Chen Ping never thought she would receive this call because the owner of this number was Ye Lingzhi, the girl who knew Li Jupeng's childhood friend, had a close eye on the officialdom. She once tried to save Chen Ping when Zexi was under double restrictions by Liu Jianghai, the then executive vice mayor, and later when Chen Ping merged in Zhangqiao Village, Jiyang City, when Chen Ping went to Beijing to ask for a project, she also made an idea for Chen Ping, and even personally helped Chen Ping find a relationship.

However, since Ye Lingzhi said that if both parties feel that they owe favors, then the favor will never be paid back in their lifetime.

Chen Ping is very clear about Ye Lingzhi's intelligence. It seems that there is nothing in this world that she can't understand. Therefore, Chen Ping has not contacted her since she came back from Beijing, but she did not expect that she would call herself on the initiative today.

Looking at the number beating on the phone, Chen Ping was not calm. After all, Chen Ping's emotions towards Ye Lingzhi were very complicated.

You should know that among the women Chen Ping knew, Ye Lingzhi was the one who knew the most and smartest about the officialdom, even better than Concubine Xiao Shu, who Chen Ping felt that she would become a member of the provincial standing committee in the future. She felt that no matter anything in the officialdom, she seemed to be ordinary in her eyes, and her understanding of people's psychology was stronger than herself.

It is precisely because of this that although Chen Ping understands that she has no bad intentions about her, she is still a little nervous.

After answering Ye Lingzhi's phone call, Chen Ping did not speak first. Instead, he replied to him after he said hello.

Ye Lingzhi smiled, then asked Chen Ping a little strangely: "Chen Ping, don't you find it strange. Is there anything wrong with calling you like this?"

"Actually, I don't think there is anything strange," said Chen Ping, "because I know you won't keep it in the way, I'll tell me."

"Your answer is a bit contradictory," Ye Lingzhi smiled, "But then again, there is nothing special about me calling you this time. It's just that I just saw a news about your Jiangnan Province in the newspaper, saying that Zhang Hui, deputy secretary-general of the provincial government, was dismissed, and Governor Zhang Jinchi resigned and was transferred to another province to be the chairman of the CPPCC?"

Chen Ping said: "I didn't expect you to pay close attention to the affairs of our Jiangnan Province. There is such a thing."

"I don't think this is just a matter of Jiangnan Province. You have to know that a governor is not an ordinary person. Now a governor's resignation will definitely cause a sensation across the country. If I don't even know this, it will make me too news-free. Do you think so?"

Chen Ping did not answer Ye Lingzhi's question, but Ye Lingzhi did not mean to ask Chen Ping to answer. After she finished speaking, she just paused for a moment, and then continued to ask: "Contact the matter that you asked Ju Peng to help you inquire about internal information from the central government some time ago. I think this must be your work, right?"

If someone else asked Chen Ping this question, Chen Ping would definitely not answer, and even the answer would be ambiguous. After all, this hat is too big and no one dares to put it on his head.

However, if Ye Lingzhi is asking this question, it would be a different matter. In front of this smart woman, Chen Ping felt that he had no need to hide it at all.

So Chen Ping answered yes very directly, and then Ye Lingzhi said: "As the deputy mayor of a county-level city, he actually forced a governor to resign and a deputy secretary-general of the provincial government was dismissed. Chen Ping, what do you think of these?"

Chen Ping did not directly answer Ye Lingzhi this time, but asked her back: "What do you think I should feel?"

"At least the situation in the entire Jiangnan Province is in your control. Whether it is the senior management of the provincial party committee or the grassroots level of the local government, aren't the policies you have issued unimpeded? I know you want to be a good official who benefits the people, so now is a good time for you to show your strength, right?" Ye Lingzhi said.

After listening to Ye Lingzhi's words quietly, he laughed twice. From Chen Ping's laughter, Ye Lingzhi heard a different smell, so she asked, "Why am I wrong?"

