Pressing down the cigarette butt, he pressed the outside line and asked Hu Linan to come in.

Hu Linan entered the room and saw that Chen Yang's expression was a little stern, and there was a separate letter on the table, which was slightly strange, but he didn't speak, and stood quietly.

"Xiaohu, you immediately go and inform Li Fuqiang of Xiqi and ask him to come to my office immediately."

Hu Linan nodded and said hello, and then withdrew.

As soon as Xiao Hu left, Chen Yang continued to pick up the text and read it, but he couldn't calm down, don't look at the current Xizhou seems to be very calm, but he knows that there is a hidden behind this calm, and a little wind and grass can immediately set off an uproar. And although because he has the support of Secretary Liu of the Provincial Party Committee, Han Haitian has to swallow his anger and show weakness in a low-key manner, and he rarely expresses his position on the Standing Committee, but he will never underestimate Han Haitian.

It's no wonder that no matter how weak the number one is, I am afraid that he will not tolerate a second-in-command who wants to engage in Yiyantang, not to mention that Boss Han has been running Xizhou for nearly ten years.

About forty minutes later, there was a knock at the office door, and immediately after, Hu Linan led a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes to walk in.

Needless to say, this person is naturally Li Fuqiang, chairman of the Xiqi Group.

Li Fuqiang is a very decent person, dressed in a decent suit and tie, with a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, and he has a bit of the style of a scholar-type leading cadre; although he has worked in the enterprise for seven or eight years, he can still see a little bit of officialdom's style.

However, in front of Chen Yang, he didn't dare to put on any score, and put away the boss style of guiding the country in the group on weekdays, and the whole person looked very humble, although after entering the house, when he saw Chen Yang's expression was very strict, he inevitably felt a little drumming in his heart, but he still hurriedly shouted first: "Mayor, are you looking for me?" ”

Chen Yang nodded his head, and then waved his hand to signal Xiao Hu to go out first.

Soon, Xiaohu closed the door and left.

As soon as Xiao Hu left, Chen Yang casually picked up the anonymous report letter from the table and raised it in front of Li Fuqiang's eyes: "Comrade Fuqiang, you take a look at this first, and I want to hear your explanation later." ”

Li Fuqiang is also an old fritter, as soon as he saw the letter in Chen Yang's hand, he could immediately guess a few points, needless to say, someone must have beaten him behind his back, and his heart suddenly sank, but he also saw some strong winds and waves, although he was anxious but not chaotic, and since Boss Chen called himself over alone, presumably as long as he can explain clearly, there should be no big problem, and he will not let his weight in Chen Yang's mind drop because of a report letter.

Thinking of this, he immediately reached out and took the letter, and then stood there and opened it, reading it quickly.

The report letter was not very long, it took him two minutes to read it, and after reading it, his feelings were obviously much more excited than Fang Cai, his white face turned red, and he gasped angrily: "Mayor, this is a slander, this is a naked slander against my personality and party spirit!" Mayor, you have to believe me, I swear I haven't done anything like this! ”

"Okay, Comrade Fuqiang, I didn't call you here to hear you shout slogans here."

Chen Yang waved his hand and said lightly. He has been an official for many years, so he can naturally see that Li Fuqiang is indeed wronged at the moment, but there is more or less a bit of performance in it, after all, with Li Fuqiang's current status and experience, he will not be able to get out of control when he hears some wind and grass.

Sure enough, Li Fuqiang immediately quieted down when he heard this, and said: "Mayor, I don't deny that when the factory was relocated as a whole, the factory living area was not replaced with the project, and the workers' club mentioned in this letter was indeed sold to a real estate company under the big development for 3 million, and I did sign and agree to the transfer contract signed with the big development, but I asked the accounting department to hand over the money to the Municipal Finance Bureau, as I personally did not enrich my own pocket, embezzle even a penny of it." ”

When Li Fuqiang explained, Chen Yang didn't interrupt until he finished speaking, and then frowned and asked coldly: "Comrade Fuqiang, I have also been to see your staff club before, a six-story building, even if it was placed at that time, was worth at least six or seven million, why did you sell it for three million?" ”

Li Fuqiang's heart suddenly burst into his heart when he heard this, and he hurriedly explained: "Mayor, that's the case, you also know that the large-scale development is the entire factory living area, because the buildings in the factory community are aging and strict, and the demolition price of the large-scale development is not high, and the workers in the factory made a lot of trouble at that time, and at that time, we negotiated with the German side and the Nanqi side at the most critical juncture. It was proposed to make concessions on the sale price of this club, and let them supplement the difference to the appraised price of the workers' property rights, which was regarded as giving some subsidies to the workers, and it was precisely because of this measure that the factory living community was able to complete the demolition work smoothly. Moreover, this matter was also known to Vice Mayor Wang, who was specifically responsible for the relocation leading group at that time. ”

After Chen Yang listened, his face softened slightly, to say that he also knew about the Xiqi workers because of the trouble for a while, but at that time he put all his energy on the negotiation with the German side, and he didn't interfere too much in these small things, I remember that at that time, he just simply explained his requirements to the people below, and asked them to issue a military order in front of him, and he must properly solve the matter, not only to complete the demolition work smoothly, but also not to let the employees have any negative feelings. Thinking about it, Li Fuqiang was also forced by himself at that time, so he came up with such a workaround, speaking of which, although the operation method does have something to criticize, he really can't be blamed.

