Chapter 1737: How Are You Doing?

Secretary Zhao nodded repeatedly and said: "Vice Minister Li, I understand, I understand. Don't worry, I will absolutely not let them talk about this. I will talk to He Yuping first thing tomorrow morning. You don't need to worry, Vice Minister Li."

Li Changping nodded and said: "That's good, then I'll leave this matter to you." As he said this, Li Changping lowered his head, raised his wrist to look at his watch, and continued: "Secretary Zhao, it's getting late, you go back too. I'm going back as well. Tell me the result of your talk with He Yuping tomorrow."

"Good, good, good, Vice Minister Li, I will talk to He Yuping as soon as I go to the unit tomorrow. Then, Vice Minister Li, please go slowly," Secretary Zhao said, nodding and bowing. He watched Li Changping get into the Audi A6, waved his hands with a face full of smiles, and watched Li Changping's car disappear into the lush night before he got into his own car and headed home.

On the way, although Li Changping had given away tens of thousands of yuan to the secretaries of the Provincial Party Committee, when he thought about how he was having a great time with the secretaries when he was suddenly interrupted by He Yuping, Secretary Jin and the others must not have been very happy. Thinking about this, Li Changping couldn't feel happy either. Originally, if this hadn't happened, if he had served the secretaries well at the mahjong table tonight, he estimated that his promotion to Yang Yongping's successor would have been a done deal. But suddenly such a thing happened, which was truly disappointing. Thinking about it, Li Changping felt angry, but anger was anger. Li Changping also knew that He Yuping, who didn't recognize his own relatives, was someone who ate soft but not hard. The harder you were, the harder he was. Once he was provoked, if he exposed the fact that the Provincial Party Committee leadership team gathered for gambling in the hotel tonight, the impact would be too great. Li Changping knew the influence of this information age. Once any scandal was made public, it would be impossible to control. Moreover, Hexi Province was currently at the center of the storm, and he was absolutely unwilling to take such a big risk. Therefore, although Li Changping was very angry, he was unwilling to come forward to deal with He Yuping.

When he returned home in a very unhappy mood, his wife, Zhang Ailing, was sitting in the living room watching TV. Seeing the door open, she turned her head and saw her husband, Li Changping, walking in dejectedly. The two looked at each other, and Li Changping asked with great surprise: "You... why are you back?"

"The Provincial Coal Bureau is having a meeting tomorrow, so I came over after work this afternoon. Where did you go? Why are you back so late?" Zhang Ailing stood up from the sofa, walked up, and questioned him with a strange look.

"Why didn't you tell me? I could have arranged time to accompany you," Li Changping said, a gentle smile blooming on his face as he faced his wife, and walked up to her.

"Go away." His wife, Zhang Ailing, leaned close to him, pursed her nose, kissed him a few times, squeezed her nose, frowned, and said: "Such a strong smell of alcohol, did you go out to indulge in debauchery again tonight?"

"What debauchery? I invited Secretary Jin and the others to dinner," Li Changping said straightforwardly, casually hugging Zhang Ailing, walking to the sofa, sitting down, picking up a teacup, pouring a glass of water, and drinking it in gulps.

Zhang Ailing took the empty cup from his hand, put it down, and asked suspiciously: "Why did you invite Secretary Jin and the others to dinner?"

Li Changping turned his face and looked at Zhang Ailing with a strange look: "Did you forget? Didn't I tell you a few days ago!"

"Oh, right, right, I remember now. So, did the investigation of Deputy Secretary Yang find any problems?" Zhang Ailing finally remembered the good news Li Changping had revealed to her on the phone a few days ago and asked anxiously.

Li Changping said: "Deputy Secretary Yang has worn thirteen watches in public, each worth from tens of thousands to over a hundred thousand. Tell me, could they not find any problems?"

Zhang Ailing asked suspiciously: "Then why haven't I seen the Discipline Inspection Commission announce the results?"

"The Discipline Inspection Commission must want to drag it out a bit, letting the public opinion on the internet calm down a bit before announcing it," Li Changping guessed.

"Is it because Secretary Jin's side is hard to accommodate?" Zhang Ailing turned her face and asked Li Changping with great worry.

Li Changping shook his head and said: "No."

"Then why do you look dejected? Did something unpleasant happen at the dinner tonight?" Zhang Ailing guessed and asked.

"You guessed right." Li Changping nodded and continued: "Originally, after drinking with Secretary Jin and the others, I arranged a mahjong game, wanting to give Secretary Jin and Deputy Secretary Zhou and the other big leaders some 'service fees'. At first, we played very happily, and Secretary Jin and Deputy Secretary Zhou were very happy, but later something happened that made Secretary Jin and the others very unhappy."

"What happened?" Zhang Ailing saw Li Changping selling a mystery, so she leaned closer, shook his arm anxiously, and got to the bottom of it.

Li Changping picked up the cigarette case from the table, pulled out a cigarette, lit it, took a puff, narrowed his eyes, and said slowly: "We were having a great time playing when the captain of the Xijing Municipal Public Security Bureau's Criminal Police Team came to raid the gambling den. No one expected this sudden event. Secretary Jin must have been very angry. The key is that Captain He was too unappreciative. After knowing Secretary Jin's identity, he actually insisted on taking Secretary Jin and us back to the police station. Think about it, how angry did this make Secretary Jin!"

"No way? Then... then how was this matter handled?" Zhang Ailing looked at Li Changping in shock and asked.

"How else could it be handled? It was my quick thinking that led me to call Secretary Zhao of Xijing City. He is his subordinate, so what he says must be effective. Later, under his repeated persuasion, that He Yuping took his people away. The people left, but the originally good atmosphere had already been ruined. Secretary Jin was very unhappy, and the mahjong game ended in discord." Li Changping explained the ins and outs of the matter to his wife, Zhang Ailing.

Zhang Ailing said in disbelief: "There are such people? Daring to offend even Secretary Jin? Truly bold!"

"The key is that I estimate Secretary Jin can't really deal with him too much. After all, because of Deputy Secretary Yang's matter, the leaders in the province are all in danger. If that He Yuping is provoked and he exposes the fact that Secretary Jin and Deputy Secretary Zhou were opening a room in the hotel to play mahjong, then the matter would be impossible to clean up," Li Changping said.

"Then Secretary Jin was very unhappy tonight, will it affect your matter?" Zhang Ailing asked the key point of the matter. ===== CHAPTER 1738 =====