Day after day passed, but the shock waves from Zhang Hao's organized crime case continued to spread.
On January 4, 2008, Xu Yida, Deputy Director of the Southwest Province Public Security Department, Wang Yongjiang, commander of the Criminal Investigation Corps, Detachment Captain Qian Hao, and others were invited in for "tea" by the Discipline Inspection Commission.
On January 24, the Southwest Province Provincial Party Committee decided to transfer Deng Ruxue, Changning's Municipal Party Secretary, to the post of director of the Provincial Party Committee's Party History Research Office.
On January 30, the Southwest Province Provincial Party Committee decided to appoint Tang Qingrui, mayor of Changning City, as Municipal Party Secretary, and Zhuang Zhenping as Deputy Municipal Party Secretary and acting mayor.
On February 1, following a decision by the higher authorities, Comrade Liu Wenjie ceased to serve as a standing committee member of the Southwest Province Provincial Party Committee, secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, and Public Security Department Director. He would be assigned another position.
As early as February 2, Zhou Yi had started his leave ahead of schedule and returned to his hometown in Liaodong to prepare for the New Year.
February 6 was Lunar New Year's Eve. Zhou Yi and his parents sat around the table making dumplings while the television played the dance "Flying Apsaras"-hands down the best performance of that year's Spring Festival Gala.
Zhou Yi's phone barely stopped ringing all evening.
Sima Yanan, Shan Wenxu, Xiao Han, and the others formed one group; the Auspicious Three Treasures, Li Linsen, Yu Xiao, and the others another; Min Aiwu, Chen Gang, and the others from Changning another; Liao Wensong, Ji Fengning, Mu Junjie, and the others from Changtian another; and Rao Yu, Fu Zhigang, Li Pingwu, and the others from Yangcheng City yet