Flip the table and divide the family property! Take his wife and daughter into the mountains and eat

Upon hearing this, Chen Jianguo, who had been smiling, suddenly twitched at the corner of his eye, and his face visibly darkened.

He never expected that Li Yuanchao would be so unconventional in officialdom, directly exposing the mess that was the Red Star Machinery Factory in front of Old Song without any preamble.

"Comrade Yuanchao, aren't you exaggerating a bit?"

Chen Jianguo immediately interrupted, his tone carrying the authority and warning of a municipal leader: "Old Song has retired after all. The restructuring plan for the Hongxing Machinery Factory was decided at the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee. Although there were some minor setbacks during its implementation, the overall situation is still stable. Old Song is currently in bed and needs to rest. Isn't it a bit too reckless of you to bother your old leader with these still unresolved work disputes?"

Li Yuanchao remained unfazed and met Chen Jianguo's gaze head-on, forcefully retorting.

"Don't you know the gravity of the situation?"

Li Yuanchao raised his voice, refusing to back down: "Although Old Song has retired, he has inquired about the progress of our city's state-owned enterprise reform many times before! State-owned enterprise reform is the general trend at present. As the eldest son of the Republic, the Northeast is mostly composed of these old factories, with Hongxing Machinery Factory being a prime example! If we can't find a new path at this critical juncture, once the comprehensive reform is rolled out, the livelihoods of millions of workers will be ruined, and the entire Northeast will be finished! This is probably not what you call a 'minor setback,' is it?"

Hearing these words of using the overall situation to pressure people, Chen Jianguo not only did not back down, but instead let out an extremely mocking sneer.

Stop spreading alarmist rumors.

Hearing these words that used the overall situation to pressure people, Chen Jianguo did not back down. He just frowned and adopted a calm and composed official tone.

"Comrade Li Yuanchao, what you said went a bit too far."

Chen Jianguo stared at Li Yuanchao, his tone dismissive: "It's not as serious as you make it out to be. As the leadership of the municipal party committee, we're not so incapable of handling this kind of risk. And even if what you described did happen, I don't see anything to be afraid of. The sky won't fall; the city will naturally handle the aftermath properly. You're just spouting all these alarming claims; aren't you exaggerating?"

"Secretary Chen, this is not an exaggeration at all; a crisis is already imminent!"

Li Yuanchao retorted sharply: "The chaos at Hongxing Machinery Factory alone shows just how difficult it is to push forward with state-owned enterprise reform, and how acute the underlying contradictions are! If we can't boldly forge a path to survival now, all the old factories will explode at once, and that would be a truly catastrophic disaster!"

"Alright!"

Chen Jianguo took a sudden step forward, interrupting him directly, his imposing aura: "The restructuring of Hongxing Machinery Factory is completely outside the scope of your Foreign Trade Bureau's work! Why are you jumping out so eager to interfere? Do you have some ulterior motive? The biggest reason for the current chaos in the factory is not the growing pains of reform, but because you, Li Yuanchao, insisted on sending that Zhao Shanhe to cause trouble!"

"Who is Zhao Shanhe?"

Chen Jianguo took a sudden step forward, his imposing aura radiating: "I already had someone investigate. He's just a farmer who toils in the fields, didn't even finish high school before running back to his hometown to work! And you forced this guy into the position of manager. He and his gang are running rampant in the factory, driving the previously law-abiding workers to their limits, which is why so many extreme mass incidents have occurred!"

Chen Jianguo stared at Li Yuanchao, his eyes turning sinister: "I originally didn't want to make a big fuss and escalate things because of the overall impact on the city. What, now you're coming to Old Song to stir up trouble?"

Having said all that, Li Yuanchao had completely abandoned all pretense and was no longer bothered to maintain any semblance of decorum.

"Secretary Chen, I won't argue with you about who Zhao Shanhe is. But what he did at Red Star, do you dare say you don't know?"

Li Yuanchao directly named names, his voice booming in the quiet hospital room: "On the very day he took office, the Hongxing Machinery Factory was blatantly smuggled out state-owned machinery and equipment by its subordinates! If he hadn't used swift and decisive measures to intercept the equipment, Hongxing's restructuring would have completely failed that very day!"

"Furthermore, why would Zhao Shanhe resort to such extreme measures? Isn't it because the resistance from below is too great, and the waters are too deep!"

Li Yuanchao stood firm, staring intently into Chen Jianguo's eyes: "Take the recent liquidation and seizure of Jin Wanfu's assets, for example. Which of those embezzled state assets and shady dealings is unrelated to your late son, Secretary Chen?!"

These words were like a thunderclap from a clear sky.

The air in the ward seemed to have been sucked out in an instant.

Song Qingshan, who had been watching the show while holding his teacup, suddenly focused his gaze.

On the inside of the hospital bed, Old Scar, who had been lying there pretending to be dead, suddenly convulsed in his cast-covered finger when he heard the words "Jin Wanfu" and "Secretary Chen's deceased son".

Upon hearing his deceased son being mentioned in public, Chen Jianguo's breathing paused for a very brief moment.

He narrowed his eyes sharply, a dangerous glint flashing deep within his pupils.

His heart pounded violently, as if a stormy sea had been churning within him.

Originally, it was thought that Li Yuanchao rushed to the city hospital because Zhao Shanhe had discovered Lao Ba's whereabouts, so he hurried over to check the situation; but when they met at the hospital, it was discovered that Li Yuanchao was just desperate and had come to Song Lao to complain and seek a backer.

But he never expected that Li Yuanchao would suddenly and completely break off relations at this time without any warning!

What is he trying to do? Has he gone mad?

Chen Jianguo's mind raced. He remembered clearly that the incident at Warehouse No. 1 had been covered up long ago, and there was absolutely no substantial evidence to trace back to his deceased son.

Since there was no evidence, why did Li Yuanchao do this? In front of a retired leader who had been retired for three years and had no real power, what was his purpose in risking his life to expose such an old grievance that had no way to be proven?

Chen Jianguo stared intently at Li Yuanchao, his facial muscles slightly tense, and even the surrounding air seemed to cool down with his suddenly gloomy aura.

"Comrade Li Yuanchao."

Chen Jianguo spoke slowly and deliberately, his voice extremely low, carrying a chilling aura that sent shivers down one's spine: "What do you mean by this? Do you suspect me of favoritism and corruption in my son's case, or of some shady dealings?"

"If you really have any solid evidence, you can take it to the Municipal Party Committee and the Discipline Inspection Commission to file a formal complaint against me! If the Discipline Inspection Commission finds any problems with me, Chen Jianguo, they should deal with me accordingly. But if you're just making baseless accusations here, using my deceased son to create a big issue, Comrade Li Yuanchao, you should know what the consequences are for arbitrarily framing leaders of the Municipal Party Committee!"