Chapter 223 [The Misty]

"Zhang Yang, don't be impulsive!"

Zhang Yang whispered: "I originally pulled you in. I didn't think about it carefully in the past. I didn't expect that they wanted to borrow Secretary Gu's influence."

Gu Jiatong said softly: "Actually, no one expected that what is now would happen. Don't worry, I will adjust my mentality!"

After Gu Jiatong and Zhang Yang finished talking, they thought for a while, and finally made up their minds to call their father.

Gu Yunzhi was sitting quietly in the study. He had already learned the news one hour after the collapse of the Jiangcheng Rose River Bridge. Gu Yunzhi was so old that he immediately thought that his daughter was one of the contractors of the Jiangcheng Third Ring Road Project. He immediately considered the responsibilities that Gu Jiatong should bear, but Gu Yunzhi did not show any special attention. He knew that a storm was coming, and at this time, all he needed to do was wait and prepare.

Gu Jiatong called out dad timidly.

Gu Yunzhi's voice was not strange, and he said calmly: "I'm still in Beijing! Are Mingjian and Yangyang okay?"

"Fortunately, Mingjian was sent to Singapore for inspection by me. The upbringing and learning has been smooth and he has adapted to collective life." Gu Jiatong was a little strange. He could not hear any blame in his father's tone. Could it be that he still knew what happened in Jiangcheng? But Gu Jiatong immediately thought that this was impossible. As the secretary of the Pinghai Provincial Party Committee, such a big thing happened in Jiangcheng, the people below had no reason not to report to him, not to mention that this incident was closely related to him. The reason why his father did not mention it on his own initiative was that he did not want to put pressure on her, or that he wanted to give her a chance to be honest. Gu Jiatong whispered: "Dad! Something happened to the Jiangcheng Third Ring Road Project, and the Rose River Bridge that had just been opened to traffic collapsed!"

"Oh!" Gu Yunzhi's voice was still calm, and he whispered: "I understand, who informed you? Did someone ask you to go back and deal with this matter?"

Gu Jiatong said: "No one notified me!"

Gu Yun knew: "You are not finished in Beijing yet, don't worry about Jiangcheng's affairs, things will always come to an end!"

Gu Jiatong suddenly felt a soreness in her heart, and she almost burst into tears. Her father undoubtedly knew much more about this matter than her, and he should be prepared to deal with it. Gu Jiatong was very sad. She felt guilty because she caused trouble to her father: "I'm sorry, dad!"

Gu Yunzhi laughed: "Silly girl, what's wrong with me? If something happens, we don't worry about it! Besides, the matter will be held accountable to individuals. I will not let you shirk the responsibilities you deserve, but no one should rely on my daughter if you deserve!"

Gu Jiatong had tears in her eyes, and she couldn't say anything.

Gu Yunzhi whispered: "Jiatong, relax, the sky falls, and there is still dad!"

"dad……"

As the Provincial Standing Committee was approaching the end, Acting Governor Song Huaiming mentioned the collapse of the Jiangcheng Qiangwei River Bridge that occurred yesterday. At present, the three injured have all been out of danger and one person died. Although the number of people is not large, such an accident occurred in the bridge that had just been opened to traffic for three days, which has caused an extremely bad impact on society.

Song Huaiming said: "Although the final result of the investigation has not been released, there is one thing I can conclude that the relevant leaders of Jiangcheng did not play a good role in supervising, otherwise this incident would not have happened."

Gu Yunzhi didn't say anything, he looked at Song Huaiming quietly, waiting for his next sentence.

Song Huaiming said: "I haven't been to Pinghai for a long time, but the troubles in Jiangcheng are endless. I can't help but want to ask whether these leaders in Jiangcheng have done things? Reform is a good thing, and road construction is a good thing, but why do these good things turn into bad things when they implement them?"

Executive Vice Governor Zhao Jiting said: "Governor Song, this matter has not yet been achieved, so there is no need to go to the Standing Committee to discuss it? The quality of the project is still a design issue. In the end, there will naturally be relevant departments to conduct an appraisal. Let's talk about it when there is a result."

Song Huaiming said: "Comrade Ji Ting misunderstood. What I am talking about is about the quality and ability of Jiangcheng cadres, rather than holding the responsibility for this project. If there is a problem with the quality of the project, then what were their review standards when they were conducting the project bidding? Why did this happen and why did the construction unit's contract application be passed?" Song Huaiming's words were already quite rude. Almost everyone could hear that Song Huaiming was pointing at Gu Yunzhi.

Provincial Party Secretary Gu Yunzhi coughed lightly and focused all the Standing Committee members' eyes on him. Gu Yun knew: "Pinghai is not just Jiangcheng, and our issues cannot always revolve around Jiangcheng. Let's leave this matter to Comrade Ji Ting to pay close attention to it, and the meeting will be broken!"

