Official Career Storm

Chapter 1608

About half an hour later, the car drove out of the city and headed straight for the old town.

At 2:27 in the afternoon, the car stopped outside a self-built house.

This area is the old town of Pinghai City, with almost all the residential areas being houses from the last century.

The main reason for choosing this place was the lack of surveillance cameras.

There are almost no surveillance cameras in the old town, and even if there are, they are sparsely distributed.

Although there are fewer cameras compared to the city center, the security in the old town is surprisingly not bad.

The people living here are all locals, who have lived here for decades, and neighbors know each other well.

Lu Feng got out of another car, walked over, and asked, "Who are we sending?"

Song Guanchao nodded his chin: "Find two people to send District Chief Geng to the nearby city’s high-speed rail station and accompany him back to Jiangzhou. Someone will be there to pick him up once he gets to Jiangzhou."

District Chief Geng opened his mouth, wanting to speak, but Song Guanchao didn’t give him the chance to speak: "The actions on this side cannot be leaked, so I must ask District Chief Geng to cooperate for a bit. In a while, you must hand over all your phones to my men for safekeeping. When you arrive in Jiangzhou, someone will pick you up."

"Director Song..."

"Alright, get in the car."

Song Guanchao could see that he had some regrets.

But regretting now was too late.

Seeing Song Guanchao’s firm attitude, giving him no chance to waver, District Chief Geng gave a bitter smile, nodded, and said nothing more as he got into the car.

Lu Feng called over two people, one to drive and the other to sit in the back seat with him, and they collected his phone as soon as they got in the car.

After the car drove away, Jiang Yiren quietly asked, "District Chief Geng seemed to change his mind just now, why didn’t you let him finish what he was saying?"

Song Guanchao said, "If he can waver now because of my and Mayor Wu’s firm attitude, he will also waver when the situation turns unfavorable for us. I don’t need a two-faced fence-sitter; people like that only disrupt everyone’s confidence."

Though Jiang Yiren often dealt with people, her so-called dealings were only work-related exchanges. When it came to controlling people’s hearts and having the experience in reading people, she was practically a different breed compared to Song Guanchao.

Song Guanchao walked toward the car that Lin Wanqiu and Journalist Su were in. The window rolled down, and he said, "Sit in the car for a moment and wait for my call to come in."

Lin Wanqiu knew he had arrangements, so she didn’t ask more and nodded to show she understood.

At this moment, Mayor Fang and Director Chen also got out of another car.

They looked at the shabby apartment building in front of them and quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

They thought Song Guanchao was going to take them out of Pinghai City.

Fortunately, they were still in Pinghai City.

But at the same time, they were puzzled about why they hadn’t left Pinghai City.

Why come here?

The two exchanged a glance and then walked toward Wu Qiangwei, carefully choosing their words: "Mayor Wu, can we leave now?"

Wu Qiangwei cast a cold glance at them and did not respond.

"Leave?" Song Guanchao said, "Where does Mayor Fang want to go?"

The two realized that Wu Qiangwei had handed the right to speak over to Song Guanchao.

Everything here was decided by Song Guanchao.

And judging by Song Guanchao’s tone, it seemed they had no intention of letting them go.

"Come on, Mayor Fang. I just have a few things to ask you."

Song Guanchao patted his shoulder and walked toward the self-built house in front of them.

Mayor Fang’s eyes darted around, and as soon as he had the thought of running away, he saw several strong young men approaching from all directions, blocking all possible routes of escape.

The two were immediately filled with despair and had no choice but to follow Song Guanchao into the self-built house.

Knock, knock.

Song Guanchao knocked on the door.

Quickly, the door opened from the inside, and Fu Ying appeared in the doorway.

She glanced at the people behind Song Guanchao, smiled, and nodded at Wu Qiangwei, then said, "I’ve already rented this house."

"Okay, let’s go inside and talk."

The group entered the house, Wu Ming and Zeng Li chose a comfortable sofa to sit on, and some, having held back all the way, headed straight to the bathroom.

Song Guanchao pulled up a chair and sat in front of the coffee table. Seeing Mayor Fang and the others standing still, he said, "You two are leaders, don’t be formal. Madman, bring over the chairs."

Lu Feng brought over two chairs and placed them opposite the coffee table.

"Come on, sit down, I have something to ask you."

"Oh, okay."

The two forced smiles, no matter how angry they were inside; at this moment, they were like fish on the chopping block and had no choice but to bow.

"Here, have some water." Song Guanchao grabbed two bottles of mineral water from the coffee table and tossed them over, and they hurriedly caught them.

Song Guanchao, with a friendly smile, asked as if chatting casually, "Mayor Fang, where did you hear that we are investigating the corruption issue in Pinghai City?"

Their expressions instantly froze again, clearly not expecting Song Guanchao to ask this question.

They subconsciously wanted to look at each other when Song Guanchao suddenly said, "Look at me, can’t let you both answer together."

He nodded to Lu Feng, "Madman, take Director Chen to the room."

"Record Director Chen’s answers, and I’ll compare them to Mayor Fang’s answers."

Hearing this, any hope they had inside was immediately dashed.

Questioned separately, if their answers didn’t match, they could almost predict how Song Guanchao would deal with them.

Director Chen’s throat moved, and reluctant, he was taken into a room by Lu Feng.

Once the door closed, Song Guanchao said, "Alright, Mayor Fang, tell me, where did you get the information?"

"I... I heard it from Director Chen." Mayor Fang’s eyes darted around, speaking with a lack of confidence.

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that Song Guanchao in front of him suddenly had an icy expression.

"Does Mayor Fang think he’s being funny?"

"Director Song, I’m telling the truth, Director Chen really told me..."

"Pa!"

Before he could finish, he got slapped across the face.

This slap was given without holding back, making Mayor Fang feel like his brain was hit by a locomotive, buzzing and seeing stars.

Wu Qiangwei leaned back on the sofa with a calm face, showing no intention of stopping it.

Fu Ying raised her eyebrows, somewhat surprised, not expecting Song Guanchao to actually lay hands on someone.

No matter what, Mayor Fang was the mayor of Pinghai City, and to lay hands on him like this was making a mortal enemy.

But she understood Song Guanchao; he was never impulsive.

If he dared to slap, it meant the situation had reached an irreconcilable point.

Wu Ming and Zeng Li leaned their heads back on the sofa, smiling without a care in the world.

Jiang Yiren already knew Song Guanchao’s plan when she was in the car, so it didn’t surprise her.

Shu Xue, who had seen Song Guanchao use force in the box earlier, was slightly surprised but far from being shocked.

"Mayor Fang, my patience is limited. You’d better not waste my time."

Suddenly, Song Guanchao took out a switchblade: "You can keep going around in circles with me, but every time you waste a chance, I’ll cut off one of your fingers."

"You can think of my words as a threat, or you can gamble and think I won’t actually do it. Whatever you think, that’s your freedom; I won’t interfere."

"Swish!"

With a light press, the shiny blade sprang out, and he stared coldly at Mayor Fang: "Now, answer my question."