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Chapter 684 Waves upon waves, they just won't stop.
Is Mayor Zhong coming too?

Chen feigned surprise.

In fact, all of this was part of his plan; look how well it's working.

It's far more prestigious to have local leaders come to you eagerly than to have to whine and complain to them while holding your credentials.

Moreover, these leaders wouldn't dare to blame you.

In fact, many industries are the same.

When you beg and plead, you are often met with contempt.

When you demonstrate enough strength, you can actually earn respect.

What Chen Zhe needs to do now is to continue to feign humility in front of everyone, and then leave behind a reputation for "low-key" behavior in the power arena of Heyuan.

"How could I let Mayor Zhong come to see me in person?"

Chen immediately stood up, frowned, and said, "I'm going to the highway exit to pick him up!"

Years ago, it was customary in officialdom that when a higher-level leader went to inspect a lower-level area, the local party and government leadership would greet him at the highway exit.

"no, I'm fine."

Secretary Cai Songgui quickly said, "Mayor Zhong said he would come in person."

"no!"

Chen's attitude was also very firm: "I already feel very bad for delaying Mayor Zhong's work because of this matter. How can I sit here and wait for the leader to come to my door? I must go to the highway entrance."

Secretary Cai had no choice but to call Zhong Xiaohua.

As a result, even his personal persuasion was to no avail.

Chen said that he absolutely could not trouble the leaders.

There was no other way, so both sides had to compromise. Mayor Zhong wouldn't come to the lakeside courtyard, and Chen wouldn't go to the highway entrance. Instead, they held a discussion in the Dongyuan County Party Committee office.

"Shall we go over now?"

Chen turned to Cai Songgui and asked, "Mayor Zhong will be here in half an hour. I can't keep him waiting."

"If we make it, it will take us at most 20 minutes to get to the county committee."

Cai Songgui admired this young man very much.

Originally, it was difficult to say whether Mayor Zhong or Committee Member Chen held a higher or lower position.

However, if Mayor Zhong's visit was to demonstrate his sincerity in attracting investment, then that would be understandable.

Given this incident, it's even more reasonable for Mayor Zhong to come in person.

However, Mr. Chen was too modest and showed no airs at all. Just as Secretary Cai was pondering this, he heard Mr. Chen say to one of his entourage members, "Don't forget there's still a car in the parking lot."

Cai Songgui was stunned for a moment, then immediately realized: "That leopard-shaped car with five sevens, is it President Chen's car?"

In the past two days, the Maybach with license plate "粤A77777" has become famous in the small county town, but no one has been able to find out the owner's identity.

But if it's preserved, then everything makes sense.

"Actually, I prefer to drive an SUV, because they are more durable."

Chen could only give a wry smile and say, "But sometimes when doing business, you still need something to make a good impression."

This undisguised honesty earned Secretary Cai even more genuine goodwill.

He nodded repeatedly: "I understand, I completely understand!"

At the same time, he was secretly cursing the Shi family for being stupid.

Even if you didn't know Chen Zhe's identity at first, seeing such a car suddenly appear, you would know that a "big shot from the provincial capital" had come to Dongyuan.

They don't know how to restrain themselves at all; they deserve their bad luck!

In fact, the Shi family was also wronged. They did have many bad deeds, but they never intended to offend Chen Zhuo.

Even after sensing that the wind direction was wrong, Samurai Taka planned to apologize overnight.

After leaving the small courtyard, in the Shi family compound not far away, one could hear a series of loud shouts, barking wolves, and the mixed sounds of shattering glass and porcelain.

Like boiling oil poured onto snow, the explosion tore open a gap in the dark clouds that had shrouded the small town for years.

"The arrest is underway."

Cai Songgui said quietly.

"Well."

Chen nodded, squinting.

Many neighbors heard the commotion. They stood at the alley entrance, on the rooftops, on the rice paddy ridges, and by the fishpond... looking at the once arrogant mansion, now with its threshold trampled and broken.

No one spoke; they just watched quietly.

Nobody knows what happened.

But everyone also knows that there will never again be a bully kicking over their own vegetable stall, never again a bully forcibly occupying a fishpond and acting with righteous indignation, and never again a bully smashing down doors and forcing people to sign documents to sell land.

Of course, some people may wonder why the Shi family, who are inherently tyrannical, only took action today.

However, this thought quickly dissipated in the wind of Wanlv Lake.

It's good that they can come, it's good that they can be caught.

For thousands of years, ordinary people have not asked for much; they just want to eat a hot meal and live with dignity.

"I've been wronged!"

Suddenly, the hawk's hysterical roar rang out, like a final, death throes:

"He wasn't interested in investing at all; he just wanted to take his grandparents to Guangzhou for the Chinese New Year!"

"I didn't come to your door in the middle of the night to threaten you; I was prepared to apologize!"

“I didn’t mean to kill his whole family. That was just something I said in anger. Do you really take something said in anger as evidence?”

