official career

If something happens to the county magistrate during normal times, Qin Feng, as the county party secretary, needs to convene a standing committee meeting immediately to report the situation, stabilize morale, and ensure that the work of the county government is not affected.

However, since Qin Feng himself was also under investigation, he has not carried out this work. Although the inspection team did not give any conclusion on Qin Feng, Qin Feng still insisted on doing so. This is a kind of political awareness.

Qin Feng went directly back to Yian that night and arrived at his own office in the county party committee early the next morning.

The first thing Qin Feng did when he entered the office was to call the executive deputy county magistrate Deng Yong to his office.

Like Qin Feng, Deng Yong was also called in for a talk by the inspection team yesterday.

Deng Yong walked into Qin Feng's office.

"Mayor Qin!"

"sit!"

Deng Yong sat down respectfully in front of Qin Feng. In Qin Feng's eyes, Deng Yong was an "honest man", a truly trustworthy person who did more and talked less. It was based on these qualities of Deng Yong that Qin Feng promoted Deng Yong to the position of executive deputy county magistrate.

"Mayor Qin, I want to apologize to you." Deng Yong took the initiative to speak.

"Review what?"

"Such a big thing happened at the county government this time, and I am responsible."

Qin Feng did not deny Deng Yong's words. As the executive deputy county magistrate, Deng Yong must be responsible.

"We are definitely responsible. You can't escape this, and neither can I. But now is not the time to discuss who is responsible."

"After all our hard work, Yian has finally seen some improvement and we have seen hope. We must not let this incident affect the overall development of Yian." Qin Feng said slowly.

Deng Yong nodded.

"I called you here today to ask you a few questions."

"Mayor, please ask." Deng Yong was very serious and respectful.

"First, up to now, I still don't know exactly which link went wrong. Whether it's Cao Changsheng or Wang Bingrong's company, they all brought this upon themselves. I don't care whether they live or die. What I care about is where exactly Yi'an made the mistake. Moreover, I want to know whether this is a single, local problem or a problem with the entire system."

"You are the executive deputy county magistrate, and you are also in charge of transportation and construction. You should have a clear account of these in your mind." Qin Feng asked Deng Yong.

The problem this time is in the construction field, which is the area that Deng Yong is in charge of. Although Cao Changsheng is behind this matter, it is impossible for Deng Yong to get around it.

The fact that Deng Yong can sit here safely shows that Deng Yong is not involved in Cao Changsheng's affairs, and with Deng Yong's character, it is impossible for him to be involved. In the whole Yian, if there is someone Qin Feng trusts the most, that person must be Deng Yong, although Qin Feng and Deng Yong do not have much personal relationship.

"Mayor Qin, I assure you that there are absolutely no problems in Yian's transportation construction. At least in the past two years since I took charge of this work, there have been absolutely no problems." Deng Yong said very firmly.

"So, it is even less likely that there will be systemic corruption in the construction sector."

"Although County Mayor Changsheng intervened in the bidding process of these projects, allowing Wang Bingrong's company to successfully win many projects, there were no problems with the entire bidding process in terms of procedures, and there will definitely be no problems in the construction process. I can guarantee this."

"It's not that County Magistrate Changsheng didn't give me instructions, but I didn't follow through because I had some conflicts with him over these matters."

Deng Yong is a down-to-earth person. He doesn't speak in official language or with ulterior motives. He speaks the truth, and now it has come to this, it is impossible for him not to tell the truth.

"Although the inspection team did not give any explanation, I can basically confirm that the problem this time is with the cultural and tourism project. Although I participated in this work in the early stages, it was actually in charge of Deng Liming, and County Mayor Changsheng deliberately excluded me." Deng Yong said it even more bluntly.

Qin Feng nodded. What Deng Yong said was almost the same as what he guessed. Deng Liming, like Cao Changsheng, had not come out since she joined the inspection team.

"So how big do you think the problem is? Is it a problem with individual projects, or is there a big problem with the entire cultural and tourism construction project?" Qin Feng asked.

"I can't jump to conclusions on this, but I estimate that there will definitely be problems with individual projects, but it won't be to the extent that the entire cultural and tourism construction project will have major problems." Deng Yong said very realistically.

After Deng Yong said this, Qin Feng felt more confident. He was now afraid that there would be systemic corruption problems this time.

"The problem has already occurred. The current situation is beyond our control. Even the city cannot control it. So we can only wait and see. The only way is to wait."

"But we cannot afford any more problems during this critical period. Deng Yong, you must shoulder the burden of the county government and work harder. You must do three things: first, the county government must ensure stability. Second, important projects under construction cannot be stopped. Third, the tourism market must not be affected in any way."

Deng Yong nodded: "After I go back, I will convene a government team meeting to stabilize the morale and unify the understanding. Then I will assign tasks to several comrades. Each comrade will be responsible for several specific tasks, and the responsibilities will be assigned to individuals to ensure that all key projects are not affected."

Deng Yong is a practical man and doesn't say much nice words.

"But there is one project that may be a little difficult to handle." Deng Yong continued.

"Which project?"

"The Times Square project invested by Huayang Group." Deng Yong said.

Huayang Group is Xiao Jianan’s company, and Times Square is the Yangtze River Economic Circle project invested by Xiao Jianan. The Yangtze River Economic Circle is the term used in Yian County, referring to the entire designated Yangtze River Economic Circle. Times Square is the most central and core project in the Yangtze River Economic Circle. It is a super-large commercial project that includes two super-large commercial complexes and a commercial pedestrian street, as well as two apartment buildings that integrate commercial and office buildings.

Yian County hopes to use this project as the core to drive the development of the entire Yangjiang economic circle and build this entire area into the commercial center of Yian, which some people jokingly call the CBD of Yian.

After the successful promotion in the cultural and tourism market, this project has become Yian’s most important and core project.

“What’s wrong with this project?”

"It is because of the impact of this incident that this project has been halted. The inspection team and related units have entered the Xiquan branch of Huayang Group to conduct a comprehensive investigation. It is said that President Xiao was also called in for investigation today." Deng Yong continued.

Qin Feng frowned. It seemed that his investigation into Xiao Jianan and Huayang Group was affected by the matter of Cao Changsheng and Wang Bingrong. After all, Wang Bingrong had invested in this project. However, Qin Feng was keenly aware that this matter was still aimed at him. Both this project and Xiao Jianan were introduced by Qin Feng.

Right from the start, the project was halted and a full investigation was launched. The attitude was to get to the bottom of the matter and find out some problems.