This world, sometimes it's just so strange!

The officials that the common people like and praise often end up in just such a way. Perhaps, the ending is not even good.

On the contrary, those whom the common people hate and detest often grow bigger and higher, deeply favored by those above.

As for Liu Zhizhong, the better his reputation among the people, the more the local powers in Daxi resent and despise him. Isn't that funny?

Fortunately, Liu Zhizhong acts steadily, doing what needs to be done, without excessively offending anyone, nor clashing with the local powers. Naturally, those above notice him.

Zheng Xitong's godson, he's secretly being groomed; someone is shielding him. As for what the future holds, that depends on Liu Zhizhong's fortune.

After a day of reception work, Liu Zhizhong was somewhat tired.

First, sitting for a long time made him feel tired.

Second, talking too much made his mouth tired as well.

Third, seeing that Daxi City still had so much unfairness, and that the common people's lives were not easy, made him feel mentally exhausted and burdened.

On his way back, Liu Zhizhong even pondered why, as the economy grew stronger, the people's lives became less satisfactory, not daring to spend or use money, often prioritizing frugality. Unemployed workers have no jobs, the elderly have no pensions, alas...

Last year's economic summary report of Daxi City and Huayang City, he knew how much was real data and how much was inflated. But even if it was inflated, if the real data were taken out, the common people's lives should be good, but why?

Actually, he didn't need to wonder for too long to know why. It's because the money that should have flowed into the people's hands flowed elsewhere!

The people are the real masters of the nation. But the lives these masters lead… Liu Zhizhong shook his head in despair.

In the depths of his heart, there were still grand ambitions, even some elusive thoughts, gradually growing. These thoughts are understood intuitively, not to be spoken aloud...

Three days later, the result of the joint operation by the City Environmental Protection Bureau and Daxi Environmental Protection Bureau was released. The environmental assessments of the two newly opened large real estates in Daxi City were without issue, nearing the excellent level.

This was equivalent to giving Liu Zhizhong and the two major developers a reassurance. To resume work, Liu Zhizhong needed to take the assessment results to personally report and request instructions from Deputy Mayor Zuo Xintong in Huayang City.

However, upon arriving at the Huayang City Government, Liu Zhizhong found out that both mayors were absent! Mayor Bai Qiuxia went out to participate in an urban exchange forum, and at the same time to attract investment; Deputy Mayor Zuo went to the Provincial City for a new economic work meeting.

Liu Zhizhong had no choice but to hand over the assessment results and the relevant rectification report to the Deputy Director of the City Government Office, asking him to pass them on to Deputy Mayor Zuo, then he returned to Daxi to wait for the news.

Within two days, Zuo Xintong's reply came directly via phone call to Liu Zhizhong's office landline.

Liu Zhizhong was reviewing documents, and upon seeing that it was a call from Deputy Mayor Zuo's office, immediately connected the call on speakerphone.

"Hello, Mayor Zuo!"

"Mayor Liu, the environmental assessment reports of those two real estates in Daxi City, are they falsified?"

"Falsified?" Liu Zhizhong was stunned, feeling a sense of foreboding.

"There are clear signs of falsification! What kind of trickery are you playing? Don't you understand that environmental issues are no small matter?"