Chapter 150 - 150 149 Everyone's Here

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150: Chapter 149 Everyone’s Here 150: Chapter 149 Everyone’s Here “Ooh! Ooh!” Xu Haijiang, who had been hopping along, started to make a ruckus as soon as he heard Ren Peiling say she was going to report to the county leaders, but with a shoe stuffed in his mouth, he couldn’t say a word, just flustered and anxious. Whether Xu Haijiang liked it or not, this was a major issue, and County Party Secretary Li Tianyang and Mayor Xiao Yanzi rushed to Taiping Town together. “Slap!” Li Tianyang slammed the table fiercely, staring at Xu Haijiang who had been untied but still had indentations like a string of sausages, he said vehemently, “Investigate! We must investigate! Get to the bottom of this! I want to see just who dares to be so brazen!” “That village up ahead! It must have been those troublemakers from that village ahead! And... and Liu Hun! Right, right, right! That damned brat!” Xu Haijiang, holding his battered face in his hands, comically yelled like a sunflower. Xiao Yanzi did not speak, but she cast a meaningful glance at Ren Peiling, with someone coming to mind. After three days of investigation—nothing! On the day of the incident, Liu Hun was having food and drinks at the Ke Yunlai Restaurant, and the whole restaurant full of people could testify. The lads from the village had been performing a play at the Taiping Town market, with witnesses everywhere. Not a single one could provide an exact time, as they were all just having a good time, not bothering to watch the clock. “Secretary Li, since we can’t figure out anything about this incident right now, I have another matter I’d like to inquire about,” Xiao Yanzi, sitting on the deputy’s side, flipped her hair and said to Li Tianyang. Li Tianyang looked at Xiao Yanzi like a juicy, bone-in Dongpo pork elbow, mouthwatering yet wary of biting into a hard bone and chipping a tooth, so he had always held back. “Mayor Xiao, ask whatever you need to,” Li Tianyang said simply. Xiao Yanzi scanned the conference room; everyone related to Taiping Town who ought to be there was there, even Xu Haijiang, whose face had been trashed a few days ago, came gritting his teeth to make an appearance in front of Li Tianyang. Xiao Yanzi cleared her throat and asked Xu Haijiang with a serious face, “Group Leader Xu, since you’re so sure that the villagers from that village ahead are the ones who assaulted you, I would like to know, why are you so certain?” Xu Haijiang stiffened his neck and replied, “That’s because the Township Government has been delayed in issuing the planned development funds for the village ahead! This has led to the villagers’ hopes being dashed! That’s why this accident occurred.” After saying this, Xu Haijiang deliberately glanced at Ren Peiling. Frowning, Xiao Yanzi turned to Ren Peiling and asked, “Mayor Ren, did this really happen?” Ren Peiling nodded, first had Little Liu distribute the development plans Xu Haijiang had laid out to everyone present, and once everyone had more or less understood, she finally spoke, “Mayor Xiao, Secretary Li, you’ve seen it. This is Group Leader Xu’s development plan for the village ahead.” “This outline is very good, I think it’s excellent. It’s clear that Group Leader Xu is making great efforts to secure benefits for the villagers. He is our commendable official!” Li Tianyang put down the document in his hand and said, sealing Xu Haijiang’s report with a stamp of validation as assured as a pig awaiting sale! Seeing that the boss had already spoken in his favor, Xu Haijiang’s spirits lifted, his backbone stiffened, and he sneered inwardly, ‘Ren Peiling, Ren Peiling, what can you do now? Dare you call that thug Liu Hun to hit me again!’ “Secretary Li, a plan like that for the village ahead is good, but! But there’s a catch,” Ren Peiling immediately said to Li Tianyang, her mind silently going over the plans laid out by Liu Hun. “What catch?” Li Tianyang asked with a frown. “I’d like to invite someone to give a report to Secretary Li and Mayor Xiao. He knows more about the affairs of the village ahead than I do and is more qualified to speak,” Ren Peiling proposed to the two leaders. Li Tianyang and Xiao Yanzi exchanged courteous inquiries and then nodded to Ren Peiling, who immediately had Little Liu call in the person waiting in the courtyard. “Liu Hun?! You little shit! You dare to show your face after hitting me?!” Xu Haijiang, seeing Liu Hun entering, suddenly stood up, infuriated. Although there was no evidence, over the past few days, he had pieced together that it was definitely Liu Hun who had orchestrated the beating. Xiao Yanzi immediately frowned and said in a cold voice, “Team leader Xu, please watch your language and manner of speaking!” Being reprimanded by his superior made Xu Haijiang’s face turn red, and he muttered under his breath that the bitch was ridden by men in bed all the same, suppressing him here, but one day she would be taken care of by Secretary Li! Liu Hun, neither humble nor arrogant, paid his respects to Xiao Yanzi and Li Tianyang with the right mix of courtesy. Then, he explained the specific situation of the village in a reasoned manner, while Ren Peiling chimed in at the key moments, precisely producing the relevant documents. “Xu Haijiang’s methods are all about sucking up to the higher-ups, all grandiose and hollow words that harm the villagers of Qiantou Village, completely ineffective! Apart from making the township’s finances disappear into thin air, it has no benefit whatsoever! In a nutshell, if the pollution isn’t dealt with, the existence of Qiantou Village is a problem, let alone any development!” Liu Hun finished his passionate speech, leaving everyone in the meeting