Official Career Storm
Chapter 344

Chapter 344: Chapter 344

He’d made such an effort to come here, asking about Li Fuhai’s backers, and it wasn’t a whim.

It was because of the rumor that had spread throughout the City Committee.

No, this rumor, it was likely that it had spread to the city government and various bureaus and committees as well.

"Li Fuhai?"

Minister Zhou was a bit surprised, not understanding why he suddenly brought this up.

Gossip like this was usually first known by ordinary clerks.

Leaders, on the other hand, were often the last to know.

In fact, some leaders might never know at all.

After all, there was no intersection between them, and the only way for their words to reach a leader’s ears was through a secretary.

Thus, in certain situations, leaders were very much isolated from information.

Minister Zhou didn’t rush to answer but directly asked, "What do you want with this?"

Song Guanchao didn’t hide anything, and recounted the rumor from outside.

Listening to this rumor, Minister Zhou was slow to speak.

He held the teacup with both hands, as if analyzing the gossip.

Song Guanchao knew how keen Minister Zhou’s political instincts were.

If people who spread the rumors could analyze to such an extent, let alone Minister Zhou.

This matter wouldn’t escape him.

Minutes later, Minister Zhou asked, "Are you worried that the person behind Li Fuhai will cause you trouble?"

"Yes," Song Guanchao nodded.

Minister Zhou said, "Jiang Yuan."

"Thank you, Minister Zhou."

Song Guanchao stood up to leave, pausing at the doorway.

He suddenly had an idea.

Perhaps, Wu Qiangwei could cooperate with Minister Zhou to hand over the position of County Party Secretary of Dujiang County to him.

However, it wasn’t convenient for him to say this himself.

Sitting in the car, Song Guanchao dialed Zhang Yue’s number.

"Mr. Zhang, can you speak freely now?"

"I’m in my office, alone."

"When was the last time you visited Li Fuhai?"

"Huh?"

Why suddenly ask this?

It took Zhang Yue a while to respond, "About half a month ago."

"How often do you normally visit?"

"About twice a month. What’s wrong?"

Zhang Yue became a bit nervous.

"Have you visited Zhang Ming?"

"Zhang Ming’s wife would go with me every time."

"Go again today and help me pass a message to Zhang Ming."

Zhang Yue became increasingly flustered, "Secretary Song, has something happened?"

Song Guanchao told her about the rumor.

After hearing it, Zhang Yue breathed a sigh of relief.

She thought it had something to do with her.

Song Guanchao said, "Mayor Jiang might seek out Zhang Ming, tell Zhang Ming to keep his mouth shut. Don’t say what he shouldn’t! I will get him out."

"And about Li Fuhai’s side..."

"Okay!"

"Also, Mayor Jiang might come to you."

"He’s coming to me for what?" Zhang Yue didn’t want to deal with Jiang Yuan.

Song Guanchao said, "He might inquire about the situation at the time, or he might, threaten you. Anyway, be smart and don’t let him see through."

Actually, even if this matter were to be known, it wouldn’t be a big deal.

The main thing was, the timing was terrible.

Once Jiang Yuan knew that she held a large amount of evidence left by Li Fuhai, he would do everything to target her.

She didn’t want to offend another person at this juncture.

In fact, among the evidence left by Li Fuhai, there was nothing related to Jiang Yuan.

But would Jiang Yuan believe that?

Even if she handed over all the evidence to Jiang Yuan, he would still think she had hidden something.

The most important factor in this situation was Zhang Ming.

As long as Zhang Ming didn’t admit to tipping her off, Jiang Yuan wouldn’t be one hundred percent certain.

Even if everything else proved it was indeed her doing.

But without decisive evidence, a cautious old politician like Jiang Yuan would always harbor a glimmer of hope.

Back at the City Committee, Song Guanchao went straight to Wu Qiangwei to report the situation.

Wu Qiangwei asked, "What do you want to do?"

"Report it to the Disciplinary Committee!"

Song Guanchao’s expression turned serious, "Investigate! Find out who’s spreading these rumors!"

Wu Qiangwei hummed in agreement and dialed Secretary Wang’s number.

"Secretary Wang, come to the City Committee, please."

Then she called Director Qin.

Twenty minutes later, Secretary Wang and Director Qin arrived.

Wu Qiangwei briefly explained the situation and said, "This matter has a very negative impact, Director Qin, please immediately assign someone to investigate!"

Director Qin glanced at Song Guanchao, wondering whether the rumors were true or false.

"Alright, I’ll send someone right now!"

Director Qin reached for his phone, and Song Guanchao said, "Director Qin, I’d appreciate it if you also send some police to the city government. The news has now spread throughout the entire officialdom of Lingjiang. It’s not something one or two people can accomplish."

"Okay."

After the two left, Wu Qiangwei asked, "Who do you think it might be?"

Song Guanchao shook his head, "Hard to say."

"Could be Mayor Zheng, or Secretary Lu."

"But that’s not important, the important thing is, they certainly didn’t expect that I would escalate the issue. They probably thought I’d pretend not to know out of guilt."

"Right," Song Guanchao said, "Secretary, regarding the Dujiang County matter, I have an idea."

"What idea?"

"I think we might cooperate with Minister Zhou. What do you think, Secretary?"

"I’ve thought about it too."

Wu Qiangwei’s brows knitted slightly together, "But I’m not sure if doing so is good or bad."

Giving the County Party Secretary position to Minister Zhou would certainly tighten their relationship.

But by doing so, it would also indirectly strengthen Minister Zhou’s power.

Because of Zhou Jun’s affair, Minister Zhou had nearly exhausted his favors at the provincial level.

He was currently in a state of recuperation, which was the best scenario for Wu Qiangwei.

Song Guanchao said, "Secretary, if Mayor Jiang suspects that I reported Li Fuhai, he will see you as a political enemy. In the city, the only one who can wrestle with Mayor Jiang is Minister Zhou."

Wu Qiangwei fell silent for a long while before saying, "Help me set up a meeting with Minister Zhou."

...

Mayor Jiang knew.

He leaned back in his office chair, closing his eyes tightly, his eyebrows gradually twisting into a frown.

The rumor was absurd.

But Mayor Jiang felt the credibility of the content was quite high.

Because everything matched up.

The most crucial point was, after Li Fuhai was taken down, he had sent people to secretly search Li Fuhai’s residence.

No useful evidence was found.

He didn’t believe that Li Fuhai hadn’t left a trace of dirt over the years.

Not finding any only meant that it was well hidden.

But now, there was another option.

The information had been stolen in advance by Song Guanchao!

Jiang Yuan didn’t know exactly what dirt Li Fuhai had on which people.

This unknown was the most frightening part.

"Thud thud."

"Mayor." Secretary Fang Wei came in and said, "Secretary Song has filed a police report."

"Filed a police report?"

"Regarding today’s rumor in the Lingjiang officialdom, Secretary Song has reported it to the police, who have opened a case, and the Disciplinary Committee has also joined the investigation."

Mayor Jiang smiled, "I got it, keep me updated."

"Okay, Mayor."

After the secretary left, Mayor Jiang dialed Director Qin’s number.

"Director Qin, could you please ask the detention center to let me visit Li Fuhai this afternoon?"

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