Ten minutes later.
Inside the large office of the Urban Management Team in Qingling District.
Liu Liangyou and about seven or eight other urban managers were holding watermelons, enjoying them heartily.
While eating, they also kept praising how sweet the melon was today.
Just then, the office door was abruptly opened with a bang.
It startled everyone.
They stared in surprise.
Standing at the door, sweating profusely, was a middle-aged man.
It was none other than Jiang Qitang, the head of the Qingling District Urban Management Team.
"Old Jiang, it's you, you scared me. It's better to be lucky than early, we just got a batch of melons, come and try one, they're really sweet."
Seeing him, Liu Liangyou stood up to greet him.
Jiang Qitang sighed deeply and asked, "Did you guys bring someone back?"
"Yes, an old man, a melon seller, what's up?"
Jiang Qitang frowned and asked, "Are you sure it's an old man?"
Liu Liangyou was taken aback and said, "There's also a nosy guy, I locked him in the office. Damn it, today was unlucky, I nearly died of frustration."
"There's trouble, there's trouble..."
Jiang Qitang was terribly alarmed, and without saying another word, he turned and left.
Liu Liangyou and the others, equally baffled, followed suit.
When the room where Chen Fang was being held was pushed open.
A wave of heat gushed out.
Upon seeing, Jiang Qitang glared and saw a young man sitting on a chair, completely drenched in sweat, with half a watermelon in front of him, untouched.
"Old Jiang, this is the guy, obstructing our law enforcement. I didn't even handle him roughly, which already spared him a lot."
Liu Liangyou stood behind Jiang Qitang, indignantly pointing at Chen Fang.
"Slap!"
As soon as he finished speaking.
A slap landed solidly on Liu Liangyou's face.
It sent Liu Liangyou staggering backwards.
Cupping his face, he dumbfoundedly looked towards Jiang Qitang, initially unable to comprehend what had happened.
"Secretary General Chen… this… I... it's my fault for not managing my subordinates properly... it's my fault..."
Stepping into the sweltering room.
Jiang Qitang bowed to Chen Fang and said.
"Secretary General? Which Secretary General?"
Upon hearing this title, Liu Liangyou felt a surge of dread, whispering to Jiang Qitang.
Jiang Qitang turned, glaring, and reprimanded, "Are you blind, this is Comrade Chen Fang, the newly appointed Secretary General of Wulan City's city government."
Boom!
It was like a bolt from the blue.
Liu Liangyou was instantly stupefied.
It wasn't just him.
The urban managers outside who were "watching the excitement" were also dumbfounded.
The City Government Secretary General, often referred to as the primary department head, is the central nerve of the entire city government.
This man, not only had been forcefully brought back by the urban management,
but also had suffered in the hot air for twenty minutes.
At that moment, Liu Liangyou felt as if the sky had collapsed, the other urban managers outside felt a chill, as if their hard-earned positions as public servants were waving goodbye to them.
"Director Gu is here."
Someone shouted.
Everyone turned their heads.
They saw a pot-bellied middle-aged man rushing into the yard at a run.
Following him was Yu Zhengchuan.
The person's appearance.
Caused everyone to break out into cold sweats again.
This man was none other than Gu Hang, Director and Party Secretary of the Wulan City Urban Management Bureau.
Chen Fang was still sitting still in the office, with Jiang Qitang and Liu Liangyou caught between responding or not, stuck on the spot, unsure of what to do.
"Secretary General Chen, Secretary General Chen..."
Upon spotting the person.
Gu Hang hurriedly rushed into the door.
Seeing Chen Fang's "embarrassing state", his anger burst forth, and he turned his head and yelled furiously, "Who did this? Who did this? Stand out!"
"Director Gu, it was me!"
Liu Liangyou knew there was no avoiding it now.
He spoke in a very soft voice, his head hanging down.
At that moment.
The people brought by Gu Hang had already delivered water and towels.
The air conditioning was also switched to cool.
But Chen Fang just sat there, not moving at all, not even saying a word.
In such a situation, the pressure on everyone else was even greater, as no one knew what consequences they would have to face next.
Gu Hang said a few words to persuade.
Receiving no response from Chen Fang, he was unsure what else to do.
At that moment, it was Gu Hang's secretary who had an idea, whispering something in his ear.
Gu Hang turned his head and said to everyone, "I announce, the position of Deputy Squad Leader Liu Liangyou of the Qingling District Urban Management Squad is to be suspended immediately, to serve as a warning to others."
After he said this:
Everyone thought that Chen Fang would respond.
Unexpectedly, he still did not move.
Perhaps the punishment was too light.
Gu Hang clenched his teeth and said, "Considering the severity of this incident, Comrade Liu Liangyou is to be dismissed."
Chen Fang still did not move.
Gu Hang sighed deeply, deciding to settle it once and for all and decreed, "As the senior leader of the Qingling District Urban Management Squad, Squad Leader Jiang Qitang is to receive a disciplinary warning, Comrade Liu Liangyou is relieved of duty, and the illegal actions involved are to be handed over to the Disciplinary Committee for processing. The other urban management team members are to be suspended temporarily, pending investigation."
After this announcement.
Liu Liangyou staggered, almost falling to the ground.
Chen Fang then slowly stood up.
He pointed to the watermelon in front of him and asked, "Is the melon sweet?"
"Very sweet, very sweet!"
Liu Liangyou spoke as if clutching at his last lifeline.
Gu Hang scolded in disappointment, "Idiot, it's the melon farmer's watermelon, what right have you to eat it, whoever ate these melons, compensate at the original price."
"Original price? Buying from a roadside stall counts as the original price."
Chen Fang said coldly.
Gu Hang immediately nodded, "Then compensate at three times the price!"
"No objections to Director Gu's decision, everyone?"
Chen Fang asked.
Nobody dared meet Chen Fang's eyes.
But one by one, they mechanically nodded their heads, murmuring, "No objection, no objection..."
At that time.
Chen Fang finally stood up.
He walked out of the office.
The reason why Chen Fang had remained silent from the beginning was to secure an outcome he found most satisfactory. Such a wide-scale sledgehammer approach, if voiced by him, would certainly be exploited by his political enemies, likely blowing up into a major scandal, and these people might ultimately get away with it.
But coming from Gu Hang, it was completely different.
No matter how harsh the outcome, it was an internal matter for the Urban Management Bureau.
No one ought to interfere.
The melon seller was also fetched from the back room.
Chen Fang approached him first.
Seeing the courtyard filled with uniformed personnel.
The old man was terrified, shrinking back, hardly daring to walk.
Chen Fang promptly took his hand, saying, "Old man, don't be afraid, they aren't here to trouble you but to apologize to you."
"Apologize?"
For the old man, this word was too alien.
He looked at Chen Fang with disbelief, his eyes filled with suspicion.
Gu Hang heard this.
He immediately stepped forward, saying to the old man, "Old man, I am Gu Hang, the Director of Wulan City Urban Management Bureau. Today's actions represent a failure of our Urban Management Bureau, and on behalf of the bureau, I apologize to you. Please forgive us."
After he finished, he bowed slightly.
Though it wasn't a deep bow.
His waist did indeed bend a bit.
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