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

Garlic, garlic, let's not talk about it anymore.

Chen Luo listened, seemingly understanding but not quite.

Whether he's scaring himself or genuinely dislikes himself, it doesn't affect his current job.

After chatting for a few more minutes, Chen Luo returned to his office.

Chen Luo tapped his fingers lightly on the table, showing that he was quite concerned about the situation at the Shaolin Temple in Central China.

However, if you want to get involved... you either need to contact Secretary Wang of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission to forcefully issue instructions to the Public Security Department of Zhongyuan Province, or you need to send a working group to Zhongyuan Province.

The former approach would be the least effective, as the Central Plains Provincial Public Security Bureau would likely downplay the incident and let it go. As for the latter approach, sending a working group to the Central Plains Province to investigate the facts would require justification.

After some thought, Chen Luo decided to focus his attention on the new department, the Online Public Opinion Inquiry and Handling Bureau.

As for how public opinion will ferment, that's very simple. Guangdong Province will disclose the information about those undocumented individuals, and the Cyberspace Administration of China will simply follow suit.

As soon as Chen Luo had an idea, he acted quickly. The Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department took the lead in announcing the situation, even pointing the finger at the ancient Shaolin Temple.

They directly and openly questioned whether Shaolin Temple was a tranquil Buddhist temple or a lawless place that harbored filth and corruption.

Meanwhile, media reports quickly followed, and within a morning, related terms were trending on social media.

Central Plains Province, Mount Song.

Inside the main hall, Abbot Shi Yongxin frowned, extremely angry about the trending topics on the internet.

"Guangdong Province insists on making a fuss about it. All we've done is bring in some foreign friends. We can collect tuition fees and spread culture at the same time. What's wrong with that?"

Anger aside, the problem still needs to be solved.

The simplest way is to remove the trending topic.

After all, he is the vice president of the Buddhist Association, so he does have some connections.

The call was made directly to An Shumin, the vice chairman of the CPPCC of Central China Province, who is in charge of religious affairs.

After some explanation, An Shumin said there was no problem, and then called the Provincial Party Committee Propaganda Department.

The problem arose here. The provincial propaganda department applied to the central propaganda department to remove the trending topic, but the reply was just three words: "Disagree!"

Chapter 480 Head of the Public Opinion Supervision Group

"Hello, Minister Ren, this is An Shumin. Have the online comments about Shaolin Temple been removed?"

In the Propaganda Department of the Central Plains Provincial Committee, in the Minister's Office, Ren Fan frowned deeply. Facing An Shumin's inquiry, he took a deep breath and gave a reply.

"Comrade Shumin, we have submitted an application to the higher-level propaganda department, but it has been rejected."

An Shumin was clearly not satisfied with the answer.

"Minister Ren, can't you try to persuade them?"

You are well aware that Shaolin Temple is a valuable asset to our Central Plains Province. Allowing public opinion to continue to fester could very well lead to even worse consequences.

"Comrade Shumin! I've made myself very clear: the higher-level propaganda department has already rejected our province's application!"

"But……"

"No buts!"

After saying that, Ren Fan hung up the phone, sat down, exhaled a heavy breath, and looked solemn.

He was well aware that Shaolin Temple was a good calling card for Zhongyuan Province, but as soon as his application was rejected, a full-time deputy minister of the Central Propaganda Department, with whom he had a good relationship, immediately called him and told him who was the person who had actually rejected the application from the Zhongyuan Province propaganda department.

When Ren Fan learned that it was Chen Luo, he made up his mind that even if the secretary of the Central Plains Provincial Party Committee asked him to remove the trending topic, he would never do it. He knew what was more important.

At the same time, Chen Luo's every move was constantly reported to his superiors.

At 12:30 pm, Chen Luo came out of the Central Propaganda Building. He had to go to the Cyberspace Administration of China to preside over work in the afternoon. Just then, his phone rang.

Upon picking it up, I saw it was from Director Xiao of the Supervisory Commission.

"Hello, Director Xiao!"

"Comrade Chen Luo, are you not busy right now?"

"No rush, Director Xiao, is there anything you need?"

Chen Luo remained relatively calm. Most people would have been terrified upon receiving a call from Director Xiao, after all... only they themselves know whether they are clean or not.

"Comrade Chen Luo, Secretary Li just told me some news that concerns you."

I figured I'd find out sooner or later anyway, so I thought I'd let you know in advance so you could be prepared.

Upon hearing this, Chen Luo frowned. Sure enough, a job reshuffle for him from above might be imminent!

"Director Xiao, please speak!"

"Well, I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing for you. I heard from Secretary Li that Comrade Chen Luo has a very unique understanding of the construction of the network ecosystem."

Especially in the area of ​​online oversight!

The higher-ups plan to set up a temporary supervisory group called the Zhongyang Internet Public Opinion Supervisory Group. According to Secretary Li, you will concurrently serve as the head of the supervisory group.

You already have a heavy burden on your shoulders, and now if you are asked to go to different places occasionally to supervise and guide, it will probably be even more tiring. That's why I said I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing.

