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Chapter 1152 Too Late? It's Over
After staying at the Maritime University for a while, Xiao Suizi and the others left and went directly to Sun Xiaomin's home in Lushun.
Meanwhile, on the government side, Li Wenbo, deputy secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission, arrived at the office of Wang Bingzhang, secretary of the Lushun Municipal Party Committee.
"Secretary, there's something I need to report to you!" Li Wenbo said as he entered and stood opposite Wang Bingzhang.
"Oh? What is it?" Wang Bingzhang put down the document he was reading, took off his reading glasses, and asked with a smile.
“Today, a case of harassment of women occurred at the airport police station, and the entire airport police station did absolutely nothing. According to the investigation, the gang was led by a man named Liu Yong, and behind him was Zhou Jun, the director of the airport police station. It was under his tacit approval that theft and harassment of women frequently occurred near the airport, making the area around the airport a complete mess,” Li Wenbo said.
"Old Li, is the person Liu Yong was flirting with today someone who's not simple?" Wang Bingzhang asked with a smile.
“Secretary, you are truly insightful. Today, Zhao’s three daughters-in-law came to Lushun to visit Sun Xiaomin, the eighth daughter-in-law of their family. They were stopped by Liu Yong and his men as soon as they left the airport. If the Maritime University guard company hadn’t arrived, they probably would have been in trouble today.” Li Wenbo didn’t mince words and directly pointed out the identities of Xiao Suizi and the others.
"What? Zhao's daughter-in-law?" Wang Bingzhang could no longer maintain his smile and stood up in shock to ask.
“That’s right. There are five of them, all daughters-in-law of the Zhao family. You’ve probably heard that the Zhao family doesn’t have much else, but they have a lot of sons, and many of them are in the military. Sun Xiaomin is the wife of Tian Weifu, the brigade commander of the North Sea Fleet’s Marine Corps Brigade, and Zhao Weimin, the commander of the Zhurihe Base,” Li Wenbo said.
"You've got Zhou Jun under control, right?" Wang Bingzhang asked excitedly as he walked out from behind his desk and pulled Li Wenbo to sit on the sofa next to him.
"We've got him under control, and the interrogation is complete. Our disciplinary committee member Xiao Kong is a classmate of Sun Xiaomin. When he revealed Sun Xiaomin's identity, Zhou Jun couldn't hold back and confessed everything. Several officials in our city are involved, the most notable being Zhao Lu from Ganjingzi District and Vice Mayor Gao Kai!" Li Wenbo said with a somber expression.
“According to regulations, we can interrogate Zhao Lu, but Gao Kai is a provincial-level cadre, and only the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection can place him under investigation! And Gao Kai’s father-in-law used to be the secretary of our Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection. Although he has retired now, his influence is still there. This matter is a bit difficult to handle!” Wang Bingzhang said with a serious expression.
Li Wenbo remained silent this time. It was not something Li Wenbo could comment on, since the two were of equal rank, and Gao Kai also had powerful backers.
Moreover, Li Wenbo also knew that only Wang Bingzhang could make the decision on this matter. Whether to stop with Zhao Lu or take down Gao Kai as well, it was up to Wang Bingzhang to decide.
In fact, Wang Bingzhang could guess that the situation was still under control and should not have reached Zhao Laohu's ears yet.
If the news had already reached him, Wang Bingzhang should have received a call from the province by now! But the province obviously doesn't know about this, so it's up to Wang Bingzhang to decide what to do.
Wang Bingzhang glanced at the silent Li Wenbo and couldn't help but think of him as a cunning fox. Li Wenbo's silence was clearly a way of passing the buck to him.
Gao Kai is the vice mayor, and behind him stands a retired provincial discipline inspection commission secretary. If this isn't handled properly, it could very well create future problems for him.
After all, he's just retired, not dead, and his faction still exists. If Gao Kai's wife weren't the sole heir, Gao Kai might already be in Wang Bingzhang's position.
However, even if it wasn't the only one, Wang Bingzhang didn't dare to make a hasty decision. Zhao Laohu was far away in the capital and was in the military system, so his influence on him was relatively small.
But Gao Kai's father-in-law was right in front of him, which put Wang Bingzhang in a dilemma.
"Old Li, where do you think this matter should go?" Wang Bingzhang had no choice. Even if he knew about this, he wouldn't get any information from Li Wenbo. But he wanted to hear Li Wenbo's opinion. The matter had happened so suddenly that Wang Bingzhang couldn't come up with a good decision for the time being.
"Secretary, if Zhao Laohu personally intervened in this matter, do you think the person behind Gao Kai will still be able to enjoy his old age in peace?" Li Wenbo did not answer directly, but instead asked Wang Bingzhang a question.
Hearing Li Wenbo's words, Wang Bingzhang also fell into deep thought. Could Zhao Laohu personally take down Gao Kai's father-in-law?
There's no need to even consider this problem. Faced with Zhao Laohu's attack, even if Gao Kai's father-in-law were still in office, let alone retired, he probably wouldn't be able to withstand it.
"It's a pity he's already retired! We can't trace his line back!" Wang Bingzhang said regretfully.
"Secretary, is it difficult for that tiger to pursue the matter further?" After Li Wenbo finished speaking, he fell silent, sitting quietly to the side, looking around, clearly not intending to say anything more.
"Go back and take control of Zhou Jun first, and prepare manpower while waiting for my news! According to the list provided by Zhou Jun, arrange manpower for all those involved and have them stand by at the Discipline Inspection Commission. I'll make a call to ask for instructions from my superiors!" Wang Bingzhang finally decided to report this matter to his superiors.
In any case, this is an opportunity; it just depends on whether the higher-ups are willing to seize it!
After Li Wenbo left, Wang Bingzhang picked up his internal phone and called the top official in the province directly.
As for Li Wenbo, after returning to his office, he immediately ordered all the discipline inspection personnel who were outside to return to the office and stand by. If the higher-ups ordered an arrest, he had to take action first to control the person and wait for the provincial officials to arrive.
Meanwhile, Zhao Lu had already found a member of the Discipline Inspection Commission who was somewhat familiar with him.
"Old Wang, I need to ask you something," Zhao Lu said into the phone in a relaxed tone.
"District Chief Zhao, you're too kind. What's the matter? Just tell me. As long as it doesn't violate the election rules, I'll tell you everything I know," the person on the other end of the phone said.
"I heard that your discipline inspection commission arrested a police station chief in our district today. I'd like to inquire what he did wrong, or if he still has a chance to reform himself?" Zhao Lu said in a tone of concern for his subordinate.
"District Chief Zhao, we were just notified that this matter is not to be discussed or spread outside. We must keep it confidential! In addition, we are all on standby in the office right now!" The person on the other end of the phone thought for a moment and said something completely irrelevant.
Upon hearing this, Zhao Lu's heart skipped a beat. He knew that Zhou Jun was finished, and it was too late for what he and Gao Kai had discussed!