The "afternoon eting" had more substance than the evening etings, and ultimately, not all of it ended up in the ’live broadcast’.
So when Yan Fei left with Xu Xiaoyan, it was already dinner ti. There was originally dinner available, especially for soone like Boss Yan who never skimps on advertising investnt—they would definitely save a spot for him.
But Yan Fei didn’t want to eat out. Nowadays, the flavors of dishes are becoming bland, with most relying on seasonings. For soone with such a sensitive palate, like him, whenever he could eat at ho, he would go back and cook for himself, as he really disliked the taste outside.
However, the lunch the next day couldn’t be eaten at ho, nor was it suitable for bringing his wife along. So he had to go to the Wanlong banquet alone.
The Environntal Protection Bureau has always been an underrated unit because nowadays, the focus is on economic efficiency. Whenever they investigate an area, it always displeases a certain part of the local community.
If they need to visit a place, so locals will pay lip service or intentionally hide things, which happens frequently. So their main job is essentially to take the bla. They get scolded for water pollution, air quality issues... but if they really want to work seriously, they face strong resistance from vested interests.
This is unlike another unit, the teorological Bureau, which needs to handle the paperwork for setting up gas stations. Whether they get scolded or not depends entirely on whether the weather cooperates—in fact, being scolded is so common that they are used to it and don’t care anymore.
When Director Liu arrived, he brought a young assistant. He was a bit surprised that Yan Fei ca alone, but it didn’t matter. For them, having attended nurous dinner etings, it wasn’t about the al itself; the key was to discuss the matters at hand.
After handing over the paperwork for Yan Fei’s gas station, Director Liu took the opportunity to inquire about the situation on Yan Fei’s side. The information Director Liu had was obtained from his local counterparts; he feared the locals might deliberately withhold so facts—which he had seen happen too often. The information reported sounded wonderful, but seeing it in person was often shocking.
Yan Fei was confident about this: "You can go any ti, no need for much preparation. My place is built around the river, with one site on River Heart Island. To check for environntal compliance, just look at the river’s water quality. However, there used to be a paper factory upstream, which only shut down a few years ago. If there’s an opportunity, Director Liu could send soone to check the water quality first. Honestly, I’ve always wanted to do this, but..."
Director Liu then relaxed by half.
If the water had been polluted, it wouldn’t improve overnight, unlike companies that emit exhaust gases. So companies’ chimneys spew black smoke daily, but when you check, they switch to white smoke. But the locals know better, and it surely can’t be used as a model for promotion. Otherwise, protests might occur, bringing scrutiny onto your environntal departnt.
Because of the differences between water pollution and air pollution, Yan Fei’s confidence was reassuring. Moreover, Director Liu had previously conducted detailed investigations on a few targets he selected, and now he just needed confirmation from the parties involved.
Coincidentally, Boss Li was also there today and brought along a bottle of wine for a few drinks—being old hands in the jianghu, he knew when to give face and wouldn’t skimp on it, especially since Director Liu’s departnt was in charge.
For Director Liu, one al was insufficient to reach a final conclusion.
So after dining with Yan Fei, he imdiately made a phone call. By evening, a few bottles of water with labels such as upstream and downstream discharge water were delivered.
These samples were quickly sent to the testing lab, and results were processed overnight.
The next morning, Director Liu looked at the monitoring report and got angry: "This is not how work should be done. No wonder we get scolded every day—look at these results! The upstream can detect so pollution, yet a re hundred ters downstream shows no pollution at all. Was there a mistake in the water delivery or..."
The pollution he referred to was about eting or not eting standards. With current technology, it’s impossible to require all industrial discharges to et drinking water standards perfectly; even in the coming years, it won’t be possible. As long as the environntal impact is within acceptable limits, it’s considered compliant.
This also shows the significant harm caused by the paper factory. Although the pollution source has been cut off for years, slight pollution still can be detected in the water quality.
"Director Liu, it’s like this." The person delivering the monitoring report, disregarding etiquette, hurriedly interrupted him. "After we got the results, we understood the situation here. The conditions are quite unique, as south of Sancha River Town, three rivers converge south of the town."
"The River Heart Island construction is located in the polluted river. By the ti it reaches downstream, the three rivers converge, with the river water being diluted and filtered by the riverbed sedint..."
"The pollution level you see is from the upstream water quality of the polluted river. In fact, by the ti it gets to the River Heart Island area, its impact can be ignored. Past the downstream..."
"Alright, alright, I understand, you can leave now!" Only then did Director Liu rember that Yan Fei had indeed ntioned this yesterday. When he saw the results, he mistakenly thought that the staff were frustrated with working overti and weren’t serious enough, leading to this misunderstanding.
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