room stunned and overwhelmed by his words. When he had faced Chen Ren alone last time, he felt that Chen had an extraordinary presence, surely a man capable of great things. Unexpectedly, today when it came to talking about professional matters such as planning development and pollution treatment, he was also articulate and compelling. This man was not just any ordinary farmer, his every move was more daunting than many so-called successful people, no wonder Ren Peiling ran around so tirelessly to help him. Liu Hun, he would have to carefully consider what kind of man he was! Xiao Yanzi thought to herself, as it had been many years since she had met such a man, let alone a farmer from the mountains. This kid really had some skills, his work was impeccable. No wonder he could bring down Xie Heguo and Chen Ren. Right now, he was just a farmer, but if he started to mix in the bigger circles, who knew what he might stir up. Taiping Town, even Anchang County and Yuhua City, might not be able to contain him. Li Tianyang inwardly sighed. Seeing such radiance in this young man kindled both admiration and jealousy in him. He couldn’t let Liu Hun continue to cause trouble any longer, at least not while he still had the power to contain him! “Cough cough cough!” Li Tianyang coughed twice and said, “This little Guan, Mayor Ye. It’s apparent that you have also been working diligently for Qiantou Village, for our Taiping Town. But, what are we pursuing now? It’s development! Development is the key principle! Some so-called pollution, well, that exists everywhere. Besides, these are just your claims, have you put them into practice? Is there an environmental evaluation by a professional institution? How can you just negate Team leader Xu’s efforts so easily! I think that’s really inappropriate!” “Yes!” Suddenly a voice exploded in the meeting room. Li Tianyang and Xiao Yanzi, too, were taken aback before turning to look. It was Xu Haijiang! Xu Haijiang stood up slowly with the air of a martyr sacrificing himself for his country, speaking solemnly as if giving a eulogy at a state funeral, “Secretary Li! County Chief Xiao! I, Xu Haijiang, have exhausted all my efforts and endured great hardships for Qiantou Village, for our Taiping Town! Everybody has seen the pain I’ve endured! And now!” he said, indignantly pointing at Liu Hun and Ren Peiling, “I’ve been publicly slandered by these two, my hard work and efforts labeled as empty and hollow!” Listening to Xu Haijiang’s pathetic attempt at moving people, everyone around felt waves of disgust, almost vomiting up their meals from the previous night—his speech was completely different from what Liu Hun had said, lacking any practical substance. “Xu Haijiang, enough with the useless blabber, get to the point! Why do you think you are right, and we are wrong? Why should the town’s finances be squandered just to go along with you?” Liu Hun cut Xu Haijiang off and questioned him directly. He had a hunch that Xu Haijiang had come prepared today, and not seeing Xu’s true intentions only made him feel more uncertain. Xu Haijiang, looking smug, loudly said, “As Secretary Li stated, without practice, there is no qualification to speak! But we can’t just plant a tree in Qiantou Village and wait a few months to see if it dies or survives to make a judgment, can we? Since that doesn’t work, then we have to go back to what Secretary Li said: professional institutional evaluation! Scientific outlook on development! We have to be scientific! Secretary Li, County Chief Xiao, you agree, don’t you?” One mention of Secretary Li after another made Xiao Yanzi very uncomfortable. She asked with a stony face, “What exactly do you mean? Be clear!” Xu Haijiang, looking provocatively at Liu Hun and Ren Peiling, then said, “I’ve already invited a nationally renowned environmental evaluation institution to assess the soil and water quality of Qiantou Village! With the evaluation results, we will decide if Qiantou Village is suitable for my development outline or not. Secretary Li, would you say this approach is appropriate?” Li Tianyang immediately nodded and said agreeably, “Appropriate, very appropriate! This is the scientific outlook on development! We want both development and science! So it’s settled, we’ll use the assessment by the evaluation institution as the standard to judge whether Qiantou Village is suitable for Team leader Xu’s development outline.” Li Tianyang’s statement was definitive, leaving no room for backing out. Ren Peiling looked at Liu Hun worriedly. They had planned to challenge Xu Haijiang’s empty outline today, but didn’t expect to be outmaneuvered. With the cat already halfway out of the bag, was Liu Hun still unaware of Xu Haijiang’s game? He certainly was, and he understood even more clearly that Li Tianyang was siding with Xu Haijiang, even to the point of performing a duet here. As long as Xu Haijiang could bribe the so-called evaluation institution to produce a false report, Li Tianyang would immediately approve it without needing to take a look at Qiantou Village, firmly settling the matter. Then, the hardworking Qiantou Village would fall into Xu Haijiang’s hands, and even Ren Peiling’s position could be jeopardized because of this issue. What exactly were this little Guan and little Ye up to? Weren’t they being led by the nose? Xiao Yanzi was also worried sick in her heart. “Since Secretary Li has already spoken, let’s now invite the evaluator from Yanlan Biotechnology Co., Ltd. to announce the environmental evaluation report of Qiantou Village!” Xu Haijiang finished speaking and patted the shoulder of someone next to him, signaling for him to stand up and speak.

Chapter 150 - 150 149 Everyone's Here

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