Chapter 2019

Luo Chuanrong looked up and saw that it was Chen Changqiang and a few others, all old acquaintances. He smiled and said, "Yes, it's Mr. Chen, and Mr. Liu, Mr. Yang, um, you, do you have something to find me for?"

Chen Changqiang said, "Director Luo, let's go, we'll treat you to tea, and you can sober up."

Several people pulled Luo Chuanrong into a teahouse by the roadside, asked for a private room, pulled Luo Chuanrong in, let him sit down, then ordered a pot of tea and poured a cup for Luo Chuanrong.

Luo Chuanrong picked up the tea, took a sip, and with a "pfft" sound, spat it all out. It turned out that he drank this sip too urgently, and the tea had just been brewed and was too hot, almost scalding his throat.

Luo Chuanrong cursed, "Damn it, why, why is it so hot."

Chen Changqiang hurriedly called in the waiter and asked her to bring another pot of cold boiled water. Luo Chuanrong picked up the pot of cold boiled water directly and drank more than half of it in one go.

Luo Chuanrong drank more than half a pot of cold tea, and only then did he ask with a smile, "Mr. Chen, you, what is it that you want to find me for?"

Chen Changqiang then complained to Luo Chuanrong, saying that their factories had been shut down by the county due to failing environmental protection standards, and their investments could not be recouped. The losses were too great. They hoped that Luo Chuanrong could help them smooth things over and let them restart production. After they recouped their losses, they would immediately shut down the factories and leave Chongjin County.

Luo Chuanrong shook his head repeatedly as soon as he heard this: "You, aren't you joking? How can I help, help you smooth things over? It is precisely because of, because of your matter that I was demoted to, that Taoling Township. I can't help with your matter."

Chen Changqiang said, "Director Luo, aren't you Secretary Yuan's confidant? Secretary Yuan is the top leader of this Chongjin County. Can't you find him to smooth things over?"

Luo Chuanrong shook his head and said, "No, it won't work, it won't work. Secretary Yuan is afraid of County Magistrate Su. He is the top leader in name, but the actual top leader is County Magistrate Su."

Chen Changqiang and the others begged bitterly, but Luo Chuanrong just wouldn't agree. When he got anxious, he even got up to leave.

Chen Changqiang got anxious now and said, "Director Luo, don't forget, you have received our benefits. You aren't even willing to help with this little favor?"

Unexpectedly, Luo Chuanrong turned his face immediately: "Who, who received your, your benefits? Do you, do you have evidence? Don't talk nonsense, don't make false accusations. Don't block me, I have to go."

Chen Changqiang and the others wouldn't let him leave. They surrounded Luo Chuanrong and wouldn't let him out. Luo Chuanrong, who had been drinking, had an unclear head. When the alcohol went to his head, he punched Chen Changqiang and kicked the owner of the cement plant.

Luo Chuanrong was usually used to being arrogant, and now that he had been drinking, he was even more unscrupulous. To him, Chen Changqiang and the others were just outsiders. If he hit them, he hit them. What was there to be afraid of?

And Chen Changqiang and the others were already full of anger. Now that Luo Chuanrong actually dared to hit them, they were also overcome by a surge of blood. Several people pinned Luo Chuanrong down and beat him severely.

Luo Chuanrong struggled to resist, and the teahouse was left in a mess. It just so happened that Lu Yecheng, the deputy captain of the public security brigade of the county public security bureau, was passing by. Seeing that there were people fighting inside, he brought people in and took them all to the bureau.

Luo Chuanrong was still cursing all the way, saying he would make Chen Changqiang and the others pay for this. How dare they hit him? What great dog guts!

Lu Yecheng did know Luo Chuanrong, but he had never had a good impression of him, and he couldn't be bothered to pay attention to him, so he took them all to the bureau together.

As a result, when they arrived at the bureau and asked, Chen Changqiang also threw caution to the wind. He said that Luo Chuanrong had once extorted hundreds of thousands of yuan in bribes from them, so he wanted to report him.

