Qi Tongwei: Can I be young again?

"Director Li, congratulations in advance."

"What are you congratulating me on? Please explain, Director Chen." Li Qingshui's eyes gleamed. He knew what Secretary Chen meant, but he didn't dare to point it out.

You'll find out when the leadership changes next year.

Secretary Chen kept it a secret.

Li Qingshui was secretly delighted; the positive response had arrived, and his position as deputy director was definitely secure...

Chapter 48 Effort is important, but opportunity is even more precious.

ten minutes later.

Qi Tongwei walked down from the provincial party committee office building and ran into Secretary Chen along the way. The two exchanged a glance and smiled slightly.

Xiao Hongyun told him that there was no need to investigate the 318 anti-gang operation too deeply; as long as the whistleblower was found, the matter could be temporarily put to rest.

This is the public side.

Only by halting the 318 anti-gang campaign can the protective umbrellas be brought to their senses and their true colors revealed.

In his remarks, Xiao Hongyun also revealed some information.

The behind-the-scenes protectors may involve the provincial level.

Secretly, Qi Tongwei could continue his investigation, and if he encountered any problems he couldn't solve, he could come to Secretary Chen for help.

He also said that during this period, Qi Tongwei should adjust his state and try to produce some more political achievements. In a few months, there will be a tough battle to fight, and at that time... Qi Tongwei will appear in a new identity.

The new status is at least that of a section chief.

If one's performance record is good enough, becoming a deputy director is not impossible.

Qi Tongwei was not overly delighted.

He knew very well that there were many people who worked harder than him on the political path, but most of them could only linger at the section chief level throughout their lives.

His opportunity to be promoted to deputy director was not because he was particularly outstanding, nor because Xiao Hongyun thought highly of him, but because of Zhong Xiaoai.

To put it bluntly, if it weren't for Zhong Xiaoai, let alone Xiao Hongyun, even Ji Changming wouldn't bother to give him a second glance.

Effort is important, but opportunity is even more precious.

……

The next day.

On April 29th, early in the morning, Ji Changming summoned Qi Tongwei to the Municipal Procuratorate.

"Tongwei, I have good news for you. The whistleblower has been found, and the 318 anti-gang operation can be concluded."

"Han Lei found the person?"

Qi Tongwei found it unbelievable. Just yesterday at dinner, he had said that as long as Han Lei was found, the case would be closed.

But we got results today? That's incredibly fast!

It happened so fast that he couldn't help but suspect it was a conspiracy.

"We did find the person, and their protectors were also uncovered; the evidence is conclusive."

Who is the protector?

“Wang Dejun,” Ji Changming said solemnly, “Just this morning at three o’clock, Wang Dejun called me and said he wanted to turn himself in and tell me where Han Lei was. He hoped the organization would give him a lenient sentence.”

"Where are the people?"

"In the detention cell."

When I met Wang Dejun again, he was handcuffed, his hair was disheveled, he looked tired, and his eyes were cloudy.

This is in stark contrast to his previous smug and triumphant demeanor.

Upon seeing Qi Tongwei, he forced himself to stay alert.

"Hey, Captain Qi, what's this? Came here to laugh at me? Feeling superior?"

Qi Tongwei didn't speak, but just looked at him quietly with disdain and contempt in his eyes.

This made Wang Dejun very uncomfortable.

"Hehe, Qi Tongwei, don't look at me like that. You're just luckier than me; you have an extra business card."

"Moreover, I don't think I've lost, much less have lost to you. If you give me a chance, I will turn things around."

"Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river, don't be smug. Maybe one day in the future you'll be sitting at the interrogation table."

"Hahaha...you fucking say something!"

Wang Dejun suddenly jumped up, slamming his hands on the table, his bloodshot eyes fixed on Qi Tongwei.

Like a trapped beast.

Seeing his expression, Qi Tongwei shook his head and left without looking at him.

What is Wang Dejun anyway?

To put it bluntly, he was no different from Cao Fu; they were both just pawns to be discarded.

The reason he chose to take the blame must be because someone instructed him, and this person was in a high position of power, making it impossible for him to refuse, nor did he dare to refuse.

Meanwhile, Han Lei's family was also brought back.

For nearly two months, they were imprisoned in a cellar in the suburbs, where they ate and relieved themselves.

When Han Lei was rescued, he only had two fingers left out of his ten, and his wife had gone mad in the cellar.

The most pitiful one is Han Lei's seven-year-old daughter.

Although she had no external injuries, she was constantly tense, afraid of the dark and damp... and would occasionally scream.

Originally, the family of three was just poor, but they managed to get by.

But Han Lei insisted on courting death.

Gambling is one thing, but borrowing money at exorbitant interest rates is another. Such a person doesn't deserve sympathy and doesn't deserve to have a wife and children.

With this, the 318 anti-gang operation was declared over.

Wang Demin, Cao Fu, Wang Dejun... these three were identified as the mastermind and protectors.

The security guards at the Lihua Hotel were also labeled as members of organized crime and were awaiting interrogation one by one.

After the chain of evidence is sorted out, the procuratorate will conduct a severe trial on them and their associates.

This anti-corruption storm came quickly and went quickly.

The real bigwigs have yet to show their faces.

Just as Xiao Hongyun said, the criminal gangs and their protectors in Yantai City could very well extend to the provincial level.

Qi Tongwei knew who he was referring to.

But everything depends on evidence, and he also knew that Xiao Hongyun was no good either. According to the plot of his previous life, he would be brought down by Zhao Lichun and Liang Qunfeng in that earth-shattering power struggle, almost being placed under investigation and fading from public view...

Of course, these are all things to follow.

"Captain Qi, this anti-crime storm is finally over. What's next?"

"What do you mean?"

"Should I stay in the Municipal Public Security Bureau's Criminal Investigation Department, or go back to the Narcotics Control Division?"

Qi Tongwei had never really thought about this question.

The captain sent the branch captain to prison; it would be inappropriate for him to return to the anti-drug branch at this point.

After thinking about it, he still called Li Qingshui to see what arrangements he could make.

"You've worked hard these past few days. May Day is just around the corner, so I'll give you a week off. Report directly to the Criminal Investigation Division after the holiday."

"Director Li, what do you mean?"

"You and Wang Hua will be assigned to the Municipal Public Security Bureau's Criminal Investigation Department. Your ranks will remain unchanged for now. You will still be the captain. As for Wang Hua... I'll see if there are any vacancies for the deputy captain."

"Okay, got it."

After hanging up the phone, Qi Tongwei grabbed Wang Hua's neck and asked with ill intent, "Do you have any money on you?"

"Bring it."

"How many?"

"twenty."

"enough."

"What's enough?"

"That's enough for you to treat me to a meal."

"No." Wang Hua pushed Qi Tongwei away, clutching the bag of money with a wary look on his face. "Captain Qi, we may be brothers, but you're a leader and you get paid more. It should be you who treats us to dinner."

"It's too narrow!"

"What's narrow?"