Ji Yang had long realized that Bao Geishan was a critical factor, and if he did not deal with the opposition, it would be impossible to gain a foothold here. Since they had already targeted him, there was no need to let them off.
Today, they targeted him, and now that he had this opportunity, it would be a waste not to use it.
With this in mind, Ji Yang picked up his phone and dialed Cao Li’s number.
Cao Li also had a livestreaming company with many hosts.
After Ji Yang quickly explained the situation, Cao Li said, "Brother, don’t worry, I’ll handle it."
That was it; now it was a matter of waiting and seeing how things would unfold.
Ji Yang was pretending to be drunk, believing that people outside were probably secretly watching the area. Although Jiang Fei’s livestream account did not have many followers, it still had a few hundred. Cao Li and her team only needed to employ some tactics to spread the word before the livestream room was blocked, which would surely cause a sensation.
As expected, after receiving Ji Yang’s call, Cao Li made arrangements, opting not to use the hosts from Qingyuan Village but rather those from South Dian, who quickly circulated the content.
The fact that Jiang Fei’s livestream was not popular meant that the site moderators were probably not very diligent. Before the moderators realized what was happening, a large amount of content from the livestream had spread far and wide.
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The accompanying content explicitly pointed to an inappropriate relationship between a deputy county secretary and a woman.
The content was explosively popular and spread instantly.
The provocative title quickly climbed the trending searches.
He Feng was woken up by his phone in the middle of his sleep, and, groggily picking it up, he realized it was from Secretary Chu Haotian.
"He Feng, what on earth have you all done?" Chu Haotian’s tone was not friendly, as he had just received a call from the provincial party leadership.
Last night, Chu Haotian had also attended a banquet hosted by an investor and was awakened from a drunken sleep by a call from the provincial party leadership, only then learning about the trending scandal in his jurisdiction.
After understanding the details, Chu Haotian’s expression grew ugly; such a scandal trending was a mockery to all the leaders involved, equating to a political disaster.
He instantly recognized Bao Geishan in the content, a person he rather admired, which only worsened his mood.
Although Bao Geishan had many issues, he had always shown a respectable attitude towards their city’s leadership, often sending local specialties, and the city officials were always well catered to when they visited Chunshui County, with few speaking ill of them.
However, Chu Haotian had never expected such an incident to occur.
He couldn’t understand it; yesterday was supposed to be Ji Yang’s day of appointment, and He Feng, the organization minister, had gone there as well—what could have happened?
He Feng, upon understanding the situation, was equally baffled and said, "Secretary Chu, the situation yesterday went ..." He recounted the events, emphasizing how everyone had toasted Ji Yang, how Ji Yang had competed in drinking with them, and then was helped to rest.
For such banquets and drinking sessions welcoming new officials, it was common practice, and many leaders had even ended up vomiting blood on their inaugurations. Chu Haotian didn’t think there was anything improper about it.
Yet, he could not grasp what exactly had gone wrong at Bao Geishan.
He Feng then dialed Ji Yang’s number.
Ji Yang had actually managed some sleep and was feeling fine now, but he answered in a weary voice, "Minister He, good morning."
"Mr. Ji Yang, where are you?"
"I’m at the villa we arranged."
"What happened there last night?"
"I don’t know, I was drunk and have no idea how I got back."
"I’m coming over now." He Feng was somewhat speechless, seeing that Ji Yang was also unclear about what had happened.