Chapter 145 - 125: This Is the Evidence

Kong Xiangsheng glanced at Director Huang Yong from the Comprehensive Law Enforcement Office: "Comrade Huang Yong, please talk about the difficulties you’ve encountered. We are all here for work, so there’s no need to feel embarrassed."In his heart, Huang Yong silently cursed Kong Xiangsheng’s ancestors, thinking that the "benevolence" of Confucius had not left a trace on this rascal, Kong Xiangsheng.

Kong Xiangsheng, oh Kong Xiangsheng, you can’t push me out into the fire at this critical moment; I can’t afford to offend Mei Ru Xue. How can a leader act like this and expect their subordinates to handle it?

But since Kong Xiangsheng had put him on the spot, Huang Yong had no choice but to speak up, bracing himself.

He recounted the law enforcement process from this morning, being careful not to mention Mei Ru Xue.

While speaking, he dared not look at Mei Ru Xue; in fact, he was gambling that Secretary Kong could manage Town Mayor Mei. After all, Mei Ru Xue was too young and had only worked on Weishan Island for a few days, which couldn’t compare to Kong Xiangsheng’s deep and long-term local influence.

After Huang Yong finished speaking, Kong Xiangsheng looked severely at Xu Chunliang and said: "Director Xu, although Changxing isn’t a local unit, shouldn’t it cooperate with Hu Shan Town’s work?"

Xu Chunliang laughed: "Secretary Kong, watch how you phrase that. As for local or non-local, since Changxing has invested in Weishan Island, it’s now part of Weishan Island. You should treat us equally. Changxing has managed Weishan Island Hospital for three years now. Do you still consider us outsiders in your heart?"

Mei Ru Xue almost laughed; Xu Chunliang showed no courtesy to Kong Xiangsheng and directly retorted.

Blame Kong Xiangsheng himself for not speaking skillfully; Weishan Island Hospital is a branch of Changxing Hospital, and there’s a big flaw in his words in the first place.

Kong Xiangsheng said: "I’m pleased to see you have such awareness. Recently, there’s been a lot of controversy surrounding Changxing, and Weishan Island medical staff have already caused a stir at Hu Shan Town Government twice, which has had a very negative impact. Changxing’s leadership should really reflect on themselves."

Xu Chunliang thought to himself, you really think too highly of yourself, just a section-level cadre. Changxing Hospital is a division-level unit, and Old Yan is even at the deputy division level. Any card draw could crush you.

"Secretary Kong, could you be more specific about what we need to reflect on?"

All those attending the meeting were influential figures in local enterprise and institutions, each with some political awareness. They had already keenly sensed the brewing tension on the scene.

This young guy clearly wasn’t backing down to Kong Xiangsheng; it was a standoff ready to start at any moment. No one spoke up, all waiting to see the show.

Kong Xiangsheng continued: "If Changxing Hospital was responsible for the employees of Weishan Island Hospital, the issue of wage arrears wouldn’t have occurred, and there wouldn’t have been such public outrage."

Xu Chunliang stated: "Secretary Kong, this issue was resolved under Town Mayor Mei’s coordination. Is today’s forum about wage arrears? Are we the only ones with staff not paid on time?" He glanced around.

Wang Jinwu thought this young man was interesting. He didn’t hold any positive view of Kong Xiangsheng himself and chuckled: "Our Xianhong Farm has never delayed paying farmers’ wages."

The other enterprise heads also stated they didn’t have wage arrears issues.

Mei Ru Xue said: "Everyone, quiet down. Today Secretary Kong called us here not to discuss wage arrears."

Kong Xiangsheng’s face darkened. On the surface, Mei Ru Xue was supporting him, but in reality, she was reminding him in front of so many people that he was off-topic.

He felt like he might have been led off track by Xu Chunliang. He originally wanted to discuss property violations, so how did it shift to wage arrears muddledly? Actually, Kong Xiangsheng wanted to address both old and new issues, but unfortunately, he couldn’t handle Xu Chunliang.

Kong Xiangsheng said: "The reason for gathering everyone here is to seek your cooperation with our work, to assist the Comprehensive Law Enforcement Office in clearing out property violations."

The room fell silent. Not every household had wage arrears, but almost every unit had some form of property violation, large or small.

Xu Chunliang intentionally asked: "So does that mean everyone here has property violations?"

The other participants inwardly sighed; this kid was devious. Huang Yong had just reported, clearly that the obstruction came from demolishing violations at your hospital, so why drag us into it? If we had known, we wouldn’t have attended this forum.

Xu Chunliang looked at Huang Yong and asked: "Director Huang, does everyone have property violations?"

Huang Yong didn’t know how to respond. He coughed and said: "Our Comprehensive Law Enforcement Office is taking this cleanup action to address illegal structures and property violations."

Xu Chunliang continued: "Since everyone has violations, why start with our hospital? Does the Comprehensive Law Enforcement Office also consider us Changxing outsiders and want to strike us first?"

Huang Yong replied: "It’s not about outsiders vs. locals; it’s about property violations. If you follow regulations, we wouldn’t have come after you."

