Official Career Storm
Chapter 558

Chapter 558: Chapter 558

Song Guanchao placed his phone down without any change in expression.

Wu Qiangwei hung up the phone and immediately got up and left, without telling Song Guanchao what had happened.

A dozen minutes later, the other standing committee members hurried over as well and gathered in the conference room.

Secretary Lu connected with Zhang Meilin for a video conference.

As Zhang Meilin showed the text message in the video, just the brief sentence on it made everyone feel the pressure.

They could basically confirm that the one who sent the threatening text message was Lu Xiaotian.

This madman!

Secretary Lu asked, "Does Lu Xiaotian have explosives?"

Zhang Meilin shook his head. "I don’t know."

He didn’t really understand Lu Xiaotian at all; who knew if the guy was just talking tough to mess with their minds or if he really intended to blow up the City Committee Building.

Secretary Lu picked up his phone and called Director Qin, "Director Qin, bring Hou Wen, Yao Jinsheng, and Chen Guanyun to the City Committee, yes, now, immediately!"

Putting down the phone, Secretary Lu said, "Let’s wait until they get here to discuss further."

If anyone knew Lu Xiaotian best, it would be these individuals.

Half an hour later, a group of plainclothes police officers escorted Hou Wen in; Yao Jinsheng and Chen Guanyun were still sitting in wheelchairs.

After the police left, Secretary Lu looked at the three men sternly. "You now have a chance to redeem yourselves for your crimes. I hope you will seize it well."

Redeem themselves for their crimes?

Hou Wen was calm and composed.

He had made quite a few merits and did not have to worry about the death penalty anymore; even if he were to earn further merits, the potential reduction in his sentence was limited.

Chen Guanyun and Yao Jinsheng were more agitated.

"Secretary Lu, tell me, and I will definitely cooperate."

Hou Wen also said symbolically, "I will definitely cooperate where needed."

Secretary Lu nodded with satisfaction and briefly explained the situation.

Hou Wen was surprised to hear that Lu Xiaotian had sent another threatening text message.

To be honest, he didn’t really know much about Lu Xiaotian.

Ever since he had become the mayor, he had seldom seen Lu Xiaotian.

The one he saw the most was Yao Jinsheng.

Any messages would be passed to him through Yao Jinsheng.

"Blow up the City Committee Building?" Chen Guanyun and the other man were shocked.

They thought that hijacking a plane was already insane enough, but Lu Xiaotian seemed even crazier than them.

Secretary Lu asked, "Does Lu Xiaotian have explosives?"

Hou Wen replied, "Secretary Lu, I barely have any contact with Lu Xiaotian; I only know that he has a bunch of underlings. He definitely has guns. As for explosives, I can’t give you a definite answer."

Chen Guanyun wanted to speak, but Hou Wen had already said everything.

Yao Jinsheng shook his head. "He shouldn’t."

"Shouldn’t?"

That wasn’t the answer Secretary Lu was looking for.

Yao Jinsheng said, "I never get involved in Lu Xiaotian’s business. As far as I know, he mainly deals in earthwork and building materials. I’ve never seen him mess with explosives."

Jiang Yuan asked, "Based on your understanding of him, do you think he could really blow up the City Committee Building?"

This time Yao Jinsheng answered quickly, "He could!"

Damn!

That was not the answer they wanted.

"This guy is very arrogant and has never understood fear. Secretary Song..."

Yao Jinsheng stopped talking as he realized Song Guanchao wasn’t in the room.

He said, "You can ask Secretary Song later; he has dealt with him several times, almost killed him, but he never gave in."

"Normal people would be scared if beaten like that, would look for ways to avoid further confrontation, but not him, he only thinks of revenge."

Secretary Lu said, "Secretary Wu, can you please call Secretary Song over?"

"Okay." Wu Qiangwei dialed the phone. "Please come to the conference room on the fifth floor."

A few minutes later, Song Guanchao entered.

"Secretary Song, please take a seat."

Song Guanchao sat down, and Secretary Lu asked, "Secretary Song, how much do you know about Lu Xiaotian?"

Song Guanchao said, "I would say I’m quite familiar with him, but I don’t know what aspect Secretary Lu would like to ask about?"

Secretary Lu said, "Tell us everything, in detail, everything you know."

