362: Chapter 362 Wang Kaiming is furious

Chen Hao was still buried in writing his self-criticism.

After finishing, he took a look, felt depressed, crumpled the self-criticism into a ball, and threw it into the trash can.

He looked miserable; there was no way to write this.

"We were not wrong at all; it was a classic case of someone abusing power, exerting influence without authorization, and interfering with the handling results. They should be the ones writing the self-criticism, not us."

However, he only dared to think this in his heart. The self-criticism still had to be written; after all, they were high-ranking officials.

Just as he was preparing to continue writing, the door was pushed open. First to enter was Hong Jinxing, then Qin Chuan, followed by the leaders of the Chengnan Branch Bureau.

For the Chengnan Branch Bureau, a visit from the Deputy Party Committee Secretary of the Criminal Investigation Bureau was a big deal. These leaders dropped everything they were doing; their most important task right now was to accompany Secretary Qin.

"Director Hong, this..."

Seeing so many people come, Chen Hao was a bit confused, feeling that they shouldn't be here for his self-criticism.

Hong Jinxing was worthy of being a bureau chief, a total old fox. Just this morning, he had criticized Chen Hao with a stern face, but now, he was all smiles.

"Comrade Chen Hao, this is Qin Chuan from the Criminal Investigation Bureau. He's here specifically to see you."

Chen Hao felt Qin Chuan looked a bit familiar and quickly remembered—wasn't this one of the bystanders on the pedestrian street yesterday? He was actually the Secretary of the Criminal Investigation Bureau.

After a slight shock, Chen Hao became a bit excited. He immediately stood up and saluted, "Secretary Qin, hello!"

Qin Chuan nodded approvingly. In front of so many leaders from the Chengnan Branch Bureau, he stated clearly, "Comrade Chen Hao, your performance yesterday was excellent and deserves praise."

Suddenly, Chen Hao felt a bit excited.

Qin Chuan's gaze fell on the computer screen, seeing the unfinished self-criticism, and his face sank slightly.

"Director Hong, what you are doing is wrong. Such an outstanding comrade should be commended by the entire bureau; how can you make him write a self-criticism?"

Hong Jinxing bent slightly, keeping a very low profile, "Yes, yes, Secretary Qin is right. We were inconsiderate."

The other bureau leaders also nodded in agreement.

Since the leader of the Criminal Investigation Bureau had said so clearly, who would dare to defy or oppose him!

After praising Chen Hao publicly, Qin Chuan went into the conference room. In his capacity as a leader of the Criminal Investigation Bureau, he listened to the Chengnan Branch Bureau's handling of yesterday's incident and publicly issued serious criticism.

The most uncomfortable ones were Hong Jinxing and his team, caught in the middle and taking heat from both sides.

On one side was a big leader like Secretary Wang Kaiming, and on the other was the leader of the Criminal Investigation Bureau.

Hong Jinxing could only lower his posture and act very humble. After seeing Qin Chuan off, he immediately called the Municipal Public Security Bureau leaders to explain the situation.

Soon, the situation was reported to Secretary Wang Kaiming.

It was now noon. In a luxurious five-star private room, Secretary Wang Kaiming was personally hosting those Japanese investors.

The best food, the best wine—this table cost at least tens of thousands, equivalent to the annual income of many ordinary people.

But for Secretary Wang Kaiming, it was too normal. He rarely had meals costing only a few thousand; they were basically tens of thousands, sometimes even hundreds of thousands.

Both sides had drunk quite a bit and reached many investment intentions. In fact, these Japanese investors even inquired about many things from Secretary Wang Kaiming, learning a lot of valuable information.

Suzuki asked again, "Mr. Wang, I would like to ask you about someone."

Secretary Wang Kaiming promised readily, "Mr. Suzuki, feel free to ask about whoever you want. As long as I know, I will tell you everything."

Suzuki said, "Qin Chuan of the Criminal Investigation Bureau. I heard he is in Guangzhou, and we would like to get to know him."

Getting to know him was a lie; their goal was to understand Qin Chuan's whereabouts, daily movements, and so on.

The Black Dragon Society had already found out that the counterfeit money group was destroyed and the underground factory on Gongji Island was razed because of Qin Chuan.

The Japanese wanted revenge; they wanted to take action against Qin Chuan.

The prerequisite for taking action was to clearly understand Qin Chuan's real-time movements. Of course, they could investigate secretly, which would be more laborious. Learning from Secretary Wang Kaiming would be much simpler.

Secretary Wang Kaiming had no suspicions and said directly, "I know this comrade. He came to our Guangdong Province a couple of days ago. It's a small matter; I can find out clearly with one phone call. If Mr. Suzuki wants to get to know him, I can act as a go-between."

The two chatted for a while about Qin Chuan. Secretary Wang Kaiming's secretary pushed the door open, leaned over, and whispered a few words in his ear.

Secretary Wang Kaiming's face changed slightly, "Really? It was really Qin Chuan who gave the order? Shanshan was caught and taken to the Provincial Public Security Department?"

"It is absolutely true," the secretary replied. "As soon as I received the news, I couldn't believe it either. I verified it repeatedly before coming to report to you."

Secretary Wang Kaiming said, "Call Director Du Qingbo and demand that he release the person immediately."

The secretary replied, "I have already called Director Du. He said he is also in a difficult position. Secretary Qin Chuan gave the order personally. Without his consent, no one can release her."

Hearing this, Secretary Wang Kaiming's face changed slightly again, then he said, "Contact Qin Chuan and tell him I invite him to the office for tea to sit and chat."

"Okay, I'll go make the call right now."

Secretary Wang Kaiming believed that he was a member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee and the Municipal Party Secretary of Guangzhou, while Qin Chuan was only at the deputy department level. With one phone call, he would definitely come.

Just...

A while later, the secretary came in again, leaned over, and whispered two sentences in his ear. Secretary Wang Kaiming's face became a bit serious.

Suzuki and the others noticed it and specifically asked if something had happened.

His own daughter had been caught by the Provincial Public Security Department—such a disgraceful thing, Secretary Wang Kaiming certainly wouldn't say. His face relaxed quickly, and he laughed it off, saying it was nothing and everyone should continue drinking.

After lunch, they took a short break, mainly to let the alcohol wear off slightly. Secretary Wang Kaiming went directly to the Provincial Public Security Department, prepared to see Qin Chuan in person.

He was a bit angry in his heart. You are just a small deputy department-level official, even if you are from the Criminal Investigation Bureau, we don't belong to the same system. But not giving face to me, a deputy ministerial-level official—this is a bit bad, isn't it? Then I will come personally.

You even dared to arrest my, Secretary Wang Kaiming's, daughter—this is truly rebellious. Even if you are from the Criminal Investigation Bureau, you cannot withstand my monstrous rage.

He thought that as long as he went there personally, Qin Chuan would have to release the person and apologize to him, otherwise, this grudge would be huge.

At this time, Qin Chuan was not at the Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department, but was having a meal with a few people.

People from the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection had arrived quietly. They did not alert the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee for the time being, contacted Qin Chuan directly, and met with him immediately after arriving in Guangzhou.

Interestingly, the investigation team members were all old acquaintances, such as Secretary Lu Wangshu, Old Liu, and others. The team leader was a deputy director, a deputy department-level cadre, and was also quite familiar with Qin Chuan.