Chapter 489

Director Su, why don't you go ahead first? I'll go find Gao Haisheng and talk to him; after all, he just came from the township government and is still fuming.

Even though punishment is inevitable this time, the work that needs to be done still must be done.

Bai Yutang said to Su Yang and Xiang Donglai.

Su Yang didn't care at all about his little tricks, and replied, 'Fine, ideological work still needs to be done; let's head into the mountains first.'

Xiang Donglai followed Su Yang up the mountain, and after walking a stretch he said, 'This Li Meng seems to have a grudge against you, and he still has a pistol; that's dangerous, we need to find a way to take his gun away.'

Su Yang agreed wholeheartedly: 'Yes, we must take his gun away, and his work attitude is problematic now, making him prone to vengeful feelings.'

Like this: you call Bureau Chief Lan and tell him I'm currently preparing development in Show Water Mountain, and soon many staff will come up the mountain, so the forest rangers' duties aren't as important as before.

Before, with few people, patrolling the mountains was done fearing danger; now many will come up soon, so there's no need to issue guns—let them be collected.

Oh, just hand them directly to your Paichusuo and say it's my idea.

Xiang Donglai nodded, then directly took out his phone and called, relaying Su Yang's meaning in full.

Bureau Chief Lan readily agreed, immediately saying he would issue a document on this matter right away, and the Political Commissar's office would also have someone call Li Meng to notify him.

Su Yang, while climbing the mountain, said: 'We need to find a scenic route up the mountain, preferably one that lets us take in all the beauty along the way; then we'll lay a plank road along that route, and from the summit down we'll install a cable car.'

Of course, if we can build an observation deck on the summit, we can also put up a few standalone small villas around it for rest and reception.

Let those wealthy, high-quality tourists also come to Show Water Mountain to play; we want both high-end premium offerings and a down-to-earth approach.

Xiang Donglai kept nodding in praise; he didn't understand any of this, but since whatever Su Yang said was right, he just needed to raise both hands in approval.

For no other reason, the Public Security Bureau is currently lacking a standing deputy chief and a political commissar.

These two positions are vacant now; according to Bureau Chief Lan, filling them will likely take at least half a year, so Xiang Donglai still has six months to strive.

Of course, if he clings to Su Yang's thigh, he basically has no rivals, because Sun Chengjun has just become the Director of Police Station of Huatian Town and couldn't possibly be promoted so quickly.

Then he is the most hopeful; one of these two positions could be filled by promoting someone from within the Public Security Bureau, while the other gives a good chance to various Directors of Police Station.

Of course, within the system it's one radish per hole; even if he can't get those two positions, other vacant posts he could fill as a substitute.

Director Su, if you want to hunt game, when we come down from the mountain we can go into the nearby woods to hunt.

Over there the woods have few people, and there are plenty of wild rabbits, pheasants, etc.; after catching them we can take them to the mountain base to barbecue.

Before, when we ate at restaurants, the owner would say the game came from the mountains, but we never really knew if it was truly ours.

But today we caught it ourselves, roasted and eaten—of course it's a different flavor.

Su Yang, upon hearing this, could hardly hold back: 'That's right, game you hunt yourself is the real thing.'

As the two of them were slowly walking up the mountain, Bai Yutang had already found Gao Haisheng sleeping in a tent pitched under a large tree.

Beside the tent lay a case of beer, already opened and several bottles drunk.

When he saw Bai Yutang enter, he slurred: 'How did you come here? Don't tell me you were also punished and came to work as a forest ranger.'

Bai Yutang nearly fainted from anger, thinking inwardly: 'Do you think I'm like you? Compared to me, you're just trash.'

No ability, no background, no connections—you've come this far and still can't utter a decent word.

But he didn't show his displeasure; instead he hypocritically said, 'Old Gao, I came especially to visit you, knowing you're feeling down here.'

Saying that, he helped himself to a beer from beside the tent, opened it and drank: 'I have to say, the foot of Show Water Mountain is really cool; staying in the township government office, you'd bake to death.'

These days Su Yang keeps thinking about how to improve morale, working the township staff to the bone; and if he were to oversee the township's work, sigh, I really don't want to see his face at all.

You said, I came here earlier today to check on you and see if you needed any help, and then he showed up shortly after.

He came, that's fine—but guess what? As soon as he arrived he went to the forest ranger team, first asking if you'd reported for duty; the team said they hadn't seen you, and guess what he said? He said someone like you ought to be dealt with.

He said you lack organization, discipline, and respect for leaders; someone like you should be severely punished and made into a negative example.

I said a couple of good things for you at the time, and he ended up berating me from head to toe.

After saying that, he swaggered up the mountain to hunt game; you tell me, what is that? He's really taking himself too seriously.

Gao Haisheng had been lying in the tent asleep; hearing this, he sat up with a grunt: 'Old Gao, is what you said true? That damned Su Yang actually still wants to punish me?'

This motherfucker simply isn't human; today I'm definitely going to show him some toughness.

Bai Yutang said: 'I tell you, Old Gao, don't be impulsive—he's accompanied by the Director of Police Station Xiang Donglai, and you know his build; if you really rush up and get beaten, it'll be you.'

Especially out in these wild mountains, no one sees anything; if he really beats you half to death and then denies it, we can't help you either.

Gao Haisheng said: 'What are you thinking? Do you think I'm brainless? This is Show Water Mountain! We know this place far better than he does—he didn't just go up the mountain? When he comes down, I'll roll a few stones down the mountainside; even if it doesn't kill him, it'll scare him into pissing himself.'

There are only a few ways down the mountain; I'm now climbing up from the other side, should be faster than them, and can accurately judge their positions.

Bai Yutang felt extremely pleased inside; he just needed Gao Haisheng, this brainless fool, as cannon fodder.

Otherwise, if he really had to do this, and something went wrong, when it came time to investigate, they'd surely find out the truth, and he couldn't escape. But now that Gao Haisheng wants to go ahead with it, he'll support Gao Haisheng.