For the ordinary people, this was absolutely great news; the party leadership of Yangchuan City was commended by the provincial authorities for their decisive actions and effective measures in the face of mass panic during a crisis, especially Wang Jian She who had conducted the inspections behind the scenes and was named and praised at the provincial conference.
Yangchuan City's fish market began to regain its vitality and the number of people buying fish picked up, and those few restaurants also started to reserve fish in small quantities from Shuijun Lake. But overall, the blow was still tremendous, and it would be quite difficult to return to the original prosperity anytime soon.
Zhou Jin was hospitalized once again, and after being resuscitated, he survived, but he had to be monitored in the intensive care unit, unable to leave his bed, with various tubes inserted all over his body.