Jia Yan had been hospitalized!
The moment the news was confirmed, everyone involved in the Investment Conference was furious!
Bi Shuli and Luo Haiting, along with the other Investment Bureau officials, were nearly bursting with rage. Hospitalized? Of all times, he had to be hospitalized now? When Director Jia had first arrived, he had sworn up and down, his eyes practically gleaming at the sight of potential achievements. Now that the Investment Conference had gone badly and responsibility needed to be taken, he pulled this stunt? Was he just abandoning everything? Dumping every other matter onto someone else? Did he have any sense of responsibility at all?
No one had expected Jia Yan to use hospitalization to dodge responsibility!
But could he really escape it?
To be fair, if Jia Yan had continued presiding over the Investment Conference, with only six or seven investors having arrived, it certainly would not have looked good. But Secretary Xiang would probably still have supported him through the end, and the final responsibility could have been determined afterward. Yet now, without a word, he had simply thrown everything aside and checked himself into the hospital. Secretary Xiang had forcefully recommended him at the Standing Committee meeting and affirmed his work ability. By getting hospitalized now, wasn't Jia Yan making a monkey out of the County Party Secretary? Wasn't he making everyone in Yantai County, even the city leaders, laugh at Secretary Xiang?
Hospitalized the day before the opening ceremony?
Jia Yan had played everyone for fools!
Xiangyi Hotel was filled with cursing. In an upstairs room, Xiang Daofa was nearly driven senseless with anger by Jia Yan. He grabbed his phone and called Jia Yan!
Beep beep beep, beep beep beep. No answer!
He called again. The phone was on, but still no one