Extreme Almightiest Young Master

Chapter 149: Zhou Yang Rises to Power

The Police Bureau Chief’s son forcibly taking someone away in the hospital video.

The Police Bureau Chief’s son confronting the Deputy Chief of Police at Yuehai Seafood Restaurant video.

How did Liu Jilong become the Chief of Tianhai City Police Bureau?

The infamous Huang Niu case and human trafficking case, who actually cracked them?

Evidence of Liu Jilong suppressing subordinates and stealing their credit.

The Liu father and son, like father, like son!

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Seeing this, Zhou Yang couldn’t help but open some of them and took a quick look at the contents, the more he looked, the more shocked he became!

Lin Feng had actually uploaded the surveillance videos from the hospital and the seafood restaurant yesterday onto the internet. Such surveillance footage was usually kept inside the monitoring room, inaccessible to outsiders; how did he manage to find them?

Lin Feng even found evidence of Liu Jilong suppressing him over the years and hogging his credits, and had uploaded it all onto the internet, listing it one by one!

Logically, Liu Jilong wouldn’t have kept such self-incriminating materials around; who would leave these things out in the open without care? It’s like preparing one’s own coffin!

But now it was even better, not only could he bring down Liu Jilong, but with the help of this evidence, his own chances of becoming the Chief of Police were even greater. All the work he had done over the years was finally not in vain and was seeing the light of day!

But how did Lin Feng get hold of this evidence? It covered not just the recent events of Liu Jilong suppressing him and taking credit for his accomplishments, but many past incidents had also been dug up by Lin Feng. It was mind-boggling where he could have gotten this material since such things should no longer exist!

How did Lin Feng manage to do this...

Meanwhile, the storm stirred up online by the Liu father and son scandal had deeply shocked and outraged the people of Tianhai City, who initiated a wave of condemnation against the Lius on the internet...

Faced with this emergency, Feng Luping had no choice but to immediately call an urgent meeting of the Municipal Standing Committee’s Party Group. They had to resolve this media bombardment on the internet quickly, or the situation could escalate. If it caused embarrassment to the higher-ups, he could get dragged into it too.

All the Municipal Standing Committee members were aware of the situation early on and knew that such an incident would definitely call for an urgent committee meeting. Thus, when notified by the Secretary-General of the Municipal Committee, nobody was surprised. This was all within the realm of expectation.

"You’ve all heard about the incident on the internet this morning, haven’t you? What are your thoughts on how to handle the media?" Feng Luping didn’t waste any time and went straight to the point; time was indeed of the essence, and if they delayed, further chaos could ensue.

"I want to state my position first. I personally believe that given the current situation, Comrade Liu Jilong is absolutely unfit to continue serving as the Chief of Police. I suggest we suspend all of his duties immediately pending further investigation, and also demand that he make a public statement to reduce public anger," Xu Mingtao spoke first. As one of Mayor Leng’s people, he clearly understood what he should do now. Wasn’t the matter yesterday obvious enough? Mayor Leng wanted Liu Jilong out, so how could he, as a vanguard, not charge into the fray at such a time!

Moreover, Mayor Leng’s maneuver was truly brilliant—firstly the incident yesterday, followed by the exposure on the internet this morning. This move was devastating, leaving Feng Luping and Liu Jilong with no chance to retaliate. With things having developed to this stage, if Feng Luping still tried to protect Liu Jilong, that would be utterly foolish!

"I disagree with Vice Mayor Xu’s statement. I personally think that the situation hasn’t reached that point yet, and we should proceed cautiously. The position of Police Bureau Chief cannot be so easily shaken, as it would be detrimental to stability. Can’t we simply have Comrade Liu Jilong clarify the misunderstanding and quell the public’s rebellious mood? There’s no need to suspend his duties first!" Hao Dong, seeing that Xu Mingtao had spoken, became anxious. He really didn’t know how the situation could have escalated to this stage, as finding a remedy now seemed as difficult as soaring to the heavens!

Although last night the three of them had roughly outlined a recovery plan, none of them had expected that merely one night later, such an incident would occur online, completely shattering their agreed-upon plan. The early morning emergency standing committee meeting called by the secretary was also an unavoidable choice. Now, the biggest hope was to at least preserve Liu Jilong’s position, and as for other face-saving measures, they should give up whatever could be given up. As long as the position remained, what else couldn’t be accomplished?

"I agree with Vice Mayor Xu’s proposal. The events of the past two days have been too tumultuous and the consequences too severe. If we don’t suspend Comrade Liu Jilong’s duties as Chief, it might indeed be difficult to quell the public outrage."

"I think it’s better to have Comrade Liu Jilong make a public apology first, and see how the public reacts. After all, grooming a Police Bureau Chief is no easy task."

"I believe everyone has seen the video and comments on the internet. Under these circumstances, if we don’t remove Comrade Liu Jilong from his position as the chief of the bureau, the public will definitely become even more outraged. That would only increase the pressure on our government!"

