After hastily handing over the Poyang Lake-related matters to Afang, Chen Dong went to Xingzi Hydrological Station alone. He said he was helping out, but all he could do was patrol daily with the soldiers from the 17th Company who were there for flood control and disaster relief.
Whenever they encounter a flood piping, they rush forward and use every possible method to plug the piping.
The company commander of the 17th Company initially thought that this big boss was just putting on a show, but after seeing everything Chen Dong did, he finally realized that Chen Dong had the country in his heart and social responsibility on his shoulders. He was not one of those profit-driven bosses.
"Boss Chen, with such a strong physique, it's a real shame you're not in the army." The company commander would occasionally lean over and say a few jokes to Chen Dong.
Chen Dong took out a small wine flask from his pocket and silently offered it to the soldier, saying, "You can't drink such good wine when you're in the army, can you?"
The company commander was about to take it when he heard that it was alcohol, so he quickly lowered his outstretched hand, "This..."
He looked around and saw that no one was around. After thinking for a while, he still couldn't get past his own conscience. "No, this is against the rules."
Chen Dong gave a wry smile, tilted his head back, and swallowed the wine from the small wine pot.
Although he lived at the Xingzi Hydrological Station, Chen Dong not only had to patrol the station's dikes, but also sometimes he would go with the soldiers of the 17th Company to help when the county town was flooded. Sometimes he would unload goods, sometimes he would carry sandbags, and so on.
He often went to the areas most severely affected by the disaster, where not only were roads destroyed, but communication towers were also completely submerged in the mudslides.
Communication between people, the transmission of signals, the transportation of goods, and all other means have all returned to their most primitive form.
More than a month had passed since the massive floods began. Chen Dong's Motorola phone could sometimes receive a signal, but it was always intermittent.
Later, he simply left his phone at his place and almost never called anyone anymore.
By late July, the floodwaters had receded by more than half. Although the rainfall was still concentrated in the main stream and tributaries of the Yangtze River, according to clues reported in the news, the floodwaters had receded in the areas where massive urban flooding had occurred.
At this time, communication networks were gradually restored, and they finally received various reports from the news media.
CCTV and local TV stations have begun to plan and promote exemplary flood relief events and heroes, with Secretary Liu of Poyang Lake being a particular focus of their publicity.
Since Secretary Liu drowned, he has received care from various medical and rehabilitation institutions under the Longteng Group. It was at this time that some people took notice of the Longteng company.
When the reporter arrived at Poyang Lake County Hospital to learn about the whole process of Secretary Liu's injury, they learned from both Secretary Liu and Mr. Zhou that the same person was Chen Dong.
After making inquiries from various sources, the reporter gradually uncovered the entire process of Chen Dong leading the flood relief efforts in Longteng.
Many people only gradually learned after carefully investigating Longteng's global procurement activities that Longteng had predicted major floods in the Yangtze River, Nenjiang River, and Songhua River basins as early as February.
Even the owner of Longteng contacted the mainland expert group several times, requesting the expert group to establish a flood prediction model.
After the expert group determined that a major flood was likely to occur throughout the entire Yangtze River basin, a meeting was held, chaired by Mr. Lin, with relevant departments discussing related emergency rescue measures.
Reporters found that many people reported seeing Longteng's big boss rush into the meeting room and demand that local governments urgently evacuate people from danger zones during the meeting.
Evacuating the masses is a massive and complex undertaking. The expert team was initially hesitant to draw conclusions, but it was only at the insistence of the owner of Longteng that they began to discuss relevant measures.
After obtaining specific leads on Longteng's actions, CCTV devoted a significant amount of time to reporting on Longteng and the charitable acts of social philanthropists in donating money and supplies to the disaster area.
Someone learned from the county head of Poyang Lake County that Chen Dong is currently patrolling the dike at the Xingzi Hydrological Station. In order to collect reporting materials, reporters braved the rain and carried their cameras and microphones to the Xingzi Hydrological Station of Poyang Lake.
In CCTV footage, the entire Xingzi Hydrological Station was flooded up to two stories high; in reality, the floodwaters had forced them to work on the roof.
All the monitoring equipment was stored in a tent temporarily set up by Chen Dong and the soldiers of the 17th Company. Looking out from the Xingzi Hydrological Station, all that could be seen was a vast expanse of water.
"Actually, there was a dam here before," the company commander, a man who was always eager to talk to people, immediately introduced to the reporters who came to interview him. "Chen Dong and several militia teams were trapped on the observation platform over there. We threw nine dump trucks to build a temporary dam."
“Oh right, over there…” The company commander pointed laboriously to a body of water where there were no landmarks, “There used to be an observation platform there, but it collapsed after the dam was built.”
At this point in the conversation, the photographer shifted the camera to the observation deck, and the reporter asked curiously, "It's understandable that the observation deck collapsed, but why is the entire dam gone?"
"It got flooded." A dark figure sat at the bottom of the picture, exuding an aura of mud and water.
The company commander enthusiastically pointed to the young man with a dark complexion and introduced him to the reporter, "By the way, this is the man we rescued from the observation platform, Boss Chen Dong!"
"Brother Dong, come and say hello to the TV station!"
Chen Dong raised his dark eyes. His shirt and trousers were covered in dry mud, indicating that he had been engaged in flood relief efforts and had not had time or the means to change into new clothes.
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