Official Career Storm
Chapter 145

Chapter 145: Chapter 145

He still hadn’t mentioned to Wu Qiangwei that he had secretly established contact with Secretary Xu of the Provincial Disciplinary Inspection Committee.

Mainly because he hadn’t ever intended to tell Wu Qiangwei.

But such things were destined not to be kept secret.

Take, for example, the car borrowed through Sister Lin.

He used this car to commute to and from work every day, but he didn’t park it at the City Committee, instead, it was parked in a nearby parking lot.

He actually wanted to create a high-profile image for himself, but it had to be a gradual process, he couldn’t start off too high-profile right away—it wouldn’t make sense and would likely alert Secretary Sun.

Song Guanchao just felt somewhat surprised.

He had never driven that car into the City Committee, so how did Wu Qiangwei know about it?

Did she see it by chance?

He sat back down and detailed to her his visits to the Yunhai Club at the invitation of Secretary Sun, his encounter with Sister Lin, and the specifics of the bribe he had received.

Wu Qiangwei asked, "Why didn’t you tell me?"

Song Guanchao answered brazenly, "I forgot."

Wu Qiangwei’s lips curled slightly; this excuse truly was irrefutable, leaving her no way to vent her anger.

"Hmph," Wu Qiangwei said, "Such an important matter, and you forgot? If someone reported the bribe to the Disciplinary Committee, how would you explain yourself?"

Song Guanchao hesitated for a few seconds, then said, "Secretary, I just remembered, there’s something else I forgot to tell you about."

"What is it?"

"I’ve met once with Secretary Xu from the Provincial Disciplinary Inspection Committee."

Wu Qiangwei silently ground her tiny canines; after so many days, he had finally spoken up.

She really thought that Song Guanchao would keep it hidden indefinitely.

"Did you forget, or did you intentionally hide it from me?"

"I forgot!"

"Hehe," Wu Qiangwei said, "Secretary Xu has already told me about it."

"Ah?" Song Guanchao was startled, looking into her eyes, suddenly feeling the guilt of having his lie uncovered.

Wu Qiangwei said, "I won’t hold it against you this time, but there won’t be a next time."

"Okay, it won’t happen again." Song Guanchao quickly put on an apologetic smile, then became serious again, "Secretary, I’m afraid our Secretary Lu isn’t as honest as he appears on the surface."

A secretary to a deposed City Secretary still had such tremendous power, casually providing a car worth millions.

His superior, Secretary Lu, was definitely not simple.

Wu Qiangwei said indifferently, "Don’t make blind guesses about things without evidence. This was Secretary Sun’s individual behavior, don’t drag Secretary Lu into it. Besides, the person who lent you the car was someone from the club, does that have anything to do with Secretary Sun?"

Song Guanchao said, "I’m just discussing it with you, Secretary; I wouldn’t say such things in front of others."

"Right."

He remembered another matter, and said with seriousness, "Secretary, Zhou Jun from the Public Security Squadron is implicated in last week’s cash transport van robbery, did you know?"

"Director Liang reported it to me."

"The person who was following me before, it was arranged by the Public Security Squadron’s Zhou Jun. I suspect your driver, Wu Ming, is also involved with this gang."

Wu Qiangwei shook her head, "He’s not a problem."

"Secretary..."

"Enough, let’s not talk about this anymore."

Wu Qiangwei interrupted him, "I visited the lower levels for research last week, and it didn’t go very well; do you have any suggestions?"

Song Guanchao felt frustrated inside; this Wu Ming definitely had a big problem.

But Wu Qiangwei seemed to be smitten, completely lacking her usual calm, and it was stifling him.

Hearing Wu Qiangwei’s question, he almost spitefully said, "What good suggestions could I possibly have as a secretary?"

Wu Qiangwei’s expression darkened, "If you have no suggestions, then leave."

Song Guanchao got up and left without a word.

Watching the door close forcefully behind him, Wu Qiangwei suddenly realized that whenever matters regarding her personal feelings came up, Song Guanchao would always step out of his calm politician role and become an impulsive young man.

She was the same.

