I'm back in 1990

Chapter 913: Ding 1's Reminder

If you could only read one urban novel in your lifetime, it would probably be "1990, I'm Back".

As a co-founder of Sany Capital, Ding Yi quickly learned about the matter and made a special phone call to Huang Xiaochuan.

"It's me, Lao Ding!"

Upon hearing Ding Yi's voice, Huang Xiaochuan couldn't resist teasing him: "Huh? Did the sun rise in the west today? Why did County Chief Ding suddenly decide to call me? You're such a busy person!"

To everyone's surprise, Ding Yi shamelessly corrected him, saying, "Hey, hey, hey, please call me Secretary Ding!"

"A stapler?" Huang Xiaochuan did this on purpose. During the Spring Festival, when Qi Huan brought Ding Xiaojia to his house for dinner, he mentioned that Ding Yi had just taken over as secretary before the New Year and was now in charge of the local government. He was ready to roll up his sleeves and get things done.

Originally, Ding Yi was supposed to come back for the Spring Festival this year, but unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. First, his county was also hit by a snow disaster, which caused great losses, so he definitely couldn't leave. Second, an even heavier responsibility was handed over to him. As a newly appointed official, full of ambition, he certainly couldn't return to Shanghai for the New Year as originally planned. He had to be on the front line.

When Ding Yi heard his friend jokingly call him a stapler, he was so angry he almost lost his temper.

"Huang Xiaochuan, you son of a bitch." He learned this vulgar curse from Wu Duo.

Unfortunately, he encountered the sharp-tongued Huang Xiaochuan: "Manners, can't you watch your manners? You're the Party Secretary now, how can you talk to the masses like that?"

Ding Yi swallowed the rest of his words back.

He realized that the guy on the other end of the phone was notoriously sharp-tongued back in college. Arguing with him verbally was just asking for trouble! Oh well, patience is the best policy, Ding Yi could only console himself with that thought.

"Don't get angry, don't get angry, don't get angry with this bastard. Besides, he might be my in-law in the future. I can't afford to upset him before his precious daughter becomes my daughter-in-law." Ding Yi thought to herself, while patting her chest.

Getting back to the main point, Ding Yi asked, "Why did you suddenly decide to send someone for a follow-up inspection? What's going on?"

Huang Xiaochuan had already prepared his explanation: "The Sany Foundation hasn't had much trouble lately! Besides, we've donated so much money; sending someone to check if the money is being spent wisely isn't wrong, is it?"

This reason is indeed sufficient; no one wants to be taken advantage of. As a co-founder of Sany Capital, Ding Yi can naturally understand Huang Xiaochuan's approach.

"That's true, you've thought of everything. I didn't even consider that. But what if something gets found out? What are you going to do?" No one understands officialdom better than Ding Yi. There are bound to be some unsatisfactory aspects to these matters. If it gets out, it won't be good for either side. That's why he specifically reminded his friend.

Huang Xiaochuan has no immediate solutions to this: "It's too early to talk about this now. If there are no problems, that's better. If there are any problems, we'll see how things go."

Huang Xiaochuan was telling the truth. He was just a little uneasy, which is why he arranged for someone to conduct a follow-up inspection. He just wanted to confirm and put his mind at ease. In his view, even if there were some minor issues, as long as they did not involve fundamental safety problems, they were all easy to handle.

"Just in case, I mean just in case something happens, give me a call." Ding Yi felt that things in officialdom were quite complicated, and he was also very familiar with how some people in officialdom did things, so he was worried that his friend might do something earth-shattering, leaving no room for maneuver.

Huang Xiaochuan didn't want to discuss this issue with Ding Yi any further, but he knew Ding Yi was definitely doing it for his own good. "Alright, I know you've been incredibly busy lately. How's it going? Is the damage severe?"

Upon hearing his friend bring up the matter, Ding Yi's mind was filled with worry: "Don't even mention it, the losses are too great, especially the power facilities, which were mostly destroyed. This year's New Year is truly indescribable."

The snowstorm before the Spring Festival and the continuous freezing rain damaged almost all the high-voltage transmission lines, making them extremely difficult to repair. The high-voltage towers were all on the mountain, and in that kind of weather, it was extremely difficult to go up the mountain, let alone carry the high-voltage lines that needed to be replaced. It was simply an impossible task. The road was so slippery that even a monkey would fall flat on its face, let alone a person, and they had to carry such heavy high-voltage lines up there.

The crucial and even more critical issue is that this is not just a problem for this one county, but for the entire province and even most of China. The province needs to organize manpower and resources to support the most important nodes, and the city needs to do the same, prioritizing the repair of key facilities and equipment. As for the individual counties, they can only organize their own manpower for self-rescue and receive almost no effective support.

Besides, a province only has a few helicopters in total. They can only be used for the most critical tasks.

Other issues include numerous traffic accidents caused by severe weather, resulting in a large number of injured and sick people, overcrowding hospitals, and generators running 24 hours a day, which still wasn't enough. The county had to organize other units to donate their own generators to the hospitals.

Icy roads caused traffic disruptions and prevented the delivery of supplies. It was also necessary to send people to coordinate with shopping malls and supermarkets, especially those selling daily necessities, to ensure that they not only did not raise prices, but also organized manpower to maintain order.

The only saving grace was that the disaster occurred before the Spring Festival, and many families had already prepared their New Year's goods in advance according to custom, which greatly reduced the pressure on the supply of materials.

Another point is to deploy police forces to strengthen social security management in order to prevent people from taking advantage of the disaster to loot and cause the security situation to deteriorate.

The police force in a county is limited, and it was not enough at this time. Ding Yi instructed the People's Armed Forces Department to organize the core militia and reserves to assist the public security in maintaining public order.

It's so dark every night. If we didn't do this, who knows how many criminal cases would happen? Don't underestimate the "evil" hidden deep in human nature. Ding Yi had been repeatedly lectured on this point by his old man.

So, although Ding Yi's position has been promoted, his responsibilities have also increased, especially since he encountered such a once-in-a-century snow disaster and widespread freezing rain as soon as he took office. Ding Yi really had a tough time dealing with it.

Even Huang Xiaochuan couldn't help him at all. The mountain roads were icy, and Huang Xiaochuan couldn't get the supplies in. He couldn't just airdrop them!

Fortunately, after the Spring Festival, with the return of warm and humid air currents and the retreat of the cold wave, roads gradually became clear again, supplies were restored to normal, power facilities and equipment were gradually restored, and people's hearts naturally calmed down.

Ding Yi was finally able to relax a bit and had time to make a phone call to his friend to find out what was going on.