In name only: I will break the chess game in Handong

After saying that, the other party hung up the phone.

This angered Yun Haifeng so much that he threw his phone away.

"Damn it, do you really think I'm a pushover? Trying to pull a fast one on us in Handong? Let's see who has the stronger fist!"

After saying that, Yun Haifeng picked up the landline phone on the table.

"Hello, this is Yun Haifeng, Director of the Provincial Public Security Department. Connect me to the Luzhou Municipal Party Committee. Yes, I'm looking for Secretary Chen!"

Time ticked by, and ten minutes later the phone rang again. Yun Haifeng picked up the phone and took a deep breath.

"Secretary Chen, I'm sorry to bother you at this time!"

At the Luzhou Municipal Party Committee, Chen Luo was somewhat puzzled. After all, Yun Haifeng was usually a very calm and composed person, so why was he acting like this now…

"It's alright, Comrade Haifeng, just tell me what's wrong, I'm listening."

"It's like this, Secretary Chen..."

Soon, Yun Haifeng recounted the actions of the neighboring Jianghai Province, even taking the opportunity to smear them.

"Comrade Haifeng, are you telling the truth?"

"Secretary Chen, I guarantee with my official position as the director of the provincial department that the person was indeed arrested by our comrades in Handong. It's just that the Jianghai side is disregarding military ethics and directly detaining criminals. They did it on purpose, clearly going against Handong!"

I called the director of the Public Security Bureau of Jianghai Province, but he not only refused to cooperate, he also mocked me, saying that it was a matter of tit for tat and that he just wanted to see me get angry.

Secretary Chen, do you think this is permissible?

Even if there are personal grudges, Jiang Hai's side can't just act recklessly without regard for facts, can they?

"Okay, I understand, Comrade Haifeng. Just wait for news."

Chen Luo's expression was also unpleasant after hanging up the phone. He was the person in charge of this operation, and police officers from all over the province and even other departments were cooperating to crack down on telecom fraud and pyramid schemes. In the end, this upsetting thing happened when everyone was working hard.

It's one thing to be in the wrong, but if Handong remains silent when it's clearly the other party's doing it on purpose, it would be incredibly shameful.

"You're really stubborn. If you won't learn, then I'll teach you a lesson..."

Shaking his head, Chen Luo picked up the landline phone on the table.

"Hello, this is Chen Luo, the Party Secretary of Lüzhou City. Connect me to Party Secretary Sha from the Provincial Party Committee!"

The call connected quickly, without needing to hang up and wait; Sha Ruijin's voice came through immediately.

"Comrade Chen Luo, what's the matter? Why are you in such a hurry?"

"Secretary Sha, there's an urgent matter I need to report to you and the Provincial Party Committee. It's like this..."

Three minutes later, Sha Ruijin also had a gloomy face.

"Are the Jianghai side really this arrogant?"

"Comrade Haifeng is probably not lying."

That's probably true, Secretary Sha. Should the provincial party committee handle this, or...?

"Comrade Chen Luo, I'll call Secretary Hua Bo of Jianghai later to confirm. If what you say is true, we in Handong will definitely not let this go. This is too outrageous!"

"Okay, that's settled then. Secretary Sha, I'll also contact the Mingyang Municipal Party Committee to see what they think!"

"Fine, province against province, city against city, this isn't over until we, Handong, get an explanation!"

Sha Ruijin hung up the phone. It was one thing for him to feel a bit stifled in Handong, after all, the land of Handong was full of hidden talents and powerful figures. But when it came to other provinces, Sha Ruijin was still the same strong-willed Secretary Sha!

Chen Luo's situation was much the same. After finding the phone number for the Mingyang Municipal Party Committee, Chen Luo dialed it directly!

Chapter 309 A Clash of Titans: The Momentum of Handong

"Hello, is this the Mingyang Municipal Party Committee? Connect me to your Secretary Gao Changhe. Who am I?"

"I am Chen Luo, a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee of Handong, Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, and Secretary of the Luzhou Municipal Party Committee. Yes, I have something to ask Comrade Gao Changhe. Is he busy? Even if he is busy, he should answer this call!"

After saying that, Chen Luo hung up immediately, and the other party called back after only two minutes.

