C76 (2/2)

”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.”