But this blatant threat made Wang Guoxiang suffer in silence.
How to refute it?
The claim of having health issues was made by himself.
If he insists that he is healthy, wouldn't he be contradicting himself?
He had no choice but to grudgingly accept this "injustice".
Of course.
Chen Fang didn't say this just to show off.
He is indeed the City Secretary.
But don't forget, he also holds another position — a mber of the Provincial Committee.
He is riding the Provincial Committee's car number 007.
"Alright, let's start the eting. I hope calling everyone here at this late hour isn't a waste of ti."
Wang Guoxiang murmured.
Clearly.
He didn't want to engage in verbal sparring with Chen Fang anymore.
Chen Fang shared the sa sentint.
He glanced at Lian Jie.
Lian Jie understood, stood up, and opened the door of the eting room. Imdiately, Qi Yuanbing from the Health Bureau and Wei Jinhai from Taijiang Hospital entered one after the other.
"Let introduce everyone, this is Wei Jinhai, Director of the Respiratory Departnt at Taijiang Hospital."
After personally introducing him, Chen Fang said to Wei Jinhai, "Director Wei, you may begin."
As soon as he finished speaking.
Wang Xiajun, the Disciplinary Committee Secretary, who had been silent, spoke up.
He cleared his throat.
He interrupted Wei Jinhai, who was about to speak, and said, "Secretary Chen, if I am not mistaken, this Wei Jinhai is soone being investigated by our City Disciplinary Committee. With his status, he shouldn't be present in our committee eting."
"I am now asking Comrade Wei Jinhai to speak, not you! Do you understand what I an?"
After being repeatedly "disturbed".
Chen Fang was becoming sowhat irritated.
He directly glared at Wang Xiajun and spoke in an extrely stern tone.
Unexpectedly, his fierce gaze actually intimidated Wang Xiajun.
All the prepared words, not a single one was spoken.
What's this called?
This is called presence!
Joking aside.
Having co this far, Chen Fang had seen all kinds of situations, and he understood a principle: sotis, speaking nicely has no effect.
"Director Wei, please continue."
Seeing that Wang Xiajun had fallen silent, Chen Fang gestured to Wei Jinhai.
Wei Jinhai took a deep breath.
He turned on the television in the eting room and then inserted a USB drive.
Instantly, a photo was displayed on the screen.
It was taken by Chen Fang in the lobby of Taijiang Hospital.
Then it continued.
The scenes of wards, ergency rooms, operating theaters, and busy doctors and nurses followed.
There were quite a few photos.
One by one, as they were shown, the eting room fell silent, evidently, everyone was shocked by the scenes.
"Dear leaders, these photos were personally taken by Secretary Chen. The intention of showing them is to make everyone understand the current situation at Taijiang Hospital, as well as the predicant faced by the people of Jindu City."
"About ten days ago, Taijiang Hospital admitted the first case with similar symptoms. Initially, we treated it as a common cold or flu, but to our surprise, within two to three days, similar cases rapidly increased to the point where it's now uncontrollable."
"Upon treatnt, I discovered abnormality in this virus. Although it bears a resemblance to flu, tests confird that this virus was never encountered by our hospital before, and existing antiviral drugs have no effect on it. Most critically, this virus is highly contagious, able to transmit through face-to-face interaction or physical contact, with a re incubation period of four to five days until symptoms manifest."
Clearly.
So committee mbers were hearing about this situation for the first ti.
For example, Deputy Mayor Lei Changsheng.
He had been not too attentive throughout.
However, when he saw these images, he was sowhat shocked nonetheless.
After Wei Jinhai finished speaking.
He imdiately asked, "Given such a serious situation, why wasn't it reported earlier?"
Wei Jinhai paused.
He said, "I reported it to the hospital leadership and the Health Bureau. I even went personally to the City Committee to see Mayor Wang, but I was unsuccessful."
Upon hearing this, Wang Guoxiang imdiately retorted indignantly, "I've never seen you, don't talk nonsense."
Wei Jinhai nodded.
He said, "Indeed, I haven't t Mayor Wang because the security wouldn't let in once they saw ."
"Is there such a thing?"
Lei Changsheng murmured.
He was about to take out his phone to call the City Governnt Office.
Beside him, Peng Qiuli said, "Mayor Lei, there's no need to call. The security guard who blocked Director Wei has already been dismissed by ."
Regarding this handling of the matter.
Lei Changsheng was satisfied.
He then asked, "Could this virus be fatal?"
Wei Jinhai nodded.
He said, "Yes, before this eting, I called the hospital, and the death toll had reached 16."
"Ah..."
As soon as he finished speaking.
Everyone was shocked.
Not only Lei Changsheng but also the other committee mbers.
During the subsequent ti, Wei Jinhai repeated what he had told Chen Fang.
When the committee mbers learned that this virus would soon spread throughout Jindu City, they were at a loss, as none had ever encountered such a situation before.
"Alright, everyone is now aware of the situation; the next step is to solve the problem. This is clearly a sudden public health crisis. My suggestion is to imdiately enter a state of ergency. According to what Director Wei just ntioned, we should lock down the entire city, halt all large gatherings and public activities, and screen for virus carriers. How does that sound to everyone?"
Chen Fang exhaled deeply and said.
Upon hearing this, Wang Guoxiang imdiately beca anxious.
He slapped the table and said, "I disagree."
He glanced around at everyone and said, "Secretary Chen, are you joking with ? Your so-called lockdown would bring the city to a standstill, do you think that's feasible? Let's put aside whether or not the citizens would agree, do you know how difficult the supply of living materials would beco during a lockdown? Are you trying to make people starve in their hos?"
Wang Guoxiang deliberately avoided discussing the issue of investors and instead focused on the citizens, aiming to pressure Chen Fang.
When Chen Fang finished listening, he sneered.
He said, "Compared to the lives of the people, what's a little hunger? Besides, after the lockdown, governnt agencies can still operate. Our cadres can handle food distribution. If everyone works together and unites to overco this difficulty, what's impossible?"
"Haha, easy for you to say. Just move your lips, and it's done. No matter what you say today, I will never agree to a lockdown. Secretary Peng, what do you think?"
Wang Guoxiang directed his gaze to Peng Qiuli.
Peng Qiuli, still frowning, nodded and said, "Secretary Chen, I also agree with Mayor Wang. This lockdown is too significant, and this so-called virus is only based on what Comrade Wei Jinhai has said without any authoritative verification."
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