I asked you to pursue a career, but you turned out to be a scumbag

Chapter 191 You Don’t Want to Cover Up

"Do you have anything else to say?" Zhang Hao looked at Li Meide.

Li Meide's face turned pale. He never dreamed that Ji Bochang would record what he said to him.

With this recording, even if I am eloquent, it will be difficult to defend myself.

Li Meide lowered his head, like an eggplant hit by frost, and said, "I admit defeat this time."

Zhang Hao looked at Li Meide. Just asking Li Meide to admit that he had framed himself would not satisfy Zhang Hao. What he really wanted to do was to make Li Meide tell him who was the mastermind behind the scenes.

"Tell me, who ordered you to do this?"

Li Meide admitted that he was screwed, but he would never, and did not have the courage to, expose the person behind the scenes: "No one instructed me to do this. I did it on my own."

Zhang Hao nodded: "OK."

Then he looked at Xiao Zhima, who was already trembling in the back, and said, "Xiao Zhima, tell me, what benefits did Li Meide give you to make you cooperate with him in framing me?"

Xiao Zhima's face turned pale and he trembled as he said, "This...this..."

Zhang Hao said calmly, "Xiao Zhima, he doesn't understand. You should understand the consequences of framing a public official, right?"

Xiao Zhima naturally understood everything and looked at Li Meide hesitantly.

"Xiao Zhima, he's useless now. Tell me, and confess. Maybe I can even plead for you and help you keep your job."

Xiao Zhima hesitated for a moment and said, "He promised me that if I did him a favor, he would let me become a deputy department head."

Deputy Section Chief.

Everyone at the scene looked at Li Meide in surprise. Normally, to be promoted to deputy section chief, one either had connections, money, or simply had to wait and see.

Those who come now are basically prosecutors who have been employed for one to six months and are far from meeting the standards for promotion to deputy section chief.

No wonder Xiao Zhima was moved. If it were them, they would also agree.

"Tsk tsk, being promoted to deputy section chief is such a great temptation."

Zhang Hao looked amused.

"Li Meide, you're in charge of security at the base. To put it bluntly, you're an external hire, a contract worker at best. Is it possible that you can manipulate things within the system just by relying on your own strength?"

"Come on, tell me who's behind you."

"You guys don't have classes this afternoon, so what are you doing gathered here?!"

At this moment, a majestic voice sounded.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw Jia Hongguang striding towards them.

Everyone shouted, "Hello, Director Jia!"

Then they made way for Jia Hongguang and let him walk to the middle position.

Jia Hongguang looked at the situation and said sternly, "What are you all doing here? And you, Li Meide, are you shirtless in broad daylight? Do you still act like a leader? Put your clothes on quickly and go back and write me a 1,000-word self-criticism."

When Li Meide saw Jia Hongguang, he felt as if he had found his backbone, and immediately said respectfully: "Okay, leader!"

"Okay, stop gathering here, disperse, and go back to class." Jia Hongguang waved his hand and said.

Zhang Hao immediately intervened, saying, "Director Jia, others can leave, but Jia Hongguang can't."

Everyone was about to disperse, but when they heard what Zhang Hao said, they stopped and their eyes flashed with gossip again. Could it be that Zhang Hao still wanted to confront Jia Hongguang head-on?

Upon hearing this, Jia Hongguang said majestically: "Comrade Zhang Hao, why can't Jia Hongguang leave?"

When ordinary people see Jia Hongguang's expression, they will generally feel fearful, timid,

But Zhang Hao remained calm and said, "Jia Hongguang is suspected of framing me, and the evidence is irrefutable. I need to report this to the police."

Upon hearing this, Jia Hongguang immediately asked seriously, "What on earth is going on?"

Li Meide spoke first, "Leader, this is what happened. At noon, Comrade Xiao Zhima said that his jade pendant was lost. Comrade Zhang Hao was the only one who was not present, so I searched Comrade Zhang Hao's body and room. Then Comrade Zhang Hao thought I was framing him."

Jia Hongguang said angrily, "Nonsense! You are so audacious! Who gave you the authority to search my body and my room?"

"Apologize to Comrade Zhang Hao immediately."

"Comrade Zhang Hao, I..." Li Meide had just said half of his words.

"Shut up. Is this what you said? The recording was just played, and you admitted with your own mouth that you wanted to frame me. How did it become my misunderstanding? Do you want me to play the recording for you again?" Zhang Hao interrupted Li Meide.

There was a hint of dissatisfaction in Jia Hongguang's eyes. This guy was incapable of doing anything but always caused trouble. He even had someone record the video without knowing it.

"Li Meide, is that so?" Jia Hongguang's voice suddenly rose when he said this.

Li Meide lowered his head and admitted: "Yes... yes."

Jia Hongguang stretched out his hand and raised it in the air, intending to strike Li Meide, then brought it down again. He said angrily, "Li Meide, how could you do such a thing? I'm so disappointed."

Then he looked at Zhang Hao and said sincerely, "Comrade Zhang Hao, as the person in charge of the base, I failed to supervise this matter properly. I apologize to you."

"At the same time, I will criticize him throughout the base, suspend him, and withhold his salary for half a month as compensation. What do you think?"

Zhang Hao shook his head and said, "Not very good. Criticism is a punishment for party members. He is just a contract worker. Criticizing him is useless."

Jia Hongguang frowned and said, "Comrade Zhang Hao, what do you mean?"

Zhang Hao said calmly, "Transfer him to the public security organs for investigation and punishment. At the same time, make him explain clearly who made him frame me?"

Jia Hongguang showed hesitation on his face and said, "Comrade Zhang Hao, isn't transferring him to the public security organs a bit too serious? After all, he hasn't had much impact on you."

Zhang Hao sneered: "He violated my reputation and tried to frame me to lose my job. You call that not having a big impact?"

"And Director Jia, you're not trying to protect him, are you?"

"Or are you the mastermind behind this, and are you afraid that he will give you away after being transferred to the public security organs?" Zhang Hao looked at Jia Hongguang with suspicion.

Jia Hongguang immediately retorted: "Of course not."

Zhang Hao nodded and said, "That's good. I suspect there's a huge force behind Li Meide. He previously promised Xiao Zhima that if he could successfully frame me, he would promote Xiao Zhima to deputy section chief."

"This isn't something an ordinary person can do. He must have a series of protective umbrellas behind him. Now that we've finally caught a clue, we must root them out completely and restore order to the officialdom. What do you think, Director Jia?"