The Official Ladder: I ascend to the pinnacle of power, wielding the power of life and death.

"You don't need to worry about Secretary Long's attitude. He has always been at odds with Deng Weicheng and the others. If we manage to get rid of Deng Weicheng and the others this time, Secretary Long might have a chance to take advantage of the situation and become the deputy secretary of the district party committee."

"Under these circumstances, the Long family and those associated with them will definitely support a thorough investigation."

"Brother Jiang, your analysis is spot on!"

Wan Yuankun laughed and said, "This has also relieved my worries. I will personally take charge of this matter and make sure it gets to a result!"

After reaching an agreement with Wan Yuankun, Jiang Yiming contacted Tang Guangyong.

"Brother Tang, I've made progress on my end. Try to avoid conflicts with Brother B and the people behind him."

Jiang Yiming said, "Of course, you need to keep a close eye on Brother B to prevent him from running away after getting the news."

"Don't worry, Brother Jiang, I'll keep a close eye on him!"

Tang Guangyong gritted his teeth and said, "This person is too lawless! He's killed another person!"

"Another person has been killed?"

Jiang Yiming asked in astonishment, "Is there any solid evidence?"

"Not yet, but based on my deduction, the girl who committed suicide is definitely related to Brother B."

Tang Guangyong said, "When Brother B was injured and recuperating at home, he asked Pan Yuanyuan, a nurse from the hospital, to come to his home to change his dressings. After the first dressing change, Pan Yuanyuan attempted suicide by jumping into the river on her way back, but was eventually rescued by a kind person."

"In the following days, Pan Yuanyuan continued to change the dressings for Brother B. As a result, after returning yesterday, she committed suicide by drinking a large amount of sleeping pills at the hospital."

“We wanted to investigate, but the hospital stopped us, saying that she had long suffered from depression and was taking sleeping pills to help her sleep and relieve her pain.”

"Her family said the girl was always cheerful and did not suffer from depression."

"Both sides have their own version of events. We suspect that it has a lot to do with Brother B, but the specifics still need further investigation."

"Pan Yuanyuan?"

Jiang Yiming remembered that the girl he rescued with the old man last time was named Pan Yuanyuan. He never expected that she would eventually choose to commit suicide.

“I’ll call Director Yang Hao of the Health Bureau and ask him to coordinate. This matter must be thoroughly investigated, and we need to intensify our efforts. Let’s see if we can find a breakthrough here and bring Brother B and the others to justice. On the other hand, the more intense your investigation is, the more attention it will draw everyone’s attention to this matter, which will buy Wan Yuankun time for a covert investigation.”

“I had the same thought, but Wang Xiongfei said we should respect the hospital. Since the hospital has already reached a conclusion, there is no need for our public security department to keep pursuing it.”

Tang Guangyong said, "I'm currently having a headache about how to find a reason to continue the investigation."

"I'll handle this. Just be prepared to get involved in the investigation at any time."

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Yiming called Du Hongyuan.

"Brother Du, you know some reporters in the province, right? I'll provide some materials, could you please pass them on? Even if it costs some money, we need to make this a big deal."

Jiang Yiming said, "In addition, send someone to the home of a girl named Pan Yuanyuan to deliver some condolence money, and at the same time encourage them to go to the hospital to seek justice."

Du Hongyuan is the owner of a publishing house and belongs to the cultural circle. He has a lot of dealings with media reporters. The reporter from Yiyang City was introduced to him by Du Hongyuan.

Finding reporters from the provincial level or other prefecture-level cities wouldn't be difficult for him.

As for local reporters, he had no hope of finding them.

Which journalist would dare to publish negative news about the local area on their own initiative?

Unless you don't want to do it anymore.

"Okay, I'll take care of it."

Du Hongyuan readily agreed.

Having done all this, Jiang Yiming returned to Xinping County.

"Secretary Jiang, as per your instructions, I have already selected several sites for research. Do you see if there are any areas that need modification?"

Wang Jiajia handed over the research plan.

Jiang Yiming glanced at the list and shook his head, saying, "What is the purpose of our investigation? It's to understand the problems that the people most urgently need to solve. The places you've chosen are all relatively well-developed areas in the industrial park. How can we truly understand the situation?"

"Comrade Wang Jiajia, you've been in contact with me for a while now, haven't you figured out my temperament yet?"

"Yes, I'm sorry, Secretary Jiang. I understand your style. Originally, I planned to select some less developed locations for research, but Secretary Du said he was worried that it would be dangerous for you to go to those places. They blamed all their dissatisfaction on the cadres in our park. So, I changed the route at the last minute."

"What do you mean by 'it's dangerous to go there'? Does this mean you're putting ordinary people on the opposite side?"

Jiang Yiming said, "His idea is dangerous! The reason why ordinary people can't develop is because we cadres haven't set a good example and haven't created a favorable environment for their development. We must bear this responsibility!"

"Just show me around the places you chose earlier."

"Okay, I'll arrange a car right away."

After Jiang Yiming got into the car, his first stop was the livestock station in the park.

To better serve farmers, the livestock station was built on the westernmost edge of the park, closer to the four administrative villages.

Following Jiang Yiming's instructions, Wang Jiajia launched a surprise attack without prior notice.

When Jiang Yiming arrived at the livestock station, he was utterly astonished.

There were four mahjong tables set up in the two offices.

Upon seeing Wang Jiajia and Jiang Yiming enter, Station Chief Ma of the Livestock Station quickly stood up.

"Secretary Jiang, Director Wang, what brings you here so suddenly? Please have a seat."

Jiang Yiming said with a dark face, "During working hours, who gave you permission to organize people from outside the community to play cards at the livestock station?"

Station Chief Ma was taken aback for a moment, then said, "Secretary Jiang, I shouldn't have led everyone to play cards during work hours, and I accept the punishment for that. But I didn't organize any outsiders. These are all staff members of the livestock station; it was just our own people playing together."

"You're saying they're all from the livestock station?"

Jiang Yiming was somewhat taken aback. Recently, he had focused his main energy on enterprise reform and investment promotion, and hadn't really paid attention to personnel issues.

"Yes, Secretary Jiang, the livestock station has a total of 18 staff members."

Wang Jiajia nodded.

"What about the aquatic product station and the agricultural technology station?"

Jiang Yiming asked.

"Just a little more."

Wang Jiajia said.

Jiang Yiming found it unbelievable: "Our industrial park only has four administrative villages, yet it has forty or fifty agricultural technicians! This is ridiculous!"

"It's not just our industrial park, it's the same in other towns and villages."

Wang Jiajia said.

Jiang Yiming didn't say anything more, turned around and walked out.

"Secretary Jiang, since you've come all this way, why don't you have lunch at our livestock station?"

Station Master Ma caught up with them.

"No need, you should focus your energy on your work."

As the car started, Wang Jiajia explained, "Secretary Jiang, this kind of thing has been going on for a while now. It's not just in our county; other counties have the same problem."