At the Pinnacle of Power: My Insider Report Alarms Bigwigs in Beijing's Elite Circle

The next day at three o'clock in the afternoon.

Lin Yi arrived at the highway exit in Nanxia Municipal Party Committee vehicle No. 3, and, as required by the Nanxia Municipal Party Committee, welcomed the provincial party committee investigation team.

At 3:20, three Coaster buses drove out of the highway exit and then stopped one by one.

The investigation team, led by Xu Gang, sat in the first car.

Lin Yi quickly got into the first car and said with a smile, "Governor Zhang, distinguished leaders, welcome to Nanxia."

"Comrade Lin Yi, don't forget, you're also a member of our investigation team," Xu Gang joked with a smile.

"Yes."

The others laughed and agreed.

Lin Yi smiled.

Xu Gang introduced the other deputy leaders of the investigation team to Lin Yi one by one, and then asked the deputy leaders to follow him to the municipal party committee compound for a meeting, while the other members of the investigation team went to the Sunshine Hotel to check in first.

Lin Yi received instructions and returned to his car, whereupon Chen Mo drove to lead the way.

On the day Lin Yi took office, Chen Mo followed him to Nanxia, ​​and then completed the job transfer procedures the next day.

At 3:50 p.m., when Lin Yi and Xu Gang arrived at the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee building, Hua Canghai, along with other members of the Municipal Party Committee and Sun Jun, the Director of Nanxia Customs, greeted them at the entrance.

Although Hua Canghai is the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee, he also serves as the secretary of the Nanxia Municipal Party Committee. Since the investigation team is representing the provincial party committee to investigate the case, he must give the investigation team a superficial respect.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Xu Gang and Hua Canghai proceeded to the small conference room in the Standing Committee building.

Nameplates were already placed on the conference table, with the investigation team, members of the Standing Committee of the Nanxia Municipal Party Committee, and Sun Jun, the Director of Nanxia Customs, each seated on one side.

"Secretary Canghai, from today onwards, Comrade Lin Yi is a member of our investigation team. At today's meeting, on behalf of the investigation team, please have the staff adjust the position of the nameplate."

As Xu Gang entered, he saw Lin Yi's nameplate and Hua Canghai and other members of the Nanxia Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee together, and he spoke up to remind them.

"Okay, Team Leader Xu."

Hua Canghai nodded calmly, agreeing to Xu Gang's small request, but he still felt that something was not right.

At the same time, the director of the Nanxia Municipal Party Committee Office, who was responsible for attending the meeting and taking notes, immediately moved Lin Yi's nameplate to the investigation team's side, to Xu Gang's left, as requested by Xu Gang.

After this brief incident, the meeting officially began. Xu Gang, representing the investigation team, spoke first: "Secretary Canghai, comrades, before the Spring Festival, a smuggling case occurred in Longzhou City. The Longzhou Trading Company, suspected of smuggling, is related to the Xiahai Group in Nanxia City. A few days ago, the Nanxia City Discipline Inspection Commission, in its investigation of cadres' violations of discipline and law, discovered that the Xiahai Group was suspected of smuggling and reported it to the Nanxia City Party Committee. After receiving the report, Secretary Canghai reported it to the Provincial Party Committee."

Provincial Party Secretary Zhang reported to the Ministry of Public Security and the General Administration of Customs, and it was decided to establish a provincial party committee investigation team to be stationed in Nanxia City to thoroughly investigate the smuggling case of Xia Hai Group. To ensure the professionalism of the investigation team, personnel from the Anti-Smuggling Bureau of the General Administration of Customs were specially assigned to the team.

This investigation has received significant attention from the Ministry of Public Security, the General Administration of Customs, and the Provincial Party Committee. To better facilitate the work, a coordination meeting has been organized. Now, I would like to invite Comrade Sun Jun from Nanxia Customs to report on the investigation of the Longhai Trading Company smuggling case.

After completing the tasks of establishing the investigation team and holding the working meeting, Xu Gang turned his attention to Sun Jun, the director of Nanxia Customs.

"Okay, Team Leader Xu."

Sun Jun nodded, then reported: "After receiving a notice from the Southeast Provincial Party Committee, Nanxia Customs arranged for the Anti-Smuggling Bureau to investigate the smuggling case of Longzhou Longhai Trading Company. They sealed off Longhai Trading Company, arrested those suspected of involvement in smuggling, punished relevant officials for disciplinary violations, and rectified existing problems. The specific details are as follows..."

It must be said that Sun Jun, who managed to rise to the rank of director-general, is quite politically astute. He realized that this matter was serious, so at the beginning of his report, he invoked the banner of the Southeast Provincial Party Committee, while also subtly reminding Hua Canghai: Secretary Hua, we are all in the same boat!

Finally, Sun Jun looked up at Xu Gang and Lin Yi with an apologetic expression and said, "Team Leader Xu, during the investigation of the Longhai Trading Company smuggling case, the Nanxia Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau failed to discover that its holding company, Xiahai Group, was also involved in smuggling. At that time, Nanxia Customs reported the situation to the Southeast Provincial Public Security Department and the Nanxia Municipal Party Committee. Here, on behalf of Nanxia Customs, I apologize for our lax and inadequate work; we failed to conduct a thorough investigation into Xiahai Group's smuggling activities."

"Director Sun, is it that the Nanxia Customs investigation was not thorough enough, or did they never even consider investigating the Xiahai Group?"

As soon as Sun Jun finished speaking, Lin Yi, who was sitting next to Xu Jun, suddenly asked a question.

what's the situation?

Lin Yi's sudden words startled almost everyone.

