Chapter 244

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Protagonist:

Chen Yi

"He Fuhan, he'll come looking for trouble, right?" Fang Zhennan produced this reasoning. With all the Chen family members present, since no one opposed Chen Yi's decision, it was in a state of having passed as a resolution.

Therefore, he consciously found it difficult, and could only raise it himself.

Chen Yi was like a monkey sneaking around for an affair, grinning at the female monkey: "When has he ever not looked for trouble?"

Fang Zhennan was indecisive. As a low-ranking Deputy Mayor, the gap between him and Jiangning's Second-in-Command was obvious. This was a difficult decision.

Chen Congyu interjected: "Chen Yi, what purpose do you want to achieve?"

"With every advantage on our side, how far we can go depends on our ability."

Actually, it depends on the Chen Clan's political armed capability. The official positions secured can serve entirely as compensation, also counting as reimbursement for everyone's efforts.

Chen Yi thought to control Jiangning; his family lacked this grand ambition. Chen Father added: "The plan must be thorough!"

"The plan right now is to attack." All present were elders. Chen Yi kept his head low, yet his tone was not weak in the slightest. He played with his fingernails: "I have the investigation files on the entire Appraisal Office. Although there are certainly wild accusations inside, there's no major mistake in controlling them first."

Arresting people on a large scale means there's a nest case. The Appraisal Office is a dispatched institution of Southeast Province; tracing upward through accusations reaches the province, which would be displeased. Fang Zhennan thought of the consequences and shuddered: "I don't have this authority."

"Sun Maoxin does."

"He wouldn't dare."

"Persuade him." Chen Yi started playing with his fingers.

After hesitating for half a minute, Uncle asked: "Right now, how many people are to be arrested?"

"Three to five hundred. Seven or eight Division-level. Higher than that..."

Uncle cut him off: "How about stopping at this step for now?"

With him saying this, Fang Zhennan actually felt things were feasible, and laughed somewhat more easily: "Handling a few Division-level cadres, Sun Maoxin has no reason to disagree. Just find Deng Ge; it's just right to swap in our people."

Uncle was considered the boldest in the family. With him saying this, Chen Yi shrugged noncommittally, surprisingly giving no response.

The matter was settled just like that.

That very night Fang Zhennan went to see Sun Maoxin. Hearing it was only replacing a few Division-level cadres, the latter reluctantly agreed.

In his view, this was a probing step by the Chen Family seeking to expand their power.

After all, since the Chen Family's strength began to weaken, their power in Jiangning had also been shrinking. Some key cultivated cadres were actually promoted slower than ordinary officials. Now times have changed; re-expanding and freeing up some positions didn't seem excessive.

If following the older generation's thinking, obtaining such a handover would be quite good.

But Chen Yi's demand was different.

The "Light Gate" is in Jiangning. Who knows when the "Light Curtain's" coverage will expand. By then, would they still rely on buying land and building houses to hide?

But this kind of secret thought cannot be spoken aloud. Therefore he let Fang Zhennan take the first step; the rest, wait and see.

For many people, this step of "wait and see" means an endless long night, like a nightmare they can never wake from.

The Discipline Inspection Commission, Procuratorate, Police, and even Armed Police all mobilized that night, secretly or openly arresting a batch of people. Among them, the Jiangning Culture Bureau, Appraisal Office, Geological University, and the two Daily Newspapers under the Propaganda Department were the hardest hit. Yu Congying and others at the Appraisal Office had more dealings with them; also, these departments' powers are relatively limited, not enough to offend overly formidable figures.

For the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government team governing one side, this whip struck the buttocks of the Cultural Bureau and Propaganda Department. Although painful, it didn't injure the sinews or move the bones.

The next morning, when Chen Yi woke, the room was already bustling, the doorway thronged like a market.

Deng Ge moved overnight, like catching chicks, first freeing up 7 full Section Chief positions. In an era of one radish per pit, this meant 7 fresh radishes could be planted. Although all were Culture Bureau, Television Station, Museum type departments, if one could use this to promote a level, cross the Division-level threshold, it would also be convenient to advance another step in the next two years.

Put differently, people often say "County and Division Level." A County Magistrate under an ordinary prefecture-level city, and the Hall Master of the Jiangning History and Culture Museum, are theoretically equal in rank. With favorable timing, location, and human harmony, the latter might well cross from managing 20 employees and 500 corpses to becoming a County Magistrate governing millions of obedient citizens.

In this era, favorable timing, location, and human harmony are all easily obtained; only radish pits are hard to find, ranks hard to climb. Those who don't run when opportunity comes are turtles — born running faster than rabbits, deserving to have no radishes to eat.

These 7 radish pits, in the eyes of high officials and nobles, have inconspicuous positions and light authority, but they are genuinely real Division-level posts. Therefore, the gentlemen running for office are more active than ever. This leap also means having an official car, qualifying for a dedicated Secretary, qualifying to choose one's own Driver — bosses with assets of tens of millions don't necessarily live as carefree as a Division Chief.

Additionally, thirty-odd slightly inferior Section-level and Deputy Section-level positions equally provoke reverie. These two years of the Chen Family's decline, the Chen Clan's promotions have been extremely difficult, especially some adult nephews, all facing the danger of being delayed. The fathers coming to ask for a position to compensate is only right and proper.

The Eldest Uncle isn't in Jiangning. Chen Lao's level is too high-end. Chen Father's merchant identity becomes the best reason for contact. "Harmony brings wealth" is expressed thoroughly on him — Chen Yi's skill in dealing with people, more than half is credited to his old man.

