Although Zhou Zhi knew that he didn't like Shen Huai in his heart, he had to admit that Peng Yue was the biggest beneficiary of last night's incident.

  Wu Haifeng, although not a member of the municipal standing committee, as the director of the Municipal People's Congress, after Tan Qiping and others made the decision, Wu Haifeng was one of the first to receive formal notification, even the Municipal Discipline Inspection Commission had not yet taken formal action against Chen Fei, the head of the Chengbei District Branch.

  Tan Qiping did not intend to expand and complicate the struggle, and after the initial trial results of the Tangzhai District Branch came out overnight, he instructed that Dai Yi be given an administrative penalty of 15 days' detention, which would not be expanded indefinitely and would not involve Dai Lesheng, also leaving some face for each other.

  Dai Yi's case will not have a particularly significant impact on Dai Lesheng, the head of the provincial party committee's organization department, but it is still a stain. Dai Yi was brought to Donghua by Gao Xiaohu, and since Dai Yi is involved in the case, Gao Xiaohu is not present at the scene. Although there are many reasons for this, the responsibility for being remiss in taking care of things cannot be escaped; moreover, the whole thing was a decision made by the municipal party committee secretary's office meeting, and Gao Tianhe also voted in favor. Even if Dai Lesheng and his son swallow their anger this time, even if they hate Tan Qiping to the bone, the rift between Gao Tianhe and his son will be difficult to heal.

  Business cooperation between Dai Yi and the municipal steel mill, even if it is not immediately terminated, cannot be expanded again.

  The case of Prince Wang will be thoroughly investigated, although the municipal party committee's initial opinion is not to expand it, allowing some officials who made mistakes but were not deeply involved in the case to reflect and reform.

  Although Shi Gangchang and others did not have a direct connection with Wang Ziliang, they often socialized at the British royal court, fearing that some handles would be pulled out to bring down the whole group. To save themselves, it was likely under Gao Tianhe's instructions that they personally visited in the morning, intentionally expanding their procurement of scrap steel from Pengyue - this means that since March, the crisis of Pengyue's shrinking scrap steel trade business with Shi Gangchang has finally come to an end.

  And regardless of what benefits others may reap from this matter, Pengyue has already enjoyed the most direct benefits, and he can't help but thank Shen Huai for stirring up the waters last night.

  Since Mei Xi Steel Plant's equity restructuring, Zhou family has chosen a cooperative relationship with Shen Huai.

  Yesterday's big event, from any perspective, the Zhou family cannot pretend to be deaf and dumb, hiding behind silently enjoying the benefits without making any other gestures.

  Everyone knows that Bai Hui swung his racket and hit the ball, watching as the white ball soared high into the air, forming a beautiful parabola. He turned around to look at his sister, who was lounging in a recliner, and asked: "What do you think Shen Huai was after with this stunt yesterday?"

  They want to know more details than others, and it's natural that Shen Hua is hiding behind the scenes, but Xiong Wenbin, Kan Xuetao, and Pan Shihua later appeared at Wing Fung International, undoubtedly representing Tan Qiping initially wanted to suppress this matter.

  Later, Shen Hua was in the grand hall of Ying Huang International, when the crowd asked Kan Xuetao to take an ashtray and hit Wang Ziliang, and claimed that he would personally make a self-criticism to Tan Qiping - in other people's eyes, it may seem like Shen Hua is pretending to be tough, but only those who can really get in touch with the core of power generally know that Tan Qiping's sudden change in attitude towards Ying Huang after the confrontation incident has a direct relationship with Shen Hua's tough stance.

  Generally speaking, even if Shen Hua has the backing of his superiors, it's not wise for him to directly confront Tan Qiping. No municipal party secretary would like their subordinates to challenge their authority in such a way. Even if Tan Qiping chose to back down this time due to some unknown reason, he wouldn't be completely free from resentment.

  If Shen Huai made such a big fuss just to rescue an unrelated girl from Wang Ziyang, it's really not worth it.

  Zhou Yu wore a pair of frog-shaped glasses and lay on the soft cloth chaise longue, she didn't know how to describe Shen Huai to her younger brother.