"No, what you said is of course right, and this is indeed the case," Chen Ping said, but then he raised a seemingly unrelated question to Ye Lingzhi, "Do you know? I am now in Linjiang City, the provincial capital of our Jiangnan Province. Behind me is a five-star hotel. Next to Xuanwu Lake, whether you live here or eat here, you can see the beautiful night view next to Xuanwu Lake. You can spend hundreds of thousands of yuan by eating a meal here."

Just like Chen Ping, Ye Lingzhi also silently listened to Chen Ping's narrative. She pondered for a while and asked Chen Ping, "Then Chen Ping, were you having dinner here just now?"

Chen Ping nodded and said yes, Ye Lingzhi asked, "Why?"

"It's because of this incident," said Chen Ping. "Zhang Hui, the deputy secretary-general of the provincial government, is the confidant of Governor Zhang Jinchi. Then Zhang Jinchi will inevitably habitually hand over all important things to him. If I want to give Zhang Jinchi a fatal blow, I must first pull out Zhang Hui's nail to achieve the effect of removing firewood from the bottom of the pot."

"But it is precisely because Zhang Hui is Zhang Jinchi's confidant, it is not that easy to unplug him, otherwise he would have lost his post long ago, so I want to use the hands of the central research team to do it," said Chen Ping. "I will ask the president of my Luzhuang Commercial Bank to find some evidence of corruption in Zhang Hui through his relationship, and then ask him to hand the evidence to the research team together with the report letter."

Ye Lingzhi understood what Chen Ping meant and asked him, "That means, are you asking the president for his thanks this time?"

Chen Ping smiled bitterly and said, "I said it was thankful for the dinner, but it was still the money he paid."

Ye Lingzhi certainly understands this. In the officialdom, the leader invites his subordinates to dinner, but there is no reason why the leader pays. After all, the leader can call you to have dinner together because he looks down on you, no matter what the reason is. You should know that some leaders call people to pay the bill after dinner in a hotel. This kind of ridiculous thing has happened, let alone such a dinner.

"It doesn't matter who pays the bill," said Ye Lingzhi. "What's important is your layout this time. After all, you can find evidence of corruption from the deputy secretary-general of the provincial government and submit these evidences to the central research team together with the letter of complaint. This is not a simple result."

The matter is indeed like what Ye Lingzhi said. Even if a deputy secretary-general of a provincial government does not have the support of the governor, his own network of relationships is not a vegetarian. If he checks him rashly, he will easily find out. Once he is alerted, no matter how good the layout is, it will be useless.

"Later, Chen Ping, you managed to force the governor away. Such a bold layout is unimaginable. Even a central official must think twice before doing it. It is so simple in your hands. It is impossible to say that Chen Ping, your vision and courage are very powerful!" Ye Lingzhi praised Chen Ping.

Chen Ping did not express anything to Ye Lingzhi's praise, but said: "I know that these are not simple. In fact, when I was having dinner in the hotel box just now, the president praised me like this. He said that even the central government attached great importance to my reports. This shows that the national leaders attach great importance to Luzhuang City on the road to development, and more importantly, as the deputy mayor. He also said that any official who dares to hinder and destroy Luzhuang's development is a greedy person who is afraid of progress. Corrupt officials, no matter how powerful they have now or how high their position is, they will eventually be defeated by Luzhuang's pioneering spirit."

After hearing this, Ye Lingzhi chuckled and said, "This little official is quite good at speaking, then Chen Ping, what do you think?"

"Me?" Chen Ping said, "If I were asked to say it, I would rather not the central government value me so much, and I would rather not the subordinate officials compliment me like this. I would rather not hope that no official maliciously targets anything in Luzhuang, and everything will develop on a normal track. Everyone can be selfish as an official, but they should still maintain their position on the issue of principle."

