After breaking up with my boyfriend, I made a fortune and rose rapidly in my career.

The atmosphere in the office was tense.

Zhang Chao held the phone and could hear the factory manager on the other end was very excited, his voice was trembling, and his palms were sweating profusely.

The director issued three orders: remove the seals, allow security personnel to move in, and resume production.

These three orders shocked the officialdom of Nanzhou.

His actions amounted to a direct declaration of war against Wang Weidong.

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Chao said to Chen Pingfang, "Director, the notifications have all been sent out."

The people at the factory were very excited; several bosses even cried, saying you had stood up for them.

Chen Pingfang's expression was calm, as if he had only arranged a very small matter.

He walked behind his desk and sat down.

He glanced at the notebook on the table, which contained the names of several companies.

He found these names on Zhou Jianshe's USB drive; it was a list that included companies like Hongda Steel, Jinxing Chemical, and Nanzhou Third Textile Factory.

These companies, which had long ceased production, were still major energy consumers within the power supply bureau system, continuously exploiting the resources of Nanzhou.

Wang Weidong thought that cutting off Xin Huo's supply chain would force Chen Ping to beg for mercy.

But he was wrong.

Chen Ping never expected his opponents to show mercy. Rather than being passively attacked, he preferred to take the initiative.

He picked up the red internal phone on the table, but instead of calling Li Jianguo, he dialed two numbers that he had only gained access to the contact list after he became deputy secretary-general.

The first call was to the office of the director of the municipal finance bureau.

"Director Wu, this is Chen Pingfang."

There was a noticeable pause on the other end of the phone, followed by a polite voice: "Oh, this is Secretary-General Chen. What instructions do you have?"

"It's not really an instruction," Chen Pingfang said calmly. "The province has issued new instructions regarding the distribution of industrial subsidies to us, requiring an immediate review of the subsidy eligibility of some high-energy-consuming enterprises. Now, please immediately select eight highly capable financial accountants from the bureau and have them assemble at the entrance of the municipal government building in half an hour. There's an urgent task."

Before the other party could ask any further questions, Chen Pingfang had already hung up the phone and immediately dialed a second number.

Municipal Audit Bureau.

"Director Ma, this is Chen Pingfang."

"Secretary-General Chen, hello."

"The governor has issued important instructions regarding the issue of industrial electricity efficiency in Nanzhou." Chen Pingfang directly issued orders in the governor's name, "We are required to immediately conduct a special surprise audit of a group of zombie companies that have been consuming high-tech industry electricity quotas for a long time. You have half an hour to bring your team of people who know the most about industrial auditing and assemble downstairs."

"Smack."

The call was abruptly ended again.

Zhang Chao listened in stunned silence, his mind buzzing.

Instructions from the province? The governor's approval?

He had never heard Chen Pingfang mention this matter.

This is clearly... a false order! The risk is too great!

Zhang Chao was very worried. He said, "Director, this... the Finance Bureau and the Audit Bureau are both vertically managed. Will there be any problems if we do this?"

"What kind of problem could there be?" Chen Ping glanced at him, then explained, "I'm the deputy secretary-general in charge of industry, and requesting an investigation into industrial subsidies and electricity efficiency is within my authority, isn't it?"

"right……"

"Shouldn't they cooperate with me?"

"...We should cooperate."

"That's fine then."

Chen Ping stood up, picked up his coat from the chair, and said,

"As for whether it aligns with the provincial directives, we can proceed first and see how things go. Efficiency is more important than procedures."

He was gambling. Gambling King Wei Dong was thrown off balance by his act of tearing off the seal and couldn't react in time.

He was betting that the two bureau chiefs, Finance and Audit, wouldn't dare to openly defy the Secretary-General of the Municipal Government under the banner of political correctness.

He won his bet.

Twenty-five minutes later, four black sedans with city government license plates and two white vans from the audit bureau quietly pulled up in front of the city government building.

People from the Finance Bureau and the Audit Bureau came down, all dressed in black suits, with serious expressions and carrying briefcases.

When the two bureau chiefs saw that Chen Pingfang was personally leading the team, their doubts were dispelled.