  After working together in the municipal government for more than half a year, Shen Huai's impression of her had become vague. Since Chen Mingde's sudden death from illness, Shen Huai had been walking on thin ice. On the suspicious circumstances surrounding Chen Mingde's death, Shen Huai, who was still a small secretary in the municipal government, had the audacity to manipulate his second uncle and others, including Gao Tianhe, under his control. His second uncle had clearly done him harm, but he couldn't help but acknowledge his favor.

  Shen Hua gave up his comfortable position as deputy director of the Beijing office and chose to go to a rural town, which also made people think deeply.

  When I first arrived at Mei Xi, there were a few people who would be as tough and hard as Shen Huai, crushing the two luxury cars of Wanhu Company into scrap iron?

  But last time, wasn't it at Ying Huang where Shen Huai and Xiong Wenbin, Su Kaiting and others turned against each other? How could the Zhou family choose to cooperate and jointly promote the equity restructuring of Meixi Steel Plant in the direction expected by Shen Huai?

  Shen Hua's personal style and behavior in the Donghua government circle are so striking, yet so unpopular. But thinking carefully, if Shen Hua didn't have such a strong personality, would Chen Mingde's sudden death, the rectification of Meixi Steel Plant, and the equity restructuring have achieved their current results?

  When everyone is in harmony, what you want to do is isolate yourself clearly and necessarily try to make enemies with everyone - Zhou Yuxin thought: Shen Huai was probably in this state of mind?

  Zhou Yuxin thought that she had been working in the municipal government since she was 22 years old, and it would have been eight years by now. Although she had her second uncle's care, and her career path had been smoother than usual, she still felt that there was a tight web around her, forcing her to compromise and submit to reality. But didn't she also have the desire to tear this web apart in her heart?

  Zhou Yu knew she wasn't Shen Huai, she didn't have that strong and dazzling stubbornness and uncompromising spirit of Shen Huai.

  Although Zhi Bai and her father and uncle were guessing the motive behind Shen Hua's actions yesterday, she thought to herself: Perhaps Shen Hua was simply acting out of anger and resentment towards Wang Zi Liang, Chen Fei and those people who dared to be so presumptuous.

  Zhou Yu recalled what Shen Huan said to her in the car last time. Shen Huan was not that kind of official with a strong sense of cleanliness, and his private life couldn't be described as particularly self-disciplined, but he had his own bottom line, and he also couldn't tolerate others crossing some boundaries, perhaps it was just that simple.

  At this moment, a staff member walked over and said that Shen Hua had arrived. Zhou Yu and his younger brother Zhou Zhi Bai quickly got up and went to the main hall to greet them.

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  Although it was Sunday, standing in the lobby of Pengyue, there were very few guests, and it was hard to see how many people were there.

  The front desk manager knew that Shen Hua was the most important guest of the Zhou family today, so he invited them to sit in a corner of the lobby's coffee bar. Shen Hua looked at the coffee bar, which was separated from the rest of the lobby by a glass and steel railing, and gently patted the armrest of the teak-colored chair, saying to Sun Ya Lin: "Zhou Xiaobai's taste is not something that Wang Ziliang can compare to. The style here is several levels higher than Ying Huang..."

  "What's the use of having a high tone if business is so bleak? I think Zhou Xiaobai's intestines are about to turn green with regret." Sun Yalin looked down on Pengyue's tone, leaning back in her chair with her legs crossed, looking up at the crystal chandelier above her head and asking the reception manager beside her, "Is this thing made sturdy or not? I'm sitting here, it won't fall off, will it?"

  Listening to Sun Yalin and Shen Huai, one calling him "Zhou Xiaobai" on the left and another "Zhou Xiaobai" on the right, Yang Lili couldn't help but laugh in her heart. She didn't know if Shen Huai and Sun Yalin came over to attend a banquet or to continue causing trouble.

  The reception manager smiled and said: "Our General Manager Zhou has arrived, let him answer Miss Sun's questions personally."

