C76

In the meeting room on the third floor of Changsha Municipal Government Office Building, several standing committees were gathered in the conference room early in the morning, holding monthly standing committee meetings. Because there were a few important issues to be studied, all the standing committees were present, not a single one missing.

The corridor was quiet. Occasionally, people would walk past, but their footsteps were light, afraid of alerting the big bosses inside.

Suddenly, the sound of footsteps could be heard, followed by the anxious voice of the secretary, Little Zhao. "Mister, you can't barge in …" "There's a meeting going on inside …"

Peng, the door was suddenly slammed open, the few people who were in the middle of a meeting all turned their heads over. Seeing these rude and intrusive people, the city secretary used his hand to adjust his glasses and asked in a low voice, "What's going on with Little Zhao?"

Little Zhao was so scared that his face turned green. He quickly said, "I said you can't go in, but they won't listen …" Little Zhao was just a rookie that had just joined. When had he ever encountered such a big incident? He was so scared that he was about to cry.

"This has nothing to do with you." The person who barged in took something out. The expressions of the standing committee members changed. The secretary of the city council said, "Little Zhao, go out and close the door. No one is allowed in."

There were a total of five people who entered. The leader of the group was a burly man. He waved his hand in front of the standing committee members and accepted them. He then walked to the position of the city's secretary and coldly said, "Stand up."

The secretary hurriedly stood up and walked out from the crowd. A skinny old man slowly walked to the seat of the secretary of the Municipal Committee and sat down. He swept his eyes over everyone on the stage and coldly said, "It looks like you are still here."

The expression on the face of the city council's secretary changed continuously. He exchanged a long look with the standing committee members beside him before bravely saying, "May I ask which leaders of the Central Committee you are? I … "I will call you by that name …"

A skinny old man lightly waved his hand, and behind him, a young lady dressed in green took out a stack of documents from her shoulder bag and placed it on the table. A few standing committee members quickly picked up the documents and carefully studied them, which was very simple.

The official seal of the National Security Agency was glaring.

Although they were cooperating, these people were all experienced experts in the government, and the meaning in their words was to follow these people's lead. Although they were cooperating, these people were all experienced in the government, and the meaning in their actions was to follow these people's lead.

The secretary cleared his throat and said to the skinny elder, "I don't know why the leaders are here, but we didn't notify them beforehand. We didn't send anyone to welcome them. I'm really, really sorry."

The girl behind the old man did not seem to care about this father and mother position at all – indeed, she had seen far too many officials and nobles. The secretary of the city council could not even put her face on the table, "We are a secret department of the National Security Agency.

One must know that the most important thing to the country right now was to maintain stability and counter terrorism. The central government had sent out a high ranking official to personally lead the operation, so it was certain that something big must have happened. However, the secretary did not know what had happened.

Right now, the best way to salvage the situation was to fully cooperate with them. As long as they did things well, no one would have anything to say.

"Leaders, please speak. As long as you can use our place, we will cooperate extremely well."

"Who is in charge of government affairs?" The skinny old man said.

"Me." The Secretary of the Political Security Committee stood up. The National Security Bureau was on his side. He knew that he could not escape it, but he did not know if it was a good thing or a bad thing.

"If I give you three hours, will you be able to evacuate all the people within three blocks of Xiangchun Road?"

All of the standing committee members' expressions changed immediately. Dispatching three blocks of people, regardless of how much work they had to do, the pressure from public opinion alone was enough to make them lose their minds.

However, since the other party had put forward such a request, he had no way to refuse. The Secretary of the Political Committee gritted his teeth and said, "If the City Council gives me a special authorization, I can do it."

The secretary of the Municipal Committee cursed under his breath. He wanted to put the blame onto his own head, so he quickly said, "It's not a problem for the Municipal Committee to give me special authority. But it has to go through research from the Standing Committee to report to the relevant leaders of the Provincial Committee for approval … "And then again …"

Bang! The skinny old man slammed the table and said coldly: "I don't have time to play this type of fruitless game with you all. Now, Little Luo …. "What time is it?"

The girl behind him looked at her watch and said, "8: 35."

"If you don't get this done by eleven-thirty-five, I'll take off your hat." The skinny old man's sharp gaze swept across everyone's faces, "And all of you. If you can't even do this kind of thing well, then why are you still treating it as the secretary of the city council!?"

It was indeed a headache, but they had no choice but to do it. In the end, the vice head of the Education Bureau, who was in charge of managing the civil guards, came up with an idea, which was to conduct an earthquake drill so that it would not cause a commotion and would at the same time safely evacuate the crowd.

The secretary was still worried and frowned, "What if the masses don't cooperate?"

"Then say there was an earthquake." The Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee said through gritted teeth, "They wouldn't joke about their lives, right? "Besides, earthquake is something that no one can say. You should know when the Bureau of Seismology predicted it correctly. After this is over, we can let the Minister of Public Information suppress it a bit, and lower the negative public opinion to the lowest point."

"I guess that's the only way." The city secretary sighed. Although this was not a good idea, under the pressure of the big figures from the central government, evacuating the people from the three blocks in three hours was the only option.

The Minister of Propaganda immediately called the television station to stop all broadcast, and the secretary quickly prepared a speech to announce that the Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee had gathered all the police in the city for emergency standby, to prevent any disturbances during the emergency evacuation, and that the Minister of Armed Affairs had urgently called three militia camps nearby to assist the police, while the Secretary of the Municipal Committee and the Mayor were stationed at the base to deal with any unexpected incidents.

Wang Xiaoluo and her party sat inside the meeting room quietly, patiently tasting the top-grade Jade Gear Spring that was specially sent over by the Party Secretary.

After these uninvited guests barged in, everyone immediately completed their new task. The only thing quiet was this meeting room, and after drinking a few pots of tea, Elder Huang finally stood up and asked: "Little Luo, what time is it?"

"It's almost eleven."

"Get up. It's time for us to get busy."