Nominal: Hou Liangping blocking the door? He was slapped away!

It was exactly 9:00 AM.

The main conference room of the Jingzhou Municipal Party Committee.

The air conditioning was blasting cold air, and a huge projection screen was displaying real-time footage of officials from all districts and counties in the city.

Li Dakang sat in the main seat, holding a red and blue pencil in his hand, his gaze sweeping over the upright faces on the screen.

"Some officials still have completely muddled minds!"

Li Dakang tapped the microphone, and his voice echoed in the conference room.

"What we need is efficiency and execution, not for you to sit in the office drinking tea and reading newspapers!"

The officials on the screen all lowered their heads to take notes; no one dared to provoke them at this moment.

"Especially for certain key positions, don't assume you're irreplaceable."

Li Dakang's gaze lingered for a moment on the black screen in Hexi District, making a pointed remark.

That should have been He Xia's spot.

"If you won't change your mindset, then change it..."

"Smack."

A sharp crack interrupted Li Dakang's speech.

The bright ceiling light above my head went out without warning.

Immediately following this was the sound of the projector's cooling fan stopping.

The huge curtain instantly turned gray and white.

The whooshing sound from the air conditioner vents has also disappeared.

An eerie silence fell over the entire conference room.

The curtains were drawn, the room was dimly lit, and dozens of pairs of eyes stared at each other.

Li Dakang remained in his speaking posture, then paused for two seconds.

"What happened?"

He threw the pencil on the table.

"A power outage at a time like this? What is the logistics department doing?!"

Secretary Xiao Jin jumped up from the corner and ran out in a panic.

"Secretary, please wait a moment, I'll go check!"

The door was pulled open, and the corridor outside was also pitch black.

Not only the meeting rooms, but the entire municipal party committee building was shut down.

A cacophony of voices and footsteps echoed in the hallway.

Li Dakang frowned and unbuttoned the top button of his shirt collar.

Without air conditioning, the enclosed meeting room became stuffy within minutes.

"Open the curtains!"

He waved his hand irritably.

Several staff members hurriedly tried to pull the curtains closed.

The light shone in, illuminating Li Dakang's face, which was as black as the bottom of a pot.

Five minutes passed.

Xiao Jin ran back, covered in sweat, followed by the panting head of the logistics department.

"Secretary, it's not a power outage."

Xiao Jin swallowed hard, not daring to look Li Dakang in the eye.

"The entire area is without power."

Li Dakang suddenly stood up.

"A regional power outage? The power company didn't notify us?"

He pointed at the head of the logistics department.

"What about backup power? What about the generator? Can the municipal government building just have its power cut off at will?"

The logistics director wiped the sweat from his forehead; his legs were trembling.

"Secretary, the backup generator set...failed to start."

"I just checked and found that the control board is burnt out."

"Burned?"

Li Dakang raised his voice by eight octaves.

"It was working fine during yesterday's maintenance, so how did it burn out today? And it burned out during a district-wide power outage?"

This is something even a fool could see.

Someone is up to no good.

Li Dakang grabbed the phone on the table and dialed the number of the district head of Guangming District.

"Sun Liancheng!"

As soon as the call connected, Li Dakang started yelling.

"What are you up to? You dare cut off the power to the municipal government building?"

"Don't you want to quit?!"

On the other end of the phone, Sun Liancheng's voice sounded worse than crying.

"Secretary Li, I'm innocent!"

"I didn't stop it."

"Just ten minutes ago, we received an official document from the Provincial Military Region's Combat Readiness Office."

Li Dakang's heart skipped a beat.

"What document?"

"Notice on Conducting Radar Anti-interference and Power Load Stress Tests in Complex Urban Electromagnetic Environments"

Sun Liancheng read it fluently, clearly having memorized the sentence several times.

"The military has ordered a week-long radio and power silence order to be implemented within a three-kilometer radius of the municipal government building."

"This is a national defense mission, a top priority."

Li Dakang's hand holding the receiver froze.

Radar test?

At this time?

At this location?

This isn't testing radar; it's clearly testing Li Dakang's blood pressure.

"Why don't you try to coordinate with them?"

Li Dakang gritted his teeth.

"Does the municipal party committee still need to operate? Does it still need to manage the work of the entire city?"

"It's been resolved!"

Sun Liancheng protested his innocence.

"I just called the military region, and the operator said that this is a military exercise within the annual plan, and no unit or individual may interfere."

"Furthermore, they specifically emphasized that if military secrets are leaked or tests fail due to local obstruction, the matter will be referred to a military court."

Sun Liancheng's voice grew softer and softer.

"Secretary Li, I'm also afraid of going to a military court."

Li Dakang slowly put the microphone back on the landline.

This is an open conspiracy.

A blatant and overt conspiracy.

Shen Zhong was telling him that if he could use financial means to restrict others, he could use rules to block his path.

Even if you know I'm messing with you, you still have to put up with it.

Because it's about national defense, it's about righteousness.

Just like yesterday, Li Dakang used the righteous cause of "economic development" to pressure He Xia.

Now Shen Zhong used the righteous cause of "national security" to suppress it.

It got even hotter in the conference room.

Several deputy mayors fanned themselves with documents, their eyes darting around, none daring to speak.

Everyone knows exactly what's going on.

This is like gods fighting.

Zhao's troupe is watching the show, Shen Zhong is fighting back, and Li Dakang is caught in the middle.

Meeting adjourned.

Li Dakang uttered two words, grabbed his teacup, and walked out.

"Secretary, what about the video conference this afternoon..."

Xiao Jin followed behind and asked in a low voice.

"How do I turn it on when there's no power? Do I have to shout?"

Li Dakang turned around and glared at him.

"Go and find me that radar test document."

"I want to see if Shen Zhong is really lawless."

Li Dakang strode back to his office.

Without the elevator, he has to climb the stairs.

The municipal party committee building has twelve floors, and he was on the top floor.

When Li Dakang reached the eighth floor, he had to stop and catch his breath.

He held onto the railing and looked out through the stairwell window.

This window faces the direction of Hexi District.

They are separated by a river.

The Hexi District, which was pitch black last night, seems to be stirring at this moment.

Although it was daytime, he could see a convoy crossing the bridge.

All of them are painted in a uniform military green.

There were even several huge trucks with camouflage nets covering their cargo beds.

"What is that?"

Li Dakang squinted his eyes.

Xiao Jin leaned over to take a look, and his expression turned strange.

"Secretary...that's the engineering convoy of the provincial military region."

"Look at those big ones, they look like heavy-duty mobile power generators."

Li Dakang's fingers gripped the railing tightly.

The power was cut off here, and then the power was put back on there?

That was a brilliant "switching" maneuver.

This is a slap in the face to him.

It was a way that everyone in Jingzhou could understand, a way to slap him hard across the face.

"it is good."

Li Dakang laughed in anger, his chest heaving violently.

"Very good."

"Since he has so much energy and is willing to be an electrician for the people, then let him be one!"

Li Dakang turned around and continued climbing, his steps so heavy they seemed to be crushing the stair treads.

"I want to see if his few generators can generate enough GDP for the Hexi District!"

at the same time.

Hexi District, Baimahe Bridgehead.

Zhou Weiguo was standing on the hood of an SUV, holding a walkie-talkie in his hand.

The wind made his training uniform flutter loudly.

Behind him, a dozen generator trucks lined up in a long queue, their engines roaring with a deep and powerful sound.

"Attention all units"

Zhou Weiguo looked at the somewhat dilapidated administrative district ahead and grinned.

"The target area is the Hexi District government and surrounding residential areas."

"Code name: Operation Light"

"action!"