Chapter 435: Plea

"Comrade Gong Wen, in Dongyang County's Shuangfeng Town, there have been repeated incidents of the public surrounding the government. As the top official, you have no sense of prevention at all?" In the office of the Qingshui Municipal Party Committee Secretary, Kong Jie, who holds both the positions of secretary and mayor, severely criticized Gong Wen, the secretary of Dongyang County Party Committee.

"Secretary, Shuangfeng Town will sooner or later be merged into the city. I thought the city would have other arrangements, so I neglected the development situation there." Although Gong Wen quickly dispatched the police force of Dongyang County Public Security Bureau to support Shuangfeng Town, he has always had reservations about the city's plan to merge Shuangfeng Town away.

The investment painstakingly attracted, just because the investor added more investment, the city wants to take the fruit—this is too bullying. But even if he feels wronged in his heart, he does not dare to confront Kong Jie head-on; he can only force himself not to pay attention to the development situation of Shuangfeng Town.

Out of sight, out of mind.

I never expected that this indulgence would almost cause a disaster. The villagers who had benefited actually showed no gratitude and even united to assault the investor. This foolish act left him speechless and angry.

"Comrade Gong Wen, let's not talk about whether Shuangfeng Town's merger into the city has any prospect. Even if it is to be merged, before that it is still under the jurisdiction of Dongyang County. You have the duty to manage it well." Kong Jie felt a bit heartbroken about Gong Wen's attitude. If the officials of Qingshui City only look out for their own interests, how can this city develop? Moreover, Gong Wen is a cadre he speaks highly of.

"Secretary, I know I was wrong. I guarantee that there will be no similar incidents in Dongyang County from now on." Gong Wen clearly realized that defending himself now would only annoy Kong Jie, so he simply admitted his mistake.

Seeing Gong Wen's sincere attitude of admitting fault, Kong Jie's expression eased a little. After pondering for a moment, he continued: "The matter of Shuangfeng Town must not be handled too radically; that would only push us into opposition with the public. It would also be inconvenient for Comrades Hu Tianyu and Lin Wei to carry out their subsequent work."

Gong Wen wished to directly sentence those troublemakers to ten or eight years. He said displeased: "Secretary, those arrested are repeat offenders. According to Hu Tianyu's report, they have already surrounded the town government more than once. If we don't give them some severe punishment, it will be even harder for the government to carry out work in Shuangfeng Town in the future."

Kong Jie furrowed his brows slightly, thought for a while, then said to Gong Wen: "Go ask Chen Yang's opinion. He is the biggest victim of this incident. If he agrees to settle the matter minorly, you shall handle it leniently. If he disagrees, then arrest a few important typical cases and deal with them seriously."

Gong Wen nodded slightly. In this incident, Chen Yang's attitude is still the most important. As the biggest investor in Dongan County, if he feels the matter is serious, then heavy punishment is required. Otherwise, there is still room for negotiation.

After leaving the municipal party committee compound, Gong Wen went straight to find Chen Yang and asked for his opinion on handling the matter.

Chen Yang gave no reply, merely thanking Gong Wen for his concern.

Chen Yang was not in a hurry to state his position; mainly he wanted to secure more benefits for Lin Wei.

After this incident, the families of the detained villagers will certainly go to Lin Wei to plead for mercy. If at that time Chen Yang can settle the matter minorly, those villagers will remember Lin Wei's favor.

Of course, Chen Yang could not possibly let everyone go. Those who led the disturbances still deserve the harshest punishment. Otherwise, Shuangfeng Town would revert to its former chaotic state.

Two days later in the evening, Lin Wei, after getting off work and returning home, suddenly hooked both arms around Chen Yang's neck, her eyes full of affection.

Chen Yang glanced and knew that the villagers of Liushu Village had already gone to Lin Wei to plead.

"Wife, you want me to go plead for the troublemaking villagers of Liushu Village, right?"

"My husband is really smart." Lin Wei happily kissed Chen Yang.

When I went to Liushu Village today for an inspection, those villagers directly knelt before Lin Wei. They said a bunch of pleading nice words, making the originally angry him a little embarrassed.

Moreover, not only the villagers pleaded; the town party committee secretary Hu Tianyu also did ideological work with Lin Wei, advising her not to get too stiff with the villagers, lest it affect the subsequent work.

Lin Wei has managed the student union of Xingcheng University since college; how could she not know the stakes involved? She has actually been waiting for the attitude of the Liushu Village villagers as well.

Since the Liushu Village villagers are willing to cooperate with her work, she is also willing to show leniency toward some of the troublemakers among them.

And Chen Yang reminded Lin Wei: "The troublemakers in Liushu Village have repeatedly stirred up trouble; they must have been incited by evil people. Even if you want to show leniency, you must severely punish the ringleaders. Without killing a chicken to scare the monkeys, your work will only become harder in the future."

"Don't worry, husband!" Lin Wei snorted coldly: "I have already had people investigate clearly. Those few ringleaders are all local ruffians who have done much evil. I have communicated with the leadership of the county public security bureau; these people will all be handled according to the crime of assembling a crowd to attack state organs, and each will be sentenced to at least five years in prison."

Chen Yang greatly agreed with Lin Wei's view. For lawbreakers who have done much evil, leniency is absolutely out of the question. The reason those people have become increasingly arrogant is largely due to the indulgence and tolerance of Hu Tianyu and the Shuangfeng Town police station.

If Hu Tianyu had nipped the bud of evil from the start, there would not have been the subsequent repeated incidents of surrounding the town government.

Of course, Chen Yang will not comment on Hu Tianyu's behavior. The more incompetent this town party committee secretary is, the more advantageous it is for Lin Wei's future.

Since Lin Wei had already made her decision, Chen Yang immediately called Gong Wen.

"Secretary Gong, after thinking for two days, I feel that the matter of Shuangfeng Town still does not need to be made a fuss. Those few ringleaders who caused trouble should still be severely punished. As for those villagers who were forced and deceived, I think education should be the main approach."

On the other end of the phone, Gong Wen's tone became much more relaxed. "Boss Chen, since you are willing to give those villagers a chance to reform, I will first thank them on their behalf."

"Of course, the leadership team of our county party committee and county government should also apologize to your company. It is because we did not do a good job in service work that we created difficulties for your company's investment."

Chen Yang said with a smile: "Secretary Gong, don't say that. If it weren't for your wise command, whether I could walk out of Shuangfeng Town safely that day would have been a problem. I should be thanking you for your lifesaving grace."

Gong Wen said somewhat ashamedly to Chen Yang: "Boss Chen, you have invested several hundred million in Dongyang County, yet I have failed to safeguard your interests. I really ought to apologize to you for this."

Chen Yang said with a smile: "Secretary Gong, you are being too polite. Without your green light, the approval of my investment project in Shuangfeng Town would not have gone so smoothly. The villagers of Liushu Village gathering to cause trouble was also a sudden occurrence, truly not much related to you."

Gong Wen, seeing that Chen Yang held no grudges, then said a bunch of thanks before ending the call.