Chapter 24: The Provincial Party Secretary is Furious!

  Today is my birthday... Continue to ask for collection and votes! "What? Li Mu Feng was taken away by the police? A municipal party secretary was inexplicably arrested by the police? What kind of joke is this! Why didn't you report it in a timely manner last night?" Zhu Jingnian, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee of Nanyue Province, slammed his hand on the table and scolded Chen Rongsheng.

  Chen Rongsheng wiped the sweat and said in a low voice: "Secretary, what exactly happened last night we are not clear about. In this situation, how dare we blindly report to you? Besides, when Secretary Li Mu was taken away yesterday, it was already after 11 pm... At that time, Secretary, you had already rested."

  Last night, Chen Rongsheng thought about it and decided not to report to the Provincial Committee. Chen Rongsheng knew that Li Mufeng was Zhu Jingnian's man, so there was no need for him to report himself. If last night after Li Mufeng was taken away, Chen Rongsheng immediately reported to Provincial Secretary Zhu Jingnian, it would be very inappropriate! That would be equivalent to saying: "Congratulations, your man Li Mufeng has been caught!" In that case, what face would Provincial Secretary Zhu Jingnian have left? Therefore, in order to give Provincial Secretary a face, Chen Rongsheng was "unaware" of the Li Mufeng incident!

  "Never mind, this matter may be a misunderstanding or other reasons, let the provincial party committee handle it." Zhu Jingnian can't blame Chen Rongsheng now. Li Mu Feng is his own man, and he has to deal with him when something happens.

  Pausing for a moment, Zhu Jingyan said: "Right, the main reason I called you here today is to investigate the beating of our provincial TV station reporter! This matter is very troublesome, and the provincial TV station has already sent the video tape of the reporter being beaten to relevant departments in Beijing! And they plan to broadcast it on CCTV!"

  "Ah... Secretary, you must take charge of this matter for us! This is absolutely an accidental event! We didn't know the other party's identity at all, so it wasn't intentional in terms of circumstances... Secretary, we've conducted a detailed investigation into this matter, and I'll report to you on how it happened..."

  Chen Rongsheng is really bitter in his heart now! After the incident of the TV reporter being beaten, Chen Rongsheng had already shown some goodwill to Li Mu. Chen Rongsheng knew that Li Mu was a person of Provincial Party Secretary Zhu Jingnian, if Li Mu relaxed, his responsibility as mayor would be easier to handle. Of course, sacrificing Cai Zhenghua or some other people is also an inevitable thing!

  But what Chen Rongsheng didn't expect was that Li Mufeng had been caught! Now it's just him reporting to the Provincial Party Secretary. Provincial Party Secretary Zhu Jingnian must be thinking about Li Mufeng at this time, and his mood is definitely not good... In that case, wouldn't he be in trouble?

  For the next ten minutes or so, Chen Rongsheng cried with a sad face and reported to Provincial Secretary Zhu Jingnian about the results of Cai Zhenghua's investigation. The content of the report was basically true, of course, the responsibility that should be shirked must be shirked!

  "I already know what happened. Now the problem we need to solve is - do a good job of ideological work on the journalists who were beaten! We must think of ways to satisfy them! If possible, go find the director of the provincial TV station. There's still a last resort. If the video tape is broadcast, this thing will blow up! Then your leadership team in Hanjiang City will be very passive!"

  Zhu Jingyan had already understood the general situation, and this time he made a big show of calling over the Municipal Party Secretary and Mayor of Hanjiang City to handle the matter, just a gesture! It was for some people to see! The relationship here is more complicated, don't look at Zhu Jingyan as the Provincial Party Secretary, but there are some things he can't cover up single-handedly!

  Now Zhu Jingye's opponent has grasped this matter and is trying every means to make things difficult for Li Mu, the Secretary of the Municipal Committee of Hanjiang City... In fact, this is aimed at Zhu Jingye! And Zhu Jingye's opponent is also very good at borrowing power and pushing the waves... Using the relationship with the director of the provincial TV station to write a big article.

  In a sense, the TV station director has become Zhu Jingyan's opponent's "chess piece" and was used as a gun! This makes Zhu Jingyan very headache! If this matter really gets big, the video of beating the provincial TV reporter is really broadcast on CCTV... then he will be passive! Li Mu Feng would be even more miserable!