Soon after, Secretary Wang of the Disciplinary Committee arrived.

She stepped out of her office and glanced at Song Guanchao, who was engrossed in sorting files.

As if he hadn’t noticed, Song Guanchao continued busily with his work.

"Regarding the research visit, compile a feasibility report for me later."

With that, Wu Qiangwei left.

After she walked away, Song Guanchao tossed the document he was holding.

At that moment, Liang Hao called.

"Brother Song, the election at the People’s Congress has ended, and my appointment has come through."

Liang Hao’s voice carried a sense of ease.

His position as Vice Mayor was finally secured.

"Congratulations."

"Thanks to Brother Song," Liang Hao said. "I’ll start handling Liu Jie’s matter in the next couple of days."

Song Guanchao had specifically mentioned this to him, and he remembered it.

Song Guanchao said, "There’s no rush."

"Okay."

Although he didn’t understand why Song Guanchao had suddenly paused, he didn’t ask about such trivial matters.

...

In Secretary Lu’s office, Wu Qiangwei and Secretary Wang sat opposite each other, discussing the issue with Yan Dahai.

They talked for over half an hour. Wu Qiangwei hardly spoke; mostly, it was Secretary Lu and Secretary Wang chatting.

Regarding Yan Dahai’s violations of rules and disciplines, Secretary Lu gave a stern criticism, while Secretary Wang was constantly trying to smooth things over.

At 10:30 a.m., it finally ended.

Secretary Wang stood up and said, "Secretary Lu, regarding this matter, we will follow your instructions."

Secretary Lu corrected him, "This is the result of our joint discussion."

"Yes, yes, my choice of words was improper."

After Secretary Wang left, Wu Qiangwei said, "Secretary Lu, who could be behind this?"

Secretary Lu shook his head with a wry smile, "Who it is doesn’t matter. What’s important is that someone is showing their power to you."

Wu Qiangwei narrowed her eyes and said, "I will root this person out!"

Secretary Lu originally wanted to say that there might be more than one person involved.

But seeing her firm attitude, he decided not to say it.

It might be better to let her take the lead. Who knows, he might be able to reap benefits from behind the scenes.

Now everyone’s attention was on Wu Qiangwei, while he and Mayor Zheng had been overlooked—this was a rare opportunity.

Wu Qiangwei said, "Secretary Lu, the position of the Secretary of the Municipal Committee is now vacant. I will arrange for someone, and when the time comes, please don’t agree to it."

"Whom do you want to arrange?"

"Liu Jie."

"Him?"

"Yes," Wu Qiangwei said. "Either don’t arrange anyone, or if you do, boldly use new people!"

"That’s not quite in line with the organizational procedure..." Secretary Lu remarked.

"Just because it’s not, Secretary Lu, you can reject my nomination," Wu Qiangwei replied.

"Okay," Secretary Lu understood her intention. She was nominating Liu Jie only to send a signal to the outside world.

To make it appear that the City Committee was not monolithic.

There were gaps between Secretary Wu and Secretary Lu.

It was also an attempt to fish out the person who reported Yan Dahai.

However, Secretary Lu was unaware that the whistleblower for Yan Dahai had been arranged by Wu Qiangwei herself.

At noon.

Song Guanchao brought his lunch to the office.

Wu Qiangwei said, "Let’s eat together."

Song Guanchao sat down and opened his lunchbox.

Wu Qiangwei said, "The results from the People’s Congress election are out, Liang Hao has taken office. You should have him contact the school where Liu Jie is, and get his level raised a bit."

Song Guanchao was somewhat surprised that Wu Qiangwei brought this up on her own.

It seemed that her conversation with Secretary Lu in the morning had yielded some unexpected gains.

He nodded silently, ate his food, and suddenly his phone rang.

Taking it out, he saw that it was Chu Xiao’e calling.

Without a word, Wu Qiangwei stole a glance at the screen and saw the name Chu Xiao’e, but she remained silent.

Song Guanchao answered the phone in front of her, "Hello, Secretary Chu."

Chu Xiao’e asked, "Are you free tonight?"

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