A Bumpy Road to Power

Though unwilling.

But Basilio Sinclair's dissuasion obviously worked.

He was forcibly dragged out.

Heard the sound of the door closing.

Dirk Carter finally stopped moving.

He left Claire Kane's lips.

Claire Kane woke up from her astonishment, wiped her mouth, glanced in the direction of the door, and asked, "Did Ashen provoke you?"

Dirk Carter didn't want to bring it up again.

He said, "Sorry, I used you as a shield."

Claire Kane generously waved her hand and said, "Let's talk about business, I've already heard about what happened at the welcome dinner tonight. It seems you've settled Faron Walsh."

Dirk Carter nodded.

He said, "Faron Walsh would come looking for trouble sooner or later, so taking this chance to resolve it isn't a bad thing. However, with Johann Holloway and Faron Walsh both having issues consecutively, it will definitely put Norman Ross on guard. I'm afraid he might associate it with you."

Claire Kane smiled.

She said, "The Empyrean Palace is just a night venue, he doesn't know I have so much intelligence in my hands. Even if he does find out, making a move against The Empyrean Palace won't be easy for now."

After she finished speaking.

She snapped her fingers.

The office door opened.

Basilio Sinclair pushed in a small cart again.

Just like last time.

It was filled with piles of file folders.

"Here is the material on Secretary Young that you wanted. Take a good look; it'll definitely blow your mind."

Claire Kane said.

"Oh?"

Dirk Carter became somewhat curious.

After picking up one of the file folders and opening it.

Just a quick glimpse, and he was instantly intrigued.

The more he read, the more engrossed he became.

For half an hour, Dirk Carter didn't say a word, read through all the materials on the cart, then exhaled a long breath and said, "Never noticed, our Secretary Young has such interests."

Claire Kane smiled slightly.

She said, "In the officialdom, who doesn't have some dirt? It's just that people like Cora Young are more greedy."

Let's talk about Cora Young.

Cora Young is 51 this year, a member of the Veridia City Municipal Committee, Standing Committee member, and Secretary of the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection as well as Director of the Supervisory Committee.

At 44.

Cora Young was transferred to Veridia City to work in the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection.

It's been seven years up to now.

The province is quite appreciative of Cora Young's abilities, having tried several times to transfer her to the State Commission for Discipline Inspection, but Cora Young refused.

Her reason was that she was just right for the position of Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection Secretary, and she was afraid she couldn't handle a higher position.

In this world, anyone within the system wants to climb up the ranks.

Cora Young seems to be an exception.

Hence, during Provincial meetings several times, Cora Young was publicly praised for her noble sentiments, little did they know, it wasn't because she was content and desireless, but because in Veridia City, she was already well-versed in doing what she wanted.

51-year-old Cora Young is not particularly attractive.

She's short and somewhat plump.

The kind of person who wouldn't draw any attention in a crowd.

She started working in the Commission for Discipline Inspection in her early twenties.

To be honest, she hasn't accomplished much politically. The reason she ascended smoothly to the top position of the Commission for Discipline Inspection as a woman is that Cora Young is best at bribing and buying positions.

Back when she was a committee member at a township's Commission for Discipline Inspection.

She spent a hundred thousand yuan to buy the vice-secretary position of the county's Commission for Discipline Inspection.

It's worth knowing that twenty years ago, people with ten thousand yuan were scarce, and a hundred thousand was an astronomical figure, not at all an exaggeration.

After resolving the position of section-level cadet.

She kept making moves from vice-secretary to executive vice-secretary, and then to secretary.

Then transferred to the district as a district committee member, standing committee member, and secretary of the district's Commission for Discipline Inspection.

Until eventually reaching the highest peak of her career path as head of the Veridia City Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection.

If one can buy and sell positions, a prerequisite is a must.

Which is having money.

Like when she was a committee member at a township's Commission for Discipline Inspection, she could come up with a hundred thousand yuan at once, knowing that her annual salary was less than five thousand back then.

Where did all this money come from?

It was exchanged through power.

If someone got reported and ended up in her hands, there were only two paths, either pay up or get investigated.

With the power of the Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervisory Committee in her hands.

The corrupt officials who escaped through Cora Young's grip over the years are countless.

Especially after becoming Secretary of the Veridia City Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection, Cora Young became even more unscrupulous.

In those years, she accepted a lot of bribes.

Claire Kane's data mentioned a disguise of Cora Young.

Every day after work, she would ride her bicycle back to her old residential area.

A house that's over 30 years old and shabby.

It seems upright and clean.

In reality.

There's a hidden passage in her home that leads to the adjacent apartment, which although isn't under her name, is indeed her private property.

The adjacent apartment is extremely lavishly decorated.

The money she embezzled and took as bribes over the years is also stashed in this apartment.

Claire Kane had already sent someone to "investigate," and quite a few photos of this apartment were taken. From the photos, all the furniture in this apartment is quite high-end, and the walls are covered with the precious calligraphy and paintings she's collected, the bookshelves aren't filled with books but rare cigarettes and wines.

The wardrobes in the bedroom aren't filled with clothes.

But with stacks of cash and gold.

Claire Kane has no exact data on the amounts.

But it's roughly estimated that all the assets combined are worth at least over two hundred million.

Two hundred million!

What a horrifically large sum.

It shows how many people were let go by Cora Young during her more than two decades at the Commission for Discipline Inspection, how many corrupt officials within the system escaped her grasp.

Dirk Carter has seen big cases of embezzlement before.

But in the position of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, to amass wealth to such a degree, Cora Young is indeed the first.

"What do you plan to do?"

Claire Kane asked.

Dirk Carter walked a large circle in the office with his hands behind his back.

He said, "I can tolerate Faron Walsh's issue, but not Cora Young. Someone like that cannot remain!"

"Are you going to report it?"

Claire Kane asked.

Dirk Carter shook his head and said, "Even though you have dirt on her, there's no evidence of her taking bribes, even if everything in that apartment is found, she can completely deny it's hers."

After finishing this sentence.

He looked at Claire Kane and asked, "What do you think someone who's poured half a lifetime's effort into earning wealth will do when it's all gone in an instant?"

Claire Kane thought for a moment.

She said, "Either go mad directly, or start over and frantically amass wealth, even more excessively than before."

"Someone like that won't seek dead ends or get themselves killed, they'll definitely regroup. When she reaches out again, the evidence will naturally be there."

Dirk Carter said.

Claire Kane had a moment of sudden realization.

She said, "I understand, you intend to make her money disappear first, then set a trap for her to jump into, right?"

Dirk Carter nodded and said, "Prepare a few reliable people. It seems Cora Young is going to the provincial meeting tomorrow. You'll have one day, is that enough?"

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