Urban Super Medical Saint

Chapter 98 Pursue to the End

"Uncle Cheng, Uncle Wu, this is Chief Zuo Le from the county Public Security Bureau. You can discuss the specifics with him. I refuse to believe it—we run our factory and do business fair and square, and yet someone can simply order us to close our doors just like that?" Following that, Ge Dongxu turned to Cheng Yazhou and Wu Qianjin and said, the Chief of the Public Security Bureau of D County? Hearing Ge Dongxu's introduction, Cheng Yazhou and Wu Qianjin's minds almost exploded, as they could never have dreamed that the woman Ge Dongxu had just asked to call her uncle was actually the Chief of the county Public Security Bureau. No wonder the young man with Ge Dongxu was so arrogant—he was a big shot!

Wait, hold on, why did Ge Dongxu call the chief "Elder Zuo," and the woman who just called Chief Zuo her uncle seem to address Ge Dongxu as "Brother Dongxu" in the same way earlier!

Ge Dongxu is clearly younger than them!

Their minds were a mess until Zuo Le took the initiative to reach out to them. Only then did they abruptly come to their senses and hastily shook hands with Zuo Le, while Liu Shang was already sweating profusely, saying, "Chief Zuo, this is a misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding, I didn't mean it like that!"

"What exactly did you mean then? Do you think I'm deaf? Alright, let's say I am deaf, what about the boss of Changxi Grand Hotel, Lin? And Mr. Yue, the president of Dayu Group? Are they deaf too? Do you realize you're committing a crime? You're abusing your power! You're openly extorting!" Zuo Le pointed at Liu Shang and scolded, each word cutting deep.

"No, no, not at all. It's him, it's Sun Zhiyang, he sees the business potential in the laser trademark industry, wants to buy into Yaxu Trademark Factory, I was just here to connect them!" Liu Shang's forehead beaded with even more cold sweat, yet he was smart enough to know he absolutely couldn't admit to the crime of blatant extortion.

"Is that so? For fifty thousand yuan, you want a ten percent share? Do you think we're idiots, or are you the idiots?" Ge Dongxu asked with a sneer.

"It was Sun Zhiyang's lack of thorough consideration, not investigating properly," Liu Shang hastily said, winking frantically at Sun Zhiyang. Discover hidden content at empire

"Yes, yes, it's all my fault, I didn't investigate properly," knowing that if Liu Shang goes down, he definitely can't escape unscathed, Sun Zhiyang quickly took the blame. At most it would be seen as a business blunder, which could not be criminally charged.

"Chief Zuo, no matter what, I share the responsibility as well. I admit my mistake sincerely and offer a sincere apology to the shareholders of Yaxu Trademark Factory!" Although Sun Zhiyang had taken most of the blame, Liu Shang would not be naive enough to think that things could be settled just like that—not with someone who is a standing committee member of the county party committee and the Chief of the county Public Security Bureau involved. So after Sun Zhiyang took the blame, Liu Shang immediately followed by bowing and apologizing repeatedly to Zuo Le, Ge Dongxu, Cheng Yazhou, and others, with genuine sincerity.

Seeing Liu Shang bow and apologize to him, Cheng Yazhou and Wu Qianjin felt quite uncomfortable, and at the same time, they thought this might be the end of the matter.

Liu Shang had long prepared for such situations; if he adamantly denied everything, Chief Zuo couldn't do much about it and might actually stir up a lot of trouble. After all, Chief Zuo was not Liu Shang's direct superior.

Of course, after this incident, as long as Zuo Le, the standing committee member of the county party committee and Chief of the county Public Security Bureau, was in office, Liu Shang could forget about any chance of promotion, and even his position as deputy head might be at risk of being revoked, which would be a significant punishment for Liu Shang.

However, contrary to what Cheng Yazhou and Wu Qianjin expected, and to the surprise of Liu Shang and others, Zuo Le simply sneered in response, "You don't need to apologize to me. As for what actually happened, let the prosecution's people come, and you can explain it to them slowly!"

