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

"Run? You still dare to run!"

A sinister and cruel roar resounded like thunder in the studio, startling the audience through the screen.

I don't know why.

The audience felt an almost instinctive fear, along with a strong sense of dread: this guy has killed people!

"Was it your own choice to come out on this show? Did I force you?"

The perpetrator was a man with a buzz cut and red hair, who looked to be in his early twenties, but his body was filled with a murderous aura so thick that it was almost tangible.

"No! It was my own choice, Brother Li didn't force me."

The woman, her head bleeding, cried and sobbed.

Snapped!

The words had barely left his lips.

The red-haired, buzz-cut man, called Brother Li, slapped the woman across the face, knocking her to the ground and causing blood to stream from her mouth.

"Then what are you spouting this virtuous and chaste woman act all high and mighty for, trying to back out at the last minute! And you even dared to scratch Mr. Liu!"

Red Hair raised his hand to signal, and two burly men covered in tattoos immediately stepped forward, pinned down the struggling woman, and pierced her arm with a syringe.

"Those who don't understand the rules need to be properly disciplined."

The drug took effect quickly, leaving the woman feeling completely weak. She collapsed onto the sofa, trembling helplessly.

The scene shifts.

Another woman knelt at the feet of the foreman, her body trembling uncontrollably, pleading desperately, having lost all dignity, "Give me a little more! Please, give me a little more!"

"I can do anything! I can do anything!"

"Give it to you again?"

The foreman gave a cold laugh. "The debt you owe me is enough to last you twenty years. Can you even afford to pay it back?"

The foreman lifted the woman's chin with his toe and said with a mocking smile, "I would like to keep someone to do things for me, but not just anyone is worthy."

The woman's eyes blazed with an almost frantic desire as she nodded repeatedly, "I'll do anything you say! I'll do anything you ask."

The scene abruptly ended.

But the unrestrained and arrogant laughter from backstage lingered for a long time.

Many people in the audience felt an instinctive nausea.

"Director Chang, is this what you meant by focusing our main efforts on the 'Hundred Cities Campaign' and achieving remarkable results?"

Tong Li asked again in a cold voice.

Chang Hui lost all semblance of dignity and frantically tried to argue, "It's impossible for us to catch 100% of criminal acts; this is an oversight."

"We will definitely change!"

"change?"

Tong Li smiled again, and the big screen changed once more.

Five or six police officers who arrived clashed with the club's security, but at that moment Chang Hui personally led a group of people to the scene and forcibly took the police officers who wanted to enter the club to investigate the case back.

This is a road surveillance video; there is no audio.

Chang Hui slumped into a chair, knowing he was doomed.

"Chang Hui, the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection has obtained relevant leads regarding your role as a protector of the illegal operators of the Dark Night Club. We are now formally informing you to come with us and explain your situation clearly."

Two disciplinary officials, who had been preparing for some time, directly dragged Chang Hui off the stage.

"The municipal government and the municipal political and legal affairs commission are its direct subordinate and superior units. Mayor Min and Secretary Qian, are you aware of this? How much do you know? What are your supervisory responsibilities towards them?"

Tong Li asked in a cold voice.

Min Zhong was speechless. He knew it was indulgence, but he didn't know it was dereliction of duty. For him, advancing or retreating was tantamount to death.

"I don't know."

Minzhong chose a slow and steady approach, taking each day as it comes.

"I didn't know either."

Qian Laizhi shook his head frankly, "No one from the Municipal Bureau, including Chang Hui, reported this matter to me. You can ask the Provincial Political and Legal Affairs Commission and the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection to review the relevant written documents."

"Secretary Cao, what about you?"

Tong Li asked again.

"I've never heard of it either."

Cao Minde shook his head, but his gaze was somewhat unfocused. Ever since the first scene of the undercover video was played, his mind had been wandering.

"Yeah?"

Sure enough, Tong Li laughed again.

Photos flashed across the large screen, all showing Cao Minde and businessmen feasting in a private room. The private room was different from the previous ones, but the decoration style was the same.

Cao Minde was completely disheartened.

Two discipline inspection officials went up on stage again and took Cao Minde away.

"Observers, what are your thoughts on the current situation in Jiangdong City?"

Tong Li relayed the message.

Sha Ruijin glanced at Lin Zhiyuan, who then gestured for him to enter. Since they had agreed to a North-South tournament, he wouldn't interfere in the affairs of the cities in Hanbei unless absolutely necessary.

"Gentlemen, the situation in Jiangdong has become so serious that it is urgent. We must stop this bad trend in time, take down the problematic cadres, and send those involved in illegal business operations to the authorities for investigation."

Sha Ruijin began, "The Provincial Committee immediately activated the relevant contingency plans. The Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection established two special task forces to investigate relevant information and collect evidence at the Jiangdong Municipal Committee and Municipal Bureau. At the same time, the Provincial Public Security Department dispatched cadres with both strong principles and professional expertise to the Municipal Bureau to clean up bad practices and reorganize the team."

His gaze swept over Gao Yuliang beside him.

A wicked plan immediately came to Sha Ruijin's mind, and he immediately said loudly, "At the same time, Comrade Gao Yuliang, the full-time deputy secretary, will go to the Jiangdong Municipal Party Committee to temporarily preside over the work of the Municipal Party Committee and ensure the overall stability of Jiangdong."

Ok?

A cold glint flashed in Gao Yuliang's eyes as he coldly swept his gaze over the uncivilized fellow beside him, but then he smiled and nodded in agreement.

"We guarantee the mission will be completed."

Qi Tongwei then stood up, saluted, and made a promise to everyone and the cameras.

Tong Li nodded and returned to the center of the stage. "Ladies and gentlemen, that concludes the first episode of 'Clean Handong.' Next Thursday at the same time, we will resume the program with a follow-up visit to Jiangdong."

Thank you everyone!

The camera's red light simultaneously turns off.

The audience, still wanting more, left in an orderly fashion, but none of the officials present made a move.

Some people are waiting for instructions, while others are genuinely frightened. The current leadership in Handong is acting more and more irrationally; a municipal party secretary at the level of a department director was taken away by the provincial discipline inspection commission on a TV program.

"Director Qi, please stay a moment. Everyone else may leave."

Sha Ruijin then turned to the three people still sitting in the dock, "As for the three of you, please have a chat with the comrades from the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection first."

Done.

Sha Ruijin then turned around and led everyone out of the studio, returning directly to the provincial party committee compound.

"Minister Pan Lin, what's the online public opinion like?"

"Sha Ruijin asked."

"Based on our analysis of real-time live comments and viewing time, about 13% of netizens experienced feelings of unease and fear, but the majority supported and were pleasantly surprised by this new, transparent approach."

"However, we didn't do any pre-launch promotion."

"The current number of viewers is not high. As the topic spreads, the number of dissenting voices will likely rise rapidly in the short term before eventually stabilizing."

Pan Lin constantly monitored the data changes on the tablet and reported them to her supervisor.

Sha Ruijin nodded.

Jingle Bell!

The phone rang; this time it was finally his own.

The real test has begun.