The people who came were of neither high nor low status, but all were the Chen Family's backbone in Jiangning. People like Deng Ge, Yan Deputy Director, certainly had people they wanted to place, but their appetites were still good; they wanted to wait and see a bit more.

This is precisely the excellent time to buy people's hearts. Chen Congyu wasn't anxious at all, drinking tea with everyone, slowly discussing the candidates for successors. The more composed he acted, the calmer everyone present became. They were discussing good things after all; who gets a bit more or less, there's no need to haggle over every penny.

Fang Yu came with his father. At this moment sitting in the dining hall, chatting with a few familiar youngsters, he said with both envy and regret: "When I graduated back then, I should have entered the government too. Liu Zi, you're lucky. This time you can at least jump to a Section Chief. After next year, find another opportunity, and you'll be the one in charge."

"The broken Section Chief of Jiangzhong Daily, what's there to covet?" Liu Zi was about the same age as Fang Yu, roughly second or third generation of the Chen Clan. They were nearly 10 years older than Chen Yi, mostly graduating from school two or three years ago. After entering the system, just as they settled into positions with a bit of prospect, they ran into the Chen Clan's decline. Back then, people like He Jia rushed up recklessly to suppress them. Even the Department and Division-level mainstays couldn't protect themselves; they could only fend for themselves, grinding seniority like ordinary people.

"The Daily Newspaper has lots of beautiful female reporters!" The idle chat at the dining table always had a tendency.

"You watch too much TV. Wind and sun exposure. When just entering the unit it was fine, but now finding a fair-skinned one is difficult." Liu Zi spoke while inhaling, hehe laughing: "TV Station hosts still have flavor. Qin Jiaman, Jiang Feifei. Without makeup they're beauties; with makeup even better."

Fang Yu straightened up, grinning wickedly: "Beauties with makeup are good. Shooting on them is like a color palette, such a sense of achievement!"

Chen Yi couldn't help smiling, but his heart stirred. He stepped down along the stairs.

"Ah, Chen Yi!" Fang Yu saw him, unconsciously stood up. The young people running for office around him also "huala huala" stood up, as if welcoming some leader.

A person's shadow, a tree's name. Pulling an emperor off his horse is a treacherous hero; pulling Division Chiefs off their horses is a little bear. In officialdom, Chen Yi has also made quite a name for himself.

"All here." Chen Yi nodded casually, walking toward the front hall.

Fang Yu watched enviously. The front hall is where uncles and elders discuss matters. He has no qualification to go.

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Chen Yi only showed his face in the front hall, proving his existence, then headed straight for the dormitory.

Upon arrival, the Korean beauty was sitting on the big boss chair, cross-legged, chest out, operating the Car ECU. Just looking at that cool tight outfit and fine beads of sweat, it looked more like doing yoga.

Like those slender dancer beauties, Jin Douna's small waist is most suited for tight clothes. Not only does it perfectly highlight bodily beauty, but the sense of motion is very strong. Just like now, despite sitting still, it seems as if heat is rising.

"Chen Yi?" She didn't even turn her head, guessing.

"It's me. Just you alone?"

"Liu Jie is inside making a call." Jin Douna giggled, hands slowly retracting, ending today's cultivation: "I guessed you'd come."

She no longer used the address "Miss."

Chen Yi let out a "huh" and asked, "Why?"

"So many police cars were dispatched last night; there's been a report within the Organization. With such a big scene, it can't just be to catch a few minor Bureau Chiefs."

Chen Yi chuckled and said, "Bureau Chiefs are indeed not small. 'County magistrates who ruin their families' — that refers to them."

Jin Douna stuck out her tongue, swayed, and laughed, "Don't fool me. A Chinese County Magistrate is a City High Official, is... is a rank higher than Bureau Chief."

"Deputy Department Level." Liu Xinyu walked out from another bedroom, holding a stack of documents which she threw to Chen Yi.

"Weapons?" Chen Yi didn't hide it from Jin Douna.

Liu Xinyu nodded silently. Getting weapons in China isn't easy, especially since she can't even use her own Identity anymore. Although it doesn't count as starting from scratch, the people she can find are truly limited.

The documents were printed quite exquisitely, looked like 300-plus pages, introducing 12 types of heavy machine guns, each with at least three to five pictures: the 12.7mm HCBC "Cliff" heavy machine gun the Soviet military once used on the Afghanistan Battlefield; the M2 Browning the US Military has used from the 1920s of the last century straight through to the 21st century and is still using; the relatively smaller-caliber 7.62mm M60 General Purpose Machine Gun...

"How were they delivered?" Chen Yi looked at the pictures with interest and asked.

"The Post Office."

"The Post Office?"

"Domestically printed, not checked on the road, and they didn't say it was a shipping manifest either." Liu Xinyu explained, saying, "Must decide within three days."

Chen Yi decisively closed the booklet and asked, "Which type is cheap, has sufficient quantity, high power, fast rate of fire, and lots of ammunition?"

Liu Xinyu knew quite a bit and answered in a flash: "The. 50 caliber Browning M2, an 80-year-old design. It is indeed a bit heavy, but very good for vehicle mounting. US Military armored vehicles still use these goods. Nearly a hundred countries should be using it."

"At least 4, ammunition fully stocked, must be able to fight a landing battle."

"A landing battle?"

"Right, at least enough for one high-intensity landing battle."

Liu Xinyu listened with eyes going straight.

Chen Yi at this moment turned around instead and said to Jin Douna: "Among Jiangning's Deputy Department Level and Department Level Cadres, do you have solid evidence of illegal acts on any of them?"

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