After Zhou Yi finished asking, "What do you all think?" silence fell around him. Peng Jiaxue was the first to voice his agreement. "You're absolutely right, Director Zhou. For inhuman criminals like these, even execution would be letting them off lightly."
Shen Zhendong, Su Qin, and the others hurriedly nodded in agreement.
Most of them knew perfectly well that Yang Mingshan and Guo Zikun were very likely the men who fit those second and third categories of organized criminals.
This proved once again that Deputy Department Director Zhou had come prepared-and he meant business!
By the look of things, Yang Mingshan and Guo Zikun were in dangerous waters!
"Thank you for your hospitality, Secretary Shen and Mayor Su. This was an excellent welcome banquet. I sincerely hope everyone here will also be able to attend the victory banquet we'll be holding before long."
Seeing that it was about time, Zhou Yi rose and shook hands with Shen Zhendong, Su Qin, and the others, smiling as he spoke.
"Of course, of course." Shen Zhendong, Su Qin, and the others smiled and nodded. Together, they escorted Zhou Yi out of the banquet hall and saw the inspection team into the elevator.
As the elevator doors slowly closed, the smile gradually faded from Shen Zhendong's face. Looking back at the still-silent banquet hall, he could not help feeling alarmed.
Zhou Yi's move to flush the snakes out of the grass had delivered a powerful warning and deterrent-and its effects would linger!
And his hope that "everyone here will also be able to attend the victory banquet before long" carried a particularly chilling implication.
It was after eight that evening, in Room 606 of the municipal guesthouse.
Municipal Public Security Bureau Director Bi Wensheng had come at Zhou Yi's invitation. He sat respectfully on