Wu Naijin asked him where the two village leaders went. The university student village official said that the two had gone home to eat.
Wu Naijin asked for Li Rui's opinion, "Director Li, should I ask this young man to call the two back?"
Li Rui raised his hand to stop him and personally asked the university student village official, "Do you know who proposed to install this lighthouse in your courtyard? Was it from the village or the county? Where did the money come from? "
The university student village official shook his head in confusion and said, "I just came to the village and don't know anything. Leader, please don't ask me …"
Li Rui sighed and said, "Okay, then go and call the two village leaders back."
The university student village official happily agreed. He rode his electric scooter and rushed out like a gust of wind.
Everyone waited for about ten minutes before the village secretary ran over, panting. When he saw Wu Naijin and the others, he hurriedly went forward to greet them.
Wu Naijin pointed at the lighthouse and asked him the two questions that Li Rui had asked.
The village secretary's expression was a little strange after hearing this. He was stunned for a moment and said with a smile, "Director Wu, this … what's going on? Why are you suddenly asking about this? Our village installed … installed this, is that not enough? Haha. "
Wu Naijin said angrily, "Stop talking nonsense and answer my question!"
Seeing that he was angry, the village secretary didn't dare to smile. He quickly stopped smiling and said with an embarrassed expression, "It … it was our … our village installed it ourselves!"
Wu Naijin stared and asked, "Then did you spend your village's money?"
The village secretary didn't dare to look at him. He lowered his head in embarrassment and nodded twice.
Li Rui asked coldly, "How much did this lighthouse cost?"
The village secretary knew Li Rui. After all, Li Rui represented the Municipal Party Committee's General Office Secretary First Department, which was a poverty alleviation unit in Xishan Village. Li Rui often came to the village with the current Jiupo Town Party Secretary Li Rui, so the two were very familiar with each other. The village secretary looked at Li Rui with a troubled expression and said, "It … it didn't cost much."
Li Rui asked, "How much is' not much '?"
It would have been better if he hadn't asked. After he asked, the village secretary simply ignored him. If he didn't hear it, he probably felt that he couldn't care less about Xishan Village's matters.
"Chief Li is asking you a question. Didn't you hear him?"
When Wu Naijin saw the village secretary playing dumb, he scolded him.
The village secretary said embarrassedly, "Isn't Director Li a leader in the city? He's not directly in charge of our village's affairs. There's no need to ask this, right?"
Li Rui sneered and said, "You're worthy of being a village party secretary. Not only are you quick-witted, you're also sharp-tongued. It's true that I can't manage your village, but Director Wu can, right? "
In the end, Wu Naijin was the director of the government office at the sector-level. He had his own vision and ideas. He knew that although Li Rui couldn't manage the matters of Shuanghe County, Jiupo Town, and Xishan Village, if he really wanted to intervene, it would be as easy as flipping his hand. Moreover, he was here as a representative of the Municipal Party Committee's Secretary. His own boss, Fang Qingyun, had always had a good relationship with the Municipal Party Committee's Secretary, Song Chaoyang. Thus, no matter what, he had to help him. He shouted, "How dare you, you disgraceful thing. How dare you speak to Director Li like that? Ah? Director Li is here today as a representative of the city to inspect our village. That means he's an imperial envoy. He can manage whatever he wants and it's all perfectly justifiable. Why do you have so much nonsense to say? Are you a party member or not? Don't you have any political awareness? If you continue to speak nonsense, I'll immediately call the leaders of Jiupo Town over and have you fired on the spot! "
When the village secretary heard this, he was scared. He hurriedly said, "I don't have any other intentions. I just don't want Director Li to worry …"
Wu Naijin interrupted, "Stop speaking nonsense and quickly answer Director Li's question. How much did the lighthouse cost?"
The village secretary revealed a headache expression and said, "Let me think …" As he spoke, he began to scratch his ears and cheeks, pretending to recall. However, anyone could see that he was stalling for time.
Li Rui's stomach was filled with anger. He wanted nothing more than to give him a flying kick and kick him into the Fairy River at the edge of the village. What was a slippery official like oil? This was a slippery official like oil! This bastard definitely knew that he had spent too much money and that he hadn't spent it properly, so he was stalling for time and wasn't willing to say the price. However, he didn't think about it. Since Li Rui wanted to ask clearly and didn't even eat lunch, how could he hide it?
Wu Naijin had already lost his patience. He raised his hand and pointed at the village secretary's face. He loudly shouted, "Zhang Fulai, stop pretending. If you continue to stall for time, I'll represent Jiupo Town's Party Committee and fire you!"
"Ah, I remember now …" The village secretary, Zhang Fulai, pretended to be excited as he remembered. "It cost thirty thousand … thirty-two thousand!"
