Chapter 1807:

Chapter 1807: Chapter 1807:

Song Guanchao kissed for a while, fumbling with his hands, just about to proceed further when Wu Qiangwei seized the opportunity to push him away, pulling down the clothes he had tugged up, pressing against his shoulder, her little face serious as she said, "No way."

Song Guanchao had no choice but to stop.

Wu Qiangwei said, "Quickly, tell me what method you have?"

Song Guanchao replied, "You’ll know once we’re in the Standing Committee meeting."

Seeing he was playing coy, Wu Qiangwei got a bit angry, twisting his waist: "Hurry and tell."

Song Guanchao beckoned with his finger, and Wu Qiangwei leaned her ear closer.

As he spoke, Wu Qiangwei’s expression grew increasingly grave, and when he finished, she immediately said, "No way!"

"Why not?"

"It’s too radical!"

Song Guanchao’s plan was too radical, too easy to offend people... No, not easy to offend people, but according to his plan, it would entirely offend people to death!

Song Guanchao said indifferently, "There was never any chance of reconciliation anyway, one of us needs to play the bad cop."

Wu Qiangwei frowned deeply, still struggling to decide, but Song Guanchao said, "Removing Cao Xiaolou would make Gaoshui County yours. This step must be fought for!"

"But doing this affects you too much."

"Aren’t you still here?" Song Guanchao said, "As long as you firmly hold your seat, these impacts will naturally dissipate."

"That’s it, I’m going back to catch up on some sleep."

Song Guanchao didn’t give her the chance to dwell, and got up to leave the room.

His method was simple and crude, using his own future to force all Jiangzhou City’s standing committee members to side with Wu Qiangwei.

Normally, as a non-standing committee director, he had no right to sway votes in the Standing Committee.

But this situation was different; he was the leader of the special investigation team for this case, and he could attend the Standing Committee meeting and report on the work.

As for how to sway votes, how to pressure the standing committee leaders, of course, he had his methods.

Gazing at the closed door, Wu Qiangwei sighed softly.

She knew very well that Song Guanchao was doing this mainly for her sake.

Though their interests were tied together, the fact that Wu Qiangwei sat more stably would stabilize his position too, but the fact of offending people couldn’t be changed.

The negative impact already created couldn’t be completely eliminated.

Especially at his level, wanting to advance further requires not only recommendations from the Municipal Organization Department, but also consideration from the Provincial Organization Department.

If provincial leaders don’t like his approach, then he should forget about promotion for at least three to five years.

The ringing phone pulled her scattered thoughts back.

It was a call from Zhou Zheng.

She adjusted her emotions and answered the call.

"Mayor Wu, County Magistrate Cao just reported to me on the situation, I think it’s necessary to tell you."

Zhou Zheng said, "Just now, Director Bai confessed to County Magistrate Cao. The education subsidy was embezzled by Director Bai."

Wu Qiangwei had long expected Cao Xiaolou would use Director Bai to take the fall and did not alert him, instead pretending to be displeased, "Is County Magistrate Cao reporting to Secretary Zhou because he doesn’t trust me?"

Zhou Zheng laughed and said, "Mayor Wu misunderstood, there’s something you don’t know. County Magistrate Cao used to work under me, and he’s accustomed to reporting to me. Moreover, during your inspection this time, he left you with a bad impression, so he’s somewhat afraid of you. That’s why he called me. I’ll have him report to you later."

Wu Qiangwei responded carelessly, then hung up. Zhou Zheng, finding the conversation went smoothly, thought the matter could be resolved and asked Cao Xiaolou to go report.

About twenty minutes later, Cao Xiaolou arrived at the guesthouse.

As soon as he got out of the elevator, he saw Song Guanchao standing outside Wu Qiangwei’s room, evidently waiting for a long time.

"Director Song, haven’t waited long, have you?" Cao Xiaolou approached with hurried steps.

Song Guanchao smiled and knocked on the door.

Wu Qiangwei opened the door and escorted him inside.