By the way, after this supervisory group was established, the Public Opinion Inquiry and Handling Bureau jointly set up by your Central Propaganda Department and the Cyberspace Administration of China was abolished, since its functions overlapped somewhat.

"Forehead……"

Chen Luo was silent for a moment. He thought that his superiors didn't like him and wanted to transfer him away.

So... is this just putting himself under even more pressure?

Overall, it's not a bad thing. Chen Luo wants to continue serving the people for a few more years, and now that he has the position of head of the public opinion supervision group, it will be easier for him to supervise the national internet in the future.

"Director Xiao, thank you!"

"Oh, no need to thank me. From now on, your supervisory group will be the same as other supervisory groups. You only need to report to our Discipline Inspection Commission. Of course, the difference is that the public opinion supervisory group is permanent. Whether or not to go to the local area for supervisory work will be decided by you and your superiors."

"I understand, Director Xiao!"

"Okay, if there's nothing else, I'll hang up."

Goodbye, Director Xiao!

After hanging up the phone, in the secretary's office of the Discipline Inspection Commission building, Director Xiao looked at Secretary Li across the room with a resentful expression.

"Secretary Li, what is the significance of you asking me to inform Comrade Chen Luo about this?"

"It was clearly the result of your discussions with higher-ups, so why didn't you directly inform Comrade Chen Luo?"

Upon hearing this, Secretary Li rolled his eyes, put down the documents in his hand, and shook his head.

“That’s different, I’m not familiar with him…”

"But you were just talking about your granddaughter a couple of days ago..."

"Old Xiao, let's not talk about irrelevant topics."

"Alright, alright, I guess I'm just destined to be a mouthpiece. But on another note, Secretary Li, aren't you afraid that Comrade Chen Luo will use his position as the head of the supervisory team to cause chaos in the local area?"

"What am I afraid of? It's not just my decision. If something goes wrong, the others will have to take responsibility. Besides, we trust Comrade Chen Luo's character; he won't do anything reckless."

With a slight pursed lip, Director Xiao chose to remain silent.

It has to be said that the higher-ups acted very quickly. Chen Luo only received Director Xiao's call at noon, and the announcement was released in the afternoon, adding another position to his resume.

However, staff still need to be drawn from other units to form a team, since it is a permanent organization and cannot be temporarily drawn from other units.

Chen Luo wasn't picky about personnel; the Central Propaganda Department and the Cyberspace Administration of China provided technical personnel, and the Discipline Inspection Commission provided investigators.

There was one head and two deputies; the head of the group was naturally Chen Luo.

The two deputy team leaders are Hou Liangping and Zhong Xiaoai from the Discipline Inspection Commission.

The team-building process lasted a full week.

During this period, the internet was digging deeper and deeper into the scandals surrounding the Shaolin Temple in Central China, with some even revealing that the abbot of the Shaolin Temple was a philandering monk.

It was Friday again. After finishing work in the afternoon, Chen Luo did not choose to go home, but went directly to the airport.

Their first supervisory task force for public opinion supervision is about to begin, and this time they will be heading to Central China Province.

When they arrived at the airport, the two deputy team leaders, Hou Liangping and Zhong Xiaoai, were already waiting with their men.

After exchanging greetings, everyone boarded the plane.

At 8:30 p.m., the plane landed at the Central Plains International Airport without prior notification to the Central Plains Province. Since this was a public opinion supervision operation, the local authorities should not be given any opportunity to react; it was necessary to grasp the true situation of public opinion first.

June in Central China was already quite hot, and after leaving the airport, the group took a car to Dengfeng City.

We arrived at the hotel at 10 p.m. after a journey of about 70 kilometers. We then checked into the hotel and rested for the night.

The work began early the next morning.

Meanwhile, the morning news also reported on the arrival of the supervisory team in Central Plains Province.

In the Party Committee Building of Central China Province, on the seventh floor, in the Party Secretary's office, Sun Fohai, the Party Secretary of Central China Province, had a furrowed brow.

I fell into deep thought as I looked at the news report.

"Secretary Sun, the news only said that the public opinion supervision team will be stationed in our Central Plains Province soon, but it didn't mention a specific time or what the specific investigation will entail. This is very different from a typical supervision team!"

Upon hearing his secretary's words, Sun Fohai couldn't help but sigh, "Little Li, you don't understand. This shows that the higher-ups have given the public opinion supervision team a lot of autonomy!"

No wonder, considering the team leader is Minister Chen.

Chapter 481 The Difference in Strength Cannot Be Seen

"Secretary, should our province move up the schedule...?"

"What can we do in advance?"

Sun Fohai rolled his eyes. He didn't even know what the other party wanted to investigate. He just gave a haphazard response, which made it seem like the Central Plains Province was leaking everywhere.

"Alright, Xiao Li, go and inform Secretary-General Xu that we'll hold a Standing Committee meeting this afternoon to discuss this matter."

"Yes, Secretary Sun!"

The Central Plains Provincial Committee is responding, and at the same time, the supervisory team is also conducting an investigation. The staff first interviewed the surrounding people to understand the situation of Shaolin Temple and Shaolin Martial Arts School.

As for Chen Luo, his main task after arriving was not to conduct investigations, but to keep order and maintain order.