Me! A high-ranking official!

"Dear fellow villagers, good evening! I am Zhao Jianguo, the first secretary stationed in our village."

He began his speech in a clear and articulate voice: "Today, we are starting the second live broadcast of the people's stories. At this time last week, I set three key tasks for the coming week: First, to secure special funds for road repairs; second, to solve the village's garbage disposal problem; and third, to provide assistance to several impoverished households in the village."

"Currently, these three tasks have all made some progress. Here, on behalf of the village committee, I would like to thank everyone for their strong support and cooperation over the past week! It is precisely because all the villagers, young and old, have worked together with one mind and one goal that our village has achieved good results in all aspects!"

After setting the tone with a simple opening, Zhao Jianguo opened his notebook, his eyes sharpening.

"Next, I'd like to report to you on the first task: the progress of the special funds for road construction."

Instead of hiding anything, he chose an extremely frank attitude: "Fellow villagers, I want to apologize to you all. The work is not progressing well at present. For some reason, we are afraid that we will not be able to get back the 500,000 yuan for road repairs in our village for the time being."

Upon hearing this, the live stream chat paused slightly, but it didn't cause a major backlash, because although rural people are not highly educated, they know that it's not easy to get money from the government.

"However!" Zhao Jianguo's tone shifted, becoming firm and resolute: "This doesn't mean our village's road won't be repaired! I will officially include this in my long-term work goals! Later, whether we continue to seek other special funds from the county, or raise funds ourselves through the village, or introduce social donations, during my term as Zhao Jianguo stationed in the village, I will definitely renovate that potholed, muddy road in Luojia Village! Everyone can record this statement in the live broadcast room and supervise my work at any time!"

Daring to make such a pledge in front of hundreds of people instantly won applause in the live stream, and thumbs-up emojis began to appear sporadically on the screen.

"Next, the second item is the issue of waste disposal."

Zhao Jianguo turned a page, a hint of pride in his eyes: "In the past week, we have built an environmental protection bank in the village! Through garbage recycling and sorting, we have achieved the composting of wet waste, the secondary sale of dry waste, and the centralized treatment of hazardous waste."

"Here, I'd like to give you a detailed account! In just a few days, our Environmental Bank has collected 3,254 kilograms of various types of garbage! We've exchanged rice, flour, oil, salt, and other goods worth a total of 431 yuan for these items!"

Zhao Jianguo laid out the accounts clearly on the table and then sincerely explained, "However, currently, composting takes time, and waste needs to accumulate to a certain amount before it can be sold. Therefore, I am personally advancing the funds for all the exchange materials. But rest assured, once we receive repayments, I will have Comrade Liu Zhijun post all the income and expenditure details of the Environmental Protection Bank on the village committee's bulletin board! Everyone can check where every penny went and how much was earned at any time—it will be absolutely open and transparent!"

"good!"

"Secretary Zhao is generous and open-minded!"

A barrage of praise floated across the screen: "He's personally funding environmental protection for the village. That's a level of dedication that completely dwarfs those cadres who only knew how to squeeze money out of the village collective."

"Finally, the third task concerns assisting households in need."

Zhao Jianguo's tone softened: "Because of the establishment of the Environmental Protection Bank, our village committee has officially hired comrades Liu Zhijun and Luo Jiaxin as staff members. After the Environmental Protection Bank's income and expenditure stabilize, their salaries will be paid from the bank's revenue. This can be considered as solving some of their practical living difficulties from the root."

"As for Aunt Wang's fall and injury at night in the east of the village..." Zhao Jianguo smiled slightly, raising his voice a few decibels, "As everyone saw during the day, with the strong support of the county party committee and county government, the 80,000 yuan lighting project applied for by our village has begun full implementation! All the materials have arrived, and in the next few days, the solar streetlights will be installed uniformly on the main roads of our village! From now on, everyone will no longer have to worry about walking at night!"

After delivering a fluent and thorough report on the three tasks, Zhao Jianguo picked up his water glass, took a sip, and moistened his throat.

When he put down the water glass again, the warm smile on his face had completely disappeared, replaced by a chilling aura of menace.

"Cough!" He coughed heavily, his eyes fixed on the screen camera, as if trying to see through the screen to someone hiding in the shadows.

"The above reports are complete," Zhao Jianguo said in a deep voice. "But before we move on to the next interactive session, I must solemnly inform all the villagers of an extremely serious matter!"

The atmosphere in the live stream instantly tensed up, and the chat stopped scrolling.

"Our village head, Luo Ming, driven by personal gain and a hidden sense of public outrage, went so far as to heartlessly instigate several elderly people from the neighboring Dongsanzhuang village to maliciously obstruct the arrival of materials and equipment for our village's lighting project at the village entrance this morning!"

Zhao Jianguo spoke slowly and deliberately, each word piercing the heart: "He disregarded Party discipline and national laws, ignored the urgent need of the villagers for streetlights, and even went so far as to sacrifice the interests of the collective to satisfy his personal grievances! This behavior is extremely serious and egregious in nature!"

"I solemnly declare here that tomorrow morning, I will compile this matter into a written report and formally submit it to the town government and relevant disciplinary inspection departments. I request that higher-level government departments determine and severely punish this black sheep who undermines grassroots development! Our Luojia Village will absolutely not tolerate the existence of such a scoundrel who rides on the backs of the people and acts arrogantly!"

The moment that hammer fell, the entire live stream room erupted in chaos!

Only a small number of workers were watching the commotion at the mud board factory earlier. Now, Zhao Jianguo is publicly executing them in front of hundreds of people in the entire village. This is tantamount to exposing the true nature of Luo Ming and Luo Shuishan's faction!

As he watched the live stream, he noticed that the screen was instantly flooded with emotionally charged comments.

"Well done! I've disliked Luo Ming for a long time!"

"This kind of greedy bastard should be arrested!"

"Support Secretary Zhao in cleaning up his own ranks!"

Many people even sent virtual flowers and thumbs-ups on the screen, and some even sent small gifts like virtual virtual gifts. The public's clear-cut love and hate were vividly demonstrated at this moment.

Seeing that public opinion had been completely ignited, Zhao Jianguo smiled coldly to himself. Zhang Baocheng wanted to exile him here to fend for himself? Then he would turn Luo Family Village into his own indestructible stronghold right under Zhou Qingyan's nose!

He took a deep breath, his expression softened, and he smiled at the camera:

"Alright, that concludes the briefing! Now, let's move on to the second segment of today's session: public feedback!"

Zhao Jianguo picked up his pen and notebook, looking sincerely at the screen: "If anyone has any urgent problems at home, or any constructive suggestions for the future development of Luojia Village, please type them in the public chat! I will determine my work direction for the next period based on the urgency of the issues raised! Please speak freely; I, Zhao Jianguo, am all ears!"