After all, it was a guesthouse, and if she let Cao Xiaolou inside alone, who knows what might happen?

This wasn’t Song Guanchao thinking the worst of people, he was simply unwilling to gamble.

Cao Xiaolou sat down and began to report, roughly saying that Director Bai actively admitted to embezzling public funds and arranging for police to illegally arrest Yang Ling.

"Director Bai was just confused for a moment and made a mistake," Cao Xiaolou said angrily.

Wu Qiangwei reacted blandly, "Director Song, please handle it."

"Ok." Song Guanchao said, "County Magistrate Cao, let’s go out first."

"Oh, alright."

The two exited the room, and Song Guanchao said, "It’s too late today, we’ll talk about this tomorrow."

Cao Xiaolou was stunned; he thought Song Guanchao would immediately have the Disciplinary Committee take Director Bai away, as his previous actions were consistently unsympathetic.

Why now, when the issue is resolved, isn’t he in a rush?

He secretly thought it might be Zhou Zheng’s influence.

"Alright, Director Song, if you need manpower, just call me."

After Cao Xiaolou left, Song Guanchao called Liang Jianfeng: "Mayor Liang, how’s the investigation?"

"I was just about to contact you." Liang Jianfeng said, "The situation is basically clear, the order to arrest was personally given by Director Huang."

After arriving at the county bureau, he gathered the police involved in arresting Yang Ling and questioned them one by one.

In front of this seasoned public security officer, these junior officers hardly resisted and all confessed.

"How do you plan to deal with Director Huang?" Liang Jianfeng asked.

Song Guanchao said, "Have him go to the police station and cooperate in the investigation, and while you’re at it, control him and make him confess the issue. Handle this matter secretly, don’t let it reach Cao Xiaolou’s ears."

"Once you’ve pried open Director Huang’s mouth, let me know."

"Alright."

Everything was in place, just waiting for testimony to be in hand, and then he would go confront Zhou Zheng.

And before this, Song Guanchao had one more thing to do — handle the County Committee Deputy Secretary and County Committee Secretary General.

After chatting with Secretary Xie today, Song Guanchao learned that these two are also Cao Xiaolou’s people.

According to the plan he and Wu Qiangwei devised, after removing Cao Xiaolou, they would promote Gao Qi.

Gao Qi is a typical grassroots figure, without backing.

Even without Cao Xiaolou, he would find it difficult to keep other deputy county magistrates in check, not to mention other standing members.

When you do a good deed, you should do it thoroughly and give Buddha to the west.

Song Guanchao decided to help him handle these two standing members as well.

He called Gao Qi and asked him to come to the guesthouse.

Soon, Gao Qi arrived by car and entered Song Guanchao’s room.

Song Guanchao got straight to the point and asked, "Do you have any evidence on the County Committee Deputy Secretary and Secretary General?"

Gao Qi had never seen anyone so direct, hesitated for two seconds, then said, "I don’t have evidence, but I know some things they’ve done."

"Tell me."

"Secretary Luo has a brother who published a few books, listed by the education bureau as mandatory extracurricular reading for primary and secondary schools. It was better in the county, each book was only twenty to thirty yuan, a few books together about a hundred yuan, not much. But for kids in towns, over a hundred yuan isn’t cheap. Some kids who can’t afford the books aren’t allowed into classrooms."

Song Guanchao frowned and asked, "When did this happen?"

Gao Qi replied, "Four or five years ago, it happens every semester."

Song Guanchao was silent for a few seconds, then asked, "What about the Secretary General?"

Gao Qi said, "All the milk in county and township primary and secondary schools is supplied by Secretary Shi’s aunt-in-law."

Song Guanchao stared at him: "You know quite a lot."

Gao Qi chuckled lightly, not feeling embarrassed.

As the saying goes, the one who knows you best must be your enemy.

In politics, who doesn’t have enemies?

Gao Qi didn’t originally intend to use this to bring down the opponent, but knowing more about them might come in handy sometime.

Opportunities only favor those who are prepared, and indeed, his chance had come.