Official Career Storm
Chapter 316

Chapter 316: Chapter 316

Director Qin began speaking, and Mayor Zheng’s recently-formed smile once again froze.

He naturally knew what Director Qin was about to say.

"Go ahead."

"Yesterday afternoon, I personally led a team to investigate at No. 31 Jianning Road and gathered some information."

Director Qin said, "Firstly, we can confirm that the specific location for the high-speed rail land acquisition was indeed leaked."

"The residents of No. 31 Jianning Road were involved in various illegal constructions, unauthorized additions. It’s almost like they were farming houses; the houses grew by four or five meters in just half a month."

This kind of situation was very common.

Whenever there were rumors of demolition or land acquisition, residents would immediately engage in illegal construction, trying to ask for more compensation.

"Half a month?" Song Guanchao suddenly frowned and asked, "Director Qin, when did these residents receive the demolition news?"

Director Qin said, "About twenty days ago."

"That’s impossible!" Song Guanchao immediately shook his head, rejecting his statement.

Director Qin was dissatisfied. "This is the result of my personal investigation. Apart from No. 31 Jianning Road, several other areas designated for the high-speed rail also had similar cases. Nearly all started unauthorized constructions about twenty days ago."

Song Guanchao frowned and fell silent.

After a few seconds, he showed a look of suspicion. "That can’t be right, the project documents were stolen just last week. Twenty days ago, I still had the project documents in my possession."

"Moreover, only Mr. He and I knew the high-speed rail project route and the areas that needed land acquisition."

"How did these residents know beforehand about the need for land acquisition and demolition?"

As soon as he said this, the meeting room suddenly fell silent.

The others hadn’t sensed an issue before, but his reminder made them see the problem.

Yes, twenty days ago, the project documents hadn’t yet been lost.

So how did these residents know about the demolition and land acquisition news?

An idea surfaced in everyone’s mind: Someone had leaked the information beforehand!

But, who could it be?

Song Guanchao could be eliminated first.

That left only the high-speed rail project engineer, He Songming!

Director Qin also sensed his implication and kept silent, not joining in the conversation.

Song Guanchao said, "After the project documents were lost, I went to the Disciplinary Committee with Mr. He, so it couldn’t have been him who leaked the information."

Some people who knew the inside story, like Secretary Wang, were starting to feel uneasy.

He understood what Song Guanchao meant by his words.

He wanted to direct the suspicion towards Mayor Zheng!

Even Li Jun was beginning to catch on.

Besides Song Guanchao and Mr. He, only one other person had access to the project documents.

That person was Mayor Zheng!

Realizing this, Li Jun shuddered slightly, aware of the gravity of the situation.

He suddenly remembered that day Mayor Zheng had asked him to leave the project in Song Guanchao’s hands...

The entire situation became clear in his eyes.

From the beginning, this project seemed to be a trap set by Mayor Zheng targeting Song Guanchao.

He intended to frame Song Guanchao!

However, with the simple move of the project documents being stolen, Song Guanchao had easily broken what seemed like an impregnable setup.

Not only had he broken it, but looking at the current situation, he was about to turn the tables!

"Besides you and Mr. He, who else knew about the high-speed rail project documents?"

The one who asked was Xu Xin!

He was one of Mayor Zheng’s people!

Mayor Zheng’s eyes were stern, Xu Xin as if she heard nothing.

"Besides me and Mr. He..."

Song Guanchao displayed a thoughtful expression, as if he was really contemplating.

Suddenly, he blurted out, "And Mayor Zheng!"

Once this statement was made, even the slowest leaders present could smell a hint of gunpowder.

Some astute individuals had already pieced together the scattered information, forming a more coherent analysis in their minds.

After Song finished speaking, he immediately explained, "Mayor Zheng, please don’t misunderstand, I didn’t mean that."

"After all, it was you who personally secured the project from the provincial level. Who doesn’t know the level of importance you place on the project?"

"And to entrust me with full responsibility for a project you value so highly shows your high regard for me..."

At this point, Song Guanchao suddenly fell silent again, and furrowed his brows, revealing a thoughtful expression once more.

The more the audience listened, the more they felt something was amiss.

Through Song Guanchao’s deliberate guidance, they had finally realized it.

Just like he said, why would Mayor Zheng personally secure a project only to leave it entirely in the hands of a secretary of the City Committee?

It simply made no sense logically.

But considering the series of events that Song Guanchao encountered afterward, it seemed to make sense after all.

Mayor Zheng was setting a trap for Song Guanchao!

At this moment, everyone understood the purpose of today’s standing committee meeting.

The meeting room once again fell into an eerie silence.

In this quiet atmosphere, the air felt somewhat oppressive.

Mayor Zheng’s expression was very serious, and there was a hint of anger in his eyes.

"Nonsense."

Wu Qiangwei broke the tense atmosphere, reprimanding, "Secretary Song, apologize to Mayor Zheng!"

"Yes." Song Guanchao looked apologetic, "Mayor Zheng, sorry, that wasn’t what I meant. I’m not articulate, and didn’t express myself clearly. After all, entrusting such an important project to me shows your trust, and I am very grateful to you."

His apology, however, only made things worse.

Mayor Zheng said gravely, "Secretary Song does not need to apologize, there indeed appears to be a problem here. It looks like there’s an issue within our organization."

"When I was applying for the high-speed rail project, I had already anticipated that some might target this project, which is why I hoped the city government and the City Committee could take joint responsibility. All of us putting in effort would save a lot of time."

"But I didn’t expect that these corrupt elements harbored such immense and unrestrained ambitions!"

Song Guanchao said, "Mayor Zheng, rest assured, I believe Director Qin will definitely catch them! Because I placed a tracker in the project documents!"

Mayor Zheng was taken aback, then heard Song continue, "However, the thief who stole the project documents seems to have placed them in a location with no signal, so it’s been impossible to track down so far."

"But please rest assured, Mayor Zheng, the thief doesn’t know I placed a tracker. As soon as the thief brings the project documents to a location with a signal, I can immediately locate them!"

"Then we will know who stole the project documents!"

When Song Guanchao said this, his seemingly sunny but actually sinister smile made Mayor Zheng shudder.

Not only did Mayor Zheng shudder, but the department heads attending the meeting also shuddered.

His words were essentially a warning—don’t provoke me.

Whoever provokes me, I’ll pin the name of the thief on them!

Because they knew, talk of trackers was mere nonsense.

The project documents were definitely in Song Guanchao’s hands.

If he wanted to target someone, he could just deliver the project documents to that person’s house in advance and then show up with the police.

At that point, being caught red-handed, not even jumping into the Yellow River could wash them clean!

Even Minister Zhou’s mouth twitched severely when he heard this.

He suddenly regretted reminding Song Guanchao.

This guy was utterly ruthless!

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