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

9:30 a.m.

At the entrance of the Jingzhou Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, a fleet of luxury cars, including Mercedes-Benz and Maybach, are gathered.

After getting out of the car, the business owners went straight to the municipal party committee building.

About a hundred business owners, along with their employees, gathered and formed a crowd of four or five hundred people, blocking the entrance.

In the secretary's office, Li Dakang was completely shocked when he learned the news from his secretary.

Li Dakang, a member of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee and Secretary of the Jingzhou Municipal Party Committee, was actually confronted by businessmen and ordinary people who blocked the municipal party committee building demanding an explanation.

With an expression as cold as ice, Li Dakang quickly went downstairs.

As soon as they got downstairs, the group of business owners who had been clamoring for an explanation all shut their mouths. They had no choice; they all knew this Secretary Dakang and were well aware of his methods and domineering style.

Seeing the crowd quiet down, Li Dakang's anger subsided somewhat.

"What are you entrepreneurs doing blocking the entrance to the municipal party committee building? Do you want an explanation? I'd like to hear how the Jingzhou municipal party committee and government have mistreated you so much that you've all banded together to block my door!"

Li Dakang knew several of the business owners who were leading the way; he was the one who brought the investment to Jingzhou.

One of the business representatives stepped forward upon hearing this.

"Secretary Dakang, it's not that we want to cause trouble, we're just really angry! We companies, let alone working diligently, have brought at least 80,000 to 100,000 jobs to Jingzhou, but even so, the Guangming District Committee and District Government don't treat us like human beings!"

A factory called Dafeng, which was supposedly on the verge of bankruptcy, received a multi-million yuan interest-free loan from Guangming District just because its union chairman, Zheng Xipo, was good at crying and making a scene. Tens of millions of yuan! They also approved a piece of land for Dafeng, nominally for rent, but the rent was deducted from the loan. What's the difference between that and getting it for free?

We are truly heartbroken!

Which business is financially secure? Which one doesn't rely on its limited cash reserves and live frugally?

As a result, even a substandard company like Dafeng Factory can receive such good treatment, while what about us? We have nothing. Secretary Dakang, you be the judge, tell me, should we make a scene?

After hearing this, Li Dakang's lips twitched violently twice.

Chen Hai and Yi Xuexi are absolute idiots!

If you want to give interest-free loans, just do it quietly. Why do you have to announce it? That's just plain crazy!

Taking a deep breath, Li Dakang began to comfort him.

"Everyone, I understand your demands and I have heard the whole story. To be honest, I, as the Party Secretary of the Municipal Committee, am completely unaware of the interest-free loan that the Guangming District Committee and Government gave to Dafeng Factory!"

Of course, I'm not saying this to shirk responsibility. The Guangming District Party Committee and Government are under the leadership of the Municipal Party Committee, so their mistakes are equivalent to the mistakes of the Municipal Party Committee.

It was my fault, Li Dakang, who failed to pay attention to this matter in a timely manner, which hurt the feelings of the entrepreneurs and their trust in the government. I apologize to everyone for this!

After speaking, Li Dakang bowed deeply in front of hundreds of people, and then continued, "Our municipal party committee will definitely take this matter very seriously! We will absolutely give everyone a satisfactory answer. We will resolve problems as they arise and deal with people as they are!"

In short, our municipal party committee will definitely attach great importance to the business environment of Jingzhou!

After Li Dakang finished speaking, the entrepreneurs and employees felt a little more at ease.

"Secretary Dakang, we trust you!"

"Everyone, let's not keep blocking the way any longer. I believe Secretary Dakang will give us a satisfactory answer within a week."

Li Dakang immediately took the opportunity to leave when he saw a way out.

"Yes! It will definitely be resolved within a week!"

They swarmed in and then dispersed like a tide.

Only after all the business owners had left did Li Dakang, with a gloomy expression, take out his phone and dial Yi Xuexi's number.

"Hey, Easy Learning! Where are you right now!"

As soon as the call connected, Li Dakang showed no mercy.

"Secretary Dakang, I am currently at the Guangming District Public Security Bureau."

"Yi Xuexi, I don't care where you are, bring Chen Hai to the Municipal Party Committee right now! Those businessmen and entrepreneurs are blocking the entrance to my Municipal Party Committee building. Do you two even want to keep your jobs and cause this trouble?!"

"Secretary Dakang, this was an accident..."

"An accident? I'm not listening to your explanation! You'd better pray these business owners will think twice and not post this online, otherwise even a god can't save you!"

After saying that, Li Dakang hung up the phone immediately.

At the Guangming Branch, Chen Hai and Yi Xuexi wore bitter expressions. What was supposed to be a stroke of genius that resolved the dispute between Dafeng Factory and Shanshui Group had suddenly turned into a hot potato and a huge problem. Both of them were very distressed by this turn of events.

"Oh no! This is a huge problem!"

Yi Xuexi sighed, while Chen Hai was equally pale. He couldn't afford to lose anymore, and he was terrified.

At 11:30 a.m., Chen Hai and Yi Xuexi arrived at the municipal party committee building.

Li Dakang urgently convened an enlarged meeting of the municipal party committee to resolve the matter. When Yi Xuexi and Chen Hai stepped into the meeting room, their worries were amplified.

"Our Vice Mayor Yi is amazing! He's only been in office for a few days and he's already caused businessmen to block the gate?"

"I've worked in Jingzhou for several years and I've never heard of anything like this! Vice Mayor Yi, explain yourself! What exactly has your Guangming District been doing?!"

Yi Xuexi was sweating profusely and stammering, his usual swagger gone.

"Secretary Dakang, we really didn't expect things to turn out this way. We originally planned to help Dafeng Factory get them to agree to demolish the factory and promote the Guangmingfeng project, but unfortunately, Zheng Xipo is a big mouth. We just forgot to tell him to keep it a secret, and that's how it turned out..."

Chen Hai tried to explain on Yi Xuexi's behalf, but Li Dakang didn't want to listen to Chen Hai at all.

"I'm asking Yi Xuexi, not you!"

Chen Hai, District Chief Chen! Are you still feeling wronged? Do you realize that your Guangming District's actions could very well dishearten the entrepreneurs in Jingzhou?

The 6.8 million people of Jingzhou cannot survive without these entrepreneurs; they need to eat and for the city to develop. You, Chen Hai, may be able to sit comfortably on the government's rice bowl, and even have time to make a public declaration of love in front of the provincial party committee building. But remember this! Your identity is the head of Guangming District! The food security of hundreds of thousands of people in Guangming District rests on your shoulders; you have an inescapable responsibility!

These words left Chen Hai speechless.

All they could do was lower their heads and remain silent.

"Secretary Dakang, this is our responsibility."

"Nonsense, how could it be my responsibility?"

Yi Xuexi froze instantly.

"Regardless of whose responsibility it is, Secretary Dakang, the most important thing now is to solve the problem."

"Solve the problem? You even know what it means to solve a problem?"

"Yi Xuexi, tell me what to do now! Your Guangming District has stirred up such a hornet's nest. If you can't solve this problem, I'll report you to the Provincial Party Committee and have you removed from your post!"