At the Provincial Party Committee, in the office of Sha Ruijin, Meng Zhengqing—the Director of the Provincial Department who had recently been nominated for promotion to Vice Governor—was briefing Sha on some intriguing developments within the Provincial Procuratorate. At the same time, he was taking the opportunity to demonstrate his own value.
If you were to break life down into its components, you would find that it is merely a series of crossroads. Choose wrong, and you either stand still or face total ruin; choose right, and you soar to the heights of success. Without a doubt, choosing to align himself with Sha Ruijin when the latter first arrived in Handong with no foundation was the smartest move Meng Zhengqing had ever made. The proof was visible in the fact that Sha’s very first suggestion at the Standing Committee meeting had been to promote Meng to Vice Governor.
In return, Meng did not disappoint. As long as it was a matter Sha had entrusted to him, no event in Handong, big or small, could escape Sha’s notice. Meng Zhengqing had become Sha’s eyes and ears in the province. And so, when Dong Taiyu suddenly began targeting the Yan Hang case, it was through Meng’s mouth that the news reached Sha’s ears.
Chapter 737