Chapter 407: Sweeping away gangs and destroying the network
After receiving the news that all the suspects had been arrested, Qi Tongwei was completely relieved.
Whether the victory can be expanded depends on Ji Changming and others.
The Luzhou case is currently the case that everyone is paying the most attention to, and everyone is guessing how the case will develop.
The case in Luzhou was investigated and handled step by step under the leadership of Ji Changming. On the other hand, Qi Tongwei also started his another big move.
Before I knew it, Qi Tongwei had been working in Handong for more than three months.
During these three months, Qi Tongwei did not achieve any significant results. On the contrary, a deputy mayor left the country and the "No. 116" fire occurred in Jingzhou.
If it weren't for Lu Zhou's performance this time, he actually didn't do very well in the past three months.
But he didn't take these to heart. Everything that happened before was a plan for the future.
Having lived two lives, Qi Tongwei has figured out how to be a good leader, and that is to use people.
Whether a leader can do a good job and whether the work can be completed perfectly depends on the people he uses.
Now these leaders of Handong were all promoted by Zhao Lichun. Qi Tongwei has no favor towards them. If he wants to use them as he pleases, he must think of other ways.
He was well aware of the weaknesses of Li Dakang and others, so he planned to use less than half a year to deal with personnel matters. Only by sorting out the personnel matters could he achieve twice the result with half the effort.
As the provincial party secretary, he has to consider not only the party’s work on conduct and clean governance, but also issues concerning people’s livelihood such as education, medical care, employment, and the economy.
To this end, he formulated a new development plan - "step up to a new level and build a new Handong"!
He will take this as the core guiding ideology for his future work and devote all his efforts to building a new city full of wisdom and vitality.
He knew very well that at his position, the power behind him had little effect, and if he wanted to continue to make progress, he had to show results.
If he could bring Handong to the top in the country, surpassing his father-in-law would no longer be a problem.
Qi Tongwei is very clear that if he wants to achieve this grand goal, he must rely on reform and increase investment in scientific and technological innovation, rather than relying on real estate.
At the same time, more resources should be concentrated on education, health care and other infrastructure construction projects that are of vital interest to the people.
The fruits of reform must benefit the broadest masses of people.
Qi Tongwei believes that in order to achieve twice the result with half the effort, it is necessary to break up the existing interest groups and underworld gangs that affect economic development.
Therefore, he proposed to carry out a special rectification campaign of "sweeping away gangsters and eliminating evil, breaking up umbrellas and breaking up networks" throughout the province.
There is another benefit to doing this, which is that it echoes the actions of Ji Changming and others in Luzhou.
To this end, he specially convened and presided over an enlarged meeting of the Provincial Party Committee, inviting the top leaders of each city, the public security, procuratorate, courts and other relevant functional departments to attend and discuss the details of the specific implementation plan.
"I guess everyone has heard about what happened in Luzhou?
A loan company belonging to a mafia gang implicated 36 of our leading cadres at or above the department level, bankrupted five companies, and seriously affected Luzhou's social security and economic development.
This shows that evil forces have become a major factor affecting economic development.”
Qi Tongwei picked up the teacup and took a sip, giving everyone time to think and react.
"This is also the reason why we are holding a special mobilization meeting today to 'eliminate gangs and eliminate evil, break umbrellas and break networks'. It is really not enough to not crack down severely.
Some people may think that I am making a big deal out of nothing. It’s not that I am making a big deal out of nothing, but this is the fact.
I think everyone should already know me. I was originally a public security officer and solved many cases.
In this process, I discovered a problem, that is, the existence of the underworld seriously affects economic development.
Take Luteng City as an example. Before I became the secretary of the Luteng Municipal Party Committee, Luteng's economy was always among the bottom three, and its per capita income was second to last.
Are the conditions in Green Vine City bad?
No! Luteng has a very advantageous location and environment.
The reason why the economy is developing slowly is because of the rampant underworld in Green Vine City.
The existence of the underworld has brought chaos to social order, leading to a poor business environment and poor social order.
Upon seeing this situation, some companies will not want to settle in Luteng, and after learning about the situation, foreign tourists will also choose not to come to Luteng.
