Tian Guofu, you're the one who's doing nothing!

Lu Zhenguo's expression changed slightly. He narrowed his eyes and stared intently at Sun Liancheng. "Who exactly are you?!"

When Sun Liancheng walked into the conference room, Lu Zhenguo felt that Sun Liancheng looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him before. Now that Sun Liancheng had directly exposed his past, it was clear that he knew him.

"Lu Zhenguo, you've forgotten so quickly?" Sun Liancheng looked at Lu Zhenguo sharply and smiled coldly. "Let me reintroduce myself. I am Sun Liancheng, a student council member of the Department of Finance at Yenching University."

"It's you!"

Lu Zhenguo immediately realized that he and Sun Liancheng were students in the same year at Yenching University, but the difference was that Sun Liancheng was a prominent figure at the school back then.

Whether it was academic performance or interpersonal relationships, Sun Liancheng completely outclassed him. He originally thought that Sun Liancheng would definitely make great strides in society and achieve great success, but unexpectedly, he was stuck in the small Guangming District for twenty years, wasting his life!

It really proves the saying that life is unpredictable!

"Hehehe..." Sun Liancheng chuckled self-deprecatingly, "Lu Zhenguo, did you never expect that the once-famous figure in school would end up as an instructor at the Children's Palace?"

"This is all thanks to you, Lu Zhenguo."

Sun Liancheng shook his head and said calmly, "Back then, there was only one spot available for a student from our school to enter a ministry."

"And what happened? I got first place in both the interview and the written test, but you ended up getting the job in the ministry. Didn't you know that?"

"I was just about to ask you, how did you get into the ministry without even taking the exam?"

Sun Liancheng stared at Lu Zhenguo and pressed him again, "Tell me, what kind of background do you have that allows you to so blatantly disregard the rules?"

Lu Zhenguo remained silent, his face dark and his brows furrowed. These were not things to be proud of, so what could he say?

The Standing Committee members present looked at Sun Liancheng and then at Lu Zhenguo, never expecting that there was such a past between the two.

However, this newly promoted deputy secretary of the provincial party committee seems to have an extremely powerful background. He doesn't follow the rules wherever he goes and has risen through the ranks all the way!

After a pause, Sun Liancheng continued, "Lu Zhenguo, you haven't changed at all over the years. You're still as unruly as ever. From the president of the Handong Provincial Higher People's Court, you were directly promoted to the Standing Committee member of the Handong Provincial Party Committee and then the deputy secretary of the Provincial Party Committee. There's probably no precedent for that in the whole country, is there?"

"You rose through the ranks so blatantly; I want to ask, who was in charge of promoting you?"

"Didn't you say it was an organizational review? Strict control?"

Sun Liancheng turned to Li Dakang and asked, "Li Dakang, could it be that Lu Zhenguo's case is what you call organizational investigation? What you call strict control?"

Li Dakang opened his mouth, but held back the words. He really wanted to say that it was the decision of the higher-ups, but then he thought that wouldn't work. Wouldn't that be shifting the blame to the higher-ups?

Sun Liancheng looked at Lu Zhenguo, the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee of Handong Province, and said relentlessly, "Lu Zhenguo, weren't you quite the talker just now? Are you mute now? Keep talking! Don't make me look down on you."

Lu Zhenguo was very angry, but his reason told him that he couldn't speak now, since this was a Standing Committee meeting and the results would be uploaded!

"Afraid to speak up? Playing the silent defense card again? Heh..."

Sun Liancheng sneered, pointed at Lu Zhenguo's nose, and cursed, "Lu Zhenguo, you have no guts. From now on, shut your mouth when you see me. Don't let me hear you utter a single word. I don't like it, understand?"

These words were excessive and utterly arrogant. Lu Zhenguo, young yet powerful, certainly couldn't stand it and was about to retort.

Disciplinary Committee Secretary Tian Guofu sensed something was wrong and quickly interrupted, saying, "Comrade Sun Liancheng, don't be so resentful. If you have any demands or grievances, you can discuss them privately. There's no need to bring them up at the Standing Committee meeting."

Sun Liancheng turned his head, stared at Tian Guofu, the secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission, and said with an unfriendly gaze, "Tian Guofu, Tian Guofu, where did you come from again? Did I not mention you just now? Are you upset about it?"

