Life Reset: I’m the Master in the Officialdom

After hearing Meng Xiangteng's suggestion, Wentao fell into deep thought.

According to his impression, Anyang Mayor Zhao Zilong once served as the deputy director of the Provincial Department of Agriculture, and was only transferred to Anyang to take up his current position last year.

The layout behind this personnel adjustment was planned personally by Governor Sima Bo.

His intention is obvious. It is nothing more than to enable Yang Chaoqun to control Anyang City more effectively, thus laying a solid foundation for the future "Sima and Lao Yang" pattern.

However, as the mayor of a city, Zhao Zilong couldn't even arrange a work-study job for a relative's child, which was a bit too cowardly.

Wen Tao thought for a moment and thought of Ding Cong, the deputy governor in charge of agriculture.

Since Ding Cong is the direct person in charge of the Department of Agriculture, he must have had some dealings with Zhao Zilong, the former deputy director.

Wentao quickly dialed Ding Cong's number.

Ding Cong's cheerful voice came from the other end of the line. After hearing Wentao's intention, Ding Cong laughed and said bluntly: "Zilong, he's my good buddy! The relationship between us is really strong. Don't worry, I'll help you connect!"

When Zhao Zilong received the call from Ding Cong, it was as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw. He couldn't wait to pour out his grievances to the other party and pour out all the depression that had accumulated in his heart for a long time.

Finally, he also expressed his desire to meet with the Secretary-General for a face-to-face conversation.

But they have to be careful when they meet now.

Although he is now living in the armed police detachment, I am afraid that the "secretary faction" has already deployed spies outside, and any movement of the provincial party committee inspection team will not escape Yang Chaoqun's eyes.

And Zhao Zilong's meeting with Wentao at this time would undoubtedly "alert the enemy."

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At exactly twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, everything was quiet and the whole city seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep.

However, in the southeast corner of the Armed Police Detachment compound, something unusual was quietly happening.

Two figures in black clothes appeared quickly like ghosts at the gap in the wall of the dry toilet.

They scrambled over the wall with such nimble movements that they landed almost silently.

If there were someone familiar with these two people here at this moment, he would definitely be surprised to find that these two people were Wen Tao and Sun Chenghu!

At this moment, the spies of Anyang Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government have already been densely distributed at various exits of the Armed Police Detachment compound, constantly monitoring every move around.

Any slight disturbance will arouse their vigilance.

If these spies saw the whereabouts of Wentao and Sun Chenghu, then any of Wentao's plans would probably be difficult to put into practice.

Wentao had to come up with such a bad plan out of desperation.

He is a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Secretary-General!

With such status and position, if people knew that he would choose to act like this, I am afraid that those who heard about it would laugh so hard that they would fall over, and they might even lose a few teeth from laughing!

But for the important "inspection plan" in his mind, Wentao gritted his teeth and put all his concerns behind him.

Not far outside the wall, a dilapidated Wuling van was waiting quietly.

Wentao and Sun Chenghu did not dare to delay for a moment and hurriedly got into the car.

The van was able to appear here thanks to Sun Chenghu's daily close relationship with the soldiers of the armed police detachment.

After much persuasion, he finally managed to get information from the soldiers about the nearby illegal taxis, and the Wuling van in front of him was one of them.

The dilapidated van slowly drove onto the ring road, its wheels spinning rapidly as it sped forward.

It was like a wild horse that had broken free from its reins, heading straight towards the city center of Anyang without any hesitation.

After entering the city, the van did not stop, but continued to drive around the bustling central area.

The car shuttled through the busy streets, sometimes speeding up, sometimes slowing down, as if deliberately confusing possible pursuers.

In this way, the van circled several times until it was sure that there was no suspicious tail following behind it, and then it drove towards a narrow alley in the old city center with confidence.

After the car stopped, Sun Chenghu quickly jumped out, holding two boxes of beautifully packaged Huazi cigarettes. He handed them to the black car driver with a smile on his face, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Thank you for your hard work! Master, please find a place to rest first and come back to pick us up in half an hour."

The black car driver nodded in understanding, took the cigarette and drove away.

Just a few minutes later, a slightly old bicycle slowly appeared at the entrance of the alley.

The cyclist wore a baseball cap, a large mask, and a loose windbreaker, wrapping himself up tightly. This person was none other than Anyang Mayor Zhao Zilong.

He looked around cautiously and pedaled his bicycle carefully towards the depths of the alley.

When he was sure that no one was paying attention, he got out of the car swiftly, then pushed his bicycle quickly to the van, opened the door and got in.

At this time, Sun Chenghu stood quietly at the entrance of the alley, vigilantly observing the movements around him to ensure that the conversation between the two people in the car would not be disturbed by the outside world.

At first glance, their mysterious behavior really looks a bit like the "spy meeting" scenes in some spy dramas.

As soon as they got in the car, Wen Tao, who was sitting in the passenger seat, said to Zhao Zilong with an apologetic look, "Comrade Zilong, I'm really sorry. The circumstances this time are rather special, so we have to resort to this secret meeting method. I hope you don't mind."

"Secretary-General, don't say that. It's my honor that you can come to see me. Whatever you want to know, I will tell you everything I know!" Zhao Zilong said quickly.

"The true situation of Municipal Party Secretary Yang Chaoqun and the interest groups he is involved with!" Wen Tao said straight to the point.

"Secretary-General, based on my understanding over the past six months, Yang Chaoqun and his interest groups have formed a complete system involving industry, entertainment, smuggling, and bribery..."

Zhao Zilong talked a lot and told Wentao everything he knew.

Moreover, he also used some informants from the public security department to collect a lot of evidence about Yang Chaoqun's gang and even Sima Bo, and handed it all to Wentao.

He had been a coward all his life, and he knew it was not his turn to be mayor.

Sima Bo made him the mayor because he saw how cowardly he was!

Now that Secretary-General Wen needs him, he chooses to stand with him without hesitation!

He had been a cowardly official for half his life, and originally planned to be promoted to a director-general. Even if it was cowardly, he would accept it, but Yang Chaoqun was simply too bullying!

He is now not even as good as an ordinary staff member of the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government. Everyone is laughing at him. He, the mayor, is just a puppet!

Wen Tao looked through the evidence collected by Zhao Zilong one by one in the dim light, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper.