Chapter 198 Prison warning, pot falls from the sky
In the same building of the Executive Yuan, on different floors, several executives belonging to the prison system were sitting in a meeting room.
Sitting in the first seat, Liu Bo, the highest official in the prison system, had a stern face and a calm voice: "Who did the explosion on Qiming Street?"
The people below exchanged glances with each other, but no one took up the conversation.
Liu Bo's eyes slowly swept across everyone's faces, finally landing on the middle-aged man on the right, and asked calmly: "Did you do it?"
The middle-aged man was silent for a moment, then slowly shook his head, denying Liu Bo's guess.
Liu Bo then turned his gaze to the hook-nosed man on his left and asked again: "So, you did it?"
The hook-nosed man slowly spread out his hands and smiled coldly:
"This explosion was too loud, and it was only intended to kill Qian Tong, and it was unsuccessful. You should know that this approach is not in line with my style."
Liu Bo frowned and looked at the others: "Is that you or someone else?"
One of the remaining two people waved his arms hastily and denied it repeatedly.
The other one sneered, with a bit of arrogance and disdain in his tone: "I did think of using some means to give Tianguang Capital a serious warning, but the target I chose was not Qian Tong but Qian Huan, and I haven't had time to do it yet."
Seeing that everyone in the room denied it, Liu Bo frowned slightly and his voice became deeper:
"I understand that no one wants to see the Second Prison separated. That would be like taking a piece of meat out of our pot. Therefore, I can understand that everyone has some extreme behaviors in private."
His words suddenly changed direction, and his tone became more serious: "But I want to remind you that before taking any action, we should all communicate with each other."
"If something comes out like this, we can cover it up and look after each other. Otherwise, if you don't say anything and something goes wrong in the future and is discovered, the outside world won't think it was just your impulsive behavior, but will only see it as a collective decision made by our entire prison system."
Even though things had come to this, Liu Bo found that the people below were still keeping silent. No one stood up to take responsibility, and his face couldn't help but become gloomy.
He snorted coldly, with a chill in his tone that could not be ignored: "As soon as the news of the explosion on Qiming Street came out this morning, Chief Consul Lei Ting was furious and immediately summoned me to his office for questioning."
"Although I didn't know which one of you did it at the time, I had to take the blame for you and find a way to push the responsibility onto the construction company."
"The Chief Consul accepted this decision out of consideration for the greater good, but he also severely warned and reprimanded me. I will now relay the Chief Consul's original words to you."
Liu Bo paused for a moment, then imitated the chief executive's unique majestic tone and slowly repeated: "Behind Tianguang Capital stands the Guangming Group, not those stray cats and dogs that can't chew bones. So, use some extremely radical means less, lest you push them too far and even overturn the table and the pot, then no one will have food to eat."
Hearing this, the hook-nosed man suddenly sneered, his tone full of strong dissatisfaction and anger: "According to what the Chief Consul said, he wants to force us to hand over the Second Prison to someone else, and we are not allowed to resist. Does the Executive Government serve the Guangming Group exclusively? Isn't the Chief Consul sitting on the wrong side of the fence?"
Liu Bo's gaze pierced the hook-nosed man like an icy blade. He was almost certain in his heart that the explosion on Qiming Street was the work of the hook-nosed man in front of him.
His voice was cold and firm, and every word was powerful:
"There is a chance to resist, but it must be done within the rules of the table."
"If you can prove that you have the ability to make the prison bring in rich tax revenue for the Executive Government, instead of turning it into a bottomless pit that requires financial subsidies every year, even the Chief Consul will not be able to force us to cede the Second Prison. Otherwise..."
Liu Bo's patience had been exhausted, and he was too lazy to say anything more:
"Otherwise, just obey the orders of the Consulate. Don't risk your political future against the Chief Consul, and don't drag everyone down with you."
Liu Bo slammed the table, stood up and walked out of the meeting room.
The door was slammed shut, and his stern warning echoed in the room: "Behave yourself for the next six months, or I will kick you out of the prison system myself without the Chief Consul having to do anything."
In the meeting room, the air seemed to freeze and there was a silence. Silence spread among everyone, and everyone's face was filled with suspicion and distrust.
After a moment, the hooked nose broke the silence.
His eyes swept across his colleagues who were looking at each other in confusion, and the corners of his mouth suddenly stretched exaggeratedly to his ears, revealing a playful smile.
His voice was full of provocation and he said slowly, "I know I didn't do it, and you all claimed that it wasn't you who did it. This is really interesting. Could it be that Governor Liu is playing the 'thief crying thief' game here, and he did it himself?"
The hook-nosed man clapped his hands lightly in the air, making a crisp sound of applause, and laughed wantonly: "It can't be that the Guangming Group is fighting among itself, hahahaha."
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The middle-aged man frowned, interrupted the hook-nosed man's joke with an unhappy look, and said in a heavy tone: "Well, now that things have come to this, mutual suspicion will not help, but will damage our unity. You should stop complaining."
"Fortunately, the Qiming Street explosion only killed some insignificant people, and Qian Tong did not die in the explosion. This is a blessing in disguise."
"There is still room for maneuver between us and Tianguang Capital, or Guangming Group. From now on, everyone should exercise restraint and not cause any more trouble."
"Also, notify the relevant personnel of the Second Prison to strengthen management in the near future and ensure that the people under their command behave themselves. Do not try to offend the higher-ups during this sensitive period."
Soon, everyone left the meeting room and made phone calls.
In the Second Prison, the division chiefs of several areas received phone calls and instructions from the big bosses to whom they belonged within the prison system.
Most of the instructions mean the same thing - that is, to cooperate with the prison warden Qian Huan as much as possible in the near future and to avoid being caught by the other party in any way.
Of course, there may be one or two phone calls that contain other meanings, or whether the people below will completely obey the instructions after receiving them. We will have to wait until the event happens to find out.
After all, as we all know, humans are always the most complex and most difficult to tame creatures in the world. Especially when they hold a little power in their hands, there will always be a small number of people whose selfish thoughts will be magnified without limit and become difficult to control.
Almost at the same time, prison guard Feng Mu also received a call and received an important piece of intelligence...
(End of this chapter)
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