Song Huaiming was stunned. He didn't expect Gu Yunzhi to adopt such an attitude towards the Jiangcheng Bridge collapse incident. Song Huaiming believed that the reason why Gu Yunzhi was unwilling to expand this matter was because his daughter Gu Jiatong was one of the contractors of the Jiangcheng Third Ring Road Project. On this issue, Gu Yunzhi obviously had selfish intentions. Song Huaiming originally wanted to use this to emphasize the safety of construction projects, but Gu Yunzhi disrupted all his previous preparations in one sentence, and taught this matter to Zhao Jiting, whom he promoted.

After the meeting of the regular meeting, Gu Yunzhi waved to Song Huaiming: "Huaiming!"

Song Huaiming knew that Secretary Gu wanted to communicate with him alone, so he came to Gu Yunzhi's side. Gu Yunzhi smiled and said, "Do you know why I did this?"

Song Huaiming smiled and shook his head, his heart was bright. The reason you did this was not because your daughter Gu Jiatong was one of the contractors of Jiangcheng Third Ring Road, but such words cannot be pointed out directly.

Gu Yun knew: "In recent times, there have been too many negative factors in Jiangcheng, and we cannot only see the shortcomings of the cadres in Jiangcheng."

Song Huaiming said: "Secretary Gu, I think there is a problem with their entire management's understanding and needs to be rectified."

Gu Yunzhi smiled and said, "Reorganization? How many things have happened in Jiangcheng in the past year? Since Li Guozheng's corruption collapse, Jiangcheng has never been clean. Huaiming, Jiangcheng is an old city and the second largest city in our Pinghai. Reform and opening up must also be adapted to local conditions. For such an old industrial base, you cannot just put a strong medicine, otherwise things will go against your wishes."

Song Huaiming heard that Gu Yunzhi was changing his concept. What he wanted to say was the bridge collapse incident that occurred in Jiangcheng yesterday, but Secretary Gu led him to the general direction of reform and opening up. Song Huaiming smiled bitterly, it seemed that Secretary Gu also had selfish thoughts.

Song Huaiming had already seen that all the members of the Standing Committee were avoiding this issue. He raised this issue, and his intention was not to point to Gu Jiatong, but to test Gu Yunzhi's attitude. Judging from Gu Yunzhi's performance just now, Secretary Gu obviously did not want to expand the impact of this matter, and Song Huaiming did not intend to plunder the tiger beard, but he still would not easily deal with this matter. There must be strict systems for everything, such as the law, and the construction safety. If something happens, the reason must be found to avoid the occurrence of similar tragedies in the future. Song Huaiming said: "Secretary Gu, what I meant just now is that we should use this matter to remind the province of safety production and construction quality!"

Gu Yunzhi didn't say anything. He knew that Song Huaiming was a very independent person, which was surprisingly similar to him. They were all the leaders who wanted to make a decision and would not easily change their views because of the influence of others. Therefore, there would inevitably be conflicts between the two, and they were trying to avoid friction between each other. Gu Yun knew: "It is indeed necessary. When the investigation results of this matter come out, we will sit together and have a good talk!"

Song Huaiming nodded, this was a concession to Gu Yunzhi.

The reason for the bridge collapse has initially surfaced. After being identified by relevant experts from the Provincial Design Institute, the bridge design itself has serious defects, and there are also problems of cutting corners during the construction process of the bridge. The problems are all within the contract scope of Tianxiang Construction Company, and Tao Wei bears considerable responsibility.

After knowing this result, Hong Weiji, Secretary of the Jiangcheng Municipal Committee, breathed a sigh of relief. If there were any problems with the design, the problem could be investigated. As for the construction scope of Tianxiang Company, this is Tao Wei's responsibility. In other words, Fang Wennan and Gu Jiatong, the contractors of the Third Ring Road Project, will not bear the main responsibility. Since Su Xiaohong called Hong Weiji, Hong Weiji was undoubtedly uneasy. If the main responsibility this time fell on Fang Wennan, then Su Xiaohong could really turn against others and shake out all the things between them.

Hong Weiji was increasingly wary of Su Xiaohong, a woman. He was just obsessed with Su Xiaohong's body in the past, but he never paid attention to her ideas. He thought that this woman was just an ordinary toy. But he didn't expect that Su Xiaohong would show her independence more and more. This independence was a dangerous nature for Hong Weiji. He realized that Su Xiaohong was unwilling to be played with by him for nothing, and now he began to ask him for rewards.

Not only Su Xiaohong, but also Fang Wennan also made Hong Weiji uneasy. Fang Wennan recently encountered a series of unlucky things and even lost his beloved son. After suffering such a blow, he would not worry about anything. Fortunately, Fang Wennan has been silent since the accident and has not said anything nonsense.

