Chapter 1446 - 1446
After sending the message, Liu Zhizhong saw that the fire was mostly extinguished.
Overall, the most severe damage was to the fifth floor where Liu Zhizhong and Guan Xun worked, with the fourth floor being somewhat affected, approximately two rooms; meanwhile, half of the sixth floor where Xiang Mingdong's office was, got burned.
The light of dawn was slightly bright, and the once-still-new building was half majestic and solemn below, but the top three floors were blackened, with chaos at the bottom, which seemed quite humorously ridiculous.
However, at this point, high-pressure water guns were washing the walls, with cleaning foam drying, and probably after dawn, the new color would still show. Of course, it's somewhat of an eyesore, but there's no choice now.
Not far away, Xiang Mingdong's facial expression was still very anxious, and he looked even more terrible.
Because under the daylight, this beautiful building became like this, it was truly an embarrassment for him!
Originally, if he could just get through this year, he could have become the Deputy Mayor, but then this happened... The Huayang City Secretary was fully engaged in covering up the incident, and the entire Xiang Family was mobilized.
And as for Mayor Guan, they still couldn't find where this guy was. Both his work phone and personal phone were turned off!
Liu Zhizhong walked over with big strides, came to Xiang Mingdong's side, and said, "Secretary, don't be so anxious, there's always a way for everything."
Xiang Mingdong looked at Liu Zhizhong and felt utterly embarrassed, sternly said, "Mayor Liu, you speak quite lightly! Look at this building, look at its state, what can be done about it?"
Liu Zhizhong said lightly, "It's not your fault, do you need to take the blame?"
"But..." Xiang Mingdong was hit at a sore spot, said coldly, "Joint liability, don't you think I have it?"
"In my opinion, you don't have to."
"What did you say?"
Liu Zhizhong gave a calm smile and immediately spoke to Xiang Mingdong.
Well, when Xiang Mingdong heard it, his eyes lit up as if he encountered a savior, forcefully patting Liu Zhizhong's shoulder, "Well done! Mayor Liu, you really have talent! Alright, let's do as you say! Let's overcome this first!"
Then, they really proceeded according to Liu Zhizhong's emergency strategy, or, it could also be said as the blame-shifting strategy!
First, the conditions were in place, because today was only Saturday, with two consecutive days of rest, there was enough time.
Then, they immediately notified the renovation company to come on site and go full speed. The entire City Committee building was entirely scaffolded, covered with a green environmental safety net, wrapped tightly.
The external statement was that the City Committee building was undergoing an energy-saving renovation of the outer walls; as for how it's environmentally friendly, it's not important, what's important is to cover up the shame.
At the same time, the three burned floors were cleaned of clutter, an inventory of burnt and missing files was taken. If needed, they would go to the city archives to retrieve them again, make copies and record them.
Of course, the three burned floors were immediately entering the renovation phase, and within at least ten days needed to be completed!
Meanwhile, the police and fire department launched an investigation into the cause of the accident, and it had to be the real reason.
Of course, the external reason was already set—it was due to a short circuit in the water dispenser in Mayor Guan's office, which tripped the main power switch and caused a fire throughout the building.
Coincidentally, the water dispenser was also provided by a trade company under Mayor Guan's brother-in-law's name, so he had to take responsibility. He also handled the fire engineering, so he had to take the blame too, hehe…