Chapter 390 [Disaster Relief] (II)

The drought relief charity performance came to an end in Mao Wenying's impassioned singing, with the singing, the stone in the heart of Shen Qinghua, secretary of the Fengze Municipal Party Committee, also landed, everything went so smoothly, so perfect, there were two days left in the summer economic and trade fair, but on the first day it achieved unprecedented success, the disaster relief charity performance raised 29 million donations, this amount is extremely amazing, with this money, Fengze's drought relief work will become much smoother. And all of this was all facilitated by Zhang Yang's efforts, Shen Qinghua looked at Zhang Yang not far away, Zhang Yang was talking with the people of the Japanese business group accompanied by Chang Lingfeng, and the two sides talked very happily. This kid's abilities are truly immeasurable. "Secretary Shen, a total of 29.6 million donations have been raised this time!" Executive Vice Mayor Chen Jiannian came to Shen Qinghua's side excitedly to report after verifying the amount of donations.

Shen Qinghua nodded, he suddenly realized that Zhang Yang was increasing his influence in Fortress through this series of activities, and after this economic and trade meeting and fundraising, Zhang Yang's influence in Fortress would undoubtedly be greatly enhanced.

The audience resounded with thunderous applause and cheers, Mao Wenying's singing won the unanimous applause of the audience, she kept thanking, and all the cast and staff who participated in the disaster relief performance also appeared on the center stage to thank everyone.

Hailan said in a fluctuating voice: "This disaster relief charity performance is over here, I believe that under the correct guidance of the party, under the leadership of the municipal party committee and municipal government, with the joint efforts of all the people of Fengze City, and with the support of enthusiastic people from all walks of life, we will be able to win the victory of this drought war, let us sing "Tomorrow Will Be Better" together, and welcome a better tomorrow belonging to Fengze!" ”

The music of "Tomorrow Will Be Better" sounded at the scene, and Qi Guoyuan, secretary general of the municipal party committee, quietly approached Shen Qinghua and reminded him and Li Changyu, executive vice mayor of Jiangcheng, to meet with all the cast and staff who participated in the disaster relief.

Shen Qinghua and Li Changyu humbly walked to the stage with each other, and Li Changyu said: "The disaster relief charity performance is very successful, and now Fengze's drought relief work should be much smoother." ”

Shen Qinghua was in a good mood, nodded and said: "Thank you for the support of the leaders, our Fengze Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government will definitely implement the drought relief work and win this war with nature as soon as possible!" ”

They walked on the stage while talking and laughing, although the summer night was hot, but Shen Qinghua's heart was as happy as eating ice cream at this time, boldly using Zhang Yang is his magic move, but he also understands that the appointment of Zhang Yang must be cautious, this kid is like a double-edged sword, if you use it well, you can cut through the thorns and thorns for yourself, and if you don't use it well, it is likely to hurt yourself.

When Shen Qinghua was thinking, he suddenly felt a trace of coolness on his face, he subconsciously reached out and touched the water one by one, and there were water droplets falling on his face, he thought that someone accidentally threw out the sweat, but immediately another drop of water fell on his forehead, Shen Qinghua was a little stunned.

Li Changyu raised his head and looked at the sky, and after a long while, he said, "Is it going to rain?" As soon as he finished speaking, a brilliant lightning bolt tore through the pitch-black sky, illuminating the entire stadium as bright as day, and then a series of dull thunders rolled down into the low sky.

When everyone didn't react, a heavy rain suddenly came, and Li Changyu, Shen Qinghua and those actors who stood on the stage and didn't have time to leave suddenly fell into this storm.

Shen Qinghua's smiling face was full of incredible expressions, he really couldn't imagine how this rain came suddenly, without warning, before that, the meteorological station clearly predicted that there would be no precipitation in the near future, and it seemed that the weather forecast of this meteorological station was not accurate.

People began to retreat and began to look for Di Yu's place, only Shen Qinghua was still standing in the rain, he seemed to be stunned, unable to believe that everything that happened in front of him would be true, Qi Guoyuan, Secretary General of the Municipal Party Committee, trotted to his side, and somewhere got an umbrella to hold it up for Shen Qinghua to block the pouring rain, and said loudly: "Secretary Shen, let's go to shelter from the rain!" Shen Qinghua muttered: "It's raining, it's really raining!" Qi Guoyuan smiled and nodded.

