"Boss! Poyang Lake has experienced a flood, and the water levels of several major rivers nearby, such as the Xinjiang River and the Changjiang River, have successively exceeded their historical highs."
"It's all over the news in mainland China!"
Chen Dong suddenly woke up with a start, "How are the people?"
"Fortunately, the local government of Poyang Lake evacuated residents from the danger zone in time," Afang explained to Chen Dong. "Currently, there have been no drowning or missing persons cases in the Poyang Lake system."
"However, the entire area around Poyang Lake has become a vast expanse of water. Crops and reservoirs have been submerged, and the city is suffering from severe flooding. The fire brigades and armed police officers who came to provide support are completely insufficient in manpower."
At this moment, Zhou Huimin, who was lying next to Chen Dong, was awakened by the noise and murmured, "What's wrong? Whose call was that?"
Seeing that they were talking too loudly and had woken Zhou Huimin, Chen Dong carefully lowered his voice and asked Afang on the other end of the phone, "What about the relief supplies? Have we used the relief supplies we prepared?"
"All the relief supplies have been handed over to the local government and delivered to the disaster area through their channels."
"But the most important issue now is that the affected area is too large. Many residents who have not been able to evacuate are actively trying to save themselves, and the armed police officers are also using life rafts to search for people in need of rescue."
“The local power system is severely damaged and communications are blocked. I am only able to contact you now using the government’s satellite phone.”
“Our rescue team can only rely on primitive methods to search for trapped people, which is too inefficient and we are short-handed.”
Chen Dong sighed and immediately said, "Wait here, I'll bring men to support you right away."
After hanging up the phone, when he turned around, Zhou Huimin had already sat up in bed, still sleepy-eyed.
He leaned forward and kissed Vivian Chow's forehead, whispering, "There's been a flood at Poyang Lake, and I have to go there to help. You stay here at Hidden Dragon Residence and wait for me. Don't go anywhere else."
Before Zhou Huimin could react, Chen Dong had already dressed and left.
Poyang Lake?
"flood?"
Since Afang was in charge of procuring relief supplies globally, and Zhou Huimin was having a falling out with Chen Dong at the time, she was unaware of the specific business arrangements being made within Longteng.
So although Zhou Huimin knew that there was a lot of rain in mainland China and that there had been several large-scale mudslides, she did not think of it as too serious.
After hurriedly returning to the mainland, Chen Dong urgently mobilized almost all available resources and rushed to Poyang Lake.
Due to the continuous extreme weather, flights were unable to take off normally, so Chen Dong and the rescue team had to travel by train.
After wandering around for a while, Chen Dong arrived at Poyang Lake and was stunned by the sight before him.
Several station signs at the train station had been broken off by the typhoon. As soon as they got off the train and entered the hall, the water in the hall was already up to their calves.
There weren't many people at the train station. Many uniformed staff were preparing sandbags in an attempt to keep the floodwaters outside the station.
The situation outside the station was even more serious, with yellow and red warning signs placed everywhere. Some signs warned of the water depth, while others warned that the manhole covers had been washed away.
There were almost no cars on the road. The few vehicles Chen Dong could see had large red banners hanging on them that read "Transportation of Flood Relief and Disaster Relief Supplies".
It seemed that the supply channels had not been cut off, which gave Chen Dong a slight sense of relief.
Just then, the people who were there to pick them up arrived.
Leading the group were Annie, Lin Zhiyuan, and Afang, followed by people from the local government of Poyang Lake.
After the Poyang Lake floods, the local government's supplies ran out quickly. It was Longteng's people who delivered the relief supplies in time. So, when the local government learned that the owner of Longteng had come to provide assistance in person, they came to receive Chen Dong to express their gratitude.
"Secretary, this is our boss, Longteng." Afang introduced enthusiastically, "All the relief supplies we distributed to the disaster-stricken people were purchased under the boss's instructions."
Chen Dong nodded slightly as a greeting, but the secretary opposite him shook Chen Dong's hand very warmly. "Brother Chen! Thanks to you! If it weren't for you, the people in our disaster area would be starving!"
For a moment, Chen Dong was taken aback by his enthusiasm, but he quickly understood. After all, the relief supplies they were distributing included food and most of the living equipment, which were a real lifesaver for the flood-stricken areas.
“It’s been raining for a week straight in the entire Poyang Lake system. All the shops in the area are closed. The town government has limited funds, so the supplies they’ve prepared are mainly convenience foods,” Afang said.
She arrived at Poyang Lake to support them almost at the same time the flood broke out, so Afang experienced everything the town government went through.
"Yesterday, before the flood control dike collapsed, the government had already distributed food at the relief points, but the food was quickly distributed and many people in the temporary resettlement area were hungry and cold. If our supplies hadn't been delivered to the resettlement area in Poyang Lake in time, the Party Secretary would have been eaten by these disaster-stricken people."
Afang meant to make a joke to ease the tension, but she never expected that her joke would bring tears to the secretary's eyes.
“We really underestimated this flood. We never expected that after the dam collapsed, the floodwaters would suddenly inundate the city,” the secretary said with tears in his eyes. “My house was also flooded.”
“My wife and children are still in the resettlement area. As an official, the relief supplies we prepare must be prioritized for the people. They have been hungry for a day and a night at the resettlement site.”
"My wife finished all the snacks she packed for the kids before she left home. The two little ones were so hungry that they didn't even have the energy to call me 'Dad' when they saw me."
The secretary became more and more emotional as he spoke, "I really don't know how to thank you."
Just as Chen Dong was about to say a few words of comfort to him, he noticed that the young men following the secretary were covered in water stains on their bodies and hands, and there was hardly a dry spot on their bodies except for their hair.
Upon hearing this, they were moved to tears.
Chen Dong didn't know what to say, so he patted the secretary on the shoulder as a gesture of comfort.
"Don't worry, before we started, we were procuring relief supplies globally. Now all the relief supplies are distributed near the Yangtze River, and we specifically chose to locate our warehouses in high-altitude areas. So far, all the supplies are safe."
"As long as the supplies are safe and the rescue channels are kept open, all the supplies can be delivered to the people in the disaster area in the shortest possible time."
Chen Dong was also moved by the secretary's words. His eyes reddened and his voice trembled slightly. "We will never again let the people go hungry and suffer from the cold like today."
Although he knew that the Yangtze River basin would experience a concentrated flood peak in June and that the flood would spread throughout the entire basin, he did not know the exact time and location when the flood would breach the dikes.
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