Chapter 2819 Everyone Stop

"Actually, Qin Feng would have surrendered on his own without Jiang Longjun forcing him. Qin Feng is in Xidu. He took the earliest flight back to Shazhou this morning and went straight back to his office from the airport. He called Jiang Yunpeng, Chen Guohua and Sun Yuanwei to his office. What does this mean? It means that Qin Feng has realized the seriousness of the problem and is starting to get anxious."

"The situation we've set up is a dead end for Qin Feng, an unsolvable trap. Besides obediently coming to me to apologize, what other options does he have? Unless he doesn't want to be mayor anymore."

"The reason I went to Jiang Longjun and deliberately leaked our subsequent plans to him was twofold: first, to put pressure on Jiang Longjun and use him to force Qin Feng to bow down and admit his mistakes; second, to tell Qin Feng what we were going to do next through Jiang Longjun, so that Qin Feng would realize the seriousness of the problem."

"Just wait, before you leave work, Qin Feng will definitely come to me obediently, bow his head, admit his mistakes, and beg for forgiveness."

"This time, I want more than just him to never touch these projects again. The assessment process must also be halted, and none of my people can be touched. Hmph, he has to eat his own shit. This time, I'll make sure he loses all face and prestige." Shao Hongli became more and more excited as he spoke.

"Will he agree? Old Shao, my opinion is still to try our best to protect these projects. As for the people he's targeting with his assessment work, they're just minor figures. They won't affect the overall situation or your well-being. We don't need to ruin important things because of these small fry. The important thing now is to get him to stop investigating these projects." Ding Wenbo quickly advised Shao Hongli.

Qin Feng's assessment targeted Shao Hongli's people, so Ding Wenbo didn't suffer any losses. Ding Wenbo now only wants to protect these few projects.

"Shortsighted. Do you think the people he's targeting in this so-called assessment are all insignificant? They are my core support in Shazhou politics, my backbone, and the key to my control over Shazhou politics. If I lose them, my control will be greatly weakened."

"More importantly, it's a blow to my prestige. Qin Feng has been very aggressive lately, attacking me at every turn, which has damaged my strength and greatly diminished my prestige, leading to a further weakening of my influence. If he uses the assessment to get rid of these people, who will follow me in the future? What will I use to fight him then?"

"Ding Wenbo, don't just think about your own little schemes. If I get beaten down by Qin Feng, do you think you'll be alright? Do you think you can run away? Without me standing in front of you to hold off him, are you even a match for him?"

"Let me tell you, Qin Feng has no choice. The project inspection must be stopped, all the people who were involved in the assessment must be canceled, and he must come here obediently to apologize and admit his mistakes." Shao Hongli's face was fierce. He had been suppressed and beaten by Qin Feng for a long time and had been holding back his anger for a long time.

“Old Shao, these are not really big problems. You’re right, Qin Feng has no choice. If he doesn’t stop, and things continue to go on, no one in the entire Shazhou will be alright. It will become a major issue that affects the whole country, and he definitely won’t be able to stay as mayor.”

"As long as Qin Feng still has his senses, he will know what choice to make."

“But what I’m worried about now is what Yang Zhijie is thinking. After all, it was our idea to force Qin Feng to stop now, without Yang Zhijie’s consent. From Yang Zhijie’s perspective, he doesn’t want to protect these projects; he wants to bring Qin Feng down. Will Yang Zhijie agree to stop now?” Ding Wenbo looked at Shao Hongli with some concern.

Upon hearing this, Shao Hongli fell silent, his expression turning somewhat grim as he took deep drags on his cigarette.

“Yang Zhijie will definitely agree to stop now. I mentioned this to him before. If Qin Feng agrees to stop now, we will have heard about it. But Yang Zhijie firmly disagrees.”

“But Yang Zhijie won’t stop, while we must stop. He wants to escalate the situation and kill Qin Feng, but we can’t do that.”

“If things really go according to Yang Zhijie’s plan, it will become a shocking political case. The province will definitely investigate this matter, and Qin Feng will definitely fall from power. However, as the executive vice mayor, it will be difficult for me to avoid being held accountable.”

"That's not the most important thing. The important thing is that Qin Feng has already found out some illegal and disciplinary violations in these projects. When the province comes to investigate, these projects will be the focus. Can these projects withstand the investigation? Moreover, Qin Feng and Sun Yuanwei have solid evidence. And with such a big matter under the attention of the public, the province cannot not investigate it thoroughly."

"If that day really comes and Qin Feng steps down, our fate might be even worse than Qin Feng's."

“So now we’re walking a tightrope. If we let Qin Feng continue investigating, we’re doomed. If we let Yang Zhijie continue, we’re also doomed. The only way out is to force Qin Feng to stop now, and we’ll stop too. Both sides stop and pretend nothing happened. That’s our only way out. We have no choice.” Shao Hongli sighed.

“Of course I know that, but the problem now is whether Yang Zhijie will agree to stop. We made this decision without consulting him, will he be angry?” Ding Wenbo asked worriedly.

Shao Hongli took another deep drag on his cigarette.

"We can't worry about that now. We have to get Qin Feng to stop. We can't let him continue investigating. As long as Qin Feng stops, I'll go find Yang Zhijie and persuade him to stop the rest of the plan and give up."

“No matter what, Yang Zhijie will always give me some face. If I fall, what will Lixin Group use to fight against Qin Feng? What will it rely on to control the government?” Shao Hongli said slowly.

Shao Hongli sat in his office with his legs crossed, waiting for Qin Feng to come and apologize to him. But he waited until the end of the workday and Qin Feng still hadn't come, nor had he received a call from Qin Feng.

"Go and find out if Qin Feng's symposium has finished?" Shao Hongli asked his secretary, unable to sit still.

"I just asked, and the symposium has already ended, and Mayor Qin has returned to his office," the secretary reported.

Shao Hongli frowned. Qin Feng had already finished his meeting, so why hadn't he come to find him yet? Not even a phone call?

Shao Hongli glanced at his watch again; it was already past closing time.

Shao Hongli paced back and forth in his office, then said to his secretary, "Wait a minute, we'll leave in half an hour. Go and keep an eye on Qin Feng's office and see what he's up to."

After the meeting, Qin Feng returned to his office and quickly approved several urgent documents. By the time he finished, it was completely dark, and only then did he leave the office and go home.

Shao Hongli, who usually leaves early and never works overtime, was sitting in his office all day today. The lights were still on in his office even though it was almost eight o'clock, which was quite rare.