Special forces soldier demobilization: Starting from the county government compound, a meteoric rise

Liu Ming stood in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window, looking down at the steel jungle slowly awakening in the morning light.

His eyes, bloodshot from working through the night, were reflected in the windowpane, yet they shone with an astonishing brightness.

It's been three days.

Since the "Thunder Operation" that he personally ignited, the entire city's official and academic circles have been plunged into an unprecedented purge.

Pulling out the radish brings out the mud along with it.

With the arrest of Sun Dahai and the core members of the "Qingliu Society" behind him, a corrupt network that had been entrenched in the lifeline of China's technology for twenty years and had been sucking its blood was completely torn apart.

The disciplinary committee's investigation team, like a bulldozer in "Dynasty Warriors" mode, crushed everything in its path, following the outrageously detailed financial transaction chart provided by the "ghost hand."

A vice minister in charge of funding approvals at the Ministry of Science and Technology was taken away from his office on the spot. It is said that the gold bars and foreign currency found in his basement filled three armored trucks.

The Ministry of Commerce officials, including Director Sun Degang, who had previously called Liu Ming to put pressure on her, tried to escape from the airport overnight after learning the news. However, he was picked up like a chick by the national security personnel who had been lying in wait there.

Furthermore, highly respected "senior academicians" and "academic tyrants" from several top research institutions were also invited into the disciplinary committee's interview room one by one.

For a time, the entire city was filled with a sense of unease and fear.

Those old bureaucrats and comprador experts who once made a fortune by selling out national technological interests, colluding with overseas capital, and accumulating wealth have been swept into the dustbin of history like grasshoppers in autumn.

The city is undergoing its biggest reshuffle in decades.

……

"Boss, this is the latest batch of personnel drafts."

Chen Xiaobei walked in briskly, carrying a thick stack of documents. The inferiority and fear he had shown when they first met were gone from his young face; in his place was a sense of pride and drive.

These past few days, the High-Tech Industry Department has become the busiest and most triumphant place in the entire National Development and Reform Commission.

Liu Ming made sweeping changes, replacing all the vacant, lucrative key positions with capable, energetic, and clean-cut young talents whom he personally selected from various departments.

The atmosphere within the entire company was instantly cleansed.

The stagnant atmosphere of drinking tea and reading newspapers, and shirking responsibility is gone.

Instead, a vibrant entrepreneurial atmosphere has emerged, where everyone is pushing themselves to the limit for that "ten-year revitalization plan."

"Just put it there."

Liu Ming did not look at those personnel plans.

His gaze remained fixed on the huge map on the wall.

A very conspicuous area was circled in red on the top.

—That Western technology monopoly alliance led by the M Group.

"The trash around the perimeter has been cleaned up."

Liu Ming's voice was soft, yet it carried a chilling coldness that sent shivers down one's spine.

"But the real big fish are still in the deep sea, watching the show."

he knows.

Although he eliminated these compradors' agents in the country.

However, this will continue as long as Western technological blockade persists.

As long as the idea that "it's better to buy than to make, and better to rent than to buy" persists like a ghost in some people's minds.

Such "comprador groups" can never be completely eradicated.

Wild fire, in spring.

To completely eradicate this malignant tumor.

We must have our own, irreplaceable core technologies!

We must create a chip that belongs to our Dragon Kingdom... a chip that will bring us pride!

"Boss."

The voice of the ghost hand came through the headphones.

"Those bastards have learned their lesson. Ever since we burned down their servers last time, all their online communication has been cut off. Now, they've switched to the most primitive method: offline one-way communication. I... lost track of them."

"As expected."

Liu Ming was not surprised by this.

"Since they're not coming out..."

A sly smile, like that of a hunter, curled at the corners of Liu Ming's lips.

"Then we'll find a way to 'invite' them out again."

He turned around and looked at Chen Xiaobei.

"Xiao Bei, go and help me send that fake progress report about the second phase of the 'Dragon Abyss' chip development to those newly promoted 'key trainees' through our company's internal encrypted email."

"Remember, you need to create evidence of a data breach."

"Huh?" Chen Xiaobei was stunned. "Director, what's going on...?"

"Lue the snake out of its hole."

Liu Ming smiled, a smile brimming with an air of complete confidence.

he knows.

Among those young people he had just promoted.

There must be something even deeper and more cunning hidden... a nail.

He intended to use this bait, which was difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood.

To test the greed in human nature.

Let's also fish out that shadow hidden in the deepest part...

……

Late that night.

In a rather unremarkable teahouse in the city.

A man wearing a gray jacket and a baseball cap quietly slipped a small USB drive into the pocket of another man who was also dressed in a low-key manner.

"We got the stuff."

"It was someone from within our ranks who risked their lives to spread the word."

"Tell Mr. Smith that kid surnamed Liu was just bluffing! Their 'Dragon Abyss' chip has encountered an insurmountable bottleneck in the 7-nanometer process! The entire project is almost at a standstill!"

"If only we added fuel to the fire!"

"China's dream of developing semiconductors will be utterly thwarted in its infancy!"

in the dark.

Both of them wore sinister smiles, as if their scheme had succeeded.

They thought their plan was flawless.

But don't know.

In a residential building 100 meters above their heads.

A high-powered infrared camera had clearly recorded their entire transaction and their sinful conversation.

"Boss."

Inside the surveillance vehicle, Lone Wolf's voice was as cold as iron.

"The fish has taken the bait."

"Let's close the net."

Liu Ming looked at the two familiar, ugly faces on the screen and slowly closed her eyes.

he knows.

Starting tomorrow.

It's going to rain again in the city.

And it was a rain of blood, enough to wash away all the filth...

"Director Liu, what's the next step...?"

Liu Ming opened her eyes, her gaze sharp as a knife.

"Next, we'll go pick up Deputy Director Zhao from prison."