Chu Yiliang didn't even glance at Pan Shigui who was standing there in a daze, and then he went into Shen Huai's office.
Shen Huai briefly introduced the situation of the disaster in the town to Chu Yiliang.
Chu Yiliang's news source is also wide, knowing the disaster situation of Hetang Town and other towns. Yesterday, he received a notice from the town government and thought that the town government was making a big deal out of it, but now he has some lingering fear. Although Shen Huai looks very young, in fact, Mei Creek Town is lucky to have him as the party secretary and presiding over the situation, which is a blessing for the more than 50,000 people in the whole town.
Wei Yiliang didn't mince words and said straightforwardly, "Regarding the acceptance of textile factory workers, I am willing to make my best efforts to cooperate with the town government; in addition, I will personally donate 1 million yuan to the town for disaster relief..."
Shen Hua was delighted that Chu Yiliang had this attitude, and it was not in vain that he had a heart-to-heart talk with him the other day. He asked him to sit down and talk.
"Normally, people like Pan Shigui, even if I don't want to get close to him, I shouldn't provoke him," Shen Huai said, handing a cigarette to Chu Yiliang and lighting it up. "If we compare Meixi Town to a forest, people like Pan Shigui and his company are the weeds that need to be eliminated; if you don't get rid of them, how can the forest flourish? In our country, doing things is like going against the current, it's not enough just because you do things faster or better than others. Of course, many people don't want to, or maybe they don't hope to offend someone like Pan Shigui. However, if everyone thinks this way, the weeds will only grow more and more luxuriantly, eventually occupying all the space for other plants to grow!"
Chu Yiliang took a deep drag on his cigarette and said, "I understand what Secretary Shen means, it's just that previously I didn't think as deeply as you did..."
Shen Huai nodded, worried that Chu Yiliang would superficially obey his arrangements but be unwilling to offend Pan Shigui and thus be dissatisfied with his arrangements; some things still needed to be said clearly to him.
After smoking, Shen Hua accompanied Chu Yiliang to He Qingshe's office; he wanted to take charge of the overall disaster relief efforts, and the matter of closing down the dyeing factory could only be left to He Qingshe and Guo Quan to handle specifically.
Seeing Pan Shigui sitting in He Qingshe's office, Shen Huai still didn't forget to teach him a lesson: "Being rich doesn't mean you can't be kind, being rich doesn't mean you can let the villagers point at your back and scold - when the town closed down the weaving and dyeing factory, Chu Zong not only was willing to cooperate and accept the workers, but also wanted to donate an extra 100,000 yuan to the town for disaster relief. Director Pan, when will you have the same kindness towards Meixi Town as Chu Zong does? Whatever you do, I and the other cadres in the town will support you."
Pan Shigui also knew that even if he brought out his cousin Pan Shihua, the deputy head of the municipal party committee's organization department, he couldn't suppress this dragon who could make Mayor Gao Tianhe bow his head. He sat in He Qing's office, not daring to say anything provocative again, nodding his head with a very ugly expression, tacitly acknowledging the fact that the dyeing factory was shut down.
Pan Shigui became honest in front of Shen Huai, but his eyes on Chu Yiliang were still not kind.
Chu Yiliang is generally smooth and adept at handling various relationships, but when things come to a head, he is not afraid either.
Shen Huai didn't worry that Chu Yiliang would back down at the last minute. If Chu Yiliang was a weak-willed person, how could he have earned and kept his current status?
Shen Huai handed over Chu Yiliang to He Qing She, letting them discuss the closure of the weaving and dyeing factory and the resettlement of workers together. He took Huang Xinliang and Chu Qiang to visit the affected people who were relocated to the town's small village, and then went to the health clinic to visit the injured personnel.
At the clinic, Shen Hui saw Old Man Kou and walked over to greet him.
As they approached, Shen Hua was about to ask Kou Xuan's father about her condition when the old man suddenly knelt down in front of them.
Shen Huai was startled and quickly helped Old Man Kou up.
Old Ke cried: "If it weren't for Secretary Shen, how would I have faced Xiao Jing's father after I died?"
