Chapter 1795: No Extraneous Branches

Wu Yutao fell silent.

"Mayor, we have two problems now. First, Qin Feng simply refuses to talk to me. He doesn't even want to give us a chance. Even if we are willing to agree to his conditions, I think it will be difficult to communicate with him in a short period of time."

"Secondly, Qin Feng wants more than just compensation. According to what he said, he wants to send Li Yang to prison. There is no way Li Yang will agree to this, and neither can we." Wu Yutao said solemnly.

"I said, Qin Feng is not a fool, he is not that stupid, on the contrary, he is much smarter than the average person. Doesn't he know that not bringing this matter to the judicial process is our bottom line? What's more, he wants money and compensation. Will arresting Li Yang do him any good?"

"Insisting on sending Li Yang to jail is just a bargaining chip for him to extort money from us."

"Go talk to him. Don't make too much of a fuss about compensation. Try to satisfy him and try to keep Qin Feng stable before Xie Zhiguo comes. It's not the right time to cause trouble."

"As for why he doesn't want to talk to you... I will arrange this matter. He just needs a way out." Liu Xiaoping said while smoking.

Tang Yun called several directors of the Municipal Party Committee Office to have lunch with Qin Feng. After lunch, Qin Feng prepared to return to Yian.

Halfway through the drive, Qin Feng suddenly received a call from Duan Hongyu, deputy secretary of the municipal party committee, asking him to go to his office in the afternoon.

Qin Feng and Duan Hongyu are not strangers. During the period when the position of Secretary of the Xiquan Municipal Party Committee was vacant, the daily work of the Xiquan Municipal Party Committee was mainly handled by the new Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, and Qin Feng also reported to Duan Hongyu many times.

Qin Feng still has quite a bit of respect for Duan Hongyu. If Duan Hongyu hadn't upheld justice, life in Yian County would have been even more difficult than it is now.

After receiving the call from Duan Hongyu, Qin Feng asked Wang Jun to turn the car around and drive towards the Municipal Party Committee again.

After the car arrived at the Municipal Party Committee, Qin Feng took a nap in the car for a while. When it was time to go to work, Qin Feng moved upstairs and came to Duan Hongyu's office.

"Secretary Duan." Qin Feng walked into Duan Hongyu's office with a smile.

"Qin Feng is here, please sit down." Duan Hongyu smiled and asked Qin Feng to sit down on the chair.

"This morning, Comrade Wu Yutao from Tai'an County came to me and reported to me that the Zhongyang Chemical Factory had secretly discharged sewage into the river, causing the water source of a village in your Yi'an County to be polluted." Duan Hongyu went straight to the point and told Qin Feng about this without any formalities.

Duan Hongyu said and looked at Qin Feng.

Qin Feng nodded but didn't say anything. He was waiting for Duan Hongyu to finish speaking, while at the same time trying to figure out Duan Hongyu's attitude.

"At the same time, Comrade Wu Yutao also expressed to me their attitude towards handling this matter. Comrade Wu Yutao's opinion is that it is hoped that this matter can be handled as soon as possible without causing a major impact, so as to prevent the situation from getting further out of control."

"Their opinion of Tai'an County is to order Zhongyang Chemical Factory to immediately stop discharging pollutants and make rectifications. At the same time, they order Zhongyang Chemical Factory to compensate the people in your Yi'an County who have suffered losses. For this reason, their Tai'an County government is willing to take the lead in negotiating with your Yi'an County government and preside over this matter."

"Wu Yutao said that he went to Tai'an County specifically to find you because of this matter, but you were firm in your attitude and unwilling to negotiate to resolve the matter. You said that you would report the matter to the provincial level and let the media and the Internet get involved to publicize the matter and make a big deal out of it." Duan Hongyu stared at Qin Feng again after he finished speaking.

Qin Feng could feel the sharpness in Duan Hongyu's eyes. It was obvious that he was very angry at Qin Feng's idea of ​​not following the rules.

As the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee, he certainly didn't want this to become a big deal for the sake of the overall situation of Xiquan City. Xiquan itself hadn't recovered from the last political earthquake, and if such a big thing happened again, he, as the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee, would naturally be seriously affected.

"Secretary Duan, our Secretary Wu Yutao is not reporting on his work, but rather seems to be telling tales, only reporting things that are beneficial to him." Qin Feng said with a smile.

"I can hear it, so I called you over. I want to hear your report and find out what's going on." Duan Hongyu said calmly.

"It has been nearly half a month since this incident happened. The cause of the incident was..." Qin Feng introduced the whole cause and effect of the incident to Duan Hongyu in detail, including the "riot" of the villagers in Shuitou Village.

"After the incident, we contacted Tai'an County as soon as possible and sent a formal letter, requesting Tai'an County to immediately investigate the Zhongyang Chemical Factory's secret sewage discharge and order the Zhongyang Chemical Factory to immediately stop the discharge."

"Tai'an County did not respond, and the Zhongyang Chemical Factory did not stop discharging pollutants into the river through secret pipes. For this reason, our county head, Comrade Cao Changsheng, went to Tai'an County in person to negotiate with the county. The result of the negotiation was that the other party, after investigation, believed that the secret pipe discharge we claimed was a fabrication."

"Later, I went to Tai'an County to visit Comrade Wu Yutao to discuss this matter. Wu Yutao's attitude was very tough. He repeatedly insisted that according to their investigation, there was no hidden pipe discharge at the Zhongyang Chemical Plant. He ignored our request."