Official Career Storm
Chapter 315

Chapter 315: Chapter 315

Director Qin actually didn’t like dealing with these committee members.

Because they were all enigmas.

None of them spoke frankly; they always had to beat around the bush.

What did "it depends on my mood" mean?

After hanging up the phone, he thought for more than ten minutes before he understood Minister Zhou’s meaning.

The so-called "it depends on my mood" meant it could be mentioned or not.

It could be mentioned or not meant that it wasn’t anything important.

So he dialed Mayor Zheng’s phone number.

When Mayor Zheng learned about this matter, silence fell on the other end of the line for several seconds, and Director Qin almost thought he had hung up.

"I see, thank you."

The next day.

Nine fifty in the morning.

City Committee meeting room.

Generally speaking, the committee meetings were held biweekly.

It had been nearly half a month since the last committee meeting.

So, when some committee members received the notice, they didn’t find it unusual and just assumed it was a regularly scheduled meeting.

However, after they entered the meeting room, they sensed that the atmosphere was somewhat off.

Wu Qiangwei’s face remained expressionless, but her brows were tinged with extra chill.

Secretary Lu’s brows showed signs of worry.

The irritable Mayor Zheng had a very sullen expression.

Secretary Wang from the City Disciplinary Inspection Committee kept adjusting his sitting posture, seemingly a bit nervous.

Participants, all seasoned veterans in reading nuances, soon realized that today’s committee meeting had issues.

Jiang Yuan, the Deputy Mayor, also caught these details.

He was curious about what the agenda for today’s committee meeting was.

He hadn’t received any notifications about it beforehand.

Moreover, today’s committee meeting was unusually large in scale.

In addition to the nine committee members and the fixed attendants from the municipal NPC Standing Committee and the CPPCC leadership.

Several other vice mayors, even the district committee secretaries from the five districts under the city’s jurisdiction, were all present.

Except for the leaders from An County and Dujiang County, almost all the city’s leaders were in attendance.

The scale of the meeting was almost comparable to a full committee meeting.

As people continued to arrive, seeing so many attendees, they were all quite astonished.

Ten o’clock sharp.

Wu Qiangwei scanned the nearly filled meeting room, glanced at the door, and asked Xu Xin, "Is everyone here?"

Xu Xin nodded, "Everyone is here."

"Then let’s get started."

As soon as Wu Qiangwei spoke, everyone knew that today’s committee meeting was again dominated by Secretary Wu.

No one knew when it started, but the main speaking power in the City Committee had shifted to Wu Qiangwei.

Some comrades who had good memory remembered that during the first committee meeting, it was Secretary Lu who was in charge.

Several glances swept past Secretary Lu, wondering how he ever assumed the position of head of the City Committee.

Look at Mayor Zheng, he had been sidelined just like you.

But he had ambition, seized the opportunity during Wu Qiangwei’s time, and began to push the economy vigorously.

Sure enough, in just a few short months, he had invigorated a second spring.

And look at you, Secretary Lu, you aren’t making use of the opportunities given to you.

Many felt disdain in their hearts.

Minister Zhou sat placidly in his place, taking in everyone’s reactions, observing them as if watching all the sentient beings.

Wu Qiangwei said, "Today’s meeting only has one agenda item, the Lingjiang City high-speed rail project."

Everyone immediately perked up upon hearing the news.

The news of the new high-speed train routes had not yet been broadcast through the news, and the citizens of Lingjiang City were unaware.

However, within the system, especially the heads of various departments, were all aware.

During this period, they had all demonstrated their unique capabilities, pulling strings and trying to get a piece of the action.

Even securing a small contract would suffice.

However, Wu Qiangwei’s next words left them all dumbfounded.

"Last week, Secretary Song was followed and assaulted by a group of eleven people wielding iron rods."

Weren’t we discussing the high-speed train?

Why switch to this topic?

Confusion aside, shock also set in.

Song Guanchao was assaulted?

I hadn’t heard about that.

And wasn’t he fine?

Has modern medicine advanced so much that even superficial wounds are no longer visible in less than a week?

Wu Qiangwei continued, "Also last week, the exploration documents for the high-speed train project were stolen."

Wow!

The entire room was instantly in an uproar.

Compared to the gossip of Song Guanchao being assaulted, they were more concerned about the high-speed train project.

The theft of project documents involved leaking of secrets, a severe crime!

Without allowing the crowd to calm down, Wu Qiangwei further heightened the tension, "Just yesterday, the City Disciplinary Inspection Committee received an anonymous report about Song Guanchao."

Xu Xin rose at the right moment and distributed a stack of documents to everyone.

These were copies of the report.

Wu Qiangwei said, "Please take a look."

Everyone picked up the report and read it word by word.

Mayor Zheng’s complexion turned extremely sour.

A few minutes later, Wu Qiangwei spoke again, "Have you all finished reading?"

The crowd nodded.

Wu Qiangwei said, "The situation is now quite clear."

"Secretary Song was followed and assaulted, project data was stolen, including yesterday’s report, analysis by colleagues from the public security suggests that all these acts were likely done by the same person... to be precise, they were the acts of the same malevolent force!"

Malevolent force...

That term was very severe.

Mayor Zheng took gentle breaths, telling himself not to get angry.

The present leaders also quickly linked the three incidents, nodding slightly.

A brief consideration revealed that indeed, all three incidents were the doings of the same force.

The motive was all too clear.

Wu Qiangwei said, "Although Mayor Zheng has a busy schedule, he specifically handed over full responsibility for the high-speed train project to Secretary Song."

"But!"

"Lingjiang getting a new high-speed train route was the result of Mayor Zheng making numerous trips to the province!"

"This is a project for the people, a project carrying Mayor Zheng’s dedication!"

"Now, some are unscrupulously seeking benefits! This is a challenge to the City Committee and Municipal Government!"

These words made some feel that something was off but could not pinpoint what.

Wu Qiangwei looked at Song Guanchao and said, "Secretary Song, this report is targeted at you, now please explain whether the contents of this report are true?"

Song Guanchao nodded slightly and stood up, "I can guarantee that everything in the report is false!"

"A week ago, after the project documents were stolen, I immediately reported it to Secretary Wang of the Disciplinary Committee. I also contacted the Provincial Disciplinary Inspection Committee to report the incident."

"Besides, if I really had misused public power and bought properties prematurely, then even if the documents were stolen, I could have simply made another set; there was no need to report."

"But I admit there was something I could have done better."

He looked at Mayor Zheng: "Mayor Zheng had just entrusted the project to me less than a month ago when the theft of the project documents occurred. This was due to my poor oversight, and I am responsible for this, failing the trust Mayor Zheng put in me!"

Mayor Zheng managed a forced smile, "Secretary Song, don’t blame yourself, you’ve done well, after all, accidents are unpredictable."

As he finished speaking, Director Qin coughed lightly and said, "Secretary Wu, there is something I need to report to you."

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