There can be no development without investment. This cancer has seriously affected the construction and development of the city.
After realizing the problem of Lu Teng, my comrades and I made great efforts to crack down on the underworld of Lu Teng, and finally defeated the underworld gang headed by Gao Mingyuan.
I think many of us here should still have an impression of this, because our Handong Province's Executive Vice Governor Wang Zheng is Gao Mingyuan's protector.
As the saying goes, good cannot prevail over evil. With the downfall of Gao Mingyuan and his gang, Luteng City has ushered in a new opportunity for development.
Since then, Green Vine has entered the fast lane of development and has been soaring all the way.
In just less than three years, it has climbed from the third from the bottom to the third from the top, second only to Luzhou City and Jingzhou City.
At this point, Qi Tongwei slowly picked up the thermos cup on the table, took a sip of the warm tea, paused for a moment and then said: "I am not telling you all this today to brag.
It is to illustrate a truth to everyone: the negative impact that underworld gangs have on the local economy is too great!
So, after careful consideration, I and other members of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee studied and discussed this issue.
Finally, we made up our minds to launch a province-wide special campaign to crack down on gangsters and break the network.
Please be clear that this action is not a spur-of-the-moment or impulsive act, nor is it just a formality.
We must achieve tangible results and resolutely eliminate criminal gangs across the province.
In order to demonstrate the provincial party committee's high attention and firm determination to this work, I will serve as the leader of the provincial anti-gangster and anti-evil team, and Comrade Qian Huimin will serve as the deputy leader to provide specific command.
The top leaders of cities and counties at all levels are the first responsible persons for cracking down on organized crime and must personally take charge of the operation to ensure that it proceeds smoothly and achieves the intended goals.
Comrade Qian Huimin will now announce the specific plan and timeline." After saying this, he turned his gaze towards Qian Huimin.
"Secretary Qi has just talked about the importance of cracking down on gangsters and eliminating evil, so I won't repeat it here." Qian Huimin then read out the specific action plan.
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After the meeting, Qian Huimin called Hou Liangping to his office.
"Liang Ping, Luzhou is where you and I worked before. Everyone is laughing at us, and some even speculate that we are Yan Jiacheng's protector.
If we want to get rid of this speculation and suspicion, we must show some results and regain Secretary Qi’s trust.”
Qian Huimin paused for a moment, then continued: "You, the police, are the main force in the fight against organized crime and evil. You must take up your responsibilities and make some achievements. Only then can I recommend you to take up the position of vice-provincial level official."
Although Qi Tongwei is the commander-in-chief of the province's crackdown on organized crime, the specific work still has to be the responsibility of him as the Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission. Fortunately, Hou Liangping, the Public Security Department Chief, is his man, so the work should be easily promoted.
But Qian Huimin was wrong this time, as Hou Liangping had no intention of doing a good job.
"Yes, Secretary Qian." Hou Liangping answered seriously, but did not take it to heart.
He has put all his energy into Zhong Xiaoai during this period. To him, work has no meaning at all and is far less useful than relying on Zhong Xiaoai.
Qian Huimin didn't know this, and continued to emphasize: "Secretary Qi attaches great importance to this work, you must not take it lightly."
He had not been implicated in Lu Zhou's matter yet, but he was still quite frightened.
Therefore, he did not dare to neglect Qi Tongwei's orders in the slightest.
Hou Liangping agreed readily but didn't really take it to heart.
He planned to return to the department, organize party committee members to study the document, and then forward it and appoint a deputy director to be in charge.
He himself focused his attention on Zhong Xiaoai.
From this we can see that Hou Liangping's ability is indeed not that good. He cannot distinguish priorities and is just looking for someone to back him up.
What he didn't understand was that with Qi Tongwei's current position, Zhong Xiaoai could no longer influence him.
Even if he really caught up with Zhong Xiaoai, he would at most be her bed partner. He could forget about getting her political support.
And he couldn't catch up with Zhong Xiaoai.
This woman was very proud. In her eyes, Hou Liangping's kneeling to beg Liang Lu made her look down on him.
If the two really met, Zhong Xiaoai might also say that it would be worth it to kneel down to a provincial public security chief.