Nominal: The Handong Game, the Energy System's Counterattack

"Old Chen, I have something to discuss with you." Chen Yanshi took the bottled water that Li Dakang handed him, took a sip, and nodded to let him speak.

"This Dafeng Factory is a scar on our Guangming Peak. Look, another sudden incident has occurred today."

"Now that the fire is raging, we'd like to take this opportunity to demolish it."

"What did you say?" Chen Yanshi's face darkened immediately. "You dare!"

"Old Chen, please don't be in such a hurry." Qi Tongwei saw Chen Yanshi angrily throw the water on the ground.

People were about to stand up, so I quickly interrupted.

"Secretary Dakang, we're just discussing this with you."

In order to leave a good impression on Li Dakang, Qi Tongwei tried to persuade Chen Yanshi.

Li Dakang also knew that Chen Yanshi had a high reputation among the workers at Dafeng Factory.

The secretary of the Jingzhou Municipal Party Committee had just been humiliated by him, but he still smiled and flattered him.

"Old Chen, you're amazing." He offered another bottle of water, but Chen Yanshi refused it.

Li Dakang gave an awkward laugh and glanced at Qi Tongwei. "Old Chen, whether it's an economic dispute or an equity dispute, it doesn't matter."

"Everything should be resolved within the scope of the law and through legal channels, wouldn't you agree?"

"Yes, that's right, we should resolve this through legal channels, but now is not the time to talk about that," Chen Yanshi replied somewhat unreasonably.

Li Dakang was bewildered by Chen Yanshi's approach of ignoring the facts. "Old Chen, you are a veteran Party member, you joined the Party earlier than us."

"You are our former chief prosecutor; you are older than any of us."

"That's why we can see from this unexpected incident that you are truly a cut above the rest in handling and resolving emergencies."

Li Dakang thought that since the orders had already been given, and Chen Yanshi had such a high reputation among the workers at Dafeng Factory, he still needed to keep him in check.

Therefore, Li Dakang suppressed his disgust and held Chen Yanshi in his mouth.

Unfortunately, Chen Yanshi didn't seem to buy it and directly interrupted Li Dakang's flattering remarks.

"Don't flatter me. It's just because I'm a veteran chief prosecutor that I know how to handle this kind of situation."

"What do you mean by being a cut above the rest? If you have the people in your heart, then you're a cut above the rest."

Hey, this old geezer is lecturing me? Li Dakang couldn't contain his anger any longer.

"No, ordinary people can't be used as a shield for crime either."

"You shouldn't be their protector either."

"To put it bluntly, without your support, they wouldn't have been able to fight this far."

"What do you mean? Do you think I'm a shield for ordinary people committing crimes?" Chen Yanshi became agitated upon hearing Li Dakang's words.

Perhaps Li Dakang's unintentional words touched a nerve with Chen Yanshi, whose expression became tense, and he started shouting loudly.

"Do you know why they're fighting? It's because unscrupulous businessmen have cheated and harmed them."

"I called you, Li Dakang, and wrote you letters about this, but you ignored me completely."

"To put it bluntly, you, Li Dakang, and your municipal party committee bear an unshirkable responsibility for what happened today."

Li Dakang did not expect Chen Yanshi to react so strongly, directly blaming him and the Jingzhou Municipal Party Committee.

"Mr. Chen, I guarantee to you, on behalf of the Party and in my personal capacity, that I have never received any calls or letters from you."

As a master of shifting blame in Handong, how could Li Dakang possibly let Chen Yanshi take the blame upon himself?

They directly stated, using their own names and that they had never heard Chen Yanshi mention these things.

"Then you've been sidelined and alienated from the masses."

The older generation's fighting style is still strong, and Li Dakang was immediately stunned by this statement.

It looked like Chen Yanshi and Li Dakang were about to start arguing.

The key point is that Li Dakang, a master of shifting blame, can't out-argue Chen Yanshi, that old geezer. Qi Tongwei knows that his chance to win favor has come.

"Old Chen, you're not an ordinary citizen."

"How could Secretary Dakang possibly be separated from you?"

"Then what am I?" Chen Yanshi's old-fashioned fighting style had extinguished Li Dakang's enthusiasm, but unexpectedly Qi Tongwei interrupted at this moment, and he retorted in an annoyed manner.

"I am just an ordinary citizen, and you, Qi Tongwei, and you, Li Dakang, will also be ordinary citizens in the future."

"Do you think you can be officials forever?"

"Our Party's cadres come from the people and then return to the people."

Relying on his seniority, Chen Yanshi directly gave Li Dakang and Qi Tongwei a political lesson.

However, neither of the two people listening to the lecture looked very well at the moment.

"Mr. Chen, the situation is quite urgent right now, let's not talk about this for now."

Qi Tongwei had no interest in listening to Chen Yanshi's lecture, so he quickly changed the subject and talked about the necessity of demolishing Dafeng Factory.

But Chen Yanshi didn't care and continued lecturing the two: "If we're not talking about that, what are we talking about?"

"Whether it's an economic dispute or an equity dispute, it should be resolved within the scope of the law."

"But the workers don't believe it; they don't believe their problems can be resolved fairly."

"That's the scary part of the problem, so in order to rebuild the credibility of our government..."

"We absolutely cannot continue the demolition tonight. Our government has to keep its word and can't act like thugs."

Qi Tongwei, the director of the provincial public security department, and Li Dakang, the secretary of the Jingzhou municipal party committee, were both lectured by Chen Yanshi and lost face.

"Mr. Chen, if you put it that way, you're being too serious," Qi Tongwei said, unable to contain himself, and began to argue with Chen Yanshi.

"Our government has never said that it won't be demolished tonight."

"Yes, the government has never said it wouldn't be demolished," Li Dakang retorted, echoing Qi Tongwei's words.

"I already said that," Chen Yanshi said with an air of matter-of-fact compliment.

Well, Qi Tongwei and Li Dakang were once again stunned by Chen Yanshi's words.

How come this old man is directly representing the government?

"You two agree to let me go and risk my life."

"Now that I'm an old man who's stepped on a landmine, you guys are ignoring me."

Chen Yanshi spread his hands, and before Li Dakang and Qi Tongwei could react, he shifted the blame onto the two of them.

He said he had just gone to appease the employees of Dafeng Factory, and the two of them had agreed.

No, wasn't it Chen Yanshi who was the one who rushed over to calm the workers at Dafeng Factory just now?

Now they're saying he only went because both of them agreed.

He himself promised on behalf of the government that the Dafeng factory would not be demolished today, but he did not receive their authorization or consent.

Li Dakang and Qi Tongwei exchanged a glance; neither of them looked well.

"Please, please, please don't continue demolishing it tonight, no matter what."

"We must not escalate the conflict any further."

Before Li Dakang could speak, Chen Yanshi humbled himself again, begging them not to demolish it tonight.

Chen Yanshi said all the right and wrong things, and in the end, he even pleaded with Li Dakang and the others as a veteran Party member and cadre.

What to do? Li Dakang and Qi Tongwei were at a loss for what to do.