At 8:10 in the morning, nearly an hour before the Binjiang Ship was to enter the port, the temporary bleachers set up for the ceremony were already filled.
Commander Wang of the Military District and Political Commissioner Chen arrived before dawn, as did Vice Mayor Qin. The three had just finished inspecting all the preparations when they received a message via walkie-talkie that Secretary Lu had arrived.
The three hurried to greet him, briefly reporting on the preparations made, and accompanied Secretary Lu to first greet the old revolutionaries and veteran cadres attending the ceremony to welcome the Binjiang Ship back to Binjiang.
The old revolutionaries mainly came from three guesthouses in Binjiang, but the central seats under the bleachers were reserved for four old Red Army veterans specially escorted by the Civil Affairs Bureau!
