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

"Chief Prosecutor, what about Chen Hai?" Lu Yike, who always had a fiery temper, asked directly when Ji Changming announced Hou Liangping as the new director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau.

She had been with Chen Hai for many years, following him all the way from the investigation department to the anti-corruption bureau. When Chen Hai was lying in the hospital with his life hanging in the balance, someone was parachuted in from above to take his place.

She glanced at Hou Liangping—he was about the same age as her, smiling nonchalantly, and didn't look like someone who could handle anything.

Hou Liangping looked somewhat awkward upon hearing Lu Yike's words.

"Chen Hai is seriously injured and unable to work."

"However, the prosecutor's office decided that he would retain his position."

"The position of Director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau cannot remain vacant indefinitely. The Party Group will discuss his position after Chen Hai wakes up."

Seeing the awkward situation, Ji Changming came to Hou Liangping's rescue.

Deputy Chief Prosecutor Lin Jianguo then introduced Hou Liangping to everyone, and introduced Lü Liang, Lu Yike, and others to Hou Liangping.

Hou Liangping laughed and seemed very enthusiastic.

However, Lü Liang, Lu Yike, and the others greeted the so-called new director in a lukewarm manner and ignored him.

Besides Lu Yike, Lu Liang, the deputy director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, expressed his dissatisfaction even more directly and intensely.

After Chen Hai's incident, Lü Liang, as deputy director, took the initiative to lead and preside over the overall work of the anti-corruption bureau.

It can be said that during this period, they worked diligently to maintain the operation of the anti-corruption bureau.

Almost everyone assumed that as long as there were subsequent personnel adjustments, Lü Liang would naturally be promoted to the position of Director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau. This was a foregone conclusion and what everyone expected.

He had spent years honing his seniority, climbing the ranks, and waiting for opportunities, only to have the director's position within his grasp snatched away by Hou Liangping, who was parachuted in out of nowhere and had no working experience in Handong.

Years of anticipation were dashed in an instant, and the frustration and resentment in my heart were almost overwhelming.

After Lin Jianguo introduced everyone to the group.

Unlike the others who stood, Lü Liang plopped down, suppressing his anger, and asked Ji Changming a question in a harsh and impolite tone in front of everyone.

"Chief Prosecutor, since this is a formal appointment, there should be a formal appointment document."

"Could you please bring out Comrade Hou Liangping's appointment document and read it aloud to everyone?"

Lü Liang's words instantly drew everyone's attention to Ji Changming, making the situation even more awkward.

Ji Changming had not expected that Lü Liang would ask him to read his appointment document in public, which made him slightly unhappy.

However, knowing Lü Liang's situation, he didn't immediately lose his temper at Lü Liang's reaction, and his face remained smiling.

"That's right, Comrade Lü Liang, the appointment documents for Comrade Hou Liangping are currently going through the process and will be issued soon."

"But Party Secretary Sha Ruijin has already spoken with Comrade Hou Liangping on behalf of the Provincial Party Committee."

"Comrade Hou Liangping has an important case to handle, so let's make an exception for him."

Ji Changming directly invoked the name of Provincial Party Secretary Sha Ruijin, leaving Lü Liang speechless with anger.

"Oh, okay then." Lü Liang smiled, but the smile didn't reach his eyes.

"I'm just asking according to procedure, please don't misunderstand, it's a quarterly inspection."

"After all, I've been temporarily in charge of the work at the bureau for a while now. I need to know whether the new comrades are officially in charge or not, otherwise it will be difficult to hand over the work."

After he finished speaking, he turned to Hou Liangping, extended his hand, and said, "Director Hou, welcome. I am Lü Liang. I hope to get along well with you in the future."

Hou Liangping grasped that hand, feeling that the other person's strength was neither too light nor too heavy, but the fingertips were a little cold.

"Director Lü, you're too kind. Let's work together and learn from each other in the future."

Seeing that no one had any further objections, Ji Changming asked Hou Liangping to stay behind and explain the case Cai Chenggong was involved in.

"It seems like everyone isn't very welcoming to me." After Ji Changming left, Hou Liangping sat down and, seeing that no one was paying attention to him, spoke with a smile.

"What, do I have to throw you a welcome party?" Lu Yike patted her shoulder as if dusting herself off, her voice sarcastic.

Lin Huahua almost burst out laughing when she heard this.

"Director Hou, whether you're welcome or not, you're here now, aren't you?"

Just as Hou Liangping was about to talk to Lu Yike about it, Lü Liang's voice rang out.

He then realized that the atmosphere just now was real, and these people really did not welcome his arrival.

"Yes, everyone's here. Now that you're here, let's get down to business." Hou Liangping knew it wasn't wise to say too much and wanted to get straight to the case.

Just as Hou Liangping was about to introduce Cai Chenggong's background, Deputy Director Lü Liang stood up abruptly.

"Excuse me, you can continue discussing the case. I'll take my leave now."

He turned to leave.

"Wait, Deputy Director Lü, where are you going?"

"I'm counting on you for all this..."

Before Hou Liangping could finish speaking, Lü Liang interrupted him, "No, no, no, Director Hou, please don't count on me."

"I'm unreliable; I might just collapse any day."

"You need to give everyone an explanation about where you're going." Hou Liangping couldn't take Lü Liang's bluntness anymore.

"Of course there's a reason. Now that you're here, I finally have time to go to the hospital and get treatment."

Before Hou Liangping could ask any more questions, Lü Liang nodded slightly to everyone, turned around, and walked out of the office hall.

He walked quickly, his leather shoes making a rapid clattering sound on the ground, showing no signs of needing to be hospitalized.

After Lü Liang left, the office hall fell silent again.

The staff members returned to their seats, some pretending to be engrossed in writing, others turning on their computer screens and pretending to be busy.

No one came up to greet Hou Liangping, and no one even glanced at him.

A subtle, silent confrontation permeated the air.

Hou Liangping stood still, his hands on the desk, looking seriously at Lu Yike and the others, his lips pressed into a thin line.

He had long anticipated that he wouldn't be popular—a parachuted-in cadre replacing someone in the bureau's original promotion sequence would make anyone uncomfortable.

Furthermore, Chen Hai is still in the hospital, and Lu Yike and the others probably hate him even more.

But he didn't care. He was there to solve a case and to earn credit, not to build relationships.

He had anticipated this situation.

Seeing Lu Yike's still displeased expression, Hou Liangping smiled contemptuously and took out his phone.

"Hey, senior, it's me, Hou Liangping."

"Today is my first day reporting to Handong, officially starting work and officially beginning to handle cases."

......

"So you have to send Cai Chenggong to me right away."

The person Hou Liangping called was Qi Tongwei, the director of the Provincial Public Security Department.

He arrogantly ordered Qi Tongwei to send Cai Chenggong to the Anti-Corruption Bureau so that Lu Yike and others could see the power of Hou Liangping.

Unfortunately, Qi Tongwei knew that Li Dakang and Zhao Donglai from Jingzhou City also wanted to take Cai Chenggong away.

If we really give it to Hou Liangping, we'll offend Li Dakang.

He then instructed Hou Liangping to send someone to fetch Cai Chenggong.

Sure enough, Lu Yike immediately became interested upon hearing that it was Cai Chenggong.

After all, the person Chen Hai met before he was hit was Cai Chenggong.

Lu Yike immediately accepted the task of interrogating Cai Chenggong and led Zhou Zheng and the others to the Provincial Public Security Bureau.