If a provincial governor's approval can get the secretary-general to personally intervene, how could it be fake?

"Secretary-General Chen, where are we going?" Director Ma of the Audit Bureau leaned forward and asked in a low voice.

Chen Ping opened the car door, sat in the passenger seat, took out a list from his briefcase, and handed it over.

"East District, Hongda Steel."

He uttered five words, and the convoy immediately started moving, heading straight for Wang Weidong's territory.

……

Hongda Steel Plant.

The factory area was overgrown with weeds, and the factory buildings were rusty. Only the security guard room at the entrance was still lit. It had been shut down for at least five years, but according to the power company's books, it consumed more industrial electricity each month than a nearby auto parts factory that was operating on three shifts.

When the audit convoy stopped at the entrance, a fat man in a greasy security guard uniform sauntered out, looking impatient.

"What are you doing? This is private property, you're not allowed in!"

Just as Director Ma of the Audit Bureau was about to step forward to negotiate, Chen Pingfang pushed open the door and got out of the car.

He walked up to the fat man, said nothing, and simply flashed his work ID.

Upon seeing the words "Deputy Secretary-General of the Municipal Government," the fat man's arrogance vanished instantly, but he still stubbornly said, "Secretary-General Chen... our Deputy Mayor Wang specifically instructed that this is a highly secure location, and anyone coming here must first report to his office."

He brought up Wang Weidong again.

"Is that so?" Chen Ping laughed, but the laugh was cold. "That's perfect. We're here on orders from the province to investigate how the companies under Vice Mayor Wang's jurisdiction are turning the country's electricity into their own money."

He waved his hand behind him.

"Seale all accounts! Control the power room! Copy all data on-site and take it away!"

The auditors rushed in immediately.

The fat security guard was completely dumbfounded. Trembling, he pulled out his phone and dialed a number: "Brother Wang... Brother Wang! Something bad has happened! People from the city are here! They say they're sent from the province! They're here to check our electricity!"

Almost simultaneously, six zombie companies on the list, including Jinxing Chemical and Nanzhou Third Textile Factory, were all taken over by a joint audit team that appeared out of nowhere.

Wang Weidong reacted quickly.

While the convoy was still copying data at Hongda Steel Plant, his phone rang directly on Chen Pingfang's cell phone.

"Chen Pingfang! What exactly do you want to do!" The voice on the other end of the phone was hoarse, as if it were being squeezed out from between clenched teeth.

"Vice Mayor Wang," Chen Pingfang's voice remained calm. He watched as the auditors carried out a tampered meter from the power room and said indifferently, "I'm helping you clean out the corrupt elements in your area of ​​responsibility. You should thank me."

"This is settling a personal score! This is an abuse of power!"

"What I did was within my authority and in accordance with regulations."

Chen Ping walked to a quiet place and lowered his voice to say,

"Vice Mayor Wang, what you should be worried about now is not whether I have abused my power. Rather, it's when the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection will come looking for you after we take these account books and the audit report is released."

There was silence on the other end of the phone; only Wang Weidong's heavy breathing could be heard.

Chen Ping didn't say anything more to him and hung up the phone directly.

At one o'clock in the morning, Chen Pingfang's office in the municipal government building was still lit up.

Many preliminary audit reports were on his desk.

The contents of the report were shocking.

These zombie companies not only swindled a lot of subsidies, but they also found a way to use all the electricity they used—they secretly connected to the grid and sold the electricity at high prices to nearby private clubs, entertainment venues, and several underground server rooms used for mining virtual currencies.

Chen Ping looked at the profit figures on the report and felt furious.

He opened his encrypted computer and compiled the core report from Hongda Steel Plant regarding the theft of electricity to the underground mine into a single file.

In the recipient field, he filled in an email address, which he had seen in Lin Yaodong's notebook.

The owner of this email address is Zhou Jiang, the governor of Jiangbei Province.

The email was sent successfully.

Chen Ping leaned back in his chair and then sent a short message to the governor. The message was very simple.

"Governor Zhou, someone in Nanzhou is stealing the country's electricity to refine their own gold."