After Sun Youzhi was hauled out, the mayor's furious voice seemed to linger throughout the hall.
"I represent Shaohua's 3.8 million people, and I'm going to bring down you bastards who suck their blood and bleed them dry!"
The key was Mayor Zhou's choice of words: "you bastards." That meant Sun Youzhi was far from the only rotten apple who needed to be removed.
For a moment, certain people were utterly terrified, cold sweat already soaking their backs.
Hong Dawei, director of the municipal Poverty Alleviation Office, who had just been singled out, felt even more as though he were sitting on needles with thorns digging into his back. His heart was in his throat. He strongly suspected he would be the next person taken away by the Discipline Inspection Commission's staff!
Zhou Yi swept his gaze over the audience. Though he was far away, some officials with guilty consciences were so afraid of being caught by that almost tangible gaze that they instinctively lowered their heads.
But what was coming would come. Mayor Zhou's stern voice rang through the hall again, reaching every person's ears with perfect clarity.
"Next, let's talk about Secretary Zhang Baiyan of Anshan County. Secretary Zhang Baiyan is quite an extraordinary man!"
"On July 9 this year, a retired veteran cadre in Anshan County named Yang Linhai sent letters to the leadership of the Shaohua Municipal Party Committee and the Jingchu Provincial Party Committee, reporting that County Party Secretary Zhang Baiyan had violated laws and disciplinary regulations in personnel appointments and urban construction. As a result, he was placed in criminal detention by the Anshan County Public Security Bureau on May 11. On the fifteenth, the County Procuratorate approved his arrest. On the nineteenth, the County Public Security Bureau concluded its investigation and referred him