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Chapter 2952 Investigate First, Then Hold People Accountable

After Jiang Longjun finished speaking, no one spoke; everyone secretly looked at Qin Feng.

Qin Feng didn't speak immediately. Instead, he took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it. This was an internal meeting, so there wasn't much formality. In addition, most of the county and city-level leaders were heavy smokers, so these kinds of meetings were usually smoky.

"Does the mayor have any comments?" Jiang Longjun asked Qin Feng.

When Jiang Longjun asked Qin Feng if he had any objections at this moment, the humiliation was even more pronounced.

"I generally agree with Secretary Jiang's opinion," Qin Feng said after taking a drag of his cigarette.

"However, I still have a few points of disagreement," Qin Feng paused for a moment before adding another sentence.

"I agree with Secretary Jiang's opinion to investigate this accident and deal seriously with those responsible, but I do not agree with Secretary Jiang's statement that all responsibility should be placed on Huayang Group."

Qin Feng spoke politely, but his tone was anything but.

Jiang Longjun has already publicly humiliated him, so there's no need for him to show Jiang Longjun any mercy.

"Furthermore, I also oppose Secretary Jiang's baseless presumption of guilt against Huayang Group." Qin Feng's words became even more vehement, and he even paused at this point to flick some ash from his cigarette in the ashtray.

“Secretary Jiang has stated from beginning to end that the fire at the sports center construction site was a production safety accident. I do not agree with Secretary Jiang’s statement. So far, there is no conclusive evidence to prove that it was a production safety accident. It could have been caused by improper operation during the production process, or it could have been caused by natural factors, or it could even have been arson.”

"Although regardless of the cause of the fire, as long as it started on the construction site, Huayang Group cannot escape responsibility, and our government and relevant regulatory departments also bear responsibility, there are still significant differences between different responsibilities."

"Before there is conclusive evidence and official investigation conclusions, I oppose certain comrades making characterizations of the matter based on their own subjective assumptions, and I oppose certain comrades making guilty presumptions against Huayang Group and our relevant comrades."

"Let me reiterate that the nature of this incident will be determined by the investigation conclusions and factual evidence from the relevant functional departments. As for holding Huayang Group and our relevant responsible persons accountable, that should also be determined by the nature of the incident."

"We are all Party members and cadres, and we should be politically aware. But before we talk about politics, we should also be more realistic and objective. Everything should be judged based on facts and evidence, not on who has the highest rank or the most power," Qin Feng said coldly.

Just as Jiang Longjun had previously directed his attacks at Qin Feng, Qin Feng also turned his attention entirely to Jiang Longjun, criticizing him in every single word.

"The provincial party committee and government have expressed serious concern about this matter, but so far they have not defined the nature of the matter, nor have they directly determined who is responsible. Instead, they immediately set up an investigation team to investigate."

"And some of our comrades, without any investigation, without any basis, and without even having been to the accident site, sit here spouting nonsense, judging things and assigning responsibility to others based on their own personal preferences. This is utter bureaucracy." Qin Feng continued to fire away, having gone all out, he simply vented all the anger he had suffered in front of Jiang Longjun during this period.

"You..." Jiang Longjun finally couldn't hold back and pointed at Qin Feng with his finger after Qin Feng openly called him a bureaucrat, but he couldn't say anything.

"It's pointless to discuss who is responsible before an investigation is conducted. The province has set up an investigation team, and our municipal government has also temporarily set up an investigation team to investigate this accident. At the same time, we have also ordered the Public Security Bureau to conduct an investigation."

"With these three parties conducting investigations simultaneously, I believe the true cause of this accident will definitely be found out. Once the investigation is complete, we can then discuss who is responsible and how to handle the situation," Qin Feng said, his tone softening.

Jiang Longjun raised many points, but Qin Feng only countered on this one point. It wasn't that Qin Feng dared not, but that he couldn't, because this was the only point he could use to refute the argument that no conclusion could be drawn before the investigation was complete. He couldn't refute the rest, and even if he did, it wouldn't have any effect, so it was better not to refute them at all.

This is something Qin Feng can only do to buy time, because no matter what the investigation results are, since the incident happened on the Huayang Group's construction site, Jiang Longjun can still shift the blame to the Huayang Group and hold Sun Yuanwei accountable.

And isn't targeting Huayang Group and Sun Yuanwei the same as targeting Qin Feng?

Furthermore, Qin Feng could not refute Jiang Longjun's demand to reinvestigate and audit all of Huayang Group's construction sites, so he had no choice but to accept it.

This was Jiang Longjun's most fatal move, because it was a special case, and there were procedural issues involved. What Qi Feng didn't expect was that Jiang Longjun had initially agreed to this, but now he was going back on his word and even using it to attack Qin Feng.

The meeting ended. Although Qin Feng refuted and attacked Jiang Longjun at the meeting, in the end, Qin Feng lost the meeting, and lost completely. Jiang Longjun deployed all the measures to encircle and suppress Qin Feng, and Qin Feng did nothing except delay the determination of responsibility for Huayang Group and Sun Yuanwei.

Qin Feng had anticipated this outcome before he arrived.

Despite Qin Feng's rising fame after Shao Hongli's death, the political scene in Shazhou still belongs to Jiang. Qin Feng's arm can't twist Jiang Longjun's thigh in the end.

After the meeting, all the cadres in Shazhou knew that Jiang Longjun had taken action against Qin Feng. As a result, those who had previously tried to avoid offending either Jiang Longjun or Qin Feng began to avoid Qin Feng and started preparing for the political landscape after Qin Feng's downfall.

Everyone has seen the political landscape of Shazhou. If Jiang Longjun were to attack Qin Feng, Qin Feng would have no chance to resist and would surely die.

After the meeting, Qin Feng left the conference room with a dark face, and no one, including Tang Zeyan, greeted him.

Qin Feng was already used to the snobbishness of officialdom. He strode downstairs, got into his car, and left the municipal party committee.

As soon as the car started moving, Zhang Xinming said to Qin Feng, "President Xiao called again just now. I told him that you were in a meeting and that he should tell me what he needed to say, and I would pass it on to you. But he still wants to talk to you in person."

Qin Feng thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "We should give him an explanation. Call him now."

Qin Feng sighed. The Huayang Group was the one most affected by this incident, and it was all directed at him. The Huayang Group was implicated because of him.