Official Career Storm

Chapter 1623 - 1624

"Squad leader, what’s up?"

"You need to visit these places."

He pointed to the paper in his hand, which listed all the locations Director Hu had just mentioned.

These houses hid large amounts of cash.

Lu Feng instantly understood his meaning, "Got it."

"Also, personally take a few brothers and arrest this Huang San for me!"

"And the person in charge of Secretary Xue’s foreign trade company, arrest them too."

"Mayor Fang’s wife, Director Hu’s relatives, arrest them all!"

Lu Feng asked, "We’re short on manpower, should we have Director Ma’s people go with us?"

"No need, just our own people."

This matter involved large sums of money, and he didn’t trust anyone else.

It had to be their own people.

Although Director Ma was considered a rare honest official in Pinghai City, ultimately people are unpredictable. He hadn’t interacted with Director Ma for long enough to completely trust him.

"Okay, I’ll arrange it right away."

Lu Feng turned and walked into the city bureau.

Before long, he brought everyone out, grouped them, and they drove off.

Watching them leave, Song Guanchao didn’t go in, but took out his phone and dialed the number of the inspection team leader, Huang Ronghua.

Receiving a call from Song Guanchao so late, Huang Ronghua was very surprised.

He was shocked for quite a while when he learned in the afternoon that Song Guanchao was wanted.

"On the inspection team’s side, there are three people colluding with Secretary Xue." As soon as the call connected, Song Guanchao’s voice came through.

Without any extra words, he directly pointed out the situation of the inspection team.

Huang Ronghua asked, "Where are you?"

"City bureau."

"City bureau?"

This answer was unexpected for him.

That Song Guanchao could still call him meant he hadn’t been caught.

But why was he at the city bureau?

"Secretary Xue, Mayor Fang, and Director Hu have all been arrested."

"The provincial office will arrive in Pinghai City in half an hour."

Huang Ronghua was taken aback.

When he saw the wanted notice, he already guessed that this matter was spiraling out of control.

He also guessed that Secretary Xue would try to escape, and that the provincial office would send people to investigate.

He just didn’t expect the provincial office to act so quickly.

Even more surprising, Secretary Xue had already been arrested.

It was only half a day from the wanted notice to the arrest.

And yet, Song Guanchao mentioned that the provincial office would arrive in half an hour.

So the question was, how did Secretary Xue get arrested?

"Mr. Huang, do you need me to bring people over to help you make the arrests?" Song Guanchao asked.

"Okay." Huang Ronghua didn’t refuse.

"See you later."

Song Guanchao walked into the city bureau, and Director Ma looked up, casting a glance.

He saw that all of Song Guanchao’s people had left, and guessed in his heart that Song Guanchao must have sent them to deal with the asset transfer of Secretary Xue and the others.

He didn’t vie for control of this situation with Song Guanchao.

There was no point.

Besides, the provincial office would be arriving soon.

Once the leaders arrived, the control of the city bureau would have to be handed over.

At that point, he would still be the marginalized deputy director.

Moreover, he didn’t care about the ownership of those funds at all.

From beginning to end, he only cared about the city of Pinghai.

This operation would clean out at least ninety percent of the top positions within the Pinghai City Committee and City Government departments.

The political atmosphere in Pinghai City would become unprecedentedly good.

That was enough.

"Director Ma, arrange a few officers to go with me to the guesthouse."

"Who are we arresting?"

"Inspectors."

"Who?" Director Ma’s pupils contracted.

"There are three inspectors who were bribed by Secretary Xue and fell from grace."

It was the first time Director Ma heard this, and he couldn’t help but feel a bit of sorrow.

Even inspectors couldn’t avoid corruption.

Song Guanchao patted his shoulder, "Pinghai City will become better."

This Director Ma was an idealist.

But the very nature of ideals is their difficulty to realize.

Director Ma arranged five officers to go with Song Guanchao.

The guesthouse was nearby, and there wasn’t much traffic, so it only took fifteen minutes to get there.

Inspection team leader Huang Ronghua was already waiting in the lobby’s resting area.

He walked over and was about to speak, but Song Guanchao already announced the names of the three people.

Observing his reaction, Huang Ronghua seemed very disappointed. It was likely that at least one of the three was unexpected to him.

Huang Ronghua dialed each of the three one by one, found an excuse, and asked them to come to the lobby.

The three didn’t think much, hung up the phone, and within two minutes, two of them took the elevator down.

From afar, the two saw several people beside Mr. Huang, but didn’t think much, and walked over directly, "Mr. Huang."

Huang Ronghua asked, "How much did Secretary Xue give you?"

Their hearts sank, pupils shook, their thoughts stalled briefly, "Mr. Huang, I didn’t..."

Deep down, Huang Ronghua still held a glimmer of hope, but upon seeing their reactions, he knew these two indeed had issues.

He didn’t bother listening to their clumsy explanations and excuses, turned sideways, "Arrest them."

Five plainclothes officers stepped forward and took out handcuffs to restrain them.

The moment they were cuffed, the two gave up struggling, regret spreading through them.

Song Guanchao stood silently on the side, recognizing that Huang Ronghua was in a foul mood.

As the leader of the inspection team visiting Pinghai City, having his inspectors dragged down by local officials’ bribes was, strictly speaking, negligent.

After waiting for about five minutes without seeing the third person, Song Guanchao couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow and look at Huang Ronghua.

Why hadn’t that last person come down yet?

The time seemed a bit too long.

Huang Ronghua also felt something was off. Just as he was about to make a call, two figures walked in through the hotel’s entrance.

A young man and a woman entered. The man was very young, only around twenty-five or twenty-six, tall and handsome.

The woman was about thirty, around one meter sixty, not tall, her looks weren’t particularly remarkable, but she had an excellent figure and exuded a mature, attractive aura.

"Mr. Huang..." The man smiled and approached. Seeing the two who were cuffed, he seemed momentarily stuck, as if choked.

A bad premonition surged within him.

"Mr. Huang, what happened?" The woman furrowed her brows delicately, her fine skin creasing.

Huang Ronghua didn’t answer her question and looked at the man.

The man’s reaction said it all; no need for further questioning.

"Chen Jie Ming, you’ve let me down greatly." Huang Ronghua sighed, waving his hand weakly.

Plainclothes officers stepped forward to seize him.

Chen Jie Ming stepped back, dodging, his expression already calm, feigning ignorance, "Mr. Huang, what’s this about?"

Huang Ronghua spoke, "Are you still resisting?"

Chen Jie Ming met his gaze, "I don’t understand what you mean, Mr. Huang!"

He pointed at the plainclothes officers, "Who are they, and why are they cuffing Brother Wang and Brother Zhang?"

Huang Ronghua’s eyes showed deep disappointment, "You accepted bribes from Pinghai City officials. Secretary Xue and Mayor Fang have confessed. Now cooperate with the local police for the investigation."