The People’s Congress meeting convened smoothly, without any surprises.
Ji Yang knew in his heart that in the current meeting, the representatives were merely responsible for raising their hands; the organization’s intentions could not be influenced.
From now on, Ji Yang had officially become the Executive Deputy Mayor, and his workload had increased.
There were many duties for the Executive Deputy Mayor, and in the Mayor’s absence, he was responsible for the Mayor’s work.
In fact, at many times, there was a power struggle between the Executive Deputy Mayor and the Mayor. If one’s power increased, the other’s diminished.
Ji Yang did not know what Huang Song was thinking now, but he felt that the relationship between the two was no longer as close as before, especially after Zhou Dacheng had invited him to his office, the relationship between Ji Yang and Huang Song had become even more strained.
Regarding this, Ji Yang did not take it too seriously; as long as he did his job well, that was enough.
Because he was responsible for a large amount of work, Ji Yang wanted to further investigate the situation at various units, so he began to conduct surveys one by one.
Today, Ji Yang was visiting the Finance Bureau.
When he arrived, Director Fang Xingwei, who had already heard the news, was waiting there with his people.
"Welcome, Mayor Ji, to inspect and guide our work."
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Ji Yang shook hands and greeted them as he walked inside.
The Finance Bureau had several deputy directors, who all clustered around Ji Yang.
As they walked, Fang Xingwei introduced the situation there.
Sitting down in the conference room, Ji Yang listened to their presentation while taking notes.
Ji Yang did not express any opinions on many issues; he was merely there to understand the situation.
From the information he gathered, the financial situation in the city was not very good, with large amounts of funds being allocated to certain departments.
Upon hearing about the direction of the funds, Ji Yang understood that most of it was going to the departments overseen by Deng Guohai.
As he listened, Ji Yang pondered and realized the considerable covert influence Deng Guohai had here.
Deng Guohai, who had previously left Jinyin City for the provincial office and had now returned to Jinyin City, clearly still influenced the city, even in his year of absence.
Of course, Ji Yang did not show that he knew everything now.
"Just now, the Public Security department submitted an application to further allocate funds to upgrade the surveillance equipment on the streets. This is their proposal, and I guess a copy has also been sent to Director Ji," Fang Xingwei handed a document to Ji Yang.
Ji Yang took it and read it seriously.
He smiled secretly after reading it; the people who had recently been covertly following him had lost track of him precisely in these areas. If cameras were installed here, they would be able to monitor him more effectively.
"These matters involve finances, and they sent them directly to you?" Ji Yang asked.
Fang Xingwei replied, "There used to be a rule that funds related to social security were directly allocated because these funds aren’t considered too large."
"Let’s wait for a meeting in the city to be convened first. With the new team in place, we cannot continue using the old approach to allocating funds."
Fang Xingwei responded, "Alright."
Seeing Fang Xingwei’s response, Ji Yang had a hunch. This guy probably belonged to Deng Guohai’s camp.
In the following days, Ji Yang visited various units one after the other. After some probing, he made a shocking discovery that these units were, more or less, influenced by Deng Guohai. Although they did not overtly show it, they were aware of Deng Guohai’s situation, and targeted probing revealed Deng Guohai’s deeply hidden influence.
Thanks to his keen Divine Sense, Ji Yang noticed that when Deng Guohai was mentioned, some people’s expressions changed. There were also a few beautiful female cadres whose expressions changed in an indescribable way.
At this point, Ji Yang’s focus on Deng Guohai deepened further. He felt that the previous anti-corruption effort had not completely eradicated the corruption here; there were still some unresolved issues.
What would happen if Deng Guohai targeted some other people?
The more Ji Yang thought about it, the more he felt that he could not underestimate Deng Guohai.