Indeed, as Chen Ping said, if all officials did not have such selfishness and would not abuse their power for their anger and trample on the fruits of their hard work at the grassroots level, then all the policies of Luzhuang City would not be maliciously used to make a fuss, and these praised skills would be even less likely to be mentioned.

So from this perspective, this trick can also be said to be a helpless self-protection method for Chen Ping as a grassroots official.

Thinking of this, Ye Lingzhi couldn't help but continue, "Do you know Chen Ping? I have been growing up in a high-walled courtyard since I was a child, and I have become accustomed to many things in the officialdom."

"In the officialdom, many people just find an official position that they like, or squeeze out an official who is about the same level as themselves or may even be lower than themselves, and will set off firecrackers at their gates to celebrate, as if they have done something extraordinary. They wish they could let everyone in the unit see their prestige so that others dare not fight against them anymore."

Ye Lingzhi suddenly changed her subject and continued: "But, Chen Ping, you have already let a dignified governor fall into such a big blow to your hands. You can still not be proud and complacent, and see some bad styles in the officialdom. Such modesty and prudence have completely broken away from other grassroots bureaucrats. You are already a qualified politician!"

"I feel embarrassed to praise you so much that you praise me." Chen Ping said.

Ye Lingzhi disagreed with this: "What's so embarrassing about this? Since you've done these things so well, I think you deserve these praises."

"I said you didn't call me and just wanted to say this, right?" Chen Ping said, "President Wang invited me to dinner and kept praising me. It was to flatter me so that I could help him when he was promoted to the deputy governor of the four major state-owned banks in Dongwu City. So what's the purpose of you praising me like this?"

"You are doing well, and you are a very noble person. Are you wrong if I praise you a few words?" Ye Lingzhi said.

"Come on," Chen Ping said, "Have you even started to keep it?"

Ye Lingzhi sighed helplessly over there and said, "Okay, since you have already said this, I won't keep it."

Ye Lingzhi became serious when she said this: "Chen Ping, do you know the ghost town phenomenon?"

Chen Ping was stunned for a moment in the face of this question, and then replied: "If I remember correctly, the so-called ghost town phenomenon should refer to some cities that were abandoned due to resource depletion. These cities are not living in, and they look like ghost towns."

Ye Lingzhi said with a hush, "It's true, but what you explained is only a geographical definition. Now in the process of urbanization, there are some new urban areas planned according to high standards. Due to the high vacancy rate, the built houses are not inhabited, and they will be dark at night, which is in sharp contrast with other brightly lit hotels, so they are called ghost towns by people."

"I have also heard of this statement. It is a topic that has been discussed online recently. I heard that this kind of ghost town phenomenon has occurred in some places in Inner Mongolia and Henan." Chen Ping said.

"Yes, but the situation in Inner Mongolia and Henan is different. Inner Mongolia is abandoned because of the depleted resources, while Henan is a ghost town that is formed because the locals' income is too low and the newly built residential buildings are selling too high," said Ye Lingzhi. "In addition, it is not only these two places, but also the most economically developed place in the eastern coast, the phenomenon of ghost towns has begun to appear."

Hearing Ye Lingzhi's words, Chen Ping frowned suddenly, as if he had a premonition. He said, "I know this. There are also ghost town phenomena in Jiangzhong City, my province in Zhejiang."

"Xuanwu Road in Jiangzhong City is one of the main roads leading to the city. There are at least ten large-scale projects on both sides of the road under construction, with tower cranes, and many real estate projects have begun to take shape. This place was originally designated as a centralized residential area, but in fact, if you come here at night, you will find that those communities that have been delivered for use are almost uninhabited."

Ye Lingzhi was as familiar with the situation in Jiangzhong City, and Chen Ping kept frowning when she spoke because he probably guessed what Ye Lingzhi was going to say next.

"But Chen Ping, do you know? Just in the National Outlook Section of the People's Daily published this morning, some communities in your Luzhuang City were also named as ghost towns." Ye Lingzhi said.

Chen Ping thought it was indeed the case.
Chapter completed!