Although Lin Yi was the executive deputy leader of the investigation team, after Sun Jun finished his report, it should have been Xu Gang who provided the comments, not Lin Yi.

Moreover, Lin Yi's comment wasn't a critique at all; it was a question!

In fact, to many, Lin Yi was essentially questioning Sun Jun directly: Did you participate in the Xia Hai Group's smuggling case?

"Secretary Lin, what do you mean by this?"

Sun Jun looked shocked and angry, both worried that Lin Yi had obtained relevant evidence and annoyed that Lin Yi had questioned him so rudely in public.

In terms of rank, he was on the same level as Lin Yi, and he felt that he had been publicly humiliated by Lin Yi!

Lin Yi said coldly, "The literal meaning."

"Secretary Lin, the Nanxia Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau reported to me after completing their investigation. Based on my recognition and trust in the work ability of the comrades at the Nanxia Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau, I did not doubt the investigation results at the time," Sun Jun explained with a dark face.

Lin Yi made a startling statement: "Director Sun, I heard from Wang Jinlong, the chairman of Xia Hai Group, that you contacted the Nanxia Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau and asked them not to involve Xia Hai Group when investigating the Longhai Company smuggling case?"

This time, after Lin Yi finished speaking, the huge conference room fell silent instantly.

Everyone turned their gaze to Sun Jun, awaiting his answer.

Because Lin Yi was essentially pointing his finger at Sun Jun and saying: "Still acting? We're investigating you!"

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Sun Jun's expression suddenly changed, his pupils dilated, and he even trembled involuntarily.

As a customs chief at the provincial level, he had experienced many ups and downs in his life and possessed a strong heart, but because of his guilty conscience, he still felt a deep sense of panic!

That panic was impossible to conceal!

Panicked, Sun Jun stared intently at Lin Yi, several questions flashing through his mind: Didn't Wang Jinlong flee abroad? What does Lin Yi mean by this? Is he trying to trick me?

"Boom!"

As if in response to Sun Jun, there was a knock on the conference room door.

The director of the Municipal Party Committee Office quickly got up, opened the meeting room door, and leaned out to see Yang Ke, the deputy secretary of the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection, appearing at the door with two staff members from the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection.

This discovery initially surprised the director of the municipal party committee's general office, who then instinctively asked, "Secretary Yang, what's this?"

“Director Zhou, I’m just following the instructions of the investigation team. Please let us in,” Yang Ke said.

Upon hearing this, the director of the municipal party committee office realized what was happening, dared not say more, and quickly stepped aside.

Yang Ke, accompanied by two discipline inspection cadres, entered the conference room.

In the quiet conference room, all the attendees' eyes were on Yang Ke and his two companions.

Among them, all the members of the Nanxia Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee, including Hua Canghai, looked at Yang Ke and the other two with puzzled eyes: What are they here for?

Yang Ke ignored Hua Canghai and the others, and didn't even look at Xu Gang, the head of the investigation team. Instead, he looked at Lin Yi immediately.

He was expressing his loyalty to Lin Yi in this way: Secretary Lin, you are the only one in my eyes!

Lin Yi nodded slightly and gave instructions to Yang Ke.

Yang Ke understood immediately and led his men to Sun Jun, the head of Nanxia Customs, saying, "Comrade Sun Jun, as instructed by the provincial party committee's investigation team, you are now being placed under 'shuanggui' (a form of internal party discipline). Please cooperate."

Before the working meeting organized by the investigation team had even ended, Sun Jun was placed under investigation and his family was taken away from the meeting.

Is this a show of force from the investigation team?

Upon hearing Yang Ke's words, everyone except Lin Yi, Xu Gang, and Zheng Zhi, the deputy director of the Anti-Smuggling Bureau of the General Administration of Customs, was stunned.

"Team Leader Xu, what's going on?"

Sun Jun trembled with fear and looked at Xu Gang, the head of the investigation team, with a look of terror on his face.

Xu Gang ignored him, as if he were ignoring Sun Jun's words.

Sun Jun then looked at Zheng Zhi, deputy director of the Anti-Smuggling Bureau of the General Administration of Customs, and asked in alarm, "Director Zheng, what's going on?"

"Comrade Sun Jun, please cooperate with the investigation team and truthfully explain your issues at the designated time and place!"

Zheng Zhi's response, seemingly in his capacity as deputy head of the investigation team, was actually a statement made on behalf of the General Administration of Customs!

This is the General Administration of Customs' explanation to the Ministry of Public Security and higher authorities!

Upon hearing Zheng Gang's words, Sun Jun realized this and instantly turned ashen-faced, collapsing into his chair. He was then carried out by two discipline inspection cadres behind Yang Ke, one on each side.

As Sun Jun was taken away, the conference room fell silent again, and the atmosphere became very strange.

Apart from Hua Canghai, everyone in the Nanxia Municipal Party Committee couldn't help but turn their attention to Lin Yi!

Because everyone knows that Lin Yi orchestrated the smuggling case involving Xia Hai Group!

Just now, after Yang Ke entered the room, he first looked at Lin Yi for instructions!

This led them to suspect that Lin Yi, rather than team leader Xu Gang, was the one truly in charge of the investigation team!

They even felt they could remove the word "doubt" altogether!

Hua Canghai's gaze also fell on Lin Yi. He seemed very calm, but his heart was in turmoil, completely filled with a question: Does Sun Jun's being placed under investigation mean that Wang Jinlong has been arrested?

"Secretary Hua, I heard that you were the one who suggested that Nanxia Customs be in charge of investigating the Longhai Company smuggling case?"

After his initial show of force, Lin Yi met Hua Canghai's gaze and drew his sword once more!