

The general manager said that he had been worried about the safety of the fireworks bomb and had not slept well last night. Song Bo said on the side.

This thing is a bomb; More dangerous than a bomb; There is also an insurance for the bomb, and this thing is not insured. The security guards were gossiping.

From now on, the general manager will not sleep every day. Song Bowang Li Fei smiled.

What do you have to do? Li Fei asked.

It is best to return it to the manufacturer. Xiao Zhe, a fire safety officer, said.

Can't get out.

If you can't get out, you can put it off, and there will be safety hazards when you store it.

Xiao Xiao is right, let it go! Li Fei's eyes lit up. It's really an article empowerment, don't mention it, don't wake up.

Song Bo, go and inform Huang Kanghua and Liu Wenjun that the performance has been postponed for a quarter of an hour. Let's just set off the fireworks right away. Raise your spirits, get ready for the fireworks.

Do you want to ask the permanent secretary? Song Bo reminded.

Li Fei said that I am afraid it will be too late to ask for instructions. Now the evacuated crowd is still on the way, and the fireworks are being set off, and they can see it even from a long distance. When everyone goes to bed, the meaning of the fireworks is lost.

Originally, we had approved the fireworks, but we couldn't set them off because there were too many people, but now there are not many people, so of course we can set them off. Xiao Zhe, who was affirmed and encouraged by the general manager, analyzed.

Xiao Zhe was hired when the hotel was rated as a star, and he was short in stature, black and thin. He once served in the armed police fire brigade and worked as a firefighter in the southern factory for several years.

Alright, go carry your fireworks. Gao Yang thought Xiao Zhe was verbose.

That seems to be Zheng Baiwen. In the moonlight and light shadows, Li Fei could see the figures on the platform one by one.

Bai Wen learned the essentials of fireworks at the manufacturer, and I asked him to guide him. Gao Yang said.

Bai Wen: How are your injuries? Li Fei approached and asked.

It's nothing, it's just a punch. Zheng Baiwen smiled innocently.

Is this it? Li Fei stretched out his hand and pressed it in front of Zheng Bo's left shoulder.

Yes. Zheng Baiwen shrank back.

Does it still hurt?

Zheng Baiwen was robbed on the way to escort the fireworks and almost had a big accident.