Chapter 2565: Discussing the Matter

"Zhou Andong has already gone out." Wang Jianmin tilted his head, clamped the phone between his shoulder and ear, then opened the drawer and pulled out a pack of cigarettes: "But he pulled this stunt, I think it's because Sun Baocun has been suppressing the cases of Shi Guojiang and Hu Daming, not dealing with them, and he sent staff to pressure us."

Hu Guanghui sighed: "What good is pressuring us? Sun Baocun is from the Yin family, and the Yin family represents the conservatives. Now we're basically at odds with them. As mayor, I have no face left in front of Sun Baocun."

Wang Jianmin pondered and said: "Sun Baocun has been suppressing the cases of Shi Guojiang and Hu Daming without handling them. It's likely the Yin family wants to protect them. After all, cultivating two bureau-level cadres isn't easy—losing both at once would hurt the Yin family deeply."

"So, Zhou Andong went to the wrong temple," Hu Guanghui said with a laugh, then sighed again: "If worse comes to worst, we can convene the Standing Committee, bring Shi Guojiang and Hu Daming's cases to the table, and put pressure on Sun Baocun.

If he still insists on his way, we can report to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. Once the higher-level disciplinary commission takes over the cases of Shi Guojiang and Hu Daming, Sun Baocun will also have to face the consequences."

Wang Jianmin tore open the cigarette pack, pulled out a cigarette, and put it in his mouth. He then started feeling around for a lighter, searching every pocket and even the desk drawers, but found nothing.

At that moment, he suddenly slapped his forehead—remembering that Zhou Andong smoked, he thought he could sneak his lighter. Seeing him, the kid just tossed the lighter onto the desk.

Then Zhou Andong took the lighter to light his cigarette—surely, he wasn't paying attention, and the lighter was still snatched by that kid. Wang Jianmin got so angry he threw both the cigarette box and the cigarette in his mouth onto the desk.

"Like this, I'll first call the secretary and report our situation." Wang Jianmin took the phone from his shoulder, then said: "Wait for Zhou Andong to come back—this kid is full of tricks and bad intentions. Let's see what he's up to, then decide whether we need to hold a meeting."

"Okay!" Hu Guanghui said after thinking: "Like this, I'll report to the secretary. You first communicate with Zhou Andong, and then notify me when the time comes."

"Good!" Wang Jianmin replied. After Hu Guanghui hung up, he put the phone down, then absentmindedly picked up the tea cup on the desk and took a sip—somewhat cold tea—then stood up and walked to the window, gazing through the glass at the distant gate.

At that moment, a large crowd of onlookers had already gathered at the gate. If you looked back, you'd see the office building's windows open, with a bunch of dark heads peering out.

At this time, Yu Mingli, director of the Municipal Government Office, was accompanied by two people, earnestly persuading the three school principals.

"Principal Liu, Principal Ma, Principal Yan—if you have anything to say, come to my office. Let the others go back first. Having so many people blocking the municipal government gate is not good. I can assure you, no matter what, I will promptly report to the relevant municipal leaders..."

"Director Yu!" Yan Minru tightened her face, her expression unusually stern as she interrupted Yu Mingli: "Our school staff dormitory collapsed, causing extremely serious casualties—you should know that, right?"

Yan Minru is already seventy years old, so today she came to the municipal government leading the charge—this little old lady leading the assault. Liu Bo and Ma Qimin just waved flags and shouted on the side.

To avoid being held accountable later, Liu Bo and Ma Qimin are still young—no need to say how far they could go in the future—but if they're investigated over this, their second half of life would be ruined. It's just not worth it.

But Yan Minru isn't afraid—even if investigated later, what could they do to this seventy-year-old little old lady? As she herself said: "I still have a few years left to live. If they have the ability, go ahead and arrest me and sentence me—perfect, then they can free up my house for my grandson to marry."

Facing Yan Minru, this little old lady, Yu Mingli also had a headache—he couldn't hit her, couldn't scold her, couldn't even say a harsh word. Even if he raised his voice slightly, she'd just lie on the ground and claim she was frightened. Then, when he criticized her, it would be light at best, or worse, he might even have to give her a punishment. Yu Mingli sighed heavily: "Such a major accident—how could I possibly not know? Moreover, I've learned that your factory has already made comprehensive and proper arrangements for this incident.

Not only have we paid sufficient compensation to the families of the deceased, but regarding the application to rebuild the teaching building and staff dormitory, leadership has also approved it, and follow-up work is progressing steadily and in an orderly manner.

Also, yesterday morning, the city held an important meeting, whose core focus was conducting a comprehensive, in-depth, and meticulous inspection of all existing dilapidated buildings across the city, to thoroughly eliminate all potential safety hazards.

Furthermore, special emphasis was placed on the administrative approval for the reconstruction of the teaching building and its supporting facilities (staff dormitory) at the velvet factory—it must be handled specially and urgently, with the approval process shortened as much as possible.

I estimate that by the end of this month, all relevant legal procedures will be completed, and next month we can officially break ground. You say—everything that needed to be done has been done. Why are you still coming to the leaders to cause trouble?"

"Director Yu!" Yan Minru still had a tense face: "We came to see the leaders not because of the teaching building and staff dormitory reconstruction."

It's obvious that with so many people loudly coming to the municipal government to see the leaders, it's certainly not for the reconstruction of the teaching building and staff dormitory. Yu Mingli saying that is just a tactic—rebuilding the teaching building and staff dormitory is definitely something staff care about, and he brought it up just to calm people down.

"Huh?" Although Yu Mingli knew in his heart, he still looked surprised: "Not for this? Then what for? You three principals come to my office to speak—others, please go back first."

"It's useless to tell you!" Yan Minru's tone suddenly intensified, laced with anger: "We came to see the leaders because of the illegal and disciplinary violations committed by the former party secretary of the velvet factory, Shi Guojiang, and the former factory director, Hu Daming.

The collapse of the staff dormitory, which caused major casualties, was due to the dereliction of duty by Shi Guojiang and Hu Daming. The evidence of their illegal and disciplinary violations was already submitted to Secretary Sun of the Discipline Inspection Commission two days ago, but the commission has taken no action against them, letting these two pests remain at large in their positions—so we've come to the municipal leadership to demand an explanation."