It wasn't until they asked the people around that they knew the west end of Kou's earthen house, where Kou Xuan slept, had completely collapsed, and the bed board was broken into two pieces by the beam. Old Man Kou ran back to see the house, and now he thought about it, his heart was still trembling with fear.
Shen Huai also inquired about the distribution of disaster relief funds.
A subsidy of 500 yuan for each household that has collapsed, although it is far from enough to help the affected families rebuild their homes, can also help them barely cope with the current difficulties.
Bandit Lao has a relative who lives in Huaxi Village.
The rural masses are very particular and do not like to stay in the hospital during the New Year. Kou Lao will take his granddaughter Kou Xuan to live there temporarily this afternoon. That strong-willed girl, who seemed to still be thinking about Shen Hua's rough hug yesterday, blushed when she saw Shen Hua enter the ward, her eyes turning away without looking at him.
Shen Huai found the deputy mayor in charge of civil affairs and asked him to arrange for a car to send Kou Lao Tou and Kou Xuan to live with their relatives in the afternoon.
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At dusk, the sky cleared up.
Although the snow disaster relief work in the entire Donghua City is still ongoing, the most difficult period for Meixi Town has passed. The town and village forces have been mobilized, and as many affected people as possible have been encouraged to seek help from relatives and friends. In the end, there were still about 30 households that had nowhere to go, so they were temporarily settled in the town's central primary school, and more than a hundred straw mats and quilts were collected and sent over.
Shen Huai didn't have time until nightfall to visit Xiao Li in the hotel, who was running a fever and on an IV drip.
Xiao Li had a fever, but after taking some medicine, it went away. She was wrapped in a blanket lying on the bed with Sun Ya Lin and Chen Dan watching TV; the news about each county's snow disaster relief efforts was being broadcast on TV.
Today, the news on the city and county TV stations did not have any footage of Meixi Town, which made the town officials quite dissatisfied; Shen Hua didn't think it was a big deal.
The unified disaster prevention and mitigation deployment notice of the city and county was also delayed until after 8 pm yesterday to reach each town; it can be said that there was not enough emphasis and vigilance on the snow disaster beforehand.
TV stations and municipal propaganda departments cannot praise Meixi Town's disaster prevention work well, while pushing the municipal government to a very passive position.
The first to rot is the exposed rafter.
Shen Hua Ning can be ignored this time, and won't foolishly go fight for the title of disaster relief and prevention pioneer.
Although the morale of the party members and cadres in the town may be affected by this, they may even sympathize with him, but it also indirectly shows that he has been recognized among the cadres and masses in Meixi Town.
Shen Hua knew that he had just taken office as the party secretary of Meixi Town and needed some time to consolidate his position, there was no need to rush to climb up. The recognition of him by the cadres and masses of Meixi Town would be more conducive to his next step of work.
Tan Qiping has been the secretary of Donghua Municipal Party Committee for almost three months, but he cannot force the municipal steel plant to lower the selling price of Tianheng Building and transfer it to Yeshin Bank. However, he has been the party committee secretary for less than ten days, and his prestige has reached the height of fully grasping the overall situation of Meixi Town. What else is not satisfactory?
Shen Huai saw that Xiao Li was fine, so he put his mind at ease. He was also extremely tired and lay down on the other bed, not wanting to move a single bit.
"This morning, the heavy snow blocked the road, Yang Haipeng and Zhou Ming left their car at the hotel and walked back to the city. Chen Dan was originally lying down watching TV, Shen Huai came over and lay down beside her. She sat up straight, feeling a bit embarrassed, and told him about Yang Haipeng and Zhou Ming accompanying Su Kaiwen on their walk back to the city that morning."
"Oh," Shen Huan responded, "Hai Peng called me after arriving in the city. This snow disaster is more severe than I imagined, and each village's rescue efforts are not keeping up, how can they take care of them?"
The town didn't finish clearing the snow on Xiaomei Road until afternoon, but Yang Haipeng and Zhou Ming accompanied Su Kai to walk back to the city, not far from there. From Zhuxi Hotel to Meixi Bridge, it's just over two kilometers - this distance won't tire them out. Shen Huai was also exhausted and didn't have the energy to make phone calls to ask about everyone's safety one by one.
