Official Career Storm-Chapter 1407

Background?

What kind of background could he have?

Zhang Yan felt utterly perplexed.

But she caught a key word—dismissal.

"You got dismissed?"

"Not me, everyone at the consulate! Including the consul general!"

"What?"

This time, Zhang Yan was genuinely shocked. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

How is that possible?

Not to mention, Song Guanchao had nobody behind him other than Wu Qiangwei.

Even if he did, there’s no way they could be dismissed.

They’re from the Korea Consulate, an international entity!

No matter how powerful domestic leaders are, they can’t influence their positions.

She thought Jin Yongjun must have gotten it wrong.

Jin Yongjun didn’t have the mind to care about her thoughts, he just gritted his teeth and cursed "bitch," then hung up.

This kind of thing, he couldn’t tell Cui Shibin and the others.

Currently, Cui Shibin thought it was an accident, though annoyed, he wouldn’t excessively take it out on him.

But once he discovered Zhang Yan had incentivized him to deliberately do it, he would never let him go.

Zhang Yan had much more to ask, but he simply hung up.

Nevertheless, she had learned quite a bit of information.

First, she could confirm that someone powerful was behind Song Guanchao, capable of directly influencing the consulate here, even dismissing all consuls at the entire consulate.

She couldn’t help but wonder who was really behind Song Guanchao.

Was it Wu Qiangwei?

However, with Wu Qiangwei’s personality, even if she had that influence, it’s unlikely she’d do such a thing.

...

Cui Shibin approached Director Zhao, expressing the need to clarify online rumors.

Director Zhao nodded: "Indeed, we should clarify."

Cui Shibin cautiously asked: "Director Zhao, did you get any calls from Minister Zhang?"

"I made a call to Minister Zhang."

"What did Minister Zhang say?" Cui Shibin asked nervously.

"Minister Zhang asked you all to return immediately. As for punishments, you’ll find out when you return."

"Any other arrangements aren’t convenient to discuss with you."

Minister Zhang obviously had other plans, but as he said, once Cui Shibin and the others were dismissed, they didn’t need to know those details.

"Okay, okay."

Cui Shibin echoed as he prepared to leave when Director Zhao added: "Inform Jin Yongjun to cooperate with local police for the investigation."

Cui Shibin halted, opened his mouth, but eventually nodded in agreement.

...

At this moment, online discussions about the incident involving Song Guanchao and Jin Yongjun were still brewing.

Some were surprised that netizens were supporting the fact that Song Guanchao assaulted Jin Yongjun.

It’s understandable because the opponent is a Korean, a consul.

While Song Guanchao is one of us.

Moreover, the reason why Song Guanchao acted is not specified in the online incident.

Some netizens analyzed and directly pointed out that those spreading the information were either ignorant or malicious.

Without stating the details, just saying Song Guanchao hit someone is an obvious attempt to manipulate public opinion.

The incident was escalating with knowledge reaching the province and beyond.

But in Jiangzhou City, neither the City Committee nor City Government had issued any announcements on it.

Until 2 PM.

The first announcement emerged.

But it wasn’t from the local government, it was the Korea Consulate in Jiangzhou that released the announcement.

This surprised many people.

What shocked them more was the content of the announcement!

The announcement stated it was Jin Yongjun who flirted with a woman first, and Song Guanchao stopped him, expressing it was an act of bravery for a just cause.

Further, the consulate had dismissed the top to bottom consuls due to this incident,

At the same time, the consulate announced it would cooperate with police to penalize Jin Yongjun.

The announcement caused an uproar online immediately after being released.

The content of the announcement was so normal that it made people feel abnormal.

"I checked, it’s truly posted by Korea Consulate’s official account."

"Whoa, is the consulate this impartial?"

"I was prepared for the consulate to lie."

People were accustomed to such organizations being aloof; suddenly being so normal made them feel uneasy.

But some sharp individuals sensed the truth from this.

The consulate’s normality wasn’t due to their law-abiding conduct.

Clearly, they had offended someone they shouldn’t have.

This is the real truth!

Some started reaching out to find out which influential figure exerted pressure on the Korea Consulate.

...

"Mayor, the consulate announced."

Shu Xue entered the office with her phone in hand.

Wu Qiangwei read the announcement, finding it equally unbelievable.

She suddenly recalled Song Guanchao saying, "I have someone behind me."

Does he really have someone backing him?

...

Zhang Yan saw the announcement, her expression turned extremely ugly.

To pressure the consulate into being so submissive and replacing all consuls, what kind of background does Song Guanchao have?

...

"Governor Lu..."

Zhou Zheng marveled and grew more fearful of the newly appointed Governor Lu.

That’s an international consulate!

Yet they conceded so easily!

Their attitude seemed as humble as dirt.

The most shocked, however, was Lu Zhizhong.

As a party involved, Lu Zhizhong knew better than anyone how servile the consulate’s attitude was.

With apologies, dismissals, and issuing announcements for clarification.

...

Just half an hour after the announcement, Jin Yongjun arrived at the police station to surrender.

He was incredibly frustrated.

Yet faced with pressure from superiors, he dared not express any dissatisfaction.

"Surrender?"

The police officer receiving him felt extremely puzzled.

The officer tried to reach the director, then remembered Director Li was taken by the inspection department.

Left with no choice, he sought the deputy director.

The deputy director contacted Liang Jianfeng.

Liang Jianfeng said: "Follow the protocols."

"Alright."

Thus, the police detained and fined Jin Yongjun for "obscenity."

On the same day, the police released an announcement verifying Jin Yongjun’s detention.

The internet was full of satisfaction.

While Song Guanchao was still in the hospital.

The police station’s deputy director went to the hospital to explain the series of events to Song Guanchao.

"Director Song, Jin Yongjun has surrendered, I’ll handle the paperwork for you now."

"No." Song Guanchao gestured: "Initially, there was testimony proving my wrongdoing. Now that Jin Yongjun has surrendered, does it mean those testimonies were falsified?"

The deputy director paused, logically, it seemed true.

"Does Director Song wish to hold them accountable?"

"Of course." Song Guanchao said: "Help me contact those witnesses, I need to chat with them."

"Alright, no problem."

Song Guanchao was still the Director of the City Government Office.

Moreover, this incident showed his backing was incredibly strong.

Besides, Song Guanchao’s requests were legitimate, neither violating rules nor regulations, naturally needing to be addressed.

...

When Fan Jie received a call from the police, he felt terrible.

Things had taken a complete 180-degree turn.

That was manageable, but suddenly the police wanted him to come over.

Though they didn’t specify why, how could he not guess?

Now that Song Guanchao is out, he’s definitely going to hold those who falsified testimonies accountable!