Sun Liancheng pointed at Provincial Party Secretary Sha Ruijin and Deputy Provincial Party Secretary Lu Zhenguo, "Tian Guofu, as the Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of Handong Province, shouldn't you be supervising Provincial Party Secretary Sha Ruijin and Deputy Provincial Party Secretary Lu Zhenguo at the same level?"

"What the hell did you supervise?"

"Where were you when Provincial Party Secretary Sha Ruijin was protecting Li Dakang's illegal and criminal activities?"

"Where were you when Provincial Party Secretary Sha Ruijin interfered with judicial fairness?"

"Where were you when the provincial party secretary was promoting problematic officials like Yi Xuexi?"

Taking a deep breath, Sun Liancheng asked again, "And another thing, Tian Guofu, you are the secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission. You tell me, under the premise that the appointments of 125 cadres in Handong Province have been frozen, is it compliant, reasonable, or legal to promote Yi Xuexi three times in a row?"

"Was Lu Zhenguo's promotion from President of the Handong Provincial Higher People's Court to Deputy Secretary of the Handong Provincial Party Committee compliant, reasonable, and legal?"

"Come on, tell me now!"

At that moment, Tian Guofu regretted speaking. He glanced at Wu Chunlin, who was sitting opposite him gloating, and immediately thought of a good idea.

Tian Guofu said calmly, "Comrade Sun Liancheng, I admit that I have made many mistakes in my work at the Discipline Inspection Commission. However, you should ask Comrade Wu Chunlin about the appointments of Yi Xuexi and Lu Zhenguo, since he is the head of the Organization Department."

Wu Chunlin, who was watching the excitement and applauding in his heart, suddenly widened his eyes. He realized that Sun Liancheng had looked over, and felt a cold wind whistling down his scalp.

This is an easy question to answer, but Lu Zhenguo, the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee, was personally appointed by Fang Lao, the top leader of the organization. How can he say anything about it?

Saying there's a problem is tantamount to questioning the higher-level organization, isn't it?

You can't just lie through your teeth and say there's no problem!

However, having already been called out, Wu Chunlin still braced himself and said, "Then I'll say something. Regarding the newly promoted Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Comrade Lu Zhenguo, he is a cadre under the management of the Central Committee, and in principle, I have no right to comment on him."

"However, whether from the perspective of organizational procedures or from a historical perspective, it is clearly unreasonable and irregular to promote someone directly from the president of the Handong Provincial Higher People's Court to the deputy secretary of the Handong Provincial Party Committee. As for whether it is illegal or not, that is a question for Comrade Tian Guofu of the Discipline Inspection Commission."

"However, I personally think that if Comrade Lu Zhenguo makes significant contributions, it would be appropriate to promote him directly from the position of President of the Handong Provincial Higher People's Court to Deputy Secretary of the Handong Provincial Party Committee."

"There's also the issue of Yi Xuexi. I bear responsibility for Yi Xuexi's actions, but I still want to ask Comrade Tian Guofu of the Discipline Inspection Commission: Yi Xuexi has violated discipline. How could you, as the Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of Handong Province, recommend someone who has violated discipline to the Organization Department?"

Tian Guofu was taken aback. He hadn't expected Wu Chunlin to turn the tables on him so quickly, but there was nothing he could do. Yi Xuexi was indeed someone he had recommended, and there was no escaping it.

Tian Guofu could only explain, "I truly failed to properly assess Comrade Yi Xuexi, and I must make a profound self-criticism and a thorough self-examination..."

"Come on, are you just going to write a self-criticism, a self-examination, and some kind of introspection again?"

Sun Liancheng interrupted Tian Guofu's speech and said coldly, "You are the secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of Handong Province. You cannot supervise the provincial party secretary's problems at the same level, you turn a blind eye to the problems of the secretary of the Jingzhou Municipal Party Committee, and you cover up and conceal Yi Xuexi's problems."

"Tian Guofu, tell me, what do you do every day besides going to work and coming home?"

"Besides eating, drinking, defecating, and sleeping, you don't do anything productive?"

"You're always complaining about this lazy and inactive official, but in all of Handong, I think you, Tian Guofu, are the most inactive one!"