Xu Zhao was accompanying Chen Yan Shi to console the injured workers when he suddenly heard commotion coming from the other side. He turned his head to see what was going on.
He saw the bulldozer starting up again. Chen Yan Shi's face changed. "What are they doing!"
He hurriedly ran over to stop them.
He thought that his position would make Li Da Kang hesitant.
But Li Da Kang didn't give him the time of day.
Qi Tong Wei was even bolder, and directly called the police to surround Chen Yan Shi.
In the original work, Chen Yan Shi was helpless and could only call Gao Yu Liang to ask him to call Sha Rui Jin.
It was only at this time that Li Da Kang and Qi Tong Wei realized that Chen Yan Shi had a close relationship with Sha Rui Jin and finally started to take the retired cadre seriously.
But Xu Zhao was present and didn't give Chen Yan Shi a chance to call.
He strode forward, snatched the loudspeaker from Zhao Dong Lai's hand, and shouted angrily at the police, "What are you doing? Do you still respect the law? Stop it all!"
The policemen were stunned and looked towards Zhao Dong Lai and Qi Tong Wei.
Both of them were also puzzled and didn't know what Xu Zhao was trying to do.
After silencing everyone, Xu Zhao said sternly, "I am Xu Zhao, the Secretary of the Jing Hai Municipal Party Committee. Although I am not from Jing Zhou City, I can't stand to watch this kind of behavior."
Li Da Kang's face darkened upon hearing this. He thought to himself: You're trying to sabotage me, Tom, aren't you? You're being a nuisance on my turf.
The workers, however, saw a glimmer of hope. They saw him as a savior.
They didn't care which city Xu Zhao was from, as long as he was the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and could solve their problems.
Chen Yan Shi looked at Xu Zhao in surprise, thinking: This kid has become the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee!
Xu Zhao had not mentioned his position earlier, so he thought Xu Zhao was still just a secretary or something.
Now, he couldn't help but look at him with new eyes.
"Secretary Xu, this is not under your jurisdiction. I advise you not to interfere,"
Qi Tong Wei ran over and said.
Both were Secretaries of the Municipal Party Committee, but Qi Tong Wei's attitude towards Li Da Kang and Xu Zhao was worlds apart.
This was because Li Da Kang, in addition to being the Secretary of the Jing Zhou Municipal Party Committee, was also a member of the Provincial Party Committee.
Qi Tong Wei wanted to be promoted, and Li Da Kang had voting rights.
However, Xu Zhao was not in the Provincial Party Committee. He was just a Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee.
Therefore, Qi Tong Wei actually directly used a reprimanding tone to Xu Zhao, saying: "Give me the loudspeaker immediately. You have no right to speak here!"
He wanted to curry favor with Li Da Kang so he would vote for him in the future Standing Committee meeting.
Xu Zhao didn't give him any face, and said, "Whether or not I have the right is not up to you, but up to the people."
Seeing that he was using a high-sounding reason, Qi Tong Wei couldn't argue back. He told Zhao Dong Lai and the others, "Don't mind him. Keep dismantling. Don't stop."
Xu Zhao shouted into the loudspeaker, "Who dares to move? Try it!"
Zhao Dong Lai and the other policemen were at a loss.
Qi Tong Wei roared, "Zhao Dong Lai, obey orders!"
Xu Zhao yelled again, "Qi Tong Wei, you are committing a crime!"
This sentence scared the police so much that they dared not move.
The word "crime" was very intimidating to ordinary people, and even more so to police officers.
Especially in public.
If their actions were deemed criminal, many of them would lose their jobs.
Qi Tong Wei was shaken. His face darkened. "Secretary Xu, you're being too much. This is a legal demolition."
Xu Zhao ignored him and turned to the workers. "Fellow workers, I want to ask you a question. Did you sign or leave your fingerprints on the share transfer agreement of Shan Shui Group?"
As soon as he said this, Li Da Kang, whose face had been stiff, suddenly widened his eyes.
He suddenly realized a huge loophole.
Qi Tong Wei, Zhao Dong Lai, and the others were also shocked. They looked at each other in astonishment.
"No!"
"We don't know anything about it. How can we sign or leave our fingerprints?"
"Yes, we've never heard of this. The factory manager went to handle it by himself."
"I didn't sign..."
The workers responded one after another.
Upon hearing the workers' reply, Li Da Kang's expression became as bad as feces: ugly and smelly.
He cursed internally: Damn Shan Shui Group, damn Gao Xiao Qin.
At this point, he finally realized where the problem was.
"Qi Tong Wei, you heard them. The workers never signed or left their fingerprints. Tell me, does this contract comply with laws and regulations? You want to forcibly demolish people's factory based on a contract that is completely invalid. Is this not a crime?"
At the end, Xu Zhao emphasized his words.
Qi Tong Wei's expression changed again and again. He looked towards Li Da Kang, hoping he would say something.
But Li Da Kang didn't even look at him.
At this moment, Li Da Kang was completely dumbfounded by this sudden blow. He wished he could grab Gao Xiao Qin and give her a good beating.
He never imagined that the contract had such a big loophole.
Yet, despite this obvious loophole, none of them had noticed it.
And it was Xu Zhao, an outsider, who pointed it out.
"Yes, we didn't sign, so the contract is invalid."
"That means we don't need to talk to them. We can sue them in court."
"But why did the court decide the contract was valid?"
"That's right. Is there something wrong with the court...?"
The workers discussed among themselves.
Hearing their discussion, Li Da Kang finally realized that the problem was with the court.
Qi Tong Wei's face darkened.
This was because he was the one who had helped to smooth things over with the court.
The person who ruled that the contract was valid was Chen Qing Quan, the guy who loved to study English.
At this moment, Qi Tong Wei wished he could shoot Xu Zhao.
Because of Xu Zhao's words, not only was the contract invalidated, but he himself was now in danger.