Qi Tongwei: Sign-in relationship started during student days

Chapter 561 Game

Putting down the water cup, Long Fuhai's calmness returned to his face, and he said with a smile: "Reporter Ye, your questions are very sharp, and they caught me off guard.

Regarding this matter, I have ordered the lower levels to expedite the investigation. I will be able to give you a satisfactory explanation within three days at the latest."

Ye Mei said, "Really? Secretary Long, you wouldn't let your subordinates just grab someone to fool me, would you?"

As a journalist of the new era who is about to enter the new century, her knowledge is very broad, especially when it comes to the tricks these officials use to deceive people, which they are all masters at.

Long Fuhai said, "How could that be? You're a reporter for the provincial newspaper, the true uncrowned king, unless I, the municipal party secretary, no longer want to be one."

"That's hard to say. Even the defending champion needs to be taken seriously. The day before yesterday, I received a call from our editor-in-chief, ordering me to return immediately. I never imagined these petty thieves could be so powerful."

Ye Mei's indirect criticism made Long Fuhai's face turn dark.

"Alright, alright, Reporter Ye, it's getting late. Secretary Long and I still have some official business to discuss, so let's end the interview here for today."

Sha Ruijin didn't want to offend Long Fuhai too much, otherwise there would be a lot of resistance in his future work, so he quickly came out to make peace.

Ye Mei's attitude towards Sha Ruijin was obviously much better. She glanced at the sullen Long Fuhai and agreed, "Okay, Mayor Sha, I'll listen to you. But you promised to let me stay with you for the interview. You can't break your promise."

Sha Ruijin waved his hand and said, "No, no, I will definitely accept supervision from the media and the people."

When Long Fuhai heard this, his face turned even darker.

Ye Mei left with a smile, without even looking at Long Fuhai.

The prejudice in people’s hearts is a mountain.

Ye Mei has already learned the truth of the matter from Sha Ruijin.

Although Sha Ruijin did not say that all this was instigated by Long Fuhai, she already thought so. At least the invitation to summon her back to the provincial capital was related to Long Fuhai.

Now in her mind, Long Fuhai is the mastermind behind all this. How could she have a good face for the person she wants to expose?

Long Fuhai was in no mood to pay attention to the reporter. He was wondering what Sha Ruijin's purpose was in having such a beautiful female reporter around? Was it a talisman? To make him wary of the consequences? Or was it to achieve some political goal of his own?

After bidding farewell to Ye Mei, Sha Ruijin returned to his seat.

Long Fuhai took out a cigarette from his pocket, put one in his mouth, and gestured to Sha Ruijin, who waved his hands repeatedly, "Secretary Long, I don't smoke."

Long Fuhai lit up a cigarette with a smile and said, "It's not okay for us leaders not to smoke. When we have a meeting, the air will be filled with smoke. If you are not the squad leader, you can't stand the smell and cough repeatedly, interrupting the meeting. What will the squad leader and other comrades think? Should we accommodate you?

If you are the squad leader and you don't smoke, then other comrades will have to endure it even if they have a strong smoking habit. Wouldn't this be detrimental to comrade unity?

So, although smoking and drinking are not good things, we still have to smoke and drink them because we must stick together."

As he spoke, Long Fuhai raised the cigarette and shook it again.

Sha Ruijin had no choice but to accept the fallacy of the top leader whether he wanted to or not. This was the norm in officialdom.

Long Fuhai took out his cigarette and lit it for Sha Ruijin with secret pride. He was manipulating his power in this small room and putting Sha Ruijin in the right position.

The smoke slowly dissipated in the room, and Long Fuhai talked about the car crash today.

"Comrade Ruijin, what do you think about Mayor Qi of Beishan City being hit by a car in Tianzhou today?"

Sha Ruijin paused for a moment and said, "This concerns the image of our Tianzhou Party and government. I suggest that we deal with it seriously and give an explanation to our sister cities."

Long Fuhai was not satisfied with this answer. "I don't think this matter should be made public. I know a little about the truth, but there may be some misunderstanding."

"Misunderstanding? Secretary Long, I don't understand."

"Well, I'll be frank. This incident was caused by one of Comrade Ma Lifeng's younger brothers, who acted on his own initiative. The cause of the incident is related to your last reprimand of Comrade Ma Kehu." Long Fuhai flicked the ash from his cigarette. "Well, our Tianzhou has a serious xenophobic sentiment. It was the same when I first came to Tianzhou. He was still the county magistrate when I came here.

Even after becoming mayor, this situation didn't change. The then-top leader of the municipal party committee even criticized me directly at a meeting."

Sha Ruijin asked curiously, "What happened next?"

"Later, naturally, the contradictions became more and more serious. The top leader wanted authority, and the mayor also wanted face. I had no choice but to adhere to the bottom line of a party member and resist the powerful.

In the end, I was able to gain a foothold, and he applied for a transfer on his own. Later, people spread the word that I had outworked him. Long Fuhai smiled and said, "It's a similar situation today. You're new here, and there are always some comrades who can't accept new ideas."

You mentioned severe punishment, and in principle I agree, but I don't want this conflict to get any deeper. After all, it could be very troublesome for your future work."

Sha Ruijin pretended to think and asked Long Fuhai, "Secretary Long, what is your opinion?"

Long Fuhai considered it for a moment and said, "My opinion is that we should try to keep things under control.

Regardless, Comrade Ma Kehu must no longer remain in the public security system. I intend to have him go to the procuratorate, and Comrade Guan Xiong will take over the position of Public Security Bureau Chief. What do you think?"

Sha Ruijin nodded, "I agree."

According to the confession obtained by Xiao Long, it can only be proved that Ma Xiaobo was involved, and there was no instruction from Ma Kehu.

If Sha Ruijin wanted to put Ma Kehu in jail, Xiao Long could also get Ma Xiaobo's "new confession", but this would inevitably leave hidden dangers for himself.

Now that his political goal has been achieved, there is no need to create unnecessary complications.

After offering benefits, Long Fuhai also expressed his political demands. "As for Comrade Ma Lifeng's brother, I don't think the case is very serious. According to the law, it can only be considered an attempted assault. How about detaining him for a period of time, or even sentencing him to one or two years? Oh, as for Beishan City, I will negotiate with him."

Sha Ruijin didn't cooperate and concede as Long Fuhai had expected. Instead, he objected, "I'm afraid that's not possible, Secretary Long. According to information from our comrades in Beishan City, Ma Xiaobo not only caused the car accident, but was also the mastermind behind the shooting at Reporter Ye's window. We can't let him off so easily."

These words caught Long Fuhai off guard. He said in disbelief, "What! Is there such a thing?"

Sha Ruijin observed Long Fuhai's expression and confirmed that the other party really seemed to be unaware.

"Yes, Ma Xiaobo confessed it himself."

Long Fuhai also realized his own loss of composure, and after calming himself down, he asked again, "Could he have been tortured into confessing?"

"No, the whole process was recorded and videotaped. He confessed in the car."

"Okay." Long Fuhai slammed his hand on the old coffee table, his expression changing constantly. After a long while, he finally said, "Now that the truth is out, I'll give Reporter Ye an explanation."

"As for the mayor of Beishan City..."

Long Fuhai said impatiently, "Leave it to you to negotiate over there. I only have one request: keep the impact within a controllable range and never let the higher-ups think that the political environment in Tianzhou is out of control."

"it is good."

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