  "Does Miss Sun have any questions?" Zhou Zhi Bai and Zhou Yu quickly walked over, putting on a very enthusiastic appearance. He first stretched out his hand to shake hands with Shen Hua, then nodded and smiled at Sun Ya Lin, but only glanced at Yang Li Li without showing much surprise.

  "We were discussing why business is so bad on this side," said Sun Yalin.

  Bai's smile froze on his face, he had invited Shen Hua through his sister to try and suppress the disgust in his heart towards Shen Hua, to make their relationship better so that they could continue cooperating with each other. But Sun Ya Lin and Shen Hua immediately exposed his wounds, no matter how thick-skinned he was, he couldn't put on a smiling face.

  Zhou Yu smiled and said, "Building a golf driving range here is a bad habit that Zhi Bai developed while studying abroad. At the time, everyone opposed it, but he insisted on doing it anyway. After it was built, it's too late to regret it, every year we have to spend 2-3 million yuan just to maintain operations..."

  Zhou Yu is Zhou Zhi Bai's sister, she took the initiative to expose his shortcomings. Zhou Zhi Bai was depressed and returned in depression, it's not good to say anything, can only ask Shen Huai, Sun Ya Lin and Yang Li Li to go to the banquet hall for dinner first.

  Although this side is mainly a golf driving range, Donghua really doesn't have many people who enjoy the pleasure of swinging and hitting balls, so Zhou Zhi still built it into a sports business club in the form of banquets, restaurants, conference services, and leisure facilities.

  The Pengyue International is just too far away, and the business exchange with Gao Fu as the theme is really not suitable for Donghua. Since its completion a year ago, the operation of Pengyue can only be described as bleak.

  It's also thanks to Pengyue's main business of scrap steel trading that the profits are quite rich, and even if they lose 20-30 million yuan a year, it won't drag down the Zhou family.

  Pengyue's banquet hall is on the third floor, overlooking the entire golf driving range, with a canopy net supported by tower-shaped high poles, and further away, the vast Mei Creek River. It's actually a pretty good place to dine, except that Sunday's guests may not be too few either.

  After sitting down and chatting for a few sentences, Zhou Zhibai couldn't help but ask the question that had been bothering him since dawn: "The city has taken decisive action against Ying Huang, and Wang Ziliang and his four top henchmen have all fallen. Today I met several people who were applauding and praising Secretary Shen for eliminating a scourge for the people yesterday. However, some people don't believe it and say that Secretary Shen's move to take down Wang Ziliang was motivated by personal interests. When I heard this, I got very angry but couldn't think of anything to say to refute them. Ah, Secretary Shen, what were you thinking yesterday? Tell me so I can confidently argue against those people."

  Shen Hua glanced at Zhou Zhi Bai, knowing that he had a deep prejudice against him. He smiled and said: "Behind the scenes, men steal and women prostitute, no one can control anyone else, but if we don't stop the evil that is openly displayed, do we still want to maintain social order? As an official, I have power, you make money, sitting here enjoying the feeling of being above everyone else, being served by others. Besides power and wealth, there is a fundamental premise: social order must be maintained. Can you understand what I'm saying, Zhou?"

  Zhou Zhi did not expect Shen Huai's words to be so straightforward, without any detours.

  Shen Huai deliberately "taught" Zhou Zhi Bai, continuing to say: "I don't know how you view the ruling group. Let's put aside those lofty ideals and talk about reality. We are actually in a vulgar society. When everyone in the ruling group only thinks about benefiting themselves, social contradictions will intensify, and ultimately, everyone will be affected, and no one can enjoy any benefits. However, there are some officials in the ruling group who are not so sycophantic, with a bit of an awkward personality, and they actually know how to please the people. It seems stupid, but they alleviated social contradictions, allowing society to move forward in difficulties, thereby also maintaining the overall interests of the ruling group. So, Brother Zhou, do you think those officials who dare to remove social ills are foolish or have ulterior motives?"

  Shen Hua scolded him severely, and Zhou Zhi's face was burning with anger, but he could only cough and drink water to cover up his embarrassment.

  Zhou Yu on the side was laughing with great amusement, she actually hoped that her brother could be "taught a lesson" several times, and the arrogant momentum brought from abroad might be ground away.