The next day.
A little after seven in the morning.
Ring, ring, ring. The phone rang urgently.
Dong Xuebin was still asleep on the second floor. He had returned very late yesterday and was still exhausted, so he sounded listless when he answered the phone.
"Hello, who is this?" Dong Xuebin asked with his eyes closed.
"Secretary, it's Meng Hanmei!" Big Sister Meng, Director of the County Party Committee Office, sounded anxious on the other end. "Have you watched Morning News? Something's happened!"
"The news? I'm still sleeping." Dong Xuebin was very calm.
Meng Hanmei immediately said, "Take a look. It's all blowing up online too."
Dong Xuebin casually felt around for the remote on the bedside table and turned on the TV. "What channel?"
"The Provincial Television Station." Meng Hanmei said uneasily, "They're reporting that the County Party Committee Compounds and Family Compounds in several counties of Baohong City were built too extravagantly and wasted public money. It happened so suddenly. We didn't get any news at all, and as far as I know, even the city didn't receive any notice. It started when a post was reposted by all the major web portals. It was full of photos of the County Party Committee Compounds in several counties, and our Jiaolin County's New County Party Committee Compound was especially put first. Everything's been exposed. One post wouldn't have meant much, but too many people have seen it now, and the discussion has gotten huge. It's only morning, yet there are already over a hundred thousand reposts and comments, all criticizing us. Now even the provincial Morning News has reported it. I don't know what the province means by this or what its stance is."
Dong Xuebin gave an oh. "I understand."
Meng Hanmei said urgently, "Secretary, come to the