Kong Xiangsheng was satisfied with Huang Yong’s statement and took a sip of tea, saying: "Comrade Xiaoxu, it is a fact that your hospital has violations. We received numerous reports from the public. Your violations have existed for many years, and you’ve been using them for illegal profit, causing an extremely bad influence."

Xu Chunliang didn’t look directly at him; he continued to focus on Huang Yong: "Director Huang, didn’t you report the situation I told you about? Those property violations existed before Changxing took over the Weishan Lake Branch."

He took a stack of documents from his briefcase and threw them in front of Huang Yong: "If you’re interested, you can carefully understand the history of these violations. These materials can prove that those houses were constructed by then-director Zhang Haibin, and the completion time was three years and a half ago. As far as I know, Director Huang was already in charge of the Shiliang Town Comprehensive Law Enforcement Office at that time. May I ask why you didn’t stop it immediately?"

The scene fell silent; the moment Xu Chunliang took out that stack of documents signified the start of his counterattack.

Huang Yong’s expression was extremely awkward: "Our Comprehensive Law Enforcement Office has many responsibilities, we cannot monitor a single unit all the time."

"But now you are focusing all your efforts on us, aren’t you? Every unit present has property violations, why focus on us first? You issued us a penalty notice; demolition should proceed in order, but a penalty notice should be impartial, right? Why specifically target our hospital?"

Huang Yong was speechless, inwardly cursing. Wasn’t it you who reported your own situation initially? Clearly, you used Mei Ru Xue’s connections to pressure us to notify Weishan Island Hospital, which scared tenants into paying overdue rents. Now you’re biting back at me.

Huang Yong found it impossible to explain; it wasn’t that he didn’t understand, but the world was changing too quickly.

Xu Chunliang directed his gaze at Kong Xiangsheng: "Is it just because our Changxing is considered an outsider? I always believed Hu Shan Town Government to be fair, but this matter leaves me very puzzled and very baffled! If Director Huang cannot explain, I would trouble Secretary Kong to clarify."

Kong Xiangsheng said: "There’s nothing much to explain, and no need to dwell on old scores. Everything is in constant development and change. Weishan Island is currently facing unprecedented opportunities and is about to undergo an extraordinary development. The cleanup enforcement is also to cooperate with the city’s plans. I hope those present can cooperate with the government’s work and not obstruct Weishan Island’s development."

Xu Chunliang said: "Old scores shouldn’t be ignored. Here, I’m announcing something to everyone. Through our hospital’s investigation, Vice President Zhang Haibin was found to have been using his position to seek personal gain for many years while in leadership roles, with multiple violations and even suspected illegal acts. Our hospital’s leadership has officially decided to suspend him, and his issues have been referred to the prosecution for investigation."

Kong Xiangsheng’s heart skipped a beat. He was on good terms with Zhang Haibin but hadn’t expected him to fall so swiftly. He appeared somewhat impatient, saying: "Comrade Xiaoxu, there’s no need to announce your hospital’s internal issues here. What you’re mentioning isn’t related to our current forum theme."

Xu Chunliang responded: "I mentioned it to inform everyone that Weishan Island Hospital has many internal issues. Medical staff not receiving timely wages is related to the hospital’s management. The leaders are determined to weed out the black sheep. Those so-called property violations could turn into evidence of crimes, so I believe demolishing them now is inappropriate and could lead to evidence destruction."

Many people at the scene were suppressing their laughter; this guy was really tough. It’s not often someone makes Secretary Kong uncomfortable on Weishan Island.

Kong Xiangsheng initially convened this forum to establish authority, but instead, he ended up humiliating himself. Now Xu Chunliang gave him a dilemma: not demolishing after making the announcement would be embarrassing, but proceeding would mean helping Zhang Haibin destroy evidence.

Kong Xiangsheng was undoubtedly caught in a dilemma and started to regret it. So far, Mei Ru Xue hadn’t even spoken, yet Xu Chunliang had already thoroughly thwarted them.

Mei Ru Xue drank some mineral water; she initially prepared herself to intervene, but now it seemed unnecessary as Xu Chunliang was more than capable of handling Kong Xiangsheng.

Kong Xiangsheng had intended to pursue Xu Chunliang aggressively, but now the situation reversed, and he was eager to shift the topic. He coughed and said: "Do any other comrades have opinions on this cleanup action? President Wang, could you share your thoughts?"

By naming Wang Jinwu, everyone realized he was trying to prevent Xu Chunliang from speaking further. Who knew what else Xu Chunliang might say to embarrass him if he continued.

Wang Jinwu laughed: "Since Secretary Kong asked me to speak, I’ll say a few words. The issue of property violations has a long history, related to the island’s conditions. People just don’t have that awareness. Putting up fencing, adding a few rooms—it’s quite common. I admit, our Xianhong Farm also has violations. We all know such actions are improper, but in the past, everyone did it. If you don’t raise an issue, the authorities don’t pursue it. I dare say if Hu Shan Town seriously investigates property violations, half of the merchants will be involved, not to mention the residents’ houses."

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