One day...
Five days...
Ten days...
The day of the earthquake drew ever closer. The countdown had fully begun.
Under Dong Xuebin's direction, work at the Guangming Street Office was also progressing in full swing. They promoted earthquake preparedness and disaster-reduction knowledge, dealt with illegal constructions that were prone to collapse, and Dong Xuebin implemented the plans in his mind bit by bit according to that Future Newspaper. Wherever people had died during the earthquake, Dong Xuebin reached in and gradually pushed the work forward, into every residential compound, every household, and every individual. Disregarding all opposition from the district and the Street Office, he forcefully carried out his own ideas.
Progress was made every day. Results showed every moment.
Dong Xuebin wished he could turn his Street Office into an ironclad fortress, advancing step by step toward the goal of ensuring that not a single person died when the earthquake struck.
The Street Office had also changed considerably these past few days.
The Earthquake Drill, a measure that touched many people's sensitive nerves, had actually been pushed through, and the date of the drill was nearly set. Even the staff and cadres of the Guangming Street Office felt it was rather absurd. They truly could not understand what Director Dong was trying to accomplish with this move. Everyone thought it was unnecessary, yet the district had actually approved it. District Governor Yuehua had personally signed off on it and had even allocated funds to the Street Office specifically for this plan. No one had expected that. What was even more unbelievable was that after Dong Xuebin proposed the drill plan at the Party and Government Work Committee meeting, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee Geng Xinke had not opposed it. Not only that, cadres from the Geng Faction had