A Tale of Two Cities Supporting Xinjiang

After the test was completed, Zhou Mingyu did not rush to leave the scene.

"Zhitong, make copies of all the test reports the experts gave me, annotate them in both Uyghur and Chinese, draw simple diagrams, and send them to all the herders' homes."

"Director, haven't everyone seen the test results? Do we need to send them again?"

"Aren't there still some herders who haven't arrived yet? We must be extra careful in our work to avoid any misunderstandings."

Furthermore, water quality and water level monitoring will be conducted every quarter, and the results will be posted at the village committee entrance so that everyone can view and monitor the situation at any time.

After Zhou Mingyu's guidance, Yang Zhitong was greatly inspired. He then visited each villager's home and delivered the test results.

Of course, for those herders who cannot read, this simple diagram is useful, allowing them to understand the test results more intuitively.

The herders completely put their worries aside. Several villagers who had previously blocked the construction site approached Yang Zhitong and said apologetically, "Director Yang, we misunderstood before. We're sorry."

Now that we know the project is for everyone's benefit, we want to help build protective barriers for the pipelines so that we can protect the water of Qianquan Lake together!

Yang Zhitong nodded with a smile: "Great! With everyone's help, the project will definitely progress faster, and things will only get better and better at Qianquan Lake!"

After sneaking away from the Qianquan Lake testing site, Ma Haitao was terrified.

The thought of Zhou Mingyu saying he would handle it according to the rules made him restless.

If they are held accountable, not only will they be unable to work in Qianquan Lake, but they will also find it difficult to take on any projects in the future.

After much deliberation, Ma Haitao dialed Boss Wang's number, pleading, "Brother Wang, please help me talk to Director Zhou again."

I know I was wrong, and I'll never spread rumors again. Please help me this last time.

After a few seconds of silence on the other end of the phone, Boss Wang's helpless voice came through: "Haitao, it's not that I don't want to help you, it's just that Director Zhou is completely unreasonable."

I just mentioned it to him when I had a chance, and he immediately snapped back, saying that following the rules is the bottom line, and no amount of pleading on anyone's behalf will help.

"What you did was truly outrageous. Inciting the herders to protest at the construction site affected the project's progress. No one should be let off lightly in your place."

"Did he really say that? Is it really necessary to be so heartless?"

"They said you were spreading rumors and inciting the masses, and that you must be dealt with seriously."

Boss Wang sighed: "I advise you to honestly admit your mistake and try to get a lighter sentence. Don't cause any more trouble."

After hanging up the phone, Ma Haitao slammed his phone onto the steering wheel and cursed, "You Zhou Mingyu, you're clearly targeting me on purpose."

They stole my project during the bidding process, and now they're using this to manipulate me, trying to make sure I can never recover, right?

Ma Haitao didn't think he had done anything wrong at all; instead, he blamed all his grievances and anger on Zhou Mingyu.

In his view, he was just trying to stand up for local enterprises, but Zhou Mingyu was biased towards the outsider Tianye Group and now wanted to take advantage of the situation to destroy him.

"Trying to mess with me? Not so easy!"

A ruthless glint flashed in Ma Haitao's eyes, and a vicious thought popped into his head.

He took out his phone and found the boss who had previously competed with him for the Qianquan Lake supporting project but had all failed.

That evening, Ma Haitao invited the three men to his private club. As soon as they met, he began to pour out his grievances, his tone full of inflammatory rhetoric: "Guys, tell me, isn't Zhou Mingyu going too far in bullying us?"

Boss Li immediately chimed in, "That's right! Local companies were bidding, but they deliberately gave the project to Tianye Group from out of town. Isn't that blatant favoritism towards outsiders and suppression of us locals?"

"It's more than just favoritism!"

I simply mentioned to my fellow villagers that the project might affect the water source, and he wouldn't let it go, insisting on dealing with me according to the rules.

He's using me as an example to deter others.

If you can mess with me today, you can mess with me tomorrow.

"If this continues, we'll have no chance of survival at Thousand Springs Lake!"

The tall, thin boss, Mr. Zhang, frowned. "What can we do? He's the deputy director of the management committee. We can't just confront him head-on."

"If a direct confrontation doesn't work, we'll resort to underhanded tactics!"

Ma Haitao sidled up to the group and said, "Isn't he trying to protect the project and his job? Let's start with the project."

They fabricated some engineering quality issues, forged some evidence, and pinned the blame on him, claiming that he had accepted bribes from Tianye Group, which allowed him to slack off on the project.

If things blow up, not only will he lose his job, but his reputation will be completely ruined!

Mr. Li hesitated, "Will this work? What if it gets found out..."

"What are you afraid of?"

Ma Haitao put down his wine glass and interrupted him directly, "Zhou Mingyu is not clean to begin with!"

Think about it, with such a huge project like Tianye Group, how could he not take any benefits?

This time, we've fabricated evidence so meticulously that it's impossible to distinguish truth from falsehood; we guarantee it will be conclusive in every investigation!

These words immediately struck a nerve with the other three people.

They were already furious about losing the bid, and when they heard that they could bring down Zhou Mingyu and win back the project, they immediately perked up.

"Okay, we'll do it your way!"

The short, stout boss, Wang, gritted his teeth and said, "I've disliked Zhou Mingyu for a long time. This time, let's join forces and make sure he's brought down!"

Seeing that everyone had agreed, Ma Haitao smiled smugly and began to assign tasks: "First, we'll find an opportunity to sneak into the construction site, secretly break a section of pipe, and create the illusion of a leak, saying that the construction materials are of poor quality."

The second step was to have someone forge a bank transfer record between Zhou Mingyu and General Manager Zhao of Tianye Group, and then create a private agreement stating that Zhou Mingyu had received the money and agreed to lower the construction standards.

Thirdly, we'll spread this evidence and have Wumaier Maimunan, who used to work with me, incite the herders to force the management committee to thoroughly investigate Zhou Mingyu!

"No problem, leave the infiltration of the construction site to me. I know a few construction teams and can figure out their schedules," Boss Li assured him, patting his chest.

"I'll handle the forging of evidence. I have a friend who's a designer; creating fake transfer records and agreements is a piece of cake," Boss Zhang replied.

The group hit it off immediately and became increasingly excited as they talked, seemingly already envisioning Zhou Mingyu's complete disgrace.

Ma Haitao picked up his glass, clinked it with the others, and said menacingly, "Brothers, this time we're joining forces to make Zhou Mingyu pay the price!"

"In Qianquan Lake, the locals still call the shots!"