Official Career Storm
Chapter 312

Chapter 312: Chapter 312

Mayor Zheng’s eyes were unfriendly.

He had a strong opinion about Director Qin of the city bureau.

In the past, he had been sidelined, treated as if he were insignificant, and he had let it go.

But now, he had just begun to grasp power, and his status as mayor was gradually being restored; he also had begun to exhibit his rightful presence at several Committee meetings.

Yet, this man still had the same attitude.

Mayor Zheng was very angry.

As for the good news and bad news he spoke of, Mayor Zheng didn’t take it seriously at all.

Seeing Mayor Zheng not speaking, Director Qin also became displeased.

I travel all this way to give you a heads-up, and this is your attitude?

Director Qin nearly stormed off in a huff.

But he held back.

"Let’s start with the bad news."

Director Qin spoke calmly, "The report letter from Song Guanchao, that was arranged by you, Mayor Zheng, wasn’t it?"

Mayor Zheng’s eyebrows twitched, and he adjusted his sitting posture slightly.

"What do you mean?"

"Mayor Zheng, there may be some misunderstandings between us. First, I want to clarify that I have no issues with you."

"As for your work, Mayor Zheng, I have always been supportive. The incident in Dujiang County last time had nothing to do with me."

Mayor Zheng fell silent for a few seconds, then said, "Let’s not talk about the past. The report letter, what about it?"

Director Qin said, "Secretary Wang has already delivered the report letter to the City Committee."

"Is this the bad news you’re talking about?"

"No, the bad news is, Secretary Wu actually knew something like this would happen a long time ago."

Mayor Zheng frowned deeply; he really wanted to say it was impossible.

Director Qin said, "Last week, something big happened."

"What big thing?"

Mayor Zheng couldn’t maintain his dignity any longer; he realized that things were slipping out of his control.

Director Qin said, "Last week, the high-speed rail project files were stolen."

"What!"

Mayor Zheng’s pupils contracted.

The files were stolen...

"After the files were stolen, Secretary Wu immediately contacted the Provincial Disciplinary Inspection Committee, followed by contacting me and Secretary Wang. And today, that report letter appeared."

"Mayor Zheng, would you say this is bad news?"

Mayor Zheng was expressionless for a long time before asking, "What’s the good news?"

Director Qin cracked a slight smile, "The good news is that I came here to tell you this bad news."

"..." Mayor Zheng’s face twitched; how could that be considered good news?

But upon closer thought, it indeed was.

"I suggest you don’t contact Secretary Wang, and don’t go looking for Secretary Wu either. Secretary Wu made it clear when he found me and Secretary Wang that this matter must remain secret."

"Mayor Zheng must see, I’ve come under a lot of pressure to see you. So, I hope you won’t make this difficult for me. Otherwise, if Secretary Wu has any troubles in the future, he won’t tell me."

Mayor Zheng nodded: "Thank you."

"Hehe, don’t mention it."

"Then I’ll be leaving now."

Mayor Zheng grunted a response, then stood up: "I’ll see you out."

After all, Director Qin made the effort to come talk to him about this; he owed him that much.

After seeing off Director Qin, Mayor Zheng sat in his chair and smoked furiously.

He guessed that Song Guanchao might have already realized that his assigning the project to him was a setup.

But what he never imagined was that Song Guanchao would break the game!

Not only did he break the game, but he also turned the tables on him!

Now, Song Guanchao was in control, and he was on the defensive!

What to do?

Apparently, there was no way out.

The best solution was to contact Wu Qiangwei now and ask her not to bring this matter up at the Committee meeting.

Once it was out in the open, everyone would guess that it was he, Zheng Bihui, behind the scenes.

But he couldn’t go find Wu Qiangwei.

Once he did, Director Qin’s secret connection would be exposed.

Director Qin would then no longer share any information with him.

He might even offend him!

In other words, Qin’s visit today made no difference at all, as nothing could be changed.

---

Instead, he had inadvertently owed Director Qin a favor.