"However, it’s not wrong to let Comrade Liu Jilong first make a public apology, then observe the public’s attitude before making a decision,"

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Except for Feng Luping and Leng Junsheng, who did not speak, the other committee members discussed the matter earnestly. The results of the discussion came down to two options: one was to demand the immediate removal of Liu Jilong from his position as bureau chief, and the other was to first make a public apology and then observe the public opinion.

Although the discussion seemed lively, in fact, everyone was holding back their opinions. After all, the secretary and Mayor Leng hadn’t spoken yet. They couldn’t just let the scene go cold.

"I think if we don’t immediately suspend Liu Jilong’s duties, but choose to apologize first, it will definitely lead to greater misunderstandings among the public. So now, removing Liu Jilong from his position as chief of the bureau is the first priority, and making a public apology is secondary. What do you think, Secretary?" Leng Junsheng spoke up after everyone had almost finished speaking. If he didn’t take the lead, the discussion would just continue endlessly.

The things happening online, if nothing unexpected occurs, should be Lin Feng’s doing. Besides Lin Feng, he couldn’t think of anyone else who could find so much evidence, because if it were Zhou Yang, with so much evidence in hand, how could he possibly not take action!

But it’s better that things have gotten to this point now. They could take advantage of the east wind of the internet incident to smoothly take down Liu Jilong’s position as bureau chief and make the Liu Family and those higher up have nothing to say, sealing everyone’s lips!

Such a brilliant tactic, how did Lin Feng come up with it? The plan was too unique, too perfect!

"Then let’s decide by a vote!" Feng Luping, finding no other option, proposed this naturally logical method. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to help Liu Jilong, but there truly was no way to help him anymore. If he continued to help, he would be dragged down too.

There were some strategies that were agreed upon last night, and with the influence of the Liu Family, there was a fifty percent hope of salvaging the situation. But who would have thought that in just one night, the entire internet would expose the incident and dig up all of Liu Jilong’s past deeds. The impact was too detrimental, to the point that no one could bear the consequence. It shattered the original fifty percent hope, leaving not even ten percent. Now, they couldn’t even manage to barely keep Liu Jilong’s position in name!

"Those who agree with Mayor Leng’s suggestion, please raise your hand!" Feng Luping had no choice but to proceed with chairing the vote.

"I agree!" Leng Junsheng was the first to express his stance, raising his right hand.

"I agree!" Xu Mingtao immediately seconded.

"I agree!" Chen Guoli also quickly raised his hand.

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All the standing committee members of the municipal government began voting, but Feng Luping didn’t expect that out of thirteen committee members, nine agreed with Leng Junsheng’s proposal, completely shattering the little hope that was left.

Today, even the four neutral committee members had sided with Leng Junsheng, which was too illogical. Although he had not been secretary for long, ultimately, he was still the head. They had all sided with Leng Junsheng, completely sidelining him. The situation was truly alarming!

"The resolution is passed. Suspend all of Comrade Liu Jilong’s duties and report to the higher party organization to proceed with the removal of Comrade Liu Jilong from his position as the chief of the police bureau," Feng Luping announced the result of the vote with a sense of powerlessness. Only now did he truly understand the saying that everything was determined by power. He had not expected Leng Junsheng to have such a deeply hidden base of support, which suddenly erupted and left him completely at a loss. Now, Liu Jilong could only completely give up; it would be very fortunate if he could avoid getting himself involved further!

It seemed he had underestimated Leng Junsheng too much. What should he do in the days to come? Every committee meeting was one-sided, a situation far too ominous...

"The position of bureau chief cannot remain vacant indefinitely; someone has to take over the work. I suggest that Zhou Yang temporarily take over Liu Jilong’s duties. I believe everyone has seen what’s been happening online; the public trust in Comrade Zhou Yang is very high!" No sooner had Feng Luping finished speaking than Leng Junsheng immediately proposed Zhou Yang take over Liu Jilong’s duties. If not now, then when? Since it was a foregone conclusion that Liu Jilong would step down, it made perfect sense to elevate Zhou Yang. It would serve to increase his own influence in the police system.

Since Lin Feng had brought Zhou Yang to meet him, it was obvious that he intended to support Zhou Yang’s rise. Clearly, Zhou Yang could be trusted completely, which would be beneficial to everyone in the future and could save a lot of trouble.

"This incident on the internet has blown up so much; it is very likely that Zhou Yang is behind it. A person lacking organization and discipline is not suitable to serve as chief of the police bureau," Feng Luping immediately retorted upon hearing Leng Junsheng’s words. Even if it’s not his own person taking the role of the chief of the police bureau, he definitely couldn’t let this Zhou Yang, Leng Junsheng’s nominee, take on the job. It would be like casually handing over the position to Leng Junsheng, which was unacceptable!

"I also..." Hao Dong, hearing Secretary Feng Luping say this, also planned to say something, as the position of police bureau chief was a powerful department, and he couldn’t bear to see it so easily fall into the hands of Leng Junsheng.