Chapter 309 A Clash of Titans: The Momentum of Handong

"Hello, is this the Mingyang Municipal Party Committee? Connect me to your Secretary Gao Changhe. Who am I?"

"I am Chen Luo, a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee of Handong, Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, and Secretary of the Luzhou Municipal Party Committee. Yes, I have something to ask Comrade Gao Changhe. Is he busy? Even if he is busy, he should answer this call!"

After saying that, Chen Luo hung up immediately, and the other party called back after only two minutes.

"Hello, Secretary Chen, this is Gao Changhe from Mingyang. May I ask why you're calling me?"

Hearing the respect in Gao Changhe's tone, Chen Luo's anger subsided somewhat.

"Comrade Changhe, in principle, it's not appropriate for me to call you directly from across the province, but I can't. Dozens of police officers from Handong are still being detained by your Mingyang Lieshan County Public Security Bureau."

boom!

Upon hearing this, Gao Changhe broke out in a cold sweat, vaguely sensing that something was amiss.

"Secretary Chen, I knew nothing about this matter!"

"You don't know? Then go ask. I don't know what your Mingyang Lieshan County Public Security Bureau is trying to do by publicly detaining the arresting police officers from Handong and taking away the criminals who have already been arrested."

The Handong Provincial Party Committee attaches great importance to this matter. Our Secretary Sha is currently contacting Secretary Hua Bo and Comrade Chang He of Jianghai. Handong demands an explanation!

After saying that, Chen Luo hung up the phone without giving the other person a chance to speak.

In Mingyang City, Jianghai Province, Gao Changhe was completely dumbfounded. He had heard of Chen Luo's name before, and it was even very famous. After all, it took the support of two provincial party secretaries for Gao Changhe to become the secretary of a city in his early forties, while the other party was only thirty-nine years old and had already become a member of the provincial party committee standing committee.

At this moment, Gao Changhe looked worried. If what Chen Luo said was true, then Jiang Hai was in the wrong.

The phone calls went down the chain of command, and when Gao Changhe finally reached Geng Zijing, the Party Secretary of Lieshan County, the latter gave him a completely different version of events. Gao Changhe was dumbfounded, though he was inclined to believe what Chen Luo had said.

Meanwhile, power struggles are also taking place at the highest levels.

Sha Ruijin's phone call went directly to Liu Huabo, the Party Secretary of Jianghai Province, and Sha Ruijin's tone was icy from the start.

"Secretary Hua Bo, we in Handong demand an explanation!"

This was the first thing Sha Ruijin said, and Liu Huabo was completely bewildered. Did he need an explanation? What explanation?

"Secretary Ruijin, what's the explanation?"

"Secretary Hua Bo, you might not believe me if I tell you this. Let's ask the director of your Jianghai Provincial Public Security Department first. We can talk again after you've understood the situation."

Sha Ruijin died so young and beautiful, but the matter wasn't over yet. Yun Haifeng didn't just report to Chen Luo; he also reported to the provincial government.

Zhou Jianjun was also very angry when he learned about this. He was already feeling very frustrated in Handong, and now a neighboring province was trying to extort money from him over this kind of thing.

Enraged, he also called the governor of Jianghai Province, speaking in a sarcastic and unfriendly tone, showing no respect whatsoever.

Whether it's Sha Ruijin or Zhou Jianjun, they both have powerful backers, but Jianghai Provincial Party Secretary Liu Huabo and the governor are not so powerful. Their backers are not that strong, and most importantly, they are not in the right in this matter.

However, after learning about the situation, a point of contention arose: the reports from Jianghai Lieshan County and Handong County were completely different. Liu Huabo didn't know who was telling the truth and who was lying, so he could only send people to investigate while sulking.

The turning point came with the people in the Lieshan County Party Committee. The Lieshan County Party Committee and the County Public Security Bureau knew the truth better than anyone else, but when they learned that this incident had caused such a big accident, they all tacitly insisted that they were the ones who arrested the first person.