Shen Qinghua said: "I'm not going anywhere, I'm just here to watch, how long this rain can last!" Shen Qinghua was worried that it was a rutted rain, for fear that the time would be too short and would not play much role in alleviating the drought in Fengze. As it turned out, his fears were unfounded, the rain didn't stop, and there was no sign of stopping for the time being.

Zhang Yang first sent Qiao Mengyuan, An Yuchen, Shi Wei, and Hu Yinru into the car, and then drove his pickup truck directly to the back door of the lounge, where he picked up Hailan and He Xinyan. When they came to the car, they were all chickens. Zhang Yang smiled: "It's really miserable, my whole body is drenched!" ”

Hailan wiped her hair with a towel and said with a smile: "Xinyan's dance is so good, it moved God, it's really raining." ”

He Xinyan was also wiping the rain-water on his body with a towel: "Investment promotion, drought fighting, and rain have all been successful, Zhang Yang, you are coming to the door with three joys this time!" Zhang Yang smiled: "I said a long time ago, when you come, the drought will be resolved!" ”

Hailan and He Xinyan's faces were hot, their pretty faces drooped, and Fang was a little ashamed in her heart, and she secretly scolded this guy in her heart for saying anything. Zhang Yang has his own logic: "A surname is a surname and a surname is Hai, and any drought has to be deterred in front of you!" ”

He Xinyan couldn't help but giggle when he heard him say this: "There is really some truth, Sister Yinru is still surnamed Hu!" Hailan's pretty face burned more and more, is it all doomed?

The rain was too heavy, Qiao Mengjiao's car was still parked there, and when Zhang Yang's pickup truck drove in front of him, Qiao Mengjiao flashed his lights to him, Zhang Yang picked up the phone and dialed Qiao Mengjiao's phone and said, "You follow me!" ”

He Xinyan suddenly sighed, she pointed to the house on the right, but it was the Feng Lu and Feng Hu sisters who were standing there sheltering from the rain. Zhang Yang leaned over and beckoned her sisters to work on the car.

It took a lot of time to send the Feng Lu sisters home, and when they returned to the Egret Hotel, it was almost eleven o'clock, and when they got off the bus, they were all wet with rain, and the hotel manager Lu Zhao was busy greeting the returning guests. Seeing Zhang Yang come back, she quietly invited Zhang Yang aside and said in a low voice: "That guy who is neither male nor female has made trouble again, and he has knocked down the vase in our hall, which is really difficult to serve." ”

Zhang Yang knew that she was talking about Xi Ruolin's assistant George, and said with a smile: "I'll leave tomorrow, forget it, write down the loss, and I'll settle the bill with you when I go back." Lu Zao whispered: "I haven't eaten yet, I have prepared a table of meals in the Fugui Hall." Zhang Yang smiled and nodded, "Okay, I'll go over right away." ”

After Qiao Mengjiao and He Xinyan changed their clothes and delayed for more than half an hour, Zhang Yang took the six beauties to the Fugui Hall and sat down, he smiled and said to the waiter: "Don't worry about hot and cold dishes, come up together!" Everyone's hungry! ”

Qiao Mengzhen and Shi Wei also felt that the rain came suddenly, and An Yuchen said: "Fortunately, the rain fell after the disaster relief performance, otherwise there would be no reason to raise donations." ”

The rain was still falling outside, and Shi Wei looked out the window and said, "Now the drought in Fengze has eased, there is no need to raise donations!" ”

Qiao Mengzhen smiled: "Shi Wei, don't say that, you scared Mayor Zhang, thinking that we have to repay the debt!" The whole table laughed.