When public officials are involved in abuse of power or corrupt practices, it is typically the prosecution's office that launches the investigation. In saying so, Zuo Le effectively indicated his determination to thoroughly investigate the matter and bring Liu Shang to justice accordingly.

"Chief Zuo, what are you—?" Liu Shang clearly did not expect Chief Zuo to be resolute in taking action against him and couldn't help but panic.

"Boss Cheng, Boss Wu, you must cooperate with the comrades from the prosecutor's office in their investigation." Zuo Le did not bother with Liu Shang but instead instructed Cheng Yazhou and Wu Qianjin, then directly called the chief prosecutor. As a member of the Standing Committee of the County Party Committee and the head of the Changxi County Public Security Bureau, he personally reported Liu Shang's dangerous crimes of corruption and extortion, demanding they initiate an investigation.

In Huaxia Country, among the three major judicial departments—public security, prosecution, and law—the public security is at the forefront. Therefore, in many places, the head of the county public security bureau generally joins the Standing Committee of the County Party Committee, and in some places, the Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee who oversees the three departments often doubles as the head of the public security bureau.

Although Zuo Le was not serving as the Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee at present, he was also doubling as the first deputy secretary. This made him a leader of the prosecutor's office too. His phone call prompted the chief prosecutor to not dare to neglect the matter, immediately starting to sign arrest warrants and dispatching personnel to the Changxi Grand Hotel to apprehend the suspect.

"Of course, of course; that's what we should do." Cheng Yazhou and Wu Qianjin were both excited and relieved, yet anxious, looking at Ge Dongxu with an uncontrollable hint of reverence in their eyes.

They naturally knew that Director Zuo Le's swift and decisive action to pursue Liu Shang to the end was greatly related to Ge Dongxu. It also fully demonstrated Ge Dongxu's significant importance in the director's heart.

How could it not be important? Whether Zuo Le could become a father again depended on Ge Dongxu's miraculous healing!

With Liu Shang's bold and blatant extortion of Yaxu Trademark Factory, one could imagine how arrogant he usually was and how much filth was under his buttocks, and how could he withstand the investigation of the prosecutor's office? Therefore, seeing Zuo Le unhesitatingly calling the chief prosecutor on the spot, Liu Shang was so scared that he collapsed to the ground. All his previous arrogance was gone!

He knew his life was over! Yet in his wildest dreams, he never expected he would fall at the hands of a young man!

Seeing Liu Shang collapsing to the ground, Sun Zhiyang immediately panicked and hurriedly said, "Director Zuo, Director Zuo, this has nothing to do with me. It's all my brother-in-law's doing; in fact, those shares are not even mine."

"Director Zuo, this, this has nothing to do with me either! It's Director Liu who told me to do this, that's why we deliberately held up Yaxu Trademark Factory," another man, a confidant of Liu Shang at the Safety Supervision Office, also hurriedly tried to dissociate himself from the matter upon seeing Liu Shang sitting paralyzed on the ground.

"You should save these words for when the prosecutor's office people arrive," Zuo Le said coldly.

In Songyang Town, where the Changxi County government is located, due to its small size and the fact that it was Zuo Le who made the call, the prosecutor's office personnel quickly arrived at the Changxi Grand Hotel and took away Liu Shang and two others. Cheng Yazhou and the rest, including Zuo Le, Yue Feng, and Lin Jinnuo, followed as well.

They followed, of course, to serve as witnesses, to confirm everything they had just heard outside.

The prosecutor's office staff, seeing a minor factory causing such a stir not only among the Standing Committee member and head of the Changxi County Public Security Bureau, Zuo Le, but also the bigwigs of Dayu Group and the owner of Changxi Grand Hotel eagerly wanting to come as witnesses, were trembling with nervousness. They thought Liu Shang really had bad luck to have poked such a hornet's nest.

What could be done? With these influential figures in Changxi County, if they were intent on framing someone, even innocent people could be implicated—Liu Shang had bullied his way to their benefactor's doorstep, so how could he possibly escape unscathed?

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