  "Secretary, your instructions are timely and correct! We went to the victimized TV station reporter's home last night to apologize. We will definitely try our best to do a good job and strive for the video content not to be publicly broadcast..."

  After Chen Rongsheng patted his chest to guarantee it, Provincial Party Secretary Zhu Jingnian said: "Alright, talking big is useless! We must quickly implement specific work."

  Chen Rongsheng hastily nodded and said, "Alright, Secretary. We plan to let the original director of the Hanjiang Municipal Public Security Bureau, Cai Zhenghua, take the blame and go visit the head of the provincial TV station..." Chen Rongsheng said this, undoubtedly wanting to fight for Cai Zhenghua one last time. However, it seems that Cai Zhenghua is basically impossible to save now; after all, there needs to be a scapegoat for this matter! Cai Zhenghua's position is very suitable!

  "Let's not mention Cai Zhenghua's case again," said Zhu Jingnian, secretary of the provincial party committee, waving his hand. "You also know that there are people from the Provincial TV Station and the Organization Department in Beijing, they must have wanted to take a stand, and the provincial party committee had no choice but to deal with Cai Zhenghua, the director of Hanjiang City Public Security Bureau."

  Seeing Chen Rongsheng a bit disheartened, Zhu Jingnian said: "You let Comrade Cai Zhenghua do a good job as the director of the provincial TV station in the next few days. If the TV station doesn't pursue it anymore, then the provincial party committee will be easier to handle."

  Maybe there's still a turning point in Cai Zhenghua's case... Chen Rongsheng was delighted: "Alright, Secretary! I'll go back and pass on your instructions to Comrade Cai Zhenghua right away!"

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  After meeting with Chen Rongsheng, Zhu Jingnian immediately told his secretary: "Ask the Secretary of the Provincial Politics and Law Committee and the Director of the Provincial Public Security Department to come over."

  Yesterday evening, Zhu Jingyan felt that there must be a problem with Li Mu Feng being caught! Is it possible that Cai Zhenghua, the director of the Public Security Bureau of Hanjiang City, is playing tricks? Does he have such a big nerve? Even if he has a big nerve and let someone take away Li Mu Feng, what's in it for him? Is he trying to blackmail the Provincial Party Committee? Can the Provincial Party Committee lift his suspension from duty? Isn't this a joke? In Nan Yue Province, can't he just say one word and get Li Mu Feng out? How can Cai Zhenghua have any leverage?

  After some thought, Zhu Jingyan felt that although there were many suspicious points about Cai Zhenghua, he didn't think Cai Zhenghua was the one who did it! Unless Cai Zhenghua is a fool!

  "No! What if someone takes advantage of Cai Zhenghua... or there's a mysterious figure behind him giving orders... then this matter becomes complicated!" Moving Li Mu Feng is equivalent to challenging the authority of this provincial party secretary! Zhu Jing Nian now urgently wants to know some things behind this matter.

  Not long after, Provincial Political and Legal Affairs Committee Secretary Tao Fadong and Provincial Public Security Department Director Li Jun arrived at the office of the Provincial Party Committee Secretary.

  Zhu Jingyan's face turned dark and he said, "Very impressive! You even dare to casually arrest the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee of Hanjiang City, Li Mu Feng? And after arresting him, you didn't report it to the Provincial Party Committee?" Zhu Jingyan did not explode in anger, he wanted to see how the Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee and the Director of the Public Security Bureau would react. If they didn't know about this matter, it would be very suspicious! If they knew about it but intentionally didn't report it, then the nature of the matter would be different.

  "Has Li Mu Feng, the Secretary of Hanjiang Municipal Party Committee been arrested?" asked Tao Fa Tang, the Secretary of Provincial Politics and Law Committee in surprise, then looked at Li Jun, the Director of Provincial Public Security Department.

  "What? I didn't give such an order! Besides, no one would dare to casually arrest a municipal party secretary!" Li Jun was equally perplexed.

  Zhu Jing's eyebrows furrowed! This matter is troublesome! It seems that neither the Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee nor the Director of the Public Security Department knew about Li Mu Feng's arrest, which proves that the public security who caught Li Mu Feng was not ordinary.

  Zhu Jingnian knocked on the table and said: "Check it out immediately! Li Mufeng was caught at the Red Star Hotel."

  Zhu Jingyan is very angry now! The consequences are estimated to be severe!