Zhang Yang said: "Mr. Qiao, it's not kind of you to say this, am I that kind of person?" Didn't you put these donations in my personal pocket? Take it from the people, use it for the people, and use it for the people, all of which can be regarded as helping you rich people accumulate some merit. ”

An Yuchen said: "The amount of money raised this time is a large amount, close to 30 million, we must ensure the use of the donations, I heard that the phenomenon of misappropriation of donations often occurs in the mainland." Zhang Yang smiled: "Don't worry, I will focus on this matter when I go back!" ”

Hu Yinru said: "It's hard to rest assured, I remember that there was an incident of officials embezzling funds in the flood in Yun'an Province the year before last, and the final treatment was not painful, which also triggered a media criticism. Zhang Yang said: "I found that you lack trust in the cadres of the party and the state!" He Xinyan said: "It's because of the lack of integrity of you cadres!" ”

Shi Wei nodded and said, "I agree with Miss He's point of view, many grassroots cadres are very corrupt and irresponsible now!" ”

Zhang Yang raised his hand and surrendered: "Yes, I won't fight with you, let's eat!" ”

At this time, there was a noise outside, Zhang Yang couldn't help frowning, it was so late that a man's sharp voice outside was particularly harsh, and there were not many people who could make this kind of tone, so Zhang Daguan easily locked on George's body.

George also accompanied Xi Ruolin to have supper, the reason why he was angry was that the food tasted bad, not only smashed the cup on the spot, but also slapped the waiter, the beaten waitress covered her face and cried silently on the side, because the Egret Hotel attached great importance to this reception, and asked each waiter to fight back and scold and not return the mouth, so she could only swallow her anger, Lu Yan apologized to George with a smile. Hearing the sound, he walked out, looked at Xi Ruolin and said, "What's the matter?" Xi Ruolin said coldly: "Don't ask me, your service is really poor!" ”

George screamed, "I shouted three cuts - pour water, she can't hear it?" Deaf? If we were in Hong Kong, this kind of low-quality waiter would have been fired a long time ago! Your mainland's service industry is really backward. Lu Yan said: "I'm sorry, I'm going to give you a hard time!" Zhang Yang said: "Because of this, you beat people?" ”

George crossed his waist and glared, "Beat her to give her a memory and let her improve the quality of service!" ”

Xi Ruolin said with a smile: "Forget it, don't be like them, let's go!" In fact, Xi Ruolin is the culprit in this matter, although she came to Fortress because of Wang Zhun's face, she was very dissatisfied with the appearance fee, and vented her dissatisfaction with the organizer in this way.

George was about to leave, but was stopped by He Xinyan, who rushed to hear the news, and He Xinyan said: "You must apologize!" ”

Seeing that He Xinyan and An Yuchen were here, Zhang Yang was happy to watch, took a step back, and said to An Yuchen in a low year: "Little demon, what to do, weigh it yourself!" ”

George screamed, "Get out of here!" Believe it or not, I'll call the police to arrest you......" Before the words were finished, He Xinyan had already made a move, and a loud slap hit him in the face, George was beaten there, and he quickly reacted: "Thirty-eight...... How dare you hit me! He rushed towards He Xinyan desperately. An Yuchen was already ready on the side, not waiting for George to rush up, a side kick kicked on his lower abdomen, An Yuchen's force is the best one among the girls, her side kick can kick a cow, not to mention George, who is neither male nor female, George screamed and flew out upside down, hitting the floor-to-ceiling glass window of the restaurant, only to hear the sound of glass breaking constantly sounding, this guy lay down on the broken glass window, his body was scratched in many places, and a lot of blood flowed out, it was really miserable.

Xi Ruolin was also frightened when she saw the scene in front of her, she got up and said, "You guys are too much!" ”

An Yuchen said coldly: "Don't come out under the banner of Hong Kong to show off your might, you can't represent Hong Kong, apologize!" ”

Lu Yan saw that there was really a fight, for fear that things would get bigger, so she hurriedly persuaded: "Forget it, forget it, it's all a misunderstanding!" ”

Qiao Mengyuan said: "Can you hit someone casually if you misunderstand?" There is no distinction between high and low, "If you don't respect others, you don't respect yourself!" Miss Xi, as a public figure, what you did just now is to discredit your own image, and you should apologize for your actions just now! Xi Ruolin cried: "You are all a bunch of scoundrels, I want to complain about you!" ”

At this time, Qiu Jinzhu of the Criminal Police Brigade also rushed to hear the news, and during the economic and trade fair, he was stationed at the Egret Hotel, responsible for the personal safety of the distinguished guests, so he arrived in time when he heard the movement.

