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  Upon hearing the sound of a tea cup shattering from inside the house, Shi Yong stared at Han Dong with a smile on his lips, feeling puzzled and bewildered. He hastily walked into the house, only to see Fang Zhong sitting there with an ashen face. The tea cup he had been using was already shattered into pieces, with ceramic shards scattered all over the floor.

  Shi Yong was stunned and quickly went out to sweep up those ceramic pieces with a broom.

  The phone rang at this time. Fang Zhong's mood was not good, and he looked at the phone with a gloomy face. He waited for it to ring several times before picking up the receiver.

  "Fang Zhong, what's going on?" a stern voice came from the phone. "Don't want to answer my call?"

  "Hello Secretary Yang." Fang Zhong's face quickly changed from gloomy to sunny, and he smiled as he explained: "Just now I was outside and didn't have time to answer your call."

  Shi Yong hastily retreated and quietly closed the door behind him.

  "Hmph, I thought you were busy all day and didn't even have time to answer my call?" Yang Lin Sen sneered, "Have you read today's Xichuan Daily?"

  "Fang Zhong hastily said: 'I've already called Han Dong over and severely criticized him.'"

  "Is criticism just a one-time thing?" Yang Senlin's voice turned much colder, "How do you people from Fuyi County work? Are my words just going in one ear and out the other?"

  "Secretary Yang, I will definitely follow your instructions." Fang Zhong paused for a moment and hesitated: "But..."

  "What's wrong? Is there a problem? I suggest that the Fuyi County Party Committee immediately convene an executive meeting to deal with this matter, and treat it as a serious political event. For those who do not follow organizational discipline, they must be severely punished."

  "Yes, yes, I will definitely convey Secretary Yang's instructions to all standing committee members of the county party committee."

  "Hmph, fine then, I'll wait and see how you handle this."

  Yang Linsheng hung up the phone, feeling very angry. He had just gone to Fuyi County for a situation report meeting, and in just a few days someone published an article with such inflammatory language, this was purely aimed at himself!

  "Han Dong... Huang Wenyun..." Yang Linsen muttered softly to himself, then picked up the phone.

  "Hmph, this time you're dead for sure." Fang Zhong said coldly, with Yang Lin's instructions, he was even more confident at the Standing Committee meeting.

  After some thought, Fang Zhong decided not to bother telling Huang Wenyun for the time being, but instead picked up the phone and dialed the phone number of Organization Department head Sun Yifang.

  "Haha, this kid is in big trouble." Huang Song looked at the newspaper in front of him and couldn't help but let out a triumphant smile. Just now he had picked up the paper for no reason, and as soon as he saw the headline article on the first page, it turned out to be an announcement by Han Dong. Now wasn't this his chance?

  Overjoyed, Huang Song quickly dialed the phone number of Wang Jinggui, the Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission. "Secretary Wang, hello, I'm Huang Song. Have you seen today's Xichuan Daily?"

  "What's going on? Any news?" Wang Jingui's tone was somewhat uneasy.

  Huang Song didn't think much of it and excitedly said: "Secretary Wang, take a look quickly, the headline on the front page is Han Dong's article, all criticizing him, this time he definitely can't escape, last week Secretary Yang wasn't...

  "Is that so? Then I'll take a look." Wang Jingui said, and without another word, he hung up the phone. Just as he was about to go find the Xichuan Daily, the phone rang again. He picked it up with some annoyance and said gruffly, "What else is there?"

  "What's wrong, who did Old Wang offend?" came Fang Zhong's voice over the phone.

  "Oh, it's the county head, I made a mistake. What can I do for you, County Head?"

  "Uh-huh, it's like this... did you see today's Nishikawa Daily?"

  "Not yet, something big has happened?"

  "You'd better go and take a look, just now the Municipal Party Committee Secretary Yang called to ask us to handle it seriously. It's possible that we'll have to hold a Standing Committee meeting, think about it first."

  Wang Jinggui understood Fang Zhong's meaning, "Is that so? Then we must strictly follow Secretary Yang's instructions to handle it."

  "Uh, you're right, the municipal party committee leader's instructions must be carried out well." Fang Zhong's mouth corner revealed a hint of a smile, hung up the phone and started dialing again.

  In the statistics bureau, Han Dong received a call from Li Dayong, "Little Dong, was that article really written by you?"

  Han Dong smiled and said: "Yes, Uncle Li, I just wanted to express my opinion, but I didn't expect it to be the headline of Xichuan Daily."

  "You can still laugh about it, you know, but this article of yours has caused a huge stir. I heard Old Wu say that Yang Lin Sen is furious and wants to deal with you seriously."

  "It's not that serious, I'm just expressing my opinion."

  Li Dayong sighed, "You should know the situation in Rongzhou, such an article... didn't you contact the leader?"

  Han Dong understood what he meant and smiled: "Don't worry, Uncle Li. When necessary, I will contact my family, but now I don't think it's necessary."

  "Uh-huh, that's good, you have to be more careful and must endure, got it?"

  "Uncle Li, don't worry, I know what to do."

  "Without experiencing wind and rain, how can you see a rainbow." After hanging up the phone, Han Dong sat there thinking. It was clear that his article had caused a great stir, even in the city, things were moving. He was afraid that life would not be easy for a while. However, all of this was temporary, history would soon prove him right.

  Just as he was about to get up, the phone rang again. This time it was Zhou Zheng calling. He laughed and said: "Dong Ge, you're famous this time."

  "Yes, it's no use being unknown anymore. How come you're also so concerned about current events?"

  "Brother Dong, look at what you're saying. Whatever Brother Dong's affairs are, I'll pay attention to them; whatever Brother Dong means, I'll support it."

  Han Dong couldn't help but laugh, "Your attitude is somewhat wrong, can I just say whatever and it's true? You should have your own independent stance."

  "Haha, that's my stance, Dong Ge! Let's have dinner together tonight and have a couple of drinks."

  "Alright, I'll call Chen over."

  Chen Minxuan soon called as well, anxiously asking: "Han Dong, what's going on with that article? Did you write it yourself?"

  "Of course I wrote it myself, what's wrong? Has Chen also heard some rumors?"

  "Alas, you'd better be careful, I heard that the county is going to hold a standing committee meeting to discuss it. I said, did you really write this article?"

  Han Dong smiled and understood Chen Minxuan's meaning, "Absolutely, I wrote it all out stroke by stroke."

  Chen Minxuan let out another sigh and instructed him a few words, telling him that he must keep a low profile.

  Han Dong could only smile wryly, how much lower can he keep a low profile now? He would be found out no matter where he hid.

  Well, in that case, why don't I just write another article then.

  "Let the storm rage on."

  Han Dong said and did, took out the manuscript, picked up his pen and wrote "Reform and Opening-up is the Strongest Driving Force for Development". This title is obviously cheering for reform and opening-up, with a much more resolute attitude than the previous article.

  Han Dong finished writing in one breath, quickly checked it again, found an envelope to pack it up, wrote the address of Xichuan Daily on it, and took advantage of the off-work time to mail it out at the post office.

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