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

One o'clock in the afternoon, in the large conference room of the government building.

A county-wide meeting was held to promote the optimization of the business environment.

Jiang Yiming sat in the main seat, glanced at Wang Xianming, a member of the Standing Committee of the County Party Committee and Executive Deputy County Head, and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he had arrived on time.

"Optimizing the business environment is a self-revolution that is never perfect, but always striving for improvement. All townships and departments in the county must earnestly enhance their sense of responsibility and mission, align themselves with the expectations of the people, focus on outstanding issues, and make great efforts to address shortcomings and raise the bar, so as to promote greater effectiveness in the construction of the business environment."

Jiang Yiming stated, “We must strengthen systematic review, solidify effective practices in improving the business environment, and maintain policy continuity and stability. We must grasp the main contradictions, focus on resolving the pain points and difficulties affecting the business environment, and work relentlessly, one term after another, to ensure that the results of optimizing the business environment are visible, tangible, and perceptible. We must comprehensively clean up problems such as government non-performance of contracts and breach of trust, establish a work ledger, and rectify and close each item one by one. We must focus on reducing the overall costs for enterprises, introduce targeted and high-value policies and measures, and implement precise policies and targeted efforts. We must focus on rectifying problems such as cadres' lack of responsibility, inaction, and misconduct, and continue to deepen the practice activities of Party members and cadres going down to the grassroots level, so that enterprises can feel the warmth of the Party and the government…”

Following this, the industry and commerce departments and other relevant departments gave work reports, mainly focusing on the work done and the results achieved in optimizing the business environment.

Liji Township Vegetable Market.

"Fresh lamb, come and buy some!"

"Freshly steamed buns, so fragrant and delicious..."

"Selling candy! Delicious, non-sticky White Rabbit milk candy! Come and buy some!"

In the past, by this time, most of the people browsing the market would have already left, but today is the big market in Liji Township, which is held every two months, so many people from surrounding towns and villages have come here to buy things.

Therefore, there are still a lot of people.

At that moment, a police car slowly drove forward.

Despite the police car honking its horn multiple times, the crowd continued to move slowly, completely ignoring the police car.

"What's wrong with these people? Can't they hear the horn?"

The young detective sitting in the back seat said somewhat anxiously.

"There are a lot of people, and they think you won't dare to drive over them, so they're all walking slowly. Just wait a bit longer."

Another older detective said.

Just then, an argument broke out ten meters in front of the police car.

The argument quickly turned into a fight, and more and more people were involved in the brawl.

"Brother Li, there's a fight going on up ahead, shall we go down and take a look?"

"Don't go down. Our mission is to escort the documents to the city. Director Du has repeatedly emphasized that we must not let our guard down."

Officer Li, who was leading the team, said, "Let's call the Liji Township Police Station and have them come and handle it."

Before they could even make the call, people around them suddenly started criticizing them.

"Are you even police officers? Didn't you see there was a fight going on up ahead? Why didn't you get out and stop it?"

"These police officers are so irresponsible; they don't even care when a fight breaks out right under their noses."

"Exactly, these days the police won't bother with anything that doesn't benefit them."

The group pointed and whispered among themselves at the people in the car, uttering unpleasant words.

"Brother Li, why don't we go down and stop them? It won't take more than a few minutes anyway."

The young policeman said, "Besides, if they don't clear the way, we can't leave either. Rather than being misunderstood by the people, we might as well go down and resolve the matter."

Officer Li thought for a moment and said, "Okay, we'll go down and stop them, but we can't go far. We'll stand next to the car and shout. As long as they stop, we won't worry about anything else."

After saying that, the two got out of the car and stood in front of the police car, shouting loudly, "Stop fighting, all of you! If you fight again, we'll arrest you all!"

Hearing the police shout, the crowd slowly stopped.

Seeing that his words had worked, the young policeman shouted, "Stop fighting! Scatter now!"

The group in front stopped fighting and slowly dispersed.

"Alright, let's go quickly."

Seeing that the matter was resolved, Officer Li and the young policeman returned to the police car.

Just then, the police car suddenly caught fire.

The two police officers were dumbfounded, completely unprepared for this situation.

"Quickly, save Master Wang!"

Officer Li quickly reached out and pulled on the driver's side door, and the driver hurriedly jumped out.

"Danger! Everyone, get away!"

Officer Li shouted loudly.

Without his persuasion, everyone spontaneously ran far away.

The once crowded street instantly became empty, with only a burning police car stopped in the middle of the road.

"Brother Li, what should we do? How are we going to explain this to Director Du?"

The young policeman said nervously.

Officer Li looked grave but remained calm. He turned to the driver and asked, "Mr. Wang, the car was perfectly fine, how did it catch fire?"

"You guys were stopping the fight up front, so I lit a cigarette and was leisurely smoking, watching the show. Just when it was almost over, I heard the back door open, so I looked back and saw someone throw a can of gasoline up. At the same time, a lit cigarette was thrown in, and then it caught fire."

"I was so scared that my mind went blank and I even forgot to open the car door. Luckily, you opened the door in time so I could escape."

The driver recounted the story, his face pale.

"It seems someone leaked our information about transporting classified materials."

Officer Li looked grave and immediately called Du Zhengqiang.

"Director Du, I'm sorry, I have failed to live up to your expectations and have not completed the mission."

"what happened?"

“When we passed by the Liji Township vegetable market, we encountered a fight and stopped to stop it. Unexpectedly, someone took the opportunity to throw gasoline in and burned the police car and documents.”

Officer Li said remorsefully, "Please punish me, Director Du."

"What's the point of punishing you? The documents have all been burned. How am I supposed to explain this to Secretary Yiming and the city leaders?"

Du Zhengqiang scolded, "You get back here right now! I'll deal with you slowly after I finish what I'm doing!"

After hanging up the phone, Du Zhengqiang quietly approached Jiang Yiming and whispered his report to him.

After hearing Du Zhengqiang's report, Jiang Yiming's face was full of anger.

This scene was witnessed by Wang Xianming, who had been observing him closely.

"Could it be that they succeeded?"

Wang Xianming was overjoyed and waited expectantly.

Just then, his phone received a text message: "It's all taken care of, don't worry."

Wang Xianming finally breathed a long sigh of relief, and a smile blossomed on his tense face.

The meeting continued, and around 3 p.m., two men in plain clothes entered the office of Yang Zhen, the secretary of the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection.

"Hello Secretary Yang, we are from the Xinping County Public Security Bureau. We have been entrusted by Director Du to deliver some materials to you."

The man speaking was Shi Pojun, the director of the Liji Township Police Station.