Qiao Yiren's attitude puzzled Nie Zhenbang, leaving him somewhat bewildered. Logically, with Jinan City's problems, as the direct superior of Jinan City, the Longxi Provincial Committee should bear certain leadership responsibilities, and Hu Shangzhi, as the top official, should be at the center of the storm. By common reasoning, the person the leader should have summoned today ought to have been Hu Shangzhi. How could it have become his turn to speak?