Chapter 824

Before being picked up from the chessboard as a pawn and thrown outside the board, every pawn does not think of itself as a pawn, and even thinks that it has the opportunity to change its fate and jump out of the chessboard to become a chess player.

In reality, most pawns do not have this opportunity.

People like Lanse are ultimately the minority of the minority; he traveled here, and although he didn't carry anything, the knowledge in his mind exceeded everything.

If these things were removed, or if he were temporarily moved out of the successful ones, except for a very few lucky ones, no one could easily do this.

The Chief did not possess such ability; he was a pawn, he was one at the beginning, he is one now, and he will be one in the end.

The fate of a pawn is so straightforward; one can see it at a glance from the beginning.

If not on the road to risking oneself, one has already risked oneself.

Exchange of pieces.

Watching the Chief remain silent, the Lieutenant Governor said again, "The Governor even called me to ask about this matter."

"You want to protect him, but you absolutely cannot protect him, and he must be severely punished by the law."

"Only in this way can some people's mouths be blocked."

"And only in this way can he suppress this matter."

After he finished speaking, he stared at the Chief's face; feeling the burning sensation on his face, the Chief could only nod in agreement, "I will have them relieved of their duties."

"Relieving them is not enough; you need to control them first and hand them over to the prosecutor."

"The trial of this case will be very fast, so you must be psychologically prepared."

As for what psychological preparation to make, the Lieutenant Governor didn't say; after all, it wasn't appropriate for him to say it himself now.

How to make people go to their deaths also has its own methods.

You can't say "Go die," that's not very good; you have to let him propose it himself, "I... can."

The Lieutenant Governor had been giving the Chief this kind of hint, hoping that he would understand this point and accept this reality.

The Chief nodded, "I understand."

The Lieutenant Governor was very satisfied with his performance; in this way, the problem on Lanse's side was solved.

As for Mayor Wei De's request, he wouldn't really take it seriously; what was the purpose of him taking the initiative to contact some media to expose this matter?

In the end, wasn't it to move away from being a passive "victim" and become the one who held the initiative?

Such a matter that would obviously pose a huge threat and influence to the Lieutenant Governor himself, from the perspective of the vast majority of normal people, could not possibly be done by himself.

When people don't know who the mastermind is, the simplest way to find the mastermind is to see who benefits the most from this matter.

Whoever benefits the most, even if this person is not the mastermind, must have an extraordinary relationship with the mastermind.

The news was exposed, but it was still within the controllable range.

The face of the state government was damaged, both governors were "victims," and the only one who could truly benefit from this seemed to be one person, Mayor Wei De!

In order to succeed in the gubernatorial election, he constantly challenged the bottom line of the entire Denuozhou political scene; he, the biggest beneficiary, stood on the opposite side of everyone!

Politics and politicians are always dirty; from the moment they come into the world, it is so.

He is the only beneficiary, so he will become the person in the Governor's eyes who tries to destroy "everything is fine"; he is destroying the great situation in Denuozhou.

In this way, the Governor will not like Mayor Wei De very much, so the Governor will not let the request made by Mayor Wei De for the Lieutenant Governor to withdraw from the election come true.

The election hasn't even started yet, and Mayor Wei De is already jumping up and down; when the election truly arrives, will Mayor Wei De use some even more despicable means to win?

This is very likely!

As long as the Governor dislikes Mayor Wei De, then as a qualified ruler, he must find a way to balance the power of Mayor Wei De.

Even if the Lieutenant Governor promises on the surface to publicly state that he will not participate in the election, the Governor will find a way to tell him not to say it, and will also encourage him to continue fighting with Mayor Wei De to balance the relationship.

No ruler wants an existence that can influence or even threaten their rule, even if this rule is not lasting.

But at least when they are still rulers, they don't want anyone to challenge them.

On the surface, the exposure of this news is a heavy blow to the Lieutenant Governor, but if used well, it might instead become a knife in his hand!

After the Chief finished speaking, neither of them said anything else immediately, but kept quiet.

After about two minutes, the Lieutenant Governor leaned back, "When the Governor communicated with me, he also mentioned your matter."

The Chief sighed in his heart, but he knew that this result was inevitable.

He had once tried his best to refuse such an ending, but it was useless.

These past few days, he had also been thinking about the cause, promotion, development, and result of the whole thing.

