Official statement: Tongwei is dead! You chose Ruijin, didn't you?

The ward door closed, and Zhou Zhengming lowered his voice, a hint of barely suppressed excitement in it:

"Team Leader Qin, Gao Yuliang is very lucid. Should we go in now? Let's strike while the iron is hot and tear open the breach!"

"No rush."

Qin Yuanzhou stood in the heavily guarded corridor, his hands behind his back, but his gaze seemed to pierce through the thick walls, landing on the bed in the VIP ward.

"Let it air dry for a while."

Zhou Zhengming was taken aback, somewhat puzzled:

"Leave him hanging? He's the heart of this political incident, the key to this grand scheme in Handong. If we don't question him now, what if he colludes with outsiders, or..."

"What if what? What if he jumps again?"

Qin Yuanzhou smiled.

"Zhengming, you need to understand the current situation. Gao Yuliang is the person in Handong who most wants to live. He risked his life to overturn the table, not to really die, but to survive by the means to survive."

The less anxious we are, the more anxious he becomes. If we go in now, the supervisory team will be begging him to confess that it was Gao Yuliang who was "feeding" us.

The initiative was in his hands; he could fabricate whatever he wanted. But if he couldn't endure it any longer in this stuffy hospital room, if his psychological defenses collapsed, then he would be "confessing" to the organization. The difference between being proactive and being reactive is vast.

Zhou Zhengming suddenly realized and nodded in complete agreement.

High, it is high!

This "cold treatment" was like training a hawk, directly turning Gao Yuliang from a high-and-mighty "political opportunist" back into a state of constant fear and imprisonment.

Qin Yuanzhou turned around and walked calmly towards the temporary meeting room at the end of the corridor:

"Let's go, let's not see the King of Hell yet, let's meet that judge who almost became the King of Hell first. Has Li Dakang's information arrived?"

"The whole set, transferred from Jingzhou, arrived even faster than he did himself." Zhou Zhengming followed behind.

"Team Leader Qin, Li Dakang is like a rock in a latrine, smelly and stubborn, and he's always spouting GDP rhetoric."

"Whether it's tough or not depends on your teeth." Qin Yuanzhou pushed open the conference room door, walked to the head seat, and tapped the table.

"Play me Comrade Li Dakang's 'One-Day Tour of the Provincial Party Committee Compound,' in high definition and without any censorship. I want to see how good this reform pioneer's driving skills are."

……

The makeshift meeting room was filled with smoke, and the atmosphere was tense.

On the first large screen, surveillance footage from the provincial party committee compound was being played.

In the scene, Gao Yuliang, like a mad bull, rushes out of the office building in disheveled clothes, while Hou Liangping, with his pampered physique, chases after him, grimacing and panting.

"stop."

Qin Yuanzhou pointed to a corner of the screen.

A black Audi A6L slowly drove into the frame and came to a steady stop.

"This is Li Dakang's private car."

Zhou Zhengming provided timely explanations from the side.

The scene continues.

Gao Yuliang ran wildly past the front of the car, the window rolled down halfway, revealing Li Dakang's "G poker face".

Immediately afterwards, Hou Liangping ran over and shouted something at the top of his lungs into the car.

Then, a very dramatic scene unfolded.

The car window suddenly rolled up.

Immediately afterwards, the Audi made an extremely smooth U-turn and drove away from this place of trouble without any hesitation, leaving Hou Liangping with a heartless car rear end.

"Goodness," Zhou Zhengming couldn't help but click his tongue and tease.

"The way he stepped on the gas and turned the steering wheel was even more decisive than when Ding Yizhen fled abroad. Even the racing legend of Mount Akina would have to offer Secretary Dakang a cigarette."

A suppressed chuckle rippled through the conference room.

"Judging from the footage, Comrade Dakang has a high level of political awareness. He knows not to cause trouble for the organization and understands how to protect himself."

Qin Yuanzhou remained expressionless, pointed to another device, and said, "Play the audio. I want to hear how Comrade Dakang was 'struggling with his thoughts' in the car."

The technicians quickly pressed the play button.

After a slight electrical hum, the dashcam's excellent sound pickup made the room instantly quiet enough to hear a pin drop.

[Driver Xiao Wang]: "Secretary, someone's running ahead, it looks like...Secretary Yu Liang?"

[Sound of brakes]

[Outside the car, Hou Liangping's heavy breathing]: "Secretary Li...quick...stop him..."

A moment of deathly silence inside the car.

[Li Dakang, his voice cold and decisive]: "Roll up the window and drive."

[Driver Xiao Wang's tone was hesitant and fearful.]

[Li Dakang, extremely impatient]: "Drive!"

[The roar of the engine during rapid acceleration]

……

[Li Dakang, with a low, cold snort]: "This black pot is big and round; whoever gets stuck in it will die."

