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

After Cheng Du left, Chen Hai sat in his office feeling rather aimless, unsure of what he should do.

The same scene was playing out in an office not far away. The first thing Yi Xuexi did upon arriving in Jingzhou was to summon the district discipline inspection secretary, ostensibly to talk about work, but in reality, he was demanding that the secretary seriously investigate and punish a number of cadres during this period!

In Guangming District, everyone was on edge, while in Lüzhou, the person who announced the organizational appointment yesterday was Wu Chunlin, a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Minister of Organization. Sun Liancheng's name was already familiar to a group of municipal government officials, especially Secretary Hu, who was about to take up a post in Beijing, who shook hands and greeted Sun Liancheng warmly.

During the municipal party committee meeting held this morning, Secretary Hu made a remark that Mayor Sun had boldly drawn circles on the land of Luzhou, making everyone below understand Mayor Sun's capabilities.

Most importantly, Sun Liancheng has a very strong work ability!

The municipal party committee meeting had just ended when Sun Liancheng immediately convened a municipal government work meeting, first instructing the finance bureau to compile the financial reports for the past three years within three days.

He also instructed almost all subordinate agencies, including the Commerce Bureau, Tax Bureau, Urban Construction Bureau, Audit Bureau, Municipal Development and Reform Commission, etc., to compile the data projects from the period when Yi Xuexi took office.

These next few days he will listen to reports one by one, and he has seriously demanded that the Finance Bureau not take out a single penny without his signature!

On one side, there's a bustling scene of activity, while on the other, there's a desolate and idle atmosphere; the gap is gradually widening.

Hou Liangping arrived at the office of the district head of Guangming District shortly after Cheng Du left.

Knock, knock, knock. Chen Hai had just looked up when he saw Hou Liangping push the door open and come in.

For a moment, both of them were stunned.

"Hou Liangping!"

"Chen Hai?!"

"You're the new District Chief Chen?"

Hou Liangping wasn't faking it. These days he'd been busy investigating Dafeng Factory's shares and hadn't had time to pay attention to Chen Hai's affairs. After all, there were transfers of deputy-department-level cadres almost every few days; who had the energy to keep up?

"Hmph! What, you think I'm not fit to be the district head?"

Chen Hai's attitude was very cold. He no longer had any friendship with Hou Liangping, only hatred!

"Hai Zi, you've misunderstood me."

Actually, I really didn't mean to last time..."

Hou Liangping's tone was inexplicably sad, and Chen Hai told himself that he couldn't believe a word Hou Liangping said.

"Sigh! Do you think I would really want to harm you on purpose, after being your classmate for four years of university?"

I admit that investigating Li Dakang's wife was selfish, but if I didn't push Hai Zi forward, we would both be dismissed by the provincial party committee. I also have the important task of investigating the Dafeng Factory incident on my shoulders. Hai Zi, sometimes I can only ask you to suffer and take the blame. What I did was not for climbing the ranks, but for justice and ideals!

"Stop wasting your breath. I don't believe a word you say. Now, get out of my office right now!"

Chen Hai issued an ultimatum, but Hou Liangping was still somewhat unwilling to give up.

"Chen Hai! Have you forgotten? Forgotten your former ideals, forgotten your mission to strike down all darkness in the world?"

"I haven't forgotten!"

Chen Hai's tone was very firm.

"Alright, Chen Hai, since you haven't forgotten, then let me interrogate Cai Chenggong. He's at the Guangming branch now. Regardless of our past grievances, you have to support me on official business!"

Chen Hai was trembling all over, but finally managed to squeeze out, "I'll arrange it for you!"

After saying that, he picked up the phone on the table and made a call. After hearing Chen Hai's request, the person who answered the call said that he was very willing to cooperate with the Anti-Corruption Bureau.

"Are you satisfied now? Please leave!"

Hou Liangping nodded. As soon as he stepped out of the office, his previously serious and sorrowful face vanished without a trace, replaced by the joy of a successful scheme.

"Tsk tsk tsk, Chen Hai is so easy to fool..."

After shaking his head, Hou Liangping headed straight for the Guangming branch of the Public Security Bureau.

In the interrogation room, Cai Chenggong's eyes no longer held the same gleam when he saw Hou Liangping. If Cai Chenggong had initially hoped to be rescued by Hou Liangping, he had now completely given up.

It will take him more than a decade to clear up the charges against him.

"Monkey, I've told you everything I need to say. There's no point in you asking any more questions. Instead of trying to find a breakthrough with me, you should investigate the Shanshui Group. Gao Xiaoqin from the Shanshui Group is no ordinary person, and her relationship with Director Qi is equally unusual. I admit I've been tricked this time!"

These words were half true and half false, but Hou Liangping seemed to be deep in thought.

"I'm here to tell you that Ouyang Qing's case has been investigated and cleared up. He has turned himself in for accepting a bribe of 500,000 yuan and voluntarily returned the money. He has now been expelled from the Party and dismissed from public office."

"No criminal conviction?"

Cai Chenggong was stunned for a moment. In his heart, he hated not only the Shanshui Group but also Ouyang Qing, and he didn't want either of them to have a good time.

"No...this is the provincial party committee's decision."

"Ha, how ironic. I'm going to be locked up for over ten years, while Ouyang Qing, who took bribes of far more than 500,000, only got expelled from the Party and dismissed from public office, just because she's Li Dakang's wife?"

Hou Liangping paused for a moment.

"Think about it yourself. If you're not willing to talk about it, I can't help you. Your wife and children aren't having an easy time either, with people coming to your door to collect debts every day."

Cai Chenggong closed his eyes and uttered a sentence after a long while.

"Monkey, I was set up by the Shanshui Group, but I really have no evidence. You should investigate the Shanshui Group directly."

After nodding, Hou Liangping left.

Three days later, a special discussion meeting on the resettlement of Dafeng Factory was held in the conference room of the Jingzhou Municipal Party Committee.

In addition to Zheng Xipo, the representative of the union chairman of Dafeng Factory, and some workers, Gao Xiaoqin, the boss of Shanshui Group, also came.

The others are officials at various levels in Jingzhou City.

Li Dakang arrived last, and as soon as the door opened, almost everyone stood up.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today we are going to deal with the dispute between Dafeng Factory and Shanshui Group."

Standing on the stage, Li Dakang spoke calmly.

"The court ruled that the shares of Dafeng Factory were awarded to Shanshui Group, and Shanshui Group has already paid 45 million in resettlement funds. The workers of Dafeng Factory did not see this money; it was all misappropriated by the boss, Cai Chenggong."

Our government will definitely deal with Cai Chenggong's criminal issues seriously!

However, the protection of the workers' interests cannot be delayed any longer. The Jingzhou Municipal Government is willing to advance resettlement funds to ensure the workers' rights are effectively protected. Do the workers' representatives agree to this arrangement?

To put it bluntly, this plan is for the Jingzhou City government to take the blame for Tsai Cheng-cheng in exchange for the Dafeng Factory workers stopping their protests.

As soon as Li Dakang finished speaking, Zheng Xipo stood up to object.

"Secretary Li, we disagree!"

That's government money. We workers and ordinary people may be short of money, but we can't just spend the country's money directly. We want shares in Dafeng Factory. There's no room for negotiation on this!

How can a contract that Cai Chenggong signed without our workers' knowledge be considered valid?

Gao Xiaoqin became unhappy after Zheng Xipo finished speaking.

"The share pledge agreement signed between our Shanshui Group and Cai Chenggong is genuine and valid. You workers should confront him about how he deceived you. This is not a reason for your Dafeng Factory to resist the demolition!"