Official Career Storm-Chapter 1305

Xiao Ting found Mr. Cao and briefly relayed what Song Guanchao had said.

Mr. Cao asked, "Who exactly is this Song Guanchao? His name sounds very familiar."

Xiao Ting replied, "I looked into it. He is the District Chief of Lingjiang Tongchi District and used to be a secretary for Mayor Wu."

"Mayor Wu? Our Mayor Wu?"

"Yes."

"He wants me to see him within five minutes?"

"Yes."

Mr. Cao hesitated a little.

He wasn't quite sure about Song Guanchao's position.

Normally, when a leader gets promoted, they arrange a good position for their secretary.

However, when Wu Qiangwei became mayor, she only arranged for Song Guanchao to be a district chief.

This arrangement shows that Wu Qiangwei doesn't seem to value him much.

If she really valued him, he would have been sent to serve as a Deputy Secretary in the county to gain experience.

Yet, Song Guanchao's arrogant attitude demonstrated confidence.

It made him wonder if Wu Qiangwei had sent him over.

Just as he was hesitating, his phone rang. It was a call from Wu Qiangwei.

"Hello, Mayor Wu…"

"Mr. Cao, are you very busy?" Wu Qiangwei's tone was flat, as if asking about something very ordinary.

But Mr. Cao detected dissatisfaction in her voice.

"I am quite busy. What can I do for you, Mayor Wu?"

"Has the City Government Office informed you that the car accident on Xuefu Road is being handled by students from the Youth Class at the Party School?"

"Yes, I was informed."

Mr. Cao understood what she meant.

It must be that Song Guanchao had contacted Wu Qiangwei.

Damn it, he miscalculated again.

The relationship between Song Guanchao and Wu Qiangwei is stronger than he imagined.

"Mayor Wu, although they are responsible for the accident, the situation escalated this morning, and I had to take over temporarily."

"From now on, you are not responsible anymore."

"What?" Mr. Cao was stunned: "Mayor Wu…"

"At four in the morning yesterday, I rushed to the accident scene and visited the hospital, yet I didn't see you anywhere."

"Mayor Wu, I was…"

"Enough, no need to explain to me."

Wu Qiangwei continued, "Regardless of your personal issues, I don't understand how such a simple accident could escalate to this. From now, you are not to get involved anymore, leave it to the comrades at the Party School."

"Mayor Wu… beep beep." 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

"Damn it!"

Mr. Cao slammed the table forcefully, and Xiao Ting asked, "Mr. Cao, what did Mayor Wu say?"

With a darkened expression, Mr. Cao shook his head without saying a word.

He took out a cigarette, was about to light it, but then remembered the five-minute deadline given by Song Guanchao, so he put it down and said, "Take me to see District Chief Song."

Wu Qiangwei said to leave it to the Party School comrades, but in reality, she meant for Song Guanchao to handle it.

Is she trying to have him achieve something?

Ha.

The blame is on me, and the credit goes to your secretary.

Mr. Cao felt extremely displeased, yet had no way to vent.

But it didn't matter, as long as the issue got resolved in the end.

He figured he might as well see Song Guanchao, and talk to him about not overturning the case for the driver.

If that happened, he would really be in trouble.

After finishing a cup of hot tea, seeing that the time was almost up, Song Guanchao heard footsteps outside, followed by the sound of a door opening.

Xiao Ting and Mr. Cao walked in together.

"Apologies, apologies, I've been tied up with many issues here, sorry for keeping you waiting."

Mr. Cao walked in and shook hands with everyone.

You don't hit a smiling person, so Song Guanchao smiled and shook hands with him.

After sitting down, Mr. Cao said, "District Chief Song, let me briefly explain the situation of this case to you."

"Okay, Mr. Cao, please."

"The case is quite simple, just a traffic accident."

"The semi-truck driver, due to fatigue and failure to observe, killed seven people…"

After he finished speaking, everyone understood.

He insisted on holding the semi-truck driver fully responsible.

Cheng Xiang and the others looked at Song Guanchao.

Song Guanchao leaned back in his chair, with a cigarette between his fingers, and after taking a puff and slowly exhaling, he asked, "Have you looked at the surveillance videos from the scene and the truck's dashcam footage, Mr. Cao?"

"I have."

"And the police accident responsibility report, has it been issued?"

"Yes, it has."

"Is the driver fully responsible?"

"Yes."

"That's good."

Song Guanchao smiled and said, "As long as it's confirmed that it's the driver's fault, then I can go and have a good talk with the driver's family who caused trouble this morning. If they dare cause trouble again, we will arrest them for disturbing public order."

Mr. Cao felt a sense of relief, and complained: "In a law-governed society, we all reason things out. But these lower-class people, they don't understand the law, alas, for those of us in leadership positions, many times, we are helpless. Trying to explain these things to them is like playing a lute to a cow."

"And those people online, they haven't got all the facts but just criticize randomly."

After venting, he concluded: "The journey of legal education is a long one."

Song Guanchao nodded in agreement: "You are absolutely right, Mr. Cao."

He put out the cigarette in the ashtray, stood up and said, "I will handle the driver's family; if I need any help from Mr. Cao, I will call you. I hope Mr. Cao can cooperate with me."

"Of course, absolutely."

"I'll see you off, District Chief Song."

They accompanied Song Guanchao and the others downstairs, and as they left, the smile never left Mr. Cao's face.

Xiao Ting stood by and said, "Mr. Cao, do you think he will overturn the driver's conviction?"

"No, he won't." Mr. Cao smiled faintly, "He's a smart person and won't do something that foolish."

Overturning the driver's conviction would mean offending himself.

He couldn't see any reason for Song Guanchao to harm others without benefiting himself.

...

Once in the car, Song Guanchao said, "Jiang, send out the remaining videos."

"Now?" Jiang Yiren, seeing how well they conversed, thought he would give them face.

"Yes, now, or else Mr. Cao might think I'm deliberately picking on him."

"..." Everyone was speechless and didn't know what to say.

You are deliberately picking on him.

...

Mr. Cao returned to his office, hadn't sat for long before the door was flung open with a "bang."

Xiao Ting appeared, flustered: "Mr. Cao, something has happened."

"What's wrong?"

"Look." She handed over her phone.

A few minutes later, Mr. Cao's eyes widened, his breaths were heavy, but his face turned pale.

The surveillance video from the accident scene and the truck's dashcam footage had been leaked!

How could this happen?

"Who sent it?"

"I don't know."

"Damn it!"

Mr. Cao immediately contacted Captain Ma from the traffic police brigade, questioning, "Old Ma, what's going on with the surveillance video?"

Completely unaware, Captain Ma asked, "What do you mean, what's going on?"

"The surveillance video has been uploaded online!"

"What?" Captain Ma's pupils contracted: "How is that possible?"