The pens in several deputy mayors' hands clattered onto the table. The publicity chief's mouth hung open, and the organization chief's glasses nearly slipped to the tip of his nose.
Sun Liancheng also wore a strange expression.
Had something gone wrong with Li Gang's brain? Or was this some new political performance he'd devised, retreating in order to advance?
Sun Liancheng's expression darkened.
"Comrade Li Gang! This is a serious meeting-don't joke around!"
Li Gang ignored his warning and continued in the same dull, emotionless voice.
"In total, I embezzled and accepted bribes equivalent to 873.42 million yuan."
He even gave a figure accurate to the nearest ten thousand yuan.
"Of that, 320 million is in my daughter Li Xiaoli's overseas trust account. Another 200 million is in my mistress Zhang Manna's overseas account. The remaining money was invested in..."
If everyone had merely been shocked before, now every brain in the conference room had completely crashed.
You're fucking serious?!
You even gave your mistress's name?!
Everyone present felt as though an invisible hand had clenched their hearts so tightly they could barely beat.
This was no longer criticism and self-criticism.
This was political suicide!
And he was broadcasting it live in front of the entire core municipal Party leadership!
Sun Liancheng was now absolutely certain that Li Gang had gone mad.
But his political instincts as Municipal Party Secretary instantly told him that this was an opportunity of a lifetime!
Without betraying anything, he gave Zhang Shuli, the secretary of the City Commission for Discipline Inspection seated diagonally across from him, an extremely subtle look.
Zhang Shuli shuddered and instantly understood Secretary Sun's meaning.
He lowered his head, pretended to sort through his documents, and quietly picked up his phone beneath the table.
Behind the dim curtains, Chen Lin