Yan Liang had the authority to revoke Guo Shunjie's Party School slot. As long as he remained in office, he could make decisions on all major and minor matters at the branch bureau. Yan Liang had heard about Dong Xuebin's miraculous exploits more than once, but he did not believe Dong Xuebin was truly that capable. He had only voted for Dong Xuebin at that Party committee meeting because he had no other choice. Therefore, Yan Liang, who was about to leave office, could not possibly help Dong Xuebin. Besides, he did not believe Guo Shunjie had the nerve to deliberately frame a superior. Xu Yan had failed to secure the position of political commissar and was now in an extremely passive position. Song Shoujie, Yang Yizhong, and the others were in the same boat. They could barely look after themselves, much less handle Dong Xuebin's affairs. And even if they wanted to, they lacked the ability.
Thus, Dong Xuebin, isolated and without support, had fallen into the greatest crisis of his life.
Inside the Branch Bureau Courtyard.
Yan Liang, Zhou Guoan, Xu Yan, and the other Party committee members, along with several department heads, stood neatly in a row. Dong Xuebin, Tan Limei, Guo Shunjie, and the others from the General Office stood at the very back, preparing to welcome Minister Lü from the Ministry of State Security, who had come down for an inspection. Old Lü was already advanced in years and had retired from the Ministry of State Security long ago. Yet although he no longer held a post, Old Lü's influence within the state security system remained immense. Many bureau and department chiefs had once been his students or subordinates, and Yan Liang was one of them.
The iron gates opened wide, and an inconspicuous older-model