Chapter 251

After ten o'clock, Lu Fan had the office arrange a car and called Du Wenlong to go to the Real Estate Trading Center.

Upon arriving, Su Xiaoyi was waiting in line with two landlords.

Looking at the long queue, Lu Fan felt a bit anxious, worried that the Secretary might have something urgent for him. Moreover, the line was so long that he estimated it would be closing time by the time it was his turn.

In a rush, Lu Fan walked outside and dialed the number of Gao Jiaming, the Director of the Real Estate Management Bureau, saying with a smile, "Hello, Director Gao, this is Lu Fan from the Municipal Party Committee Office!"

"Secretary-General Lu?" Gao Jiaming immediately said enthusiastically, "What instructions do you have, Secretary-General? Just tell me!"

"I have a private matter I'd like to trouble you with, Director Gao. I bought a house and wanted to take a moment to transfer the title, but the line is a bit long, and I'm afraid of delaying the Secretary's work. Do you think you could arrange something?"

Gao Jiaming immediately said, "Secretary-General, wait two minutes, I'll arrange it right away!"

Just after hanging up, before Lu Fan could even walk into the hall, the Director of the Real Estate Trading Center came trotting out, found Lu Fan directly, and very enthusiastically invited Lu Fan and his group into the office, calling staff over to handle the paperwork on the spot.

In less than ten minutes, the two red certificates were in hand!

After expressing his thanks, Lu Fan was just about to leave when he didn't expect Gao Jiaming, the Director of the Real Estate Management Bureau, to rush over, insisting on treating Lu Fan and his group to a casual meal.

Social interactions require reciprocity, so Lu Fan readily agreed.

At the restaurant, Lu Fan gave Su Xiaoyi a wink, signaling him to go to the front desk to settle the bill first.

Unexpectedly, the "trick" was seen through by Gao Jiaming, who immediately instructed the front desk that no one but him was allowed to pay!

The meal was enjoyed by both host and guests; Gao Jiaming treated Lu Fan like a long-lost brother, showing an incredible amount of enthusiasm without being annoying.

Lu Fan gradually realized that the Municipal Party Committee Office was truly formidable, absolutely the number one entity, and everyone had to give them some face, including leaders at the deputy department level.

On November 27, the Municipal Organization Department issued a document: Hu Chengwei, Secretary of the Ningyang County Party Committee, was transferred to be the Chairman of the Yingjiang City Disabled Persons' Federation.

At the same time, the Municipal Party Committee decided that Bian Jide, Deputy Secretary of the County Party Committee and County Head, would preside over the work of the County Party Committee.

After receiving the document, Bian Jide called Lu Fan immediately to express his gratitude.

After some polite exchanges, Lu Fan said, "Old leader, there is one matter you must pay special attention to. The Secretary has arranged for the Municipal Public Security Bureau to carry out a special rectification campaign for a 'Safe Oil Zone,' severely cracking down on acts of stealing oil and sabotaging oilfield production. He emphasized several enterprises in Ningyang, stating that they must be uprooted and the protective umbrellas behind them exposed! His attitude is exceptionally firm. The Public Security Bureau's action plan has already been reported to me. I think Ningyang should take action and cooperate with the Municipal Public Security Bureau to wipe out the enterprises the Secretary mentioned!"

Bian Jide thought for a moment and said, "You mean those enterprises of Le Xuezhi's, right? Fine, I know what to do. For both public and private reasons, they cannot be allowed to continue to exist!"

"Old leader, thank you!"

"Wait for good news!"

"I have clues provided by an informant in my hands; I will arrange for someone to transfer them to the County Head this afternoon."

"Evidence is even better. I'll be waiting!"

After hanging up, Lu Fan took a small phone out of his drawer and dialed Cao Tianma's number.

The call was answered quickly, and Lu Fan said in a low voice, "Tianma, those things you collected have found a use. This afternoon, arrange for someone to go to County Head Bian Jide's office and hand the evidence to him."

"Brother Fan, you can rest assured with how I handle things!"

"Tianma, I won't say words of thanks. I will find a way to compensate for your losses!"

Cao Tianma said displeasedly, "Brother Fan, I don't like hearing you say that. President Su's coffin factory brings the old man hundreds of thousands in income every year; I haven't even thanked you! Besides, I'm truly scared of doing this kind of illegal work. Once this matter is settled, I plan to do some legitimate business."

"Hmm, you're right to think that way. Selling oil is not a long-term plan after all, especially during this period. Stop it all! The city will soon take action to crack down severely; don't be the first bird to stick its head out. There are quotas for arrests!"

"Brother Fan, thanks for the reminder. Then I'll just quit altogether and dispose of all the vehicles in these two days!"

On the morning of November 28, the Yingjiang Municipal Party Committee Office held a mobilization meeting for the centralized rectification of organizational discipline and conduct.

At the meeting, Lu Fan, Deputy Secretary-General of the Municipal Party Committee and Deputy Director of the Municipal Party Committee Office, conveyed the spirit of the important instructions from Municipal Party Secretary Li Mingzhou and made arrangements for the Municipal Party Committee Office to solidly carry out the centralized rectification of discipline and conduct.

Lu Fan pointed out that carrying out the centralized rectification of discipline and conduct is an important measure for the Municipal Party Committee to further strengthen and improve the city's discipline and conduct, and it is the top priority at present. All party-member leading cadres must fully recognize the great significance of discipline and conduct from the height of speaking about politics and the overall situation, effectively unify their thinking and actions with the work deployment of the Municipal Party Committee Office, ensure that the centralized rectification of discipline and conduct is at the forefront and achieves practical results, and set a benchmark and be a role model for all levels and departments in the city to strictly enforce discipline and change their conduct.

