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

After the enlarged meeting of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee concluded, Lin Yi's speech spread like wildfire throughout Pengcheng's officialdom and even reached the Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government.

Wang Xiao's downfall is just the beginning!

Almost everyone picked up on this signal from Lin Yi's speech.

This completely panicked the He family gang in Pengcheng City!

Originally, Lin Yi's actions in forcing Governor Liu Zhong to personally remove Wang Xiao from office had already instilled a great sense of intimidation in them. However, Lin Yi's subsequent strong pressure at the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee meeting made it impossible for them not to panic.

In a panic, Niu Haijun, director of the Pengcheng Municipal Financial Office, turned himself in to the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection two hours after the meeting ended.

This incident shocked the entire Pengcheng officialdom and amplified the fear in the hearts of the He family gang members in Pengcheng. It even made the main members of the Guangdong He family gang, led by Liu Zhong and Zhou Xingxing, restless!

Originally, because of Wang Xiao's downfall, the He family gang in Pengcheng City lost its backbone, its morale collapsed, and it fell into complete chaos.

Now, Lin Yi is striking while the iron is hot. If they don't stop it and let things continue to develop, the problem will become very serious.

Realizing this, Zhou Xingwen went to Building No. 2 of the Provincial Party Committee compound at 9 p.m. to discuss countermeasures with Governor Liu Zhong.

"Governor, why is Lin Yi acting like a mad dog, single-mindedly trying to start a political struggle? Does he think he can take over the work of the Discipline Inspection Commission as mayor? Does he not care about economic development? How can the higher-ups allow him to act so recklessly?" Zhou Xingwen couldn't help but complain after seeing Liu Zhong.

He was once the standard-bearer of the He family gang in Pengcheng City, and most of the members of the Pengcheng He family gang were his people.

As a result, only a month after he left Shenzhen, those who had once followed him were all in crisis.

This made him lose face and even feel like a huge disgrace!

"Xingwen, your mind is in turmoil."

Compared to Zhou Xingwen, Liu Zhong was very calm. He analyzed incisively: "First, Lin Yi only spoke at the meeting, sending signals, but did not take any actual action. He did this to continue to exert pressure, causing us in Pengcheng to panic and voluntarily surrender or resign. Second, he did this precisely to seize control of Pengcheng's economic work."

Think about it, you and Wang Xiao have worked in Pengcheng for so long. The municipal government is your territory, and the important positions are all held by your people. If Lin Yi doesn't establish his authority and replace a group of people, how can he get anything done? As long as you give the order, and those people in Pengcheng outwardly comply but inwardly defy you, even if Lin Yi's work plan is excellent, it won't be able to be implemented!

"Thank you for the reminder, Governor."

Zhou Xingwen instantly snapped to attention and grasped the key point: "So, Governor, is economic work Lin Yi's Achilles' heel?"

"no doubt."

Liu Zhong nodded and said, "The higher-ups have sent him to Pengcheng, most likely to make him mayor first, and then succeed Liang Zhenhua as the municipal party secretary. His most important task is to do a good job in the new round of reform and opening up pilot program, promote Pengcheng's economic development, and set an example for the whole country. Whether Lin Yi can complete this task will not only affect his work performance in Pengcheng and eastern Guangdong, but will also determine the outcome of his competition with He Qingyun and others!"

Because this is a form of indirect competition, the main purpose of sending core members of the leadership team to key cities as secretaries is to engage in this kind of remote competition, just like the previous system of sending them from the south and north.

"Governor, I understand! We can definitely target Lin Yi's Achilles' heel!" Zhou Xingwen's eyes lit up.

Liu Zhong said, "This is the most important task that Elder He entrusted to us! Therefore, stabilizing the situation in Pengcheng is of paramount importance. So, you lead a team to Pengcheng to inspect the work tomorrow, and have someone spread the news tonight to reassure the people of Pengcheng."

"Okay, Governor!"

Zhou Xingwen nodded quickly, while secretly sighing that compared to Liu Zhong, he was still somewhat immature in politics and needed to improve his ability to grasp the main contradictions.

ten minutes later.

Zhou Xingwen left the No. 2 building of the Provincial Party Committee.

Twenty minutes later, Zhou Xingwen's secretary called Lin Yi's secretary to convey Zhou Xingwen's instructions to lead a team to Shenzhen for an inspection the following day.

At the same time, the news reached the ears of the He family gang members in Pengcheng with lightning speed.

Lin Yi received a report from his secretary that Zhou Xingwen was going to lead a team down to inspect the work, and that Zhou Xingwen wanted to support the He family in Pengcheng.

Lin Yi was not surprised by the result, but smiled jokingly: "Can't sit still now?"

Eight o'clock the next morning.

No sooner had Lin Yi arrived at his office than Wu Wenrui, the director of the Municipal Government Office, came to ask him for instructions.

