The Ambitions to Conquer the Official Career
Chapter 542

Chapter 542: 542

Ji Yang and his colleagues were here researching the information on the team members, unaware that in a luxurious estate, the Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, Deng Guohai, was equally listening to a subordinate’s report.

Deng Guohai looked at the middle-aged man standing opposite him and said in a deep voice, "Have you figured out their situations?"

"Ah, our people have investigated the team members, and this is some information about them."

Deng Guohai took over the material and started to read it seriously.

After reading it, he said, "It seems the members of this team all have some connections."

"Yes, actually, their situations haven’t changed much. They’re all what we previously knew about. Now we’ve just added some more information. And there’s Fang Shijun. Besides keeping a close relationship with his beautiful college classmate, he’s recently been involved with another female college student, picked up from a club. In fact, it was someone we arranged."

Deng Guohai burst into laughter, "He comes from a peasant background and is good-looking. He originally had a close relationship with his college girlfriend and was going to marry her. Unexpectedly, he caught the eye of that ugly girl from the Lu Family. He can really put up with a lot, such an ugly and fat woman. Who knows if she’ll crush him in bed."

His underling also began to laugh.

Deng Guohai’s smile vanished, and he continued to read, asking, "What’s the situation with Ji Yang? We didn’t have any information on him earlier."

"He actually used to be an official of ours in Tiannan Province, in Qingyuan Village."

"I know, he’s the one who developed Qingyuan Village."

"Yes, that’s him. He’s very capable, but according to our investigation, he was brought up by the Chu Family and has an ambiguous relationship with Chu Shuyuan. Later he was transferred to South Dian Province, and this time he was specifically recalled by Governor Zhou Yuan."

"So, you mean he is now Zhou Yuan’s man."

"Yes, not only Zhou Yuan’s, but it is also said that he has saved the children of some big families in the Capital City; they all give him some face."

Deng Guohai frowned and said, "It appears that this man is far more dangerous than the rest!"

"That should be the case."

"Be careful with what you’re doing at the moment."

"Don’t worry, we haven’t done anything yet. We barely got through the last corruption case."

"Still, you need to be careful!"

Outsiders only knew Deng Guohai as a hero fighting against crime, but what they didn’t know was that, as he immersed himself longer in the officialdom, his mentality had drastically changed. From a crime fighter, he became a protective umbrella for gangs. The benefits he had gained had long erased his heroic image against crime.

Thinking about the things those forces he protected were doing in secret, Deng Guohai knew he couldn’t go back.

Since he couldn’t go back and didn’t want to give up the power he currently had, the only thing Deng Guohai could do was to eliminate all forces that stood in his way.

In fact, what everyone didn’t know was that the corruption case occurred because some people wanted to take away Deng Guohai’s benefits, resulting in a bloody power struggle. Deng Guohai was slightly stronger, getting rid of those who knew about his situation first, and then he blew up the matter, completely eradicating the forces that opposed him.

With that force wiped out, although Deng Guohai was just the Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of Jinyin City, his control over the entire Jinyin City had reached a new height.

Now that things had settled down, Deng Guohai still didn’t dare to relax. With so many newcomers arriving, he didn’t know if anyone among them would conduct a covert investigation. If his deeds were exposed, he really didn’t know what would happen.

After analyzing everyone, Ji Yang, the suddenly appointed Executive Vice Mayor, was Deng Guohai’s greatest concern.

Deng Guohai knew in his heart that if there were any surprises, they would come from Ji Yang’s arrival; whether Zhou Yuan sent him casually or intentionally had him come here to gather information.

After lighting a cigarette and taking a hard puff, Deng Guohai said, "No matter what Ji Yang’s background is, we also need to understand his thoughts."

"So far, this man hasn’t shown anything special. He hasn’t even asked for a secretary or driver, making it difficult to get information on him."

"Has he been in contact with anyone?"

"We haven’t found anything yet. He rides his bicycle to buy groceries every day, and he even cooks for himself."

"Quite an interesting person!"

"We’ve tried to track him, but when he rides his bike, he always goes through alleys, and we quickly lose track of him."

"Then we should pay even more attention to him. He has a sense of counter-surveillance." Deng Guohai took his concerns to a new level.