The following afternoon, in the Municipal Party Committee's small conference room.
Municipal Party Secretary Gu Yuechang, Mayor Guan Tao, Deputy Secretary Fei Yuzhu, Executive Vice Mayor Chen Qingyan, and Wu Kunsheng, secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission and Public Security Director, held a meeting.
The main topic was Wu Kunsheng's proposal to join the Changning City police in investigating the prominent businesswoman Xu Qinglan's suspected criminal activities.
"Zhou Yi launched a formal investigation into Xu Qinglan based solely on Zhang Hao's statement, without any evidence. Wasn't that a little rash? Of course, that's his prerogative, and ordinarily we wouldn't need to interfere. But since he's asking our Jincheng Public Security Bureau to assist with the investigation, we have no choice but to consider it carefully!"
Fei Yuzhu, the standing deputy secretary, spoke first and made her position clear. No one could stop Zhou Yi from doing whatever he pleased on his own, but once Jincheng was involved, there needed to be a discussion. He couldn't be allowed to run wild on their turf.
"The situation is quite clear. Concluding that Xu Qinglan masterminded the kidnapping of Zhang Yang and Liu Hao solely because of her two bodyguards' individual actions clearly lacks direct evidence. Linking her to Zong Yunxiao's disappearance and Wei Jinrong's suicide by jumping from a building is even more far-fetched. So I believe Comrade Kunsheng's decision to accept the Changning police's request for a joint investigation was distinctly ill-advised."
Executive Vice Mayor Chen Qingyan agreed with Deputy Secretary Fei and sharply criticized Wu Kunsheng.
Mayor Guan Tao glanced at Fei Yuzhu and Chen Qingyan, then said with a smile, "Personally, I see nothing wrong with the Changning Municipal Public Security Bureau's approach of questioning boldly, forming reasonable hypotheses, and verifying them carefully. I'm sure you've all