"Hello, Secretary Chen. This is Gao Changhe from Mingyang. May I ask why you called me?"

Hearing the respect in Gao Changhe's tone, Chen Luo's anger subsided somewhat.

“Comrade Changhe, in principle, it’s not appropriate for me to call you directly from across the province, but I can’t. Dozens of police officers from Handong are still being held by your Mingyang Lieshan County Public Security Bureau.”

boom!

Upon hearing this, Gao Changhe broke out in a cold sweat, vaguely sensing that something was amiss.

"Secretary Chen, I know nothing about this matter!"

"You don't know? Then go ask. I don't know what your Mingyang Lieshan County Public Security Bureau is trying to do, detaining the arresting police officers from Handong in public and taking away the criminals who have already been arrested."

The Handong Provincial Party Committee attaches great importance to this matter. Our Secretary Sha is currently contacting Secretary Hua Bo and Comrade Chang He of Jianghai. Handong demands an explanation!

After saying that, Chen Luo hung up the phone without giving the other person a chance to speak.

In Mingyang City, Jianghai Province, Gao Changhe was completely dumbfounded. He had heard of Chen Luo's name before, and it was even very famous. After all, it took the support of two provincial party secretaries for Gao Changhe to become the secretary of a city in his early forties, while the other party was only thirty-nine years old and had already become a member of the provincial party committee standing committee.

At this moment, Gao Changhe looked worried. If what Chen Luo said was true, then Jiang Hai was in the wrong.

The phone calls went down the chain of command, and when Gao Changhe finally reached Geng Zijing, the Party Secretary of Lieshan County, the latter gave him a completely different version of events. Gao Changhe was dumbfounded, though he was inclined to believe what Chen Luo had said.

Meanwhile, power struggles are also taking place at the highest levels.

Sha Ruijin's phone call went directly to Liu Huabo, the Party Secretary of Jianghai Province, and Sha Ruijin's tone was icy from the start.

"Secretary Hua Bo, we in Handong demand an explanation!"

This was the first thing Sha Ruijin said, and Liu Huabo was completely bewildered. Did he need an explanation? What explanation?

"Secretary Ruijin, what's the explanation?"

“Secretary Hua Bo, you might not believe me if I tell you this. Let’s ask the director of your Jianghai Provincial Public Security Department first. We can talk again after you’ve understood the situation.”

Sha Ruijin died so young and beautiful, but the matter wasn't over yet. Yun Haifeng didn't just report to Chen Luo; he also reported to the provincial government.

Zhou Jianjun was also very angry when he learned about this. He was already feeling very frustrated in Handong, and now a neighboring province was trying to extort money from him over this kind of thing.

Enraged, he also called the governor of Jianghai Province, speaking in a sarcastic and unfriendly tone, showing no respect whatsoever.

Whether it's Sha Ruijin or Zhou Jianjun, they both have powerful backers, but Jianghai Provincial Party Secretary Liu Huabo and the governor are not. Their backers are not as strong, and most importantly, they are not in the right in this matter.

However, after learning about the situation, a point of contention arose: the reports from Jianghai Lieshan County and Handong County were completely different. Liu Huabo didn't know who was telling the truth and who was lying, so he could only send people to investigate while sulking.

The turning point came with the people in the Lieshan County Party Committee. The Lieshan County Party Committee and the County Public Security Bureau knew the truth better than anyone else, but when they learned that this incident had caused such a big accident, they all tacitly insisted that they were the ones who arrested the first person.

The news was reported up the chain of command. Geng Zijing, the Party Secretary of Lieshan County, assured Gao Changhe that it was Handong who was breaking the rules. Gao Changhe had no choice but to continue passing the news up the chain of command. As things developed to this point, it was no longer something that anyone below the deputy provincial level could get involved in.

After learning about the situation, Liu Huabo, who had been humiliated during the day, became increasingly angry. How could a veteran regional official like himself be suppressed by Sha Ruijin, who had only been in office in Handong for less than a year?

That evening, the two spoke on the phone again, accusing each other of being irresponsible and not reporting the facts.

Sha Ruijin completely believed what Chen Luo said, and Liu Huabo also believed the situation reported by Gao Changhe. It was one thing for the top leaders to fight, but now the second-in-commands of the provincial government were also fighting.

