In name only, I, Gao Yuliang, will sink Handong at worst.

Tian Guofu and Sha Ruijin received a call from Liu Changsheng and did not dare to delay. They immediately arranged for a special meeting room at a district-level government office in Luzhou and held the meeting using a secure connection.

Wang Guangming, the Party Secretary of Lüzhou City, was also surprised that a Standing Committee meeting would be held without prior notice, which must mean there was an urgent matter at hand.

He also learned that Tian Guofu and Sha Ruijin had found a place to hold a meeting in Luzhou. He even went to Luzhou to investigate the matter. Now that something important has happened, the provincial party secretary is not even present.

Wang Guangming attended the meeting in his office.

At 3 p.m., the Standing Committee of the Handong Provincial Committee convened on time.

Three screens were placed at the back, and the secretary held an external camera to film the provincial party committee members present. Liu Changsheng began, "The main reason we are holding this Standing Committee meeting today is to deal with the Dafeng Factory gasoline hoarding case. Next, Li Dakang will give an explanation of the situation regarding Dafeng Factory."

Li Dakang began, "I bear leadership responsibility for the Dafeng Factory incident."

Gao Yuliang quickly raised his hand and shouted, "Comrade Dakang, now is not the time to talk about these things. The most important thing is to resolve this matter. Your responsibilities can be investigated later. You cannot escape the responsibilities you are supposed to bear."

The Standing Committee members present couldn't help but chuckle. They knew Li Dakang's character; his first move was a self-criticism. They also found it amusing that Gao Yuliang understood Li Dakang, as the two were enemies and adversaries.

This is like Li Dakang sticking out his butt, and Secretary Yuliang immediately knew what kind of shit he was taking, and then he kicked Li Dakang hard.

Sha Ruijin didn't know exactly why Dafeng Factory was stockpiling gasoline, but he understood that the Standing Committee was definitely not a simple organization.

Li Dakang began to introduce the situation of Dafeng Factory: "Dafeng Factory is a clothing processing factory in Jingzhou City with more than 1,000 employees. The land is located on the demolition site of Guangmingfeng."

"Now these thousand workers have been organized to resist the demolition. They have set up trenches in the factory and made Molotov cocktails to resist the demolition. In addition, there are more than 20 tons of gasoline underground in the Dafeng factory. This underground oil storage tank has been under construction for some time."

"A minor leak has already occurred, and the Shanshui Group originally planned to dismantle the Dafeng factory tomorrow, which could potentially cause a fire or even an explosion. All of the above information has been confirmed by members of the Provincial Party Committee who went to the site, and it is basically true. The relevant evidence has been photographed and cross-preserved."

Li Dakang's last sentence was both a naming and shaming remark and an attempt to implicate these provincial standing committee members. They all gave Li Dakang a resentful look.

Because Li Dakang actually betrayed them as well, wouldn't only Tian Guofu and Sha Ruijin be the only ones who didn't go to investigate and collect evidence?

Seeing this, Wang Guangming knew that Tian Guofu and Sha Ruijin hadn't gotten involved. He was the Party Secretary of Luzhou City; what did the affairs of Jingzhou have to do with him?

However, Luzhou also needs to check for dangerous goods. If something happens here, he will die on his own side. Wang Guangming picked up the phone on the table and placed it under the screen. This is a blind spot for the camera, and he won't be discovered if he glances around.

"We need to conduct a thorough investigation of hazardous chemicals in our Luzhou, and check whether there are any cases of unreported or undeclared information at ports. Everything needs to be regulated."

Tian Guofu looked at the members of the Standing Committee of the Handong Provincial Party Committee on the other side of the screen, and his anger flared up. Didn't you consider my feelings when you were all passing the buck? You didn't even inform me. I thought we had been working together for half a year, but it turns out you were still hiding things from me.

We're not colleagues anymore.

Sha Ruijin immediately learned about this. Twenty tons of gasoline—if it really exploded, even though he, as the newly arrived provincial party secretary, wouldn't be directly involved, he would still be punished.

That's how it is in China. If nothing major happens, it's fine, but if something major happens, no one can escape. It's just a matter of how severely they're dealt with. Suddenly, his head started spinning.

Sha Ruijin struggled to stay upright, but Vice Governor Ma Guangming, who was in charge of the province's security, quickly stood up and said, "The provincial government has already prepared a plan to transfer 20 tons of gasoline. I will now report on the relevant plan."

"First, I request that Qi Tongwei, from the Provincial Public Security Department, lead a group of capable and skilled police officers drawn from the Provincial Public Security Department's Special Police Detachment, along with firefighters, and that the Jingzhou Military Region dispatch an anti-riot battalion to intervene and jointly remove the gasoline."

"We must extract these twenty tons of gasoline without escalating the conflict or provoking the workers at Dafeng Factory."

"At the same time, be prepared for a blitzkrieg, in case tankers are obstructed from entering the factory to extract oil, or if someone intends to ignite the gasoline barrier on the ground."

"These officers and the bomb disposal unit broke through the defenses immediately to enter the area and ensure that the gasoline was not ignited."

"Secondly, the fire brigade must control the situation and extinguish any open flames immediately; not even a single spark can be allowed to remain."

"Third, we have ordered all hospitals in Jingzhou to vacate and prepare beds, and major hospitals have dispatched ambulances and traffic police to clear the way to ensure the smooth flow of traffic on the main roads in Jingzhou. Hospitals must be prepared to receive the wounded and sick at any time."

"Fourth, a notice for basic network infrastructure maintenance was issued at noon. Network infrastructure maintenance and testing are expected to take place between 9 PM and 11 PM tonight, suspending network and signal services around the Dafeng Factory to prevent such content from being uploaded online. Network service will also be shut down for high-rise office buildings around the Jingzhou Dafeng Factory to prevent aerial photography."

"At the same time, the publicity department should do a good job in publicity, and not a single photo or video that should not be leaked should be released."

Often, we don't tell or publish certain things to avoid causing greater disturbances and chaos. Otherwise, a small matter can escalate into a huge issue and attract attention from the entire internet.

There are also many foreign forces deliberately instigating and encouraging this, but sometimes propaganda becomes a cover-up, unable to get to the bottom of things, so they can only choose to keep quiet.

Ma Guangming explained all the contingency plans, which were quite comprehensive and contained few flaws.

Looking at this Standing Committee meeting, Sha Ruijin wondered, "Do they even need my instructions? Isn't it just a matter of you reporting a problem and then coming up with a solution yourselves? If that's the case, do they really need my, the Party Secretary's, guidance?"

Hasn't he become the voting secretary?