The Beautiful County Magistrate
Chapter 257: Lan Qianrong, Burning with Rage!

Chapter 257: Chapter 257: Lan Qianrong, Burning with Rage!

Fan Wenbin rushed to see Lan Qianrong at the first opportunity, telling her his woes.

Xu Qianli that bastard is too ruthless. It’s really tough to fight back against him alone, I need Lan Qianrong to come up with some strategies.

Lan Qianrong said, "Xu Qianli used the County Disciplinary Committee’s energy today to settle a few officials in Qingshan Town. He can pull off this kind of tactic once, but definitely not a second time. After all, certain things require a legitimate reason. You don’t need to worry about anything. Just make sure you keep him in check, and never actually let him carry out any tourism development and construction in Qingshan Town."

Lan Qianrong had just arrived in Jiang City and had not yet visited the towns and villages below. She wasn’t very familiar with each town.

These past few days, because of Xu Qianli, she had started paying special attention to Qingshan Town, sending people to gather a lot of scenic information.

Looking at the photos and video materials, Lan Qianrong couldn’t help but secretly praise Qingshan Town as a beautiful place with great potential for successful tourism development.

But because of Xu Qianli, she would never allow such a thing to happen.

She wanted to keep Xu Qianli firmly pinned down in Qingshan Town, using Fan Wenbin to restrict or even imprison him, leaving him no room to maneuver.

Drag this out for a year or two, until next year when she, Lan Qianrong, takes the position of Jiang City County Secretary. Then she would settle accounts with Xu Qianli, fiercely deal with him, kick him out of the team for good, and make sure he could never make a comeback!

To put it plainly, right now she could give Ge Changhong face, not making trouble for Xu Qianli anymore, but she would definitely not allow Xu Qianli to reap any political achievements from developing Qingshan Town.

In Lan Qianrong’s view, ensuring this wasn’t very difficult.

Although Xu Qianli took down eight officials in Qingshan Town today, the rest of the people were still Fan Wenbin’s men. Without Fan Wenbin’s approval, Xu Qianli could forget any tourism development, let alone collecting any political achievements.

Lan Qianrong was instructing Fan Wenbin when suddenly her office phone rang. She picked it up, and her face changed instantly. She furiously slammed the desk and pointed at Fan Wenbin, roaring in anger.

"You worthless thing, as the mayor of Qingshan Town, I had high hopes for you, thinking you could lead Qingshan Town’s team well and never let Xu Qianli stir trouble."

"But look at you, having all the advantages of time, location, and people, and in the face of Xu Qianli, just on the first day, he managed to outmaneuver you, and not just once but twice. How capable you are!"

"Waste, waste, you’re nothing but a waste of space!"

Lan Qianrong cursed, giving Fan Wenbin a thoroughly harsh scolding.

Fan Wenbin was bewildered being scolded. What the heck is going on, why is Lan Qianrong suddenly cursing at me?

With a forced smile, Fan Wenbin said, "Leader, you’re right. It’s just that I genuinely don’t understand, what exactly happened, what did that bastard Xu Qianli do?"

Lan Qianrong slammed the desk again.

"It looks like you’re still in the dark, you still don’t know what has happened!"

"While you were here in the county, Xu Qianli immediately convened a meeting of all officials in Qingshan Town, proposed the Qingshan Town tourism investment development plan, and during the subsequent voting, it was passed unanimously!"

Boom, Fan Wenbin was completely stunned.

What is this, Xu Qianli actually took advantage of my absence from Qingshan Town to hold a meeting with all the officials and got the tourism investment plan approved?

"No way!"

"Leader, that’s absolutely impossible!"

"Even if I’m not in Qingshan Town, those officials wouldn’t listen to Xu Qianli. How could they possibly allow his tourism investment development plan to pass smoothly."

"Plus, up until now, nobody has informed me."

"You heard the news, it couldn’t be fake, could it?"

After the initial shock had passed, Fan Wenbin gradually calmed down.

With his prestige in Qingshan Town, even if he went to the county, that bastard Xu Qianli would find it not so easy to pull off a coup.

To say that the investment plan would pass was simply impossible.

Fan Wenbin had absolute confidence, but who knew that in the next second, his phone would start buzzing—not with a call, but with a barrage of messages.

Taking out his phone, he saw messages from Qingshan Town’s cadre all talking about the same thing—the very matter Lan Qianrong had mentioned.

My God, it was actually true!

It dawned on him, Fan Wenbin, who had just been brimming with confidence. He thought such a thing impossible, only to have his face slapped so swiftly, his complexion turning ashen right away.

"Damn it, that dog-shit Xu Qianli, to think he would pull off something like this while I was away from Qingshan Town, damn it, it’s infuriating!"

Fan Wenbin was beside himself with rage.

He had thought Qingshan Town was solid as a rock, completely under his control, and that Xu Qianli, even if he went there, won’t be able to make a dent, let alone have any impact.

Who would have known in just one day, in merely one day’s time, that Xu Qianli would stage two coups, one taking down eight officials, and the other getting his damned tourism investment plan passed.

If he could have his way, Fan Wenbin would rather it had been his wife who was stolen; he couldn’t bear such coups.

Lan Qianrong said with an iron face, "Fan Wenbin, what do you have to say for yourself? I had great expectations for you, but your performance has been so disappointing. With such behavior, do you think you’re fit to be Qingshan Town’s Party Secretary?"

Lan Qianrong scolded Fan Wenbin harshly, having thought that he really had Qingshan Town under control; she now realized how wildly mistaken she was.

Fan Wenbin wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said sheepishly, "Leader, please don’t be angry. This incident is purely because that bastard Xu Qianli is dishonorable, staging a coup while I was away. What he’s done isn’t right. I mean, without the town mayor present, the meetings he convened couldn’t possibly count, could they?"

"He’s the top authority in Qingshan Town. If the meeting he held passed with all of Qingshan Town’s cadre, except you, does it not count?" Lan Qianrong retorted.

Fan Wenbin thought to himself that it was true, after all, Xu Qianli was indeed the top authority in Qingshan Town.

"So, what should we do now?"

"Leader, I’m completely at a loss right now. I don’t know what to do; you need to give me some direction."

"No matter what, we can’t let Xu Qianli gradually take over control of Qingshan Town."

"I’m relying entirely on you now, leader."

Fan Wenbin looked at Lan Qianrong with eager eyes. He was truly out of options and even afraid of Xu Qianli now—that guy was not someone he could handle on his own. He had to rely on Lan Qianrong.

Lan Qianrong reflected for a moment and soon had an idea.

"Don’t panic, we absolutely can’t afford to panic at a critical juncture like this!"

"Right now, there’s only one thing you need to do: stop the progress of Qingshan Town’s tourism investment plan!"

"So what if the plan is passed in Qingshan Town, it still needs to be carried out."

"You have to try every means to stop the implementation of the plan, at least delay it for half a year."

"After half a year, it will be next year. By the time the plan is implemented then, that fellow won’t be able to reap any political achievements. He’s doomed to skulk away in disgrace!"