Official Career Storm
Chapter 440

Chapter 440: Chapter 440

Mayor Zheng maintained a smile and showed just the right amount of surprise and joy, "There’s evidence? That’s great."

"Secretary Wu, have someone bring over a laptop to take a look at the evidence."

A USB drive as the evidence?

Whether it had anything or not would be known once it was opened.

He thought Song Guanchao was merely bluffing.

Wu Qiangwei called Xu Xin, asking her to bring over a computer.

Within two minutes, there was a knock at the door and Xu Xin came in, holding a laptop.

Song Guanchao knew what they were all thinking; they wouldn’t give up until they reached the Yellow River.

Secretary Wang opened the laptop and plugged in the USB drive, glancing at Song Guanchao.

He also had his doubts. Was there really evidence, or was it just a pretense?

What if there was nothing on the USB drive? What then?

Should he support Song Guanchao, or should he speak impartially?

His indecision didn’t last long; there indeed was something on the USB drive.

It was a video.

He clicked to play it.

In the dark of night, a glass door appeared, with a car parked outside—Song Guanchao’s car.

Then, another car stopped by the roadside, from which a man wearing a mask and a hat got out.

The man walked to the door, picked up a rock, and smashed the hanging surveillance camera, then gestured toward the car.

Two more men emerged from the car, carrying briefcases, which they then stashed in the car’s trunk.

After completing their actions, the three men got into the car and left.

The surveillance was incredibly clear, even capturing the license plate of the other car.

Though the faces of the three men were unclear, their figures were quite identifiable.

Mayor Zheng and Secretary Lu also saw everything.

Mayor Zheng was secretly alarmed—there really was evidence?

Li Zhuang’s men had done a clean job, even destroying the surveillance.

But who would have thought that there would be another camera in the store, and such high-definition at that?

This was truly unexpected, a scenario no one could prepare for.

This video could essentially prove that the money in the trunk was intentionally planted to frame Song Guanchao.

Of course, if one were to nitpick, it could also be argued that these men were secretly bribing Song Guanchao.

But then, the action of smashing the camera didn’t make sense.

If you’re going to bribe someone, why smash the camera?

That would just be an attempt to cover your tracks.

Anyway, this surveillance footage was compelling enough; it all depended on what the leaders would say.

If they really wanted to keep a tight leash on Song Guanchao, he wouldn’t be able to continue working anyway.

Thus, Song Guanchao didn’t plan to give them the chance to hold anything over him.

The evidence was just one aspect; whether he could extricate himself also depended on the following performances.

"This car has a cloned license plate. The car mainly moves around An County and Panlong Town below it."

Song Guanchao broke the silence, and everyone turned to look at him. This statement caused Mayor Zheng’s heart to skip a beat.

Speaking of which, Song Guanchao’s eyes stayed fixed on Mayor Zheng’s face, not blinking as he continued, "These three men were clever. After completing their task, this car has not been seen again."

"However, the car’s absence isn’t really a big problem. If we want to find the people, it’s actually quite simple."

"Like asking the traffic police in An County to review the recent surveillance footage, it’s quite straightforward."

"Mayor Zheng, what do you think, does this video suffice to prove that I was framed?"

"If not, I don’t mind the hassle; please, Secretary Wang and Director Qin set up an investigation team. I’ll lead the team myself to An County to review the footage."

"I will find out who is behind this, and I swear, even if it costs me my life, I will make them pay!"

Mayor Zheng’s heart tightened, and he started to panic.

If they really investigated, just as Song Guanchao said, they would definitely find out.

But, they couldn’t investigate.

Once they did, Li Zhuang would be exposed.

And he would also be implicated during the investigation.

Of course, he could deny it.

But denial was useless, nobody would believe him.

If it really came to that, it would be a complete falling out.

He didn’t want to openly fall out with Song Guanchao yet.

Originally, he indeed wanted to muddle through, claiming that this video alone wasn’t enough proof.

Song Guanchao knew he would muddle through, that’s why he said these things.

These words were meant for him to hear.

The message was very clear.

If you want to make trouble, then let’s keep it going.

"This video clearly shows the cause and effect, Secretary Song was indeed framed."

Secretary Lu spoke up, delivering a final verdict: "Secretary Wang, Director Qin, this case can be closed."

Mayor Zheng took the easy way out: "The evidence is clear, I have no objections."

With these two leaders speaking up, things were much easier for Director Qin and Secretary Wang.

Secretary Wang handed the USB drive to Director Qin, who nodded: "I understand."

Wu Qiangwei was about to stand up, but then she heard Song Guanchao say, "Secretary Wu, should I come to work today?"

"Yes."

"Secretary Wu, is there any work you need to assign to me? Like the high-speed rail project?"

Wu Qiangwei paused in her movement, as did Secretary Lu and Mayor Zheng.

Secretary Lu smiled and said, "The high-speed rail project has already been initiated, now it’s being led by the City Committee and the municipal government."

Song Guanchao was surprised and looked at Mayor Zheng: "Mayor, is Secretary Li Jun in charge of this on the municipal side?"

"Yes." Mayor Zheng didn’t want to talk much with him.

Song Guanchao said, "I have handled the high-speed rail project for a while and have more experience in this field. Perhaps, I could offer some assistance to Secretary Li and Secretary Sun."

The eyebrows of the two officials furrowed slightly.

No matter how arrogant Song Guanchao was in private, at work, he was just a secretary.

But his current remark was a bit too self-important.

A secretary, asking the City Secretary and the Mayor to do things for him?

Just as Mayor Zheng was about to scold him, he thought of the car with the fake license plates.

Song Guanchao bringing up these demands now obviously had a threatening implication.

Mayor Zheng suppressed his anger and said, "Secretary Song just started work, let’s wait a couple of days. I will ask Secretary Li later to see if they can handle it."

Secretary Lu also knew Mayor Zheng’s apprehension, and while he felt discontent with Song Guanchao, he also admired him somewhat.

If only this kid were his secretary.

The more he compared, the more he felt that Secretary Sun was useless.

"Alright, then I’ll trouble Mayor Zheng."

Leaving the meeting room, Song Guanchao and Wu Qiangwei returned to the office.

It felt like almost a month had passed.

Song Guanchao poured some tea, just sat down to start a work update, when his phone suddenly rang.

"Secretary, I need to take a call."

"Yes."

The call was from Lu Feng, and it seemed there was progress.

He stepped out of the office and answered the call.

"Squad leader, the money from the Finance Bureau needs to be transferred today, and it’s expected to arrive by tomorrow at the latest. Should I transfer it?"

"Have you kept an eye on those companies’ executives?"

"They’re monitored, we can capture them at any time."

"Don’t transfer it yet. Take control of all those company executives and their finance personnel."

"Okay."

"How soon will you come over?" Lu Feng asked.

"I won’t be going there, just bring the people directly to the city, I’ll book a room and send it to you soon."

"Okay."

After hanging up, Song Guanchao entered the office and said, "Secretary, we can prepare to close the net."

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