Chapter 48: Beating One's Own Dog with a Stick

  Song Sanhe first received a call from the Party Secretary of the Bureau, Kan Xuetao. With Gao Tianhe backing him up, he thought that as long as he could bring the person back to the Municipal Bureau, everything would be easily resolved.

  After several transfers, the call finally reached Gao Tianhe's phone in the conference room of Mei Xi Steel Factory. Song Sanhe was stunned by Gao Tianhe's scolding over the phone.

  Gao Tianhe's loud voice on the phone was so high-pitched and excited that everyone in the conference room could hear it clearly:

  "Song Sanhe, you have ignored organizational discipline and the law, without going through proper procedures, you arbitrarily mobilized the municipal bureau's police force to go on duty. You must take full responsibility for this. You must immediately correct your wrong behavior and use all means to prevent the situation from further deteriorating. Wait for me to come over and handle it..."

  Du Jian watched as Song Sanhe stood there, his face turning from pale to white, and his heart sank like a stone - "Rumbling" downwards. The severity of Gao Tianhe's tone made these township officials tremble with fear in their hearts, no wonder Song Sanhe's legs went soft after hearing it, and he had to hold onto the corner of the table to stand upright.

  Looking at Shen Hui, who was calmly sitting beside the conference table with shiny handcuffs on his wrist, Du Jian's back felt like it had been soaked in an icy lake, sending chills down his spine: What kind of person was backing him from behind?

  Shen Huai's gaze was calm, but to Du Jian, it was like a knife, cutting his heart into pieces bit by bit. His last bit of courage also dissipated in that instant.

  Workers blockaded the factory office building, emotionally agitated and determined to prevent the municipal authorities from forcibly taking people away.

  As things were about to get out of hand, He Qing and the town officials had no choice but to rush back to the factory again, joining forces with the factory leaders to calm down the workers' emotions and prevent a vicious incident from occurring.

  When He Qing Society arrived, Song Sanhe's attitude had not softened, and he demanded that the town think of a way to disperse the surrounded workers or find another passage for them to take people out.

  He Qing Society was also angry and helpless, Song Sanhe represented the city, these township cadres could only follow orders. Moreover, with Du Jian and the town police station cooperating with Song Sanhe, the steel factory and the town's deputy mayor, deputy secretary, and deputy factory director all tended to help Song Sanhe take people away first...

  Just as we were about to take action, unexpectedly, the phone calls from Secretary of the Municipal Public Security Bureau's Party Committee, Quan Xuetao, and Mayor Gao Tianhe came in one after another, with surprisingly consistent and severe attitudes and opinions, demanding that Song Sanhe be stopped from arresting people and preventing the situation from escalating.

  He Qing Society is also somewhat puzzled:

  Shen Hua crashed into the car of Gao Tianhe's son, Gao Xiaohu. Song Sanhe was acting on behalf of Gao Tianhe's son to catch people. When Gao Tianhe made this phone call, not only did he keep Shen Hua from speaking, but also killed Song Sanhe with one blow...

  Gao Tianhe severely scolded Song Sanhe over the phone, and everyone heard it clearly: If they really had to define Song Sanhe's behavior today, he would have to be stripped of his police uniform.

  What's going on? Why has the situation taken such a drastic turn?

  What kind of powerful figure is behind Shen Huai, who can force Gao Tianhe, who is as fierce as a tiger in Donghua, to bow his head? Even forcing Gao Tianhe not to care about his son's face at all, and even beating his own henchman to calm the situation.

  Looking at Du Jian and those factory leaders, township cadres, who were also stunned and standing there, pale-faced and not daring to directly reverse the situation, He Qing She secretly congratulated himself: Fortunately, he didn't make a mistake today and let Du Jian lead him by the nose...

