Chapter 2778 Rectification within a Time Limit

Zhang Xinming hurriedly went to open the door to Qin Feng's office.

"I know you're busy, Mayor, and it might be difficult for you to find time to listen to my report later, so I'm giving you a briefing on last night's events before you start your workday." Jiang Yunpeng followed Qin Feng into the office.

“I’m not that busy. You can just call and report what happened last night. There’s no need to come all this way in person. But since you’re here, tell me what happened last night.”

"It's so early in the morning, why bother with tea? You go ahead and do your thing. He's a regular customer, no need to entertain him," Qin Feng joked as he saw Zhang Xinming scrambling to make tea.

As a secretary, Zhang Xinming is very busy every morning with a lot of work to do. Today, Jiang Yunpeng's sudden appearance at this time disrupted Zhang Xinming's work rhythm.

"Let's talk while we sit down!" Qin Feng said to Jiang Yunpeng after sitting down. At this moment, Zhang Xinming, who had just gone out, came back in with a few copies of today's newspaper and placed them on Qin Feng's desk before leaving again.

The first thing he did every day when he got to work was to put the day's newspaper, which the staff had delivered to his office, on Qin Feng's desk, because he knew that Qin Feng would read the day's newspaper before starting work.

Qin Feng reads three types of newspapers: several national official newspapers, and official newspapers from Gansu and Liangshan provinces and Shazhou city. Not only Qin Feng has this habit, but any politically astute leader within the system will insist on reading official newspapers every day, because they reveal the political direction.

“Last night, following your instructions, I had one of my deputy directors personally lead a team to inspect the Lixin Hotel. All the people who participated in the inspection were carefully selected and completely trustworthy comrades. I also had them secretly bring special equipment to conduct a comprehensive investigation of the entire Lixin Hotel.”

"At the same time, we not only had reporters from several media outlets in Shazhou accompany us to inspect the Lixin Hotel, but we also sent our own publicity team to film and document the event..."

"In the end, we fined Lixin Hotel 500,000 yuan and ordered it to suspend operations for rectification." Jiang Yunpeng gave Qin Feng a detailed report on the inspection of Lixin Hotel last night.

“There’s something going on here. I received a call from Secretary Tang around 10 p.m. last night,” Jiang Yunpeng said after a pause.

"Tang Zeyan?"

“Yes.” Jiang Yunpeng nodded.

"What did he say? Did he put pressure on you on behalf of Yang Zhijie?" Qin Feng asked with a smile.

"Uh...yes, but Secretary Tang only made one request, saying that Lixin Hotel is the best hotel in Shazhou and the face of Shazhou to the outside world. Whether it is tourists from other places or entrepreneurs coming to Shazhou for inspection, Lixin Hotel is the first choice."

"Now we are going to publicize the investigation and punishment of Lixin Hotel, which will greatly damage the image of our Shazhou City."

"Furthermore, Secretary Tang emphasized our decision to order the Lixin Hotel to suspend operations for rectification, saying that our Public Security Bureau was making irresponsible decisions and lacked any sense of the big picture, and that suddenly ordering the Lixin Hotel to suspend operations for rectification would have a very negative impact on the business environment of Shazhou..."

Jiang Yunpeng then repeated to Qin Feng what Tang Zeyan had said to him in a very gentle tone. Qin Feng knew that Tang Zeyan certainly hadn't been so gentle when he said it to him.

Hearing this, Qin Feng smiled. Tang Zeyan was, after all, the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee. He was clearly invited by Yang Zhijie to exert pressure, but the reason he gave was so high-sounding and impeccable.

This is a classic example of someone talking about principles but actually doing business.

"How did you answer him?"

“I didn’t dare to refute it; I just said I would report to you immediately,” Jiang Yunpeng smiled.

Qin Feng smiled again. Jiang Yunpeng had learned his lesson. These words were a message to Tang Zeyan that he, Jiang Yunpeng, would only listen to Qin Feng.

"Secretary Tang said he would call you personally today," Jiang Yunpeng concluded.

Qin Feng nodded, lit a cigarette, took a couple of puffs, and then picked up the newspaper next to him while reading it. He said, "The publicity must go on. I'll have Chen Guohua personally contact the publicity department to follow up. We must publicize it extensively."

“But we have to give Tang Zeyan face, and what Tang Zeyan said actually makes sense. It’s really not appropriate to shut down the Lixin Hotel for rectification. How about we change the suspension of business for rectification to a time-limited rectification?” Qin Feng said.

“Okay, I’ll make the arrangements right away. Mayor, I’d like to report to you on our covert investigation of the Lixin Hotel last night…” Jiang Yunpeng continued.

"This is within your area of ​​expertise, there's no need to report it to me. Even if you did, I wouldn't understand. It's a big no-no for an outsider to lead an expert. You just need to tell me two things: First, is the Lixin Hotel the location of Yang Zhihao's underground casino?" Qin Feng interrupted Jiang Yunpeng's report.

“We brought instruments and we can confirm that there is a huge underground structure under the vacant land next to the Lixin Hotel. According to the declaration, it is an underground parking lot, but the actual terrain is completely different from the declared terrain.”

"We didn't go inside to determine whether it was an underground casino, so we don't know. But based on the situation on site, it's almost certain that it was an underground casino," Jiang Yunpeng replied.

"Okay, secondly, if you were to launch a crackdown on underground casinos in the future, would you be confident that you could wipe them out completely and not let a single criminal escape?" Qin Feng asked again.

“I am absolutely certain,” Jiang Yunpeng nodded.

"That's good then. Let's proceed according to plan," Qin Feng said while looking at the newspaper.

"Then I'll take my leave now." Jiang Yunpeng stood up.

"Wait a minute, I have something to ask you." Qin Feng called out to Jiang Yunpeng, who was about to leave.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yunpeng quickly sat down again.

"I asked you to do two things before. The first was to investigate the person who wrote the anonymous letter, and that's over. The second was to secretly investigate Qi Yaqiu's death. That's been going on for a while now. Any progress?" Qin Feng put down the newspaper in his hand and asked Jiang Yunpeng.

Jiang Yunpeng was somewhat embarrassed because he hadn't expected Qin Feng to ask about this matter. He had mentioned to Qin Feng last time that the investigation would be difficult and progress would be very slow. He hadn't expected Qin Feng to ask about it again so soon.

"Because it's impossible to file a case regarding the investigation into Comrade Qi Yaqiu's accidental death, I can only use my personal influence to arrange for reliable and capable comrades to conduct the investigation in secret, so progress is slow..." Jiang Yunpeng carefully considered his words.

"Just tell me, is there any progress? Have you found any clues?" Qin Feng asked.

"Yes, there has definitely been progress, and we've found many areas that were previously questionable." Jiang Yunpeng nodded quickly.

"Then report to me any clues or questions you've uncovered during your investigation." Qin Feng nodded.