When Li Rui heard this number, he was so angry that he almost spat out a mouthful of blood. Xishan Village was a poor village among poor. It was an extremely poor village. Not to mention thirty thousand yuan, even three thousand yuan was a precious fortune for the village. This thirty-two thousand yuan could be used to repair roads, irrigate, or engage in poverty alleviation projects … In short, as long as it was beneficial to the village and the people, it could be used to do anything. However, the village officials led by Zhang Fulai didn't use this money for proper business. Instead, they installed such a useless high-pole light. This was simply a crime!
Wu Naijin was also stunned. He didn't expect that the two village committees would spend thirty thousand yuan to install a lousy light. In fact, not to mention the village, even in Jiupo Town and Shuanghe County, how many of these street lights were installed? Jiupo Town did install them, but only one was installed in the parking lot of the four-star scenic spot, Fairy Cave, to provide illumination for tourists at night. Only two were installed in the county, and they were installed in the county's two major leisure and sports plazas to provide nightlife services for the people of the county. None of them were useless, and none of them were wasted. However, Xishan Village also installed one, and it was installed in the small courtyard of the two village committees. What was the use of it? What was the meaning of this? Wasn't this courting death?!
"Zhang Fulai, why did you install it?"
Zhang Fulai said innocently, "For the convenience of the people. The village plans to build a cultural plaza outside the two village committees. It will be used to gather villagers for meetings, hold various promotional activities, two programs, screening movies, and evening fitness activities. Considering that most of the villagers only have time at night, it is necessary to install such a light. In addition, it will make it convenient for the village leaders to work overtime at night and go home after work. Also, by installing such a light, it will be a landmark of our two village committees. The city and county leaders and investors will be able to find us accurately, saving them the trouble of going around in circles. "
When Li Rui heard this, he was so angry that he was about to burst out laughing. Had this Zhang Fulai's mouth been kissed by an angel? How could he be so good at talking? It was a waste of his talent to be a mere village committee secretary. He could have become a spokesperson for the provincial government. He could even say that a bad thing was a good thing, and that waste was a public good. Could he even say that the dead were alive?
Wu Naijin glared at him and scolded, "Cut the crap. No matter how much you say, it won't change the fact that you are extravagant and wasteful. What convenience? Just like what you said, let's not talk about installing an ordinary light pole. Just connect a wire from the yard to the yard wall and connect a light bulb to solve the problem. In the end, you spent more than 30,000 yuan to do this. Is your village so rich that you can't feel comfortable if you don't spend it? "
Li Rui said calmly, "Director Wu, what you said is just the surface. How can this broken pole and a few LED light bulbs cost more than 30,000 yuan? I suspect that the village leaders have taken kickbacks for this small project. Otherwise, which village leader would spend so much money to install such a broken light pole? Please contact County Head Fang immediately and ask him to send someone to investigate this matter thoroughly. At the same time, he will remove this light pole. Before this matter is investigated thoroughly, I will not leave. "
Zhang Fulai was dumbfounded when he heard this. He stared at him and said, "Director Li, you can spout nonsense … No … you can't spout nonsense. Who took kickbacks? What evidence do you have to say that we took kickbacks? You … you are slandering us without any basis. "
Li Rui ignored him and said to Wu Naijin, "Director Wu, let's find a restaurant to eat first. You can talk to County Head Fang about this matter. We will come back after eating and wait for news. "
Wu Naijin took out his cell phone and said, "Okay, I will contact County Head Fang immediately."
Li Rui led the staff from the city and found a restaurant in the village to eat lunch. After eating, they did not immediately return to the village's two committees. Instead, they drove to another poor village that was also used as a model for post-disaster reconstruction. They wanted to see if this village had a lighthouse installed.
As soon as they reached the entrance of the village, Li Rui ordered the driver to turn around and head back to Xishan Village. The scene in front of them was already very obvious — there was a tall pole illuminating the sky to the east of the village. It was exactly the same as the lighthouse in Xishan Village. From this, it seemed that this was no longer an isolated case.
Li Rui led his team back to Xishan Village's two committees and saw Wu Naijin interrogating Zhang Fulai and the village director.
When Wu Naijin saw Li Rui return, he left the two village officials behind and walked to Li Rui. He whispered, "Director Li, the county head takes this matter very seriously and ordered me to investigate this matter. I am currently investigating. From what I know, Zhang Fulai and the village director did not want to install this tall light pole at first. They only agreed to install it after being urged by the streetlight contractor. I suspect that the two of them took kickbacks from the contractor, but they have not admitted it yet. They are still arguing with me. "
Li Rui frowned and asked, "Streetlight contractor? Where did the streetlight contractor come from? "
Wu Naijin pointed at the streetlight outside the courtyard and said, "It's the Qingyang City Haiying Municipal Construction Co., Ltd. The company that installed the streetlights and paved the asphalt roads in the village. The road infrastructure projects along the Fairy River have also been contracted out to them. "
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