Chapter 2832 Don't be out of touch with reality

Qin Feng's contempt infuriated Shao Hongli. He slammed his hand on Qin Feng's desk, stood up, pointed at Qin Feng, and said, "Qin Feng, I've put up with you for a long time. Who do you think you are? When I was the deputy mayor of Shazhou, you were still nursing in your mother's arms."

Qin Feng wasn't angry. He smiled at Shao Hongli, completely unconcerned.

"Qin Feng, I'm here to negotiate with you, not to beg you. Do you really think I have no other way out? Do you really think you've got me cornered this time?"

"Yes, you're right. If things really blow up, at worst you'll lose your job, while I might end up spending my time in prison."

"But have you thought about this? I, Shao Hongli, have been in the officialdom of Shazhou and Ganliang for so many years. If I were really so easy to investigate, I would have been in prison long ago. Why would I have waited until now? Even if this matter blows up and the higher-ups come to investigate, are you sure they will definitely be able to find me?"

"Yang Zhijie really tricked me this time. He completely ignored me and didn't care about my interests. But in the end, no one can replace me in his life. Is he really going to just stand by and watch me get dragged into this?"

"Qin Feng, if you obediently stop, with my secret help and Jiang Longjun's pressure, you can hand over the No. 1 Middle School to Yang Zhijie. Yang Zhijie will weigh the pros and cons and there is a high probability that he will choose to settle things peacefully."

"But if you don't stop inspecting the project immediately, don't blame me for being impolite. You should know that whether I'm involved or not, there are two different things when Yang Zhijie does things. If I go all out and stand with Yang Zhijie against you, you should know what the consequences will be."

"Qin Feng, your youth is an asset, and you can be arrogant, but don't be out of touch with reality and act impulsively. You'll ruin your entire future. Think it through carefully," Shao Hongli threatened Qin Feng.

Hearing this, Qin Feng laughed again: "Okay, I've taken Vice Mayor Shao's advice to heart, but I'll say it again: all projects must resume work and production by tomorrow morning. If they don't, these projects will be thoroughly investigated, and all evidence will be handed over to the Discipline Inspection Commission."

Qin Feng was obviously saying this to Shao Hongli.

"Fine, since you're so ungrateful, then don't blame me." After saying that, Shao Hongli stormed out of Qin Feng's office.

Watching Shao Hongli leave, Qin Feng smiled, picked up the documents in his hand and continued to review them, as if he didn't take Shao Hongli's visit seriously at all.

Just as Qin Feng said, now there are only three people in the entire Shazhou City who are qualified to sit at the table: him, Yang Zhijie, and Jiang Longjun. After Qin Feng repeatedly weakened his power over the past few months, Shao Hongli didn't even have the chance to sit at the table anymore. And after this, Shao Hongli has even less say.

Qin Feng didn't want to talk to Shao Hongli at all today because there was no need for him to discuss this matter with Shao Hongli. First of all, Qin Feng had no intention of discussing this matter. He wanted to completely eliminate Shao Hongli's influence in this matter. If he gave up halfway, wouldn't everything have been for nothing?

Moreover, if he really wanted to talk, he would talk to Yang Zhijie. Shao Hongli was just a puppet, so what was the point of talking to Shao Hongli?

As Shao Hongli walked out of Qin Feng's office, he felt extremely regretful, regretting that he still couldn't control his temper and started a fight with Qin Feng.

Shao Hongli was very clear about his current situation. He didn't know what would happen to Qin Feng if he continued to ignore everything and stubbornly persist. But he knew that Shao Hongli's fate would definitely not be good either.

In fact, his best option now is to ask Qin Feng to stop investigating these projects, so before he came, he planned to bow down to Qin Feng and act like a grandson in front of him.

Having always been arrogant and domineering, he couldn't hold back his anger after being teased by Qin Feng a few times, and he couldn't completely back down. So, in a moment of impulsiveness, he ended up confronting Qin Feng head-on.

Shao Hongli regretted it. He wanted to go back in and apologize to Qin Feng, but in the end he couldn't bring himself to lower his head. He sighed and went downstairs.

Shao Hongli had mixed feelings, while Qin Feng didn't take it seriously at all.

When Qin Feng returned home around nine o'clock in the evening as usual, Yang Yuxin walked into Qin Feng's house after he had taken a shower. She didn't knock and just opened the door and came in. Qin Feng was already used to this.

"I've delivered the message you asked me to give to Yang Zhijie." Yang Yuxin sat down on the sofa.

What did Yang Zhijie say?

"I told him I wanted to meet with him to talk about the relocation of the No. 1 Middle School in the city, but Yang Zhijie sneered and said he was busy right now and we could talk about it when he was in a better mood," Yang Yuxin said with a smile.

Qin Feng laughed after hearing this: "It seems he really is convinced that I'm doomed this time."

“I told him about Shao Hongli going to see Jiang Longjun, and he was furious. He cursed Shao Hongli as a traitor in front of me,” Yang Yuxin continued.

Qin Feng nodded: "Shao Hongli went to beg me today. It's quite interesting that someone as arrogant and domineering as Shao Hongli would actually lower himself to beg me."

“It’s not hard to guess. Shao Hongli must have been driven to desperation. If Yang Zhijie doesn’t take care of him, he’ll only have one way out: death. So naturally, he wants to beg you for help,” Yang Yuxin said.

"Things aren't that simple. How could Yang Zhijie really abandon Shao Hongli? If it really comes to that, Yang Zhijie will definitely find a way to protect Shao Hongli. Even if Yang Zhijie doesn't protect him, your father will. Shao Hongli is too important to your Yang family."

"The reason Shao Hongli went to me for help today is simply to protect his own interests. The key reason is that he can't bear to give up the profits from those projects. This is also the point of conflict between him and Yang Zhijie."

“If it really comes to that, Shao Hongli will have no choice but to abandon these projects. At that point, his interests will be aligned with Yang Zhijie’s. I never thought I could completely destroy Shao Hongli this time, but as for Shao Hongli now, it doesn’t really matter whether he lives or dies,” Qin Feng said with a smile.

……

The following week on the sandbar was peaceful, yet not entirely peaceful.

The calm was because nothing major had happened in the sandbar, and everything was proceeding in an orderly manner. Qin Feng himself was busy every day according to his work schedule, attending meetings, participating in activities, making inspections, meeting with leaders, accompanying them on inspections, socializing, talking, reviewing documents, and so on.

For the local residents and grassroots workers in Shazhou, this was just an ordinary week, seemingly no different from any other.

However, for the leaders of Shazhou City, this week was anything but peaceful. This unease stemmed from the escalating project shutdowns and the intervention of the Discipline Inspection Commission in the performance evaluation process.

Although nothing major has happened so far, the higher-ups in Shazhou understand who is fighting whom behind this, and they all know that Shazhou is about to face a storm.