Lu Fan emphasized that all departments and all party-member leading cadres must strengthen their political awareness and effectively become "strict" in their thinking; they must have a strict organizational concept, with individuals obeying the organization and the local obeying the overall situation, finding the "coordinates" of their work within the overall situation, and effectively enhancing the collective concept!

Finally, Lu Fan stated that if anyone does not accept the discipline and conduct rectification in their thinking and wants to be that first bird to stick its head out, then the office will immediately report to the Municipal Party Committee to resolutely remove such black sheep from the Municipal Party Committee Office!

Throughout the meeting, Deputy Secretary-General Li Guanglei's expression was extremely serious, feeling that every word Lu Fan said was directed at him. But he was helpless, because Lu Fan was the Deputy Secretary-General appointed by the organization to preside over the office's work. Open confrontation basically didn't exist in the Municipal Party Committee Office, but stabbing in the back was a common occurrence.

This meeting made the bigwigs of the Municipal Party Committee Office realize that the Director also has a temper and can fly into a rage!

On December 1, the Yingjiang City mobilization and deployment meeting for the special action to crack down on oil theft and illegal crimes and purify the security environment of the oil zone was held, conveying the spirit of the important instructions of the Municipal Party Secretary and a series of decision-making deployments of the Public Security Department on severely cracking down on illegal crimes of drilling and stealing oil, deeply cracking down on oil-related illegal crimes such as drilling and stealing oil, illegal trafficking, and selling stolen crude oil, and comprehensively rectifying prominent security problems in the oil zone.

Lu Fan, Deputy Secretary-General of the Municipal Party Committee, attended the meeting on behalf of the Municipal Party Committee. In his speech, he emphasized that the illegal crime of drilling and stealing oil is a major stubborn disease that seriously endangers the security of the oil zone and threatens production safety and public safety. The whole city must earnestly study and implement the spirit of the important instructions of Secretary Li Mingzhou, and in accordance with the deployment requirements of the Municipal Party Committee, concentrate forces, take rapid action, join hands between the oil fields and the local area, and strike with an iron fist to ensure that the special action achieves prestige and practical results.

Public Security Bureau Director Ye Chen demanded in his mobilization speech that they must crack down severely, insist on striking as soon as they appear, and strike hard against all kinds of oil-related illegal crimes such as drilling and stealing oil. They must clarify their thinking, highlight the key points, adhere to joint promotion and integrated combat, and ensure that analysis and judgment are accurate, legal strikes are ruthless, comprehensive rectification is solid, joint prevention and control are strict, and education and management are tight, so as to fully fight the battle to crack down on drilling and stealing oil and purify the security environment of the oil zone.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Lu Fan and Ye Chen sat in the command room, and three groups of personnel headed straight to Anbao County, Zibei County, and Ningyang County to carry out targeted "explosions" according to clues.

At the same time, Ningyang County, under the arrangement and deployment of County Head Bian Jide, set off with more than a hundred police forces toward the established targets.

A vigorous arrest operation unfolded in the dead of night. Lu Fan was incomparably expectant, clenching his fists tightly, with a firm light flashing in his eyes. It is impolite not to reciprocate, and finally, he could strike openly and honestly!

For the arrival of this day, Lu Fan had struggled for a full eight years, paid too much effort, experienced countless hardships and setbacks, and had not relaxed for a single moment, but he had never given up! Today, he could finally wash away his shame and take revenge!

In the night of Anbao County, everything was silent, and the lights of the oil tankers illuminated the fields on both sides of the highway.

At this time, an oil tanker slowly drove into a well site and stopped beside the wellhead.

They skillfully connected the oil pipeline to the wellhead, then turned on the oil pump and began to pump oil.

The well worker chatted with the car owner while smoking: "You can earn a lot this trip, right?"

"We're all just hired hands, earning some hard-earned money!" The two chatted intermittently, completely unaware of the abnormalities around them.

The "oil rats" nearby used three-wheeled vehicles, "Er Dan cars," and "Ba Dao cars" to send oil back and forth one after another. This group of people was working in full swing and unscrupulously!

The "oil rats" drove their cars to the oil tanker and began to unload the oil, with greedy smiles on their faces.

Just then, a siren suddenly sounded, followed by a loud shout: "Don't move, police!"

Hearing the sound, the "oil rats'" faces changed drastically, and they threw down the tools in their hands and fled in all directions.

However, they hadn't run a few steps before they found that they were surrounded by police from all sides.

This operation was deployed quite meticulously; the action team had already mastered their patterns and carefully planned this arrest operation.

Seeing no way to escape, the "oil rats" had to obediently surrender. After a struggle, all dozen or so illegal criminals at the scene were captured.

The same scene happened in Ningyang County, and it was even more intense and the results were even more brilliant!

Through the high attention and close cooperation of the city and county levels, 25 various oil-stealing vehicles were seized in one night, 38 tons of stolen crude oil were confiscated, and 69 people suspected of stealing oil were arrested.

The action team in Zibei County also had a great harvest. By the second half of the night, sirens were sounding everywhere, waking many people from their sleep, all asking what big event had happened in the county!

Good news was reported to the headquarters one by one. Looking at the excited Lu Fan, the Municipal Public Security Bureau Director Ye Chen beside him showed a thoughtful look!

Le Xueyi, Secretary of the Anbao County Party Committee, was woken up by a phone call in the middle of the night and was quite angry, but after hearing the shocking news, he realized the seriousness of the problem, immediately lost all sleepiness, put on his clothes, and rushed to the County Public Security Bureau to understand the situation.

Le Xuezhi was pacing back and forth in the factory in a hurry. Tonight's situation was too damn abnormal. For some reason, in the dark, the first thing he thought of was that Lu Fan was taking revenge!