Seeing that Chen Yang was silent, Li Fuqiang thought that Chen Yang didn't believe what he said, and under the grievance in his heart, he turned his head with a red face, and said with a stiff neck: "Mayor, I think I can stand the test of the organization, I ask the organization to immediately investigate this report letter, I will fully cooperate with the work of the organization, and hope that the organization can do its best to return my innocence." ”

Chen Yang flicked the cigarette ash before nodding and said: "Okay, Comrade Fuqiang, you really didn't do this properly, but I still believe in your party spirit and self-discipline, in addition, I will ask the Commission for Discipline Inspection to follow up later, and you don't have any ideological baggage, just explain the situation clearly to the comrades of the Commission for Discipline Inspection." ”

When Li Fuqiang heard this, the heart that had been hanging in the air was in place. After all, Chen Yang said this, which means that he does not plan to investigate some violations in the process of operating this matter. In any case, violating the rules does not mean violating discipline, with the mayor coming forward to protect it, there is no big problem in thinking about it, at most, it will be OK to do a perfunctory self-examination at the party committee at that time, and it will not affect his image in the eyes of Boss Chen. But when you go back to the factory, you must check carefully to see who shot your black gun, and you have to let this kid walk around without eating

After Chen Yang understood the specific situation with his subordinates in person, he then asked Xiaohu to go to the Finance Bureau to check the accounts, and confirmed that the 3 million money from the sale of the property had indeed entered the financial account, so he really believed Li Fuqiang's statement. Then he said hello to the Commission for Discipline Inspection, although he was still vaguely a little strange in his heart, but he couldn't think of too many flaws, so he didn't focus on this matter anymore.

What Chen Yangwan didn't expect was that although the Commission for Discipline Inspection intervened afterwards and confirmed that Li Fuqiang did not lie to Chen Yang, somehow, the matter still spread, and then, the "Xiqi high-level suspected corruption" incident intensified in the next month or so, and I don't know how it became a hot news in Xizhou society.

Time flies, a month has passed in a blink of an eye, after entering February, that is, a few days before the Lunar New Year, a high-level of Xiqi suddenly came to the province, the former deputy director of Xiqi, and now the head of Xiqi's branch in the provincial city Xu Liang was suspected of corruption by the Commission for Discipline Inspection Shuanggui news, along with the provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection invited away by the chairman of the group Li Fuqiang and the chairman of the board of directors Xu Qian, Xu Qian was invited to drink tea by the Commission for Discipline Inspection because of suspicion of bribing Xu Liang, as for Li Fuqiang, but I don't know why.

As soon as the news came out, not only was there a big uproar in Xizhou public opinion, but for a while, rumors about the corruption and depravity of the high-level cadres of the Xiqi Group were rampant again, and even Chen Yang was caught off guard. The Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection suddenly took people, but Chen Yang didn't receive any news beforehand.

The day after the news broke, Han Haitian personally organized a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee that morning due to the severity of the situation.

In the large conference room on the fourth floor of the office building of the municipal party committee, there was an oval conference table, and except for Xiao Tian, commander of the military division, the other 12 members of the Standing Committee were all present.

At the urgently convened Standing Committee, Han Haitian first made a self-examination, saying that he was not strict in supervising the work style and discipline of the cadres of the Xiqi Group, which humiliated Xizhou, a well-known clean government collective, and so on, and in the end, he almost burst into tears.

Chen Yang watched his performance coldly, looked at the materials on the table, which were prepared by the Municipal Party Committee Office, and the reason why Li Fuqiang was invited to investigate has not yet been spread among the people, this material dealer has recorded it very well, and as he expected, Li Fuqiang was invited to the province by the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection this time, and it was definitely not as simple as cooperating with the investigation of Xu Liang's problem, but from the bribery problem that Xu Liang confessed, he was also involved. At the beginning, this workers' club was indeed worth 7.2 million yuan, but in fact, when the contract was signed, it was only 3 million, and as compensation, Da Dong privately gave another 2 million to Director Li, and he, as a middleman, also took 50,000 yuan in benefits.

What's worse is that Xu Liang's confession was also confirmed by Xu Qian, the secretary of the board of directors of the Great Development Committee, who was also a tainted witness.

