Everyone believed that this statement was made up; how could Secretary Zhou say something so narrow-minded?
Xu Chunliang said, "At no moment should we let the country suffer a loss, and at no moment should we let the common people suffer a loss. We, as individuals, can take a loss, but we must never allow those ill-intentioned profiteers to take advantage of the country and its people!"
Xu Chunliang's words were powerful and resounding, as if Secretary Zhou himself were speaking.
Qin Zhengyang also found these words reasonable, but he couldn't be sure if they were actually spoken by Secretary Zhou. No matter how well said, he couldn't openly agree, in case Secretary Zhou didn't actually say them and it was all concocted by Xu Chunliang—what a joke that would be!
"Xiaoxu said it well." This was Qin Zhengyang's cunning; if Secretary Zhou spoke, he didn't hear it, but he certainly heard Xu Chunliang saying it.
