Chapter 129: Undercurrents surging, Xu Jin also wants to advance

"Secretary Qin, I just received a call from the county bureau leadership, demanding that I strictly investigate the mastermind behind the collective siege of the county government by the villagers of Huatian Village."

"So I have come specifically to ask for your instructions. How do you think I should gauge the intensity of this?"

Chang Wei's attitude appeared exceptionally respectful, even though the top leader of the town government does not directly manage the police station, nor does he have the right to directly appoint the police station director.

However, within the system, it is very difficult to accomplish a thing, but it is extremely easy to ruin one. Take Qin Chuan for example: can Chang Wei become the deputy director? He cannot play a decisive role. But if he insists on causing trouble and obstructing, he will succeed nine times out of ten; after all, in name, the police station must still accept the coordinated management of the town government.

Therefore, Chang Wei, having obtained Yu Wen's promise, still ran to find Qin Chuan, all to add an extra layer of insurance, and at the same time, to pay his respects to Qin Chuan's turf.

Now that Li Tian is definitely finished, the town government side can only cling to Qin Chuan's thigh.

As soon as Qin Chuan heard this, he understood what Chang Wei was up to. Rather than saying the county public security bureau wanted to investigate, it would be better to say Li Jianguo wanted to investigate.

And Li Jianguo's intention is certainly to pin this hat on Su Yang's head. Now that there is basically no hope for Li Tian to get out, Li Jianguo will definitely vent this pent-up anger on Su Yang. Thinking of this, he said, "How to investigate? To what extent? In this regard, you are certainly more professional than I am."

"My personal suggestion is, if you can dig deep, then dig deep. After all, the nature of besieging the county government is extremely vile."

"Although this matter was done by the villagers of Huatian Village, it is after all under the jurisdiction of our Huatian Town. If we don't give the county government an explanation, it will also be a burden for our Huatian Town. So, do everything according to your own ideas."

"Remember, this is my suggestion, not an instruction."

His words sounded as if he had said something, yet also as if he had said nothing at all.

He gave a whole bunch of suggestions, but in the end, he let Chang Wei handle it according to his own ideas. If something goes wrong, it won't be his fault anyway; he didn't explicitly instruct anything, did he?

Chang Wei cursed the old fox inwardly, but still said aloud, "Thank you. With your instructions, I will go and handle it boldly and steadily."

Qin Chuan waved his hand and said, "What do you mean by my instructions? This is originally proceeding according to your plan; let's just consider it as chatting."

Qin Chuan, this old fox, would never fall for Chang Wei's trap.

Now that Li Tian is gone, the one standing opposite him is definitely Su Yang. He also wants to get rid of Su Yang. But now the thigh Su Yang is backing is obvious; even Li Tian's despicable methods were overturned by others. With Chang Wei's little tricks, he might capsize as well, so it is better to keep an ace up his sleeve.

Since Qin Chuan had spoken to this extent, Chang Wei naturally could no longer lean on this topic. Not to mention that he was the one asking for help, and he was only a deputy director. Even if he were truly the director of the town police station, it would not be appropriate to continue this topic.

After Chang Wei left, Xu Jin walked in from outside. He said, "Secretary Qin, what exactly is the situation in the county? Can County Magistrate Li really not even protect Li Tian? I heard he has connections in the city and even the province. I don't believe that with the pressure from the higher-ups, the County Discipline Inspection Commission would still dare to handle Li Tian."

Qin Chuan said with a chuckle, "There is always someone stronger than the strong. Whether it is County Magistrate Zhou or Secretary Fang, look at them—they are only in their 20s and have already come down to govern. If they didn't have a bit of energy behind them, who would believe it?"

"And I heard that this matter was handled jointly by this County Magistrate Zhou and Secretary Fang. Let alone County Magistrate Li, even if Secretary Zhou came forward, he might not be able to save Li Tian."

"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. Heaven wants to rain, mothers want to remarry—these are all other people's business. Tomorrow morning, at the Party Committee meeting, Su Yang will definitely talk about the matter of starting village enterprises and the matter of rebuilding houses after the disaster."

"You contact the committee members who can be united, and say what needs to be said. Li Tian is gone; this will be the first official confrontation between me and Su Yang at the Standing Committee. In any case, it cannot become his one-man show. Do you understand?"

Xu Jin nodded, thinking to himself: Are you worried about Su Yang's one-man show? It's that you want to control the Party Committee.

But he said aloud, "I know. I will go find Bai Jing and the others first. I believe these few people must hate Su Yang to the bone. When the time comes, there won't be many people who can support him."

"However, the Huatian Village reconstruction is a big project, estimated to be several million. This project will eventually..."

Xu Jin paused here. He knew this big piece of fat meat definitely wouldn't be his share; he just wanted to know Qin Chuan's intention: who would eat this meat?

"This is not fat meat; this is a hot potato. Originally, it was intended for Minister Li Qingsheng's son to do, but then this incident happened, so it definitely has nothing to do with them. But remember, regarding this project, none of us should intervene easily."

"Not to mention that there is already a collaborative supervision group from the Discipline Inspection Commission now, even if there weren't, do you think the county leaders wouldn't intervene? Alright, everything will be said when we meet tomorrow."

Qin Chuan was extremely annoyed, because he knew very well that besides these matters, there was also the vacant position of Executive Vice Town Mayor, which was the focus.

Almost all the cadres in the town had already gone to report their work to Su Yang. People were squeezing their heads to get in, while his place was desolate and empty, with not a single person. This made him, the top leader, unable to save face.

However, Xu Jin stood there without leaving at all. He moved his lips and said slowly, "Secretary Qin, once Li Tian leaves, the position of Executive Vice Town Mayor will be vacant. Secretary, look and see if I have a chance? I also want to advance."

"I have specially booked a table in the county. After work tonight, I invite you to grace us with your presence, Secretary."

Sure enough, there were many people eyeing this position, and Xu Jin was one of them. Although he was also a member of the Town Party Committee and a member of the team, this Director of the Party and Government Office was, to put it bluntly, just Qin Chuan's mouthpiece.

Compared to the Executive Vice Town Mayor, the power content of the position was like heaven and earth. The Executive Vice Town Mayor is basically destined to succeed as Town Mayor in the future.

Of course, the premise is that the Town Mayor is transferred or promoted; there is no chance otherwise, as it is impossible to forcibly squeeze the Town Mayor out.

Qin Chuan nodded and said, "I have thought about this matter too. I will fully support you, but you yourself must also communicate with other Party Committee team members so that they will support you when the time comes."

"But whether it can be accomplished in the end depends on the intentions of the County Standing Committee members, so you should still pull the strings where you can."

In his view, as long as one of his own people gets the position, anyone will do. However, the difficulty of operating it is relatively high, because this is not something he can decide.

Even so, Xu Jin was extremely grateful. He said, "Thank you, Secretary Qin. After work, we will go directly to the county, and I will arrange for the other committee members to meet."

At this moment, Su Yang's office was already packed with people, each of them wanting to show favor to Su Yang.

Su Yang also knew what these people were thinking. He simply said, "I know your intentions. But in my view, doing a good job is the top priority. Only by doing a good job and satisfying the common people will the leaders take notice."

"I will treat everyone to a meal later. Mayor Li and Mayor Dai, please stay behind; there are still some matters I need to discuss with you..."