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The atmosphere in the meeting room was heavy and somewhat eerie.

Sun Guangrong's words, though brief, were extremely sinister.

Sun Guangrong deliberately emphasized Tu Yuan's status as a trainee police officer in order to make everyone overlook the fact that Tu Yuan was also Zhang Tao's assistant police officer.

This caused Tu Yuan's identity to be perceived in a distorted way by everyone.

When everyone truly views Tu Yuan primarily as a trainee police officer, they will inevitably feel that Tu Yuan's ability to be on equal footing with them is essentially a form of contempt from Zhang Tao.

This will arouse everyone's inner soft resistance towards Zhang Tao.

Secondly, it was also a way to subtly influence everyone's perception, making them feel that Zhang Tao had made a mistake in selecting and appointing people.

When the meeting begins to discuss personnel issues, everyone will likely have a natural, slight resistance to Zhang Tao's personnel decisions.

Tu Yuan could see Shen Xin sitting next to Sun Guangrong looking at him with a condescending mockery and ridicule in his eyes.

Zhang Tao paused at this moment, glancing at Sun Guangrong expressionlessly.

Then he turned his gaze to himself.

Most of the other people kept their eyes down, their faces showing little expression.

However, Tu Yuan could sense that many people were looking to make a fool of him.

Tu Yuan thought this was normal. As a trainee police officer, he became the station chief's assistant police officer by virtue of his status as the station chief's concubine's brother. He was on equal footing with them and even had to be treated with caution.

It's likely that many of these people harbor deep-seated disdain or contempt for him.

Looking into Zhang Tao's eyes, Tu Yuan understood that he could not sit idly by and wait for his death; he had to respond to Sun Guangrong's words.

Tu Yuan slowly stood up, bowed slightly to Sun Guangrong, his expression neither humble nor arrogant, but poised and graceful.

"Deputy Director Sun, you're exaggerating!"

"I was able to come to the conference room because Zhang said this meeting might take a long time, and someone needs to serve tea and water and run errands for everyone."

"Those who can attend the meeting are all the elites and backbone of our station. They certainly can't do such trivial things as pouring water and running errands. It's most appropriate for a trainee officer like me to do this kind of thing."

"Director Zhang arranged for me to attend in order to serve everyone and to ensure that everyone has a good meeting experience."

Tu Yuan's words showed a very humble attitude towards himself.

Since you, Sun Guangrong, are deliberately using my status as a trainee police officer to your advantage, then I will cooperate and use that status to explain myself.

He directly used his identity as a probationary police officer to define himself as a service provider for the meeting.

Adopting a humble attitude of serving everyone.

It was also emphasized that Zhang invited him to attend so that everyone could have a good meeting experience.

In this way, not only can his decision to serve everyone be attributed to Zhang Tao, but it can also win over people's hearts for Zhang Tao.

Moreover, when everyone accepts his role as a service provider, then he becomes the vulnerable party.

People have a natural sense of pity for the weak, especially when the weak are serving them, this pity is amplified.

At this point, everyone would feel dissatisfied with what Sun Guangrong had just said.

They would think, "You're a deputy director, it's so petty of you to hold a grudge against a trainee officer."

Sure enough, at this moment, many people's eyes underwent a subtle change.

Zhang Tao's somewhat indifferent expression softened slightly.

The faint smile on Sun Guangrong's face vanished, his eyes suddenly turned cold, and then he slowly spoke:

"I see! Director Zhang is very meticulous in his considerations!"

As soon as Sun Guangrong finished speaking, Zhang Tao immediately picked up where he left off, speaking in a critical tone:

"Deputy Director Sun, you should find out the details before you speak in the future."

"This isn't the first time you've done something like this."

"I remember a few days ago, the police team arrested several guys who were illegally and violently collecting debts. When you reported to me that morning, you confidently said that the evidence was conclusive and that these criminals would be severely punished."

"After hearing your report, I entrusted the case to you based on my trust in you. But that afternoon you turned around and said there was insufficient evidence and released the person."

"They say you learn from your mistakes, but Deputy Director Sun seems to have a knack for repeating them!"

Sun Guangrong's first shot was perfectly neutralized by Tu Yuan.

Zhang Tao, of course, wouldn't just sit idly by and take the beating; he directly recounted the case that started the feud between the two.

Everyone present had heard about this case.

They also knew that this case was the source of the rift between Zhang Tao and Sun Guangrong.

However, the specific details of its development are not very clear to everyone.

Now that Zhang Tao has said this in front of everyone, everyone understands why the first thing Zhang Tao did after breaking through to the second level was to strip Sun Guangrong of his power.

If it were them, they would definitely do the same, or even be more ruthless.

Because what Sun Guangrong did was completely disrespectful to Zhang Tao, who was the director of the institute.

Previously, some people felt that Zhang Tao was too domineering and ruthless in his actions.

After hearing Zhang Tao's words, those thoughts disappeared. He only felt that Sun Guangrong was acting without any sense of propriety, and now he was even targeting Zhang Tao's assistant police officer.

They're completely unreasonable and yet they're still acting arrogantly.

Zhang Tao's words, delivered in the manner of a leader criticizing a subordinate, not only upheld his authority as the head of the department but also placed him on the moral high ground.

Sun Guangrong's expression darkened slightly at this moment.

He was indeed in the wrong in this matter.

When he released the man, he thought that even if Zhang Tao was dissatisfied, he would at most target him in other ways.

After all, the difference in strength between Sun Guangrong and Zhang Tao wasn't that great. After Zhang Tao vented his anger, he could find an opportunity to say a few conciliatory words and let the matter drop.

He never expected that, just two days later, Zhang Tao would break through and become a second-tier martial artist.

Then, taking advantage of this opportunity, they completely sidelined him, turning him into a deputy director in name only.

From then on, the conflict between the two became irreconcilable.

Before the meeting began today, Sun Guangrong was completely defeated in their exchange.

Seeing this, Shen Xin, who was standing to the side, quickly coughed twice:

"It is common for the chain of evidence in a case to be incomplete."

"Director Zhang! Please take a seat! Everyone's been waiting for you to chair the meeting!"

He first offered an explanation for Sun Guangrong, then immediately shifted the topic to the meeting and stopped discussing it.

At the same time, he was cursing inwardly. When Sun Guangrong had dinner with him and they talked about the reasons for the conflict with Zhang Tao, he was obviously avoiding the main issues and shifting more responsibility to Zhang Tao.

If he had known the specific reasons, he might have treated Zhang Tao with a more amiable attitude when he joined the company, instead of things turning out like this, tense and confrontational.

After all, he came to be the deputy director to earn seniority and achievements, not to engage in workplace infighting.

His struggle for power was also for his own benefit.

He would prefer to obtain the power he desires in a more lenient way.

As a result of Sun Guangrong's deception, he is now basically on the opposite side of Zhang Tao.

Thinking of this, Shen Xin gave Sun Guangrong a dissatisfied look.