In the small conference room of the provincial committee, all thirteen standing committee members of the Hongjiang Province were present. Remarkably, at the time Xu Hongzhuan called, none were out of town, all were in Hongcheng City.
At half-past eleven, normally, in another half hour, it would be time to finish work. However, at this moment, inside the small conference room, everyone was there, all seated and all a bit baffled. Why call an emergency standing committee meeting at this time?