The crackdown on organized crime began with the arrest of the mother-in-law.

Chapter 666 Collapse and Devastation, the Force of Thunder

The news that Mayor Liang Qun had been taken away at a city-wide cadre meeting spread like wildfire throughout Linzhou City in less than half an hour.

"Have you heard? Just now, during the cadre meeting, Liang Qun was taken away. Mayor Liang was taken away by comrades from the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection in front of so many people, hundreds of people."

"I heard that Mayor Yang waved goodbye to everyone, saying it was a misunderstanding and he would be back in a couple of days."

"Coming back my ass! Didn't he bring back those five people a couple of days ago? Nobody else came back, so why should he? Besides, I heard this meeting was held specifically for him, to make an example of him."

"Damn, I've only ever heard of killing the chicken to warn the monkey before, this is the first time I've heard of killing the monkey to warn the chicken."

"However, I think Mayor Liang is a pretty good person. He is also very kind when I report to him. I don't see anything luxurious in his office. And I heard from his secretary that he rarely goes out for social events."

We usually don't notice anything special about his clothes; he just wears normal clothes, and even his watch is normal. How could he have made a mistake? He's risen to such a high-ranking position.

"What do you know? This is called knowing a person's face but not their heart. This matter is quite big, it seems to be related to Yuanfang Financial Group. I heard it from my classmate, that today the senior executives of Yuanfang Financial Group said that they were all arrested."

"You can't just arrest the top executives of Yuanfang Financial Group, whose assets are worth tens of billions, almost hundreds of billions, right?"

"Let's wait for news. We expect some concrete information to be released soon. We're just listening to rumors, and we don't know the specifics. Let's wait for the news, focus on our work, and be careful during this time."

"I'm not being careful at all. I'm not afraid of anything. The Public Security Bureau has been cracking down on organized crime lately, but it has nothing to do with us. We've never even eaten a meal with them, let alone gotten involved with them."

“You’re right, this matter has nothing to do with us. But this new deputy director of the Public Security Bureau is really something. In less than a month, he has already taken down so many criminal gangs. Including Liang Qun, he has taken down six city leaders.”

“I think our Linzhou City needs a leader like this. I heard that this Deputy Director Qin Chuan is very young and has even received an award from a ministry. They say he is very capable, and his promotion to Deputy Director of the Linzhou City Public Security Bureau is an exceptional promotion.”

"How about the promotion? If there are such good cadres, I think we should promote them more often. It would be best if they could be transferred to our city and work in the municipal party committee. It would be even better if they could become the mayor. The people of Linzhou would be very fortunate."

"Mayor, don't even think about it. Deputy Director Qin is only at the level of a full-fledged division chief now. Even if he gets promoted, he'll only be at the level of a deputy provincial-level official. It would be good enough if he could become a deputy mayor. And I doubt he'll stay in Linzhou City. He might just go somewhere else. Sigh, the more leaders like that, the better."

……

After Liang Qun was taken away by the provincial discipline inspection commission, various versions of rumors flew around.

Sometimes, when Liang Qun had illicit relationships with women, people would report him to the provincial discipline inspection commission, which would then ask him to accept an investigation.

Some say that Liang Qun has been selling official positions and has been controlling the situation in Linzhou City for years.

Some people even said he embezzled a certain amount of money.

In short, the versions circulating are either power-for-sex or money-for-power deals, or something like that. However, only a minority of people know the background and inside story, and Qin Chuan and his team are still keeping the details confidential.

The interrogation of Gao Yun yielded significant results, and Zhao Tianlai also confessed to all his crimes.

As for Li Qiang, although he has not directly murdered anyone, he has instigated many illegal sabotage activities by fabricating numerous photos afterward regarding the acquisitions of certain companies by Yuanfang Financial Group over the years. Therefore, he cannot escape punishment either.

While the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection was taking action against Liang Qun, Gao Yun also led several groups of people to different locations to arrest senior executives of Yuanfang Financial Group.

The massive Far East Financial Group collapsed in an instant.