Shaking hands and exchanging pleasantries with the municipal bureau leaders

  At 6:50 two days later, which was the agreed time for centralized governance, Liu Ziguang led a group of well-dressed property personnel standing at the entrance of the community, waiting for the arrival of police station cooperation personnel.

  "Liu Ge, do you think they can come?" The head of the engineering department asked nervously.

  "Got it." Liu Ziguo replied, his eyes gazing into the distance, where the morning traffic on the road was not yet heavy.

  "Can the police station listen to us? I don't quite believe it." The speaker was an old man from the finance department, a trusted aide of Old Gao. He knew about this concentrated effort to deal with Old Gao and didn't deign to participate himself, instead sending his own trusted aide to keep watch and report back at any moment.

  "It's just that last time, General Gao came out to ask them to clean up the illegal construction, but they only sent a deputy police officer and a few joint defense team members. This time... humph." The old woman from the Comprehensive Department also sneered coldly, she was also one of General Gao's people, even if there were layoffs, it wouldn't affect her, she came early in the morning just to see Liu Ziguang make a fool of himself.

  The rest of the colleagues in the cleaning department, greening department and engineering department were all silenced by their blows. What they said was not pleasant to hear, but it was the truth. Liu Ziguang is just a middle-level manager, how can he have such great power to mobilize the police station? Without the strong support of the police station, the property company itself has no ability to carry out this large-scale rectification.

  Time passed minute by minute, and the agreed-upon 7 o'clock had arrived. The road in front of the community gate was still quiet, with no signs of activity. Early-rising residents looked suspiciously at the well-dressed property management personnel. The old man from the finance department and the old woman from the comprehensive department coldly ridiculed and complained that Liu Ziguang had called everyone out so early. The rest of the staff from various departments also secretly sighed, preparing to pack up and leave.

  Only Liu Ziguang gazed into the distance, a hint of sarcastic smile floating at the corner of his mouth. Song Jianfeng becoming the director of the Public Security Bureau was indeed due to his real abilities. This kind of person, as long as they agree to do something for you, will definitely get it done, no need to doubt, and not even a phone call is necessary.

  But it was already 7:05, and several of the high-ranking officials' trusted followers had left, leaving behind only colleagues from Liu Ziguang's security department, as well as some temporary workers from the engineering and cleaning departments.

  At 7:10, a broadcast vehicle with the bright Jiangbei TV logo appeared at the corner of the street. On top of the car, a man holding a camera was filming backwards in the direction they were coming from.

  Further back, a mighty fleet of cars followed, led by a police-painted Passat, with red and blue lights flashing silently. A dozen or so cars followed closely behind, almost all of which had national unit markings: Industry and Commerce, Taxation, Courts, Administrative Enforcement...

  At the entrance of the residential area, everyone was stunned. What is this? Is it just a coincidence that all these vehicles stopped in front of the Zhicheng Garden gate? A large number of people wearing uniforms jumped out of the cars, including judges with national emblem badges on their chests; fully armed police officers with handcuffs, electric batons and walkie-talkies on their waists; as well as staff from the Administration for Industry and Commerce, Taxation Bureau and Administrative Enforcement Bureau. Among them, the most impressive were the law enforcement personnel, who wore white steel helmets, white arm bands, olive green uniforms, and had stars shining on their shoulders, with clear ranks and a strict formation.

  A black Audi door opened, and Song Jianfeng crawled out from inside. The heads of various units walked up to him, listened to a brief deployment by Director Song, and dispersed. Each unit adjusted its formation and prepared for action. So many law enforcement units acting together scared the residents of the neighborhood. Those uncles and aunts who got up early to buy breakfast stood there, holding their pots and unable to move.

  Liu Ziguang walked up and came before Song Jianfeng, saying: "Director Song, hello."

  Director Song chuckled and stretched out his hand to shake hands with Liu Ziguang, shaking his arm while saying: "Everyone is responsible for rectifying shared rentals, the city has decided to make your Zhicheng Phase I a pilot project. If it goes well, we'll continue to do so and launch a 100-day battle to rectify shared rentals."

  With that, he habitually waved his hand, striking a pose as if pointing to the mountains and rivers. The newspaper reporter held up a single-lens reflex camera and snapped away, capturing the scene of Liu Ziguang and Song Jianfeng shaking hands. The TV station's cameraman on the broadcast truck chewed on a toothpick, panning his camera to record this major operation against group renting.

  At this time, all the colleagues of the property company were stunned, staring blankly at Liu Ziguang and the municipal leaders shaking hands and chatting, the old man in the finance department and the old woman in the comprehensive department also looked from a distance, their eyes wide open like light bulbs, and Bai Dui Zhang, who was hiding in the dark to watch the joke, even took out his mobile phone and called Gao Zong.

  Led by the Municipal Public Security Bureau, with the cooperation of the court, industry and commerce, taxation, urban management, and property departments, a comprehensive campaign to crack down on group rentals has officially begun. As this action has been reported to the municipal party committee and government, all units are working hard, especially the urban management team in white helmets and white armor, who took the lead. According to the list of group rental households previously locked down by the property department, they directly rushed upstairs and knocked on doors, making a loud banging sound.

