In name only: I will break the chess game in Handong!

"Let alone Wang Yunxiong, even Secretary Meng, I will fulfill my responsibility of supervision at the same level within the scope of my work."

These words made Meng Shuhai laugh in anger.

"Hou Liangping, you're truly outstanding!"

"Secretary Meng, you don't need to praise me a second time..."

These words immediately broke Meng Shuhai's defenses. Just as he was about to hang up the phone, he heard a familiar voice.

"Is this Secretary Meng? This is Pang Bo! Secretary Meng, please do something about this Hou Liangping, he's a complete scoundrel!"

I've been retired for several years now, and their disciplinary committee is still determined to hold me accountable and take me in for investigation and interrogation!

Meng Shuhai was furious when he heard this.

"Hou Liangping! Comrade Pang Bo has been retired for several years now. What exactly is your Discipline Inspection Commission doing?!"

"Secretary Meng, retirement is not a shield. Comrade Pang Bo is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law. We hope Secretary Meng will not interfere with our Discipline Inspection Commission's investigation!"

"You, you, you!"

"If there's nothing else, I'll hang up now, Secretary Meng!"

Hou Liangping didn't want to listen to the other party continue nagging. If the sky were to fall, someone else would hold it up; he just needed to do his job.

Meanwhile, at the municipal party committee, an enraged Meng Shuhai couldn't help but call Jia Renli.

He couldn't sleep until he vented his anger!

The call was quickly connected.

"Hey, Comrade Shuhai, what's up?"

Jia Renli offered this indifferent greeting, while Meng Shuhai's tone was somewhat sarcastic.

"I dare not let anything happen to me, Secretary Jia. Your Discipline Inspection Commission is really powerful now. You took away a deputy director-level bureau chief from my city without a word for investigation. Are you planning to take me, the municipal party secretary, away in the future?"

Hearing this, Jia Renli frowned slightly.

"Comrade Shuhai, this matter came rather suddenly, which is why I didn't call you to let you know right away."

Meng Shuhai was not buying Jia Renli's explanation at all.

"Secretary Jia, you can say that casually, but what do you mean by 'quite sudden'? Doesn't it just mean you think I, Meng Shuhai, am easy to bully?"

"Comrade Shuhai, I have already shown you a lot of respect!"

Please stop being so sarcastic!

"Comrade Jia Renli, if your Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection truly respected me, you should have notified me in advance!"

"Comrade Shuhai, there is no such thing as 'must'! Wang Yunxiong is a provincial-level cadre. Before conducting the investigation and detention, I had already reported to Secretary Aimin and sought his opinion."

If Comrade Shuhai feels that our Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection does not respect you or your Municipal Party Committee, then you can report the situation to Secretary Aimin instead of calling me to interrogate me!

Anyone who didn't know better would think that you, Meng Shuhai, were trying to protect the other party and act as a shield for corrupt officials!

"You! You and Hou Liangping are birds of a feather!"

"Say what you want, think what you want, if there's nothing else, I'm hanging up!"

With a snap, Jia Renli hung up the phone.

This time, it really wasn't Jia Renli abusing his power. Wang Yunxiong has so many people involved, and the situation is so complicated that no one knows if there's an even bigger protective umbrella behind him.

Not giving prior notice is entirely in accordance with regulations. Jia Renli only has the obligation to report to the provincial party secretary in advance, not to inform Meng Shuhai!

Chen Luo was unaware of these matters while the provincial government was busy formulating development plans. It wasn't until later that he received a call from Hou Liangping.

"Comrade Liangping, is there any news from the investigation?"

Chen Luo asked directly, and Hou Liangping replied quickly.

"Reporting to the Governor, the investigation by the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection has confirmed that there was corruption involved in the bidding process for that piece of land in the old city. However, the exact amount is still being calculated, and it involves a wide range of people, so it will take some time to sort things out."

Hearing this, Chen Luo smiled.

"This result is good, Comrade Liangping. Thank you for your hard work, and thank you to all the staff of your Discipline Inspection Commission."

"It's not hard, it's not hard!"

"Governor, this is just our job."

"Yes, if you encounter any difficulties during the investigation, please feel free to let me know!"

"Um... Governor, although I'm not very willing to mention it, I still have to report to you that during our provincial discipline inspection commission's investigation, Secretary Meng was somewhat resistant to our work."

He felt that our provincial discipline inspection commission hadn't informed him beforehand, so he was a bit upset, and I heard he even had some disagreements with Secretary Jia.

"Oh? Is that so?"

"Yes, Governor, but the reason why our Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection did not inform Secretary Meng in advance..."

The main problem is that it involves too many aspects!

Originally, the investigation was only intended to cover the bidding process, but based on the testimonies, it may now involve retired department-level officials, or even deputy provincial-level officials!

That's why Secretary Jia didn't choose to inform Secretary Meng of the situation immediately...

"Okay, I understand!"

"Alright, then I won't bother you any longer, Governor!"

After hanging up the phone, Chen Luo slowly stood up, stretched, and then tidied up to prepare to leave work.

This is nothing to him...

It's just a little commotion, what can they possibly do to defy the heavens?

At the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, Hou Liangping went straight to the interrogation room after ending the call. He was going to conduct an emergency interrogation overnight to secure evidence of Pang Bo's crimes.

These jobs are no easy ones, especially dealing with these old foxes who stubbornly refuse to admit anything...

Unless the evidence is laid bare in the other party's face.

As night fell, Meng Shuhai's emotions were in turmoil inside the No. 9 compound of the Provincial Party Committee.

In the evening, he called Secretary Aimin and it was confirmed that Jia Renli had indeed reported in advance.

Moreover, Secretary Aimin did indeed issue the order to detain him for investigation.

This made Meng Shuhai, who was seething with anger and had nowhere to vent it, feel incredibly frustrated, as if the whole world was against him.

Who can I confide in about these things?

Meng Shuhai silently pulled out his former boss's phone number.

"Hey, Mr. Qin, good evening!"

Yes, yes, it's me, my sea of ​​books!

Old Qin, who was far away in Chongqing, was somewhat puzzled.

"Shuhai, why are you calling me for no reason?"

Is something not going well at work?

"Alas! Old Qin, you guessed right. Ever since you left Guangdong Province for Chongqing a few years ago, I haven't had a good time here in Guangdong. Secretary Aimin doesn't really trust me..."

Just as I was getting through these past few years, and Secretary Aimin was about to retire, a new governor and a new secretary of the provincial discipline inspection commission were transferred in. The new governor was just as domineering as Secretary Aimin, and the new secretary of the provincial discipline inspection commission showed absolutely no respect for me, the municipal party secretary!

They didn't even inform me beforehand today, and they took a bureau-level official from Guangzhou away for investigation.

Tell me, isn't this going too far?

There was some silence on the other end of the phone.

"Are you referring to Comrade Chen Luo and Comrade Jia Renli?"

"It's Old Qin!"

"Um... Shuhai, the work in Guangdong Province is mainly handled by Comrade Aimin, so I can't get a word in edgewise!"

As for Chen Luo and Jia Renli, neither of them are simple people. Perhaps you should continue to be patient, Shuhai?