Two days later, Mayor Hong Rengui summoned Liu Hun to his office with a phone call.
The mayor, who was in his early forties, was earnestly reviewing the documents on his desk. Hearing Liu Hun knock and enter, he gestured to the chair opposite and indicated for Liu Hun to sit. After about three minutes, Hong Rengui finally lifted his head, holding the documents in his hand with an expression of discontent and asked Liu Hun, "I heard from Director Xia that this research report on Mingyang Factory was written by you?"
Liu Hun nodded in acknowledgment, "It was written by me."
"Take it!" Hong Rengui handed the research report to Liu Hun and then told him, "Take it back and revise it, remove all the parts where you subjectively sympathize with Mingyang Factory, then highlight the problems of Mingyang Factory before handing it to me again."
Liu Hun held his own report, feeling somewhat conflicted, not knowing what to do for a moment.
