Chapter 982: Yang Kang's Fury

Su Yang said, "It turns out you came just to tell me this; thank you for your concern."

Actually there's no problem; I previously, because I was in charge of the county's work, so some of the authority ended up in my hands, and I even achieved some results they thought impossible, so they feel uncomfortable, which is normal.

So, I now stay out of all other matters, just doing my own duties; from now on I'll focus most of my energy on attracting investment and following up on subsequent projects—you need to work hard and seriously.

Xie Siyang said, "How come your personality isn't like before? How did you become so soft? You need to toughen up! Although I'm just a low-level cadre, I also know that weakness only invites bullying."

Su Yang patted Xie Siyang's shoulder and said, "Thank you for telling me this profound principle; I'll work hard. From now on let's together get the investment attraction project done well, contributing to our county's economic development."

In the future, when the common people mention this, they'll say, 'Remember when there was a girl named Xie Siyang who ran around east and west, bringing in countless investors, directly boosting our county's economic development, greatly improving our lives, even a qualitative leap.' Think about it—later when you recall this, you'll feel so proud. As for other things, just don't worry about them.

Xie Siyang said, "Okay, I'll listen to you, but you must not let others bully you."

Su Yang chuckled, saying meaningfully, "My temporary success or failure doesn't matter. Alright, I've gone to other places for research. Remember, no matter what happens in the county, it cannot affect the progress of investment attraction, and the weight of this work will only increase in the future."

Ten minutes later, Su Yang arrived at the planting and breeding base again. Here Su Yang didn't see many laborers; the planting base was building a warehouse, and the breeding base was building a cowshed.

When everyone saw Su Yang arrive, they all became excited and enthusiastic, shouting there: "Hello, County Magistrate Su!" "Happy New Year, County Magistrate Su!" "Have you eaten, County Magistrate Su? Come to my house for a meal today!"

Seeing everyone's faces lit up with enthusiastic smiles, Su Yang also felt happy from the heart: "Great, great—once the breeding and planting bases are up and running, once you all make money and your pockets are full, I will definitely come to your houses for a meal, not just to eat but also to eat meat."

A sturdy middle-aged man shouted, "Absolutely guaranteed to be full; please rest assured, County Magistrate Su!"

Everyone burst into another round of loud laughter.

After leaving the breeding and planting base, Su Yang then said to Li Lingyu, "Let's go to Guantan Gou Zhen. After this handling result comes out, some people will surely be dissatisfied, possibly even upset. We'll go check, and meanwhile do a baseline of some situations. Also, you should find one or two people familiar with the local situation in advance; I want to take a look at that Sha He river."

Li Lingyu was a bit dazed; Su Yang's kind of leaping thinking, he really couldn't keep up. Originally we had agreed to go to the industrial park for research, but he understood that Su Yang might just be looking for something to do—anyway county leaders are always holding meetings or doing research, which actually just means going around various places to eat and eat.

Such a thing had never happened to Su Yang before; back then everyone regarded Su Yang as an oddball, but now Su Yang also wants to be like that—just go with the flow, which isn't wrong. She suddenly thought, then felt something was off. Is County Magistrate Su this kind of person? Oh, could it be that she's trying to send a signal to certain people?

Although he thought that, he didn't ask aloud, but simply nodded and then called the Guantan Gou Zhen town government.

At this very moment, in the meeting room of the Guantan Gou Zhen town government, everyone had a grim face, some even desperately suppressing their breathing. Yang Kang, who rarely smoked, had been smoking several cigarettes in a row. Since he took office, he hadn't never held a party committee meeting, but he had never smoked in the meeting room, and now he kept smoking, saying nothing. This atmosphere truly made the other party committee members feel terrified.

In townships, the town party committee secretary is absolutely the top leader; besides that, the town mayor has some power, while others say they are party committee members and also team members, but the actual disparity in real power is especially huge.

Basically, the top leader has absolute say, and moreover the town party committee secretary of Guantan Gou Zhen also serves as a county standing committee member, so this town mayor actually has no power at all.

As for others, it goes without saying—they may sound like leaders, but in reality they're no different from privates; whoever tells them to do something, they just do it.

After smoking several cigarettes in a row, Yang Kang's face turned grim as he said, "The Municipal Party Committee's opinion on our Guantan Gou Zhen's handling of this homicide case has already come out; I suppose you've seen it too. I want to hear your thoughts on this."

Who among those present would dare to pick up this topic? They all know that this secretary originally wanted to do some practical work in the town to earn political achievements for himself, but before his butt was even warm, he got hit straight on the head with a slap and was left dazed.

Well then, since that's the case, please let Comrade Wang Yinxiang say a few words; I want to hear your view. How do you see this matter? Why wasn't a report allowed right after it happened? Why suppress the matter? Why only notify the Lie Shan Public Security Bureau the next morning?

Tell me, is it that you have the ability to clear this up cleanly, or do you intend to let the impact of this matter become even greater? Or perhaps you have an opinion of me, wanting to use this matter to put eye drops on me and trip me up?

Yang Kang's words were indeed extremely stern; the elderly Wang Yinxiang was made to flush red-faced. Even when Yao Daya was around, Yao Daya could cover the sky with one hand, but all matters were decided jointly by everyone participating together; he didn't fear Yao Daya much, at least he still dared to voice his own opinion, being able to speak and dare to speak in the meeting.

But this time he really was bluffed, and as for what exactly this matter is, he knows better than anyone. Previously everyone thought that if it reached the county level it might be blocked, but they didn't expect it to go straight up to the municipal standing committee meeting.

This deputy secretary, who thought he might be implicated, was directly stripped of his position—not only that, but he also has to continue being held accountable. He really wants to cry but can't, because this wasn't his original intention.

But what can he say now? After a full half minute passed, he then said, "Secretary Yang, regarding this matter, it indeed was unexpected. Previously, whenever something happened in any town, they would first resolve it themselves, but they didn't expect that the Yao family's gang would be lawless and blow things up this big."

Moreover, Comrade Yao Lichun also knows about this matter; initially we wanted to call the county public security bureau to report the police, but at that time someone had died, so according to our local custom we handle posthumous affairs first. At the same time, to avoid escalating the conflict, we also actively worked with both families.

Yang Kang flew into a rage, slamming the table with a bang: "Is that what I asked you to say? Do you not understand what I'm asking?"