Chapter 39

Su Yang lit a cigarette, took two puffs, and said, "Okay, then let's go over now."

This time when he walked into the conference room, he found that Li Tian had arrived before him.

This made him a bit surprised, but once he thought about it, he understood; this Li Tian definitely wasn't holding back anything good. He came early to discuss with these Party Committee members.

"Mayor Su is here."

"Welcome, Mayor Su..."

Everyone said this with their mouths, but no one stood up, and no one mentioned Su Yang going to disaster relief last night, as if they didn't know at all.

Su Yang nodded and sat in his seat; he knew very well what would happen in the next Party Committee meeting.

Shifting responsibility, grabbing credit, drawing big cakes.

The most important item was to find trouble for him and make him take the blame.

Just as he was pondering, Township Party Committee Secretary Qin Chuan came in; as soon as he entered, everyone smelled a strong smell of alcohol. Obviously, he had drunk a lot last night.

"Everyone is here; you are all so active in attending the meeting today."

"It seems that the comrades are all thinking about the flash flood that happened last night."

"Let's have Deputy Town Mayor Li talk about the specifics."

"Then, let's study how to settle disaster relief and how to report to higher-level departments." Qin Chuan said after sitting down.

Li Tian scanned everyone before slowly opening his mouth, "Comrades, the heavy rain last night led to the flash flood in Huatian Village."

"My mood is very heavy. Fortunately, I called their village yesterday afternoon and asked the village to evacuate urgently, which is why no casualties were caused."

"But despite this, the flood still washed away all the houses, pigs, sheep, cows, and horses in the village. Causing immeasurable losses."

"I went to Huatian Village before dawn today; comrades, two or three hundred people are crowded on the mountaintop with nowhere to eat or live."

"My heart is uncomfortable; I wish I could help them rebuild their homes immediately."

"I had Village Party Secretary Zhao Jiefang count it last night; the rough estimate of the loss is 5 million."

"Calling this meeting today is to solve the funding problem for disaster relief and implement the disaster relief settlement plan. At the same time, report the disaster situation, and of course, the relevant responsible persons must also be reported."

"I want to give an account to the hundreds of people in Huatian Village."

"So, I want to ask Comrade Su Yang, who is mainly responsible for flood prevention, why you didn't do a good job in prevention work, and what you did in the first instance of the disaster..."

Before Li Tian could finish his words, he was interrupted by Su Yang. "What are you suggesting?"

"Do you know what the situation is on the scene? Do you know how many people were affected?"

"Taking a few reporters to film early in the morning, fake comfort, is this what you call heartbreaking?"

"You keep shouting about disaster relief, but there isn't even a bit of disaster relief supplies in town."

"Even the dozen or so tents sent over last night were temporarily purchased. I want to ask everyone present, where are our reserved disaster relief supplies?"

"Where did all those supplies allocated to us by the Civil Affairs Bureau every year go?"

"Don't say you don't know; I want to check the relevant accounts now and find these supplies."

Su Yang's words changed the expressions of everyone present; they knew very well what was going on.

But they didn't dare to say it, and they couldn't afford to take this responsibility.

"This... let Director Hu of the Civil Affairs Office come over." Li Tian's reaction was fast, and he directly asked someone to call the person in charge of the Civil Affairs Office.

If this hurdle could be passed, it would be fine; if not, this would be the best scapegoat.

A moment later, Director Hu San Guo of the Civil Affairs Office walked in; the person who went to call him probably told him why he was being sought.

As soon as he came in, he said, "Secretary Qin, leaders, regarding the supplies of the Civil Affairs Office, let me make an explanation..."

"Explanation, what are you explaining?"

"Huatian Village had a flood last night; I called each town leader one by one, requiring them to carry out material rescue operations as soon as possible."

"As the Director of the Civil Affairs Office, you should have coordinated the supplies in the first instance to prepare for rescue."

"As a result, no one saw you until dawn. Did the Deputy Town Mayor in charge not notify you, or did you intentionally fail to act after receiving the notice?"

Su Yang didn't give Hu San Guo a chance to defend himself at all; in his view, this was a crime.

Hu San Guo's face turned pale immediately; how was he supposed to answer this?

Offend the leader? You have to know that the leader in charge is heaven.

If he offended Li Tian, he would definitely die very ugly.

If he said he was derelict in his duty, he would have to take responsibility.

"Speak up, did I not ask clearly enough, or is there something wrong with your ears?"

"If you can't even answer such a simple question, I personally suggest that you are no longer fit for the position of Director of the Civil Affairs Office and should be removed from office and punished accordingly."

"If there are relevant leaders in the town who are shielding and indulging, I can directly ask the relevant comrades of the Township Discipline Inspection Commission to investigate." Su Yang continued to press.

Aren't you all thinking that I am a lone commander?

Just right, I can let go of my hands and feet and criticize without any scruples.

The cold sweat on Hu San Guo's forehead came down immediately; he secretly looked at Li Tian, but Li Tian had just lit a cigarette and was smoking on his own, ignoring him at all.

He had to tremble and say, "Mayor Su, it's not me, it's not me."

"It's... it's that the supplies were not distributed completely in the first place; although there are some on the books, the actual amount is less than one-fifth."

"Then... then the town government had no place to store them, so I temporarily rented a venue outside to store them. I'll take inventory in a moment and pull all the supplies over."

Don't say, don't look at this Hu San Guo having little hair, but he is full of wisdom.

In such a tense environment, he actually found a reason that was enough to muddle through.

Su Yang sneered, "Okay, since that's the case, then please have Director Hu bring the ledger over and let the Party Committee members present take a look."

"At the same time, I will also verify it with the Civil Affairs Bureau."

"You pull over all the remaining supplies you mentioned."

"By the way, I have another question; apart from this building, the town government has those two rows of bungalows in the back. Don't tell me they are all full?"

"Director Xu, is that the situation?"

"If Director Xu is a bit vague, I will go see it myself later."

No one expected that this Town Mayor would directly take it seriously and didn't think about letting Director Hu San Guo of the Civil Affairs Office go at all. Completely leaving no room for operation.

This is purely a hotheaded youth; officialdom emphasizes leaving a line of retreat to meet again in the future. You are kicking hard into a dead end.

Xu Jin looked at Li Tian and then at Hu San Guo and said, "Mayor Su, as far as I know, many of the rooms in the back are empty."

He saw it clearly; the current Su Yang is a madman, biting whoever he catches, and he doesn't want to offend him.

And what he said was just an objective fact, and no one could blame him.

Su Yang didn't give Hu San Guo a chance to breathe at all; aren't you Li Tian's lackey?

Then I will let Li Tian break this dog leg himself. He sneered, "Director Hu, since the town has empty rooms, who approved you to put the disaster relief supplies in other places?"

"Which regulation allows you to privately put things outside?"