The matter at the Logistics Park ended in a halfhearted mess.
No one on the scene knew what agreement the big shots behind the scenes had reached. In the end, Tang Li never got to show Jiang Ke the negotiating skills he had boasted about, because Deputy Director Pang still did not get out of his vehicle. However, the Intelligence Management Center was also unable to take away those corpses. Even the "portion" of smugglers they had taken away earlier would later have to be transferred to the Internal Affairs Bureau and registered as an ordinary smuggling case.
The Intelligence Management Center and Jiang Ke's group withdrew one after another. The latter cooperated well enough, saying they would go to the North City Branch Bureau to complete some paperwork before claiming Jiang Yi's body. But the looks they cast over were extremely unfriendly.
Just as Tang Li's side was preparing to leave, his "brother-in-law," Du Shicai, called again and roughly explained the background of the matter.
The cause was still related to Tang Li, though Tang Li was not the key figure. The main issue was Councilor Guo. Taking advantage of the recent brief power vacuum, he wanted to rapidly expand his own faction. The position he had promised Tang Li alone revealed his intentions. Whether the Intelligence Management Center or the High-Energy Center, both were directly administered vertical departments. They should never have been places for a local strongman like him to meddle in, no matter how influential he was.
So naturally, the probing claw he had extended was slapped back.
Brother-in-Law Du Shicai gave his final assessment. "Looking at it now, you were right not to go to the Intelligence Management Center. Otherwise, the conflict would only have become sharper, and today you would not even have had