Siheyuan: I am different He Yuzhu

After Lou Bingcheng finished his meeting with Chairman Zhang and Chairman Liu, he said to Li Wenfeng, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, on the way back to the company: "Secretary Li, did you write down the content of my conversation with Chairman Zhang and Chairman Liu at noon?"

Li Wenfeng turned sideways to face Lou Bingcheng and replied, "I've got it, boss."

"Do you know what to do next?" Lou Bingcheng said, leaning back in his seat with his eyes closed.

"I know. I already have a plan in mind."

"Since you know how to do it, then do it. Be careful not to leave any traces when you do it. Make sure it's clean. Got it?"

"Please rest assured, boss. I know what to do." Li Wenfeng said with narrowed eyes.

After Li Wenfeng accompanied Lou Bingcheng back to the company, he immediately called his younger brother A Biao. A Biao stood in front of Li Wenfeng respectfully, looked at Li Wenfeng and asked, "Boss, what do you want?"

"I have a few articles here. Please arrange for your people to publish them in a few small newspapers. Be sure to be careful when publishing them so that no one can find out about you. Do you understand?" Li Wenfeng instructed seriously.

"Boss, don't worry, I know what to do. Once that person sends out these articles, I will arrange for him to leave Hong Kong and hide on the island next door." A Biao said hurriedly.

"Okay, let's go down and do it." Li Wenfeng said expressionlessly, then slowly took out the article from the drawer and handed it to A Biao. After A Biao took the article, he turned around and walked out of Li Wenfeng's office quickly without any hesitation.

The next morning, a tense atmosphere permeated the streets of Hong Kong. Many tabloids published an article titled "Shocked, Hong Kong is about to encounter a major crisis, and the entire city will be completely destroyed." This article was like a heavy bomb, instantly attracting widespread attention and heated discussions from all walks of life.

The article takes a mysterious master's observation of the sky at night as the starting point, and describes in detail his predictions about the future of Hong Kong. According to the master, in the near future, Hong Kong will suffer a drought that occurs once in a hundred years, and this drought will bring a devastating blow to the entire city. By then, water resources will be extremely scarce, and people will fight for a mouthful of water, and even cause fierce fights, resulting in a large number of casualties. As the drought spreads, all walks of life will also fall into depression due to water shortages. Many small bosses will go bankrupt and close down because they cannot bear the pressure, and they are desperate. When the drought develops to the most serious, hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong residents will have to leave their homes, leave Hong Kong, and go to the mainland to seek survival opportunities. In the end, Hong Kong, a once prosperous city, will completely decline and become the dust of history.

At the end of the article, a university teacher who did not want to be named was invited to introduce the water resources in Hong Kong. The teacher said: Although Hong Kong is surrounded by the sea on three sides, it has always been short of water since 1900. Not to mention droughts, even the daily water supply is very tight. Then the university teacher said that when the drought occurred in 1929, the population of Hong Kong was less than 200 million, and more than 300 people fled. Now the population of Hong Kong has exceeded million. If a similar drought occurs again, I am afraid that the impact will affect everyone in Hong Kong, and people may die of thirst.

The reporter then asked the university teacher if there was any way to avoid the hell on earth in Hong Kong. The university teacher answered directly: "The solution is very simple. Although Hong Kong lacks water, Lingnan Province to the north of Hong Kong has many rivers and abundant fresh water resources. The Hong Kong authorities only need to buy water from Lingnan Province to completely solve the problem of water intake in Hong Kong."

The reporter asked again: "Since the solution to Hong Kong's water shortage is so simple, why do the Hong Kong authorities prefer to let the people have water shortages rather than take action?" The university teacher said meaningfully: "Because the water we drink is different from theirs, and the color of our skin is different. We are colonial people, not John Bull's people." This report was accompanied by articles in which several elderly people personally recounted the severe drought in Hong Kong in 1929.

Once the article was published, it quickly caused a great sensation in Hong Kong. The newspaper was sold out immediately, and the newspaper had to print more copies urgently. For a time, the streets and alleys of Hong Kong were filled with discussions about the water shortage in Hong Kong. People began to hoard water at home, fearing that the water shortage would affect their daily lives. The emergence of this situation further intensified the panic of Hong Kong people about water shortage.

In view of the panic over water shortages in society, the official in charge of water affairs in the Hong Kong John Bull government had to take emergency action and quickly accepted an interview with the Hong Kong Daily. During the interview, the official said solemnly: "Please don't worry too much about the water shortage problem. Our government will do its utmost to avoid this situation." However, when the reporter asked what specific measures the Hong Kong government would take to solve this problem, the water affairs official seemed a little hesitant and vague. He was silent for a moment before slowly answering: "In fact, the government has already built a desalination plant a few years ago, but it is currently on a small scale. However, we will increase investment in the future and expand the scale of the desalination plant to ensure that every Hong Kong citizen will not worry about water shortages."

After the Hong Kong Daily published the report of the interview with the water officials, the result was counterproductive. Originally, the newspaper hoped to ease the panic about the water shortage in society through official explanations and explanations, but the opposite happened. Not only did the report fail to calm the storm, but it further exacerbated the concerns of the people of Hong Kong about the water problem. Some people with ulterior motives seized on the topic of desalination plants mentioned by water officials and began to maliciously hype and fabricate rumors. They claimed that the government deliberately mixed seawater into the water plant in order to control Hong Kong's population growth, while government officials themselves enjoyed the best spring water. They also spread rumors that long-term drinking of seawater can lead to health problems such as poisoning, and took this opportunity to sell the so-called "pure" spring water at a high price.

Once these rumors were released, they spread like wildfire throughout Hong Kong. In the process of spreading, these rumors were constantly exaggerated and distorted, and eventually evolved into an absurd statement: In order to control the excessive local population in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong John Bull government actually added seawater to the tap water to prevent the people from having more children. What's more, they even produced so-called "evidence" that the Hong Kong John Bull government would rather spend billions of huge sums of money to build reservoirs and vigorously promote seawater desalination projects than use cheap and naturally pure water resources from Lingnan Province. Such rumors caused a great sensation and panic in Hong Kong society, and people expressed doubts and dissatisfaction with the government's actions.

This rumor was like a bomb that exploded in the hearts of the people, causing endless panic and anxiety. Those who did not know the truth were instigated and used by those with ulterior motives, and rushed to the seawater desalination plant in Xiangjiang like a surging tide. When they saw the complex and mysterious equipment in the seawater desalination plant, they mistakenly thought that someone had added harmful substances to the water, and the flames of anger burned instantly. In an instant, the angry crowd was like a group of out-of-control beasts, smashing the seawater desalination plant to pieces.

The shutdown of the desalination plant was like opening Pandora's box. The already tight water supply situation completely collapsed. Some remote areas in particular were directly plunged into the dilemma of water outage, and the lives of residents were seriously affected. Most of the areas without water were places where the poor population was concentrated. The people in these areas felt helpless and desperate, so they gathered together and took to the streets to protest. They demanded the restoration of normal water supply and sought solutions.

Faced with the worsening situation, the Hong Kong John Bull government was extremely anxious and had to urgently convene influential locals and business representatives in Hong Kong society to discuss how to deal with the current crisis. Although Lou Bingcheng has not been in Hong Kong for a long time, his factory with thousands of workers has given him a certain influence in the local area. Therefore, he also received an invitation from the Hong Kong John Bull government to participate in this discussion concerning the people's livelihood.