As the first secretary of the municipal party committee, Li Rui has a wide circle of friends.

Almost every time a secretary takes office, he or she will give his or her secretary a task, which is to make as many friends as possible. Of course, these friends are mainly within the system.

What is a secretary? It is the eyes of the secretary.

If the secretary wants to be able to see through everything, he needs the secretary to help him ask questions and look.

The same was true of Li Rui, who had awakened Huo Guangdi when he first took office.

Half a year is enough time for him to make many friends.

He is a favorite of the secretary. Although he is only at the section chief level, after he goes down, the deputy division chiefs have to serve him well, and even the division chiefs have to give him face.

A new emperor appoints new ministers. He is considered a close minister. If the officials below want to see the secretary, they have to ask him to arrange a time first, otherwise, your message will not be heard by the emperor.

This is his capital.

It is easier to get things done if you have many friends.

Li Rui interpreted this sentence very well.

The next afternoon, Li Rui came back from outside. As soon as he entered the office, he didn't have time to deal with the work at hand, and hurried to see Huo Guangdi.

Huo Guangdi had just finished talking with Secretary Liao from the Discipline Inspection Commission, who looked a little puzzled.

Seeing Li Rui, Secretary Liao nodded slightly, walked a few steps, and then came back to Li Rui and said with a smile: "Are you busy, Xiao Li?"

"It's okay, it's okay, Secretary Liao is busy."

Li Rui quickly greeted him.

Secretary Liao casually asked, "Xiao Li, you weren't here this morning?"

"Yes, I went out to do something."

"Working for Secretary Huo?"

"No, I'm doing some personal business."

"Oh, okay, then you go ahead and get busy."

Secretary Liao hesitated for a moment and finally left.

Li Rui entered Huo Guangdi's office.

"What did Secretary Liao ask you just now?" Huo Guangdi asked with a smile.

Li Rui poured him another cup of tea and said with a smile, "He seemed to want to ask, but didn't."

"hehe."

Huo Guangdi smiled, changed the subject, and asked, "How is the investigation going?"

Li Rui said: "Basically everything has been investigated clearly."

"Okay, come sit down and talk."

Huo Guangdi walked to the sofa and sat down, calling Li Rui to come over.

Li Rui closed the door, then came over and sat down and began to report on his work.

"Tang Xiaobao's good classmate is called Ji Xueping. He reported to the Shenlong Group this morning and is now the assistant to Qin Mingyue, the marketing director of the Shenlong Group. Yesterday afternoon, Ji Xueping was with a man driving a Volkswagen Sagitar. Oh, that man was most likely Tang Xiaobao. He must have disguised himself at the time, so he was not recognized. When sending Ji Xueping back to the community, he passed by Tongfo Road and encountered an elderly person fainted on the sidewalk. The elderly person was Cheng Kun's mother. Cheng Kun's mother was already dead at the time, but Ji Xueping didn't know. She got out of the car to check and found that the elderly person had passed away. She kindly called the police, but unexpectedly Cheng Kun and his wife suddenly arrived and finally pestered Ji Xueping, insisting that she pay 500,000 yuan in compensation. Finally, the director of the Back Street Police Station, Jin Wan, also came and persuaded both parties to settle privately... Later, I asked someone to retrieve the surveillance video of that section of road and found that the surveillance was not working during the period when the defendant was told."

"In other words, the surveillance records might have been deleted or destroyed?"

Huo Guangdi interrupted Li Rui and asked.

Li Rui said: "There is no evidence to prove this. The reason they gave was that the surveillance equipment on that section of road was under maintenance, which is normal. Of course, we can't rule out the possibility that someone deleted the video recording."

Just as he finished speaking, Li Rui's cell phone rang.

"Go ahead and answer the phone first," said Huo Guangdi.

Li Rui checked his phone and said, "Text message... Oh, I got it."

"What's going on?"

"I just went to look around the scene of the incident and found a camera installed outside a department store. I persuaded the boss at that time, hoping that he could provide the surveillance video, but he was hesitant. The text message just now was sent by him. He said that before I went to find him, someone had already found him and paid money to buy his video. Fortunately, he made a back-up copy after the incident. He said that he could provide this video, but on the premise that he should not be held legally responsible." Li Rui said.

Huo Guangdi's eyes lit up: "It seems that Tang Xiaobao is not lying. It is really Cheng Kun who is blackmailing him."

Li Rui nodded. "Yes, they have something to hide. They were able to bribe the traffic police, get Jin Wanshan to speak for them, and even pay nearby businesses to get videos. This shows that Cheng Kun is also an extremely smart person with a very careful mind. It's a pity that if we could get the videos from the businesses and Tang Xiaobao's dashcam, it would be enough to prove the truth. Oh, and one more thing. I asked my friends at the court. Cheng Kun and his wife are very unfilial to their elderly mother. The old woman has even been beaten by her daughter-in-law many times. Neighbors reported that the old woman also has heart disease and other illnesses, and also suffers from Alzheimer's disease."

"They even beat the elderly. Is this still a human being? Is this still the family member of a government official? This is simply outrageous. It's absolutely outrageous. How could there be such a disobedient and unfilial person? Go on, please continue."

Huo Guangdi was very angry.

Li Rui paused before saying, "I already mentioned Bai Zhen, the president of the Intermediate Court, last night. My investigation revealed similar results. However, the person who really played a role in this case was probably Vice President Ouyang Ping. Friends at the court reported that Cheng Kun secretly hosted Ouyang Ping and another court president at a restaurant in Jiangbei last night."

"Humph, these fearless guys actually dare to do such a thing! Aren't they afraid of losing their jobs?"

Huo Guangdi's face looked a little bad.

Li Rui didn't say anything.

Huo Guangdi suddenly asked, "What about Bai Zhen? Is his bottom so clean?"

After hesitating for a moment, seeing Huo Guangdi looking over, Li Rui coughed and said, "Bai Zhen is a very careful person. I personally don't believe he has no problems. But I'm not sure we can find out anything about his financial affairs. However, it's true that he has two mistresses. So, if we really want to investigate, we can only use the name of his lifestyle as an excuse. We should be able to find out something."

“No one is perfect!”

Huo Guangdi finally gave this answer.

Li Rui was a little confused and asked carefully, "Then why don't you check it?"

"Check, why not?"

Huo Guangdi said, "However, let Secretary Liao investigate this matter. It just so happens that this is also the job of their Discipline Inspection Commission. So, you can call Secretary Liao later and tell him my intentions in a subtle way. If he is smart, he will know what to do. If he doesn't appreciate this favor, then don't blame me for being rude in the future. He has arranged a lot of people, and Bai Zhen is a good breakthrough point."

Li Rui understood immediately and gave a thumbs up: "Boss, this is a brilliant move!"