In the end, he couldn't even find a single solution, unless Sheriff Ma Xiu hadn't touched those goods from the beginning, or after intercepting those goods, he hadn't taken any for himself and had handed them all over to the Hazardous Materials Management Bureau.

Only in this way could the current situation be avoided.

As long as he had a little greed, the current situation would appear.

The power of the Lanse family was still too strong, and what they did was not hidden enough; he could already guess that the problem lay in the disposal of stolen goods.

If Sheriff Ma Xiu had transported this batch of alcohol to other states for sale, there wouldn't be these problems, but this would give birth to a new problem: where did he know the sales channels in other states?

So this is a dead end; it's fine if it's not discovered, but once discovered, only this possibility exists.

To the extent that he himself was implicated.

The Chief knew that the Lieutenant Governor was waiting for his stance; he was very reluctant, but had to pretend to be generous for the sake of the big picture; he lowered his head slightly, "I will announce my resignation to take the blame."

A smile appeared on the Lieutenant Governor's face, "It's possible that resignation to take the blame is not enough for this matter; I know Mayor Wei De, he will definitely try every means to continue to promote the expansion and seriousness of the situation."

"So you must be psychologically prepared...", he looked directly at the Chief, but the other party didn't look up, nor did he meet his gaze, "... it's possible that the prosecutor will talk to you, but it's definitely not because you are involved in their criminal problems, but small charges like malfeasance."

"I know you might be somewhat unwilling in your heart..."

The Chief shook his head, "No."

The Lieutenant Governor laughed twice, his tone very gentle, "Alright, we have known each other for many years, I have always trusted you, otherwise I wouldn't have recommended you to be the State Police Chief."

"You don't need to pretend or anything in front of me."

"I hope you can continue to trust me; as long as I don't fall, you won't fall."

"In my opinion, your talent being confined to the position of a small State Police Chief is a waste of your talent."

"This opportunity is just right to get rid of this layer of shackles, allowing you to have a more ambitious future and a broader space."

"The sentence for malfeasance will not be too long, maybe one or two years; I will arrange it when the time comes, and you can be paroled in at most half a year."

"Next, you will become very busy, because you have more new work!"

Promises are promises, and big cakes must also be drawn; although they both know that these things may not be true and may not be realized, at this time, the role it plays is still very important.

The Chief nodded, "I understand."

The Lieutenant Governor was very satisfied with the handling process and result of this matter, "Go and arrange it, be psychologically prepared."

The Chief then got up to say goodbye and left the room.

The next day, two more small newspapers reported this news, and the Governor finally couldn't help it anymore; he called the Governor again, "You need to fix this matter as soon as possible, or do you hope it becomes the biggest scandal since the founding of the country, so that I have to announce my resignation to take the blame in the State Assembly?"

The tone was already very impolite, and he even used his own resignation to take the blame as a bargaining chip, but this was exactly what the Lieutenant Governor meant.

His tone revealed a hint of difficulty, "I am already dealing with it, but the media side..."

The Governor directly interrupted his words, "I will handle the media side; you clean up your own ass first, damn it!"

Listening to the sound of the phone being slammed down in the receiver, the Lieutenant Governor not only didn't feel uneasy but couldn't help laughing; the Governor was angry.

This is a good thing!

He made a phone call to the Chief, and then made a phone call to the State Prosecutor's Office; soon, the prosecutors began to take action.

Some of Sheriff Ma Xiu's subordinates were also required to report to Hongshi City as soon as possible; although these people didn't know what exactly had happened, more or less, they had some realization in their hearts.

Mayor Wei De was preparing for a new round of negotiations with the Lieutenant Governor, but unexpectedly, the Governor's call came first.

Although the two had a superior-subordinate relationship, if a mayor really stood his ground, he could also ignore the Governor.

This is like in a state of the Social Party camp, there might also be one or two, or three city mayors who are Liberal Party members or Federal Party members.

The Governor cannot directly appoint a mayor, but he also has a certain influence; this is the purpose of politicians striving for public opinion and support.

At critical moments, it really works!

Although Mayor Wei De did not fear the Governor, he was not willing to offend this guy; after he greeted him very politely, the Governor's impatient voice came from the receiver.

"Did you give the materials to those newspapers and media?"

"Wei De, I know about the competition between you and him, but I have never thought about stopping you or stopping him; this is your war."

"But don't involve me!"

"Some of your actions make me very embarrassed and passive; my personal suggestion is that you can stop; if you continue to move forward, you will only push yourself and us further away!"

(End of this chapter)