Official Career Storm

Chapter 1708: Chapter 1708

The polluted enterprise has resumed operations!

Song Guanchao was completely unaware, but now was not the time to analyze. He hung up the phone and stood up, saying, "Wait a moment, I’m going to see the Mayor."

Returning to the office, as soon as he sat down, Wu Qiangwei placed her phone in front of him.

Song Guanchao picked up the phone and saw that there was relevant news being exposed again.

This time, the content of the exposé was that the polluted enterprise, which had been shut down, resumed operations!

According to the whistleblower’s description, once the enterprise was reported, the district government immediately ordered it to suspend operations.

But now, without any government notification, the polluted enterprise has resumed operations.

Although the whistleblower didn’t say it outright, it’s apparent to anyone with eyes that the enterprise resumed operations with the clear approval of some leaders.

Song Guanchao suddenly thought of Sun Jiajun, who had just come to his office to question him.

No wonder he was so angry; the enterprise’s resumption of operations, he must have arranged it!

He illegally allowed the enterprise to resume operations, and now that the pollution issue has been suddenly exposed, it’s normal for him to suspect it’s my doing.

But Song Guanchao was even angrier than him.

That bastard, he actually allowed the enterprise to resume operations without permission!

Wu Qiangwei didn’t know about this, nor did he!

On a smaller scale, Sun Jiajun did this to curry favor with Governor Yang.

On a larger scale, Sun Jiajun was challenging Wu Qiangwei’s authority!

The City Government has only one top leader; no matter how high Sun Jiajun’s position, he’s still the deputy.

What’s more, he’s only held the deputy position for a few months and hasn’t secured it yet.

Seeing that the park has Governor Yang behind it, he dares to openly oppose Wu Qiangwei.

This guy has impure motives.

"It should be Mayor Sun who issued the order to resume operations," Song Guanchao said.

Wu Qiangwei nodded; this was easy to deduce.

Song Guanchao asked, "Have you been able to reach Secretary Zhou?"

"Yes, I’ve reached him. He has already informed Minister Liu. But the news is just gaining momentum; it won’t subside quickly and is likely to persist for a few more days."

Wu Qiangwei didn’t know whether to be happy or angry. According to her and Song Guanchao’s original plan, they intended to use this matter to bait out some people with ulterior motives.

Indeed, they did catch some fish, but the development of events was beyond their control.

They hadn’t expected the other side to play such a powerful card, directly sending reporters for a covert interview and exposing the matter online to create public opinion.

Now, the only one confirmed to stand against Wu Qiangwei is Sun Jiajun.

But the interviewer certainly wasn’t one of Sun Jiajun’s people.

This means another person is hiding in the shadows, watching the tigers fight from the mountain.

"You contact Secretary Han, and I’ll contact others. Today during the meeting, we’ll propose the policy of shutting down and transitioning."

"Okay."

Regardless of who is behind all this, they must quickly come up with a solution to prevent that person from continuing to exploit the situation.

Moreover, things are still somewhat clear, and after all, this park has been here for over ten years. No matter when it is exposed, as long as they can solve it, they will have governance merits.

They still hold the advantage.

...

"Mayor, Mayor Wu informed us there’s a meeting in half an hour," Ma Hongyuan reported.

Sun Jiajun acknowledged with a tone of disdain.

He knew very well what the meeting would discuss.

The pollution incident in the park was exposed online; no one can pretend not to see it.

In his view, this was all a play orchestrated by Wu Qiangwei herself.

Using interview videos to ignite the internet, forming public opinion, then naturally suggesting at the meeting to seriously deal with the 22 polluted enterprises in the park.

Although Sun Jiajun was angry, he also thought Wu Qiangwei’s tactic was too crude and lacked any technical content.

No matter how she guides public opinion or uses public sentiment, it cannot cover up her intention to shut down these enterprises.

Governor Yang is not a fool; how could he not see through the nuances here?

Even if she had a legitimate reason, she would still offend Governor Yang.

Sun Jiajun coldly chuckled inside, feeling that Wu Qiangwei’s cunning backfired, assuming that by doing so, she wouldn’t incur the resentment of Governor Yang.

He took out his phone and called the heads of the offending enterprises one by one, informing them of the upcoming meeting, which was a special session to address the violating enterprises, and told them to be mentally prepared.

Receiving money to resolve issues for someone.

Sun Jiajun felt he had done enough.

He took the money and allowed them to resume operations the same day.

But the City Government isn’t run by him alone, if Wu Qiangwei wants them to stop, they must stop.

After all, he allowed them to resume illegally in the first place.

The heads of the violating enterprises didn’t make it difficult for him; they were well aware of the crux of the issue.

They obstinately believed that it was Song Guanchao who sent people to interview them and leaked the interview videos online to pressure them through public opinion.

They were very angry.

Pollution is not a matter of a day or two; it has been like this for many years, and which year hasn’t seen reports?

Previous mayors never addressed it, everyone coexisted harmoniously, and no one complained about how severe the pollution was.

Why, when it comes to you, Wu Qiangwei, must they resolve the pollution issue?

All these years, the jobs we’ve provided to Jiangzhou, the taxes we’ve paid... We’ve had our merits and challenges, yet we’re not given even a single chance to rectify?

They felt Wu Qiangwei was too heartless and believed Song Guanchao was too domineering.

...

City Committee.

Zhou Zheng looked at the news trending online with furrowed brows.

He was in a meeting in the morning, and when Wu Qiangwei called, his secretary didn’t inform him.

It wasn’t until a leader from the province called that he hurriedly halted the meeting and learned what had happened.

"Who did this?"

This was what Zhou Zheng most wanted to know.

The news report going out, trending, creating public opinion, is something all leaders dread.

Such public opinion, while highly unfavorable to Wu Qiangwei, is equally unfavorable to Zhou Zheng.

As the top leader, having major public opinion crises in his subordinate cities reflects poorly on his work capabilities in the eyes of the superiors.

Therefore, even without Wu Qiangwei’s urging, he had already contacted Minister Liu of the propaganda department to have them put a lid on the news as quickly as possible.

Zhou Zheng thought for a while, and the figure of Zhang Yan appeared in his mind.

He couldn’t help but suspect that it was related to Zhang Yan.

If Wu Qiangwei were to have an incident, Zhang Yan would undoubtedly be the happiest.

However, though he suspected, he wasn’t in a position to inquire directly.

Moreover, even if Zhang Yan were responsible, asking wouldn’t yield answers and might instead harm their relationship.

Zhou Zheng exhaled a frustrated breath.

...

At eleven o’clock, the seven mayors of Jiangzhou City, one principal and six deputies, along with Secretary Han Lan, Office Director Song Guanchao, and High-tech Zone Executive Deputy District Mayor Xiao Chenlei, all gathered in the conference room.

The attending vice mayors were already aware of the park’s pollution incident trending, each with varying emotions.

The Deputy Mayors in charge of other fields showed indifference.

Chang Hai, who had already been dismissed, furrowed his brow.

He wasn’t concerned about himself, but felt the magnitude of this incident would affect Governor Yang.

Xiao Chenlei was pleased; ever since learning the polluted enterprises had resumed, he thought the matter was settled. Who would have expected such a turn of events? He suppressed his inner joy to avoid upsetting the leaders.

Sun Jiajun wore a faint mocking smile, and his gaze towards Wu Qiangwei and Song Guanchao was full of derision, as if ridiculing them for using such childish tactics.

Wu Qiangwei glanced around, taking in everyone’s expressions, and said, "Director Song, please update us on the situation in the park."

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