……

[Li Dakang, resolute and forceful]: "Leave immediately. Pretend I never came to the Provincial Party Committee today. Jingzhou's GDP is still waiting for me!"

The recording ended, and the conference room fell silent.

Zhou Zhengming looked at Qin Yuanzhou, barely suppressing his laughter, his face turning red:

"Team Leader Qin, this...this is practically a rare, original soundtrack album!"

Qin Yuanzhou gently tossed the pen he was holding onto the table with a crisp sound, a meaningful smile appearing on his face, and commented, word by word:

"Comrade Dakang is a very honest person."

"I say what I think, I never hide anything, and I'm all about sincerity."

Qin Yuanzhou continued to deliver the finishing blow without changing his expression, his eyes sweeping over the crowd.

"There aren't many comrades like Comrade Dakang in our cadre ranks now, who are so consistent in word and deed and who can make 'passing the buck' sound so refreshing and unconventional."

Everyone nodded frantically, their shoulders shaking.

This isn't a compliment; it's practically stripping Li Dakang bare, and then hanging it up in the wind at the entrance of the Handong Provincial Party Committee.

"Alright, enough laughing, let's get down to business." Qin Yuanzhou tapped the table, his smile instantly vanishing, his gaze sharpening.

"Do you all think that I called Li Dakang here today just to disgust him with this recording?"

The meeting room fell silent. Zhou Zhengming said seriously, "Team Leader Qin, what you mean is..."

"The situation in Handong is about to change." Qin Yuanzhou stood up, walked to the whiteboard, picked up a marker, and drew a few circles.

"Governor Liu is about to arrive at his post, and his retirement to the second line is a foregone conclusion. The central government is already going through the final procedures for selecting the new provincial party secretary of Handong, and it's only a matter of time before he is parachuted in."

Qin Yuanzhou turned around, his gaze fixed intently on the crowd:

"At this critical juncture, Sha Ruijin was suspended from his post and placed under investigation, Gao Yuliang lay half-dead in the hospital, and the local faction in Handong was leaderless."

Guess what our Comrade Dakang, who always prides himself on being a "pioneer of reform" and has achieved remarkable political success, is thinking right now?

Zhou Zhengming gasped, instantly realizing what was happening:

"He wanted to take advantage of the situation! He felt that with the Sha family gang down and the Handong gang crippled, he, the secretary of the Jingzhou Municipal Party Committee who was uninvolved in both sides and focused solely on GDP, would become the 'stabilizing force' of Handong."

He not only wanted to succeed Governor Liu, but he might even be fantasizing about temporarily taking over the overall work of the Provincial Party Committee during the transition period of the supervisory team!

"He's dreaming." Qin Yuanzhou sneered.

"Handong is now a severely affected area, a nuclear contamination zone. What the central government needs is a hardworking 'ox' who can stabilize the situation and work diligently, not a 'bandit leader' who takes advantage of the chaos and is full of political opportunism."

If Li Dakang takes advantage of this power vacuum to stir up trouble, Handong will truly be in chaos.

"So, the reason I called him here today is not to find out why he didn't stop Gao Yuliang yesterday, but to cool him down."

Qin Yuanzhou placed his hands on the table, exuding a strong sense of pressure.

"I want him to know that just because Sha Ruijin has fallen, he can climb up the social ladder without any problem. I want him to tuck that arrogant tail between his legs tightly!"

He was told to go back and diligently serve as the chief steward of Jingzhou, safeguarding the economy of Handong. He shouldn't even think about anything else!

"Go, tell him to come over from the municipal party committee immediately."

Qin Yuanzhou glanced at his watch. "I want him to know just how far he is from his position as the Secretary of the Jingzhou Municipal Party Committee to this supervisory team meeting room."

......

Half an hour later, Li Dakang rushed to the provincial party committee guesthouse.

He maintained his decisive and efficient demeanor; Li Dakang had already planned everything in the car on the way there.

He knew the supervisory team would definitely ask about that day's events, and he had already rehearsed his story with the driver, Xiao Wang.

"So focused on attracting investment to Jingzhou High-tech Zone that they were oblivious to everything else and didn't even notice who was running away."

He even planned to make a good impression on Qin Yuanzhou and demonstrate his responsibility as a "pillar of strength" during the Handong earthquake.

As soon as he entered, Li Dakang took the initiative to speak, trying to control the pace of the conversation:

"Team Leader Qin, Team Leader Zhou, I'm so sorry I'm late. There were two economic coordination meetings in the city, and I had to squeeze in this time. What can I do? The economic development of Jingzhou can't wait a moment longer!"

"Please sit down, Comrade Dakang."

Qin Yuanzhou didn't get up, but simply pointed to the chair opposite him.

The chair was deliberately placed in the center of the room, surrounded by nothing, with two high-wattage ceiling lights shining down, resembling the interrogation layout of a detention room in the Discipline Inspection Commission.

Li Dakang's heart sank slightly, but he remained expressionless.