District Party Committee Office Building.

Inside the meeting room.

Tian Liwei looked at the members on both sides of the conference table and pointed at Xie Lanzhi, who was standing next to him with a beautiful appearance and a noble and elegant demeanor.

"Come on, welcome Comrade Xie Lanzhi to join our Yunzhen team. Let's applaud!"

“Pah, pah, pah—!”

Deputy District Mayor Liu Tong, who was sitting in the front, was the first to applaud.

Others also joined in, looking very happy.

Xie Lanzhi took a step forward and said loudly: "I am new here. If there is anything I have done wrong, please point it out. Yunzhen is the heartland of our China. I will definitely work hard for the progress and development of Yunzhen."

"Well said!"

Tian Liwei took the lead in cheering and clapped very respectfully.

Assistant Li Kui stepped forward and said, "Deputy Secretary Xie, please sit here." He directed Xie Lanzhi to sit on the left side of the main seat.

Xie Lanzhi nodded slightly and raised his hand to Tian Liwei: "Secretary, shall we begin?"

Tian Liwei's expression changed very quickly, he frowned, and sat down in the main seat.

He glanced at the crowd and said in a deep voice, "I called you all together today for three things. The first thing is that over the past two years, the nine counties and districts in Yunzhen have owed teachers a total of tens of millions of yuan in salary. Last month, the Beijing Municipal Government allocated 7 million yuan. Someone took advantage of my ignorance of the situation and asked me to sign a contract to subsidize the money to the village and town support project."

His gloomy and sharp eyes stared straight at Liu Tong, who was sitting on his right.

Liu Tong lowered his eyes, looking calm and composed, as if nothing had happened to him.

Someone frowned and asked, "Such a big thing, why didn't the higher-ups inform you?"

"Bang!" Tian Liwei slammed the table hard and said through gritted teeth, "Well said! I also want to know why some people did not report it even though they had clearly received the notice of the transfer of funds! What do you think, Deputy District Chief Liu?"

Liu Tong looked surprised and opened his eyes wide in fear: "Secretary, are you doubting me?"

Tian Liwei was so angry when he saw his innocent look, and he had no place to vent his anger.

He gritted his teeth and said, "One month ago, when the Beijing District Committee called to inform us of the funding, it was you who answered the phone!"

Liu Tong frowned and said, "I went to the countryside that day and was not in the office building."

Tian Liwei said sinisterly: "The call came at 8 o'clock in the evening, and you came back at 7:30 that day."

"Really?" Liu Tong looked thoughtful and said doubtfully, "I drank too much that day. When the villagers knew that we would definitely support 10,000 mu of orchards this year, they were all very happy and refused to let me leave. By the time I sobered up and regained consciousness, it was already daybreak."

This statement undoubtedly admitted that he had indeed received the notification of funding from Beijing City.

Tian Liwei was so angry that his face twisted and he stood up suddenly.

"Good job Liu Tong! It's really you!"

"What are you thinking, kid? Subsidizing teachers' salaries to support villages and towns, that's the salary of tens of thousands of people."

Liu Tong slumped in his chair, clasped his hands in front of his chest, and said in a desperate tone:

"Secretary Tian, ​​the Beijing-Zhenzhen Expressway has been delayed in opening, and tens of thousands of acres of orchards are about to mature. If the fruits cannot be transported out of Yunzhen, the people's hard-earned money will be wasted. They are counting on a good harvest this year to support their families. Teachers' salaries can be paid at any time, but tens of thousands of acres of orchards can't wait."

Tian Liwei said ruthlessly: "I can't wait! You can't deceive your superiors and subordinates and act on your own!"

Liu Tong: "Since you can't guarantee the safety of the people's property, you shouldn't have allowed them to plant large orchards in the past two years. They rely on those few acres of land for their livelihood. You are destroying their jobs. If you don't solve the problem, something bad will happen sooner or later!"

Tian Liwei: "Things need to be solved one by one! You acted first and asked for permission later. You will be punished severely for this!"

"It's a demerit, so be it! If you can, take me off!"

Liu Tong stood up slowly, glanced at Tian Liwei with a sneer, turned around and walked out.

Dayou, I don’t submit to you, you can do whatever you want!

Xie Lanzhi, who was sitting on the left side of the main seat, called out in a low voice: "Deputy District Chief Liu, please stay."

Liu Tong turned around, drooping his eyelids and asked calmly, "Deputy Secretary Xie, is there anything?"

Xie Lanzhi raised his lips slightly, and asked gently, "The seven million was spent through your hands. Did you keep a clear record of where each sum was spent?"

"Every penny is remembered clearly."

Liu Tong raised his jaw slightly, his voice was firm, and every word he spoke had a sound.

Xie Lanzhi instructed Li Kui behind him: "Go and ask Deputy District Chief Liu to return to his seat."

"Yes, Deputy Secretary Xie——"

Li Kui personally invited everyone back to their original seats and sat down.

Everyone sitting in the conference room looked at each other silently, with ambiguous emotions flashing in their eyes.

When Tian Liwei saw this scene, he was so angry that he was snorting, but he dared not say anything.

Xie Lanzhi lifted his eyelids and stared at him, a faint smile escaped his thin lips: "Secretary Tian, ​​now that the matter has been clarified, is it time to announce the good news?"

Tian Liwei took a deep breath and glanced at everyone: "Previously, the bidding and investment projects have always been our biggest dilemma. Now I announce that Yunzhen will soon welcome our first investor, the Guo family, the richest family in Hong Kong."

"Just half an hour ago, the Guo family's 1 billion security deposit has arrived!"

"The demolition compensation for the southern district will be distributed today, the commercial city will start construction soon, and the Beijing-Shenzhen Expressway will be opened this year. Our Yunzhen really has hope this time!"

Tian Liwei announced the good news excitedly, and the huge conference room fell into an eerie silence.

"This...is this true? You didn't lie to us?"

Liu Tong widened his eyes and spoke haltingly, breaking the silence in the room.

Tian Liwei looked down at him and sneered, "I'm not as cunning as you. Don't think that everyone is the same as you!"

Liu Tong's eyes were burning with anger. "What are you talking about! If you hadn't encouraged the people to develop orchards two years ago, saying that the prospects would be very good, the fruit farmers wouldn't be in the predicament they are in now!"

Tian Liwei's voice was even louder than his: "I have clearly said before that the Beijing-Zhenzhou Expressway will be opened this year. By then, the fruits from Yunzhen can be transported to other cities for sale!"

Liu Tong pointed at his nose and shouted, "You said the same thing last year, which caused so many apples and pears to rot in the fields!

The fruit farmers are already getting impatient. Once they make a fuss and the situation gets out of control, what can you do to appease them?"

Tian Liwei: "There are risks in doing anything. If we can't sell it externally this year, we will digest it internally. Yunzhen has millions of people. Are you still afraid that we can't sell it?"

Liu Tong: "How do they sell the fruits? Do they carry them to the county town on a shoulder pole? Tian Liwei, you should really go to the countryside to see what kind of life the grassroots fruit farmers are living!"

"Liu Tong, who are you yelling at? When I was working in the countryside, you hadn't even joined the government yet!"

"Tian Liwei! Your presence is the biggest failure of Yunzhen..."

Xie Lanzhi saw that the two were arguing more and more fiercely, and observed the other people around them, and found that they looked like they were used to it.