At the pinnacle of power: parachuted into your hometown as a leader right from the start!

"But whether or not an investigation is launched, it certainly shouldn't be now. Our county only has two large coal companies, and the output of other small coal mines is unstable. If an investigation were to be launched on all of them, what would happen to the employment rate? What would happen to the GDP?"

Hearing Jiang Feng's breathless speech, Xing Weimin's heart nearly jumped out of his chest.

Jiang Feng was telling the truth. Even if they had found out about Yitian Mining, they would have to put it on hold.

Otherwise, if we were to take action against two large enterprises in one fell swoop, not only would I not agree, but the comrades in the county committee would not agree either.

Not to mention, the coal industry is also an advantage for their county, and they are even using this advantage to lower their chances of qualifying for the Liaoning Steel branch plant!

Although this branch factory has already been decided internally, you can't be completely without any advantages compared to others, can you?

That's going too far!

The next morning arrived slowly. Liu Jiang received a phone call, and when he hung up, his expression changed completely, and he slumped into his office chair.

"That's impossible! She's the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee! Couldn't she have kept this under control?"

Why did you abandon me?

Liu Jiang was filled with resentment, but it was clear that even if he wanted to disobey or disagree, it was impossible for him.

He has a family, he has a weakness, and if he dares to say anything out of line, someone in higher-ups will make him understand what the consequences are.

If he doesn't talk nonsense, someone will be able to make arrangements for him after he gets out.

"Sigh, why did I even bother investing in stocks in the first place?"

Now Liu Jiang only regrets why he decided to invest in stocks back then.

Back then, he thought, so many people without a degree can make money in the stock market, why can't someone like me who graduated from a finance university make money?

But it's clear that simply having knowledge doesn't guarantee you'll make money in the stock market!

"The trench of the A-shares, the trench of the Nasdaq."

Clearly, he not only trades stocks domestically, but also has accounts overseas. Moreover, he has experienced stock market crashes abroad, where a stock could be halved in one day and reduced to its bare minimum in two days!

Meanwhile, as morning arrived, someone took advantage of the others' inattention to notify Zhao Shaojun.

Zhao Shaojun's expression changed drastically after hearing this, but what could he do?

When faced with truly powerful and influential people, he was nothing more than a pawn that they could discard at will.

"I want to confess!"

Shortly after the people left, Zhao Shaojun shouted outside.

Now he can only try to get a lower sentence after confessing, and well, let his underlings be the stepping stones for his reduced sentence!

He dared not gamble that his underlings could really keep their mouths shut forever.

Since that's the case, he might as well strike first and maybe get a life sentence. Then, with the help of the local leaders, he might be released in a decade or so.

Wang Qiang was somewhat surprised when Zhao Shaojun suddenly revealed the situation.

He's not stupid; he must have received some news so suddenly!

"Oh, did someone just go in?"

"It seems Xiao Wang went in there!"

Wang Qiang smiled but didn't say anything more.

"Alright, since they want to be honest, we can't deny them a chance, can we?"

With Zhao Shaojun's confession, a whole chain of interests was quickly uncovered, and the matter even implicated Deputy Secretary Liu Jiang.

Upon seeing the details provided, Wang Qiang could no longer laugh; this matter was far too serious.

"Secretary Jiang, Director Xing, this is Zhao Shaojun's statement."

Jiang Feng and Xing Weimin didn't get much rest either, staying in the office waiting for the progress from below.

Now that they have obtained the other party's confession, they can finally breathe a sigh of relief!

"Hmm, does this matter also involve Secretary Liu?"

Jiang Feng frowned slightly and turned to look at Wang Qiang.

"Have you obtained the evidence?"

Wang Qiang shook his head: "Not yet, but we've already sent people to get it. Song Xinlu personally led the team."

Xing Weimin stood to the side without saying a word. Damn it, this has blown up too much!

How come they even managed to get a deputy secretary of the county party committee?

Is this a case he's capable of investigating? He hasn't handled any major cases in recent years, and I never expected it to involve the deputy secretary of the county party committee?

Jiang Feng pondered for a moment, then spoke.

"Okay, hurry up and solidify the evidence. I'm going to report to Secretary Gu and County Chief Jin now."

Upon seeing this, the two immediately nodded.

At this moment, Zhao Shaojun's underlings, who were initially quite arrogant, were stunned when they heard that their boss had confessed.

Sun Qian looked at the policeman opposite him, his face full of disbelief.

"Impossible! It's definitely fake! How could President Zhao possibly confess?"

The police officer opposite calmly addressed the somewhat distraught Sun Qian.

"Whether you believe it or not, Zhao Shaojun has confessed. Now we just need to ask you questions and you answer them!"

"In 1997, you organized your first gambling game, involving more than 30 people, including some cadres and leaders..."

Sun Qian was still somewhat skeptical that the police could reveal such a secret matter, even specifying the time.

It wasn't until the police officer opposite him mentioned the secret account Zhao Shaojun had given him that he realized his boss had truly confessed.

Because only the two of them knew about this.

"Yes, back then..."

Since that was the case, Sun Qian naturally could no longer put up a fight. He was like a defeated rooster, answering whatever the police asked him!

He could accept it calmly because he hadn't killed anyone or caused anything more serious.

But Niu Jiye couldn't accept it; his face was full of anger.

"Impossible, impossible! I didn't do this! Zhao Shaojun ordered me to do it!"

The police officer spoke solemnly in response to Niu Jiye's words.

"But Zhao Shaojun confessed that he didn't tell you to kill the other party, he just told you to teach them a lesson."

Niu Jiye continued to shake his head.

"No, he told me to deal with these people, and said that if all else failed, I should kill one of them, and he would handle any trouble that might arise."

When questioned by the police, Niu Jiye realized that the crimes he had committed were serious enough to warrant the death penalty, and he completely broke down.

"I really didn't do it. Zhao Shaojun instructed me to do it. It really has nothing to do with me."

As he spoke, tears rolled down his cheeks.

What hadn't the police officers experienced? They understood that Niu Jiye wasn't regretting his actions; he was simply afraid!

Not only him, but even Zhao Shaojun's brother-in-law was implicated.

However, he was involved in relatively few things.

"I haven't been very involved in company affairs; I just help out occasionally!"

Jiang Feng clearly didn't care about the dogfight between these underlings and Zhao Shaojun. He had already arrived at Gu Yifei's office door, with Jin Zhiming by his side.

He deliberately brought the two of them together.

When Zhou Xiang saw the two of them coming together, he immediately went inside to report, not daring to delay at all.

How could he not know what the situation is like in the county right now? The two of them coming together must mean something big is going on!

When Gu Yifei saw the two of them come in together, his expression turned serious.

"What major event has occurred? Has Director Hu come in person?"

He actually knew that the city bureau people came to the county bureau late at night, but he didn't know what they talked about before they left.

He assumed these people had been replaced by the municipal bureau, and since they were still in Yuanchang County, he didn't ask any further questions.

So now that the two of them came in together, he had only one thought: Director Hu must have been angry about this matter and came here personally!