  It was only half past seven, and most office workers were still washing up and preparing breakfast. When they heard the knock on the door, the tenant inside opened it with a toothbrush in his mouth. A city management officer immediately stretched out one foot to hold the door open, and then a large group of people rushed in. The court staff read out the city's interim measures for cracking down on group rentals to a group of frightened tenants, and then the rectification began.

  This is a 120-square-meter three-bedroom apartment that has been partitioned into six separate small rooms with plywood, each with its own independent washing and bathing facilities. The lighting inside is dim, the air is thick with smoke, and on the triple-decker bunk beds, some sleepy-eyed people have just gotten up.

  Crowded rental housing has always been a stubborn disease, difficult to manage. Those crowded tenants are also pitiful people with low wages, who can only choose this type of crowded rental housing. However, their frequent mobility, irregularity, and the neighborhood conflicts triggered by the renovation of houses have escalated into social problems, reaching an unbearable point that requires immediate attention.

  This time, the management took drastic measures. The management personnel directly cleared out the private belongings of the tenants from the room and then swung their hammers to smash those messy partitions. When the owner arrived, they would also order him to restore the original layout of the house.

  Some tenants resisted, but in the face of comprehensive governance, they were like a mantis trying to stop a chariot. Those who dared to violently resist the law were directly taken away by public security personnel. The tenants were originally all people at the bottom of society, how could they have the strength to contend with the national machine? Some clever people took out their mobile phones and contacted the landlord.

  Before long, a man in his thirties rushed to the scene and shouted loudly from afar: "Who dares to move my house!"

  The court staff immediately went forward to read the provisional measures to him, and the man roughly pushed the judge away, shouting: "I don't care about those things, this house was bought by me, what right do you have to come in, what right do you have to smash my things? I tell you, how you smashed it for me, how you restore it to its original state, otherwise I will go to the provincial government to sue you."

  At the scene of law enforcement, Liu Ziguang had been accompanying Director Song. Seeing this man appear, he quietly introduced: "This guy bought twelve suites in the community and converted them all into small compartments for group rentals. I heard that this person has some background too."

  Director Song frowned and said, "The root cause of the shared rental phenomenon is this kind of person, who is also our target for severe crackdown. No matter what background they have, if they disrupt the normal life of the general public, we must deal with them according to law."

  The landlord was still ranting and raving, the TV station's camera captured his ugly face completely, and then took pictures of the law enforcement personnel who were beaten but not returned, scolded but not returned, after taking pictures, it was time for the police to take action. Two stout policemen went up and skillfully restrained the landlord, detaining him on charges of obstructing public duty, waiting for him would be a lawsuit from the property company and the owners' committee.

  A morning of comprehensive governance yielded unexpected results, with over a dozen nail-level group renters being cleared out. Piles of personal belongings were scattered about downstairs, the sound of sledgehammers smashing walls was incessant, and large quantities of gypsum board, plywood, toilets, and sinks were hauled away. The landlords, meanwhile, wore indignant expressions, some making phone calls, others reasoning with authorities, but no one dared to obstruct justice.

  The remaining group tenants who did not have time to rectify also received the limited-time rectification notice and administrative penalty notice. If they refuse to rectify within the specified period, they will receive a court summons.

  Throughout the entire comprehensive governance action, the property company's personnel never went to the front line and just followed to watch the excitement. The TV station gave Liu Ziguang enough camera time, and I thought he was the boss of the property company.

  By noon, the comprehensive treatment came to an end, and the large team withdrew, leaving only a small number of people to continue sweeping. At this time, the owners of the residential area who were off work at noon returned one after another, saw such a situation, and all praised with one voice, "The property company has finally done something good."

  At noon, the Jiangbei Noon News reported on the comprehensive treatment of Zhicheng Garden for five minutes. The scene of Liu Ziguang and Director Song shaking hands, as well as directing with leaders from various units, is still vivid in memory. The subtitles at the bottom of the TV screen introduced him as the leader of the property company.

  In front of the TV, Gao Zong's chubby face turned purple with rage, and the teacup in his hand was almost crushed. He hated it so much that what should have been a great opportunity for him to show off had been snatched away by Liu Ziguo. To make matters worse, the TV station got it wrong, saying he was the leader of the property company. If people from the group saw this, they would laugh at him to death.

  Zhicheng Group, CEO's office, Li Ni was reviewing documents when the internal phone rang. It was a call from the Public Relations Department. After pressing the answer key, a calm male voice said: "Director Li, please turn on the TV, there is news about our company."

  Li Niang picked up the remote control and turned on the TV, which was a whole wall of LED backlit screen. The midday news was reporting on the comprehensive operation to concentrate on rectifying the phenomenon of group renting in this city. On the screen, Liu Ziguo, wearing a Zhicheng Property uniform, stood together with leaders from the Public Security Bureau, Court, and Taxation Department, chatting and laughing.

  Li Ni unknowingly stood up from behind her office desk, walked to the middle of the large office, and watched TV with her hands under her chin, savoring the scene. As the group's boss, such a big action was being carried out below, but she was actually the last one to know about it, which piqued her interest. She didn't expect Liu Ziguang to not only be brave and kind, but also quite cunning.