Recaps

Lin Yanzhou arrived in Jingzhou tasked with developing its economy and stabilizing Handong, but his investigations into pollution, redevelopment, and public funds challenged entrenched interests. As he expanded his team and pursued missing money, suspicious people began watching him, and he prepared to send Chen Mo to Guangming District while testing new secretary Li Ze.

• Senior leaders appointed Sha Ruijin to lead Handong and Lin Yanzhou to become Jingzhou’s mayor, then Lin Xingguo told his son to focus on economic development and avoid destabilizing the province too soon.
• Lin Yanzhou took office, rejected locally chosen staff, and investigated government projects after residents reported polluted water near the Guangming Peak Project.
• Lin Yanzhou confronted officials over the Qingshui River contamination, ordered emergency water and cleanup measures, and directed Cheng Du to investigate the illegal discharge.
• Lin Yanzhou suspended project approvals and fund disbursements, while Zhao Ruilong and Ding Yizhen arranged to sacrifice lower-level officials and Li Dakang sought to contain the investigation.
• Lin Yanzhou secured appointments for trusted cadres and ordered a wider review of Jingzhou’s state-owned enterprises, while Zhang Shuli investigated suspicious transactions and a complaint implicating Ding Yizhen.
• After Zhongfu Shantytown residents protested, Lin Yanzhou promised an investigation and ordered accounts frozen, and investigators traced missing funds and uncovered financial links among Wu Sheng, Haixiang Trading, Shanshui Group, and Ding Yizhen’s relatives.
• Lin Yanzhou learned that suspicious people had been scouting him, chose Li Ze as Chen Mo’s temporary replacement, and sent Chen to observe Sun Liancheng in Guangming District.

Lin Yanzhou gained Li Dakang’s cooperation, revised the Guangming Peak Project, and stripped Ding Yizhen of his municipal authority. Sha Ruijin arrived with orders to support Lin and investigate corruption, while Zhao Dehan’s confession prompted an attempt to arrest Ding Yizhen.

• Li Ze began serving as Lin Yanzhou’s secretary and resisted his relatives’ requests, while Chen Mo secured responsibility for shantytown redevelopment with Sun Liancheng’s support.
• Lin Yanzhou won Li Dakang’s agreement to restructure the Guangming Peak Project around phased development, sustainable financing, and targeted industries.
• Lin Yanzhou secured control over municipal government operations and redistributed Ding Yizhen’s portfolios after exposing his lack of involvement in the project.
• Liu Changhe endorsed Lin Yanzhou’s revised project and committed provincial funding, while Lin forced the transfer of Guangming Chemical Plant’s cleanup payments.
• Sha Ruijin took office as Handong Party secretary and pledged support for Li Dakang and Lin Yanzhou’s reforms while directing Tian Guofu to investigate corruption.
• Qi Tongwei enlisted Chen Qingquan to handle the Dafeng Factory case, and the court confirmed almost all of Shanshui Group’s claims to the parcel.
• Hou Liangping uncovered Zhao Dehan’s hidden cash, and Zhao Dehan implicated Ding Yizhen in bribery.
• Chen Hai mobilized a team to arrest Ding Yizhen, but Ji Changming blocked its departure and summoned him to Gao Yuliang’s emergency meeting.