611: Chapter 607: Seizing Power 611: Chapter 607: Seizing Power “Dad,” Su Mengchen called out with a hint of coyness.
After exchanging a few caring words with her dad, Su Mengchen asked, “Dad, can you intervene in Mingde County’s affairs?”
Is someone bullying you?” Su Mengchen’s dad immediately asked with concern.
“No, no one is bullying me.
I’m doing fine at school,” Su Mengchen replied, “Dad, can you really influence matters in Mingde County?”
“Of course, I can have a say in Mingde County’s matters.
After all, I am originally from Mingde County and still have connections there that I haven’t lost touch with,” Su Mengchen’s dad confidently stated.
Su Mengchen asked, “What about the affairs of the Mingde County Police Department?”
“Of course, I can handle that,” Su Mengchen’s dad stated with confidence, “Tang Xianlong owes me several favors.
What’s going on, daughter?”
“I have a police officer friend who helped me before, but now he’s in trouble and needs assistance,” Su Mengchen explained, “I couldn’t directly help him, so I wanted to ask if you could step in to help him.”
“Oh, your police officer friend?
What trouble has he encountered?” her dad immediately inquired with concern.
She responded, “His name is Ye Fan, and he is the deputy political commissar at the police station.
She recounted the situation and concluded, “Can you call up the director of the police department to back Ye Fan on pushing forward with the case to clean up the area around the campus?”
“That might be difficult for Tang Xianlong,” her dad voiced.
Su Mengchen couldn’t help but feel anxious, asking, “Doesn’t that mean you can’t help?”
“Haha, it’s not a big issue; I can certainly lend a hand,” her dad laughed heartily, “I’ll make a call to the leaders of Long’an City in a while, and then it will be easy.”
Su Mengchen smiled, “Thank you, Dad, I knew you were the most capable!”
“Hahahaha…” her dad chuckled joyfully, “But, I’m currently busy with something, so I’ll have to make the call later.”
“Giggle, just remember to make the call,” Su Mengchen laughed.
In the interrogation office, one confession after another was submitted.
Ye Fan flipped through these confessions, clenching his teeth with rage, almost grinding his teeth to dust.
“These scumbags, extortion and beating up students are bad enough, but they’ve even forced themselves on and raped female students.
And it’s not just one incident; there are three or four.
Most of these girls who were raped ended up submitting to their vile dominance, becoming their ‘girlfriends’ and continued to be toyed with by them,” Ye Fan was furious beyond words.
“Even if it means breaking the agreement and using the Ye family’s power, I will bring these scumbags to justice!”
At four-thirty in the afternoon, as Ye Fan continued to sift through the hoodlums’ confessions, his cell phone suddenly rang.
He pulled it out to see a call from Tang Xianlong.
Upon answering the call, Tang Xianlong’s voice came through the phone: “Ye, please be in the conference room on the sixth floor for a meeting at exactly four forty.”
“Alright,” Ye Fan replied with a frown.
After hanging up the phone, he checked the time, 4:45 PM, which meant he had to leave for the meeting room immediately.
“I didn’t expect Director Tang and his team to move so fast,” Ye Fan sighed internally, “I thought it would wait until tomorrow morning.”
Still, he had to attend this meeting.
Taking a stack of testimonies, Ye Fan stood up to head to the meeting room.
Entering the meeting room on time, Ye Fan swept his gaze across the room and noticed all the main leaders of the police bureau had already arrived, all turning to look at him.
Their expressions and eyes varied, but among them, Ye Fan distinctly saw Fan Feipeng wearing a mocking and triumphant smirk.
“Hehe, Xiao Ye, please take a seat.
We’re about to start the meeting,” Tang Xianlong called out to Ye Fan.
Ye Fan kept a calm face, nodded, and walked over to his seat.
Once Ye Fan was seated, Tang Xianlong cleared his throat and took the lead in the meeting, “The sudden convening of this urgent meeting is due to the ongoing campus vicinity cleanup operation conducted by the Public Security Department.
The operation, which started last night, has caused a significant societal response, and all parties have expressed support.
The county party committee and the county government have also been making supportive calls…”
“Huh—” Ye Fan couldn’t help but feel surprised internally.
Why was the information he received completely the opposite?
Could Tang Xianlong be speaking in sarcasm?
Having unanimous support from the county party committee, the county government, and various sectors of society is indeed the desire of the people, giving us tremendous motivation,” Tang Xianlong continued, “Here, I propose we give Ye Fan a round of applause to thank him for his hard work and contribution to the operation around the campus.”
After saying this, Tang Xianlong immediately began to clap, and the others followed suit.
Ye Fan spoke calmly, “Thank you all for the encouragement.
This is my duty, not worthy of praise.
I will continue to do my best.”
Though Tang Xianlong’s words were pleasing to the ear, Ye Fan couldn’t shake off the feeling of a scheming agenda.
Moments later, the applause died down, and Tang Xianlong added, “However, since the county party committee, the county government, and the public have given us such strong support, we should pay even closer attention and be responsible to ensure the campus vicinity cleanup operation is successful, satisfying the county party committee, the county government, and the public.”
“Therefore, I propose that the operation’s level be elevated beyond just the Public Security Department and establish a joint task force to powerfully advance the secure progression of the campus cleanup operation,” Tang Xianlong said, his true intent becoming apparent.
Ye Fan frowned, instantly understanding that Tang Xianlong was seeking to completely sideline him, and immediately objected, “Director Tang, I disagree with elevating the campus cleanup operation to the entire police bureau’s purview.
The comrades of the Public Security Department are fully capable of doing well in this operation, satisfying the county party committee, the county government, and the people!”
“Comrade Ye Fan, we all know your capabilities, but the campus cleanup operation has become more than just a public security issue,” Tang Xianlong turned to face Ye Fan.
“According to your report to me, the social youth loitering around the campus are suspected of extorting and assaulting students, which constitutes a criminal matter.”
Fan Feipeng interjected, “Director Tang is right.
Since it’s escalated to a criminal matter, it should be under our Criminal Investigation Department’s jurisdiction.
The priority of criminal cases over public security should be clear to Deputy Commissioner Ye, right?”
Feng Xixing also stated, “I strongly agree with Director Tang’s proposal.
The operation around the campus has indeed become a cross issue between public security and criminal matters, necessitating the establishment of a joint task force.
I propose that this task force be led by Director Tang as the head, with me, Comrade Fan Feipeng, and Comrade Ye Fan serving as the first, second, and third deputy heads, respectively.”
“I strongly oppose this!” Ye Fan objected.
This was clearly an attempt to completely remove his say in the campus cleanup operation.
Tang Xianlong said, “Since there are those in favor and those against, let’s put it to a vote.”
“Indeed, a democratic vote,” said everyone else in the room, except for Ye Fan.