When Xi Ruolin saw the police coming, she became a lot more courageous, and she screamed: "I want to call the police, they threaten my personal safety and beat my assistant!" ”

When Qiu Jinzhu saw Zhang Yang, he suddenly understood in his heart that Zhang Daguan was making trouble, and he didn't want to take care of it, and he couldn't manage it, he just didn't see it or hear it, and smiled and said, "Mayor Zhang, is there any trouble?" ”

Zhang Yang waved his hand and said, "It's none of your business here!" You lead people to guard the gate, and don't let idle people come in casually. ”

Xi Ruolin was frightened when she heard this, instead of standing on her side, the police wanted to open the door, and she said in a trembling voice: "What do you want to do......"

Zhang Yang sighed and said: "Xi Ruolin, we are old acquaintances, you can come to Fengze to help with the disaster relief performance, I am very grateful to you, but you are still reluctant to come, put on a stinky face all day long, I also endure it, but you find an excuse to bully my class sister, it's wrong!" ”

Xi Ruolin was really scared at this time, at this time Wang Zhun and Liu Dezheng both arrived, but unfortunately Qiu Jinzhu held the door and didn't let them in, Wang Zhun shouted at the top of his voice: "Vice Mayor Zhang, for my sake, this matter is over......"

Xi Ruolin shouted: "You mainland boys are all liars, you tricked me into performing, and you don't give the entrance fee 111111" Qiao Mengzhen suddenly said: "How much?" Xi Ruolin was slightly stunned, not knowing what she meant. Shi Wei looked at her with disdain and said, "My cousin asked you how much is the appearance fee?" ”

George, who was covered in blood, got up from the ground, he was scared by An Yuchen's kick, and limped to Xi Ruolin's side: "Miss Xi's stage in other cities is all 100,000......

Qiao Mengyuan had already taken out the checkbook, wrote 100,000 yuan on it, and handed it to Shi Wei, who took it and threw it to George: "Open your dog's eyes and see clearly, 100,000 yuan!" George grabbed the check and stood there for a moment, not knowing whether to worry or be happy. Qiao Mengyan said coldly: "Now you can apologize!" ”

Xi Ruolin bit her lip, tears in her eyes, this is not because of her good acting skills, but because she was really scared, George walked up to the waitress who had just been slapped by him and whispered = "Yes, one, one, one" had to bow his head under the human house) This guy who is not a man or a woman also knows this truth.

The waiter looked at George with red eyes, and suddenly picked up his palm and slapped it back, hitting George's face with five finger prints raised, and she sobbed: "Beat you to let you know that we Chinese are not so easy to bully!" ”

Everyone has their own dignity, no matter what social status, no matter how much wealth, the dignity of people is not allowed to be trampled on, Xi Ruolin apologized and fled with George.

Zhang Yang didn't make a move at all during the whole process, he looked at these female generals with appreciation, how could he get a love word in his heart, He Xinyan's slap was good, and An Yuchen's kick was good, "Qiao Mengyan's check is well written, and the paralyzed one is a good woman who is difficult to find with a lantern, Zhang Daguan suddenly had a thought, if such a good woman can't be owned by himself, wouldn't he have to regret it for the rest of his life?"

Qiao Mengyan naturally wouldn't guess Zhang Yang's thoughts at the moment, she smiled apologetically at Zhang Yang: "I'm sorry, tonight's incident may have caused you cheap annoyance." ”

Zhang Yang smiled: "It's okay, I also want to take 100,000 yuan to smash her in the face, but unfortunately I can't come up with a prophecy with a clean breeze on my sleeves!" ”

Qiao Mengzhen smiled indifferently, this smile was as intoxicating as a breeze, and Zhang Daguan didn't feel a little stupid.

Qiao Menghou realized something from his gaze and said softly, "It's too late, let's go back and rest!" ”

After Qiao Mengjiao and the others left, Wang Zhun came over, and he was also helpless, Xi Ruolin was invited by him from Hong Kong, and when this happened, his face was very ugly. Bother! War. Yang patted him on the shoulder and said, "I'm sorry, this girl is too arrogant!" Wang Zhun smiled bitterly: "She still has something to do with it, but I'm afraid that this matter will attract some nonsense in the future: "That little energy on the spot, she can't turn over a little wave if she dies!" Wang Zhun still knows a lot about Zhang Yang's methods, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but smile coldly: "Don't be afraid, I can't be as knowledgeable as a third-rate star!" Wang Zhun said: "There are no weak soldiers under the strong generals, and those confidants of yours are really strong!" Zhang Yang corrected: "That's called a sense of justice!" The rain in Fortress did not stop overnight, and when the Standing Committee held the next day, the rain was still falling, and every member of the Standing Committee had a happy face, and they knew that this rain meant that the drought in Fortress would be alleviated to a large extent.