In this way, Li Fuqiang can't explain it clearly even if he has a thousand mouths, after all, there is no practical and effective evidence that he said that the money was implemented on the heads of the workers as a demolition subsidy.

The Standing Committee members present were silent, and in the venue, except for the sound of drinking water, it was the sound of turning paper.

Liu Rongshan, secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, was the first to speak after Han Haitian, and he frowned and said: "Didn't the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection investigate Li Fuqiang some time ago? At that time, I didn't find any problems, could it be that the comrades of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection made a mistake, and whether there was any misunderstanding in the middle. said so, but he also knew very well in his heart that since the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection had intervened, it might not be groundless, so even if he wanted to help Li Fuqiang speak, he didn't have much confidence.

Wang Junkang, the deputy secretary on the side, sneered: "Misunderstanding? Secretary Rongshan, you are also an old comrade who has been engaged in politics and law for many years, will the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection really misunderstand a comrade who has no problems? Hmph, I think that the intervention of our Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection was too shallow at the beginning, and it almost made a loophole for lawbreakers like Li Fuqiang, who ignored the party spirit and national law and only cared about satisfying their personal desires. ”

Obviously, Wang Junkang had something to say in his words, although he was sneering at Liu Rongshan, but what he was referring to was undoubtedly Chen Yang. It is no wonder that since Chen Yang took office, he, the deputy secretary who is in charge of the economy, has almost completely stepped aside, and with the label of Korean on his forehead, of course this kind of opportunity will not be missed.

Liu Rongshan fell silent for a moment, picked up the teacup and drank water.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Gaoming, secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, said with a sad face: "As the secretary who mainly grasps the discipline of cadres, I have not supervised the cadres of the enterprise effectively, and I have not paid enough attention to the work of letters and visits. ”

Chen Yang smiled, he originally thought that this old Zhang was quite calm, but he didn't expect that he was also a straw bag, and he was anxious to clear up the relationship as soon as he was a little troubled, could it be that he also felt at the moment that as soon as Han Haitian made a move this time, he would be able to get rid of himself?

Sure enough, Han Haitian glanced at Zhang Gaoming, and he was very satisfied when he thought about it. Then he waved his hand with a sad face, "No, Comrade Gao Ming, since the incident has happened a long time ago, I have an unshirkable responsibility for negligence, and as the leader of the team, the main responsibility is still borne by me." ”

But then, he turned his words again, looked at Chen Yang and said: "Mayor, now the credibility of the government in the society has gradually decreased, and now the cadres of the Xiqi Group have this kind of corruption problem, my personal opinion is that we must take measures to appease the feelings of the masses and minimize the adverse impact, and we must immediately adjust the management of the Xiqi Group, what is your opinion?" ”

Oh, it's really this abacus!

Chen Yang sneered in his heart, in fact, after Li Fuqiang was taken away, he could already roughly guess what Han Haitian would do, and now that he saw it, it was indeed the case. However, he will not hand over Xiqi, and he can't hand over Xiqi now. You must know that Li Fuqiang was reported some time ago, and it was he who felt that the problem was not big, so he covered the lid, and now once he hands over Xiqi, it means that he admitted that he handled this matter improperly.

I have to say that Han Haitian's series of combination punches came very violently, and Han Haitian had only one purpose, that is, to kick himself out of the Xizhou officialdom.

Indeed, if he really protects a subordinate who is suspected of economic crimes, the problem is really not small, and when the provincial party committee investigates it, Secretary Liu may not be able to protect himself, and maybe he will be implicated.

After pondering for a moment, he replied in a deep voice: "I agree with Secretary Han's opinion and do my best to recover the negative impact of this matter on society." ”

Han Haitian nodded slightly, picked up the teapot and took a shallow sip, and when he put down the teapot, he sighed in his heart.

Indeed, officialdom is like this, if you are not careful, you will lose everything. And many times, the victory and defeat are not as fierce as imagined, that is, it is done in one or two rounds. Of course, behind the release of the winner and loser, his efforts are still very hard. At least, it is difficult to endure for so long as a number one leader. The city government that has not ordered people has never been able to do it.

Then, I saw him raise his eyes to look at Chen Yang, and his eyes were somewhat complicated, there was regret for his competitors after being knocked down by him, and there were also feelings for being involuntary in officialdom, which was also his habit, under normal circumstances, only when he thought that he had the chance to win, he would show this kind of complicated eyes.

However, Chen Yang's next words almost caused the hot tea he had just swallowed to squirt out again.