"Secretary Hua Bo, are you implying that our police officers in Handong violated regulations? That it's Handong's fault?"

"Secretary Ruijin! I reiterate, the Party Secretary of Lieshan County in Jianghai dares to use his official position to prove that this is exactly what happened!"

"Secretary Hua Bo, even Yun Haifeng, the Vice Governor of Handong Province and Director of the Provincial Public Security Department, dares to use his official position to prove that it is your Jianghai comrades who have problems!"

"Comrade Sha Ruijin, are you saying I'm lying to you?"

"Comrade Hua Bo, you are a veteran Party member. In terms of seniority, I may not be as good as you, but Comrade Hua Bo, I, Sha Ruijin, am definitely not a pushover to become the Party Secretary of a province. If you continue to respond with such rhetoric, I can tell you clearly that we in Handong will absolutely not agree!"

"At worst, I'll report it to Zhongyang. I want to see if Secretary Hua Bo can really cover up everything!"

"Sha Ruijin, stop trying to pin this on me. How am I trying to cover up everything? It's clearly your Handong that's making a fuss!"

"You're still going on and on? The facts are right there. You've been making things up and being blinded by those below you. Comrade Hua Bo, it's okay to get old, but you can't go blind. How can you be so sure that what the secretary of your Jianghai Lieshan County Party Committee said is true?"

"Sha Ruijin, please don't resort to personal attacks!"

"I'm just stating the facts, there's no personal attack involved, Comrade Hua Bo, please don't label me."

"I'll ask you one more time, Comrade Ruijin, is this something you really want to do to antagonize Jianghai?"

"Comrade Huabo, I would also like to remind you that it is not that we, Handong and Jianghai, have a grudge against each other, but that some cadres in Jianghai have deceived their superiors and violated discipline and the law!"

We in Handong are negotiating with Jianghai from the perspective of upholding the law and fairness!

"Sha Ruijin! Don't be so aggressive!"

"Liu Huabo, don't act like you're old and incompetent!"

Both of them were cursing and swearing, and their level of provocation was even more intense than that of the provincial government.

Zhou Jianjun didn't engage in any verbal sparring; instead, he made a few demands. One was that Jianghai authorities must investigate thoroughly and at the very least remove the Lieshan County Party Secretary and others from their positions.

Another requirement is that the Jianghai Provincial Public Security Department Director's cover-up behavior must be criticized and punished!

Although there was no verbal assertiveness, these two demands were essentially about stepping on Jiang Hai's head to make the other side apologize, and their arrogance was no less than that of Sha Ruijin.

It was supposed to be Chen Luo's home turf, but Sha Ruijin and Zhou Jianjun stole the spotlight.

Chen Luo could only smile helplessly at this. In fact, if Jianghai had cooperated a little, it wouldn't have escalated to this extent.

It's possible that Jianghai's higher-ups also wanted to prove themselves.

But the outcome won't change! Law enforcement recorders upload data to the database in real time. Even if someone is detained and their recorder is smashed, it won't matter. Handong has solid evidence.

Chapter 310 The Villain Accuses First? Let's See If It Works!

The friction between Handong and Jianghai intensified. After all, Liu Huabo was a high-ranking official in charge of a region. It was impossible for him to have reached such a position without any powerful backers.

Late at night, Liu Huabo grew increasingly angry and finally picked up his phone to call a higher-level executive.

"Hello, old Party Secretary, this is Hua Bo!"

After the call connected, the person on the other end spoke very calmly.

"It's Hua Bo. It's already eleven o'clock. Is there something wrong with Jiang Hai?"

“Old Secretary, there is indeed a rather troublesome matter. Jianghai and the neighboring Handong have had a very unpleasant argument over the arrest of criminals by grassroots police officers. On the Handong side, Sha Ruijin is being very aggressive, and Handong’s governor, Zhou Jianjun, has even declared that Jianghai should remove the county party secretary involved in the incident and has severely criticized Jianghai’s provincial public security bureau director.”

"Aren't you saying this is bullying?"

Upon hearing this, the elderly man on the other end of the phone fell silent for a moment.