Shen Qinghua, secretary of the municipal party committee, first summed up the achievements of the economic and trade fair so far, and fully affirmed the achievements made. The members of the Standing Committee are also quite optimistic.

After the Standing Committee was finished, Sun Dongqiang specially stayed, and he reported to Shen Qinghua what happened in the Baidong Hotel last night with a solemn expression.

Shen Qinghua couldn't help frowning, it seems that there is really no perfect thing in the world" The joy brought by the economic and trade fair couldn't help but be diluted a little, and he said to Sun Dongqiang: "You can handle this matter, in the attitude of criticism and education, try not to make things bigger."

Shen Qinghua has a lot of things recently, like this kind of trivial matter, he really doesn't have the energy to ask, back to the office, his wife Zhao Guohua's phone chased over again, since Zhao Guodong was taken away by Jiangcheng, his wife kept arguing with him, saying that he was incompetent, saying that he didn't care about his mother's family, Shen Qinghua was so troubled that he didn't have a headache, and finally appeased his wife.

Shen Qinghua thought about it calmly, and still made a call to the city, Shen Qinghua and Jiangcheng City Committee, CPPCC Chairman Ma Yimin are old friends, and he wants to know about Zhao Guodong's situation through Ma Yimin.

Ma Yimin still helped Shen Qinghua find out a lot of inside information, he said to Shen Qinghua: "Guodong has admitted to accepting bribes during the construction of the office building of the Public Security Bureau, and at present, the Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Procuratorate have intervened and are in the process of determining the amount of embezzlement, but according to my current understanding, it may not be too serious, Guodong's confession attitude is better, as long as the embezzled money can be handed over in time, the court will deal with it as appropriate." ”

Shen Qinghua said: "Old Ma, Guodong was grown up by me, this child is not bad by nature!"

Ma Yimin said: "Don't worry, our friend for so many years, I will definitely try my best to help him, Lao Shen, your Fengze has made a sensation in this economic and trade meeting recently, and the entire Pinghai has been shaken!" ”

When it comes to the economic and trade fair, Shen Qinghua is still a little pleased: "It's not bad, great results have been achieved!" ”

Ma Yimin said: "There is a sentence I want to remind you, you can't do things that dig into the corners of your own people!" Shen Qinghua's heart froze, and Ma Yimin's words meant something: "Old Ma, if you have anything to say, you can say it directly!" Ma Yimin said: "The Japanese Millennium Group was originally ready to settle in Jiangcheng Development Zone, and this time you have robbed Jiangcheng of a big investment!" ”

Shen Qinghua couldn't help but smile when he heard that it was this matter: "Fengze is also a part of Jiangcheng, the fertilizer water does not flow into the fields of outsiders, and the investment of the Millennium Group has not fallen to other families. ”

Ma Yimin said: "From the overall point of view, this is the case, but in the eyes of some departments, this is not the case, I heard that Secretary Du and Mayor Zuo are very unhappy. He paused and said: "Zhang Yang is too showy, you use him well, and he does have some ability, but you have to pay attention, be careful of being dragged into the water by him!" ”

Shen Qinghua warned the secret student in his heart, and said in a low voice: "Old Ma, why are your words a little unfathomable today?" ”

Ma Yimin said: "Lao Shen, I won't hide it from you, I heard that Zhao Guodong stepped down because someone reported from within the Fengze Public Security Bureau, and the current director and deputy director of the Fengze Public Security Bureau are all strongly sponsored by Zhang Yang to Rong Pengfei. Shen Qinghua said: "Guodong has done something wrong by himself, and he can't complain about others!" ”

Ma Yimin reminded Shen Qinghua: "Before Zhang Yang went to Fengze to serve as deputy mayor, he was seconded by the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection for a period of time, and Zhu Heng, secretary of the Chunyang County Party Committee, was ousted by him. ”

Shen Qinghua's heart sank suddenly, Ma Yimin's words couldn't help but make him think more, could it be that Zhang Yang came to Fengze not to be the deputy mayor in charge of culture, education and health?

