After returning to the County party committee building, Lu Yiwei went straight to Yan Bugao's office. Unfortunately, Yan Bugao was not there. So, he went to look for Jin Rongguang.
Jin Rongguang was sitting there taking a nap. When he saw Lu Yiwei rushing in, he thought that something had happened. He woke up and asked. "What's the matter?"
"Mayor Jin, I just went to the reservoir …" Lu Yiwei briefly explained the situation. Jin Rongguang listened and said slowly. "Oh, I have already reported it to the city, and the city has also reported it to the Provincial Water Resources Department. They are actively taking measures. Don't be anxious. This is related to the people's livelihood. No one dares to be careless. Our county only has a little power. What can we do? Let's wait and see. "
Hearing Jin Rongguang's attitude, Lu Yiwei was a little surprised. How can he be so calm at this time? He is leisurely sitting in his office, enjoying the air conditioner and drinking mineral water. Of course, even if the water supply is cut off, it will not affect his water supply. But as the Mayor of a county, he should not be so indifferent.
Lu Yiwei said. "Mayor Jin, the current situation is very serious. If we do not take measures, once the reservoir dries up, it will be too late."
Hearing this, Jin Rongguang was a little unhappy. Who is the Mayor? Even if you are the Deputy Secretary of the County party committee, you don't have to give me orders as if you know everything. Jin Rongguang said coldly. "Yiwei, you can't be anxious at this time. You can't be careless. I have said that the power of the county government is limited. We can't go to the neighboring province to demonstrate our power. Since the city has agreed, we will definitely solve it. "
"We can't wait anymore!" Lu Yiwei suddenly said. "Mayor Jin, I suggest that the County party committee and the county government jointly send a letter to the neighboring province, and negotiate with a team to solve this matter as soon as possible. If we wait any longer, I am afraid that the reservoir will not last long. "
Jin Rongguang was shocked by Lu Yiwei's tone. He said impatiently, "You are in charge of water conservancy, and Secretary Yan said that he will give you absolute power. Since you insist on doing this, then go ahead."
After leaving Jin Rongguang's office, Lu Yiwei suppressed his anger. If they kept waiting like this, the crowd would definitely besiege the County party committee building.
Since Jin Rongguang didn't want to deal with it, then he would take the initiative to deal with it.
Without further ado, Lu Yiwei hurried to the Municipal Party Committee to look for Guo Jinzhu.
Guo Jinzhu happened to have three or four meetings today, and he also had to receive foreign guests. He had no time to see her at all. From morning till night, he did not see any trace of him.
That night, Lu Yiwei stayed in Xi City. The next morning, before he went to work, he was already waiting in the courtyard of the Municipal Party Committee. What was disappointing was that Guo Jinzhu did not come at all. After a few inquiries, he found out that he had gone to the capital for a business trip this morning and would be gone for four to five days.
Four or five days? Could he wait for that long? Lu Yiwei bit the bullet and dialed Guo Jinzhu's number to briefly report the matter.
Guo Jinzhu happened to be in a meeting. He retreated to the side and whispered, "I have already discussed this matter with the leaders of the Provincial Department of Water Resources several times. They have already asked the deputy governor in charge of water resources to consult with the neighboring province. There should be a result in two days. Let's wait and see."
Receiving the same reply, Lu Yiwei was a little disappointed. But what else could he do? After all, it involved the interests of the two provinces, and the other party had the advantage. He could only bear with it.
Two days later, Guo Jinzhu took the initiative to call and told him that the leaders of the two provinces had already exchanged views on the matter and had basically reached an agreement. It was estimated that they would release the water in the near future. Hearing this, Lu Yiwei breathed a sigh of relief.
However, after waiting for nearly a week, Lu Yiwei ran to the reservoir almost every day, but there was still no water flowing. The situation at the reservoir was getting worse.
The worst was yet to come. The residents living on high ground had already lost their water supply. This time, the county magistrate, Jin Rongguang, was anxious and urgently held a special meeting to study. He ordered Lu Yiwei to be the leader of the drought relief team and be fully responsible for all affairs.
Lu Yiwei took over this responsibility and felt a little powerless. But when it came to him, he couldn't avoid it even if he wanted to.
These days, he went to the Water Resources Bureau almost every day to urgently study countermeasures. After the discussion at the meeting, he decided to take the following measures. The first was to adopt off-peak water supply. The second was to immediately start the work of digging deep wells. The third was to urgently transfer water from other counties and urban areas. The fourth was to stop the water supply of all water enterprises and go all out to ensure the residents' water supply.
The four measures were comprehensive and operable. But he had missed the opportunity, and the situation was getting more and more serious.
The attitude of the higher-ups was unclear, and Lu Yiwei couldn't just sit around and wait for death. He decided to personally go to the reservoir of the neighboring province to negotiate.
After arriving at the upstream reservoir, the local government also warmly received them, but the answer they gave was shocking. The other party said that there was no order from the higher-ups to release the water.
In times of war, water was an indispensable strategic resource. But at the moment, it had become the top priority of Black Mountain County.
Lu Yiwei spared no effort to negotiate, and the other party was even more pitiful than him. He said, "I know that Black Mountain County is short of water, but so is our place. If we release the water, we will face the same predicament as you. "The negotiation broke down.
