45: Chapter 45: The Beautiful County Magistrate Calls!

45: Chapter 45: The Beautiful County Magistrate Calls!

Whispers filled the room instantly.

Xu Qianli had quite the nerve; merely a Government Office Director with no backing since the old County Magistrate was gone, he audaciously sat in the chair reserved only for the County Magistrate.

How could he be so bold; had he gone mad?

Li Weiguo was the first to jump up and raise a question.

“Director Xu, do you realize you’re sitting in the wrong seat?”

“That seat is for our number two man in Jiang City County, the backbone of Jiang City County Government, it’s a seat only the County Magistrate can occupy.”

“What right do you, a mere office director, have to sit in that seat?”

Ding Biao said, “Exactly, there’s a place for every rank, Xu Qianli, what makes you think you can sit there?”

“What right?”

Xu Qianli responded forcefully.

“I am here on behalf of the old County Magistrate!”

“You all know very well how much the old County Magistrate dedicated to our Jiang City County over the years.

He devoted his energy, his youth, his passion, and even his life to the land he loved!”

“But how did we repay the old County Magistrate?”

“Let’s not mention others but focus on the Wang Family Village’s entire relocation and resettlement project.

It was the biggest project initiated by the old County Magistrate before he left, a pure public welfare project, for the more than three hundred households and over a thousand villagers of Wang Family Village.”

“And what happened?

The project had been underway for a month, and the foundation of the new village hadn’t even been broken, let alone construction begun.

Meanwhile, most of the old homes in Wang Family Village had been demolished, leaving villagers homeless and forced to come to our County Government seeking justice.”

“Such a scenario completely deviates from the original intent of the project led by the old County Magistrate.

Ask yourselves, have we been fair to the old County Magistrate?”

“I know it is against the rules for Xu Qianli to sit here, but today I chose to sit precisely here.

I am representing the old County Magistrate and demanding an explanation from everyone present, including myself!”

Xu Qianli was overwhelmingly assertive, his words exploding like rapid gunfire, deafening and resonating so intensely that it left the important figures present buzzing, and momentarily silenced by him.

Originally, Li Weiguo, Ding Biao, and others intended to create trouble when they saw Xu Qianli sitting in the County Magistrate’s position and took the opportunity to do so.

However, they had not anticipated that Xu Qianli would bring up the old County Magistrate to counter them, leaving them speechless.

Li Weiguo smacked his lips, wanting to say something but was unable to utter it.

Ding Biao wore a grave expression and did not dare to speak.

Xu Qianli was too cunning, using the old County Magistrate as his shield, a big accusation that none could withstand.

Seeing no one else challenging him, Xu Qianli said, “Next, I’ll detail the current situation in Wang Family Village…”

Xu Qianli explained thoroughly the current state of Wang Family Village.

Sun Yan was indignant and vehemently cursed the CEO of Hehua Real Estate, He Jinlong, as shameless for stooping so low in his actions; he absolutely must bear full responsibility for this incident.

This stance was approved by many; with the project turning out in such a manner, causing thousands of villagers to protest at the County Government, the gravity of the situation was severe, and indeed He Jinlong must be held accountable.

Seizing the moment, Xu Qianli proposed his idea to detain He Jinlong, confiscate Hehua Real Estate, seize assets, and arrange the resettlement of Wang Family Village inhabitants and the construction of the new village.

As soon as the proposal was made, Ding Biao immediately stood up to oppose it, his words couldn’t have been more vehement.

He grasped the key point: even if Hehua Real Estate violated the rules, a judicial trial had to be conducted to determine whether and how to penalize Hehua Real Estate.

Xu Qianli shouldn’t have bypassed the judicial procedure.

Yet, he proposed a decision on handling Hehua Real Estate during the Jiang City County Government’s regular meeting.

This approach was extremely inappropriate, and he firmly disagreed.

After Ding Biao expressed his stance, Li Weiguo and others immediately stood up to oppose, strongly opposing Xu Qianli’s proposal.

The issue was significant, yet Sun Yan, Zeng Changyun, and others did not voice any opinions.

Xu Qianli had anticipated strong opposition, and he was not surprised by the current situation.

He immediately counterattacked.

He clearly stated that the entire relocation project of Wang Family Village had become deformed and was reaching an uncontrollable state.

Over a thousand villagers from Wang Family Village were now homeless, each filled with rage, almost ready to kill, only temporarily suppressed by his appeasement.

If the County Government couldn’t propose an adequate solution shortly, the villagers of Wang Family Village would undoubtedly take actions even more intense than what had happened early that morning.

By then, the situation would become utterly out of control, and it might even reach the municipal, provincial, or even higher levels.

Now, what the County Government team should do was to take drastic measures, seize Hehua Real Estate’s assets immediately before the situation escalated and lost complete control, and use those assets to resolve this incident.

Of course, issues of accountability would necessarily arise.

If there were any investigations later, Xu Qianli was willing to take full responsibility!

Xu Qianli made the situation very clear, left them with “Discuss it among yourselves,” and then left the meeting room to smoke outside.

After all, he had already explained the situation and the possible consequences, now it was up to them to decide.

Before he had finished smoking, his cellphone rang.

Xu Qianli took it out and saw it was an unknown number.

He pressed the answer button and muttered, “Who is it?”

“It’s me!”

A pleasant yet authoritative female voice came through.

Hearing the voice, Xu Qianli stood up straight at once, “L-l-leader, hello!”

Though it was just two words, Xu Qianli recognized them immediately.

On the other end of the phone was Lan Qianrong, the newly appointed beauty County Magistrate soon to arrive in Jiang City, who, due to an unexpected turn of events, had experienced the most intimate relationship with him two days ago, and whom he had deflowered.

Over the past few days, Xu Qianli had been thinking of Lan Qianrong, wondering when he could see her again and how he should face her next time.

Now, surprisingly, she had taken the initiative to call him, especially at such a critical moment.

Lan Qianrong’s voice came again.

“Xu Qianli, you still remember I am your leader.

Such chaos has erupted in Jiang City, and you didn’t even inform me!”

“If I didn’t have someone in Jiang City, I would still be kept in the dark!”

“As the Director of the County Government Office, you led a group of police to Wang Family Village, fired guns to prevent demolition, arrested the big boss He Jinlong, beat him publicly, even threatened with a gun, then ran to the County Government to convene a regular meeting in the name of the old county chief, sat in the magistrate’s throne and issued orders.”

“You’ve done such unthinkable things, really, what am I supposed to say about you?”

Xu Qianli was all ears, listening with a pounding heart.

Just now, facing almost the entire leadership of Jiang City County Government, he wasn’t scared at all.

Yet Lan Qianrong’s words alone made him shiver.

After all, the beauty County Magistrate Lan Qianrong, soon to take office in Jiang City, held his future in her hands!