"Damn it!"

Mayor Zheng felt very stifled.

...

Minister Zhou received a phone call from Li Jun, who told him that Director Qin had come looking for Mayor Zheng.

Minister Zhou was somewhat astonished by the news, and thought to himself that this guy didn’t seem to be that stupid after all.

He leaned back in his chair, leisurely smoking a cigarette, his eyes slightly squinted.

"This should be interesting."

...

City Committee.

Secretary Wang entered the office and handed the anonymous report to Wu Qiangwei.

After reading the contents, Wu Qiangwei picked up the desk phone: "Come in."

Song Guanchao pushed the door and entered: "Secretary, you called for me?"

"Take a look." She pushed the letter across to him.

After reading it, Song Guanchao sneered: "They finally couldn’t resist making a move."

He didn’t hide anything just because Secretary Wang was present.

With the appearance of this report, the matter had been laid out in the open.

He and Mayor Zheng had reached the point of crossing bayonets.

Wu Qiangwei glanced at her wristwatch and stood up: "Secretary Wang, please accompany me to see Secretary Lu."

"Okay."

"Secretary Song, you come too."

Secretary Lu looked at the three sudden visitors and asked, "What’s the matter?"

Wu Qiangwei handed over the report.

As he read the contents of the report, Secretary Lu’s expression gradually became stern.

There were more of Director Qin’s kind of bunglers at the grassroots level in the old days, and not few back then either.

But as times have evolved, there are few fools among the leaders of this generation able to sit at the helm of a bureau committee.

At most, they’re just greenhorns unfamiliar with the rules of officialdom.

However, Secretary Lu was unaware that the high-speed rail project was now entirely in the hands of Song Guanchao.

But after Song Guanchao was tracked and beaten up last week, combined with this report, he could still see there was something fishy about it.

It wasn’t as simple as it appeared on the surface.

Secretary Lu asked, "Have the police colleagues been asked to investigate?"

"Not yet," said Wu Qiangwei. "I plan to call an emergency standing committee meeting."

Secretary Lu took a look at Song Guanchao, who appeared calm, and knew that much of the content was fabricated.

Secretary Lu said, "Let’s wait a moment. Please ask Director Qin to come over for a brief discussion first. What do you think, Secretary Wu?"

"That’s fine."

Therefore, on his way back, Director Qin received a phone call.

After he arrived at the meeting room, he pretended to have just learned the news.

Secretary Wang, watching from the side, thought to herself that Director Qin had quite the knack for acting.

Secretary Lu said, "Director Qin, first investigate the situation at No. 31 Jianning Road."

"Okay."

"Secretary Wu, once the situation is clear, then we’ll convene the standing committee meeting. What do you think?"

"That’s fine."

"Secretary Wang, Director Qin, keep this matter confidential for now. After the investigation is clear, we will discuss it again."

The two left, and Secretary Lu glanced at Song Guanchao, who discretely excused himself from the office.

After he left, Secretary Lu directly asked, "Secretary Wu, what’s going on here?"

Since the issue had become public, Wu Qiangwei no longer kept things secret and explained to him about the theft of project materials.

Secretary Lu knew right away that definitely someone was targeting Song Guanchao.

No, perhaps they were aiming at Wu Qiangwei.

Secretary Lu said, "It seems like someone is trying to provoke your relationship with Mayor Zheng."

Wu Qiangwei raised her eyes and said, "Mayor Zheng has entrusted the project entirely to Secretary Song."

"What?"

Secretary Lu’s pupils shrank in disbelief.

He thought that by targeting Song Guanchao, the aim was to stir up conflict between Wu Qiangwei and Mayor Zheng.

After all, although the project was currently in Song Guanchao’s hands, it was Mayor Zheng who had secured it.

The sudden appearance of this incident during the stage when Song Guanchao was in charge was clearly an attempt to incite discord between the two standing committee members.

But Wu Qiangwei told him that Song Guanchao was not merely leading the charge, but was fully responsible.

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