Wu Wenrui was Zhou Xingwen's secretary and also the director of the First Secretariat.

Before Zhou Xingwen was promoted to member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Executive Vice Governor, he resolved Wu Wenrui's problem by promoting Wu Wenrui to Deputy Secretary-General of the Municipal Government and Director of the General Office of the Municipal Government, at the deputy ministerial level.

"Mayor, I just received a call from the Provincial Government Office. Governor Zhou will be leading a team to Pengcheng to inspect the work today. They will arrive in Pengcheng at around 10 o'clock. What do you think we should do?" Wu Wenrui appeared to be very respectful to Lin Yi, but in fact, he wished Lin Yi would leave Pengcheng immediately.

He was the first to know last night that Zhou Xingwen was going to lead a team down to inspect the work, and as Zhou Xingwen requested, he immediately passed the information on to the members of the He family gang in Pengcheng City.

In addition, Zhou Xingwen implied that he was preparing to groom him to be the next leader of the Pengcheng He family gang!

In the past, Wu Wenrui would have been overjoyed, but now he feels it is a very dangerous thing.

"Director Wu, you don't need to worry about receiving and accompanying Governor Zhou and his delegation for their inspection. The Secretary-General will be fully responsible for arranging this matter. You go and make arrangements for my team to conduct research in various districts," Lin Yi said calmly.

"Yes, Mayor!"

Upon hearing Lin Yi's words, Wu Wenrui was slightly taken aback, realizing that Lin Yi did not want him to have contact with Zhou Xingwen.

Besides, he also knew that Lin Yi was definitely aware of Zhou Xingwen's purpose in bringing the team down for inspection, and would most likely try to prevent Zhou Xingwen from achieving his goal.

After Wu Wenrui left, Lin Yi made a phone call to Zhang Zhichao, a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and Vice Mayor.

Zhang Zhichao is a protégé of Liang Zhenhua, the municipal party secretary, and is in charge of science and technology and industrial information within the municipal government.

"Mayor, you wanted to see me."

After entering the room, Zhang Zhichao greeted Lin Yi with great respect.

Lin Yi sat down with Zhang Zhichao on the sofa in the reception area and said, "Director Zhichao, you know about Governor Zhou leading a team to inspect the area, right?"

“Mayor, I know.” Zhang Zhichao nodded.

Lin Yi got straight to the point and made arrangements: "Director Zhi, I have research work scheduled for the next two days and can't spare the time. You and the Secretary-General will accompany Governor Zhou and his delegation on the inspection. The Secretary-General will be responsible for arranging and implementing the specific reception arrangements."

"Yes, Mayor."

Zhang Zhichao nodded.

Although he knew that Lin Yi's refusal to accompany Zhou Xingwen during the inspection was because he didn't want Zhou Xingwen to achieve his goal of supporting him, and that he might become Zhou Xingwen's punching bag, Liang Zhenhua had already spoken with him and asked him to fully support Lin Yi's work, so he could only accept Lin Yi's arrangement.

Seeing that Zhang Zhichao had no objections, Lin Yi said, "Director Zhichao, I have two requests regarding the reception arrangements."

"Mayor, please speak."

"First, when leaders come down for inspection, they adhere to the 'four no's and two direct's, so you shouldn't lead a team to greet them at the highway exit. Second, Wang Xiao is under disciplinary review and investigation by the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection. At this critical juncture, the reception must strictly adhere to regulations. Food and drinks must not exceed the permitted levels, and no gifts can be prepared!" Lin Yi spoke again, his tone leaving no room for doubt.

"Okay...okay, Mayor."

This time, Zhang Zhichao paused for two seconds before responding.

Because Lin Yi's final work instructions were completely contrary to the rules of officialdom, under normal circumstances, it would be considered a self-destructive act.

Of course, he also knew that this was not a normal situation. Lin Yi's actions were tantamount to making a clear statement to Zhou Xingwen: You are nothing to me!

Lin Yi had the confidence, but Zhang Zhichao did not.

Therefore, after returning to his office, Zhang Zhichao immediately called Liang Zhenhua, the Party Secretary of the Municipal Committee, to report the matter to him.

After hearing this, Liang Zhenhua gave the following instructions: "Zhichao, carry out Mayor Lin's work instructions to the letter!"

"secretary……"

Zhang Zhichao was startled, feeling uneasy and conflicted.

however--

Before he could finish speaking, Liang Zhenhua interrupted him and asked, "Zhichao, I know what you're worried about, but you won't worry if you just think about one thing clearly."

"Secretary, what's the matter?"

Who do you think will win?

Liang Zhenhua offered a reminder.

This question was posed to him by the elders of the Lu family when he called them to express his concerns after learning that Lin Yi was to be parachuted into Pengcheng City as mayor.

After that day, Liang Zhenhua no longer had any worries or concerns!

The Lu family went all in.

Does he still need to hesitate?!