According to the emergency consultations of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, Gu Xin, Director of the Transportation Bureau, must be taken down. The relevant responsible persons of the Architectural Design Institute must come out to take responsibility. Tao Wei from Tianxiang will bear the main responsibility for the quality of the project, and Fang Wennan will bear joint and several liability. In fact, everyone understands that Fang Wennan is a little wronged. He is the contractor of the Third Ring Road, but the bridge project is subcontracted, and it was approved by the municipal government before, but since something happened, Fang Wennan, the general contractor, cannot escape responsibility. What he faces will be a large fine.

Fang Wennan walked out of the procuratorate's gate and looked at the street ahead with a dull look. Since his son's death, he forced himself to think that everything that happened was a dream, but the pain in his heart was real. Fang Wennan saw the Lincoln car waiting there, but he did not get in. He walked slowly along the sidewalk. The driver drove the Lincoln car and slowly followed him.

Fang Wennan's mind was blank. He didn't know where he should go, nor what his tomorrow would be like. He heard the sirens and stopped. Zhang Yang drove a police car next to him and whispered: "Mr. Fang!"

Fang Wennan nodded: "Is there anything to ask me for?"

Zhang Yang signaled him to get in the car: "Let's talk about getting in the car!"

Fang Wennan opened the car door and sat in. Zhang Yang started the car and drove forward: "I just came from the city government and heard something about you."

Fang Wennan fumbled to find Yan, and Zhang Yang took out a bag of Soft China from the glove box and threw it to him.

Fang Wennan took out a cigarette and lit it: "Send me to the company!"

Zhang Yang glanced at the reflector, Fang Wennan's Lincoln car was still following behind, and he whispered: "The city will fine you for this bridge collapse."

Fang Wennan smiled indifferently, as if this matter had nothing to do with him: "They will punish as much as they want, I don't care!"

Zhang Yang could understand Fang Wennan's loneliness at this moment, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Gu Jiatong asked me to tell you that no matter how much the fine, she would bear half of it."

"No need! If something happens to me, why bother to implicate more people!"

Fang Wennan vomited a thick cloud of smoke: "I'm tired of it. When the Third Ring Road project is completed, I will leave Jiangcheng. No one has to worry about the fines. I plan to resell the fish and rice town. I'm no longer interested in the catering industry."

Zhang Yang looked at Fang Wennan with deep sympathy, and after a while, he said: "I will try my best to help you to see if I can reduce some responsibilities."

Fang Wennan signaled Zhang Yang to stop the car, and then showed a bitter smile: "I am a disaster star. If you are in trouble, let me go on unlucky. Thank you for your kindness on me. I know what to do about this. I will return her shares to her. I only now realize that the Third Ring Road is a road without return. Let me go on alone!" After that, he pushed open the car door and walked down. He got on the Lincoln car behind and disappeared on the corner of the street in a while.

After hearing Zhang Yang talk about Fang Wennan's affairs, Hu Yinru fell into a brief silence.

Zhang Yang sighed: "Fang Wennan is also unlucky enough. Recently, he has been hit by his son. First, his son took drugs, and then the hotel fires. Now not only is his son dead, but there is an accident in the Third Ring Road Project. If a person is unlucky, he will be stuck in his teeth if he drinks cold water."

Hu Yinru sighed softly: "Someone must be targeting him!"

Zhang Yang said: "If I were asked to dig out this person, I would make him live and die!" He remembered Gu Jiatong's incident and whispered: "Fang Wennan plans to return all Sister Jiatong's investment in the Third Ring Road!"

Hu Yinru said: "Fang Wennan is very smart, this person is very strong, and he has not lost his mind because of grief. From this world, we can see that he is very sober. If you want to minimize the impact of this matter on him, you must clear Gu Jiatong's responsibilities."

After Hu Yinru said this, Zhang Yang also figured it out. No wonder Fang Wennan made such a decision. He also considered the background behind Gu Jiatong. If Gu Jiatong was involved, things would only get worse and worse. In most cases, they would offend Gu Jiatong's father, Gu Yunzhi, secretary of the Pinghai Provincial Party Committee. To be fair, Gu Jiatong had no responsibility for the accident of the collapse of the bridge. Fang Wennan chose to join forces with her to bid because he was attracted by Gu Jiatong's background, bidding operation and project construction. Gu Jiatong did not interfere too much. Fang Wennan's return to Gu Jiatong's investment was indeed a wise decision.

Zhang Yang said: "Yinru, the recent series of events seem to be a bit unusual. People like Tian Bureau, Fang Wennan, Li Changyu and others have some relationships with me, and they have encountered unlucky things during this period. Do you think there is some connection between them?"

Hu Yinru showed off her eyebrows and frowned: "Do you suspect that these things are targeted at you?"

