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Chapter 223, First Round of Confrontation
"You mean, Hou Liangping has already gotten into Qin Siyuan's car and is going to Liang Yuan's investigation team to discuss important matters?"
Inside the room, Zhao Lichun's tone was somber, tinged with restrained anger.
"Yes, he was a former leader, one of our own from the Federation of Literary and Art Circles... I saw it with my own eyes. Hou Liangping was very proud of himself before he got into the car."
On the other end of the phone, the person giving the report recounted the story in detail.
"Okay, I understand. Is everything ready on your end?"
Zhao Lichun suppressed his anger and said.
"No problem, please rest assured."
That's what they said.
Zhao Lichun hung up the phone, but he was still uneasy.
Liang Yuan from the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection went down there with a mission.
From the moment the ledgers were received, Zhao Ruilong and Huilong Group were already considered targets for investigation.
Fortunately, Gao Yuliang sent Zhao Ruilong away in advance.
Zhao Ruilong, who is currently in Hong Kong Island, is safe.
It was precisely because of Gao Yuliang's actions that Zhao Lichun trusted him implicitly.
They had no idea that Gao Yuliang had fueled the situation to this point.
What Zhao Lichun needs to do now is to demonstrate his strength to the Ni and Zhong families.
In exchange for this opportunity, they could save Zhao Ruilong's chance.
As long as we prevent the Handong authorities from issuing an arrest warrant for Zhao Ruilong and save him from imprisonment, it would be worth it even if we had to relinquish the foundation that Handong has built up over decades.
After all, he only had this one son.
Zhao Lichun let out a long sigh.
Knowing full well that Zhao Ruilong was causing him so much trouble, he always turned a blind eye.
Even now, they still have to do whatever it takes to protect their good-for-nothing son.
Zhao Lichun finally realized that Gao Yuliang had recommended a TV series to him some time ago, "Da Ming 1566".
Really...
Poor parents in the world!
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Handong.
Zhao Lichun began to make his plans.
First, the Jingzhou Zhongfu Group, a symbol of the benchmark in Handong, suffered another financial crisis.
This time, it was a formal complaint filed by an employee of the group.
A mountain of whistleblower materials piled up in the special complaint and reporting room set up by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection's investigation team, pointing directly at Qi Ben'an, chairman of Jingzhou Zhongfu Group, and the group's Party Committee leadership team.
The most direct accusation was that Jingzhou Energy Company, a subsidiary of Jingzhou Zhongfu Group, had a financial loophole and was unable to make ends meet, which subsequently involved serious issues of embezzlement of state-owned assets.
Following closely behind were several other state-owned enterprise subsidiaries located in various cities and prefectures in Handong, which were subsequently exposed for financial and personnel problems.
In response, Liang Yuan acted swiftly, immediately instructing Wang Yan, another deputy head of the investigation team and deputy director of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, to separate some of the discipline inspection and anti-corruption experts from the investigation team and form a special investigation team with the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of Handong Province to conduct a thorough investigation of the state-owned enterprises in Handong, with Zhongfu Group as the leader.
This inevitably leads one to wonder if Liang Yuan had anticipated this, especially since the joint investigation team specifically arranged for the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council to participate, a move that already raised many questions.
Perhaps in Liang Yuan's view, since the account book already involved Zhao Lichun's influence in Handong, he might as well take this opportunity to see which state-owned enterprises would jump out and disrupt the situation, and simply wipe them out all at once.
Zhao Lichun's first counterattack was successfully defended by Liang Yuan.
However, the ensuing second wave of counterattacks was even more swift and unruly.
This time, the target is a number of private enterprises in various parts of Handong that have considerable influence and have undertaken important municipal engineering projects!
On the same night, construction sites across Handong were disrupted to varying degrees.
Following this, Mirror Weekly spoke out again, directly targeting the business environment in Handong.
This incident has stirred up a hornet's nest, once again pushing Handong's business environment to the forefront and making it the focus of national attention.
Everyone in the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection investigation team and at the Handong level knew perfectly well why this had happened.
However, Liang Yuan, as the team leader, would certainly not make things clear, nor would he slow down or soften the investigation team's efforts in order to take care of Handong. Instead, he would intensify the investigation, bringing the people recorded in the ledger to the interrogation venue provided by the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection with swift and decisive action as a powerful response.
Following Liang Yuan's actions, the Zhao family intensified their retaliation, with more frequent attacks, paint-throwing, spreading rumors, and threats against family members—all tactics typical of organized crime.
The Mirror Weekly, on the other hand, continuously published unfavorable remarks against Handong, which were distributed and printed throughout the country and sold to the public, thus gaining an advantageous position in the war of public opinion!
Handong has been transformed into the arena for the duel between Liang Yuan and Zhao Lichun.
But innocent bystanders were also affected!
Inside the provincial party committee meeting room in Handong, Sha Ruijin looked at the reports one by one, his face ashen.
This was the biggest melee he had participated in since arriving in Handong, and it was even more dangerous than the one during his suspension.
Currently, it's just Liang Yuan and Zhao Lichun fighting each other, but the situation in Handong has been affected and is difficult to maintain.
In just a few days, state-owned enterprises have collapsed and leadership teams have been absent, municipal projects have stalled, and the people have been criticizing and complaining about the poor business environment, frequent problems with officials, and inaction of the leadership team in Handong.
Grandpa Ni called to say that the situation in Handong had already aroused dissatisfaction from higher-ups.
For Sha Ruijin, the provincial party secretary, this was a major disaster!
Grandpa Ni instructed that the most important thing now is to maintain stability, maintain stability, and maintain stability again.
The most urgent task is to resolve the immediate problems, ensure that the basic situation in Handong remains stable, and maintain the normal operation of various mechanisms and affairs.
Do all this before even thinking about cooperating with the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection's investigation team.
Sha Ruijin also asked whether, given Ni Laoye's influence, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection would allow Liang Yuan to act recklessly in Handong and escalate the conflict with Zhao Lichun to a new level.
Why not send someone more familiar to Old Master Ni to lead the team, instead of Liang Yuan?
Mr. Ni's answer to this was quite intriguing.
When the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection's "insiders" heard that they were to lead a team to investigate the accounts in Handong, they all made excuses to decline and resolutely refused to come down.
Liang Yuan was the last resort after Old Master Ni's mediation failed.
In Mr. Ni's view, Liang Yuanlai's arrival in Handong represents the will of the person behind him.
In other words, this is the fourth force after Ni, Zhao, and Zhong.
They also want a piece of the pie in Handong!
Sha Ruijin suddenly realized and asked another question: Why didn't Grandpa Ni let Xia in?
Mr. Ni's answer was:
The Xia family is a true mountain.
It was thought that Xia Qing would experience some "culture shock" upon arriving in Handong, causing the Xia family's plans for Handong to fall through.
Unexpectedly, Xia Qing did an excellent job of "taking root" in the local area.
Xia Qing has now grown into a towering tree in Handong, fully qualified to stand aloof from worldly affairs, watch the changing world with a smile, and remain calm and composed!
Is it even necessary to list the Xia family, given their history?
They're not even on the same track!