The news was reported up the chain of command. Geng Zijing, the Party Secretary of Lieshan County, assured Gao Changhe that it was Handong who was breaking the rules. Gao Changhe had no choice but to continue passing the news up the chain of command. As things developed to this point, it was no longer something that anyone below the deputy provincial level could get involved in.

After learning about the situation, Liu Huabo, who had been humiliated during the day, became increasingly angry. How could a veteran regional official like himself be suppressed by Sha Ruijin, who had only been in office in Handong for less than a year?

That evening, the two spoke on the phone again, accusing each other of being irresponsible and not reporting the facts.

Sha Ruijin completely believed what Chen Luo said, and Liu Huabo also believed the situation reported by Gao Changhe. It was one thing for the top leaders to fight, but now the second-in-commands of the provincial government were also fighting.

"Secretary Hua Bo, are you implying that our police officers in Handong violated regulations? That it's Handong's fault?"

"Secretary Ruijin! I reiterate, the Party Secretary of Lieshan County in Jianghai dares to use his official position to prove that this is exactly what happened!"

"Secretary Hua Bo, even Yun Haifeng, the Vice Governor of Handong Province and Director of the Provincial Public Security Department, dares to use his official position to prove that it is your comrades in Jianghai who have problems!"

"Comrade Sha Ruijin, are you saying I'm lying to you?"

"Comrade Huabo, you are a veteran Party member. In terms of seniority, I may not be as good as you. But Comrade Huabo, I, Sha Ruijin, am definitely not a pushover for becoming the Party Secretary of a province. If you continue to respond with such rhetoric, I can tell you clearly that we in Handong will absolutely not agree!"

"At worst, I'll report it to Zhongyang. I want to see if Secretary Hua Bo can really cover up everything!"

"Sha Ruijin, stop accusing me! How have I been trying to cover up everything? It's clearly your Handong faction that's making a scene!"

"You're still not letting it go? The facts are right there. You've been making things up and being blinded by those below you. Comrade Hua Bo, it's okay to be old, but you can't go blind. Are you really so sure that what your Jianghai Lieshan County Party Secretary said is true?"

"Sha Ruijin, please don't resort to personal attacks!"

"I'm just stating the facts, there's no personal attack involved, Comrade Hua Bo, please don't label me."

"I'll ask you one more time, Comrade Ruijin, is this something you're deliberately trying to cause trouble for Jianghai?"

"Comrade Huabo, I would also like to remind you that it is not that we, Handong and Jianghai, have a grudge against each other, but that some cadres in Jianghai have deceived their superiors and violated discipline and the law!"

We in Handong are negotiating with Jianghai from the perspective of upholding the law and fairness!

"Sha Ruijin! Don't be so aggressive!"

"Liu Huabo, don't act like you're superior just because you're old!"

Both of them were cursing and swearing, and their level of provocation was even more intense than that of the provincial government.

Zhou Jianjun didn't engage in any verbal sparring; instead, he made a few demands. One was that Jianghai authorities must investigate thoroughly and at the very least remove the Lieshan County Party Secretary and others from their positions.

Another requirement is that the Jianghai Provincial Public Security Department Director's cover-up behavior must be criticized and punished!

Although there was no verbal assertiveness, these two demands were essentially about stepping on Jiang Hai's head to make the other side apologize, and their arrogance was no less than that of Sha Ruijin.

It was supposed to be Chen Luo's home turf, but Sha Ruijin and Zhou Jianjun stole the spotlight.

Chen Luo could only smile helplessly at this. In fact, if Jianghai had cooperated a little, it wouldn't have escalated to this extent.

It's possible that Jianghai's higher-ups also wanted to prove themselves.

But the outcome won't change! The body camera uploads data to the database in real time. Even if someone is detained and the body camera is smashed, it won't matter. Handong has a solid case in terms of evidence.