In name only: The land of Handong, I shall rule its fate.

"It's superfluous to add legs to a snake."

Chen Huaizhong immediately withdrew all interest and bent down to pick up the documents that had fallen under the sofa.

Putting aside the fact that Wu Chunlin’s despicable behavior of pulling his teacher down and promoting his senior brother to a higher position is not lawful, what qualifications does Wu Chunlin, a mere organization minister of Handong Province, have to promote someone from another system?

The absurdity of his promotion from a department-level political and legal university president to a vice-ministerial level Peking University president is no less than that of someone directly promoting Xiao Gangyu, the chief prosecutor of the Jingzhou Procuratorate, to secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission.

It may seem like one step, but it's actually two steps, and these are two steps that you might never be able to take in your lifetime.

The big joke of slipping the world!

"hey-hey!"

Wu Chunlin, however, smiled confidently and said, "I may not have that ability anymore, but I have Lao Lin!"

Old Lin? Lin Zhiyuan!

Only he could be called "Old Lin" by his good junior apprentice.

Chen Huaizhong's face contorted with worry once again.

The outside world only reports that Lin Zhiyuan is acting against the tide of history, that he killed so-and-so yesterday, and that some leader above him got humiliated today.

However, upon closer examination, it becomes shocking to discover that the number of ministerial leaders promoted from the East China Sea and the Han River in the past two years far exceeds that of previous years.

Among them were Lin Zhiyuan's former superiors and his subordinates.

If it were him…

I'm about 70-80% confident it will work.

Of course, the title of president of Peking University is still just a gimmick. Even if Professor Yan personally spoke up, the most he would do would be to promote him to the position of president of a key university at the vice-ministerial level.

However, this way...

The position of president of Kyoto University is not something that cannot be planned.

Chen Huaizhong slowly turned his head and saw his good nephew's cheeky smile.

not good!

In the end, she was tempted and fell into the trap of the two little foxes.

but…

He was the one who was initially tempted, but his goal changed from helping his junior apprentice and forming a good relationship with Lin Zhiyuan to a goal that was truly exciting.

"make a deal."

While the surface of Handong appears calm, the waters beneath are turbulent, especially in Chuzhou.

Qin Zhuofeng, who had been organizing nearly ten years' worth of bidding documents in a private conference room at the Chuzhou Municipal Government, made a move. His targets were Chen Qunshan and his cousin Chen Qunyang.

Because of a tender document from six years ago.

Qin Zhuofeng discovered that the documents from its upstream and downstream partners deviated significantly from the normal bidding process. In that bidding meeting, Chen's Group's competitors circumvented the bidding process by breaking down a billion-dollar resettlement housing project into smaller, scattered sub-items.

This method is extremely covert.

Ordinary discipline inspection and auditing personnel would not even realize this; he had only learned about it during intensive discipline inspection training.

Qin Zhuofeng ordered the discipline inspection team to investigate other documents and was shocked to find that all kinds of tenders within the past six months had this problem, except that the others had been modified later.

Six years ago…

Qin Zhuofeng pondered this point in time, which was the year Chen Guohua was transferred to the position of chairman of the provincial association.

It seems that Chen Guohua's promotion made the Chen family more and more restless and exposed their true colors. Later, they realized this internally and made corrections, but left behind this "pearl".

The hidden loopholes in the bidding documents fooled both outsiders and the Chen family members themselves.

Ha ha!

The consequences of one's actions became tangible at this moment.

He was even happier when he saw who the person in charge was: two third-generation members of the Chen family's core group.

Chen Qunyang has no recollection of it.

However, Chen Qunshan was involved in Gu Beilou's bid-rigging case.

After reporting to Tian Guofu.

One word: Seize!

Moreover, the anti-corruption bureau of the Chuzhou Municipal Procuratorate was tasked with the arrest operation.

This sudden order caught the Chen family, the municipal government, and the procuratorate, who thought they had everything under control, completely off guard.

If they can't catch them, it gives the special disciplinary inspection team the opportunity to hold the procuratorate accountable, and they can then legitimately conduct an investigation within the procuratorate.

If caught, can these two pampered young masters really withstand the interrogation tactics of the disciplinary inspection team?

This is highly questionable.

The seemingly impregnable fortress that the Chen family had built in Chuzhou over ten years was thrown into disarray by Qin Zhuofeng's order.

"Captain Xie, the task of arresting the two Chen brothers will be handed over to your Economic Crime Investigation Division and the Chuzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau."

Qin Zhuofeng informed him with a smile.

"Secretary Qin, are you so sure the Chen family will let them escape?"

Xie Huai'an asked.

"Because I checked the life records of Chen Qunshan and Chen Qunyang, they can be said to be scions of wealthy families raised on a mountain of money."

"Chen Qunyang is alright. He joined the Chen Group right after graduation and is quite capable."

"But Chen Qunshan is a complete playboy. He got a diploma from a dubious overseas university and was kicked out of the company less than six months after joining."

"Consider the elimination time."

"I think this document vulnerability was orchestrated by Chen Qunshan."

"He's hopeless, that's why he was kicked out."

"He has been living a life of extravagance and debauchery on the other side of the ocean in recent years, and his willpower is quite weak. He can become a key interrogation target after being arrested."

Qin Zhuofeng spoke eloquently, with a hint of boasting.

But let's get to the last sentence.

Qin Zhuofeng abruptly changed the subject, asking with surprise and uncertainty, "Was Chen Qunshan deliberately released by your provincial department?"

As a gesture of goodwill for cooperation.

The Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Provincial Public Security Department exchanged some intelligence, such as the arrest of Lu Wucheng.

If the provincial authorities were able to capture Lu Wucheng, there was no reason for them to let Chen Qunshan escape back to Chuzhou so easily.

Unless it was intentional.

Since the Jingzhou case did not directly involve Chen Qunshan, Chen Qunshan could insist that he knew nothing about it, and Gu Beilou was willing to take the blame for him.

But now…

The benefits of releasing the person back to Chuzhou and then reviewing related cases to obtain relevant intelligence would increase exponentially.

Because once a person's own interests are involved, their attitude and reaction will be completely different.

It can be said that the provincial department's move was very risky, but it turned out to be a successful gamble.

"I have no idea."

"I don't know, don't ask me."

Xie Huai'an immediately denied it three times in one click: "Secretary Qin, this is true, I'm not lying to you."

"The bid-rigging case concerning the old city subway line was personally handled by our department head. What could a mere economic crime investigation captain like me possibly know?"

"If you're really curious, why don't you call back to Jingzhou and ask our director?"

"Our director will definitely tell you everything he knows."

Xie Huai'an kept saying the same thing: if you don't know, don't understand, or don't know anything, ask Qi Tongwei.

"Does your provincial department have any other leads?"

Years of disciplinary inspection work made Qin Zhuofeng keenly aware of something strange, as if he was being led by the nose by the provincial department.

"Secretary Qin."

"Is there any basic trust left among comrades?"

Xie Huai'an immediately turned the tables and accused the culprit.

The turmoil caused by the disciplinary inspection team not only affected the Chen family faction, but also caused the accidental injury of an anti-corruption bureau chief who was seriously investigating the case.

To be precise, it's not just one.

Instead, there are two.