Chapter 3462

Su Xinghui returned to Baozhou and continued his work, but he still kept paying attention to the situation in Jiangcheng. He was very concerned about whether there was any progress in Zhang Bin's case.

There was progress, of course. The police's evidence collection work at the crime scene had made a major breakthrough. They found a dagger in a roadside trash can. This dagger still had bloodstains on it. After comparison, the bloodstains were indeed Zhang Bin's.

This proved that this dagger was randomly discarded in that trash can by the murderer after committing the crime. Through the police's work, two fingerprints were found on the handle of the dagger. Although these two fingerprints were already quite broken, this was ultimately a huge discovery.

If a suspect were found, the suspect's identity could be confirmed through fingerprint comparison.

The Hudong police also sent several groups of police officers to various places to investigate those who had a motive for the crime. They were basically the protagonists of the reports Zhang Bin had written exposing the dark side of society, especially the protagonists of recent reports, who were the key objects of their investigation.

Although such screening was also difficult to confirm who might be the one who bought the murder, it was better than looking for a needle in a haystack. At least there were dozens of clear targets waiting for them to screen. If even these targets didn't exist, it would have completely become a headless case.

Currently, such screening had not had any effect, which was also in Su Xinghui's expectation. If it were so easy to catch the criminal, then what kind of case would they be solving? They might as well change to become fortune tellers.

As for those hot posts on the internet, the heat was still the same. The replies had now broken 100,000, and the police would also receive countless tip-off calls every day, saying they suspected so-and-so was the murderer. The police had to distinguish the possibilities among hundreds of such messages every day. They had also gone to investigate according to some messages with higher possibilities, but all returned without success.

Now this case seemed to have no breakthrough progress, but everything was proceeding in an orderly manner. Everyone was not in a hurry. As long as it continued like this, the possibility of solving the case was still very high.

That night, Su Xinghui returned home, and his family members asked him one after another how Zhang Bin was doing. They all knew that Zhang Bin was Su Xinghui's classmate and also a reporter, and now he had been stabbed by a knife, which was why Su Xinghui had gone to Jiangcheng, so they were all very concerned.

Su Xinghui told them that Zhang Bin was now out of life-threatening danger and was recovering, so they breathed a sigh of relief.

Lu Xiaoya also breathed a long sigh of relief. She had been a reporter for several years, and she knew how difficult it was to be a good reporter. To be a good reporter, one had to face all kinds of threats and temptations. If one couldn't withstand these threats and temptations, one would either be mediocre or degenerate, and it was impossible to become a good reporter.

Zhang Bin was undoubtedly a good reporter, but he encountered such a thing. This matter made people feel cold. If justice could not be upheld, then who would dare to be such a good reporter in the future?

Fortunately, Zhang Bin was now out of life-threatening danger, and the Hudong police were making every effort to catch the murderer. The possibility of this case being solved was still very high. If justice could be successfully sought for Zhang Bin, this would undoubtedly be a shot in the arm for all reporters.

Now, news workers' associations in many parts of the country had issued statements supporting Zhang Bin, hoping that the police could solve the case as soon as possible and give Zhang Bin justice. Therefore, almost all reporters in the country were paying close attention to this matter, so the final result of this matter was also very important to reporters.

Lu Xiaoya had also been a reporter, and she was also Zhang Bin's schoolmate. Her husband, Su Xinghui, was even Zhang Bin's classmate. These various relationships made her care more about this case than ordinary people.

The days Su Xinghui returned were just approaching the end of the year, and it was still more than half a month until the Spring Festival. This year's Spring Festival, Su Xinghui was still spending it in Baozhou, and he was now the Executive Vice Mayor, so the municipal government's New Year supplies and some activities, including the group greeting meeting, all needed his concern and arrangement.

Of course, the specific things didn't need to be done by him. He only needed to direct the municipal government office to do these things.

This day, Zang Hanxue, the director of the municipal government office, came to his office to ask Su Xinghui how the municipal government's welfare should be distributed this year.

Su Xinghui said to distribute it according to the pattern of previous years. This year, the city's fiscal revenue was much higher than last year, so add 200 yuan of welfare to everyone, which could also be considered a way to boost morale.

Now, for the municipal government staff, there was a strict financial management system and cadre assessment system to manage them. The Audit Bureau would also frequently audit financial receipts and expenditures, and there was basically no place to play tricks.

Since Xin Jing served as the Executive Vice Mayor, the municipal government's small treasury had also taken the lead in being abolished. It could be said that it was very difficult to play tricks. Now, the municipal government's cadres had to have approval forms to entertain guests for meals, and there were strict standards. For example, if there were ten guests, there could only be at most three people accompanying them, and there were strict controls on the standards for each person.

The current standard was 20 yuan per person per meal. With such a standard, it was obviously very difficult to play any tricks.

And slightly larger expenditures had to be strictly procured in accordance with the provisions of the Government Procurement Law. In short, now for expense expenditures, basically all loopholes had been blocked.

It was precisely because of such strict financial management that the municipal government's expense expenditures had dropped straight down in recent years. Expense expenditures had dropped, and the welfare that could be distributed for the New Year had naturally increased.

In fact, this was still a good thing for ordinary staff, because originally, eating and drinking extravagantly was basically insulated from ordinary staff. That was the cadre's business, and basically, only cadres at the section level or above had such power.

Now that the expense expenditures were tightened, the cadres naturally had complaints, but the ordinary staff supported the municipal government's approach very much, because the welfare they could receive for the New Year was much more than before.

These staff members naturally knew who brought these welfares. That was, of course, Su Xinghui. After Su Xinghui came to work in Baozhou, Baozhou's fiscal revenue had been growing year after year, and the welfare had also been rising straight up. Therefore, Su Xinghui's prestige in the municipal government was still very high.