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Chapter 87 What on earth do you do? (Subscribe)
"First, let me outline two principles. First, I believe that in incidents like this, we should adhere to the principle of 'foreseeing the enemy first and giving him the benefit of the doubt.' After all, the water supply of millions of residents is involved. If we misjudge the situation, resulting in insufficient preparation and a delay of even a day or two in resolving the issue, the consequences will be enormous.

Second, we should prioritize urgent matters over easing them. The causes of tap water contamination are complex, making it difficult to fully investigate overnight, and there's no magic bullet that can instantly resolve them. Therefore, the top priority right now is to do everything possible to ensure water supply and guarantee the people's daily needs. This also buys time for a comprehensive investigation, reflection, and rectification efforts.

Corresponding to the above two principles, I think of 10 disposal measures.

First, urgently transfer purified water from surrounding cities and coordinate with traffic management departments to open green channels for purified water transportation. In principle, trucks transporting purified water must not be stopped.
Second, establish an emergency contact and monitoring system with all major supermarkets and stores across the city, unifying supply and sales, and providing real-time reporting on incoming and outgoing shipments. This will allow for early detection of water shortages in supermarkets and allow for time to secure supplies. If necessary, limit the number of people and quantities supplied.

Third, we must mobilize all bottled water manufacturers in the city to increase supply overnight, and at the same time send special personnel to conduct inspections at major bottled water manufacturers in the city to ensure the safety of the bottled water supply;

This is very necessary because local bottled water uses local water sources, and there may be problems with the water supplied in this round of emergency.

fourth……

"wait."

Suddenly a voice came from the phone.

Then I heard Xu Weiguo say, "Minxia, bring me a pen and paper."

He originally planned to just listen casually, but after hearing three points, he felt he had to write them down.

After about 20 seconds, Xu Weiguo finally spoke: "Please repeat those three points. What's the first one?"

Zuo Shuya, who was sitting next to him, rolled her eyes. How could he say the same thing as Bai? Was he deliberately trying to be funny in such a tense moment?

However, Lu Changge did not have such emotions. He knew that when people are under high stress, their brain thinking speed will slow down, so he said it again, and this time he slowed down his speech so that he could record it.

"Okay. What about the fourth point?"

"Fourth, we will severely crack down on malicious price gouging of purified water. Once discovered, the maximum penalty will be imposed."

"The above four points are mainly to solve the problem of emergency water use. While purified water is sufficient for emergency use, we must ensure that tap water can be supplied as soon as possible. This requires the fastest possible relief from pollution. In fact, blue-green algae occur every year. Under normal circumstances, it is fine for the water to flow out. However, the high temperature and low rainfall in early May this year led to a concentrated outbreak of blue-green algae, which was the triggering factor.

Therefore, the fifth point is to implement artificial rainfall; sixth, report to the higher authorities to increase the water diversion capacity of the Yangtze River to Taihu Lake project; seventh, immediately shut down all production enterprises along the lake to ensure no new pollutants are discharged into the lake. Eighth, immediately implement emergency algae removal, both manually and mechanically, to remove as much as possible.

Xu Weiguo had already begun to express his agreement. He even forgot that he had not told Lu Changge that the incident was caused by a blue-green algae outbreak. How did he know for sure?
But this is not important now. What is important is that he already knows how to report to his leader.

"anything else?"

Lu Changge took a breath and continued, "Ninth, release official information, report relevant situations, strengthen public opinion guidance, crack down on rumors, and ensure social stability. Tenth, strengthen water source and water quality monitoring. Once the water quality meets the standards, ask key leaders to hold a public drinking event to restore public confidence and overcome this crisis."

After these 10 measures were explained, Xu Weiguo also realized that these measures were indeed progressive. The first was to ensure emergency water supply, the second was to quickly restore tap water supply, and the last was to maintain social stability.

Now Xu Weiguo has only one feeling: Lu Changge is so powerful!
In fact, it's not impossible to give him some time and let him think about it himself.

But on the one hand, he couldn't guarantee that he could tell it in full, let alone in a logical, progressive, and comprehensive manner; on the other hand, he couldn't guarantee that he could tell it so quickly. After all, things rushed into his mind all at once, and it took time to sort things out first.

"That's all I can think of for now. I hope it helps."

"Very useful! Your call was also very timely! I have to go to a meeting now, so I won't say too much for now. I'll thank you very much later, Uncle Xu."

"You're welcome." Lu Changge added, "Uncle Xu, if you want to do better, you can consider on the way which departments will implement each measure. Although this may be beyond your authority, it's just a suggestion."

That’s right, Lu Changge said so much, if it was a civil servant interview, the score would not be low.

But in real life, this is not a perfect score.

Because you only answered the question of 'how'. But things will not be done automatically, there is actually a question of 'who will do it'.

Normally, a leader can figure out the answer to this question on his own, and he is basically clear about what each of his subordinates is responsible for.

But it would certainly be better if you could help him think a little more.

If you are lucky and your suggestion is good, then he only needs to say two words: I agree.

Think about the effect of this. Isn't it different from just answering "how to do it"?
But why didn’t Lu Changge think about it for him himself?
Because various reforms in our country are constantly ongoing, there may only be a few years between them, but the responsibilities, powers and even names of the same department may be different.

