Official Career Storm

Chapter 1717: Chapter 1717

Since ancient times, officials and businessmen have not been separate, and these entrepreneurs in the park have large businesses, labor-intensive industries that every city wants to attract.

The leaders they have interacted with are numerous, if not a thousand, then at least eight hundred.

However, ordinary cadres are not very useful in this regard.

Chairman Chu went to find Zhou Zheng, and others reached out to several other members of the standing committee, particularly seeking out Secretary Bao from the Disciplinary Committee.

If there is one department that the internal system’s cadres are most wary of, it would be the Disciplinary Committee.

However, the outcome was somewhat disappointing.

Once the standing committee members heard it was about a pollution incident, they appeared troubled and obviously did not want to get involved.

Upon realizing it was Song Guanchao causing issues, they felt even more troubled.

This left the entrepreneurs extremely puzzled, not understanding why a City Government Office Director would be so intimidating.

"Getting someone else would’ve been easier to persuade, but as for Song Guanchao..." Bao Qi shook his head, hesitating to speak further.

The middle-aged entrepreneur asked in surprise, "What’s so special about this person?"

Bao Qi replied, "He has Governor Lu backing him."

"Lu Zhizhong?" The entrepreneur furrowed his brow.

He hadn’t expected that Song Guanchao was backed by the Governor, no wonder he acted so recklessly.

Bao Qi said, "I’m unable to intervene in this matter."

The entrepreneur nodded in understanding, realizing that this situation was indeed challenging for him.

That afternoon, Chairman Chu and others shared their progress in the group chat.

"No wonder he’s so brazen, turns out Governor Lu is behind him."

"I checked, before becoming Governor, Lu Zhizhong was just in charge of a small out-of-the-way city. How did he manage to become Governor?"

"I heard he was spotted by a senior leader."

"Tsk, it’s truly amazing."

"Let’s meet those Vice Mayors first." Chairman Chu voiced Zhou Zheng’s suggestion.

Everyone agreed it was indeed a good way to buy more time.

"Meeting them can only delay things temporarily; to truly solve it, we must deal with Song Guanchao."

"Report him," one of the entrepreneurs suggested.

"Explain in detail."

"Few officials have a spotless record; while it’s hard to find a three-legged toad, finding some issues with him shouldn’t be difficult."

"Chairman Fang indeed has a plan, hahaha!"

"I’ll leave those Vice Mayors to you guys, as for Song Guanchao’s issues, I’ll arrange for someone to investigate."

Chairman Qian said, "If you find anything, don’t release it immediately, talk to Song Guanchao first. After all, with Governor Lu backing him, let’s not push things too far."

"I understand."

"There have been a few new pollution reports today, have you seen them?" someone suddenly asked.

"More?"

The entrepreneur who had spoken earlier forwarded several videos.

After watching, everyone was infuriated.

"Song Guanchao is really pushing things to the limit!"

"Chairman Fang, you have many contacts, can you find out who the interviewing journalist is?"

"That’s not hard, leave it to me."

...

"Why are there more reports being released?"

Song Guanchao received a call from Wu Qiangwei, learning that several interviews from the park had appeared online again, his brows furrowed immediately.

Originally, he asked Lin Wanqiu to conduct the interviews, intending only to keep the interview materials as leverage, not intending to release them.

Unexpectedly, someone had secretly done interviews and released the videos.

Now he couldn’t even determine who did it, nor guess the other party’s motive.

Makes things worse, the real instigator is hidden, while he ends up under suspicion.

Song Guanchao felt somewhat frustrated and grew angrier the more he thought about it.

Thankfully, this matter was basically settled; in two days at the meeting, everything would proceed as per the process, and by then, no matter how much someone tried to stir things up, it wouldn’t affect him.

The only negative impact might be getting resented by this group of entrepreneurs for no reason.

...

The time came to the next day, just one day before the special meeting.

That day, several Vice Mayors received calls from several entrepreneurs.

The entrepreneurs explained their intent straightforwardly, hoping they would not take a stance on the matter of handling the polluting enterprises.

Yes, their request was merely not to take a stance, not to side with the enterprises.

As long as the City Government’s internal stance on this matter remains inconsistent, it could be endlessly dragged out, leaving them ample time to maneuver.

Chang Youcai looked at Chairman Chu in front of him, weighing the pros and cons, and said, "I’m afraid I can’t do that."

Chairman Chu placed a bank card on the table: "We only hope Mayor Chang won’t take a stance, nothing more."

Chang Youcai shook his head, "Chairman Chu might not know, but it’s not that I don’t want to help, it’s that I’m unable to."

Unable to help...

Chairman Chu heard the implication, "It is Director Song?"

Chang Youcai smiled and nodded, "He’s got something on me, if I refuse, he’ll go after me."

Hearing this, Chairman Chu’s expression suddenly darkened.

This Song Guanchao, in order to bring them down, didn’t hesitate to threaten a Vice Mayor!

The disgust and anger within Chairman Chu towards Song Guanchao had reached a boiling point.

After several seconds of silence, Chairman Chu nodded at the bank card, "An anonymous Swiss Bank account, a million. I’ll also add another ten million!"

This was all in foreign currency; even if the anti-corruption bureau investigated, they would find nothing.

Even if Song Guanchao really went after him or managed to take down his Vice Mayor position, ten million would be enough to cover his losses.

Moreover, even if he didn’t take the money, the threat from Song Guanchao had already been made, straining their relationship permanently. It would only grow more tense, and Song Guanchao moving against him was only a matter of time.

He trusted that Chang Youcai could understand the stakes involved.

After contemplating for a few minutes, Chang Youcai said, "In the City Government, there are seven Vice Mayors, if the other six express their stance and I don’t, it won’t mean much. I’m giving Chairman Chu this favor, just worried this money might go down the drain."

Seeing him relent, Chairman Chu smiled, "We wouldn’t have approached only Mayor Chang."

Having said that, the two gave each other knowing smiles.

Chairman Chu stood up and said, "Mayor Chang is busy, I will go see Mayor Xue."

"I’ll see Chairman Chu off."

Chairman Chu bid farewell at the door and proceeded to Xue Mingde’s office.

The secretary knocked and entered, and Xue Mingde did not recognize Chairman Chu.

Chairman Chu introduced himself, and Xue Mingde suddenly understood why he came.

Once the secretary left, Chairman Chu straightforwardly announced his purpose for coming and took out the bank card.

Due to Chang Youcai’s precarious situation, Chairman Chu was willing to add ten million, as it was indeed possible for him to face retaliation from Song Guanchao for changing his mind at the last moment.

Xue Mingde did not face this crisis; a million to change his stance was already quite a high price.

However, this amount was not enough to tempt a Vice Mayor in the Provincial City.

He did not directly refuse, as he also did not want to offend a billionaire boss over this.

Seeing his hesitation to give a clear answer, Chairman Chu said, "I just came from Mayor Chang."

Xue Mingde raised an eyebrow, only to hear Chairman Chu continue, "It seems Mayor Chang and Director Song have some issues, he agreed quite readily."

Chang Youcai agreed?

Xue Mingde was secretly surprised, instinctively suspecting he was being bluffed, but then he thought, since he even knew about the issues between Chang Youcai and Song Guanchao, perhaps Chang Youcai really did agree.

After much deliberation, Xue Mingde pushed the bank card back and said, "Please take it back for now, Chairman Chu. At tomorrow’s meeting, I’ll decide based on the situation. If it works out, everyone will be happy. If they all support it, I might have to apologize in advance."

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