Chapter 2950 Tang Zeyan Turns His Back on People

"The municipal party committee bypassed the municipal government and gave orders directly to the public security bureau. Heh... Jiang Longjun is quite adept at this little trick." Qin Feng sneered.

Jiang Longjun did this partly to annoy Qin Feng, and partly to create difficulties for Jiang Yunpeng.

Will Jiang Yunpeng comply or not? If he does, he'll embarrass Qin Feng; if he doesn't, Jiang Longjun can use this as an excuse to cause trouble.

"Jiang Yunpeng probably hasn't gone back yet, right? Fine, since Jiang Longjun wants to make a big fuss, let him have his way. Call Jiang Yunpeng and tell him to follow the city party committee's orders. Don't give Jiang Longjun a chance to make trouble. Also, call Meng Dan and tell her to go to the police station to rest for a couple of days," Qin Feng instructed Chen Guohua.

"Are they really going to arrest Meng Dan?"

"It's not about arresting her. After something like this happened, it's reasonable for the police to take her into custody as the person in charge. As for whether it's her responsibility, we'll have to wait until the accident investigation is complete. Besides, we can't not arrest her now. If we don't, Meng Dan will be the one in a passive position. Jiang Longjun is deliberately trying to annoy me. Let's do as he says and explain things clearly to Meng Dan."

"Okay, I'll go and inform them right away." Chen Guohua sighed.

"Jiang Longjun wants to arrest Meng Dan simply to escalate the problem and push Huayang Group into the public eye. Since that's the case, let's stop talking about considering the big picture and let Jiang Yunpeng find the evidence of arson at all costs and do his best to find the arsonist." Qin Feng added as Chen Guohua turned around.

After Chen Guohua left, Qin Feng sat there and thought for a while, then picked up the phone on the table and called Tang Zeyan, the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee.

"Who is this? This is Tang Zeyan." Tang Zeyan's voice came from the other end of the line.

"Secretary Zeyan, this is Qin Feng," Qin Feng said with a smile. A qualified politician must learn to control and conceal their emotions, and must also learn to constantly adapt to changing circumstances.

"Mayor, hello, hello, what can I do for you?"

"Secretary Zeyan, you flatter me. The Municipal Party Committee has ordered a meeting. Have you received the notification?"

"I received the call and was just about to head over. After hearing the report, I learned that a fire broke out at the sports center construction site. Secretary Jiang was furious, and the provincial leaders were also very angry." Tang Zeyan knew that Qin Feng had called him about this matter, so he deliberately mentioned Jiang Longjun and the provincial authorities' attitudes beforehand to either shut Qin Feng up or to raise his own price.

"Yes, but fortunately, the incident did not have any serious consequences. Only two workers were injured, and their conditions have stabilized," Qin Feng emphasized.

"This is a stroke of luck amidst misfortune. However, Mayor, production safety is a political issue, as well as a subjective one. There is no standard answer. The grading criteria depend entirely on the personal preferences of the examiners. The same answer can receive full marks or zero marks, and no one can say anything about it."

"So, Mayor, sometimes the answer isn't important; what matters is the examiner's mood," Tang Zeyan said, his words carrying a deeper meaning.

"Secretary Zeyan hit the nail on the head, seeing the essence of the problem very clearly. Although it's a subjective question with no standard answer, the personal preferences of the examiners do have a significant impact. But regardless, there's always a general standard for judging the quality of an answer. We should still argue when necessary, and appeal when necessary. Even if it doesn't affect the final result, we should still express our attitude. Don't you agree?"

Qin Feng understood Tang Zeyan's meaning, but still made his own request.

Qin Feng made this call hoping that Tang Zeyan would side with him at the meeting to be held later. Jiang Longjun's purpose in holding this meeting was naturally to amplify the fire at the sports center construction project and, in the name of the municipal party committee, elevate the incident to the political level of a serious accident.

Qin Feng hoped to join forces with Tang Zeyan to fight against Jiang Longjun.

Although Jiang Longjun is the municipal party secretary and has absolute authority within the municipal party committee, the impact of the opposition from the two deputy secretaries is still significant. No matter how tough Jiang Longjun is, he cannot completely disregard this, given the strict crackdown on "one-man rule" in recent years.

When Qin Feng called Tang Zeyan, Tang Zeyan probably already guessed Qin Feng's purpose, so he immediately mentioned Jiang Longjun and the province's attitude. In fact, he was telling Qin Feng that Jiang Longjun and the province's attitude on this matter was very clear: they wanted to use this as an excuse to attack Qin Feng. He did not intend to get involved, let alone help Qin Feng.

Qin Feng continued to try to win over Tang Zeyan, telling him that the outcome wasn't important, but at least they should have a discussion at the meeting. In other words, Tang Zeyan just needed to state his position at the meeting.

Qin Feng couldn't control the province's attitude, but he didn't want Jiang Longjun to do whatever he wanted in this matter, especially not at the municipal party committee.

As a "political ally," Tang Zeyan should stand up at this time; this is the tacit understanding that is expected.

“Mayor, I have a different opinion. Since we can’t change the outcome, what’s the point of arguing? It will only upset the examiners, and the score might be even lower,” Tang Zeyan added.

Tang Zeyan's meaning was clear: he would not get involved and would not get tangled up in this mess at this time, nor would he offend Jiang Longjun and provincial leaders for Qin Feng's fruitless cause.

Qin Feng smiled after hearing Tang Zeyan's words and said to Tang Zeyan, "Secretary Zeyan's words make some sense."

“Yes, Mayor, a test paper can’t only have this one question. Since we know it’s hard to get points on this question, we might as well give up on it and work on the other questions,” Tang Zeyan advised Qin Feng.

"Thank you for your reminder and suggestions, Secretary Zeyan. I will consider them carefully," Qin Feng said before hanging up the phone.

Tang Zeyan had just treated him to a meal two days earlier. During that meal, Tang Zeyan had vehemently criticized the Jianglong Army and stated unequivocally that he would stand firmly with Qin Feng in the future and would never allow the Shazhou Municipal Committee to become someone's "one-man show" or "backyard."

Qin Feng never took what politicians said, especially what they said in private, seriously. Sometimes he himself would say things against his will that he clearly wouldn't do.

However, he did not expect Tang Zeyan to change his attitude so quickly and so completely.

Just two days ago, he told Qin Feng that he would stand firmly with him against Jiang Longjun, but he turned around and completely denied it. He didn't even bother to come up with a polite remark or a hypocritical reason, and simply refused.

After hanging up the phone, Qin Feng thought about it and could understand why Tang Zeyan would do such a thing.

Tang Zeyan had clearly seen through the power struggle and deeper considerations behind this matter. This matter itself was a joint effort by Jiang Longjun and the Ganliang faction behind Jiang Longjun, together with the Yang family and the local Ganliang interest group behind the Yang family, to suppress and crack down on Qin Feng and the outside forces represented by Zhao Hongjian behind Qin Feng.

Judging from the current situation and the comparison of the forces behind them, Qin Feng's faction is in a very passive position. After all, the other two sides have joined forces, so what room for resistance does Qin Feng have?

Under these circumstances, how could Tang Zeyan continue to "ally" with Qin Feng? What he needs to do now is to keep his distance from Qin Feng as much as possible so that he won't get splattered with blood when Qin Feng dies.