"Why!"

...Secretary Cai naturally heard it too.

He glanced at the young CPPCC member.

The other person remained calm, as if they hadn't heard a thing.

"Now that things have come to this, the truth is no longer important."

Sitting in the car, Cai Songgui gazed at the rapidly receding street scene outside the window, lost in thought.

The current actions of the Shi family are disrupting investment attraction, damaging the peaceful lives of ordinary people, and hindering the development of Dongyuan County!

You are not wronged!
Even if you have a grievance, no one will believe you!

The once-powerful "county town's swords, guns, and cannons" were shattered at the slightest touch when they encountered the "provincial capital's dragons, tigers, and leopards."

The two sides are not even in the same league in terms of tactics and resources.

……

"Mayor Zhong, hello."

The sun shone brightly in the Dongyuan County Party Committee compound, under a cloudless sky.

Chen strode quickly toward Zhong Xiaohua, who had just gotten off the car, his face beaming with just the right amount of enthusiasm.

It's as if the turmoil of the past two days was nothing more than a fleeting wisp of mist under a clear sky.

"Mr. Chen, this is our first meeting. I didn't expect you to be from Heyuan."

Zhong Xiaohua was somewhat surprised by Chen's youth.

But he also held the other person's hands tightly, and patted Chen's hand with his left hand: "We and Secretary Jianhua feel deeply ashamed that this happened. It is our dereliction of duty to let investors suffer injustice in their hometown."

"Mayor Zhong, please don't say that."

Chen spoke sincerely and magnanimously: "I was just discussing with Secretary Cai that this incident is like a bitter medicine, allowing us to see the bottlenecks and pain points in the business environment. Under the leadership of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government, we will definitely be able to transform this test into an important opportunity for the economic leap of Dongyuan."

This simple sentence demonstrates Committee Member Chen's skill.

"Experience is very important, and we will learn from our mistakes, but we also need the investment of entrepreneurs like Mr. Chen."

"As long as the environment is suitable, we will fully support it and ensure that every high-quality project takes root in Heyuan."

"Thank you so much, Mr. Chen. Let's go to the conference room to talk."

"Mayor Zhong, please."

……

In fact, this symposium was more like a deployment meeting for the "anti-gang crime" campaign.

Being watched by so many eyes must have been stressful, so Zhong Xiaohua reiterated the discipline at the meeting, forbidding anyone from showing leniency and demanding that all influence be eliminated within 24 hours.

Chen understood what this meant: to eliminate the negative influence and leave no hidden dangers.

The names I just heard include the top official of the county government, the top official of the public security bureau, the top official of the town, the top official of the police station, and the top official of the land and resources department.

These five people are the main targets of our investigation, which is actually enough for a small county town.

It was substantial enough to give superiors and the public a complete explanation, while also controlling the scope of the impact and preventing paralysis of the county's officialdom.

As for the other small fry, they are not included.

During this time, Chen Peisong and Mao Xiaoqin both called, presumably because they had seen the content in the newspaper.

However, Chen felt embarrassed to go out and answer the call in front of Mayor Zhong, so he sent a text message: Everything is fine, I am listening to Mayor Zhong's meeting.

Chen Peisong replied with an "Mm".

Empress Dowager Mao replied: "Chen Zhe, I really underestimated you. You even went back to your hometown to ask for reinforcements?"
Chen pretended not to see it.

What does it mean to go back to your hometown to ask for help?
This is called taking the elderly to a big city for the Chinese New Year!

After a while, the students in the provincial capital who had been sleeping in late during winter break gradually woke up, and one by one they called to check on them after seeing the message.

Chen replied to some and not others. Of course, both cosplay sister and sweet sister replied, just pasting the sentence above.

Unexpectedly, Yi Gege somehow found out about the news and called as well.

Chen did not answer the call either, but instead copied the text message "Everything is fine, listening to Mayor Zhong's meeting" and sent it to him.

However, Gege's phone calls didn't stop, as if she wouldn't stop until Chen answered.

"What an idiot! You're still making a scene!"

With that thought in mind, Chen turned off the vibration mode on his phone and tossed it into his pocket.

The main theme is out of sight, out of mind.

A moment later, the municipal government secretary-general, who was taking meeting minutes, suddenly walked quickly to Zhong Xiaohua's side while holding his mobile phone.

"who?"

Mayor Zhong asked.

"Office, General Office."

The secretary-general's voice sounded strained.

"I'm already handling it."

Mayor Zhong glanced at Chen Zhe and thought to himself that the provincial leaders were quite concerned about this young man, constantly urging him on.

"Not from the provincial government office."

The Secretary-General emphasized this point.

Where is that from?

Zhong Xiaohua was taken aback. It wasn't from the province, and there wasn't such an organization in the city either.

After taking the phone, a voice came through the receiver: "This is Yi Guodong from the Second Division of the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China..."

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