  "Shen, Secretary Shen, it seems there's been some misunderstanding today..." Song Sanhe was also confused, but he knew that behind Shen Hua was a powerful figure who couldn't be trifled with and could make even Gao Tianhe bow his head. Now, all he could do was try to ease the situation as much as possible and wait for Gao Tianhe to come over and handle the aftermath. He walked up to Shen Hua, forcing a smile on his face, stumbling over his words in greeting, and reached out to help remove the handcuffs from Shen Hua's wrist.

  Shen Huai shifted his hand slightly to the side, without even giving Song Sanhe a glance.

  Is it easy to unlock as it is to lock?

  Song Sanhe looked stupid and fat, but he was not confused in his heart. No matter how severely Gao Tianhe scolded him on the phone, it was impossible to really deal with him. The key is that the secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, Xue Tao, is also on his way to Meixi. If Shen Hua wears handcuffs and is seen by Xue Tao, this police uniform will not be kept.

  Song Sanhe really didn't dare to imagine what would happen after this police uniform was stripped off.

  "Director Shen, Director Shen, just let me unlock this handcuff, and I'll let you slap me twice..." Sweat was dripping from Song Sanhe's body.

  Shen Huai ignored Song Sanhe, stood up and turned around to walk towards the corner, huddled down with his head in his hands, and held the handcuffs behind his head, refusing to let Song Sanhe help him unlock them.

  What happened today also made Zhao Dong extremely indignant.

  Although seeing Song Sanhe being squeezed to the point of tears, Shen Hua's intention was also to force Gao Tianhe to strip off the police uniform from Song Sanhe's body. Zhao Dong felt a sense of relief in his heart, but he couldn't help feeling sad.

  If Shen Hua didn't have Tan Qiping, a more powerful backer than Gao Tianhe, even if the steel plant workers successfully blocked the municipal authorities from arresting people, Shen Hua would not have had a good outcome afterwards.

  Song Sanhe looked at his subordinates in the conference room, wanting to call them up to forcibly remove the handcuffs from Shen Hui's hands, but fearing that it would further enrage Shen Hui, he could only drag a chair and sit down in despair in the conference room, waiting for Gao Tianhe and others to come over and clean up this situation...

  Gao Tianhe and Municipal Bureau Party Secretary and Director Kan Xuetao met at Meixi Bridge and then entered the steel plant, stopping in front of the administration building to say a few words to calm the emotions of the employees before entering the building.

  As soon as he entered the conference room, he saw Shen Hua wearing handcuffs in the corner. Gao Tianhe's malice was born from his guts, and with a document in his hand, he directly slapped Song Sanhe's face and shouted: "Who gave you the power to cuff the party's cadres?"

  Song Sanhe's fat face was cut by the file paper, and he didn't dare to let out a single sound.

  Xiong Wenbin looked at Shen Huai and saw nothing unusual on him. He should be pretending to force Gaotian River to severely beat his own dog.

  The Party Secretary of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, Quan Xuetao, relied on his own hard work in the public security frontline for thirty years to climb to his current position. He also has a closer relationship with the Provincial Department, and does not lean towards either Gao Tianhe or Wu Haifeng, and usually tries not to get involved with people from both sides.

  Kuang Xuetao saw the situation in front of him and scolded Song Sanhe angrily: "What nonsense, too much nonsense!" He glared at the other police officers who came out with Song Sanhe, making those policemen who had just been showing off lower their heads, not daring to look him straight in the eye.

  Gao Tianhe knew what Shen Huai was thinking when he squatted on the ground, and if he wanted to settle the matter, there was no way to satisfy this little beast without making some concessions.

  He glared at Song Sanhe, his heart also furious to the extreme. These brainless guys, why did they have to mess everything up? Peng Yong was like this, and Song Sanhe was also like this, but he had to clean up after them. He didn't care about anything, but if something really went wrong and gave their opponents a handle, he would be dragged down with them to the point of no return.

