Secretary Liu, real name Liu Guangrong, was the nominal head of Chengyang County—the County Committee Secretary. However, with the transfer of his major backer, former North Mountain City Committee Secretary Mo Cheng, his situation had become somewhat awkward. He had grown much more low-key than before, though only relatively speaking.
It was normal for careers in officialdom to have their ups and downs, but the fall from being able to blot out the sky with one hand to now having to tuck his tail between his legs was a bitter pill to swallow. Our great Secretary Liu inevitably felt suffocated.
So when he answered the phone and heard that his own brother-in-law had been arrested by Wang Ye, the Director of the County Public Security Bureau, he snapped.
SLAM!