These days, Lu Yiwei was anxious because of the water problem. He ran around everywhere, but most of his efforts were in vain, and there was no substantial progress. The four measures were spread out in an orderly manner, but the county had more than 80,000 residents, so the power was negligible.
Another two days later, half of the city was cut off, and people had already petitioned the County party committee.
This matter was reported to the city again, and the mayor specially came down to appease the people and shouted, "The city will not sit back and do nothing. We will do our best to ensure the water supply …" Then, 30 fire engines were transferred from the city's fire brigade to supply water day and night, but it was a drop in the bucket. The situation was getting worse.
Was there really no other way?
Just when Lu Yiwei was at a loss of what to do, he received a call from Su Meng. He suddenly had an idea.
That night, Lu Yiwei met Su Meng in Jiangdong. Before Su Meng could ask, he said eagerly, "Su Meng, I'm in trouble now, and you must help me." Then he told her the whole story.
After Su Meng returned from the United States, she really did set up a studio with her friend John, which was affiliated with a newspaper group in the south. This time, there were two reasons for looking for Lu Yiwei. One was to hope that Lu Yiwei could provide her with material, and the other was to tell her that she was going to marry John.
Right now, Lu Yiwei had already provided a very valuable news clue. As for the other matter, she could only swallow it down her stomach.
Su Meng's studio mainly shot some documentaries that reflected social reality or current hot topics. After its establishment, some news was reported one after another, but it was not very popular, and did not attract the general public's attention. Moreover, the documentary could only be broadcasted on local channels, and could not be broadcast on satellite channels. The narrow range of publicity also limited her development.
Later, she simply put the documentary on hold, resumed her old job, and began to write news articles. She published a few articles, but they were ordinary and not newsworthy. She keenly felt that once the material provided by Lu Yiwei was published, it would inevitably cause a sensation. Then, she followed Lu Yiwei to Black Mountain County.
After two days of investigation, Su Meng published the news in the newspaper with the title "Water Emergency for the People of Black Mountain County".
As expected, as soon as the report was published, it immediately attracted the attention of the society. Reporters from all walks of life swarmed to the news, and the unknown Black Mountain County was suddenly known to the whole country. People were not concerned about the water problem of the people of Black Mountain County, but the irresponsible practice of cutting off the water supply upstream. Therefore, almost one-sided criticism of the leaders of a certain province for their inaction, only caring about the immediate benefits, and not caring about the lives of the people downstream. It even attracted the special attention of the central leaders.
Under constant pressure, the neighboring province finally compromised and gave up the water supply, and the matter was fully resolved.
The problem of the people's water supply was solved, but the matter was not over. The higher-ups arranged for someone to investigate who leaked the news to the newspaper, and they must get to the bottom of it. Naturally, they found out that it was Lu Yiwei.
He would have volunteered to take care of the water supply of the masses, but he denied that it was a matter of bad luck to anyone who put his hand on it. It was said that someone was sent to the newspaper to investigate, but how could the newspaper leak such a thing? Moreover, Su Meng used a pen name, so it became a case without a clue, and later it was left unsettled.
In this matter, although Lu Yiwei was a bit radical, the final landing was for the interests of the people, and he had a clear conscience.
After the incident, Zhang Zhiyuan specially called Lu Yiwei to his home to ask, but he still insisted.
"You won't tell me the truth?" Zhang Zhiyuan said.
Lu Yiwei had no choice but to admit, "Secretary Zhang, I also had no choice, so I came up with this plan."
"How dare you!" Zhang Zhiyuan suddenly said angrily, "Do you know that this behavior has made the leaders of the two provinces very embarrassed? The leaders of the central government even reprimanded Secretary Huang of the Provincial Party Committee, which put him in a difficult position. Moreover, Secretary Guo Jinzhu was criticized because of you. If he knew about this, he would definitely scold you. "
Lu Yiwei did not expect the consequences to be so serious, and he lowered his head in silence.
Although Zhang Zhiyuan was angry, he admired Lu Yiwei's way of doing things. He stopped talking and said, "Alright, this matter is over, don't mention it to anyone in the future. But I warn you, you must think carefully before you do anything. "It was obvious that Zhang Zhiyuan cared for Lu Yiwei.
"How are you doing in Heishan County?" Zhang Zhiyuan asked again.
Lu Yiwei said, "It's alright. I encountered this matter as soon as I arrived, and it was finally solved smoothly. But the follow-up problems are more complicated, and I have to deal with them one by one."
"Mm." Zhang Zhiyuan said earnestly, "You're different from before. There's no one to take the bullet for you. I still stand by what I said, you must be careful when you do things. The situation in Heishan County is complicated, and don't be stupid enough to rush to the front, or you won't even know that you are being used. "
"Got it." Lu Yiwei nodded like a primary school student.
"Alright, you are a grown-up now, you should know what to do." Zhang Zhiyuan took a breath and said, "Tonight, Deputy Minister Fan Rongkui of the Provincial Party Committee's Publicity Department is treating us to dinner. Let's go together later."
"Ah?" Lu Yiwei said in surprise, "He's treating me to dinner? Are you serious? "
"Just go if he wants you to go, don't talk so much nonsense." Zhang Zhiyuan said.
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