  The more he thought about it, the angrier Gao Tianhe became, his chest heaving with rage. He turned to face Kan Xuetao and said: "I represent the municipal government, demanding that the Municipal Public Security Bureau relieve Song Sanhe of all his duties; your Municipal Public Security Bureau must also draw lessons from this incident, conduct a deep self-examination. I ask you, are you still people's police or not? How can you be so lawless and make such mistakes?"

  Song Sanhe heard Gao Tianhe immediately wanting to relieve him of all his duties, his face was ashen, but under Gao Tianhe's severe gaze, he was sweating and didn't dare argue for himself, also knowing that today's heavy blows, he had to endure first.

  "Is the person in charge of Mei Creek Town here?" Gaotian River looked at the crowd in the conference room and asked.

  "I am Du Jian, the Party Secretary of Mei Xi Town," said Du Jian, stepping forward with a stiff upper lip, and pulling out He Qing She to back him up. "He is Mayor He Qing She."

  "Alright, you go with Director Xiong from the municipal committee and explain the situation to the workers outside. Today's incident was entirely due to some police officers from the municipal public security bureau ignoring organizational discipline, and the municipal party committee and government will definitely handle it seriously and give Secretary Shen a fair treatment. You go out and convey my instructions for handling Song Sanhe earlier to the workers as well. It's already past working hours, let everyone go home first and have dinner, don't delay anyone," said Gao Tianhe, "The municipal bureau will be left with Secretary Kan to deal with follow-up matters, assisted by the town police station, and other police forces will also withdraw immediately..."

  Gao Tianhe can be the mayor, he has his own ability, and he is also decisive in handling things, knowing what to do to resolve conflicts and grasp the situation.

  Things have come to this point, at least on the surface, it's all settled. Du Jian is now too busy and doesn't have the guts to think about what's going to happen next. The black Mercedes of Gao Tianhe's son was also given away for free, what else can he do?

  Du Jian followed Kou Wenbin and He Qingshe out of the factory to persuade the workers who were surrounding the factory gate to leave.

  Chen Xuetao, the Party Secretary of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, took the key from a police officer and walked to Shen Hua who was still squatting in the corner of the conference room. He said: "Secretary Wu has severely criticized the city bureau's undisciplined work style. I represent the city bureau to apologize to you, young Shen."

  Kuang Xuetao was also a man who knew how to humble himself, and he realized that Song Sanhe had not been able to unlock the handcuffs on the young man's hands before they arrived, which meant that he was not someone to be trifled with. In order to calm the situation down as soon as possible, he immediately bowed his head and apologized.

  Xue Tao was not familiar with Shen Huai, he received Wu Haifeng's phone call and rushed to Meixi Town to meet with Gao Tianhe and Xiong Wenbin, and still didn't know about the new municipal party secretary. Since this young man in front of him could destroy two cars belonging to Gao Tianhe's son in public, and make Gao Tianhe suffer in silence, but instead wanted to severely punish his own people to calm down the situation, Xue Tao couldn't help but imagine how powerful Shen Huai's background was.

  Kuang Xue-tao's bowing this time has undoubtedly confirmed the speculation of other uninformed people.

  The deputy secretary of the party committee, the deputy mayor and the deputy factory director of the steel plant all clearly knew at this moment that Shen Hua, the newly appointed deputy secretary of the party committee and the newly appointed factory director, had a strong background that could force Mayor Gao Tianhe to bow his head!

  The town police station director who was most actively cooperating with the municipal bureau in catching people was sweating profusely.

  They only then realized that by following Du Jian today, they had offended someone they shouldn't have.

  At this moment, they all hated to slap themselves in the face: others were young and already at the deputy department level, coming to Meixi Town as vice secretary and steel plant manager, how could it be a shallow relationship? They followed Du Jian blindly, and actually dared to fight with this dragon!

  Shen Hua also knew when to stop, there was no need to offend everyone. He stood up and asked Kan Xuetao to help him unlock the handcuffs, saying: "It's gotten to this point, and I've troubled Director Kan to come all the way here, it's my fault for not handling things properly..."