The Tempting Road to Becoming an Official

"Continue,"

An Tai ordered.

With someone backing him, Liu Guangjie naturally felt more confident.

He hummed a response and said, "Last night, I made contact with the person involved. One of the persons, Chen Yu, indicated that Comrade Chen Fang had used his connections to resolve his employment and dowry issues, and had also arranged for his family an almost 300-square-meter fully furnished apartment worth over two million yuan."

No sooner had Liu Guangjie finished speaking

than a chorus of hisses filled the meeting room.

More than three million is no small sum.

Consider this, Chen Fang, as the secretary to the County Party Secretary, only makes three to four thousand a month. Doesn't three million constitute an enormous unexplained wealth?

"Comrade Chen Fang, is this true?"

An Tai asked, his face stern.

Chen Fang stood up.

He nodded and said, "Indeed, it is."

This statement secretly delighted those with hidden agendas.

An Tai nodded and commanded the personnel from the Disciplinary Committee at the door, "The evidence is conclusive, take him away!"

The people from the Disciplinary Committee had been ready all along.

Upon receiving the order,

they immediately surged in and firmly secured Chen Fang by the shoulders.

"No, it's true what's happened, but it's not at all like what Liu Secretary has said."

Chen Fang shouted.

"Even now you still deny it, Comrade Chen Fang, I warn you, the Disciplinary Committee doesn't catch the wrong person. I advise you to confess honestly and seek leniency,"

An Tai rebuked him.

Li Duming remained expressionless.

He said, "Secretary An, no matter what, shouldn't we give the person involved a chance to explain? Otherwise, if we catch the wrong person, it would look bad."

Chen Fang was someone Li Duming had personally selected.

Naturally, he spoke in his defense.

An Tai nodded and said, "Alright, I'll give you time. Tell me, what is different about your account?"

Chen Fang shrugged his shoulders,

and managed to break free from the two holding him.

He straightened his clothes and said, "I indeed helped my cousin secure a job, but it was just a security job paying 2000 a month. As for the dowry issue, the girl said she didn't want a dowry and wouldn't marry my cousin either. As for that so-called 300-square-meter apartment, I merely took my aunt and uncle to see it, and never said I was buying it. How could they say I gifted an apartment? Secretary Liu, your information is ridiculously absurd, isn't it?"

"Bullshit! I've verified these pieces of evidence myself; they told me personally. Could they possibly be false?"

Liu Guangjie said coldly with a sneer.

Chen Fang nodded and replied, "Just because someone told you, does that make it true? If someone says you're an idiot, does that make you one?"

"Chen Fang! How rude!"

Liu Guangjie barked, infuriated.

Chen Fang smiled and said, "I'm just giving an example; don't take it seriously."

After speaking, he looked toward An Tai and asked, "Secretary An, you are the head of the Disciplinary Committee. Handling cases in the Disciplinary Committee requires irrefutable evidence. When did hearsay become evidence for arrests? Isn't this just abuse of authority?"

"Right, Secretary An, I've been working at the Disciplinary Committee for so many years, and it seems our procedures for handling cases aren't supposed to be like this, right?"

Xu Lianyun chimed in.

An Tai's face turned from pale to flush.

He glanced at Liu Guangjie.

Liu Guangjie nodded confidently and said, "You want evidence, right? I've been prepared for your denial all this time. Chen Fang, I'll tell you, your aunt, uncle, and cousin are all waiting in the reception room. I can bring them in now. It's not too late for you to admit now, rather than being shamed in front of many leaders later and being ridiculed."

Li Duming paused and asked, "Comrade Chen Fang, what do you say? Want to face them in person?"

"Mr. Li, I don't see the need for that. Why let irrelevant people disturb the Standing Committee meeting for such a trivial matter? Isn't this stirring up trouble without cause?"

Chen Fang said.

Seeing Chen Fang seeming a bit hesitant,

Liu Guangjie felt even more confident.

He addressed Li Duming, "Mr. Li, I, Liu Guangjie, dare to guarantee with my Party spirit and career that what I have said is true. If anything goes wrong, I am willing to take full responsibility."

"Fine! Since the Secretary himself has said so, let's bring the people in. The truth will come out after a discussion, and we'll soon unveil who is causing the trouble. Secretary Liu, go bring them in."

Li Duming said.

Liu Guangjie instantly felt that Li Duming was also backing him up.

This illusion was quite confusing.

He smiled smugly.

Then, he turned around and left.

About three minutes later.

Liu Guangjie brought Chen Yangmin and two others into the Standing Committee meeting room.

From his smug smile, it seemed he had reconfirmed the three's statements along the way, and the results were probably as he had expected.

After introducing the three to the leaders present.

Liu Guangjie looked towards Chen Yu and said, "Comrade Chen Yu, don't be nervous, and don't worry; these are all leaders from our Changming County. Just tell the truth, no one will dare to do anything to you."

Anyone could tell from these words that he was implying to Chen Yu that he really didn't need to be afraid of Chen Fang.

Chen Yu nodded and said, "Okay."

Liu Guangjie threw a glance at Chen Fang, with a smile curling at the corner of his mouth, he asked, "Comrade Chen Yu, did Comrade Chen Fang pull some strings to find you a job?"

"Yes, he found it for me."

Chen Yu nodded and said.

Liu Guangjie became even more smug.

Then he asked, "What is the job and how much is the salary?"

"The job is a security guard, and the salary is two thousand a month!"

At Chen Yu's words.

The faces of those who were hiding smiles instantly stiffened.

Especially Liu Guangjie, he seemed frozen, staring incredulously at Chen Yu and asked, "Didn't you say that this job pays twenty thousand a month?"

Chen Yu scratched his head, looking innocent, and said, "When did I say it was twenty thousand a month? How much does he earn himself, and how could he possibly refer me to a job that pays twenty thousand?"

"You clearly said before..."

"I only said two thousand a month."

Chen Yu repeated.

Confused.

Totally confused.

Liu Guangjie clearly wasn't giving up and continued to ask, "What about the dowry then? Didn't you say he helped you solve that?"

"Yes!"

This answer gave Liu Guangjie some hope, and he asked, "How did he solve it?"

"He advised me not to marry that gold-digger, and that's how our engagement ended."

Chen Yu said with an innocuous expression.

"Hahaha..."

Xu Lianyun couldn't hold back and burst into laughter.

At this laugh, Liu Guangjie's face grew even uglier.

Turning to Xu Caifeng, he asked, "Sister Xu, you said before that Chen Fang gave you a three-hundred-square-meter house, is that true?"

Xu Caifeng also looked puzzled and asked, "When did I say that? He only took us to see a matrimonial home, but we found it too expensive, so we didn't buy it."

"You… you clearly didn't say that before."

Liu Guangjie yelled, frustrated.

Xu Caifeng scratched her head and said, "That's exactly what I said."

"Right, that's exactly what we said," Chen Yangmin added from the side.

At this point, Liu Guangjie's face looked even more bitter than a bitter melon.

The current situation was too awkward for him.

Seeing this, Chen Fang approached.

He walked up to Liu Guangjie and said, "Officer Liu, you're not very old, so why are your ears failing you? Oh, it might not be your ears failing; maybe you just wanted to deliberately mess with me, right?"

"Bullshit! They clearly said they would cooperate with me; Chen Fang, you played tricks, didn't you?"

Liu Guangjie shouted loudly.