Zhang Yang spread his arms and hugged Hu Yinru in his arms, and his fingers curled her on her smooth long hair: "When Fang Haitao had an accident, I suddenly felt a little scared. This feeling was something I had never seen before. I immediately called Sister Jiatong. When I heard her voice, I was sure she was safe. Then I felt relieved. I made a lot of calls that day."

Hu Yinru nodded. She knew that because Zhang Yang also hit her, her arm gently stroked Zhang Yang's chest: "What did you think of? Tell me out, I'll analyze it for you."

Zhang Yang said: "I thought of someone, one sentence!"

Hu Yinru hugged Zhang Yang tightly.

Zhang Yang said: "Someone once said this to me. In fact, death is not the most terrible ending. What is really terrible is losing everything you have little by little!"

Hu Yinru shivered for no reason. Even if she repeated it from Zhang Yang's mouth, she still felt a chill: "Who said that?"

"Xu Jiayong!"

Hu Yinru didn't know the deep hatred between Zhang Yang and Xu Jiayong, and she whispered: "Why did he say this to you? Does he hate you very much?"

Zhang Yang nodded, and then he told the story of his previous trip to Jing'an to find evidence of Xu Changde's crime. When he was blown away by a bomb at the entrance of the provincial party committee compound, the worried Hu Yinru covered his cherry lips. Zhang Yang kept this secret. It was not until today that Hu Yinru was told that the more Hu Yinru heard, he became more and more shocked. He did not expect that there were so many thrilling stories behind this matter. Although Xu Changde was not killed by Zhang Yang, his death was undoubtedly the result of heavy pressure. If Xu Jiayong knew everything behind this, it would be very likely to regard Zhang Yang as an enemy who killed his father.

Zhang Yang said: "I know he hates me, but he has always concealed it well. Now if I think about it carefully, he chose Jiangcheng Investment and chose to engage Qiao Mengyuan, everything seemed to be premeditated."

Hu Yinru said: "I don't understand why he chose Jiangcheng Development Zone. With his conditions and strength, he should have gone to a more suitable place to develop and Zhang Yang! If you say this, he is really probably coming for you. If he knows that, maybe he will regard you as his father-killing enemy!"

Zhang Yang pursed his lips and said, "I think about it. I have many enemies, but he is the only one who said that. If all this was really planned by him, this person is really not simple!"

Hu Yinru whispered: "It's not just that it's not simple, it's simply terrible. He is Qiao Mengyuan's fiancé now. Who doesn't know the strength of the Qiao family!"

Zhang Yang sneered, "I'll kill him like that!" But Zhang Yang knew in his heart that he had no definite evidence, at least in front of him, there was no evidence that these things were related to Xu Jiayong.

Hu Yinru calmly analyzed: "No matter whether he did these things or not, I can conclude that Xu Jiayong has absolutely no kindness to you, and you must be more careful about him in the future."

"I'm not afraid of him, what I'm afraid of is that he will use despicable means to deal with the people around me!"

"You have no evidence! If you deal with him, it is equivalent to being an enemy of the Qiao family!"

Zhang Yang smiled disdainfully and said, "Be an enemy, don't let me find evidence. If I were asked to prove that these things were related to him, even Mr. Qiao, I would not give face!"

Hu Yinru shook his arm, intending to remind Zhang Yang that some things can be thought about and said, but they must not be done. The power of the Qiao family is something that ordinary people cannot imagine. If Zhang Yang still wants to continue in the officialdom, he cannot choose to openly oppose the Qiao family.

Zhang Yang said: "I will definitely find out the real murderer behind the scenes!"

The meeting between Xu Jiayong and Municipal Party Secretary Hong Weiji was very pleasant. It was the first time that Xu Jiayong met Hong Weiji since his father Xu Changde's death. He knew in his heart that if he hadn't been engaged to Qiao Mengyuan and had the Qiao family as his backer, Hong Weiji would not have dared to meet him in such a high-profile manner. After all, the affairs of his father Xu Changde are extremely sensitive to political people.

Hong Weiji smiled and said, "Jiayong, I remember the last time I met you was six years ago!"

"Uncle Hong has a good memory. That year, you and my father were studying at the Central Party School. I came back from the United States and met you in Beijing!"

Hong Weiji smiled and nodded, saying with emotion: "Everything seems like yesterday, time passes, and things change in the blink of an eye!" His words were directed at Xu Changde's death. As the secretary of the Jiangcheng Municipal Committee, he was very clear about Xu Changde's affairs. If it weren't for Xu Jiayong's reliance on the Xu family now, Hong Weiji would not have mentioned this old relationship.

Xu Jiayong said: "My father always regarded you as his confidant and friend during his lifetime!"

Hong Weiji sighed: "It's a pity that your father died young! But fortunately, with you, I believe you will definitely achieve something in the future!"
To be continued...