Shen Huai no longer had the mind to think about Su Kaiwen and Tan Jingjing, nor did he worry about Tan Qiping's attitude towards him. What was important now was to do a good job in Meixi Town, which was more important than anything else.
Shen Huai pulled out his phone and asked Chen Dan to charge it for him, then stretched his feet, hoping Sun Ya Lin would take the initiative to sit on a bed with Xiao Li, making it convenient for him to sneak in a quick nap. However, he saw that Sun Ya Lin was staring at his face as if nothing was wrong.
"Is there anything on my face?" Shen Huan reached out to wipe his face, but didn't feel anything unusual.
"I didn't expect you to be such a sycophant as an official," Sun Yalin said, "Today on the street, there were indeed many people who blindly praised your deployment as early and well-deployed..."
"What a boastful thing to say, it sounds really awkward." Shen Huai responded helplessly.
Listening to Xiao Li laughing out loud on the other bed, Shen Huan picked up a pillow and threw it over, saying: "I told you to be careful not to catch a cold, how did you get a fever in the morning?"
"You take off your clothes and let me wear them later." Little Li said with a tongue-out expression.
"Also my fault...” Shen Huai looked at the only remaining pillow beside him, thought for a moment and didn't bear to throw it away. He used it to support his neck as he lay down, stretched out his foot and directly kicked Sun Ya Lin's butt, sending her tumbling off the bed. He secretly thought: If this woman wasn't into women, the flesh and elasticity of this butt would be truly sufficient.
Shen Huai pulled up the quilt and fell asleep, ignoring Sun Yalin's scowling face. After a while, he started snoring; even when Sun Yalin hit him in the face with a pillow, he didn't feel anything.
"By the way, when Shen Huan was in France before, did he really do things carelessly?" Xiao Li saw Shen Huan fall asleep after blinking and continued to chat on the topic they were discussing before.
"Rushing into school, forcing others to 'play friends' with him, he's done that too. You say he's not a rascal?" Sun Yalin didn't even know how to describe Shen Hua's wickedness to Xiao Lei, thinking that Xiao Lei must have been deeply resentful of being forced to "play friends".
"I don't think so, I think others would also be happy to make friends with him." Little Li said innocently.
Sun Yalin was helpless, when a person has a good impression of another, they will think that all their actions are understandable; she thought that if she continued to speak, Xiao Li would only think that she was intentionally speaking ill of Shen Hua.
Sun Yalin picked up the pillow and sat down on the carpet with a dejected look, then leaned over to take another glance at Shen Huan's face as he fell into a deep sleep.
Sun Yalin couldn't help but say that Shen Huai was no longer as weak and pale as he had been in France, with sunken cheeks that had become slightly fuller, and a healthier complexion. What's more, his eyes were full of spirit, looking focused and energetic, and she found that he still looked quite good, having transformed into a face that could win over girls' hearts.
Sun Yalin only felt that she couldn't understand Shen Hua more and more, the person lying on the bed, how could he still be the same idiot as three years ago?
Yeshin Bank's work in Donghua was completed before the New Year, and Zhang Lisheng returned to the provincial capital with other colleagues to reunite with their families. Due to Sophia having to return to France temporarily, Sun Yalin had no choice but to spend the Spring Festival alone in Donghua.
Sun Yalin was also trapped in Meixi Town by the heavy snow today, and she felt bored staying in her hotel room, so she came downstairs to do some volunteer work within her power.
She didn't expect Shen Hua to manage the Mei Xi Steel Factory so well, and that he had such a high reputation among the cadres and masses in Mei Xi Town. The people she met today were almost all sighing with relief that Mei Xi Town had Shen Hua as its secretary, and that Shen Hua was able to make timely and decisive arrangements for disaster prevention work ahead of time. If they had waited until the county government issued a notice before preparing, the disaster situation in Mei Xi Town would certainly be much more severe now.
Sun Yalin couldn't help but wonder if three years of domestic environment could really bring about such a huge change in someone.