I only heard Chen Yang's words turn around, and then said: "However, the matter has not been clarified, whether Comrade Li Fuqiang has violated discipline, the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection has not given a final conclusion, as far as I am concerned, I believe in Comrade Li Fuqiang's party spirit, and now we hastily make the decision to reorganize the top level of Xiqi, which is tantamount to announcing to the society that Comrade Li Fuqiang is problematic, and it is very unfair to a comrade who has 20 years of party experience and has made outstanding contributions to the economic development of Xizhou." Therefore, my opinion is that we should wait for the relevant departments to investigate clearly, and the case is finally decided, and then we will discuss the relevant responsibilities and discuss whether to make adjustments to the management and a series of other issues. ”

As soon as Chen Yang's remarks came out, the Standing Committee members were in an uproar.

The Standing Committee members looked at each other, and they didn't expect Chen Yang to be so blatant in protecting his cadres.

Han Haitian stared at Chen Yang for a while, probably because he didn't know where Chen Yang's confidence came from, he was dying, and now he was still helping Li Fu to carry it, didn't he know the consequences that followed?

"Mayor Chen, I know that you appreciate Comrade Li Fuqiang's work ability, but having work ability and violating discipline are two different things, and we can't ignore the mistakes he made because of this.

Han Haitian's voice was very cold and hard, not only was his words very stiff, but also vaguely intimidating, and he could even be called powerful.

It's a pity that Chen Yang's face was still flat, and he looked at Han Haitian coldly: "Secretary Han, as well as all the comrades present, I want to emphasize again at the end that before the investigation of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection is over, Comrade Li Fuqiang's question has not yet reached the time when the coffin is closed, and in addition, I will not agree with the Standing Committee to make a rash decision to adjust the leadership of Xiqi." ”

Chen Yang's voice was not loud, but his attitude was equally tough and abnormal.

For a while, all the Standing Committee members in the venue smelled a smell of tension.

The venue was terrifyingly quiet, and for more than two minutes after Chen Yang made his statement, no one in the venue dared to speak again.

Finally, it was Han Haitian who broke the suffocating silence, only to hear him snort coldly: "Comrade Chen Yang, as the person in charge of the team, I think it is necessary for me to remind you that it is very irrational for you to connive at and shield a comrade who has obviously made a mistake. Moreover, if something goes wrong in the future, who will bear this responsibility, you? ”

"If I need to, I think I can take this responsibility for the team!"

Chen Yang did not back down and cut the railway.

Han Haitian was choked for a moment, and then his face turned red, and his chest rose and fell sharply, obviously angry.

Then, I saw him take two sips of tea, take a deep breath, and barely calm down his excitement, and nodded slightly: "Okay, just follow the mayor's opinion, but I reserve my opinion!" ”

With that, he calmly got up from his seat coldly, and without even saying a word about the meeting, he strode out of the conference room.

Soon, several members of the Standing Committee who were very close to Han Haitian, Wang Junkang, Lai Anjun, Lin Chaoyang and others, got up and left the table one after another, and followed Boss Han's steps and left.

In addition to Chen Yang's die-hard supporters Liu Rongshan and Tian Chunming, the remaining ones who remained in the venue were also left behind by several neutral wall-to-wall grasses such as Huang Zhendong and Zhang Gaoming, ministers of the United Front Work Department. Of course, their faces were also very grim at the moment.

Indeed, Chen Yang, the second-in-command, tore his face with the first-in-command in front of all the Standing Committee members in the venue, and forced the first-in-command to reserve his opinion at the Standing Committee, and his strong support was about to be shuanggui by the Commission for Discipline Inspection. If Li Fuqiang is really found to have a problem in the end, and Han Haitian reports to his superiors, Chen Yang will definitely pack up and leave. No way, the sentence he just said to be responsible is too heavy.

And in the same way, although Han Haitian's move forced Chen Yang to have no way out, why didn't he himself make a desperate gamble and force himself to the edge of the cliff?

If Li Fuqiang is found out to be no problem in the future, as the number one, after this incident, his prestige will be completely swept away, and he will not be able to stay in Xizhou anymore when he has lost all his face, and the provincial party committee will definitely not allow the two people who have moved the contradictions to the table to work together again.

Out of the conference room, Chen Yang's mood was somewhat heavy.

Unexpectedly, at this time, Executive Deputy Mayor Zhong Zhaoyi walked out with him, and said with a very indifferent smile: "Mayor, I believe in your judgment on this matter, in fact, I don't agree with rashly adjusting the leadership team of Xiqi at this time." ”

Chen Yang waved his hand and nodded with a smile. Then he watched Zhong Zhaoyi leave with an expressionless face, frowning slightly. Obviously, he didn't expect that at this delicate juncture, he didn't know who would kill the deer, and the executive deputy mayor, who had never been too speculative with him, couldn't wait to take the initiative to stand up and support himself.

Is that all he believes in himself?

Chen Yang smiled bitterly and shook his head slightly. wW