Chapter 2225: Sounding the Alarm

After finishing his makeup, Su Xinghui carefully examined himself in the mirror. He could basically see no traces of makeup, yet his facial features appeared more defined. The makeup artist's skills were truly excellent; then again, could the skills of someone working as a makeup artist at the Great Hall of the People be anything less?

Once the makeup was done, staff members pinned a large red flower to Su Xinghui's chest, draped a sash over his shoulder, and hung a commemorative medal around his neck.

By this time, the 80 representative heroic models for national flood control and disaster relief had basically all arrived at the venue. Su Xinghui also walked toward these heroic models and began chatting with them casually.

These heroic model representatives included both local cadres and People's Liberation Army soldiers, all of whom had performed exceptionally well during this flood control and disaster relief effort. Many of them had heard of Su Xinghui's name, and upon hearing it, they all expressed their admiration for him.

Su Xinghui, of course, was also full of respect for them, and he exchanged contact information with all of them.

After chatting for just over twenty minutes, the assembly was about to begin. The 80 heroic model representatives waited in line in the South Hall, awaiting the announcement of the assembly's commencement by Premier Nan on the rostrum. The cheerful "Welcome Melody" echoed through the venue, and the 80 national flood control and disaster relief heroic model representatives marched into the venue in neat formation, accompanied by the audience's enthusiastic applause.

Su Xinghui sat in the front row with the other 79 representatives. His mood was also extremely agitated; the scale of today's commendation and summary assembly was incredibly high. All the major state leaders were in attendance, and other participants included key leaders from various democratic parties, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, non-party personages, representatives of the Armed Police, the People's Liberation Army, and the masses, as well as foreign diplomatic envoys to China and representatives of international organizations in China.

In addition to this, representatives from various enterprises that had actively participated in flood control and disaster relief also attended this assembly.

Several major Party and state leaders delivered important speeches, announcing that this year's flood control and disaster relief work had achieved final victory. Key leaders from several provinces that were focal points for flood control and disaster relief, such as Hudong and Jiangyou, also spoke on behalf of their respective provinces, including Jiangyou Province Governor Ke Zhifang.

Subsequently, it was time for the representatives of the national flood control and disaster relief heroic models to speak. Guided by staff, Su Xinghui walked onto the rostrum and sat behind the microphone stand.

As a heroic model representative, Su Xinghui's speaking time was not very long—it had to be controlled to around ten minutes—so his manuscript was not long either, focusing mainly on introducing some of his experiences in Chongjin County.

Although his speaking time was short, some of his deeds in Chongjin County still moved everyone sitting below. Applause rang out from time to time, and when Su Xinghui finished his speech, the applause from the audience lasted for a full minute or two, forcing Su Xinghui to bow and thank them several times.

Finally, Premier Nan delivered the concluding remarks, which brought today's assembly to an end.

Premier Nan gave a high evaluation of this year's flood control and disaster relief work, calling it a huge miracle.

In fact, foreign media also reported on this flood control and disaster relief work with "miracle" as the headline, widely praising the organizational capabilities demonstrated by the Chinese government.

This flood control and disaster relief effort could indeed be called a miracle. With such massive floods, such high water levels, and such a large affected area, there was only one breach in a major embankment, and it did not cause particularly massive casualties. Only the Chinese government had the capability to achieve this.

Of course, property losses were unavoidable. This time, a total of 29 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) across the country suffered varying degrees of flood disasters, with an affected area of over 300 million mu, a disaster area of nearly 200 million mu, a disaster-affected population of over 200 million, more than 3,000 deaths, over 6 million collapsed houses, and direct economic losses reaching over 100 billion yuan.

This loss was, of course, enormous; if indirect economic losses were also calculated, they would be immeasurable.

While celebrating the victory of the national flood control and disaster relief work, Premier Nan also issued a call, hoping that everyone could work hard to try their best to recover the losses.

After Premier Nan finished his remarks, applause rang out enthusiastically once again, signifying the successful conclusion of today's national flood control and disaster relief heroic model commendation and summary assembly.

After the meeting, Su Xinghui stayed in Jingcheng for only half a day before returning to Chongjin County. Chongjin County still had busy affairs, and Su Xinghui could not stay here for long. However, Su Xinghui did stroll around Jingcheng for a bit and bought a few sets of clothes for Lu Xiaoya. The season was about to change, and Su Xinghui naturally had to buy Lu Xiaoya some beautiful, fashionable autumn clothes in Jingcheng.

Back home, Su Xinghui showed those clothes to Lu Xiaoya. Lu Xiaoya was very happy after seeing them, but she complained to Su Xinghui, asking why he hadn't bought two sets of clothes for himself.

Su Xinghui smiled and said, "You are my wife, so of course I have to dress you up beautifully. But I don't need to buy anything too fancy; I'm a county magistrate, so I need to be a bit more steady."

Lu Xiaoya pursed her lips and smiled upon hearing his words.

Returning to Chongjin County, Su Xinghui threw himself back into work with even greater enthusiasm. Chongjin County was currently too busy with affairs, and Su Xinghui simply couldn't find any time to idle.

Time entered October, and a batch of enterprises in the Economic Development Zone were completed and put into production. However, these enterprises were basically not very large in scale. They had already begun recruitment work, and they also followed the county government's requirements to prioritize hiring immigrants from the areas where farmland was returned to lakes.

The new lake embankments began to be rebuilt. These embankments had actually existed before, but they were abandoned after the land was reclaimed from the lakes. Now, by rebuilding and reinforcing them, they could be put back into use.

Meanwhile, the collapsed houses throughout the county also began to be rebuilt with government subsidies. Not only were these collapsed houses to be rebuilt, but Su Xinghui also planned to rebuild those houses that were too old and in poor condition; otherwise, this would always be a hidden danger.

In any case, for this flood disaster, the central government had issued subsidies to the affected masses, and these subsidies naturally had to be prioritized for repairing houses. ===== CHAPTER 2227 =====