Song Guanchao said, "Lu Xiaotian is a thug, bold, and ruthless. Neither the law nor morals have any restraint on him."

Secretary Lu asked, "I heard you beat up Lu Xiaotian?"

"No!" Song Guanchao didn’t even blink an eyelid as he flatly denied it.

What a joke.

How could he admit to such a thing?

Secretary Lu’s eyes twitched slightly.

Song Guanchao said, "However, I’ve seen him get beaten up by others a few times. That kid is indeed ruthless; he wouldn’t make a peep even if he were buried alive."

Being buried alive...

The hearts of those present at the Standing Committee jumped fiercely.

This guy had actually buried Lu Xiaotian alive?

Secretary Lu remained silent, and he shared with Song Guanchao the matter of the threatening text messages, "What do you think, Secretary Song?"

Stroking his chin, Song Guanchao said, "He has a strong desire for revenge. Based on his personality, he is indeed capable of such a thing."

Everyone’s heart sank.

His assessment of Lu Xiaotian matched that of Yao Jinsheng.

This matter had become difficult to handle.

They had already stopped pondering whether Lu Xiaotian could get his hands on explosives.

That wasn’t the crucial point.

If he wanted to, he would definitely be able to find them.

The critical issue now was, when would this guy make his move?

"Have Director Qin take some men to Dujiang City."

Secretary Lu immediately gave the order.

Zheng Bihui frowned, "Let Director Liang go."

For an ordinary matter, it might be fine, but for a threat of this level, he truly didn’t feel at ease with just Director Qin in charge.

"I’ll ask for Director Liang’s opinion," Secretary Lu said as he dialed the phone again.

"Director Liang..."

He briefly explained the situation and requested that he lead the team there.

Liang Jianfeng said, "Let Hu Yaodong and Feng Hongtao handle it. They have experience with such matters. Moreover, the Dujiang City Public Security Bureau is currently like a dragon without a leader; it needs someone to take charge."

Secretary Lu recalled Wu Qiangwei’s recommendation of Hu Yaodong to serve as Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of Dujiang City and Feng Hongtao as the Director of the Dujiang City Public Security Bureau.

Both of these men were competent, not the kind who climbed the ranks through flattery and adulation.

"All right."

After hanging up, Secretary Lu said, "Director Liang recommended to me Hu Yaodong from the criminal police team and Director Feng from the Fengjiang Branch."

Upon hearing this, everyone understood Liang Jianfeng’s intentions—this was to have them take up their positions in advance.

But were they not worried that they might fail to handle the situation?

For such a severe incident, Liang Jianfeng had every right to refuse, especially since he was not the top official; there was Director Qin above him.

Even if he refused, no one could say anything.

Such a serious incident should be dealt with personally by the head of the municipal bureau.

If anything went wrong, it would be the bureau chief who would bear the responsibility.

Yet Liang Jianfeng seemed unconcerned about these potential consequences.

This left them utterly perplexed.

"Mayor Jiang, you will later contact Director Qin to arrange things," Secretary Lu stated.

"Okay."

"Meeting adjourned."

Secretary Lu silently sighed as he stood up and walked out.

Police officers entered, pushing a wheelchair.

Yao Jinsheng couldn’t help but say, "Mr. Chen, what do you think Liang Jianfeng is thinking? While others are desperately trying to avoid the situation, he doesn’t hesitate at all, rushing to be on the front line. How did such an idiot become deputy director?"

He was already a prisoner, with no need to mince his words.

Everyone in the meeting room heard him.

Although the statement was harsh, it echoed their own curiosity.

Was Liang Jianfeng an idiot?

When Song Guanchao heard this, he scoffed, "When your own eyes are dirty, everything you see is dirty. Director Liang is a policeman; he only considers the safety of the public. He is nothing like trash like you who, out of fear of taking responsibility, passes the buck. If the system were filled with people like you, the country would have gone to hell a long time ago."

This statement, resounding like thunder, enlightened them as if receiving a sudden revelation.

They had only thought about the danger but had forgotten that apart from bureaucrats like Chen Guanyun and Hou Wen, there were also clean individuals like Liang Jianfeng in the system.

However, Song Guanchao’s blunt words caused Secretary Lu and others to feel their faces burning with embarrassment.

His words seemed to lump them all into the same category.

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