If it was those years in the previous life, then there is no problem at all.

But now it is 2007, and Lu Changge really doesn’t understand much.

"You've done very well. Leave it at that for now."

"OK Bye Bye."

As soon as the phone was hung up, Cheng Yongyi couldn't help but ask, "Old Lu, what the hell do you do? How come you're so professional in making money and working in the government?"

"This is nothing, just trivial," Lu Changge looked at the night and said nothing.

I hope Xu Weiguo can gain something from this opportunity.

Zuo Shuya also tilted her head to look at him. She originally thought that she already understood Lu Changge, but now it seems that she didn't.

"We're here," Cheng Yongyi said after a while. He had driven to a large supermarket more than two kilometers from the school. It looked like it was about to close. "We have to hurry."

Lu Changge got out of the car and took a look. There was obviously a flow of cars converging at the intersection, and people were gradually moving towards the supermarket.

It's impossible for so many people to come at this time.

Panic buying should have already started on a small scale.

"get off!"

The other two followed him, also running.

The crowd expanded in a fan-shaped pattern, converging at the entrance. They were early arrivals, so they weren't squeezed in. Lu Changge pulled three shopping carts in one go. The supermarket might have room for many people, but the flooded containers couldn't accommodate many.

"Here it is!" Cheng Yongyi shouted, pointing to the bottle of Wahaha purified water on the ground, which should be the 5.5L one.

Lu Changge went over and started moving.

He also noticed a small bottle of mineral water in a paper box nearby and wanted that too.

Their shopping carts were filling up quickly, and at the same time, people came from behind, and everyone quickly filled the space like ants.

There were many people, it was noisy and a bit chaotic.

People crowded around Lu Changge.

On the other side, Zuo Shuya was a woman after all, so she didn't move the box of water completely down, and there was another man moving her box as well.

"What are you doing? I took it first!" Zuo Shuya was also quite fierce.

But in the tense moment, the man ignored her and pushed her to snatch it away.

"Ah! Changge! Someone robbed me?!"

Lu Changge heard the sound and quickly squeezed over, pushing the man back several steps. He pointed at him and warned, "If you move again, try!"

Next to him, Cheng Yongyi came over and took the water from Zuo Shuya and put it in the car.

"You guys grabbed so much? What about the others?!" the man said angrily, pointing at their three full shopping carts.

"Call me here when you have time. You'd better move it quickly. It will be gone soon." Anger flashed in Lu Changge's eyes.

Cheng Yongyi was also smart, "We're almost done, let's go check out."

"Shuya, you go with him."

"it is good."

So each of them pushed one.

Lu Changge stared at the man and wouldn't let him move. He was so anxious that he had no choice but to move the container that still had water.

"Changge, come here quickly!"

They are quite fast, and many people here don't want to pay until they have bought enough, so the area for scanning and paying is not crowded. Cheng Yongyi has already moved it out for the cashier to scan.

Lu Changge muttered to himself that the matter had happened so suddenly that the supermarket probably hadn't stipulated that each person could only purchase a certain amount.

But things can change at any time.

"Old Cheng, go over there and move the ones you've scanned into the shopping cart. Keep an eye on them."

It was a mess here, and Cheng Yongyi was no longer confused. He nodded and said, "Okay."

"Miss, please be quick." Lu Changge urged her and started to take out money.

Taking this opportunity, he counted and found that he had moved a total of 11 cartons of mineral water and 6 barrels of 5.5L Wahaha purified drinking water. When he came over, he carried a barrel in each hand.

They looked like three thirsty ghosts.

The girl at the counter was a little frightened by this and asked, "Why did you buy so much water? What happened? Are you out of water?"

"Finish sweeping first!" Lu Changge was a little fierce.

The little girl was a little intimidated by him and had no choice but to continue.

Lu Changge didn't even look at how much money he spent in the end, he just took out the cash.

However, after the shopping cart goes down the escalator to the parking lot, it cannot move in the middle and there is a distance between it and the car.

Lu Changge glanced at the two security guards standing nearby, gave them a hundred each, and said, "Master, please help us get our water into the truck."

It’s only one hundred yuan, but they probably don’t even make one hundred yuan a day, so this went smoothly.

Next to him, Zuo Shuya was so tired that she was gasping for breath with her hands on her knees.

"You should take a break."

"Can it fit in the car? Do you want to move some more?" She was also worried that it might not be enough.

"No, there's no turning back. Let's just leave it at that."

"Let's move too and leave here quickly. We don't know what the situation is over there." Zuo Shuya didn't even bother to rest and continued to work.

In the end, the trunk and front of Cheng Yongyi's Santana were filled with water, and Lu Changge was sitting on the water tank.

Cheng Yongyi was exhausted. "No, Lao Lu, if this wasn't so serious, I would definitely beat you! This is really going to kill you!"

"I certainly hope it's not serious."

Zuo Shuya's breathing was also rapid. She asked, "You, huh~huh, on the one hand, give people advice on how to stabilize the people, and on the other hand, huh~huh, lead us in such a hurry to grab water. Aren't you contradicting yourself?"

"Haha. Those words were said to him, but some things still have to be done for yourself." Lu Changge lay back on the chair with a relieved smile.

(End of this chapter)