October 1, the National Day holiday. Golden Week. Nie Zhenbang made a trip back to Jingcheng. He didn't concern himself with anything and temporarily put down all his work. He devoted himself wholeheartedly to accompanying his family and enjoyed the festival thoroughly.
On the evening of October 7, he returned to Longxi Province. The morning of October 8, Nie Zhenbang, Liu Zhentao, and other provincial leaders attended the urban renewal project launching ceremony in the South City District of Ancient City.
Under Nie Zhenbang's command, the brand new excavator, with its mechanical arm adorned in red silk, waited for the signal. As the order was given, the excavator swung its mechanical arm and began to dig slowly towards the slum area.
The reason for the name "slum" stemmed primarily from the fact that most of the buildings within the area were makeshift shacks. There was hardly any solid construction to speak of. Such houses were fragile; they fell with just one sweep.