Ma Yimin said: "Our old friends for so many years, I have told you what should be said and what should not be said, you must be more careful in the future, work hard for the party and the country all your life, don't capsize in the gutter." ”

Hanging up the phone, Shen Qinghua fell into a long period of contemplation, all signs show that Zhao Guodong's fall and Zhang Yang have an extremely close relationship, since Zhang Yang's arrival, Feng Ze under his leadership has been torn open a gap, and Zhang Yang is also constantly asking for and expanding his own power, although he has not been here for a long time, the internal pattern of the Public Security Bureau and the Education Bureau has quietly changed, this young man will not be satisfied with this, where will he choose next?

Zhang Yang didn't take Xi Ruolin's complaint to heart, in his opinion, Xi Ruolin is just a third-rate star who lacks quality, although she has the aura of the so-called actress, but she is too far from the four words of virtue and art. She may have a little energy in Hong Kong, but in our motherland, Yun'er, who is a big country, she doesn't have the right to speak.

The 500,000 yuan approved by Shen Qinghua is obviously not enough, and according to preliminary estimates, there are still 870,000 yuan in funds, so after the end of the economic and trade cooperation, Zhang Yang immediately asked Fu Changzheng to draft a funding application, and after asking Mayor Sun Dongqiang to sign it, it was sent to Shen Qinghua's hands.

Shen Yuhua; The promise was very good, but it had been a week since the funding application was handed in, and there was still no news like a stone sinking into the sea, Zhang Yang finally couldn't help but go to Shen Qinghua's office to find him. Shen Qinghua was still very kind when he saw Feng Zhangyang: "Xiao Zhang, do you have something to do with me?" ”

Zhang Yang nodded: "Secretary Shen, the funding application I handed you last time, you said that you want to go through the procedures at the Standing Committee, has it been approved?" ”

Shen Qinghua pretended to be trying very hard to remember, and after a while, Fang smiled and said, "Look at my memory, I have discussed, discussed!" ”

Zhang Yang said: "How is it? Signed? In Zhang Yang's view, signing is a matter of course, and he has made such an old contribution to Fortress, and there must be no problem with the approval of this conference fee.

Shen Qinghua pursed his lips and shook his head regretfully: "The Standing Committee members unanimously agreed that the conference fee is very high, and they require you to issue a detailed list of conference affairs, and then review it again."

Zhang Yang said: "Secretary Shen, we held a three-day meeting and held a star-studded charity performance, what is the total of 1.37 million yuan, this conference fee is not much, do you think the conference fee is high?" What does it mean for me to issue a list of events? Do you suspect that I am corrupt? ”

Shen Qinghua said with a smile: "Xiao Zhang, don't think about it, it's just a regular program, not for you!" ”

Zhang Yang said: "I owe the entertainment fee of the Egret Hotel, the actor is a charity performance, but I have to reimburse other people's round-trip air tickets or something, these votes!" $ business, leaders or something, we are also free hospitality, Secretary Shen, didn't you say that there are friends from afar to be happy, to make all the guests who come to Fortress satisfied, I made them all satisfied, the contract signed by this investment is more than one billion, and the donation has also raised 29 million, why is there a problem with the 1.37 million entertainment expenses? Isn't it 870,000? What do the jurors suspect? "This guy is a little angry, paralyzed, Lao Tzu helped you hold up the scene, and it will be difficult for me at this time.

Shen Qinghua's smile remained unchanged: "Xiao Zhang, don't worry, I didn't say no, but everything has to have a procedure, we are party cadres, every penny spent must be well documented, and we will reimburse the plane ticket, but how can we also have a ticket stub, and every expenditure must have a receipt, otherwise, where will we spend 7?" How will you explain to your comrades in the future? How do the people who stumble to Fengze explain? ”

Zhang Yang understood, this old thing is serious and fake, and it is true to make things difficult for himself, he nodded and said: "Okay, the Standing Committee members want a list, and I will give you a list, but every guest who comes here may not send back the ticket and ticket, what should I do with this money?" Secretary Shen, are you going to let me pay out of my own pocket? ”

Shen Qinghua said: "How is it possible? You have made such a great contribution to Fengze this time, I am about to reward you, Xiao Zhang, one thing is the same thing, public is public, private is private, we must distinguish clearly! ”