Chen Changqiang was also forced into a corner. The money invested in the chemical plant was his lifelong savings. If he were ordered to shut down, the hard work of the first half of his life would come to nothing. He didn't know that Su Xinghui would help him sell the factory. He thought that someone had taken a fancy to his factory and wanted to seize it by force.

He had seen such things before. With this realization, he was afraid of nothing.

As soon as Lu Yecheng heard about such a sensational matter, he immediately reported it. Such things could not be hidden, and he would not cover it up for Luo Chuanrong. As a result, this matter suddenly became known to basically the whole county.

Su Xinghui, of course, also knew about this matter. This matter surprised him a little. He was still contacting buyers for Chen Changqiang's factory, but he didn't expect that Chen Changqiang and the others would do such a sensational thing, actually dragging Luo Chuanrong out.

However, this was also within reason. You, Luo Chuanrong, took other people's money but couldn't get things done for them. Of course, they would report you. There are too many such things. Many corrupt officials were exposed by others precisely because they couldn't get things done for them.

This matter caused a huge uproar, and Yuan Yifu had no way to protect Luo Chuanrong anymore. Besides, he was originally a cold-hearted person, and he would not put himself in danger for Luo Chuanrong.

Consequently, the county discipline inspection commission intervened in the investigation of Luo Chuanrong. The investigation into him was as simple as could be. When Chen Changqiang and the others sent money to Luo Chuanrong, they all kept accounts. Which year, which month, which day, and where the money was sent were all recorded clearly. Luo Chuanrong had no way to deny it.

Moreover, Luo Chuanrong lived a luxurious life and was not low-key at all. He wore and used famous brands, held a mobile phone worth more than 7,000 yuan, and there was never less than 10,000 yuan in cash in his bag. With his income, he did not have this consumption ability.

Luo Chuanrong was arrogant again, and in the county, except for Yuan Yifu, he didn't recognize anyone. Many county leaders had suffered his anger. At such a time, who would speak for him? Consequently, Luo Chuanrong fell.

Luo Chuanrong fell, and Chen Changqiang and the others were also punished with one week of administrative detention.

This matter also became a topic of conversation for people in Chongjin County after drinking.

Many people were wondering if this matter had anything to do with Su Xinghui. However, those who knew the whole process of the matter knew that this matter could not have been arranged by Su Xinghui. Chen Changqiang and the others couldn't possibly listen to Su Xinghui and take down Luo Chuanrong at the cost of their own administrative detention, right? What good would that do them?

Therefore, when Wu Zhengjing said in front of Yuan Yifu that this must have been done by Su Xinghui, Yuan Yifu shook his head and said, "Impossible. Wu Zhengjing, can you do something serious in the future? Don't always think about these things. What good does it do you?"

Yuan Yifu's judgment was based on the fact that the occurrence of this matter did not benefit anyone. For Chen Changqiang and the others, they were detained for a week, which could not change the fact that their factories were shut down. For Su Xinghui, Luo Chuanrong was no longer a threat to him, so why would he risk angering Yuan Yifu to plot against Luo Chuanrong?

Moreover, with Su Xinghui's ability, why would he need to design such a clumsy trap to harm Luo Chuanrong? Luo Chuanrong was so high-profile that he could be taken down directly for interrogation. There was no need to design any trap.

Although Yuan Yifu gave up on Luo Chuanrong, he still asked someone to pass a message inside, telling Luo Chuanrong not to bite back indiscriminately, and that he would help Luo Chuanrong handle things outside to let Luo Chuanrong serve a few years less. If he didn't do this, it wouldn't be fun for Luo Chuanrong to bite him, Yuan Yifu, out. The gifts he, Yuan Yifu, had received from Luo Chuanrong over these years were worth at least tens of thousands.

When Su Xinghui and Lu Xiaoya went to the home of He Jianpeng, the Minister of the County Party Committee Propaganda Department, for dinner on Saturday, He Jianpeng's opening remarks in his study were also about this matter: "County Magistrate, that Luo Chuanrong is really disappointing!"