NOVEL NEXT Chapter 1178
New Year celebrations in the autonomous county are truly something to behold.
Due to different cultural customs, the minority New Year in Shanan, coupled with the regular national Spring Festival holidays, spans a two-week break—what could be more joyous?
The County Committee and County Government of the autonomous county start celebrating early, visiting retired senior comrades with long lists of names, engaging in daily visits, eating, drinking, and giving gifts—it's quite interesting.
Of course, the townships below, along with the various departments, bureaus, and units of the county, must also deliver gifts and pay New Year greetings to the County Committee and County Government, making it a very busy affair, with lots of eating and drinking. There are also collective New Year gatherings and such, keeping the atmosphere vibrant.
Liu Zhizhong does not participate in these activities; instead, he walks around the grassroots areas to experience the festive atmosphere of the minority people in the mountains, observe some so-called folk culture, and carefully revise his manuscript.
In the countryside, with the New Year approaching, there's a lot to feel. For the poor, New Year is, well, just like that.
No matter how poor the family is, there should still be some meat, new clothes, and fireworks. The activities of the minority people during the New Year include torch playing, bonfires in the villages that burn for over ten days, singing, and dancing instead of farming—a poor man's happiness indeed.
The minority people certainly don't know how lavish the officials' New Year can be. Some spend it in the county, some in East Light City, some even in the provincial capital or some first-tier cities, and unbelievably, some celebrate abroad.
They are even less aware that the newly-appointed County Mayor is also spending the New Year in the mountains, haha! Celebrating alone—lonely? No, rather carefree, hehe...
On the 28th day of the last lunar month, the entire country was on holiday, all waiting to celebrate the New Year's Eve and the grand festival, with excitement in the air. The flourishing realm, just as you wished!
The Spring Festival Gala had long started trending, frequently dominating the charts with its live broadcasts.
But no one could have imagined that on the 28th day of the last lunar month, what dominated the charts was not the Spring Festival Gala, but clips of eating and drinking corruption, with Shanan Autonomous County at the forefront.
Liu Zhizhong is not in the videos, but Mo Dayou and other heads are definitely featured.
There's pixelation in the video, as it shows scandalous foot massages after eating and drinking—truly an eyesore needing to be censored!
These videos were frantically uploaded to major video networks—realistic and provocative, directly targeting Shanan County. The titles questioned what the leaders in this national-level impoverished county were doing.
In these times, the common people already live unsatisfactory lives—how could they bear to see such videos?
In no time, there were countless shares and downloads, countless comments, and endless curses. Indeed, the drama on the internet reached unprecedented levels.
Hundreds of millions of netizens, haha, were about to have an exciting Spring Festival!
Once such videos are uploaded, they can't be contained—their intensity is uncontrollable.
As the days of welcoming the New Year and Spring Festival approached, such a massive anti-corruption video incident erupted, of course making some people lose face and making others panic.
The Shanan County Committee and County Government collapsed... feeling like the sky was about to fall!
The Dongguang Autonomous State Party and government collapsed... feeling this was reality, a certainty on the iron board—it's all over, it's all over...
The Hu Yang Provincial Committee gave high importance, with no time to talk about the New Year; even during the holiday, they had to urgently convene meetings, especially the Provincial Disciplinary Committee, which was as busy as a beehive. Because Tiandu had ordered: Thorough investigation, regardless of the ethnicity of the officials—investigate to the end!